RankCountryImports of Vermiculite, perlite & chlorites, unexpanded in USD (2010)
1Japan$39,669,898
2United States$29,074,717
3Belgium$24,616,451
4Korea, South$19,702,572
5France$13,929,432
6Canada$10,432,839
7China$9,809,891
8Germany$9,028,925
9United Kingdom$6,056,572
10Italy$6,049,292
11Spain$5,592,384
12Austria$5,193,271
13Israel$4,076,000
14Russia$3,714,729
15Denmark$3,351,362
16India$3,041,053
17Poland$2,409,560
18Brazil$2,116,583
19Norway$1,960,602
20Mexico$1,825,837
21Indonesia$1,796,314
22Czech Republic$1,718,315
23Saudi Arabia$1,641,335
24Slovenia$1,583,775
25Turkey$1,465,624
26Netherlands$1,439,785
27Australia$1,387,888
28Sweden$860,381
29Ukraine$852,087
30Portugal$844,106
31Switzerland$834,930
32South Africa$795,405
33Cyprus$785,542
34Zimbabwe$752,732
35Egypt$729,003
36Malaysia$710,486
37New Zealand$676,277
38Singapore$515,540
39Thailand$463,775
40Slovakia$452,786
41Colombia$432,166
42Algeria$423,503
43Vietnam$310,080
44Qatar$296,294
45Argentina$291,714
46Hong Kong$286,755
47Ireland$282,873
48Finland$278,034
49Tunisia$275,850
50Chile$254,687
51Greece$246,089
52Moldova$232,306
53Jordan$225,917
54Latvia$224,710
55Croatia$194,355
56Morocco$192,851
57Hungary$192,000
58Serbia$163,991
59Azerbaijan$152,986
60Zambia$143,057
61Iran$141,355
62Belarus$138,400
63Nigeria$114,277
64Syria$103,216
65Venezuela$90,744
66Peru$80,237
67Bulgaria$75,871
68Lithuania$73,105
69New Caledonia$61,098
70Malawi$59,286
71Malta$53,487
72Pakistan$51,443
73Romania$49,611
74Luxembourg$47,545
75Mozambique$46,470
76Lebanon$43,621
77Ecuador$35,431
78Estonia$24,827
79Albania$21,010
80Uganda$18,222
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$17,907
82Mauritius$17,134
83Costa Rica$15,037
84Dominican Republic$14,409
85Jamaica$13,230
86Guatemala$12,168
87Nepal$11,989
88French Polynesia$10,607
89Mali$10,243
90Trinidad and Tobago$9,381
91Yemen$8,525
92Burkina Faso$8,382
93Mauritania$7,887
94Georgia$7,525
95Guyana$7,085
96Philippines$6,584
97Bermuda$5,158
98Iceland$4,652
99Sri Lanka$4,435
100Montenegro$4,104
101Bolivia$3,699
102Tanzania$3,257
103Botswana$3,235
104Kenya$2,589
105Bahamas, The$1,662
106Armenia$1,448
107Fiji$1,281
108Barbados$1,242
109Paraguay$663
110Panama$320
111Bhutan$275
112Kyrgyzstan$116
113Cameroon$114
114Antigua and Barbuda$19
115Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$16
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$28,518$52,781$106,114$20,094$62,871$21,010$2,965
Algeria$788,584$227,697$22,726$239,813$93,049$423,503$889,363
Antigua and Barbuda    $2,221$19 
Argentina$19,556$64,651$157,258$173,183$188,926$291,714$371,566
Armenia$28,749$2,256 $2,842$8,997$1,448$1,877
Australia$1,127,149$917,542$1,028,097$1,097,131$1,281,005$1,387,888$2,057,263
Austria$5,949,965$8,392,815$9,021,606$8,651,888$7,497,310$5,193,271 
Azerbaijan$46,633$50,701$111,190$156,948$85,186$152,986$180,057
Bahamas, The$1,452$5,660$30,609$51,809$9,620$1,662$2,558
Bahrain$8,561 $434 $4,513 $5,075
Bangladesh$34,549$15,865$37,211    
Barbados$16,403$30,666$33,102$10,771$5,616$1,242$5,206
Belarus$85,600$75,400$110,000$156,800$82,500$138,400$168,700
Belgium$10,060,763$8,588,599$10,270,274$11,955,041$13,517,962$24,616,451$38,865,529
Belize $1,093$1,366$367   
Bermuda     $5,158 
Bhutan  $119$1,338$4,397$275 
Bolivia$19,918$8,521$23,537$18,879$13,237$3,699$18,129
Bosnia and Herzegovina$20,990$25,326$41,124$54,753$7,623$17,907$28,406
Botswana$2,472$181$864$2,436$6,446$3,235$11,264
Brazil$1,432,692$1,818,473$1,591,133$1,801,383$1,458,578$2,116,583$2,316,334
