RankCountryImports of Siliceous fossil meals (e.g., kieselguhr, tripolite & diatomite) & sim. sil ... in USD (2010)
1Germany$19,961,674
2Brazil$10,796,434
3France$8,973,476
4United Kingdom$7,797,845
5Austria$7,460,387
6Canada$5,954,920
7Russia$5,586,123
8Belgium$5,181,717
9Spain$5,064,433
10China$4,797,544
11Italy$4,147,545
12Switzerland$4,139,560
13Sweden$4,008,479
14Indonesia$3,739,549
15Poland$3,394,210
16Chile$2,973,839
17Malaysia$2,919,319
18Japan$2,622,338
19Israel$2,588,000
20Denmark$2,568,924
21Saudi Arabia$2,530,136
22Finland$2,455,707
23Vietnam$2,415,550
24Korea, South$2,407,667
25South Africa$2,394,144
26Singapore$2,373,148
27India$2,221,084
28Ukraine$2,177,666
29Romania$1,947,908
30Netherlands$1,943,577
31Argentina$1,869,306
32Colombia$1,793,398
33Nigeria$1,784,925
34Australia$1,726,935
35Algeria$1,617,727
36Cameroon$1,333,494
37Czech Republic$1,249,518
38Guatemala$1,129,383
39Ethiopia$1,095,536
40Portugal$1,044,787
41United States$1,017,135
42Thailand$930,377
43Turkey$907,592
44New Zealand$887,722
45Venezuela$837,434
46Peru$727,008
47El Salvador$691,022
48Mali$678,325
49Iran$669,220
50Hungary$641,000
51Ireland$639,883
52Norway$637,686
53Zimbabwe$631,630
54Slovakia$555,015
55Pakistan$483,251
56Philippines$469,211
57Greece$442,950
58Slovenia$442,479
59Tanzania$435,713
60Mexico$428,587
61Belarus$418,100
62Bolivia$392,196
63Paraguay$376,599
64Croatia$363,396
65Madagascar$322,373
66Serbia$319,596
67Qatar$314,857
68Costa Rica$287,933
69Latvia$287,533
70Panama$282,881
71Burundi$279,136
72Egypt$277,985
73Cote d'Ivoire$271,290
74Mozambique$259,835
75Lithuania$258,348
76Luxembourg$250,891
77Georgia$247,532
78Uganda$232,305
79Hong Kong$224,158
80Ecuador$218,892
81Sri Lanka$207,829
82Burkina Faso$198,776
83Bulgaria$184,562
84Moldova$182,496
85Tunisia$181,836
86Morocco$178,016
87Estonia$174,481
88Iceland$162,226
89Ghana$157,074
90Benin$156,084
91Malawi$137,133
92Trinidad and Tobago$130,827
93Bosnia and Herzegovina$111,960
94Cambodia$99,626
95Nepal$93,806
96Togo$92,313
97Oman$90,117
98Azerbaijan$89,506
99Nicaragua$85,649
100Jamaica$80,146
101Zambia$76,866
102Jordan$73,344
103New Caledonia$58,173
104French Polynesia$56,642
105Albania$53,131
106Dominican Republic$50,093
107Lebanon$48,209
108Malta$46,996
109Botswana$44,171
110Cyprus$35,846
111Montenegro$32,087
112Syria$31,245
113Mauritius$30,895
114Bahamas, The$28,720
115Barbados$26,046
116Gambia, The$24,711
117Cape Verde$23,587
118Belize$22,892
119Niger$20,964
120Senegal$19,569
121Bahrain$19,236
122Suriname$17,838
123Fiji$17,331
124Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$16,203
125Armenia$15,940
126Kyrgyzstan$14,647
127Bhutan$11,551
128Antigua and Barbuda$6,440
129Maldives$3,446
130Kenya$2,004
131Aruba$515
132Bermuda$173
133Dominica$131
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$12,137$45,494$22,932$64,756$66,811$53,131$54,858
Algeria$428,190$317,028$346,077$503,319$1,151,914$1,617,727$492,109
Antigua and Barbuda$13,626$22,443$13,295 $9,855$6,440$4,516
Argentina$2,575,657$3,487,145$3,190,348$2,823,156$1,587,348$1,869,306$1,867,853
