RankCountryImports of Artists'/students'/signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement ... in USD (2010)
1United States$47,542,641
2France$19,606,448
3Germany$17,776,979
4Canada$14,011,412
5United Kingdom$12,293,193
6Spain$7,397,032
7Hong Kong$6,953,595
8Austria$6,803,402
9Sweden$6,294,109
10Netherlands$6,074,673
11Switzerland$6,027,161
12Italy$5,826,538
13Belgium$5,382,309
14Japan$5,320,541
15Portugal$4,829,421
16Australia$4,118,203
17Korea, South$3,780,803
18China$3,777,957
19Norway$3,734,278
20Poland$3,185,278
21Denmark$3,176,966
22Turkey$2,896,918
23Saudi Arabia$2,644,270
24Mexico$2,206,598
25Greece$2,116,502
26Israel$2,093,000
27New Zealand$1,983,116
28Croatia$1,938,130
29Ireland$1,920,224
30Russia$1,840,651
31Finland$1,756,450
32Serbia$1,738,825
33Singapore$1,522,827
34Indonesia$1,503,279
35Czech Republic$1,438,776
36South Africa$1,392,129
37Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,339,586
38Slovakia$1,125,150
39Thailand$1,033,421
40Ukraine$944,213
41Iran$944,164
42Nigeria$883,230
43Tunisia$801,130
44Slovenia$770,229
45Lebanon$733,363
46Hungary$687,000
47Vietnam$677,410
48Malaysia$647,122
49Luxembourg$611,142
50Panama$568,626
51Chile$567,985
52Romania$479,512
53Estonia$454,353
54Nepal$436,085
55Belarus$419,600
56Ecuador$407,293
57Egypt$404,211
58Bulgaria$392,213
59Colombia$392,169
60Lithuania$387,180
61India$373,440
62Dominican Republic$370,146
63Syria$338,448
64Cyprus$336,345
65Latvia$308,962
66Philippines$296,467
67Morocco$294,735
68New Caledonia$271,749
69Montenegro$263,447
70Iceland$249,400
71Sri Lanka$240,145
72Bahrain$219,480
73Peru$217,541
74Brazil$210,915
75Algeria$205,655
76Argentina$196,970
77Bahamas, The$196,609
78Jordan$181,830
79Paraguay$167,584
80Costa Rica$167,123
81Qatar$162,573
82Guatemala$116,075
83Jamaica$114,983
84Oman$107,745
85Barbados$105,240
86Armenia$104,470
87Georgia$102,047
88El Salvador$100,614
89Kenya$97,730
90Botswana$96,439
91French Polynesia$96,063
92Moldova$91,791
93Mauritius$89,402
94Trinidad and Tobago$77,937
95Senegal$73,890
96Malta$72,825
97Venezuela$72,276
98Madagascar$71,014
99Cote d'Ivoire$64,930
100Kyrgyzstan$54,806
101Aruba$54,787
102Albania$52,471
103Ghana$46,421
104Nicaragua$45,451
105Yemen$38,776
106Bermuda$38,767
107Pakistan$37,712
108Bolivia$36,943
109Mozambique$36,189
110Zimbabwe$29,630
111Gambia, The$26,668
112Maldives$25,604
113Guyana$25,416
114Dominica$25,094
115Cameroon$22,941
116Ethiopia$20,331
117Azerbaijan$18,000
118Fiji$17,873
119Belize$17,326
120Malawi$15,547
121Suriname$14,823
122Burkina Faso$13,335
123Zambia$12,557
124Mauritania$9,989
125Mali$9,764
126Antigua and Barbuda$8,123
127Tanzania$7,813
128Togo$7,473
129Tonga$6,495
130Uganda$5,105
131Cape Verde$4,275
132Niger$3,465
133Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,437
134Bhutan$2,840
135Burundi$2,289
136Macau$2,008
137Cambodia$1,774
138Samoa$1,367
139Sao Tome and Principe$755
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$13,039$35,764$15,432$188,810$43,124$52,471$116,683
Algeria$251,193$276,422$212,042$195,157$133,300$205,655$221,573
Antigua and Barbuda$3,401$4,030$5,337 $18,872$8,123$16,961
Argentina$219,342$279,318$269,690$233,830$207,325$196,970$186,125
Armenia$16,162$14,132$74,065$32,482$85,484$104,470$135,194
