RankCountryImports of Rare gases other than argon in USD (2010)
1Japan$83,921,709
2France$75,806,651
3Germany$72,198,276
4Qatar$68,964,395
5United Kingdom$63,191,347
6Korea, South$63,075,931
7China$60,123,851
8Belgium$44,221,774
9United States$37,549,135
10Italy$24,018,726
11Canada$23,483,456
12Singapore$22,114,910
13Mexico$19,476,843
14Austria$15,694,466
15India$12,761,024
16Switzerland$11,175,810
17Netherlands$10,565,053
18Spain$10,405,549
19Brazil$10,138,174
20Ukraine$8,285,845
21Indonesia$7,671,199
22Ireland$7,165,704
23Algeria$7,033,393
24Hungary$6,635,000
25South Africa$6,188,550
26Hong Kong$6,157,716
27Turkey$5,831,780
28Denmark$5,807,232
29Australia$5,395,726
30Thailand$4,770,811
31Israel$4,412,000
32Malaysia$4,342,359
33Portugal$4,239,603
34Saudi Arabia$4,156,005
35Poland$3,905,857
36Sweden$3,888,549
37Finland$3,565,887
38Argentina$3,046,890
39Venezuela$2,862,047
40Norway$2,781,320
41Iran$2,765,608
42Greece$2,539,234
43Egypt$2,372,577
44Czech Republic$2,132,472
45Slovakia$2,037,967
46Russia$1,847,678
47Chile$1,697,689
48Colombia$1,513,861
49Romania$1,458,713
50Nigeria$1,439,478
51New Zealand$1,364,531
52Philippines$1,223,794
53Croatia$1,060,274
54Pakistan$1,013,999
55Vietnam$1,010,450
56Botswana$967,176
57Bahamas, The$880,354
58Jordan$792,061
59Tunisia$741,207
60Belarus$702,200
61Lebanon$678,143
62Peru$659,156
63Bulgaria$656,539
64Slovenia$615,217
65Azerbaijan$581,470
66Morocco$505,202
67Ecuador$476,203
68Cyprus$458,597
69Serbia$447,903
70Guatemala$410,594
71Oman$389,249
72Trinidad and Tobago$358,250
73El Salvador$340,331
74Luxembourg$284,174
75Jamaica$269,883
76Bosnia and Herzegovina$266,064
77Dominican Republic$264,979
78Costa Rica$238,335
79Lithuania$237,594
80Mali$235,838
81Ghana$207,141
82Syria$205,321
83Panama$199,701
84Tanzania$197,949
85Latvia$192,355
86Yemen$187,729
87Bolivia$180,024
88Bermuda$178,601
89Georgia$177,782
90Sri Lanka$170,142
91Albania$161,824
92Bahrain$158,615
93New Caledonia$147,201
94Estonia$145,106
95Bhutan$141,311
96Guyana$134,594
97Nepal$134,359
98Mauritius$125,549
99Kenya$119,315
100French Polynesia$118,299
101Senegal$108,834
102Zimbabwe$92,202
103Cape Verde$87,776
104Aruba$86,369
105Armenia$81,942
106Kyrgyzstan$80,266
107Benin$80,030
108Zambia$76,393
109Iceland$74,018
110Cambodia$66,110
111Uganda$62,238
112Barbados$55,987
113Cameroon$54,455
114Mauritania$50,254
115Fiji$49,354
116Moldova$48,460
117Nicaragua$46,305
118Montenegro$43,723
119Paraguay$37,932
120Malawi$28,087
121Samoa$27,611
122Cote d'Ivoire$27,351
123Niger$26,708
124Mozambique$24,896
125Belize$21,475
126Suriname$20,993
127Gambia, The$16,469
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$15,060
129Antigua and Barbuda$11,177
130Burkina Faso$11,142
131Ethiopia$8,356
132Madagascar$7,129
133Tonga$6,432
134Malta$4,305
135Maldives$1,659
136Dominica$210
137Sao Tome and Principe$104
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$172,372$540,440$249,869$251,765$250,794$161,824$115,909
Algeria$626,446$658,355$308,529$1,658,435$882,933$7,033,393$1,051,475
Antigua and Barbuda$10,065$15,776$26,059 $52,576$11,177$29,287
Argentina$1,335,749$1,391,324$1,948,231$2,434,134$3,057,334$3,046,890$3,500,096
Armenia$18,735$17,739$9,404$21,853$29,888$81,942$32,068
Aruba    $80,468$86,369$148,435
