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Imports by country, customs basis, not seasonally adjusted

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Imports by country, customs basis, not seasonally adjusted
  August January to August Change
2009 2010 2009 2010 January to August 2010/ January to August 2009
  millions of dollars percent
North America  
Canada 224.3 300.4 2,084.5 2,672.8 28.2
Greenland 0.0 0.1 17.0 0.4 -97.8
Mexico 1,664.5 1,866.7 10,356.1 14,004.6 35.2
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.8 415.3
United States 15,420.9 17,484.2 123,609.7 135,104.7 9.3
Total 17,309.7 19,651.8 136,067.5 151,783.2 11.5
Western Europe  
Andorra 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 221.1
Austria 92.3 117.3 738.6 797.1 7.9
Belgium 113.1 97.1 927.1 1,035.9 11.7
Denmark 167.3 164.0 935.2 1,355.8 45.0
Faeroe Islands 0.2 0.6 1.1 3.3 208.0
Finland 64.9 106.3 556.9 608.2 9.2
France 460.0 407.2 3,907.4 3,277.9 -16.1
Germany 735.8 919.8 7,188.6 7,418.6 3.2
Gibraltar 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 ...
Greece 9.7 13.0 92.8 94.6 1.9
Iceland 2.9 2.9 20.9 24.0 14.9
Italy 368.6 423.4 3,058.6 3,000.3 -1.9
Luxembourg 6.3 8.0 48.7 56.9 16.7
Malta 0.9 1.9 14.0 11.3 -19.2
Netherlands 145.9 194.9 1,305.0 1,186.3 -9.1
Norway 425.7 208.1 2,407.0 1,885.4 -21.7
Portugal 21.1 33.1 179.5 221.3 23.3
Republic of Ireland (Eire) 132.8 104.1 1,487.0 1,125.5 -24.3
Spain 114.7 157.0 897.9 913.7 1.8
Sweden 131.8 140.1 1,197.2 1,371.9 14.6
Switzerland 244.6 165.2 2,330.7 1,971.8 -15.4
United Kingdom 638.4 854.8 6,105.7 7,100.9 16.3
Total 3,876.9 4,118.9 33,399.9 33,463.2 0.2
Other Europe  
Albania 0.5 0.5 3.0 2.2 -25.4
Armenia 2.4 1.4 24.0 15.8 -34.5
Azerbaijan 81.9 82.6 824.6 385.8 -53.2
Belarus 5.0 27.8 22.4 30.6 36.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2 0.8 5.6 4.8 -13.5
Bulgaria 6.3 8.3 85.1 41.7 -51.0
Croatia 2.3 2.8 17.5 23.4 33.8
Czech Republic 28.0 29.7 195.0 183.1 -6.1
Estonia 1.3 2.0 14.6 13.5 -7.9
Georgia 11.7 12.1 87.5 75.8 -13.3
Hungary 41.3 29.9 247.1 234.1 -5.3
Kazakhstan 207.6 276.1 805.3 1,203.4 49.4
Kyrgyzstan 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 -84.3
Latvia 7.7 0.8 14.0 6.1 -56.4
Lithuania 6.7 75.5 106.9 305.3 185.6
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) 0.6 0.9 6.1 5.1 -15.6
Montenegro 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 28.2
Poland 50.1 66.7 520.8 584.5 12.2
Republic of Moldova 0.2 0.2 1.4 4.5 231.4
Romania 13.1 19.7 80.8 117.9 46.0
Russian Federation 140.4 143.9 1,039.4 1,068.4 2.8
Serbia 0.7 1.0 7.5 8.1 8.9
Slovakia 10.7 16.0 92.1 113.0 22.7
Slovenia 7.1 11.2 44.4 73.3 65.0
Tajikistan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 183.1
Turkmenistan 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 112.3
Ukraine 19.6 9.9 68.5 52.1 -23.8
Uzbekistan 0.0 0.1 11.8 1.2 -89.5
Total 646.3 820.0 4,326.0 4,554.3 5.3
Middle East  
Bahrain 0.1 0.0 3.8 2.0 -46.9
Cyprus 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.9 -12.1
Egypt 4.0 23.9 59.1 193.8 227.8
Eritrea 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 144.8
Ethiopia 1.5 2.3 11.7 10.6 -9.0
Iran 2.4 2.6 17.2 26.3 53.4
Iraq 123.0 119.3 840.3 1,181.8 40.6
Israel 55.7 87.9 611.8 672.4 9.9
Jordan 1.2 1.4 10.6 13.3 25.4
Kuwait 0.1 0.0 37.3 31.5 -15.4
Lebanon 1.6 1.9 10.2 10.9 7.0
Libya 0.0 3.1 0.1 16.6 ...
