RankCountryImports of Chemical preps. for photog. uses [see complete text #38] in USD (2010)
1China$664,430,864
2United States$560,925,372
3Korea, South$466,725,217
4United Kingdom$452,409,531
5Germany$304,471,502
6Netherlands$272,804,796
7Singapore$245,765,873
8France$223,105,528
9Italy$161,809,981
10Hong Kong$160,496,091
11Mexico$160,370,095
12Spain$114,686,768
13Belgium$112,231,632
14Australia$90,776,045
15New Zealand$73,170,152
16Sweden$69,158,403
17Japan$64,547,251
18Russia$60,977,561
19Thailand$58,532,882
20Canada$53,340,775
21Ireland$43,717,649
22Poland$40,559,410
23Turkey$39,759,510
24Austria$38,663,361
25South Africa$33,877,928
26Brazil$33,646,685
27Portugal$32,987,394
28Switzerland$32,568,270
29India$31,485,084
30Denmark$31,061,719
31Israel$24,635,000
32Iran$24,059,152
33Panama$22,963,273
34Norway$21,157,403
35Czech Republic$21,062,620
36Malaysia$20,525,238
37Saudi Arabia$19,948,558
38Philippines$18,411,240
39Chile$18,191,092
40Indonesia$17,836,747
41Greece$17,540,069
42Romania$16,700,898
43Argentina$14,773,178
44Guatemala$13,512,701
45Slovakia$13,106,993
46Qatar$11,533,860
47Morocco$10,290,771
48Venezuela$9,663,481
49Finland$9,374,327
50Algeria$9,219,021
51Hungary$8,659,000
52Serbia$8,406,982
53Mauritius$8,159,538
54Colombia$8,086,204
55Peru$7,703,264
56Nicaragua$7,279,654
57Croatia$7,243,181
58Luxembourg$7,226,119
59Oman$7,042,870
60Lithuania$6,253,764
61Egypt$5,510,523
62Ukraine$5,271,168
63Nigeria$4,883,666
64Iceland$4,665,052
65Slovenia$4,592,712
66Vietnam$4,326,230
67Tunisia$4,230,937
68Botswana$4,086,786
69Bulgaria$4,032,034
70Barbados$3,758,992
71Sri Lanka$3,747,219
72Cyprus$3,744,607
73Ecuador$3,694,450
74Zimbabwe$3,682,641
75Costa Rica$3,615,807
76Kenya$3,543,113
77Belarus$2,981,200
78Nepal$2,832,613
79Zambia$2,827,716
80Tanzania$2,755,192
81Dominican Republic$2,453,646
82Pakistan$2,421,569
83Latvia$2,180,329
84Ghana$1,756,252
85Bahrain$1,708,298
86Lebanon$1,608,944
87Estonia$1,452,645
88Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,350,490
89Jordan$1,338,986
90Paraguay$1,337,997
91Albania$1,315,569
92Malta$1,285,876
93Suriname$1,274,661
94Bolivia$1,266,834
95Aruba$1,182,864
96Macau$1,179,480
97Moldova$1,082,614
98Fiji$917,939
99Yemen$909,441
100Trinidad and Tobago$860,453
101Uganda$856,134
102Malawi$852,493
103El Salvador$834,844
104Cameroon$772,732
105Georgia$762,985
106Cape Verde$708,221
107Senegal$676,667
108Antigua and Barbuda$672,841
109Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$643,234
110Mozambique$615,210
111Jamaica$614,191
112Syria$526,573
113Ethiopia$509,076
114Samoa$507,790
115Azerbaijan$483,215
116Dominica$402,726
117Cote d'Ivoire$381,410
118Montenegro$325,906
119French Polynesia$312,220
120Armenia$306,621
121Madagascar$252,749
122Kyrgyzstan$225,093
123New Caledonia$181,879
124Burkina Faso$171,458
125Cambodia$150,315
126Niger$120,287
127Mali$109,610
128Guyana$96,021
129Togo$85,065
130Bahamas, The$82,896
131Benin$74,311
132Maldives$46,114
133Bermuda$43,953
