RankCountryImports of Silicon, cont. by wt. <99.99% of silicon in USD (2010)
1Germany$584,814,645
2Japan$545,202,264
3United States$454,840,948
4Korea, South$291,247,913
5United Kingdom$240,980,260
6Netherlands$181,371,817
7Italy$118,398,694
8Thailand$117,736,744
9China$105,138,378
10Norway$88,355,253
11Qatar$82,097,256
12Canada$58,360,476
13Malaysia$51,343,039
14Poland$49,839,257
15Belgium$48,534,709
16France$48,048,523
17Bahrain$44,153,877
18Mexico$41,828,310
19Australia$29,687,982
20Russia$24,714,758
21Austria$24,619,742
22Indonesia$21,184,597
23Turkey$20,741,974
24Singapore$20,457,097
25Spain$18,828,196
26Slovakia$18,050,281
27Sweden$17,865,008
28Argentina$16,569,122
29Ukraine$15,525,037
30Hong Kong$14,713,259
31Brazil$14,428,595
32Iran$11,527,506
33Hungary$11,146,000
34Slovenia$6,681,650
35Romania$5,925,553
36Iceland$5,868,709
37Czech Republic$5,531,440
38New Zealand$5,366,845
39Finland$4,476,954
40South Africa$4,325,020
41Bahamas, The$4,276,206
42Latvia$4,125,952
43Switzerland$3,852,066
44Greece$3,628,990
45Portugal$2,266,877
46Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,221,419
47Lithuania$2,115,353
48Belarus$1,699,400
49Bulgaria$1,489,679
50Venezuela$1,425,345
51India$1,232,824
52Vietnam$1,159,400
53Ireland$832,183
54Serbia$759,391
55Nigeria$713,106
56Colombia$691,370
57Jordan$576,782
58Egypt$427,905
59Saudi Arabia$377,600
60Albania$348,911
61Peru$303,010
62Pakistan$300,898
63Croatia$256,632
64Armenia$244,803
65Estonia$223,455
66Philippines$177,103
67Kyrgyzstan$156,314
68Chile$143,508
69Israel$126,000
70Uganda$118,421
71Kenya$101,923
72Tanzania$69,554
73Oman$69,098
74Ecuador$61,752
75Barbados$60,626
76Cambodia$59,348
77Cameroon$56,609
78Nepal$50,106
79Sri Lanka$49,663
80Tunisia$48,025
81Guyana$46,539
82Zimbabwe$46,170
83Trinidad and Tobago$41,285
84Burkina Faso$31,314
85Mauritius$27,342
86Morocco$27,291
87Ethiopia$22,988
88Guatemala$22,979
89Bolivia$22,772
90Botswana$19,269
91Aruba$18,923
92Georgia$17,912
93Azerbaijan$14,700
94Maldives$13,830
95Jamaica$13,770
96Zambia$12,245
97Niger$11,571
98Cote d'Ivoire$10,130
99Denmark$9,858
100Mali$8,449
101French Polynesia$8,445
102Dominican Republic$7,356
103Malawi$7,308
104Bhutan$6,642
105Ghana$5,755
106Fiji$4,530
107Nicaragua$4,139
108Dominica$3,796
109Togo$3,606
110New Caledonia$3,435
111Mozambique$3,173
112Algeria$3,060
113Cape Verde$2,707
114Moldova$752
115Montenegro$640
116Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$504
117Paraguay$489
118Madagascar$344
119Samoa$263
120Tonga$260
121El Salvador$117
122Panama$74
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$7,054$74,314$95,226$86,483$182,218$348,911$454,724
Algeria$29,737$95,880$1,199,416$47,332$48,677$3,060$1,724
Antigua and Barbuda $6,318$10,929 $79  
Argentina$14,860,789$16,245,269$15,606,457$27,990,089$6,511,138$16,569,122$32,544,183
Armenia  $155,786$189 $244,803$279,801
Aruba    $83,314$18,923$41,102
Australia$8,351,152$14,499,089$24,639,731$37,398,879$12,827,602$29,687,982$43,868,237
