| Rank | Country | Imports of Hydroquinone (quinol) & its salts in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | India | $29,140,430 |  | | 2 | China | $20,117,138 |  | | 3 | United Kingdom | $14,185,669 |  | | 4 | Germany | $10,977,795 |  | | 5 | South Africa | $8,484,815 |  | | 6 | Korea, South | $7,992,821 |  | | 7 | Cote d'Ivoire | $7,347,968 |  | | 8 | Belgium | $6,727,924 |  | | 9 | Netherlands | $6,569,185 |  | | 10 | Italy | $5,525,460 |  | | 11 | Poland | $3,878,541 |  | | 12 | Brazil | $3,724,593 |  | | 13 | Mexico | $3,654,477 |  | | 14 | Indonesia | $2,865,954 |  | | 15 | United States | $2,394,258 |  | | 16 | Japan | $1,550,506 |  | | 17 | France | $1,544,180 |  | | 18 | Cameroon | $1,444,321 |  | | 19 | Iran | $1,155,035 |  | | 20 | Spain | $1,128,401 |  | | 21 | Singapore | $1,084,104 |  | | 22 | Malaysia | $895,572 |  | | 23 | Denmark | $845,264 |  | | 24 | Thailand | $836,593 |  | | 25 | Austria | $766,854 |  | | 26 | Greece | $744,548 |  | | 27 | Philippines | $688,848 |  | | 28 | Argentina | $681,578 |  | | 29 | Czech Republic | $653,063 |  | | 30 | Saudi Arabia | $564,267 |  | | 31 | Russia | $558,421 |  | | 32 | Colombia | $468,044 |  | | 33 | Ghana | $421,248 |  | | 34 | Canada | $382,980 |  | | 35 | Guatemala | $349,458 |  | | 36 | Switzerland | $340,801 |  | | 37 | Turkey | $301,253 |  | | 38 | Senegal | $300,586 |  | | 39 | Nigeria | $283,082 |  | | 40 | Ecuador | $234,313 |  | | 41 | Costa Rica | $137,826 |  | | 42 | Egypt | $130,958 |  | | 43 | Belarus | $121,300 |  | | 44 | Latvia | $88,003 |  | | 45 | Chile | $81,741 |  | | 46 | Oman | $78,801 |  | | 47 | Venezuela | $73,839 |  | | 48 | Pakistan | $73,630 |  | | 49 | New Zealand | $72,320 |  | | 50 | Australia | $70,753 |  | | 51 | Norway | $59,767 |  | | 52 | Syria | $55,039 |  | | 53 | Sri Lanka | $54,193 |  | | 54 | Finland | $53,737 |  | | 55 | Peru | $52,122 |  | | 56 | Jordan | $32,103 |  | | 57 | Israel | $30,000 |  | | 58 | Ireland | $24,957 |  | | 59 | Lithuania | $24,530 |  | | 60 | Vietnam | $23,930 |  | | 61 | Morocco | $23,076 |  | | 62 | Croatia | $22,241 |  | | 63 | Ukraine | $13,349 |  | | 64 | Bulgaria | $9,366 |  | | 65 | Hong Kong | $9,192 |  | | 66 | Romania | $9,135 |  | | 67 | Slovenia | $7,579 |  | | 68 | Paraguay | $5,772 |  | | 69 | Bolivia | $5,506 |  | | 70 | Kenya | $5,365 |  | | 71 | Ethiopia | $4,843 |  | | 72 | Portugal | $4,357 |  | | 73 | Sweden | $4,313 |  | | 74 | Armenia | $4,068 |  | | 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3,994 |  | | 76 | Nepal | $3,383 |  | | 77 | Slovakia | $3,212 |  | | 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | $2,728 |  | | 79 | Tunisia | $2,545 |  | | 80 | Uganda | $2,020 |  | | 81 | Hungary | $2,000 |  | | 82 | Aruba | $1,160 |  | | 83 | El Salvador | $930 |  | | 84 | Georgia | $357 |  | | 85 | Nicaragua | $305 |  | | 86 | Zimbabwe | $228 |  | | 87 | New Caledonia | $128 |  | | 88 | Lebanon | $109 |  | | 89 | Yemen | $89 |  | | 90 | Serbia | $73 |  | | 91 | Madagascar | $55 |  | | 92 | Algeria | $52 |  | | 93 | Cyprus | $48 |  | | 94 | Tanzania | $38 |  | | 95 | French Polynesia | $29 |  | | 96 | Jamaica | $25 |  | | 97 | Estonia | $21 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | | | | $366 |
