RankCountryImports of Potassium carbonates in USD (2010)
1India$17,786,450
2United Kingdom$13,215,878
3Malaysia$12,803,702
4United States$9,100,877
5Switzerland$8,836,748
6Austria$8,166,728
7Netherlands$8,116,357
8Turkey$7,817,878
9Germany$7,668,293
10Poland$7,657,228
11Indonesia$6,555,552
12Italy$6,215,960
13Egypt$5,936,232
14Singapore$5,809,811
15Czech Republic$5,526,290
16Canada$5,482,687
17Japan$5,446,241
18France$5,346,972
19Iran$4,504,582
20China$4,378,641
21Israel$4,239,000
22Belgium$4,040,791
23Saudi Arabia$3,874,672
24Mexico$3,635,389
25South Africa$3,331,039
26Cote d'Ivoire$3,320,510
27Australia$3,110,445
28Brazil$2,644,704
29Vietnam$2,328,930
30Pakistan$2,302,974
31Norway$2,154,012
32Slovakia$2,032,489
33Russia$1,856,272
34Korea, South$1,775,188
35Argentina$1,666,006
36Belarus$1,648,600
37Denmark$1,623,180
38Thailand$1,549,581
39Nigeria$1,366,185
40Slovenia$1,221,109
41Finland$1,000,094
42Sweden$959,720
43Cameroon$886,043
44Ireland$813,637
45Hungary$734,000
46Venezuela$722,070
47Chile$647,106
48Peru$607,569
49Colombia$602,013
50Hong Kong$596,501
51Portugal$583,675
52Trinidad and Tobago$547,539
53Romania$495,967
54Algeria$372,484
55Ukraine$363,306
56Qatar$324,744
57Syria$259,148
58Armenia$251,277
59New Zealand$250,142
60Yemen$241,524
61Greece$176,474
62Philippines$175,350
63Ghana$174,426
64Bolivia$162,004
65Mali$158,715
66Kyrgyzstan$154,064
67Lithuania$135,195
68Serbia$129,912
69Bulgaria$123,684
70Paraguay$120,297
71Ecuador$120,198
72Guatemala$75,215
73Morocco$72,433
74Luxembourg$71,963
75Croatia$69,383
76Bahrain$65,793
77Zambia$63,441
78Malawi$56,803
79Nepal$55,556
80Burkina Faso$48,268
81Dominican Republic$39,806
82Zimbabwe$31,548
83Latvia$31,515
84Mauritius$30,162
85Costa Rica$28,838
86Ethiopia$27,662
87Fiji$20,836
88Botswana$19,069
89Bahamas, The$17,659
90Sri Lanka$16,719
91Estonia$16,370
92Guyana$15,715
93Tunisia$14,291
94Mauritania$11,604
95Kenya$11,582
96Iceland$7,959
97Mozambique$6,217
98Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,722
99Jamaica$5,027
100Albania$4,805
101Suriname$4,656
102Georgia$4,399
103El Salvador$3,762
104Malta$3,417
105Cambodia$2,956
106Panama$2,741
107Lebanon$2,714
108Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,427
109Oman$2,354
110French Polynesia$2,291
111Senegal$1,873
112Uganda$1,025
113New Caledonia$994
114Cyprus$934
115Jordan$825
116Azerbaijan$637
117Tanzania$433
118Belize$378
119Moldova$337
120Aruba$115
121Dominica$106
122Montenegro$81
123Bhutan$43
124Antigua and Barbuda$20
125Bermuda$20
126Maldives$18
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$8,724$21,411$9,010$78,888$8,627$4,805$886
Algeria$17,074$2,897$154,855$73,309$235,724$372,484$548,019
Antigua and Barbuda $358$33  $20$49
Argentina$1,341,464$2,782,342$1,098,071$2,074,626$1,925,518$1,666,006$1,701,291
