Global Economy: Imports

rank country 1000 million US$ change
2003 2004 2003-2004
1. United States 1,305.6 1,526.4 16.9%
2. Germany 601.7 717.5 19.2%
3. China 412.8 561.4 36.0%
4. France 388.4 464.1 19.5%
5. United Kingdom 388.3 462.0 19.0%
6. Japan 383.0 454.5 18.7%
7. Italy 289.0 349.0 20.8%
8. Netherlands, the 261.1 319.9 22.5%
9. Belgium 234.3 287.2 22.6%
10. Canada 245.6 275.8 12.3%
11. China, Hong Kong SAR 232.6 273.0 17.4%
12. Spain 200.1 249.8 24.8%
13. South Korea 178.8 224.4 25.5%
14. Mexico 179.0 206.4 15.3%
15. Taiwan 127.3 167.9 31.9%
16. Singapore 127.9 163.8 28.1%
17. Austria 97.7 115.1 17.8%
18. Switzerland 96.3 111.5 15.8%
19. Australia 88.6 107.8 21.7%
20. Malaysia 81.1 105.2 29.7%
21. Sweden 82.3 97.6 18.6%
22. Turkey 67.7 97.2 43.6%
23. Thailand 75.7 95.4 26.0%
24. India 69.7 95.2 36.6%
25. Russia 74.5 94.8 27.2%
  World total 7,765.0 9,458.3 21.8%
source: World Trade Organisation.