RankCountryImports of Paints & varnishes (incl. enamels & lacquers) based on synth. polymers/chem ... in USD (2010)
1China$345,957,950
2Germany$303,887,239
3Korea, South$280,472,097
4Canada$272,329,027
5France$237,904,473
6United States$197,690,973
7Thailand$195,832,150
8Russia$191,360,511
9Belgium$175,785,757
10Spain$168,334,552
11United Kingdom$162,613,802
12Netherlands$157,293,202
13Poland$155,285,453
14Italy$154,823,760
15Turkey$146,961,628
16Hong Kong$135,033,402
17Mexico$134,364,168
18Singapore$93,617,751
19Japan$87,278,438
20Vietnam$82,064,100
21Sweden$81,340,361
22Czech Republic$76,828,923
23Austria$72,677,420
24Switzerland$71,955,124
25India$65,614,706
26Indonesia$63,163,942
27Portugal$62,562,008
28Brazil$58,046,139
29Norway$54,190,790
30Australia$51,818,152
31Slovakia$51,569,533
32Greece$49,908,824
33Romania$49,160,128
34Israel$44,294,000
35Denmark$43,904,721
36Malaysia$43,305,443
37Hungary$36,998,000
38Finland$35,126,375
39Egypt$33,493,237
40Belarus$31,984,100
41Lithuania$28,550,450
42Ukraine$27,225,761
43South Africa$26,167,402
44New Zealand$24,864,935
45Qatar$24,525,796
46Argentina$23,937,358
47Morocco$23,835,746
48Philippines$23,160,935
49Croatia$23,126,635
50Saudi Arabia$22,420,561
51Bulgaria$21,753,078
52Bahrain$19,599,030
53Slovenia$19,388,563
54Ireland$19,043,152
55Colombia$18,726,386
56Estonia$18,060,690
57Peru$17,597,936
58Oman$17,323,748
59Nigeria$16,773,116
60Serbia$15,318,845
61Ecuador$14,896,138
62Tunisia$14,500,594
63Venezuela$14,437,983
64Pakistan$13,989,686
65Chile$11,326,386
66Costa Rica$10,158,418
67Iran$9,850,362
68Algeria$9,662,523
69Panama$9,220,606
70Guatemala$9,216,415
71Latvia$9,165,363
72Bosnia and Herzegovina$8,969,064
73Georgia$7,726,800
74Ghana$6,889,659
75Luxembourg$6,843,169
76Lebanon$6,761,487
77Jordan$6,676,472
78Cyprus$6,586,833
79Syria$5,731,087
80Sri Lanka$5,648,737
81Bolivia$5,127,715
82Maldives$5,024,351
83Paraguay$4,681,184
84Nicaragua$4,557,643
85Albania$3,714,860
86Moldova$3,684,756
87El Salvador$3,260,904
88Mali$3,258,751
89Armenia$3,235,229
90French Polynesia$3,087,320
91Botswana$3,073,575
92Montenegro$3,018,637
93Iceland$2,960,489
94Ethiopia$2,916,531
95Malta$2,888,696
96Madagascar$2,770,372
97Kenya$2,632,500
98Azerbaijan$2,531,153
99Zimbabwe$2,359,035
100Zambia$2,313,247
101Niger$2,311,093
102New Caledonia$2,182,428
103Yemen$2,078,861
104Tanzania$2,030,096
105Bahamas, The$1,795,864
106Senegal$1,714,174
107Nepal$1,584,826
108Mauritius$1,577,786
109Cote d'Ivoire$1,479,523
110Dominican Republic$1,465,300
111Trinidad and Tobago$1,447,001
112Cameroon$1,362,079
113Kyrgyzstan$1,336,995
114Uganda$1,260,879
115Bermuda$1,115,571
116Cambodia$1,088,092
117Mozambique$1,067,757
118Belize$1,046,837
119Jamaica$988,894
120Burkina Faso$616,637
121Suriname$510,678
122Fiji$485,468
123Guyana$475,293
124Samoa$446,122
125Barbados$398,955
126Malawi$365,014
127Burundi$299,168
128Antigua and Barbuda$288,208
129Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$202,575
130Togo$202,458
131Macau$202,128
132Benin$185,069
133Tonga$101,186
134Mauritania$85,508
135Cape Verde$49,507
136Aruba$34,225