134Sao Tome and Principe$35,818
135Belize$28,845
136Tonga$27,525
137Burundi$24,348
138Bhutan$19,303
139Gambia, The$4,570
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$677,362$771,189$1,012,796$1,548,656$1,490,264$1,315,569$1,258,350
Algeria$7,226,168$6,916,080$7,006,896$8,626,864$6,669,965$9,219,021$8,285,987
Antigua and Barbuda$540,855$542,468$742,834 $800,655$672,841$764,876
Argentina$13,089,030$13,685,920$13,961,198$12,514,858$12,394,675$14,773,178$14,162,264
Armenia$178,206$172,558$119,885$272,914$180,321$306,621$425,674
Aruba    $1,301,092$1,182,864$851,285
Australia$69,737,250$65,435,818$79,249,192$83,692,679$76,926,293$90,776,045$92,991,457
Austria$53,454,334$53,592,829$57,241,939$50,211,890$45,757,503$38,663,361 
Azerbaijan$571,328$211,033$1,163,362$338,109$281,651$483,215$1,990,288
Bahamas, The$188,168$156,571$292,320$122,190$112,407$82,896$73,164
Bahrain$1,788,577$837,945$1,607,072$7,011,815$2,183,224$1,708,298$2,671,718
Bangladesh$3,204,073$2,590,401$1,534,074    
Barbados$1,475,571$2,531,444$2,875,957$3,583,121$3,489,877$3,758,992$3,003,953
Belarus$1,070,100$1,750,100$2,456,200$3,520,000$2,749,600$2,981,200$2,893,500
Belgium$175,457,000$155,645,664$165,408,924$112,012,403$109,791,343$112,231,632$101,052,473
Belize$38,520$60,821$42,184$31,217$27,151$28,845 
Benin$52,533$49,645   $74,311 
Bermuda     $43,953 
Bhutan$10,330$11,009$16,332$30,609$24,999$19,303 
Bolivia$966,900$1,235,905$1,204,903$1,515,281$1,276,717$1,266,834$1,174,934
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,759,539$1,762,465$1,896,920$1,743,096$1,481,822$1,350,490$1,427,252
Botswana$915,757$874,852$855,456$3,410,704$2,741,755$4,086,786$983,919
Brazil$30,461,455$31,730,603$29,992,064$32,465,640$29,763,697$33,646,685$32,973,295
Brunei $576,673     
Bulgaria$4,212,950$4,908,532$5,932,522$6,014,831$5,280,439$4,032,034$4,001,150
Burkina Faso$144,792 $142,607$58,873$238,150$171,458 
Burundi$49,261$57,582$30,165$57,083$31,343$24,348 
Cambodia$276,733$211,111$80,661$137,773$147,138$150,315 
Cameroon$580,172$354,395$285,735$453,308$311,628$772,732 
Canada$105,090,914$73,610,579$47,292,671$52,047,580$50,705,450$53,340,775$38,036,944
Cape Verde$247,996$265,968$416,864$743,930$659,677$708,221$868,748
Central African Republic$15,173 $14,246$36,175$5,038  
Chile$14,005,429$16,762,539$15,273,932$20,411,557$18,088,955$18,191,092$20,951,694
China$307,131,025$341,124,174$383,765,836$456,909,302$468,728,089$664,430,864$770,134,094
Colombia$9,057,636$9,502,282$10,013,615$8,362,530$7,603,155$8,086,204$8,777,082
Comoros$3,278$4,665$335    
Cook Islands$128,865      
Costa Rica$5,813,651$5,619,381$5,128,134$4,066,102$2,274,520$3,615,807$3,405,762
Cote d'Ivoire$646,969$643,156$646,935$507,136$500,089$381,410$374,693
Croatia$6,471,845$6,520,200$8,106,280$7,832,769$6,836,522$7,243,181$6,630,399
Cuba$2,435,559$2,783,861     
Cyprus$4,457,895$5,615,123$5,678,942$4,911,185$5,344,327$3,744,607$3,156,693
