RankCountryImports of Ores, slag and ash in USD (2010)
1China$109,371,891,220
2Japan$30,098,380,276
3Korea, South$14,066,558,580
4Germany$9,815,984,555
5India$5,538,823,612
6Spain$4,435,993,417
7Belgium$3,332,647,751
8United States$3,080,062,744
9Canada$2,950,665,697
10France$2,431,495,164
11Netherlands$2,318,462,263
12Finland$2,177,147,717
13United Kingdom$2,143,302,505
14Italy$2,122,530,806
15Bahrain$1,806,571,881
16Saudi Arabia$1,497,865,873
17Austria$1,397,401,450
18Philippines$1,338,875,245
19Bulgaria$1,277,394,625
20Brazil$1,269,146,071
21Ukraine$1,103,528,848
22Turkey$994,387,702
23Sweden$948,920,561
24Russia$914,749,950
25Argentina$893,647,593
26Zambia$841,431,288
27Czech Republic$831,997,172
28Chile$816,216,516
29Malaysia$802,457,501
30Poland$797,238,657
31Slovakia$754,930,542
32Mexico$676,967,235
33Australia$574,249,708
34Egypt$562,771,467
35Norway$551,701,310
36Indonesia$426,029,588
37Romania$411,060,125
38Thailand$324,559,338
39Zimbabwe$311,943,700
40Hungary$287,780,000
41Qatar$280,567,416
42Trinidad and Tobago$255,730,918
43Serbia$232,553,930
44Ireland$193,879,964
45South Africa$128,303,739
46Singapore$100,994,739
47Vietnam$97,885,850
48Iran$92,978,273
49Peru$73,804,621
50Morocco$73,119,229
51Georgia$68,076,846
52Botswana$64,007,529
53Slovenia$47,983,409
54Hong Kong$40,401,025
55Cote d'Ivoire$32,764,535
56Greece$31,832,387
57Algeria$30,688,829
58Oman$28,475,140
59Venezuela$27,953,505
60Colombia$24,316,914
61Croatia$19,053,120
62Bhutan$17,905,957
63Pakistan$17,275,695
64Portugal$16,458,036
65Suriname$15,456,337
66Bosnia and Herzegovina$15,284,183
67Luxembourg$14,222,397
68Denmark$11,632,136
69Nepal$11,159,621
70Azerbaijan$7,991,726
71Belarus$7,752,200
72Iceland$7,494,757
73Ghana$7,023,189
74Tunisia$6,911,726
75Switzerland$5,951,774
76Guatemala$5,317,655
77Estonia$5,253,683
78Ecuador$5,253,037
79Kenya$5,193,024
80Lithuania$4,856,459
81Paraguay$4,386,578
82Israel$4,261,000
83Kyrgyzstan$3,771,676
84Nigeria$3,382,203
85Armenia$3,302,827
86Panama$3,250,725
87Senegal$2,284,689
88Lebanon$2,040,360
89New Zealand$1,908,515
90Bolivia$1,838,296
91Sri Lanka$1,346,292
92Albania$1,245,018
93New Caledonia$1,110,825
94Fiji$1,094,118
95Moldova$889,619
96Jordan$671,835
97Mozambique$599,632
98Mauritania$477,465
99Latvia$330,854
100Tanzania$281,461
101Uganda$266,712
102Dominican Republic$181,827
103Malta$173,242
104Nicaragua$147,033
105Cyprus$146,817
106Syria$115,899
107Ethiopia$111,260
108Yemen$81,106
109Costa Rica$43,628
110Madagascar$41,233
111Montenegro$35,785
112Cameroon$27,144
113Maldives$26,131
114Benin$23,949
115Burkina Faso$23,944
116El Salvador$20,657
117Jamaica$20,522
118Bermuda$16,887
119Barbados$15,057
120Mauritius$14,811
121Mali$13,218
122Dominica$6,030
123Cambodia$4,709
124Bahamas, The$3,529
125Guyana$2,487
126French Polynesia$2,450
127Niger$1,249
128Belize$915
129Tonga$625
130Cape Verde$300
131Malawi$236
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$162
133Samoa$148
134Antigua and Barbuda$91
135Gambia, The$17
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$22,539$10,346$1,038,277$992,781$282,753$1,245,018$1,946,885
Algeria$69,759,792$69,384,389$79,672,805$51,221,862$12,177,646$30,688,829$19,544,213
Anguilla  $993$72   
Antigua and Barbuda     $91 
Argentina$467,395,344$550,386,769$561,596,788$971,424,170$309,808,439$893,647,593$1,325,231,944
Armenia$30,647,040$10,749,200$25,831,123$8,779,985$963,382$3,302,827$3,257,536
Aruba    $12 $34
Australia$210,446,921$360,985,388$455,561,920$422,261,255$306,470,945$574,249,708$852,067,041
Austria$630,537,022$749,781,024$869,277,180$1,030,509,559$671,680,494$1,397,401,450 
Azerbaijan$68,865,755$75,754,489$59,165,738$90,478,964$4,002,931$7,991,726$7,546,382
