| Rank | Country | Imports of Erythromycin & its derivs.; salts thereof in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Japan | $183,732,033 |  | | 2 | India | $139,271,448 |  | | 3 | United States | $88,099,312 |  | | 4 | Italy | $62,070,079 |  | | 5 | Hong Kong | $61,626,060 |  | | 6 | Belgium | $49,576,209 |  | | 7 | Israel | $24,727,000 |  | | 8 | Australia | $24,451,544 |  | | 9 | United Kingdom | $23,598,313 |  | | 10 | China | $19,900,152 |  | | 11 | Spain | $18,526,506 |  | | 12 | Mexico | $17,411,041 |  | | 13 | Iran | $15,772,277 |  | | 14 | Pakistan | $15,370,334 |  | | 15 | Croatia | $13,840,515 |  | | 16 | Thailand | $11,231,876 |  | | 17 | Greece | $10,294,128 |  | | 18 | Turkey | $9,904,496 |  | | 19 | France | $8,990,707 |  | | 20 | Malaysia | $8,957,670 |  | | 21 | Argentina | $8,806,765 |  | | 22 | Korea, South | $8,565,222 |  | | 23 | Romania | $7,487,085 |  | | 24 | Slovenia | $7,058,037 |  | | 25 | Brazil | $6,393,449 |  | | 26 | Vietnam | $6,082,150 |  | | 27 | Indonesia | $5,261,662 |  | | 28 | Germany | $4,936,430 |  | | 29 | Egypt | $4,662,425 |  | | 30 | Canada | $4,551,442 |  | | 31 | Colombia | $4,213,187 |  | | 32 | Peru | $3,758,670 |  | | 33 | Russia | $3,702,093 |  | | 34 | Ecuador | $3,646,677 |  | | 35 | Algeria | $3,368,134 |  | | 36 | Tunisia | $3,155,493 |  | | 37 | Cyprus | $3,081,986 |  | | 38 | Chile | $2,847,913 |  | | 39 | Ukraine | $2,771,757 |  | | 40 | Portugal | $2,697,836 |  | | 41 | Saudi Arabia | $2,335,203 |  | | 42 | Morocco | $2,314,218 |  | | 43 | Venezuela | $2,141,062 |  | | 44 | Netherlands | $1,959,486 |  | | 45 | Singapore | $1,877,704 |  | | 46 | Ireland | $1,758,386 |  | | 47 | Switzerland | $1,626,276 |  | | 48 | Costa Rica | $1,580,195 |  | | 49 | Kenya | $1,547,020 |  | | 50 | Tanzania | $1,373,415 |  | | 51 | Austria | $1,237,792 |  | | 52 | Poland | $1,227,009 |  | | 53 | Syria | $1,165,740 |  | | 54 | Nigeria | $1,157,695 |  | | 55 | South Africa | $1,040,654 |  | | 56 | Jordan | $1,020,613 |  | | 57 | Guatemala | $1,001,578 |  | | 58 | Philippines | $752,551 |  | | 59 | Nepal | $584,492 |  | | 60 | Hungary | $568,000 |  | | 61 | El Salvador | $504,507 |  | | 62 | New Zealand | $470,941 |  | | 63 | Ghana | $462,076 |  | | 64 | Serbia | $444,520 |  | | 65 | Bolivia | $442,372 |  | | 66 | Paraguay | $426,517 |  | | 67 | Sri Lanka | $342,037 |  | | 68 | Yemen | $338,832 |  | | 69 | Uganda | $246,039 |  | | 70 | Belarus | $150,400 |  | | 71 | Finland | $111,506 |  | | 72 | Nicaragua | $94,113 |  | | 73 | Dominican Republic | $88,344 |  | | 74 | Lebanon | $71,388 |  | | 75 | Ethiopia | $66,193 |  | | 76 | Georgia | $36,040 |  | | 77 | Zimbabwe | $33,707 |  | | 78 | Cambodia | $28,610 |  | | 79 | Zambia | $25,778 |  | | 80 | Moldova | $24,311 |  | | 81 | Oman | $21,930 |  | | 82 | Albania | $20,846 |  | | 83 | Denmark | $20,142 |  | | 84 | Mozambique | $19,026 |  | | 85 | Bulgaria | $17,911 |  | | 86 | Armenia | $14,516 |  | | 87 | Estonia | $10,219 |  | | 88 | Cameroon | $9,371 |  | | 89 | Kyrgyzstan | $9,251 |  | | 90 | Norway | $8,221 |  | | 91 | Panama | $5,653 |  | | 92 | Bermuda | $2,742 |  | | 93 | Malawi | $2,430 |  | | 94 | Azerbaijan | $1,713 |  | | 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,504 |  | | 96 | Slovakia | $1,068 |  | | 97 | Czech Republic | $1,049 |  | | 98 | Sweden | $974 |  | | 99 | Malta | $662 |  | | 100 | Lithuania | $321 |  | | 101 | Mauritius | $291 |  | | 102 | Belize | $114 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | $25,099 | $81,085 | | | $20,846 | |
| Algeria | $405,973 | $4,442,466 | $895,337 | $1,492,906 | $2,051,944 | $3,368,134 | $2,519,704 |
| Argentina | $6,363,907 | $7,631,097 | $9,587,921 | $9,690,974 | $6,652,104 | $8,806,765 | $11,226,238 |
| Armenia | $2,150 | $4,140 | $907 | $12,114 | $10,571 | $14,516 | $8,273 |
| Australia | $3,575,380 | $2,045,740 | $11,871,907 | $13,858,426 | $18,470,149 | $24,451,544 | $32,734,161 |
| Austria | $12,931,522 | $8,680,100 | $25,507,112 | $10,681,614 | $10,007,651 | $1,237,792 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $32,049 | | | $1,713 | |
| Bangladesh | $3,674,938 | $5,474,081 | $4,191,987 | | | | |
| Barbados | $71 | | | $406 | $2,735 | | |
| Belarus | $158,900 | $179,300 | $170,300 | $97,000 | $182,800 | $150,400 | $572,500 |
| Belgium | $171,565 | $147,594 | $12,781,124 | $892,397 | $18,856,324 | $49,576,209 | $14,873,154 |
| Belize | $20 | $8 | | | | $114 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $2,742 | |
| Bhutan | $66 | $25,459 | | | | | |
| Bolivia | $189,002 | $142,176 | $267,137 | $388,582 | $312,971 | $442,372 | $508,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3,034 | | $3,289 | $399 | $691 | $1,504 | $7,267 |
| Botswana | | $454 | | | | | |
| Brazil | $6,850,318 | $8,325,285 | $6,418,075 | $8,052,408 | $5,496,601 | $6,393,449 | $7,338,406 |
| Brunei | | $294 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $236,628 | $269,214 | $72,028 | $99,196 | $93,476 | $17,911 | $314,453 |
| Cambodia | $89,703 | $40,584 | $38,058 | $85,763 | $107,229 | $28,610 | |
| Cameroon | | | $1,402 | | | $9,371 | |
| Canada | $48,772,824 | $13,842,762 | $7,383,003 | $11,386,272 | $5,632,895 | $4,551,442 | $9,842,643 |
| Chile | $5,827,161 | $2,870,407 | $2,831,534 | $2,824,258 | $2,881,231 | $2,847,913 | $4,011,678 |
| China | $11,162,435 | $7,293,661 | $15,346,107 | $17,255,637 | $19,300,957 | $19,900,152 | $25,697,956 |
| Colombia | $2,759,828 | $3,063,130 | $3,184,677 | $3,727,030 | $4,712,008 | $4,213,187 | $6,076,082 |
| Costa Rica | $226,552 | $815,147 | $869,527 | $1,694,518 | $728,452 | $1,580,195 | $1,665,031 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $779 | $36,113 | $25 | | | | |
| Croatia | $27,318,372 | $16,238,298 | $1,246,370 | $5,637,329 | $10,044,689 | $13,840,515 | $26,619,683 |
