RankCountryImports of Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), solid in USD (2010)
1Nigeria$23,059,985
2Belgium$22,752,745
3Vietnam$22,222,410
4United States$20,439,499
5Malaysia$13,848,254
6Brazil$12,750,981
7Netherlands$12,666,396
8Spain$12,653,532
9Italy$12,535,379
10Germany$12,354,325
11Russia$12,303,641
12France$12,252,705
13United Kingdom$10,554,843
14Indonesia$10,265,027
15Mali$9,054,437
16Tanzania$8,957,378
17Ukraine$8,346,223
18Peru$7,762,411
19Japan$7,650,373
20China$7,596,585
21Korea, South$7,039,041
22India$6,687,937
23Canada$6,550,512
24Philippines$6,374,899
25Cote d'Ivoire$6,367,720
26Ghana$6,327,826
27Uganda$6,207,008
28Belarus$5,602,900
29Syria$5,545,542
30Turkey$5,536,436
31Thailand$5,471,914
32Cambodia$5,453,838
33Algeria$4,967,667
34Iran$4,748,374
35Sri Lanka$4,727,503
36Nepal$4,721,886
37Poland$4,526,785
38Chile$4,262,060
39Kenya$4,077,014
40Suriname$4,056,899
41Cameroon$3,926,860
42Colombia$3,811,944
43Zimbabwe$3,775,694
44Australia$3,609,498
45Paraguay$3,260,537
46Saudi Arabia$3,215,471
47Ecuador$3,121,273
48Czech Republic$3,095,510
49Portugal$3,026,773
50Egypt$2,944,655
51Bolivia$2,886,017
52Bulgaria$2,788,634
53South Africa$2,769,167
54Niger$2,543,271
55Venezuela$2,536,179
56Mexico$2,264,401
57Burkina Faso$2,234,829
58Sweden$2,219,822
59Ireland$2,192,323
60Austria$2,181,314
61Pakistan$2,168,417
62Switzerland$2,159,365
63Ethiopia$2,113,222
64Yemen$2,101,800
65Kyrgyzstan$2,044,904
66Mauritius$1,956,293
67Madagascar$1,910,944
68Lithuania$1,865,096
69Argentina$1,781,189
70Singapore$1,768,912
71Hong Kong$1,750,788
72Israel$1,738,000
73Mozambique$1,687,953
74Malawi$1,671,188
75Panama$1,668,155
76Denmark$1,640,793
77Senegal$1,610,981
78Jamaica$1,562,499
79Greece$1,536,030
80Benin$1,442,540
81New Zealand$1,421,886
82Lebanon$1,401,777
83Mauritania$1,335,604
84Latvia$1,328,774
85Guatemala$1,312,206
86Jordan$1,304,597
87Serbia$1,301,028
88Slovenia$1,285,789
89Zambia$1,281,955
90Slovakia$1,241,819
91Tunisia$1,217,644
92Oman$1,198,174
93Azerbaijan$1,138,894
94Hungary$1,030,000
95El Salvador$883,289
96Norway$831,030
97Burundi$789,306
98Costa Rica$787,213
99Togo$681,504
100Finland$665,922
101Qatar$614,081
102Cyprus$606,751
103Dominican Republic$597,483
104Iceland$583,606
105Croatia$537,812
106Romania$478,733
107Morocco$410,499
108Georgia$403,440
109Guyana$325,973
110Armenia$297,003
111Moldova$294,262
112Bosnia and Herzegovina$279,663
113Gambia, The$274,295
114Albania$207,329
115Bahrain$171,335
116Botswana$171,212
117Belize$160,580
118Bahamas, The$156,815
119Nicaragua$145,217
120Estonia$133,398
121Cape Verde$119,434
122Malta$106,907
123Trinidad and Tobago$100,116
124French Polynesia$96,208
125New Caledonia$96,195
126Montenegro$94,766
127Barbados$87,336
128Luxembourg$72,150
129Fiji$70,787
130Macau$60,716
131Bhutan$36,145
132Antigua and Barbuda$33,482
133Sao Tome and Principe$30,282
