RankCountryImports of Chalk in USD (2010)
1France$30,951,202
2Netherlands$24,615,552
3Belgium$22,581,472
4Germany$15,923,499
5Poland$6,864,665
6Finland$5,986,092
7Czech Republic$4,546,234
8Sweden$4,448,687
9Lebanon$3,681,325
10Chile$3,083,226
11Ecuador$3,052,466
12Bulgaria$3,042,370
13Belarus$3,029,600
14Bahrain$2,862,415
15Armenia$2,834,247
16Denmark$2,499,208
17Russia$2,122,747
18Argentina$2,049,507
19Mali$1,879,368
20Venezuela$1,641,293
21Ukraine$1,641,266
22United Kingdom$1,634,116
23Romania$1,532,447
24Israel$1,490,000
25Luxembourg$1,442,410
26United States$1,310,923
27Pakistan$1,153,553
28Spain$1,089,157
29Switzerland$1,000,781
30Canada$950,391
31Tanzania$865,483
32Lithuania$860,654
33Austria$848,840
34Cote d'Ivoire$823,662
35Ireland$769,291
36Hungary$686,000
37Syria$669,557
38Turkey$637,130
39Indonesia$626,941
40Serbia$621,001
41Morocco$618,952
42Latvia$564,957
43Costa Rica$525,245
44Senegal$498,030
45Qatar$481,266
46Portugal$464,384
47Panama$450,764
48Azerbaijan$435,264
49Slovenia$392,225
50Algeria$376,137
51India$363,731
52Mexico$338,776
53Tunisia$334,790
54Singapore$324,636
55Italy$320,325
56Norway$317,229
57Moldova$309,823
58Brazil$304,581
59Bolivia$262,227
60South Africa$212,098
61Nepal$209,382
62Cyprus$208,963
63Paraguay$197,748
64New Caledonia$197,730
65Togo$179,508
66Peru$164,680
67Estonia$158,805
68Saudi Arabia$141,867
69Egypt$141,395
70Benin$139,853
71El Salvador$136,946
72Malta$134,869
73Mauritius$118,543
74New Zealand$117,206
75Cameroon$109,797
76Greece$108,870
77Australia$106,167
78China$104,538
79Sri Lanka$93,930
80Jordan$84,213
81Georgia$82,964
82Korea, South$82,122
83Slovakia$80,637
84Malaysia$74,601
85Uganda$73,313
86Oman$69,225
87Croatia$66,234
88Bosnia and Herzegovina$65,867
89Philippines$62,233
90Japan$57,910
91Kyrgyzstan$56,890
92Albania$50,840
93Macau$49,314
94Barbados$39,973
95Burundi$39,014
96Thailand$38,614
97Ghana$35,524
98Burkina Faso$34,014
99Vietnam$30,120
100Fiji$27,744
101Mozambique$26,300
102French Polynesia$23,307
103Guyana$21,864
104Ethiopia$18,043
105Iceland$16,493
106Cambodia$15,465
107Bhutan$14,712
108Zambia$14,420
109Iran$14,409
110Niger$13,622
111Trinidad and Tobago$11,936
112Botswana$10,697
113Kenya$9,893
114Zimbabwe$5,267
115Bermuda$5,014
116Malawi$4,365
117Montenegro$4,242
118Nicaragua$4,215
119Bahamas, The$4,151
120Gambia, The$3,751
121Yemen$3,535
122Hong Kong$3,336
123Tonga$3,152
124Madagascar$3,083
125Suriname$1,613
126Colombia$1,188
127Belize$697
128Aruba$515
129Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$193
130Dominica$133
131Antigua and Barbuda$129
132Jamaica$117
133Guatemala$92
134Maldives$46
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$19,566$12,643$18,452$28,511$174,097$50,840$32,912
Algeria$571,223$234,447$505,388$527,446$303,413$376,137$216,037
Anguilla $2,833$3,839$1,487   
Antigua and Barbuda$88$22$810 $202$129$59
Argentina$365,449$755,935$623,919$1,158,701$1,127,790$2,049,507$2,251,266
Armenia$371,679$670,769$1,574,984$2,618,642$11,963,652$2,834,247$2,103,400
