RankCountryExports of Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured in USD (2010)
1United States$312,789,088
2Belgium$90,890,353
3Germany$67,526,822
4Australia$64,367,698
5Netherlands$35,232,207
6France$25,262,536
7Saudi Arabia$19,650,158
8Vietnam$18,060,495
9Ukraine$14,415,643
10Denmark$11,457,196
11Bulgaria$11,271,226
12Czech Republic$10,953,326
13Canada$10,551,687
14Oman$8,296,259
15Malaysia$8,213,597
16Poland$7,095,105
17United Kingdom$6,268,195
18Austria$6,158,671
19Spain$6,041,437
20Italy$5,428,999
21Sweden$4,937,595
22Portugal$4,886,947
23Egypt$4,719,483
24Japan$3,933,109
25Norway$3,660,456
26Jordan$3,599,532
27Slovakia$3,484,241
28India$3,161,470
29Singapore$2,762,355
30Russia$2,314,399
31Serbia$2,274,534
32Costa Rica$1,978,187
33Turkey$1,844,269
34Switzerland$1,792,711
35Bahrain$1,777,814
36Brazil$1,749,985
37Sri Lanka$1,511,619
38Mexico$1,338,405
39Belarus$1,302,700
40Slovenia$1,128,923
41Hungary$1,045,000
42Lithuania$1,027,483
43Korea, South$792,150
44South Africa$779,643
45Guyana$755,731
46Iran$394,873
47Kyrgyzstan$380,711
48Bahamas, The$378,724
49Croatia$372,929
50Guatemala$366,619
51Pakistan$318,635
52Georgia$304,039
53Philippines$292,478
54Peru$219,657
55Argentina$195,442
56Tunisia$191,485
57Israel$151,000
58Latvia$142,369
59Dominica$139,379
60Hong Kong$139,303
61Algeria$137,779
62Romania$125,171
63Dominican Republic$111,615
64Ireland$106,739
65Luxembourg$95,814
66Venezuela$92,774
67Colombia$82,403
68Suriname$74,969
69Trinidad and Tobago$72,084
70Bosnia and Herzegovina$54,421
71Estonia$52,058
72Nigeria$49,971
73Chile$49,255
74Zimbabwe$41,438
75China$40,297
76Thailand$36,729
77Nepal$35,092
78Panama$35,016
79Greece$32,952
80New Zealand$24,481
81Cameroon$20,540
82Iceland$16,868
83Morocco$16,530
84Tanzania$16,312
85Finland$12,786
86Paraguay$11,550
87French Polynesia$11,288
88Botswana$7,084
89El Salvador$5,790
90Azerbaijan$5,600
91Barbados$5,123
92Malta$4,641
93Cote d'Ivoire$4,290
94Albania$3,053
95Ghana$2,619
96Ethiopia$2,326
97Lebanon$2,189
98Mauritius$1,639
99Burkina Faso$928
100Mali$614
101Madagascar$604
102Zambia$411
103Nicaragua$362
104Indonesia$349
105Senegal$111
106Yemen$105
107Kenya$87
108Montenegro$63
109Bhutan$50
110Ecuador$30
111Uganda$29
112Antigua and Barbuda$4
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $88 $24 $3,053 
Algeria$397$807$828$188$39,015$137,779 
Antigua and Barbuda  $330  $4 
Argentina$143,367$250,999$429,723$330,106$273,235$195,442$280,319
Armenia    $386 $327
Australia$42,285,879$49,261,873$56,751,801$65,290,048$43,836,853$64,367,698$74,055,279
Austria$6,636,112$7,611,457$9,280,011$10,198,649$7,378,327$6,158,671 
Azerbaijan     $5,600$319
Bahamas, The $11,308 $371,252$150,264$378,724$677,466
Bahrain$1,468$3$1,016$19,449 $1,777,814$971,448
Barbados$193$1,689$1,601$2,200$3$5,123$1,920
Belarus$907,400$1,305,800$2,855,000$3,227,600$1,012,300$1,302,700$1,575,200
Belgium$73,565,058$78,446,629$93,055,632$97,803,394$76,962,810$90,890,353$100,515,474
Bhutan $1   $50 
Bolivia $12,480     
Bosnia and Herzegovina$47,129$48,839$117,495$135,144$119,960$54,421$119,292
Botswana$3,552$1,429$250$321$1,940$7,084$94,181
Brazil$207,151$320,627$130,656$344,053$434,748$1,749,985$1,012,807
Brunei $20,483     
