RankCountryImports of Disodium tetraborate (ref. borax), other than anhydrous in USD (2010)
1China$222,515,630
2Germany$46,546,326
3Belgium$42,157,177
4Indonesia$26,831,739
5Japan$23,633,048
6Spain$20,163,790
7United States$17,595,161
8Mexico$16,848,692
9Canada$15,627,593
10Italy$15,283,950
11United Kingdom$14,293,607
12India$12,350,485
13Malaysia$11,529,800
14Russia$10,507,048
15France$10,312,207
16Slovenia$8,686,382
17Brazil$7,795,869
18Korea, South$7,772,921
19Czech Republic$7,511,039
20Thailand$6,837,662
21Austria$6,722,360
22Poland$6,579,336
23Iran$6,414,247
24Netherlands$6,337,175
25Sweden$4,876,234
26Finland$4,383,523
27Colombia$4,094,346
28Portugal$3,304,506
29Australia$2,640,898
30Switzerland$2,438,581
31Ukraine$2,156,457
32Pakistan$2,074,811
33South Africa$1,891,195
34Vietnam$1,554,040
35Egypt$1,484,322
36Saudi Arabia$1,370,935
37Chile$1,173,301
38Cote d'Ivoire$1,141,046
39Denmark$1,064,427
40Philippines$900,907
41Ecuador$831,142
42Greece$775,368
43Belarus$771,800
44Romania$734,265
45Slovakia$518,280
46New Zealand$490,388
47Ireland$480,665
48Venezuela$439,628
49Hungary$422,000
50Peru$403,704
51Singapore$389,449
52Bulgaria$306,538
53Croatia$293,964
54Israel$288,000
55Cameroon$241,004
56Ghana$166,864
57Syria$154,587
58Algeria$114,507
59Guatemala$108,268
60Nigeria$108,127
61Lebanon$105,088
62Morocco$98,864
63Tunisia$98,263
64Costa Rica$96,510
65Lithuania$95,705
66Argentina$95,701
67Kenya$93,348
68Luxembourg$92,253
69El Salvador$87,177
70Sri Lanka$85,694
71Nepal$82,120
72Latvia$79,698
73Bolivia$74,498
74Turkey$62,280
75Hong Kong$62,121
76Mali$59,228
77Serbia$46,573
78Burkina Faso$42,457
79Paraguay$34,984
80Nicaragua$32,347
81Dominican Republic$30,063
82Zimbabwe$24,930
83Jordan$24,073
84Qatar$22,636
85Panama$22,591
86Ethiopia$19,649
87Armenia$18,063
88Uganda$12,541
89Oman$10,882
90Yemen$9,326
91Malawi$8,984
92Madagascar$8,151
93Iceland$8,033
94Tanzania$7,487
95Senegal$7,311
96Mauritius$6,988
97Jamaica$6,114
98Suriname$3,978
99Estonia$3,689
100Zambia$3,688
101Mozambique$3,550
102Botswana$3,033
103Niger$2,739
104Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,301
105Moldova$1,211
106Albania$1,012
107Georgia$856
108Bahrain$809
109Kyrgyzstan$520
110Fiji$515
111Azerbaijan$457
112Antigua and Barbuda$355
113Maldives$279
114Dominica$216
115Cyprus$157
116Montenegro$97
117Trinidad and Tobago$77
118New Caledonia$73
119Malta$66
120Bahamas, The$20
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $73$430 $66$1,012$2,961
Algeria$118,609$129,294$273,164$171,771$189,171$114,507$338,574
Antigua and Barbuda$3 $26 $508$355 
Argentina$158,608$28,097$39,388$29,033$123,854$95,701$247,681
Armenia$17,988$2,880$5,417$3,913$8,045$18,063$809
Aruba    $735  
Australia$2,314,542$2,438,690$1,945,377$2,768,990$5,206,213$2,640,898$2,828,575
Austria$5,249,795$5,230,831$6,380,508$10,408,175$6,394,007$6,722,360 
Azerbaijan$8,500$1,125$6,000$1,738$871$457$3,215
Bahamas, The $4,734$3,301  $20 
Bahrain $4,136 $739$5,426$809$1,713
Bangladesh$657,088$371,112$545,001    
Barbados$1,122$57  $1,668 $18
Belarus$231,000$212,700$282,200$460,400$585,300$771,800$838,100
Belgium$37,664,038$32,650,843$36,102,153$32,077,791$31,337,288$42,157,177$47,951,328
Belize   $19   
Bhutan    $3  
Bolivia$4,411$304$1,012$15,243$27,971$74,498$65,738
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,000$9,875$770$2,200$6,977$2,301$8,841
Botswana$3,755$505$6,894$1,165$1,684$3,033$6,260
Brazil$5,924,823$5,641,201$6,002,448$8,739,295$6,252,519$7,795,869$7,995,871
Brunei $219     
Bulgaria$516,970$491,767$443,108$608,043$280,728$306,538$222,852