Oman 0.7 1.1 5.0 14.6 191.3
Qatar 3.2 1.5 12.7 65.9 419.1
Saudi Arabia 142.2 151.5 1,061.5 1,351.4 27.3
Somalia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -29.7
Sudan 5.0 4.6 45.3 56.9 25.6
Syria 0.5 1.0 3.6 4.7 29.3
Turkey 44.9 58.6 433.2 436.7 0.8
United Arab Emirates 3.9 8.1 186.0 128.5 -30.9
Yemen 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -39.6
Total 390.0 468.8 3,352.0 4,220.5 25.9
Other Africa  
Algeria 207.5 248.2 2,246.2 2,535.4 12.9
Angola 141.7 138.0 758.8 1,007.3 32.7
Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 ...
Benin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 357.5
Botswana 0.0 0.0 14.8 6.9 -53.2
Bouvet Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -99.7
Burkina Faso 0.2 4.1 1.8 20.8 ...
Burundi 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 -77.4
Cameroon 0.3 0.5 3.3 4.0 20.9
Cape Verde 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 54.8
Central African Republic 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 7.9
Chad 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 669.6
Comoros 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 58.7
Congo 0.1 1.7 1.7 2.7 58.9
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 41.6
Djibouti 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -87.1
Equatorial Guinea 0.0 72.7 268.7 442.8 64.8
French Southern Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -100.0
Gabon 0.3 0.0 1.6 0.3 -83.0
Gambia 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 -31.2
Ghana 5.2 1.7 18.1 15.5 -14.1
Guinea 2.6 6.1 43.6 31.9 -26.9
Guinea-Bissau 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -39.2
Ivory Coast 6.0 39.7 158.1 224.9 42.2
Kenya 1.6 1.9 11.9 10.4 -12.3
Lesotho 0.7 0.9 5.5 11.7 111.9
Liberia 1.7 1.3 13.8 30.7 122.9
Madagascar 0.9 1.3 23.2 30.2 30.1
Malawi 0.3 24.6 1.5 49.1 ...
Mali 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 63.3
Mauritania 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 -67.9
Mauritius 1.1 1.2 6.8 7.1 4.1
Morocco 4.2 4.6 65.7 66.9 1.8
Mozambique 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.2 425.3
Namibia 5.2 41.5 194.0 156.6 -19.3
Niger 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.6 -11.6
Nigeria 70.9 192.1 311.3 1,110.1 256.6
Rwanda 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 -53.1
Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.2
Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 ...
Senegal 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.7 -8.3
Seychelles 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 -65.5
Sierra Leone 0.1 0.4 1.2 1.3 10.5
South Africa 69.9 76.4 421.2 467.8 11.1
Swaziland 0.1 0.1 1.1 1.0 -11.4
Togo 0.2 0.7 3.2 1.4 -55.3
Tunisia 3.7 4.8 31.0 37.9 22.3
Uganda 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.9 51.5
United Republic of Tanzania 0.2 0.2 2.6 2.3 -11.8
Western Sahara 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -95.1
Zambia 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.8 71.7
Zimbabwe 0.1 0.8 1.7 3.3 93.8
Total 526.0 866.2 4,619.0 6,289.0 36.2
Other Asia  
Afghanistan 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.1 29.3
Bangladesh 77.0 96.8 590.1 542.1 -8.1
Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.8
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 463.1
Brunei Darussalam 0.2 0.0 1.8 0.0 -99.1
Cambodia 26.9 36.6 194.5 216.5 11.3
China 3,500.9 4,396.0 25,943.2 27,795.2 7.1
Hong Kong 30.9 36.5 242.7 233.5 -3.8
India 143.9 190.2 1,370.1 1,326.0 -3.2
Indonesia 80.9 109.7 681.3 793.9 16.5
Japan 1,012.6 1,012.6 8,169.0 8,739.9 7.0
Laos 0.6 1.0 5.4 5.3 -2.5
Macao 1.4 0.8 19.2 6.8 -64.6
Malaysia 181.2 195.8 1,514.6 1,495.7 -1.3
Maldives 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -29.6
Mongolia 18.5 11.0 77.7 131.5 69.3
Myanmar 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -74.3
Nepal 1.3 1.4 8.3 9.3 11.2
North Korea 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 16.8
