RankCountryImports of Bentonite in USD (2010)
1Germany$77,428,825
2Canada$39,253,685
3Japan$37,590,026
4Netherlands$35,781,177
5France$34,675,790
6Sweden$28,478,692
7Brazil$27,702,442
8China$23,844,170
9Austria$21,193,745
10United Kingdom$20,617,356
11Italy$19,740,853
12Malaysia$19,052,011
13Russia$18,071,990
14Indonesia$17,977,753
15Belgium$17,876,036
16Korea, South$17,534,152
17Saudi Arabia$15,759,753
18Poland$15,208,125
19Spain$13,840,982
20Thailand$12,748,734
21Denmark$9,553,734
22Switzerland$7,581,680
23Portugal$7,374,364
24Mexico$7,232,848
25South Africa$6,891,088
26Singapore$6,747,476
27Chile$6,612,186
28Australia$6,453,478
29Vietnam$6,065,350
30United States$5,593,997
31Finland$5,333,051
32Venezuela$5,257,075
33Slovakia$4,887,928
34Colombia$4,865,998
35Egypt$4,773,881
36Bahrain$4,433,201
37Israel$3,911,000
38Norway$3,729,993
39Czech Republic$3,601,099
40Niger$2,926,752
41Belarus$2,683,700
42Peru$2,431,368
43Ecuador$2,219,971
44Estonia$2,155,661
45Philippines$2,081,896
46Yemen$2,006,585
47Hong Kong$1,978,950
48Hungary$1,903,000
49Argentina$1,859,941
50Romania$1,822,798
51Oman$1,813,411
52Qatar$1,774,376
53Syria$1,631,631
54India$1,582,122
55Morocco$1,548,156
56Greece$1,377,312
57Croatia$1,360,941
58Slovenia$1,310,434
59Lithuania$1,300,810
60New Zealand$1,263,015
61Pakistan$1,258,663
62El Salvador$1,200,322
63Latvia$1,184,286
64Ukraine$1,081,515
65Guatemala$1,047,167
66Ireland$907,190
67Costa Rica$795,568
68Iran$687,349
69Bulgaria$647,161
70Kenya$625,512
71Turkey$610,552
72Azerbaijan$602,999
73Zambia$568,758
74Cameroon$562,017
75Tunisia$513,020
76Sri Lanka$472,708
77Algeria$439,431
78Ghana$431,351
79Serbia$415,468
80Albania$364,924
81Nicaragua$354,044
82Jordan$353,413
83Lebanon$339,114
84Cyprus$334,260
85Malta$321,423
86Bolivia$298,322
87Bosnia and Herzegovina$292,912
88Trinidad and Tobago$289,313
89Mauritania$275,403
90Ethiopia$264,408
91Iceland$245,837
92Tanzania$235,980
93Senegal$231,658
94Uganda$223,684
95Macau$182,499
96Suriname$165,051
97Panama$156,637
98Moldova$149,637
99Cote d'Ivoire$130,556
100Guyana$115,387
101Paraguay$95,750
102Dominican Republic$84,898
103Nepal$79,986
104Georgia$77,558
105Luxembourg$76,109
106Cambodia$75,822
107French Polynesia$62,374
108Madagascar$60,584
109Mali$54,397
110Jamaica$51,527
111Botswana$50,283
112Benin$45,780
113Zimbabwe$43,237
114Nigeria$43,002
115Mauritius$33,893
116Malawi$32,425
117Mozambique$29,373
118Belize$27,911
119Fiji$26,218
120Bermuda$23,180
121Montenegro$18,706
122Burkina Faso$15,876
123Maldives$14,211
124New Caledonia$9,070
125Togo$8,007
126Armenia$4,387
127Kyrgyzstan$4,115
128Cape Verde$1,973
129Bahamas, The$1,719
130Burundi$1,160
131Bhutan$740
132Antigua and Barbuda$503
133Samoa$384
134Barbados$45
135Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$34
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$213,250$127,925$46,963$150,383$46,665$364,924$501,819
Algeria$50,065$240,740$499,298$323,523$703,216$439,431$1,045,509
Antigua and Barbuda $408  $6$503$404
Argentina$534,113$749,954$1,595,318$1,646,293$1,690,869$1,859,941$1,876,190
Armenia$22,560$72$14,007$7,338$2,822$4,387$34,305
Australia$3,608,415$3,581,084$4,209,410$6,394,333$5,276,857$6,453,478$8,600,366