| Cuba | $684,180 | $744,575 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $2,222,418 | $2,234,709 | $2,431,601 | $2,459,962 | $1,091,562 | $3,081,986 | $4,882,471 |
| Czech Republic | $677,505 | $80,797 | $647 | $441 | $1,078 | $1,049 | $3,859 |
| Denmark | $198,537 | $252,870 | $10,166 | $31,861 | $29,662 | $20,142 | $28,042 |
| Dominica | $18 | | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $153,435 | $194,445 | $19,863 | $64,857 | $27,920 | $88,344 | $215,266 |
| Ecuador | $1,396,492 | $1,510,005 | $1,288,210 | $1,601,310 | $2,362,566 | $3,646,677 | $2,837,335 |
| Egypt | $1,694,972 | $1,688,959 | $1,606,270 | $3,727,220 | $4,463,435 | $4,662,425 | $6,871,368 |
| El Salvador | $316,090 | $376,699 | $116,148 | $666,426 | $306,730 | $504,507 | |
| Estonia | $846 | | | | | $10,219 | $135 |
| Ethiopia | $4,843 | $7,402 | $301,966 | $12,061 | $4,105 | $66,193 | $1,348 |
| Finland | $200,603 | $172,499 | $446,491 | $292,312 | $202,387 | $111,506 | $118,074 |
| France | $72,305,947 | $75,016,469 | $4,772,270 | $6,891,513 | $6,165,304 | $8,990,707 | $17,278,723 |
| French Polynesia | | | | | $22 | | |
| Georgia | | $13,400 | $38 | $7,540 | $21,204 | $36,040 | |
| Germany | $18,229,000 | $23,085,000 | $9,829,000 | $11,433,000 | $7,513,000 | $4,936,430 | $7,239,917 |
| Ghana | $40,023 | $184,070 | $214,239 | $89,359 | $451,559 | $462,076 | $338,269 |
| Greece | $16,296,434 | $25,940,214 | $21,080,708 | $22,534,442 | $20,735,938 | $10,294,128 | $20,833,670 |
| Grenada | | | | $2,872 | $7 | | |
| Guatemala | $668,715 | $426,137 | $659,576 | $486,239 | $502,305 | $1,001,578 | $964,611 |
| Honduras | $37,560 | $48,163 | $56,983 | | $37,757 | | |
| Hong Kong | $8,491,970 | $26,193,212 | $56,849,037 | $44,401,899 | $34,766,189 | $61,626,060 | $43,917,563 |
| Hungary | $1,184,000 | $916,000 | | | | $568,000 | $1,360,000 |
| Iceland | $854 | | | | $200 | | $161 |
| India | $76,022,032 | $73,235,661 | $82,004,619 | $113,544,861 | $106,622,483 | $139,271,448 | $189,791,452 |
| Indonesia | $3,501,614 | $3,033,204 | $4,578,519 | $4,245,907 | $5,408,952 | $5,261,662 | $7,242,053 |
| Iran | $11,077,060 | $3,476,259 | | | | $15,772,277 | |
| Ireland | $6,905,475 | $16,307,498 | $12,266,987 | $5,788,084 | $13,894,465 | $1,758,386 | $4,378,945 |
| Israel | $14,433,000 | $23,349,000 | $19,686,000 | $23,093,000 | $13,792,000 | $24,727,000 | $45,444,000 |
| Italy | $217,633,720 | $144,879,747 | $204,270,865 | $235,714,665 | $130,108,467 | $62,070,079 | $35,272,758 |
| Jamaica | $5,758 | $122,391 | | $10,395 | | | |
| Japan | $152,418,196 | $169,519,097 | $168,540,316 | $159,066,596 | $150,613,185 | $183,732,033 | $201,032,220 |
| Jordan | $484,963 | $1,029,197 | $1,602,033 | $1,025,755 | $935,731 | $1,020,613 | $1,431,802 |
| Kazakhstan | $9,579 | $87,570 | $146,820 | $114,010 | $272,558 | | |
