| Rank | Country | Imports of 2-Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol (trimethylolpropane) in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $31,299,537 |  | | 2 | Korea, South | $21,994,555 |  | | 3 | Italy | $12,958,127 |  | | 4 | Belgium | $11,957,398 |  | | 5 | Japan | $11,537,335 |  | | 6 | Netherlands | $11,261,081 |  | | 7 | United States | $11,146,846 |  | | 8 | Germany | $10,700,899 |  | | 9 | Brazil | $9,349,662 |  | | 10 | Spain | $7,988,919 |  | | 11 | Mexico | $5,657,943 |  | | 12 | India | $5,263,760 |  | | 13 | Malaysia | $4,226,132 |  | | 14 | United Kingdom | $3,759,642 |  | | 15 | France | $3,679,523 |  | | 16 | Australia | $3,050,708 |  | | 17 | Turkey | $2,317,260 |  | | 18 | Thailand | $2,254,224 |  | | 19 | Singapore | $1,959,090 |  | | 20 | Slovenia | $1,580,516 |  | | 21 | Syria | $1,300,714 |  | | 22 | Austria | $1,143,755 |  | | 23 | Indonesia | $1,130,349 |  | | 24 | Switzerland | $1,075,237 |  | | 25 | Argentina | $1,005,477 |  | | 26 | Vietnam | $948,350 |  | | 27 | Finland | $884,781 |  | | 28 | Canada | $853,433 |  | | 29 | Saudi Arabia | $851,734 |  | | 30 | South Africa | $765,181 |  | | 31 | Iran | $578,478 |  | | 32 | Hong Kong | $554,653 |  | | 33 | Russia | $505,127 |  | | 34 | Greece | $437,088 |  | | 35 | Poland | $390,455 |  | | 36 | Yemen | $346,044 |  | | 37 | Czech Republic | $330,459 |  | | 38 | Peru | $310,662 |  | | 39 | Romania | $277,112 |  | | 40 | Norway | $256,721 |  | | 41 | Costa Rica | $239,986 |  | | 42 | Pakistan | $230,987 |  | | 43 | Ukraine | $197,763 |  | | 44 | Kenya | $154,938 |  | | 45 | Dominican Republic | $153,270 |  | | 46 | Egypt | $145,239 |  | | 47 | Sweden | $136,487 |  | | 48 | Portugal | $116,796 |  | | 49 | Nigeria | $100,922 |  | | 50 | Latvia | $100,486 |  | | 51 | Estonia | $79,933 |  | | 52 | Philippines | $78,896 |  | | 53 | Venezuela | $71,296 |  | | 54 | Morocco | $69,483 |  | | 55 | New Zealand | $60,353 |  | | 56 | Hungary | $51,000 |  | | 57 | Sri Lanka | $39,573 |  | | 58 | Ireland | $34,604 |  | | 59 | Colombia | $27,847 |  | | 60 | Lebanon | $21,663 |  | | 61 | Bulgaria | $19,747 |  | | 62 | Croatia | $14,953 |  | | 63 | Zimbabwe | $14,654 |  | | 64 | Serbia | $11,042 |  | | 65 | Paraguay | $10,771 |  | | 66 | Mali | $9,137 |  | | 67 | Chile | $8,100 |  | | 68 | Tunisia | $7,718 |  | | 69 | Iceland | $7,374 |  | | 70 | Ecuador | $6,820 |  | | 71 | Qatar | $5,519 |  | | 72 | Tanzania | $4,000 |  | | 73 | Guatemala | $3,025 |  | | 74 | Zambia | $2,099 |  | | 75 | Israel | $2,000 |  | | 76 | Uganda | $1,684 |  | | 77 | Jamaica | $1,679 |  | | 78 | Barbados | $884 |  | | 79 | Nepal | $744 |  | | 80 | Ghana | $618 |  | | 81 | Suriname | $397 |  | | 82 | Mauritius | $147 |  | | 83 | Luxembourg | $123 |  | | 84 | Denmark | $99 |  | | 85 | Guyana | $46 |  | | 86 | Madagascar | $28 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Algeria | $116,254 | $67,046 | $3,147 | | $67,711 | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $10,063 | | | | | | |
