| Rank | Country | Imports of Methanal (formaldehyde) in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Germany | $44,017,167 |  | | 2 | France | $10,371,854 |  | | 3 | Belgium | $6,657,976 |  | | 4 | Netherlands | $6,375,623 |  | | 5 | Canada | $5,407,973 |  | | 6 | Switzerland | $4,541,885 |  | | 7 | Poland | $3,554,844 |  | | 8 | Austria | $3,453,211 |  | | 9 | Slovenia | $3,092,478 |  | | 10 | United States | $2,624,206 |  | | 11 | Latvia | $2,385,640 |  | | 12 | Vietnam | $2,298,020 |  | | 13 | Romania | $1,654,337 |  | | 14 | Philippines | $1,650,715 |  | | 15 | Jordan | $1,511,379 |  | | 16 | Oman | $1,499,454 |  | | 17 | Spain | $1,316,429 |  | | 18 | Singapore | $1,255,451 |  | | 19 | Syria | $1,222,997 |  | | 20 | Morocco | $932,220 |  | | 21 | China | $906,879 |  | | 22 | Nigeria | $842,761 |  | | 23 | Saudi Arabia | $801,334 |  | | 24 | Denmark | $736,298 |  | | 25 | Belarus | $718,300 |  | | 26 | Sweden | $691,338 |  | | 27 | Egypt | $625,936 |  | | 28 | Czech Republic | $620,165 |  | | 29 | Norway | $616,153 |  | | 30 | India | $531,703 |  | | 31 | Nepal | $507,149 |  | | 32 | Malaysia | $440,001 |  | | 33 | New Zealand | $434,023 |  | | 34 | Iran | $422,758 |  | | 35 | Ukraine | $386,934 |  | | 36 | Jamaica | $380,557 |  | | 37 | Thailand | $346,221 |  | | 38 | Bhutan | $333,973 |  | | 39 | Chile | $314,538 |  | | 40 | Guatemala | $312,721 |  | | 41 | Serbia | $285,453 |  | | 42 | Russia | $280,024 |  | | 43 | Bahrain | $274,964 |  | | 44 | Azerbaijan | $263,362 |  | | 45 | Costa Rica | $261,959 |  | | 46 | Australia | $250,896 |  | | 47 | Ethiopia | $233,618 |  | | 48 | Tunisia | $227,572 |  | | 49 | Italy | $220,237 |  | | 50 | Estonia | $202,525 |  | | 51 | Ghana | $198,657 |  | | 52 | Ireland | $198,016 |  | | 53 | Indonesia | $192,990 |  | | 54 | Turkey | $172,139 |  | | 55 | Dominican Republic | $163,223 |  | | 56 | United Kingdom | $160,396 |  | | 57 | Brazil | $157,239 |  | | 58 | Portugal | $153,773 |  | | 59 | Croatia | $149,730 |  | | 60 | Hungary | $148,000 |  | | 61 | Sri Lanka | $146,551 |  | | 62 | Greece | $143,279 |  | | 63 | Lithuania | $133,159 |  | | 64 | Israel | $133,000 |  | | 65 | Senegal | $123,682 |  | | 66 | Finland | $111,131 |  | | 67 | Bulgaria | $106,292 |  | | 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | $102,545 |  | | 69 | Bolivia | $91,783 |  | | 70 | Kenya | $89,902 |  | | 71 | Yemen | $86,233 |  | | 72 | Pakistan | $83,151 |  | | 73 | Peru | $82,926 |  | | 74 | Slovakia | $82,886 |  | | 75 | Paraguay | $82,281 |  | | 76 | El Salvador | $79,632 |  | | 77 | Hong Kong | $77,943 |  | | 78 | Lebanon | $76,493 |  | | 79 | Luxembourg | $76,268 |  | | 80 | Malawi | $67,860 |  | | 81 | Argentina | $54,243 |  | | 82 | Zambia | $51,684 |  | | 83 | Madagascar | $49,419 |  | | 84 | Algeria | $44,777 |  | | 85 | Colombia | $43,976 |  | | 86 | Cambodia | $43,828 |  | | 87 | Mali | $42,650 |  | | 88 | Cyprus | $40,401 |  | | 89 | Georgia | $39,724 |  | | 90 | Ecuador | $39,620 |  | | 91 | Panama | $37,856 |  | | 92 | Nicaragua | $35,919 |  | | 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | $35,090 |  | | 94 | Moldova | $34,019 |  | | 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $33,707 |  | | 96 | Kyrgyzstan | $30,446 |  | | 97 | Korea, South | $27,249 |  | | 98 | Uganda | $25,683 |  | | 99 | Qatar | $25,183 |  | | 100 | Zimbabwe | $21,667 |  | | 101 | Mauritius | $21,554 |  | | 102 | Burkina Faso | $21,273 |  | | 103 | Tanzania | $20,139 |  | | 104 | Guyana | $18,668 |  | | 105 | French Polynesia | $17,835 |  | | 106 | Cameroon | $16,244 |  | | 107 | Albania | $15,609 |  | | 108 | Suriname | $14,201 |  | | 109 | South Africa | $11,232 |  | | 110 | Iceland | $10,485 |  | | 111 | Bermuda | $10,087 |  | | 112 | Barbados | $7,823 |  | | 113 | Mexico | $7,670 |  | | 114 | Burundi | $7,375 |  | | 115 | Japan | $7,310 |  | | 116 | Aruba | $5,623 |  | | 117 | New Caledonia | $4,335 |  | | 118 | Fiji | $3,786 |  | | 119 | Botswana | $3,200 |  | | 120 | Venezuela | $2,888 |  | | 121 | Montenegro | $2,651 |  | | 122 | Belize | $2,185 |  | | 123 | Cape Verde | $1,792 |  | | 124 | Mozambique | $1,574 |  | | 125 | Armenia | $1,206 |  | | 126 | Maldives | $1,186 |  | | 127 | Dominica | $648 |  | | 128 | Malta | $305 |  | | 129 | Bahamas, The | $184 |  | | 130 | Mauritania | $146 |  | | 131 | Benin | $110 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $14,425 | $9,290 | $13,079 | $39,870 | $9,950 | $15,609 | $22,619 |
| Algeria | $157,881 | $133,707 | $28,275 | $102,124 | $69,728 | $44,777 | $45,230 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | $1,124 | $501 | | $391 | | $2,548 |
| Argentina | $84,720 | $314,770 | $32,014 | $35,779 | $58,234 | $54,243 | $100,943 |
| Armenia | $7,758 | $6,934 | $5,639 | $2,301 | $11,236 | $1,206 | $29,813 |
| Aruba | | | | | $479 | $5,623 | |
| Australia | $16,396 | $50,049 | $115,236 | $150,404 | $141,783 | $250,896 | $509,730 |
| Austria | $2,454,721 | $4,867,349 | $4,549,337 | $4,053,579 | $2,882,584 | $3,453,211 | |
| Azerbaijan | $60,627 | $133,523 | $238,848 | $328,227 | $232,443 | $263,362 | $566,354 |
| Bahamas, The | $7,449 | $1,377 | $6,985 | $2,086 | $200 | $184 | $711 |
| Bahrain | $124,322 | $180,633 | $1,642,090 | $1,367,639 | $2,130,649 | $274,964 | $16,017 |
| Bangladesh | $2,324,637 | $2,573,079 | $2,994,351 | | | | |
| Barbados | $8,581 | $5,828 | $8,662 | $7,388 | $8,732 | $7,823 | $10,722 |
| Belarus | $4,667,200 | $4,384,200 | $3,903,600 | $4,327,200 | $1,728,300 | $718,300 | $587,500 |
| Belgium | $6,729,384 | $9,664,953 | $15,877,331 | $16,567,624 | $3,817,951 | $6,657,976 | $10,069,896 |
| Belize | $1,305 | $674 | $4,125 | $17,473 | $6,872 | $2,185 | |
| Benin | $2,836 | $1,422 | | | | $110 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $10,087 | |
| Bhutan | $401,002 | $433,238 | $608,983 | $608,569 | $453,705 | $333,973 | |
