RankCountryImports of Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts & esters in USD (2010)
1Germany$65,164,591
2United States$61,520,986
3India$45,489,699
4France$35,235,142
5Nigeria$34,325,431
6China$30,857,710
7United Kingdom$25,882,262
8South Africa$23,184,577
9Japan$22,496,396
10Belgium$19,496,260
11Italy$18,949,082
12Canada$18,509,349
13Korea, South$16,954,677
14Saudi Arabia$16,813,088
15Sweden$16,656,663
16Indonesia$16,624,251
17Netherlands$14,486,677
18Iran$14,169,495
19Spain$13,581,464
20Brazil$13,045,222
21Russia$12,781,974
22Malaysia$12,234,121
23Thailand$9,699,056
24Austria$9,389,738
25Poland$9,169,464
26Venezuela$8,829,757
27Turkey$7,692,726
28Singapore$7,565,572
29Mexico$6,927,107
30Hong Kong$6,876,878
31Switzerland$6,302,214
32Vietnam$5,152,570
33Czech Republic$4,611,755
34Colombia$3,760,509
35Hungary$3,647,000
36Argentina$3,630,689
37Australia$3,518,483
38Finland$3,158,254
39Israel$3,048,000
40Cote d'Ivoire$2,827,684
41Egypt$2,792,214
42Ireland$2,656,423
43Denmark$2,577,966
44Portugal$2,566,498
45Ethiopia$2,511,913
46Romania$2,332,708
47Chile$2,293,226
48Norway$2,268,413
49Algeria$1,981,812
50Oman$1,894,001
51Peru$1,847,365
52Philippines$1,803,954
53New Zealand$1,690,869
54Slovenia$1,655,977
55Ukraine$1,612,832
56Zambia$1,592,016
57Guatemala$1,469,091
58Ecuador$1,390,563
59Belarus$1,224,900
60Sri Lanka$1,205,480
61Greece$1,171,037
62Jordan$1,129,190
63Costa Rica$1,053,901
64Morocco$1,052,501
65Slovakia$965,645
66Syria$939,604
67Tunisia$912,139
68Luxembourg$850,752
69Pakistan$830,293
70Lebanon$828,837
71Dominican Republic$828,187
72Serbia$670,974
73Croatia$629,671
74Kenya$627,924
75Bulgaria$552,437
76Mauritius$456,731
77Senegal$402,379
78Bolivia$373,636
79Tanzania$339,311
80Bahamas, The$320,066
81El Salvador$267,790
82Togo$187,615
83Qatar$187,212
84Zimbabwe$180,767
85Ghana$158,019
86Bosnia and Herzegovina$156,400
87Cameroon$145,056
88Latvia$129,624
89Azerbaijan$117,718
90Mali$111,607
91Panama$109,413
92Uganda$99,863
93Malawi$98,987
94Trinidad and Tobago$94,230
95Nepal$88,946
96Paraguay$83,686
97Cyprus$79,183
98Lithuania$75,586
99Kyrgyzstan$64,027
100Iceland$62,755
101Georgia$54,151
102Estonia$49,353
103Nicaragua$44,914
104Malta$42,930
105Yemen$37,956
106Bahrain$37,920
107Jamaica$28,799
108Albania$23,831
109Moldova$22,380
110Armenia$17,271
111Botswana$11,968
112Burkina Faso$8,744
113Cambodia$7,616
114New Caledonia$2,936
115Niger$312
116Madagascar$117
117Suriname$114
118Guyana$99
119Montenegro$90
120Belize$48
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$86,220$88,367$33,903$19,482$21,803$23,831$58,069
Algeria$628,782$946,247$1,335,266$1,385,795$1,512,789$1,981,812$2,125,332
Argentina$1,988,180$2,209,054$2,506,678$2,350,763$2,788,054$3,630,689$4,923,424
Armenia$7,345$6,335$17,677$23,160$7,450$17,271$5,399
Australia$2,333,244$2,859,282$3,852,763$4,667,002$2,621,612$3,518,483$4,736,533
Austria$7,099,905$6,649,163$7,704,740$9,966,223$7,697,857$9,389,738 