| Argentina | $716,563 | $831,250 | $754,054 | $953,592 | $552,003 | $1,005,477 | $1,094,801 |
| Australia | $3,654,572 | $3,929,699 | $3,026,087 | $2,941,350 | $2,615,355 | $3,050,708 | $3,472,793 |
| Austria | $1,519,402 | $1,763,693 | $1,591,985 | $1,820,086 | $1,014,257 | $1,143,755 | |
| Bahamas, The | | $231 | $150 | | | | |
| Bahrain | | | | $24,199 | | | |
| Bangladesh | | $31 | $26 | | | | |
| Barbados | | $290 | | $273 | $44 | $884 | |
| Belarus | | $100 | | $400 | $400 | | |
| Belgium | $13,598,420 | $12,886,401 | $14,805,721 | $17,950,833 | $9,204,863 | $11,957,398 | $12,904,047 |
| Bolivia | $7,051 | $3,803 | $24 | $203 | $1,548 | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $19,093 | | $9,575 | | | | |
| Botswana | | | | $1,267 | | | |
| Brazil | $8,987,355 | $8,455,306 | $7,280,072 | $8,762,682 | $5,705,923 | $9,349,662 | $9,652,609 |
| Bulgaria | $116,521 | $68,628 | $206,503 | $140,113 | $64,225 | $19,747 | $51,337 |
| Cameroon | | | $707 | $16,616 | $11,136 | | |
| Canada | $950,828 | $1,053,731 | $980,611 | $1,013,415 | $589,370 | $853,433 | $990,432 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | $195 | | |
| Chile | $42,494 | $16,394 | $16,812 | $30 | | $8,100 | $846 |
| China | $41,271,689 | $22,359,127 | $24,245,430 | $28,448,723 | $19,313,350 | $31,299,537 | $36,128,435 |
| Colombia | $20,079 | $40,082 | $26,507 | $43,474 | $17,501 | $27,847 | $73,259 |
| Costa Rica | $248,689 | $112,014 | $211,135 | $287,321 | $90,650 | $239,986 | $190,530 |
| Croatia | $45,056 | $16,081 | $22,106 | $26,559 | $6,593 | $14,953 | $10,322 |
| Czech Republic | $259,979 | $520,751 | $485,264 | $324,815 | $230,409 | $330,459 | $720,452 |
| Denmark | $848 | $18 | $11 | $1,282 | $102 | $99 | $3,158 |
| Dominican Republic | $99,600 | $139,517 | $196,835 | $310,966 | $190,944 | $153,270 | $386,017 |
| Ecuador | $36,445 | $13,272 | $6,613 | $24,085 | $6,811 | $6,820 | $14,655 |
| Egypt | $2,376 | $162,509 | $208,760 | $219,715 | $109,429 | $145,239 | $86,382 |
| Estonia | $39,358 | $44,562 | $49,464 | $93,392 | $51,051 | $79,933 | $64,461 |
| Ethiopia | $465 | | | $26,118 | $107 | | |
| Fiji | | $254 | | | | | |
| Finland | $1,410,659 | $1,231,764 | $1,308,622 | $1,361,024 | $886,657 | $884,781 | $1,095,817 |
| France | $3,343,361 | $5,702,698 | $5,370,691 | $4,502,986 | $8,055,701 | $3,679,523 | $4,533,265 |
| French Polynesia | | | | | | | $21 |
| Gambia, The | | | $606 | $37,787 | | | |
| Germany | $5,942,000 | $4,963,000 | $5,092,000 | $5,916,000 | $5,302,000 | $10,700,899 | $11,461,375 |
| Ghana | $389 | | | $1,270 | $174 | $618 | $2,750 |
| Greece | $1,053,419 | $727,524 | $713,892 | $592,023 | $319,620 | $437,088 | $140,658 |
| Grenada | | | $12,463 | $12,779 | $13,085 | | |
| Guatemala | $14,994 | $12,554 | $7,776 | $7,235 | $8,814 | $3,025 | $11,172 |
| Guyana | | | | | | $46 | |