Aruba    $196,272$54,787$75,642
Australia$3,493,346$3,784,862$4,555,605$4,859,583$4,243,590$4,118,203$4,857,629
Austria$5,392,342$3,993,101$5,202,837$5,844,637$5,927,187$6,803,402 
Azerbaijan$64,824$6,023$10,947$1,508$7,936$18,000$15,981
Bahamas, The$383,306$355,380$284,757$301,748$208,272$196,609$188,548
Bahrain$117,452$79,130$96,588$152,103$310,585$219,480$240,103
Bangladesh$115,139$206,187$191,967    
Barbados$60,404$65,349$55,855$102,219$73,897$105,240$42,327
Belarus$188,500$181,700$212,200$312,200$315,800$419,600$333,500
Belgium$7,185,642$5,648,116$6,975,563$6,661,166$6,826,494$5,382,309$6,162,111
Belize$11,868$11,487$9,150$17,747$6,574$17,326 
Benin$3,456$7,104     
Bermuda     $38,767 
Bhutan$655$22$865$1,882$291$2,840 
Bolivia$18,574$11,648$45,560$19,809$22,164$36,943$137,440
Bosnia and Herzegovina$675,797$792,169$1,278,833$1,506,704$1,239,559$1,339,586$1,325,196
Botswana$140,220$151,616$86,540$122,435$116,254$96,439$109,615
Brazil$30,731$90,802$88,661$186,818$144,861$210,915$192,731
Brunei $60,756     
Bulgaria$411,491$424,663$803,657$760,509$365,972$392,213$553,827
Burkina Faso$43,158 $21,530$927$5,210$13,335 
Burundi$144$278$539 $97,182$2,289 
Cambodia$2,699$1,115$6,570$10,137$8,616$1,774 
Cameroon$22,601$14,511$13,429$26,760$24,648$22,941 
Canada$13,872,939$13,463,863$13,581,687$12,267,606$11,100,728$14,011,412$13,795,815
Cape Verde$15,611$20,015$8,713$13,638$38,597$4,275$10,878
Central African Republic$1,251 $2,537$1,173$5,354  
Chile$327,312$366,882$546,408$613,781$572,745$567,985$989,637
China$2,715,823$2,361,143$2,825,244$2,561,217$2,493,931$3,777,957$2,415,103
Colombia$211,895$280,375$481,279$369,530$228,814$392,169$369,224
Comoros$1,593$2,889$4,124    
Cook Islands$1,861      
Costa Rica$203,627$259,354$316,301$215,958$141,035$167,123$145,040
Cote d'Ivoire$40,703$36,003$29,518$29,586$33,941$64,930$44,457
Croatia$1,571,720$1,706,952$2,321,579$2,616,959$2,143,802$1,938,130$1,876,924
Cuba$48,456$55,650     
Cyprus$223,026$312,197$389,813$434,649$285,947$336,345$329,114
Czech Republic$1,739,500$2,049,491$1,859,379$1,937,864$2,061,302$1,438,776$1,899,760
Denmark$5,865,030$4,860,304$5,175,819$5,490,468$3,763,200$3,176,966$3,473,166
Djibouti    $14,771  
Dominica$5,648$4,983$7,809$2,046$2,899$25,094 
Dominican Republic$329,272$112,650$145,025$165,118$364,948$370,146$244,668
East Timor$297      
Ecuador$161,717$220,790$218,074$287,018$511,038$407,293$462,453
Egypt$115,611$99,627$63,788$366,678$402,804$404,211$278,762
El Salvador$61,613$59,038$127,207$142,966$115,356$100,614 
Estonia$450,628$349,324$519,777$599,412$352,585$454,353$519,941
Ethiopia$18,364$10,045$15,474$23,876$25,592$20,331$50,243
Faroe Islands$45,568$32,988$43,550$36,018$32,988  
Fiji$101,162$60,247$18,966$70,730$21,905$17,873 
Finland$2,565,022$2,049,640$2,281,582$2,346,739$1,988,523$1,756,450$1,658,760
France$15,099,252$15,172,039$18,268,311$20,972,185$16,989,979$19,606,448$19,843,120
French Polynesia$145,313$132,871$152,260$230,557$149,688$96,063$86,054
Gabon$2,953$11,038$11,391$34,500$11,126  
Gambia, The $3,492$1,091  $26,668$538
Georgia$52,742$31,994$117,611$55,905$72,964$102,047 
Germany$15,081,000$19,197,000$17,516,000$17,571,000$17,068,000$17,776,979$17,837,162
