| Rank | Country | Imports of Lactic acid, its salts & esters in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | $100,328,889 |  | | 2 | United States | $47,443,266 |  | | 3 | Japan | $37,780,546 |  | | 4 | France | $24,782,434 |  | | 5 | Germany | $20,299,513 |  | | 6 | Belgium | $19,676,837 |  | | 7 | Canada | $17,088,561 |  | | 8 | Italy | $16,756,021 |  | | 9 | Korea, South | $16,454,433 |  | | 10 | Brazil | $14,440,339 |  | | 11 | China | $13,611,017 |  | | 12 | Mexico | $11,722,673 |  | | 13 | Venezuela | $10,638,107 |  | | 14 | United Kingdom | $8,529,038 |  | | 15 | Switzerland | $8,484,737 |  | | 16 | Malaysia | $8,107,138 |  | | 17 | Ireland | $8,046,571 |  | | 18 | Poland | $8,020,464 |  | | 19 | Russia | $7,605,332 |  | | 20 | India | $6,690,179 |  | | 21 | Australia | $6,448,052 |  | | 22 | Ukraine | $5,785,144 |  | | 23 | Argentina | $4,977,245 |  | | 24 | Israel | $4,867,000 |  | | 25 | Indonesia | $4,864,170 |  | | 26 | Turkey | $4,821,858 |  | | 27 | South Africa | $4,607,270 |  | | 28 | Norway | $4,146,729 |  | | 29 | Thailand | $3,810,971 |  | | 30 | Colombia | $3,797,904 |  | | 31 | Vietnam | $3,610,300 |  | | 32 | Singapore | $3,482,853 |  | | 33 | Czech Republic | $3,476,429 |  | | 34 | Austria | $3,224,087 |  | | 35 | Sweden | $3,107,750 |  | | 36 | Greece | $2,963,347 |  | | 37 | Romania | $2,667,647 |  | | 38 | Chile | $2,619,308 |  | | 39 | Finland | $2,590,244 |  | | 40 | Hungary | $2,038,000 |  | | 41 | Costa Rica | $1,751,644 |  | | 42 | Philippines | $1,737,361 |  | | 43 | New Zealand | $1,585,495 |  | | 44 | Hong Kong | $1,457,812 |  | | 45 | Belarus | $1,439,000 |  | | 46 | Egypt | $1,348,830 |  | | 47 | Iran | $1,314,989 |  | | 48 | Pakistan | $1,300,250 |  | | 49 | Dominican Republic | $1,170,441 |  | | 50 | Portugal | $1,155,071 |  | | 51 | Saudi Arabia | $1,100,535 |  | | 52 | Paraguay | $1,095,373 |  | | 53 | Nigeria | $1,064,296 |  | | 54 | Ecuador | $891,724 |  | | 55 | Guatemala | $823,661 |  | | 56 | Croatia | $702,211 |  | | 57 | Algeria | $695,644 |  | | 58 | Slovakia | $689,163 |  | | 59 | Slovenia | $629,422 |  | | 60 | Morocco | $567,150 |  | | 61 | Bulgaria | $522,302 |  | | 62 | Zimbabwe | $468,924 |  | | 63 | Peru | $428,057 |  | | 64 | Serbia | $412,907 |  | | 65 | Zambia | $364,049 |  | | 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $337,907 |  | | 67 | Tunisia | $333,870 |  | | 68 | Lithuania | $313,882 |  | | 69 | Estonia | $307,281 |  | | 70 | Panama | $236,418 |  | | 71 | Bolivia | $232,312 |  | | 72 | El Salvador | $213,606 |  | | 73 | Latvia | $183,177 |  | | 74 | Botswana | $177,809 |  | | 75 | Moldova | $176,987 |  | | 76 | Cyprus | $167,228 |  | | 77 | Syria | $129,560 |  | | 78 | Sri Lanka | $115,448 |  | | 79 | Kenya | $115,079 |  | | 80 | Bahrain | $98,304 |  | | 81 | Ghana | $60,633 |  | | 82 | Nicaragua | $55,187 |  | | 83 | Montenegro | $50,449 |  | | 84 | Luxembourg | $46,276 |  | | 85 | Georgia | $44,644 |  | | 86 | Nepal | $39,985 |  | | 87 | Lebanon | $35,540 |  | | 88 | Uganda | $33,675 |  | | 89 | Tanzania | $30,614 |  | | 90 | Cote d'Ivoire | $28,434 |  | | 91 | Ethiopia | $25,234 |  | | 92 | Cameroon | $23,743 |  | | 93 | Guyana | $21,963 |  | | 94 | Jordan | $21,603 |  | | 95 | French Polynesia | $19,777 |  | | 96 | Albania | $19,002 |  | | 97 | Malawi | $16,985 |  | | 98 | Iceland | $16,092 |  | | 99 | Oman | $16,018 |  | | 100 | Qatar | $15,032 |  | | 101 | Armenia | $13,957 |  | | 102 | Cambodia | $12,894 |  | | 103 | Bhutan | $12,649 |  | | 104 | Yemen | $12,542 |  | | 105 | Kyrgyzstan | $10,429 |  | | 106 | Mauritius | $10,277 |  | | 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | $10,209 |  | | 108 | Samoa | $9,478 |  | | 109 | New Caledonia | $5,949 |  | | 110 | Bahamas, The | $3,786 |  | | 111 | Belize | $3,391 |  | | 112 | Barbados | $1,016 |  | | 113 | Malta | $808 |  | | 114 | Madagascar | $389 |  | | 115 | Jamaica | $383 |  | | 116 | Benin | $346 |  | | 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | $327 |  | | 118 | Burundi | $246 |  | | 119 | Fiji | $144 |  | | 120 | Cape Verde | $99 |  | | 121 | Mozambique | $97 |  | | 122 | Dominica | $43 |  | | 123 | Aruba | $36 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $4,867 | $27,184 | $9,946 | $19,927 | $10,320 | $19,002 | $21,343 |
| Algeria | $58,847 | $636,170 | $618,455 | $1,158,768 | $921,609 | $695,644 | $1,136,417 |
| Argentina | $2,600,230 | $2,520,586 | $3,252,112 | $4,074,246 | $4,541,752 | $4,977,245 | $5,288,385 |
| Armenia | $1,215 | $14,506 | $1,358 | $14,095 | $24,138 | $13,957 | $11,836 |
| Aruba | | | | | | $36 | $353 |
| Australia | $2,693,800 | $3,426,456 | $3,539,555 | $4,225,136 | $5,248,823 | $6,448,052 | $6,484,373 |
| Austria | $2,250,121 | $2,471,241 | $2,323,725 | $2,939,290 | $6,259,713 | $3,224,087 | |
| Azerbaijan | | $2,750 | | | $3,193 | | $5,379 |
| Bahamas, The | $1,251 | $5,932 | $4,269 | $15,584 | $10,955 | $3,786 | $796 |
| Bahrain | $124,215 | $55,362 | $164,260 | $199,771 | $140,473 | $98,304 | $61,203 |
| Bangladesh | $166,907 | $131,504 | $130,619 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,231 | $1,170 | $3,128 | $6,545 | $2,077 | $1,016 | $392 |
| Belarus | $586,600 | $903,300 | $1,111,700 | $1,195,300 | $1,071,900 | $1,439,000 | $1,565,600 |
| Belgium | $10,808,054 | $10,208,901 | $11,705,088 | $15,304,457 | $15,673,233 | $19,676,837 | $21,435,133 |
| Belize | | | | | | $3,391 | |
| Benin | | | | | | $346 | |
| Bhutan | $27 | | $18 | | $1,099 | $12,649 | |
| Bolivia | $31,431 | $61,658 | $39,947 | $202,304 | $255,251 | $232,312 | $505,313 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $247,475 | $435,785 | $487,865 | $540,487 | $370,345 | $337,907 | $380,472 |