137Dominica$31,634
138Gambia, The$27,022
139Bhutan$23,141
140Sao Tome and Principe$19,923
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$2,311,470$2,676,912$3,709,750$5,558,049$4,974,862$3,714,860$2,848,775
Algeria$5,370,961$5,687,124$7,802,190$7,706,753$8,344,191$9,662,523$17,109,687
Antigua and Barbuda$105,393$177,263$281,824 $259,946$288,208$251,822
Argentina$16,966,233$18,263,751$19,745,891$24,572,152$18,116,451$23,937,358$34,290,167
Armenia$644,001$902,763$1,139,340$3,997,951$4,356,906$3,235,229$3,810,455
Aruba    $83,208$34,225$474,324
Australia$32,188,976$32,010,596$38,407,088$48,359,996$35,313,505$51,818,152$55,409,412
Austria$66,686,520$66,991,853$76,818,911$77,800,403$62,513,762$72,677,420 
Azerbaijan$1,808,939$1,725,024$1,994,471$3,882,671$4,120,428$2,531,153$5,854,796
Bahamas, The$2,267,904$2,673,452$2,812,208$2,389,098$2,139,337$1,795,864$2,170,151
Bahrain$4,459,360$4,268,307$9,263,269$19,954,264$17,133,289$19,599,030$21,900,331
Bangladesh$1,752,347$2,606,894$2,456,726    
Barbados$377,022$407,308$555,970$646,033$412,235$398,955$431,293
Belarus$21,271,100$25,583,700$33,725,400$35,617,200$27,312,300$31,984,100$37,948,700
Belgium$155,372,202$157,733,696$173,209,445$182,474,910$175,603,137$175,785,757$200,235,484
Belize$1,002,516$1,147,252$1,131,953$996,694$918,173$1,046,837 
Benin$182,747$76,293   $185,069 
Bermuda     $1,115,571 
Bhutan$17,626$2,469$17,048$53,281$23,588$23,141 
Bolivia$3,720,221$3,844,623$4,953,878$5,405,822$4,887,620$5,127,715$6,754,244
Bosnia and Herzegovina$10,479,755$8,844,576$10,751,816$11,703,362$7,718,919$8,969,064$9,910,988
Botswana$2,369,722$2,528,093$2,151,099$2,616,053$6,346,773$3,073,575$9,233,308
Brazil$23,432,914$26,820,491$37,555,966$50,274,842$46,982,263$58,046,139$66,558,627
Brunei $2,749,030     
Bulgaria$14,886,320$19,054,800$24,313,669$26,096,090$20,929,781$21,753,078$23,935,420
Burkina Faso$735,911 $597,499$762,141$466,915$616,637 
Burundi$109,292$227,855$221,046$232,711$124,982$299,168 
Cambodia$218,975$602,677$917,845$1,402,425$883,806$1,088,092 
Cameroon$761,689$1,373,823$1,670,674$1,478,814$1,055,258$1,362,079 
Canada$253,293,831$258,746,379$263,557,417$265,677,646$213,016,791$272,329,027$240,656,533
Cape Verde$162,357$89,784$61,137$34,156$30,806$49,507$73,798
Central African Republic$504,410 $55,722$115,835$40,955  
Chile$7,716,627$7,331,717$9,836,691$10,864,184$11,787,454$11,326,386$14,486,564
China$267,266,962$295,542,391$302,917,210$309,260,448$261,698,229$345,957,950$333,520,660
Colombia$7,184,731$9,507,730$12,063,822$14,426,662$14,374,583$18,726,386$19,688,771
Comoros$204,650$182,731$200,095    
Cook Islands$194,782      
Costa Rica$5,159,673$5,479,828$8,264,257$9,390,882$5,774,936$10,158,418$11,069,025
Cote d'Ivoire$1,011,151$1,567,897$2,191,136$1,830,496$2,635,085$1,479,523$1,547,574
Croatia$22,849,599$22,076,385$27,592,497$30,761,833$24,153,709$23,126,635$26,089,018
Cuba$7,371,529$9,584,180     
Cyprus$5,112,221$5,488,006$7,895,506$7,927,675$5,876,662$6,586,833$5,805,081
Czech Republic$61,149,847$75,257,955$86,681,594$99,794,991$75,002,903$76,828,923$101,813,800