Armenia$16,585$6,429$54,441$44,486$16,289$15,940$23,437
Aruba     $515$132
Australia$2,628,535$2,887,768$2,593,161$2,230,905$1,928,862$1,726,935$2,794,669
Austria$4,985,446$4,269,845$6,736,732$7,985,979$6,737,386$7,460,387 
Azerbaijan$116,466$79,284$585,891$113,546$123,035$89,506$57,490
Bahamas, The$54,621$43,487$47,274$66,494$22,285$28,720$52,117
Bahrain$16,032$76,114$32,737$17,407$110,859$19,236$42,936
Bangladesh$51,372$156,993$168,844    
Barbados$35,150$11,832$18,855$38,340$17,909$26,046$19,707
Belarus$378,800$478,900$605,500$520,400$287,100$418,100$567,700
Belgium$3,284,409$3,493,689$4,790,488$5,085,135$3,808,742$5,181,717$6,205,761
Belize$21,131$34,614$34,027$17,189$31,325$22,892 
Benin$152,448$115,954   $156,084 
Bermuda     $173 
Bhutan$4,595$9,535$17,886$15,470$20,034$11,551 
Bolivia$81,431$148,247$143,649$217,601$233,297$392,196$275,952
Bosnia and Herzegovina$220,079$159,902$221,987$300,645$151,467$111,960$161,401
Botswana$43,939$45,515$43,359$55,923$27,030$44,171$49,079
Brazil$2,520,748$3,321,341$3,950,647$5,256,419$7,966,033$10,796,434$10,761,354
Bulgaria$869,632$842,744$358,804$481,398$285,266$184,562$218,129
Burkina Faso$145,277 $178,625$202,537$136,113$198,776 
Burundi$64,881$205,257$260,477$256,850$271,003$279,136 
Cambodia$45,345$29,554$24,721$8,923$32,735$99,626 
Cameroon$645,133$577,938$771,622$938,929$1,262,980$1,333,494 
Canada$5,377,675$6,731,185$7,565,409$8,309,790$6,156,607$5,954,920$6,672,645
Cape Verde$15,945$11,705$2,725$15,363$15,444$23,587$18,878
Central African Republic$202,477 $36,133$56,349$109,770  
Chile$919,298$1,115,885$1,998,684$1,617,170$1,936,874$2,973,839$2,886,914
China$4,044,197$3,034,499$2,650,456$2,788,202$2,486,659$4,797,544$5,389,635
Colombia$1,409,799$1,662,169$2,625,324$2,475,908$2,594,036$1,793,398$1,862,179
Comoros $38     
Costa Rica$62,562$121,636$136,771$126,398$87,048$287,933$262,063
Cote d'Ivoire$199,300$183,071$254,057$161,404$158,783$271,290$203,682
Croatia$353,620$375,400$424,372$461,450$405,644$363,396$413,631
Cuba$214,421$181,393     
Cyprus$24,640$39,295$34,215$60,274$76,222$35,846$47,005
Czech Republic$1,022,541$1,300,674$1,750,617$1,988,054$1,391,020$1,249,518$1,972,590
Denmark$3,118,856$2,933,039$3,240,769$4,438,946$2,555,578$2,568,924$3,474,496
Dominica$7,258$4,580$4,931$3,381$6,523$131 
Dominican Republic$365,792$319,423$215,129$55,959$114,855$50,093$355,123
Ecuador$215,242$188,302$212,692$390,700$224,223$218,892$328,477
Egypt$148,485$154,057$425,458$346,025$289,192$277,985$279,359
El Salvador$484,690$532,575$686,575$550,095$397,819$691,022 
Estonia$161,250$130,610$194,571$375,554$332,021$174,481$262,624
Ethiopia$492,692$391,856$673,007$703,649$864,482$1,095,536$594,277
Faroe Islands$22,103$25,035$20,829$41,818$31,611  
Fiji$55,090$63,960$15,488$26,695$24,683$17,331 
Finland$1,344,750$1,421,486$2,277,138$2,355,732$1,891,547$2,455,707$2,219,012
France$5,476,045$5,764,220$6,914,782$7,725,509$8,213,928$8,973,476$7,818,420
French Polynesia$65,323$51,401$50,320$79,256$67,145$56,642$50,656
Gabon$338,121$416,535$426,113$519,157$496,842  
Gambia, The     $24,711 