134Samoa$27,640
135Bermuda$16,660
136Maldives$13,774
137Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,634
138Aruba$680
139Dominica$655
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$233,825$315,610$381,831$350,669$324,020$207,329$473,385
Algeria$4,554,167$6,537,828$4,135,271$7,135,576$15,667,910$4,967,667$15,002,829
Anguilla $155$32$277   
Antigua and Barbuda$6,105$19,264$31,606 $45,647$33,482$19,416
Argentina$770,312$1,123,476$835,484$2,475,168$1,586,174$1,781,189$2,129,112
Armenia$99,455$89,595$191,991$260,286$436,404$297,003$588,793
Aruba    $8,647$680$10
Australia$2,760,012$3,558,696$4,287,922$5,397,304$4,420,942$3,609,498$4,214,585
Austria$1,284,986$1,559,114$1,731,482$2,335,817$2,426,136$2,181,314 
Azerbaijan$195,201$273,161$463,752$537,352$705,710$1,138,894$1,511,900
Bahamas, The$94,754$124,008$134,914$214,216$265,003$156,815$225,931
Bahrain$14,436$47,202$134,359$314,037$278,868$171,335$743,285
Bangladesh$18,601,968$15,647,298$29,964,928    
Barbados$140,430$56,344$114,572$81,884$174,855$87,336$143,102
Belarus$2,971,600$3,732,700$4,103,500$5,556,900$6,026,000$5,602,900$8,056,500
Belgium$20,476,657$27,113,068$35,121,047$38,474,116$41,424,319$22,752,745$23,862,552
Belize$167,194$180,665$143,117$281,183$294,829$160,580 
Benin$477,540$541,320   $1,442,540 
Bermuda     $16,660 
Bhutan$14,162$24,249$33,571$38,146$21,611$36,145 
Bolivia$2,057,955$2,221,858$2,288,177$4,200,117$3,920,106$2,886,017$3,832,487
Bosnia and Herzegovina$246,796$331,289$465,036$541,542$432,125$279,663$492,902
Botswana$265,947$169,324$227,358$245,817$414,565$171,212$407,157
Brazil$8,535,096$12,100,143$10,818,456$20,188,460$18,189,204$12,750,981$17,206,049
Brunei $78,106     
Bulgaria$1,972,743$1,968,193$2,056,070$1,970,590$2,073,975$2,788,634$3,583,164
Burkina Faso$1,260,686 $1,650,262$887,743$2,691,933$2,234,829 
Burundi$856,692$713,408$890,606$1,499,101$668,097$789,306 
Cambodia$177,602$177,947$483,539$2,638,135$5,326,743$5,453,838 
Cameroon$1,594,387$1,760,939$3,370,589$2,712,510$5,524,904$3,926,860 
Canada$6,691,901$9,942,391$12,570,929$10,412,199$9,773,415$6,550,512$22,085,360
Cape Verde$99,130$87,324$129,477$79,837$127,719$119,434$173,476
Central African Republic$235,234 $473,861$868,714$337,834  
Chile$5,316,167$4,598,472$5,315,334$8,527,631$6,318,489$4,262,060$4,224,482
China$9,044,494$7,916,419$10,023,807$8,755,866$8,673,695$7,596,585$8,179,283
Colombia$3,098,810$3,797,055$6,185,271$6,847,232$7,319,024$3,811,944$5,622,674
Comoros$1,858$9,076     
Cook Islands$741      
Costa Rica$902,798$1,139,281$646,001$1,310,335$1,147,224$787,213$1,170,461
Cote d'Ivoire$3,689,916$5,645,952$5,494,003$6,912,712$10,943,415$6,367,720$7,826,818
Croatia$393,819$438,235$563,340$748,322$508,329$537,812$462,093
Cuba$2,499,760$2,324,657     
Cyprus$458,638$461,079$754,865$815,329$894,843$606,751$613,360
