| Rank | Country | Imports of Heterocyclic comps. cont. an unfused imidazole ring (whether or not hydroge ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Japan | $581,814,211 |  | | 2 | United Kingdom | $432,168,110 |  | | 3 | France | $280,409,853 |  | | 4 | Hungary | $116,605,000 |  | | 5 | United States | $99,035,124 |  | | 6 | Germany | $90,370,063 |  | | 7 | China | $85,737,406 |  | | 8 | Mexico | $66,222,614 |  | | 9 | Turkey | $51,406,117 |  | | 10 | Ireland | $44,003,569 |  | | 11 | India | $39,951,914 |  | | 12 | Italy | $36,503,828 |  | | 13 | Switzerland | $27,634,661 |  | | 14 | Belgium | $27,085,092 |  | | 15 | Ecuador | $26,960,811 |  | | 16 | Brazil | $26,632,471 |  | | 17 | Canada | $22,023,831 |  | | 18 | Spain | $21,974,732 |  | | 19 | Israel | $17,420,000 |  | | 20 | Korea, South | $16,158,533 |  | | 21 | Greece | $15,523,065 |  | | 22 | Colombia | $14,317,960 |  | | 23 | Poland | $12,098,346 |  | | 24 | Singapore | $11,772,992 |  | | 25 | Portugal | $11,216,320 |  | | 26 | Slovenia | $10,976,714 |  | | 27 | Australia | $10,694,026 |  | | 28 | Russia | $9,280,425 |  | | 29 | Pakistan | $9,115,292 |  | | 30 | Netherlands | $8,905,190 |  | | 31 | Indonesia | $8,368,589 |  | | 32 | Argentina | $7,531,161 |  | | 33 | Egypt | $7,105,415 |  | | 34 | Denmark | $5,926,748 |  | | 35 | Norway | $5,653,866 |  | | 36 | Nigeria | $5,201,486 |  | | 37 | Venezuela | $4,983,142 |  | | 38 | Czech Republic | $4,842,829 |  | | 39 | Algeria | $4,370,252 |  | | 40 | Iran | $4,143,739 |  | | 41 | Morocco | $3,859,514 |  | | 42 | Slovakia | $3,769,512 |  | | 43 | Iceland | $3,512,024 |  | | 44 | Paraguay | $3,295,612 |  | | 45 | South Africa | $3,202,850 |  | | 46 | Thailand | $2,860,100 |  | | 47 | Belarus | $2,535,600 |  | | 48 | Syria | $2,472,346 |  | | 49 | Sweden | $2,292,169 |  | | 50 | Austria | $2,282,669 |  | | 51 | Tunisia | $2,263,511 |  | | 52 | Vietnam | $2,085,250 |  | | 53 | Chile | $2,052,467 |  | | 54 | Ukraine | $1,807,805 |  | | 55 | Saudi Arabia | $1,740,269 |  | | 56 | Philippines | $1,672,785 |  | | 57 | Peru | $1,577,441 |  | | 58 | Finland | $1,408,073 |  | | 59 | Kenya | $1,326,138 |  | | 60 | Dominican Republic | $1,222,907 |  | | 61 | Malta | $1,190,281 |  | | 62 | Jordan | $1,041,392 |  | | 63 | Ghana | $955,890 |  | | 64 | El Salvador | $941,092 |  | | 65 | Cyprus | $884,836 |  | | 66 | Malaysia | $878,923 |  | | 67 | Ethiopia | $804,186 |  | | 68 | Costa Rica | $789,447 |  | | 69 | Romania | $680,464 |  | | 70 | Serbia | $643,222 |  | | 71 | New Zealand | $570,928 |  | | 72 | Tanzania | $560,483 |  | | 73 | Guatemala | $543,374 |  | | 74 | Croatia | $523,658 |  | | 75 | Hong Kong | $359,402 |  | | 76 | Uganda | $330,819 |  | | 77 | Sri Lanka | $308,196 |  | | 78 | Nepal | $283,867 |  | | 79 | Moldova | $218,394 |  | | 80 | Lebanon | $193,088 |  | | 81 | Bulgaria | $147,046 |  | | 82 | Cambodia | $145,175 |  | | 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $142,288 |  | | 84 | Bolivia | $121,725 |  | | 85 | Nicaragua | $114,782 |  | | 86 | Albania | $78,641 |  | | 87 | Latvia | $77,427 |  | | 88 | Jamaica | $65,992 |  | | 89 | Yemen | $52,559 |  | | 90 | Mauritius | $47,306 |  | | 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | $44,499 |  | | 92 | Estonia | $40,260 |  | | 93 | Montenegro | $32,061 |  | | 94 | Georgia | $26,720 |  | | 95 | Bhutan | $20,530 |  | | 96 | Lithuania | $14,189 |  | | 97 | Senegal | $14,044 |  | | 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | $13,189 |  | | 99 | Zimbabwe | $9,075 |  | | 100 | Oman | $6,876 |  | | 101 | Panama | $5,980 |  | | 102 | Bahamas, The | $5,673 |  | | 103 | Armenia | $5,208 |  | | 104 | Mali | $5,038 |  | | 105 | Suriname | $5,004 |  | | 106 | Barbados | $4,375 |  | | 107 | Cameroon | $1,223 |  | | 108 | Aruba | $1,109 |  | | 109 | French Polynesia | $1,041 |  | | 110 | Botswana | $835 |  | | 111 | Luxembourg | $791 |  | | 112 | Bahrain | $681 |  | | 113 | Qatar | $667 |  | | 114 | Madagascar | $352 |  | | 115 | Kyrgyzstan | $180 |  | | 116 | Guyana | $124 |  | | 117 | New Caledonia | $105 |  | | 118 | Mozambique | $83 |  | | 119 | Dominica | $62 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,223 | | | | | $78,641 | $60,725 |
| Algeria | $1,141,347 | $1,152,000 | $1,056,034 | $475,274 | $1,072,135 | $4,370,252 | $3,724,073 |
| Argentina | $6,831,718 | $6,196,909 | $8,589,470 | $9,361,765 | $9,720,923 | $7,531,161 | $10,397,693 |
| Armenia | $3,438 | $4,508 | $4,978 | $14,449 | $5,178 | $5,208 | $13,559 |
| Aruba | | | | | $1,333,379 | $1,109 | $215,804 |
| Australia | $35,123,259 | $23,344,604 | $6,949,433 | $9,141,994 | $13,389,937 | $10,694,026 | $14,656,539 |
| Austria | $2,425,284 | $5,303,972 | $2,805,613 | $3,816,222 | $4,401,071 | $2,282,669 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $292 | | $1,299 | | |
| Bahamas, The | | | | $323 | | $5,673 | $7,052 |
| Bahrain | | | | | $461 | $681 | $258 |
| Bangladesh | $3,058,901 | $3,337,655 | $3,072,680 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,946 | | $131 | $2,375 | | $4,375 | $1,500 |
| Belarus | $942,400 | $1,327,400 | $917,800 | $1,166,400 | $1,338,600 | $2,535,600 | $3,345,900 |
| Belgium | $53,395,625 | $53,423,689 | $57,770,469 | $84,592,496 | $81,675,114 | $27,085,092 | $27,148,664 |
| Bhutan | | | | | $13,191 | $20,530 | |
| Bolivia | $41,658 | $56,198 | $81,272 | $119,024 | $100,324 | $121,725 | $151,017 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $49,501 | $78,001 | $57,266 | $68,970 | $124,601 | $142,288 | $136,658 |
| Botswana | | $87 | | $1 | $357 | $835 | $357 |
| Brazil | $14,994,310 | $18,318,690 | $19,667,408 | $24,341,638 | $22,161,345 | $26,632,471 | $41,459,206 |
| Bulgaria | $80,764 | $84,496 | $45,848 | $336,815 | $72,789 | $147,046 | $226,494 |
| Burundi | | | $14,937 | | $32 | | |
| Cambodia | $13,821 | $61,796 | $55,300 | $56,342 | $94,628 | $145,175 | |
| Cameroon | $854 | $4,301 | | $16,623 | $9,513 | $1,223 | |
| Canada | $8,874,282 | $19,586,902 | $58,183,977 | $31,254,971 | $22,692,176 | $22,023,831 | $20,162,883 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | $73 |
| Chile | $1,019,445 | $1,303,418 | $2,384,112 | $2,325,104 | $1,946,691 | $2,052,467 | $3,158,731 |
| China | $55,553,197 | $55,496,089 | $75,472,933 | $82,015,610 | $103,502,905 | $85,737,406 | $108,523,402 |
| Colombia | $6,823,718 | $9,025,601 | $10,400,792 | $16,351,795 | $13,312,641 | $14,317,960 | $16,656,810 |