| Bolivia | $141,540 | $97,068 | $75,417 | $117,605 | $101,375 | $91,783 | $125,389 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $52,228 | $45,388 | $37,304 | $59,241 | $33,107 | $33,707 | $36,604 |
| Botswana | $10,967 | $3,969 | $5,400 | $1,314 | $2,282 | $3,200 | $4,534 |
| Brazil | $84,783 | $34,299 | $28,868 | $46,805 | $91,634 | $157,239 | $208,906 |
| Brunei | | $66,555 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $249,395 | $230,365 | $272,547 | $246,356 | $90,066 | $106,292 | $385,969 |
| Burkina Faso | $36,985 | | $17,873 | $2,936 | $10,361 | $21,273 | |
| Burundi | $2,769 | $11,920 | $4,251 | $16,078 | $28,399 | $7,375 | |
| Cambodia | $124,654 | $32,059 | $43,706 | $38,085 | $38,334 | $43,828 | |
| Cameroon | $50,912 | $52,724 | $24,118 | $124,303 | $26,838 | $16,244 | |
| Canada | $4,368,536 | $6,077,901 | $9,836,118 | $6,658,270 | $3,697,367 | $5,407,973 | $5,022,499 |
| Cape Verde | $1,253 | $1,664 | $2,044 | $2,614 | $3,900 | $1,792 | $1,640 |
| Chile | $29,077 | $265,074 | $219,676 | $538,377 | $331,561 | $314,538 | $340,107 |
| China | $4,701,383 | $7,251,741 | $5,816,278 | $4,858,711 | $3,901,654 | $906,879 | $229,809 |
| Colombia | $57,207 | $62,302 | $20,495 | $53,829 | $86,879 | $43,976 | $16,009 |
| Comoros | | $52 | | | | | |
| Cook Islands | $49 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $61,944 | $115,298 | $116,005 | $151,728 | $115,136 | $261,959 | $186,733 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $102,773 | $92,177 | $38,065 | $109,589 | $63,452 | $102,545 | $58,437 |
| Croatia | $156,199 | $240,006 | $388,519 | $348,886 | $179,041 | $149,730 | $136,853 |
| Cuba | $254,366 | $529,548 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $23,523 | $20,382 | $21,121 | $20,848 | $16,833 | $40,401 | $18,978 |
| Czech Republic | $868,396 | $975,892 | $1,462,647 | $2,234,216 | $744,301 | $620,165 | $1,917,687 |
| Denmark | $779,840 | $1,065,321 | $2,271,051 | $967,557 | $810,570 | $736,298 | $867,176 |
| Dominica | $8,145 | $9,734 | $1,741 | | $1,126 | $648 | |
| Dominican Republic | $83,372 | $127,470 | $160,013 | $182,792 | $111,714 | $163,223 | $138,114 |
| Ecuador | $28,489 | $116,243 | $123,627 | $89,995 | $17,803 | $39,620 | $31,874 |
| Egypt | $333,378 | $1,531,442 | $2,028,970 | $3,551,241 | $3,167,532 | $625,936 | $64,323 |
| El Salvador | $49,868 | $68,555 | $102,251 | $103,887 | $74,469 | $79,632 | |
| Estonia | $135,640 | $18,539 | $3,890 | $2,465 | $22,277 | $202,525 | $289,517 |
| Ethiopia | $7,547 | $14,554 | $213,696 | $11,009 | $18,255 | $233,618 | $69,391 |
| Faroe Islands | $28,794 | $6,875 | $13,945 | $10,588 | $37,871 | | |
| Fiji | $1,492 | $6,115 | $8,363 | $4,163 | $2,813 | $3,786 | |
| Finland | $992,346 | $1,597,513 | $161,749 | $42,658 | $41,123 | $111,131 | $80,735 |
| France | $13,991,850 | $23,167,368 | $25,966,804 | $22,402,943 | $9,804,527 | $10,371,854 | $12,169,408 |
| French Polynesia | $11,962 | $15,079 | $12,286 | $17,182 | $15,094 | $17,835 | $6,713 |