Burkina Faso$437,600 $68,372$122,816$3,626$42,457 
Burundi $265     
Cambodia $2,512$915$207$828  
Cameroon$20,215$445,502$36,706$224,578$329,246$241,004 
Canada$13,642,282$14,702,117$11,513,669$13,074,234$13,725,570$15,627,593$14,411,959
Cape Verde      $61
Chile$384,910$389,307$761,871$1,480,647$540,318$1,173,301$2,173,179
China$59,147,928$92,095,233$94,913,914$168,656,223$186,236,199$222,515,630$318,123,425
Colombia$1,948,744$2,199,791$2,064,842$3,171,914$2,508,072$4,094,346$4,197,810
Costa Rica$26,008$72,253$70,454$79,480$26,518$96,510$60,621
Cote d'Ivoire$1,347,389$1,580,856$1,297,621$158,450$758,677$1,141,046$390,428
Croatia$177,798$143,995$316,476$342,589$305,793$293,964$267,177
Cuba$34,652$23,019     
Cyprus$3,231$168$2,943$68$84$157 
Czech Republic$3,498,949$4,576,687$6,823,094$7,942,028$8,183,649$7,511,039$7,687,127
Denmark$1,402,502$2,066,918$2,536,393$2,418,447$1,557,604$1,064,427$1,864,458
Dominica$661$493$1,123 $630$216 
Dominican Republic$70,058$68,716$39,314$48,037$18,850$30,063$89,025
Ecuador$400,748$471,794$502,467$997,697$639,454$831,142$858,582
Egypt$697,570$337,685$669,207$1,065,852$1,108,955$1,484,322$1,630,134
El Salvador$62,339$54,930$68,173$128,481$59,360$87,177 
Estonia$168,634$23,995$19,677$22,890$126,737$3,689$73,133
Ethiopia$106$5,354$31,921$51,592$13,763$19,649$63,579
Fiji$7,683$4,661$817$3,746$30$515 
Finland$3,224,137$3,249,038$3,181,789$3,740,303$2,767,756$4,383,523$3,372,186
France$8,041,736$9,957,749$12,888,012$9,129,745$8,702,489$10,312,207$11,612,838
French Polynesia      $123
Gabon$2,193$5,267$736$22,057$6,714  
Georgia  $9,394$2,042$368$856 
Germany$26,185,000$30,365,000$38,017,000$41,582,000$43,095,000$46,546,326$48,953,701
Ghana$109$2,309$6,247$80,181$95,221$166,864$603,906
Greece$482,040$522,277$751,971$967,720$406,473$775,368$636,513
Grenada $46     
Guatemala$53,052$113,839$86,338$97,091$131,144$108,268$246,336
Guinea$8,348      
Guyana$3,297$1,205$1,101$9,844$3,660 $4,667
Honduras$75,589$27,936$38,343 $24,626  
Hong Kong$71,844$99,003$90,604$81,831$37,533$62,121$80,154
Hungary$957,000$675,000$630,000$681,000$573,000$422,000$448,000
Iceland$18$5,367$4,240$278$55$8,033$1,474
India$9,275,854$5,405,266$3,008,141$10,038,983$14,512,563$12,350,485$1,519,366
Indonesia$5,823,448$6,465,982$10,738,164$18,591,943$14,304,753$26,831,739$39,345,927
Iran$2,604,968    $6,414,247 
Ireland$529,365$459,276$574,074$523,429$397,764$480,665$572,209
Israel$99,000$109,000$148,000$376,000$118,000$288,000$368,000
Italy$7,429,360$9,504,633$12,671,424$13,527,558$11,375,545$15,283,950$16,276,575
Jamaica$4,553$3,392$13,759$67,252$4,267$6,114 
Japan$13,731,051$15,154,162$15,549,192$19,906,366$18,748,212$23,633,048$24,101,579
Jordan$776,999$175,508$198,428$174,680$144,356$24,073$25,348
Kazakhstan$32,222$65,690$56,244$246,473$54,431  
Kenya$114,632$39,069$42,174$38,711$36,474$93,348 
Kiribati$1,143      
Korea, South$8,857,996$8,140,823$8,262,360$9,800,304$6,578,449$7,772,921$10,135,713
Kuwait $1,354,779$919,221$1,054,998   
Kyrgyzstan$3,077$13,903$19,600$20,047$9,894$520$3,638
Latvia$5,518$13,225$40,475$65,325$108,904$79,698$127,753
Lebanon$22,000$7,013$20,660$31,535$84,466$105,088$53,074
Lithuania$258,936$261,155$322,740$218,068$48,573$95,705$151,321
Luxembourg$46,346$42,962$33,408$56,084$58,209$92,253$82,136
Macau$343 $17 $344  
Macedonia$12,102$6,079$8,121$7,047$17,288 $7,085
Madagascar$12,629$44$19,330$10$7,974$8,151 
Malawi$18,342$8,309$9,308$5,585$10,250$8,984$8,587
Malaysia$7,371,623$9,978,955$16,454,300$25,923,771$8,451,946$11,529,800$28,013,792
Maldives $1$278$11$533$279$1,077
