RankCountryImports of Sanitary towels & tampons, napkins & napkin liners for babies & sim. sanita ... in USD (2010)
1United States$960,392,854
2Russia$668,387,630
3France$630,857,884
4Germany$540,670,291
5United Kingdom$476,456,966
6Canada$469,883,651
7Belgium$336,654,406
8Spain$257,681,791
9Ukraine$253,367,414
10Czech Republic$214,282,177
11Sweden$214,221,073
12Netherlands$204,501,182
13Poland$190,792,273
14Italy$190,426,565
15Australia$171,447,690
16Switzerland$165,966,477
17Greece$165,502,113
18Portugal$159,732,777
19China$157,036,164
20Venezuela$130,422,947
21Korea, South$130,205,082
22Indonesia$126,184,658
23Norway$122,391,624
24Romania$116,500,105
25Hong Kong$113,514,346
26Austria$109,985,093
27Chile$107,696,803
28Hungary$100,580,000
29South Africa$98,931,492
30Malaysia$98,311,381
31Denmark$85,035,893
32Japan$82,015,121
33India$77,892,451
34Ireland$74,580,081
35Slovakia$71,801,302
36Philippines$71,278,840
37Israel$68,997,000
38Singapore$66,524,169
39New Zealand$66,250,320
40Croatia$66,069,454
41Finland$65,574,733
42Thailand$62,248,151
43Serbia$62,187,630
44Saudi Arabia$57,705,139
45Morocco$57,255,006
46Pakistan$56,021,554
47Dominican Republic$52,200,602
48Peru$51,827,622
49Kenya$49,336,301
50Turkey$48,978,854
51Belarus$48,374,800
52Oman$47,830,730
53Guatemala$47,727,113
54Vietnam$42,155,570
55Mexico$41,356,320
56Yemen$41,304,091
57Slovenia$40,644,598
58Bolivia$38,343,726
59Bulgaria$38,190,881
60Jordan$36,713,442
61Lebanon$36,291,949
62Egypt$36,064,599
63Argentina$35,150,161
64Lithuania$35,016,105
65Ecuador$34,862,614
66Syria$33,963,537
67Paraguay$33,176,011
68Brazil$32,403,422
69Georgia$30,859,340
70Panama$30,848,317
71Algeria$29,464,681
72Azerbaijan$27,585,764
73El Salvador$26,050,845
74Bosnia and Herzegovina$25,612,651
75Qatar$25,115,860
76Iran$23,912,322
77Cyprus$22,718,318
78Costa Rica$21,455,235
79Latvia$19,483,413
80Ghana$18,675,598
81Moldova$18,471,244
82Nigeria$17,911,049
83Jamaica$17,845,814
84Nicaragua$16,416,842
85Macau$14,735,788
86Albania$13,362,636
87Uganda$12,158,666
88Estonia$11,980,986
89Armenia$11,785,259
90Bahrain$11,616,317
91Luxembourg$11,332,050
92Botswana$10,988,253
93Trinidad and Tobago$10,736,236
94Colombia$10,597,589
95Tanzania$9,237,461
96Kyrgyzstan$8,835,761
97Montenegro$8,580,898
98Bahamas, The$8,436,427
99Zimbabwe$7,916,260
100Guyana$7,796,871
101New Caledonia$7,115,606
102Malta$7,113,814
103French Polynesia$6,924,269
104Iceland$6,581,267
105Fiji$6,552,026
106Barbados$6,322,693
107Mauritius$5,956,164
108Suriname$5,135,524
109Senegal$4,848,237
110Cote d'Ivoire$4,276,133
111Ethiopia$4,104,695
112Sri Lanka$4,043,651
113Mozambique$4,014,522
114Tunisia$4,004,950
115Maldives$3,953,629
116Cameroon$3,624,969
117Zambia$3,569,930
118Cambodia$3,460,668
119Aruba$3,318,830
120Mali$3,239,922
121Madagascar$3,136,235
122Belize$3,028,949
123Cape Verde$2,378,159
124Mauritania$2,140,242
125Samoa$2,085,314
126Antigua and Barbuda$1,779,537
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,546,573
128Tonga$1,332,961
129Bermuda$1,314,653
130Malawi$1,293,427
131Nepal$1,027,838
132Dominica$733,014
133Benin$653,156
134Burkina Faso$603,604
135Bhutan$373,415
136Niger$314,164
137Burundi$300,158
138Togo$289,735
139Gambia, The$216,177