| Costa Rica | $1,071,012 | $487,774 | $1,083,182 | $856,865 | $757,827 | $789,447 | $1,006,597 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $32,853 | $32,716 | $101,720 | $78,898 | $46,091 | $44,499 | $95,395 |
| Croatia | $127,785 | $141,115 | $141,958 | $229,669 | $172,814 | $523,658 | $266,563 |
| Cuba | $1,134,954 | $593,417 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $779,133 | $1,024,973 | $394,926 | $1,517,088 | $487,497 | $884,836 | $1,283,477 |
| Czech Republic | $1,696,816 | $4,842,744 | $4,852,262 | $5,989,090 | $5,865,487 | $4,842,829 | $8,372,308 |
| Denmark | $1,637,952 | $3,594,468 | $3,600,159 | $3,088,262 | $11,123,900 | $5,926,748 | $3,367,240 |
| Dominica | | | | | | $62 | |
| Dominican Republic | $419,475 | $911,433 | $782,285 | $732,733 | $490,294 | $1,222,907 | $3,414,861 |
| Ecuador | $2,178,337 | $1,912,848 | $2,465,241 | $4,069,396 | $3,195,737 | $26,960,811 | $31,356,151 |
| Egypt | $3,683,197 | $3,954,077 | $4,786,542 | $6,170,513 | $7,363,125 | $7,105,415 | $8,755,072 |
| El Salvador | $243,056 | $185,885 | $194,847 | $1,812,836 | $780,363 | $941,092 | |
| Estonia | $19,114 | $7,913 | $23,866 | $37,962 | $41,936 | $40,260 | $49,395 |
| Ethiopia | $276,858 | $541,341 | $217,224 | $743,267 | $1,079,882 | $804,186 | $565,325 |
| Faroe Islands | $1,197 | | | | | | |
| Fiji | | $2,214 | | | | | |
| Finland | $1,714,777 | $2,262,759 | $3,152,019 | $1,796,115 | $1,521,767 | $1,408,073 | $4,040,564 |
| France | $178,798,293 | $177,986,453 | $214,414,516 | $273,910,022 | $427,353,287 | $280,409,853 | $256,313,117 |
| French Polynesia | $416 | $196 | | | $7,342 | $1,041 | |
| Gabon | | $708 | | | $2,529 | | |
| Georgia | $8,468 | $30,512 | $20,713 | $19,741 | $17,441 | $26,720 | |
| Germany | $50,290,000 | $57,478,000 | $120,931,000 | $109,387,000 | $61,425,000 | $90,370,063 | $104,534,480 |
| Ghana | $491,447 | $555,047 | $458,428 | $840,421 | $691,757 | $955,890 | $710,710 |
| Greece | $7,567,558 | $9,518,642 | $13,441,170 | $16,922,840 | $21,612,905 | $15,523,065 | $14,265,444 |
| Guatemala | $544,049 | $525,730 | $829,854 | $876,978 | $650,843 | $543,374 | $443,726 |
| Guyana | | $597 | $1,375 | | $1,577 | $124 | $9 |
| Honduras | $56,305 | $41,435 | $46,506 | | $30,130 | | |
| Hong Kong | $474,485 | $478,146 | $568,348 | $612,581 | $614,919 | $359,402 | $518,095 |
| Hungary | $99,055,000 | $115,762,000 | $122,055,000 | $119,171,000 | $40,222,000 | $116,605,000 | $108,882,000 |
| Iceland | $487,222 | $3,310,126 | $1,766,876 | $1,327,265 | $4,480,247 | $3,512,024 | $4,939,697 |
| India | $15,683,012 | $15,871,411 | $23,381,666 | $34,782,688 | $27,668,583 | $39,951,914 | $37,652,509 |
| Indonesia | $5,028,467 | $4,609,365 | $5,202,103 | $5,700,953 | $6,157,363 | $8,368,589 | $8,811,892 |
| Iran | $1,710,658 | $500,270 | | | | $4,143,739 | |
| Ireland | $73,425,103 | $37,401,860 | $27,854,854 | $28,152,924 | $38,898,855 | $44,003,569 | $61,384,212 |
| Israel | $10,455,000 | $9,955,000 | $12,435,000 | $18,647,000 | $19,345,000 | $17,420,000 | $36,659,000 |
| Italy | $95,652,896 | $70,938,978 | $99,222,004 | $54,870,183 | $33,025,764 | $36,503,828 | $50,812,140 |
| Jamaica | $52 | $10,510 | $2,588 | $47 | $57 | $65,992 | |