| Algeria | $35 | $1,873 | $83 | $175 | $533 | $52 | $181 |
| Argentina | $697,544 | $700,235 | $571,248 | $645,413 | $543,921 | $681,578 | $940,152 |
| Armenia | | | $73 | $81 | $2,064 | $4,068 | $62 |
| Aruba | | | | | $147 | $1,160 | $286 |
| Australia | $190,887 | $59,989 | $72,365 | $58,945 | $73,929 | $70,753 | $55,494 |
| Austria | $366,026 | $351,845 | $44,083 | $430,340 | $306,544 | $766,854 | |
| Bahrain | | | $1,968 | | $55,314 | | |
| Bangladesh | $11,727 | $23,038 | $16,478 | | | | |
| Barbados | $707 | | | $1,818 | $1,679 | | $748 |
| Belarus | $129,200 | $199,000 | $102,900 | $108,200 | $103,000 | $121,300 | $492,500 |
| Belgium | $5,041,087 | $5,446,110 | $5,011,373 | $6,046,024 | $5,504,898 | $6,727,924 | $12,904,939 |
| Benin | $95,532 | | | | | | |
| Bhutan | | | | | $19 | | |
| Bolivia | $32,907 | $303 | $7,770 | $5,458 | $4,463 | $5,506 | $8,433 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $73 | $2,460 | $15 | $14 | | $3,994 | $342 |
| Botswana | | | | | $50 | | $142 |
| Brazil | $3,643,153 | $2,429,794 | $1,909,723 | $2,952,987 | $3,364,671 | $3,724,593 | $4,091,891 |
| Bulgaria | $82,468 | $65,641 | $50,095 | $63,364 | $11,714 | $9,366 | $13,200 |
| Cameroon | $238,656 | $477,241 | $564,982 | $733,793 | $772,763 | $1,444,321 | |
| Canada | $463,734 | $322,053 | $407,527 | $246,584 | $432,288 | $382,980 | $817,066 |
| Chile | $139,781 | $109,122 | $60,621 | $114,129 | $64,184 | $81,741 | $109,353 |
| China | $12,263,816 | $7,809,561 | $15,578,212 | $9,901,689 | $13,170,829 | $20,117,138 | $26,770,031 |
| Colombia | $500,606 | $583,450 | $449,746 | $463,986 | $312,310 | $468,044 | $480,164 |
| Costa Rica | $53,199 | $11,300 | $92,207 | $9,348 | $3,573 | $137,826 | $239,903 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $4,226,475 | $4,074,961 | $5,382,905 | $5,077,626 | $4,738,839 | $7,347,968 | $10,227,838 |
| Croatia | $23,252 | $35,332 | $26,432 | $40,815 | $4,320 | $22,241 | $16,500 |
| Cuba | $52,159 | $18,136 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $357 | | $327 | $55 | $117 | $48 | $99 |
| Czech Republic | $359,351 | $686,866 | $609,316 | $543,593 | $515,486 | $653,063 | $1,696,890 |
| Denmark | $115,676 | $33,296 | $64,072 | $146,199 | $150,038 | $845,264 | $162,451 |
| Dominican Republic | $2,860 | $7,328 | $1,782 | $19,677 | | | $4,784 |
| Ecuador | $24,490 | $115,956 | $119,544 | $112,449 | $152,447 | $234,313 | $122,251 |
| Egypt | $195,059 | $250,497 | $150,852 | $184,358 | $336,613 | $130,958 | $251,382 |
| El Salvador | $15,327 | $21,514 | $11,722 | $823 | $1,343 | $930 | |
| Estonia | $630 | | | $141 | $110 | $21 | $18 |
| Ethiopia | $765 | $2,984 | | $2,199 | $1,195 | $4,843 | $323 |
| Fiji | | $666 | | | | | |
| Finland | $7,443 | $6,148 | $3,069 | $6,469 | $3,284 | $53,737 | $116,080 |
| France | $5,033,084 | $2,734,583 | $846,848 | $3,842,862 | $3,042,401 | $1,544,180 | $3,287,939 |
| French Polynesia | $208 | | $42 | $279 | | $29 | $49 |
| Gabon | | $827 | $136 | $54 | $331 | | |
| Georgia | $84 | $148 | $79 | $653 | $1,119 | $357 | |
