RankCountryImports of Paints & varnishes (incl. enamels & lacquers) based on acrylic/vinyl polyme ... in USD (2010)
1Canada$267,092,261
2France$153,434,508
3Germany$146,838,269
4United Kingdom$140,439,884
5Belgium$112,780,466
6Poland$94,842,602
7Russia$90,144,591
8Italy$75,592,277
9Austria$70,019,912
10Netherlands$67,297,356
11Switzerland$66,199,757
12Denmark$65,346,574
13Spain$62,625,922
14United States$61,136,779
15Czech Republic$55,782,580
16Sweden$55,109,735
17China$55,048,035
18Mexico$51,435,764
19Norway$47,585,553
20Romania$44,043,217
21Slovakia$36,430,131
22Hungary$31,808,000
23Hong Kong$29,570,135
24Portugal$25,318,868
25Turkey$24,312,118
26Iran$17,608,021
27Saudi Arabia$17,436,822
28Ireland$17,322,825
29Finland$16,330,345
30Korea, South$16,304,482
31Lithuania$16,169,880
32Ukraine$14,883,475
33Estonia$14,751,331
34Singapore$14,568,509
35Indonesia$13,101,301
36Bosnia and Herzegovina$13,010,512
37Belarus$12,926,900
38Luxembourg$12,912,692
39Croatia$12,639,771
40Thailand$12,011,112
41Japan$11,574,548
42Vietnam$11,517,360
43Australia$10,852,126
44India$10,408,622
45Greece$10,074,785
46Brazil$9,958,644
47Latvia$9,475,812
48Paraguay$9,145,962
49Cyprus$9,053,585
50Slovenia$8,855,085
51Bulgaria$8,777,193
52Algeria$8,462,385
53Panama$8,302,169
54Serbia$7,069,796
55Malaysia$6,935,824
56Guatemala$6,413,641
57Argentina$6,286,096
58Chile$6,208,532
59Bolivia$6,074,783
60Colombia$5,678,136
61Qatar$4,912,568
62Philippines$4,908,427
63Dominican Republic$4,763,341
64South Africa$4,732,459
65Iceland$4,486,331
66Bahrain$4,388,071
67Albania$4,299,916
68Ecuador$4,003,493
69New Zealand$3,883,495
70Georgia$3,876,600
71Nigeria$3,224,403
72Moldova$2,744,787
73Morocco$2,534,840
74Mozambique$2,508,328
75Costa Rica$2,264,504
76Botswana$2,214,924
77El Salvador$2,099,628
78Peru$2,041,798
79Bahamas, The$2,021,567
80Nicaragua$2,009,486
81Israel$1,952,000
82Kyrgyzstan$1,886,754
83Montenegro$1,851,968
84Tunisia$1,845,290
85Armenia$1,746,930
86French Polynesia$1,697,293
87Lebanon$1,625,052
88Syria$1,598,780
89Jordan$1,570,545
90Egypt$1,528,349
91Malta$1,507,200
92New Caledonia$1,438,320
93Bhutan$1,366,144
94Venezuela$1,344,461
95Ghana$1,283,906
96Trinidad and Tobago$1,215,652
97Belize$1,201,462
98Zambia$1,159,434
99Oman$1,116,689
100Niger$1,105,512
101Burkina Faso$1,075,127
102Zimbabwe$931,109
103Mauritius$812,372
104Cambodia$752,047
105Togo$747,766
106Kenya$651,243
107Senegal$609,504
108Jamaica$608,569
109Suriname$599,004
110Macau$556,741
111Mali$489,044
112Tanzania$443,394
113Yemen$421,389
114Cape Verde$409,854
115Azerbaijan$400,598
116Cote d'Ivoire$390,100
117Sri Lanka$379,359
118Malawi$311,585
119Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$273,269
120Maldives$260,313
121Ethiopia$256,146
122Nepal$252,149
123Pakistan$251,507
124Cameroon$219,730
125Madagascar$156,487
126Samoa$133,087
127Bermuda$131,891
128Barbados$105,948
129Tonga$95,982
130Mauritania$90,162
131Uganda$86,402
132Benin$80,032
