RankCountryImports of Sterols & inositols in USD (2010)
1United States$19,776,674
2Belgium$19,155,527
3Vietnam$10,820,510
4Germany$9,867,561
5Thailand$7,732,804
6China$7,649,840
7France$6,241,669
8India$5,247,708
9Austria$5,170,101
10Australia$5,107,216
11United Kingdom$2,938,880
12Netherlands$2,579,946
13Japan$2,533,943
14Singapore$2,296,822
15Indonesia$2,242,893
16Canada$2,124,979
17Brazil$1,581,480
18Hungary$1,443,000
19Spain$1,434,683
20Korea, South$1,196,919
21Italy$1,071,819
22Chile$1,001,675
23South Africa$976,780
24Denmark$798,756
25Switzerland$739,405
26New Zealand$681,029
27Philippines$662,205
28Guatemala$588,554
29Turkey$538,897
30Mexico$501,151
31Egypt$421,410
32Sweden$378,295
33Greece$359,887
34Ireland$348,508
35Malaysia$310,265
36Poland$238,610
37Peru$221,677
38Slovakia$202,444
39Finland$199,295
40Israel$188,000
41Saudi Arabia$181,600
42Colombia$166,623
43Costa Rica$166,538
44Pakistan$145,839
45Ecuador$136,922
46Norway$100,846
47Venezuela$100,367
48Romania$86,264
49Argentina$84,673
50Slovenia$82,327
51Czech Republic$73,601
52Portugal$58,529
53Morocco$43,178
54Uganda$35,019
55Hong Kong$32,625
56Belarus$25,800
57Serbia$25,319
58Algeria$22,793
59Latvia$21,346
60Croatia$18,430
61Cyprus$16,433
62Kenya$10,849
63Bulgaria$10,651
64Lebanon$10,093
65Tunisia$10,027
66Cameroon$8,839
67Russia$8,780
68Sri Lanka$8,387
69Lithuania$8,368
70Dominican Republic$8,023
71Paraguay$7,958
72Ukraine$7,045
73Bosnia and Herzegovina$6,978
74El Salvador$6,323
75Iran$5,150
76Armenia$4,897
77Panama$3,815
78Cote d'Ivoire$3,037
79Jamaica$2,720
80Ghana$2,569
81Ethiopia$2,411
82Bolivia$2,068
83Guyana$1,620
84Oman$780
85Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$459
86Fiji$378
87Estonia$296
88Georgia$233
89Bahamas, The$141
90Iceland$115
91Qatar$110
92Moldova$76
93Barbados$69
94Mozambique$56
95Malta$40
96Luxembourg$28
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$4,322$7,391 $1,000$1,992  
Algeria$5,572$387$629$13,336$29,406$22,793$1,915
Argentina$94,109$87,812$130,025$241,047$98,283$84,673$91,719
Armenia $96 $54 $4,897$17
Australia$4,060,455$2,915,452$618,807$1,087,282$687,731$5,107,216$9,527,650
Austria$1,234,866$1,076,811$2,376,670$3,383,423$2,641,323$5,170,101 
Bahamas, The  $58  $141 
Bahrain      $94
Bangladesh$31,266$19,382$18,072    
Barbados   $35$45$69 
Belarus$1,000$12,800$39,900$32,300$39,800$25,800$53,100
Belgium$3,734,299$10,190,222$19,395,597$16,835,319$15,351,359$19,155,527$20,936,442
Belize$1,575      
Bhutan   $3,206   
Bolivia$2,453$1,310$5,406$2,566$1,276$2,068$2,796
Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,728$3,929$4,566$5,731$6,077$6,978$2,227
Botswana      $154
Brazil$501,006$721,248$558,864$2,016,824$1,388,983$1,581,480$2,589,527
Brunei $421     
Bulgaria$285,306$105,276$53,702$102,531$10,509$10,651$30,236
Cameroon $30$4,219$143$6,314$8,839 
Canada$4,219,193$2,589,114$2,074,056$3,458,545$1,826,456$2,124,979$2,919,244
Chile$113,521$425,084$1,576,155$3,441,015$381,995$1,001,675$1,391,019
China$7,062,297$9,210,087$6,918,516$10,897,439$6,087,579$7,649,840$15,587,359
Colombia$110,112$123,388$68,769$59,886$88,345$166,623$219,149
Costa Rica$20,867$69,865$168,905$168,181$14,880$166,538$51,421
Cote d'Ivoire$1,164$2,833$2,106$697$4,645$3,037$2,188
Croatia$13,080$12,844$21,655$23,525$31,089$18,430$110,755
Cuba$55,960$63,247     
Cyprus$26,900$23,620$10,378$20,031$21,663$16,433$53,412
Czech Republic$35,836$97,911$72,876$143,736$40,508$73,601$125,654
Denmark$675,864$834,169$1,145,829$968,423$665,453$798,756$1,713,755
Dominican Republic  $31,300$36,270 $8,023 
Ecuador$27,594$97,363$205,028$227,508$174,412$136,922$547,941
Egypt$171,668$102,894$115,974$662,069$319,628$421,410$817,004
El Salvador$19,176$37,688$20,030$5,787$6,447$6,323 
Estonia$7,263$184$9,244$42,858$24,445$296$209
Ethiopia $171 $64$91$2,411$26
Fiji     $378 
Finland$30,802,354$19,456,830$575,391$148,356$1,279$199,295$633,860
France$1,194,502$1,794,178$2,415,644$6,501,038$8,173,678$6,241,669$6,492,392
French Polynesia    $76  
Georgia$277$189 $6,686$3,143$233 
