RankCountryImports of Cobalt ores & concs. in USD (2010)
1China$831,890,419
2Zambia$219,703,715
3Finland$66,255,910
4India$37,414,711
5United States$9,811,976
6Germany$2,523,859
7Hong Kong$1,524,855
8Morocco$1,464,884
9Luxembourg$1,206,176
10United Kingdom$993,776
11Indonesia$575,496
12Belgium$391,711
13Australia$279,975
14Saudi Arabia$242,134
15South Africa$223,694
16Portugal$209,576
17Vietnam$188,780
18Ireland$149,885
19Brazil$141,928
20Mozambique$101,399
21Czech Republic$65,059
22Qatar$64,151
23Italy$62,483
24Zimbabwe$58,055
25Netherlands$47,728
26France$25,184
27Egypt$17,608
28Spain$12,336
29Jordan$11,494
30Ethiopia$10,478
31Uganda$10,001
32Malta$8,636
33Barbados$6,417
34Cameroon$5,563
35Austria$5,223
36Mexico$3,324
37Costa Rica$3,020
38Sweden$2,643
39Bahrain$1,873
40Romania$1,479
41Lithuania$1,172
42Ecuador$1,143
43Slovakia$1,047
44Pakistan$950
45Malaysia$808
46Nepal$611
47Colombia$407
48Guatemala$351
49Serbia$280
50Croatia$147
51Oman$109
52Turkey$109
53Ghana$49
54Madagascar$26
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Algeria    $206  
Argentina$5,867$36     
Australia$549$58,048$2,089$5,424$36,409$279,975 
Austria $182,114$38,614$1,042,104$387,363$5,223 
Bahrain     $1,873 
Barbados$1,998    $6,417 
Belgium$731,037$267,262$879,833$1,182,512$703,311$391,711$3,757,425
Bhutan   $32$10  
Bolivia$629  $52$648 $1,196
Botswana$809,767$24,212 $452   
Brazil$424,082$458,857$442,816$3,490,944$628,186$141,928$20,852
Brunei $60     
Bulgaria $1,816$14,286    
Burundi $10$16,364    
Cameroon$370$183 $17,199 $5,563 
China$282,843,747$316,860,258$382,411,946$1,088,420,907$554,899,705$831,890,419$850,265,891
Colombia $32 $1 $407 
Costa Rica     $3,020 
Croatia     $147 
Czech Republic$18,622$35,598$28,836$69,814$20,910$65,059$76,235
Denmark $1,715     
Dominican Republic  $458    
Ecuador    $359$1,143$71
Egypt$8,826$93,464$13,943  $17,608$22,280
Ethiopia   $433$285$10,478$13,984
Finland$86,547,007$50,634,402$116,732,957$219,692,678$66,324,756$66,255,910$55,161,351
France$22,397$237,299$411,758$156,190$22,207$25,184$146,100
Georgia    $65  
Germany  $706,000$853,000$1,532,000$2,523,859$2,490,138
Ghana $13 $23,241 $49 
Greece      $5,794
Guatemala $126$148  $351$179
Guinea-Bissau$260      
Honduras $102$816    
Hong Kong  $31,634$2,307,552$1,135,730$1,524,855$1,911,455
Iceland   $1,037$82  
India$14,838,587$25,785,355$36,164,809$69,804,102$21,409,308$37,414,711$28,211,094
Indonesia$1,991,775$1,807,935$1,826,988$2,308,353$982,931$575,496$3
Ireland$71,821$117,475$2,368,835$235,208$282,423$149,885$106,704
Israel   $3,000   
Italy$89,925$87,097$94,895$143,785$49,787$62,483$243,561
Jamaica$2,129 $14,748$35,165   
Japan$2,089,784$2,041,014$1,957    
Jordan     $11,494 
Kazakhstan  $566    
Korea, South  $11,576$163,646$3,328 $19,217,981
Kuwait $27,968$4,842    
Kyrgyzstan  $117$135   
Lithuania  $59,015$3,754$1,009$1,172 
Luxembourg  $2,439,665$3,064,030$240,018$1,206,176$491,997
Madagascar    $1,576$26 
Malaysia$18,118$9,754$5,261$1,268,828$237,702$808$2,039
Malta    $460$8,636 
Mexico$16,953$21,628$21,969$11,086$319$3,324$508
Moldova$181      
Morocco$73,524$744,511$1,968,318$1,753,782 $1,464,884 
Mozambique$3,654    $101,399$1,000
Nepal     $611 
Netherlands $1,256$60,391$2,342,844$78,113$47,728 
New Caledonia$24      
New Zealand      $114,141
Oman$164 $55$156,193 $109 
Pakistan     $950 
Panama$134$603$213$2,389$1,195  
Philippines   $399   
Poland $90$106    
Portugal$261,845$220,701$326,525$358,903$217,309$209,576$297,780
Qatar$13,988 $84,096$100,926 $64,151 
Romania  $945 $746$1,479 
Russia$62,533$34,885$27,669    
Saint Lucia  $4    
Saudi Arabia$16,020$45,253$73,667  $242,134 
Senegal   $2,418   
Serbia$238  $11 $280 
Slovakia     $1,047 
South Africa$1,745,759$1,017,031$725,545$107,832$690,430$223,694$985,118
Spain$21,659$166,459$287,673$674,537$8,102$12,336 
Sri Lanka$15,459      
Swaziland$2,761 $1,625    
Sweden$155,650$448,883$1,103,150$504,027$40,042$2,643 
Switzerland $4,396    $7,377
Syria $126     
Tanzania $409$516   $19,137
Thailand    $3,139  
Trinidad and Tobago$25,644$24,089$38$48,410$8,646  
Tunisia  $98    
Turkey     $109 
Uganda $1,418 $3,716$7,824$10,001 
Ukraine$49,086   $5,135 $14,160
United Arab Emirates  $80,746$289,857   
United Kingdom$184,541$1,187,508$2,189,201$2,817,253$5,847,629$993,776$605,837
United States$7,041,798$9,835,379$13,545,849$23,479,567$10,869,790$9,811,976$17,467,858
Vietnam$135  $49,201$61,198$188,780 
Zambia$4,529,636$2,472,576$248,993$914,728$83,256,020$219,703,715 
Zimbabwe$21,165,784 $115 $1,160,439$58,055