Table 8
Imports by country, customs basis, not seasonally adjusted

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Imports by country, customs basis, not seasonally adjusted


Table summary
This table displays the results of imports by country march, january to march, change and 2011, calculated using 2011, 2012, january to march  2012/ january to march  2011, millions of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  March January to March Change
2011 2012 2011 2012 January to March  2012/ January
to March  2011
  millions of dollars percent
North America  
Canada 306.8 286.3 890.8 826.9 -7.2
Greenland 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 32.9
Mexico 2,124.8 2,273.7 5,825.6 6,318.9 8.5
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 827.6
United States 20,085.2 20,639.2 52,327.1 57,013.4 9.0
Total 22,516.8 23,199.3 59,043.5 64,159.3 8.7
Western Europe  
Andorra 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 24.0
Austria 109.2 127.5 291.5 341.0 17.0
Belgium 162.9 105.9 437.6 346.9 -20.7
Denmark 146.5 71.0 337.1 211.6 -37.2
Faeroe Islands 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.5 -11.3
Finland 126.1 101.1 366.8 213.4 -41.8
France 536.7 423.3 1,299.2 1,182.2 -9.0
Germany 1,192.6 1,317.8 2,962.8 3,415.5 15.3
Gibraltar 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -26.6
Greece 12.5 12.6 36.4 30.7 -15.5
Iceland 2.5 6.7 6.3 13.1 105.9
Italy 444.0 474.4 1,149.9 1,234.6 7.4
Luxembourg 8.8 8.1 20.1 28.0 38.9
Malta 2.7 4.0 6.9 7.2 4.3
Netherlands 129.3 174.7 340.1 787.1 131.4
Norway 590.8 379.9 1,198.7 1,222.2 2.0
Portugal 26.0 24.8 76.7 72.7 -5.2
Republic of Ireland (Eire) 93.4 126.3 278.9 325.6 16.8
Spain 158.4 156.5 442.9 440.3 -0.6
Sweden 210.4 170.3 575.7 509.2 -11.6
Switzerland 249.1 291.3 759.5 957.3 26.0
United Kingdom 965.4 904.1 2,688.1 2,283.9 -15.0
Total 5,168.2 4,881.1 13,277.1 13,624.1 2.6
Other Europe  
Albania 0.9 0.6 2.5 1.4 -42.7
Armenia 4.0 4.6 11.5 16.5 43.9
Azerbaijan 71.0 365.2 216.5 365.2 68.7
Belarus 0.4 32.3 1.3 47.9 Note ...: not applicable
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8 0.7 2.5 2.8 11.6
Bulgaria 4.9 7.4 16.9 34.6 105.2
Croatia 3.3 1.8 6.8 6.4 -5.9
Czech Republic 30.4 50.5 77.6 114.3 47.2
Estonia 9.2 8.6 29.8 14.2 -52.4
Georgia 10.6 7.5 29.0 25.9 -10.5
Hungary 30.2 36.7 85.3 108.9 27.6
Kazakhstan 253.9 253.4 612.2 771.5 26.0
Kyrgyzstan 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -81.2
Latvia 1.1 1.7 3.4 4.6 37.7
Lithuania 49.6 3.2 198.3 17.6 -91.1
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia)		 0.9 1.0 2.2 3.2 42.4
Montenegro 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 -40.5
Poland 142.9 91.6 415.3 280.5 -32.4
Republic of Moldova 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.7 27.1
Romania 15.9 17.1 47.2 49.7 5.3
Russian Federation 141.2 69.5 510.1 197.9 -61.2
Serbia 2.5 0.9 5.2 2.7 -47.8
Slovakia 24.9 18.7 60.0 53.7 -10.5
Slovenia 6.2 8.3 18.6 32.4 73.6
Tajikistan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 78.8
Turkmenistan 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -61.0
Ukraine 6.5 8.6 27.5 33.5 22.0
Uzbekistan 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.1 -87.7
Total 812.3 990.1 2,381.5 2,186.6 -8.2
Bahrain 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.8 -34.7
Cyprus 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.7 -31.5
Egypt 9.5 25.0 85.2 98.5 15.6
Eritrea 0.0 28.9 11.8 101.3 759.5
Ethiopia 1.1 0.6 3.7 2.9 -21.3
Iran 3.2 5.7 8.6 13.7 58.5
Iraq 318.5 182.4 866.9 813.4 -6.2
Israel 88.1 91.6 243.0 264.5 8.8
Jordan 2.2 1.2 4.6 4.3 -7.4
Kuwait 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 Note ...: not applicable
Lebanon 2.0 1.9 5.1 4.5 -11.0
Libya 0.1 0.0 4.9 0.1 -97.0
Oman 1.7 5.0 4.8 9.4 95.8
Qatar 47.8 0.0 214.2 41.9 -80.4
Saudi Arabia 199.9 387.4 587.4 960.3 63.5
Somalia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -44.1
Sudan 9.6 13.3 29.2 25.0 -14.4
Syria 0.8 0.6 1.6 1.1 -27.1
