RankCountryImports of Salts & esters of citric acid in USD (2010)
1United States$88,525,739
2Germany$32,569,047
3Netherlands$25,503,817
4Italy$22,867,491
5France$21,888,919
6United Kingdom$21,014,672
7Canada$20,234,954
8Japan$18,212,587
9Belgium$17,829,306
10Spain$15,602,804
11Thailand$11,281,615
12Indonesia$11,266,433
13Mexico$10,403,486
14Brazil$8,640,768
15Denmark$8,290,094
16Switzerland$7,399,831
17Argentina$6,151,259
18Poland$5,998,981
19Ireland$5,656,491
20Russia$5,588,696
21Austria$5,575,500
22China$5,415,978
23India$5,155,392
24Australia$4,732,217
25Venezuela$4,277,660
26Korea, South$3,894,802
27South Africa$3,791,092
28Singapore$3,787,487
29Philippines$3,529,889
30Sweden$3,413,280
31Turkey$3,181,633
32Israel$2,770,000
33Saudi Arabia$2,749,070
34Vietnam$2,737,160
35Chile$2,483,694
36Iran$2,347,288
37New Zealand$2,267,478
38Malaysia$2,229,854
39Pakistan$2,211,042
40Egypt$1,824,084
41Colombia$1,430,084
42Czech Republic$1,373,320
43Finland$1,222,288
44Peru$1,125,327
45Hungary$1,096,000
46Nigeria$1,014,412
47Norway$999,582
48Hong Kong$928,319
49Luxembourg$839,651
50Portugal$808,428
51Greece$765,301
52Ecuador$739,991
53Costa Rica$718,795
54Ukraine$691,861
55Slovakia$689,858
56Romania$666,013
57Morocco$491,479
58Guatemala$486,649
59Algeria$462,893
60Jordan$457,647
61Slovenia$408,053
62Azerbaijan$379,493
63Malta$375,002
64Latvia$351,868
65Dominican Republic$327,843
66Lithuania$312,304
67Belarus$308,200
68Tunisia$304,697
69Estonia$295,401
70Bulgaria$251,878
71Serbia$233,224
72Kenya$229,668
73El Salvador$226,175
74Croatia$224,823
75Panama$192,897
76Paraguay$189,637
77Bolivia$147,824
78Iceland$131,196
79Yemen$130,318
80Syria$130,002
81Ghana$104,432
82Trinidad and Tobago$97,431
83Sri Lanka$96,540
84Lebanon$92,379
85Bahrain$78,927
86Jamaica$71,185
87Cameroon$55,693
88Armenia$54,059
89Nepal$44,222
90Ethiopia$42,644
91Oman$39,300
92Uganda$38,507
93Nicaragua$34,025
94Zimbabwe$33,802
95Tanzania$30,452
96Botswana$24,321
97Moldova$18,840
98Cyprus$17,923
99Zambia$16,064
100Barbados$14,228
101Cote d'Ivoire$13,616
102Albania$11,505
103Bosnia and Herzegovina$11,426
104Mauritius$11,274
105Kyrgyzstan$10,391
106Qatar$3,248
107Suriname$3,175
108Georgia$2,648
109New Caledonia$1,579
110Fiji$1,542
111Cape Verde$1,195
112Madagascar$779
113Benin$728
114Bhutan$610
115French Polynesia$605
116Senegal$437
117Maldives$267
118Montenegro$189
119Belize$40
120Bahamas, The$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania  $16,367$12,561$6,790$11,505$15,954
Algeria$94,395$49,100$177,811$489,229$343,526$462,893$527,937
Antigua and Barbuda      $1,775
Argentina$1,953,389$2,462,858$3,014,849$4,188,542$6,159,271$6,151,259$8,015,440
Armenia$2,584$962$270$456$19,815$54,059$61,462
Aruba      $1,054
Australia$1,850,662$2,147,117$3,049,590$4,750,207$3,789,229$4,732,217$5,806,528