Ghana$14,748$122,875$56,699$31,096$39,448$46,421$96,799
Greece$2,014,329$2,010,786$3,490,713$2,551,514$2,284,486$2,116,502$1,648,068
Greenland$16,143$18,558$16,531    
Grenada$25,658$7,997$882,688$12,826$20,406  
Guatemala$172,331$205,914$152,595$158,525$185,730$116,075$285,845
Guinea$5,599$4,249$11,709$27,755   
Guyana$3,159$12,703$2,038$27,884$37,247$25,416$25,397
Honduras$53,697$47,317$67,094 $28,244  
Hong Kong$1,581,900$1,499,008$2,949,391$1,881,505$5,104,068$6,953,595$11,085,169
Hungary$1,548,000$1,423,000$1,414,000$1,069,000$876,000$687,000$1,072,000
Iceland$299,121$366,318$414,391$365,836$277,090$249,400$234,860
India$203,888$176,965$340,501$183,520$156,739$373,440$460,864
Indonesia$522,735$382,417$547,337$1,613,088$1,161,741$1,503,279$753,930
Iran$715,171$210,401   $944,164 
Ireland$1,343,631$2,251,648$2,260,391$2,509,758$1,919,569$1,920,224$4,935,980
Israel$2,218,000$1,980,000$2,163,000$1,844,000$1,622,000$2,093,000$1,755,000
Italy$9,144,130$7,783,594$9,722,870$9,552,871$6,951,284$5,826,538$6,235,665
Jamaica$73,787$95,808$74,989$198,426$119,192$114,983 
Japan$4,658,735$4,064,900$4,235,626$4,905,391$3,884,305$5,320,541$6,061,604
Jordan$24,948$111,944$111,065$137,185$160,187$181,830$256,821
Kazakhstan$149,190$151,849$338,076$321,159$186,487  
Kenya$59,965$94,052$74,132$95,147$77,444$97,730 
Kiribati$684   $941  
Korea, South$3,416,109$3,954,585$4,769,290$4,915,115$3,701,925$3,780,803$4,114,160
Kuwait $591,111$548,743$782,913   
Kyrgyzstan$21,606$41,195$27,854$73,472$63,577$54,806$45,747
Latvia$187,255$216,378$356,762$318,705$189,243$308,962$329,162
Lebanon$487,000$439,489$524,534$747,739$637,358$733,363$774,280
Lesotho   $2,643   
Lithuania$225,359$212,685$260,403$375,398$410,427$387,180$392,918
Luxembourg$1,477,122$1,453,724$632,603$704,135$533,594$611,142$562,740
Macau$623$100$2,529$201$117$2,008$5,931
Macedonia$163,510$158,289$240,096$335,782$268,911 $222,284
Madagascar$5,045$5,432$31,460$33,713$47,864$71,014 
Malawi$11,281$2,791$2,463$9,853$22,235$15,547$15,857
Malaysia$246,460$1,125,456$510,147$622,082$746,237$647,122$645,370
Maldives$7,583$6,854$7,448$9,796$15,297$25,604$31,700
Mali$4,582$154 $3,598 $9,764 
Malta$105,276$127,125$133,697$87,421$132,041$72,825 
Mauritania $3,163$1,709$222 $9,989$4,101
Mauritius$105,917$107,825$182,133$177,305$134,888$89,402$125,425
Mayotte$24,835$30,707$26,060$44,886$33,767  
Mexico$2,882,302$2,813,097$2,648,922$2,568,948$2,188,444$2,206,598$1,912,541
Moldova$34,168$59,689$83,341$78,644$51,756$91,791$65,948
Mongolia$17,930$52,087$23,658    
Montenegro $69,126$195,400$417,117$308,078$263,447$290,461
Montserrat$2,152$450$669$389$341  
Morocco$396,579$439,472$486,320$177,000$296,267$294,735 
Mozambique$8,274$22,926$75,199$57,744$23,472$36,189$29,000
Namibia$63,081$33,162$35,925$51,505   
Nepal    $223,543$436,085 
Netherlands$4,010,466$4,383,225$5,212,841$4,502,976$3,891,696$6,074,673 
Netherlands Antilles$157,428$139,127$167,370$120,439   
New Caledonia$166,819$177,066$278,893$311,846$248,724$271,749$101,679
New Zealand$2,113,783$2,042,191$2,389,272$2,425,626$1,916,332$1,983,116$2,892,098
Nicaragua$62,090$45,015$52,571$335,796$81,100$45,451$74,477
Niger$1,053$1,180$970$1,200$1,486$3,465$444