| Hong Kong | $2,584,533 | $571,598 | $455,636 | $532,739 | $267,474 | $554,653 | $612,166 |
| Hungary | $141,000 | | | | | $51,000 | $73,000 |
| Iceland | | | $9,880 | $7,669 | $7,258 | $7,374 | $5,292 |
| India | $3,501,772 | $2,985,925 | $3,410,119 | $4,488,666 | $3,934,500 | $5,263,760 | $6,400,151 |
| Indonesia | $787,152 | $601,564 | $685,362 | $707,622 | $583,225 | $1,130,349 | $2,165,467 |
| Iran | $257,613 | $306,476 | | | | $578,478 | |
| Ireland | $219 | $14,958 | $280 | $5,564 | $73,714 | $34,604 | $19,298 |
| Israel | $2,000 | $18,000 | $3,000 | $16,000 | $7,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Italy | $8,872,970 | $13,065,663 | $13,038,799 | $10,637,713 | $9,786,046 | $12,958,127 | $17,415,906 |
| Jamaica | $650 | | $1,092 | $286 | | $1,679 | |
| Japan | $9,200,836 | $9,040,423 | $10,419,320 | $13,761,214 | $8,437,955 | $11,537,335 | $11,870,216 |
| Jordan | $46,470 | $97,082 | $65,498 | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | $26,474 | $23,782 | $34,320 | $2,605 | | | |
| Kenya | $189,745 | $117,791 | $115,916 | $119,235 | $155,687 | $154,938 | |
| Korea, South | $5,360,554 | $8,564,704 | $10,854,582 | $18,010,666 | $14,591,019 | $21,994,555 | $25,269,219 |
| Kuwait | | | $10,429 | | | | |
| Latvia | $131,153 | $90,561 | $116,707 | $48,886 | $80,838 | $100,486 | $80,587 |
| Lebanon | $5,000 | $19,624 | $20,290 | $19,616 | $6,788 | $21,663 | |
| Lithuania | | | $46 | | | | |
| Luxembourg | | | | $18 | | $123 | |
| Macedonia | $501 | $383 | $1,547 | | | | |
| Madagascar | | | $2,356 | $47 | | $28 | |
| Malaysia | $2,302,956 | $2,469,021 | $2,359,047 | $2,828,200 | $2,109,186 | $4,226,132 | $5,208,772 |
| Mali | | | | | | $9,137 | |
| Mauritania | | | | $2,628 | | | |
| Mauritius | | | $101 | $4,060 | | $147 | $251 |
| Mayotte | | | | $24 | | | |
| Mexico | $4,765,915 | $5,064,689 | $4,134,454 | $4,922,618 | $3,278,254 | $5,657,943 | $6,469,674 |
| Morocco | $69,666 | $101,445 | $80,034 | $152,304 | $116,001 | $69,483 | |
| Mozambique | $1,200 | $941 | $2,201 | $2,021 | $1,450 | | |
| Namibia | $188 | | | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $24,355 | $744 | |
| Netherlands | $10,104,486 | $10,792,859 | $11,946,438 | $12,434,755 | $9,267,538 | $11,261,081 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | $2,358 | | | | |
| New Zealand | $51,481 | $64,158 | $39,553 | $65,394 | $55,389 | $60,353 | $65,285 |
| Nigeria | | $23,427 | $85,752 | | $2,612 | $100,922 | |
| Norway | $374,827 | $515,675 | $687,778 | $760,422 | $280,372 | $256,721 | $243,159 |
| Oman | $10,372 | | | | $57 | | |
| Pakistan | $119,658 | $143,182 | $61,258 | $144,159 | $135,152 | $230,987 | $192,404 |
| Panama | | | | | | | $10,452 |
| Paraguay | | | | | | $10,771 | |
| Peru | $259,568 | $303,795 | $297,806 | $278,940 | $251,725 | $310,662 | $444,245 |
| Philippines | $99,076 | $53,020 | $133,803 | $88,452 | $49,261 | $78,896 | $66,750 |