Czech Republic$30,164,467$28,933,616$23,349,649$23,931,097$17,240,506$21,062,620$27,984,285
Denmark$57,192,992$63,305,016$39,928,023$40,385,536$36,288,035$31,061,719$27,166,184
Dominica$217,237$283,603$285,904$375,831$405,626$402,726 
Dominican Republic$3,129,641$2,468,892$2,285,524$2,862,700$3,037,543$2,453,646$2,546,677
East Timor$2,316      
Ecuador$3,546,548$2,610,790$2,769,758$3,063,345$3,223,005$3,694,450$2,760,375
Egypt$6,459,000$5,359,463$4,191,623$6,695,109$6,795,091$5,510,523$5,567,300
El Salvador$1,044,700$1,083,597$1,106,202$821,318$881,762$834,844 
Estonia$2,988,893$4,271,389$1,604,815$2,213,455$1,944,426$1,452,645$1,421,202
Ethiopia$742,493$857,260$921,848$742,740$455,951$509,076$403,223
Faroe Islands$859,326$961,507$1,104,079$1,111,972$842,842  
Fiji$719,906$738,256$520,842$601,628$682,337$917,939 
Finland$16,224,457$19,484,810$23,562,340$23,836,292$30,998,485$9,374,327$9,273,689
France$207,080,618$190,177,822$213,720,018$221,562,812$222,266,014$223,105,528$279,668,195
French Polynesia$203,875$183,370$162,411$437,963$325,426$312,220$286,234
Gabon$177,088$231,018$158,045$157,290$109,426  
Gambia, The$2,378 $2,424$7,748$12,970$4,570$4,869
Georgia$244,066$700,645$1,014,257$865,383$725,335$762,985 
Germany$489,689,000$594,772,000$522,823,000$382,107,000$304,712,000$304,471,502$355,668,309
Ghana$1,561,533$1,873,869$2,876,680$3,001,432$2,123,425$1,756,252$2,330,240
Greece$18,081,169$21,406,167$23,450,898$27,389,980$20,202,489$17,540,069$19,187,648
Greenland$501,561$190,731$135,885    
Grenada$362,225$422,429$590,335$587,634$543,397  
Guatemala$9,903,266$11,738,072$12,365,810$13,290,482$11,664,508$13,512,701$12,438,405
Guinea$14,749$22,970$15,260$36,405   
Guinea-Bissau$161      
Guyana$71,502$150,166$95,907$108,146$99,169$96,021$91,395
Honduras$1,480,537$1,276,761$1,840,960 $2,535,229  
Hong Kong$172,636,833$143,807,794$114,627,269$122,473,115$134,313,369$160,496,091$158,220,429
Hungary$15,340,000$13,282,000$15,593,000$13,076,000$11,450,000$8,659,000$11,944,000
Iceland$6,113,759$6,446,747$7,048,279$4,963,948$4,378,932$4,665,052$4,617,172
India$16,922,756$20,832,851$25,354,813$30,371,091$26,245,103$31,485,084$33,830,522
Indonesia$24,026,113$20,450,013$20,956,464$19,920,985$15,926,103$17,836,747$18,157,363
Iran$14,972,992$2,533,004   $24,059,152 
Ireland$33,638,674$32,092,436$35,036,854$43,806,051$37,399,479$43,717,649$40,690,889
Israel$19,727,000$22,189,000$21,899,000$25,478,000$25,288,000$24,635,000$25,234,000
Italy$267,892,607$251,907,052$292,269,379$291,552,594$199,776,147$161,809,981$183,922,587
Jamaica$800,773$697,651$480,078$522,310$484,956$614,191 
Japan$62,867,283$66,004,301$70,474,750$67,593,778$67,930,626$64,547,251$57,025,392
Jordan$1,149,884$1,067,250$1,112,315$1,074,671$1,786,943$1,338,986$1,327,223
Kazakhstan$1,684,090$2,822,435$3,403,451$2,937,746$2,255,660  
Kenya$2,690,981$3,733,857$3,401,791$3,739,435$3,445,576$3,543,113 
Kiribati$6,302   $564  
Korea, South$354,103,680$308,887,383$333,768,996$367,141,353$365,181,997$466,725,217$561,391,446
