RankCountryImports of Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms in USD (2010)
1Germany$117,268,707
2United Kingdom$77,938,846
3Japan$75,614,752
4Netherlands$70,882,235
5Belgium$67,228,853
6United States$62,246,160
7France$60,714,776
8Canada$52,467,261
9Spain$43,484,339
10China$32,803,143
11Brazil$29,226,406
12Italy$28,253,007
13Korea, South$27,976,233
14Switzerland$27,327,217
15Ireland$19,947,842
16Denmark$19,248,340
17Austria$16,670,322
18Australia$16,191,766
19Portugal$13,155,338
20Turkey$12,760,967
21Mexico$11,822,506
22Russia$10,995,702
23Poland$10,389,363
24Thailand$10,035,606
25Singapore$9,476,972
26Sweden$9,018,834
27Hong Kong$8,659,865
28Czech Republic$8,057,549
29India$7,052,326
30Argentina$6,478,057
31New Zealand$6,475,035
32Colombia$6,244,644
33Israel$5,240,000
34Malaysia$5,196,499
35Hungary$4,904,000
36Indonesia$4,755,681
37Venezuela$4,661,500
38South Africa$4,242,908
39Norway$4,213,923
40Iran$3,926,378
41Finland$3,920,121
42Vietnam$3,860,100
43Chile$3,472,896
44Belarus$3,320,100
45Slovenia$3,205,952
46Slovakia$2,634,384
47Romania$2,569,497
48Greece$2,474,695
49Philippines$2,270,793
50Serbia$1,936,936
51Peru$1,898,825
52Yemen$1,860,712
53Croatia$1,797,586
54Ecuador$1,594,852
55Tunisia$1,436,708
56Ukraine$1,419,702
57Lebanon$1,074,798
58Lithuania$1,016,497
59Guatemala$873,970
60Paraguay$826,895
61Bulgaria$778,174
62Morocco$744,590
63Algeria$724,565
64Nigeria$666,516
65Luxembourg$575,006
66Bosnia and Herzegovina$572,426
67Jordan$549,040
68Saudi Arabia$544,001
69Pakistan$516,447
70Estonia$470,208
71Kenya$467,524
72El Salvador$442,411
73Bolivia$439,676
74Macau$397,354
75Cyprus$338,392
76Panama$336,609
77Egypt$332,271
78Moldova$316,499
79Qatar$293,855
80Sri Lanka$283,983
81Oman$277,649
82Iceland$271,120
83New Caledonia$265,599
84Dominican Republic$261,896
85Mauritius$257,562
86Costa Rica$247,022
87Montenegro$228,725
88Latvia$210,321
89French Polynesia$175,930
90Jamaica$160,429
91Ethiopia$149,081
92Zambia$139,850
93Armenia$138,988
94Azerbaijan$135,302
95Malta$133,769
96Georgia$131,902
97Ghana$127,258
98Cote d'Ivoire$124,328
99Nicaragua$120,430
100Madagascar$115,134
101Uganda$108,387
102Kyrgyzstan$99,752
103Bahamas, The$94,106
104Cameroon$89,513
105Barbados$82,068
106Syria$81,524
107Bahrain$79,843
108Suriname$79,026
109Bermuda$71,976
110Malawi$67,611
111Trinidad and Tobago$65,473
112Mozambique$55,551
113Fiji$47,091
114Maldives$45,170
115Benin$45,168
116Burkina Faso$36,673
117Tanzania$35,528
118Albania$31,934
119Senegal$29,613
120Togo$24,442
121Zimbabwe$22,565
122Belize$18,986
123Bhutan$14,482
124Mali$14,180
125Burundi$11,306
126Nepal$11,072
127Niger$10,595
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$9,741
129Botswana$9,668
130Samoa$9,325
131Guyana$6,868
132Cape Verde$4,924
133Antigua and Barbuda$3,825
134Cambodia$2,539
135Dominica$966
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$33,141$30,753$43,259$45,395$62,175$31,934$102,226
Algeria$671,633$588,444$700,090$1,007,086$382,675$724,565$1,171,370
Antigua and Barbuda$971$2,660$1,291 $1,972$3,825$4,458
Argentina$2,419,973$3,235,630$3,763,728$4,739,160$5,449,656$6,478,057$6,985,751
Armenia$36,762$52,379$70,612$106,329$115,916$138,988$145,060
Australia$10,768,915$8,629,364$11,746,643$13,981,265$14,270,415$16,191,766$20,846,666