133Guyana$77,385
134Gambia, The$57,627
135Dominica$49,633
136Fiji$41,130
137Antigua and Barbuda$36,146
138Aruba$13,708
139Sao Tome and Principe$7,072
140Burundi$3,340
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,798,882$2,789,392$4,010,080$5,791,738$4,486,157$4,299,916$4,579,087
Algeria$1,511,147$1,860,141$3,743,957$4,976,153$3,544,106$8,462,385$4,023,887
Antigua and Barbuda$119,241$125,849$157,663 $44,988$36,146$16,513
Argentina$3,600,574$3,896,138$4,487,034$4,936,535$3,657,628$6,286,096$9,453,115
Armenia$465,133$668,047$904,970$2,089,354$1,392,369$1,746,930$1,772,991
Aruba    $122,832$13,708$99,503
Australia$4,291,165$4,457,507$6,041,600$17,142,793$9,248,598$10,852,126$11,212,859
Austria$52,953,874$59,509,486$65,290,579$66,678,242$69,982,009$70,019,912 
Azerbaijan$632,089$848,198$724,513$507,862$1,255,954$400,598$539,796
Bahamas, The$2,124,379$2,840,331$2,752,637$2,723,547$1,696,861$2,021,567$1,917,641
Bahrain$13,214,451$14,140,771$13,853,857$13,558,940$9,843,201$4,388,071$3,033,759
Bangladesh$319,730$515,957$754,075    
Barbados$175,275$137,096$143,865$88,534$93,241$105,948$127,510
Belarus$8,217,600$10,150,200$13,214,000$15,652,600$12,404,300$12,926,900$11,647,100
Belgium$70,111,239$86,917,138$95,204,939$111,591,896$114,961,904$112,780,466$148,144,069
Belize$834,045$704,603$609,298$1,152,420$1,089,757$1,201,462 
Benin$42,961$53,252   $80,032 
Bermuda     $131,891 
Bhutan$747,684$889,661$1,127,627$1,206,565$838,287$1,366,144 
Bolivia$2,462,476$2,697,802$3,269,101$3,880,459$5,103,393$6,074,783$6,585,933
Bosnia and Herzegovina$9,041,171$10,667,640$13,274,948$16,280,714$12,719,087$13,010,512$14,443,142
Botswana$1,758,736$2,332,975$2,304,439$2,770,194$1,949,066$2,214,924$1,157,177
Brazil$6,377,447$6,648,728$5,848,810$8,283,457$7,925,054$9,958,644$11,070,155
Brunei $3,270,049     
Bulgaria$7,210,814$8,321,243$11,157,989$13,086,542$8,952,766$8,777,193$10,071,832
Burkina Faso$704,779 $674,740$940,618$1,019,346$1,075,127 
Burundi$3,427$2,847$835$218,628$34,146$3,340 
Cambodia$374,991$307,633$474,158$267,050$340,291$752,047 
Cameroon$117,091$80,907$350,431$209,897$355,002$219,730 
Canada$189,607,658$213,338,716$244,340,610$221,835,420$224,619,748$267,092,261$273,927,297
Cape Verde$423,816$440,918$364,543$435,914$421,757$409,854$438,833
Central African Republic$34,145 $102,384$40,560$17,590  
Chile$4,996,322$4,988,042$5,684,673$5,770,310$6,484,214$6,208,532$6,819,597
China$39,289,081$54,276,714$58,008,928$60,226,344$48,827,564$55,048,035$53,573,534
Colombia$3,247,926$2,932,356$3,323,958$3,872,754$3,681,323$5,678,136$6,545,163
Comoros$23,383$36,327$17,667    
Costa Rica$887,836$1,021,242$1,037,521$2,567,869$1,493,642$2,264,504$2,169,568
Cote d'Ivoire$269,492$319,568$283,568$246,298$334,345$390,100$389,936
Croatia$13,878,300$16,153,437$15,790,576$19,266,638$13,947,178$12,639,771$12,998,344
Cuba$6,729,218$10,059,421     
Cyprus$6,650,953$7,602,568$9,446,582$11,317,635$7,613,180$9,053,585$8,425,429
