RankCountryImports of Kaolin & oth. kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined in USD (2010)
1Japan$206,449,492
2Germany$170,504,253
3Finland$156,667,117
4Belgium$151,702,837
5Italy$137,855,313
6Spain$97,420,890
7China$96,678,254
8Sweden$69,600,419
9Canada$66,813,500
10Mexico$65,527,824
11United States$61,911,610
12France$59,723,320
13Korea, South$51,985,904
14Turkey$47,559,434
15Egypt$34,113,569
16Austria$33,764,133
17Norway$32,346,557
18Indonesia$31,175,800
19United Kingdom$30,283,134
20Saudi Arabia$26,634,700
21Netherlands$23,904,939
22Thailand$23,314,732
23Russia$21,356,583
24Poland$19,091,542
25Malaysia$18,519,088
26Portugal$14,037,495
27Vietnam$13,487,450
28India$12,430,487
29Iran$12,090,181
30Tunisia$11,946,954
31Slovakia$10,403,680
32New Zealand$9,241,440
33Argentina$8,917,785
34Brazil$8,470,085
35Switzerland$8,322,012
36Romania$7,782,898
37Pakistan$7,600,169
38Denmark$7,560,540
39Morocco$6,767,074
40Colombia$6,548,558
41Slovenia$6,155,620
42Philippines$5,768,881
43Chile$5,523,381
44Algeria$5,288,886
45South Africa$4,958,140
46Hungary$4,869,000
47Ecuador$4,232,025
48Syria$3,892,860
49Bulgaria$3,839,270
50Greece$3,691,388
51Australia$3,675,758
52Sri Lanka$3,556,337
53Venezuela$3,530,855
54Singapore$3,310,902
55Czech Republic$3,245,523
56Serbia$3,243,855
57Peru$3,061,976
58Belarus$2,756,600
59Dominican Republic$2,528,473
60Israel$2,506,000
61Latvia$2,260,656
62Lebanon$2,134,411
63Ireland$1,767,636
64Ukraine$1,753,014
65Jordan$1,728,854
66Hong Kong$1,528,133
67Bahrain$1,526,449
68Oman$1,509,907
69Croatia$1,256,545
70Costa Rica$1,198,385
71El Salvador$1,047,555
72Guatemala$1,008,671
73Luxembourg$914,243
74Nigeria$741,037
75Panama$694,897
76Kenya$420,468
77Mauritius$379,674
78Nepal$273,873
79Estonia$238,151
80Bolivia$234,262
81Ethiopia$231,649
82Zambia$206,248
83Cameroon$201,223
84Trinidad and Tobago$180,304
85Mozambique$167,491
86Lithuania$166,224
87Uganda$163,353
88Guyana$152,878
89Yemen$151,478
90Burkina Faso$139,088
91Zimbabwe$105,130
92Albania$99,117
93Nicaragua$83,727
94Cyprus$76,391
95Jamaica$58,318
96Qatar$46,639
97Tanzania$43,055
98New Caledonia$42,780
99Ghana$37,051
100Bosnia and Herzegovina$35,116
101Kyrgyzstan$34,690
102Malawi$32,546
103Cote d'Ivoire$32,167
104Paraguay$30,697
105Malta$30,134
106Azerbaijan$28,608
107Senegal$24,883
108Botswana$20,758
109Georgia$18,485
110Moldova$18,239
111Armenia$16,915
112Burundi$15,220
113Mali$11,773
114Madagascar$11,383
115Benin$8,710
116Iceland$8,619
117Fiji$8,481
118Bahamas, The$8,394
119Suriname$7,875
120Montenegro$3,560
121Bermuda$644
122French Polynesia$452
123Barbados$362
124Aruba$224
125Niger$123
126Antigua and Barbuda$8
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$164,148$33,748$47,538$193,251$60,760$99,117$100,008
Algeria$1,643,556$1,867,294$4,079,293$5,805,180$5,911,771$5,288,886$7,106,096
Antigua and Barbuda$373$276   $8$6,480
Argentina$4,607,668$5,067,112$4,792,503$6,146,151$6,120,516$8,917,785$9,857,467
Armenia$3,717$5,314$17,315$10,882$10,425$16,915$8,367
Aruba     $224 
Australia$6,275,234$6,717,364$6,915,438$6,176,067$4,771,608$3,675,758$2,830,091