140Sao Tome and Principe$50,274
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$224,334$3,563,962$9,066,622$11,340,674$12,897,825$13,362,636$14,797,675
Algeria$27,309,226$23,783,863$33,519,122$42,769,871$22,394,432$29,464,681$25,877,351
Anguilla $339,996$341,466$298,088   
Antigua and Barbuda$1,186,619$1,443,131$1,492,545 $1,918,942$1,779,537$1,190,202
Argentina$22,471,981$25,028,063$20,538,882$27,703,898$28,383,406$35,150,161$49,821,229
Armenia$2,423,511$3,600,686$6,540,724$12,843,773$11,248,593$11,785,259$13,758,547
Aruba    $3,285,654$3,318,830$3,237,115
Australia$86,876,653$90,800,756$126,919,986$157,380,864$158,968,380$171,447,690$132,823,655
Austria$95,358,563$94,808,554$112,413,653$118,904,832$98,116,108$109,985,093 
Azerbaijan$5,098,681$9,768,612$14,205,418$24,131,671$27,023,318$27,585,764$27,819,656
Bahamas, The$6,686,666$7,543,288$8,138,902$8,724,528$8,400,251$8,436,427$8,491,930
Bahrain$10,302,219$11,278,460$11,543,701$17,337,364$13,182,652$11,616,317$17,375,768
Bangladesh$1,100,178$1,122,464$1,511,266    
Barbados$4,784,512$4,508,912$4,599,777$5,723,113$5,785,789$6,322,693$5,889,395
Belarus$26,360,000$31,643,000$39,540,800$58,884,200$49,321,100$48,374,800$48,926,500
Belgium$301,265,171$306,106,441$347,159,387$418,271,069$361,223,875$336,654,406$409,917,468
Belize$2,681,482$2,801,226$3,182,338$3,828,709$3,632,919$3,028,949 
Benin$379,350$179,452   $653,156 
Bermuda     $1,314,653 
Bhutan$109,325$139,561$176,276$159,581$148,955$373,415 
Bolivia$13,518,938$19,031,263$18,965,576$36,176,236$23,337,357$38,343,726$43,859,397
Bosnia and Herzegovina$27,530,397$23,258,740$24,544,665$27,196,123$24,472,697$25,612,651$28,159,182
Botswana$3,839,882$5,596,631$7,065,496$6,814,585$9,531,062$10,988,253$12,339,465
Brazil$8,990,925$42,435,006$42,068,697$43,583,869$17,615,732$32,403,422$68,732,618
Brunei $6,248,305     
Bulgaria$22,750,077$27,287,750$37,099,601$60,439,556$42,151,611$38,190,881$41,969,109
Burkina Faso$251,047 $428,557$748,718$623,459$603,604 
Burundi$19,870$110,697$210,772$66,931$133,630$300,158 
Cambodia$1,198,311$1,256,280$1,712,153$2,224,979$3,439,085$3,460,668 
Cameroon$1,005,212$1,201,708$2,304,764$2,462,416$2,660,105$3,624,969 
Canada$369,037,066$393,924,228$393,360,435$456,505,452$444,964,009$469,883,651$466,351,955
Cape Verde$1,620,827$2,004,852$1,925,479$2,548,225$2,655,854$2,378,159$2,950,983
Central African Republic$13,957 $34,285$21,114$19,738  
Chile$55,895,035$64,883,887$85,540,494$106,055,020$89,246,000$107,696,803$133,340,547
China$47,557,687$45,630,148$49,487,966$85,270,476$96,728,210$157,036,164$182,934,727
Colombia$8,718,026$8,470,634$9,855,618$18,788,955$8,528,330$10,597,589$20,489,748
Comoros$265,238$318,751$510,909    
Cook Islands$411,586 $349,603    
Costa Rica$8,406,563$16,558,222$19,256,762$20,878,090$17,548,162$21,455,235$29,556,251
Cote d'Ivoire$1,732,777$1,989,624$2,892,415$3,625,645$3,732,046$4,276,133$4,758,619
Croatia$56,124,031$61,623,780$67,949,366$72,267,591$70,467,062$66,069,454$66,102,272
Cuba$5,104,768$4,401,032     
Cyprus$15,355,663$16,244,605$20,608,863$21,505,425$20,332,441$22,718,318$18,497,857
Czech Republic$89,431,091$117,594,885$170,266,417$195,339,217$200,965,187$214,282,177$250,029,424