| Kenya | $107,226 | $824,538 | $345,248 | $372,603 | $734,020 | $1,547,020 | |
| Korea, South | $4,582,254 | $7,582,388 | $5,795,548 | $7,727,293 | $7,210,685 | $8,565,222 | $11,418,223 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $860 | $16 | | | | $9,251 | |
| Latvia | $186 | $113 | $12 | $96 | | | |
| Lebanon | $11,000 | $24,792 | $34,287 | $21,890 | $79,529 | $71,388 | $110,893 |
| Lithuania | $992 | | | $34 | $1,129 | $321 | $568 |
| Luxembourg | | $24 | $1,191 | $596 | $427 | | |
| Macau | $1,199 | $36,148 | $102,576 | $983,200 | $652,803 | | |
| Macedonia | $64,220 | $97,770 | $155,819 | $227,915 | $36,959 | | $435,154 |
| Madagascar | $2,923 | $10,277 | $21,390 | $614 | $4,244 | | |
| Malawi | $28,338 | | | | | $2,430 | |
| Malaysia | $7,493,655 | $9,781,545 | $9,081,793 | $3,971,423 | $12,629,533 | $8,957,670 | $14,932,540 |
| Mali | $3,018 | | | | | | |
| Malta | $185 | $452 | | | $943 | $662 | |
| Mauritius | $2,033 | $77 | | | | $291 | $39,829 |
| Mayotte | $25 | $13 | | | | | |
| Mexico | $29,535,356 | $28,797,407 | $30,299,281 | $32,314,807 | $27,825,094 | $17,411,041 | $19,839,705 |
| Moldova | $7,376 | $7,954 | $1,455 | $29,699 | $13,827 | $24,311 | $21,952 |
| Montenegro | | | $1,137 | | | | |
| Morocco | $1,344,230 | $1,226,171 | $2,751,664 | $3,169,217 | $3,235,746 | $2,314,218 | |
| Mozambique | $17,292 | $10,590 | | | $5,044 | $19,026 | $9,000 |
| Namibia | $31,280 | $222 | $2,163 | $10,975 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $234,976 | $584,492 | |
| Netherlands | $91,615,411 | $191,228,710 | $163,004,922 | $15,811,986 | $7,325,874 | $1,959,486 | |
| New Caledonia | | $111 | $133 | $83 | | | |
| New Zealand | $167,157 | $319,321 | $313,680 | $23,016 | $286,272 | $470,941 | $530,282 |
| Nicaragua | $63,550 | $46,000 | $71,219 | $78,320 | $76,003 | $94,113 | $137,634 |
| Nigeria | | $1,045,008 | $57,217 | $538,662 | $142,126 | $1,157,695 | |
| Norway | | | | | | $8,221 | |
| Oman | $22,349 | $9,735 | $136,312 | $22,830 | $70,484 | $21,930 | |
| Pakistan | $12,325,657 | $12,297,633 | $13,680,490 | $12,342,798 | $14,104,150 | $15,370,334 | $16,297,370 |
| Panama | $5,365 | $3,622,618 | $3,846,437 | $2,782,384 | $3,126,111 | $5,653 | $32,506 |
| Paraguay | $145,451 | $60,438 | $105,025 | $208,037 | $155,412 | $426,517 | $700,250 |
| Peru | $1,522,656 | $2,781,451 | $2,846,060 | $2,701,204 | $2,302,912 | $3,758,670 | $4,188,173 |
| Philippines | $2,474,453 | $1,588,627 | $2,600,297 | $1,084,657 | $345,466 | $752,551 | $868,240 |
| Poland | $1,582,129 | $730,012 | $1,584,697 | $1,997,663 | $643,217 | $1,227,009 | $1,640,486 |
| Portugal | $948,064 | $544,051 | $535,019 | $1,871,521 | $1,083,438 | $2,697,836 | $2,572,433 |
| Romania | $803,158 | $1,484,779 | $11,353,704 | $11,414,126 | $29,571,324 | $7,487,085 | $10,420,554 |