Turkey 93.9 118.0 215.6 310.8 44.2
United Arab Emirates 5.4 6.6 100.1 16.8 -83.2
Yemen 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 170.7
Total 784.7 869.2 2,389.0 2,670.5 11.8
Other Africa  
Algeria 348.6 387.2 1,164.8 1,437.6 23.4
Angola 218.8 218.0 685.9 570.1 -16.9
Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 -98.5
Benin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 891.8
Botswana 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 Note ...: not applicable
Bouvet Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 43.7
Burkina Faso 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 -97.2
Burundi 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -6.3
Cameroon 0.7 0.9 1.1 3.0 160.1
Cape Verde 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -77.3
Central African Republic 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 923.5
Chad 0.1 114.9 0.1 115.0 Note ...: not applicable
Comoros 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 250.1
Congo 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 -23.8
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 572.2
Djibouti 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Equatorial Guinea 0.0 0.0 192.6 79.7 -58.6
French Southern Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Gabon 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 299.6
Gambia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -33.6
Ghana 5.9 1.8 16.7 2.4 -85.9
Guinea 6.1 9.7 9.6 21.3 122.7
Guinea-Bissau 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 669.1
Ivory Coast 10.9 54.4 67.1 80.4 19.8
Kenya 2.5 2.3 5.8 4.8 -16.9
Lesotho 1.4 0.9 3.3 2.2 -33.9
Liberia 4.2 2.3 8.3 9.6 15.7
Madagascar 0.5 6.5 6.7 20.5 205.4
Malawi 6.9 0.1 32.7 26.1 -20.3
Mali 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -47.4
Mauritania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 37.9
Mauritius 0.9 0.5 1.8 2.5 39.0
Morocco 5.9 9.2 34.2 40.5 18.6
Mozambique 0.7 0.0 0.8 0.1 -90.1
Namibia 39.1 0.1 58.7 25.2 -57.0
Niger 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 -13.5
Nigeria 226.6 119.2 532.4 551.6 3.6
Rwanda 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.7 130.9
Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -58.9
Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 -99.3
Senegal 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -13.0
Seychelles 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 342.7
Sierra Leone 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 -67.5
South Africa 59.6 33.8 147.2 151.7 3.1
Swaziland 0.1 1.5 0.4 1.7 390.7
Togo 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 -69.3
Tunisia 7.2 6.3 14.2 15.2 6.9
Uganda 0.2 0.7 1.0 1.3 24.6
United Republic of Tanzania 0.1 1.3 1.1 2.7 143.0
Western Sahara 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Zambia 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 79.6
Zimbabwe 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.0 -45.4
Total 948.1 972.9 2,992.8 3,170.5 5.9
Other Asia  
Afghanistan 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 23.7
Bangladesh 101.1 99.1 269.9 297.4 10.2
Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 194.0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.8
Brunei Darussalam 1.2 0.8 2.7 2.4 -11.5
Cambodia 39.4 56.9 122.6 155.1 26.6
China 3,479.2 3,777.1 10,609.0 11,480.2 8.2
Hong Kong 29.4 22.2 90.1 60.5 -32.8
India 271.7 243.0 652.9 819.7 25.6
Indonesia 125.2 110.9 326.9 330.8 1.2
Japan 1,245.8 1,490.2 3,351.1 4,014.9 19.8
Laos 0.6 0.8 1.5 2.5 62.4
Macao 0.5 0.9 1.8 2.9 55.8
Malaysia 203.7 194.1 521.7 544.8 4.4
Maldives 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 76.6
Mongolia 10.0 7.1 19.9 14.1 -29.0
Myanmar 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -33.4
Nepal 1.0 1.0 2.5 2.4 -1.6
North Korea 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 218.2
Pakistan 21.0 18.8 58.4 61.1 4.6
Philippines 91.3 81.9 224.8 234.4 4.3
Singapore 96.9 82.3 333.5 310.9 -6.8
