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Historical Values
Year Value
1999 US 23%, UK 17%, Japan 8%, Germany 8%, Italy 5% (1997 est.)
2000 US 21%, UK 9%, Japan 9%, Germany 6%, France 5%, Italy 4% (1998)
2001 US 25%, Japan 10%, Germany 7%, Italy 5%, France, UK (1999)
2002 US 21.1%, Japan 9.4%, Germany 7.4%, UK 7.3% (2000)
2003 US 11.2%, Japan 8.8%, Germany 7.6%, UK 4.9%, France 4.9%, Italy 4.1% (2002)
2004 US 9.4%, Japan 7.7%, Germany 7.3%, UK 6.2%, China 4.4%, France 4.1% (2003)
2005 US 15.3%, Japan 9.8%, Germany 8.1%, China 6.6%, UK 5.7% (2004)
2006 US 13%, Germany 9.5%, Japan 7.9%, China 7.3%, France 4.7%, Italy 4.2% (2005)
2007 US 12.3%, Germany 8.6%, China 8%, Japan 7.3%, UK 4.9%, Italy 4.8%, South Korea 4.1% (2006)
2008 US 12.6%, China 9.4%, Germany 8.8%, Japan 8.1%, Italy 5%, South Korea 4.9%, UK 4.5% (2007)
2009 US 12.2%, China 10.5%, Japan 7.7%, Germany 7.4%, South Korea 5.1%, Italy 4.8%, India 4.2%, UK 4.1% (2008)
2010 US 12.32%, China 12.06%, Germany 7.67%, Japan 6.15%, South Korea 5.32%, India 4.99%, UK 4.72%, France 4.05% (2009)
2011 US 12.4%, China 11.1%, Germany 7.1%, Japan 6.9%, France 6.1%, India 4.7%, South Korea 4.2% (2010)
2012 China 12.8%, US 11.9%, Germany 7.1%, South Korea 6%, Japan 5.6%, India 4.9%, Italy 4.1% (2011)
2013 China 13.5%, US 13.2%, South Korea 6.6%, Germany 6.5%, India 6.3%, Japan 6% (2012)
2014 China 13.5%, US 13.2%, South Korea 6.6%, Germany 6.5%, India 6.3%, Japan 6% (2012)
2015 China 13.3%, US 12.1%, India 8.3%, Germany 6.5%, South Korea 5.4%, Japan 4.9% (2014)
2016 China 13.9%, US 12.7%, Germany 7.1%, South Korea 6.1%, India 4.5%, Japan 4.4%, UK 4.3% (2015)
2017 China 16.2%, US 15%, Germany 6.3%, Japan 5.3%, UAE 5%, South Korea 4.3% (2016)
2018 China 15.4%, US 13.6%, UAE 6.5%, Germany 5.8%, Japan 4.1%, India 4.1%, South Korea 4% (2017)
2019 China 15.4%, US 13.6%, UAE 6.5%, Germany 5.8%, Japan 4.1%, India 4.1%, South Korea 4% (2017)
2020 China 15.4%, US 13.6%, UAE 6.5%, Germany 5.8%, Japan 4.1%, India 4.1%, South Korea 4% (2017)
2021 China 18%, United Arab Emirates 12%, United States 9%, Germany 5% (2019)
2022 China 18%, United Arab Emirates 12%, United States 9%, Germany 5% (2019)
2023 China 19%, United Arab Emirates 15%, United States 8%, India 6%, Germany 4% (2021)
2024 China 22%, UAE 16%, US 6%, India 6%, Germany 4% (2022) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2025 China 21%, UAE 8%, USA 7%, India 6%, Germany 5% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports