RankCountryImports of Earth colours cont. 70%/more by wt. of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 in USD (2010)
1China$5,522,506
2Russia$2,309,787
3Saudi Arabia$1,864,002
4Qatar$1,828,617
5Germany$1,029,417
6Poland$948,500
7Belgium$862,507
8Syria$829,029
9Nigeria$554,544
10Sri Lanka$511,176
11Philippines$506,642
12Sweden$428,382
13Spain$400,253
14Vietnam$373,910
15Venezuela$297,737
16Finland$265,546
17France$261,119
18United Kingdom$223,879
19Tunisia$198,084
20Indonesia$189,953
21Netherlands$172,350
22Mauritania$167,683
23Denmark$157,828
24Morocco$137,170
25Jordan$130,679
26United States$130,293
27Canada$120,494
28Oman$118,684
29Israel$107,000
30Bulgaria$99,254
31Egypt$91,025
32Romania$80,411
33Ireland$73,110
34Tanzania$71,547
35Ukraine$64,725
36Malaysia$59,064
37Czech Republic$56,584
38Hong Kong$45,002
39India$41,976
40Ethiopia$38,936
41Kenya$38,485
42Italy$36,641
43Singapore$35,266
44Dominican Republic$34,222
45Belarus$33,900
46Bolivia$30,383
47Botswana$29,493
48Norway$28,801
49Zambia$28,633
50Nicaragua$28,617
51Jamaica$23,486
52Uganda$22,539
53Estonia$21,869
54Austria$21,326
55Nepal$20,388
56Zimbabwe$19,942
57Korea, South$17,433
58Switzerland$17,095
59Bahrain$17,042
60Slovenia$15,841
61Mexico$15,260
62Thailand$14,836
63Iran$14,081
64Japan$13,055
65Burkina Faso$12,653
66Greece$11,496
67South Africa$9,447
68Portugal$8,687
69Chile$8,439
70Pakistan$7,923
71Lithuania$7,875
72Azerbaijan$6,440
73Mauritius$5,947
74Mozambique$5,001
75Croatia$4,477
76Moldova$3,563
77New Zealand$3,412
78New Caledonia$3,111
79Albania$2,927
80Fiji$2,798
81Guyana$2,348
82Australia$1,807
83Turkey$1,782
84Bhutan$1,578
85Iceland$1,433
86Malawi$1,183
87Costa Rica$481
88Luxembourg$270
89Bahamas, The$183
90French Polynesia$154
91Latvia$132
92El Salvador$123
93Serbia$102
94Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$35
95Ecuador$31
96Guatemala$1
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $811$932$13,032$14,204$2,927$2,463
Algeria  $14,880$41,283$25,551  
Argentina  $1    
Armenia $148 $14,732   
Australia$1,824$1,400$10,980$40,622$54,813$1,807$20,811
Austria$8,568 $115$13,404$6,073$21,326 
Azerbaijan$8,778$9,643$250$30,467 $6,440 
Bahamas, The$2,196   $388$183 
Bahrain $27,529$11,149$90,526$59,711$17,042$36,588
Bangladesh$7,906      
Belarus$40,100$24,900$36,100$47,700$51,000$33,900$4,600
Belgium$1,221,306$616,465$593,879$785,203$986,278$862,507$1,274,060
Bhutan$1,463$3,132$4,153$2,323$2,806$1,578 
Bolivia$26,002$43,386$23,844$55,813$24,607$30,383$34,003
Bosnia and Herzegovina$11$819$280    
Botswana$106,194$138,632$85,133$22,612$11,714$29,493$37,619
Brazil$52  $50,936  $28,713
Brunei $1,087     
Bulgaria$9,755$44,068$47,824$27,806$68,785$99,254$121,189
Burkina Faso  $7,708  $12,653 
Burundi  $760$85   
Cambodia$3,141$7,230     
Cameroon$130   $509  
Canada$64,420$75,528$215,180$173,194$83,681$120,494$70,169
Cape Verde  $592   $450
Chile$4,708$180$517$659$26,423$8,439$2,510
China$4,283,587$6,053,770$6,541,007$7,852,081$3,776,964$5,522,506$5,354,803
Colombia$1,180   $14,237  
Costa Rica $338$387$372 $481$260
Cote d'Ivoire    $35,596  
Croatia$95,469$62,591$71,842$62,575$43,358$4,477$2,077
Cyprus$3,151$2,980$6,409   $2,799
Czech Republic$30,940$35,355$71,215$60,307$21,906$56,584$61,037
Denmark$512,489$457,877$462,316$303,615$297,960$157,828$57,456
Dominican Republic$5,412$100,318$1,078$841 $34,222$10,449
East Timor$90      
Ecuador$2,810$1,148  $11$31 
Egypt  $126,973$67,400$146,058$91,025$105,784
El Salvador   $104 $123 
Estonia $291 $11,374$19,577$21,869$8,321
Ethiopia$935$18,526$5,014$57,975$52,210$38,936$27,339
Fiji $3,021$21,005$5,045 $2,798 
Finland$1,109$1,083$376,010$538,223$307,496$265,546$370,690
France$344,664$244,832$273,133$145,876$69,398$261,119$303,331
French Polynesia $5,615 $1,975$35$154 
Gabon  $1,014 $256  
Georgia$1,290$1,097$2,019 $934  
Germany$1,208,000$529,000$618,000$763,000$549,000$1,029,417$948,235
Ghana $19 $1,056   
Greece$16,242$46,775$49,333$3,305 $11,496$18,307
Guatemala$2,472$144$5,182  $1$226
Guyana$448 $265,965$53,953$108,697$2,348 
Honduras$929 $2,730    