Australia$4,958,432$5,055,911$5,756,642$6,178,052$6,283,084$5,395,726$4,216,119
Austria$6,187,259$6,261,517$10,881,282$15,911,677$11,536,642$15,694,466 
Azerbaijan$287,202$436,338$740,383$645,454$237,439$581,470$857,245
Bahamas, The$665,619$620,742$579,354$936,570$842,785$880,354$853,802
Bahrain$142,455$184,138$313,085$257,149$192,780$158,615$411,212
Bangladesh$164,449$143,210$81,361    
Barbados$75,005$106,299$98,161$67,030$76,017$55,987$88,977
Belarus$207,500$383,300$423,200$680,700$708,600$702,200$889,000
Belgium$16,449,240$22,805,661$26,841,929$33,707,698$34,829,047$44,221,774$48,696,914
Belize$46,072$45,413$37,374$26,131$28,246$21,475 
Benin$8,902$23,673   $80,030 
Bermuda     $178,601 
Bhutan$5,490$53,204$60,474$70,192$77,867$141,311 
Bolivia$73,208$79,960$55,037$85,783$83,205$180,024$163,519
Bosnia and Herzegovina$127,254$158,028$210,055$191,925$177,989$266,064$325,445
Botswana$270,942$384,398$459,690$456,157$487,806$967,176$1,280,905
Brazil$5,124,867$5,661,895$6,943,618$8,014,129$10,330,798$10,138,174$11,582,168
Brunei $238,819     
Bulgaria$499,300$626,529$729,725$878,672$858,022$656,539$763,106
Burkina Faso$4,646 $5,444$2,614$3,716$11,142 
Burundi$48,252 $398 $58  
Cambodia$15,307$24,604$98,225$95,976$49,065$66,110 
Cameroon$26,138$12,555$11,670$328,077$13,984$54,455 
Canada$12,499,433$13,510,284$18,933,841$20,747,459$21,515,042$23,483,456$25,455,880
Cape Verde$50,821$77,535$62,064$48,504$68,023$87,776$163,903
Chile$824,026$908,295$1,313,298$1,495,312$1,581,307$1,697,689$2,486,969
China$15,996,365$21,134,849$25,344,486$38,675,520$38,543,391$60,123,851$71,299,268
Colombia$849,116$923,553$1,085,255$1,239,301$1,388,667$1,513,861$1,996,314
Comoros$624      
Costa Rica$377,476$206,143$153,743$150,871$134,804$238,335$424,569
Cote d'Ivoire$23,378$183,654$186,536$98,033$17,314$27,351$56,838
Croatia$704,018$895,119$1,082,359$1,347,799$1,219,249$1,060,274$1,284,945
Cuba$75,198$94,993     
Cyprus$288,910$268,640$390,034$450,578$443,655$458,597$349,028
Czech Republic$2,361,106$2,785,409$6,447,271$5,610,319$3,483,759$2,132,472$2,759,770
Denmark$3,027,015$3,533,279$4,883,294$5,169,224$6,997,581$5,807,232$6,697,423
Dominica$1,797$787$832$1,429$991$210 
Dominican Republic$70,818$72,472$88,203$110,257$166,321$264,979$334,379
Ecuador$322,587$307,884$256,352$377,082$502,037$476,203$584,188
Egypt$455,291$262,467$81,392$1,277,095$1,444,759$2,372,577$2,770,288
El Salvador$285,134$285,856$289,505$321,743$324,722$340,331 
Estonia$579,943$143,539$125,262$191,559$162,606$145,106$267,036
Ethiopia$47,745$75,102$40,892$5,968$67,290$8,356$43,038
Faroe Islands$90,440$119,212$131,455$151,705$227,186  
Fiji$50,030$61,981$67,022$157,508$58,506$49,354 
Finland$1,810,272$2,433,939$3,302,989$3,500,121$2,895,576$3,565,887$2,916,484
France$56,049,520$52,469,342$70,034,471$85,847,007$79,847,767$75,806,651$85,876,005
French Polynesia$97,049$47,193$153,731$107,810$90,858$118,299$55,924
Gabon$74,906$69,596$70,315$180,177$180,146  
Gambia, The$2,168$891 $3,126$2,669$16,469$13,949
Georgia$114,511$54,552$175,213$201,065$98,417$177,782 
Germany$30,747,000$47,455,000$57,553,000$79,727,000$63,117,000$72,198,276$80,049,816
Ghana$314,881$28,982$42,608$101,143$325,846$207,141$275,890
Greece$1,793,919$1,770,208$1,505,867$1,994,681$2,844,862$2,539,234$2,399,808