| Japan | $259,898,443 | $166,642,827 | $256,676,728 | $442,712,014 | $456,845,302 | $581,814,211 | $629,561,627 |
| Jordan | $1,354,822 | $957,064 | $1,450,331 | $649,559 | $529,918 | $1,041,392 | $1,185,603 |
| Kazakhstan | $1,955 | $54,171 | $16,416 | $19,257 | $86,316 | | |
| Kenya | $692,405 | $619,871 | $882,238 | $835,886 | $776,533 | $1,326,138 | |
| Korea, South | $25,044,055 | $26,800,213 | $12,873,948 | $16,972,871 | $19,435,045 | $16,158,533 | $26,030,859 |
| Kuwait | | $12,308 | $39,769 | $297,830 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $1,259 | $26 | | | $242 | $180 | |
| Latvia | $14,100 | $8,424 | $6,742 | $17,044 | $1,152 | $77,427 | $35,260 |
| Lebanon | $71,000 | $112,679 | $119,448 | $150,645 | $108,225 | $193,088 | $134,989 |
| Lithuania | $13,962 | $21,096 | $24,440 | $8,025 | $52,441 | $14,189 | $66,515 |
| Luxembourg | $568 | $2,711 | $870 | $917 | $1,843 | $791 | $631 |
| Macedonia | $200,899 | $103,032 | $344,270 | $718,837 | $269,755 | | $365,572 |
| Madagascar | $82 | | | $1,084 | $70 | $352 | |
| Malawi | | | | $3,936 | | | |
| Malaysia | $1,138,903 | $1,297,321 | $1,299,235 | $1,269,337 | $1,537,967 | $878,923 | $1,273,240 |
| Mali | | | $4,156 | $5,237 | | $5,038 | |
| Malta | $280,712 | $144,921 | $115,535 | $481,209 | $78,030 | $1,190,281 | |
| Mauritius | $7,546 | $19,864 | $22,896 | $35,741 | $4,092 | $47,306 | $5,011 |
| Mexico | $28,820,325 | $57,061,373 | $59,468,411 | $58,973,609 | $55,620,302 | $66,222,614 | $77,410,582 |
| Moldova | $50,166 | $96,181 | $20,181 | $41,476 | $72,223 | $218,394 | $503,325 |
| Mongolia | $360 | $40,000 | | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $111,138 | $198,571 | $346,613 | $290,732 | $32,061 | $212,265 |
| Morocco | $2,386,607 | $2,591,787 | $3,783,214 | $4,302,259 | $4,180,699 | $3,859,514 | |
| Mozambique | | | $79 | $55 | | $83 | |
| Namibia | $152 | | $1,173 | $2,059 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $60,318 | $283,867 | |
| Netherlands | $24,850,968 | $23,048,050 | $38,626,908 | $190,691,288 | $36,735,383 | $8,905,190 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | $9,656 | | | | | |
| New Caledonia | | $461 | $122 | | $171 | $105 | $955 |
| New Zealand | $427,554 | $562,256 | $598,462 | $425,687 | $337,304 | $570,928 | $785,953 |
| Nicaragua | $12,970 | $52,366 | $124,033 | $131,318 | $146,582 | $114,782 | $183,835 |
| Nigeria | | $2,945,277 | $7,370,481 | $4,626,791 | $2,682,116 | $5,201,486 | |
| Norway | $309,199 | $400,056 | $1,048,368 | $2,038,259 | $759,511 | $5,653,866 | $5,249,849 |
| Oman | $7,251 | $5,082 | $253,782 | $3,423 | $7,072 | $6,876 | |
| Pakistan | $5,558,130 | $5,870,525 | $6,693,655 | $8,275,418 | $9,047,812 | $9,115,292 | $10,531,188 |
| Panama | $27,357 | $2,326 | $38,537 | $4,733 | $2,599 | $5,980 | $46,213 |
| Paraguay | $118,222 | $89,133 | $139,092 | $396,653 | $215,840 | $3,295,612 | $6,366,508 |
| Peru | $668,251 | $804,873 | $1,040,844 | $1,183,615 | $923,281 | $1,577,441 | $1,575,380 |
| Philippines | $1,306,662 | $2,281,131 | $1,616,358 | $1,972,516 | $1,169,882 | $1,672,785 | $1,772,989 |
| Poland | $4,335,888 | $5,629,450 | $4,699,493 | $9,327,860 | $11,256,440 | $12,098,346 | $22,751,242 |
| Portugal | $10,154,234 | $7,885,091 | $9,652,279 | $10,905,714 | $9,639,951 | $11,216,320 | $12,083,359 |