Denmark$57,822,568$66,158,625$65,282,137$63,810,454$42,946,143$43,904,721$64,177,001
Djibouti    $2,220,865  
Dominica$68,118$38,770$36,443$21,637$51,991$31,634 
Dominican Republic$164,174$222,457$322,686$985,528$740,010$1,465,300$2,555,336
East Timor$6,293      
Ecuador$8,799,716$9,732,291$12,605,313$13,335,446$12,316,393$14,896,138$14,674,981
Egypt$16,255,419$16,179,648$22,714,887$37,630,678$30,900,364$33,493,237$30,782,103
El Salvador$1,013,504$2,260,911$1,930,530$2,760,458$3,038,583$3,260,904 
Estonia$23,162,910$21,978,475$23,880,101$22,291,464$14,206,886$18,060,690$23,287,893
Ethiopia$1,455,034$1,681,604$2,093,853$2,616,592$1,802,312$2,916,531$2,681,267
Faroe Islands$1,315,865$1,734,557$2,190,313$1,935,562$1,899,185  
Fiji$268,274$147,073$237,095$456,179$292,513$485,468 
Finland$29,628,286$31,439,187$35,243,773$36,394,953$28,068,325$35,126,375$35,688,797
France$232,160,184$225,487,592$304,787,066$297,491,757$229,430,647$237,904,473$259,212,847
French Polynesia$3,067,904$3,109,904$3,600,118$3,818,750$3,227,141$3,087,320$2,472,112
Gabon$1,236,102$1,258,980$1,802,882$2,081,109$2,000,905  
Gambia, The$89,668$38,017$69,968$70,091$150,568$27,022$25,584
Georgia$2,979,216$3,463,521$5,024,018$7,310,893$5,729,022$7,726,800 
Germany$239,701,000$290,031,000$312,264,000$345,504,000$274,531,000$303,887,239$336,292,581
Ghana$3,150,634$4,336,867$6,243,946$6,765,660$4,323,327$6,889,659$7,552,933
Greece$74,481,652$72,907,521$82,543,962$83,883,697$58,163,331$49,908,824$55,680,469
Greenland$134,306$237,242$285,303    
Grenada$161,484$277,688$306,097$249,823$268,001  
Guatemala$5,921,345$5,477,046$9,276,750$8,998,062$8,468,754$9,216,415$12,483,418
Guinea$152,942$177,624$379,140$200,145   
Guinea-Bissau$6,582      
Guyana$1,260,082$464,241$691,626$538,591$548,527$475,293$582,387
Honduras$3,150,471$4,022,440$5,011,024 $4,178,032  
Hong Kong$157,843,290$168,913,354$182,519,242$173,743,735$116,162,525$135,033,402$138,741,664
Hungary$52,292,000$49,203,000$54,572,000$54,991,000$37,268,000$36,998,000$48,844,000
Iceland$3,191,542$3,067,102$3,807,842$3,538,036$2,494,998$2,960,489$3,245,047
India$25,314,739$35,017,107$50,602,684$71,240,020$53,295,888$65,614,706$82,084,367
Indonesia$21,497,963$24,642,061$30,996,792$47,148,511$48,411,224$63,163,942$77,090,491
Iran$7,176,955$925,124   $9,850,362 
Ireland$25,715,032$31,659,776$38,041,466$36,091,187$19,955,328$19,043,152$18,949,860
Israel$31,053,000$31,130,000$39,007,000$40,664,000$35,533,000$44,294,000$47,347,000
Italy$145,128,577$145,152,326$166,739,471$163,848,723$140,083,407$154,823,760$169,493,652
Jamaica$1,527,096$1,996,973$1,299,712$1,698,047$1,150,912$988,894 
Japan$74,477,019$85,757,781$89,497,128$96,244,535$75,363,871$87,278,438$91,891,806
Jordan$2,986,721$3,649,121$5,901,562$8,562,380$7,239,515$6,676,472$7,778,237
Kazakhstan$15,465,413$23,563,998$29,865,579$32,015,877$27,157,800  
Kenya$1,145,802$1,212,485$1,688,055$2,151,426$1,953,754$2,632,500 
Kiribati$66,346   $46,651  
Korea, South$234,000,454$286,253,421$323,885,981$390,613,844$283,198,730$280,472,097$355,200,099
Kuwait $8,279,882$7,734,415$9,438,254   
