List of countries by imports

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This is a list of countries by merchandise imports, based on The World Factbook of the CIA.^[1]

Rank	Country	Imports (millions of $)	Date of information
1	United States	$2,352,000	2017 est.
—	European Union (excluding intra-EU trade)	$1,895,000	2016 est.
2	China	$1,731,000	2017 est.
3	Germany	$1,104,000	2017 est.
4	Japan	$625,700	2017 est.
5	France	$624,900	2017 est.
6	United Kingdom	$602,500	2017 est.
7	Hong Kong	$558,600	2017 est.
8	South Korea	$457,500	2017 est.
9	Canada	$443,700	2017 est.
10	Netherlands	$435,400	2017 est.
11	India	$426,800	2017 est.
12	Italy	$426,700	2017 est.
13	Mexico	$417,300	2017 est.
14	Spain	$333,400	2017 est.
15	Singapore	$327,400	2017 est.
16	Belgium	$306,100	2017 est.
17	Switzerland	$286,700	2017 est.
18	Taiwan	$272,600	2017 est.
19	United Arab Emirates	$241,300	2017 est.
20	Poland	$221,800	2017 est.
21	Australia	$215,400	2017 est.
22	Russia	$212,700	2017 est.
23	Vietnam	$211,100	2017 est.
24	Turkey	$196,800	2017 est.
25	Thailand	$190,000	2017 est.
26	Austria	$168,300	2017 est.
27	Malaysia	$163,400	2017 est.
28	Sweden	$154,800	2017 est.
29	Brazil	$151,900	2017 est.
30	Indonesia	$149,900	2017 est.
31	Czech Republic	$147,400	2017 est.
32	Saudi Arabia	$136,800	2017 est.
33	Ireland	$96,030	2017 est.
34	Denmark	$94,610	2017 est.
35	Hungary	$93,280	2017 est.
36	Philippines	$92,840	2017 est.
37	South Africa	$80,220	2017 est.
38	Norway	$79,900	2017 est.
39	Romania	$78,120	2017 est.
40	Slovakia	$77,960	2017 est.
41	Portugal	$74,320	2017 est.
42	Iran	$70,530	2017 est.
43	Israel	$66,760	2017 est.
44	Finland	$62,100	2017 est.
45	Argentina	$60,780	2017 est.
46	Chile	$59,920	2017 est.
47	Egypt	$53,020	2017 est.
48	Greece	$50,230	2017 est.
49	Algeria	$49,990	2017 est.
—	Puerto Rico	$49,010	2017 est.
50	Pakistan	$48,510	2017 est.
51	Colombia	$46,860	2017 est.
52	Ukraine	$44,420	2017 est.
53	Morocco	$44,130	2017 est.
54	Bangladesh	$42,380	2017 est.
55	Peru	$38,800	2017 est.
56	New Zealand	$38,740	2017 est.
57	Iraq	$36,470	2017 est.
58	Bulgaria	$36,290	2017 est.
59	Nigeria	$35,240	2017 est.
60	Kazakhstan	$31,880	2017 est.
61	Lithuania	$30,390	2017 est.
62	Kuwait	$29,360	2017 est.
63	Slovenia	$28,700	2017 est.
64	Qatar	$26,690	2017 est.
65	Belarus	$26,200	2017 est.
66	Croatia	$24,570	2017 est.
67	Tunisia	$23,330	2017 est.
68	Angola	$23,000	2017 est.
69	Oman	$22,710	2017 est.
70	Luxembourg	$22,400	2017 est.
71	Panama	$21,220	2017 est.
72	Sri Lanka	$21,140	2017 est.
73	Serbia	$19,240	2017 est.
74	Ecuador	$19,030	2017 est.
75	Dominican Republic	$19,000	2017 est.
76	Jordan	$18,120	2017 est.
77	Lebanon	$18,050	2017 est.
78	Venezuela	$17,750	2017 est.
79	Guatemala	$17,480	2017 est.
80	Ethiopia	$16,760	2017 est.
81	Costa Rica	$15,550	2017 est.
82	Myanmar	$15,330	2017 est.
83	Estonia	$15,310	2017 est.
84	Kenya	$15,270	2017 est.
85	Latvia	$15,130	2017 est.
86	Cambodia	$14,340	2017 est.
—	Macau	$14,200	2014 est.
87	Bahrain	$13,960	2017 est.
88	Ghana	$12,680	2017 est.
89	Libya	$12,660	2017 est.
90	Uzbekistan	$11,440	2017 est.
91	Nepal	$11,030	2017 est.
92	Honduras	$10,870	2017 est.
93	Cuba	$10,840	2017 est.
94	El Salvador	$10,590	2017 est.
95	Paraguay	$10,370	2017 est.
96	Trinidad and Tobago	$10,190	2017 est.
97	Bolivia	$9,288	2017 est.
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$9,113	2017 est.
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$8,845	2017 est.
100	Côte d'Ivoire	$8,789	2017 est.
101	Uruguay	$8,740	2017 est.
102	Azerbaijan	$8,734	2017 est.
103	Sudan	$8,649	2017 est.
104	Tanzania	$8,610	2017 est.
105	Cyprus	$7,884	2017 est.
106	Georgia	$7,846	2017 est.
107	Afghanistan	$7,616	2017 est.
108	Zambia	$7,336	2017 est.
109	Namibia	$6,846	2017 est.
110	West Bank	$6,476	2017 est.
111	Macedonia	$6,446	2017 est.
112	Nicaragua	$6,426	2017 est.
113	Botswana	$5,998	2017 est.
114	Laos	$5,852	2017 est.
115	Jamaica	$5,820	2017 est.
116	Iceland	$5,674	2017 est.
117	Syria	$5,649	2017 est.
118	Zimbabwe	$5,605	2017 est.
119	Cameroon	$5,334	2017 est.
