RankCountryImports of Artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened protein/of cellulosic mats in USD (2010)
1Czech Republic$194,846,411
2Russia$110,360,195
3Mexico$80,071,272
4Germany$79,957,984
5United States$57,772,735
6Poland$55,539,941
7Brazil$51,522,651
8Italy$50,858,415
9France$47,687,993
10Canada$44,708,243
11Thailand$32,227,779
12Japan$27,167,116
13Korea, South$26,001,069
14Ukraine$25,610,393
15Romania$24,476,181
16Austria$23,727,731
17Belgium$22,900,772
18Chile$21,739,781
19Argentina$20,720,794
20Australia$19,986,989
21Colombia$19,641,296
22Netherlands$19,162,664
23Spain$18,402,681
24South Africa$18,270,349
25Venezuela$18,079,923
26Bulgaria$17,756,479
27United Kingdom$17,251,316
28Turkey$16,865,627
29India$16,580,230
30China$15,462,687
31Sweden$13,830,512
32Philippines$12,918,362
33Dominican Republic$11,614,165
34Hungary$11,580,000
35Malaysia$11,180,241
36Slovakia$10,500,552
37Lithuania$10,415,304
38Portugal$9,975,324
39Indonesia$9,918,784
40Denmark$9,658,269
41Ireland$9,038,257
42New Zealand$8,976,513
43Belarus$8,841,800
44Finland$8,385,199
45Israel$7,256,000
46Switzerland$7,165,542
47Guatemala$6,467,733
48Latvia$6,180,950
49Estonia$6,058,258
50Ecuador$5,440,860
51Norway$5,006,791
52Slovenia$5,002,987
53Croatia$4,671,419
54Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,490,483
55Panama$4,375,420
56Greece$4,226,836
57Serbia$3,542,107
58Georgia$3,051,768
59Kenya$2,913,477
60Hong Kong$2,651,518
61Costa Rica$2,627,388
62Moldova$2,525,345
63Vietnam$2,518,590
64Tunisia$2,457,110
65Nigeria$2,378,058
66Algeria$2,093,524
67Paraguay$2,040,261
68Singapore$1,925,908
69Saudi Arabia$1,865,602
70Qatar$1,758,057
71El Salvador$1,687,714
72Sri Lanka$1,677,592
73Peru$1,541,866
74Egypt$1,347,915
75Albania$1,319,425
76Jamaica$1,141,460
77Kyrgyzstan$1,124,016
78Fiji$958,010
79Iceland$905,363
80Luxembourg$861,362
81Bolivia$730,043
82Armenia$686,726
83Jordan$616,025
84Mali$607,257
85Oman$601,377
86Cyprus$601,196
87Trinidad and Tobago$587,373
88Bahrain$523,838
89Zimbabwe$471,649
90Morocco$447,648
91Montenegro$423,187
92Malawi$417,809
93Ethiopia$385,513
94Nicaragua$359,002
95Botswana$349,414
96Mauritius$344,498
97French Polynesia$318,793
98Malta$278,294
99Niger$270,665
100New Caledonia$251,009
101Barbados$231,424
102Zambia$198,010
103Iran$127,100
104Bhutan$118,973
105Cote d'Ivoire$107,869
106Tanzania$95,239
107Uganda$82,393
108Senegal$68,116
109Madagascar$62,019
110Samoa$59,897
111Nepal$49,938
112Suriname$43,793
113Bermuda$38,805
114Dominica$38,550
115Mozambique$36,978
116Azerbaijan$36,573
117Yemen$35,889
118Cambodia$34,029
119Bahamas, The$30,626
120Tonga$30,134
121Pakistan$25,292
122Gambia, The$12,886
123Lebanon$10,846
124Ghana$10,829
125Belize$10,529
126Guyana$3,164
127Cape Verde$1,558
128Benin$1,213
129Burundi$575
130Sao Tome and Principe$421
131Aruba$292
132Burkina Faso$92
133Cameroon$53
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$415,335$839,922$1,192,253$1,570,118$1,466,586$1,319,425$1,894,543
Algeria$901,472$833,034$1,064,672$2,940,436$2,654,261$2,093,524$3,581,865
Anguilla $2,721$2,380$7,726   
Antigua and Barbuda$4,514$921$26,317 $16 $1,489
Argentina$10,151,594$10,702,794$15,740,082$18,071,977$16,791,973$20,720,794$22,415,958
Armenia$108,970$381,570$1,316,179$1,355,259$356,343$686,726$1,087,486
Aruba     $292$34
Australia$13,597,851$14,970,784$16,693,003$17,220,766$17,946,595$19,986,989$19,353,040