Czech Republic$42,436,436$53,701,860$75,308,174$73,436,859$56,242,208$55,782,580$72,126,449
Denmark$51,924,973$63,547,946$72,605,219$74,275,138$66,364,887$65,346,574$70,428,278
Djibouti    $1,670  
Dominica$5,010$13,584$6,566$10,077$10,354$49,633 
Dominican Republic$2,450,430$2,608,836$3,781,405$4,121,963$3,208,289$4,763,341$4,338,613
East Timor$62,840      
Ecuador$1,000,759$1,712,932$1,227,887$1,828,012$1,819,958$4,003,493$3,299,115
Egypt$644,059$721,930$739,847$1,101,211$1,844,498$1,528,349$1,075,294
El Salvador$322,993$1,244,082$2,185,088$2,070,804$1,712,922$2,099,628 
Estonia$14,717,771$17,736,454$22,651,229$21,149,280$13,192,785$14,751,331$18,959,303
Ethiopia$49,752$61,716$181,820$123,646$322,365$256,146$608,598
Faroe Islands$1,163,036$1,099,660$1,581,467$1,753,611$1,772,135  
Fiji$201,908$17,650$13,689$58,170$17,963$41,130 
Finland$12,537,256$15,205,500$22,422,973$19,520,984$13,021,657$16,330,345$18,131,504
France$94,984,066$112,120,417$135,339,221$159,542,141$148,755,658$153,434,508$177,342,757
French Polynesia$915,670$1,231,217$1,528,803$1,996,930$1,753,439$1,697,293$1,705,873
Gabon$68,893$64,021$84,590$216,419$253,901  
Gambia, The$137,509$134,146$172,942$278,235$201,772$57,627$69,768
Georgia$1,097,809$3,000,002$3,913,062$4,805,272$3,270,461$3,876,600 
Germany$104,265,000$94,063,000$114,712,000$130,797,000$100,826,000$146,838,269$176,313,279
Ghana$530,749$769,096$2,865,098$2,210,596$1,680,588$1,283,906$2,023,245
Greece$7,936,481$8,957,746$12,491,218$16,468,233$15,718,649$10,074,785$9,821,981
Greenland$1,274,349$1,944,048$1,921,505    
Grenada$109,974$75,677$60,595$133,683$47,349  
Guatemala$2,865,726$1,482,735  $6,471,029$6,413,641$9,590,712
Guinea$115,485$20,904$39,368$98,162   
Guinea-Bissau$51,744      
Guyana$167,784$109,899$92,605$664,092$67,229$77,385$40,900
Honduras$872,798$582,515$1,515,826 $2,322,668  
Hong Kong$21,304,148$25,163,116$24,527,694$25,554,227$24,498,547$29,570,135$36,988,502
Hungary$27,830,000$33,412,000$37,218,000$48,305,000$33,891,000$31,808,000$37,363,000
Iceland$4,841,974$4,781,614$6,078,205$5,166,060$3,552,522$4,486,331$5,274,233
India$8,372,732$6,750,887$6,758,406$9,369,989$8,740,152$10,408,622$9,647,101
Indonesia$6,399,477$7,528,823$12,014,146$15,101,767$12,860,488$13,101,301$18,859,378
Iran$16,624,596$350,601   $17,608,021 
Ireland$17,544,476$18,429,624$21,760,725$22,467,851$20,573,022$17,322,825$16,266,910
Israel$2,577,000$1,737,000$1,889,000$2,169,000$2,032,000$1,952,000$2,895,000
Italy$49,205,074$56,896,405$69,543,944$70,962,706$72,415,464$75,592,277$89,218,672
Jamaica$268,119$206,429$257,709$422,358$313,763$608,569 
Japan$9,251,173$10,307,257$9,303,159$11,283,654$10,436,775$11,574,548$10,869,435
Jordan$367,146$582,436$480,086$1,000,141$1,161,435$1,570,545$1,611,113
Kazakhstan$9,033,839$11,615,479$13,095,891$11,610,586$12,245,911  
Kenya$377,198$692,909$222,385$112,680$225,869$651,243 
Kiribati$17,523   $2,181  
