RankCountryImports of Silicates other than of sodium/potassium; commercial alkali metal silicates ... in USD (2010)
1United States$15,229,414
2Germany$13,911,036
3China$13,018,281
4Venezuela$11,154,563
5Canada$9,488,226
6Malaysia$9,416,818
7Spain$8,763,670
8Indonesia$8,458,848
9Thailand$7,820,529
10Korea, South$7,770,109
11India$7,525,082
12Algeria$6,296,348
13New Zealand$5,950,773
14Iran$5,804,638
15Japan$5,679,102
16Belgium$5,451,794
17Vietnam$5,424,730
18Netherlands$5,118,794
19France$4,989,094
20Italy$4,729,746
21Saudi Arabia$4,656,272
22Denmark$4,625,535
23Poland$4,594,374
24Austria$4,466,870
25Romania$4,408,390
26Czech Republic$4,256,371
27Brazil$4,006,219
28Singapore$3,715,552
29United Kingdom$3,525,670
30Sweden$3,310,463
31Mexico$3,229,085
32Russia$2,702,793
33Slovenia$2,535,550
34Nigeria$2,519,869
35Colombia$2,326,374
36Australia$2,118,547
37Switzerland$1,543,805
38Philippines$1,500,180
39Turkey$1,435,782
40South Africa$1,384,388
41Tanzania$1,278,739
42Morocco$1,236,256
43Ghana$1,187,468
44Hong Kong$1,108,081
45Costa Rica$921,766
46Argentina$883,583
47Portugal$878,751
48Trinidad and Tobago$832,556
49Guatemala$764,389
50Tunisia$716,326
51Ukraine$698,574
52Ecuador$658,000
53Egypt$598,100
54Greece$566,897
55Cameroon$562,890
56Peru$542,820
57Israel$530,000
58Chile$514,863
59Finland$464,729
60Jordan$462,132
61Azerbaijan$396,505
62Slovakia$379,018
63Pakistan$377,817
64Syria$359,883
65Norway$323,416
66Dominican Republic$313,087
67Cote d'Ivoire$281,968
68Croatia$244,103
69Ireland$235,942
70Kenya$235,591
71Panama$231,918
72Bulgaria$219,175
73Oman$207,837
74Qatar$201,714
75Estonia$195,713
76Nicaragua$159,572
77Belarus$140,200
78Bolivia$139,507
79Jamaica$134,442
80Hungary$127,000
81Mozambique$118,314
82Sri Lanka$106,287
83Mali$102,882
84Ethiopia$91,750
85Moldova$88,544
86Lebanon$76,483
87Zimbabwe$72,816
88Bahrain$64,800
89Zambia$64,564
90Lithuania$58,161
91Niger$54,758
92Malawi$50,132
93Nepal$48,349
94Paraguay$44,475
95Cyprus$42,880
96Mauritius$37,828
97Latvia$35,233
98Luxembourg$32,345
99French Polynesia$30,456
100El Salvador$29,639
101Uganda$24,537
102Cambodia$24,268
103Senegal$23,498
104Iceland$21,547
105Suriname$20,623
106Montenegro$17,893
107Bosnia and Herzegovina$16,508
108Yemen$14,729
109New Caledonia$14,012
110Serbia$13,665
111Botswana$9,699
112Bermuda$8,422
113Madagascar$8,227
114Benin$8,014
115Georgia$7,836
116Bhutan$6,783
117Belize$6,335
118Barbados$5,074
119Armenia$4,769
120Albania$3,893
121Fiji$3,064
122Bahamas, The$2,029
123Malta$1,391
124Guyana$1,337
125Togo$503
126Dominica$366
127Burundi$145
128Mauritania$109
129Samoa$30
130Antigua and Barbuda$11
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$3,523$4,269$12,830$2,780$76,306$3,893$16,535
Algeria$460,208$1,325,083$3,053,342$1,882,495$4,213,304$6,296,348$5,213,599
Antigua and Barbuda  $1,220  $11 
Argentina$921,058$778,114$1,482,153$1,030,419$591,276$883,583$1,481,947
Armenia  $7,201$17,738$8,067$4,769$3,619
