RankCountryImports of Synthetic organic prods. of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents in USD (2010)
1Germany$89,296,926
2United States$57,253,514
3Japan$37,108,953
4China$29,232,361
5Finland$27,235,608
6France$27,083,461
7Korea, South$20,456,536
8Indonesia$19,757,368
9Brazil$17,044,582
10Thailand$16,208,277
11Italy$15,567,730
12Canada$15,086,561
13India$14,401,146
14Turkey$13,737,352
15Russia$13,686,816
16Mexico$13,684,648
17United Kingdom$12,648,317
18South Africa$12,420,293
19Portugal$12,408,350
20Singapore$12,390,843
21Sweden$12,376,741
22Austria$12,295,443
23Netherlands$12,077,755
24Vietnam$11,389,530
25Spain$10,906,161
26Poland$10,447,365
27Hong Kong$10,137,384
28Belgium$9,500,717
29Colombia$8,892,431
30Egypt$7,598,668
31Peru$7,559,812
32Argentina$6,704,047
33Switzerland$5,704,114
34Venezuela$5,599,146
35Pakistan$5,081,857
36Australia$5,076,971
37Iran$5,058,978
38Czech Republic$4,524,065
39Malaysia$3,972,026
40Israel$2,953,000
41Morocco$2,893,856
42Chile$2,710,740
43Slovakia$2,552,504
44Syria$2,346,608
45New Zealand$2,342,897
46Philippines$2,160,177
47Kenya$1,916,893
48El Salvador$1,849,885
49Slovenia$1,813,168
50Saudi Arabia$1,608,269
51Panama$1,457,098
52Guatemala$1,432,695
53Ukraine$1,389,760
54Ecuador$1,348,120
55Romania$1,321,941
56Sri Lanka$1,128,473
57Greece$913,983
58Tunisia$888,509
59Denmark$857,887
60Nigeria$824,889
61Belarus$758,100
62Norway$687,464
63Algeria$666,969
64Cote d'Ivoire$661,309
65Hungary$582,000
66Croatia$534,314
67Costa Rica$441,370
68Ethiopia$427,644
69Jordan$420,373
70Dominican Republic$409,657
71Serbia$329,273
72Bulgaria$313,926
73Qatar$304,213
74Tanzania$302,860
75Paraguay$298,570
76Mauritius$298,512
77Oman$271,405
78Uganda$253,142
79Latvia$180,423
80Bolivia$159,822
81Suriname$149,884
82Lithuania$149,860
83Zimbabwe$147,908
84Nepal$143,319
85Ireland$142,048
86Lebanon$106,615
87Fiji$95,791
88Luxembourg$91,102
89Bahrain$89,714
90Ghana$89,515
91Malawi$89,023
92Senegal$85,936
93Madagascar$70,039
94Bosnia and Herzegovina$64,403
95Malta$53,751
96Zambia$41,874
97Iceland$35,436
98Armenia$30,703
99Cameroon$25,774
100Trinidad and Tobago$24,031
101Cyprus$23,523
102Estonia$23,247
103Montenegro$18,047
104Yemen$16,266
105Georgia$15,217
106Jamaica$9,270
107Mozambique$8,959
108Bahamas, The$7,724
109Kyrgyzstan$7,232
110New Caledonia$4,623
111Albania$3,211
112Mauritania$2,662
113Barbados$2,657
114Burkina Faso$2,538
115Moldova$2,379
116Guyana$2,235
117Niger$1,702
118French Polynesia$993
119Cape Verde$951
120Cambodia$644
121Belize$577
122Tonga$450
123Bhutan$184
124Azerbaijan$126
125Botswana$116
126Antigua and Barbuda$42
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$3,656$4,891$8,524 $167$3,211$23,408
Algeria$580,189$644,729$1,025,039$364,668$691,212$666,969$1,157,119
Anguilla $843 $21   
Antigua and Barbuda$89    $42$714
Argentina$6,877,442$6,830,417$6,650,764$6,620,212$4,908,982$6,704,047$7,731,280
Armenia$224$1,415$11,104$21,938$16,845$30,703$24,448
Aruba    $663  
