RankCountryImports of Natural sands other than silica & quartz, whether or not coloured, other th ... in USD (2010)
1Singapore$183,781,946
2Belgium$131,548,571
3Netherlands$73,793,624
4France$61,573,685
5Switzerland$30,076,290
6United States$23,753,614
7Germany$20,177,626
8Italy$13,911,624
9Spain$11,107,762
10Oman$10,567,952
11Hong Kong$9,995,235
12Luxembourg$9,893,154
13Norway$9,181,102
14United Kingdom$8,135,078
15Portugal$7,069,140
16Austria$6,118,819
17Slovakia$5,793,930
18Russia$5,542,091
19Maldives$4,218,168
20Thailand$4,120,964
21Sweden$4,016,688
22Japan$3,447,523
23Saudi Arabia$3,316,004
24Ireland$2,947,023
25Malaysia$2,855,773
26Canada$2,194,061
27Vietnam$1,958,260
28Bahamas, The$1,846,078
29Philippines$1,634,154
30Indonesia$1,613,585
31Hungary$1,584,000
32Bahrain$1,525,735
33Czech Republic$1,508,977
34Cape Verde$1,438,567
35Finland$1,352,086
36Romania$1,233,070
37Algeria$1,206,248
38Lithuania$1,162,131
39Macau$1,071,874
40Slovenia$1,068,650
41Turkey$1,027,131
42South Africa$1,019,304
43Morocco$968,112
44Poland$910,789
45Mexico$900,385
46Qatar$801,356
47Croatia$760,562
48Venezuela$711,059
49Iran$702,296
50Denmark$650,785
51Aruba$638,733
52Sri Lanka$585,876
53Latvia$580,974
54New Caledonia$573,167
55India$557,053
56China$547,461
57Tunisia$503,946
58Greece$501,314
59Kenya$494,483
60Dominican Republic$492,728
61Serbia$435,528
62Argentina$423,985
63New Zealand$423,379
64Bosnia and Herzegovina$417,133
65Chile$372,348
66Fiji$367,618
67Mauritania$352,543
68Egypt$351,752
69Korea, South$339,781
70Jamaica$335,862
71Iceland$310,249
72Ghana$309,710
73Brazil$252,139
74Nigeria$237,508
75Israel$226,000
76Colombia$219,462
77Azerbaijan$211,416
78Costa Rica$204,984
79Suriname$191,497
80Syria$185,890
81Jordan$185,213
82Cyprus$184,537
83Panama$180,874
84Albania$166,325
85Estonia$157,072
86Belarus$152,600
87Lebanon$145,193
88Mozambique$144,537
89Malta$138,591
90Bulgaria$118,453
91Yemen$111,269
92Zimbabwe$110,632
93Botswana$108,349
94Guatemala$102,677
95Malawi$97,467
96Montenegro$92,514
97Madagascar$80,108
98Cambodia$73,868
99Armenia$73,391
100Trinidad and Tobago$72,532
101Ethiopia$72,033
102Cameroon$69,316
103El Salvador$68,843
104Tanzania$64,778
105Senegal$64,395
106Pakistan$62,904
107Guyana$62,313
108Zambia$57,351
109Peru$57,108
110Barbados$55,870
111Uganda$55,488
112Ecuador$53,271
113Nepal$52,757
114Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$51,827
115Moldova$48,387
116Antigua and Barbuda$48,305
117Bermuda$45,818
118Ukraine$44,368
119French Polynesia$42,341
120Georgia$40,194
121Australia$39,724
122Bhutan$39,094
123Cote d'Ivoire$34,263
124Mali$28,361
125Nicaragua$23,009
126Benin$18,169
127Niger$17,756
128Bolivia$16,171
129Sao Tome and Principe$9,494
130Burkina Faso$7,554
131Kyrgyzstan$6,301
132Togo$5,965
133Belize$3,340
134Mauritius$3,120
135Paraguay$2,862
136Burundi$1,916
137Gambia, The$735
138Dominica$453
139Tonga$327
140Samoa$278
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$12,773$15,535$21,772$125,787$188,034$166,325$231,998
Algeria$2,420,562$2,825,112$1,197,044$1,125,435$937,496$1,206,248$219,292
Antigua and Barbuda$7,162$57,062$117,454 $65,047$48,305$9,362
Argentina$818,422$886,337$602,932$841,616$594,026$423,985$361,178
Armenia$10,463$10,513$20,916$75,578$97,651$73,391$73,276
