RankCountryImports of Quartz, other than nat. sands in USD (2010)
1Japan$65,494,183
2China$28,100,748
3Norway$27,308,413
4France$16,539,296
5Israel$12,774,000
6Vietnam$8,830,970
7Spain$7,496,841
8Germany$7,237,713
9United Kingdom$6,271,355
10Italy$5,803,135
11United States$5,534,822
12Venezuela$4,825,828
13Bhutan$4,474,268
14Korea, South$4,433,109
15Belgium$3,743,088
16Malaysia$3,273,238
17Canada$2,829,168
18Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,293,677
19Slovakia$2,268,291
20Austria$1,865,687
21Netherlands$1,848,122
22Russia$1,815,995
23Philippines$1,506,803
24Iran$1,469,639
25Singapore$1,384,368
26Mexico$1,246,013
27Poland$1,216,694
28Switzerland$1,199,223
29Portugal$886,290
30Sweden$838,955
31Brazil$793,594
32Luxembourg$746,843
33Indonesia$633,000
34Azerbaijan$614,829
35Belarus$550,400
36Denmark$539,340
37Oman$484,888
38Turkey$474,942
39Romania$452,788
40Czech Republic$440,938
41Tunisia$425,397
42South Africa$304,059
43Tanzania$291,517
44Slovenia$288,354
45Yemen$284,038
46Guatemala$265,903
47Australia$244,586
48Colombia$242,657
49Hungary$233,000
50Ethiopia$216,756
51Algeria$208,264
52Chile$207,194
53Peru$201,542
54Costa Rica$194,831
55Egypt$183,840
56Thailand$175,757
57Kenya$152,584
58Ecuador$152,578
59Cyprus$151,661
60New Zealand$142,738
61Croatia$107,276
62Georgia$106,573
63Albania$97,998
64Bahrain$95,315
65India$94,404
66Greece$91,581
67Nigeria$83,658
68Qatar$83,269
69Ireland$80,924
70Serbia$79,608
71Nepal$68,370
72Paraguay$56,260
73Morocco$55,237
74Finland$54,922
75Ukraine$49,277
76Argentina$45,351
77Mozambique$44,069
78Iceland$28,301
79Lebanon$25,142
80Bahamas, The$24,380
81Bulgaria$23,957
82Bolivia$22,827
83Nicaragua$22,735
84Uganda$22,459
85Senegal$21,412
86Sri Lanka$20,561
87Guyana$18,363
88Mauritius$17,288
89El Salvador$15,074
90Hong Kong$12,563
91Burkina Faso$11,278
92Dominican Republic$11,180
93Zimbabwe$9,521
94Bermuda$8,365
95Moldova$6,643
96Latvia$6,409
97Kyrgyzstan$5,904
98Pakistan$5,261
99Panama$4,860
100Cape Verde$3,806
101Madagascar$3,313
102Ghana$2,589
103Lithuania$2,084
104French Polynesia$1,951
105Aruba$1,758
106New Caledonia$1,382
107Syria$1,138
108Antigua and Barbuda$1,026
109Barbados$870
110Estonia$472
111Niger$422
112Fiji$391
113Jamaica$386
114Armenia$134
115Belize$89
116Botswana$39
117Montenegro$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$2,805$3,462$12,642$264,862$17,114$97,998$65,282
Algeria$257,429$325,595$200,372$400,307$485,256$208,264$238,984
Antigua and Barbuda$40    $1,026 
Argentina$77,579$103,435$142,424$77,137$73,040$45,351$70,860
Armenia $216$11,839$514$1,100$134$370,043
Aruba    $836$1,758$1,307
Australia$366,585$562,725$498,116$585,817$328,011$244,586$354,580
Austria$1,205,532$1,329,612$1,106,004$1,338,637$1,041,000$1,865,687 
Azerbaijan$7,862$15,488$23,458$524,793$389,588$614,829$660,450
Bahamas, The$24,590$10,671$34,457$61,532$81,103$24,380$29,224
Bahrain$36,758$691 $8,378$5,407,544$95,315$9,993
Bangladesh$852,377$1,407,339$1,326,234    
Barbados $3,468   $870$669
Belarus$245,000$148,000$646,900$680,700$488,600$550,400$432,900
Belgium$2,697,207$3,966,020$4,007,740$4,377,236$4,041,225$3,743,088$4,715,707
Belize     $89 
Benin$607$2,059     
Bermuda     $8,365 
Bhutan$3,326$88$553,767$1,199,486$2,996,252$4,474,268 
Bolivia$6,452$1,974$4,627$6,044$30,532$22,827$21,344
Bosnia and Herzegovina$567,264$917,641$903,509$1,398,090$1,405,255$2,293,677$3,490,901