Denmark$82,234,270$84,184,837$90,247,611$96,639,705$85,445,180$85,035,893$93,558,006
Djibouti    $841,773  
Dominica$558,904$936,367$530,952$653,617$830,553$733,014 
Dominican Republic$32,393,154$30,397,291$46,150,193$52,257,263$47,455,344$52,200,602$66,556,091
East Timor$39,799      
Ecuador$27,913,921$37,753,792$39,390,669$58,757,931$40,452,662$34,862,614$46,757,115
Egypt$6,032,687$7,131,934$11,300,047$14,035,714$28,784,543$36,064,599$63,632,014
El Salvador$15,429,182$20,896,845$20,056,825$24,848,733$22,584,820$26,050,845 
Estonia$10,799,322$11,195,231$13,393,354$15,468,075$14,054,495$11,980,986$12,984,506
Ethiopia$1,342,991$1,300,011$2,223,697$3,156,657$3,332,164$4,104,695$5,553,718
Faroe Islands$1,739,755$1,463,777$1,867,220$2,006,042$1,932,903  
Fiji$3,765,027$5,223,313$5,010,728$6,447,348$5,082,508$6,552,026 
Finland$60,958,933$61,933,461$67,834,379$72,808,752$65,297,824$65,574,733$85,163,749
France$634,356,490$653,350,654$820,200,478$828,167,743$735,429,730$630,857,884$726,830,637
French Polynesia$6,569,979$6,634,664$7,089,050$8,301,394$8,852,798$6,924,269$7,425,234
Gabon$1,958,588$2,608,945$2,481,353$2,693,589$2,428,032  
Gambia, The$59,172$95,915$67,302$148,428$281,098$216,177$376,628
Georgia$13,079,771$17,738,607$20,259,573$27,223,263$25,766,491$30,859,340 
Germany$528,944,000$506,530,000$673,180,000$566,044,000$539,449,000$540,670,291$653,700,515
Ghana$2,238,910$5,351,952$14,673,084$23,102,611$12,854,667$18,675,598$29,413,509
Greece$156,975,863$157,215,426$165,544,619$176,442,807$184,780,081$165,502,113$161,344,182
Greenland$2,209,442$1,813,235$1,469,793    
Grenada$942,133$1,060,085$1,241,065$1,536,403$1,307,124  
Guatemala$30,349,455$14,892,144$34,922,262$40,658,561$40,601,825$47,727,113$53,242,751
Guinea$169,154$91,300$127,736$455,520   
Guinea-Bissau$24,910      
Guyana$3,805,549$4,008,686$5,226,812$4,976,538$5,006,111$7,796,871$6,924,815
Honduras$16,111,787$7,013,546$21,565,442 $27,349,237  
Hong Kong$61,681,606$76,113,685$66,861,151$85,079,625$92,937,934$113,514,346$141,725,711
Hungary$90,387,000$105,058,000$113,176,000$129,696,000$116,644,000$100,580,000$120,536,000
Iceland$7,007,055$6,657,478$8,980,708$8,786,623$7,819,293$6,581,267$7,195,676
India$16,484,320$18,906,524$31,523,249$53,333,795$50,289,577$77,892,451$102,625,016
Indonesia$52,445,668$67,149,886$79,592,255$102,862,616$108,835,550$126,184,658$147,620,874
Iran$1,874,158$98,101   $23,912,322 
Ireland$49,273,754$76,464,902$100,205,918$126,706,238$94,193,050$74,580,081$88,492,399
Israel$27,084,000$41,478,000$58,298,000$70,660,000$61,240,000$68,997,000$79,280,000
Italy$171,284,548$170,799,029$187,747,070$195,324,681$182,775,362$190,426,565$239,753,734
Jamaica$12,673,551$12,038,880$16,048,974$15,834,074$18,231,012$17,845,814 
Japan$80,693,433$74,056,319$76,022,434$78,523,009$79,865,130$82,015,121$91,128,382
Jordan$14,098,132$16,435,321$21,936,936$30,892,566$33,403,623$36,713,442$39,912,417
Kazakhstan$35,706,337$50,371,565$66,939,571$98,026,041$78,321,911  
Kenya$8,486,766$14,571,946$22,737,790$36,339,002$34,601,289$49,336,301 
Kiribati$271,349   $227  
Korea, South$45,964,290$62,334,740$84,492,714$90,469,186$86,514,474$130,205,082$148,918,623
Kuwait $43,270,038$43,135,209$44,139,468   