Aruba    $1,060,107$638,733$786,316
Australia$107,517$111,706$126,679$92,717$128,913$39,724$2,200,404
Austria$6,764,739$7,767,085$9,882,169$8,311,832$5,979,259$6,118,819 
Azerbaijan$292,068$90,210$867,953$1,319,921$947,938$211,416$220,460
Bahamas, The$1,207,306$1,117,322$556,200$1,544,099$4,122,334$1,846,078$1,864,779
Bahrain$626,395$1,282,482$1,068,908$2,048,768$1,149,968$1,525,735$470,179
Bangladesh$63,708$131,529$187,383    
Barbados$92,686$32,291$451,739$77,966$91,901$55,870$74,938
Belarus$82,000$348,000$468,700$296,700$56,700$152,600$59,900
Belgium$97,437,877$114,519,000$131,715,878$162,303,004$138,726,319$131,548,571$159,286,194
Belize$3,095$10,035$27,470$17,358$4,433$3,340 
Benin$13,424$17,411   $18,169 
Bermuda     $45,818 
Bhutan$1,772$3,437$6,295$3,476$13,508$39,094 
Bolivia$20,733$22,165$82,288$5,875$19,767$16,171$15,733
Bosnia and Herzegovina$496,600$553,746$496,180$351,024$197,345$417,133$423,765
Botswana$61,295$72,527$92,669$122,437$100,679$108,349$95,627
Brazil$364,744$36,828$232,754$636,665$73,259$252,139$413,558
Brunei $154,116     
Bulgaria$88,670$175,136$145,790$224,486$171,136$118,453$129,807
Burkina Faso$622 $11,467$7,341$11,377$7,554 
Burundi $4,003 $2,517 $1,916 
Cambodia$28,985$45,841$92,412$14,676$247,235$73,868 
Cameroon$20,460$50,679$141,778$41,562$23,346$69,316 
Canada$5,067,187$4,084,769$3,526,945$4,479,834$2,758,640$2,194,061$3,248,260
Cape Verde$37,652$8,964$1,630,626$802,730$1,642,032$1,438,567$1,270,597
Chile$83,597$140,965$324,564$535,552$240,397$372,348$290,188
China$629,726$873,505$830,585$1,094,701$490,712$547,461$1,110,706
Colombia$61,870$49,775$89,272$54,647$117,175$219,462$293,254
Comoros  $110    
Cook Islands$371      
Costa Rica$168,641$282,384$126,903$164,768$138,595$204,984$203,871
Cote d'Ivoire$75,950$37,242$38,361$12,331$3,695$34,263$32,780
Croatia$574,906$927,907$808,603$1,281,555$990,091$760,562$1,846,279
Cuba$27,517$6,267     
Cyprus$212,629$337,019$656,236$927,060$457,304$184,537$112,299
Czech Republic$1,002,493$1,413,031$2,077,651$2,597,325$1,493,557$1,508,977$3,186,335
Denmark$861,990$3,603,445$1,074,709$983,642$831,812$650,785$1,362,821
Djibouti    $13,620  
Dominica$7,388$199$3,082 $118$453 
Dominican Republic$350,195$283,237$952,831$537,541$475,316$492,728$660,626
East Timor$388      
Ecuador$242,337$132,572$71,534$34,300$21,126$53,271$267,242
Egypt$47,816$89,419$182,130$192,846$352,585$351,752$215,068
El Salvador$26,916$42,199$50,131$42,540$21,992$68,843 
Estonia$150,602$193,601$242,019$273,075$648,722$157,072$176,540
Ethiopia$31,256$14,213$28,438$3,718$25,465$72,033$70,358
Faroe Islands$882,979$1,665,650$1,548,207$1,418,525$924,729  
Fiji$91,560$49,133$81,297$77,904$30,110$367,618 
Finland$1,439,022$1,343,847$1,531,487$1,468,217$3,111,506$1,352,086$1,197,962
France$43,344,249$50,671,397$57,678,999$60,862,509$67,517,159$61,573,685$69,213,683
French Polynesia$48,576$37,262$47,705$78,847$54,090$42,341$50,198
Gabon$388,476$543,860$238,472$2,123,028$312,742  
Gambia, The$245$31,247$6,140$317$789$735$6,721
Georgia$29,333$31,591$109,866$227,422$217,304$40,194 
Germany$18,729,000$17,348,000$20,293,000$21,245,000$17,603,000$20,177,626$25,574,728
Ghana$34,581$29,715$31,315$29,088$170,658$309,710$250,388