120	Senegal	$5,227	2017 est.
121	Malta	$5,191	2017 est.
122	Mozambique	$5,021	2017 est.
123	Moldova	$4,831	2017 est.
124	Turkmenistan	$4,801	2017 est.
125	Uganda	$4,592	2017 est.
126	Yemen	$4,573	2017 est.
127	Mauritius	$4,545	2017 est.
—	New Caledonia	$4,400	2014 est.
128	Mongolia	$4,335	2017 est.
129	Kyrgyzstan	$4,326	2017 est.
130	Albania	$4,084	2017 est.
131	Mali	$3,891	2017 est.
132	South Sudan	$3,795	2016 est.
133	North Korea	$3,752	2016 est.
134	Madagascar	$3,631	2017 est.
135	Haiti	$3,621	2017 est.
136	Republic of the Congo	$3,519	2017 est.
137	Somalia	$3,482	2014 est.
138	Armenia	$3,361	2017 est.
139	Brunei	$3,275	2017 est.
140	Gabon	$3,224	2017 est.
141	Kosovo	$3,223	2016 est.
142	Bahamas	$3,105	2017 est.
—	Gibraltar	$2,967	2004 est.
—	Guam	$2,964	2016 est.
143	Burkina Faso	$2,923	2017 est.
144	Tajikistan	$2,725	2017 est.
145	Montenegro	$2,618	2017 est.
146	Equatorial Guinea	$2,555	2017 est.
147	San Marino	$2,551	2011 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	$2,489	2016 est.
148	Guinea	$2,475	2017 est.
149	Benin	$2,448	2017 est.
150	Malawi	$2,388	2017 est.
—	French Polynesia	$2,235	2014 est.
151	Niger	$2,194	2017 est.
152	Maldives	$2,125	2016 est.
153	Chad	$2,124	2017 est.
154	Mauritania	$2,097	2017 est.
155	Liechtenstein	$2,090	2012 est.
156	Togo	$2,009	2017 est.
157	Rwanda	$2,007	2017 est.
158	Fiji	$1,918	2017 est.
159	Papua New Guinea	$1,878	2017 est.
160	Guyana	$1,776	2017 est.
161	Lesotho	$1,718	2017 est.
162	Suriname	$1,570	2017 est.
163	Sierra Leone	$1,564	2017 est.
164	Barbados	$1,515	2017 est.
165	Swaziland	$1,467	2017 est.
166	Monaco	$1,371	2017 est.
—	Curaçao	$1,285	2011 est.
167	Andorra	$1,257	2015 est.
168	Liberia	$1,247	2017 est.
169	Djibouti	$1,172	2017 est.
170	Aruba	$1,165	2017 est.
171	Eritrea	$1,127	2017 est.
172	Bhutan	$1,100	2017 est.
173	Seychelles	$1,044	2017 EST.
—	Bermuda	$979.5	2017 est.
—	Faroe Islands	$978.4	2016 est.
174	Belize	$944.4	2017 est.
—	Northern Mariana Islands	$893	2016 est.
—	Greenland	$783.5	2015 est.
175	Cape Verde	$724.8	2017 est.
—	American Samoa	$615	2016 est.
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	$591.3	2008 est.
—	Cayman Islands	$588.7	2017 est.
176	Timor-Leste	$558.6	2016 est.
177	Burundi	$442.1	2017 est.
178	Saint Lucia	$430.6	2017 est.
179	Antigua and Barbuda	$420.7	2017 est.
180	Central African Republic	$380.5	2017 est.
181	Samoa	$341.3	2014 est.
182	Tonga	$320.7	2017 est.
183	Gambia	$316.1	2017 est.
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$311.3	2017 est.
185	Grenada	$310.2	2017 est.
186	Solomon Islands	$267	2017 est.
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$264.4	2017 est.
188	Micronesia	$258.5	2013 est.
189	Vanuatu	$249.9	2017 est.
190	Guinea-Bissau	$241.2	2017 est.
—	British Virgin Islands	$200	2015 est.
191	Dominica	$198	2017 est.
192	Comoros	$194.8	2017 est.
193	Kiribati	$182.2	2013 est.
194	Palau	$179.3	2016 est.
195	Nauru	$143.1	2013 est.
196	Tuvalu	$136.5	2013 est.
197	Marshall Islands	$133.7	2013 est.
198	São Tomé and Príncipe	$127.7	2017 est.
—	Anguilla	$111.1	2017 est.
—	Cook Islands	$109.3	2011 est.
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	$95.35	2010 est.
—	Falkland Islands	$90	2004 est.
—	Wallis and Futuna	$61.17	2004 est.
—	Montserrat	$33.67	2017 est.
—	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	$20.53	2010 est.
—	Niue	$9.038	2004 est.
—	Tokelau	$0.969	2002 est.

Graph

Imports by country in 2015 ($Billions)^[2]

Country	Imports
USA	2,308
China	1,682
Germany	1,050
Japan	648
United Kingdom	625
France	573
Hong Kong	560
Netherlands	506
South Korea	436
Canada	436
Italy	409
Mexico	405
India	392
Belgium	375
Spain	309
Singapore	297
Switzerland	252
Taiwan	237
United Arab Emirates	230
Australia	208
Saudi Arabia	157

See also

• List of countries by exports
• Comparison of imports vs exports of the United States

Sources

• The World Trade Organization, accessed 12 April 2012, INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS
• The World Factbook, accessed 19 September 2008, Rank Order - Imports

References