| Germany | $4,367,000 | $7,011,000 | $9,417,000 | $11,252,000 | $7,691,000 | $10,977,795 | $18,342,421 |
| Ghana | $39,322 | $46,890 | $172,175 | $1,479 | $163,157 | $421,248 | $501,814 |
| Greece | $1,323,011 | $1,521,270 | $2,269,027 | $1,947,677 | $1,269,633 | $744,548 | $64,897 |
| Guatemala | $397,294 | $451,091 | $548,454 | $478,724 | $421,515 | $349,458 | $353,273 |
| Guinea | | | $224 | | | | |
| Guyana | | | | | | | $1,822 |
| Honduras | $2,252 | $3,517 | $30,148 | | $1,767 | | |
| Hong Kong | $143,873 | $55,302 | $20,036 | $17,993 | $48,313 | $9,192 | $4,222 |
| Hungary | $54,000 | $21,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Iceland | $2,535 | $3,393 | $1,537 | $1,561 | $1,865 | | |
| India | $9,164,149 | $11,825,651 | $13,468,466 | $14,965,047 | $15,735,493 | $29,140,430 | $44,362,479 |
| Indonesia | $1,597,741 | $2,615,030 | $2,027,397 | $2,984,531 | $2,736,395 | $2,865,954 | $5,455,649 |
| Iran | $163,869 | $470,976 | | | | $1,155,035 | |
| Ireland | $29,518 | | $15,104 | $3,687 | $26,737 | $24,957 | $20,843 |
| Israel | $380,000 | $323,000 | $13,000 | $15,000 | $22,000 | $30,000 | $19,000 |
| Italy | $684,354 | $571,421 | $1,197,556 | $3,190,290 | $2,711,293 | $5,525,460 | $2,279,408 |
| Jamaica | $45 | | | $434 | | $25 | |
| Japan | $2,376,063 | $2,152,899 | $2,077,008 | $1,820,169 | $2,186,293 | $1,550,506 | $1,974,750 |
| Jordan | | | | | $7,593 | $32,103 | $10,966 |
| Kazakhstan | $257 | $416 | $611 | $1,158 | $21 | | |
| Kenya | $15,862 | $2,203 | $6,104 | $10,321 | $63 | $5,365 | |
| Korea, South | $4,687,731 | $4,910,844 | $5,083,793 | $4,898,285 | $5,752,059 | $7,992,821 | $8,824,507 |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $12 | | | | | |
| Latvia | $153,140 | $153,334 | $175,344 | $60,200 | $129,713 | $88,003 | $91,616 |
| Lebanon | $27,000 | $293 | $6,814 | $24,922 | $2,295 | $109 | $15,273 |
| Lithuania | $719 | $21,094 | $556 | $201 | $13 | $24,530 | $502 |
| Luxembourg | $454 | $138 | | $360 | | | $100 |
| Macedonia | $8,513 | $43 | $56 | | | | $24 |
| Madagascar | $11 | $49 | $27 | $58 | $46 | $55 | |
| Malawi | | | | | | | $132,920 |
| Malaysia | $810,090 | $864,600 | $637,797 | $600,851 | $590,389 | $895,572 | $1,228,147 |
| Malta | | | | | $7 | | |
| Mauritius | | $854 | | | $503 | | |
| Mayotte | $12 | | $14 | $15 | | | |
| Mexico | $3,774,585 | $4,004,794 | $3,452,505 | $2,966,251 | $2,887,260 | $3,654,477 | $5,172,679 |
| Moldova | $4 | $155 | $2 | | | | $65 |
| Morocco | $13,329 | $23,723 | $21,918 | $16,793 | $19,547 | $23,076 | |
| Mozambique | $57 | $37 | $820 | | $55 | | |
| Namibia | $70 | | | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $8,995 | $3,383 | |
| Netherlands | $2,789,673 | $3,332,960 | $6,664,971 | $4,237,748 | $3,618,301 | $6,569,185 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | $22 | $178 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $22 | $134 | $24 | $30 | $130 | $128 | $1,340 |
| New Zealand | $30,081 | $23,622 | $31,123 | $38,917 | $23,437 | $72,320 | $101,066 |
| Nicaragua | $420 | $1,879 | $5,304 | $1,218 | $2,359 | $305 | $963 |
| Niger | | $29 | | | | | |
| Nigeria | | $846,600 | $11,352 | | $743,089 | $283,082 | |