Bulgaria$6,817,699$5,590,199$12,239,006$11,316,232$9,033,621$11,271,226$13,597,948
Burkina Faso    $95$928 
Burundi    $4  
Cambodia   $4,410   
Cameroon$1 $2,672$9,890$12,387$20,540 
Canada$17,717,900$20,271,939$27,606,532$46,328,114$8,376,676$10,551,687$11,163,023
Cape Verde      $28
Chile$902,970$628,504$453,675$117,883$55,777$49,255$373,493
China$13,589,776$23,918,350$5,883,786$57,548$116,188$40,297$154,098
Colombia$47,077$205,068$53,460$4,216,183$9,759,707$82,403$97,198
Costa Rica$335,229$1,454,260$1,880,240$2,545,302$1,465,340$1,978,187$1,500,422
Cote d'Ivoire$3,964$87$105$526$3,074$4,290$45,221
Croatia$479,233$498,836$612,226$727,229$481,199$372,929$185,936
Cuba $330     
Cyprus      $14
Czech Republic$11,276,254$13,289,865$13,991,566$15,551,808$11,156,969$10,953,326$13,689,603
Denmark$10,619,989$10,504,092$13,695,615$14,097,476$10,940,793$11,457,196$12,313,934
Dominica   $22,761$31,806$139,379 
Dominican Republic$73,370$533,243$442,207$1,111,692$147,877$111,615$163,944
Ecuador  $48$38,800$632$30 
Egypt$1,185,198$2,004,071$2,455,617$9,709,442$18,795,052$4,719,483$23,500,840
El Salvador$448$491$12,022$1,214$1,904$5,790 
Estonia$4,388$4,263$768$11,056$15$52,058$247,203
Ethiopia$2   $1,066$2,326 
Fiji$2,517$1,379 $15,343   
Finland$515,331$30,713$17,732$90,885$10,861$12,786$56,997
France$30,054,672$31,824,138$29,837,095$32,384,702$24,035,323$25,262,536$27,472,708
French Polynesia  $4,556$2,415$10,837$11,288$123
Gabon$2,732$804$2,803$3,575   
Georgia$49,750$105,556$100,001$139,267$378,646$304,039 
Germany$54,416,000$60,929,000$70,411,000$83,860,000$62,512,000$67,526,822$71,220,213
Ghana $1,495$3,523$2,338$1,253$2,619$4,906,884
Greece$28,174$94,399$31,142$452,102$203,093$32,952$50,523
Guatemala$151,902$169,041$262,831$367,559$318,527$366,619$384,486
Guyana$1,014,319$679,406$883,826$887,622$733,308$755,731$678,879
Honduras    $290  
Hong Kong$2,420,083$2,819,495$997,058$355,822$276,571$139,303$105,563
Hungary$1,270,000$1,629,000$1,998,000$1,758,000$1,455,000$1,045,000$611,000
Iceland$466$630   $16,868 
India$7,050,423$8,282,656$8,357,926$5,826,540$1,092,272$3,161,470$2,994,793
Indonesia$528,900$4,983,790$1,108,488$32,318$7,200$349$2,957
Iran$901,568$111,894   $394,873 
Ireland$105,729$9,604$87,567$120,100$67,588$106,739$128,984
Israel $13,000$34,000$13,000$15,000$151,000$31,000
Italy$2,427,295$3,086,796$4,762,463$5,265,820$4,242,215$5,428,999$7,870,060
Japan$5,242,216$5,824,122$3,793,511$4,393,305$2,425,794$3,933,109$4,954,326
Jordan$829,921$2,254,077$3,883,422$3,336,455$2,690,187$3,599,532$3,435,126
Kazakhstan$1,079,273$2,217,157$3,741,839$4,982,831$1,916,075  
Kenya  $29,552 $235$87 
Korea, South$485,786$745,678$1,024,705$820,699$453,940$792,150$842,313
Kuwait $2,943$6,443$559$11,466  
Kyrgyzstan$323,686$377,020$59,190$27,918$515,012$380,711$82,590
Latvia$272,713$217,053$173,391$98,157$127,373$142,369$218,204
Lebanon $341$458$5,242$1,114$2,189$1,585
Lesotho   $2,358   
Lithuania$475,914$559,378$801,162$904,245$591,864$1,027,483$888,501
Luxembourg$133,562$115,984$162,106$242,055$106,097$95,814$106,117
Macau    $5,360  
Macedonia$1,443$11,388$20,419 $45,562 $43,703
Madagascar$681   $421$604 
Malawi$100   $2,445 $5,361
Malaysia$1,919,119$1,599,193$10,227,937$15,620,627$6,773,493$8,213,597$12,314,675