Czech Republic$2,146,489$3,154,203$4,119,465$5,937,362$3,730,314$3,095,510$6,052,729
Denmark$1,641,911$3,015,624$2,750,775$2,677,832$1,970,723$1,640,793$2,540,282
Dominica$28,307$17,911$11,926$45,828$1,127$655 
Dominican Republic$2,011,765$3,221,130$866,437$1,776,739$1,416,089$597,483$634,202
East Timor$362      
Ecuador$1,851,751$2,211,482$2,669,412$4,053,649$3,651,996$3,121,273$4,036,063
Egypt$3,205,314$2,391,923$3,351,756$5,220,454$6,462,739$2,944,655$5,082,595
El Salvador$739,447$1,012,310$601,986$1,529,236$1,412,066$883,289 
Estonia$253,732$280,963$329,850$373,881$119,572$133,398$295,863
Ethiopia$1,391,818$2,700,111$2,469,329$3,052,723$4,282,560$2,113,222$4,216,969
Faroe Islands$96,529$125,017$168,654$230,925$255,281  
Fiji$60,376$229,440$64,647$295,053$127,823$70,787 
Finland$1,305,861$648,113$588,449$719,794$868,919$665,922$693,367
France$7,079,913$7,588,531$9,197,291$11,714,246$12,601,260$12,252,705$21,382,037
French Polynesia$114,732$113,615$111,316$124,347$187,811$96,208$64,272
Gabon$902,139$852,651$984,986$1,544,644$1,467,005  
Gambia, The$530,802$41,829$210,794$280,002$467,870$274,295$175,283
Georgia$157,992$220,799$349,976$278,157$647,928$403,440 
Germany$11,105,000$11,144,000$10,970,000$13,284,000$12,013,000$12,354,325$15,909,189
Ghana$4,323,594$5,058,863$7,098,431$7,178,536$9,248,383$6,327,826$10,775,363
Greece$1,592,299$1,303,792$2,736,306$4,308,343$2,496,304$1,536,030$2,307,623
Greenland$35,931$22,867$16,438    
Grenada$4,981$3,181$4,479$1,105$11,953  
Guatemala$1,620,036$1,292,861$1,749,038$2,374,689$2,419,854$1,312,206$1,482,553
Guinea$2,100,192$1,642,354$1,604,694$3,186,282   
Guinea-Bissau$357      
Guyana$278,142$221,634$211,503$290,093$304,843$325,973$381,293
Honduras$189,865$144,403$232,006 $651,859  
Hong Kong$3,503,874$3,503,810$3,186,037$2,326,903$2,268,568$1,750,788$1,982,474
Hungary$977,000$924,000$1,045,000$1,378,000$1,022,000$1,030,000$1,262,000
Iceland$520,053$403,091$758,130$707,276$623,445$583,606$687,966
India$5,711,864$14,543,934$9,756,533$7,466,936$3,507,206$6,687,937$7,217,505
Indonesia$1,380,544$1,790,422$2,826,079$5,323,320$3,485,345$10,265,027$10,145,668
Iran$885,692$499,976   $4,748,374 
Ireland$2,568,612$3,386,806$4,694,533$3,601,434$3,681,498$2,192,323$2,183,449
Israel$813,000$1,014,000$1,319,000$1,647,000$1,601,000$1,738,000$1,480,000
Italy$11,642,893$24,623,648$19,393,241$23,711,519$15,464,288$12,535,379$15,504,197
Jamaica$260,922$891,216$2,339,680$936,832$1,996,228$1,562,499 
Japan$1,888,761$2,071,273$5,528,405$8,358,762$5,279,139$7,650,373$11,040,621
Jordan$983,813$1,063,868$997,738$1,335,088$850,147$1,304,597$1,613,319
Kazakhstan$3,401,529$4,057,427$4,828,737$7,549,682$7,197,008  
Kenya$3,453,158$4,575,873$5,702,670$6,579,564$6,810,756$4,077,014 
Kiribati$644   $124  
Korea, South$3,589,486$2,805,807$4,144,391$8,983,425$3,923,929$7,039,041$8,191,442
