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This is a list of countries by imports , based on the International Trade Centre, [1] except for the European Union.
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This is a list of countries by imports , based on the International Trade Centre, [1] except for the European Union.
| Country | Imports (millions of $) | Year |
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 United States | 3,375,948 | 2022 |
 European Union [n 1] | 2,743,745 [3] | 2022 |
 China | 2,715,999 | 2022 |
 Germany | 1,571,057 | 2022 |
 Japan | 905,099 | 2022 |
 France | 830,300 | 2022 |
 United Kingdom | 816,300 | 2022 |
 Italy | 743,030 | 2022 |
 India | 732,566 | 2022 |
 South Korea | 731,366 | 2022 |
 Netherlands | 712,801 | 2022 |
 Hong Kong | 669,093 | 2022 |
 Belgium | 624,289 | 2022 |
 Mexico | 604,615 | 2022 |
 Canada | 567,826 | 2022 |
 Spain | 499,055 | 2022 |
 Singapore | 475,516 | 2022 |
 Taiwan | 437,335 | 2022 |
 Vietnam | 364,052 | 2022 |
 Turkey | 363,711 | 2022 |
 Poland | 358,593 | 2022 |
 Switzerland | 356,763 | 2022 |
 Thailand | 306,260 | 2022 |
 Malaysia | 295,092 | 2022 |
 Australia | 290,113 | 2022 |
 Brazil | 272,701 | 2022 |
 United Arab Emirates | 248,418 | 2022 |
 Indonesia | 237,447 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic | 235,919 | 2022 |
 Austria | 231,947 | 2022 |
 Sweden | 202,093 | 2022 |
 Russia | 194,393 | 2022 |
 Hungary | 158,413 | 2022 |
 Ireland | 147,913 | 2022 |
 Philippines | 145,889 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia | 140,017 | 2022 |
 Romania | 132,700 | 2022 |
 Denmark | 125,731 | 2022 |
 Slovakia | 115,215 | 2022 |
 Portugal | 115,036 | 2022 |
 South Africa | 111,878 | 2022 |
 Chile | 109,265 | 2022 |
 Norway | 107,268 | 2022 |
 Israel | 107,083 | 2022 |
 Greece | 97,970 | 2022 |
 Finland | 97,265 | 2022 |
 Bangladesh | 83,203 | 2022 |
 Egypt | 79,712 | 2022 |
 Colombia | 77,413 | 2022 |
 Argentina | 76,162 | 2022 |
 Morocco | 72,833 | 2022 |
 Pakistan | 71,105 | 2022 |
 Nigeria | 60,488 | 2022 |
 Peru | 60,246 | 2022 |
 Slovenia | 59,722 | 2022 |
 Bulgaria | 58,091 | 2022 |
 Ukraine | 55,224 | 2022 |
 Lithuania | 55,110 | 2022 |
 New Zealand | 54,676 | 2022 |
 Kazakhstan | 50,044 | 2022 |
 Iraq | 44,817 | 2022 |
 Croatia | 44,115 | 2022 |
 Serbia | 39,756 | 2022 |
 Algeria | 33,766 | 2022 |
 Qatar | 33,479 | 2022 |
 Ecuador | 33,048 | 2022 |
 Guatemala | 32,099 | 2022 |
 Dominican Republic | 29,990 | 2022 |
 Panama | 29,249 | 2022 |
 Uzbekistan | 28,264 | 2022 |
 Latvia | 27,894 | 2022 |
 Estonia | 27,002 | 2022 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 26,996 | 2022 |
 Iran | 26,958 | 2022 |
 Kuwait | 26,717 | 2022 |
 Luxembourg | 26,068 | 2022 |
 Scotland (UK) | 25,400 | 2019 [4] |
 Puerto Rico (US) | 24,251 | 2019 [5] |
 Tunisia | 22,296 | 2022 |
 Oman | 22,026 | 2022 |
 Costa Rica | 21,143 | 2022 |
 Kenya | 21,128 | 2022 |
 Lebanon | 19,500 | 2022 |
 Jordan | 19,375 | 2022 |
 Cambodia | 19,296 | 2020 |
 Ghana | 18,943 | 2022 |
 Côte d'Ivoire | 17,972 | 2022 |
 Honduras | 17,820 | 2022 |
 Angola | 17,711 | 2022 |
 Macau (CN) | 17,430 | 2022 |
 Myanmar | 17,403 | 2022 |
 Libya | 17,335 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka | 17,301 | 2022 |
 El Salvador | 17,108 | 2022 |
 Marshall Islands | 16,633 | 2022 |
 Ethiopia | 16,544 | 2022 |
 Tanzania | 15,654 | 2022 |
 Bahrain | 15,534 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15,382 | 2022 |
 Azerbaijan | 14,539 | 2022 |
 Mozambique | 14,512 | 2022 |
 Paraguay | 14,168 | 2022 |
 Nepal | 13,716 | 2022 |
 Bolivia | 13,049 | 2022 |
 Uruguay | 12,973 | 2022 |
 North Macedonia | 12,755 | 2022 |
 Belarus | 12,535 | 2022 |
 Senegal | 12,129 | 2022 |
 Cyprus | 11,889 | 2022 |
 Nicaragua | 11,247 | 2022 |
 Venezuela | 10,856 | 2022 |
 Gibraltar (UK) | 10,814 | 2022 |
 Georgia | 10,038 | 2022 |
 Iceland | 9,764 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 9,629 | 2022 |
 Moldova | 9,219 | 2022 |
 Brunei | 9,189 | 2022 |
 Zambia | 9,048 | 2022 |
 Yemen | 8,985 | 2022 |
 Mongolia | 8,747 | 2022 |
 Armenia | 8,634 | 2022 |
 Malta | 8,571 | 2022 |
 Guyana | 8,557 | 2022 |
 Albania | 8,407 | 2022 |
 Botswana | 8,005 | 2022 |
 Cameroon | 7,971 | 2022 |
 Namibia | 7,958 | 2022 |
 Laos | 7,625 | 2022 |
 Sudan | 7,448 | 2022 |
 Djibouti | 6,940 | 2022 |
 Jamaica | 6,861 | 2022 |
 Mauritius | 6,618 | 2022 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 6,202 | 2022 |
 Guinea | 6,007 | 2022 |
 Mali | 5,972 | 2022 |