| Botswana | $106,598 | $82,863 | $793,852 | $127,828 | $151,651 | $177,809 | $150,054 |
| Brazil | $1,520,172 | $2,363,898 | $3,677,135 | $5,525,379 | $9,957,105 | $14,440,339 | $11,819,496 |
| Bulgaria | $324,542 | $278,353 | $353,165 | $514,519 | $412,179 | $522,302 | $667,367 |
| Burkina Faso | $6,205 | | | | | | |
| Burundi | | | | $8,869 | | $246 | |
| Cambodia | $12,618 | $5,113 | $20,408 | $63,338 | $10,526 | $12,894 | |
| Cameroon | $15,728 | $17,945 | $16,585 | $75,452 | $45,095 | $23,743 | |
| Canada | $5,821,886 | $7,051,966 | $9,002,668 | $10,924,180 | $11,145,066 | $17,088,561 | $17,763,805 |
| Cape Verde | | $53 | | | $798 | $99 | $368 |
| Chile | $1,069,954 | $1,088,168 | $1,265,166 | $1,748,155 | $2,352,567 | $2,619,308 | $2,423,532 |
| China | $6,468,367 | $8,126,434 | $8,582,855 | $10,404,307 | $12,428,479 | $13,611,017 | $12,313,268 |
| Colombia | $1,709,224 | $2,120,137 | $2,964,650 | $3,098,207 | $3,578,771 | $3,797,904 | $3,401,966 |
| Comoros | $184 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $524,450 | $681,706 | $790,795 | $1,021,689 | $1,215,474 | $1,751,644 | $1,304,271 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $13,702 | $28,335 | $14,587 | $38,074 | $40,440 | $28,434 | $53,987 |
| Croatia | $563,491 | $670,093 | $599,041 | $796,099 | $868,837 | $702,211 | $917,411 |
| Cuba | $43,748 | $12,210 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $181,123 | $200,104 | $196,170 | $329,150 | $177,724 | $167,228 | $304,246 |
| Czech Republic | $2,106,589 | $2,645,105 | $2,628,325 | $3,446,266 | $3,282,679 | $3,476,429 | $3,694,733 |
| Denmark | $5,061,262 | $5,481,228 | $6,592,432 | $6,642,617 | $6,060,129 | | |
| Dominica | $8,062 | $1,266 | $2,508 | $2,940 | $2,435 | $43 | |
| Dominican Republic | $217,830 | $217,265 | $375,323 | $576,646 | $672,126 | $1,170,441 | $1,123,666 |
| Ecuador | $302,229 | $294,866 | $297,427 | $733,715 | $661,727 | $891,724 | $810,894 |
| Egypt | $1,545,127 | $702,923 | $576,145 | $1,082,331 | $539,935 | $1,348,830 | $843,913 |
| El Salvador | $101,810 | $153,139 | $132,895 | $179,078 | $160,575 | $213,606 | |
| Estonia | $204,859 | $274,752 | $285,055 | $213,193 | $269,024 | $307,281 | $298,870 |
| Ethiopia | $13,093 | $32,777 | $33,546 | $34,114 | $22,747 | $25,234 | $73,627 |
| Faroe Islands | $3,094 | $1,124 | $3,385 | | $1,192 | | |
| Fiji | | | | | | $144 | |
| Finland | $2,130,505 | $1,947,140 | $1,942,776 | $2,501,877 | $2,993,740 | $2,590,244 | $2,729,785 |
| France | $20,309,023 | $25,950,917 | $23,608,806 | $24,972,710 | $21,389,802 | $24,782,434 | $24,493,265 |
| French Polynesia | $1,872 | $4,554 | $1,553 | $2,516 | $10,497 | $19,777 | $14,345 |
| Gambia, The | $1,644 | $463 | | $5,754 | | | |