Australia$5,564,099$5,539,658$5,481,636$7,177,767$7,154,017$5,076,971$5,366,785
Austria$10,687,472$13,200,743$14,604,577$14,009,042$10,765,373$12,295,443 
Azerbaijan$62,433$228,056$36,238$5,780$6,865$126$642
Bahamas, The$691$772$1,892$1,475$369$7,724$424
Bahrain$32,582$34,423$22,199$28,878$148,522$89,714$68,621
Bangladesh$2,803,384$3,325,936$4,149,986    
Barbados$8,031 $725$14,414$840$2,657$309
Belarus$480,600$533,200$346,300$742,500$449,800$758,100$675,500
Belgium$9,148,414$10,009,077$10,196,863$7,161,345$7,851,311$9,500,717$9,058,830
Belize  $477$161$256$577 
Bhutan$86$52$317$206$96$184 
Bolivia$85,020$163,723$66,834$463,985$196,385$159,822$223,340
Bosnia and Herzegovina$54,749$38,158$57,296$146,067$58,223$64,403$67,028
Botswana $5,615$222$160$3,543$116$1,649
Brazil$5,591,988$7,665,968$7,677,489$12,727,928$13,064,239$17,044,582$17,512,147
Brunei $1,115     
Bulgaria$325,588$372,070$388,108$285,533$286,915$313,926$514,640
Burkina Faso$94 $1,193$1,372$6,799$2,538 
Burundi $11,061 $4,689$2,143  
Cambodia$21,842$1,306$335,729$40,939$62,779$644 
Cameroon$36,244$82,814$76,809$89,400$12,827$25,774 
Canada$15,373,750$14,790,309$12,733,879$14,293,313$10,941,047$15,086,561$13,689,453
Cape Verde     $951$6
Chile$2,238,786$2,610,870$2,874,034$3,589,820$2,198,831$2,710,740$3,148,745
China$28,248,330$29,279,183$27,153,611$29,898,415$23,781,715$29,232,361$28,251,998
Colombia$7,448,198$7,368,725$8,267,433$10,248,843$7,818,941$8,892,431$8,582,159
Costa Rica$277,534$505,218$541,453$598,728$362,437$441,370$184,215
Cote d'Ivoire$222,743$322,653$427,504$527,722$651,291$661,309$1,200,770
Croatia$736,824$662,484$794,988$512,678$560,751$534,314$611,350
Cuba$48,495$46,082     
Cyprus$20,815$10,793$21,994$30,864$18,886$23,523$11,554
Czech Republic$2,993,378$3,296,112$4,274,050$4,438,196$3,314,462$4,524,065$6,488,065
Denmark$3,139,853$649,823$759,126$597,859$648,371$857,887$884,472
Dominica$6,392$4,199     
Dominican Republic$87,276$466,180$812,795$530,418$470,358$409,657$782,226
East Timor$21      
Ecuador$1,095,204$899,122$1,096,139$1,490,701$1,439,054$1,348,120$1,716,798
Egypt$1,681,387$1,469,740$1,920,363$7,498,125$7,148,240$7,598,668$8,409,771
El Salvador$881,146$1,642,195$1,683,840$1,594,467$1,130,588$1,849,885 
Estonia$61,902$72,502$77,891$60,644$1,248,849$23,247$23,001
Ethiopia$367,661$218,885$114,386$567,293$249,978$427,644$256,554
Faroe Islands $817$1,244$3,101$801  
Fiji$18,140$72,893$46,137$49,639$127,873$95,791 
Finland$27,212,082$31,072,871$33,629,547$44,132,416$33,147,546$27,235,608$28,906,714
France$30,809,443$27,052,032$33,924,706$27,919,690$24,730,614$27,083,461$31,649,366
French Polynesia$4,785$683$2,409$106$319$993$887
Gabon $1,472$14,709$872$326  
Gambia, The$105 $1,454    
Georgia$870    $15,217 
Germany$50,919,000$64,243,000$73,270,000$83,251,000$62,247,000$89,296,926$110,365,374
Ghana$81,165$77,827$98,463$50,434$64,981$89,515$173,139
Greece$2,187,174$2,128,002$2,445,611$2,265,908$1,665,148$913,983$592,723
Greenland$7,282 $2,063    
Grenada    $870  