Bahamas, The$28,462$10,120$12,622$47,463$52,829$3,529$17,889
Bahrain$181,742,852$116,557,798$54,007,981$412,471,522$221,023,151$1,806,571,881$1,369,487,627
Bangladesh$22,392,756$20,785,786$19,439,534    
Barbados$27,811$46,178$70,590$452,239$246,919$15,057$3,654
Belarus$5,244,600$7,217,600$13,549,700$27,452,200$9,635,000$7,752,200$9,855,700
Belgium$2,700,888,719$3,292,292,902$3,597,011,325$3,041,820,519$1,426,410,125$3,332,647,751$4,310,268,086
Belize  $29  $915 
Benin $1,828   $23,949 
Bermuda     $16,887 
Bhutan$794,741$1,785,482$4,727,850$15,331,703$5,958,412$17,905,957 
Bolivia$43,146$55,512$95,623$17,850$92,501$1,838,296$1,009,287
Bosnia and Herzegovina$16,303,796$14,874,838$478,513$25,226,661$2,582,228$15,284,183$9,595,813
Botswana$62,135,690$62,274,962$34,161,484$79,985,666$61,802,321$64,007,529$829,479
Brazil$793,198,601$1,484,702,704$1,588,155,482$1,539,296,539$787,608,345$1,269,146,071$1,491,605,840
Brunei $9,844     
Bulgaria$730,966,784$1,256,439,735$1,529,159,983$1,333,504,478$856,269,883$1,277,394,625$2,047,205,189
Burkina Faso$7,819 $47,202$34,786$2,317$23,944 
Burundi $10$29,737$391$2,141  
Cambodia $1,990$100,526$2,400$4,469$4,709 
Cameroon$781,468$725,150$314,703$166,170$12,464$27,144 
Canada$1,719,944,778$2,510,591,129$2,893,218,326$2,745,466,282$1,763,141,311$2,950,665,697$3,728,810,590
Cape Verde$359$1,905$7,892$1,056$134$300 
Chile$811,851,694$797,464,068$1,187,799,972$1,240,877,182$490,276,356$816,216,516$1,357,396,999
China$25,980,479,927$32,124,773,736$54,001,054,590$85,906,265,848$69,575,173,976$109,371,891,220$150,638,941,861
Colombia$17,296,520$23,319,388$37,742,988$48,633,904$21,821,368$24,316,914$26,329,531
Cook Islands$45 $428    
Costa Rica$35,458$1,104,988$317,739$239,323$10,141$43,628$316,344
Cote d'Ivoire$16,433,046$18,794,112$27,959,842$36,024,972$22,146,390$32,764,535$25,875,263
Croatia$17,399,611$13,639,671$26,573,609$33,320,157$17,009,654$19,053,120$15,415,288
Cuba$1,325,834$717,272     
Cyprus$60,566$25,295$1,014,175$1,598,435$28,899$146,817$24,678
Czech Republic$568,124,842$647,191,451$646,265,563$1,148,039,407$496,905,795$831,997,172$1,183,380,241
Denmark$6,535,632$7,268,896$9,042,163$14,378,526$13,889,254$11,632,136$18,896,393
Djibouti    $29,291  
Dominica$11,552$11,183$13,834$8,860$13,050$6,030 
Dominican Republic$22,009$176,644$1,204,585$432,439$431,904$181,827$433,499
East Timor$249,691      
Ecuador$2,344,398$2,763,217$2,982,551$3,312,025$3,236,875$5,253,037$4,810,017
Egypt$196,992,593$143,233,711$255,552,650$641,079,804$492,614,812$562,771,467$900,646,355
El Salvador$266,707$260,822$151,599$157,190$22,040$20,657 
Estonia$6,654,122$2,169,734$766,753$2,935,994$6,500,274$5,253,683$13,022,839
Ethiopia$31,735$12,630$33,904$20,102$10,471$111,260$339,959
Faroe Islands$4,587 $17,277$2,949$12  
Fiji$607,254$472,652$698,278$17,005$9,632$1,094,118 
Finland$1,387,415,971$2,459,103,337$3,110,421,887$2,883,363,873$1,169,451,245$2,177,147,717$2,738,396,524
France$1,449,480,957$1,743,315,537$2,000,533,726$2,607,793,093$1,218,492,829$2,431,495,164$2,923,444,993
French Polynesia$356,469$865$1,162$624$5,342$2,450$831
Gabon$171,789$1,027,415$2,917,906$12,138,829$601,554  
Gambia, The $18,385$5,899$1,133 $17$2,717
Georgia$23,474$2,168,221$20,374,076$72,616,227$13,880,224$68,076,846 
Germany$4,809,976,000$6,727,571,000$8,118,020,000$9,070,442,000$6,040,647,000$9,815,984,555$12,972,376,459
Ghana$75,293$126,608$31,885$75,756$70,841$7,023,189$481,502
Greece$23,056,511$26,377,423$53,677,899$62,636,880$35,700,970$31,832,387$77,932,690
Greenland$38,496$18,877$11,106    
Grenada$7$11$1,743    
Guatemala$4,652,719$3,665,253$5,298,855$4,764,129$7,153,960$5,317,655$3,741,517