Aruba    $146$515$506
Australia$78,341$75,173$120,798$104,954$73,893$106,167$192,108
Austria$798,843$813,967$1,034,880$1,207,045$871,617$848,840 
Azerbaijan$145,542$303,618$373,556$251,691$115,982$435,264$123,526
Bahamas, The$14,776$12,324$5,874$19,162$6,537$4,151$18,519
Bahrain$1,604$13,819$7,965$6,367$126,298$2,862,415$27,366
Bangladesh$1,484,226$4,349,330$5,947,157    
Barbados$1,237$2,084$1,720$20,030$58,919$39,973$15,326
Belarus$819,800$1,060,900$1,628,100$2,509,900$2,110,400$3,029,600$3,214,100
Belgium$36,740,935$39,184,477$40,382,170$25,326,033$21,513,671$22,581,472$20,590,038
Belize$407$255$451$781$969$697 
Benin$97,347$139,533   $139,853 
Bermuda     $5,014 
Bhutan$753$1,126$11,891$3,241$30,278$14,712 
Bolivia   $79,907$388,595$262,227$466,303
Bosnia and Herzegovina$171,553$155,496$113,529$105,325$193,829$65,867$68,368
Botswana$51,466$12,820$20,591$7,379$32,457$10,697$10,803
Brazil$2,573,321$1,581,691$1,812,346$1,853,035$859,305$304,581$484,162
Brunei $460     
Bulgaria$1,810,109$2,640,182$3,840,461$5,251,443$3,521,994$3,042,370$3,114,360
Burkina Faso$41,007 $78,344$32,801$38,968$34,014 
Burundi$19,969$4,357$15,740$23,651$39,072$39,014 
Cambodia$3,314  $13,835$11,066$15,465 
Cameroon$167,282$95,307$79,121$513,159$55,376$109,797 
Canada$2,054,286$2,103,266$2,759,089$2,025,046$1,388,314$950,391$766,192
Cape Verde$89$335$215$1,358   
Central African Republic$31   $6,969  
Chile$2,035,640$2,374,077$3,148,869$2,789,355$2,276,265$3,083,226$4,116,711
China$157,354$170,567$69,802$33,796$30,898$104,538$110,015
Colombia$360$379$1 $153$1,188$7,140
Comoros$2,927$8,443$3,755    
Cook Islands  $191    
Costa Rica$2,309$193,758$720,660$842,944$406,691$525,245$213,986
Cote d'Ivoire$1,562,306$1,739,220$1,318,134$1,022,854$1,453,573$823,662$713,504
Croatia$47,726$47,970$67,135$43,026$47,307$66,234$190,637
Cyprus$294,146$330,451$310,218$343,215$258,841$208,963$227,789
Czech Republic$2,515,288$2,615,550$3,075,975$4,126,192$3,654,977$4,546,234$4,537,842
Denmark$2,112,161$1,913,782$3,674,208$3,211,648$2,251,825$2,499,208$2,516,378
Dominica$20 $64 $46$133 
Dominican Republic$3$3,228    $234
East Timor$162      
Ecuador$614,659$704,406$1,233,904$1,923,948$2,776,307$3,052,466$2,680,673
Egypt$91,423$54,424$591,309$19,554$82,959$141,395$128,756
El Salvador$283,395$274,228$166,145$159,270$157,575$136,946 
Estonia$30,913$9,711$31,275$59,200$215,179$158,805$47,615
Ethiopia$2,546$11,119$2,021$25,206$2,469$18,043$20,241
Faroe Islands$2,027$3,378$2,918$2,715$2,244  
Fiji$15,693$6,706$17,726$10,821$22,604$27,744 
Finland$5,390,747$3,108,996$8,393,592$6,653,196$4,524,099$5,986,092$15,378,092
France$13,924,659$14,040,791$16,888,923$20,586,130$19,395,308$30,951,202$27,024,268
French Polynesia$17,787$40,679$23,230$22,633$18,429$23,307$20,079
Gabon$139,228$284,907$346,304$392,825$197,775  
Gambia, The$7,169$2,458$808$362$14,023$3,751$1,925
Georgia$66,208$95,116$90,128$102,972$54,424$82,964 
Germany$21,646,000$30,817,000$72,861,000$28,241,000$19,484,000$15,923,499$16,218,906