Georgia$137,490$148,906$221,569$204,381$226,258$247,532 
Germany$16,446,000$14,810,000$17,276,000$20,028,000$16,181,000$19,961,674$18,344,611
Ghana$111,415$119,986$204,781$201,559$290,161$157,074$170,712
Greece$357,753$456,671$5,977,754$636,176$344,221$442,950$532,576
Greenland$20,233$11,051$11,259    
Grenada  $14,792    
Guatemala$457,477$336,503$803,701$962,315$967,865$1,129,383$570,208
Guinea$86,540$77,641$63,431$60,857   
Guyana      $1,847
Honduras$151,013$292,609$240,548 $384,106  
Hong Kong$74,338$232,361$187,704$288,085$137,067$224,158$173,424
Hungary$798,000$899,000$1,259,000$820,000$642,000$641,000$912,000
Iceland$54,081$65,148$152,555$147,510$160,395$162,226$202,761
India$559,075$867,715$965,456$1,373,837$1,608,117$2,221,084$1,662,454
Indonesia$1,511,212$1,548,625$1,969,155$2,669,980$3,496,744$3,739,549$4,494,748
Iran$832,706$180,899   $669,220 
Ireland$473,091$987,253$894,691$1,661,896$1,694,830$639,883$644,998
Israel$1,111,000$813,000$964,000$1,272,000$1,959,000$2,588,000$2,398,000
Italy$4,887,921$3,784,086$3,854,584$3,885,306$2,796,665$4,147,545$5,103,549
Jamaica$102,341$149,883$138,373$133,786$105,330$80,146 
Japan$4,222,504$3,899,834$3,442,846$2,837,035$3,256,492$2,622,338$3,296,065
Jordan$19,141$18,664$80,839$39,683$104,810$73,344$322,249
Kazakhstan$1,196,550$1,301,761$1,378,773$1,136,657$700,437  
Kenya$4,637$6,049$1,193 $70,506$2,004 
Korea, South$633,076$1,018,484$1,412,898$1,715,818$1,417,414$2,407,667$2,059,036
Kuwait $127,834$185,754$1,162,168   
Kyrgyzstan$25,760$79,133$138,278$7,745$19,013$14,647$167
Latvia$209,130$311,289$342,212$600,550$394,101$287,533$399,258
Lebanon$89,000$44,989$65,426$28,928$50,422$48,209$57,477
Lesotho   $25,979   
Lithuania$263,077$244,374$583,862$346,344$317,571$258,348$422,556
Luxembourg$125,003$98,176$99,368$101,417$207,145$250,891$276,141
Macau$7,302$7,300 $73$40  
Macedonia$131,868$85,055$107,971$125,243$88,213 $70,476
Madagascar$91,219$23,308$56,003$34,911$152,201$322,373 
Malawi$179 $9,920$3,755$39,705$137,133$50,133
Malaysia$1,369,254$1,885,562$2,227,858$2,714,975$1,928,303$2,919,319$3,351,624
Maldives$6,804$6,374$12,461$6,930$36,376$3,446$3,105
Mali$19,569$15,150$42,285$92,987 $678,325 
Malta$32,607$23,994$39,947$53,610$33,969$46,996 
Mauritius$63,384$90,703$140,490$113,483$61,386$30,895$99,746
Mayotte $65$118$4,720$5,191  
Mexico$422,940$748,534$655,089$675,082$493,154$428,587$445,729
Moldova$308,040$116,979$197,168$180,289$137,443$182,496$162,310
Mongolia$916$10,420$12,193    
Montenegro $29,133$44,961$36,742$22,348$32,087$15,396
Morocco$107,342$329,030$219,702$114,021$98,414$178,016 
Mozambique$46,584$104,634$54,625$47,334$160,353$259,835$67,000
Namibia$85,022$64,029$181,428$173,229   
Nepal    $28,048$93,806 
Netherlands$2,708,867$2,517,622$3,193,860$3,455,326$2,602,834$1,943,577 
Netherlands Antilles$6,756$1,584$6,039$7,245   
New Caledonia$19,869$17,185$28,015$43,297$91,716$58,173$48,114
New Zealand$740,473$989,861$941,004$920,723$899,480$887,722$690,049
Nicaragua$79,850$29,510$48,222$40,773$99,819$85,649$175,215
Niger$26,186$27,468$73,576$39,829$37,028$20,964$26,961
