RankCountryImports of Alums in USD (2010)
1United States$5,744,667
2Japan$3,119,608
3Italy$2,234,744
4China$824,725
5Czech Republic$769,054
6Germany$703,501
7Singapore$597,836
8France$554,049
9Philippines$407,521
10Thailand$387,754
11Switzerland$374,498
12Canada$359,840
13Indonesia$314,249
14Korea, South$308,973
15Belgium$262,389
16Panama$248,757
17Peru$237,845
18Uganda$226,248
19Cambodia$223,223
20Egypt$220,119
21Hong Kong$215,599
22Algeria$201,383
23Turkey$181,779
24Venezuela$180,704
25Saudi Arabia$179,734
26Argentina$161,779
27Nepal$161,360
28Morocco$155,230
29El Salvador$143,526
30Kenya$134,759
31Tanzania$127,908
32Denmark$119,426
33Costa Rica$117,951
34Belize$116,741
35Colombia$108,014
36Chile$103,354
37Austria$97,875
38Hungary$97,000
39India$94,323
40Ecuador$83,853
41Yemen$81,607
42United Kingdom$71,951
43Malaysia$71,768
44Guyana$70,388
45Dominican Republic$66,365
46Israel$65,000
47Armenia$59,561
48Poland$54,947
49Syria$44,543
50Jordan$44,216
51Mexico$42,228
52Vietnam$39,420
53Netherlands$38,447
54Lithuania$36,997
55South Africa$34,168
56Brazil$29,537
57Spain$28,595
58Sri Lanka$27,376
59Australia$25,359
60Guatemala$24,870
61Antigua and Barbuda$23,410
62Mauritius$22,416
63Zambia$22,096
64Nigeria$21,838
65Portugal$18,971
66Russia$18,530
67Sweden$18,504
68Burkina Faso$18,372
69Greece$17,788
70Bolivia$16,136
71New Zealand$13,907
72Cote d'Ivoire$13,748
73Senegal$13,285
74Ukraine$12,807
75Paraguay$12,763
76Lebanon$11,489
77Bulgaria$9,343
78Ethiopia$8,617
79Belarus$8,200
80Finland$7,935
81Cameroon$7,847
82Oman$6,793
83Norway$6,124
84Romania$6,055
85Slovenia$5,368
86Tunisia$4,904
87French Polynesia$4,678
88Bermuda$4,477
89Pakistan$4,149
90Iceland$3,806
91Ghana$3,443
92Ireland$3,196
93Georgia$2,799
94Serbia$2,570
95Bhutan$2,495
96Qatar$2,015
97Niger$1,837
98Luxembourg$1,787
99Cyprus$1,464
100Latvia$1,301
101Malawi$1,084
102Zimbabwe$1,040
103Suriname$626
104Albania$623
105Slovakia$614
106Mozambique$589
107Jamaica$584
108Kyrgyzstan$525
109Bosnia and Herzegovina$521
110Benin$421
111Aruba$418
112Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$405
113Montenegro$396
114Bahrain$318
115Barbados$292
116Botswana$266
117Estonia$262
118Moldova$238
119New Caledonia$236
120Madagascar$211
121Maldives$154
122Malta$93
123Bahamas, The$20
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$876 $114 $265$623$208
Algeria$64,144$103,245$56,746$70,686$138,147$201,383$283,790
Antigua and Barbuda$26,880$63,453$1,259 $29,535$23,410$75
Argentina$74,960$99,678$57,171$129,379$176,374$161,779$207,078
Armenia$23,861$84,039$40,613$82,588$1,634$59,561$118,382
Aruba     $418$87
Australia$45,740$23,182$47,605$30,643$132,992$25,359$31,811
Austria$24,280$13,190$78,760$218,997$14,190$97,875 
Azerbaijan$8,690 $41,132$120  $3,276
Bahamas, The     $20 
Bahrain$43  $20,633$793$318$9,757
Bangladesh$132,504$270,312$209,146    
Barbados$2,095$3,670$627$2,127 $292$1,995
Belarus$8,400$9,300$8,200$16,700$8,600$8,200$24,700
Belgium$172,112$259,731$238,636$299,928$372,985$262,389$247,449
Belize$79,712$131,224$77,559$194,775$153,527$116,741 
Benin     $421 
Bermuda     $4,477 
Bhutan$1,931$3,726$3,751$3,313$1,872$2,495 
Bolivia$1,706$662$1,008$710$4,728$16,136$3,853
Bosnia and Herzegovina$304$390$191$97$1,127$521$1,115
