RankCountryImports of Paints & varnishes (incl. enamels & lacquers) based on acrylic/vinyl polyme ... in USD (2010)
1China$191,812,173
2Germany$175,656,636
3Belgium$174,048,324
4France$134,181,962
5Poland$126,794,849
6Canada$125,317,187
7United States$124,189,994
8Russia$117,409,482
9Spain$96,569,964
10Netherlands$91,786,960
11United Kingdom$81,575,317
12Mexico$78,444,142
13Italy$76,223,873
14Korea, South$73,870,451
15Czech Republic$57,078,781
16Austria$55,098,365
17Japan$48,760,943
18Turkey$47,409,321
19Romania$45,865,483
20Switzerland$40,451,862
21Indonesia$38,163,872
22Thailand$37,906,310
23Portugal$36,660,304
24Sweden$32,636,457
25India$30,221,264
26Slovakia$28,434,368
27Australia$27,212,380
28Brazil$25,341,988
29Norway$23,313,455
30Hungary$22,900,000
31Denmark$22,435,196
32Vietnam$19,492,880
33Argentina$19,391,937
34Ireland$18,416,836
35Slovenia$18,401,992
36South Africa$16,601,868
37Lithuania$15,768,328
38Malaysia$15,549,005
39Finland$15,252,112
40New Zealand$15,120,048
41Ukraine$14,767,802
42Belarus$14,267,900
43Croatia$14,088,313
44Chile$13,912,151
45Greece$11,797,054
46Singapore$11,526,548
47Bulgaria$11,505,783
48Israel$11,170,000
49Iran$10,610,660
50Hong Kong$9,826,654
51Colombia$9,704,228
52Serbia$8,937,542
53Peru$7,832,155
54Bosnia and Herzegovina$7,121,654
55Tunisia$6,844,681
56Ecuador$6,829,792
57Venezuela$6,363,660
58Syria$6,013,824
59Guatemala$5,635,566
60Luxembourg$5,065,061
61Estonia$5,052,150
62Saudi Arabia$4,981,606
63Latvia$4,772,408
64Philippines$4,404,743
65El Salvador$2,987,361
66Nigeria$2,823,033
67Paraguay$2,599,666
68Bolivia$2,543,912
69Bahrain$2,530,641
70Cyprus$2,526,654
71Pakistan$2,296,917
72Malta$2,261,667
73Sri Lanka$2,211,696
74Georgia$2,065,102
75Oman$1,984,810
76Jordan$1,966,700
77Qatar$1,924,820
78Armenia$1,915,307
79Azerbaijan$1,803,841
80Albania$1,779,757
81Lebanon$1,738,687
82Egypt$1,634,957
83Bahamas, The$1,617,552
84Algeria$1,610,400
85Panama$1,550,964
86Costa Rica$1,489,622
87Morocco$1,385,047
88Nicaragua$1,325,556
89French Polynesia$1,298,038
90Ghana$1,155,567
91Moldova$1,154,781
92Montenegro$1,089,368
93Dominican Republic$976,940
94Mali$915,126
95Cote d'Ivoire$911,345
96Mozambique$895,972
97Senegal$895,845
98Cape Verde$802,603
99Kenya$786,716
100Belize$757,730
101Botswana$757,645
102Aruba$752,992
103Kyrgyzstan$619,925
104Zambia$609,339
105Iceland$602,418
106Tanzania$552,179
107Barbados$528,733
108Jamaica$499,908
109Niger$499,254
110Cameroon$428,920
111Zimbabwe$426,839
112Guyana$387,702
113Ethiopia$373,589
114Cambodia$359,299
115Burkina Faso$351,992
116Togo$334,880
117Trinidad and Tobago$292,441
118Samoa$254,516
119Benin$244,981
120New Caledonia$242,811
121Mauritius$171,904
122Suriname$163,277
123Madagascar$151,794
124Maldives$141,761
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$129,517
126Uganda$114,394
127Yemen$110,779
128Fiji$102,409
129Dominica$88,185
130Bermuda$83,209
131Antigua and Barbuda$57,150
132Macau$50,569