Ghana$46,990$9,055$1,469$1,819$4,620$35,524$9,347
Greece$6,490$7,042$82,025$168,736$117,345$108,870$89,818
Greenland$79,597$16,003$14,618    
Grenada$1,571$206$236$70$54  
Guatemala$132,968 $39,958$6 $92$33,290
Guinea$78,782$31,850$110$82,338   
Guyana$6,535$7,333$25,509$18,637$59,552$21,864$36
Honduras$161,632$158,300$167,941 $227,987  
Hong Kong$60,717$1,965  $6,110$3,336$4,074
Hungary$767,000$646,000$757,000$744,000$1,004,000$686,000$1,861,000
Iceland$31,353$30,300$42,997$10,120$13,267$16,493$25,324
India$15,779$35,489$39,978$59,233$195,683$363,731$410,389
Indonesia$128,991$177,243$112,056$128,657$538,501$626,941$912,777
Iran$19,303    $14,409 
Ireland$877,062$1,187,625$1,329,172$930,764$631,649$769,291$1,120,884
Israel$890,000$1,311,000$1,233,000$1,250,000$1,195,000$1,490,000$1,521,000
Italy$2,316,621$1,134,764$1,385,708$1,887,981$1,278,757$320,325$315,211
Jamaica$25,318$282$389$569$162$117 
Japan$17,845$38,289$43,876$43,914$39,904$57,910$47,509
Jordan$13,236$32,870$19,316 $112,648$84,213$25,606
Kazakhstan$371,518$376,438$638,339$738,989$610,541  
Kenya$8,205$7,787$42,138$12,308$42,776$9,893 
Kiribati$7   $6  
Korea, South$44,140$38,248$68,992$186,895$260,553$82,122$20,078
Kuwait $654,873$212,179    
Kyrgyzstan$197,398$178,649$169,259$120,081$126,886$56,890$125,756
Latvia$188,011$304,266$604,464$587,190$395,594$564,957$709,467
Lebanon$1,680,000$1,520,695$2,082,087$2,450,269$3,029,927$3,681,325$4,081,909
Lesotho   $6,842   
Lithuania$730,484$693,204$742,651$855,723$617,053$860,654$1,365,344
Luxembourg$983,509$1,276,157$1,189,085$1,500,860$1,362,029$1,442,410$1,769,081
Macau$28,664$23,778$27,186$93,736$76,639$49,314$39,317
Macedonia$40,874$67,155$184,614$19,072$133,744 $222,480
Madagascar$2,943$2,892$1,878$1,295$1,326$3,083 
Malawi$69,265$2,280$4,128$148,493$1,531$4,365$40,063
Malaysia$101,651$134,112$77,718$96,807$22,378$74,601$117,744
Maldives$191$293$1,523$234$256$46$288
Mali$606,790$630,144$719,005$834,249 $1,879,368 
Malta$40,740$58,584$45,601$242,845$150,226$134,869 
Mauritania $36,637 $131,143$19,048  
Mauritius$219,208$233,058$155,595$243,228$127,191$118,543$130,448
Mayotte$1,136$2,096$164$2,768$256  
Mexico$141,981$88,918$89,475$142,789$172,503$338,776$459,625
Moldova$108,122$173,009$234,782$350,571$221,771$309,823$313,269
Mongolia$19,548$13,795$13,833    
Montenegro $2,553$8,805$7,109$5,644$4,242$17
Montserrat$159$75$176$19$235  
Morocco$342,717$750,286$498,215$419,357$489,250$618,952 
Mozambique$7,526$92,556$88,424$34,503$19,171$26,300$21,000
Namibia$217,982$82,575$55,669$527,474   
Nepal    $62,367$209,382 
Netherlands$15,907,603$18,772,866$25,495,983$7,206,824$14,499,708$24,615,552 
Netherlands Antilles$6,886$4,353$88,956$7,991   
New Caledonia$107,976$147,531$139,583$172,176$129,729$197,730$161,818
New Zealand$62,289$51,581$61,299$52,115$52,820$117,206$196,953
Nicaragua$3,280$6,930$4,019$6,319 $4,215$4,648
Niger$15,885$38,615 $9,216 $13,622$1,869
Nigeria $56,482$54,608$17,063$38,754  
Norway$651,238$579,299$616,697$595,098$411,318$317,229$367,582
Oman$87,956$20,120$188,427$62,403$35,280$69,225 
Pakistan$795,136$609,236$811,925$1,627,302$1,297,733$1,153,553$1,241,393
Panama$193,051$267,176$444,392$434,166$578,245$450,764$573,666
Paraguay$72,418$99,113$137,579$306,109$219,709$197,748$246,552
Peru$4,303$48,474$35,239$144,705$81,758$164,680$397,960
Philippines$31,705$34,593$31,029$20,205$6,897$62,233$22,781
Poland$2,396,652$3,685,189$4,807,083$7,457,020$4,802,843$6,864,665$7,408,494
Portugal$328,405$261,001$464,335$536,191$731,043$464,384$216,199
Qatar$379,216$75,284$542,598$129,642 $481,266 
Romania$1,590,429$1,114,930$2,685,382$3,340,168$2,128,761$1,532,447$1,572,011
Russia$1,145,520$2,887,314$2,221,812$1,254,456$1,001,540$2,122,747$2,440,112
Rwanda$26,420$17,525$50,345$91,798$66,340 $101,001
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,195$922$115$912   
Saint Lucia   $98   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,502$370$663$461$136$193 
Samoa$74$413     
Saudi Arabia$235,163$132,691$89,723  $141,867 
Senegal$648,066$657,247$870,979$848,775$631,189$498,030$479,010
Serbia$2,136,656$1,625,945$1,821,926$2,384,295$1,122,500$621,001$842,356
Seychelles$2,278$2,665$1,647$1,477   
Singapore$690,543$962,142$818,206$1,353,428$505,951$324,636$493,914
Slovakia$577,696$709,421$214,348$376,778$246,850$80,637$245,603
Slovenia$349,861$405,714$480,267$529,751$417,524$392,225$590,983
South Africa$707,920$827,625$918,782$736,603$431,976$212,098$119,760
Spain$977,019$371,574$1,325,636$2,018,413$1,596,876$1,089,157 
Sri Lanka$353,849$59,319$20,447$14,046$8,213$93,930$406,618
Sudan$6,247$16,366$259$990,973$17,180  
Suriname$576$841$205$10,937$7,900$1,613$947
Swaziland$24,126$7,034$16,031    
Sweden$3,709,756$2,408,670$4,988,215$4,114,269$2,356,312$4,448,687$11,688,479
Switzerland$1,710,427$1,144,603$1,222,752$927,988$948,485$1,000,781$1,096,039
Syria$388,050$495,911$819,389$928,847 $669,557 
Tanzania$84,796$12,635$27,158$6,652$64,943$865,483$15,866
Thailand$44,862$23,677$19,465$17,028$19,060$38,614$53,787
Togo$25,899 $31,728  $179,508$5,094
Tonga$11,104$15,569$7,811$3,092$3,583$3,152 
Trinidad and Tobago$56,664$1,206$303$931$421$11,936 
Tunisia$135,675$93,620$152,450$204,410$150,632$334,790 
Turkey$1,727,931$1,950,661$1,816,105$1,599,151$880,405$637,130$345,450
Tuvalu$294$86 $10,117   
Uganda$28,442$2,158$11,751$26,572$54,572$73,313 
Ukraine$1,313,798$1,198,597$1,513,559$2,168,398$1,793,120$1,641,266$1,526,040
United Arab Emirates$65,007 $83,267$131,727   
United Kingdom$697,340$574,356$901,240$1,322,476$978,226$1,634,116$1,365,424
United States$517,136$471,898$1,395,101$3,961,724$2,901,510$1,310,923$981,534
Uruguay$67,407$56,975$80,177$228,646$316,356  
Vanuatu $1,623$2,594    
Venezuela$2,588,872$2,935,805$4,747,146$9,244,557$4,289,203$1,641,293$2,665,067
Vietnam$71,715$24,449$12,565$12,869$16,163$30,120 
Wallis and Futuna$1,131$3,259     
Yemen$6,849$4,849$5,374$14,229$5,520$3,535$8,750
Zambia$7,174$11,297$7,358$15,883$5,936$14,420 
Zimbabwe$469$991$11,382$4,389$8,252$5,267