Hong Kong$33,676$37,369$37,246$86,073$24,690$45,002$396,155
Hungary$61,000$15,000$23,000    
Iceland$817$2,687$1,469$1,285$1,156$1,433 
India$15,677$30,299$2,614$22,392$51,232$41,976$61,358
Indonesia$69,068$15,218$2,393$92,675$54,290$189,953$121,760
Iran$52,033    $14,081 
Ireland$430,995$212,902$13,272$83,258$86,155$73,110$73,706
Israel$279,000$420,000$437,000$432,000$184,000$107,000$116,000
Italy$102,310$44,303$79,424$1,299,725$270,916$36,641$12,078
Jamaica$50,681$47,889$60,463$42,869$38,655$23,486 
Japan$82,268$54,592$44,148$83,869$28,425$13,055$21,613
Jordan$111,391$192,157$227,964$265,390$180,889$130,679$577,466
Kazakhstan$36,119$16,049$39,583$95,021$113,031  
Kenya$41,898$59,807$10,739$62,515 $38,485 
Korea, South$19,416$15,776$19,275 $24,619$17,433$26,064
Kuwait $362,998$344,504    
Kyrgyzstan$711$11,000    $2,300
Latvia$79,751$21,782$22,080  $132 
Lebanon$6,000      
Lesotho   $118,653   
Lithuania$1,637$23,763$49,712$40,686 $7,875 
Luxembourg$7,049$4,704$34,329$119$11,409$270$10,629
Macedonia$2,194$164$115$27,956$17,438 $4,801
Madagascar$5,827 $5,648$1   
Malawi$6,535$7,576$21,607$12,702$5,719$1,183$67,426
Malaysia$29,321$45,564$87,313$40,959$45,904$59,064$60,264
Malta$20,961      
Mauritania  $3,625$1,691 $167,683$172,438
Mauritius$15,868$11,656$6,998$845$6,704$5,947$70
Mexico$94,999$75,589$40,780$91,979$12,484$15,260$21,850
Moldova$37,794$46,325$37,611$40,789$7,856$3,563$771
Mongolia$13,058$3,655$20,296    
Montenegro $261$1,761   $99
Morocco$24,853$2,551  $32,259$137,170 
Mozambique$15,070$22,420$3,392$1,074$10,665$5,001$36,000
Namibia$1,174$2,264$2,618$1,605   
Nepal    $6,610$20,388 
Netherlands   $32,417$48,821$172,350 
Netherlands Antilles$3,248$3,710$6,102$3,393   
New Caledonia   $204$1,075$3,111 
New Zealand$9,979$9,222$13,827$15,756$11,363$3,412$1,340
Nicaragua$16,630$14,162$12,888$21,442$24,963$28,617$41,226
Niger$11      
Nigeria $34,408 $1,816$30,208$554,544 
Norway$18,879$48,636$61,079$139,771$14,629$28,801$6,814
Oman$127,519$36,073$234,182$139,009$98,359$118,684 
Pakistan$15,430$723 $766 $7,923$416
Panama    $1,379  
Peru  $15    
Philippines$287,776$480,788$472,448$593,232$530,364$506,642$505,174
Poland$281,014$456,378$435,912$914,506$733,963$948,500$1,687,720
Portugal$116,136$38,563$52,117$29,647$6,312$8,687$14,056
Qatar$294,578$546,139$526,866$1,114,162 $1,828,617 
Romania$26$21,438$118,136$1,772$241,128$80,411$22,463
Russia$302,508$868,940$1,829,932$4,507,915$1,141,960$2,309,787$2,718,555
Rwanda$9,511 $1,397$1,404$10,245 $2,813
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines     $35 
Sao Tome and Principe    $607  
Saudi Arabia$199,519$225,772$173,412  $1,864,002 
Senegal   $8,572$19,451  
Serbia$988$1,360 $2,429 $102$389
Singapore$232,452$493,558$145,751$66,181$73,140$35,266$12,779
Slovakia      $518
Slovenia$41,408$18,219$30,857$32,894$33,036$15,841$31,738
South Africa$4,099$34,728$68,133$45,123$8$9,447 
Spain$524,790$440,233$621,717$332,425$468,025$400,253 
Sri Lanka$402,912$467,580$408,230$577,091$580,451$511,176$580,321
Sudan$189,767$457,218$23,465$86,736$482,275  
Suriname      $119
Swaziland$61,452$23,062$43,659    
Sweden$89,077   $20,021$428,382$450,031
Switzerland$20,750$19,154$18,775$33,758$39,692$17,095$17,741
Syria$308,459$641,265$500,473$1,250,344 $829,029 
Tanzania$90,299$136,870$101,428$179,735$104,538$71,547$485,512
Thailand$130,365$195,250$87,032$3,885$31,269$14,836$23,988
Trinidad and Tobago  $4,235$1,872$4,709  
Tunisia$188,632$109,991$106,753$237,512$109,951$198,084 
Turkey$18,456$26,271$2,523$94,563$515$1,782$2,078
Uganda$45,338$26,801$17,884$625$13,125$22,539 
Ukraine$12,797$51,838$124,282$113,610$64,743$64,725$63,737
United Arab Emirates$50,090 $128,097$280,333   
United Kingdom$71,968$62,039$95,476$46,316$337,710$223,879$519,976
United States$116,650$259,192$178,076$255,094$135,824$130,293$168,117
Vanuatu $435     
Venezuela$103,025$153,310$157,576$256,203$154,939$297,737$355,482
Vietnam$688,344$686,282$700,593$488,673$357,352$373,910 
Yemen$25,533$64,298$27,728$34,823$30,373 $6,719
Zambia$33,668$45,153$112,657$108,823$2,334$28,633 
Zimbabwe$9,291$7,042$20,824$16$15,803$19,942