Brunei $62     
Bulgaria$36,616$53,271$90,015$197,429$60,066$75,871$82,785
Burkina Faso    $840$8,382 
Cameroon  $468 $13,501$114 
Canada$10,292,743$10,052,567$9,692,000$7,766,436$8,254,708$10,432,839$13,400,308
Cape Verde   $1,452   
Chile$277,606$263,992$163,198$278,569$295,274$254,687$225,656
China$2,327,037$3,684,098$4,656,888$5,956,542$5,032,914$9,809,891$12,389,447
Colombia$76,550$56,157$115,802$142,779$279,958$432,166$204,354
Costa Rica$6,421$1,363$9,422$6,186$10,060$15,037$13,400
Cote d'Ivoire$21,101  $155   
Croatia$346,555$319,796$386,507$425,276$263,192$194,355$181,263
Cuba$1,171      
Cyprus$478,769$833,706$764,371$1,451,675$1,391,454$785,542$968,637
Czech Republic$1,385,473$1,838,749$2,336,428$2,081,473$2,008,769$1,718,315$2,228,749
Denmark$1,594,332$1,588,521$2,384,957$3,228,600$4,870,315$3,351,362$4,310,328
Djibouti    $1,448  
Dominican Republic$1,086$6,984$3,828$13,586$18,114$14,409$38,755
Ecuador$10,472$30$701$14,015$296$35,431$47,992
Egypt$170,931$148,626$236,835$321,197$161,232$729,003$600,080
El Salvador$8,440$11,606$1,623$15,697$8,866  
Estonia$83,348$70,214$51,679$61,896$39,970$24,827$40,788
Ethiopia$933$951$7,662 $10,171 $9,837
Faroe Islands$4,141      
Fiji$2,479$877$3,358$1,578$1,930$1,281 
Finland$199,593$142,970$449,376$229,621$309,184$278,034$307,985
France$9,695,375$12,128,592$16,456,577$16,931,875$12,790,022$13,929,432$21,519,788
French Polynesia$4,057$1,800$9,608$47,009$5,865$10,607$53,936
Gabon $9,392$513$1,679$1,312  
Georgia$8,534$6,261$9,491$118,699$4,812$7,525 
Germany$8,808,000$9,606,000$12,093,000$14,098,000$11,825,000$9,028,925$10,103,678
Ghana$13,615 $114$5,698$1,454 $12,692
Greece$724,835$320,874$511,619$166,550$274,116$246,089$594,402
Grenada$184$463$679$3,876$888  
Guatemala$21,389$10,901$18,219$28,451$10,645$12,168$23,133
Guyana  $2,612  $7,085 
Honduras$6,455$3,184$15,097 $5,189  
Hong Kong$20,871$18,330$12,391$41,785$270,607$286,755$466,130
Hungary$388,000$261,000$235,000$350,000 $192,000$93,000
Iceland$1,696$2,911$4,050$1,384 $4,652$61
India$2,020,379$1,934,631$2,155,386$3,002,355$2,156,885$3,041,053$4,048,835
Indonesia$278,668$384,695$1,831,511$1,429,559$1,273,770$1,796,314$3,171,171
Iran$3,872$4,919   $141,355 
Ireland$1,975,665$2,456,544$2,045,270$1,243,386$823,497$282,873$810,058
Israel$2,937,000$3,450,000$4,134,000$3,765,000$2,696,000$4,076,000$4,645,000
Italy$6,499,368$6,848,593$7,733,595$8,408,975$6,219,827$6,049,292$7,966,162
Jamaica$1,564$33,420$40,900$60,372$14,657$13,230 
Japan$23,132,502$27,156,866$26,645,471$39,098,977$24,577,466$39,669,898$35,137,139
Jordan$221,854$104,002$86,842$116,507$180,394$225,917$181,663
Kazakhstan$4,858$3,524$78,504$7,023$34,893  
Kenya$88,680$7,851   $2,589 
Korea, South$10,296,553$12,437,872$16,534,263$21,265,914$15,567,338$19,702,572$20,425,852
Kuwait $32,698$48,421$107,557   
Kyrgyzstan $203  $154$116$60
Latvia$76,130$63,650$117,224$240,708$142,904$224,710$275,805
Lebanon$24,000$6,641$2,879$20,051$5,214$43,621$40,511
Lesotho   $783   
Lithuania$23,038$26,245$120,391$348,289$28,215$73,105$83,720
Luxembourg$98,841$70,743$98,229$77,873$55,067$47,545$46,707
Macau $5,974$7,674$1,621$125  
Macedonia$198,544$56,218$72,540$94,982$129,619 $212,513
Madagascar$650$2,690$21,666$12,842$9,546  
Malawi   $7,873$16,842$59,286 
Malaysia$470,214$523,202$832,723$697,120$615,541$710,486$2,726,165
Mali$174    $10,243 
Malta$29,163$36,873$65,579$67,022$122,592$53,487 
Mauritania$1,100  $166,920$57,114$7,887 