Austria$18,977,497$19,766,615$20,930,797$26,829,739$23,049,450$23,727,731 
Azerbaijan$103,784$26,844$22,392$62,501$117,507$36,573$142,044
Bahamas, The$51,372$15,584$22,726$29,080$84,049$30,626$32,420
Bahrain$2,370$171,220$318,082$13,154$1,049,912$523,838$87,836
Bangladesh$9,873$9,818$31,053    
Barbados$305,077$231,779$267,631$308,810$294,666$231,424$249,416
Belarus$6,335,700$6,126,200$4,856,000$7,770,500$7,517,500$8,841,800$10,092,900
Belgium$18,955,169$21,180,211$18,831,379$21,151,996$22,142,972$22,900,772$23,579,102
Belize$22,081$26,449$28,648$37,447$21,549$10,529 
Benin     $1,213 
Bermuda     $38,805 
Bhutan$61,018$35,956$63,621$56,020$23,802$118,973 
Bolivia$341,735$314,495$391,189$295,182$375,017$730,043$1,061,594
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,502,720$2,917,443$3,212,447$4,595,242$4,196,423$4,490,483$5,894,115
Botswana$757,915$287,644$605,370$740,946$553,408$349,414$628,797
Brazil$20,910,888$25,740,258$31,759,109$41,625,441$50,692,367$51,522,651$57,428,401
Brunei $348,025     
Bulgaria$7,288,763$7,025,214$9,879,758$10,154,351$10,516,421$17,756,479$11,096,826
Burkina Faso$568 $7,772$3,862$16,548$92 
Burundi$359$5,761$5,694$23,997$4,452$575 
Cambodia$106,437$22,264$253,622$191,971$191,911$34,029 
Cameroon$2,108$1,820$17,427$6,019$4,406$53 
Canada$46,094,306$43,935,809$35,634,960$37,692,681$36,212,557$44,708,243$53,499,455
Cape Verde$563  $686$468$1,558$133
Chile$8,888,042$11,074,777$12,750,426$17,710,123$15,645,083$21,739,781$18,053,657
China$12,033,519$15,429,713$17,708,015$29,693,068$31,789,131$15,462,687$19,349,738
Colombia$7,781,370$9,114,059$11,671,110$15,164,749$16,379,973$19,641,296$22,914,523
Cook Islands$4,959 $3,700    
Costa Rica$2,615,149$3,509,039$4,159,552$2,724,094$1,503,137$2,627,388$2,943,112
Cote d'Ivoire$94,476$40,700$74,320$130,278$33,240$107,869$34,267
Croatia$3,618,611$4,089,797$4,662,598$5,594,397$5,281,022$4,671,419$4,914,965
Cuba$5,320,841$3,559,143     
Cyprus$386,074$503,956$428,039$639,973$529,575$601,196$574,950
Czech Republic$97,488,641$115,043,630$132,568,123$145,166,716$143,249,424$194,846,411$220,673,668
Denmark$9,239,620$8,248,523$10,176,760$10,715,823$10,213,278$9,658,269$10,232,670
Djibouti    $41,305  
Dominica $9$380$20 $38,550 
Dominican Republic$3,302,706$5,436,275$7,113,140$9,486,340$9,497,095$11,614,165$11,640,776
East Timor$14,314      
Ecuador$2,955,016$2,588,268$3,263,003$5,408,408$4,237,117$5,440,860$5,853,569
Egypt$747,361$1,518,027$1,075,431$1,586,079$1,614,305$1,347,915$1,609,308
El Salvador$1,200,302$1,172,976$1,793,938$1,471,132$1,653,189$1,687,714 
Estonia$3,912,442$4,583,915$4,759,424$6,340,860$8,033,223$6,058,258$5,891,047
Ethiopia$292,574$13,172$25,458$1,205,067$325,301$385,513$210,411
Faroe Islands$51,133$16,614$45,684$25,838$12,257  
Fiji$723,903$743,426$972,400$860,103$699,278$958,010 
Finland$8,030,586$5,889,647$7,477,156$8,584,744$9,846,634$8,385,199$8,835,352
France$43,441,302$41,080,268$43,353,954$45,140,369$46,790,800$47,687,993$52,729,464
French Polynesia$410,039$394,286$323,337$575,365$456,935$318,793$626,373
Gabon$2,053$28,028$9,088$2,905$3,416  
Gambia, The$350$1,710$26,824$6,207 $12,886$1,775
Georgia$155,951$1,256,272$1,747,066$2,641,501$2,542,065$3,051,768 
Germany$66,092,000$64,188,000$64,830,000$68,445,000$71,447,000$79,957,984$112,925,252
Ghana$1,451$95,574$39,758$47,615$15,189$10,829$385,864
Greece$5,159,346$5,830,020$5,622,933$5,851,835$5,461,038$4,226,836$5,168,075
