RankCountryImports of Natural sponges of animal origin in USD (2010)
1Botswana$21,055
2Ukraine$9,413
3Morocco$1,471
4Barbados$488
5Venezuela$114
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$390$1,065$354    
Algeria$8,557$25,239     
Antigua and Barbuda$64 $828 $154  
Argentina$5,683      
Armenia$1,017$807     
Australia$30,587$23,025     
Austria$96,299$91,786     
Azerbaijan$462      
Bahamas, The$7,326$22,211$21,338$5,634   
Bahrain$5,295$12,822$70,229$52,237   
Bangladesh$10,575$919$329    
Barbados$58$85$107  $488$2,572
Belarus$1,800$700$1,700    
Belgium$182,119$153,561     
Belize   $28$55  
Benin$229      
Bhutan$51$15     
Bolivia$1,026      
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,620$246$1,021    
Botswana$11,843$9,198$31,846$8,314$17,249$21,055$44,269
Brazil$44,547$29,082     
Brunei $61     
Bulgaria$44,617$7,985     
Cambodia $125     
Cameroon$60$57  $184  
Canada$374,785$347,498     
Chile$18,772$585     
China$146,317$100     
Colombia$14,987$9,645     
Costa Rica$164      
Cote d'Ivoire$1,663$504$1,715    
Croatia$6,989$32,812     
Cyprus$70,339$141,225     
Czech Republic$28,980$44,863     
Denmark$79,518$41,065     
Dominica$1$32     
Dominican Republic$19,209$902,925     
East Timor$4,153      
Ecuador$47,598$3,575$964    
Egypt$87,593$7,541     
Estonia$3,872$3,384     
Ethiopia$10 $104    
Faroe Islands$2,686$3,466     
Fiji  $4,096    
Finland$17,348$5,009     
France$2,624,172$2,590,195     
French Polynesia$1,560$2,133$2,759$1,575   
Gabon$4,155$1,086 $4,250$1,055  
Gambia, The  $81$7,748$75  
Georgia$7,997$9,888$5,107$117   
Germany$887,000$1,234,000     
Ghana$1,454$863$2,287$607$36  
Greece$1,719,425$1,703,565     
Greenland$67$55     
Grenada    $118  
Guatemala$41,691$38,323     
Guinea  $74    
Guyana$59$40     
Honduras$1,635$564     
Hong Kong$40,719$43,330     
Hungary $4,000     
Iceland$5,034$11,703     
India$27,959      
Indonesia$33,802$14,564     
Ireland$112,897$142,930     
Israel$33,000$46,000     
Italy$1,451,925$2,201,336     
Jamaica$5,672$1,196     
Japan$964,721$1,393,431     
Kazakhstan$7,750$3,798$24,123    
Kenya$15$1,507     
Kiribati$147      
Korea, South$24,572$10,923     
Kuwait $211,771$109,343$28,051   
Kyrgyzstan $141$270    
Latvia$7,019$44,201     
Lebanon$8,000$4,287     
Lesotho   $554   
Lithuania$1,141$1,578     
Luxembourg$5,453$6,638     
Macau$753$6     
Macedonia$61$512     
Madagascar$959      
Malawi$13      
Malaysia  $10,280$5,063   
Maldives$406      
Malta$3,983$2,299     
Mauritius$2,902$2,662$4,227    
Mayotte$2,106$259     
Mexico$99,708$136,629$104,594    
Moldova$76$723$47    
Montenegro $113     
Morocco$2,588$3,193$2,830$2,878$695$1,471 
Mozambique$7,890$685$776$1,592$549  
Namibia$11,210$8,440     
Netherlands$637,746$375,633     
Netherlands Antilles$4,411$2,724$2,417$3,889   
New Caledonia$1,305$1,434$2,435    
New Zealand$24,924$22,914     
Nicaragua$2,920$1,083     
Niger $54     
Nigeria $12     
Norway$36,480$51,833     
Oman $531     
Pakistan$3,560$3,187$54    
Panama$173$7,718     
Paraguay $119     
Peru$572$1,785$98    
Philippines$14,534$5,440$4,425$6,717   
Poland$60,416$47,168     
Portugal$274,971$301,983     
Qatar$74,145$2,613$7,492    
Romania$66,647$1,512     
Russia$12$14,746     
Saint Kitts and Nevis$76$165$93$7   
Saint Lucia  $211$397   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$937  $7   
Samoa$678 $3,705$5,034   
Saudi Arabia$39,876$37,230     
Senegal$2,042$1,920$520    
Serbia$851$437     
Seychelles$7$69$88$1,139   
Singapore$7,099$114,583     
Slovakia$13,820$31,840     
Slovenia$5,961$6,853     
South Africa$77,535$132,880     
Spain$584,560$556,838     
Sri Lanka$1,517$115$7    
Swaziland$2,748$1,243$872    
Sweden$105,151$78,799     
Switzerland$476,354$547,278     
Syria $101     
Tanzania $13$1,527    
Thailand$87,531$49,712     
Trinidad and Tobago$3,556$1,958     
Tunisia$18,462$40,003     
Turkey$32,022$26,314     
Tuvalu $142     
Uganda$75$1,326$1,260    
Ukraine$1$37,482$40,159$23,890 $9,413 
United Arab Emirates$121,722 $191,330    
United Kingdom$1,068,116$1,466,046     
United States$1,053,533$691,953     
Uruguay$220$756     
Vanuatu $1,965$4,329    
Venezuela$28,462$9,280$923$1,462$96,847$114$6,489
Vietnam$13,482$493$16,415    
Yemen   $2,918   
Zambia$32$1,855     
Zimbabwe$14$288$296