Korea, South$7,308,242$12,144,082$16,689,536$18,458,479$15,971,544$16,304,482$14,840,233
Kuwait $1,889,179$16,362,982$27,162,342   
Kyrgyzstan$899,350$1,103,240$1,849,513$2,539,826$2,289,755$1,886,754$2,647,827
Latvia$11,222,080$12,734,332$17,089,088$15,132,612$9,145,622$9,475,812$11,643,525
Lebanon$703,000$826,589$916,139$1,148,820$1,513,602$1,625,052$2,065,048
Lesotho   $334,685   
Lithuania$12,980,466$16,345,072$19,907,570$20,658,736$13,847,953$16,169,880$21,181,570
Luxembourg$8,584,694$9,964,797$11,092,283$12,487,986$13,761,138$12,912,692$14,262,984
Macau$520,887$548,433$685,326$877,877$808,157$556,741$671,380
Macedonia$790,223$1,239,011$1,723,692$2,881,991$2,327,163 $3,393,459
Madagascar$94,248$237,991$365,878$263,016$150,460$156,487 
Malawi$7,732$50,243$84,248$109,139$234,964$311,585$505,933
Malaysia$3,391,247$7,422,863$7,967,242$9,706,329$12,786,651$6,935,824$8,583,655
Maldives$452,363$525,365$256,294$243,085$324,352$260,313$344,423
Mali$222,794$167,227$76,407$282,718 $489,044 
Malta$1,102,681$1,471,765$1,921,914$1,837,492$1,366,726$1,507,200 
Mauritania$70,620$42,612$32,356$69,991$149,281$90,162$89,142
Mauritius$670,585$885,711$887,094$1,432,703$643,866$812,372$719,649
Mayotte$241,570$258,068$461,247$513,128$410,974  
Mexico$49,157,709$53,102,661$49,656,098$47,631,471$40,625,160$51,435,764$61,469,754
Moldova$1,899,270$2,090,429$2,656,516$3,427,377$2,450,180$2,744,787$3,431,757
Mongolia$400,294$400,629$768,437    
Montenegro $1,471,629$2,260,833$2,947,688$1,993,380$1,851,968$1,784,688
Montserrat$77,828$56,443$20,090$20,575$7,004  
Morocco$956,432$1,599,983$2,027,436$1,431,967$2,128,161$2,534,840 
Mozambique$245,613$805,804$737,377$1,223,012$1,332,251$2,508,328$5,038,000
Namibia$1,040,799$1,287,203$1,169,390$352,302   
Nepal    $325,897$252,149 
Netherlands$51,590,311$62,875,220$72,289,402$74,467,073$51,095,603$67,297,356 
Netherlands Antilles$221,819$255,112$400,069$260,863   
New Caledonia$632,383$869,766$968,500$1,247,332$1,204,635$1,438,320$1,478,360
New Zealand$3,459,317$3,679,218$5,051,567$5,181,560$4,125,670$3,883,495$3,577,552
Nicaragua$1,247,640$860,111$1,059,423$1,676,564$1,677,588$2,009,486$3,442,248
Niger$416,180$766,708$700,437$757,016$1,186,370$1,105,512$1,032,054
Nigeria $1,290,908$4,062,355$5,308,870$4,135,654$3,224,403 
Norway$29,687,793$35,335,665$49,848,923$47,805,132$44,225,560$47,585,553$57,960,830
Oman$699,659$607,027$884,296$1,152,248$1,198,183$1,116,689 
Pakistan$727,560$583,116$250,941$442,000$294,319$251,507$308,987
Panama$3,471,987$5,501,678$7,303,676$6,892,412$8,423,730$8,302,169$8,328,093
Paraguay$3,485,115$3,711,784$5,280,950$7,484,349$6,400,283$9,145,962$11,690,877
Peru$504,313$671,008$1,340,227$1,946,995$1,434,611$2,041,798$2,440,042
Philippines$3,249,425$8,556,649$9,842,158$10,799,943$5,453,468$4,908,427$5,294,293
Poland$70,866,888$76,021,872$91,977,187$113,058,520$92,372,701$94,842,602$118,082,525
Portugal$10,461,176$14,978,994$19,105,487$19,635,495$16,720,122$25,318,868$34,326,922