Kyrgyzstan$1,069,733$914,701$1,915,414$2,536,262$847,783$1,336,995$2,360,861
Latvia$10,895,091$12,978,910$15,377,622$13,249,678$9,836,597$9,165,363$12,331,540
Lebanon$4,602,000$4,719,643$4,924,620$5,750,016$6,193,326$6,761,487$6,392,391
Lesotho   $89,573   
Lithuania$25,426,010$26,674,891$27,311,662$28,848,947$20,544,944$28,550,450$32,914,874
Luxembourg$5,373,312$6,237,706$6,972,792$8,577,156$7,413,247$6,843,169$6,345,077
Macau$146,239$175,914$174,506$132,824$143,399$202,128$209,653
Macedonia$2,942,718$3,905,874$5,634,490$5,880,175$4,519,231 $54,261,451
Madagascar$1,913,702$2,219,631$2,235,886$2,970,306$2,053,661$2,770,372 
Malawi$579,867$566,315$617,842$330,880$600,559$365,014$659,809
Malaysia$35,322,433$43,423,731$37,466,890$45,415,967$29,257,975$43,305,443$52,393,582
Maldives$3,350,869$4,063,625$4,973,829$5,671,888$4,589,478$5,024,351$5,914,485
Mali$440,429$301,104$317,861$1,060,847 $3,258,751 
Malta$3,053,398$3,396,088$3,379,996$3,729,131$2,725,047$2,888,696 
Mauritania$83,898$10,085$58,984$50,509$20,832$85,508$35,724
Mauritius$855,755$831,699$1,063,026$1,632,941$1,854,060$1,577,786$2,460,262
Mayotte$196,736$159,476$125,181$286,475$231,748  
Mexico$128,681,451$136,914,458$137,908,152$136,803,559$103,401,521$134,364,168$160,713,678
Moldova$4,290,039$4,830,052$6,325,850$5,232,442$3,259,514$3,684,756$4,307,087
Mongolia$793,090$1,229,423$1,844,250    
Montenegro $1,161,529$2,223,806$3,662,210$2,818,199$3,018,637$3,664,833
Montserrat$36,929$53,674$5,736$6,134$13,941  
Morocco$13,448,125$16,491,574$21,972,536$26,898,651$22,057,035$23,835,746 
Mozambique$1,471,324$1,615,747$1,697,396$1,531,959$1,308,562$1,067,757$1,833,000
Namibia$2,641,494$4,130,745$4,831,678$6,650,232   
Nepal    $987,002$1,584,826 
Netherlands$130,107,683$151,827,424$173,754,520$232,225,932$163,631,190$157,293,202 
Netherlands Antilles$199,687$195,345$280,497$287,484   
New Caledonia$1,721,934$2,018,420$1,994,971$2,840,166$2,227,284$2,182,428$2,014,446
New Zealand$10,912,468$15,389,481$19,219,702$17,808,895$20,793,820$24,864,935$28,510,602
Nicaragua$3,878,690$5,451,030$5,167,175$7,633,693$6,335,272$4,557,643$3,665,248
Niger$300,653$390,712$246,123$416,634$308,714$2,311,093$1,575,381
Nigeria $8,922,988$13,426,202$17,308,632$16,503,147$16,773,116 
Norway$50,882,913$54,669,027$67,968,886$65,561,910$54,955,810$54,190,790$63,811,080
Oman$10,270,855$9,310,670$11,686,199$16,200,047$17,658,518$17,323,748 
Pakistan$9,606,903$10,239,680$10,629,614$13,946,964$11,262,635$13,989,686$12,200,805
Panama$6,886,645$8,621,602$11,948,106$11,663,059$9,281,742$9,220,606$12,373,943
Paraguay$2,527,549$2,916,765$3,398,949$5,138,650$3,514,027$4,681,184$6,290,492
Peru$10,131,093$12,854,270$13,648,094$18,161,766$12,862,205$17,597,936$21,766,785
Philippines$23,398,284$22,859,145$20,655,473$21,052,724$18,482,575$23,160,935$28,960,695
Poland$164,273,648$179,673,517$215,311,293$236,801,582$159,549,213$155,285,453$175,853,498
Portugal$44,104,669$47,003,079$49,114,122$62,072,479$46,378,180$62,562,008$68,523,122
Qatar$7,320,337$23,798,393$15,755,402$5,561,293 $24,525,796 
