RankCountryImports of Carbides, of silicon, whether or not chemically defined in USD (2010)
1Japan$250,125,050
2United States$174,643,949
3Germany$140,448,467
4Korea, South$79,773,875
5Norway$49,545,653
6Sweden$44,057,235
7France$35,575,789
8Singapore$34,532,063
9Hungary$32,991,000
10Poland$31,074,803
11Belgium$28,311,406
12Italy$26,893,006
13India$26,032,731
14United Kingdom$15,249,586
15Czech Republic$14,891,748
16Mexico$14,734,489
17Spain$14,232,151
18Switzerland$10,133,537
19China$9,732,680
20Thailand$8,603,044
21Turkey$7,568,844
22Philippines$7,393,388
23Belarus$6,517,600
24Austria$6,345,752
25Malaysia$5,872,403
26Russia$5,725,788
27Canada$5,082,080
28Argentina$4,911,728
29Ukraine$4,843,480
30Slovenia$4,550,239
31Netherlands$4,454,584
32Greece$3,978,948
33Australia$3,774,831
34Indonesia$3,261,300
35Portugal$2,531,717
36Vietnam$2,431,130
37Finland$2,287,977
38Brazil$2,144,528
39Denmark$2,129,141
40South Africa$1,960,830
41Hong Kong$1,382,043
42Iran$1,071,549
43Colombia$822,812
44Syria$775,611
45Israel$628,000
46Peru$602,826
47Croatia$560,503
48Morocco$524,879
49Ecuador$508,752
50Qatar$501,657
51Lithuania$476,390
52Tunisia$474,700
53Pakistan$448,858
54Chile$432,999
55Serbia$403,028
56New Zealand$402,063
57Romania$399,832
58Bulgaria$350,579
59Venezuela$316,532
60Egypt$316,292
61Ghana$313,305
62Luxembourg$169,706
63Ireland$167,324
64Slovakia$162,414
65Cambodia$135,959
66Costa Rica$124,567
67El Salvador$106,232
68Sri Lanka$100,474
69Jordan$93,769
70Nigeria$75,276
71Botswana$70,678
72Lebanon$52,561
73Madagascar$47,739
74Dominican Republic$47,124
75Ethiopia$34,219
76Yemen$31,433
77Malta$31,167
78Bahrain$29,621
79Kenya$28,875
80Mali$21,124
81Nepal$15,253
82Uganda$12,256
83Guyana$11,935
84Armenia$11,551
85Bhutan$9,527
86Bolivia$5,836
87Togo$5,256
88Guatemala$4,666
89Panama$4,457
90Jamaica$4,453
91Algeria$4,023
92Tanzania$3,947
93Iceland$3,234
94Mozambique$3,096
95Trinidad and Tobago$2,612
96New Caledonia$2,269
97Nicaragua$2,141
98Azerbaijan$1,761
99Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,757
100Kyrgyzstan$1,674
101Oman$1,636
102Suriname$1,570
103Mauritius$1,538
104French Polynesia$1,432
105Zimbabwe$1,322
106Cameroon$1,176
107Barbados$1,055
108Cote d'Ivoire$795
109Estonia$564
110Georgia$326
111Zambia$314
112Bahamas, The$254
113Montenegro$236
114Tonga$219
115Belize$174
116Latvia$47
117Niger$11
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$52,070 $25,439    
Algeria$7,309$31,929$8,863$91,264$60,050$4,023$117,186
Antigua and Barbuda  $627    
Argentina$2,114,748$5,435,943$2,618,204$6,531,204$1,032,427$4,911,728$4,149,978
Armenia$2,143$31,590$10,879$40,601$14,301$11,551$10,119
Australia$4,350,371$3,460,922$3,172,946$6,029,178$2,752,742$3,774,831$3,972,593
Austria$5,026,975$4,726,970$5,445,538$6,803,455$4,079,294$6,345,752 
Azerbaijan     $1,761 
Bahamas, The$1,189$550$577$939$552$254$346
Bahrain$2,911,306$791,265$284,460$234,747$211,310$29,621$20,423
Bangladesh$77,766$57,119$41,844    
Barbados $512$749 $1,413$1,055$170
Belarus$481,500$1,103,400$3,207,600$5,259,200$4,692,000$6,517,600$8,013,300
Belgium$20,678,113$22,755,329$29,922,543$46,875,398$30,588,755$28,311,406$43,980,465
Belize$2 $345  $174 
Bhutan$852$551$1,625$71,166$85,871$9,527 
Bolivia$844$6,150$334$9,228$6,487$5,836$407
Bosnia and Herzegovina$11,079$7,038$26,865$18,168$8,019$1,757$21,432
Botswana$63,628$56,863$86,293$48,739$31,095$70,678$77,909
Brazil$2,190,886$2,277,662$3,214,993$3,578,686$1,519,302$2,144,528$2,860,523