Azerbaijan$17,490$57,088$15,581$55,146$19,774$117,718$239,085
Bahamas, The$286,783$330,517$319,194$480,138$333,506$320,066$408,772
Bahrain$29,745$1,386$31,910$15,894$23,486$37,920$92,171
Bangladesh$8,778,470$4,666,983$4,550,932    
Barbados$22$68$185$5$456 $1,863
Belarus$698,600$1,049,800$1,242,700$1,653,000$1,125,700$1,224,900$1,212,900
Belgium$23,690,702$24,223,832$32,446,248$33,506,012$19,064,055$19,496,260$27,483,804
Belize $1,061$16$74$43$48 
Benin $2,826     
Bhutan  $2,853 $41  
Bolivia$66,592$79,612$77,625$291,343$347,630$373,636$625,782
Bosnia and Herzegovina$62,897$45,354$73,933$351,058$220,815$156,400$138,938
Botswana$6,837$927$6,798$952$1,082$11,968$14,138
Brazil$5,304,556$6,404,852$7,172,895$9,245,738$8,492,101$13,045,222$12,335,075
Brunei $2,005     
Bulgaria$1,281,782$910,679$1,149,179$1,067,348$643,681$552,437$754,036
Burkina Faso$10,198  $12,899 $8,744 
Burundi$11,730 $36,949$37,891$101,623  
Cambodia$499$2,271$9,676$5,190$10,437$7,616 
Cameroon$211,340$143,499$415,992$314,214$402,524$145,056 
Canada$17,480,793$18,466,862$20,574,006$21,308,518$16,099,394$18,509,349$25,177,208
Cape Verde      $2,575
Chile$705,442$747,837$1,461,224$2,331,297$1,613,210$2,293,226$2,889,637
China$29,079,495$26,872,138$34,204,822$31,294,120$29,340,528$30,857,710$34,656,438
Colombia$2,436,077$3,556,395$3,164,031$3,628,350$2,516,601$3,760,509$3,900,146
Costa Rica$1,201,084$907,367$1,132,692$2,751,615$703,316$1,053,901$1,203,353
Cote d'Ivoire$387,981$1,193,938$1,019,135$1,764,402$2,187,205$2,827,684$2,340,175
Croatia$523,569$462,156$587,179$706,906$414,172$629,671$623,439
Cuba$38,748$39,745     
Cyprus$166,878$151,799$151,318$190,303$64,176$79,183$39,284
Czech Republic$3,377,556$3,548,290$4,877,837$11,482,485$4,112,088$4,611,755$6,972,951
Denmark$3,657,717$4,097,415$3,599,035$3,551,525$2,691,465$2,577,966$2,538,718
Djibouti    $15,921  
Dominica$5,845$1,658$4    
Dominican Republic$399,708$693,063$1,103,165$1,221,149$509,259$828,187$566,100
Ecuador$548,935$594,723$783,803$1,274,196$1,229,883$1,390,563$2,000,142
Egypt$1,317,285$557,314$920,415$2,266,767$1,970,396$2,792,214$3,598,847
El Salvador$183,263$307,872$178,930$282,580$157,930$267,790 
Estonia$49,047$93,175$247,595$240,410$72,910$49,353$66,676
Ethiopia$71,785$63,745$465,868$895,226$1,164,093$2,511,913$5,890,914
Faroe Islands $107$432$183$1,618  
Fiji$107 $2 $1,354  
Finland$4,318,742$4,596,978$6,274,030$7,673,099$2,795,644$3,158,254$3,352,255
France$23,661,095$31,227,984$38,635,212$41,324,030$31,531,603$35,235,142$40,605,973
French Polynesia $8,673$1,329    
Gabon$14,786$2,877 $1,336$2,252  
Georgia$2,865$5,839$16,160$3,221$22,611$54,151 
Germany$36,942,000$45,303,000$63,875,000$70,315,000$52,249,000$65,164,591$77,145,769
Ghana$198,525$149,802$124,896$206,580$113,879$158,019$202,244
Greece$1,719,289$1,734,962$2,949,742$2,774,688$1,971,996$1,171,037$1,554,290
Grenada $642$279$24   