Kuwait $4,100,032$5,383,703$8,043,019   
Kyrgyzstan$293,114$150,323$187,114$150,743$143,100$225,093$186,687
Latvia$8,285,866$5,155,947$6,050,258$3,366,188$2,294,693$2,180,329$1,790,159
Lebanon$2,740,000$2,378,742$2,859,594$3,042,669$4,207,702$1,608,944$1,675,846
Lesotho   $9,794   
Lithuania$15,404,840$18,345,464$9,843,041$10,837,105$11,404,232$6,253,764$5,821,529
Luxembourg$7,052,537$12,047,034$8,081,777$8,009,894$8,002,543$7,226,119$6,855,413
Macau$2,851,506$2,754,282$3,970,315$2,737,887$1,509,502$1,179,480$505,430
Macedonia$756,793$735,339$970,148$1,062,665$1,068,300 $1,105,501
Madagascar$431,025$302,948$344,966$287,391$268,522$252,749 
Malawi$612,110$748,394$912,897$891,905$971,003$852,493$1,072,726
Malaysia$17,264,363$18,315,273$20,320,466$21,150,445$18,827,298$20,525,238$22,495,968
Maldives$53,714$49,137$75,052$36,077$62,064$46,114$31,642
Mali$123,682$54,534$98,158$92,936 $109,610 
Malta$1,760,592$2,042,608$2,267,093$1,930,917$1,490,243$1,285,876 
Mauritania $6,312 $3,988   
Mauritius$4,018,187$4,747,007$5,233,229$6,714,637$6,926,907$8,159,538$8,300,174
Mayotte$319,139$563,987$673,784$885,212$919,995  
Mexico$121,313,702$149,719,253$150,667,861$152,822,314$141,517,008$160,370,095$169,081,971
Moldova$578,276$608,723$886,940$1,050,360$967,646$1,082,614$999,517
Mongolia$83,754$80,250$55,546    
Montenegro $341,988$382,034$492,766$466,157$325,906$402,947
Montserrat$1,415$503$5,920$99   
Morocco$6,847,959$7,986,866$9,785,241$9,294,427$10,048,317$10,290,771 
Mozambique$393,972$421,856$379,343$386,437$623,246$615,210$1,060,000
Namibia$407,029$602,962$472,767$285,102   
Nepal    $2,305,055$2,832,613 
Netherlands$506,021,148$298,893,478$291,073,649$365,527,858$314,744,786$272,804,796 
Netherlands Antilles$2,755,194$2,673,440$3,181,391$3,390,558   
New Caledonia$166,951$224,927$161,318$315,281$191,683$181,879$161,454
New Zealand$46,633,639$54,203,664$59,333,919$58,881,917$52,527,193$73,170,152$74,730,097
Nicaragua$3,861,760$5,311,656$5,810,630$6,244,064$6,118,989$7,279,654$8,690,954
Niger$35,310$49,847$135,311$46,141$20,079$120,287$69,357
Nigeria $3,602,980$5,845,735$8,038,704$26,050,600$4,883,666 
Norway$49,732,491$47,800,318$44,253,254$33,494,859$21,905,364$21,157,403$25,576,843
Oman$2,879,784$4,267,599$5,267,539$6,363,137$10,806,720$7,042,870 
Pakistan$4,040,238$4,267,113$3,653,187$3,118,275$2,482,144$2,421,569$2,528,454
Panama$1,442,474$10,761,708$11,265,005$16,544,113$12,268,498$22,963,273$2,011,492
Paraguay$905,142$1,013,137$941,851$1,363,958$1,272,706$1,337,997$1,331,825
Peru$8,190,905$8,309,504$7,762,649$7,136,916$6,123,506$7,703,264$9,138,084
Philippines$18,655,032$17,555,578$18,913,268$19,780,688$17,578,480$18,411,240$19,626,099
Poland$52,953,533$57,975,558$60,889,581$73,627,747$44,851,348$40,559,410$47,274,029
Portugal$60,910,413$45,778,977$49,046,350$51,489,303$40,627,467$32,987,394$23,233,325
Qatar$1,706,204$1,225,642$3,187,289$6,693,791 $11,533,860 
