| Rank | Country | Imports of Salts & esters of tartaric acid in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | France | $9,575,242 |  | | 2 | Germany | $5,874,432 |  | | 3 | India | $3,374,637 |  | | 4 | Switzerland | $3,354,795 |  | | 5 | Japan | $3,171,841 |  | | 6 | United States | $2,880,836 |  | | 7 | Argentina | $2,315,357 |  | | 8 | China | $2,110,686 |  | | 9 | Korea, South | $1,933,636 |  | | 10 | Italy | $1,780,980 |  | | 11 | Belgium | $1,658,882 |  | | 12 | Indonesia | $1,569,359 |  | | 13 | Austria | $1,513,508 |  | | 14 | Malaysia | $1,423,682 |  | | 15 | Canada | $1,209,344 |  | | 16 | Australia | $1,044,531 |  | | 17 | Greece | $964,279 |  | | 18 | Russia | $921,152 |  | | 19 | United Kingdom | $877,390 |  | | 20 | Chile | $863,216 |  | | 21 | Netherlands | $855,121 |  | | 22 | Hungary | $826,000 |  | | 23 | Thailand | $802,769 |  | | 24 | Brazil | $798,305 |  | | 25 | Portugal | $685,582 |  | | 26 | New Zealand | $653,629 |  | | 27 | Czech Republic | $647,488 |  | | 28 | South Africa | $586,016 |  | | 29 | Dominican Republic | $537,596 |  | | 30 | Mexico | $529,278 |  | | 31 | Singapore | $528,156 |  | | 32 | Iran | $436,824 |  | | 33 | Sweden | $420,451 |  | | 34 | Poland | $388,610 |  | | 35 | Philippines | $357,596 |  | | 36 | Romania | $350,473 |  | | 37 | Turkey | $340,283 |  | | 38 | Vietnam | $237,640 |  | | 39 | Algeria | $230,533 |  | | 40 | Saudi Arabia | $204,534 |  | | 41 | Colombia | $182,050 |  | | 42 | Costa Rica | $162,656 |  | | 43 | Norway | $159,118 |  | | 44 | Venezuela | $144,385 |  | | 45 | Moldova | $142,399 |  | | 46 | Ukraine | $132,182 |  | | 47 | Slovakia | $115,343 |  | | 48 | Croatia | $90,032 |  | | 49 | Bulgaria | $68,093 |  | | 50 | Denmark | $67,866 |  | | 51 | Ireland | $66,156 |  | | 52 | Peru | $61,056 |  | | 53 | Finland | $56,048 |  | | 54 | Egypt | $52,854 |  | | 55 | Hong Kong | $46,796 |  | | 56 | Slovenia | $39,952 |  | | 57 | Syria | $39,218 |  | | 58 | Tunisia | $38,439 |  | | 59 | Israel | $38,000 |  | | 60 | Bolivia | $36,801 |  | | 61 | Luxembourg | $36,312 |  | | 62 | Guatemala | $36,008 |  | | 63 | Pakistan | $31,583 |  | | 64 | Georgia | $30,212 |  | | 65 | Mali | $29,764 |  | | 66 | Ecuador | $25,528 |  | | 67 | Morocco | $25,193 |  | | 68 | Belarus | $20,400 |  | | 69 | Lebanon | $17,879 |  | | 70 | Serbia | $17,006 |  | | 71 | Malta | $12,438 |  | | 72 | Armenia | $10,490 |  | | 73 | Botswana | $8,453 |  | | 74 | Cyprus | $7,035 |  | | 75 | Zimbabwe | $7,025 |  | | 76 | Sri Lanka | $6,992 |  | | 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5,658 |  | | 78 | Kenya | $5,461 |  | | 79 | Ethiopia | $4,722 |  | | 80 | Panama | $3,595 |  | | 81 | El Salvador | $3,519 |  | | 82 | Montenegro | $2,455 |  | | 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,233 |  | | 84 | Paraguay | $1,863 |  | | 85 | Mauritius | $1,792 |  | | 86 | Barbados | $1,724 |  | | 87 | Bermuda | $1,719 |  | | 88 | New