| Rank | Country | Imports of Lactams (excl. of 2933.71 & 2933.72) in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $1,264,183,144 |  | | 2 | Switzerland | $234,820,715 | | | 3 | Italy | $201,969,114 | | | 4 | Japan | $135,029,365 | | | 5 | Netherlands | $125,465,468 | | | 6 | United Kingdom | $121,879,660 | | | 7 | Malaysia | $91,067,194 | | | 8 | Belgium | $85,074,684 | | | 9 | Korea, South | $76,798,394 | | | 10 | Germany | $46,382,043 | | | 11 | Spain | $40,036,253 | | | 12 | Ireland | $38,588,058 | | | 13 | France | $35,378,293 | | | 14 | Singapore | $31,386,455 | | | 15 | China | $24,471,033 | | | 16 | Brazil | $21,771,540 | | | 17 | Israel | $19,405,000 | | | 18 | Mexico | $11,683,671 | | | 19 | Canada | $11,136,631 | | | 20 | India | $11,102,289 | | | 21 | Turkey | $10,710,999 | | | 22 | Greece | $6,817,173 | | | 23 | Hungary | $5,822,000 | | | 24 | Poland | $5,641,984 | | | 25 | Russia | $5,505,420 | | | 26 | Australia | $5,186,897 | | | 27 | Argentina | $4,157,476 | | | 28 | Denmark | $4,127,681 | | | 29 | Finland | $3,961,059 | | | 30 | Iran | $3,170,524 | | | 31 | Indonesia | $3,087,695 | | | 32 | Pakistan | $2,900,386 | | | 33 | Portugal | $2,708,278 | | | 34 | Bulgaria | $2,525,629 | | | 35 | Austria | $2,447,249 | | | 36 | Egypt | $2,358,827 | | | 37 | Algeria | $2,341,255 | | | 38 | Thailand | $2,195,740 | | | 39 | Morocco | $2,007,187 | | | 40 | Hong Kong | $1,758,292 | | | 41 | Croatia | $1,663,353 | | | 42 | Slovenia | $1,592,854 | | | 43 | Colombia | $1,431,306 | | | 44 | Ecuador | $1,360,011 | | | 45 | Saudi Arabia | $1,337,068 | | | 46 | Czech Republic | $1,305,568 | | | 47 | Ukraine | $1,245,511 | | | 48 | Chile | $1,165,223 | | | 49 | Belarus | $1,108,900 | | | 50 | South Africa | $1,085,727 | | | 51 | Philippines | $865,456 | | | 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | $715,981 | | | 53 | Guatemala | $669,140 | | | 54 | Sweden | $661,147 | | | 55 | Venezuela | $619,550 | | | 56 | Romania | $601,945 | | | 57 | Vietnam | $497,040 | | | 58 | Iceland | $372,411 | | | 59 | Estonia | $292,289 | | | 60 | Syria | $288,296 | | | 61 | New Zealand | $276,060 | | | 62 | Peru | $249,702 | | | 63 | Slovakia | $229,472 | | | 64 | Tunisia | $224,181 | | | 65 | Jordan | $196,417 | | | 66 | Norway | $155,931 | | | 67 | Cyprus | $143,534 | | | 68 | Malta | $117,066 | | | 69 | Paraguay | $92,016 | | | 70 | Latvia | $80,077 | | | 71 | Lebanon | $75,734 | | | 72 | Serbia | $71,848 | | | 73 | Dominican Republic | $69,419 | | | 74 | El Salvador | $63,342 | | | 75 | Moldova | $56,700 | | | 76 | Sri Lanka | $39,152 | | | 77 | Nepal | $17,239 | | | 78 | Georgia | $9,170 | | | 79 | Lithuania | $7,936 | | | 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $7,811 | | | 81 | Bolivia | $7,235 | | | 82 | Ethiopia | $6,568 | | | 83 | Costa Rica | $6,296 | | | 84 | Kenya | $5,442 | | | 85 | Yemen | $4,923 | | | 86 | Qatar | $2,532 | | | 87 | Guyana | $2,127 | | | 88 | Luxembourg | $1,776 | | | 89 | Mozambique | $1,640 | | | 90 | French Polynesia | $620 | | | 91 | Bahamas, The | $188 | | | 92 | Mauritius | $165 | | | 93 | New Caledonia | $134 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | | | | $89 |
| Algeria | $491,076 | $1,248,134 | $1,417,248 | $1,362,079 | $1,196,800 | $2,341,255 | $2,347,563 |
