RankCountryImports of Nickel and articles thereof in USD (2010)
1China$5,783,191,957
2United States$3,162,770,193
3Japan$3,065,709,940
4Norway$2,231,162,070
5Germany$2,130,918,955
6United Kingdom$1,519,637,178
7Korea, South$1,335,654,928
8France$1,103,375,673
9Italy$1,031,820,936
10Finland$698,821,355
11Sweden$698,802,655
12India$635,814,283
13Zimbabwe$605,076,435
14Singapore$527,984,688
15Belgium$521,638,779
16Spain$434,437,846
17Canada$315,724,015
18Hong Kong$310,799,116
19Austria$229,450,993
20Mexico$172,172,490
21Netherlands$137,547,200
22Ukraine$119,731,053
23Poland$106,565,872
24Turkey$102,715,327
25Russia$101,858,599
26Brazil$101,236,871
27Thailand$95,569,783
28Czech Republic$89,183,921
29Slovenia$87,516,727
30Switzerland$79,852,636
31Malaysia$73,821,773
32South Africa$69,504,659
33Australia$46,467,082
34Argentina$30,589,388
35Ireland$29,833,803
36Israel$29,235,000
37Romania$29,233,535
38Iran$25,707,882
39Indonesia$22,717,713
40Slovakia$20,738,355
41Hungary$20,357,000
42Denmark$15,862,737
43Vietnam$15,063,160
44Pakistan$11,991,807
45Portugal$11,139,626
46Colombia$9,785,525
47Belarus$9,237,700
48Croatia$8,554,373
49Saudi Arabia$8,443,478
50Philippines$7,904,513
51Qatar$4,543,161
52Chile$4,296,331
53Afghanistan$4,087,458
54Serbia$3,988,072
55Venezuela$3,809,678
56Bulgaria$3,737,718
57Egypt$3,710,118
58Peru$3,347,538
59Estonia$2,704,378
60Greece$2,525,119
61Luxembourg$2,435,993
62New Zealand$2,134,882
63Morocco$1,753,197
64Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,413,633
65Ecuador$1,402,163
66Tunisia$1,193,864
67Jordan$1,119,678
68Niger$958,715
69Lithuania$925,701
70Bahrain$878,592
71Syria$756,440
72Oman$754,032
73Dominican Republic$683,442
74Costa Rica$446,672
75Algeria$415,350
76Azerbaijan$410,310
77Montenegro$384,497
78Lebanon$358,575
79Kenya$352,175
80Malta$326,110
81Panama$320,624
82Yemen$273,542
83Nigeria$231,956
84Iceland$222,058
85Sri Lanka$213,900
86Cote d'Ivoire$190,204
87Botswana$181,488
88Guatemala$178,654
89Trinidad and Tobago$143,745
90Ghana$113,618
91Latvia$102,012
92Bolivia$101,297
93El Salvador$99,938
94Albania$90,016
95Cyprus$85,827
96Kyrgyzstan$71,495
97Tanzania$68,326
98Armenia$67,813
99Moldova$64,623
100Aruba$62,772
101Zambia$62,286
102Paraguay$58,834
103Madagascar$53,313
104Cameroon$44,561
105Georgia$43,816
106Nepal$40,759
107Mauritius$36,430
108Jamaica$32,964
109Guyana$26,757
110Togo$24,257
111Bhutan$23,011
112Fiji$20,667
113Uganda$17,315
114Barbados$16,418
115Bahamas, The$12,631
116Ethiopia$11,675
117Senegal$9,534
118Maldives$6,759
119Bermuda$5,782
120New Caledonia$4,893
121Gambia, The$4,025
122Burkina Faso$4,003
123Tonga$3,325
124Samoa$2,608
125Cape Verde$1,908
126French Polynesia$1,360
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,105
128Suriname$1,075
129Benin$1,016
130Burundi$956
131Dominica$474
132Antigua and Barbuda$300
133Malawi$251
134Nicaragua$155
135Belize$34
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Afghanistan   $1,386,326$1,171,747$4,087,458 
Albania$150,652$131,631$58,735$56,432$56,780$90,016$83,399
Algeria$953,800$327,970$1,213,940$1,400,816$591,187$415,350$896,266
Anguilla  $3,725$813   
Antigua and Barbuda$884$589$14,001 $3,267$300$6,940
Argentina$24,882,032$27,544,032$43,804,768$39,852,924$13,012,239$30,589,388$40,969,354
Armenia$54,944$16,046$34,557$72,227$48,447$67,813$58,556
Aruba    $25,536$62,772$25,511
Australia$31,815,943$39,812,913$76,492,260$78,227,935$38,943,435$46,467,082$204,395,022