Germany$19,129,000$50,382,000$35,078,000$6,775,000$4,996,000$9,867,561$14,970,117
Ghana $65   $2,569$66
Greece$202,004$266,482$719,069$2,973,458$538,649$359,887$1,414,019
Guatemala$9,515$58,074$25,185$622,075$144,386$588,554$79,050
Guyana    $1,545$1,620$11,633
Hong Kong$806,720$503,073$853,498$193,821$93,147$32,625$21,779
Hungary$1,749,000$1,525,000$1,758,000$854,000$2,033,000$1,443,000$1,302,000
Iceland$178$1,782$5,988 $417$115$53
India$3,233,344$456,827$1,101,496$2,060,734$2,880,028$5,247,708$7,404,087
Indonesia$1,799,050$3,219,204$3,736,106$2,860,688$2,404,421$2,242,893$2,366,844
Iran$15,861$13,372   $5,150 
Ireland$142,468$253,120$174,533$1,037,119$1,355,758$348,508$432,596
Israel$140,000$91,000$135,000$76,000$159,000$188,000$185,000
Italy$698,251$745,057$960,165$1,797,876$826,337$1,071,819$3,510,380
Jamaica$4,184$3,007$4,640$3,759$4,895$2,720 
Japan$2,771,052$3,792,851$4,504,301$6,838,354$1,711,077$2,533,943$3,153,261
Jordan  $525,310$2,286,226$69,470  
Kazakhstan$271  $258   
Kenya$1,612$1,563$1,760$6,782$6,395$10,849 
Korea, South$1,200,082$1,152,937$1,394,975$1,738,440$1,142,102$1,196,919$1,205,291
Kuwait $125,103$117,441$35,363   
Latvia$79,416$83,375$54,726$24,630$44,606$21,346$31,949
Lebanon$4,000$12,504$7,911$7,182$22,394$10,093$11,386
Lithuania$1,736$11,361$19,717$4,902$361$8,368$11,710
Luxembourg    $582$28$54,437
Macedonia$1,150$2,191$2,051$1,838$2,754 $3,348
Madagascar$50 $72 $415  
Malaysia$159,915$167,153$309,100$213,380$175,773$310,265$312,178
Malta  $3,786  $40 
Mauritius$70,615$214,141  $951 $334
Mexico$1,214,961$938,856$1,348,166$3,248,945$1,594,941$501,151$1,128,929
Moldova$29$98$141$182$327$76$95
Montenegro  $231$492$475 $80
Morocco$25,960$26,702$27,312$42,388$31,090$43,178 
Mozambique     $56 
Netherlands$2,560,930$994,988$1,771,927$3,615,936$2,464,741$2,579,946 
New Zealand$313,852$420,729$120,188$223,981$108,930$681,029$986,696
Nicaragua $615     
Nigeria    $54,334  
Norway$7,519$152,596$403,489$10,594$41,490$100,846$176,556
Oman  $486 $359$780 
Pakistan$29,517$63,399$74,731$104,924$66,426$145,839$90,798
Panama $3,077$1,422$1,738 $3,815$315,146
Paraguay$4,272$384$7,273$3,200$9,830$7,958$4,366
Peru$62,832$136,573$169,039$110,050$151,950$221,677$396,033
Philippines$992,139$1,373,068$1,169,624$1,370,012$851,834$662,205$868,589
Poland$377,993$387,848$441,536$461,714$425,295$238,610$479,319
Portugal$66,810$57,933$53,913$132,437$154,114$58,529$83,340
Qatar   $3,645 $110 
Romania$80,776$44,910$121,263$61,608$41,728$86,264$100,438
Russia$27,967$16,611$18,317$34,807$16,800$8,780$34,440
Saint Kitts and Nevis$150      
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines     $459 
Saudi Arabia$49,593$47,647$152,859  $181,600 
Serbia$30,453$69,739$51,722$50,844$35,087$25,319$31,888
Singapore$703,452$1,448,600$2,016,214$3,289,678$1,370,196$2,296,822$1,764,430
Slovakia$202,817$238,180$207,831$249,203$281,500$202,444$142,224
Slovenia$54,640$59,522$70,929$70,867$61,807$82,327$68,589
South Africa$326,807$367,501$425,623$588,667$527,944$976,780$961,036
Spain$1,508,289$1,094,755$2,047,390$2,409,234$1,636,843$1,434,683 
Sri Lanka$3,579$1,557$3,239$2,517$3,274$8,387$12,762
Swaziland$7,359$10,293     
Sweden$487,579$692,209$767,041$612,868$645,157$378,295$1,309,855
Switzerland$870,261$1,533,937$337,727$315,402$256,038$739,405$313,714
Tanzania$1,048      
Thailand$3,165,653$3,430,950$5,413,802$9,249,789$5,698,163$7,732,804$7,156,106
Trinidad and Tobago$1,533 $6,114$301$151  
Tunisia$23,739$5,911$4,993$5,103$228$10,027 
Turkey$209,056$273,087$449,246$1,273,119$101,843$538,897$644,407
Uganda $6,625$17,742$24,051$12,662$35,019 
Ukraine$746$1,342$2,952$5,670$4,719$7,045$6,831
United Arab Emirates  $176,440$4,466   
United Kingdom$1,344,148$2,532,817$3,267,405$3,431,605$2,555,622$2,938,880$4,927,340
United States$19,746,343$14,978,441$23,818,789$29,727,682$14,659,930$19,776,674$22,512,926
Uruguay$1,623$1,237$9,270$8,245$3,429  
Venezuela$36,488$55,280$79,350$290,466$180,324$100,367$206,930
Vietnam$3,115,093$3,039,099$7,072,973$6,491,139$8,556,382$10,820,510 
Yemen$33,280$14,243     
Zimbabwe$152  $2,123$14,678