| Georgia | $179 | $29,834 | $13,426 | $27,282 | $55,000 | $44,644 | |
| Germany | $32,168,000 | $34,624,000 | $41,794,000 | $35,319,000 | $20,400,000 | $20,299,513 | $25,161,819 |
| Ghana | $81,050 | $18,604 | $30,986 | $27,188 | $96,726 | $60,633 | $91,259 |
| Greece | $1,483,657 | $1,884,281 | $3,103,850 | $3,314,894 | $2,933,458 | $2,963,347 | $2,843,474 |
| Grenada | | $23 | $425 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $1,189,937 | $1,157,015 | $1,116,457 | $1,154,490 | $1,007,317 | $823,661 | $982,508 |
| Guyana | $4,945 | $7,165 | $12,561 | $11,599 | $1,932 | $21,963 | $5,878 |
| Honduras | $249,358 | $349,168 | $480,231 | | $553,265 | | |
| Hong Kong | $943,171 | $899,309 | $899,500 | $832,735 | $538,393 | $1,457,812 | $1,039,671 |
| Hungary | $2,898,000 | $2,740,000 | $2,581,000 | $3,191,000 | $1,739,000 | $2,038,000 | $1,828,000 |
| Iceland | $47,484 | $49,864 | $105,256 | $113,141 | $52,714 | $16,092 | $36,709 |
| India | $3,094,017 | $1,889,798 | $4,357,925 | $5,238,369 | $5,960,037 | $6,690,179 | $8,281,109 |
| Indonesia | $2,563,137 | $2,628,940 | $2,892,431 | $3,697,332 | $3,718,762 | $4,864,170 | $5,461,123 |
| Iran | $166,823 | $94,569 | | | | $1,314,989 | |
| Ireland | $2,795,793 | $5,206,779 | $4,979,820 | $11,291,569 | $7,902,948 | $8,046,571 | $7,945,120 |
| Israel | $1,704,000 | $1,847,000 | $2,069,000 | $5,274,000 | $3,880,000 | $4,867,000 | $4,975,000 |
| Italy | $11,667,793 | $12,892,644 | $14,678,270 | $15,385,794 | $14,705,240 | $16,756,021 | $19,466,598 |
| Jamaica | $3,074 | $3,473 | $445 | $1,191 | $1,104 | $383 | |
| Japan | $21,631,627 | $19,496,375 | $23,881,898 | $25,952,321 | $25,103,262 | $37,780,546 | $41,560,481 |
| Jordan | $18,324 | $28,199 | $70,556 | $66,454 | $45,304 | $21,603 | $67,163 |
| Kazakhstan | $186,451 | $289,431 | $364,794 | $319,511 | $217,459 | | |
| Kenya | $136,892 | $138,313 | $144,171 | $160,572 | $60,709 | $115,079 | |
| Korea, South | $6,553,282 | $7,456,526 | $9,898,008 | $10,677,046 | $11,743,432 | $16,454,433 | $22,952,959 |
| Kuwait | | $109,278 | $264,928 | $334,461 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $4,617 | $4,342 | | $1,380 | $107 | $10,429 | $49,815 |
| Latvia | $164,486 | $76,864 | $100,591 | $88,974 | $124,713 | $183,177 | $293,870 |
| Lebanon | $42,000 | $36,130 | $39,306 | $74,764 | $46,215 | $35,540 | $128,544 |
| Lesotho | | | | $10,734 | | | |
| Lithuania | $325,459 | $334,622 | $296,752 | $312,219 | $202,558 | $313,882 | $478,349 |
| Luxembourg | $18,876 | $31,538 | $23,131 | $32,717 | $47,501 | $46,276 | $45,081 |
| Macau | | | | $131 | | | |
| Macedonia | $46,940 | $49,511 | $269,045 | $245,282 | $370,391 | | $451,168 |
| Madagascar | $799 | $2,625 | | $1,203 | $48 | $389 | |
| Malawi | $11,776 | $17,631 | $10,662 | $56,274 | $65,632 | $16,985 | $13,509 |