Armenia$2,408$1,365$44,032$65,091$110,691$251,277$286,429
Aruba    $213$115$104
Australia$1,640,846$1,739,045$1,783,950$3,290,517$3,078,924$3,110,445$3,264,915
Austria$4,381,353$6,278,720$4,993,072$9,223,132$6,937,910$8,166,728 
Azerbaijan$9,406$75,208$332,713$155$2,547$637$349
Bahamas, The$1,757$1,314$866$4,695$11,017$17,659$14,417
Bahrain$13,976$32,665$26,029$24,378$47,341$65,793$63,589
Bangladesh$85,174$173,085$175,173    
Barbados$2,331$131    $148
Belarus$624,900$976,700$1,034,900$1,771,600$1,648,400$1,648,600$1,218,300
Belgium$2,249,139$2,942,957$5,899,520$6,100,044$7,723,258$4,040,791$5,298,803
Belize$828$1,053 $1,213$1,195$378 
Benin$9$955     
Bermuda     $20 
Bhutan $43$293$1,110$19$43 
Bolivia$12,384$16,884$22,266$78,036$95,693$162,004$91,656
Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,349$2,988$4,664$285$719$5,722$3,142
Botswana$7,337$8,826$9,911$21,956$89,512$19,069$542,944
Brazil$448,660$431,016$278,664$1,380,307$1,898,911$2,644,704$2,693,913
Brunei $219     
Bulgaria$114,547$138,597$111,785$131,556$122,100$123,684$79,675
Burkina Faso$17,947 $44,550 $32,282$48,268 
Burundi    $53  
Cambodia$1,958$2,927$2,524  $2,956 
Cameroon$412,371$562,227$716,654$1,105,663$777,881$886,043 
Canada$2,335,393$3,159,000$3,109,465$3,702,969$3,531,991$5,482,687$7,973,843
Cape Verde      $12,459
Chile$394,155$667,689$742,136$374,062$248,066$647,106$952,388
China$3,925,157$1,216,468$4,770,038$5,547,295$3,014,959$4,378,641$10,032,694
Colombia$328,601$520,995$256,022$342,865$369,795$602,013$264,147
Comoros$50      
Costa Rica$2,126$21,220$56,666$42,555$46,873$28,838$38,144
Cote d'Ivoire$1,549,407$1,989,057$2,665,779$2,670,438$7,368,230$3,320,510$2,373,151
Croatia$41,628$60,277$66,786$110,281$166,111$69,383$95,335
Cuba$25,690$13,080     
Cyprus$4,870$524$2,442$114$9,994$934$2,019
Czech Republic$5,342,460$5,693,091$6,312,125$6,072,426$6,485,518$5,526,290$6,837,724
Denmark$1,060,840$1,439,756$1,669,384$4,884,665$1,755,847$1,623,180$2,110,526
Dominica$51   $49$106 
Dominican Republic$40,872$29,106$50,320$62,097$67,410$39,806$39,878
Ecuador$108,818$155,656$59,142$181,851$100,502$120,198$274,434
Egypt$549,475$834,695$1,185,895$5,391,214$7,572,626$5,936,232$4,429,355
El Salvador$629$56$115$259$1,808$3,762 
Estonia$147,287$289,336$150,525$19,223$8,964$16,370$9,746
Ethiopia$2,619$1,502$642$186,659$5,444$27,662$80,419
Faroe Islands$790$776$1,687$908$1,043  
Fiji$13,023$2,407$11,468$12,898$11,875$20,836 
Finland$1,052,117$958,851$1,032,932$1,068,449$1,422,088$1,000,094$1,100,945
France$2,953,904$3,230,524$3,799,150$6,209,287$6,684,400$5,346,972$4,797,635
French Polynesia$832$1,046$2,862$854$3,398$2,291$1,115
Gabon   $27$428  
Gambia, The $1,532     
Georgia$1,540$1,917$1,442$12,414$9,661$4,399 