Austria$8,812,544$11,050,186$14,454,438$14,865,977$17,101,225$16,670,322 
Azerbaijan$37,640$10,399$134,561$240,357$144,440$135,302$173,444
Bahamas, The$34,559$29,209$35,539$91,202$102,297$94,106$99,892
Bahrain$118,651$13,388$51,402$208,617$73,433$79,843$99,895
Bangladesh$46,227$76,019$111,845    
Barbados$43,272$65,703$56,445$51,431$55,337$82,068$41,288
Belarus$1,124,100$1,849,200$2,049,300$2,579,100$2,912,800$3,320,100$3,027,500
Belgium$60,157,620$65,374,879$73,241,452$91,135,533$82,089,382$67,228,853$77,449,787
Belize$12,355$19,954$30,407$21,993$12,981$18,986 
Benin$3,554$27,016   $45,168 
Bermuda     $71,976 
Bhutan$21,684$15,908$36,160$9,629$10,101$14,482 
Bolivia$92,213$177,040$152,245$453,515$389,230$439,676$462,813
Bosnia and Herzegovina$446,604$448,597$528,366$560,340$569,776$572,426$831,342
Botswana$36,073$63,237$281,684$10,718$17,109$9,668$56,012
Brazil$12,722,960$16,075,221$18,763,161$23,141,720$24,804,700$29,226,406$30,142,222
Brunei $2,534     
Bulgaria$541,946$509,991$798,602$1,027,228$835,767$778,174$922,177
Burkina Faso$37,138 $25,088$25,787$70,249$36,673 
Burundi$15,367$2,915$14,510$7,809$26,906$11,306 
Cambodia$10,263$545$694,572$20,570$874$2,539 
Cameroon$29,184$56,114$38,941$68,602$77,739$89,513 
Canada$30,431,997$32,358,186$35,647,219$41,992,852$41,264,928$52,467,261$54,432,465
Cape Verde$10,232$10,843$1,786$9,704$7,125$4,924$30,912
Chile$1,596,101$2,077,271$2,966,380$3,211,246$3,029,739$3,472,896$4,683,775
China$10,140,625$13,913,889$12,796,916$20,230,232$24,507,435$32,803,143$35,630,271
Colombia$2,776,901$3,210,361$3,838,470$4,789,451$5,336,595$6,244,644$7,918,287
Cook Islands$315 $887    
Costa Rica$49,406$51,948$61,985$136,198$75,223$247,022$333,229
Cote d'Ivoire$149,307$82,017$82,375$151,581$111,892$124,328$148,542
Croatia$1,265,098$1,117,289$1,173,288$1,681,113$1,866,533$1,797,586$2,871,466
Cuba$833,773$1,076,096     
Cyprus$403,131$156,120$169,642$283,863$390,876$338,392$531,367
Czech Republic$4,140,147$6,248,969$9,104,637$9,224,398$9,698,058$8,057,549$12,468,548
Denmark$10,971,415$22,175,688$19,706,919$24,361,448$27,834,138$19,248,340$27,997,293
Dominica$2,763$2,917$3,660$1,393$886$966 
Dominican Republic$50,509$89,525$182,356$184,111$163,432$261,896$1,364,829
East Timor$18      
Ecuador$874,481$943,110$1,089,071$1,384,214$1,404,188$1,594,852$1,590,969
Egypt$95,144$146,863$120,767$209,648$184,106$332,271$653,725
El Salvador$187,282$219,047$275,853$319,733$317,573$442,411 
Estonia$270,251$276,634$421,467$486,104$577,660$470,208$664,130
Ethiopia$126,210$84,840$38,680$283,707$56,876$149,081$164,213
Faroe Islands$75,230$78,286$84,615$123,222$214,613  
Fiji$1,139$45,057$4,015$13,166$38,124$47,091 
Finland$2,828,856$2,908,225$3,893,524$4,497,256$4,257,826$3,920,121$3,718,850
France$35,438,138$41,060,179$50,950,881$52,180,705$49,380,727$60,714,776$99,832,003
French Polynesia$140,320$177,312$162,957$169,992$195,168$175,930$320,935
Gabon$71,848$93,613$79,071$147,812$140,176  
Gambia, The $3,278    $63
Georgia$15,597$32,167$130,436$158,500$392,682$131,902 
Germany$79,009,000$70,408,000$207,030,000$240,145,000$152,084,000$117,268,707$134,685,091
Ghana$29,101$29,093$100,165$49,311$46,761$127,258$139,274
Greece$2,641,244$2,448,845$3,313,229$3,919,905$3,298,716$2,474,695$2,226,096