| Argentina | $3,788,931 | $4,272,896 | $5,211,436 | $7,453,481 | $5,604,556 | $4,157,476 | $5,397,850 |
| Armenia | $350,056 | $242,700 | $447,623 | $423,531 | $96,136 | | $3 |
| Australia | $48,204,501 | $35,697,154 | $10,870,568 | $3,273,648 | $4,371,223 | $5,186,897 | $8,814,925 |
| Austria | $4,363,635 | $3,254,575 | $4,082,676 | $3,895,003 | $2,587,675 | $2,447,249 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $900 | | | | $16,800 |
| Bahamas, The | $85 | $72 | $1,192,299 | $168 | | $188 | $115 |
| Bahrain | | | $726 | | $1,759 | | $5,780 |
| Bangladesh | $967,899 | $783,159 | $680,739 | | | | |
| Barbados | | | | $744 | $324 | | |
| Belarus | $761,700 | $358,900 | $815,900 | $835,500 | $1,250,700 | $1,108,900 | $1,418,000 |
| Belgium | $125,222,433 | $171,012,856 | $88,579,532 | $142,638,429 | $90,106,255 | $85,074,684 | $374,725,463 |
| Bhutan | | | | | $2 | | |
| Bolivia | | $719 | | $2,963 | $7,321 | $7,235 | $12,342 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $826 | | $28 | $1,846 | $5,655 | $7,811 | $19,158 |
| Botswana | | | | | | | $326 |
| Brazil | $9,602,427 | $13,609,620 | $20,302,163 | $23,116,536 | $16,423,777 | $21,771,540 | $17,290,205 |
| Bulgaria | $1,637,233 | $2,062,957 | $1,902,236 | $3,515,684 | $1,780,736 | $2,525,629 | $1,904,374 |
| Cambodia | $550 | | | | $879 | | |
| Cameroon | | | $25 | | $318 | | |
| Canada | $18,825,819 | $10,272,836 | $19,428,936 | $19,331,627 | $14,509,244 | $11,136,631 | $6,144,949 |
| Chile | $505,286 | $346,858 | $211,576 | $164,653 | $498,761 | $1,165,223 | $1,159,448 |
| China | $18,791,737 | $18,123,060 | $21,059,665 | $20,531,437 | $22,661,019 | $24,471,033 | $31,366,310 |
| Colombia | $1,360,097 | $1,460,280 | $1,483,316 | $1,919,138 | $1,637,532 | $1,431,306 | $2,157,021 |
| Costa Rica | $18,317 | $16,493 | $43,945 | $5,762 | $10,261 | $6,296 | $33,919 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | $26,027 | | $123 | $359,319 | $715,981 | $464,007 |
| Croatia | $322,009 | $1,280,314 | $1,010,644 | $1,070,513 | $1,232,518 | $1,663,353 | $579,755 |
| Cuba | $69,465 | $47,476 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | | $4,107 | $6,047 | $23,650 | $65,726 | $143,534 | $644,436 |
| Czech Republic | $1,963,088 | $1,934,569 | $1,296,915 | $1,607,453 | $913,523 | $1,305,568 | $1,592,226 |
| Denmark | $2,063,943 | $3,669,284 | $5,400,614 | $4,677,770 | $3,022,719 | $4,127,681 | $4,852,818 |
| Dominican Republic | $637 | $1,629 | | $25,181 | $31,063 | $69,419 | $47,518 |
| Ecuador | $18,889 | $20,718 | $46,397 | $93,205 | $543,599 | $1,360,011 | $1,757,397 |
| Egypt | $1,997,580 | $382,535 | $2,008,645 | $1,868,485 | $1,482,190 | $2,358,827 | $5,222,154 |
| El Salvador | $18,024 | $17,038 | $18,045 | $74,369 | $80,914 | $63,342 | |
| Estonia | $34,923 | $193,280 | $111,000 | $276,080 | $64,015 | $292,289 | $318,279 |
| Ethiopia | | | $228 | $580 | | $6,568 | |
| Finland | $3,415,616 | $6,347,300 | $6,027,008 | $6,195,863 | $3,367,491 | $3,961,059 | $3,799,084 |
| France | $49,354,087 | $47,379,351 | $46,236,257 | $66,202,437 | $32,006,284 | $35,378,293 | $34,759,203 |
| French Polynesia | | | | | | $620 | $562 |
| Georgia | $2,563 | $9,800 | $18,297 | $10,811 | $2,937 | $9,170 | |
| Germany | $57,440,000 | $70,093,000 | $100,235,000 | $89,010,000 | $64,491,000 | $46,382,043 | $86,994,229 |