Austria$37,501,083$40,965,338$42,164,266$46,134,859$35,764,221$33,764,133 
Azerbaijan$31,694$67,554$26,576$43,830$14,389$28,608$118,799
Bahamas, The$1,496$6,451$1,784$3,176$2,521$8,394$9,716
Bahrain$73,665$45,574$46,370$75,710$769,007$1,526,449$1,633,466
Bangladesh$5,457,095$6,274,640$6,743,999    
Barbados $6,995$108$4,765 $362$1,637
Belarus$1,786,000$1,905,500$2,244,400$3,110,500$2,387,900$2,756,600$4,591,800
Belgium$126,114,974$128,593,953$136,339,194$213,619,566$137,591,010$151,702,837$155,028,461
Belize$339      
Benin$43$2,321   $8,710 
Bermuda     $644 
Bhutan    $73  
Bolivia$209,358$266,306$273,958$430,350$223,620$234,262$342,504
Bosnia and Herzegovina$41,939$69,570$132,894$82,824$32,816$35,116$27,784
Botswana$147,636$87,277$25,107$19,785$1,138$20,758$80,266
Brazil$3,983,403$5,238,472$7,126,473$6,926,756$6,763,560$8,470,085$11,144,051
Brunei $57     
Bulgaria$6,681,444$7,202,781$5,327,749$5,358,645$3,125,446$3,839,270$4,146,978
Burkina Faso$164,126 $256,299$161,090$277,080$139,088 
Burundi$1,219$3,582$3,235$6,790$31,523$15,220 
Cambodia$9,132$9,934$23,071$13,539$10,864  
Cameroon$87,623$115,660$298,764$426,559$183,875$201,223 
Canada$98,416,330$93,222,836$102,295,738$89,006,940$75,632,484$66,813,500$70,788,673
Cape Verde $1,864$67$20,764$66 $456
Chile$4,081,287$3,831,660$3,707,222$4,045,851$3,956,708$5,523,381$4,205,834
China$87,575,582$85,051,908$73,898,449$83,436,171$72,857,238$96,678,254$121,515,004
Colombia$3,118,594$4,328,358$5,384,454$5,792,038$4,947,490$6,548,558$7,111,984
Cook Islands  $32    
Costa Rica$1,044,913$1,139,894$1,289,075$1,723,894$812,466$1,198,385$2,521,343
Cote d'Ivoire$21,588$63,268$84,609$88,575$38,383$32,167$3,900
Croatia$1,500,664$1,771,282$2,302,552$2,803,591$1,916,424$1,256,545$1,794,097
Cuba$31,231$8,173     
Cyprus$75,549$70,676$143,954$96,018$98,479$76,391$88,377
Czech Republic$2,856,768$3,845,654$5,197,990$5,671,129$2,621,959$3,245,523$4,786,253
Denmark$4,777,230$6,138,624$8,229,508$8,328,356$6,498,281$7,560,540$7,430,297
Dominican Republic$2,168,923$2,303,949$3,767,508$3,365,158$1,331,196$2,528,473$3,299,158
East Timor$29      
Ecuador$3,218,907$5,385,063$5,230,944$4,561,077$5,200,892$4,232,025$3,264,506
Egypt$4,932,423$3,531,051$17,181,271$44,696,283$32,282,665$34,113,569$42,720,664
El Salvador$686,989$744,395$1,017,368$1,297,970$603,083$1,047,555 
Estonia$401,106$500,634$476,686$602,003$446,353$238,151$79,443
Ethiopia$101,058$280,426$61,551$272,723$125,064$231,649$194,274
Faroe Islands$9,735$1,288$5,715$4,570$1,510  
Fiji$5,372$5,617$27,921$6,458$5,885$8,481 
Finland$171,628,535$217,324,326$204,705,335$202,590,298$131,094,969$156,667,117$160,359,751
France$58,071,464$55,429,923$68,513,713$64,126,289$52,668,797$59,723,320$59,369,347
French Polynesia$104 $163$6,118$15,974$452$1,626
Gabon$195,064$185,630$229,952$212,867$157,285  
Gambia, The$8,463$8,444$10,584    
Georgia$5,335$41,721$38,117$8,688$18,144$18,485 
Germany$163,043,000$172,995,000$172,999,000$166,303,000$145,319,000$170,504,253$167,452,900
Ghana$572,986$641,092$423,313$200,994$36,686$37,051$156,837
Greece$5,129,956$5,838,143$5,486,554$7,790,089$4,861,631$3,691,388$2,957,243