Greenland$454,115$630,077$269,775    
Grenada$2,145$2,267$1,478$173$1,801  
Guatemala$689,213$1,056,173$1,326,542$1,271,335$852,602$873,970$908,395
Guinea$875  $4,889   
Guyana$9,542$15,769$2,828$5,700$18,018$6,868$10,125
Honduras$97,757$202,003$203,223 $327,718  
Hong Kong$4,722,813$3,957,186$4,157,041$5,547,676$7,211,115$8,659,865$14,091,002
Hungary$3,038,000$3,471,000$4,985,000$5,397,000$4,696,000$4,904,000$7,641,000
Iceland$294,028$238,088$290,537$363,327$252,305$271,120$289,041
India$2,287,764$3,016,309$4,607,209$5,120,132$5,235,679$7,052,326$11,433,082
Indonesia$1,366,139$1,738,496$3,173,696$4,546,346$2,883,832$4,755,681$4,391,125
Iran$918,029$73,527   $3,926,378 
Ireland$11,892,269$12,807,767$17,036,277$25,758,234$29,653,547$19,947,842$22,354,545
Israel$3,164,000$3,281,000$3,553,000$4,432,000$4,492,000$5,240,000$5,175,000
Italy$22,861,212$23,123,270$26,406,538$28,170,586$26,354,289$28,253,007$32,284,317
Jamaica$98,810$101,186$141,512$132,022$181,163$160,429 
Japan$36,814,077$31,605,598$49,416,449$62,608,034$68,000,916$75,614,752$81,011,420
Jordan$359,768$347,448$515,997$624,098$573,150$549,040$808,090
Kazakhstan$438,278$403,536$647,457$729,465$923,054  
Kenya$189,677$226,419$353,542$353,892$418,278$467,524 
Kiribati$746      
Korea, South$8,976,179$12,321,880$16,655,575$21,820,755$23,629,955$27,976,233$34,817,011
Kuwait $1,095,975$1,272,973$1,520,183   
Kyrgyzstan$71,177$22,582$83,243$107,215$143,340$99,752$63,182
Latvia$230,856$314,929$369,350$415,189$254,845$210,321$312,738
Lebanon$507,000$499,409$677,745$753,893$979,384$1,074,798$1,222,217
Lesotho   $2,783   
Lithuania$1,707,430$1,077,578$1,059,076$1,015,332$1,025,305$1,016,497$1,129,038
Luxembourg$455,947$610,409$806,816$530,940$568,107$575,006$663,866
Macau$20,314$149,702$191,393$310,576$321,705$397,354$609,898
Macedonia$363,550$393,127$441,409$568,990$602,646 $598,032
Madagascar$107,742$111,265$189,527$155,650$265,478$115,134 
Malawi$3,970$1,903$6,864$15,073$78,349$67,611$43,639
Malaysia$2,043,735$2,038,448$2,485,048$3,811,328$4,328,118$5,196,499$5,346,473
Maldives$7,342$7,953$6,876$3,839$13,411$45,170$63,675
Mali$8,094$16,030$12,266$46,806 $14,180 
Malta$80,094$87,834$131,635$116,719$132,024$133,769 
Mauritania  $2,166   $5,962
Mauritius$192,528$224,160$234,355$287,317$340,887$257,562$272,328
Mayotte$21,697$68,022$151,179$127,364$192,312  
Mexico$7,607,097$9,152,993$9,241,409$9,526,825$11,009,832$11,822,506$15,121,446
Moldova$134,893$138,599$222,533$202,359$170,859$316,499$304,137
Mongolia$18,100$21,965$14,366    
Montenegro $38,974$236,035$140,802$145,292$228,725$254,866
Montserrat   $101   
Morocco$492,095$537,709$739,857$762,963$819,153$744,590 
Mozambique$1,471$3,407$9,745$36,008$44,971$55,551$56,000
Namibia$40,763$29,905$55,409$63,896   
Nepal    $22,950$11,072 
Netherlands$18,207,467$33,156,226$35,251,875$38,266,451$51,447,111$70,882,235 
Netherlands Antilles$7,356$1,680$1,605$476   
New Caledonia$211,576$265,090$230,734$343,355$353,691$265,599$425,821
New Zealand$3,702,737$4,830,672$5,510,333$5,280,272$6,220,695$6,475,035$6,157,920
Nicaragua$97,810$73,139$125,300$131,866$169,316$120,430$150,876
Niger$3,255$22,759$9,089$32,877$4,080$10,595$6,464
Nigeria $56,210$422,989$56,054$84,681$666,516 