Guatemala$1,109,376$841,921$940,922$1,508,807$892,730$1,432,695$1,688,446
Guinea$6,993      
Guyana$1,784$11,276 $133$8,816$2,235 
Honduras$343,640$443,757$330,339 $400,484  
Hong Kong$19,006,514$13,649,895$13,460,041$11,330,618$6,509,895$10,137,384$7,690,422
Hungary$1,529,000$1,486,000$1,182,000$769,000$1,087,000$582,000$639,000
Iceland$7,386$7,666$2,767$3,249$4,831$35,436$16,506
India$8,979,929$11,736,293$10,523,126$9,504,209$10,755,405$14,401,146$9,384,475
Indonesia$12,582,033$13,977,901$12,735,813$19,279,941$19,042,349$19,757,368$22,309,913
Iran$3,269,156$2,103,836   $5,058,978 
Ireland$264,543$192,653$210,030$207,768$146,336$142,048$127,507
Israel$3,223,000$3,555,000$3,503,000$3,857,000$1,968,000$2,953,000$1,927,000
Italy$28,052,440$19,055,691$33,051,798$24,964,807$25,073,433$15,567,730$16,311,827
Jamaica$60,548$98,294$106,234$90,274$28,826$9,270 
Japan$37,792,222$35,316,479$30,826,611$47,095,434$29,192,532$37,108,953$34,412,935
Jordan$129,311$110,665$130,632$288,316$137,862$420,373$357,534
Kazakhstan$22,313$70,212$96,926$25,067$18,353  
Kenya$914,766$922,635$1,262,526$2,011,172$1,521,460$1,916,893 
Korea, South$15,441,501$17,241,072$18,562,212$17,531,987$15,803,595$20,456,536$21,013,146
Kuwait $169,220$8,007$54,044   
Kyrgyzstan $207 $383$2,528$7,232$3,630
Latvia$232,791$226,440$221,583$154,108$178,351$180,423$174,855
Lebanon$151,000$186,514$248,741$197,270$71,391$106,615$114,148
Lithuania$120,435$109,615$101,011$87,822$78,849$149,860$136,300
Luxembourg$26,997$26,962$36,141$228,298$90,627$91,102$112,588
Macau$12,609$6,532$6,013$139   
Macedonia$143,626$129,135$164,594$96,974$64,476 $45,495
Madagascar$9,072$28,541$10,063$24,458$27,500$70,039 
Malawi$47,905$12,605$11,078$5,737$13,919$89,023$55,126
Malaysia$4,987,450$3,140,106$2,841,776$2,514,876$1,962,508$3,972,026$3,320,994
Mali$8,152  $7,564   
Malta$1,081$24,800$66,274$38,413$57,695$53,751 
Mauritania $4,560 $15,101$1,220$2,662 
Mauritius$427,399$595,794$715,857$377,762$297,815$298,512$185,931
Mayotte $990$358$46$22  
Mexico$14,962,414$12,997,400$13,441,730$13,597,784$11,939,364$13,684,648$20,454,157
Moldova$25,976$22,822$13,976$9,260$4,363$2,379$7,673
Mongolia$3,616 $694    
Montenegro $7,013$89$67$1,017$18,047$977
Montserrat   $31   
Morocco$2,512,986$2,801,262$3,129,303$2,813,122$3,428,276$2,893,856 
Mozambique$3,701$398$13,659$247$5,613$8,959$2,000
Namibia$566$6,527$1,971$1,856   
Nepal    $89,832$143,319 
Netherlands$13,832,752$14,290,394$13,458,958$10,805,078$9,984,503$12,077,755 
Netherlands Antilles$90 $247$265   
New Caledonia$2,671$1,648$6,058$1,058$3,742$4,623$1,418
New Zealand$1,378,730$1,256,785$1,829,085$1,032,759$1,724,179$2,342,897$1,378,820
Nicaragua$11,550$12 $585  $1,365
Niger$14,349$46,974$82$5,015$1,664$1,702 
Nigeria $130,703$1,329,963$937,599$970,320$824,889 
Norway$979,965$690,014$910,297$892,663$570,434$687,464$659,383
Oman$131,267$154,861$216,387$483,189$99,459$271,405 
Pakistan$3,460,428$3,226,116$3,757,703$3,922,517$4,699,708$5,081,857$5,956,595