| Ghana | | | $144 | $12,706 | $29,374 | | $25,566 |
| Greece | $3,350,325 | $3,004,851 | $5,624,647 | $8,435,881 | $8,180,657 | $6,817,173 | $6,639,298 |
| Guatemala | $493,038 | $598,632 | $602,684 | $746,256 | $354,820 | $669,140 | $839,223 |
| Guyana | $366 | | | $759 | | $2,127 | $37,807 |
| Hong Kong | $4,749,562 | $1,997,446 | $2,663,994 | $3,293,439 | $1,901,746 | $1,758,292 | $2,171,587 |
| Hungary | $3,260,000 | $4,206,000 | $4,870,000 | $6,290,000 | $5,710,000 | $5,822,000 | $3,423,000 |
| Iceland | $20,594 | $19,560 | $18,412 | $42,411 | $25,147 | $372,411 | $308,951 |
| India | $5,900,440 | $6,464,989 | $11,667,069 | $6,351,768 | $8,792,471 | $11,102,289 | $15,686,901 |
| Indonesia | $2,725,068 | $3,911,290 | $3,294,125 | $5,557,304 | $2,811,412 | $3,087,695 | $3,673,520 |
| Iran | $950,008 | $649,189 | | | | $3,170,524 | |
| Ireland | $449,743 | $9,704,654 | $45,276,968 | $50,606,743 | $10,838,237 | $38,588,058 | $20,160,787 |
| Israel | $9,222,000 | $11,292,000 | $33,223,000 | $37,723,000 | $30,578,000 | $19,405,000 | $31,306,000 |
| Italy | $39,825,545 | $42,012,745 | $86,640,802 | $243,802,202 | $144,658,305 | $201,969,114 | $310,476,394 |
| Jamaica | | $2,622 | | $328 | $557 | | |
| Japan | $60,711,826 | $77,692,143 | $81,008,486 | $143,887,280 | $99,961,466 | $135,029,365 | $166,856,993 |
| Jordan | $126,312 | $148,535 | $378,853 | $263,170 | $303,156 | $196,417 | $411,407 |
| Kazakhstan | | $2,999 | $4,228 | | | | |
| Kenya | $4,865 | $11,153 | $1,521 | $8,170 | $3,469 | $5,442 | |
| Korea, South | $52,841,001 | $67,994,228 | $66,858,612 | $63,589,020 | $72,932,568 | $76,798,394 | $76,598,987 |
| Kuwait | | | $271 | | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | | $550 | | |
| Latvia | $30,432 | $35,141 | $64,268 | $34,500 | $42,235 | $80,077 | $209,459 |
| Lebanon | $48,000 | $75,398 | $44,988 | $159,194 | $30,875 | $75,734 | $173,324 |
| Lithuania | $26,795 | $26,310 | $7,723 | $13,574 | $4,166 | $7,936 | $6,040 |
| Luxembourg | $260 | $21,273 | $729 | $220 | $30,598 | $1,776 | $19,544 |
| Macau | $16,382 | | | $524 | $8,048 | | |
| Macedonia | | $934 | $58 | $155 | $3,425 | | $7,512 |
| Malaysia | $60,080,536 | $64,295,199 | $51,529,878 | $42,573,270 | $54,018,113 | $91,067,194 | $122,097,217 |
| Malta | $112,462 | $57,995 | | $57,759 | $262,738 | $117,066 | |
| Mauritius | | | $3,965 | | | $165 | |
| Mexico | $7,405,142 | $8,595,435 | $10,268,992 | $12,788,538 | $15,212,772 | $11,683,671 | $12,641,450 |
| Moldova | $8,863 | | | $3,799 | $365,012 | $56,700 | $331 |
| Morocco | $882,182 | $767,231 | $1,184,764 | $1,244,114 | $1,671,365 | $2,007,187 | |
| Mozambique | | | | | | $1,640 | |
| Namibia | | | $79 | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $17,239 | |
| Netherlands | $8,621,384 | $8,817,958 | $99,823,581 | $254,223,616 | $143,006,593 | $125,465,468 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | $39 | | $23,970 | | | |
| New Caledonia | | | $32 | | | $134 | |
| New Zealand | $225,915 | $338,460 | $298,986 | $354,627 | $155,508 | $276,060 | $188,626 |
| Nicaragua | $1,380 | | | | | | $726 |
| Nigeria | | | $60,666 | $11,531 | $25,078 | | |
| Norway | $281,033 | $182,238 | $181,689 | $236,701 | $142,987 | $155,931 | $165,730 |
| Oman | | | $999 | | $29 | | |
| Pakistan | $1,298,412 | $1,481,903 | $2,820,578 | $3,003,631 | $2,770,591 | $2,900,386 | $3,180,085 |