| Gabon | $20,359 | $20,610 | $112,788 | $68,984 | $89,179 | | |
| Georgia | $20,802 | $8,882 | $5,722 | $30,111 | $32,505 | $39,724 | |
| Germany | $27,060,000 | $39,390,000 | $58,197,000 | $79,107,000 | $39,595,000 | $44,017,167 | $59,977,143 |
| Ghana | $60,591 | $62,947 | $48,505 | $83,769 | $120,055 | $198,657 | $390,260 |
| Greece | $136,594 | $1,245,298 | $606,711 | $762,575 | $179,044 | $143,279 | $60,845 |
| Greenland | | | $599 | | | | |
| Grenada | $506 | $2,205 | $963 | $1,150 | $2,604 | | |
| Guatemala | $88,506 | $191,168 | $151,098 | $140,933 | $245,494 | $312,721 | $287,282 |
| Guinea | $468 | $86 | $2,395 | $501 | | | |
| Guyana | $9,431 | $1,505 | | $6,090 | $5,327 | $18,668 | $8,497 |
| Honduras | $183,912 | $209,842 | $495,197 | | $470,051 | | |
| Hong Kong | $359,290 | $283,871 | $342,582 | $284,499 | $195,166 | $77,943 | $156,137 |
| Hungary | $197,000 | $130,000 | $34,000 | $84,000 | $179,000 | $148,000 | $376,000 |
| Iceland | $17,236 | $5,067 | $1,846 | $10,914 | $10,150 | $10,485 | $13,448 |
| India | $682,839 | $259,244 | $190,100 | $509,234 | $462,852 | $531,703 | $698,635 |
| Indonesia | $782,215 | $30,428 | $23,081 | $244,331 | $32,709 | $192,990 | $124,132 |
| Iran | $33,103 | | | | | $422,758 | |
| Ireland | $1,304,164 | $136,830 | $194,715 | $191,438 | $213,505 | $198,016 | $320,498 |
| Israel | $65,000 | $39,000 | $83,000 | $14,000 | $59,000 | $133,000 | $83,000 |
| Italy | $201,167 | $271,374 | $133,569 | $163,272 | $221,716 | $220,237 | $243,905 |
| Jamaica | $54,079 | $179,740 | $327,462 | $368,569 | $362,791 | $380,557 | |
| Japan | $30,780 | | | | $4,909 | $7,310 | $48,024 |
| Jordan | $124,082 | $133,206 | $1,390,457 | $1,257,911 | $805,324 | $1,511,379 | $2,983,949 |
| Kazakhstan | $508,836 | $204,588 | $695,133 | $156,575 | $136,753 | | |
| Kenya | $246,940 | $121,916 | $85,676 | $117,122 | $150,801 | $89,902 | |
| Kiribati | $239 | | | | | | |
| Korea, South | $31,432 | $33,618 | $53,760 | $63,771 | $453,204 | $27,249 | $29,127 |
| Kuwait | | $418,140 | $2,432,924 | $3,951,597 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $3,117 | $19,229 | $8,847 | $14,109 | $15,837 | $30,446 | $15,097 |
| Latvia | $1,969,534 | $2,190,742 | $2,140,957 | $2,564,166 | $1,907,331 | $2,385,640 | $3,429,487 |
| Lebanon | $34,000 | $43,840 | $121,140 | $102,993 | $124,196 | $76,493 | $72,178 |
| Lithuania | $1,642,768 | $1,142,995 | $773,123 | $1,677,672 | $1,366,180 | $133,159 | $146,685 |
| Luxembourg | $81,850 | $47,359 | $110,172 | $100,196 | $67,633 | $76,268 | $87,989 |
| Macau | $6,546 | $7,296 | $3,016 | $2,297 | $5,208 | | |
| Macedonia | $42,028 | $28,651 | $29,547 | $27,145 | $29,337 | | $42,532 |
| Madagascar | $29,888 | $41,436 | $30,854 | $93,261 | $16,829 | $49,419 | |
| Malawi | $885 | $391 | $537 | $371 | $6,526 | $67,860 | $15,773 |
| Malaysia | $2,100,475 | $925,754 | $1,705,109 | $2,023,720 | $411,392 | $440,001 | $361,356 |