Botswana$1,679$43$229  $266 
Brazil$54,126$38,010$42,393$42,255$11,200$29,537$58,785
Brunei $116     
Bulgaria$1,054$928$2,682$3,000$3,611$9,343 
Burkina Faso$1,754 $4,819$6,657$4,432$18,372 
Burundi    $671  
Cambodia$42,970$82,681$30,910$145,792$49,140$223,223 
Cameroon$1,986$3,595$782$6,587$1,112$7,847 
Canada$976,825$766,245$509,026$556,483$338,032$359,840$133,514
Chile$2,485$36,391$23,386$47,806$61,579$103,354$127,935
China$2,001,066$1,199,423$643,829$619,196$1,048,797$824,725$1,066,659
Colombia$18,767$10,182$23,652$176,677$151,754$108,014$82,396
Costa Rica$85,310$127,761$157,034$166,906$123,610$117,951$129,628
Cote d'Ivoire$7,129 $2,386$11,304$94,546$13,748$8,221
Croatia$12,145$7,498$3,331$18,806$9,777 $2,788
Cuba$23,452$4,027     
Cyprus$546$441$1,910$159$386$1,464$519
Czech Republic$11,012$6,896$131,961$1,691,611$305,397$769,054$954,449
Denmark$96,220$88,199$131,714$193,136$253,405$119,426$154,177
Dominica$139  $4,074   
Dominican Republic$29,433$46,356$49,204$59,862$47,737$66,365$131,241
Ecuador$83,020$68,727$58,428$97,554$222,374$83,853$85,020
Egypt$146,087$128,835$7,933$77,356$118,717$220,119$115,565
El Salvador$13,548$94,220$141,510$186,213$79,987$143,526 
Estonia$237$365$318$271$723$262$879
Ethiopia$4,522$1,579$6,714$131$355$8,617$12,464
Faroe Islands$1,798$549$75$141$261  
Fiji$2,234$324$397$336$985  
Finland$8,180$6,560$5,961$6,490$8,585$7,935$6,020
France$317,290$404,286$1,021,159$1,109,538$445,534$554,049$553,787
French Polynesia$4,681$4,540$6,686$8,218$8,221$4,678$6,991
Gabon$510 $4,368    
Georgia$58$781$483$366$2,965$2,799 
Germany$328,000$401,000$404,000$631,000$370,000$703,501$559,458
Ghana$12,990$137$1,108$38,828$14,382$3,443$11,117
Greece$2,858$10,862$916$16,906$2,850$17,788$9,119
Greenland$22,755$15,881$8,987    
Grenada $27$16$72$77  
Guatemala$9,184$4,868$16,637$18,585$31,449$24,870$41,180
Guinea  $5,905    
Guyana$6,918$479$156$830$4,998$70,388$9,198
Honduras$72,186$119,358$78,457 $137,307  
Hong Kong$93,864$84,686$82,400$97,016$134,355$215,599$159,576
Hungary  $34,000$41,000$30,000$97,000$29,000
Iceland$3,011$453$633$2,270$702$3,806$6,456
India$134,827$490,728$109,011$619,122$382,245$94,323$346,709
Indonesia$250,331$222,387$140,789$438,286$425,873$314,249$133,204
Iran $5,007     
Ireland$15,472$322,004$5,925$1,123$36,114$3,196$1,349
Israel$13,000$16,000$10,000$7,000$38,000$65,000$62,000
Italy$2,133,397$2,128,557$2,221,807$2,934,446$1,930,662$2,234,744$2,733,890
Jamaica$303$51$831$489$101$584 
Japan$1,521,410$1,728,715$1,631,893$2,294,495$2,810,526$3,119,608$2,958,892
Jordan$22,714$33,965$2,937$4,764 $44,216$769
Kazakhstan$13,362$6,037$13,727$32,849$45,813  
Kenya$1,874$38,056$1,912$2,528$157,466$134,759 
Korea, South$95,398$94,054$144,012$300,143$232,258$308,973$248,070
Kuwait $8,757$19,116$57,968   
Kyrgyzstan$2,174$130$1,852$38$157$525$56
Latvia$1,228$2,908$767$1,172$323$1,301$1,089
Lebanon$6,000$1,187$1,728$32,933$2,309$11,489$14,791
Lithuania$57,347$24,854$54,163$55,864$17,846$36,997$45,678
Luxembourg$2,758$833$2,314$4,342$3,723$1,787$7,151
Macau$3$500$627$436$2,025  
Macedonia$114$534$683$227$367 $248
Madagascar$2,921$9,360$7,389$898$7,883$211 
Malawi $9   $1,084 
Malaysia$82,748$100,445$117,575$103,097$130,243$71,768$100,538
