RankCountryImports of Alkali/alkaline-earth metals other than sodium & calcium in USD (2010)
1Germany$18,574,545
2United States$16,446,463
3Japan$13,096,283
4China$8,702,599
5United Kingdom$8,247,825
6India$6,662,103
7Indonesia$6,418,904
8Switzerland$5,065,679
9Canada$4,385,293
10Qatar$3,039,784
11Netherlands$2,691,311
12Israel$2,376,000
13Singapore$2,179,680
14France$1,951,101
15Brazil$1,615,583
16Iceland$1,443,559
17Italy$1,385,111
18Korea, South$1,288,957
19Saudi Arabia$1,214,135
20Malaysia$997,918
21Czech Republic$834,046
22Belgium$438,795
23Estonia$411,539
24Nigeria$352,099
25Spain$345,699
26Russia$316,876
27Hungary$301,000
28Vietnam$268,760
29Poland$230,162
30Finland$154,396
31Yemen$152,927
32Luxembourg$136,482
33Thailand$122,561
34Australia$116,893
35Iran$97,403
36Algeria$82,877
37Zambia$58,510
38Argentina$54,709
39Romania$54,095
40South Africa$53,553
41Tunisia$46,279
42New Zealand$44,753
43Denmark$42,368
44Mexico$41,158
45Turkey$38,772
46Bahamas, The$38,014
47Slovenia$37,285
48Kenya$29,352
49Egypt$27,263
50Latvia$23,050
51Austria$22,226
52Ukraine$20,546
53Tanzania$19,794
54Slovakia$17,504
55Guyana$16,776
56Bahrain$11,593
57Philippines$11,247
58Sweden$9,739
59Pakistan$9,210
60Oman$7,787
61Hong Kong$7,708
62Lebanon$6,651
63Portugal$6,489
64Cape Verde$6,044
65Peru$5,341
66Ireland$4,980
67Costa Rica$4,733
68Malawi$4,385
69Venezuela$4,374
70Zimbabwe$4,231
71Sri Lanka$4,155
72Paraguay$3,915
73Cambodia$3,822
74Malta$3,616
75Nepal$3,044
76Ethiopia$3,009
77Lithuania$2,844
78Guatemala$2,522
79Madagascar$2,305
80Cameroon$2,088
81Antigua and Barbuda$1,901
82Nicaragua$1,672
83Suriname$1,630
84Bhutan$1,580
85Burundi$1,486
86Belarus$1,400
87Norway$1,230
88Chile$941
89Botswana$880
90Mozambique$700
91Jordan$656
92Jamaica$584
93Ghana$566
94Tonga$520
95Panama$394
96Bolivia$383
97Morocco$347
98Dominica$332
99El Salvador$296
100Niger$287
101Fiji$269
102Uganda$243
103Mauritius$212
104Belize$175
105Aruba$149
106Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$137
107Cote d'Ivoire$122
108Serbia$106
109Colombia$91
110Ecuador$74
111Trinidad and Tobago$63
112Moldova$56
113New Caledonia$49
114Maldives$35
115Greece$19
116Bosnia and Herzegovina$4
117Armenia$2
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$893 $131    
Algeria$27,132$10,631$11,837$43,251$152,525$82,877$220,155
Antigua and Barbuda$3,909   $239$1,901 
Argentina$9,530$6,225$33,277$29,264$195,919$54,709$127,379
Armenia   $13$25$2$4,635
Aruba     $149$4,307
Australia$62,298$84,358$144,530$123,613$222,532$116,893$160,616
Austria$63,287$37,028$132,198$94,377$55,590$22,226 
Azerbaijan $2,280 $4,611  $509
Bahamas, The$8,636$13,336$10,100$4,127$6,213$38,014$67,879
Bahrain$126,508$76,141 $30,588$22,259$11,593$13,209
Bangladesh$87,429$27,151$5,146    
Barbados$79$315  $64  
Belarus $1,500$3,500$400$200$1,400$1,700
Belgium$656,707$437,632$394,228$390,081$200,470$438,795$2,791,206
Belize$58$328$3,789$387$419$175 
Bhutan$720$371$481$2,104$3,513$1,580 
Bolivia$64 $19  $383$242
Bosnia and Herzegovina$18,576$85  $1,381$4$86
Botswana$3,282$2,950$399$25,278$73,125$880$558
Brazil$1,159,377$1,249,042$1,059,187$1,238,160$558,735$1,615,583$1,035,120