Mali$14,678 $27,560$84,543 $59,228 
Malta$4,489$3,427$6,410$6,926$146$66 
Mauritania  $27,304    
Mauritius$7,322$8,542$8,178$6,727$7,039$6,988$13,694
Mayotte   $61$123  
Mexico$7,619,878$7,414,842$6,892,946$7,191,424$8,469,123$16,848,692$19,067,478
Moldova$4,926$9,952$41,450$33,776$1,460$1,211$7,401
Mongolia$83$638$90    
Montenegro $388$64$411$266$97$34
Morocco$72,944$106,660$99,065$161,345$136,390$98,864 
Mozambique $3,342$4,151$2,703$3,056$3,550$2,000
Namibia$572$1,263$857$10,500   
Nepal    $61,773$82,120 
Netherlands$2,547,255$4,829,211$5,724,792$6,322,732$3,428,599$6,337,175 
Netherlands Antilles $6,728$7,590$3,857   
New Caledonia$822$5,193$304$4,970$523$73$20
New Zealand$185,147$108,047$159,208$330,333$231,092$490,388$455,014
Nicaragua$7,430$108$11,295$47,243$43,332$32,347$15,812
Niger     $2,739$1,466
Nigeria   $1,685,354$434,920$108,127 
Oman$362$10$1,233$406$6,226$10,882 
Pakistan$1,663,830$1,892,400$1,491,836$1,590,110$2,435,121$2,074,811$2,230,562
Panama$33,188$12,603$29,697$25,008$12,163$22,591$16,154
Paraguay$5,862$8,170$1,378$32,882$7,536$34,984$39,928
Peru$189,253$177,747$163,543$536,672$414,735$403,704$744,286
Philippines$476,105$235,786$677,756$1,062,533$502,435$900,907$918,422
Poland$4,547,527$4,403,843$5,757,647$5,821,760$6,952,856$6,579,336$7,662,718
Portugal$1,605,349$1,303,954$1,240,307$1,437,924$633,349$3,304,506$867,236
Qatar$897$198,945$17,480$36,850 $22,636 
Romania$400,838$289,633$869,834$950,042$763,773$734,265$929,851
Russia$5,677,087$6,404,695$8,066,408$9,476,079$11,538,763$10,507,048$10,431,722
Rwanda$1,231  $223$918  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $8    
Saint Lucia$3,973$4,084$6,591$4,404   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $13  
Saudi Arabia$491,306$577,209$603,897  $1,370,935 
Senegal $14,266$1,487$21,404 $7,311$9,688
Serbia$61,201$39,482$81,667$81,640$61,606$46,573$54,354
Seychelles$38$219$16    
Singapore$171,179$182,998$177,554$241,453$210,652$389,449$263,096
Slovakia$715,476$632,166$827,797$809,545$404,012$518,280$232,104
Slovenia$6,575,776$7,511,560$11,809,151$11,119,770$3,701,689$8,686,382$6,506,106
South Africa$909,480$1,087,079$1,411,268$1,855,110$1,201,506$1,891,195$1,983,429
Spain$15,114,973$14,827,923$15,439,187$18,473,774$14,104,446$20,163,790 
Sri Lanka$98,629$39,431$43,846$113,150$112,197$85,694$186,843
Sudan$136,263$3,906 $1,275   
Suriname     $3,978$523
Swaziland$3,234$2,920$3,097    
Sweden$3,798,967$3,986,146$5,340,202$3,375,317$4,607,908$4,876,234$5,127,951
Switzerland$1,710,827$1,735,612$2,196,508$2,787,087$2,247,727$2,438,581$2,289,123
Syria $3,098   $154,587 
Tanzania $63$5,596$5,210$439$7,487$12,999
Thailand$3,975,974$4,339,195$3,873,981$6,544,975$5,045,262$6,837,662$9,580,672
Trinidad and Tobago$11,241$12,825$6,176$11,389$8,208$77 
Tunisia$22,955$17,187$41,678$63,680$78,349$98,263 
Turkey$11,751$19,807$14,647$37,570$45,119$62,280$41,298
Uganda$25,496$59,474$6,403$1,601$22,835$12,541 
Ukraine$248,095$298,256$1,114,599$2,058,590$1,485,852$2,156,457$2,617,431
United Arab Emirates$120,143 $96,183$97,958   
United Kingdom$7,530,088$10,350,897$10,102,812$11,461,594$12,398,153$14,293,607$14,639,576
United States$6,539,269$7,094,313$6,744,476$9,069,647$10,781,584$17,595,161$30,050,929
Uruguay$25,250$17,441$30,625$27,238$19,281  
Vanuatu  $41    
Venezuela$218,991$184,473$174,445$436,915$734,788$439,628$255,485
Vietnam$622,126$766,137$1,504,855$1,269,390$1,489,580$1,554,040 
Yemen$4,712$2,973$10,658$7,501$11,757$9,326 
Zambia$30$1,001$1,640$6,373$1,356$3,688 
Zimbabwe$1,700$25,200$4,334$37,921$42,623$24,930