RankCountryImports of Asbestos in USD (2010)
1India$211,985,941
2China$69,760,007
3Indonesia$54,649,980
4Thailand$34,740,400
5Vietnam$33,068,740
6Ukraine$30,645,099
7Sri Lanka$29,089,988
8Iran$19,470,720
9Belarus$10,703,400
10Mexico$9,460,660
11Colombia$7,670,995
12Brazil$6,118,982
13Zimbabwe$6,005,321
14Malaysia$5,548,023
15Kyrgyzstan$3,629,329
16Pakistan$3,539,152
17Ecuador$3,062,224
18Philippines$2,031,669
19Bolivia$2,005,668
20Ghana$1,890,041
21United States$888,647
22Tunisia$673,115
23Morocco$633,017
24Peru$630,943
25Senegal$556,058
26Venezuela$529,683
27Nigeria$331,251
28Zambia$187,094
29El Salvador$167,491
30Nepal$143,467
31Armenia$127,500
32Germany$116,588
33South Africa$108,961
34Hungary$65,000
35Bahamas, The$39,263
36Serbia$30,651
37Mozambique$29,786
38Moldova$24,100
39Mali$21,604
40Syria$20,601
41Guatemala$14,972
42Botswana$14,601
43Uganda$14,273
44Bhutan$12,663
45Tonga$11,331
46Canada$11,172
47France$10,604
48Azerbaijan$10,148
49Malawi$9,378
50Ireland$7,584
51Argentina$7,155
52Montenegro$6,507
53Dominican Republic$6,428
54Switzerland$3,678
55Belgium$3,359
56Korea, South$2,887
57Bermuda$1,667
58Kenya$1,601
59Spain$1,590
60Czech Republic$1,521
61Romania$1,365
62Cameroon$974
63Poland$808
64Italy$440
65Egypt$401
66Paraguay$286
67Nicaragua$283
68Trinidad and Tobago$172
69Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$134
70Slovakia$45
71Luxembourg$37
72Bosnia and Herzegovina$33
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $149$190$729$293 $77
Algeria$4,328,526$7,338,482$364   $4
Antigua and Barbuda$23      
Argentina$14,625$4,180 $57$3,395$7,155 
Armenia$133,347$178,383$72,450$118,308$142,200$127,500$127,500
Aruba    $353  
Austria$132 $369    
Azerbaijan$503,614$406,445$18,052  $10,148$661,822
Bahamas, The$29,192$5,854$22,258$11,718$67,556$39,263$26,116
Bangladesh$1,009,533$1,175,919$1,763,681    
Barbados$3,645$2,840$3,452    
Belarus$6,061,700$7,912,800$11,837,100$10,836,900$9,511,500$10,703,400$14,296,200
Belgium$5,564$22,708 $1,592$382,004$3,359$441
Bermuda     $1,667 
Bhutan$3,118$2,178$5,904$16,192$5,606$12,663 
Bolivia$657,274$504,082$882,441$1,390,499$1,779,428$2,005,668$3,600,785
Bosnia and Herzegovina$106  $202 $33 
Botswana$1,023$176 $57,181$13,423$14,601$39,053
Brazil$10,898,851$13,533,898$14,016,769$9,582,939$3,957,618$6,118,982$10,026,687
Brunei $1,153     
Bulgaria  $19,045    
Cameroon   $131 $974 
Canada$95,635$37,526$3,378$68,627$35,329$11,172$64,151
Chile $396     
China$32,994,554$39,944,182$54,915,150$78,352,381$55,770,693$69,760,007$76,503,109
Colombia$7,657,492$7,936,462$6,019,959$4,390,315$4,728,910$7,670,995$13,846,888
Comoros $113     
Costa Rica $67     
Cote d'Ivoire  $20,458    
Croatia$962,663      
Cuba$2,831,422$4,266,964     
Czech Republic$1,101 $2,236$2,479$2,696$1,521$232
Dominican Republic$7,871$22,167$16,530$4,050$7,487$6,428$6,890
Ecuador$1,893,473$2,822,455$2,093,437$3,754,920$2,744,344$3,062,224$4,784,173
Egypt $14,651  $50,749$401 
El Salvador$708,298$915,711$960,021$1,112,603 $167,491 
Estonia $52$1,038    
Ethiopia  $200$5,580$199 $8
Faroe Islands   $1,488   
Fiji$174   $11  
France$3,733$6,278$34,313$17,682$6,940$10,604$9,740
Gambia, The$26,369      
Georgia$266$1,268$1,147$2,392$2,400  
Germany$83,000$35,000$46,000$34,000$34,000$116,588$48,989
Ghana$2,009,732$2,192,934$1,293,099$2,309,557$1,818,635$1,890,041$1,459,157
Greece  $7,773$2,809   
Guatemala $77 $43,026$33,748$14,972 
Guinea $951$7,052    
Guyana$69,132$132$29,943    
Honduras    $438  
Hungary     $65,000 
India$89,082,169$114,115,197$131,617,050$190,092,560$192,718,072$211,985,941$234,721,116