Greenland$2,154$735$272    
Grenada $2,077     
Guatemala$1,947,852$1,859,841$2,002,995$1,657,761$863,988$1,008,671$1,047,249
Guyana$4,562$1,326$1,820$36,103 $152,878$477,428
Honduras$369,211$424,852$343,307 $459,003  
Hong Kong$996,979$1,223,984$2,725,911$2,128,845$2,362,543$1,528,133$1,635,604
Hungary$5,517,000$5,084,000$6,624,000$8,772,000$4,956,000$4,869,000$5,612,000
Iceland$43,150$30,344$12,056$12,544$14,080$8,619$6,917
India$8,975,118$9,145,381$8,981,674$15,282,667$11,986,613$12,430,487$21,291,154
Indonesia$28,639,843$34,040,941$29,407,256$37,329,815$24,679,488$31,175,800$33,177,326
Iran$6,714,889$913,939   $12,090,181 
Ireland$4,506,133$4,455,279$5,082,682$4,565,687$1,529,730$1,767,636$1,734,380
Israel$2,384,000$2,915,000$2,920,000$3,335,000$1,933,000$2,506,000$2,303,000
Italy$141,940,631$146,455,042$154,184,687$149,341,966$97,769,657$137,855,313$134,564,337
Jamaica$28,485$37,243$56,484$61,126$28,133$58,318 
Japan$249,673,690$263,705,961$272,105,335$296,396,237$156,228,042$206,449,492$191,611,042
Jordan$1,541,391$1,808,178$1,953,671$2,445,638$1,022,574$1,728,854$1,964,579
Kazakhstan$154,607$118,551$74,996$54,718$66,774  
Kenya$550,906$375,656$240,410$430,998$312,623$420,468 
Korea, South$42,228,196$46,952,369$49,264,538$50,036,216$45,908,077$51,985,904$50,002,604
Kuwait $614,783$676,056$1,798,186   
Kyrgyzstan $112$17$2,065$16,962$34,690$19,392
Latvia$990,676$1,208,253$2,652,672$3,095,160$1,729,123$2,260,656$2,308,442
Lebanon$3,827,000$2,485,514$2,410,164$2,348,584$1,667,296$2,134,411$2,141,613
Lithuania$203,709$381,146$202,154$147,086$49,744$166,224$168,632
Luxembourg$4,079,973$4,391,628$4,656,203$5,520,536$2,984,889$914,243$473,906
Macau$2,329$5,812$5,575$175$413  
Macedonia$1,991,256$976,624$1,456,709$1,678,283$867,856 $756,670
Madagascar$333$10,106$9,011$14,332$68$11,383 
Malawi$489,131$102,414$28,951$25,590$42,762$32,546$46,743
Malaysia$6,903,141$10,450,502$14,284,845$20,270,110$15,256,888$18,519,088$18,478,093
Mali  $2,211$3,033 $11,773 
Malta$70,926$47,451$84,074$63,479$62,994$30,134 
Mauritania $9,850     
Mauritius$119,186$142,319$315,109$328,659$413,276$379,674$310,823
Mayotte $751$21$190$87  
Mexico$52,135,829$57,894,424$65,481,580$64,425,887$48,046,055$65,527,824$64,815,928
Moldova$145,081$60,106$49,117$38,949$24,199$18,239$13,772
Mongolia$106$375     
Montenegro $7,711$14,063$4,686$11,340$3,560$6,479
Morocco$6,082,595$6,750,256$7,111,840$7,366,599$5,333,422$6,767,074 
Mozambique$103,760$80,252$92,604$149,698$99,191$167,491$220,000
Namibia$22,869$14,108$7,117$1,250   
Nepal    $203,649$273,873 
Netherlands$77,241,880$92,066,568$87,815,379$43,276,306$19,888,103$23,904,939 
Netherlands Antilles$13,819$22,283$15,509$27,026   
New Caledonia$41,226$69,311$22,197$49,975$37,312$42,780$56,145
New Zealand$4,589,483$4,707,819$6,061,920$6,849,024$6,565,534$9,241,440$7,609,599
Nicaragua$282,140$23,065$25,577$53,210$35,947$83,727$56,485
Niger$1,488 $89  $123 
Nigeria  $169,219$561,527$519,062$741,037 
Norway$35,569,704$37,112,153$34,003,147$39,903,102$28,052,166$32,346,557$24,180,366
Oman$332,489$480,674$477,599$1,132,573$987,725$1,509,907 