Romania$16,572,573$16,730,516$19,156,017$20,245,348$16,993,760$16,700,898$18,314,780
Russia$15,141,994$20,063,738$21,244,989$29,416,024$46,121,402$60,977,561$62,710,233
Rwanda$237,465$189,346$294,979$262,677$246,901 $433,775
Saint Kitts and Nevis$263,299$410,091$473,965$496,015   
Saint Lucia$746,804$471,101$304,576$271,808   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$309,517$371,991$457,177$548,520$584,124$643,234 
Samoa$359,833$463,730$509,381$500,825$414,837$507,790$335,795
Sao Tome and Principe$1,990$2,192$1,857$8,990$17,288$35,818 
Saudi Arabia$19,847,526$20,269,037$20,230,340  $19,948,558 
Senegal$1,120,163$1,071,742$1,112,336$946,733$681,668$676,667$554,892
Serbia$5,484,857$6,817,072$6,984,093$8,545,209$8,330,622$8,406,982$8,751,541
Seychelles$174,325$200,409$96,906$50,269   
Singapore$212,858,041$272,938,079$264,550,098$212,893,746$207,771,490$245,765,873$166,339,590
Slovakia$11,557,336$13,533,918$30,206,756$19,910,133$13,626,390$13,106,993$13,024,748
Slovenia$8,526,874$6,850,563$6,383,262$6,381,109$5,287,948$4,592,712$4,262,521
South Africa$37,720,191$37,200,329$33,442,873$29,856,794$28,752,320$33,877,928$41,589,258
Spain$201,615,312$255,193,611$277,599,092$248,370,244$220,002,092$114,686,768 
Sri Lanka$3,308,407$3,944,648$3,429,840$3,433,101$2,972,863$3,747,219$4,022,997
Sudan$359,215$143,086$22,689$101,441$210,986  
Suriname     $1,274,661$1,339,660
Swaziland$747,689$317,435$558,529    
Sweden$76,562,287$113,378,967$83,422,131$122,206,348$73,012,086$69,158,403$76,286,392
Switzerland$53,680,334$49,018,785$46,248,959$43,993,191$37,836,103$32,568,270$40,984,601
Syria$1,485,669$786,797$618,397$479,033 $526,573 
Tanzania$1,195,259$1,588,085$1,379,922$1,934,221$2,559,279$2,755,192$3,312,591
Thailand$44,790,488$41,144,940$41,137,959$50,470,754$48,870,221$58,532,882$61,255,942
Togo$29,652 $59,937  $85,065$53,005
Tonga   $40,583$5,976$27,525 
Trinidad and Tobago$860,978$771,684$1,301,661$1,340,517$1,122,778$860,453 
Tunisia$4,733,459$4,247,666$4,807,857$4,718,091$4,125,622$4,230,937 
Turkey$44,993,727$47,459,640$48,269,081$44,637,605$39,289,470$39,759,510$47,031,493
Uganda$473,076$464,166$555,859$706,786$422,680$856,134 
Ukraine$4,043,042$3,843,960$3,488,543$6,230,612$5,200,485$5,271,168$6,497,961
United Arab Emirates$38,606,889 $47,316,333$58,438,493   
United Kingdom$306,109,413$298,113,355$308,502,721$411,693,544$404,092,202$452,409,531$480,178,368
United States$460,515,534$511,742,630$453,999,723$547,831,138$428,765,690$560,925,372$701,255,933
Uruguay$1,131,333$1,206,005$1,360,954$1,231,919$1,158,564  
Vanuatu $192,597$195,225    
Venezuela$13,039,785$11,526,964$9,366,905$22,003,034$15,316,817$9,663,481$10,467,066
Vietnam$3,949,512$4,501,678$4,614,808$5,052,802$4,436,029$4,326,230 
Wallis and Futuna$1,346      
Yemen$717,551$443,349$656,062$428,321$455,349$909,441$355,537
Zambia$1,502,226$2,073,797$2,188,256$2,131,722$2,250,417$2,827,716 
Zimbabwe$777,971$2,665,214$4,003,798$2,095,754$1,960,034$3,682,641