Greenland$2,518$18,314$95,861    
Grenada$7,885$9,632$741$542$359  
Guatemala$2,852,919$2,920,719$4,041,487$4,863,964$5,386,006$6,467,733$7,517,889
Guinea$11,299$796$3,142$1,306   
Guinea-Bissau$3,956      
Guyana$11,640$3,892$35,790$11,611$19,142$3,164$16,711
Honduras$1,794,032$2,459,444$2,603,776 $3,103,565  
Hong Kong$1,276,164$1,186,281$1,113,012$2,516,349$2,559,974$2,651,518$4,487,104
Hungary$8,843,000$10,038,000$9,629,000$8,787,000$8,055,000$11,580,000$12,739,000
Iceland$877,731$1,011,242$1,194,797$1,151,204$1,236,866$905,363$1,116,490
India$547,070$563,460$411,484$1,581,050$548,382$16,580,230$422,226
Indonesia$5,458,826$4,150,926$5,472,876$7,995,083$7,458,376$9,918,784$18,788,604
Iran$611,327$98,667   $127,100 
Ireland$7,259,561$8,252,174$6,904,005$8,123,697$7,675,025$9,038,257$9,802,899
Israel$5,475,000$5,943,000$7,192,000$6,919,000$7,443,000$7,256,000$7,158,000
Italy$36,308,018$38,290,350$46,313,035$46,830,257$45,676,802$50,858,415$54,350,264
Jamaica$587,466$767,534$957,696$1,027,192$898,067$1,141,460 
Japan$19,522,395$19,933,827$16,894,313$21,671,040$24,826,291$27,167,116$33,000,006
Jordan$331,524$192,656$579,492$621,962$432,152$616,025$650,902
Kazakhstan$953,600$1,506,695$1,984,155$2,704,358$3,193,868  
Kenya$1,952,302$2,192,833$2,138,024$2,253,484$2,729,130$2,913,477 
Kiribati$89,433      
Korea, South$12,842,244$12,971,095$14,107,443$18,001,461$22,742,980$26,001,069$29,439,498
Kuwait $1,034,292$1,886$44,345   
Kyrgyzstan$697,238$779,948$1,323,973$663,357$1,008,432$1,124,016$2,256,985
Latvia$3,862,467$4,124,759$4,589,931$7,033,583$5,932,112$6,180,950$7,051,808
Lebanon$40,000$69,505$25,437$36,729$118,657$10,846$21,049
Lesotho   $310,011   
Lithuania$4,308,744$4,751,539$5,582,782$6,522,503$4,855,116$10,415,304$13,153,485
Luxembourg$712,757$872,663$780,387$960,607$1,346,089$861,362$1,177,182
Macau$22,227$125$501$341$263  
Macedonia$695,213$775,786$939,341$1,281,736$1,697,101 $2,389,238
Madagascar$129,242$96,651$107,118$133,530$106,975$62,019 
Malawi$115,990$84,387$139,523$146,538$142,847$417,809$259,693
Malaysia$2,893,982$4,505,723$6,691,445$10,294,706$8,268,128$11,180,241$10,953,077
Mali$731$15,829 $13,263 $607,257 
Malta$295,081$305,167$242,531$365,222$207,134$278,294 
Mauritania $293  $23,335 $8,671
Mauritius$288,544$160,987$448,874$216,824$350,280$344,498$412,916
Mayotte$27,412$38,647$44,524$106,557$58,096  
Mexico$40,565,890$91,243,958$59,191,974$60,848,109$76,430,648$80,071,272$83,888,004
Moldova$1,741,793$1,242,790$1,911,754$2,412,331$2,119,499$2,525,345$2,033,870
Mongolia$47,788$119,285$147,554    
Montenegro $203,498$393,683$423,695$504,657$423,187$494,891
Montserrat   $51$29,886  
Morocco$2,442,214$1,748,781$1,586,167$1,633,998$636,722$447,648 
Mozambique$73,040$40,102$15,110$194,759$162,377$36,978$152,000
Namibia$636,330$1,083,852$984,579$1,563,042   
Nepal    $11,269$49,938 
Netherlands$26,081,706$19,907,304$23,442,689$26,387,201$26,944,767$19,162,664 
Netherlands Antilles$54,132$6,691$73,791$26,401   
New Caledonia$134,477$183,675$133,317$169,154$235,790$251,009$302,103
New Zealand$7,448,263$6,218,653$8,283,926$7,982,949$8,408,456$8,976,513$11,243,676
Nicaragua$436,360$364,812$328,076$264,304$375,962$359,002$404,645
Niger$83,874$560$507$86$22,021$270,665$9,589
Nigeria $833,489$1,616,736$1,163,032$3,930,001$2,378,058 
Norway$5,105,086$4,877,655$5,109,686$4,693,744$5,405,229$5,006,791$5,461,485
