The Biggest Food Importers of the World

Here is the top 10 biggest food importers of the world:

1. The United States

Imports: beverages, spirits and vinegar; fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates; edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons; meat; edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers; preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; cocoa and cocoa products; dairy produce; natural honey; cereals. 

2. Germany

Imports: edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons; oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; coffee, tea, maté and spice; cereals.

3. Japan

Imports: fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates; meat, cereals; oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; fruits and nuts, vegetables, dairy products.  

4. The United Kingdom

Imports: meat, fruits and nuts, vegetables, flour, dairy products, cocoa and cocoa products, beverages.

5. France

Imports: meat, fruits and nuts, fish, honey, eggs, tea, coffee, animal or vegetable fats, grains, seeds, live trees, sugar. 

6. Netherlands

Imports: fruits, animal and vegetable fats, meat, oil seeds, cereals and cereal products, dairy products, spices, tea, coffee.

7. China

Imports: oleaginous fruits, oil seeds, cereals, meat, fish, flour, vegetables, sugar, cocoa, spices. 

8. Italy

Imports: meat, vegetable fats, fish, dairy products, nuts, fruits, citrus peel, tea, beverages, cereals. 

9. Belgium

Imports: sugar, plants and trees, beverages, cocoa and cocoa products, cereals, oil seeds, tea, coffee.

10. Russia

Imports: meat, fruits, nuts, dairy products, vegetables, oil seeds, coffee, tea, cocoa products, sugar.