Caledonia | $1,558 |  | | 89 | Oman | $1,251 |  | | 90 | Lithuania | $1,231 |  | | 91 | Tanzania | $1,194 |  | | 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1,031 |  | | 93 | Jordan | $1,027 |  | | 94 | Yemen | $777 |  | | 95 | Aruba | $659 |  | | 96 | Estonia | $647 |  | | 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | $490 |  | | 98 | Uganda | $437 |  | | 99 | Latvia | $417 |  | | 100 | Azerbaijan | $406 |  | | 101 | Iceland | $154 |  | | 102 | Ghana | $104 |  | | 103 | Nicaragua | $104 |  | | 104 | Cameroon | $85 |  | | 105 | Bhutan | $76 |  | | 106 | Kyrgyzstan | $65 |  | | 107 | Maldives | $56 |  | | 108 | French Polynesia | $54 |  | | 109 | Zambia | $18 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $1,110 | $2,583 | $749 | | | | $1,723 |
| Algeria | $343,145 | $251,241 | $97,216 | $177,206 | $109,135 | $230,533 | $63,753 |
| Argentina | $704,311 | $449,837 | $136,225 | $194,538 | $186,262 | $2,315,357 | $3,842,165 |
| Armenia | $140 | $507 | $1,165 | $6,287 | $11,416 | $10,490 | $5,913 |
| Aruba | | | | | $276 | $659 | $593 |
| Australia | $1,284,994 | $1,346,663 | $953,459 | $1,078,457 | $1,044,474 | $1,044,531 | $1,072,924 |
| Austria | $1,126,480 | $1,774,382 | $1,360,693 | $1,532,574 | $2,851,571 | $1,513,508 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $226 | | $241 | $406 | $1,824 |
| Bahamas, The | | | | $17 | $18 | | $200 |
| Bahrain | $301 | | | $122 | $116 | | $121 |
| Bangladesh | $21,091 | $40,106 | $51,578 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,211 | $1,625 | $2,740 | $2,038 | $1,191 | $1,724 | $1,167 |
| Belarus | $15,400 | $19,100 | $27,400 | $23,200 | $24,900 | $20,400 | $22,200 |
| Belgium | $854,089 | $824,704 | $1,382,701 | $1,686,175 | $1,168,070 | $1,658,882 | $1,411,394 |
| Belize | $73 | | $6 | | $73 | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $1,719 | |
| Bhutan | | | | | $502 | $76 | |
| Bolivia | $129,203 | $126,095 | $9,723 | $12,526 | $12,215 | $36,801 | $46,978 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2,470 | $2,187 | $3,837 | $10,214 | $4,545 | $5,658 | $23,900 |
| Botswana | $12,206 | $7,023 | $2,902 | $1,869 | $2,599 | $8,453 | $23,648 |
| Brazil | $1,060,021 | $551,257 | $611,276 | $632,175 | $617,203 | $798,305 | $1,017,463 |
| Brunei | | $262 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $116,331 | $100,043 | $129,535 | $137,578 | $96,976 | $68,093 | $71,034 |
| Burundi | | | | | $3,390 | | |
| Cambodia | $2,240 | $15 | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $1,116 | $12,408 | $991 | $131 | $1,748 | $85 | |
| Canada | $968,950 | $874,251 | $1,388,816 | $2,431,083 | $1,072,205 | $1,209,344 | $1,591,228 |
| Chile | $1,173,120 | $1,194,027 | $1,524,294 | $1,799,270 | $814,056 | $863,216 | $1,297,057 |
| China | $2,160,223 | $2,132,390 | $2,231,576 | $1,660,796 | $1,555,675 | $2,110,686 | $2,991,501 |
| Colombia | $302,799 | $260,895 | $304,677 | $361,290 | $249,239 | $182,050 | $102,493 |