 Zimbabwe | 5,722 | 2022 |
 Burkina Faso | 5,632 | 2022 |
 Papua New Guinea | 5,598 | 2022 |
 Madagascar | 5,478 | 2022 |
 Tajikistan | 5,182 | 2022 |
 Mauritania | 5,119 | 2022 |
 Afghanistan | 4,689 | 2022 |
 Cayman Islands (UK) | 4,638 | 2022 |
 Uganda | 4,572 | 2022 |
 Kosovo | 4,400 | 2019 [6] |
 Syria | 4,325 | 2022 |
 Haiti | 4,240 | 2022 |
 Cuba | 4,200 | 2022 |
 Niger | 3,787 | 2022 |
 Bahamas | 3,758 | 2022 |
 Montenegro | 3,722 | 2022 |
 Republic of the Congo | 3,542 | 2022 |
 Maldives | 3,522 | 2022 |
 Somalia | 3,519 | 2022 |
 Turkmenistan | 3,434 | 2022 |
 Rwanda | 3,368 | 2022 |
 Benin | 3,344 | 2022 |
 Fiji | 3,016 | 2022 |
 New Caledonia (FR) | 2,836 | 2022 |
 Togo | 2,798 | 2022 |
 Gabon | 2,572 | 2022 |
 Curaçao (NL) | 2,283 | 2022 |
 United States Minor Outlying Islands (US) | 2,279 | 2022 |
 French Polynesia (FR) | 2,220 | 2022 |
 Barbados | 2,147 | 2022 |
 Eswatini | 2,022 | 2022 |
 Liechtenstein | 2,188 | 2018 [7] |
 Liberia | 1,921 | 2022 |
 Lesotho | 1,881 | 2022 |
 Andorra | 1,864 | 2022 |
 Suriname | 1,803 | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone | 1,717 | 2022 |
 Equatorial Guinea | 1,677 | 2022 |
 Malawi | 1,553 | 2022 |
 Palestine | 1,537 | 2022 |
 Aruba (NL) | 1,474 | 2022 |
 Faroe Islands (DK) | 1,444 | 2022 |
 Gambia | 1,436 | 2022 |
 Belize | 1,378 | 2022 |
 Monaco | 1,371 | 2017 est. [8] |
 Bhutan | 1,356 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia | 1,331 | 2022 |
 British Virgin Islands (UK) | 1,230 | 2022 |
 Burundi | 1,204 | 2022 |
 Bermuda (UK) | 1,192 | 2022 |
 Greenland (DK) | 1,063 | 2022 |
 Timor-Leste | 933.5 | 2022 |
 North Korea | 904.8 | 2022 |
 Chad | 895.2 | 2022 |
 Cape Verde | 832.2 | 2022 |
 Seychelles | 717.5 | 2022 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 678.3 | 2022 |
 Central African Republic | 629.5 | 2022 |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 623.0 | 2022 |
 Grenada | 589.3 | 2019 |
 Solomon Islands | 539.5 | 2022 |
 South Sudan | 512.5 | 2022 |
 Samoa | 492.1 | 2022 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 438.0 | 2022 |
 Vanuatu | 424.7 | 2022 |
 Dominica | 400.0 | 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau | 395.6 | 2022 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 377.8 | 2022 |
 Bonaire (NL) | 353.2 | 2019 |
 Eritrea | 332.1 | 2022 |
 San Marino | 315.0 | 2018 [9] |
 Comoros | 271.7 | 2022 |
 Tonga | 244.7 | 2022 |
 Kiribati | 206.2 | 2022 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | 196.3 | 2022 |
 Palau | 182.8 | 2022 |
 Anguilla (UK) | 166.3 | 2022 |
 Cook Islands (NZ) | 159.5 | 2022 |
 Micronesia | 159.1 | 2022 |
 Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 154.6 | 2022 |
 Western Sahara (MR) | 153.6 | 2022 |
 Tuvalu | 153.4 | 2022 |
 Sint Maarten (NL) | 151.3 | 2022 |
 Falkland Islands (UK) | 112.8 | 2022 |
 Nauru | 82.44 | 2022 |
 American Samoa (US) | 74.41 | 2019 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FR) | 70.43 | 2022 |
| Wallis and Futuna (FR) | 59.98 | 2022 |
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands (FR) | 56.40 | 2022 |
 British Indian Ocean Territory (UK) | 56.64 | 2022 |
 Christmas Island (AU) | 53.78 | 2022 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 45.22 | 2022 |
 Montserrat (UK) | 39.24 | 2022 |
 Norfolk Island (AU) | 33.38 | 2022 |
 Niue (NZ) | 31.70 | 2022 |
 Guam (US) | 19.66 | 2019 |
 Cocos Islands (AU) | 13.04 | 2022 |
 Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 5.988 | 2019 |
 Tokelau (NZ) | 3.770 | 2022 |
The economy of Liechtenstein is based on industry, with a small but significant agricultural sector, and services. The country participates in a customs union with Switzerland and uses the Swiss franc as its national currency. It imports more than 85% of its energy requirements. Liechtenstein has been a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) since 1991. It also has been a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) since May 1995 and participates in the Schengen Agreement for passport-free intra-European travel.
The economy of Eswatini is fairly diversified. Agriculture, forestry and mining account for about 13 percent of Eswatini's GDP whereas manufacturing represent 37 percent of GDP. Services – with government services in the lead – constitute the other 50 percent of GDP.