Austria$192,549,408$283,509,360$506,697,368$394,804,039$131,697,979$229,450,993 
Azerbaijan$270,543$8,600,651$307,963$562,790$3,617,698$410,310$1,969,750
Bahamas, The$31,924$9,796$30,201$77,348$7,177$12,631$7,516
Bahrain$1,945,042$326,469$289,852$1,042,363$661,535$878,592$2,885,314
Bangladesh$1,820,230$1,345,747$1,437,079    
Barbados$23,916$29,401$94,201$27,146$4,506$16,418$16,600
Belarus$7,627,800$6,361,000$15,031,900$10,756,800$3,468,300$9,237,700$14,284,200
Belgium$678,304,126$1,078,173,694$1,557,277,287$798,707,734$332,122,452$521,638,779$662,520,792
Belize$573$38$3,161$66$315$34 
Benin$2,360$139   $1,016 
Bermuda     $5,782 
Bhutan$107,034$159,301$124,973$10,893$72,718$23,011 
Bolivia$42,581$32,477$109,754$22,211$57,455$101,297$127,592
Bosnia and Herzegovina$915,369$2,332,745$5,822,288$2,461,191$830,442$1,413,633$1,786,831
Botswana$195,234$967,782$59,363$343,344$193,842$181,488$187,160
Brazil$157,324,404$139,120,965$239,360,828$153,398,739$61,007,724$101,236,871$129,805,412
Brunei $311,994     
Bulgaria$4,097,091$5,918,205$9,486,600$5,783,866$2,414,965$3,737,718$5,904,905
Burkina Faso$2,846 $1,230$1,991$21,263$4,003 
Burundi$42   $133,228$956 
Cambodia   $4,028$35,585  
Cameroon$8,456$6,662$15,403$64,552$77,477$44,561 
Canada$256,239,935$279,168,711$527,498,123$405,539,452$177,887,168$315,724,015$360,657,680
Cape Verde$511    $1,908 
Central African Republic   $7,964   
Chile$4,666,534$5,654,518$10,573,115$12,383,717$4,096,970$4,296,331$5,557,511
China$2,090,297,580$3,464,943,929$6,329,127,775$4,942,553,339$4,991,150,162$5,783,191,957$7,226,140,365
Colombia$5,846,377$6,758,268$23,119,655$10,396,492$4,253,977$9,785,525$11,087,610
Comoros $672$561    
Costa Rica$540,892$528,370$972,028$600,900$524,681$446,672$1,066,333
Cote d'Ivoire$114,015$208,239$391,901$235,996$82,060$190,204$62,063
Croatia$3,425,724$4,399,625$8,553,920$9,875,143$7,586,729$8,554,373$7,424,665
Cuba$263,039$641,866     
Cyprus$60,112$69,748$69,372$83,825$59,811$85,827$23,737
Czech Republic$74,767,875$127,932,886$178,255,820$134,679,584$78,112,389$89,183,921$118,342,593
Denmark$10,829,592$31,165,553$38,026,703$22,431,060$16,809,037$15,862,737$9,001,335
Djibouti    $1,703  
Dominica  $201 $492$474 
Dominican Republic$57,213$314,789$159,820$37,255$127,914$683,442$3,079,015
East Timor$2,106      
Ecuador$520,266$483,223$1,029,252$796,078$701,544$1,402,163$1,623,876
Egypt$3,712,811$3,688,363$7,631,874$8,590,168$5,196,920$3,710,118$5,284,259
El Salvador$11,698$31,433$151,323$18,163$102,640$99,938 
Estonia$4,825,033$12,081,668$14,832,153$3,164,353$437,674$2,704,378$3,458,308
Ethiopia$71,367$44,398$48,259$48,242$64,292$11,675$14,574
Faroe Islands$18,782$871$129$3,924$2,311  
Fiji$1,924$18,229$1,753$23,063$33,777$20,667 
Finland$587,716,435$965,464,329$1,236,931,618$742,712,166$262,439,800$698,821,355$736,377,279
France$907,573,950$1,197,822,714$2,030,051,254$1,502,137,694$727,423,994$1,103,375,673$1,535,429,790
French Polynesia$4,576$4,889$3,353$3,126$4,572$1,360$5,478
Gabon$3,370$14,710$1,097 $1,085,668  
Gambia, The$22,277$25,120$3,353$8,609$3,459$4,025$13,076
Georgia$12,162$95,824$95,561$45,695$60,273$43,816 
Germany$1,838,672,000$2,645,702,000$4,087,907,000$2,575,840,000$1,064,730,000$2,130,918,955$2,751,967,385
Ghana$31,183$119,454$43,835$56,120$34,315$113,618$87,149
Greece$3,113,708$3,666,970$5,514,363$5,214,649$3,297,487$2,525,119$2,110,774