Germany$8,965,000$8,633,000$7,980,000$10,346,000$9,233,000$7,668,293$10,852,416
Ghana$6,084$10,380$8,977$340,595$434,570$174,426$79,143
Greece$238,363$330,725$239,559$191,868$174,586$176,474$235,609
Greenland$344$655$159    
Grenada$127$46 $14$7,133  
Guatemala$213,558$254,799$192,767$97,230$144,214$75,215$56,729
Guinea  $9,238    
Guyana$4,112$16,014$5,285$10,620$477$15,715$585
Honduras$13,493$9,996$12,249 $11,495  
Hong Kong$441,847$420,151$431,552$543,773$434,846$596,501$459,581
Hungary$585,000$815,000$962,000$1,959,000$815,000$734,000$992,000
Iceland$4,606$5,846$14,933$17,137$14,950$7,959$14,492
India$9,948,164$13,031,401$12,120,507$23,327,836$20,488,793$17,786,450$16,209,689
Indonesia$2,253,263$3,002,070$3,170,748$6,845,834$6,894,878$6,555,552$8,984,080
Iran$2,730,393$645,401   $4,504,582 
Ireland$522,861$710,897$951,113$828,124$965,606$813,637$1,231,765
Israel$692,000$1,142,000$1,118,000$1,759,000$1,890,000$4,239,000$3,728,000
Italy$3,657,592$4,623,866$5,316,522$5,931,452$5,722,178$6,215,960$6,103,577
Jamaica$6,763$7,276$5,886$6,727$5,358$5,027 
Japan$4,035,930$1,890,755$1,764,814$2,212,567$4,266,604$5,446,241$12,326,206
Jordan    $1,872$825$1,517
Kazakhstan$419,295$559,604$540,582$765,710$1,002,869  
Kenya$2,629$3,188$6,597$11,999$2,412$11,582 
Korea, South$3,621,351$1,004,543$1,242,912$1,510,225$1,209,409$1,775,188$2,301,442
Kuwait $491,707$214,801$708,219   
Kyrgyzstan$107,715$20,208$184,211$121,550$210,031$154,064$99,753
Latvia$73,277$125,329$141,790$31,389$16,824$31,515$34,146
Lebanon $13,300$2,183$308$140$2,714$482
Lithuania$1,442,394$921,313$289,371$247,604$117,088$135,195$61,014
Luxembourg$3,045$1,452$1,328$5,144$25,766$71,963$122,077
Macau$10,992$5,643$7,466$11,758$17,482  
Macedonia$7,641$17,744$15,499$16,882$27,747 $7,710
Madagascar$2,705$776$3,694$212$10,693  
Malawi $979  $120,753$56,803$6,314
Malaysia$14,007,679$15,678,982$10,945,661$21,614,642$7,308,710$12,803,702$10,964,526
Maldives$18$2$123$16$5$18$34
Mali$784$740$93$2,556 $158,715 
Malta$11,408$8,865$2,998$11,320$42,948$3,417 
Mauritania     $11,604 
Mauritius$25,273$7,417$9,234$30,574$21,051$30,162$33,633
Mayotte$211  $59   
Mexico$1,969,913$3,455,851$2,378,265$5,023,891$4,575,981$3,635,389$3,956,728
Moldova$38,607$13,865$7,136$13,360$6,238$337$9,212
Mongolia$9,449      
Montenegro  $6$386$159$81$68
Morocco$283,446$89,641$107,033$143,866$124,633$72,433 
Mozambique$497$1,366$74,548$854$8,893$6,217$5,000
Namibia$152$7,029$2,008$671   
Nepal    $752$55,556 
Netherlands$3,692,215$6,638,280$7,768,479$14,034,961$13,613,963$8,116,357 
New Caledonia$1,567$2,342$1,808$872$872$994$766
New Zealand$254,025$294,138$239,184$424,013$228,188$250,142$466,448
Nicaragua$50 $379$588  $43
Niger  $22,460$98   
Nigeria $74,734$32,468$162,389$412,970$1,366,185 