| Malaysia | $3,636,338 | $3,982,500 | $4,816,423 | $4,358,081 | $7,608,831 | $8,107,138 | $7,560,609 |
| Mali | | | $125 | | | | |
| Malta | $22,576 | $34,217 | $29,599 | $9,700 | $1,255 | $808 | |
| Mauritius | $25,093 | $15,109 | $13,378 | $3,364 | $6,056 | $10,277 | $12,913 |
| Mayotte | $19 | $30 | | | $41 | | |
| Mexico | $7,907,341 | $9,290,921 | $9,926,269 | $11,471,655 | $11,047,732 | $11,722,673 | $11,676,993 |
| Moldova | $83,005 | $85,204 | $80,629 | $104,607 | $110,126 | $176,987 | $206,880 |
| Mongolia | $789 | $19,300 | $254 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $26,685 | $41,274 | $52,063 | $53,411 | $50,449 | $43,108 |
| Morocco | $172,025 | $290,115 | $296,462 | $532,551 | $500,143 | $567,150 | |
| Mozambique | $10,204 | $2,344 | $4,622 | $7,695 | $4,454 | $97 | $6,000 |
| Namibia | $3,869 | $156 | $166 | $12,790 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $94,287 | $39,985 | |
| Netherlands | $21,832,551 | $27,580,774 | $32,493,104 | $101,062,036 | $93,432,797 | $100,328,889 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $603 | | | $21 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $1,780 | $7,016 | $666 | $4,509 | $1,737 | $5,949 | $7,046 |
| New Zealand | $691,550 | $736,178 | $1,035,776 | $1,409,979 | $1,077,573 | $1,585,495 | $1,180,801 |
| Nicaragua | $23,740 | $35,909 | $77,835 | $16,930 | $28,466 | $55,187 | $83,650 |
| Niger | | $159 | | | | | |
| Nigeria | | $692,835 | $568,838 | $415,984 | $995,534 | $1,064,296 | |
| Norway | $1,395,815 | $1,816,223 | $2,717,325 | $3,113,020 | $3,586,647 | $4,146,729 | $4,169,708 |
| Oman | $10,369 | $20,783 | $67,274 | $38,341 | $123,987 | $16,018 | |
| Pakistan | $833,617 | $589,579 | $733,998 | $1,073,638 | $1,376,191 | $1,300,250 | $1,316,188 |
| Panama | $51,536 | $101,142 | $124,838 | $182,966 | $187,859 | $236,418 | $334,456 |
| Paraguay | $438,418 | $588,947 | $845,242 | $1,117,011 | $1,053,687 | $1,095,373 | $1,107,645 |
| Peru | $191,991 | $253,428 | $331,077 | $383,347 | $234,434 | $428,057 | $661,547 |
| Philippines | $1,394,938 | $1,302,098 | $1,398,152 | $1,972,134 | $1,688,017 | $1,737,361 | $2,262,851 |
| Poland | $4,900,505 | $6,353,628 | $6,880,252 | $8,375,255 | $6,899,107 | $8,020,464 | $8,522,174 |
| Portugal | $740,763 | $710,618 | $932,571 | $1,000,294 | $1,202,179 | $1,155,071 | $1,423,109 |
| Qatar | | | | | | $15,032 | |
| Romania | $1,905,335 | $2,550,842 | $2,777,009 | $3,716,348 | $3,278,856 | $2,667,647 | $2,533,795 |
| Russia | $3,483,950 | $5,616,679 | $6,641,225 | $6,729,130 | $8,161,108 | $7,605,332 | $9,768,635 |
| Rwanda | $5,101 | $210 | | | | | $231 |
| Saint Lucia | $341 | | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $1,846 | $1,372 | $2,122 | $3,224 | $952 | | |