Greenland$8,343$12,179$5,419    
Grenada$536$169 $526$65  
Guatemala$189,614$202,220$355,053$298,981$21,974$178,654$38,891
Guinea$9,601 $6,088$20,843   
Guyana$43,267$34$132$4,615$13,707$26,757$24,178
Honduras$12,530$15,279$34,460 $17,441  
Hong Kong$383,268,060$525,126,307$783,632,276$443,216,645$277,257,936$310,799,116$265,087,359
Hungary$16,725,000$16,102,000$37,785,000$21,156,000$21,298,000$20,357,000$17,940,000
Iceland$19,488$28,082$987,435$674,136$78,578$222,058$137,462
India$298,252,038$427,851,204$734,619,515$544,077,818$371,103,153$635,814,283$786,655,835
Indonesia$15,468,929$13,758,082$20,481,046$27,102,062$18,379,607$22,717,713$33,829,004
Iran$24,350,019$3,497,664   $25,707,882 
Ireland$26,274,834$29,236,487$24,814,235$37,955,858$19,219,525$29,833,803$38,655,563
Israel$43,370,000$52,440,000$67,621,000$68,318,000$28,318,000$29,235,000$37,838,000
Italy$799,616,842$1,390,846,613$2,036,234,965$1,295,284,030$624,888,526$1,031,820,936$1,139,090,967
Jamaica$5,051$13,498$8,765$13,437$5,155$32,964 
Japan$2,111,167,091$3,121,821,999$5,566,838,248$3,412,634,430$1,625,611,537$3,065,709,940$3,448,723,604
Jordan$171,181$191,496$118,371$504,850$305,374$1,119,678$1,038,583
Kazakhstan$6,010,955$16,947,507$38,934,804$37,492,607$60,678,496  
Kenya$256,365$241,441$409,668$224,611$261,887$352,175 
Kiribati$3,551      
Korea, South$1,226,508,130$1,629,476,685$2,194,048,956$1,341,169,898$881,604,026$1,335,654,928$1,525,688,606
Kuwait $1,375,225$2,966,678$1,478,305   
Kyrgyzstan$157,740$63,435$222,718$52,961$83,357$71,495$125,281
Latvia$263,421$242,368$336,231$197,151$725,008$102,012$1,744,833
Lebanon$187,000$176,959$297,804$353,769$185,372$358,575$232,550
Lesotho   $10,313   
Lithuania$313,852$346,169$374,106$1,044,551$717,356$925,701$1,676,838
Luxembourg$3,070,949$5,053,061$4,212,236$1,707,176$1,029,749$2,435,993$2,574,486
Macau$39,819$17,651$239,750$137,261$148,223  
Macedonia$25,304$39,468$125,508$167,567$128,375 $223,674
Madagascar$6,593$23,793$20,788$12,498$206,379$53,313 
Malawi$3,636$553$22,066$420$46,998$251$44
Malaysia$40,156,398$37,518,896$68,461,234$57,196,787$33,461,530$73,821,773$83,380,523
Maldives$26,332$7,765$5,056$8,112$849$6,759$101
Mali$5,266$2,405$2,671$10,561   
Malta$360,595$398,582$1,126,535$795,013$239,028$326,110 
Mauritania $298$2,009 $23,722  
Mauritius$9,585$11,415$38,369$14,828$81,165$36,430$64,256
Mayotte $840$388$948$752  
Mexico$112,279,386$143,830,674$258,689,563$194,889,644$108,524,199$172,172,490$210,366,656
Moldova$85,200$70,604$143,917$239,713$28,897$64,623$155,421
Mongolia$196,661$277,006$927,624    
Montenegro $644,144$2,744,646$2,353,225$70,100$384,497$1,131,282
Morocco$1,542,148$1,069,539$2,641,714$2,412,121$1,183,638$1,753,197 
Mozambique$7,839$6,426$2,271$7,451$18,228 $36,000
Namibia$64,728$42,050$15,603$38,150   
Nepal    $24,381$40,759 
Netherlands$103,599,570$134,680,208$231,622,825$185,265,910$101,248,272$137,547,200 
Netherlands Antilles$1,219$12,453$819$3,978   
New Caledonia$5,827$38,699$2,141$1,209$507,243$4,893$80,131
New Zealand$1,790,359$2,792,495$5,079,287$2,572,481$1,498,786$2,134,882$4,516,939
Nicaragua$520$331$8,146$168$315$155$1,993
Niger$25$780$23,660$439 $958,715$1,532
Nigeria $357,125$545,325$3,891,435$964,309$231,956 
Norway$1,507,314,782$1,846,064,047$3,610,784,249$2,731,516,263$1,427,270,885$2,231,162,070$3,271,357,811
Oman$182,775$387,725$1,252,619$4,474,264$12,992,179$754,032 