Panama$167,452$11,772,765$8,012,591$456,551$365,256$1,457,098$1,744,139
Paraguay$77,492$115,587$156,035$160,036$185,983$298,570$415,350
Peru$3,142,102$4,098,804$5,106,402$7,073,969$6,031,959$7,559,812$6,846,633
Philippines$2,873,721$1,828,044$1,540,634$1,799,591$2,074,583$2,160,177$3,036,217
Poland$7,086,346$7,227,057$9,950,529$11,198,722$8,895,082$10,447,365$10,526,131
Portugal$10,913,809$18,873,565$18,560,492$26,548,909$18,175,319$12,408,350$12,426,494
Qatar$42,574$34,257$26,209$163,312 $304,213 
Romania$1,470,000$1,560,414$1,364,317$1,695,304$1,279,030$1,321,941$1,695,470
Russia$7,119,949$7,455,143$9,347,651$11,792,137$11,125,858$13,686,816$14,629,378
Rwanda $400 $8,530$10,730  
Saint Kitts and Nevis$20$11$37    
Saint Lucia$2,246$159$797$176   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $573     
Samoa$79 $115$27$722 $117
Saudi Arabia$666,426$1,122,084$1,307,746  $1,608,269 
Senegal$25,902$8,176$44,489$13,498$27,090$85,936$101,711
Serbia$553,589$824,388$1,067,194$1,195,105$340,975$329,273$1,084,293
Seychelles$316 $33$271   
Singapore$23,800,554$22,965,376$18,828,259$19,472,595$9,304,047$12,390,843$9,267,222
Slovakia$1,779,692$2,445,465$2,595,388$3,372,436$2,498,287$2,552,504$2,639,636
Slovenia$2,249,875$2,459,598$2,991,501$3,472,713$2,504,215$1,813,168$1,878,647
South Africa$9,312,560$11,981,930$14,117,035$16,980,005$11,843,201$12,420,293$8,543,176
Spain$11,810,169$11,118,561$12,334,803$11,120,082$8,976,493$10,906,161 
Sri Lanka$500,376$672,434$710,170$1,190,755$1,296,171$1,128,473$1,374,253
Sudan$106,176$9,864$59,103 $27,821  
Suriname$69,069$44,547$41,243$22,524$118,308$149,884$71,411
Swaziland$13,370$21,640$119,601    
Sweden$9,590,579$6,902,528$10,126,010$18,921,944$10,320,275$12,376,741$16,989,876
Switzerland$7,425,469$7,197,689$7,102,902$6,908,622$4,690,244$5,704,114$7,786,002
Syria$1,024,688$1,047,290$2,263,751$1,996,267 $2,346,608 
Tanzania$297,838$199,698$237,802$238,748$250,021$302,860$151,499
Thailand$12,210,193$12,379,567$12,772,069$16,549,985$14,308,120$16,208,277$14,330,932
Togo  $7,004    
Tonga     $450 
Trinidad and Tobago$148,583$144,194$334,117$125,369$21,240$24,031 
Tunisia$716,363$759,025$919,319$586,486$810,928$888,509 
Turkey$15,318,133$14,880,798$16,556,013$15,700,368$13,309,832$13,737,352$13,418,255
Uganda$90,120$24,579$169,848$353,881$228,091$253,142 
Ukraine$1,355,664$1,222,742$1,389,577$1,699,100$1,174,501$1,389,760$1,498,178
United Arab Emirates$471,215 $914,849$1,604,411   
United Kingdom$16,930,977$13,054,324$16,662,672$14,244,935$14,260,128$12,648,317$12,544,462
United States$47,930,720$56,681,338$44,934,704$62,160,676$36,610,510$57,253,514$65,533,310
Uruguay$288,932$286,711$334,604$567,891$384,369  
Vanuatu $2,203$2,389    
Venezuela$3,755,406$2,940,137$3,827,680$5,745,592$7,242,488$5,599,146$2,392,909
Vietnam$6,129,570$6,650,203$7,620,870$9,202,867$11,127,716$11,389,530 
Yemen$51,164$35,870$10,645$81,751$57$16,266$773
Zambia$399,411$99,742$94,661$48,158$59,506$41,874 
Zimbabwe$15,130$72,185$147,517$27,082$39,728$147,908