The economy of Vietnam is a developing mixed socialist-oriented market economy incorporating industrial policies and strategic five-year plans, which is the 35th-largest in the world as measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and 26th-largest in the world as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2022. It is a lower-middle income country with a low cost of living. Vietnam is a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the World Trade Organization.
A trade agreement is a wide-ranging taxes, tariff and trade treaty that often includes investment guarantees. It exists when two or more countries agree on terms that help them trade with each other. The most common trade agreements are of the preferential and free trade types, which are concluded in order to reduce tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions on items traded between the signatories.
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A Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) is a trade pact that establishes a framework for expanding trade and resolving outstanding disputes between countries.
The economy of Montenegro is currently in a process of transition, as it navigates the impacts of the Yugoslav Wars, the decline of industry following the dissolution of the Yugoslavia, and economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations. Montenegro joined the World Trade Organization on 29 April 2012. Montenegro joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 5 June 2017. The accession of Montenegro to the European Union is planned for 2025.
The economy of Cape Verde is a service-oriented economy that is focused on commerce, trade, transport and public services. Cape Verde is a small archipelagic nation that lacks resources and has experienced severe droughts. Agriculture is made difficult by lack of rain and is restricted to only four islands for most of the year. Cape Verde's economy has been steadily growing since the late 1990s, and it is now officially considered a country of average development, being only the second African country to have achieved such transition, after Botswana in 1994. Cape Verde has significant cooperation with Portugal at every level of the economy, which has led it to link its currency first to the Portuguese escudo and, in 1999, to the euro.
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A commercial policy is a government's policy governing international trade. Commercial policy is an all encompassing term that is used to cover topics which involve international trade. Trade policy is often described in terms of a scale between the extremes of free trade on one side and protectionism on the other. A common commercial policy can sometimes be agreed by treaty within a customs union, as with the European Union's common commercial policy and in Mercosur. A nation's commercial policy will include and take into account the policies adopted by that nation's government while negotiating international trade. There are several factors that can affect a nation's commercial policy, all of which can affect international trade policies.
A customs territory is a geographic territory with uniform customs regulations and there are no internal customs or similar taxes within the territory. Customs territories may fall into several types:
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The free trade agreements of Canada represents Canada's cooperation in multinational trade pacts and plays a large role in the Canadian economy. Canada is regularly described as a trading nation, considering its total trade is worth more than two-thirds of its GDP. Of that total trade, roughly 75% is done with countries that are part of free trade agreements with Canada—primarily the United States through the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and its predecessor the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). By the end of 2014, Canadas bilateral trade hit Can$1 trillion for the first time. Canada is a signatory to 15 free trade agreements with 51 different countries.
Argentina has strong cultural and historical links to the European Union (EU) and the EU is Argentina's biggest investor.
Although the EU is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur, and it has certain attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, currency (for some members), and law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy in its dealings with external partners. Thus, inclusion of basic intelligence on the EU has been deemed appropriate as a new, separate entity in The World Factbook.