Austria$10,762,275$12,228,910$13,080,318$16,275,116$18,068,011$21,193,745 
Azerbaijan$125,465$352,034$212,678$334,731$598,561$602,999$614,826
Bahamas, The$288$1,302$7,986$331,066$96,375$1,719$698
Bahrain$1,155,112$76,114$1,197,817$1,284,905$1,001,840$4,433,201$1,591,108
Bangladesh$308,410$224,251$424,125    
Barbados$987$21,971$8,101$4,746$17,085$45$23,661
Belarus$1,438,400$1,888,700$2,386,500$2,312,400$1,717,300$2,683,700$3,192,000
Belgium$7,415,060$8,735,807$10,726,912$18,885,423$14,043,090$17,876,036$21,826,740
Belize$470$21,125$45,224$162,627$96,641$27,911 
Benin$1,354$33,978   $45,780 
Bermuda     $23,180 
Bhutan$11,061$27,028$34,470$8,804 $740 
Bolivia$183,412$192,615$185,887$176,000$239,589$298,322$315,643
Bosnia and Herzegovina$94,546$83,300$132,202$277,914$290,584$292,912$442,696
Botswana$21,522$30,508$234,931$123,673$40,040$50,283$47,856
Brazil$12,653,120$11,895,206$17,733,777$22,693,783$15,323,355$27,702,442$33,159,496
Brunei $42,698     
Bulgaria$290,000$378,380$791,251$878,758$707,271$647,161$639,430
Burkina Faso  $4,758$1,249$4,975$15,876 
Burundi $987  $25,513$1,160 
Cambodia$148 $68,762$151,751$286,089$75,822 
Cameroon$265,299$245,311$624,590$309,185$262,019$562,017 
Canada$26,419,147$34,001,488$37,274,859$37,774,099$28,422,409$39,253,685$38,604,617
Cape Verde$949$144$1,249$222$315$1,973$2,141
Central African Republic$9,936 $78,270$75,764   
Chile$1,127,536$1,732,901$3,031,311$4,874,214$4,155,952$6,612,186$8,245,255
China$9,476,171$9,220,598$10,825,612$13,521,770$12,236,452$23,844,170$22,071,356
Colombia$1,851,963$2,251,447$2,415,577$3,840,400$2,610,663$4,865,998$5,093,318
Cook Islands$5,512      
Costa Rica$174,870$181,445$340,557$284,662$161,239$795,568$776,375
Cote d'Ivoire$288,578$120,330$147,418$291,158$1,045,978$130,556$247,021
Croatia$611,172$686,461$1,089,796$3,541,789$2,064,604$1,360,941$1,899,371
Cuba$205,221$170,195     
Cyprus$172,043$398,113$459,247$757,326$324,421$334,260$95,042
Czech Republic$2,925,511$3,114,326$6,018,082$5,529,951$4,486,287$3,601,099$13,680,646
Denmark$10,981,661$12,117,653$14,824,640$12,641,939$9,592,440$9,553,734$10,479,880
Dominica $103     
Dominican Republic$395,127$497,325$521,457$485,307$161,132$84,898$708,280
Ecuador$631,656$746,577$1,150,308$1,524,104$1,668,070$2,219,971$1,565,481
Egypt$763,506$120,934$61,736$1,032,414$2,262,277$4,773,881$5,454,369
El Salvador$781,447$1,028,819$1,266,751$1,154,629$1,288,437$1,200,322 
Estonia$774,651$797,360$1,149,527$926,010$718,867$2,155,661$1,093,888
Ethiopia$48,261$78,320$344,433$219,255$292,390$264,408$229,881
Faroe Islands$3,411$2,959$2,687$5,195$3,882  
Fiji$134,491$70,901$21,021$19,279$20,531$26,218 
Finland$7,885,953$8,456,561$10,178,407$9,942,596$6,357,858$5,333,051$7,199,897
France$30,250,764$33,251,927$38,878,149$40,881,983$34,342,215$34,675,790$37,123,235
French Polynesia$39,943$48,202$44,645$41,698$60,517$62,374$79,257
Gabon$701,974$723,307$310,883$1,467,614$1,248,414  
Gambia, The  $3,555    
Georgia$40,525$31,580$57,298$60,428$46,079$77,558 
Germany$55,335,000$70,095,000$66,661,000$79,518,000$73,477,000$77,428,825$95,843,421
Ghana$173,166$79,569$211,455$237,509$2,794,499$431,351$2,184,821
Greece$2,023,201$1,652,175$2,737,978$3,206,728$2,328,153$1,377,312$2,029,392