| Samoa | | | | | | $9,478 | $8,795 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | | | $327 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $105,995 | $420,501 | $732,478 | | | $1,100,535 | |
| Senegal | $40 | $8,608 | $839 | $1,360 | | | $16,863 |
| Serbia | $960,486 | $906,551 | $1,125,722 | $668,740 | $493,896 | $412,907 | $351,449 |
| Seychelles | $690 | $1,822 | $4,373 | | | | |
| Singapore | $2,273,386 | $2,076,435 | $2,420,388 | $2,374,613 | $2,444,178 | $3,482,853 | $4,065,022 |
| Slovakia | $343,259 | $400,027 | $438,694 | $635,152 | $631,240 | $689,163 | $891,309 |
| Slovenia | $443,742 | $579,180 | $698,307 | $691,435 | $358,708 | $629,422 | $568,092 |
| South Africa | $2,622,893 | $3,398,221 | $3,981,526 | $3,967,810 | $4,301,213 | $4,607,270 | $4,913,784 |
| Sri Lanka | $100,687 | $99,645 | $76,134 | $153,880 | $93,287 | $115,448 | $200,409 |
| Sudan | $41,483 | | $1,585 | | | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | | $485 |
| Swaziland | $397,254 | $138,222 | $40,326 | | | | |
| Sweden | $1,756,625 | $2,116,706 | $1,689,746 | $3,194,120 | $3,441,672 | $3,107,750 | $3,386,875 |
| Switzerland | $6,477,062 | $6,590,016 | $8,086,047 | $7,685,002 | $8,723,863 | $8,484,737 | $10,031,416 |
| Syria | $43,309 | $51,363 | | | | $129,560 | |
| Tanzania | $103,167 | $33,089 | $25,779 | $14,955 | $16,373 | $30,614 | $228,134 |
| Thailand | $2,256,439 | $2,457,646 | $2,630,266 | $3,059,507 | $2,815,292 | $3,810,971 | $3,313,000 |
| Togo | $14,123 | | $35,736 | | | | $40,098 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $3,723 | $656 | $3,293 | $5,843 | $5,477 | $10,209 | |
| Tunisia | $150,117 | $152,964 | $193,205 | $229,756 | $261,690 | $333,870 | |
| Turkey | $3,390,706 | $3,394,870 | $4,201,036 | $5,040,182 | $4,392,258 | $4,821,858 | $5,394,448 |
| Uganda | $24,113 | $28,009 | $55,900 | $69,537 | $47,395 | $33,675 | |
| Ukraine | $805,253 | $926,323 | $1,295,855 | $4,503,780 | $2,762,309 | $5,785,144 | $4,582,845 |
| United Arab Emirates | $313,588 | | $918,156 | $1,403,971 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $9,513,842 | $10,012,766 | $11,753,151 | $12,024,957 | $8,156,884 | $8,529,038 | $11,439,298 |
| United States | $36,064,341 | $32,264,460 | $37,449,000 | $55,091,545 | $42,323,208 | $47,443,266 | $38,675,658 |
| Uruguay | $311,302 | $253,165 | $292,325 | $367,730 | $397,802 | | |
| Venezuela | $1,608,798 | $2,055,149 | $1,499,816 | $2,228,652 | $2,994,851 | $10,638,107 | $7,888,507 |
| Vietnam | $1,123,460 | $1,416,700 | $1,651,507 | $1,963,752 | $2,259,657 | $3,610,300 | |
| Yemen | $24,259 | $15,680 | $13,765 | $8,339 | $42,587 | $12,542 | $12,855 |
| Zambia | $113,454 | $64,407 | $69,449 | $182,486 | $140,569 | $364,049 | |
| Zimbabwe | $15,321 | $281,528 | $268,484 | $144,664 | $428,877 | $468,924 | |
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