Aruba    $111 $826,222
Australia$1,416,644$1,154,118$2,404,347$2,647,753$1,834,303$2,118,547$1,844,705
Austria$1,072,736$1,153,369$5,197,473$3,704,324$3,731,090$4,466,870 
Azerbaijan$134,916$11,136$44,347$410,546$225,010$396,505$594,530
Bahamas, The$41$3,084 $1,074$16,077$2,029$1,708
Bahrain$93,755$38,471$122,008$57,050$21,582$64,800$16,739
Bangladesh$726,811$1,163,741$1,661,156    
Barbados$421$6,542$695$6,764$8,036$5,074$7,718
Belarus$18,000$9,100$48,300$92,200$129,500$140,200$233,100
Belgium$4,403,736$4,724,910$7,441,908$8,294,275$6,166,171$5,451,794$7,180,336
Belize$9,041$9,222$7,863$4,547$2,243$6,335 
Benin     $8,014 
Bermuda     $8,422 
Bhutan$10,783$4,991$6,729$3,077$42,303$6,783 
Bolivia$67,784$40,621$29,157$30,998$26,153$139,507$489,388
Bosnia and Herzegovina$15,598$7,071$38,630$35,181$55,129$16,508$14,728
Botswana$1,279$11,964$11,237$12,971$6,372$9,699$10,913
Brazil$4,100,437$1,814,513$1,914,530$8,020,357$1,917,942$4,006,219$3,559,312
Brunei $256,193     
Bulgaria$24,170$40,229$193,494$188,853$244,041$219,175$238,894
Burkina Faso   $126   
Burundi $314 $269$444$145 
Cambodia$1,419$2,290$984$337$2,937$24,268 
Cameroon$36,508$155,786$356,209$810,704$121,609$562,890 
Canada$6,480,677$9,091,601$12,737,282$9,960,092$7,406,184$9,488,226$6,236,597
Chile$1,064,803$524,802$1,960,123$733,265$426,030$514,863$418,185
China$6,422,452$8,463,190$8,874,627$10,182,705$12,718,820$13,018,281$29,739,375
Colombia$592,144$750,480$914,348$761,659$540,577$2,326,374$1,589,278
Costa Rica$592,723$918,806$854,936$971,693$645,849$921,766$1,039,078
Cote d'Ivoire$17,293$64,053$120,113$199,190$179,953$281,968$118,425
Croatia$88,485$77,974$384,833$427,184$309,285$244,103$476,533
Cuba$106,110$76,597     
Cyprus$15,646$6,799$50,842$25,772$128,264$42,880$89,378
Czech Republic$1,411,719$905,240$3,185,552$6,131,876$2,767,822$4,256,371$4,180,795
Denmark$527,862$561,203$7,925,528$5,430,518$5,121,615$4,625,535$6,047,101
Dominica$847$933$515$486$1,306$366 
Dominican Republic$128,572$168,961$114,866$173,375$83,632$313,087$577,476
Ecuador$1,044,980$799,257$482,444$975,121$983,412$658,000$601,580
Egypt$250,822$387,651$43,298$925,571$1,037,188$598,100$527,209
El Salvador$374,371$76,532$7,855$18,079$63,507$29,639 
Estonia$2,064$1,901$123,785$115,021$135,211$195,713$79,333
Ethiopia$7,207$12,179$9,793$153,866$75,205$91,750$24,852
Faroe Islands$49,164$18,148$802$1,222$2,161  
Fiji$2,929$17,064$559$6,781$9,838$3,064 
Finland$348,524$528,656$302,326$500,365$360,361$464,729$415,716
France$3,486,453$3,551,945$4,794,231$4,181,765$3,701,681$4,989,094$5,878,773
French Polynesia$47,432$29,278$32,869$32,092$24,122$30,456$28,118
Gabon$76,432$13,290$21,258$7,858$36,861  
Gambia, The      $91
Georgia$1,180$14,579$7,005$3,970$9,203$7,836 
Germany$5,658,000$6,799,000$10,602,000$11,871,000$10,421,000$13,911,036$17,109,009
Ghana$18,857$56,476$64,060$43,072$364,382$1,187,468$476,853