| Costa Rica | $23,795 | $14,352 | $151,398 | $275,603 | $128,141 | $162,656 | $29,053 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $1,365 | $1,105 | $2,027 | $22,253 | $1,425 | $1,031 | $4,482 |
| Croatia | $170,059 | $159,204 | $129,092 | $96,013 | $49,450 | $90,032 | $145,249 |
| Cuba | $19,657 | $17,967 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $3,491 | $3,585 | $1,252 | $2,890 | $5,832 | $7,035 | $7,798 |
| Czech Republic | $854,597 | $970,282 | $1,425,161 | $1,383,679 | $824,393 | $647,488 | $431,804 |
| Denmark | $186,469 | $239,017 | $285,231 | $384,137 | $198,636 | $67,866 | $470,759 |
| Dominican Republic | $324,531 | $267,638 | $380,893 | $537,462 | $621,141 | $537,596 | $391,314 |
| Ecuador | $23,130 | $21,245 | $37,547 | $28,007 | $41,360 | $25,528 | $24,980 |
| Egypt | $195,849 | $3,940 | $140,452 | $46,074 | $67,572 | $52,854 | $158,883 |
| El Salvador | $9,372 | $18,690 | $11,208 | $13,902 | $4,867 | $3,519 | |
| Estonia | $2,540 | $2,567 | $2,766 | $1,111 | $737 | $647 | $489 |
| Ethiopia | $419 | $443 | | $1,172 | $798 | $4,722 | $1,697 |
| Faroe Islands | | | | $408 | | | |
| Fiji | | $500 | | $101 | | | |
| Finland | $146,271 | $131,805 | $105,291 | $80,082 | $88,018 | $56,048 | $106,376 |
| France | $7,856,340 | $9,092,677 | $10,122,373 | $13,019,759 | $7,797,541 | $9,575,242 | $12,579,879 |
| French Polynesia | $312 | $258 | $91 | | $100 | $54 | $196 |
| Georgia | $34,148 | $15,391 | $9,305 | $24,500 | $18,282 | $30,212 | |
| Germany | $6,305,000 | $6,923,000 | $6,844,000 | $6,327,000 | $5,395,000 | $5,874,432 | $6,639,054 |
| Ghana | $446 | $1,152 | $45 | $128 | $116 | $104 | $775 |
| Greece | $761,959 | $738,829 | $697,258 | $1,213,214 | $1,112,103 | $964,279 | $887,263 |
| Guatemala | $20,437 | $23,900 | $13,508 | $46,886 | $33,202 | $36,008 | $51,873 |
| Guinea | | | $7,199 | | | | |
| Guyana | $507 | $65 | $153 | $1,260 | $1,148 | | $1,539 |
| Honduras | $4,954 | $3,320 | $6,715 | | $235 | | |
| Hong Kong | $365,442 | $642,084 | $152,541 | $89,637 | $25,742 | $46,796 | $22,581 |
| Hungary | $1,260,000 | $1,103,000 | $800,000 | $759,000 | $864,000 | $826,000 | $822,000 |
| Iceland | $444 | $861 | $351 | $426 | $473 | $154 | $176 |
| India | $447,033 | $573,763 | $1,308,789 | $1,220,244 | $2,898,960 | $3,374,637 | $5,672,947 |
| Indonesia | $115,792 | $223,707 | $1,004,391 | $1,919,386 | $1,024,422 | $1,569,359 | $1,788,666 |
| Iran | $860,997 | $64,222 | | | | $436,824 | |
| Ireland | $122,598 | $862,032 | $541,899 | $252,105 | $206,086 | $66,156 | $202,573 |
| Israel | $66,000 | $25,000 | $70,000 | $59,000 | $41,000 | $38,000 | $26,000 |
| Italy | $2,822,261 | $3,087,007 | $2,772,014 | $2,157,277 | $2,439,427 | $1,780,980 | $2,576,242 |
| Jamaica | $35,130 | $5,973 | $61,320 | $80,378 | $521 | | |
| Japan | $3,057,404 | $2,961,507 | $4,073,011 | $4,664,959 | $4,309,360 | $3,171,841 | $3,523,991 |