Brunei $3,838     
Bulgaria$248,826$284,046$243,125$485,163$333,020$350,579$469,637
Burundi    $740  
Cambodia$12,120$84,120$305,400$266,673$101,556$135,959 
Cameroon$4,505$421$479 $553$1,176 
Canada$6,360,833$8,051,788$8,059,369$4,817,868$3,756,395$5,082,080$5,346,742
Chile$232,754$201,823$337,800$282,932$660,521$432,999$347,307
China$6,621,195$6,992,036$4,804,097$4,307,972$4,068,312$9,732,680$14,497,021
Colombia$656,136$544,630$688,949$745,381$716,327$822,812$1,210,282
Costa Rica$68,464$59,291$51,497$123,648$46,700$124,567$57,911
Cote d'Ivoire$541$633 $2,272$1,727$795 
Croatia$238,152$290,811$357,072$419,863$491,534$560,503$866,500
Cuba$94,134$29,579     
Cyprus$168      
Czech Republic$8,011,957$11,204,623$17,430,967$22,422,388$11,427,530$14,891,748$27,961,731
Denmark$1,407,423$1,811,498$2,424,673$4,380,782$2,476,716$2,129,141$2,872,406
Dominica $72     
Dominican Republic$32,225$19,340$45,394$57,982$47,609$47,124$53,169
East Timor$31      
Ecuador$17,841$18,202$27,462$13,085$113,141$508,752$88,991
Egypt$747,527$471,536$305,862$676,275$1,153,584$316,292$330,705
El Salvador$29,707$141,194$32,175$148,309$107,828$106,232 
Estonia$2,452$200$946$1,930 $564$35
Ethiopia$32,146$26,638$14,035$64,607$58,474$34,219$36,901
Faroe Islands$226  $37   
Fiji $289$637 $743  
Finland$1,560,661$1,907,163$2,321,951$2,850,220$1,719,247$2,287,977$2,675,163
France$27,487,234$31,428,872$37,041,710$47,002,861$29,569,032$35,575,789$48,545,447
French Polynesia$1,144 $487  $1,432 
Gambia, The $285     
Georgia$31,660$2,010 $2,480$17$326 
Germany$101,736,000$105,304,000$122,606,000$161,847,000$103,298,000$140,448,467$202,961,844
Ghana$7,001$335$18,289$21,539$1,229$313,305$268,309
Greece$341,925$268,384$408,244$423,037$251,306$3,978,948$817,147
Greenland $67     
Guatemala$19,225$7,470$10,017$34,387$12,720$4,666$42,813
Guinea$14,972  $1,940   
Guyana$11,632$4,933$13,315$5,147$5,819$11,935$12,741
Honduras$2,039 $13,916 $2,400  
Hong Kong$340,333$582,795$494,442$876,948$654,438$1,382,043$1,854,544
Hungary$7,153,000$23,628,000$47,468,000$34,368,000$22,365,000$32,991,000$60,239,000
Iceland$818$284 $2,428 $3,234 
India$7,646,424$10,754,660$14,667,176$22,487,493$20,681,008$26,032,731$37,234,766
Indonesia$2,743,979$2,155,827$2,206,019$5,320,663$1,735,943$3,261,300$2,572,373
Iran$2,194,388$550,972   $1,071,549 
Ireland$76,586$82,384$141,339$58,555$43,448$167,324$150,913
Israel$657,000$584,000$891,000$703,000$230,000$628,000$892,000
Italy$26,033,514$25,189,562$26,303,089$32,785,723$16,934,544$26,893,006$40,239,754
Jamaica$14,332$10,535$14,100$5,213 $4,453 
Japan$112,604,843$115,540,132$132,135,255$243,567,975$101,920,478$250,125,050$275,469,218
Jordan$126,123$163,854$62,618$73,885$129,421$93,769$50,980
Kazakhstan$100,093$65,995$163,098$439,588$96,611  
Kenya$8,526$6,865$14,862$4,219$45,475$28,875 
Korea, South$26,286,372$25,615,882$30,467,048$54,689,381$45,842,958$79,773,875$116,392,267
Kuwait $128,161$129,061$28,553   
Kyrgyzstan$73,357$635,877$183,075$332,487 $1,674$1,500
Latvia$6,287$138$6,506$220$16$47$12,960
Lebanon$97,000$51,810$93,219$47,125$98,685$52,561$92,758
Lithuania$22,058$15,062$11,226$127,532$807,793$476,390$704
Luxembourg$94,136$92,236$79,061$130,304$58,596$169,706$272,736
Macedonia$52,405 $17,042$60,600$61,493 $64,453
Madagascar$86,599$34,583$85,249$29,349$37,466$47,739 
Malawi$148$45  $978 $9,994
Malaysia$5,118,156$2,737,127$2,660,131$3,126,024$1,950,654$5,872,403$8,582,546
Mali $50,963   $21,124 