Brunei $243     
Bulgaria$745$399$1,580$204  $3,967
Burundi$27,839  $22,128 $1,486 
Cambodia$407 $760$3,059$3,007$3,822 
Cameroon $14,452$118 $1,757$2,088 
Canada$4,589,748$4,103,277$2,719,841$1,725,828$1,403,405$4,385,293$4,670,239
Cape Verde$864$123 $232$20$6,044$1,299
Chile $566 $380$617$941$948
China$4,758,580$3,160,759$4,416,723$5,972,478$5,670,867$8,702,599$4,288,837
Colombia$6,258$1,029$14,937$2,584$10,044$91$94
Cook Islands$529      
Costa Rica$1,555$477$3,430$22,400 $4,733$2,249
Cote d'Ivoire$14 $2,772  $122$90
Croatia$865$3,112$255 $1,027 $242
Cuba$1,305$156     
Cyprus$1,166$1,902$61 $287 $1,455
Czech Republic$466,480$468,187$574,200$349,913$735,372$834,046$1,531,170
Denmark$687$10,009$521$112,362$39,645$42,368$21,975
Dominica $275$21  $332 
Dominican Republic$14,585$22,476$9,933 $22,437 $355
East Timor$613      
Ecuador$390 $18,747  $74$610
Egypt$111,188$1,442$9,820$2,846$7,427$27,263$17,998
El Salvador$44$868$1,809$27$130$296 
Estonia$80,522$117,663$502,703$925,269$172,868$411,539$92
Ethiopia$6,340$20,220$11,651$2,007$15,371$3,009$7,510
Faroe Islands $44$1,362 $27,297  
Fiji$5,914$40$160$229$341$269 
Finland$10,989$23,301$2,592$379,663$450,544$154,396$175,127
France$2,410,157$2,371,730$1,515,268$2,761,320$2,587,151$1,951,101$5,459,954
French Polynesia $946$321$14$61  
Gabon$458   $85  
Gambia, The      $13,082
Georgia$150  $785   
Germany$14,303,000$18,110,000$22,053,000$22,040,000$16,397,000$18,574,545$22,132,375
Ghana$3,688$8,586$4,232$42,443$30,371$566$3,228
Greece$61,208$35,862$2,241$291$625$19$2,887
Greenland$2,454$4,401$3,292    
Grenada$1,649$238$1,154 $622  
Guatemala$7,089$5,896$409$2,873$1,912$2,522$36,827
Guinea$30,617 $9,331$66   
Guinea-Bissau$282      
Guyana$36$20,321$1,084  $16,776$53,102
Honduras $362$1,682 $446  
Hong Kong$2,989,190$2,540,695$2,388,799$1,733,110$579,950$7,708$5,773
Hungary$223,000$317,000$265,000$270,000$379,000$301,000$395,000
Iceland$5,670$25,671 $5,567,788$500,540$1,443,559$12,651,075
India$2,698,964$5,384,306$7,623,141$13,434,461$2,887,931$6,662,103$5,499,644
Indonesia$355,985$393,088$334,084$3,796,670$3,264,256$6,418,904$7,677,543
Iran$72,606$45,306   $97,403 
Ireland$60,719$6,239$306,339$636,770$16,415$4,980$33,109
Israel$769,000$1,228,000$1,777,000$2,083,000$1,150,000$2,376,000$1,883,000
Italy$3,188,455$2,713,238$3,379,696$2,133,968$1,257,675$1,385,111$2,398,612
Jamaica$3,282$1,508$6,109$1,389$142$584 
Japan$7,604,033$8,166,895$8,623,937$9,301,562$7,772,961$13,096,283$10,684,283
Jordan   $826 $656 
Kazakhstan$723$4,195$40,050$1,127   
Kenya$6,174$8,007$30,188$6,872$4,266$29,352 
Korea, South$2,378,914$2,710,780$4,160,619$5,122,826$5,259,363$1,288,957$1,808,788
Kuwait $209,289$51,311$126,361   
Latvia$42,287$11,088$24,158$64,277$4,437$23,050$21,592
Lebanon $107 $114$9,983$6,651$263
Lesotho   $2,008   
Lithuania$112$3,678$55  $2,844$177
Luxembourg$5,233$412$1,290$336$27$136,482$69,695
Macedonia   $68$38  
Madagascar  $440 $85$2,305 
Malawi $186$10,787$5,268$1,185$4,385$285
Malaysia$2,554,782$3,479,319$2,093,521$1,105,449$1,210,661$997,918$1,052,903
Maldives $258$88$485 $35 
Mali$2,363$1,175     
Malta$3,256$35 $724$150$3,616 
