RankCountryImports of Compounds, inorganic/organic, of rare-earth metals/yttrium/scandium/mixts. ... in USD (2010)
1Japan$358,186,477
2United States$150,986,874
3Germany$66,534,497
4Austria$44,422,249
5France$37,473,871
6Korea, South$33,036,896
7China$31,450,936
8Vietnam$24,038,890
9Thailand$10,177,904
10Italy$8,931,743
11Hong Kong$7,119,157
12Netherlands$6,989,454
13Spain$6,873,993
14United Kingdom$6,243,764
15Brazil$5,577,226
16Canada$5,347,679
17Estonia$4,516,252
18Belgium$4,356,595
19India$4,299,173
20Malaysia$3,274,763
21Singapore$2,818,351
22Mexico$2,468,837
23Poland$2,361,129
24Russia$2,100,500
25Czech Republic$1,658,548
26Hungary$1,618,000
27South Africa$1,530,245
28Switzerland$1,420,399
29Portugal$593,052
30Saudi Arabia$529,334
31Argentina$453,669
32Israel$447,000
33Australia$444,724
34Sweden$411,686
35Turkey$404,823
36Indonesia$376,860
37Denmark$258,221
38Finland$228,808
39Norway$219,742
40Slovakia$217,957
41Jamaica$217,176
42Latvia$164,725
43Ukraine$140,907
44Iran$106,883
45Slovenia$67,944
46Qatar$66,750
47Belarus$64,600
48Romania$58,237
49Yemen$45,369
50El Salvador$40,946
51Zimbabwe$39,942
52Ireland$36,181
53Costa Rica$25,560
54Chile$24,781
55Ethiopia$23,118
56Sri Lanka$23,027
57Colombia$21,349
58Lithuania$16,833
59Bahrain$16,538
60Tanzania$16,249
61Mali$13,942
62New Zealand$12,771
63Gambia, The$12,588
64Venezuela$12,531
65Morocco$12,504
66Peru$11,655
67Guatemala$9,638
68Greece$8,833
69Algeria$8,829
70Uganda$8,122
71Iceland$7,694
72Jordan$7,485
73Bolivia$6,852
74Kenya$6,295
75Ecuador$5,515
76Luxembourg$4,485
77Botswana$4,411
78Guyana$4,386
79Croatia$4,142
80Fiji$3,772
81Pakistan$3,655
82Philippines$3,432
83Senegal$3,229
84Tunisia$3,035
85Cyprus$2,947
86Bahamas, The$2,718
87Serbia$2,475
88Mozambique$2,386
89Togo$2,224
90Panama$1,851
91Armenia$1,634
92Dominican Republic$1,369
93Burundi$1,292
94Moldova$1,139
95Malta$1,113
96Nepal$1,020
97Trinidad and Tobago$976
98Bosnia and Herzegovina$727
99Oman$723
100Lebanon$581
101Mauritius$497
102Montenegro$414
103Malawi$372
104Zambia$245
105Barbados$179
106Niger$78
107Samoa$75
108Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$73
109Bhutan$59
110Cote d'Ivoire$59
111French Polynesia$52
112Dominica$26
113Sao Tome and Principe$17
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania   $1,938$1,813 $2,841
Algeria$6,227$14,396$6,498$10,378$7,378$8,829$12,703
Antigua and Barbuda    $61 $1,771
Argentina$796,387$886,895$923,765$374,009$569,190$453,669$741,102
Armenia$11,962$136$498$24,339$6,692$1,634$1,951
Australia$55,824$134,369$102,076$200,129$191,569$444,724$783,094
Austria$7,768,511$10,765,965$20,629,220$28,293,529$14,162,406$44,422,249 
Azerbaijan  $701   $162
Bahamas, The$153,869$111$12,028 $1,231$2,718$3,762
Bahrain   $8,620$523$16,538$203,435
Bangladesh$189$30,572$1,706    
Barbados$380$1,848$982$284 $179$557
Belarus$2,900$12,800$46,200$114,500$32,100$64,600$49,700
Belgium$1,082,376$1,552,847$5,889,157$2,811,903$2,343,635$4,356,595$8,102,750
Bhutan$18$14$1,479$6 $59 
Bolivia$84 $514$293$1,023$6,852$11,554
Bosnia and Herzegovina$131$734$8,880$382$1,137$727$1,402
Botswana$26,592$2,438$1,906$1,702$3,276$4,411$702
Brazil$2,310,011$2,547,131$5,068,313$9,999,935$6,207,539$5,577,226$37,704,209