Greenland$16,569$197,556$34,056    
Grenada$1,491$4,062$7,214$3,407$3,418  
Guatemala$182,645$235,971$286,912$338,076$346,442$410,594$660,685
Guinea$22,345$1,471$17,004$25,720   
Guyana$158,758$136,232$106,715$145,591$39,691$134,594$282,754
Honduras$55,459$134,884$176,741 $95,117  
Hong Kong$3,164,686$4,032,254$1,824,782$3,369,294$3,473,784$6,157,716$6,608,042
Hungary$2,229,000$1,785,000$5,586,000$10,400,000$6,117,000$6,635,000$6,902,000
Iceland$106,249$182,465$227,599$152,433$105,431$74,018$145,365
India$5,360,016$5,652,316$5,803,900$12,181,595$9,353,625$12,761,024$15,596,826
Indonesia$711,539$747,088$831,919$2,897,636$4,647,280$7,671,199$4,012,336
Iran$1,427,091$22,432   $2,765,608 
Ireland$2,870,315$2,780,370$3,497,086$4,892,098$5,488,536$7,165,704$5,588,303
Israel$1,911,000$1,642,000$2,535,000$3,750,000$4,960,000$4,412,000$3,961,000
Italy$17,945,807$18,447,534$20,859,360$23,785,160$23,338,433$24,018,726$29,564,560
Jamaica$268,868$190,915$120,775$141,839$74,720$269,883 
Japan$55,782,138$60,992,854$75,098,334$99,306,694$71,380,422$83,921,709$85,337,566
Jordan$325,752$310,530$558,821$369,351$448,438$792,061$747,100
Kazakhstan$259,963$369,462$490,705$821,654$690,880  
Kenya$1,237$124,069$514,903$232,008$92,782$119,315 
Kiribati$6,442   $1,687  
Korea, South$25,826,617$32,443,971$39,429,084$51,885,272$48,134,611$63,075,931$73,681,134
Kuwait $630,604$543,534$1,522,095   
Kyrgyzstan$63,890$9,722$152,479$7,896$45,186$80,266$129,237
Latvia$145,191$186,944$290,209$301,992$180,071$192,355$223,597
Lebanon$197,000$274,200$304,020$247,913$439,725$678,143$602,100
Lesotho   $31,394   
Lithuania$210,938$147,598$177,475$332,715$183,560$237,594$237,065
Luxembourg$411,937$256,277$333,481$536,323$217,065$284,174$206,013
Macau$6,808$4,388$12,659$8,976$18,444  
Macedonia$96,666$70,190$127,701$157,815$143,753 $209,727
Madagascar$4,609$10,261$6,298$16,310$3,928$7,129 
Malawi$4,557$8,756$15,360$14,303$30,521$28,087$5,802
Malaysia$2,388,617$3,059,854$4,320,449$4,325,303$2,881,904$4,342,359$4,483,481
Maldives$499$1,689$9,715$1,780$1,197$1,659$65,354
Mali$2,490$8,688$42,634$10,442 $235,838 
Malta$23,323$15,839$174,357$57,827$65,824$4,305 
Mauritania$17,556$17,937$21,292$41,149$90,364$50,254$64,786
Mauritius$91,853$29,833$14,704$59,361$91,449$125,549$188,179
Mayotte$55,854$27,997$48,132$66,732$9,234  
Mexico$9,176,198$11,614,734$13,979,601$15,385,024$16,321,134$19,476,843$21,708,010
Moldova$98,264$142,223$167,188$165,998$82,199$48,460$159,925
Mongolia $9,294$2,499    
Montenegro $94,906$99,303$60,044$49,217$43,723$55,098
Montserrat $350$355$129$310  
Morocco$335,049$287,244$339,133$300,542$290,011$505,202 
Mozambique$31,136$176,987$161,839$235,121$86,470$24,896$41,000
Namibia$153,345$284,008$183,918$190,361   
Nepal    $55,900$134,359 
Netherlands$6,655,932$4,864,387$10,379,017$9,543,774$8,868,604$10,565,053 
Netherlands Antilles$55,278$107,254$76,180$216,459   
New Caledonia$87,041$92,977$129,987$135,288$192,054$147,201$204,316
New Zealand$1,028,791$925,462$1,064,746$1,302,616$1,255,189$1,364,531$1,451,141
Nicaragua$50,750$63,079$45,642$81,723$73,013$46,305$45,383
Niger$10,651$22,060$188$1,726$51,927$26,708$12,697
Nigeria $491,435$369,470$435,619$1,173,042$1,439,478 