Norway$710,944$559,665$1,358,969$4,420,047$4,911,174$2,154,012$1,833,990
Oman$16,590$2,229$304,330$142,385$8,377$2,354 
Pakistan$463,853$1,319,512$1,546,190$2,202,774$2,247,769$2,302,974$2,583,096
Panama$12,417$671$253$524$4,524$2,741$46,628
Paraguay$17,053$4,989$18,175$10,431$43,139$120,297$171,428
Peru$162,585$241,152$306,509$621,372$293,888$607,569$515,664
Philippines$98,844$372,705$136,918$179,480$119,229$175,350$147,830
Poland$4,832,883$6,019,667$7,449,515$6,985,702$5,803,521$7,657,228$6,997,841
Portugal$598,517$797,916$1,008,483$875,239$749,969$583,675$611,451
Qatar$33,359$48,358$7,774$101,447 $324,744 
Romania $573,571$449,237$528,542$582,110$495,967$570,180
Russia$854,078$2,941,514$933,256$5,900,377$3,931,342$1,856,272$2,371,256
Rwanda$6$71$1,397$851$2,845 $3,162
Saint Kitts and Nevis$7$18     
Saint Lucia $388 $501   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,774$1,354$2,479$2,996$1,755$2,427 
Saudi Arabia$1,414,911$1,426,755$2,161,478  $3,874,672 
Senegal  $3,390 $4,757$1,873$7,878
Serbia$118,046$86,156$134,335$56,154$71,306$129,912$97,307
Seychelles  $40    
Singapore$6,113,746$5,843,114$3,324,001$4,844,630$3,957,238$5,809,811$4,085,688
Slovakia$2,082,305$2,698,839$1,446,430$1,716,392$2,255,571$2,032,489$1,813,841
Slovenia$1,063,786$1,365,591$1,380,533$2,080,750$1,627,254$1,221,109$1,326,296
South Africa$2,260,557$2,521,906$2,139,590$5,286,144$3,656,451$3,331,039$4,087,190
Sri Lanka$103$7,423$13,398$18,149$22,619$16,719$36,178
Sudan$99,944$129,900 $142,820$338,286  
Suriname$782$1,312$1,943$832$760$4,656$15,274
Swaziland$37,180$9,058$19,542    
Sweden$726,011$972,897$1,058,484$1,615,534$856,565$959,720$1,082,295
Switzerland$2,907,953$5,233,163$6,629,809$11,187,490$10,885,784$8,836,748$9,264,180
Syria$64,736$141,171   $259,148 
Tanzania$50,438$151$5,990$62,384$186$433$9,996
Thailand$1,595,467$565,286$456,922$1,802,631$1,141,497$1,549,581$1,975,497
Togo$7,977      
Trinidad and Tobago$415,066$790,720$326,056$1,266,767$648,422$547,539 
Tunisia$37,909$1,583$11,079$18,845$42,448$14,291 
Turkey$3,402,341$4,727,756$6,841,181$5,225,220$9,009,919$7,817,878$7,705,959
Uganda $119,830 $20,785$14,068$1,025 
Ukraine$408,026$563,023$497,533$417,534$580,553$363,306$645,846
United Arab Emirates$1,102,157 $489,309$318,728   
United Kingdom$6,363,775$5,085,925$7,526,788$11,693,003$12,882,876$13,215,878$14,779,284
United States$1,689,429$1,579,153$1,968,815$3,725,957$6,105,686$9,100,877$13,035,110
Uruguay$10,017$16,977$16,560$4,356$29,828  
Venezuela$735,930$340,296$709,507$746,374$604,286$722,070$638,109
Vietnam$513,121$937,529$1,634,488$2,473,946$3,205,563$2,328,930 
Yemen$12,609$40,565$61,821$207,926$42,368$241,524$10,638
Zambia$2,968$7,353$6,336$8,090$17,017$63,441 
Zimbabwe $27,435$8,320$3,725$15,567$31,548