Austria$12,789,131$13,290,525$20,728,595$24,581,410$9,650,026$24,619,742 
Azerbaijan$8,940$99,670$7,000$5,615 $14,700$61,289
Bahamas, The$3,632,767$5,271,827$5,362,911$6,573,894$4,963,108$4,276,206$8,111,624
Bahrain$13,757,089$9,633,117$11,048,239$26,917,524$8,769,309$44,153,877$33,543,180
Bangladesh$11,940$96,848$28,983    
Barbados$66,478$3,157$9,403$7,691$88,945$60,626$502
Belarus$462,100$600,200$763,000$1,185,700$984,000$1,699,400$2,655,200
Belgium$17,904,076$19,934,489$21,644,757$36,728,994$37,769,530$48,534,709$57,753,486
Belize$2,642$406$362$217$790  
Benin$439      
Bhutan$216$841$943$153$1,248$6,642 
Bolivia$5,069$50,008$11,153$15,746$2,730$22,772$8,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,193,298$2,033,256$4,060,092$4,400,876$430,989$2,221,419$5,649,486
Botswana$26,539$19,053$254,116$14,430$4,056$19,269$28,973
Brazil$8,198,870$12,100,033$16,376,119$47,109,280$11,531,308$14,428,595$26,181,990
Brunei $12,155     
Bulgaria$664,231$11,768,018$1,036,924$1,925,482$524,482$1,489,679$2,216,913
Burkina Faso$7,296 $13,329$8,068$10,232$31,314 
Burundi   $319   
Cambodia$8,328$19,160$3,808$19,482$127,046$59,348 
Cameroon$49,813$150,189$938$422$165,430$56,609 
Canada$33,968,983$37,074,514$53,016,075$118,777,045$30,279,533$58,360,476$70,441,738
Cape Verde   $61$16,146$2,707$251
Chile$70,551$84,301$46,750$255,023$192,065$143,508$161,085
China$8,870,191$56,832,494$121,297,225$174,295,465$91,700,960$105,138,378$96,766,461
Colombia$493,381$662,248$955,788$1,184,808$756,486$691,370$1,137,126
Comoros$1,102$4,042     
Costa Rica$1,827$28,679$7 $58,780  
Cote d'Ivoire$412$4,294$26,447 $44,842$10,130 
Croatia$375,099$94,513$70,989$111,550$68,532$256,632$612,747
Cuba $17,623     
Cyprus$9,521$889 $3,048$184 $8,082
Czech Republic$3,849,470$7,178,813$11,725,237$13,073,812$9,949,513$5,531,440$2,309,814
Denmark$1,292,326$2,500,561$1,300,485$553,397$80,526$9,858$58,180
Dominica $649$156$397$5,334$3,796 
Dominican Republic$26,700$30,780$15,274$1,840$76,671$7,356$13,228
East Timor$32      
Ecuador$31,584$61,270$216,441$76,324$26,251$61,752$20,313
Egypt$32,465$30,133$14,821$1,430,219$15,056$427,905$1,059,507
El Salvador$6,157$8,085$18,082$185$119,918$117 
Estonia$203,852$179,767$344,068$412,661$175,386$223,455$359,258
Ethiopia$19,218$25,215$29,627$21,958$16,173$22,988$35,154
Fiji$20,826$5,306$2,521$1,577$3,406$4,530 
Finland$2,109,447$2,409,197$2,741,414$5,450,222$1,354,648$4,476,954$4,386,400
France$38,215,356$33,756,658$35,564,873$63,788,860$36,604,585$48,048,523$60,577,104
French Polynesia$832$2,953 $1,643$122$8,445$882
Gabon$3,008$15,248$16,314$9,567$16,634  
Gambia, The $4,774 $3,761$1,654 $363
Georgia $267,497$160,356 $75,000$17,912 
Germany$250,412,000$297,179,000$353,673,000$590,692,000$433,411,000$584,814,645$713,245,944
Ghana$14,636$4,756$72,864$35,752$68,616$5,755$4,626
Greece$1,709,176$2,387,172$2,479,131$3,753,008$2,167,220$3,628,990$4,509,396