| Maldives | $523 | $1,932 | $2,692 | $752 | $987 | $1,186 | $1,819 |
| Mali | | $3,136 | | $1,462 | | $42,650 | |
| Malta | $6,698 | $24,165 | $9,235 | $50,080 | $4,831 | $305 | |
| Mauritania | | | $22,343 | | | $146 | |
| Mauritius | $18,154 | $13,621 | $23,274 | $27,040 | $20,248 | $21,554 | $19,771 |
| Mayotte | $1,551 | $3,371 | $3,539 | $5,566 | $15,898 | | |
| Mexico | $14,450 | $15,483 | $26,780 | $24,025 | $13,716 | $7,670 | $585,775 |
| Moldova | $42,102 | $38,077 | $39,156 | $51,833 | $29,947 | $34,019 | $26,807 |
| Mongolia | $6,559 | $4,462 | $11,312 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $2,416 | $424 | $3,803 | $1,040 | $2,651 | $2,116 |
| Montserrat | | | | | $369 | | |
| Morocco | $610,187 | $657,177 | $678,393 | $874,827 | $783,832 | $932,220 | |
| Mozambique | $5,160 | $43,775 | $29,919 | $146 | $5,463 | $1,574 | $11,000 |
| Namibia | $5,190 | $1,141 | $8,103 | $10,370 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $593,286 | $507,149 | |
| Netherlands | $2,871,723 | $5,463,642 | $5,888,123 | $9,237,288 | $5,006,200 | $6,375,623 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $1,871 | $1,689 | $4,272 | $7,387 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $2,419 | $3,183 | $1,233 | $1,895 | $1,965 | $4,335 | $4,278 |
| New Zealand | $57,929 | $176,520 | $135,727 | $87,902 | $89,731 | $434,023 | $133,136 |
| Nicaragua | $5,470 | $3,452 | $230 | $269 | $120 | $35,919 | $27,999 |
| Niger | $244 | $48 | | $3,016 | | | |
| Nigeria | | $1,679,537 | $1,322,486 | $1,055,728 | $544,864 | $842,761 | |
| Norway | $841,188 | $503,801 | $834,261 | $833,613 | $446,029 | $616,153 | $674,002 |
| Oman | $4,167,508 | $6,428,829 | $7,482,075 | $2,004,030 | $1,649,530 | $1,499,454 | |
| Pakistan | $485,347 | $618,432 | $937,607 | $752,241 | $125,208 | $83,151 | $773,631 |
| Panama | $78,603 | $63,658 | $26,289 | $36,350 | $40,536 | $37,856 | $25,536 |
| Paraguay | $55,616 | $74,595 | $92,278 | $111,303 | $76,253 | $82,281 | $105,287 |
| Peru | $72,063 | $100,343 | $300,592 | $576,537 | $274,027 | $82,926 | $282,678 |
| Philippines | $771,259 | $779,256 | $1,214,533 | $967,332 | $1,419,039 | $1,650,715 | $1,217,173 |
| Poland | $664,523 | $1,795,262 | $3,037,733 | $5,613,884 | $2,085,561 | $3,554,844 | $5,803,142 |
| Portugal | $72,445 | $49,710 | $135,974 | $159,761 | $109,194 | $153,773 | $224,557 |
| Qatar | $348,145 | $37,281 | $458,706 | $71,537 | | $25,183 | |
| Romania | $311,045 | $923,459 | $3,440,137 | $1,440,751 | $1,340,771 | $1,654,337 | $4,327,414 |
| Russia | $420,962 | $163,958 | $220,363 | $207,116 | $143,591 | $280,024 | $324,260 |
| Rwanda | | $30 | $436 | $1,126 | $30 | | $70 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $994 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $30 | $1,207 | $1,461 | $181 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $326 | $353 | $368 | $147 | $138 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $855,717 | $354,824 | $326,430 | | | $801,334 | |