Guatemala$2,162,668$451,151$1,579,848$1,024,945$1,563,537$1,469,091$1,772,094
Guinea $3,617     
Guyana$3,618$2,595$3,536$3,106$1,763$99$2,444
Honduras$836,960$409,137$36,127 $54,338  
Hong Kong$6,377,918$6,358,434$5,596,520$5,339,495$5,916,565$6,876,878$5,965,339
Hungary$2,681,000$2,787,000$3,549,000$3,816,000$3,102,000$3,647,000$5,457,000
Iceland$54,359$60,713$63,234$67,228$71,325$62,755$63,092
India$18,238,491$10,902,977$20,166,435$29,903,586$21,395,205$45,489,699$74,119,944
Indonesia$6,566,014$8,286,018$10,159,148$17,232,241$13,165,969$16,624,251$20,785,419
Iran$3,951,971$1,948,762   $14,169,495 
Ireland$2,088,508$2,223,691$2,425,933$2,952,509$1,055,477$2,656,423$2,879,439
Israel$2,080,000$2,032,000$2,807,000$3,081,000$2,188,000$3,048,000$3,583,000
Italy$15,546,761$13,460,973$18,023,937$21,349,741$12,707,015$18,949,082$25,708,078
Jamaica$10,991$5,758$51,938$19,805$29,817$28,799 
Japan$14,752,949$13,392,025$16,022,766$22,451,077$17,062,237$22,496,396$26,199,906
Jordan$562,058$557,331$1,304,808$1,699,258$877,274$1,129,190$2,266,036
Kazakhstan$102,296$278,689$192,784$137,595$110,512  
Kenya$351,929$343,689$761,740$865,950$778,688$627,924 
Korea, South$10,975,509$10,963,998$12,437,126$12,700,976$11,840,931$16,954,677$17,961,888
Kuwait $724,227$903,122$100,963   
Kyrgyzstan$382$3,352$8,167$66,851$101,373$64,027$43,862
Latvia$98,166$135,976$131,317$122,671$87,716$129,624$203,166
Lebanon$272,000$291,052$539,789$764,748$832,447$828,837$987,768
Lithuania$34,011$53,670$84,515$436,494$88,880$75,586$66,167
Luxembourg$802,183$311,619$2,363,751$874,302$385,024$850,752$568,970
Macau$48$64$2,238$20   
Macedonia$115,058$81,563$115,333$145,009$146,489 $125,960
Madagascar$35,601$106,381$39,835$227,237$1,435,538$117 
Malawi$9,880$24,049$33,925$40,083$80,685$98,987$67,602
Malaysia$5,880,794$5,832,622$8,465,169$9,505,066$8,107,992$12,234,121$16,368,672
Maldives$20  $178   
Mali$302,091$345,077$403,802$500,086 $111,607 
Malta$23,274$248,319$31,954$74,315$53,921$42,930 
Mauritius$1,244,849$1,329,330$2,488,198$3,233,193$2,133,167$456,731$123,678
Mayotte   $59   
Mexico$6,311,856$5,688,896$6,481,832$7,484,963$5,171,325$6,927,107$9,920,824
Moldova$21,180$14,937$31,590$29,144$22,944$22,380$19,251
Montenegro $3,467$377$2,986$182$90$163
Morocco$1,426,599$1,073,669$1,644,098$2,064,369$1,689,045$1,052,501 
Mozambique$106$8,077$13,500$1,805$6 $1,000
Namibia$31 $661$1,339   
Nepal    $139,182$88,946 
Netherlands$10,432,682$14,093,155$17,119,477$17,326,731$11,927,561$14,486,677 
Netherlands Antilles$2,074$3,639$8,673$16,048   
New Caledonia$8,089$6,778$3,693$7,432$5,646$2,936 
New Zealand$1,175,038$991,767$1,297,631$2,007,963$1,017,067$1,690,869$2,385,037
Nicaragua$19,650$86,720$24,900$22,200$33,952$44,914$37,248
Niger$7,578 $5,412  $312 
Nigeria $4,724,675$29,151,590$9,702,083$29,208,986$34,325,431 
Norway$1,969,978$890,670$1,423,302$2,292,339$1,424,091$2,268,413$2,309,073