Guinea$9,187$1,893,833$13,446$7,568   
Guinea-Bissau$1,218      
Guyana$199$2,697$720$761$827,912$2,487$7,104
Honduras$678,201$599,362$63,374 $55,189  
Hong Kong$28,462,947$22,290,015$34,302,259$34,825,895$28,394,030$40,401,025$42,649,409
Hungary$100,969,000$82,323,000$101,452,000$30,443,000$129,832,000$287,780,000$328,516,000
Iceland$4,182,163$3,200,884$5,475,688$8,398,249$5,748,826$7,494,757$10,401,819
India$1,160,619,054$4,878,558,287$4,931,141,444$5,239,580,893$3,435,284,635$5,538,823,612$6,443,759,418
Indonesia$254,071,975$243,709,579$217,220,335$485,419,480$223,056,897$426,029,588$559,579,742
Iran$60,146,922$6,075,526   $92,978,273 
Ireland$139,460,337$133,037,466$167,322,601$178,391,366$135,220,816$193,879,964$221,082,700
Israel$1,929,000$5,056,000$3,504,000$5,187,000$2,381,000$4,261,000$8,312,000
Italy$1,738,656,144$1,988,080,889$2,368,711,795$2,810,751,204$1,115,485,848$2,122,530,806$3,160,590,131
Jamaica$197,899$229,577$306,205$313,846$60,540$20,522 
Japan$13,696,887,678$20,055,788,751$24,218,575,370$27,581,920,235$19,058,755,605$30,098,380,276$36,844,333,999
Jordan$50,093$40,150$1,982$129,467$611,952$671,835$1,854,880
Kazakhstan$119,383,872$96,943,941$170,089,945$225,886,262$68,333,880  
Kenya$4,375,827$5,213,032$2,933,827$6,448,775$3,822,840$5,193,024 
Kiribati$1,420      
Korea, South$5,179,048,553$8,139,849,780$9,253,387,140$11,114,044,268$8,775,402,401$14,066,558,580$21,317,072,965
Kuwait $10,128,043$12,866,077$24,836,716   
Kyrgyzstan$509,702$1,773,967$8,812,943$5,680,749$3,777,506$3,771,676$6,011,923
Latvia$697,046$1,107,829$2,571,216$2,727,154$1,040,873$330,854$931,650
Lebanon$2,677,000$5,840,957$1,557,324$598,008$3,417,500$2,040,360$8,145,774
Lesotho   $51,151   
Lithuania$1,222,764$1,061,021$1,580,305$3,310,992$4,512,317$4,856,459$2,235,111
Luxembourg$21,294,845$14,809,091$15,991,995$16,946,005$10,498,360$14,222,397$16,070,340
Macau $283 $1,141$188  
Macedonia$20,147,142$43,569,514$157,322,727$164,199,519$522,526 $150,881,467
Madagascar$1,027$1,651$5,820$96,147$254,616$41,233 
Malawi$7,892$1,804$41,709$708$357$236$28,983
Malaysia$297,592,225$373,010,287$534,128,169$732,058,452$468,486,528$802,457,501$1,155,269,126
Maldives$35,769$38,162$52,266$49,015$16,012$26,131$14,860
Mali$2,010$5,442$30,646$856 $13,218 
Malta$2,835$156,601$70,111$181,922$276,713$173,242 
Mauritania$53,681$41,139$32,534$173,364$703,305$477,465 
Mauritius$11,235$48,375$68,607$41,843$21,450$14,811$108,639
Mayotte $6,221 $68   
Mexico$868,267,908$1,147,660,916$893,180,648$1,139,415,593$396,254,098$676,967,235$994,184,629
Moldova$892,338$1,006,831$896,140$5,189,971$385,306$889,619$1,804,408
Mongolia$48,400$30,112$52,174    
Montenegro $138,750$153,117$107,426$20,526$35,785$59,083
Morocco$22,646,964$19,187,603$66,195,201$73,005,441$34,034,463$73,119,229 
Mozambique$28,393$96,794$166,749$223,458$400,123$599,632$648,000
Namibia$1,294,890$2,140,787$5,072,657$9,896,048   
Nepal    $3,256,296$11,159,621 
Netherlands$2,122,061,302$2,225,734,793$2,578,782,250$3,075,200,739$1,221,850,409$2,318,462,263 
Netherlands Antilles$14,343$1,411$988$7,208   
New Caledonia$252,323$390,889$512,322$812,370$559,725$1,110,825$990,678
New Zealand$1,032,659$832,215$1,405,338$2,745,661$1,203,551$1,908,515$2,961,463
Nicaragua$4,840 $746$160$2,032$147,033$2,547,493
Niger$19,685$26$74$563 $1,249$18,227
Nigeria $1,971,409$1,026,518$4,545,918$2,922,977$3,382,203 
Norway$299,967,153$453,966,324$599,074,518$744,379,496$343,792,567$551,701,310$546,671,378
Oman$125,216,358$186,215,836$121,694,378$82,426,352$18,735,892$28,475,140 
Pakistan$97,517,646$85,863,608$101,229,587$188,834,446$76,438,570$17,275,695$45,873,341