| Jordan | $37,006 | $4,781 | $344 | $737 | $3,765 | $1,027 | $4,459 |
| Kazakhstan | $3,752 | $5,420 | $5,216 | $19,027 | $30,522 | | |
| Kenya | $3,551 | $10,013 | $23,040 | $23,187 | $4,373 | $5,461 | |
| Korea, South | $859,711 | $1,157,160 | $1,444,223 | $1,393,819 | $1,170,652 | $1,933,636 | $2,348,699 |
| Kuwait | | $91,209 | $504 | $5,471 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $24 | $2,641 | | | $79 | $65 | $225 |
| Latvia | $360 | $5,271 | $2,740 | $746 | $406 | $417 | $762 |
| Lebanon | $25,000 | $40,461 | $19,767 | $25,915 | $27,951 | $17,879 | $38,713 |
| Lesotho | | | | $4,878 | | | |
| Lithuania | $893 | $3,842 | $2,668 | $2,934 | $881 | $1,231 | $1,576 |
| Luxembourg | $6,030 | $2,718 | $4,539 | $6,128 | $5,178 | $36,312 | $68,994 |
| Macedonia | $70,517 | $5,664 | $40,994 | $27,374 | $19,696 | | $25,905 |
| Madagascar | $75 | $1,428 | $189 | $1,133 | $209 | | |
| Malawi | $236 | $237 | $58 | | | | |
| Malaysia | $428,383 | $459,740 | $599,805 | $717,233 | $868,993 | $1,423,682 | $1,985,895 |
| Maldives | $362 | $227 | $1,171 | $487 | $89 | $56 | $11 |
| Mali | | | | | | $29,764 | |
| Malta | $8,557 | $18,606 | $20,490 | $25,146 | $16,405 | $12,438 | |
| Mauritius | $1,722 | $1,961 | $1,432 | $1,558 | $3,435 | $1,792 | $6,230 |
| Mayotte | | | $15 | $62 | $1,344 | | |
| Mexico | $1,174,272 | $1,225,832 | $535,700 | $552,468 | $507,698 | $529,278 | $483,729 |
| Moldova | $155,128 | $101,991 | $154,819 | $256,902 | $154,304 | $142,399 | $96,271 |
| Mongolia | | | $85 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $8,926 | $7,670 | $9,489 | $6,453 | $2,455 | $3,519 |
| Morocco | $15,336 | $32,394 | $23,635 | $18,211 | $28,785 | $25,193 | |
| Mozambique | $8,365 | $916 | | $1,363 | | | |
| Namibia | $36 | $37 | $1,073 | | | | |
| Netherlands | $524,618 | $393,221 | $1,675,850 | $436,152 | $869,006 | $855,121 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | $85 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $139 | $4,345 | $4,862 | $8,093 | $16,057 | $1,558 | $38,892 |
| New Zealand | $313,793 | $204,027 | $425,822 | $711,220 | $393,025 | $653,629 | $859,102 |
| Nicaragua | | $1,056 | $1,451 | $418 | | $104 | |
| Nigeria | | | | | $25,025 | | |
| Norway | $25,800 | $201,591 | $98,426 | $141,143 | $10,241 | $159,118 | $55,000 |
| Oman | $31 | $81 | $17,186 | $198 | $330,406 | $1,251 | |
| Pakistan | $2,635 | $11,915 | $11,381 | $10,112 | $22,050 | $31,583 | $54,073 |
| Panama | $4,330 | $8,557 | $6,969 | $12,396 | $7,023 | $3,595 | $14,890 |
| Paraguay | $96,083 | $29,400 | $10,994 | $37 | $1,442 | $1,863 | $2,479 |
| Peru | $41,116 | $31,799 | $42,750 | $83,875 | $62,349 | $61,056 | $164,661 |
| Philippines | $328,043 | $321,217 | $667,668 | $298,196 | $325,154 | $357,596 | $398,700 |
| Poland | $1,003,978 | $908,276 | $809,953 | $767,473 | $635,656 | $388,610 | $374,438 |
| Portugal | $453,517 | $664,085 | $644,125 | $557,728 | $244,580 | $685,582 | $417,372 |
