RankCountryImports of Vitamin B12 & its derivs. in USD (2010)
1United States$25,249,167
2Japan$20,175,771
3India$15,577,400
4Korea, South$11,409,976
5Mexico$9,982,014
6France$8,817,070
7Spain$7,508,550
8Singapore$5,736,567
9Turkey$5,277,302
10China$5,245,874
11Venezuela$4,928,029
12Switzerland$4,656,430
13Brazil$4,023,659
14Indonesia$3,813,541
15Netherlands$3,653,819
16Germany$3,374,420
17Italy$2,929,009
18Canada$2,873,805
19Denmark$2,691,216
20United Kingdom$2,611,982
21Pakistan$2,330,081
22Argentina$2,290,497
23Belgium$2,164,036
24Egypt$1,762,955
25Thailand$1,327,951
26New Zealand$1,321,145
27Hong Kong$1,255,278
28Vietnam$1,219,660
29Guatemala$1,176,158
30Greece$1,141,360
31Australia$1,027,236
32Ecuador$1,005,733
33Philippines$940,085
34Russia$837,016
35South Africa$690,202
36Austria$653,302
37Poland$640,582
38Colombia$561,410
39Ireland$560,448
40Chile$529,085
41Peru$494,682
42Paraguay$494,025
43El Salvador$461,549
44Bolivia$444,431
45Ukraine$412,398
46Morocco$373,984
47Iran$373,635
48Sweden$305,391
49Syria$305,070
50Norway$275,416
51Dominican Republic$267,200
52Malaysia$248,774
53Czech Republic$226,080
54Tunisia$206,217
55Israel$206,000
56Sri Lanka$184,302
57Saudi Arabia$170,667
58Belarus$168,000
59Portugal$164,689
60Hungary$120,000
61Nicaragua$119,627
62Serbia$85,127
63Latvia$84,105
64Romania$71,099
65Finland$59,755
66Costa Rica$52,785
67Lithuania$36,120
68Nepal$34,637
69Algeria$34,455
70Croatia$34,297
71Slovenia$32,457
72Panama$24,837
73Bulgaria$23,955
74Ghana$23,545
75Slovakia$22,954
76Jordan$22,946
77Zimbabwe$22,460
78Kenya$20,748
79Estonia$19,182
80Armenia$11,669
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$10,928
82Cyprus$9,129
83Lebanon$8,088
84Ethiopia$7,726
85Jamaica$7,534
86Azerbaijan$6,413
87Iceland$6,222
88Togo$5,700
89Nigeria$4,997
90Georgia$4,834
91Moldova$4,800
92Oman$4,601
93Montenegro$4,409
94Cote d'Ivoire$3,748
95Trinidad and Tobago$3,285
96French Polynesia$2,984
97Cambodia$2,679
98Belize$1,521
99Cameroon$1,386
100Barbados$1,384
101Burkina Faso$1,126
102Luxembourg$939
103Yemen$786
104Senegal$598
105Aruba$298
106Tanzania$140
107Suriname$121
108Malawi$116
109Bahamas, The$55
110Madagascar$44
111Botswana$41
112Malta$26
113Zambia$25
114Bermuda$7
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$17,752  $5,313$290  
Algeria$21,374$14,792$12,562$79,669$46,015$34,455$68,007
Antigua and Barbuda  $111 $163  
Argentina$1,972,033$2,052,523$2,528,005$2,204,960$2,020,464$2,290,497$3,120,483
Armenia $916$44,400$4,208$45,012$11,669$25,700
Aruba    $408$298$1,141
Australia$2,252,775$1,706,375$2,740,399$1,759,643$841,720$1,027,236$1,908,139
Austria$752,602$572,101$847,873$628,711$584,352$653,302 
Azerbaijan$3,406$8,384$41,923$61,297$46,473$6,413 
Bahamas, The$88$45$67$22$254$55$60
Bahrain   $2,710$2,629  
Bangladesh$614,350$1,326,951$1,059,378    
Barbados$754$4,609$13,560$1,046$2,737$1,384$756
Belarus$116,500$60,100$125,900$32,200$197,800$168,000$137,600
Belgium$325,226$698,600$1,377,498$1,768,580$1,261,473$2,164,036$1,564,808
Belize$2,415$3,101$3,122$17,467$4,651$1,521 
Benin $759     
Bermuda     $7 
Bhutan $14$23$14   
Bolivia$245,737$259,706$325,154$461,137$405,060$444,431$557,102
Bosnia and Herzegovina$11,758$4,963$48,745$5,701$8,095$10,928$25,018
Botswana$201$7,289$358$657$77$41$389