| Poland | $759,801 | $723,800 | $1,578,984 | $1,097,462 | $1,027,467 | $390,455 | $1,085,494 |
| Portugal | $192,667 | $110,531 | $145,943 | $193,391 | $137,207 | $116,796 | $92,584 |
| Qatar | | | $4,210 | | | $5,519 | |
| Romania | $88,679 | $66,427 | $66,352 | $78,583 | $219,887 | $277,112 | $392,346 |
| Russia | $295,105 | $331,111 | $446,649 | $563,455 | $409,166 | $505,127 | $847,143 |
| Rwanda | | | | $8,241 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $368 | | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $458,680 | $1,163,308 | $958,564 | | | $851,734 | |
| Serbia | $105,940 | $200,264 | $129,247 | $164,487 | $179,141 | $11,042 | $1,543 |
| Singapore | $1,923,027 | $2,900,126 | $1,029,448 | $1,166,987 | $1,443,155 | $1,959,090 | $2,252,317 |
| Slovakia | | | | | | | $195 |
| Slovenia | $1,198,476 | $1,388,250 | $1,346,532 | $1,351,513 | $912,885 | $1,580,516 | $1,929,656 |
| South Africa | $1,321,643 | $1,052,244 | $799,630 | $792,622 | $575,777 | $765,181 | $826,144 |
| Spain | $7,264,815 | $7,887,833 | $9,502,562 | $9,223,682 | $5,953,861 | $7,988,919 | |
| Sri Lanka | $59,717 | | | $565 | | $39,573 | $41 |
| Sudan | $35,696 | $162,862 | | | | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $397 | |
| Swaziland | $3,474 | | $20,902 | | | | |
| Sweden | $273,795 | $159,908 | $1,425,607 | $1,086,106 | $509,882 | $136,487 | $148,315 |
| Switzerland | $844,189 | $1,110,000 | $1,067,061 | $1,149,650 | $723,006 | $1,075,237 | $1,401,146 |
| Syria | $349,649 | $420,100 | $547,069 | $839,643 | | $1,300,714 | |
| Tanzania | $3,667 | $8,002 | $4,042 | $8,375 | $1,296 | $4,000 | $157,499 |
| Thailand | $1,275,000 | $1,822,266 | $1,632,104 | $1,945,304 | $1,217,893 | $2,254,224 | $2,274,485 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | $3,229 | $1,883 | $693 | | |
| Tunisia | $53,005 | $46,990 | $16,373 | $30,899 | $192 | $7,718 | |
| Turkey | $2,846,076 | $1,958,585 | $2,012,170 | $2,198,568 | $1,992,845 | $2,317,260 | $3,384,496 |
| Uganda | $17,238 | $10,062 | $13,330 | $12,383 | | $1,684 | |
| Ukraine | $1,298 | $308 | $9,384 | $13,570 | $90,512 | $197,763 | $216,371 |
| United Arab Emirates | $27,486 | | $11,527 | $202,142 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $4,897,021 | $4,236,804 | $4,369,645 | $5,154,040 | $2,503,091 | $3,759,642 | $4,467,965 |
| United States | $6,054,840 | $7,128,139 | $5,736,841 | $6,246,296 | $8,424,535 | $11,146,846 | $12,489,691 |
| Vanuatu | | $311 | $907 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $83,806 | $89,334 | $77,243 | $282,526 | $112,942 | $71,296 | $431,008 |
| Vietnam | $173,127 | $309,310 | $587,443 | $892,516 | $699,600 | $948,350 | |
| Yemen | | $22,189 | | $8,507 | $221,168 | $346,044 | $334,558 |
| Zambia | | | $303,151 | $4,595 | | $2,099 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $1,743 | $11,260 | $6,223 | | $14,654 | |
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