| Qatar | $1,024 | | $239 | | | | |
| Romania | $1,178,801 | $1,114,186 | $909,422 | $731,176 | $521,852 | $350,473 | $332,237 |
| Russia | $391,543 | $653,083 | $485,224 | $484,881 | $497,479 | $921,152 | $437,611 |
| Rwanda | | | | | $588 | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | $50 | | | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $57 | $21 | | $183 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | $20 | $9,665 | $2,233 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $51,142 | $47,608 | $65,081 | | | $204,534 | |
| Senegal | $1,673 | $2,646 | | $151 | $792 | | $141 |
| Serbia | $13,493 | $17,899 | $8,425 | $321,334 | $147,532 | $17,006 | $13,304 |
| Seychelles | | | $1,099 | $1,340 | | | |
| Singapore | $220,095 | $384,342 | $341,986 | $319,769 | $345,420 | $528,156 | $446,227 |
| Slovakia | $246,401 | $177,856 | $164,064 | $174,008 | $122,098 | $115,343 | $116,751 |
| Slovenia | $50,968 | $48,322 | $51,090 | $59,837 | $55,054 | $39,952 | $61,843 |
| South Africa | $564,068 | $419,797 | $432,115 | $336,055 | $453,754 | $586,016 | $834,907 |
| Spain | $1,419,079 | $2,258,264 | $2,173,148 | $712,454 | | | |
| Sri Lanka | $14,658 | $12,638 | $9,491 | $14,853 | $8,940 | $6,992 | $14,970 |
| Sudan | $362,735 | $220,937 | $53 | | $378 | | |
| Swaziland | $3,660 | $1,117 | $1,077 | | | | |
| Sweden | $705,249 | $512,058 | $422,919 | $620,566 | $449,292 | $420,451 | $490,425 |
| Switzerland | $774,414 | $1,425,332 | $1,353,006 | $1,500,032 | $1,993,831 | $3,354,795 | $3,592,300 |
| Syria | | $49,659 | | | | $39,218 | |
| Tanzania | $385 | $43 | $209 | $355 | $600 | $1,194 | $1,290 |
| Thailand | $333,900 | $202,552 | $496,230 | $935,787 | $655,318 | $802,769 | $568,508 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $3,139 | $769 | $1,633 | $2,638 | $631 | $490 | |
| Tunisia | $67,330 | $134,965 | $88,659 | $119,172 | $70,144 | $38,439 | |
| Turkey | $433,812 | $468,490 | $235,927 | $465,074 | $279,802 | $340,283 | $342,600 |
| Uganda | | | | $1,519 | | $437 | |
| Ukraine | $21,148 | $30,168 | $135,570 | $126,880 | $190,287 | $132,182 | $113,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | $980 | | $643 | $3,834 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $4,211,651 | $1,998,973 | $1,557,377 | $2,234,810 | $1,982,708 | $877,390 | $983,081 |
| United States | $10,807,500 | $6,452,435 | $8,315,219 | $7,866,695 | $6,410,467 | $2,880,836 | $3,990,534 |
| Uruguay | $24,615 | $45,401 | $48,971 | $56,592 | $43,889 | | |
| Venezuela | $62,026 | $85,764 | $42,826 | $108,330 | $230,503 | $144,385 | $2,507,586 |
| Vietnam | $20,864 | $42,580 | $64,704 | $74,218 | $212,733 | $237,640 | |
| Yemen | | $231 | $361 | | $13,320 | $777 | $39,616 |
| Zambia | $718 | $964 | | | | $18 | |
| Zimbabwe | $841 | $46,587 | $30,647 | $200 | $5,865 | $7,025 | |
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