Greece$45,361$84,232$255,008$302,085$402,902$566,897$907,240
Greenland$114      
Grenada $18  $189  
Guatemala$1,789,846$170,277$2,229,564$1,648,136$1,225,952$764,389$1,741,633
Guinea$838 $7,306$1,860   
Guyana$93,597$135,109$64,447$45,909$532$1,337$1,917
Honduras$155,996$1,098$17,489 $51,060  
Hong Kong$804,126$1,722,696$369,208$273,969$289,108$1,108,081$1,218,636
Hungary$791,000$737,000$394,000$96,000$152,000$127,000$121,000
Iceland$4,600 $7,191$7,004$7,308$21,547$8,910
India$4,389,121$7,710,303$10,996,770$8,552,723$6,105,668$7,525,082$21,601,842
Indonesia$3,728,031$2,470,780   $8,458,848$11,305,963
Iran$1,283,357$120,253   $5,804,638 
Ireland$179,706$179,913$207,640$225,009$102,577$235,942$556,634
Israel$401,000$523,000$576,000$627,000$655,000$530,000$2,638,000
Italy$3,403,501$3,012,956$6,587,987$6,107,591$3,836,727$4,729,746$5,200,187
Jamaica$154,183$131,892$156,824$150,948$116,722$134,442 
Japan$10,333,761$4,456,625$5,080,950$5,740,391$4,431,076$5,679,102$8,340,034
Jordan$126,408$17,236$87,449$48,788$21,776$462,132$1,032,827
Kazakhstan$156,092$65,169$367,141$120,034$163,946  
Kenya$156,233$138,176$327,665$260,337$225,031$235,591 
Korea, South$21,213,921$11,845,151$17,561,256$8,297,647$7,879,399$7,770,109$9,211,062
Kuwait $130,285$200,538$288,327   
Kyrgyzstan$1,059$296$4,592$545  $69
Latvia$2,282$955$5,846$11,056$24,590$35,233$55,057
Lebanon$66,000$58,010$51,442$79,819$138,901$76,483$146,450
Lithuania$4,947$66,248$63,424$36,383$59,110$58,161$36,233
Luxembourg$4,131$4,359$13,411$46,166$24,572$32,345$30,668
Macau    $27,517  
Macedonia$20,959$11,467$19,208$6,576$33,410 $48,804
Madagascar$1,725 $19,020$22,722$117,203$8,227 
Malawi$2,522$9,457$959$54,136$189,724$50,132$186,081
Malaysia$5,820,662$6,791,647$6,255,810$8,244,976$8,840,486$9,416,818$12,410,714
Maldives   $150$241 $638
Mali $1,608$65$2,910 $102,882 
Malta$1,854$4,193$39$54,751$144,294$1,391 
Mauritania  $3,552  $109 
Mauritius$150,139$158,775$122,392$65,487$34,897$37,828$8,881
Mayotte   $276$618  
Mexico$2,853,602$3,645,196$3,913,928$4,329,787$2,804,796$3,229,085$3,820,812
Moldova$49,712$71,619$90,537$102,576$67,172$88,544$63,779
Mongolia$35,738$14,127$864    
Montenegro $8,350$43,680$50,227$17,580$17,893$31,651
Morocco$449,072$818,497$865,223$868,941$1,266,535$1,236,256 
Mozambique$45,867$4,003$6,625$76,721$119,295$118,314$180,000
Namibia$3,962$134$29,976$21,296   
Nepal    $40,935$48,349 
Netherlands$1,939,345$2,729,936$5,116,765$7,010,850$4,847,185$5,118,794 
Netherlands Antilles$4,156$2,989$6,039$13,139   
New Caledonia$1,630$820$418$7,785$1,960$14,012$7,989
New Zealand$1,240,876$2,973,866$4,658,564$8,181,497$4,509,021$5,950,773$4,913,075
Nicaragua$164,820$177,230$166,753$205,624$187,491$159,572$340,461
Niger$7,466$1,133 $18,164$3,919$54,758 
Nigeria $1,051,040$2,119,233$372,313$2,071,810$2,519,869 
Norway$226,106$1,261,913$285,387$409,083$309,674$323,416$324,265
Oman$333,880$138,718$256,224$350,916$288,299$207,837 