Qatar$2,466,973$3,146,229$4,296,407$4,196,849 $4,912,568 
Romania$25,168,663$32,816,182$41,800,324$56,665,580$44,133,293$44,043,217$54,242,258
Russia$70,924,030$84,135,024$100,666,922$113,212,005$77,796,277$90,144,591$108,371,916
Rwanda$25,781$45,112$134,669$105,111$52,254 $326,378
Saint Kitts and Nevis$41,910$144,627$62,221$71,125   
Saint Lucia$184,425$202,398$122,940$159,411   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$313,216$353,721$317,015$337,213$268,929$273,269 
Samoa    $27,077$133,087$233,878
Sao Tome and Principe$48,376$47,076$25,971$20,130$26,942$7,072 
Saudi Arabia$11,292,700$11,760,342$15,365,006  $17,436,822 
Senegal$230,719$250,915$251,110$529,696$607,873$609,504$486,019
Serbia$4,191,881$7,300,285$10,429,319$11,347,794$7,671,493$7,069,796$8,269,863
Seychelles$43,666$101,254$35,574$29,840   
Singapore$9,143,529$8,644,250$8,596,017$8,776,563$11,121,371$14,568,509$14,350,111
Slovakia$18,835,787$24,812,104$32,990,772$39,598,655$31,724,752$36,430,131$62,433,057
Slovenia$6,431,233$7,913,478$9,209,036$11,364,381$8,815,000$8,855,085$10,395,418
South Africa$1,811,486$2,329,955$4,785,578$8,463,503$3,761,419$4,732,459$8,363,961
Spain$47,158,589$40,299,875$51,884,175$58,736,374$97,627,124$62,625,922 
Sri Lanka$478,029$419,245$247,280$356,030$160,984$379,359$733,564
Sudan$163,433$79,172$86,866$173,942$213,269  
Suriname    $603,715$599,004$353,062
Swaziland$714,634$690,459$509,801    
Sweden$36,652,307$41,019,404$50,211,435$69,491,203$52,566,742$55,109,735$70,644,427
Switzerland$43,719,736$48,286,041$57,244,854$67,517,718$64,855,647$66,199,757$80,875,295
Syria$605,157$1,196,222$745,578$1,517,841 $1,598,780 
Tanzania$211,218$331,082$502,266$332,478$275,319$443,394$420,755
Thailand$4,307,262$5,812,121$6,626,151$8,076,772$8,463,554$12,011,112$15,994,004
Togo$74,197 $81,601  $747,766$68,790
Tonga   $96,486$148,234$95,982 
Trinidad and Tobago$837,408$897,342$1,278,155$1,000,839$707,636$1,215,652 
Tunisia$329,841$439,773$581,686$1,426,018$1,455,714$1,845,290 
Turkey$13,416,474$18,337,323$21,954,384$22,717,822$21,852,453$24,312,118$28,278,055
Uganda$106,731$152,792$98,691$197,227$63,495$86,402 
Ukraine$14,453,675$19,085,108$23,522,728$23,033,464$12,702,693$14,883,475$17,224,807
United Arab Emirates$3,287,897 $6,682,646$7,548,854   
United Kingdom$129,575,610$143,512,484$163,574,446$139,140,613$109,059,082$140,439,884$159,233,900
United States$58,837,015$65,045,022$67,499,095$66,025,738$48,206,381$61,136,779$71,415,348
Uruguay$2,585,615$2,599,713$2,698,227$3,988,689$3,983,915  
Vanuatu $7,508$15,118    
Venezuela$3,950,423$6,517,105$3,580,906$3,639,670$2,119,411$1,344,461$1,657,638
Vietnam$5,450,154$6,094,348$7,055,406$9,706,544$10,435,697$11,517,360 
Wallis and Futuna$38,337$59,883     
Yemen$125,625$380,612$659,771$352,643$355,649$421,389$303,808
Zambia$226,221$310,733$580,111$508,918$669,692$1,159,434 
Zimbabwe$15,147$322,370$542,478$357,029$754,621$931,109