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Imports by country, customs basis, not seasonally adjusted
  October January to October Variation
2008 2009 2008 2009 January to October  2009/2008
  millions of dollars
North America  
Canada 338.0 353.0 3,142.9 2,719.5 -13.5
Greenland 0.1 0.0 25.7 17.0 -33.8
Mexico 1,809.2 1,415.2 14,375.3 13,219.6 -8.0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 -55.8
United States 21,252.4 16,127.9 191,344.6 155,656.7 -18.7
Total 23,399.7 17,896.2 208,889.0 171,613.0 -17.8
Western Europe  
Andorra 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -28.7
Austria 143.5 124.9 1,288.8 958.1 -25.7
Belgium 209.1 109.5 1,883.7 1,176.2 -37.6
Denmark 129.0 67.7 1,411.8 1,154.0 -18.3
Faeroe Islands 0.2 0.4 1.2 1.7 47.4
Finland 73.2 94.9 700.9 751.6 7.2
France 531.8 429.9 4,883.8 4,799.0 -1.7
Germany 1,140.0 938.3 10,628.0 8,948.0 -15.8
Gibraltar 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -98.0
Greece 10.5 12.4 111.6 114.4 2.6
Iceland 2.0 2.5 29.1 26.5 -9.1
Italy 442.3 359.7 4,255.3 3,711.4 -12.8
Luxembourg 5.3 48.3 87.9 125.0 42.2
Malta 1.6 1.6 18.8 17.3 -8.3
Netherlands 181.2 140.2 1,869.2 1,595.4 -14.7
Norway 620.3 323.1 5,498.6 2,857.1 -48.0
Portugal 32.9 53.3 379.2 274.8 -27.5
Republic of Ireland (Eire) 184.4 213.2 1,728.1 1,843.6 6.7
Spain 114.8 113.6 1,415.5 1,120.2 -20.9
Sweden 169.4 157.8 1,951.7 1,515.3 -22.4
Switzerland 224.5 240.9 2,178.0 2,866.8 31.6
United Kingdom 1,376.3 905.0 10,664.2 7,672.9 -28.0
Total 5,592.6 4,337.1 50,985.6 41,529.4 -18.5
Other Europe  
Albania 0.4 0.3 2.5 3.2 25.6
Armenia 1.9 2.6 5.3 27.9 428.9
Azerbaijan 111.7 0.4 1,168.2 911.8 -21.9
Belarus 0.9 6.6 32.9 34.4 4.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4 1.2 4.9 7.5 53.8
Bulgaria 6.5 5.1 98.8 108.2 9.4
Croatia 6.1 2.3 45.9 21.7 -52.6
Czech Republic 34.1 18.2 289.8 231.6 -20.1
Estonia 3.2 1.6 36.0 46.1 28.0
Georgia 9.3 11.1 107.2 112.3 4.7
Hungary 36.8 19.5 326.4 297.3 -8.9
Kazakhstan 13.0 0.1 66.5 122.4 84.1
Kyrgyzstan 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.4 -56.8
Latvia 1.1 0.6 30.1 15.5 -48.4
Lithuania 4.2 2.2 325.7 112.0 -65.6
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) 0.3 0.9 6.9 7.6 9.8
Montenegro 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3 -58.0
Poland 70.7 59.4 697.7 640.5 -8.2
Republic of Moldova 0.4 0.1 2.1 1.6 -23.1
Romania 11.5 9.0 124.6 104.0 -16.5
Russian Federation 128.8 361.6 1,786.5 2,470.4 38.3
Serbia 1.0 0.7 10.3 9.1 -11.5
Slovakia 14.9 21.8 156.0 137.1 -12.1
Slovenia 6.0 10.4 65.5 62.6 -4.4
Tajikistan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -89.9
Turkmenistan 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.4 -57.7
Ukraine 22.1 3.4 158.7 75.8 -52.3
Uzbekistan 0.0 0.0 0.9 11.8 ...
Total 485.4 539.4 5,552.0 5,573.6 0.4
Middle East  
Bahrain 0.2 0.3 3.4 4.3 27.2
Cyprus 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.2 -7.5
Egypt 6.3 15.6 82.5 80.9 -2.0
Eritrea 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 267.5
Ethiopia 1.1 0.9 10.2 14.3 40.1
Iran 7.8 1.7 36.3 20.8 -42.8
Iraq 187.1 101.3 1,940.5 1,070.7 -44.8
Israel 90.6 70.1 1,024.1 765.6 -25.2
Jordan 1.0 1.3 12.2 13.6 11.6
Kuwait 0.0 0.0 7.6 37.3 388.4
Lebanon 1.6 1.4 13.2 12.4 -5.7
Libya 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 ...