Austria$2,733,837$2,929,066$3,711,135$5,528,827$5,020,498$5,575,500 
Azerbaijan$86,807$93,438$22,825$19,194$217,322$379,493$194,871
Bahamas, The$15    $5$5
Bahrain$1,872$2,835$15,024$120,952 $78,927$218,366
Bangladesh$598,661$568,262$751,402    
Barbados$11,727$5,188$8,384$2,695$187$14,228$4,693
Belarus$84,100$89,200$157,100$247,800$309,100$308,200$274,000
Belgium$21,064,227$21,521,198$16,880,983$26,522,819$22,264,588$17,829,306$20,588,128
Belize$66 $86$585$62$40 
Benin     $728 
Bhutan$34$69$8 $1,303$610 
Bolivia$76,169$58,659$72,853$157,477$109,683$147,824$210,537
Bosnia and Herzegovina$8,690$22,319$16,456$25,037$13,322$11,426$11,814
Botswana$1,076$759$1,467$1,866$1,744$24,321$186,212
Brazil$3,012,994$3,209,593$3,042,366$5,422,198$6,236,844$8,640,768$14,351,883
Brunei $76     
Bulgaria$117,888$132,081$210,149$422,896$188,121$251,878$288,960
Burkina Faso$4,834 $2,708$3,400   
Cambodia$953$346$4,823 $1,568  
Cameroon$12,675$19,123$15,238$36,748$291,160$55,693 
Canada$15,474,297$15,646,777$15,106,386$11,057,110$12,352,040$20,234,954$18,895,248
Cape Verde   $1,031$1,988$1,195 
Central African Republic$785   $8,749  
Chile$840,304$1,073,724$1,285,748$2,257,017$2,569,250$2,483,694$3,194,083
China$3,864,402$7,747,384$9,767,875$11,721,913$9,043,256$5,415,978$5,358,604
Colombia$684,542$659,083$692,344$1,074,833$1,123,469$1,430,084$1,713,799
Costa Rica$366,169$306,821$478,411$425,076$609,211$718,795$883,969
Cote d'Ivoire$2,803$1,186$2,522$20,040$15,860$13,616$3,514
Croatia$152,226$176,587$190,433$205,703$145,635$224,823$230,335
Cuba$256,977$237,270     
Cyprus$7,703$9,932$10,444$7,707$26,222$17,923$48,651
Czech Republic$887,319$758,635$1,047,780$1,341,576$1,623,466$1,373,320$1,480,984
Denmark$5,242,469$4,840,753$5,064,542$7,332,489$8,307,251$8,290,094$8,223,236
Dominica $328     
Dominican Republic$306,052$379,764$178,975$356,774$321,252$327,843$330,010
East Timor$195      
Ecuador$262,060$318,808$343,993$500,605$650,489$739,991$805,781
Egypt$342,766$385,728$516,226$1,392,759$2,744,072$1,824,084$2,733,115
El Salvador$220,871$346,556$301,720$403,040$236,060$226,175 
Estonia$17,615$22,077$58,000$172,063$403,199$295,401$180,822
Ethiopia$7,238$50,253$25,147$61,227$58,032$42,644$34,148
Faroe Islands$732$664$557$4,974$10,319  
Fiji $120  $18$1,542 
Finland$905,006$1,100,347$1,249,834$1,409,451$1,227,467$1,222,288$1,302,506
France$11,203,434$11,465,662$15,287,186$20,233,966$20,916,509$21,888,919$28,173,585
French Polynesia$312$71$214$252$1,856$605$884
Gabon$1,520$2,041$901$2,537$15,973  
Gambia, The$11,786 $606$589$1,842  
Georgia$729$2,254$3,247$8,624$1,464$2,648 
Germany$26,359,000$28,393,000$27,592,000$30,687,000$31,256,000$32,569,047$35,991,848
Ghana$49,767$105,399$82,405$121,266$83,367$104,432$211,235