Greenland$3,970$3,006$3,446    
Grenada$27  $9$44  
Guatemala$1,166,969$1,411,991$1,063,594$942,694$1,052,879$1,047,167$1,514,887
Guinea$4,431$83,928$184,002$194,648   
Guyana$38,576$82,202$43,973$25,661$10,033$115,387$324,711
Honduras$488,158$577,145$829,619 $890,268  
Hong Kong$2,038,099$2,175,752$3,043,804$3,213,180$1,838,031$1,978,950$2,378,072
Hungary$1,262,000$1,845,000$1,586,000$1,702,000$1,509,000$1,903,000$3,178,000
Iceland$438,638$1,122,488$2,336,215$1,372,624$678,490$245,837$277,295
India$1,285,727$2,093,037$3,136,807$2,539,769$1,615,923$1,582,122$2,117,574
Indonesia$8,295,569$8,078,281$9,427,530$17,000,813$14,682,012$17,977,753$22,487,481
Iran$642,524$28,780   $687,349 
Ireland$822,623$1,164,814$1,189,615$1,048,609$908,389$907,190$961,069
Israel$1,687,000$2,053,000$2,353,000$2,959,000$3,607,000$3,911,000$4,220,000
Italy$19,058,136$18,275,356$23,894,131$24,561,741$14,263,761$19,740,853$20,980,535
Jamaica$21,828$49,728$63,982$36,688$78,035$51,527 
Japan$31,511,792$34,456,210$34,340,032$49,107,417$20,565,035$37,590,026$42,952,236
Jordan$389,391$266,314$429,303$1,146,795$452,484$353,413$536,189
Kazakhstan$1,114,504$1,216,688$2,038,210$3,009,453$2,990,234  
Kenya$39,331$64,103$51,463$170,542$156,810$625,512 
Korea, South$11,946,085$12,051,652$14,463,177$15,336,917$12,840,320$17,534,152$23,011,485
Kuwait $1,264,646$2,206,612$2,572,385   
Kyrgyzstan$66,868$24,292$37,506$34,564$77,128$4,115$66,563
Latvia$551,781$671,064$737,999$1,104,690$859,889$1,184,286$1,251,603
Lebanon$59,000$131,809$147,644$121,788$258,642$339,114$167,808
Lithuania$632,058$710,582$980,724$1,135,463$1,306,851$1,300,810$1,703,165
Luxembourg$57,696$75,613$99,398$167,688$74,708$76,109$98,995
Macau$89,522$35,597$79,764$2,244$27,484$182,499$40,712
Macedonia$62,589$40,170$96,606$85,736$78,207 $98,679
Madagascar$45,808$76,112$90,314$377,908$92,623$60,584 
Malawi$12,185$5,029$7,734$3,481$5,969$32,425$28,195
Malaysia$12,215,254$9,154,287$8,629,571$9,805,284$8,998,062$19,052,011$12,172,859
Maldives$9,698$3,475$2,091$1,888$18,880$14,211$5,738
Mali$2,388$20,300$90,114$120,415 $54,397 
Malta$420,311$123,379$112,548$224,075$205,073$321,423 
Mauritania$1,827,969$3,873$35,347$114,168$37,288$275,403$52,998
Mauritius$18,906$24,016$15,765$26,756$32,729$33,893$9,806
Mayotte$1,490$1,262$530$10,740   
Mexico$6,117,009$6,924,868$7,637,597$7,710,531$5,519,536$7,232,848$10,216,790
Moldova$172,077$56,536$73,242$92,340$128,368$149,637$161,935
Mongolia$159,305$65,810$264,833    
Montenegro $34,517$33,658$34,453$13,427$18,706$41,279
Morocco$684,170$1,255,469$776,070$1,837,212$1,419,756$1,548,156 
Mozambique$6,786$29,062$112,926$192,335$619,239$29,373$309,000
Namibia$2,847$151$15,138$71,748   
Nepal    $34,960$79,986 
Netherlands$22,994,915$41,062,112$49,144,550$54,913,904$33,114,292$35,781,177 
Netherlands Antilles$27,499$10,805$12,830$30,383   
New Caledonia$15,598$16,461$17,452$24,702$33,925$9,070$21,112
New Zealand$991,199$964,432$1,373,324$1,379,838$1,099,280$1,263,015$1,248,657
Nicaragua$50,700$39,020$68,217$34,207$494,283$354,044$357,162
Niger$91,357$301,700$238,305$345,854$683,734$2,926,752$850,364
Nigeria $90,488$722,890$166,097$931,342$43,002 
Norway$2,110,314$2,828,925$3,319,444$3,684,792$3,113,316$3,729,993$4,161,225