South Korea 517.7 591.1 1,406.9 1,565.3 11.3
Sri Lanka 11.5 17.0 35.0 48.4 38.3
Taiwan 365.7 406.0 1,019.4 1,126.1 10.5
Thailand 252.5 230.3 645.2 640.6 -0.7
Timor-Leste 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 -94.5
Viet Nam 83.8 112.4 282.8 361.9 28.0
Total 6,949.6 7,544.5 19,979.2 22,077.3 10.5
Oceania  
American Samoa 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -36.6
Australia 232.8 120.9 427.2 494.6 15.8
Christmas Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -66.6
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 370.4
Cook Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.1
Fiji 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.0 39.8
French Polynesia 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 26.2
Guam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -23.8
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -26.9
Kiribati 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 635.3
Nauru 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -66.6
New Caledonia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 234.4
New Zealand 52.4 53.9 124.7 136.9 9.8
Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -48.9
Norfolk Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Papua New Guinea 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 153.1
Pitcairn 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -93.6
Samoa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -92.6
Solomon Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Tonga 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 102.3
United States Minor Outlying
Islands		 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.3 111.0
Vanuatu 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 185.2
Wallis and Futuna 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable
Total 286.1 176.1 553.8 634.6 14.6
Argentina 171.8 234.6 421.9 558.3 32.3
Bolivia 9.0 17.7 45.3 57.2 26.4
Brazil 205.7 250.4 731.5 987.6 35.0
Chile 209.1 247.5 535.5 560.6 4.7
Colombia 56.1 53.6 158.5 210.2 32.6
Ecuador 19.2 19.0 63.8 58.9 -7.7
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 Note ...: not applicable
Guyana 32.4 49.3 81.5 131.3 61.0
Paraguay 0.1 0.7 0.8 2.2 174.1
Peru 321.3 335.6 925.9 1,031.9 11.4
Suriname 47.1 0.0 163.2 16.3 -90.0
Uruguay 6.4 4.1 11.0 16.8 52.4
Venezuela 31.0 29.8 100.6 106.8 6.2
Total 1,109.3 1,242.3 3,239.5 3,738.3 15.4
Central America Antilles  
Anguilla 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -20.3
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 395.0
Aruba 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.0 -100.0
Bahamas 0.9 0.3 2.7 4.5 68.5
Barbados 0.8 0.9 1.6 2.4 49.4
Belize 0.7 0.3 2.1 1.4 -36.5
Bermuda 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 156.6
British Virgin Islands 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 132.1
Cayman Islands 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 -85.9
Costa Rica 42.8 48.1 114.7 127.8 11.4
Cuba 66.7 51.2 192.8 145.6 -24.5
Dominica 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -25.6
Dominican Republic 13.4 14.6 35.8 39.4 10.3
El Salvador 28.3 13.8 68.1 28.8 -57.7
Grenada 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 107.9
Guatemala 52.5 40.7 107.4 107.8 0.4
Haiti 2.7 3.0 6.6 7.5 13.2
Honduras 22.3 24.6 51.8 59.9 15.7
Jamaica 2.2 14.6 41.7 38.2 -8.4
Montserrat 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 230.3
Netherlands Antilles 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 23.6
Nicaragua 51.0 46.7 91.9 94.0 2.3
Panama 8.4 7.8 21.7 25.3 16.8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.6 0.6 1.8 2.0 10.8
Saint Lucia 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 36.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -58.4
Trinidad and Tobago 38.9 10.2 115.8 97.4 -15.9
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 203.8
Total 332.8 278.0 863.2 784.1 -9.2
All countries 38,907.8 40,153.4 104,719.6 113,045.6 8.0
... not applicable