Nigeria $1,741,324$1,944,557$3,085,389$3,247,539$1,784,925 
Norway$763,810$695,386$996,154$1,152,145$613,344$637,686$787,786
Oman$11,625$27,919$208,705$48,580$8,122$90,117 
Pakistan$173,234$253,469$366,917$468,725$502,482$483,251$513,948
Panama$148,690$96,896$120,980$178,250$220,147$282,881$338,855
Paraguay$153,568$165,611$273,340$319,983$408,900$376,599$455,613
Peru$1,209,030$1,107,085$1,027,801$1,660,873$1,604,926$727,008$1,114,337
Philippines$379,036$324,236$329,961$382,422$355,207$469,211$365,948
Poland$3,044,429$3,130,806$4,703,996$4,501,247$4,323,159$3,394,210$4,487,145
Portugal$1,176,871$1,241,614$697,282$753,838$662,306$1,044,787$1,273,003
Qatar$2,906$234,275$95,719$102,179 $314,857 
Romania$2,228,258$2,620,788$2,657,044$3,137,635$2,108,837$1,947,908$2,070,730
Russia$5,922,908$6,489,041$6,647,998$5,955,076$4,556,125$5,586,123$5,588,321
Rwanda$138,653$100,494$167,715$68,663$51,444 $192,369
Saint Lucia$100,230$76,410$63,466$83,545   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$12,179$8,949$15,988$9,675$28,603$16,203 
Saudi Arabia$6,631,463$8,240,118$10,186,725  $2,530,136 
Senegal$35,261$34,473$34,435$78,764$42,063$19,569$31,276
Serbia$724,219$520,106$537,320$506,109$431,699$319,596$302,832
Singapore$1,012,773$1,165,582$1,502,735$1,900,325$1,638,478$2,373,148$2,295,531
Slovakia$503,191$585,722$609,182$654,470$770,760$555,015$429,705
Slovenia$560,820$528,082$471,140$545,415$415,438$442,479$333,696
South Africa$2,033,149$2,107,793$2,689,401$2,789,269$1,889,700$2,394,144$2,693,529
Spain$3,074,889$4,146,194$5,864,879$5,980,753$4,529,611$5,064,433 
Sri Lanka$81,859$103,972$153,042$218,887$156,891$207,829$252,171
Sudan$365,032$95,407$255    
Suriname$23,216$67,058$94,648$14,838$13,641$17,838$35,170
Swaziland$33,887$570$9,468    
Sweden$2,270,057$3,000,615$3,579,970$4,059,464$3,143,330$4,008,479$4,106,092
Switzerland$2,072,527$2,206,865$3,054,912$3,198,937$3,360,145$4,139,560$2,667,708
Syria$122,748$33,110$89,887  $31,245 
Tanzania$361,006$147,734$285,009$400,775$435,806$435,713$428,533
Thailand$1,035,610$1,006,831$1,078,044$950,823$1,037,495$930,377$1,532,940
Togo$36,937 $80,403  $92,313$115,989
Tonga $273     
Trinidad and Tobago$104,490$156,658$184,734$84,801$192,217$130,827 
Tunisia$101,003$84,869$449,956$791,434$207,186$181,836 
Turkey$964,107$1,101,272$1,068,055$1,223,177$982,968$907,592$1,331,809
Uganda$131,832$406,956$373,744$337,435$306,317$232,305 
Ukraine$1,497,611$1,687,417$1,973,950$2,174,770$1,863,705$2,177,666$2,014,534
United Arab Emirates$173,602 $614,074$1,334,073   
United Kingdom$8,468,535$8,784,264$8,885,076$8,394,265$7,798,112$7,797,845$8,565,132
United States$2,826,479$2,190,248$1,912,415$1,346,325$1,207,523$1,017,135$807,263
Uruguay$176,435$198,699$327,985$351,971$414,617  
Vanuatu $1,693$6,396    
Venezuela$673,539$627,716$707,567$1,603,153$1,227,023$837,434$414,816
Vietnam$1,639,500$1,461,370$14,903,149$1,789,868$1,728,695$2,415,550 
Yemen$1,752$308,652$504,944$150,461$54,542 $536
Zambia$70,935$94,784$306,243$40,147$105,508$76,866 
Zimbabwe$12,781$147,995$335,794$177,212$485,737$631,630