Mali   $50 $614 
Malta   $32 $4,641 
Mauritania    $610 $263
Mauritius$194$346 $498 $1,639$1,204
Mayotte $754 $370   
Mexico$1,210,979$7,141,338$1,517,274$1,185,060$976,611$1,338,405$1,591,789
Moldova   $1,516$160 $14,987
Mongolia$100$2$36    
Montenegro   $730 $63 
Montserrat $61,830  $402,831  
Morocco$901$6,872$23,221$1,809$40$16,530 
Mozambique $59 $67   
Namibia$2,849$3,431$36,127$13,146   
Nepal    $618,291$35,092 
Netherlands$27,106,979$26,650,774$28,995,437$32,989,035$31,184,563$35,232,207 
New Caledonia   $48$89  
New Zealand$107,197$24,910$52,931$35,374$32,182$24,481$13,372
Nicaragua $20 $9,736 $362$2,234
Nigeria $240  $117,681$49,971 
Norway$3,955,048$7,542,966$9,939,283$5,112,248$2,019,710$3,660,456$3,520,950
Oman$1,567,875$4,282,873$1,029,433$2,465,003$4,572,253$8,296,259 
Pakistan$11,155$25,548$348$1,799$69,285$318,635$1,261,875
Panama $7,189 $1,464$1,215$35,016$19,969
Paraguay    $900$11,550$3,150
Peru$4,688$29,604$221,575$95,009$454,977$219,657$378,184
Philippines$36,737$40,487$30,745$22,660$29,743$292,478$78,530
Poland$4,465,286$5,818,722$9,446,950$10,976,313$4,761,847$7,095,105$7,215,151
Portugal$343,095$417,134$2,146,402$3,399,848$2,442,929$4,886,947$6,510,011
Qatar$100,984$1,153$71,936$22,463$17,789  
Romania$17,394$20,450$1,362$1,056$184,824$125,171$247,995
Russia$870,374$981,437$1,025,623$1,602,974$2,112,287$2,314,399$2,240,492
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $5,556 $370   
Saudi Arabia$433,240$7,221,623$11,516,715  $19,650,158 
Senegal  $506  $111 
Serbia$1,278,860$1,559,739$2,096,260$3,010,977$2,195,637$2,274,534$2,325,994
Singapore$2,044,991$1,740,024$2,854,322$3,232,220$2,123,621$2,762,355$2,350,904
Slovakia$2,550,253$2,643,000$2,895,445$3,406,727$2,863,273$3,484,241$16,411,529
Slovenia$1,447,695$1,545,828$1,374,171$1,345,228$978,577$1,128,923$1,758,247
South Africa$284,009$442,953$535,037$2,023,038$512,522$779,643$896,703
Spain$7,986,368$6,632,668$5,492,210$6,825,748$7,428,415$6,041,437 
Sri Lanka $540,153$1,098,170$1,165,936$1,008,767$1,511,619$1,333,176
Sudan   $12,382   
Suriname     $74,969$65,110
Swaziland$152$9,023$706    
Sweden$4,719,637$5,545,612$6,436,704$7,251,870$4,474,192$4,937,595$4,842,855
Switzerland$2,583,736$2,208,238$2,275,255$3,151,261$2,288,041$1,792,711$1,614,872
Tanzania $1,943$35$10$1,402$16,312$996
Thailand$6,504$27,195$17,698$10,714$19,562$36,729$25,238
Trinidad and Tobago$64,998$181,305$130,065$156,006$117,894$72,084 
Tunisia$472,947$664,627$931,044$167,195$65,044$191,485 
Turkey$1,133,942$1,367,721$1,738,293$2,218,345$1,923,525$1,844,269$1,938,816
Uganda     $29 
Ukraine$5,197,789$5,586,192$13,203,811$21,361,843$15,610,890$14,415,643$19,380,783
United Arab Emirates$235,577 $392,775$1,507,505   
United Kingdom$8,333,095$10,166,365$12,802,054$8,499,331$7,480,118$6,268,195$6,525,004
United States$146,164,160$173,925,641$225,426,036$242,561,728$163,515,303$312,789,088$362,555,662
Uruguay$634,824$559,397$500,084$285,600$25,800  
Venezuela$35,978$15,668 $30,212$52,865$92,774$70
Vietnam$3,607,860$2,633,001$8,594,999$3,739,882$13,226,551$18,060,495 
Yemen    $12$105$33,173
Zambia$155$32,071$127,250$23,299$5,843$411 
Zimbabwe  $48,498$2,605$90,956$41,438