Kuwait $72,674$2,883,803$3,027,777   
Kyrgyzstan$334,836$739,506$1,303,992$985,870$1,777,976$2,044,904$3,103,307
Latvia$565,881$644,064$544,229$908,002$1,224,379$1,328,774$1,551,952
Lebanon$1,123,000$1,107,860$1,731,697$1,535,885$1,953,874$1,401,777$1,603,807
Lesotho   $60,068   
Lithuania$910,424$975,235$1,145,306$1,679,509$1,530,923$1,865,096$2,550,101
Luxembourg$278,081$199,191$260,460$373,297$287,372$72,150$97,124
Macau$48,480$60,054$44,127$58,037$47,080$60,716 
Macedonia$381,832$590,915$725,933$833,318$790,957 $870,782
Madagascar$1,616,913$2,455,568$1,844,088$2,349,266$2,298,389$1,910,944 
Malawi$1,350,949$1,488,898$1,274,422$1,583,473$3,031,306$1,671,188$1,629,744
Malaysia$6,885,626$7,834,057$8,099,013$8,972,497$8,899,053$13,848,254$17,050,233
Maldives$8,348$18,537$8,644$7,043$9,972$13,774$7,105
Mali$3,142,811$3,599,472$6,366,458$5,814,676 $9,054,437 
Malta$266,840$284,116$326,231$277,308$279,874$106,907 
Mauritania$33,837$523,333$943,359$613,219$1,180,516$1,335,604$1,230,165
Mauritius$1,641,076$1,444,039$1,939,289$2,642,100$2,034,225$1,956,293$2,883,505
Mayotte$658$3,304$11,217$29,061$19,520  
Mexico$1,891,379$2,371,627$2,193,154$3,807,169$3,344,809$2,264,401$4,292,259
Moldova$355,309$163,377$349,797$414,934$259,831$294,262$471,626
Mongolia$251,212$131,395$166,762    
Montenegro $49,459$40,671$41,265$47,223$94,766$56,672
Montserrat$197$164$151$454$160  
Morocco$147,580$130,756$80,366$111,441$116,959$410,499 
Mozambique$2,429,689$2,365,500$2,345,676$3,159,405$3,593,894$1,687,953$3,174,000
Namibia$692,971$1,059,097$2,226,811$12,456,978   
Nepal    $8,349,693$4,721,886 
Netherlands$604,181$2,469,883$10,528,622$8,917,542$3,265,398$12,666,396 
Netherlands Antilles$53,030$182,717$73,119$20,310   
New Caledonia$70,853$54,365$79,522$119,088$126,142$96,195$85,568
New Zealand$921,863$1,057,953$1,301,311$1,384,179$1,544,861$1,421,886$2,331,424
Nicaragua$79,680$132,043$100,714$197,858$628,567$145,217$149,103
Niger$1,322,105$1,418,497$2,300,698$2,398,965$2,012,924$2,543,271$926,417
Nigeria $28,549,235$54,869,540$23,923,190$102,832,324$23,059,985 
Norway$2,719,693$2,294,239$1,258,829$1,098,785$1,002,330$831,030$883,072
Oman$506,052$307,061$879,040$864,539$1,668,445$1,198,174 
Pakistan$7,129,592$3,251,433$1,349,705$4,550,379$2,051,306$2,168,417$635,296
Panama$337,418$391,813$334,479$2,738,271$1,256,477$1,668,155$1,982,442
Paraguay$2,822,330$2,831,318$3,303,340$5,506,107$4,899,309$3,260,537$3,711,448
Peru$4,150,544$4,244,032$4,963,816$9,889,425$9,248,404$7,762,411$8,576,472
Philippines$8,814,787$6,677,936$8,176,210$6,845,083$8,845,067$6,374,899$5,564,579
Poland$2,660,529$1,760,605$2,623,020$3,199,291$3,384,087$4,526,785$6,760,379
Portugal$1,381,187$1,733,690$3,168,791$3,700,771$2,631,632$3,026,773$2,657,588
Qatar$63,069$171,985$1,005,022$8,845,824 $614,081 
Romania$248,335$209,844$250,838$903,339$762,387$478,733$398,056