| Qatar | | | | | | $667 | |
| Romania | $363,970 | $451,960 | $565,974 | $583,723 | $541,656 | $680,464 | $498,770 |
| Russia | $1,298,524 | $1,857,353 | $2,290,060 | $2,739,527 | $3,284,620 | $9,280,425 | $25,269,352 |
| Rwanda | | $8,554 | $7,675 | $1,037 | $5,300 | | |
| Saint Lucia | | | $477 | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $285 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $5,415,857 | $6,845,484 | $8,480,901 | | | $1,740,269 | |
| Senegal | | | $5,112 | $364 | $1,857 | $14,044 | $9,087 |
| Serbia | $528,608 | $439,486 | $728,189 | $1,123,307 | $1,121,186 | $643,222 | $1,754,836 |
| Singapore | $1,698,234 | $5,410,507 | $3,241,223 | $3,662,324 | $2,542,263 | $11,772,992 | $41,095,836 |
| Slovakia | $2,100,748 | $3,970,807 | $1,626,036 | $2,806,612 | $2,609,171 | $3,769,512 | $3,291,792 |
| Slovenia | $3,412,474 | $5,135,434 | $8,050,244 | $10,263,584 | $7,284,911 | $10,976,714 | $15,768,563 |
| South Africa | $2,652,192 | $1,332,567 | $2,875,414 | $2,502,290 | $3,287,997 | $3,202,850 | $3,659,185 |
| Spain | $17,748,171 | $16,604,854 | $17,860,986 | $65,412,994 | $25,075,385 | $21,974,732 | |
| Sri Lanka | $83,326 | $93,734 | $162,713 | $208,420 | $184,925 | $308,196 | $222,553 |
| Sudan | | | | | $4,638 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $5,004 | $3,235 |
| Swaziland | $18,190 | $9,971 | | | | | |
| Sweden | $1,535,607 | $2,716,123 | $2,135,517 | $1,540,869 | $1,907,152 | $2,292,169 | $2,270,507 |
| Switzerland | $53,894,934 | $47,007,253 | $44,057,233 | $49,154,348 | $46,796,349 | $27,634,661 | $37,254,344 |
| Syria | $2,252,320 | $1,547,738 | $1,839,305 | $3,030,942 | | $2,472,346 | |
| Tanzania | $303,188 | $190,454 | $188,153 | $562,759 | $152,708 | $560,483 | $154,843 |
| Thailand | $2,119,493 | $1,765,307 | $2,325,779 | $2,748,107 | $3,617,500 | $2,860,100 | $3,671,917 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $729 | $768 | $5,925 | $2,139 | $2,828 | $13,189 | |
| Tunisia | $2,007,331 | $1,444,366 | $1,699,715 | $1,964,051 | $2,672,831 | $2,263,511 | |
| Turkey | $58,786,379 | $48,884,929 | $44,658,834 | $46,455,149 | $36,582,489 | $51,406,117 | $27,480,689 |
| Uganda | $194,712 | $71,597 | $149,842 | $216,711 | $318,386 | $330,819 | |
| Ukraine | $1,017,730 | $755,716 | $1,133,089 | $1,157,773 | $1,335,484 | $1,807,805 | $2,302,029 |
| United Arab Emirates | $712,222 | | $666,796 | $370,692 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $772,819,270 | $946,460,397 | $780,219,963 | $709,309,416 | $543,289,140 | $432,168,110 | $244,356,986 |
| United States | $532,953,343 | $527,842,222 | $376,823,255 | $303,010,488 | $90,531,425 | $99,035,124 | $87,595,463 |
| Uruguay | $326,909 | $458,275 | $501,101 | $632,822 | $415,459 | | |
| Venezuela | $5,089,374 | $5,377,732 | $5,004,934 | $7,336,021 | $5,804,715 | $4,983,142 | $14,178,320 |
| Vietnam | $1,541,826 | $1,424,655 | $1,410,611 | $1,585,340 | $1,828,901 | $2,085,250 | |
| Yemen | $503 | $4,385 | $29,490 | $7,853 | $11,326 | $52,559 | $115,418 |
| Zambia | $2,510 | | | $821 | $1,587 | | |
| Zimbabwe | $221,659 | $182,480 | $59,320 | $777,844 | $32,382 | $9,075 | |
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