| Senegal | $25,134 | $218,719 | $225,418 | $49,877 | $64,420 | $123,682 | $96,206 |
| Serbia | $95,028 | $192,888 | $319,991 | $322,681 | $230,288 | $285,453 | $234,486 |
| Seychelles | $1,891 | | | $1,013 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,012,761 | $1,631,223 | $1,895,551 | $1,402,408 | $969,222 | $1,255,451 | $1,385,282 |
| Slovakia | $118,872 | $197,459 | $195,666 | $193,387 | $74,793 | $82,886 | $99,754 |
| Slovenia | $4,594,218 | $7,880,424 | $9,004,531 | $10,672,918 | $2,236,875 | $3,092,478 | $6,439,211 |
| South Africa | $14,591 | $14,813 | $18,788 | $3,675 | $28,433 | $11,232 | $87,827 |
| Spain | $1,106,075 | $4,582,185 | $832,777 | $1,633,248 | $945,247 | $1,316,429 | |
| Sri Lanka | $428,759 | $258,213 | $690,324 | $417,227 | $107,845 | $146,551 | $135,696 |
| Sudan | $15,261 | $128,780 | $34,094 | | $37,057 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $14,201 | $6,277 |
| Swaziland | $1,117 | $2,723 | $401 | | | | |
| Sweden | $328,848 | $436,384 | $1,910,999 | $614,100 | $392,389 | $691,338 | $1,703,459 |
| Switzerland | $5,549,155 | $5,906,190 | $6,988,804 | $7,124,269 | $3,796,057 | $4,541,885 | $4,959,953 |
| Syria | $159,960 | $206,796 | $313,217 | $663,445 | | $1,222,997 | |
| Tanzania | $1,634 | $8,846 | $13,088 | $6,408 | $17,274 | $20,139 | $57,244 |
| Thailand | $110,481 | $66,709 | $103,592 | $114,467 | $117,785 | $346,221 | $486,215 |
| Togo | | | | | | | $387 |
| Tonga | | | | $115 | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $291,289 | $23,318 | $35,210 | $40,813 | $34,517 | $35,090 | |
| Tunisia | $108,185 | $138,466 | $174,863 | $238,278 | $229,353 | $227,572 | |
| Turkey | $71,417 | $106,834 | $190,215 | $164,658 | $115,893 | $172,139 | $281,390 |
| Uganda | $2,726 | $11,021 | $15,115 | $31,264 | $32,114 | $25,683 | |
| Ukraine | $1,315,837 | $3,013,962 | $6,704,965 | $8,629,670 | $1,652,306 | $386,934 | $109,767 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,630,584 | | $17,320,018 | $31,936,791 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $875,462 | $344,615 | $435,107 | $656,987 | $219,528 | $160,396 | $285,050 |
| United States | $2,954,457 | $3,152,254 | $3,108,115 | $2,210,074 | $971,436 | $2,624,206 | $2,699,753 |
| Uruguay | $268,799 | $283,432 | $366,725 | $410,535 | $278,493 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $515 | $1,693 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $20,047 | $30,302 | $3,606 | $16,968 | $71,372 | $2,888 | $2,529 |
| Vietnam | $7,834,621 | $3,556,762 | $4,725,826 | $3,502,804 | $1,423,320 | $2,298,020 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | | $173 | | | | | |
| Yemen | $71,616 | $35,509 | $60,984 | $24,145 | $101,747 | $86,233 | $300,084 |
| Zambia | $21,850 | $24,311 | $30,841 | $35,071 | $19,099 | $51,684 | |
| Zimbabwe | $15 | $15,450 | $33,592 | $9,779 | $58,497 | $21,667 | |
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