Norway$2,748,944$3,085,195$4,097,427$3,841,435$3,879,250$4,213,923$5,382,156
Oman$278,518$230,973$585,625$348,177$307,532$277,649 
Pakistan$557,235$405,231$516,447$769,700$470,390$516,447$599,819
Panama$242,878$291,258$410,014$274,315$201,967$336,609$487,842
Paraguay$281,349$505,207$656,366$398,006$530,583$826,895$1,065,962
Peru$917,241$916,942$1,155,934$1,370,335$1,441,809$1,898,825$2,402,383
Philippines$1,411,809$1,219,791$1,500,723$1,361,598$2,379,546$2,270,793$3,861,252
Poland$7,291,915$7,125,111$9,570,200$11,429,184$8,896,915$10,389,363$13,465,361
Portugal$7,620,915$6,309,064$10,135,147$11,697,995$11,214,620$13,155,338$10,205,699
Qatar$76,200$128,730$144,015$141,129 $293,855 
Romania$2,175,099$2,497,169$3,662,221$3,873,032$2,985,168$2,569,497$2,818,436
Russia$2,973,690$4,261,059$6,510,211$12,216,149$8,372,968$10,995,702$13,481,693
Rwanda$11,437$19,489$7,558$26,355$16,264 $140,636
Saint Kitts and Nevis$2,233 $165$197   
Saint Lucia$27,635$35,809$3,297$1,219   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$146   $7,659$9,741 
Samoa    $11,427$9,325$17,349
Saudi Arabia$448,461$652,214$641,419  $544,001 
Senegal$36,513$41,892$36,081$67,750$66,650$29,613$80,909
Serbia$804,106$1,361,749$1,699,516$2,343,411$1,787,898$1,936,936$2,275,443
Seychelles$59,182$46,636$56,944$26,005   
Singapore$7,739,894$6,336,868$6,688,732$7,530,531$7,526,706$9,476,972$19,175,467
Slovakia$812,336$1,103,277$1,490,100$1,329,700$1,870,473$2,634,384$2,438,700
Slovenia$1,995,853$2,395,225$3,022,350$2,661,063$2,745,821$3,205,952$2,894,576
South Africa$2,234,229$3,107,050$2,851,041$3,727,406$3,534,130$4,242,908$4,395,381
Spain$27,416,406$30,994,420$35,622,908$43,181,615$42,853,397$43,484,339 
Sri Lanka$122,012$135,857$215,664$129,238$255,552$283,983$588,748
Sudan$552 $9,552$3,094$25,158  
Suriname$9,627$14,313$42,227$14,728$60,003$79,026$100,411
Swaziland$2,848$2,481$2,599    
Sweden$6,981,762$6,912,310$11,321,757$11,106,757$8,812,230$9,018,834$10,345,015
Switzerland$14,583,996$18,317,913$20,120,095$22,848,692$22,144,073$27,327,217$36,256,804
Syria$51,871$29,265$54,169$64,409 $81,524 
Tanzania$29,880$25,967$16,879$13,427$24,132$35,528$42,133
Thailand$5,621,102$5,874,086$7,291,191$8,849,856$8,579,742$10,035,606$12,636,803
Togo$5,338 $12,294  $24,442$21,457
Tonga   $379$4,889  
Trinidad and Tobago$68,712$61,522$92,242$148,585$45,362$65,473 
Tunisia$1,112,730$1,193,840$1,457,224$1,709,821$1,397,217$1,436,708 
Turkey$6,336,298$7,970,311$8,792,342$12,019,603$11,876,884$12,760,967$14,311,674
Uganda$20,111$59,664$50,978$149,902$293,883$108,387 
Ukraine$2,660,378$3,376,251$5,214,155$3,271,469$3,798,539$1,419,702$1,651,907
United Arab Emirates$669,885 $1,247,714$1,436,285   
United Kingdom$53,652,897$54,614,760$66,394,361$79,698,793$73,634,537$77,938,846$83,288,096
United States$33,152,226$38,105,471$40,833,533$51,067,769$62,573,441$62,246,160$84,387,887
Uruguay$720,657$901,657$1,175,402$1,317,978$1,397,542  
Vanuatu $4,814$34,449    
Venezuela$1,512,833$1,604,405$1,331,126$2,459,951$3,536,108$4,661,500$50,111,016
Vietnam$1,148,024$1,004,228$1,908,257$2,753,948$3,065,593$3,860,100 
Yemen$1,478,117$1,600,746$1,202,030$1,473,276$1,728,334$1,860,712$1,195,861
Zambia$162,127$84,402$128,234$142,110$134,067$139,850 
Zimbabwe$7,365$5,761$10,275$21,536$22,302$22,565