133Tonga$46,409
134Gambia, The$35,605
135Nepal$35,600
136Malawi$27,791
137Burundi$13,134
138Mauritania$12,446
139Sao Tome and Principe$9,047
140Bhutan$800
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$291,891$452,757$1,104,281$1,777,504$1,610,136$1,779,757$1,874,554
Algeria$877,192$1,717,223$3,137,354$1,520,654$1,853,399$1,610,400$1,200,480
Antigua and Barbuda$63,381$59,072$80,892 $50,280$57,150$18,843
Argentina$11,959,952$14,956,282$16,904,762$17,246,837$14,002,943$19,391,937$25,432,279
Armenia$819,945$1,280,276$1,497,028$2,008,121$1,463,642$1,915,307$1,965,968
Aruba    $523,632$752,992$640,010
Australia$18,148,369$22,119,272$27,973,076$34,040,760$29,797,224$27,212,380$35,915,496
Austria$42,794,248$46,169,298$53,696,751$62,072,656$48,496,386$55,098,365 
Azerbaijan$2,157,775$3,134,752$1,338,298$657,447$1,462,577$1,803,841$1,922,650
Bahamas, The$1,455,677$1,224,984$1,498,250$1,469,139$1,327,216$1,617,552$1,390,707
Bahrain$2,214,682$1,306,700$1,969,337$2,928,617$2,692,058$2,530,641$3,803,561
Bangladesh$1,120,300$1,324,084$2,016,775    
Barbados$242,486$309,303$419,046$519,603$512,490$528,733$576,560
Belarus$7,868,100$9,550,600$12,475,600$16,781,700$12,150,700$14,267,900$12,993,900
Belgium$90,342,335$171,209,447$153,821,654$221,510,994$156,438,790$174,048,324$189,165,933
Belize$320,004$301,586$399,896$403,073$533,381$757,730 
Benin$33,437$7,660   $244,981 
Bermuda     $83,209 
Bhutan$484$2,404$6,372$9,099$392$800 
Bolivia$1,049,879$973,904$1,053,634$1,786,567$1,969,096$2,543,912$2,808,133
Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,272,206$3,857,908$5,009,998$6,240,373$5,854,654$7,121,654$8,807,511
Botswana$1,259,400$1,157,889$1,158,023$1,618,377$779,618$757,645$1,128,531
Brazil$14,748,380$15,849,242$17,222,979$24,315,645$21,855,701$25,341,988$28,337,031
Brunei $1,460,118     
Bulgaria$5,485,114$6,114,215$9,126,387$13,296,586$11,859,794$11,505,783$12,263,274
Burkina Faso$46,652 $143,982$255,308$319,605$351,992 
Burundi$528$18,827$22,915$34,508$14,588$13,134 
Cambodia$202,953$184,840$102,620$123,937$146,350$359,299 
Cameroon$118,777$293,246$664,090$920,923$481,497$428,920 
Canada$105,507,825$115,424,115$128,138,383$119,442,500$95,477,132$125,317,187$157,669,011
Cape Verde$1,007,182$825,806$888,730$765,844$964,352$802,603$1,066,882
Central African Republic$11,983 $6,681$58,712   
Chile$5,508,034$7,490,981$9,453,597$13,428,813$11,726,641$13,912,151$18,401,219
China$123,624,462$159,101,419$180,540,903$190,659,714$183,024,966$191,812,173$186,544,240
Colombia$3,345,882$4,522,415$7,120,119$8,825,588$7,079,232$9,704,228$10,969,269
Comoros$6,271$23,594$12,294    
Costa Rica$1,344,891$1,245,410$2,011,772$2,711,018$1,293,786$1,489,622$1,902,887
Cote d'Ivoire$653,229$889,132$1,051,162$1,152,980$1,548,970$911,345$809,216
Croatia$11,448,831$12,423,741$16,166,897$19,114,823$14,428,236$14,088,313$15,261,717
Cuba$3,074,223$3,477,625     
Cyprus$1,978,659$1,800,955$2,829,703$2,191,318$2,340,844$2,526,654$1,989,365