Kyrgyzstan$2,407,701$4,116,459$5,265,109$7,106,822$7,989,442$8,835,761$12,624,875
Latvia$12,627,196$15,582,202$20,065,664$25,084,711$18,031,038$19,483,413$25,712,120
Lebanon$27,353,000$25,506,105$27,434,933$30,097,715$31,589,881$36,291,949$35,008,519
Lesotho   $593,611   
Lithuania$25,940,869$27,363,855$29,274,614$38,527,163$34,916,539$35,016,105$43,966,812
Luxembourg$8,854,098$10,083,516$10,427,859$12,052,020$11,686,797$11,332,050$12,421,047
Macau$6,301,633$6,765,920$9,480,241$11,137,431$12,319,170$14,735,788$17,620,646
Macedonia$8,313,369$9,810,439$11,803,393$16,056,026$15,926,765 $19,773,049
Madagascar$1,337,269$1,958,854$2,626,714$3,580,972$3,034,411$3,136,235 
Malawi$169,605$239,512$411,378$514,402$1,583,418$1,293,427$1,150,593
Malaysia$63,854,260$75,797,070$74,148,179$86,473,652$83,726,383$98,311,381$101,819,226
Maldives$1,664,932$1,823,786$2,374,508$2,559,058$3,259,745$3,953,629$3,591,575
Mali$222,762$501,744$516,917$1,107,604 $3,239,922 
Malta$6,579,057$6,865,800$7,549,862$8,232,913$8,359,355$7,113,814 
Mauritania$338,031$1,471,485$1,780,920$1,834,354$1,753,074$2,140,242$3,012,144
Mauritius$4,649,761$4,514,766$4,210,164$5,509,372$4,986,719$5,956,164$7,034,539
Mayotte$2,396,265$2,514,051$3,259,581$3,304,356$3,428,436  
Mexico$45,500,354$53,908,868$45,089,627$33,545,423$34,903,921$41,356,320$45,958,016
Moldova$8,147,282$8,817,463$11,537,328$17,183,423$13,553,396$18,471,244$27,674,512
Mongolia$3,102,407$4,638,514$6,554,628    
Montenegro $6,030,758$7,680,474$8,598,421$8,898,899$8,580,898$8,630,792
Montserrat$106,142$82,962$83,469$109,416$103,155  
Morocco$11,315,322$13,639,646$19,004,047$28,507,240$40,151,318$57,255,006 
Mozambique$1,513,621$1,727,884$1,475,208$2,445,922$3,339,931$4,014,522$3,712,000
Namibia$3,573,419$4,934,647$5,739,488$5,944,340   
Nepal    $605,914$1,027,838 
Netherlands$171,752,634$179,195,884$201,910,452$177,295,820$196,311,676$204,501,182 
Netherlands Antilles$4,128,171$3,849,860$4,270,002$4,580,105   
New Caledonia$5,178,771$5,358,570$6,117,236$7,564,335$7,783,300$7,115,606$7,281,981
New Zealand$49,968,150$45,107,937$56,540,405$64,838,750$57,071,203$66,250,320$74,118,451
Nicaragua$6,996,420$10,635,409$13,031,306$13,491,878$14,383,569$16,416,842$21,765,362
Niger$132,722$114,751$175,411$215,271$165,295$314,164$324,666
Nigeria $568,132$10,981,743$1,671,755$25,150,082$17,911,049 
Norway$92,963,233$95,629,513$109,039,307$118,902,855$111,009,842$122,391,624$124,502,873
Oman$30,384,543$33,186,054$38,590,392$46,376,598$47,981,785$47,830,730 
Pakistan$29,904,870$33,410,084$52,040,015$60,104,693$47,008,856$56,021,554$74,446,079
Panama$15,403,952$18,185,887$20,602,539$26,526,291$28,419,149$30,848,317$38,141,661
Paraguay$16,116,500$17,684,455$20,920,742$26,937,455$29,034,285$33,176,011$45,912,509
Peru$25,719,718$29,418,899$31,607,337$46,225,585$45,753,716$51,827,622$55,755,562
Philippines$56,246,683$59,197,272$43,247,267$53,010,431$72,155,382$71,278,840$93,702,769
Poland$103,398,368$113,476,906$149,107,570$173,466,011$172,826,268$190,792,273$238,682,377
Portugal$126,066,816$137,420,653$163,858,378$177,253,582$164,102,390$159,732,777$172,653,217
Qatar$12,637,953$15,048,204$13,576,985$18,264,720 $25,115,860 
Romania$72,518,674$82,824,283$97,119,014$118,179,552$107,884,052$116,500,105$118,356,809