Pakistan$3,305,333$4,150,603$5,244,644$6,364,136$5,635,680$7,600,169$7,312,914
Panama$396,912$503,973$955,073$490,594$643,191$694,897$853,520
Paraguay$36,197$26,854$23,952$26,761$15,679$30,697$21,067
Peru$1,455,096$1,857,002$2,304,733$3,125,225$2,656,537$3,061,976$3,412,916
Philippines$4,778,345$4,093,045$3,816,295$3,929,478$4,306,276$5,768,881$4,719,689
Poland$12,802,688$13,021,515$17,917,329$20,245,066$13,468,276$19,091,542$19,511,322
Portugal$18,508,497$20,872,234$24,747,241$18,815,675$11,819,954$14,037,495$15,347,653
Qatar$22,458$808,662$102,368$101,330 $46,639 
Romania$8,507,584$9,446,404$9,767,713$9,559,278$6,586,724$7,782,898$9,469,732
Russia$12,533,271$16,666,426$18,600,974$25,729,410$18,076,117$21,356,583$28,334,921
Rwanda$42,889$20,995$79,541$95,505$31,141 $109,365
Saint Kitts and Nevis$49      
Saint Lucia$328 $103$307   
Samoa$86$36$1,259   $17,114
Sao Tome and Principe   $845   
Saudi Arabia$9,043,750$14,096,881$17,527,493$4,402,939$1,559,866$26,634,700 
Senegal$22,347$49,546$37,138$51,468$45,136$24,883$18,006
Serbia$2,474,274$3,048,643$3,979,528$4,326,247$2,539,784$3,243,855$2,745,279
Seychelles$317$7,045     
Singapore$3,045,804$2,860,425$3,057,232$3,391,791$2,886,799$3,310,902$3,067,472
Slovakia$7,296,108$8,529,362$10,447,183$13,175,429$7,753,284$10,403,680$11,165,230
Slovenia$5,309,874$5,084,268$6,107,349$6,626,739$5,771,024$6,155,620$6,912,646
South Africa$2,613,972$4,595,049$3,967,762$3,098,154$3,699,268$4,958,140$4,202,014
Spain$105,557,620$121,056,434$133,207,049$140,049,545$75,848,949$97,420,890 
Sri Lanka$2,646,760$2,509,227$2,650,450$3,351,434$2,251,097$3,556,337$4,388,269
Sudan$15,257$90,390  $141,102  
Suriname$1,798,048$308,223 $9,883$311$7,875$393
Swaziland$1,368$1,598$10,339    
Sweden$70,522,330$74,223,297$81,691,280$80,072,380$69,076,733$69,600,419$71,026,776
Switzerland$9,917,237$10,882,362$13,929,504$13,201,685$10,816,692$8,322,012$7,704,097
Syria$2,722,275$2,621,448$3,283,006$2,676,920 $3,892,860 
Tanzania$21,030$11,943$1,805$36,391$34,265$43,055$41,087
Thailand$17,234,479$21,714,165$18,523,554$21,726,096$16,362,049$23,314,732$23,851,398
Tonga$3,917$2,138$1,777    
Trinidad and Tobago$95,961$87,931$198,143$135,450$137,436$180,304 
Tunisia$9,896,015$8,777,872$9,550,395$13,012,503$10,253,368$11,946,954 
Turkey$30,489,235$34,722,179$42,194,745$46,818,740$34,460,961$47,559,434$57,458,948
Uganda$77,818$29,092$11,810$12,248$13,501$163,353 
Ukraine$26,969$268,954$219,628$1,194,822$717,641$1,753,014$2,507,479
United Arab Emirates$29,402,548 $18,856,239$29,678,427   
United Kingdom$17,913,115$21,911,433$19,659,916$25,833,375$24,335,335$30,283,134$33,533,585
United States$40,191,184$55,601,532$48,472,574$57,120,273$55,424,129$61,911,610$56,170,002
Uruguay$1,159,270$1,164,835$945,852$914,620$718,372  
Venezuela$4,136,464$4,065,478$4,944,679$6,060,144$6,137,114$3,530,855$4,709,664
Vietnam$6,270,268$8,394,582$7,338,854$10,770,738$9,488,832$13,487,450 
Yemen$495,782$126,592$91,634$99,733$86,215$151,478$214,183
Zambia$82,009$78,165$73,930$33,697$84,678$206,248 
Zimbabwe$23,039$48,669$24,503$47,887$8,011$105,130