Czech Republic$47,763,114$50,097,602$58,842,755$69,704,648$57,286,279$57,078,781$82,922,442
Denmark$22,505,135$26,507,250$29,697,632$29,848,965$21,632,760$22,435,196$25,944,057
Dominica$58,989$68,550$61,906$120,362$101,223$88,185 
Dominican Republic$274,259$382,220$633,846$1,023,025$678,716$976,940$951,789
East Timor$4,244      
Ecuador$2,851,866$4,049,466$4,860,309$5,988,225$4,444,747$6,829,792$7,256,487
Egypt$274,363$327,722$292,673$2,586,799$1,240,162$1,634,957$2,470,455
El Salvador$1,145,354$1,307,889$1,025,937$1,883,261$2,160,839$2,987,361 
Estonia$6,102,379$8,671,003$8,734,736$7,261,921$4,263,141$5,052,150$7,529,029
Ethiopia$281,383$148,505$209,340$74,771$116,738$373,589$214,562
Faroe Islands$567,130$518,783$395,411$549,371$358,931  
Fiji$68,039$103,507$51,571$118,560$86,402$102,409 
Finland$21,113,899$21,993,109$21,144,856$21,852,235$14,237,713$15,252,112$15,723,072
France$135,827,326$138,080,123$155,088,486$170,347,243$131,049,493$134,181,962$145,854,796
French Polynesia$1,379,069$1,511,772$1,189,111$1,520,168$1,382,197$1,298,038$1,162,674
Gabon$338,892$205,498$288,962$216,332$171,338  
Gambia, The$54,521$43,504$121,960$79,198$80,416$35,605$39,111
Georgia$720,427$1,422,456$1,972,766$1,402,483$1,450,073$2,065,102 
Germany$156,277,000$178,493,000$193,517,000$222,253,000$164,889,000$175,656,636$213,994,934
Ghana$1,170,702$1,440,884$1,714,616$1,533,851$1,386,972$1,155,567$1,641,917
Greece$14,817,103$20,601,264$22,220,154$21,577,563$16,556,767$11,797,054$12,190,878
Greenland$36,545$122,361$79,971    
Grenada$113,547$211,676$210,039$113,812$171,417  
Guatemala$2,399,669$3,508,682$5,845,518$5,423,644$4,925,564$5,635,566$5,712,837
Guinea$330,703$415,146$719,205$369,641   
Guinea-Bissau$13,345      
Guyana$140,600$298,060$429,491$235,784$443,703$387,702$586,146
Honduras$464,921$603,195$2,417,345 $1,615,860  
Hong Kong$7,092,211$2,569,031$2,337,407$5,243,984$11,330,033$9,826,654$9,814,674
Hungary$18,668,000$21,311,000$22,201,000$26,113,000$23,273,000$22,900,000$26,665,000
Iceland$617,047$621,616$888,191$707,840$690,984$602,418$843,431
India$20,421,793$18,867,335$19,845,365$27,096,584$19,355,295$30,221,264$28,189,376
Indonesia$10,975,066$10,160,125$13,519,245$28,978,901$29,844,668$38,163,872$38,290,777
Iran$5,360,759$705,881   $10,610,660 
Ireland$29,241,416$30,568,911$36,274,475$27,273,637$16,515,820$18,416,836$13,361,618
Israel$5,337,000$8,702,000$11,554,000$13,513,000$10,057,000$11,170,000$11,586,000
Italy$85,623,536$88,217,506$90,995,942$97,390,154$74,487,531$76,223,873$84,998,619
Jamaica$441,182$295,207$434,972$606,638$695,590$499,908 
Japan$36,272,515$35,712,167$36,934,627$44,266,386$36,731,974$48,760,943$55,491,675
Jordan$785,301$938,150$1,159,606$1,686,727$1,690,381$1,966,700$2,426,605
Kazakhstan$5,467,087$7,985,733$12,257,351$9,591,022$9,926,153  
Kenya$171,229$208,858$142,051$92,649$255,436$786,716 
Kiribati$134,272   $9,888  