Nigeria $273,975$80,933$203,541$170,503$883,230 
Norway$3,268,816$3,615,629$3,519,976$2,855,913$2,583,487$3,734,278$3,465,005
Oman$128,203$236,031$29,157$97,326$87,342$107,745 
Pakistan$87,498$75,617$54,374$44,807$38,457$37,712$37,506
Panama$154,225$266,200$227,571$353,711$368,749$568,626$571,309
Paraguay$46,596$41,813$35,840$91,808$38,011$167,584$123,891
Peru$171,073$206,573$188,981$312,227$203,067$217,541$290,332
Philippines$266,784$234,451$206,358$208,270$301,216$296,467$315,872
Poland$4,267,129$4,052,222$8,480,470$4,806,913$3,329,870$3,185,278$3,355,520
Portugal$1,881,751$2,275,109$2,636,579$2,202,944$2,425,476$4,829,421$3,799,140
Qatar$118,357$56,145$481,926$409,458 $162,573 
Romania$635,697$905,551$675,293$998,561$763,204$479,512$466,028
Russia$307,930$392,088$736,895$826,270$786,388$1,840,651$1,893,528
Rwanda$1,370$4,335$28,001$4,169$4,569 $6,098
Saint Kitts and Nevis$5,217$2,267$2,150$1,681   
Saint Lucia$24,574$32,374$15,787$29,687   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,787$4,343$5,152$6,739$4,470$3,437 
Samoa$1,648$6,637$645$6,036$1,017$1,367$14,935
Sao Tome and Principe $1,254 $129$307$755 
Saudi Arabia$1,057,481$1,041,721$1,052,142  $2,644,270 
Senegal$59,963$36,908$81,217$108,767$46,553$73,890$94,442
Serbia$755,576$1,087,104$1,507,817$1,878,941$1,519,575$1,738,825$1,140,640
Seychelles$5,181$21,047$17,728$10,375   
Singapore$1,693,741$2,009,219$1,329,531$1,138,564$902,074$1,522,827$1,092,993
Slovakia$974,896$948,083$1,073,095$1,302,523$1,103,223$1,125,150$1,409,497
Slovenia$672,450$518,314$1,132,964$945,401$959,199$770,229$843,475
South Africa$1,217,168$1,333,175$1,617,722$1,369,655$1,376,715$1,392,129$1,276,281
Spain$6,659,843$6,772,775$7,356,292$7,772,243$6,200,558$7,397,032 
Sri Lanka$167,466$105,128$231,301$128,157$167,315$240,145$291,778
Sudan$87,599$430,915$18,267$115,119$61,657  
Suriname     $14,823$25,979
Swaziland$43,532$24,646$32,992    
Sweden$5,929,046$4,937,577$5,550,771$6,330,202$5,488,578$6,294,109$5,552,236
Switzerland$6,003,680$5,414,458$6,230,101$7,167,828$5,558,630$6,027,161$7,443,829
Syria$99,807$108,313 $248,760 $338,448 
Tanzania$5,579$2,207$12,712$12,275$22,710$7,813$22,167
Thailand$1,199,079$1,030,251$978,146$1,002,800$856,917$1,033,421$1,475,171
Togo$2,947 $6,869  $7,473$6,635
Tonga   $5,616$11,506$6,495 
Trinidad and Tobago$66,715$58,054$150,593$87,857$74,855$77,937 
Tunisia$629,992$1,117,045$860,745$1,190,954$1,005,702$801,130 
Turkey$2,740,236$3,270,609$3,187,967$3,757,774$2,694,329$2,896,918$3,155,533
Uganda$12,947$22,236$10,285$11,625$5,929$5,105 
Ukraine$408,627$495,480$782,840$980,817$768,903$944,213$1,262,849
United Arab Emirates$808,873 $1,339,233$1,551,023   
United Kingdom$10,777,803$10,733,501$10,204,174$11,645,127$10,137,303$12,293,193$11,639,662
United States$42,347,985$38,838,817$41,730,279$39,059,987$39,301,737$47,542,641$42,643,401
Uruguay$75,074$82,314$107,268$156,736$100,738  
Vanuatu $8,945$41,552    
Venezuela$98,063$91,043$111,922$100,300$82,252$72,276$86,273
Vietnam$1,381,899$1,011,699$1,168,778$1,218,290$567,060$677,410 
Yemen$45,937$6,424$27,061$15,757$20,932$38,776$50,316
Zambia$16,401$7,609$11,228$26,236$13,540$12,557 
Zimbabwe$6,243$19,769$8,167$16,477$24,541$29,630