| Panama | $3,075 | | $10,304 | | $139 | | $16,997 |
| Paraguay | $4,316 | $32,310 | $62,473 | $84,580 | $71,074 | $92,016 | $59,479 |
| Peru | $104,651 | $81,312 | $207,426 | $205,410 | $214,549 | $249,702 | $277,717 |
| Philippines | $649,367 | $1,246,660 | $1,489,587 | $646,954 | $379,718 | $865,456 | $1,048,201 |
| Poland | $2,290,120 | $2,402,660 | $3,501,378 | $6,220,670 | $5,819,166 | $5,641,984 | $7,041,445 |
| Portugal | $948,077 | $1,298,369 | $1,823,971 | $1,273,707 | $682,967 | $2,708,278 | $3,272,417 |
| Qatar | | | $1,325 | $5,782 | | $2,532 | |
| Romania | $387,371 | $550,571 | $640,670 | $1,407,127 | $537,989 | $601,945 | $750,701 |
| Russia | $2,186,909 | $2,103,904 | $3,771,216 | $5,255,106 | $6,929,002 | $5,505,420 | $7,516,813 |
| Saint Lucia | $56 | | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $2,391 | $100,397 | $714,923 | | | $1,337,068 | |
| Senegal | | | | $394 | $102,831 | | $190,695 |
| Serbia | $264,278 | $1,482,964 | $2,649,341 | $1,442,603 | $1,102,034 | $71,848 | $1,157,909 |
| Singapore | $62,321,987 | $12,790,660 | $11,370,085 | $25,887,177 | $38,338,008 | $31,386,455 | $5,565,363 |
| Slovakia | $219,670 | $166,265 | $306,444 | $277,283 | $94,011 | $229,472 | $165,516 |
| Slovenia | $457,375 | $430,257 | $559,651 | $1,096,734 | $1,535,071 | $1,592,854 | $4,017,116 |
| South Africa | $1,868,120 | $3,007,051 | $2,830,143 | $1,617,424 | $1,090,519 | $1,085,727 | $2,012,591 |
| Spain | $51,561,954 | $49,506,459 | $43,130,783 | $30,432,761 | $35,245,257 | $40,036,253 | |
| Sri Lanka | $16,869 | $11,589 | $15,216 | $23,775 | $15,224 | $39,152 | $46,241 |
| Sudan | $7,099 | | | | | | |
| Swaziland | $287 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | $822,321 | $611,644 | $915,137 | $1,201,259 | $621,580 | $661,147 | $784,433 |
| Switzerland | $87,964,824 | $86,456,578 | $118,462,159 | $112,080,888 | $103,190,706 | $234,820,715 | $154,940,926 |
| Syria | $326,665 | $401,052 | $354,900 | $529,097 | | $288,296 | |
| Tanzania | $9,225 | $12,429 | $4,940 | | | | |
| Thailand | $1,285,828 | $1,708,055 | $1,643,348 | $1,673,973 | $2,229,085 | $2,195,740 | $2,887,241 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $113 | $148 | $484 | $2,060 | | | |
| Tunisia | $30,955 | $66,778 | $86,694 | $174,906 | $88,858 | $224,181 | |
| Turkey | $4,482,411 | $4,354,266 | $8,064,340 | $9,622,005 | $8,721,809 | $10,710,999 | $11,262,343 |
| Uganda | | | $3,617 | | | | |
| Ukraine | $1,255,326 | $1,312,126 | $1,255,537 | $1,500,910 | $1,134,324 | $1,245,511 | $1,996,083 |
| United Arab Emirates | $501,103 | | $676,138 | $505,016 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $18,234,300 | $133,650,830 | $100,356,154 | $52,765,336 | $139,714,274 | $121,879,660 | $48,022,229 |
| United States | $615,802,096 | $820,339,640 | $978,826,741 | $992,209,637 | $1,179,255,105 | $1,264,183,144 | $1,679,918,837 |
| Uruguay | $207,842 | $259,684 | $324,421 | $966,512 | $552,398 | | |
| Venezuela | $730,806 | $1,228,242 | $777,523 | $1,187,324 | $1,389,357 | $619,550 | $996,535 |
| Vietnam | $350,811 | $476,643 | $411,941 | $690,869 | $417,260 | $497,040 | |
| Yemen | | | | $3,103 | $5,106 | $4,923 | $16,504 |
| Zimbabwe | | $3,884 | $3,531 | $26 | | | |
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