Brazil$3,062,479$2,870,748$2,563,982$3,145,466$3,134,352$4,023,659$3,911,783
Brunei $277     
Bulgaria$23,457$23,729$32,377$13,334$11,595$23,955$21,604
Burkina Faso  $511 $934$1,126 
Cambodia$9,383$5,801$20,968 $8,467$2,679 
Cameroon  $224$8,110 $1,386 
Canada$2,630,023$2,897,026$2,404,547$2,951,697$2,945,829$2,873,805$4,013,574
Cape Verde$20     $288
Chile$508,077$555,748$702,677$650,260$472,624$529,085$604,152
China$1,849,405$2,203,139$3,064,589$5,160,920$3,982,882$5,245,874$2,581,594
Colombia$603,521$554,552$615,922$493,776$680,930$561,410$807,825
Costa Rica$90,866$41,098$12,741$38,332$23,287$52,785$114,898
Cote d'Ivoire$7,815$45 $446$2,180$3,748$3,172
Croatia$83,373$77,881$119,455$170,875$64,115$34,297$69,591
Cuba$247,588$113,692     
Cyprus$1,588$11,850$12,959$38,977$24,586$9,129$179,658
Czech Republic$231,076$199,889$149,875$184,911$148,009$226,080$240,863
Denmark$2,331,703$1,760,160$1,493,125$947,736$1,795,660$2,691,216$1,112,329
Djibouti    $53,269  
Dominica   $52   
Dominican Republic$200,892$279,244$229,813$223,479$234,151$267,200$319,129
Ecuador$342,222$245,440$193,262$345,446$608,966$1,005,733$737,760
Egypt$1,250,309$726,477$507,576$1,388,299$1,806,121$1,762,955$2,114,008
El Salvador$404,822$619,386$506,630$623,139$367,203$461,549 
Estonia$7,596$7,043$10,914$23,184$20,891$19,182$29,924
Ethiopia$5,049$8,572$265$102$6,682$7,726$2,620
Faroe Islands    $149  
Finland$85,126$82,481$127,888$79,167$66,327$59,755$66,988
France$1,999,547$2,257,475$3,244,650$3,282,936$4,247,148$8,817,070$9,009,481
French Polynesia$208$1,289$805$1,420$83$2,984$85
Gabon$219 $340    
Georgia $5,607$7,845$4,800$2,900$4,834 
Germany$5,226,000$4,003,000$3,374,000$4,132,000$4,161,000$3,374,420$4,741,476
Ghana$7,958$15,617$36,257$17,165$21,287$23,545$28,202
Greece$258,513$68,013$652,272$1,858,132$900,169$1,141,360$1,180,169
Guatemala$906,926$720,278$788,891$793,409$704,706$1,176,158$991,812
Guinea$1,305$12,777     
Guyana$258$29 $387   
Honduras$1,837$24,615$25,075 $1,050,894  
Hong Kong$1,918,320$1,097,729$859,753$1,312,288$1,078,347$1,255,278$785,563
Hungary$115,000$130,000$153,000$63,000$108,000$120,000$179,000
Iceland  $5,461$1,321$11,580$6,222$8,435
India$5,857,624$4,892,707$10,352,913$11,318,974$12,357,236$15,577,400$15,625,210
Indonesia$2,169,377$2,221,284$2,832,932$3,140,721$2,830,207$3,813,541$4,457,671
Iran$341,908$553,571   $373,635 
Ireland$386,503$491,156$613,845$1,051,853$655,175$560,448$493,521
Israel$204,000$357,000$193,000$293,000$365,000$206,000$386,000
Italy$3,518,953$3,080,281$3,250,852$4,150,146$3,142,707$2,929,009$3,901,500
Jamaica$28,368$12,230$43,310$73,605$12,245$7,534 
Japan$18,870,349$17,816,448$19,903,990$18,749,016$20,753,184$20,175,771$23,576,718
Jordan$74,727$41,040$96,155$27,638$21,546$22,946$78,311
Kazakhstan$49,621$35,363$40,150$28,288$25,140  
Kenya$59,142$57,211$8,931$15,880$22,599$20,748 
Korea, South$3,137,781$3,272,266$6,111,720$6,279,852$8,008,397$11,409,976$9,064,988
Kuwait $617$8,913    
Kyrgyzstan$1,841      
Latvia$1,091$10,586$16,099$13,997$19,887$84,105$405,799
Lebanon$10,000$5,932$4,018$6,814$4,585$8,088$4,955
Lesotho   $21,350   
Lithuania$10,056$9,939$11,400$23,988$11,040$36,120$56,247
Luxembourg$189$298$108$422$1,257$939$439
Macau   $44   
Macedonia$1,624$5,215$11,024$8,818$9,910 $4,253
Madagascar$18,205$577$1,079$876 $44 
Malawi$50 $132 $71$116$380