Grenada$424 $13 $2,216  
Guatemala$12,760$2,823$6,299$26,409$16,410$22,979$33,403
Guinea$10,572      
Guyana$571$2,628$2,758$42,334$9,169$46,539$876
Honduras$104$3,968$753 $68  
Hong Kong$4,140,981$2,290,287$10,469,905$52,697,993$19,664,920$14,713,259$19,799,890
Hungary$3,984,000$7,002,000$6,322,000$7,328,000$6,645,000$11,146,000$12,404,000
Iceland$342,545$446,497$824,127$6,113,177$594,647$5,868,709$10,122,252
India$2,944,723$1,850,914$8,371,559$8,999,864$14,758,353$1,232,824$10,555,327
Indonesia$4,637,807$6,175,640$7,700,166$14,538,440$10,936,242$21,184,597$23,448,621
Iran$2,646,452$3,295,854   $11,527,506 
Ireland$620,277$541,362$904,120$972,749$480,891$832,183$1,016,738
Israel$143,000$168,000$320,000$213,000$523,000$126,000$522,000
Italy$74,185,108$76,502,680$112,739,684$157,492,139$63,329,318$118,398,694$164,361,645
Jamaica$19,182$40,382$19,436$31,126$12,192$13,770 
Japan$266,479,918$293,661,899$392,600,834$620,982,521$327,693,061$545,202,264$680,849,602
Jordan$369,596$256,874$248,567$358,076$213,548$576,782$487,775
Kazakhstan$13,597$74,772$89,842$86,304$22,426  
Kenya$1,983$14,849$77,104$41,123$17,342$101,923 
Kiribati$7   $391  
Korea, South$54,324,543$61,892,064$98,198,543$222,413,433$173,793,251$291,247,913$489,736,340
Kuwait $256,450$624,178    
Kyrgyzstan$396$465,369$263,560$306,342$41,841$156,314$292,604
Latvia$2,185,559$2,224,511$1,505,006$1,598,067$1,294,488$4,125,952$2,906,510
Lebanon$15,000$20,830 $76,440   
Lesotho   $4,299   
Lithuania$1,092,856$908,133$1,246,834$1,629,883$709,824$2,115,353$1,207,770
Luxembourg$2,343$8,114$48,737$38,450$180,745 $13,327
Macedonia $85,293$134,867$175,344$175,911 $1,679,743
Madagascar $27,958$42,029$43,872 $344 
Malawi$966$492 $1,501$1,280$7,308$5,199
Malaysia$13,690,440$7,521,331$17,537,492$16,024,124$15,604,095$51,343,039$55,815,795
Maldives$6,592$12,641$3,302$563$2,507$13,830$39,359
Mali$21,178$11,330$33,877$51,566 $8,449 
Malta$43,389$3,009$3,061 $8,829  
Mauritania$77      
Mauritius$654$16,258$24,972$45,602$29,950$27,342$41,774
Mayotte $1,309     
Mexico$15,293,083$15,986,718$22,384,265$30,376,269$20,657,831$41,828,310$46,042,175
Moldova$266$140$133$1,185$592$752$656
Mongolia $57,000     
Montenegro $3,412$5,339$32,282$7,971$640 
Morocco$25,067$6,441$13,743$12,261$12,259$27,291 
Mozambique$3,410$318$21,858$34,731$35,364$3,173 
Namibia$204,614$50,138$45,826$47,031   
Nepal    $40,823$50,106 
Netherlands$22,828,330$85,194,616$110,442,790$115,824,899$112,909,413$181,371,817 
Netherlands Antilles$2,026$349$19,279$74,133   
New Caledonia$1,776$107$1,974$3,995$3,695$3,435$5,679
New Zealand$4,990,541$4,230,147$3,263,707$2,470,005$1,675,398$5,366,845$4,440,867
Nicaragua$760 $2,198$204$4,174$4,139$844
Niger$22,703$38,895$31,530$1,337$4,245$11,571$2,866
Nigeria $523,257$185,220$629,019$168,560$713,106 
Norway$30,097,957$34,988,210$50,183,373$85,675,908$44,940,186$88,355,253$126,737,337
Oman$136,146$79,251$53,860$95,069$144,694$69,098 