Mauritania$38 $42,995    
Mauritius$462$429 $256$20,233$212$199
Mayotte    $15  
Mexico$114,208$93,764$105,994$47,535$78,545$41,158$40,599
Moldova  $16$132$797$56 
Mongolia  $3,134    
Montenegro $2,030$1,065$785  $90
Morocco$275$695$592$13,822$1,124$347 
Mozambique$472$3,317$458,155$53$27,158$700 
Namibia$23,247$570$29,578$8,499   
Nepal    $930$3,044 
Netherlands$2,532,337$2,062,842$1,839,181$2,370,840$910,852$2,691,311 
Netherlands Antilles$79,818$2,359$14,193$37,768   
New Caledonia$196$1,833$591$192$227$49 
New Zealand$25,967$8,934$6,028$28,615$1,994$44,753$22,081
Nicaragua$440$321$48 $612$1,672$47
Niger$88$1,047 $68,643 $287 
Nigeria $92,707$229,973 $10,672$352,099 
Norway$744,111$59,874$1,060$83,757$1,356$1,230$207,280
Oman$1,060,478$471,745$178,619$1,339$42,255$7,787 
Pakistan$17,654$16,850$16,673$6,562$65,213$9,210$44,758
Panama$3,908$3,552$1,971 $2,731$394 
Paraguay$2,688$2,595$6,052$7,201$1,796$3,915$6,645
Peru$1,589$561$229$41$1,198$5,341$203
Philippines$199,416$140,150$23,755$94,951$865,186$11,247$42,061
Poland$12,698$6,373$113,737$196,181$225,996$230,162$137,836
Portugal$896$11,201$11,009$3,721$18,465$6,489$3,403
Qatar$1,906,396$1,557,027$3,485,978$12,991,010 $3,039,784 
Romania$35,195$42,706$83,953$117,512$37,850$54,095$43,974
Russia$29,644$12,271$28,884$11,204$41,753$316,876$489,671
Rwanda$384 $2,202$161$28,181 $182
Saint Kitts and Nevis   $264   
Saint Lucia $86 $30   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$60$1,645$8,757$2,891$1,257$137 
Sao Tome and Principe$1,274  $612$164  
Saudi Arabia$3,492,941$3,971,395$9,551,285  $1,214,135 
Senegal    $11,029 $557,382
Serbia$15,659$29$21,068$20$1,335$106$3,011
Seychelles$20$29$768$18   
Singapore$82,881$23,132$588,698$160,356$936,633$2,179,680$3,628,018
Slovakia$21,983$20,956$17,481$61,877$13,214$17,504$45,778
Slovenia$57,573$108,632$35,354$34,102$1,789$37,285$45,440
South Africa$57,346$71,830$212,936$111,118$23,407$53,553$62,951
Spain$430,560$442,857$271,931$293,344$227,245$345,699 
Sri Lanka$3,822$5,506$5,966$37,451$17,278$4,155$40,740
Sudan$1,326,804$152,465$54,214$18,116$7,441  
Suriname     $1,630 
Swaziland$269 $3,991    
Sweden$83,585$83,147$25,524$8,775$10,801$9,739$8,480
Switzerland$8,605,777$7,181,158$5,676,357$6,850,847$4,148,662$5,065,679$7,119,603
Syria $65,017     
Tanzania$1,957  $14,431$44,689$19,794$6,252
Thailand$18,809$33,751$14,560$98,687$165,519$122,561$949,417
Togo$2,828      
Tonga     $520 
Trinidad and Tobago$259$27$113$3,129$14,785$63 
Tunisia$32,048$14,924$6,184$46,176$22,030$46,279 
Turkey$21,942$4,993$9,957$10,135$8,620$38,772$85,918
Uganda$8,016$9,486$1,400$241$1,117$243 
Ukraine  $19,526$790$740$20,546$4,864
United Arab Emirates$2,181,848 $2,515,639$1,888,309   
United Kingdom$4,144,912$2,924,058$2,342,943$4,713,125$2,812,317$8,247,825$10,326,891
United States$5,670,211$8,140,975$9,819,801$13,427,976$14,015,644$16,446,463$20,650,308
Uruguay$816$540$656$324$56  
Venezuela$1,536$1,589$4,287$14,691$2,748$4,374$212
Vietnam$3,016$108,719$12,436$152,771$104,079$268,760 
Yemen$298 $213  $152,927 
Zambia$2,679$11,528$43,284$1,567$83,820$58,510 
Zimbabwe$27,552$10,692$1,567$62$13,660$4,231