| Norway | $72,526 | $121,381 | $85,275 | $28,297 | $30,932 | $59,767 | $48,941 |
| Oman | $255 | $3 | | $30,844,785 | $59,766 | $78,801 | |
| Pakistan | $47,203 | $116,997 | $68,519 | $140,333 | $33,423 | $73,630 | $76,433 |
| Panama | $8,225 | $34,143 | $29,738 | | | | |
| Paraguay | $263 | | $10 | $80 | $2,592 | $5,772 | $97 |
| Peru | $21,869 | $35,908 | $13,524 | $45,689 | $34,734 | $52,122 | $33,656 |
| Philippines | $609,364 | $834,400 | $634,029 | $437,194 | $480,412 | $688,848 | $351,961 |
| Poland | $2,245,887 | $2,566,247 | $3,405,600 | $4,166,175 | $2,708,343 | $3,878,541 | $6,347,657 |
| Portugal | $246 | $4,047 | $3,050 | $4,026 | $4,934 | $4,357 | $30,857 |
| Qatar | $4,878 | | $3,971 | $5,857 | | | |
| Romania | $177,180 | $57,828 | $13,061 | $11,365 | $14,080 | $9,135 | $4,502 |
| Russia | $732,528 | $610,091 | $696,342 | $448,270 | $208,571 | $558,421 | $510,598 |
| Saint Lucia | | $32 | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $183,807 | $74,904 | $155,394 | | | $564,267 | |
| Senegal | $476,067 | $110,546 | $195,572 | $375,653 | $262,157 | $300,586 | $172,585 |
| Serbia | $2,035 | $517 | $376 | $1,529 | $63 | $73 | $26 |
| Singapore | $602,486 | $800,269 | $737,506 | $925,158 | $648,278 | $1,084,104 | $1,130,683 |
| Slovakia | $236 | | | $2,653 | $442 | $3,212 | $610 |
| Slovenia | $12,117 | $3,934 | $10,404 | $11,714 | $4,101 | $7,579 | $7,468 |
| South Africa | $6,343,076 | $8,322,754 | $9,194,938 | $8,443,234 | $4,680,048 | $8,484,815 | $11,400,729 |
| Spain | $1,621,721 | $1,561,509 | $1,795,737 | $1,216,385 | $566,006 | $1,128,401 | |
| Sri Lanka | $10,052 | $11,167 | $27,586 | $36,156 | $1,622 | $54,193 | $48,440 |
| Sudan | | | $530 | | | | |
| Sweden | $124,976 | $95,238 | $117,675 | $27,403 | $1,581 | $4,313 | $94,662 |
| Switzerland | $496,137 | $368,633 | $1,096,209 | $284,284 | $134,299 | $340,801 | $614,650 |
| Syria | | $21,645 | | $98,135 | | $55,039 | |
| Tanzania | | $393 | | | | $38 | |
| Thailand | $634,274 | $536,039 | $481,454 | $582,756 | $598,350 | $836,593 | $2,098,686 |
| Togo | $1,800 | | | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $91 | | $2,067 | $2,014 | $3,700 | $2,728 | |
| Tunisia | $4,276 | $6,702 | $331 | $1,621 | $8,547 | $2,545 | |
| Turkey | $534,210 | $369,167 | $267,796 | $448,246 | $344,430 | $301,253 | $842,448 |
| Uganda | | | | | | $2,020 | |
| Ukraine | $47,249 | $90,810 | $109,732 | $51,980 | $9,556 | $13,349 | $337,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | $97,721 | | $117,553 | $274,509 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $9,771,045 | $11,581,940 | $11,686,839 | $12,695,742 | $10,371,648 | $14,185,669 | $23,360,139 |
| United States | $4,172,875 | $2,918,037 | $4,507,688 | $2,757,119 | $2,543,869 | $2,394,258 | $4,402,066 |
| Uruguay | $13,456 | $14,474 | $10,579 | $23,712 | $27,276 | | |
| Venezuela | $76,709 | $91,924 | $43,286 | $27,637 | $19,934 | $73,839 | $392,428 |
| Vietnam | $101,219 | $64,763 | $62,035 | $26,625 | $18,109 | $23,930 | |
| Yemen | | | | | $51 | $89 | $1,629 |
| Zambia | | $12,475 | $7,583 | | $5,867 | | |
| Zimbabwe | | | $519 | | $3,269 | $228 | |
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