Brunei $1,782     
Burkina Faso   $135   
Burundi$3,462   $56$1,292 
Cambodia$212      
Cameroon$105      
Canada$1,183,007$1,589,461$1,604,428$2,309,107$1,635,400$5,347,679$48,795,644
Cape Verde  $835    
Chile$21,112$23,321$32,295$35,774$95,489$24,781$38,792
China$16,500,878$39,759,641$57,449,591$16,655,996$29,976,210$31,450,936$60,541,731
Colombia$7,747$6,775$14,704$12,697$11,429$21,349$13,904
Costa Rica$14,587$13,259$15,212$2,472$1,460$25,560$29,783
Cote d'Ivoire$210$178$351$419$181$59$186
Croatia$223$323$640$1,330$38,063$4,142$2,454
Cuba$22,589$281     
Cyprus$228$1,183$1,045$2,989$1,999$2,947$1,216
Czech Republic$355,255$804,990$1,066,271$914,779$922,027$1,658,548$2,858,086
Denmark$93,098$162,042$161,682$78,002$309,143$258,221$176,840
Dominica     $26 
Dominican Republic  $8,815$107$24,188$1,369$2,536
East Timor$18      
Ecuador $2,453$463$2,446$5,086$5,515$14,786
Egypt  $913 $222,312 $668,897
El Salvador$19,655$150$4,025$11,984$8,458$40,946 
Estonia$2,685,745$3,550,179$3,644,363$6,998,769$4,219,678$4,516,252$57,516,529
Ethiopia$53$18,620$600$2,045$2,101$23,118$836,239
Faroe Islands  $92    
Fiji $234,712$4,412$1,853$122$3,772 
Finland$132,738$168,088$139,870$186,426$100,012$228,808$1,527,838
France$13,393,354$68,507,709$44,456,092$36,763,578$22,818,010$37,473,871$151,760,006
French Polynesia $81$286 $62$52 
Gambia, The$14,828  $1,269 $12,588 
Georgia  $1,968$150$226  
Germany$22,113,000$27,430,000$37,409,000$56,829,000$45,610,000$66,534,497$256,854,744
Ghana$64$931$937$12,436$342 $10,092
Greece$27,650$6,690$3,813$5,956$4,024$8,833$292,520
Guatemala$465$601$1,667$1,900$3,746$9,638$10,670
Guinea$11,141$60,203$1,467    
Guyana$507$30 $746$1,496$4,386$38
Honduras $2,620  $3,266  
Hong Kong$2,389,462$1,061,046$4,585,414$9,875,641$1,700,916$7,119,157$63,168,353
Hungary$1,458,000$1,804,000$2,131,000$2,499,000$1,366,000$1,618,000$4,940,000
Iceland$1,075$1,344$537$946$1,051$7,694$371,844
India$1,495,703$3,893,327$2,859,665$1,451,479$2,880,705$4,299,173$7,762,616
Indonesia$77,136$25,909$19,543$104,782$121,515$376,860$50,343
Iran$39,875$98,311   $106,883 
Ireland$196,434$8,373$14,287$23,224$4,136,558$36,181$8,217
Israel$66,000$189,000$210,000$279,000$251,000$447,000$1,359,000
Italy$4,803,993$4,436,249$7,950,140$8,412,824$5,585,182$8,931,743$22,808,614
Jamaica$327,307$921,938$981,438$838,692$831,644$217,176 
Japan$99,147,489$167,315,596$288,223,613$306,690,444$114,820,743$358,186,477$1,273,387,313
Jordan$2,918 $29,576 $2,635$7,485$11,500
Kazakhstan$39,940$347,771$1,484,062$2,183,089$563,819  
Kenya$1,735$2,314$9,527$1,134$6,430$6,295 
Korea, South$12,766,148$12,016,371$10,378,756$10,779,006$11,403,670$33,036,896$93,560,036
Kuwait $40,259$19,208$142,269   
Latvia$608$3,024$1,346$3,894$940$164,725$22,917
Lebanon$23,000$12,917$249$305$749$581$2,496
Lesotho   $2,499   
Lithuania$24,340$34,429$1,961$40,068$53,459$16,833$12,083
Luxembourg$30,438$35,137$4,056$1,029$3,647$4,485$3,233
Macau   $13,366   
Macedonia $212$77$1,882$3,356 $689
Madagascar $243 $1,394   
Malawi$2,689$3,020$428$578 $372 
Malaysia$737,639$1,151,704$1,220,030$1,532,976$1,217,494$3,274,763$17,333,699
Mali  $468$209 $13,942 