Malaysia$325,620$295,609$328,915$339,300$252,877$248,774$584,570
Mali $2,919     
Malta $2,486  $92$26 
Mauritius $402$1,070   $2,945
Mayotte   $72$46  
Mexico$6,908,060$6,043,416$5,774,979$6,371,157$7,928,191$9,982,014$7,777,498
Moldova$5,667$2,670$3,636$2,530$3,926$4,800$757
Mongolia$208$21$2,147    
Montenegro $43$84 $745$4,409$3,901
Morocco$444,601$308,713$456,022$483,546$518,337$373,984 
Mozambique $1,171 $1,674$7,098  
Namibia$57$4,459$1,292$834   
Nepal    $2,461$34,637 
Netherlands$4,691,723$9,118,213$9,658,443$3,736,762$3,162,178$3,653,819 
Netherlands Antilles $243 $2,559   
New Caledonia  $293$315$117 $524
New Zealand$764,663$1,126,041$884,308$1,242,550$748,807$1,321,145$1,717,838
Nicaragua$158,320$173,488$171,005$161,855$105,108$119,627$129,916
Niger $385$2,697$2,221$1,333 $941
Nigeria $13,114$188,892$72,932$406,071$4,997 
Norway$142,776$305,326$423,920$24,752$417,745$275,416$93,994
Oman$6,388  $148$41,979$4,601 
Pakistan$1,641,914$1,793,764$1,866,805$1,951,687$2,094,130$2,330,081$3,046,326
Panama$4,238$1,432$2,898$17,546$32,383$24,837$30,940
Paraguay$199,015$206,509$369,787$449,683$426,744$494,025$437,233
Peru$308,512$347,466$368,901$481,864$340,954$494,682$611,907
Philippines$949,184$743,209$721,385$564,826$761,340$940,085$741,745
Poland$289,476$405,919$408,680$607,086$644,727$640,582$595,813
Portugal$319,205$585,480$572,083$730,062$285,170$164,689$144,304
Romania$40,781$32,992$49,721$45,656$72,880$71,099$386,733
Russia$486,742$573,351$353,852$467,918$1,057,794$837,016$773,685
Saint Lucia$237 $919    
Saudi Arabia$95,307$93,731$194,950  $170,667 
Senegal $517$522 $2,341$598$4,466
Serbia$184,299$207,751$203,968$151,864$160,932$85,127$144,282
Seychelles$668$58$128$215   
Singapore$3,967,113$5,087,960$6,119,474$7,342,515$5,833,233$5,736,567$5,790,770
Slovakia$15,224$24,931$18,360$21,885$12,756$22,954$20,352
Slovenia$53,806$63,947$63,012$64,301$35,266$32,457$22,053
South Africa$283,825$272,897$414,016$509,388$606,130$690,202$773,472
Spain$5,689,731$6,017,659$6,269,418$5,458,333$6,231,294$7,508,550 
Sri Lanka$41,925$83,427$105,285$161,896$145,745$184,302$185,426
Suriname     $121 
Swaziland$53,951      
Sweden$395,957$475,783$315,779$339,610$515,941$305,391$495,667
Switzerland$5,326,667$5,383,392$5,151,605$5,516,853$4,299,579$4,656,430$7,872,288
Syria$87,829$81,434$67,150$173,194 $305,070 
Tanzania$3,338$2,171$1,979$2,334$17,264$140 
Thailand$843,379$1,027,264$1,204,048$1,330,348$1,098,853$1,327,951$1,330,119
Togo     $5,700 
Trinidad and Tobago$3,509$8,439$1,648$7,335$1,895$3,285 
Tunisia$148,552$63,328$238,428$470,109$178,241$206,217 
Turkey$961,501$2,671,177$3,442,155$3,949,152$3,948,413$5,277,302$3,690,214
Uganda  $2,641    
Ukraine$342,363$399,201$479,127$451,510$365,629$412,398$492,866
United Arab Emirates$76,183 $852,863$1,727,616   
United Kingdom$1,339,672$1,023,457$1,643,992$1,305,225$1,871,227$2,611,982$3,117,282
United States$17,561,834$16,704,333$13,100,794$20,950,583$20,227,855$25,249,167$33,799,442
Uruguay$116,955$67,301$103,155$103,473$70,566  
Vanuatu  $81    
Venezuela$1,927,930$930,617$1,761,734$3,609,195$4,127,300$4,928,029$10,862,766
Vietnam$1,226,807$1,071,040$1,238,834$1,092,594$1,269,522$1,219,660 
Yemen $92,964 $1,288 $786$9,802
Zambia$223 $2,724$15$91$25 
Zimbabwe$8,194$19,374$26,882$82$4,130$22,460