Russia$1,664,379$5,207,916$6,688,187$7,429,927$5,396,952$12,303,641$13,805,069
Rwanda$598,866$501,619$643,247$758,528$551,930 $972,489
Saint Kitts and Nevis$27,053$46$7,378$18,192   
Saint Lucia$129,828$104,631$70,057$122,368   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$35,637$18,428$17,789$23,634$5,370$1,634 
Samoa$45,994$67,298$82,947$170,322$23,297$27,640$60,684
Sao Tome and Principe$15,826$143 $100,235 $30,282 
Saudi Arabia$932,802$1,134,886$1,644,969  $3,215,471 
Senegal$1,863,428$1,422,957$1,790,192$2,426,624$3,091,023$1,610,981$2,155,540
Serbia$1,511,712$2,031,956$2,345,636$2,894,468$1,678,583$1,301,028$1,841,710
Seychelles$107,160$105,695$173,287$34,805   
Singapore$2,223,770$2,116,819$2,367,179$2,304,377$1,603,205$1,768,912$2,354,967
Slovakia$746,970$871,371$1,402,005$1,937,319$1,076,252$1,241,819$1,354,694
Slovenia$744,908$903,348$1,252,861$1,622,664$1,345,367$1,285,789$1,791,510
South Africa$3,428,976$1,913,546$2,564,375$2,646,435$3,843,054$2,769,167$5,872,485
Spain$7,960,767$7,136,840$8,076,046$12,024,340$12,525,379$12,653,532 
Sri Lanka$4,932,009$4,919,855$4,914,267$5,957,103$6,147,562$4,727,503$5,119,590
Sudan$8,137,804$7,372,496$1,219,455$536,842$6,119,311  
Suriname$118,062$714,325$653,384$1,973,608$2,144,692$4,056,899$784,348
Swaziland$352,678$188,047$227,043    
Sweden$1,740,015$1,670,540$2,049,004$2,273,971$2,008,312$2,219,822$2,521,655
Switzerland$1,670,732$1,841,439$2,484,585$2,855,359$2,825,605$2,159,365$2,604,117
Syria$3,859,051$7,625,775$8,533,192$2,733,365 $5,545,542 
Tanzania$8,589,097$8,818,218$12,004,916$10,539,499$13,531,036$8,957,378$9,935,226
Thailand$4,681,291$4,103,435$5,143,027$6,157,532$5,365,058$5,471,914$9,156,719
Togo$295,037 $637,699  $681,504$850,122
Tonga   $233$657  
Trinidad and Tobago$155,690$107,663$198,653$264,837$329,619$100,116 
Tunisia$547,762$1,214,358$1,762,133$1,580,162$1,959,341$1,217,644 
Turkey$3,341,146$4,066,311$3,493,559$7,101,952$9,575,358$5,536,436$7,310,551
Uganda$4,317,715$4,409,082$5,033,364$10,072,849$7,580,913$6,207,008 
Ukraine$4,200,565$4,981,123$5,085,332$8,347,490$6,467,458$8,346,223$8,334,883
United Arab Emirates$1,921,439 $3,128,901$8,231,412   
United Kingdom$3,137,794$3,377,477$9,436,977$4,555,433$13,312,656$10,554,843$13,470,564
United States$18,224,527$32,608,093$26,245,469$33,729,013$20,650,441$20,439,499$20,767,774
Uruguay$350,307$487,960$441,452$662,243$631,302  
Vanuatu $12,738$22,131    
Venezuela$1,015,365$767,875$937,657$3,115,733$7,965,552$2,536,179$2,766,254
Vietnam$15,270,575$13,153,087$25,114,656$23,339,644$25,709,529$22,222,410 
Wallis and Futuna$462      
Yemen$1,139,006$1,151,923$1,616,660$1,494,052$1,624,482$2,101,800$1,276,799
Zambia$1,644,100$1,688,925$2,463,840$3,446,972$4,060,903$1,281,955 
Zimbabwe$2,129,805$3,155,271$2,868,901$2,309,259$2,291,668$3,775,694