Greece$589,215$629,041$1,000,394$798,903$788,523$765,301$932,705
Grenada$206      
Guatemala$164,904$205,840$162,079$420,991$377,376$486,649$506,095
Guinea   $1,012   
Guyana$4,067$716$3,712$346$831 $2,380
Honduras$13,271$11,328$4,909 $10,471  
Hong Kong$770,687$860,150$5,192,191$531,580$633,046$928,319$941,616
Hungary$695,000$1,055,000$849,000$821,000$862,000$1,096,000$1,201,000
Iceland$117,663$191,522$81,667$104,404$121,468$131,196$115,130
India$1,916,400$2,365,673$3,156,837$4,326,235$4,888,533$5,155,392$7,049,362
Indonesia$3,630,580$3,460,814$4,854,932$7,520,992$8,303,682$11,266,433$11,618,545
Iran$751,339$305,182   $2,347,288 
Ireland$2,592,623$2,247,589$3,440,877$3,106,212$3,571,770$5,656,491$8,839,719
Israel$318,000$865,000$1,712,000$1,726,000$1,467,000$2,770,000$3,477,000
Italy$14,828,066$14,296,348$17,752,123$29,757,304$25,962,263$22,867,491$25,071,373
Jamaica$21,348$2,597$47,559$57,469$16,224$71,185 
Japan$10,629,624$9,384,941$10,428,824$16,403,199$16,893,113$18,212,587$22,599,233
Jordan$275,113$429,136$477,279$629,516$381,634$457,647$644,725
Kazakhstan$83,614$130,867$90,356$85,413$112,232  
Kenya$38,316$63,908$158,719$107,305$45,379$229,668 
Korea, South$1,725,136$2,683,300$3,072,888$3,092,899$3,129,691$3,894,802$4,974,342
Kuwait $81,821$135,983$739,227   
Kyrgyzstan$215$352$8,714$79$2,492$10,391$18,299
Latvia$89,188$92,305$80,814$172,075$208,924$351,868$278,448
Lebanon$35,000$49,888$110,059$88,657$59,721$92,379$162,856
Lithuania$74,570$97,899$135,497$144,317$226,893$312,304$571,772
Luxembourg$569,519$313,875$445,702$579,751$1,036,670$839,651$1,329,866
Macau  $132$4,065   
Macedonia$7,564$9,685$8,891$14,463$22,054 $58,070
Madagascar$23,016$47,753$28,567 $723$779 
Malawi$3,276$160  $111 $48,991
Malaysia$2,073,490$2,525,399$4,215,689$3,452,664$1,979,725$2,229,854$2,076,559
Maldives$34$8$2,520$10$434$267$16
Malta$411,022$405,657$419,335$647,984$493,539$375,002 
Mauritania    $1,785  
Mauritius$76,305$23,428$7,200$36,991$15,480$11,274$39,360
Mayotte $20  $98  
Mexico$8,652,757$6,429,162$7,145,666$10,012,527$11,443,201$10,403,486$13,176,675
Moldova$3,276$1,160$5,471$6,851$32,408$18,840$4,141
Mongolia$3,091$672$2,152    
Montenegro $105$805$190 $189$3,190
Morocco$424,008$318,081$197,396$376,245$388,765$491,479 
Mozambique$3,821$719  $287,485 $2,000
Namibia$219 $320$3,210   
Nepal    $35,438$44,222 
Netherlands$14,219,378$13,628,325$16,490,861$5,893,947$25,086,796$25,503,817 
Netherlands Antilles$253$2,619$4$1,063   
New Caledonia$91$98$285$283 $1,579$4,375
New Zealand$1,650,479$1,507,754$1,825,613$1,919,011$3,037,949$2,267,478$2,825,727
Nicaragua$8,620$17,382$4,093$4,319$19,816$34,025$10,871
Niger      $127
Nigeria $2,525,082$585,004$600,427$2,365,835$1,014,412 
Norway$396,202$283,340$430,300$837,227$958,555$999,582$1,615,528