Botswana$77$1,820$5,727$40,925$110$39$138
Brazil$482,200$565,177$612,638$793,880$616,083$793,594$888,043
Brunei $5,210     
Bulgaria$138,766$114,568$75,091$27,736$30,613$23,957$19,995
Burkina Faso$812    $11,278 
Cambodia  $302    
Cameroon$116$9$253 $40  
Canada$1,932,867$1,754,464$2,307,346$1,462,273$1,394,456$2,829,168$4,584,637
Cape Verde $21,417$5,177$12,781$2,241$3,806$13,724
Chile$138,108$605,783$617,224$553,824$182,291$207,194$522,062
China$1,937,974$2,795,261$4,493,003$22,513,392$10,138,758$28,100,748$74,281,907
Colombia$15,983$34,042$12,844$23,933$19,992$242,657$502,599
Costa Rica$183,720$142,507$87,482$153,240$136,301$194,831$137,084
Cote d'Ivoire    $289 $21,224
Croatia$144,995$137,096$177,665$232,429$186,806$107,276$104,845
Cuba$178,830$78,157     
Cyprus$100,436$89,493$117,097$119,482$150,881$151,661$82,666
Czech Republic$669,752$673,778$882,852$1,153,906$509,235$440,938$949,464
Denmark$110,165$291,143$130,050$244,487$454,322$539,340$387,719
Dominican Republic$3,716$23,553$28,078$68,329$36,924$11,180$35,068
Ecuador$12,770$43,216$58,284$83,296$49,928$152,578$292,640
Egypt$28,832$55,533$69,729$52,564$56,636$183,840$293,458
El Salvador$9,034 $14,535$19,949$10,955$15,074 
Estonia$42,587$32,973$964$2,001$145,071$472$4,622
Ethiopia$7,154$21,915$182,714$383,834$225,831$216,756$374,161
Faroe Islands$22$50$1,432    
Fiji   $8,663 $391 
Finland$17,941$225,996$5,707$8,409$13,112$54,922$16,910
France$1,623,776$2,764,716$7,234,580$11,827,705$10,330,562$16,539,296$21,180,280
French Polynesia$1,456$2,959$3,207$2,262$138$1,951$22,817
Gabon  $4,353    
Georgia$10,021$718$9,137$7,091$43,812$106,573 
Germany$4,025,000$5,501,000$7,567,000$8,603,000$6,253,000$7,237,713$15,088,254
Ghana $66$22,771$1,234 $2,589$12,435
Greece$2,566$17,350$86,720$110,746$58,393$91,581$24,191
Greenland  $484    
Grenada$58$10     
Guatemala$4,113$4,305$89,814$445,132$602,197$265,903$248,673
Guinea $1,473     
Guyana  $1,377$1,808$1,412$18,363$1,402
Honduras$17,479$7,469$11,667 $47,108  
Hong Kong$145,613$208,678$4,014,365$499,253$22,169$12,563$26,366
Hungary$303,000$221,000$269,000$283,000$284,000$233,000$530,000
Iceland$39,021$41,695$515,089$14,373$11,949$28,301$45,694
India$27,768$90,707$90,909$139,272$259,887$94,404$180,006
Indonesia$30,996$205,551$459,710$703,214$700,924$633,000$1,447,047
Iran$99,113$501   $1,469,639 
Ireland$1,606,757$76,154$328,023$316,806$112,959$80,924$70,996
Israel$6,879,000$8,815,000$13,739,000$15,102,000$10,880,000$12,774,000$16,408,000
Italy$5,178,426$6,544,451$9,596,207$10,390,616$4,820,611$5,803,135$9,258,696
Jamaica$83$3,897$1,487$518$2,460$386 
Japan$33,146,205$42,651,678$46,392,598$62,154,539$25,461,253$65,494,183$68,328,889
Jordan$1,138     $479
Kazakhstan$67,396$200,698$174,399$267,625$39,194  
Kenya$49,656$77,574$216,959$196,199$121,678$152,584 
Korea, South$1,007,132$1,203,165$2,312,482$3,280,828$3,860,885$4,433,109$9,993,950
Kuwait $95,880$210,953$338,712   
Kyrgyzstan$8,909$958$1,104$296$13,815$5,904$3,234
Latvia$3,150$38,380$24,234$7,359 $6,409$19,253
Lebanon$13,000$10,885$29,415$11,072$44,466$25,142$26,635
Lithuania$12,325$10,586$2,431$2,643$1,558$2,084$25,264
Luxembourg$1,190,330$1,045,237$1,190,854$1,735,103$896,131$746,843$1,068,261
Macau $250 $7,145$2,728  
Macedonia$9,054$7,332$10,382$2,138$1,350 $1,148
Madagascar $425 $4,256$272$3,313 
Malawi$2,849  $215$45 $9,035
Malaysia$544,690$713,524$1,310,096$1,033,475$856,325$3,273,238$3,891,162