Maldives$882$3$1,136$331 $154$394
Mali$9,068$17,801     
Malta$326$232$115$38$295$93 
Mauritius$4,147$1,748$4,859$7,774$13,435$22,416$3,244
Mayotte $175 $582$357  
Mexico$39,700$51,846$43,518$87,378$37,310$42,228$51,570
Moldova$133$301$171$334$37$238$282
Mongolia$80$62     
Montenegro $232$136$1,188$1,614$396$449
Morocco$2,448$2,531$2,874$15,915$63,838$155,230 
Mozambique$5$643   $589$7,000
Nepal    $192,493$161,360 
Netherlands$120,587$222,365$724,692$78,095$2,032,330$38,447 
Netherlands Antilles$252$463$511$901   
New Caledonia$103$348$159$365$216$236$1,992
New Zealand$24,240$13,943$31,329$7,551$10,860$13,907$38,985
Nicaragua$300$1,191$12$309$1,035 $1,418
Niger$1,199$499$108,878$1,076$163$1,837$574
Nigeria $1,459,038$1,458,268$328,902$31,534$21,838 
Norway$3,326$50,720$260,050$6,998$2,840$6,124$8,296
Oman$59,355$3,293$622$432$9,737$6,793 
Pakistan$6,431$25,759$17,442$7,571$11,167$4,149$8,951
Panama$1,469$4,823$46,968$69,543$51,939$248,757$234,124
Paraguay$2,857$9,201$4,976$8,745$7,668$12,763$14,082
Peru$106,279$110,183$120,198$252,837$329,111$237,845$321,716
Philippines$1,499,948$870,136$523,965$585,702$828,629$407,521$835,529
Poland$82,669$116,671$84,664$118,978$89,927$54,947$100,711
Portugal$73,746$22,523$24,637$2,728$2,426$18,971$38,207
Qatar$25,341$818$1,437$1,405 $2,015 
Romania$1,378$3,081$5,900$5,102$18,858$6,055$6,804
Russia$24,399$33,018$50,498$17,439$12,366$18,530$86,697
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $65$73   
Saint Lucia $1,259$536    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$62 $140$34$380$405 
Saudi Arabia$40,912$56,304$61,099  $179,734 
Senegal$11,255$614$3,479$1,220$10,320$13,285$677
Serbia$13,249$11,617$9,357$18,012$14,903$2,570$2,787
Seychelles$110      
Singapore$1,293,226$2,016,555$895,391$590,247$2,545,816$597,836$249,577
Slovakia$813$853 $1,405$1,847$614$1,260
Slovenia$5,909$8,443$7,180$8,879$8,523$5,368$3,527
South Africa$47,573$17,077$15,979$39,226$35,922$34,168$75,384
Spain$25,744$133,891$33,277$30,052$18,765$28,595 
Sri Lanka$37,057$65,294$40,034$651,480$14,143$27,376$17,090
Sudan$40,552$783,599$46,154$79,126$588,795  
Suriname     $626$470
Swaziland$148 $143    
Sweden$24,513$31,248$26,265$12,008$12,513$18,504$124,880
Switzerland$603,140$1,046,530$936,738$604,773$420,072$374,498$523,797
Syria$228,242$320,011   $44,543 
Tanzania$3,074$8,147$19,742$26,062$47,685$127,908$80,095
Thailand$231,648$284,402$199,100$157,185$231,214$387,754$388,326
Trinidad and Tobago$2,381$1,582$4,446$157$1,768  
Tunisia$57,636$70,080$38,173$3,357$138,057$4,904 
Turkey$276,893$118,065$117,413$203,478$184,144$181,779$246,812
Uganda $280 $7,422$51,296$226,248 
Ukraine$36,054$4,312$3,709$6,270$1,209$12,807$12,828
United Arab Emirates$104,059 $144,022$158,174   
United Kingdom$97,872$88,549$25,193$54,798$36,078$71,951$114,069
United States$4,785,238$2,009,673$3,334,440$4,062,239$3,261,221$5,744,667$3,243,654
Uruguay$17,377$15,715$45,302$19,090$10,554  
Venezuela$13,542$36,833$28,373$375,821$634,384$180,704$503,817
Vietnam$494,183$496,980$308,481$176,993$296,500$39,420 
Yemen$20,884$18,040$23,148$37,255$65,104$81,607$22,591
Zambia  $113,832$40,284$13,903$22,096 
Zimbabwe $1,489$8,458$765$554$1,040