Oman$123,178$116,195$486,307$294,632$789,946$601,377 
Pakistan$2,732$19,475$26,742$75,345$139,178$25,292$162,280
Panama$1,219,945$1,679,989$1,984,002$3,086,471$3,431,364$4,375,420$3,989,148
Paraguay$959,675$1,157,510$957,904$1,840,656$1,453,291$2,040,261$2,655,188
Peru$1,714,423$1,237,061$1,304,418$1,852,555$1,215,200$1,541,866$1,582,856
Philippines$11,670,109$11,313,221$13,532,187$16,187,270$11,769,033$12,918,362$12,382,401
Poland$27,808,593$33,582,484$44,272,518$48,792,572$56,106,593$55,539,941$56,314,340
Portugal$5,786,553$6,694,977$8,813,775$10,218,314$10,802,595$9,975,324$11,831,413
Qatar$252,918$163,333$2,215,571$1,449,689 $1,758,057 
Romania$20,606,615$21,059,102$25,365,719$28,824,323$24,312,525$24,476,181$25,193,593
Russia$13,274,492$15,566,553$28,906,769$70,503,786$88,699,264$110,360,195$116,050,331
Rwanda$4,606$28,130$67,975$73,373$7,190 $103
Saint Kitts and Nevis$2,246$12,633$1,002$1,373   
Saint Lucia $833$3,743$10,151   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $1,580 $855$33  
Samoa$146,198$74,750$133,829$152,399$106,114$59,897$49,945
Sao Tome and Principe  $790$1,325$2,682$421 
Saudi Arabia$1,482,362$994,952$961,833  $1,865,602 
Senegal$88,792$227,173$1,013,050$48,549$45,516$68,116$50,800
Serbia$3,024,759$3,264,061$4,656,854$5,365,158$3,726,385$3,542,107$13,806,445
Seychelles$191,879$166,450$231,420$244,445   
Singapore$1,592,185$1,384,891$1,875,219$2,306,528$2,127,905$1,925,908$2,465,683
Slovakia$5,541,850$7,023,472$6,397,216$8,846,959$16,532,812$10,500,552$12,256,898
Slovenia$3,812,777$4,590,373$5,595,135$5,754,895$5,433,960$5,002,987$5,381,068
South Africa$9,738,234$11,366,843$11,847,368$15,333,948$15,716,883$18,270,349$20,842,850
Spain$18,311,396$19,329,841$28,419,739$33,580,795$21,501,109$18,402,681 
Sri Lanka$793,863$834,034$855,047$1,358,022$1,095,067$1,677,592$1,351,271
Sudan$221,503$147,394$217,912$468,789$362,679  
Suriname$17,015$4,662$12,270$15,116$46,201$43,793$12,817
Swaziland$683,942$294,470$316,392    
Sweden$9,229,985$11,933,169$11,456,943$11,119,535$10,349,517$13,830,512$14,863,212
Switzerland$5,412,647$5,223,591$5,948,972$8,957,500$8,358,936$7,165,542$7,230,094
Tanzania$11,371$56,320$13,144$45,098$90,594$95,239$238,412
Thailand$13,301,726$18,910,609$17,964,422$27,953,812$27,231,350$32,227,779$42,477,180
Togo$1,491 $77,510   $275
Tonga   $188,744$51,829$30,134 
Trinidad and Tobago$275,646$66,913$396,787$813,510$505,986$587,373 
Tunisia$1,269,393$1,078,836$2,019,323$2,013,925$1,852,209$2,457,110 
Turkey$8,696,933$12,917,549$11,802,439$15,323,631$15,547,195$16,865,627$16,862,082
Tuvalu$6  $90   
Uganda$18,967$105,236$34,518$55,202$65,343$82,393 
Ukraine$7,014,576$8,856,978$14,572,871$20,975,430$19,072,101$25,610,393$26,727,372
United Arab Emirates$932,792 $2,971,345$2,455,329   
United Kingdom$28,297,192$27,401,738$25,374,334$21,427,209$16,086,927$17,251,316$19,393,587
United States$79,491,854$77,974,213$57,372,194$62,917,849$63,361,765$57,772,735$58,074,835
Uruguay$1,473,633$1,277,719$1,849,835$1,910,097$1,566,963  
Vanuatu $18,661$43,048    
Venezuela$5,352,026$6,868,416$7,208,313$10,073,760$15,836,148$18,079,923$10,924,559
Vietnam$391,896$902,533$352,616$1,086,724$656,055$2,518,590 
Wallis and Futuna$34,856$59,786     
Yemen$37,823$47,764$235,060$52,624$22,520$35,889$35,548
Zambia$232,041$193,795$243,876$125,616$149,894$198,010 
Zimbabwe$26,651$211,852$109,709$25,224$266,675$471,649