Greece$305,513$595,212$551,518$795,723$409,656$501,314$346,380
Greenland$114,230$16,531$13,321    
Grenada$2,195$2,493$79,400$195,696$150,024  
Guatemala$87,751$100,641$80,064$81,414$71,808$102,677$136,493
Guinea$72,698$49,397$57,662$5,383   
Guinea-Bissau$138      
Guyana$43,674$11,823$334$28,240$2,434$62,313$23,064
Honduras$58,492$137,878$81,480 $89,327  
Hong Kong$8,292,673$9,385,220$11,243,955$12,600,978$11,274,192$9,995,235$11,757,317
Hungary$584,000$922,000$1,244,000$899,000$1,377,000$1,584,000$1,489,000
Iceland$797,085$1,130,638$956,936$1,406,750$392,120$310,249$459,623
India$826,662$4,493,786$5,807,532$6,454,043$4,694,613$557,053$355,029
Indonesia$2,860,372$1,175,081$1,523,895$1,221,462$1,995,278$1,613,585$2,529,645
Iran$116,934$241,779   $702,296 
Ireland$7,517,104$8,807,801$10,693,014$9,408,495$3,551,740$2,947,023$2,633,040
Israel$261,000$274,000$362,000$370,000$359,000$226,000$141,000
Italy$11,603,767$13,285,414$14,041,381$18,316,907$12,744,878$13,911,624$14,767,205
Jamaica$213,226$171,661$162,721$96,184$1,264,096$335,862 
Japan$44,374,684$35,178,945$12,400,630$1,701,638$2,516,877$3,447,523$3,106,367
Jordan$75,772$172,394$172,590$220,922$165,172$185,213$401,772
Kazakhstan$825,933$763,986$2,478,862$2,870,147$454,763  
Kenya$52,439$63,276$24,003$1,480,150$956,801$494,483 
Korea, South$9,208,013$13,588,265$3,286,210$328,630$408,067$339,781$449,620
Kuwait $677,197$745,302$2,755,866   
Kyrgyzstan$47,301$51,592$52,851$53,731$10,762$6,301$27,077
Latvia$292,365$404,048$1,177,692$1,708,442$588,366$580,974$575,213
Lebanon$57,000$52,313$147,178$83,940$61,456$145,193$904,157
Lesotho   $277   
Lithuania$105,705$174,671$302,945$823,205$537,693$1,162,131$536,961
Luxembourg$8,427,853$9,048,116$13,503,582$13,063,787$10,457,662$9,893,154$12,208,129
Macau$783,818$1,195,040$1,987,205$2,137,695$1,393,610$1,071,874 
Macedonia$77,290$51,492$87,171$70,734$52,446 $36,093
Madagascar$17,354$17,203$56,865$27,466$17,990$80,108 
Malawi$8,445$12,975$8,214$1,349$82,803$97,467$59,175
Malaysia$1,477,889$1,904,210$2,647,904$2,378,449$2,180,379$2,855,773$3,535,563
Maldives$6,788,275$7,000,669$15,672,886$13,011,253$4,956,712$4,218,168$6,104,717
Mali $1,585$1,564$6,767 $28,361 
Malta$75,305$93,910$368,073$360,977$921,307$138,591 
Mauritania$48,008$39,418$8,418$8,025$24,544$352,543$219,699
Mauritius$33,284$19,393$16,210$11,219$18,860$3,120$1,883
Mayotte$32,412$15,361$21,883$11,837$25,089  
Mexico$1,322,619$1,253,507$747,184$851,375$628,797$900,385$1,124,585
Moldova$56,443$26,070$83,158$90,867$32,097$48,387$53,759
Mongolia$147,229$185,065$405,673    
Montenegro $101,823$57,556$570,532$28,705$92,514$44,324
Montserrat$454$597$474$401$444  
Morocco$152,045$679,542$636,408$1,052,216$1,920,589$968,112 
Mozambique$42,001$54,333$64,782$157,712$104,064$144,537$326,000
Namibia$18,105$69,277$46,029$102,319   
Nepal    $40,476$52,757 
Netherlands$60,285,041$77,958,338$105,509,943$101,019,305$87,433,447$73,793,624 
Netherlands Antilles$163,760$580,037$534,868$475,267   
New Caledonia$64,216$88,800$81,862$162,850$101,729$573,167$136,523
New Zealand$399,104$501,039$469,652$458,488$344,061$423,379$417,674
Nicaragua$25,380$24,148$29,582$27,714$39,472$23,009$59,674
Niger$24,946$52$1,761$979$5,431$17,756$91,244