Mauritius$8,061$7,741$10,563$5,706$9,589$17,134$13,792
Mexico$1,698,881$1,468,165$1,356,760$1,600,623$1,187,048$1,825,837$3,308,651
Moldova$310,003$198,843$122,735$210,128$333,021$232,306$258,058
Montenegro $1,527$3,248$4,307$6,554$4,104$5,559
Morocco$20,455$43,071$111,179$80,818$86,086$192,851 
Mozambique$20,558$6,346$4,568$39,752$1,754,421$46,470$80,000
Namibia$16,177$3,315$4,771$1,277   
Nepal    $4,674$11,989 
Netherlands$3,700,917$3,359,342$4,565,011$4,508,869$3,979,573$1,439,785 
Netherlands Antilles$289$37,096$2,731$5,166   
New Caledonia$4,710$9,766$14,889$6,739$10,448$61,098$14,617
New Zealand$477,944$520,349$716,641$641,891$548,281$676,277$1,029,175
Nicaragua$3,350$8,626$5,696$17,328$11,499 $6,027
Niger $208 $4,891   
Nigeria $22,670 $19,342$45,147$114,277 
Norway$865,120$1,129,853$1,436,193$1,254,657$1,068,197$1,960,602$878,673
Oman$575$1,636$5,339$8,010$33,607  
Pakistan$4,972$9,415$3,284$32,226$112,672$51,443$24,341
Panama $4,448 $3,403 $320$435
Paraguay   $9,881$287$663$2,506
Peru$50,001$84,086$33,549$92,974$628,142$80,237$86,486
Philippines$49,411$1,450 $42,178 $6,584$257,473
Poland$674,604$890,409$1,497,008$2,080,707$2,052,510$2,409,560$2,555,162
Portugal$1,114,809$1,119,245$702,113$1,086,113$1,300,794$844,106$1,017,706
Qatar$5,017$14,827$384,733$532,415 $296,294 
Romania$296,694$332,267$289,087$419,365$134,094$49,611$328,331
Russia$1,432,460$2,647,890$2,123,830$4,103,314$3,252,315$3,714,729$4,647,848
Rwanda  $62,136    
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,341  $496   
Saint Lucia$53$56$92$287   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$58  $43 $16 
Samoa  $380    
Saudi Arabia$522,895$1,181,418$1,856,701$1,472,269 $1,641,335 
Senegal$22,721$1,243$3,255$10,335$41,075 $19,525
Serbia$117,099$305,169$211,318$385,712$286,846$163,991$190,568
Seychelles$33$1,054 $74   
Singapore$224,444$341,783$246,836$587,966$785,988$515,540$495,672
Slovakia$203,969$209,825$173,215$326,099$362,848$452,786$245,475
Slovenia$1,447,423$1,607,665$2,395,253$1,564,193$1,941,188$1,583,775$4,049,377
South Africa$347,322$418,759$589,121$569,932$634,800$795,405$482,197
Spain$10,214,304$10,710,085$12,297,292$10,966,598$5,924,326$5,592,384 
Sri Lanka$1,669$2,186$8,083$628$1,009$4,435$11,378
Sudan $6,719$1,020$24,236$27,617  
Suriname    $1,955 $19,816
Swaziland$1,308$5,338$619    
Sweden$545,178$674,140$1,084,008$1,123,207$638,966$860,381$1,695,904
Switzerland$518,915$662,690$659,774$953,565$824,299$834,930$1,825,793
Syria $12,245$64,896$84,621 $103,216 
Tanzania$19,249$387$52,933$6,331$2,111$3,257$13,289
Thailand$71,099$133,429$231,303$337,236$280,585$463,775$943,516
Togo$11,067      
Trinidad and Tobago$106,320$323$206$205$3,755$9,381 
Tunisia$170,867$67,250$130,070$136,795$144,288$275,850 
Turkey$521,812$757,481$824,952$1,453,887$923,243$1,465,624$2,325,644
Uganda    $11,538$18,222 
Ukraine$208,588$164,104$485,909$999,010$647,732$852,087$1,333,052
United Arab Emirates$219,482 $556,287$1,475,558   
United Kingdom$12,176,287$14,187,568$14,781,685$14,069,413$10,588,265$6,056,572$20,755,883
United States$27,542,191$26,362,736$28,160,914$34,085,673$30,052,532$29,074,717$40,136,272
Uruguay$4,982$31,334$1,469$10,972$6,338  
Vanuatu $79     
Venezuela$1,016,086$156,292$236,187$173,050$234,334$90,744$117,184
Vietnam$230,739$39,272$55,143$112,254$116,715$310,080 
Wallis and Futuna $1,146     
Yemen$91,393$22,931$19,630$167,817$320,259$8,525 
Zambia$3,283$34,076$51,226$38,345$36,266$143,057 
Zimbabwe$2,664$5,322$5,056$2,165$7,496$752,732