Pakistan$125,691$118,606$319,975$491,147$286,021$300,898$3,084,181
Panama   $713$735$74$11,538
Paraguay$3,447$351   $489$1,001
Peru$52,487$233,351$64,465$222,148$47,244$303,010$276,491
Philippines$1,595,275$1,403,914$1,104,402$229,290$6,527$177,103$159,988
Poland$17,604,465$23,028,915$30,270,666$38,818,646$29,837,768$49,839,257$59,883,667
Portugal$210,089$942,554$929,293$1,163,927$1,103,949$2,266,877$3,169,435
Qatar$8,413,407$20,081,909$15,943,682$47,479,131 $82,097,256 
Romania$3,126,645$10,712,168$1,727,539$7,882,141$1,695,505$5,925,553$8,527,645
Russia$13,383,450$20,426,745$24,334,509$21,569,329$6,941,753$24,714,758$31,133,661
Rwanda   $10$34,244 $44,893
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,050 $192$33   
Saint Lucia  $151$42   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$989$384$3,609$898$3,890$504 
Samoa $13,629$5,926$28,823$24,295$263$3,425
Sao Tome and Principe   $1,700$93  
Saudi Arabia$764,645$1,079,677$544,864  $377,600 
Senegal  $417    
Serbia$227,445$324,338$275,921$578,414$355,771$759,391$606,525
Seychelles$4,862$12,120$11,734$12,510   
Singapore$273,748$1,025,964$995,296$6,723,405$1,107,909$20,457,097$3,333,966
Slovakia$10,578,941$9,079,053$12,603,621$23,861,310$12,300,778$18,050,281$25,411,996
Slovenia$10,914,396$12,732,777$11,470,217$16,667,550$4,603,373$6,681,650$12,858,346
South Africa$5,024,651$5,047,445$4,903,991$7,445,192$2,794,956$4,325,020$7,284,019
Spain$4,302,768$3,315,801$5,752,588$23,551,632$18,460,679$18,828,196 
Sri Lanka$689,873$10,776$31,593$23,904$67,503$49,663$55,047
Sudan$95,477$25,822$6,002$18,776$19,491  
Suriname      $2,675
Swaziland$56,193$37,088$55,026    
Sweden$17,225,081$12,006,398$14,717,572$24,474,707$10,563,428$17,865,008$17,482,613
Switzerland$1,640,309$1,995,871$3,386,106$3,032,101$2,323,291$3,852,066$3,452,186
Syria $16,446     
Tanzania$43,759$48,527$5,626$73,433$71,055$69,554$29,355
Thailand$47,669,964$48,728,455$68,834,168$120,778,828$66,533,857$117,736,744$126,698,269
Togo  $1,043  $3,606 
Tonga    $139$260 
Trinidad and Tobago$25,899$12,683$29,919$35,108$92,464$41,285 
Tunisia$38,768$74,553$75,998$93,059$76,449$48,025 
Turkey$5,099,140$6,041,376$5,469,367$9,173,123$9,970,973$20,741,974$26,824,289
Uganda$3,103$12,764$40,857$81,739$155,410$118,421 
Ukraine$5,745,103$4,760,713$13,600,307$13,657,200$17,974,967$15,525,037$19,199,592
United Arab Emirates$55,261,511 $46,387,827$82,680,649   
United Kingdom$44,690,357$46,020,115$50,111,832$291,557,051$153,070,224$240,980,260$304,455,650
United States$244,944,913$234,330,833$279,286,316$435,929,242$291,282,027$454,840,948$607,950,644
Uruguay$20,996$7,644$27,968$19,416$22,815  
Vanuatu $2,263$1,214    
Venezuela$3,683,523$2,378,455$1,476,340$5,052,113$2,260,040$1,425,345$3,760,979
Vietnam$248,522$1,201,756$1,986,261$1,673,806$850,172$1,159,400 
Yemen   $533$591  
Zambia$18,614$15,129$9,752$23,771$33,130$12,245 
Zimbabwe$1,383$36,425$39,579$37,365$11,201$46,170