Russia$333,738,666$425,200,339$540,711,055$661,423,928$654,286,764$668,387,630$755,679,351
Rwanda$176,403$350,507$534,859$626,292$1,525,853 $1,431,099
Saint Kitts and Nevis$554,712$675,822$681,116$700,196   
Saint Lucia$1,762,819$1,984,072$1,767,395$2,361,869   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$863,772$1,059,876$954,507$1,338,838$1,432,171$1,546,573 
Samoa$1,618,212$1,702,284$1,976,105$2,067,411$1,910,640$2,085,314$2,459,784
Sao Tome and Principe$2,417$39,784$45,000$41,305$50,902$50,274 
Saudi Arabia$28,647,906$33,742,304$48,359,546$42,932,320$31,933,388$57,705,139 
Senegal$2,194,959$2,196,941$4,146,882$6,137,717$5,122,344$4,848,237$7,259,288
Serbia$41,681,811$46,851,170$56,535,816$68,038,301$62,315,777$62,187,630$70,192,333
Seychelles$1,100$469$87$1,032,508   
Singapore$39,836,489$48,050,798$53,919,524$64,608,656$61,087,538$66,524,169$74,362,464
Slovakia$53,428,928$52,919,378$64,768,729$90,957,007$75,468,580$71,801,302$72,190,645
Slovenia$25,676,128$30,985,165$33,594,912$38,792,857$37,939,744$40,644,598$46,478,452
South Africa$53,934,011$105,231,876$125,404,044$153,637,829$113,603,226$98,931,492$122,950,261
Spain$199,032,810$197,974,598$221,911,281$256,167,343$245,394,532$257,681,791 
Sri Lanka$1,004,524$1,166,796$1,142,632$2,685,990$2,602,828$4,043,651$4,997,450
Sudan$472,905$672,882$504,342$2,249,791$2,661,666  
Suriname$3,836,048$3,756,900$3,845,942$4,926,389$4,664,259$5,135,524$5,488,858
Swaziland$1,888,353$1,673,846$1,797,554    
Sweden$171,263,464$125,190,134$131,951,537$118,374,112$200,031,650$214,221,073$232,373,705
Switzerland$92,544,967$105,025,912$113,203,995$118,985,301$152,979,389$165,966,477$180,079,824
Syria$16,345,562$19,756,460$30,761,527$28,366,411 $33,963,537 
Tanzania$267,204$1,167,988$5,317,379$8,284,585$4,062,957$9,237,461$13,275,582
Thailand$33,861,736$43,203,126$42,569,909$49,999,631$52,913,413$62,248,151$76,435,647
Togo$116,509 $191,696  $289,735$871,429
Tonga$1,175,091$1,081,421$1,131,467$1,190,049$1,219,070$1,332,961 
Trinidad and Tobago$4,656,143$5,810,554$7,958,309$10,743,910$9,456,151$10,736,236 
Tunisia$1,350,393$3,268,040$2,619,856$3,737,120$4,361,298$4,004,950 
Turkey$14,415,872$21,261,565$22,294,590$26,895,545$53,582,683$48,978,854$57,317,672
Tuvalu$18,739$13,026 $14,960   
Uganda$1,955,033$3,014,314$5,821,881$9,807,401$14,571,808$12,158,666 
Ukraine$95,146,531$124,733,706$159,860,226$270,776,840$226,081,684$253,367,414$260,704,974
United Arab Emirates$47,477,172 $59,181,382$84,270,863   
United Kingdom$471,647,996$483,552,899$513,509,194$550,889,883$519,543,609$476,456,966$578,546,594
United States$886,200,041$926,390,443$926,666,293$920,947,646$884,454,363$960,392,854$970,478,191
Uruguay$7,093,363$8,020,171$9,198,384$12,631,728$13,993,771  
Vanuatu $545,340$599,883    
Venezuela$54,507,150$62,158,484$94,225,639$206,480,687$222,366,215$130,422,947$237,396,600
Vietnam$9,176,120$12,084,677$16,762,272$30,048,316$40,268,353$42,155,570 
Wallis and Futuna$210,434$232,809     
Yemen$7,607,069$8,933,103$12,511,867$10,524,811$6,269,500$41,304,091$23,838,729
Zambia$445,868$874,498$972,674$1,980,505$3,100,931$3,569,930 
Zimbabwe$193,198$641,680$694,024$896,811$3,749,554$7,916,260