Malta$2,301 $1,683$2,551$819$31,167 
Mauritania$27,849  $12,916$19,348  
Mauritius$180$5,725$338$369$48$1,538$7,094
Mayotte$98  $92   
Mexico$9,993,296$10,880,418$11,668,914$15,324,157$9,966,076$14,734,489$22,114,645
Moldova$333      
Mongolia  $1,961    
Montenegro  $223$39$17$236 
Morocco$349,239$470,428$486,893$774,780$539,161$524,879 
Mozambique $793  $5,248$3,096 
Namibia$130$680$13    
Nepal    $4,818$15,253 
Netherlands$4,807,338$4,876,950$7,602,404$6,664,581$2,998,978$4,454,584 
Netherlands Antilles  $914    
New Caledonia    $632$2,269$290
New Zealand$89,144$88,705$33,754$83,817$56,210$402,063$275,681
Nicaragua$7,020    $2,141$4,943
Niger$379$6,555$32  $11 
Nigeria $6,841$1,920$78,130$15,933$75,276 
Norway$18,162,209$33,115,370$38,649,154$48,866,431$51,158,481$49,545,653$62,805,260
Oman$809$2,653 $117,537$52,869$1,636 
Pakistan$1,103,058$257,890$418,484$366,337$467,140$448,858$336,837
Panama$306$4,612$517$809$4,430$4,457$5,486
Paraguay $222     
Peru$333,713$285,030$368,842$427,094$400,797$602,826$532,292
Philippines$1,309,414$2,485,458$3,702,870$5,541,012$6,783,640$7,393,388$11,020,703
Poland$14,510,764$27,450,707$26,924,551$33,665,734$19,358,915$31,074,803$47,502,181
Portugal$1,130,472$1,533,484$1,669,004$1,401,618$1,617,887$2,531,717$4,031,445
Qatar$225,739$376,412$1,076,898$3,968,892 $501,657 
Romania$240,780$418,375$303,880$690,665$451,340$399,832$481,571
Russia$5,998,979$6,520,664$7,203,736$7,234,174$1,748,704$5,725,788$14,352,915
Rwanda  $12$1,535$14,825 $2,129
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $1,022   
Saudi Arabia$31,877$45,836$106,527    
Senegal   $259   
Serbia$113,154$195,371$533,929$313,567$130,640$403,028$635,012
Seychelles$673$7 $713   
Singapore$3,126,137$3,664,061$9,448,501$12,128,094$6,513,219$34,532,063$37,634,765
Slovakia$734,479$405,298$606,101$607,449$182,566$162,414$187,919
Slovenia$2,285,270$2,973,851$3,330,465$3,498,009$2,095,504$4,550,239$7,194,738
South Africa$2,570,044$2,246,677$1,927,330$2,514,103$1,335,360$1,960,830$1,829,363
Spain$6,840,549$7,947,302$8,586,707$14,353,476$16,544,880$14,232,151 
Sri Lanka$25,054$56,180$61,709$45,942$47,976$100,474$75,762
Sudan$25,863$5,124$3,247$3,099$9,091  
Suriname   $23 $1,570 
Swaziland$605 $324    
Sweden$18,175,057$21,965,922$50,932,030$39,476,819$29,122,958$44,057,235$61,449,235
Switzerland$6,423,424$5,959,234$8,398,296$10,835,218$7,132,660$10,133,537$9,032,449
Syria$892,448$263,151$441,173$598,962 $775,611 
Tanzania$4,066$1,318$4,898$22,863$71,441$3,947$19,889
Thailand$9,340,547$5,647,890$5,060,615$8,750,074$5,260,183$8,603,044$11,335,605
Togo     $5,256 
Tonga     $219 
Trinidad and Tobago$565$64$796$56,901 $2,612 
Tunisia$332,508$325,106$400,479$509,919$541,226$474,700 
Turkey$5,358,839$4,720,993$5,759,786$8,621,530$3,820,431$7,568,844$9,163,702
Uganda$2,782 $36,736$6,320$551$12,256 
Ukraine$6,027,019$4,861,580$2,499,748$3,323,710$4,481,618$4,843,480$2,984,817
United Arab Emirates$495,495 $1,805,552$2,507,579   
United Kingdom$17,641,893$18,286,939$17,993,542$21,787,626$12,411,324$15,249,586$22,216,621
United States$138,720,988$129,675,228$146,259,836$159,536,621$78,525,445$174,643,949$211,213,353
Uruguay$10,746$9,537$12,700$11,804$11,179  
Venezuela$643,265$523,820$400,115$625,231$504,979$316,532$460,079
Vietnam$1,156,437$792,195$1,303,533$1,311,525$1,026,624$2,431,130 
Yemen$6,387 $18,654$18,482 $31,433 
Zambia $1,858$3,190$1,848$6,052$314 
Zimbabwe$16,511$2,681$17,193$8,714$285$1,322