Panama$766,420$2,989,232$3,939,413$6,418,599$2,640,480$3,250,725$1,099,116
Paraguay$8,901,438$11,699,972$5,884,389$9,737,954$7,938,868$4,386,578$4,367,155
Peru$7,217,215$11,758,604$16,683,583$67,870,718$53,387,999$73,804,621$93,685,683
Philippines$567,907,845$488,840,414$592,917,339$483,804,559$931,312,578$1,338,875,245$772,037,244
Poland$514,419,121$801,548,160$969,040,863$1,206,217,368$454,855,473$797,238,657$961,904,074
Portugal$12,391,810$15,519,064$17,513,528$20,443,641$14,264,502$16,458,036$19,803,904
Qatar$7,948,133$21,533,368$71,903,485$11,023,899 $280,567,416 
Romania$552,489,870$543,032,552$666,208,650$725,458,895$177,978,595$411,060,125$420,109,749
Russia$1,037,817,828$911,897,910$1,278,190,581$2,301,609,499$1,041,184,580$914,749,950$266,007,702
Rwanda$998$73$5,274$9,003$32,760 $5,817,244
Saint Kitts and Nevis$26$117$746$4,401   
Saint Lucia$1,631$44$20    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$50$28 $41$901$162 
Samoa$190  $1,497$592$148$9,382
Sao Tome and Principe  $48    
Saudi Arabia$645,991,284$619,911,137$685,409,758$1,346,087,816$796,686,815$1,497,865,873 
Senegal$92$1,622,222$4,160,659$5,128,823$16,623$2,284,689$19,184
Serbia$238,517,321$346,445,161$273,005,701$400,748,346$145,374,582$232,553,930$261,635,289
Seychelles$274$109,763$27$314   
Singapore$51,933,970$51,548,317$79,459,867$121,413,097$108,619,457$100,994,739$91,204,559
Slovakia$410,648,391$428,903,000$492,763,684$703,840,360$327,809,784$754,930,542$757,201,352
Slovenia$75,349,791$65,437,139$78,795,478$85,151,308$42,839,818$47,983,409$45,635,508
South Africa$353,818,992$367,826,389$557,491,654$580,093,366$137,923,575$128,303,739$301,972,976
Spain$2,468,035,803$4,150,701,708$4,745,308,657$4,524,410,378$3,108,832,335$4,435,993,417 
Sri Lanka$1,443,328$916,358$1,113,234$1,114,864$901,540$1,346,292$2,217,519
Sudan$70,739$556,499$30,608$2,950$137,771  
Suriname$8,052$10,774$27$1,470$1,891$15,456,337$9,184,734
Swaziland$126,191$232,589$225,169    
Sweden$731,578,172$997,611,413$1,249,428,385$936,105,514$641,622,101$948,920,561$1,115,140,354
Switzerland$4,840,323$4,878,071$5,076,278$8,007,850$6,376,249$5,951,774$13,319,068
Syria$364,482$274,679$56,239  $115,899 
Tanzania$335,064$998,281$184,689$345,640$259,704$281,461$856,426
Thailand$287,669,791$265,262,379$463,233,671$352,698,814$241,719,227$324,559,338$334,775,573
Togo$354      
Tonga$305$49$100$12,677$5,774$625 
Trinidad and Tobago$195,723,445$228,203,637$478,319,260$469,154,163$141,692,404$255,730,918 
Tunisia$3,128,333$2,713,327$5,164,917$6,835,464$5,654,556$6,911,726 
Turkey$392,223,568$614,670,679$714,110,073$837,898,862$958,119,870$994,387,702$1,260,406,308
Uganda$9,834$9,317$16,574$67,586$594,689$266,712 
Ukraine$679,091,770$538,175,173$971,208,371$2,062,362,741$762,255,444$1,103,528,848$981,092,804
United Arab Emirates$68,532,721 $143,668,664$346,605,419   
United Kingdom$1,602,903,547$1,873,110,478$2,673,036,752$3,164,151,399$1,306,712,636$2,143,302,505$2,630,707,028
United States$2,534,076,019$2,396,886,469$2,879,863,498$4,025,334,662$2,637,255,451$3,080,062,744$3,881,890,027
Uruguay$870,938$821,351$683,021$884,915$1,109,934  
Vanuatu $184$136    
Venezuela$12,036,041$60,463,559$47,240,609$149,968,986$28,778,976$27,953,505$75,234,322
Vietnam$18,987,627$11,669,377$17,403,302$34,066,490$51,919,643$97,885,850 
Yemen$233,729$1,896,266$925,937$144,598$94,725$81,106$107,339
Zambia$19,971,813$29,726,683$128,525,613$426,949,381$339,321,877$841,431,288 
Zimbabwe$100,186,821$11,836,820$25,752,782$7,905,533$13,114,469$311,943,700 
Chapter
01 - Live animals
02 - Meat and edible meat offal
03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey;