Indonesia$26,758,153$20,577,847$25,847,421$44,561,856$37,893,809$54,649,980$66,468,880
Iran$16,509,276$1,727,447   $19,470,720 
Ireland$1,029,956$819,985$8,410$4,280$3,874$7,584 
Italy  $202  $440 
Jamaica  $4,701$1,969$4,363  
Japan$100,828      
Kazakhstan$706,111$1,674,861$1,785,366$84,005$13,278  
Kenya$17,879$7,982$6,901$16,242$6,353$1,601 
Korea, South$2,372,872$1,819,482$453,414$197,961$617$2,887$1,666
Kuwait $20,559$7,253    
Kyrgyzstan$6,717,098$6,218,297$5,850,812$5,277,524$3,885,406$3,629,329$4,402,773
Latvia$1,017$7,102$2,090$2,385$11,894  
Lebanon $2,191     
Luxembourg$40,087$19,960$13,125 $98$37$4,763
Madagascar   $27$3,681  
Malawi$1,065$559$158$3,015$2,302$9,378$65
Malaysia$4,541,838$4,097,769$3,861,083$3,210,687$4,846,625$5,548,023$3,994,111
Maldives$647 $161    
Mali     $21,604 
Mauritania    $6,493  
Mauritius$12,275$24,757 $196   
Mayotte$60 $830    
Mexico$6,688,745$8,324,216$8,450,183$8,789,989$10,958,041$9,460,660$7,330,480
Moldova$16,629$32,452$21,750$63,074$24,598$24,100$33,950
Mongolia$60,436$51,781$96,958    
Montenegro   $17,567$4,200$6,507 
Morocco$880,289$1,215,991$714,327$304,259$398,393$633,017 
Mozambique$278,886$537,888$284,211$777$105$29,786 
Namibia$1,175$40,221$10,475    
Nepal    $86,664$143,467 
Netherlands $8,794$6,863    
Netherlands Antilles$17,122$37,685 $4,028   
New Zealand$63      
Nicaragua   $554 $283 
Niger  $17 $730 $16
Nigeria $1,660,974$3,066,726$1,288,352$1,895,872$331,251 
Oman$1,622,239$1,717,865$1,430,603$482,736   
Pakistan$4,540,742$3,392,720$1,628,776$3,549,398$3,174,768$3,539,152$4,149,425
Panama  $423 $9,116  
Paraguay$28 $54$110 $286 
Peru$631,047$683,582$758,703$924,353$571,748$630,943$912,841
Philippines$1,325,294$1,030,063$909,814$1,204,438$1,320,020$2,031,669$1,664,523
Poland $18,643  $142,247$808 
Portugal$232,844  $44   
Qatar$293,850 $1,602$28,608   
Romania$2,262,597$908,391$2,645$19,685 $1,365 
Russia$176,855 $2,500   $639
Rwanda   $48$322  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines     $134 
Samoa      $6,202
Saudi Arabia$144,409$89,871     
Senegal$828,971$867,094$803,899$674,300$790,025$556,058$4,477
Serbia$33,023$32,976$75,222$49,053 $30,651 
Seychelles   $64   
Singapore   $146,863   
Slovakia$840    $45$214,443
Slovenia$23,603      
South Africa$574,458$672,839$318,914$406,080$112,011$108,961 
Spain$18,582$452$63,205$16,455 $1,590 
Sri Lanka$12,252,402$15,413,258$20,799,505$31,426,032$13,781,205$29,089,988$40,228,635
Sudan $310  $58,609  
Suriname  $13    
Swaziland $968$43,456    
Switzerland  $3,207$1,691$92$3,678$8,547
Syria$176,868$1,041,310$361,858$710,659 $20,601 
Tanzania$1,745$4,912$6,274$101$280 $6,275
Thailand$50,444,742$45,147,766$26,468,386$32,203,985$41,651,987$34,740,400$36,413,396
Togo$773      
Tonga$8,502$38,645$34,702$27,343$26,102$11,331 
Trinidad and Tobago     $172 
Tunisia$685,763$684,519$752,433$1,045,549$385,735$673,115 
Turkey$3,873,376$2,757,317$1,330,611$392,040$155  
Tuvalu$8,533$9,526 $32,521   
Uganda$1,052$2,071$4,007$15,813$11,641$14,273 
Ukraine$26,767,606$31,262,088$25,293,904$31,922,890$17,448,727$30,645,099$34,108,376
United Arab Emirates$11,049,180 $12,962,361$19,492,986   
United Kingdom $1,662$2,353 $1,653  
United States$1,544,792$1,103,454$904,286$1,201,944$753,584$888,647$1,208,423
Uruguay   $282   
Vanuatu $12,694     
Venezuela$712,211$369,596$425,127$634,822$466,670$529,683$407,124
Vietnam$23,696,209$21,793,818$23,215,607$29,706,982$30,088,950$33,068,740 
Yemen $532 $4,544  $3,414
Zambia$705,056$1,055,616$606,322$561,959$865,930$187,094 
Zimbabwe$15,297$60,510$1,319$8,508$21,413$6,005,321