Korea, South$22,474,418$43,894,396$60,476,471$78,607,530$81,881,171$73,870,451$85,334,450
Kuwait $1,977,551$1,562,613$2,447,150   
Kyrgyzstan$365,124$510,524$716,923$592,448$854,749$619,925$687,848
Latvia$3,588,232$3,851,031$4,681,061$5,267,384$3,548,827$4,772,408$7,705,713
Lebanon$580,000$636,036$738,059$910,635$1,417,838$1,738,687$1,674,463
Lesotho   $11,471   
Lithuania$9,899,619$11,259,769$13,718,334$15,353,648$13,537,573$15,768,328$20,843,662
Luxembourg$4,540,583$5,697,001$7,133,223$7,484,075$4,397,398$5,065,061$5,526,962
Macau$65,101$1,848$108,790$54,124$68,241$50,569$64,455
Macedonia$817,192$847,089$1,299,661$1,882,324$1,586,604 $2,863,550
Madagascar$159,776$206,641$461,074$688,259$239,910$151,794 
Malawi$31,883$18,310$26,464$25,492$128,079$27,791$56,245
Malaysia$11,648,726$12,747,683$15,180,263$19,127,110$14,469,379$15,549,005$12,152,603
Maldives$251,153$250,838$251,566$48,206$159,440$141,761$239,710
Mali$280,222$209,015$281,740$1,304,658 $915,126 
Malta$1,450,959$1,617,516$3,112,767$4,473,801$3,594,272$2,261,667 
Mauritania$56,084$28,068$22,471$12,818$38,360$12,446$44,302
Mauritius$98,643$194,077$154,942$246,869$111,426$171,904$275,927
Mayotte$143,034$189,564$214,172$355,044$385,735  
Mexico$66,130,246$75,929,235$85,432,984$85,764,822$63,011,913$78,444,142$81,817,169
Moldova$364,031$367,900$577,393$895,931$918,466$1,154,781$1,998,468
Mongolia$24,934$37,377$22,440    
Montenegro $502,192$988,395$1,610,848$1,194,479$1,089,368$1,351,463
Montserrat$12,938$12,604$8,737$11,234$21,718  
Morocco$1,315,509$1,440,233$893,027$1,557,756$1,505,898$1,385,047 
Mozambique$102,985$168,318$297,663$266,365$345,207$895,972$224,000
Namibia$668,591$549,343$1,443,132$1,100,975   
Nepal    $35,477$35,600 
Netherlands$55,603,263$77,430,693$92,933,517$114,096,500$86,451,456$91,786,960 
Netherlands Antilles$421,189$420,854$537,616$708,984   
New Caledonia$226,874$203,118$194,296$178,847$187,000$242,811$378,561
New Zealand$14,029,704$11,944,562$14,426,563$11,500,416$11,097,881$15,120,048$16,922,628
Nicaragua$2,265,500$1,937,709$1,420,935$1,153,165$1,362,223$1,325,556$1,677,800
Niger$46,221$77,174$116,399$68,767$50,058$499,254$102,547
Nigeria $4,403,852$4,939,660$1,946,151$3,194,647$2,823,033 
Norway$15,526,398$17,192,510$18,043,930$22,531,763$21,088,324$23,313,455$20,658,131
Oman$1,090,632$766,153$1,478,062$1,731,150$2,103,957$1,984,810 
Pakistan$820,917$1,079,213$2,173,674$2,573,325$1,777,578$2,296,917$3,665,837
Panama$377,297$1,414,593$1,738,759$2,713,918$2,463,491$1,550,964$4,999,232
Paraguay$1,019,753$1,229,073$1,677,843$2,289,890$1,812,941$2,599,666$3,791,535
Peru$2,088,408$3,927,702$4,578,199$6,947,288$5,856,202$7,832,155$11,152,130
Philippines$3,026,775$4,233,995$3,826,561$3,920,474$3,548,388$4,404,743$3,789,630
Poland$103,318,078$110,644,586$137,207,861$152,360,053$112,762,598$126,794,849$152,268,212
Portugal$24,062,721$32,251,079$38,645,102$44,867,960$30,355,992$36,660,304$42,644,957