Malta$1,068   $7,193$1,113 
Mauritius$5,790$350$183$972$2,552$497$20,758
Mexico$2,785,447$2,258,270$2,718,827$2,435,338$1,262,885$2,468,837$5,078,781
Moldova$135$25$500$18$208$1,139$355
Montenegro     $414 
Morocco$5,783$3,190$6,954$17,917$5,253$12,504 
Mozambique $47,470 $60 $2,386 
Namibia$3,723$511$456$4,568   
Nepal    $775$1,020 
Netherlands$15,814,365$15,590,663$25,759,507$23,250,147$8,846,286$6,989,454 
Netherlands Antilles$2,069      
New Caledonia $205$412$641  $7,228
New Zealand$6,856$15,621$13,058$15,779$10,592$12,771$16,217
Nicaragua$10,110  $281   
Niger$9  $224 $78$3,930
Nigeria  $5,314    
Norway$10,494$87,174$11,761$24,126$10,350$219,742$1,629,694
Oman$1,077$6,499$3,098$1,527$96$723 
Pakistan$3,661$185$7,169$11,493$13,035$3,655$20,869
Panama$2,123$1,258$2,502$4,194$8,717$1,851$5,066
Paraguay$22,523$5,863 $89   
Peru$13,396$5,116$10,033$16,032$8,178$11,655$21,295
Philippines$48,979$206,129$118,696$57,524$83,088$3,432$73,003
Poland$543,802$1,093,298$1,362,271$1,714,937$330,855$2,361,129$2,192,549
Portugal$231,931$517,048$98,667$234,858$69,850$593,052$1,504,530
Qatar$131$4,471$14,716$34,419 $66,750 
Romania$62,658$68,927$103,282$130,842$44,100$58,237$69,412
Russia$1,371,932$1,442,785$4,358,814$9,622,869$5,127,178$2,100,500$10,430,510
Rwanda $612$751$19,285$12,734  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines     $73 
Samoa     $75$3,838
Sao Tome and Principe     $17 
Saudi Arabia$300,110$698,581$1,400,113  $529,334 
Senegal$4,990$14,105$7,309$5,914$7,518$3,229$23,404
Serbia$1,706$763$1,518$1,258$1,375$2,475$1,518
Seychelles$140 $1,794    
Singapore$321,158$201,553$275,686$250,287$491,296$2,818,351$11,574,685
Slovakia$51,255$87,615$154,657$77,872$133,029$217,957$570,589
Slovenia$47,605$75,032$73,076$66,194$28,717$67,944$97,977
South Africa$1,036,338$754,098$1,320,700$1,668,242$558,255$1,530,245$14,523,264
Spain$3,013,058$3,094,142$6,256,273$7,097,033$2,273,201$6,873,993 
Sri Lanka$4,157$31,072$36,072$41,482$41,780$23,027$43,740
Sudan$141,263$17,241$750$550$963  
Suriname      $356
Swaziland $172$4,668    
Sweden$296,298$823,586$401,550$453,224$259,090$411,686$1,108,967
Switzerland$1,281,199$1,372,451$1,540,253$1,875,938$1,185,992$1,420,399$2,129,709
Tanzania$1,619$885$747$1,269$17,011$16,249$30,281
Thailand$42,537,708$98,288,147$259,129,956$283,269,856$66,651,176$10,177,904$6,500,603
Togo     $2,224 
Tonga   $895$97  
Trinidad and Tobago$539$2,570$62$111$4,183$976 
Tunisia$13,521$9,201$2,685$12,727$1,415$3,035 
Turkey$32,012$108,740$115,589$199,849$104,442$404,823$1,238,093
Uganda$111,780$27$43,152$26,596$11,684$8,122 
Ukraine$33,502$41,121$134,205$125,000$97,445$140,907$158,477
United Arab Emirates$162,394 $151,726$548,758   
United Kingdom$9,240,236$5,075,481$8,314,352$6,388,605$5,688,189$6,243,764$10,893,412
United States$86,886,900$89,664,373$109,892,114$169,095,531$98,298,026$150,986,874$668,848,920
Uruguay$304$179$9,011$4,764$3,431  
Vanuatu $740     
Venezuela$15,095$17,622$29,063$10,015$20,020$12,531$30,730
Vietnam$2,156$29,189$49,445$1,850,036$14,574,413$24,038,890 
Yemen$34,187$82,544 $3,200$9,669$45,369 
Zambia$3,784$525$18,793$2,103 $245 
Zimbabwe$184$9,642$7,223$8,368$26,488$39,942