Oman$38,044$12,775$65,964$69,485$139,321$39,300 
Pakistan$818,404$873,833$1,002,121$1,887,518$1,400,816$2,211,042$2,796,333
Panama$240,292$337,217$307,089$370,356$293,259$192,897$261,006
Paraguay$87,450$134,203$100,586$174,428$198,795$189,637$303,830
Peru$303,063$387,042$548,923$958,628$726,137$1,125,327$1,189,213
Philippines$1,249,800$2,042,572$2,570,891$1,853,961$2,307,676$3,529,889$3,689,307
Poland$2,768,468$2,391,486$3,141,500$5,413,857$5,484,023$5,998,981$7,505,024
Portugal$371,077$378,075$281,592$447,352$602,235$808,428$986,381
Qatar$5,613$2,076 $72,426 $3,248 
Romania$322,470$408,404$938,104$692,349$641,643$666,013$911,537
Russia$2,571,945$2,360,159$2,024,099$2,598,146$2,192,335$5,588,696$5,232,334
Rwanda  $642$5,978$2,563 $7,623
Saint Kitts and Nevis$139$56     
Saint Lucia$707$3,353$2,570$2,537   
Saudi Arabia$719,271$694,789$1,959,893  $2,749,070 
Senegal$2,712$2,637$4,450$19,638$3,046$437$34,302
Serbia$166,990$170,111$181,795$261,821$245,399$233,224$205,268
Seychelles$1,114$1,016$4,932    
Singapore$1,551,957$2,721,866$3,739,012$2,593,484$3,235,336$3,787,487$3,735,478
Slovakia$255,796$143,704$125,592$454,426$589,653$689,858$660,445
Slovenia$248,415$217,688$242,120$311,597$310,231$408,053$462,265
South Africa$1,185,790$1,391,517$2,068,241$2,634,980$2,766,131$3,791,092$4,196,975
Spain$8,332,704$7,783,787$11,077,419$15,227,706$13,936,573$15,602,804 
Sri Lanka$22,324$54,281$62,758$75,601$72,132$96,540$165,662
Sudan$10,994$17,107 $91,586$18,293  
Suriname     $3,175 
Swaziland$275,931$572,499$245,226    
Sweden$1,677,327$2,260,175$1,801,337$3,007,843$2,823,781$3,413,280$2,893,058
Switzerland$3,288,105$4,162,459$6,514,774$7,044,152$7,018,079$7,399,831$8,291,685
Syria$75,936$104,657 $282,432 $130,002 
Tanzania$38,185$42,041$27,100$154,279$20,143$30,452$60,152
Thailand$3,561,119$4,918,022$6,451,003$10,995,503$7,804,460$11,281,615$11,932,251
Togo      $2,117
Trinidad and Tobago$3,955$9,796$29,799$21,461$49,830$97,431 
Tunisia$176,180$182,387$260,369$303,205$375,577$304,697 
Turkey$1,804,336$2,025,231$2,076,246$2,232,364$2,506,161$3,181,633$3,380,971
Uganda$266 $48,553$509$74,071$38,507 
Ukraine$109,339$122,293$574,782$1,477,590$557,845$691,861$1,512,741
United Arab Emirates$222,853 $107,350$343,811   
United Kingdom$10,901,805$11,860,489$14,453,242$15,670,375$18,998,642$21,014,672$21,037,229
United States$33,322,000$34,383,736$34,022,734$44,067,845$62,528,207$88,525,739$83,031,906
Uruguay$132,462$111,580$91,814$171,644$223,939  
Venezuela$693,124$877,415$812,885$2,243,829$2,180,029$4,277,660$27,459,817
Vietnam$950,854$944,982$1,249,125$1,505,359$1,518,301$2,737,160 
Yemen$92,811$57,603$104,124$96,435$429,883$130,318$148,147
Zambia$6,824$5,106$7,402$75,139$12,535$16,064 
Zimbabwe$31$3,692$19,464$4,684$11,305$33,802