Pakistan 22.0 27.5 162.8 178.9 9.9
Philippines 61.9 83.6 457.8 573.9 25.4
Singapore 67.2 76.6 835.3 623.7 -25.3
South Korea 382.8 486.3 3,850.5 3,841.2 -0.2
Sri Lanka 9.7 11.4 77.7 79.8 2.7
Taiwan 253.2 360.2 2,268.1 2,406.0 6.1
Thailand 207.9 221.7 1,491.5 1,534.4 2.9
Timor-Leste 0.4 0.0 2.7 0.8 -71.3
Viet Nam 97.4 113.4 695.6 725.3 4.3
Total 6,178.7 7,469.2 48,661.0 51,260.7 5.3
Oceania  
American Samoa 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 32.9
Australia 145.2 92.8 1,063.4 1,095.6 3.0
Christmas Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 672.5
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -87.6
Cook Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -56.3
Fiji 0.8 0.2 4.4 4.0 -8.2
French Polynesia 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 79.0
Guam 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 -86.8
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 843.9
Kiribati 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -77.5
Nauru 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -50.2
New Caledonia 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 -61.7
New Zealand 37.0 40.8 322.5 312.4 -3.1
Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 239.3
Norfolk Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -54.4
Papua New Guinea 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.8 -7.1
Pitcairn 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -62.9
Samoa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 ...
Solomon Islands 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -15.2
Tonga 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -63.7
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.4 0.3 3.4 2.8 -16.2
Vanuatu 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 168.1
Wallis and Futuna 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 553.6
Total 183.8 134.4 1,396.3 1,417.6 1.5
South America  
Argentina 58.7 130.4 466.0 626.3 34.4
Bolivia 7.5 20.6 56.9 87.8 54.4
Brazil 179.3 227.2 1,594.7 2,094.7 31.4
Chile 114.3 124.1 1,106.3 1,370.5 23.9
Colombia 48.4 76.7 499.1 518.9 4.0
Ecuador 18.2 21.8 167.7 141.5 -15.6
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -51.4
Guyana 22.7 27.4 193.2 176.1 -8.8
Paraguay 0.7 0.6 5.4 6.3 17.4
Peru 238.3 317.1 1,763.8 2,338.5 32.6
Suriname 32.7 60.7 350.8 348.2 -0.7
Uruguay 1.8 2.0 46.6 46.6 -0.2
Venezuela 111.9 106.0 757.6 568.6 -24.9
Total 834.6 1,114.6 7,008.1 8,324.1 18.8
Central America Antilles  
Anguilla 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -26.2
Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 -42.0
Aruba 0.0 0.0 53.4 0.1 -99.8
Bahamas 0.0 4.4 26.7 27.7 3.7
Barbados 0.8 0.6 5.9 5.9 0.6
Belize 0.6 0.4 5.7 4.2 -26.9
Bermuda 0.2 0.1 3.9 0.7 -83.1
British Virgin Islands 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 -56.7
Cayman Islands 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 -43.5
Costa Rica 24.5 35.7 242.7 301.7 24.3
Cuba 42.2 62.1 293.0 447.6 52.8
Dominica 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 -79.7
Dominican Republic 10.8 13.5 95.0 91.9 -3.4
El Salvador 4.6 4.3 52.1 64.2 23.3
Grenada 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 81.3
Guatemala 26.6 27.4 185.5 215.6 16.2
Haiti 3.0 1.9 16.1 17.7 9.8
Honduras 11.4 12.7 98.4 107.6 9.3
Jamaica 11.9 9.0 98.8 107.0 8.3
Montserrat 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 307.6
Netherlands Antilles 0.2 0.0 10.1 0.2 -98.2
Nicaragua 7.5 22.1 58.5 123.8 111.7
Panama 4.4 5.7 22.1 52.8 139.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5 0.6 4.1 4.7 14.6
Saint Lucia 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 -4.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 -16.9
Trinidad and Tobago 17.4 18.2 162.9 319.0 95.8
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 -63.7
Total 167.0 219.0 1,437.7 1,894.3 31.8
All countries 30,113.0 34,862.9 240,267.6 263,206.9 9.5