Oman 0.8 0.2 3.4 5.3 58.7
Qatar 0.1 0.2 0.5 13.0 ...
Saudi Arabia 341.2 149.0 2,058.5 1,286.6 -37.5
Somalia 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -28.1
Sudan 5.3 6.8 57.7 55.4 -4.0
Syria 0.6 0.5 54.9 4.7 -91.4
Turkey 65.6 57.3 475.4 540.2 13.6
United Arab Emirates 3.6 2.7 323.3 191.0 -40.9
Yemen 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 -3.0
Total 713.0 409.3 6,106.6 4,119.0 -32.5
Other Africa  
Algeria 794.7 284.4 7,041.9 2,900.7 -58.8
Angola 459.0 152.1 2,229.7 1,163.1 -47.8
Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 213.0
Benin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -91.5
Botswana 0.1 0.0 12.2 21.7 78.2
Bouvet Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -15.1
Burkina Faso 0.0 3.1 0.1 8.1 ...
Burundi 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 -69.9
Cameroon 0.4 0.4 3.9 3.9 -1.6
Cape Verde 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -62.0
Central African Republic 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -1.8
Chad 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 -26.7
Comoros 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -52.4
Congo 0.1 0.1 2.1 1.9 -9.0
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.5 -24.3
Djibouti 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 305.6
Equatorial Guinea 0.0 0.0 81.1 347.9 328.9
French Southern Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -99.2
Gabon 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.6 69.5
Gambia 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 81.5
Ghana 6.1 1.7 27.9 20.9 -25.1
Guinea 5.9 2.6 54.3 54.0 -0.5
Guinea-Bissau 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ...
Ivory Coast 18.9 12.7 90.7 179.0 97.3
Kenya 1.8 1.1 12.5 14.3 14.3
Lesotho 0.7 1.0 5.9 7.2 21.4
Liberia 0.7 5.6 20.3 23.7 16.9
Madagascar 3.8 5.1 16.6 36.2 118.2
Malawi 0.2 1.3 2.2 2.8 30.2
Mali 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 -9.3
Mauritania 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.8 365.3
Mauritius 1.2 0.4 6.1 7.8 29.2
Morocco 23.7 11.8 90.2 81.5 -9.6
Mozambique 0.2 0.0 1.1 0.3 -74.6
Namibia 21.0 43.3 242.8 237.5 -2.2
Niger 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.7 23.3
Nigeria 67.9 5.0 722.3 318.3 -55.9
Rwanda 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3 -20.9
Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -80.5
Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -72.6
Senegal 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.8 -19.5
Seychelles 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.5 -62.9
Sierra Leone 0.0 2.5 1.0 3.8 298.5
South Africa 116.6 49.7 738.0 527.5 -28.5
Swaziland 0.3 0.1 2.1 1.7 -17.0
Togo 0.1 0.8 6.0 4.1 -31.3
Tunisia 3.7 3.8 35.8 39.0 9.0
Uganda 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.0 -1.0
United Republic of Tanzania 0.3 0.7 1.8 3.6 107.1
Western Sahara 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -86.3
Zambia 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 10.9
Zimbabwe 0.0 0.5 3.7 2.5 -33.8
Total 1,528.3 590.5 11,461.4 6,022.0 -47.5
Other Asia  
Afghanistan 0.1 0.1 1.1 1.1 -2.2
Bangladesh 64.7 60.9 548.9 715.9 30.4
Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -52.2
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -87.8
Brunei Darussalam 0.1 0.0 2.0 1.8 -7.7
Cambodia 24.3 25.4 223.4 248.2 11.1
China 4,382.4 3,533.3 34,761.8 33,003.6 -5.1
Hong Kong 40.2 34.7 384.0 306.7 -20.1
India 232.5 157.1 1,826.8 1,726.3 -5.5
Indonesia 110.2 77.3 892.2 839.9 -5.9
Japan 1,424.6 1,071.1 12,932.4 10,251.7 -20.7
Laos 0.4 0.2 4.6 5.9 28.2
Macao 2.5 1.1 25.5 21.1 -17.2
Malaysia 263.5 201.6 2,414.1 1,932.3 -20.0
Maldives 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 -70.6
Mongolia 16.1 17.8 152.4 108.9 -28.6
Myanmar 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 -92.0
Nepal 1.9 1.0 13.1 10.9 -16.2
North Korea 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 8.7