Romania$45,879,114$56,952,578$57,222,683$62,351,559$50,226,184$49,160,128$60,512,775
Russia$111,140,120$143,618,293$193,915,619$228,126,899$157,358,302$191,360,511$260,296,244
Rwanda$872,910$946,678$1,510,964$2,111,806$2,574,336 $3,116,300
Saint Kitts and Nevis$178,035$267,393$466,409$369,354   
Saint Lucia$479,515$633,520$561,086$569,318   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$146,452$162,584$193,826$335,097$341,963$202,575 
Samoa    $13,299$446,122$228,861
Sao Tome and Principe$11,160$11,872$21,482$14,613$9,933$19,923 
Saudi Arabia$7,770,613$8,475,856$26,954,349  $22,420,561 
Senegal$944,005$1,067,620$1,387,514$1,687,823$1,664,164$1,714,174$1,895,283
Serbia$10,301,715$12,399,880$18,168,795$19,735,936$15,393,703$15,318,845$20,511,096
Seychelles$440,141$1,000,013$759,317$1,287,839   
Singapore$65,037,723$68,774,990$78,696,889$93,860,738$81,683,094$93,617,751$133,309,461
Slovakia$36,099,216$38,586,003$45,759,479$65,486,778$48,316,156$51,569,533$51,100,733
Slovenia$19,173,363$20,786,344$25,789,427$28,107,318$20,484,286$19,388,563$20,125,828
South Africa$21,204,709$20,874,872$27,060,588$29,114,412$26,214,919$26,167,402$28,307,943
Spain$165,893,514$176,910,075$216,189,869$211,641,479$168,730,371$168,334,552 
Sri Lanka$3,739,450$4,345,676$4,719,367$5,507,754$3,803,566$5,648,737$8,003,256
Sudan$1,000,811$428,691$97,028$151,642$1,435,157  
Suriname     $510,678$961,472
Swaziland$752,981$653,491$723,236    
Sweden$78,485,278$81,409,909$91,435,922$111,329,436$72,890,905$81,340,361$98,269,471
Switzerland$52,440,966$57,972,907$65,856,663$76,300,373$62,142,634$71,955,124$78,572,008
Syria$3,419,800$3,228,158$4,563,695$3,747,352 $5,731,087 
Tanzania$776,890$903,409$1,356,859$2,115,620$1,286,210$2,030,096$1,312,540
Thailand$115,502,448$127,997,051$143,429,921$180,244,867$148,249,894$195,832,150$201,151,801
Togo$89,360 $134,513  $202,458$247,494
Tonga$49,081$11,188$35,775$38,116$31,437$101,186 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,382,322$1,198,613$1,523,725$1,819,957$1,619,381$1,447,001 
Tunisia$5,517,056$7,878,391$8,337,788$8,601,382$12,569,809$14,500,594 
Turkey$80,687,236$104,387,440$142,304,665$158,809,331$128,473,606$146,961,628$163,000,723
Uganda$180,011$382,309$604,565$762,652$1,194,816$1,260,879 
Ukraine$21,971,667$23,425,417$29,183,481$38,723,515$26,219,723$27,225,761$54,702,899
United Arab Emirates$26,806,795 $36,431,971$41,699,970   
United Kingdom$163,298,876$166,771,379$183,193,751$180,944,571$167,514,913$162,613,802$173,820,127
United States$204,101,880$237,632,657$234,705,954$234,846,019$156,220,687$197,690,973$227,702,225
Uruguay$3,263,647$4,225,554$4,407,146$4,451,888$4,070,948  
Vanuatu $75,885$112,905    
Venezuela$11,444,478$12,224,923$11,766,991$27,347,976$24,134,367$14,437,983$12,527,138
Vietnam$37,014,373$43,172,817$60,330,268$62,424,584$64,721,005$82,064,100 
Wallis and Futuna$215,323$252,214     
Yemen$717,225$539,937$1,529,331$1,111,776$1,369,823$2,078,861$1,049,190
Zambia$860,751$1,153,117$1,820,742$2,732,434$2,418,522$2,313,247 
Zimbabwe$166,267$1,215,129$1,541,894$1,174,965$1,135,206$2,359,035