Oman$755,555$693,618$1,061,529$1,646,396$750,547$1,813,411 
Pakistan$1,916,566$1,592,371$630,554$1,322,826$1,058,331$1,258,663$1,170,553
Panama$45,253$215,455$369,727$157,333$59,192$156,637$1,139,372
Paraguay$57,431$83,732$99,580$123,434$69,924$95,750$115,196
Peru$700,381$1,229,318$1,323,001$1,473,310$837,968$2,431,368$2,907,537
Philippines$974,293$1,038,080$1,248,238$2,280,721$2,247,643$2,081,896$2,218,625
Poland$8,369,595$10,899,751$15,504,959$18,997,072$12,552,138$15,208,125$19,455,528
Portugal$4,730,341$5,035,625$5,919,383$8,651,971$4,836,247$7,374,364$8,971,461
Qatar$666,877$955,177$725,979$2,024,409 $1,774,376 
Romania$990,208$1,109,973$1,855,319$3,140,168$1,667,385$1,822,798$2,279,935
Russia$9,961,977$12,449,004$14,426,203$13,568,279$10,676,311$18,071,990$17,458,211
Rwanda$15,951 $23,888$18,891$814 $1,063
Saint Kitts and Nevis   $2,775   
Saint Lucia$11$10,357     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$6    $34 
Samoa$390 $197$192$2,613$384 
Sao Tome and Principe   $318   
Saudi Arabia$7,544,681$16,881,544$21,805,395  $15,759,753 
Senegal$18,537$79,386$264,444$293,701$212,598$231,658$219,688
Serbia$443,847$570,627$479,915$669,184$436,103$415,468$528,632
Seychelles  $181$1,677   
Singapore$5,253,313$4,910,820$5,025,578$6,888,212$4,561,071$6,747,476$5,813,126
Slovakia$4,049,425$4,477,354$4,566,743$6,120,233$8,590,373$4,887,928$4,990,131
Slovenia$1,120,660$1,244,478$1,382,186$1,477,094$1,349,009$1,310,434$1,544,716
South Africa$3,447,258$2,989,785$4,813,151$4,620,496$5,281,526$6,891,088$6,220,123
Spain$12,725,200$13,778,242$16,987,124$17,458,372$12,185,115$13,840,982 
Sri Lanka$209,540$186,260$308,275$809,035$370,251$472,708$512,071
Sudan$335,697$479,039 $13,664$413,395  
Suriname    $484,417$165,051$758,762
Swaziland$33,583$21,328$12,489    
Sweden$13,502,734$19,650,181$26,036,213$24,112,775$22,218,275$28,478,692$33,449,704
Switzerland$7,037,461$8,379,321$7,693,899$8,352,524$7,604,889$7,581,680$8,072,004
Syria$145,581$327,460$1,180,506$574,285 $1,631,631 
Tanzania$31,751$220,645$84,547$215,600$98,619$235,980$293,006
Thailand$7,159,889$7,359,568$5,983,221$11,370,519$7,951,296$12,748,734$16,564,768
Togo$88,403    $8,007$8,458
Trinidad and Tobago$211,529$648,463$486,039$223,908$368,407$289,313 
Tunisia$816,520$693,724$858,816$1,442,228$1,051,905$513,020 
Turkey$1,155,037$1,351,183$3,031,491$2,175,946$624,861$610,552$787,843
Uganda$15,273$11,763$54,366$170,040$46,579$223,684 
Ukraine$373,418$590,959$1,118,077$1,347,359$592,709$1,081,515$1,571,191
United Arab Emirates$3,169,943 $8,577,856$7,567,963   
United Kingdom$19,021,638$26,108,746$23,414,408$30,748,082$19,545,296$20,617,356$27,028,162
United States$3,547,247$3,095,307$2,394,422$3,115,102$2,759,923$5,593,997$7,249,363
Uruguay$103,783$112,492$162,049$252,937$269,086  
Vanuatu $876$5,132    
Venezuela$4,107,453$2,826,500$4,293,464$7,937,521$4,971,728$5,257,075$6,726,909
Vietnam$2,064,655$2,221,445$2,243,714$4,334,699$5,244,399$6,065,350 
Wallis and Futuna$1,140$736     
Yemen$711,297$886,210$1,333,237$1,648,189$1,552,368$2,006,585$1,008,389
Zambia$66,510$63,199$899,111$631,238$364,443$568,758 
Zimbabwe$117,981$157,629$109,613$45,239$148,238$43,237