Pakistan$218,453$486,421$265,573$309,414$341,574$377,817$472,356
Panama$96,784$398,487$225,421$238,092$137,004$231,918$213,190
Paraguay$17,077$6,816$44,915$17,249$41,043$44,475$30,345
Peru$169,899$269,618$445,638$966,236$198,007$542,820$389,190
Philippines$1,152,239$1,129,313$956,473$1,068,306$1,700,185$1,500,180$1,895,239
Poland$735,217$1,272,872$2,685,457$3,516,255$3,709,636$4,594,374$6,104,318
Portugal$1,141,389$1,440,813$951,540$1,045,195$929,709$878,751$783,150
Qatar$22,833$38,473$208,216$319,495 $201,714 
Romania$965,702$1,019,054$1,648,295$2,519,855$2,936,689$4,408,390$5,449,968
Russia$26,201,669$9,412,702$1,966,413$2,765,865$1,339,286$2,702,793$2,766,160
Rwanda$10,658$39,087$108,647$20,391$15,689 $2,760
Saint Kitts and Nevis$422$12,687$812$1,535   
Saint Lucia $61     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $65  $153  
Samoa     $30 
Sao Tome and Principe   $38$860  
Saudi Arabia$4,625,369$5,313,547$12,554,032  $4,656,272 
Senegal$4,976$498$6,024$6,306$29,341$23,498$18,344
Serbia$2,260$83,015$118,724$70,857$12,604$13,665$55,990
Seychelles $61 $4,941   
Singapore$3,281,663$2,323,403$3,440,671$18,557,575$3,729,509$3,715,552$4,735,084
Slovakia$122,333$103,382$160,671$355,131$364,849$379,018$475,026
Slovenia$411,840$532,904$3,473,790$5,686,049$2,210,956$2,535,550$3,425,861
South Africa$2,225,461$1,262,790$1,883,513$1,346,451$1,470,189$1,384,388$1,606,690
Spain$5,741,948$11,303,955$5,462,281$6,937,291$6,381,671$8,763,670 
Sri Lanka$710,623$137,715$92,999$374,158$77,430$106,287$225,896
Sudan$1,824,581$2,601,674$212,148$92,467$1,655,575  
Suriname    $426,562$20,623$29,271
Swaziland$5,595$20,530$3,453    
Sweden$1,059,146$1,954,489$4,088,363$2,904,543$1,684,943$3,310,463$3,056,328
Switzerland$809,877$850,790$1,076,500$1,084,383$2,180,972$1,543,805$1,459,803
Syria$550,129$348,997$493,954$552,566 $359,883 
Tanzania$437,517$312,668$684,942$1,155,894$926,682$1,278,739$2,075,119
Thailand$1,776,979$6,270,508$4,077,608$5,551,297$3,445,221$7,820,529$11,057,164
Togo  $418  $503 
Trinidad and Tobago$255,897$341,894$597,698$244,006$366,094$832,556 
Tunisia$176,601$280,463$386,022$721,388$456,010$716,326 
Turkey$1,262,804$1,273,581$1,860,818$1,624,007$1,181,258$1,435,782$1,398,316
Uganda$36,417$133,492$50,772$22,701$30,968$24,537 
Ukraine$907,636$766,921$599,546$794,320$557,216$698,574$1,744,630
United Arab Emirates$904,621 $1,474,750$2,360,870   
United Kingdom$2,883,653$1,890,899$2,890,102$4,355,333$4,359,380$3,525,670$4,312,200
United States$4,835,614$5,640,799$6,363,547$5,456,928$6,388,980$15,229,414$49,252,623
Uruguay$62,106$115,545$168,707$223,863$127,879  
Venezuela$3,041,828$3,486,973$3,456,384$7,533,998$6,793,653$11,154,563$18,833,694
Vietnam$1,435,051$3,065,743$3,507,108$7,002,610$4,224,383$5,424,730 
Yemen$43,143$6,202$25,151$17,147$651$14,729$10,172
Zambia$163,531$16,573$15,055$14,631$20,628$64,564 
Zimbabwe$91,480$65,583$57,389$41,964$85,677$72,816