| Rank | Country | Imports of Salts & esters of citric acid in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | United States | $88,525,739 |  | | 2 | Germany | $32,569,047 |  | | 3 | Netherlands | $25,503,817 |  | | 4 | Italy | $22,867,491 |  | | 5 | France | $21,888,919 |  | | 6 | United Kingdom | $21,014,672 |  | | 7 | Canada | $20,234,954 |  | | 8 | Japan | $18,212,587 |  | | 9 | Belgium | $17,829,306 |  | | 10 | Spain | $15,602,804 |  | | 11 | Thailand | $11,281,615 |  | | 12 | Indonesia | $11,266,433 |  | | 13 | Mexico | $10,403,486 |  | | 14 | Brazil | $8,640,768 |  | | 15 | Denmark | $8,290,094 |  | | 16 | Switzerland | $7,399,831 |  | | 17 | Argentina | $6,151,259 |  | | 18 | Poland | $5,998,981 |  | | 19 | Ireland | $5,656,491 |  | | 20 | Russia | $5,588,696 |  | | 21 | Austria | $5,575,500 |  | | 22 | China | $5,415,978 |  | | 23 | India | $5,155,392 |  | | 24 | Australia | $4,732,217 |  | | 25 | Venezuela | $4,277,660 |  | | 26 | Korea, South | $3,894,802 |  | | 27 | South Africa | $3,791,092 |  | | 28 | Singapore | $3,787,487 |  | | 29 | Philippines | $3,529,889 |  | | 30 | Sweden | $3,413,280 |  | | 31 | Turkey | $3,181,633 |  | | 32 | Israel | $2,770,000 |  | | 33 | Saudi Arabia | $2,749,070 |  | | 34 | Vietnam | $2,737,160 |  | | 35 | Chile | $2,483,694 |  | | 36 | Iran | $2,347,288 |  | | 37 | New Zealand | $2,267,478 |  | | 38 | Malaysia | $2,229,854 |  | | 39 | Pakistan | $2,211,042 |  | | 40 | Egypt | $1,824,084 |  | | 41 | Colombia | $1,430,084 |  | | 42 | Czech Republic | $1,373,320 |  | | 43 | Finland | $1,222,288 |  | | 44 | Peru | $1,125,327 |  | | 45 | Hungary | $1,096,000 |  | | 46 | Nigeria | $1,014,412 |  | | 47 | Norway | $999,582 |  | | 48 | Hong Kong | $928,319 |  | | 49 | Luxembourg | $839,651 |  | | 50 | Portugal | $808,428 |  | | 51 | Greece | $765,301 |  | | 52 | Ecuador | $739,991 |  | | 53 | Costa Rica | $718,795 |  | | 54 | Ukraine | $691,861 |  | | 55 | Slovakia | $689,858 |  | | 56 | Romania | $666,013 |  | | 57 | Morocco | $491,479 |  | | 58 | Guatemala | $486,649 |  | | 59 | Algeria | $462,893 |  | | 60 | Jordan | $457,647 |  | | 61 | Slovenia | $408,053 |  | | 62 | Azerbaijan | $379,493 |  | | 63 | Malta | $375,002 |  | | 64 | Latvia | $351,868 |  | | 65 | Dominican Republic | $327,843 |  | | 66 | Lithuania | $312,304 |  | | 67 | Belarus | $308,200 |  | | 68 | Tunisia | $304,697 |  | | 69 | Estonia | $295,401 |  | | 70 | Bulgaria | $251,878 |  | | 71 | Serbia | $233,224 |  | | 72 | Kenya | $229,668 |  | | 73 | El Salvador | $226,175 |  | | 74 | Croatia | $224,823 |  | | 75 | Panama | $192,897 |  | | 76 | Paraguay | $189,637 |  | | 77 | Bolivia | $147,824 |  | | 78 | Iceland | $131,196 |  | | 79 | Yemen | $130,318 |  | | 80 | Syria | $130,002 |  | | 81 | Ghana | $104,432 |  | | 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | $97,431 |  | | 83 | Sri Lanka | $96,540 |  | | 84 | Lebanon | $92,379 |  | | 85 | Bahrain | $78,927 |  | | 86 | Jamaica | $71,185 |  | | 87 | Cameroon | $55,693 |  | | 88 | Armenia | $54,059 |  | | 89 | Nepal | $44,222 |  | | 90 | Ethiopia | $42,644 |  | | 91 | Oman | $39,300 |  | | 92 | Uganda | $38,507 |  | | 93 | Nicaragua | $34,025 |  | | 94 | Zimbabwe | $33,802 |  | | 95 | Tanzania | $30,452 |  | | 96 | Botswana | $24,321 |  | | 97 | Moldova | $18,840 |  | | 98 | Cyprus | $17,923 |  | | 99 | Zambia | $16,064 |  | | 100 | Barbados | $14,228 |  | | 101 | Cote d'Ivoire | $13,616 |  | | 102 | Albania | $11,505 |  | | 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $11,426 |  | | 104 | Mauritius | $11,274 |  | | 105 | Kyrgyzstan | $10,391 |  | | 106 | Qatar | $3,248 |  | | 107 | Suriname | $3,175 |  | | 108 | Georgia | $2,648 |  | | 109 | New Caledonia | $1,579 |  | | 110 | Fiji | $1,542 |  | | 111 | Cape Verde | $1,195 |  | | 112 | Madagascar | $779 |  | | 113 | Benin | $728 |  | | 114 | Bhutan | $610 |  | | 115 | French Polynesia | $605 |  | | 116 | Senegal | $437 |  | | 117 | Maldives | $267 |  | | 118 | Montenegro | $189 |  | | 119 | Belize | $40 |  | | 120 | Bahamas, The | $5 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 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 | |
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