Qatar$292,443$1,264,673$1,126,089$1,432,646 $1,924,820 
Romania$34,435,055$38,287,090$49,685,690$54,478,096$47,985,496$45,865,483$51,174,491
Russia$53,388,576$65,649,722$87,150,531$112,573,829$93,442,921$117,409,482$154,338,303
Rwanda$649$2,461$21,824$2,571$24,386 $7,178
Saint Kitts and Nevis$75,090$101,143$93,884$103,926   
Saint Lucia$79,353$110,628$77,680$272,702   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$165,747$178,080$199,027$108,841$140,768$129,517 
Samoa    $52,781$254,516$400,619
Sao Tome and Principe$12,261$319 $1,361$3,374$9,047 
Saudi Arabia$1,524,462$1,118,580$2,256,387  $4,981,606 
Senegal$1,161,075$700,967$680,051$734,031$978,815$895,845$681,527
Serbia$4,563,044$6,946,562$11,014,728$11,745,135$8,069,288$8,937,542$11,390,936
Seychelles$104,807$134,163$126,509$69,971   
Singapore$32,491,651$28,820,544$28,188,563$41,803,453$10,429,820$11,526,548$10,361,587
Slovakia$19,117,244$19,699,141$23,834,050$28,855,691$20,523,992$28,434,368$33,791,024
Slovenia$10,090,706$14,206,841$19,359,547$18,723,274$17,685,071$18,401,992$18,536,241
South Africa$7,720,093$8,317,437$11,060,667$11,283,020$11,935,981$16,601,868$19,082,130
Spain$86,482,603$91,057,875$105,777,960$118,310,307$89,074,387$96,569,964 
Sri Lanka$1,944,215$2,667,329$2,445,178$2,412,118$1,921,900$2,211,696$2,727,149
Sudan$743,409$102,587$39,114$76,537$289,093  
Suriname     $163,277$264,500
Swaziland$281,374$209,470$291,286    
Sweden$27,856,991$32,648,904$33,106,672$39,850,144$24,595,135$32,636,457$35,634,337
Switzerland$30,674,907$33,039,302$40,338,574$44,657,014$42,150,451$40,451,862$48,323,363
Syria$3,446,806$4,257,710$4,405,190$5,744,057 $6,013,824 
Tanzania$238,329$293,637$368,513$426,923$257,750$552,179$228,213
Thailand$28,329,929$28,125,521$29,422,372$36,215,551$30,356,669$37,906,310$43,295,669
Togo$22,067 $46,049  $334,880$102,549
Tonga$35,809$80,919$78,492$46,428$40,518$46,409 
Trinidad and Tobago$188,996$255,734$213,761$269,311$515,212$292,441 
Tunisia$3,280,961$4,334,937$5,520,248$6,593,375$8,544,417$6,844,681 
Turkey$36,945,388$37,334,491$46,368,969$59,586,837$44,821,773$47,409,321$55,056,029
Uganda$107,623$20,899$131,376$215,427$114,436$114,394 
Ukraine$10,020,190$11,195,804$15,045,944$19,434,202$12,410,802$14,767,802$21,330,398
United Arab Emirates$9,158,187 $7,971,675$11,240,501   
United Kingdom$83,139,984$87,300,638$115,536,923$101,199,984$75,624,499$81,575,317$96,414,147
United States$167,264,289$174,459,853$186,809,402$155,284,582$107,715,085$124,189,994$169,263,951
Uruguay$1,072,210$1,014,836$1,291,553$1,627,230$1,310,494  
Vanuatu $16,269$8,623    
Venezuela$4,778,323$5,866,409$5,710,196$6,751,464$5,847,279$6,363,660$4,676,515
Vietnam$3,388,982$5,777,444$7,445,268$14,358,253$10,278,076$19,492,880 
Wallis and Futuna$5,661$16,739     
Yemen$139,495$53,415$40,798$148,559$87,633$110,779$261,417
Zambia$254,976$244,767$251,127$518,234$216,772$609,339 
Zimbabwe$31,493$165,556$212,210$100,371$195,546$426,839