Malta$1,565$2,352$3,175$2,145$4,938  
Mauritius$237$749$10,480$4,264 $17,288$13,791
Mayotte $963 $193   
Mexico$745,480$485,845$645,715$1,029,098$1,029,883$1,246,013$1,181,407
Moldova$1,247$2,504$2,278$8,066$1,688$6,643$6,954
Mongolia$380$355     
Montenegro $570$2,490$56,047$109$5$194
Morocco$227,847$177,252$162,006$182,343$85,706$55,237 
Mozambique$117$1,045$216$8,005$31,586$44,069$102,000
Namibia$3,680$7,776$25,680$16,524   
Nepal    $7,708$68,370 
Netherlands$3,124,086$3,194,767$3,354,446$2,549,132$1,943,058$1,848,122 
New Caledonia $2,970$44$982$2,516$1,382$3,143
New Zealand$98,006$41,852$134,526$117,800$106,276$142,738$222,734
Nicaragua$230  $5,001$23,209$22,735$75,485
Niger     $422 
Nigeria $18,649$280,182$1,029,875$131,141$83,658 
Norway$18,696,107$15,642,001$22,685,597$32,258,124$17,364,440$27,308,413$27,985,504
Oman$214,949$224,975$1,115,113$1,450,893$1,442,172$484,888 
Pakistan $22,085$11,822$26,588$21,454$5,261$71,830
Panama$1,855$416$420$480$1,644$4,860$2,634
Paraguay$11,164$34,671$33,316$49,889$39,455$56,260$133,053
Peru$32,873$13,696$97,929$219,846$109,600$201,542$151,982
Philippines$5,496$9,354$1,814$60,515$1,739,336$1,506,803$2,142,826
Poland$1,167,584$944,176$1,114,830$1,488,721$1,329,559$1,216,694$861,325
Portugal$646,787$862,568$1,325,177$1,112,913$202,475$886,290$769,657
Qatar$853,576$793,776$441,654$69,655 $83,269 
Romania$138,003$161,335$297,555$323,004$250,686$452,788$293,080
Russia$561,863$671,219$973,363$1,844,725$1,008,523$1,815,995$1,415,156
Rwanda   $7,738$34 $38,125
Saint Lucia$4,008$17     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $3,841 $3  
Samoa      $1,937
Sao Tome and Principe  $167    
Saudi Arabia$205,371$122,380$78,858    
Senegal $1,199$2,383$849$7,727$21,412$184,875
Serbia$22,864$33,282$67,275$85,492$63,252$79,608$73,244
Seychelles   $25   
Singapore$69,172$181,613$397,893$97,341$124,114$1,384,368$2,688,609
Slovakia$3,776,344$3,950,779$4,156,339$5,022,035$2,853,645$2,268,291$4,347,928
Slovenia$190,366$232,097$324,491$442,228$278,784$288,354$264,005
South Africa$151,106$238,207$380,740$236,504$47,087$304,059$245,361
Spain$2,473,958$1,674,698$6,045,674$8,385,962$3,501,375$7,496,841 
Sri Lanka$31,134$34,749$19,932$10,918$5,841$20,561$34,417
Sudan   $107$33,148  
Swaziland$357$3,551     
Sweden$267,097$385,164$1,011,889$1,002,358$876,060$838,955$940,610
Switzerland$693,264$952,870$1,025,216$1,221,944$812,287$1,199,223$1,402,195
Syria $5,965   $1,138 
Tanzania$164,297$259,216$253,820$292,148$202,474$291,517$362,022
Thailand$910,844$164,840$301,198$213,397$218,565$175,757$383,909
Trinidad and Tobago $51,733$7,540$23,793$20,803  
Tunisia$283,502$440,051$321,505$380,631$656,274$425,397 
Turkey$466,587$826,794$544,805$954,020$250,275$474,942$720,161
Uganda$383$895$15,266$6,243$3,211$22,459 
Ukraine$201,247$28,630$153,501$114,192$52,906$49,277$55,181
United Arab Emirates$638,789 $3,657,132$4,032,820   
United Kingdom$846,807$1,306,792$3,322,589$5,796,052$3,698,915$6,271,355$9,732,072
United States$4,526,207$19,067,970$38,601,658$11,764,737$3,234,748$5,534,822$12,929,790
Uruguay$44,412$34,377$56,910$58,760$47,108  
Vanuatu  $5,449    
Venezuela$64$9 $38,259$2,645,257$4,825,828$12,358,235
Vietnam$1,659,280$2,106,107$5,190,322$8,457,234$7,271,638$8,830,970 
Yemen  $416,768$492,104$298,755$284,038$544,681
Zambia $6,829$739$3,648   
Zimbabwe$24,463$29,016   $9,521