Norway$2,486,591$2,609,342$3,250,282$3,982,272$3,257,653$2,781,320$4,372,279
Oman$279,183$287,706$778,650$291,709$268,879$389,249 
Pakistan$735,764$325,357$558,363$804,807$837,851$1,013,999$1,137,126
Panama$147,614$136,513$178,846$190,221$188,849$199,701$208,778
Paraguay$22,672$6,984$46,402$105,045$45,528$37,932$50,677
Peru$384,477$278,111$489,857$683,351$531,553$659,156$849,935
Philippines$912,527$1,066,083$1,385,990$2,580,603$868,954$1,223,794$2,534,416
Poland$576,090$825,207$1,396,768$3,591,153$3,598,092$3,905,857$2,899,098
Portugal$2,716,153$2,962,625$4,546,081$4,683,111$3,751,420$4,239,603$4,082,474
Qatar$10,045,955$25,503,638$38,934,019$133,062,283 $68,964,395 
Romania$792,713$901,421$1,535,564$1,942,500$1,334,672$1,458,713$1,539,937
Russia$359,525$216,897$350,484$641,678$1,497,697$1,847,678$3,765,603
Rwanda$433 $486$680$5,486 $12,653
Saint Kitts and Nevis$5,022$6,412$8,936$9,059   
Saint Lucia$4,415$5,327$4,437$6,390   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$10,683$2,084$8,199$7,250$3,444$15,060 
Samoa$56,463$51,899$37,009$6,979$17,555$27,611$26,169
Sao Tome and Principe$404$1,025$1,926$68 $104 
Saudi Arabia$2,865,771$3,926,979$3,872,319$1,570,402$1,588,402$4,156,005 
Senegal$60,540$167,559$143,731$128,757$129,693$108,834$247,883
Serbia$230,322$276,760$408,345$440,239$486,216$447,903$940,076
Seychelles   $20,908   
Singapore$11,270,758$14,320,438$16,954,849$27,632,712$20,361,657$22,114,910$25,770,782
Slovakia$871,112$1,287,900$1,356,370$2,041,520$1,303,511$2,037,967$2,863,381
Slovenia$421,431$415,740$550,134$1,010,072$556,097$615,217$712,971
South Africa$2,478,665$1,626,209$2,164,112$3,715,578$5,063,641$6,188,550$3,710,961
Spain$6,145,408$7,197,481$6,375,158$9,262,470$9,716,415$10,405,549 
Sri Lanka$97,440$114,953$78,818$213,115$125,391$170,142$245,133
Sudan$84,739$1,054,963$81,991$589,999$698,441  
Suriname     $20,993$191,096
Swaziland$47,140$18,063$40,460    
Sweden$3,093,986$2,981,051$3,770,803$3,680,443$3,847,629$3,888,549$3,623,685
Switzerland$7,885,159$8,255,077$10,021,192$16,349,992$12,220,080$11,175,810$12,127,306
Syria $114,140$143,258  $205,321 
Tanzania$156,435$518,440$109,826$191,877$201,223$197,949$354,928
Thailand$2,326,768$2,808,746$3,176,659$3,998,711$3,276,164$4,770,811$5,567,081
Togo$8,315 $12,932   $755
Tonga   $16,906$9,562$6,432 
Trinidad and Tobago$238,325$252,925$420,009$572,124$302,355$358,250 
Tunisia$325,102$524,454$499,626$768,358$1,341,279$741,207 
Turkey$2,654,619$3,613,853$3,874,230$5,440,340$5,218,281$5,831,780$6,259,884
Uganda$27,335$23,729$12,254$66,525$55,802$62,238 
Ukraine$1,011,740$1,776,810$2,351,970$10,344,611$7,532,482$8,285,845$5,655,701
United Arab Emirates$2,681,500 $7,608,500$7,772,481   
United Kingdom$44,394,098$40,699,904$55,069,777$64,874,450$48,255,629$63,191,347$78,180,794
United States$16,422,320$18,275,008$24,284,424$61,338,560$32,856,302$37,549,135$27,357,788
Uruguay$64,458$79,357$85,421$101,598$123,010  
Vanuatu $17,827$2,445    
Venezuela$618,628$642,171$729,697$1,510,898$2,608,931$2,862,047$1,589,462
Vietnam$283,666$396,790$483,793$739,221$895,132$1,010,450 
Wallis and Futuna$9,588$1,625     
Yemen$19,893$42,723$167,964$64,346$277,800$187,729$126,095
Zambia$33,688$35,028$76,736$31,287$59,872$76,393 
Zimbabwe$5,277$45,971$69,036$48,665$28,731$92,202