Oman$953,415$852,091$1,017,449$1,527,527$2,166,308$1,894,001 
Pakistan$410,382$475,473$521,615$519,099$409,535$830,293$1,322,609
Panama$150,351$106,369$108,922$114,841$118,003$109,413$63,822
Paraguay$30,290$38,141$45,284$85,767$64,816$83,686$125,502
Peru$976,317$1,345,842$1,847,096$2,818,884$1,616,567$1,847,365$2,387,003
Philippines$2,487,628$1,290,171$1,641,318$2,151,795$1,563,682$1,803,954$2,037,964
Poland$6,304,014$6,775,971$8,336,258$11,060,436$6,297,055$9,169,464$11,308,142
Portugal$1,895,215$3,425,189$3,146,108$2,847,182$1,896,183$2,566,498$3,231,508
Qatar$4,880$4,331$3,047$140,253 $187,212 
Romania$1,487,367$1,738,940$2,132,560$2,719,648$1,653,172$2,332,708$3,104,580
Russia$5,725,908$7,545,290$10,028,323$10,934,784$9,305,921$12,781,974$16,108,254
Rwanda   $11,209  $3,327
Saint Lucia$283$706$4$364   
Saudi Arabia$4,773,125$6,319,083$5,845,810  $16,813,088 
Senegal$91,222$92,833$168,912$138,253$245,022$402,379$219,394
Serbia$380,088$507,114$984,967$628,738$591,044$670,974$725,728
Singapore$14,860,294$17,797,225$25,749,407$37,085,202$14,610,155$7,565,572$10,742,701
Slovakia$924,455$1,141,551$1,336,322$1,043,014$1,051,369$965,645$1,743,362
Slovenia$948,822$1,010,922$1,175,063$1,590,976$1,316,047$1,655,977$1,582,511
South Africa$5,308,104$4,522,224$7,973,267$12,211,383$19,086,265$23,184,577$29,738,973
Spain$9,113,216$9,046,703$12,984,047$15,903,074$10,427,022$13,581,464 
Sri Lanka$569,492$664,773$864,788$1,167,242$849,609$1,205,480$1,953,764
Sudan$23,534$22,362$277,831 $20,178  
Suriname     $114 
Swaziland$163$134     
Sweden$8,042,515$9,262,424$13,357,851$16,010,781$12,342,418$16,656,663$18,481,038
Switzerland$5,366,999$7,417,544$6,885,639$6,669,821$5,304,121$6,302,214$6,558,030
Syria$332,546$394,475$732,241$736,139 $939,604 
Tanzania$1,049,013$902,585$339,583$274,179$357,167$339,311$627,386
Thailand$3,252,751$4,905,258$6,406,695$7,611,507$6,512,603$9,699,056$12,531,513
Togo$8,641    $187,615$1,160,393
Tonga    $309  
Trinidad and Tobago$97,102$89,817$123,517$127,394$101,177$94,230 
Tunisia$832,753$836,439$875,739$975,008$919,274$912,139 
Turkey$4,998,782$5,390,441$6,455,530$7,189,555$6,089,851$7,692,726$9,190,570
Uganda$44,303$13,007$25,201$62,810$71,408$99,863 
Ukraine$1,905,940$2,324,029$4,271,119$2,748,490$1,192,727$1,612,832$2,222,421
United Arab Emirates$2,792,571 $3,432,321$4,686,419   
United Kingdom$21,447,094$22,274,750$25,286,081$29,033,920$18,747,656$25,882,262$30,631,030
United States$51,834,547$54,848,224$65,499,115$56,131,258$38,602,725$61,520,986$79,381,163
Uruguay$350,005$351,344$469,995$715,612$584,432  
Venezuela$3,186,972$3,847,395$3,518,648$8,432,430$8,104,194$8,829,757$6,922,386
Vietnam$3,068,501$3,782,698$5,596,394$4,767,166$4,006,335$5,152,570 
Yemen$55,485$33,377$42,444$22,247$36,417$37,956$74,082
Zambia$1,124,220$965,036$1,630,881$3,993,989$2,691,895$1,592,016 
Zimbabwe$322,367$449,854$215,396$90,612$123,398$180,767