05 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified
06 - Live trees and other plants;
07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
09 - Coffee, tea, matF and spices
10 - Cereals
11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin
12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
13 - Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
14 - Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products nes
15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils
16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans
17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
20 - Preparations of vegetables, fruit or nuts
21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations
22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
23 - Residues and waste from the food industries
24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials
26 - Ores, slag and ash
27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation
28 - Inorganic chemicals
29 - Organic chemicals
30 - Pharmaceutical products
31 - Fertilizers
32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts
33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents
35 - Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches
37 - Photographic or cinematographic goods
38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
39 - Plastics and articles thereof
40 - Rubber and articles thereof
41 - Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather
42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness
43 - Fur skins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
45 - Cork and articles of cork
46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials
47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material
48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing indu ...
50 - Silk
51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
52 - Cotton
53 - Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn
54 - Man-made filaments
55 - Man-made staple fibers
56 - Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cabl ...
57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings
58 - Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; ...
59 - Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics
60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articl ...
64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
65 - Headgear and parts thereof
66 - Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding-crops
67 - Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down
68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69 - Ceramic products
70 - Glass and glassware
71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones
72 - Iron and steel
73 - Articles of iron or steel
74 - Copper and articles thereof
75 - Nickel and articles thereof
76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
77 - (Reserved for possible future use)
78 - Lead and articles thereof
79 - Zinc and articles thereof
80 - Tin and articles thereof
81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal
83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal
84 - Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and r ...
86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof
87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock
88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, med ...
91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof
92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, cushions and similar stuffed furnishing
95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
99 - Commodities not specified according to kind