Nigeria $161,761$366,979$162,977$257,607$237,508 
Norway$5,449,561$6,456,466$7,489,118$9,581,302$8,543,114$9,181,102$9,957,922
Oman$1,320,952$741,566$807,761$1,079,509$1,065,772$10,567,952 
Pakistan$152,628$107,195$100,669$137,501$91,032$62,904$69,619
Panama$103,418$130,364$231,485$136,762$184,647$180,874$231,622
Paraguay$81$234$8,566$4,815$3,546$2,862$953
Peru$1,355,710$127,240$66,209$68,768$67,780$57,108$83,255
Philippines$1,073,583$1,007,967$8,507,024$1,259,155$895,856$1,634,154$3,264,924
Poland$983,676$860,913$809,670$2,771,343$1,290,527$910,789$1,269,487
Portugal$4,391,774$3,823,916$4,639,135$4,823,769$2,289,370$7,069,140$4,226,126
Qatar$453,322$1,248,327$1,196,150$700,911 $801,356 
Romania$333,213$647,499$933,975$2,374,051$638,899$1,233,070$1,089,973
Russia$1,595,573$659,878$438,154$556,374$615,567$5,542,091$4,048,182
Rwanda$1,958 $1,612$1,319$5,303 $7,493
Saint Kitts and Nevis$13,169$33,106$61,756$138,317   
Saint Lucia$1,004,362$795,684$362,314$270,959   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$14,503$50,258$101,277$58,362$211,593$51,827 
Samoa$1,418$2,760$1,411$3,055$209$278$350
Sao Tome and Principe $278$41,021$696$313$9,494 
Saudi Arabia$2,771,461$4,662,677$6,862,439  $3,316,004 
Senegal$72,765$70,239$21,385$250,768$80,707$64,395$176,110
Serbia$493,839$503,848$540,548$715,791$627,205$435,528$479,637
Seychelles$1,716$721$1,417$4,867   
Singapore$25,586,770$39,631,988$61,221,681$218,677,072$738,865,948$183,781,946$134,400,234
Slovakia$8,066,647$8,904,713$3,727,030$4,903,104$6,476,926$5,793,930$4,482,437
Slovenia$439,417$703,764$1,106,214$1,755,557$1,236,537$1,068,650$1,038,201
South Africa$695,375$673,209$668,818$708,804$848,540$1,019,304$727,480
Spain$15,489,023$14,059,830$18,650,107$19,295,443$13,439,895$11,107,762 
Sri Lanka$175,907$163,016$400,865$625,385$552,949$585,876$1,132,369
Sudan$46,071$19,815$7,646$3,720$288,264  
Suriname    $230,072$191,497$75,059
Swaziland$30,502$29,452$16,666    
Sweden$3,047,907$3,883,164$4,255,601$4,800,571$3,749,630$4,016,688$5,171,737
Switzerland$19,344,423$21,096,593$25,496,103$30,465,411$27,559,821$30,076,290$37,053,298
Syria $24,994$327,383  $185,890 
Tanzania$56,382$117,443$49,514$115,653$74,318$64,778$265,289
Thailand$1,831,806$1,330,722$1,725,480$2,778,603$3,654,407$4,120,964$3,189,970
Togo$7,347 $11,962  $5,965$2,419
Tonga     $327 
Trinidad and Tobago$119,649$292,951$1,758,543$348,905$207,949$72,532 
Tunisia$718,090$120,589$662,626$433,659$458,487$503,946 
Turkey$371,174$552,872$646,000$879,165$541,890$1,027,131$611,704
Uganda$2,351$4,731$10,861$23,174$10,411$55,488 
Ukraine$91,371$70,744$124,086$148,460$44,663$44,368$51,973
United Arab Emirates$1,080,501 $477,405$13,044,999   
United Kingdom$8,047,029$9,351,849$13,511,128$12,705,829$9,283,173$8,135,078$12,114,308
United States$22,153,445$23,949,506$22,678,883$28,641,964$22,609,322$23,753,614$25,185,978
Uruguay$1,242$1,566$1,944$7,663$5,870  
Vanuatu $6,672$5,767    
Venezuela$1,105,399$707,440$1,969,647$2,284,919$1,400,798$711,059$1,937,893
Vietnam$1,176,730$2,606,853$2,885,144$2,907,962$2,178,358$1,958,260 
Yemen$48,602$11,236$163,216$83,842$161,134$111,269$212,507
Zambia$17,475$69,650$86,379$52,057$44,032$57,351 
Zimbabwe$3,438$19,074$37,632$89,663$18,516$110,632