| Russia | $492,356 | $211,728 | $652,229 | $460,262 | $1,183,217 | $3,702,093 | $1,858,733 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | $134 |
| Saudi Arabia | $222,778 | $976,019 | $1,081,600 | | | $2,335,203 | |
| Senegal | $4,385 | | | $83 | | | |
| Serbia | $510,685 | $990,619 | $1,211,940 | $1,689,745 | $272,957 | $444,520 | $1,267,840 |
| Seychelles | | $7,235 | $17 | $7,637 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,095,321 | $854,005 | $1,035,096 | $1,376,465 | $1,041,686 | $1,877,704 | $1,933,261 |
| Slovakia | | | | | $352 | $1,068 | $4,222 |
| Slovenia | $11,181,001 | $6,679,834 | $10,987,874 | $10,013,166 | $5,647,065 | $7,058,037 | $10,064,890 |
| South Africa | $2,690,455 | $882,761 | $780,209 | $565,070 | $1,024,232 | $1,040,654 | $990,528 |
| Spain | $18,391,020 | $26,005,539 | $25,249,418 | $27,160,690 | $15,728,729 | $18,526,506 | |
| Sri Lanka | $180,923 | $610,606 | $300,442 | $953,001 | | $342,037 | $692,654 |
| Sudan | $441,811 | $234,296 | $56,718 | | $44,917 | | |
| Swaziland | | $41 | | | | | |
| Sweden | $1,295,434 | $429,047 | $684,832 | $8,159 | $542,812 | $974 | $1,079 |
| Switzerland | $1,522,631 | $2,034,261 | $1,106,512 | $2,309,913 | $1,055,936 | $1,626,276 | $1,600,307 |
| Syria | $166,511 | $366,567 | $1,633,081 | $1,008,393 | | $1,165,740 | |
| Tanzania | $311,136 | $494,861 | $486,092 | $701,096 | $579,323 | $1,373,415 | $2,192,650 |
| Thailand | $11,144,878 | $10,796,157 | $7,794,286 | $6,694,395 | $8,579,412 | $11,231,876 | $14,822,862 |
| Tonga | | | | $52 | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | | | $111 | | |
| Tunisia | $3,807,517 | $2,529,658 | $2,208,252 | $3,054,830 | $3,410,954 | $3,155,493 | |
| Turkey | $31,817,204 | $24,436,274 | $22,105,755 | $13,977,547 | $12,171,473 | $9,904,496 | $14,565,652 |
| Uganda | $203,584 | $295,831 | $266,391 | $296,478 | $18,073 | $246,039 | |
| Ukraine | $791,805 | $961,664 | $973,451 | $1,548,980 | $1,481,643 | $2,771,757 | $835,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,223,166 | | $1,145,230 | $851,275 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $28,831,985 | $10,185,730 | $41,505,366 | $76,344,437 | $12,695,060 | $23,598,313 | $14,011,522 |
| United States | $377,127,242 | $140,967,099 | $75,036,032 | $115,453,319 | $168,270,719 | $88,099,312 | $141,054,983 |
| Uruguay | $103,485 | $74,359 | $276,891 | $438,519 | $446,477 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,723 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $1,146,441 | $2,544,293 | $1,843,213 | $1,649,073 | $1,198,689 | $2,141,062 | $3,463,255 |
| Vietnam | $2,701,402 | $3,439,202 | $3,282,430 | $4,114,737 | $4,066,432 | $6,082,150 | |
| Yemen | $58,144 | $95,812 | $182,709 | $203,780 | $143,906 | $338,832 | $106,807 |
| Zambia | $56,724 | | | | | $25,778 | |
| Zimbabwe | $70,233 | $62,504 | $125 | $247,203 | $133 | $33,707 | |
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