Pakistan$14,837,448$13,142,352$13,534,963$12,748,169$11,632,666$11,991,807$13,344,116
Panama$4,026$1,201$77,061$5,453$23,171$320,624$607,956
Paraguay$164,579$45,514$24,954$156,118$81,854$58,834$178,112
Peru$2,292,940$3,471,123$7,901,198$6,935,075$3,257,053$3,347,538$5,258,267
Philippines$3,200,341$3,910,981$4,313,083$8,363,479$4,054,804$7,904,513$5,637,040
Poland$44,989,571$73,741,054$127,397,697$121,082,072$85,793,156$106,565,872$99,133,317
Portugal$18,187,542$19,714,723$19,517,748$15,913,972$5,225,179$11,139,626$9,008,274
Qatar$421,142$18,557,705$18,320,361$47,785,810 $4,543,161 
Romania$22,619,657$34,552,666$45,313,574$27,756,722$18,770,795$29,233,535$33,924,712
Russia$61,332,471$29,829,423$42,683,185$40,214,135$56,468,657$101,858,599$235,116,396
Rwanda $1,472$15,156$16,373$632,439 $1,226
Saint Kitts and Nevis$3,082$12,599$4,403$2,241   
Saint Lucia  $21$537   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$124$2,010$3,724$1,600$3,920$1,105 
Samoa   $1,341,370$48$2,608$185
Saudi Arabia$3,632,598$9,018,636$25,178,609  $8,443,478 
Senegal$16,182$5,006$4,322$6,055$37,304$9,534$12,272
Serbia$2,631,970$2,999,435$7,787,225$6,065,166$2,385,041$3,988,072$3,315,315
Seychelles$28,353$2,378$9,663$55,740   
Singapore$185,863,410$232,849,115$426,655,531$498,707,869$478,476,185$527,984,688$499,710,307
Slovakia$6,777,339$6,988,068$9,998,061$8,978,050$5,039,634$20,738,355$39,338,616
Slovenia$27,723,529$36,823,591$69,350,217$81,273,412$36,614,000$87,516,727$83,286,576
South Africa$125,035,060$526,765,374$575,857,930$460,488,011$144,699,754$69,504,659$38,540,043
Spain$481,133,657$768,454,679$1,030,850,587$647,674,910$273,824,067$434,437,846 
Sri Lanka$65,010$79,693$129,114$82,062$57,208$213,900$680,690
Sudan$50,988$35,126$6,546,197$308,069$43,713  
Suriname     $1,075$951
Swaziland$214,117$3,133,550$241,017    
Sweden$577,837,025$891,003,326$1,379,504,684$848,756,302$351,534,127$698,802,655$774,188,546
Switzerland$77,082,977$105,471,196$174,711,626$167,264,792$82,576,309$79,852,636$105,352,446
Syria$1,347,202$494,242$1,102,138$194,081 $756,440 
Tanzania$67,123$14,798$25,885$24,096$258,599$68,326$59,637
Thailand$61,550,755$73,587,230$115,758,429$107,117,219$54,818,061$95,569,783$104,360,437
Togo$2,107    $24,257 
Tonga$558  $27,435$20,136$3,325 
Trinidad and Tobago$69,253$72,280$64,211$368,096$151,364$143,745 
Tunisia$982,246$966,289$1,844,912$2,018,131$1,273,014$1,193,864 
Turkey$70,452,656$101,730,486$181,569,198$133,287,843$60,767,223$102,715,327$129,502,925
Uganda$5,392$256$8,811$52,663$12,772$17,315 
Ukraine$65,626,166$78,880,235$158,327,847$100,988,828$59,485,363$119,731,053$156,886,670
United Arab Emirates$13,900,131 $32,079,137$60,181,109   
United Kingdom$1,165,101,448$1,631,219,235$2,929,714,469$2,016,939,999$773,737,840$1,519,637,178$1,869,697,219
United States$2,318,854,489$3,484,244,545$5,097,384,698$3,684,755,906$1,802,241,350$3,162,770,193$3,930,767,361
Uruguay$116,738$189,703$311,918$186,067$250,070  
Vanuatu $3,727$11,590    
Venezuela$5,443,559$7,752,705$8,020,288$8,694,375$3,859,918$3,809,678$4,844,776
Vietnam$10,314,872$15,000,910$28,204,826$18,261,956$13,873,810$15,063,160 
Yemen$248,228$234,229$110,960$16,511$127,956$273,542$193,445
Zambia$61,037$55,738$122,206$61,807$8,309$62,286 
Zimbabwe$27,007$4,101,389$43,003,269$108,003,305$138,701,855$605,076,435 
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