Pakistan 24.2 18.8 200.1 203.3 1.6
Philippines 75.9 78.0 687.4 602.6 -12.3
Singapore 93.8 68.6 1,006.6 967.2 -3.9
South Korea 603.2 547.4 5,036.2 4,954.6 -1.6
Sri Lanka 10.3 9.8 99.3 97.0 -2.3
Taiwan 357.9 269.8 3,262.7 2,795.1 -14.3
Thailand 239.0 192.6 2,022.8 1,879.0 -7.1
Timor-Leste 1.0 0.2 5.5 3.1 -42.8
Viet Nam 94.7 85.9 786.9 883.1 12.2
Total 8,063.4 6,452.8 67,291.0 61,559.7 -8.5
Oceania  
American Samoa 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 6.4
Australia 153.4 128.8 1,397.5 1,306.9 -6.5
Christmas Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7.1
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 162.1
Cook Islands 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -51.1
Fiji 0.5 0.6 7.4 5.8 -21.5
French Polynesia 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.6 -46.6
Guam 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.3 -66.0
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
Kiribati 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 509.9
Nauru 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 22.5
New Caledonia 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 23.3
New Zealand 34.2 34.1 412.0 389.5 -5.5
Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -51.7
Norfolk Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 102.2
Papua New Guinea 0.2 0.2 1.5 1.4 -9.5
Pitcairn 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -16.6
Samoa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -89.8
Solomon Islands 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -7.7
Tonga 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -80.5
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.3 0.4 4.7 4.1 -12.4
Vanuatu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 282.5
Wallis and Futuna 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ...
Total 189.4 164.2 1,826.0 1,709.9 -6.4
South America  
Argentina 59.1 72.0 452.0 585.3 29.5
Bolivia 4.1 4.9 60.2 66.2 10.1
Brazil 272.2 329.6 2,178.1 2,127.9 -2.3
Chile 130.8 74.3 1,619.9 1,352.1 -16.5
Colombia 44.4 92.0 519.8 639.2 23.0
Ecuador 13.6 13.0 145.2 195.1 34.4
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -58.3
Guyana 25.1 28.6 187.1 251.8 34.6
Paraguay 2.0 1.4 14.2 7.7 -46.2
Peru 248.6 262.0 2,073.9 2,296.4 10.7
Suriname 65.0 52.1 507.0 451.0 -11.1
Uruguay 1.6 1.6 28.6 50.1 75.3
Venezuela 98.8 48.7 1,264.9 895.0 -29.2
Total 965.2 980.1 9,050.9 8,918.0 -1.5
Central America Antilles  
Anguilla 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 61.7
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 0.0 5.3 0.4 -91.6
Aruba 0.2 0.1 120.4 53.5 -55.6
Bahamas 0.7 0.3 63.9 27.7 -56.7
Barbados 1.1 0.8 7.4 7.5 1.5
Belize 1.0 0.4 9.2 6.5 -29.0
Bermuda 0.2 0.3 1.6 11.3 592.4
British Virgin Islands 0.3 0.0 11.4 0.5 -95.4
Cayman Islands 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 501.3
Costa Rica 35.1 27.8 316.2 296.7 -6.2
Cuba 64.4 61.1 813.2 405.3 -50.2
Dominica 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 58.0
Dominican Republic 13.2 14.2 104.4 123.3 18.1
El Salvador 5.0 3.2 62.3 59.1 -5.1
Grenada 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.4 -38.5
Guatemala 17.1 23.8 220.5 232.6 5.5
Haiti 1.6 1.5 16.7 18.9 13.2
Honduras 12.4 11.8 130.3 120.2 -7.7
Jamaica 26.8 22.0 250.6 140.8 -43.8
Montserrat 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 -55.9
Netherlands Antilles 0.0 4.4 2.6 14.5 463.1
Nicaragua 6.9 4.6 87.6 70.9 -19.1
Panama 1.2 3.5 19.6 33.3 69.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5 0.6 4.3 5.4 26.1
Saint Lucia 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.2 ...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 37.1
Trinidad and Tobago 29.4 27.6 301.3 225.4 -25.2
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.3 -86.0
Total 217.3 208.4 2,552.3 1,858.6 -27.2
All countries 41,154.5 31,577.9 363,714.7 302,903.2 -16.7