RankCountryImports of Pigments & preps. based on chromium comps. in USD (2010)
1Thailand$14,223,520
2China$13,453,224
3Turkey$13,294,862
4Malaysia$13,179,790
5Brazil$12,365,740
6United States$11,986,467
7Belgium$11,663,251
8Russia$9,203,701
9Italy$8,765,589
10Spain$7,965,169
11United Kingdom$7,763,060
12Saudi Arabia$7,543,476
13Japan$6,477,662
14Indonesia$6,270,167
15Korea, South$5,435,980
16France$5,248,887
17Poland$5,018,494
18Germany$4,397,212
19Mexico$4,322,689
20Singapore$4,130,305
21Argentina$3,658,720
22Iran$3,247,641
23Vietnam$3,025,320
24Portugal$3,017,253
25South Africa$2,819,228
26Netherlands$2,666,121
27Chile$2,582,692
28Austria$2,482,247
29Peru$1,876,770
30Ukraine$1,868,776
31Nigeria$1,803,960
32Egypt$1,619,189
33Morocco$1,573,037
34Greece$1,496,145
35Canada$1,468,596
36Cote d'Ivoire$1,339,455
37Ecuador$1,279,135
38Philippines$1,272,382
39Israel$1,270,000
40Pakistan$1,239,895
41Denmark$1,220,648
42Lithuania$1,192,713
43Dominican Republic$1,176,831
44Belarus$1,148,100
45India$1,145,033
46Colombia$1,005,578
47Guatemala$994,384
48Sweden$965,842
49Slovenia$919,251
50Romania$888,030
51Kenya$780,379
52Venezuela$744,879
53Lebanon$732,036
54Costa Rica$725,684
55Algeria$698,274
56Jordan$648,209
57Syria$645,227
58Czech Republic$613,505
59Finland$549,771
60Switzerland$525,013
61Cyprus$509,358
62Hungary$457,000
63Australia$425,959
64Serbia$405,896
65Paraguay$376,379
66Zimbabwe$363,471
67Bulgaria$347,011
68Tunisia$306,327
69Bolivia$302,908
70Slovakia$302,612
71Oman$300,612
72Azerbaijan$287,374
73Croatia$269,259
74Mauritius$248,242
75Fiji$201,570
76New Zealand$201,433
77Ethiopia$199,911
78Tanzania$140,198
79Mali$133,427
80El Salvador$127,060
81Qatar$122,840
82Bosnia and Herzegovina$118,743
83Guyana$106,252
84Hong Kong$95,944
85Cameroon$83,018
86Norway$82,273
87Panama$79,219
88Nepal$77,124
89Estonia$73,544
90Ireland$71,951
91Sri Lanka$66,385
92Zambia$64,960
93Uganda$53,574
94Botswana$49,028
95Mozambique$48,404
96Benin$40,541
97Cambodia$38,749
98Madagascar$33,487
99Jamaica$33,210
100Latvia$33,050
101Ghana$29,388
102Albania$24,618
103Senegal$22,844
104Moldova$20,722
105Bahrain$20,279
106Yemen$18,415
107Malta$17,776
108Burundi$16,610
109French Polynesia$16,119
110Mauritania$15,503
111Armenia$13,642
112Malawi$8,657
113Nicaragua$8,638
114Montenegro$5,746
115New Caledonia$4,633
116Bahamas, The$4,595
117Luxembourg$827
118Georgia$104
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$9,295$41,328$8,802$128,625$47,119$24,618$12,087
Algeria$867,680$820,261$1,185,664$1,836,830$1,172,205$698,274$448,248
Antigua and Barbuda$80      
Argentina$2,124,913$2,160,023$2,982,450$3,430,850$2,172,031$3,658,720$2,977,059
Armenia  $3,900$5,040$11,010$13,642$13,822
Australia$2,132,826$1,508,109$1,539,845$1,256,185$526,365$425,959$994,279
Austria$1,463,415$1,956,022$3,782,632$4,071,199$2,116,981$2,482,247 
Azerbaijan$761$295$460$28,513 $287,374$126,491
Bahamas, The$204$39$11,618$18,425$35,198$4,595$30,530
Bahrain$29,239$26,035$17,816$81,479$79,305$20,279$9,353
Bangladesh$799,284$736,910$1,159,057    
Barbados $240$505$33,649  $41,925
Belarus$520,100$932,300$720,100$1,792,900$988,900$1,148,100$1,044,300
Belgium$14,092,350$14,018,808$12,051,922$12,712,911$9,294,538$11,663,251$5,336,373
Benin$47,904$57,196   $40,541 
Bhutan$28   $35  
Bolivia$140,249$108,166$148,544$170,104$228,534$302,908$229,989
Bosnia and Herzegovina$83,423$76,746$143,406$150,644$37,655$118,743$123,181
Botswana$40,514$7,029$16,843$9,093$1,729$49,028$358,828
Brazil$6,652,102$8,333,524$10,052,885$9,022,777$6,467,502$12,365,740$9,205,038
Brunei $8,079     
Bulgaria$633,707$808,832$835,751$594,430$370,063$347,011$457,544
Burundi$863 $4,999$21,603$20,952$16,610 
Cambodia$29,723$23,492$11,275$20,783$21,936$38,749 
Cameroon$78,190$81,134$156,706$158,764$117,626$83,018 
Canada$1,657,363$2,199,113$2,400,345$2,162,934$1,125,506$1,468,596$1,523,599
Cape Verde $1,136     
Chile$921,486$1,233,605$1,448,002$2,387,518$1,383,423$2,582,692$2,079,496
China$9,414,298$11,806,500$14,179,043$12,849,956$9,949,852$13,453,224$12,342,837
Colombia$470,187$427,340$1,094,219$631,545$691,623$1,005,578$902,959
Costa Rica$169,392$333,534$459,462$608,820$375,057$725,684$1,010,520
Cote d'Ivoire$362,659$652,214$641,256$1,195,292$1,281,554$1,339,455$1,012,441
Croatia$311,272$297,141$340,280$280,410$177,297$269,259$220,684
Cuba$88,438$216,061     
Cyprus$82,754$54,566$84,929$77,794$83,448$509,358$144,299
Czech Republic$895,919$781,114$1,086,979$939,056$498,004$613,505$747,688
Denmark$850,170$1,319,600$1,478,403$2,100,657$1,545,691$1,220,648$1,441,572
Dominican Republic$203,815$509,940$760,291$1,296,571$643,103$1,176,831$1,873,317
East Timor$138      
Ecuador$532,359$592,387$640,432$1,095,419$892,069$1,279,135$1,150,672
Egypt$1,003,035$3,002,724$4,042,729$2,718,336$1,776,993$1,619,189$1,838,603
El Salvador$82,215$82,860$139,461$126,825$94,437$127,060 
Estonia$16,594$42,186$58,090$218,244$30,046$73,544$94,436
Ethiopia$76,271$48,315$95,671$23,234$69,092$199,911$148,621
Faroe Islands$27,142$25,356$59,855$29,311$43,143  
Fiji$190,646$226,754$234,122$210,457$210,646$201,570 
Finland$974,153$701,103$1,072,298$1,104,812$517,305$549,771$776,890
France$12,725,180$11,696,683$8,672,987$8,933,770$3,551,781$5,248,887$4,387,165
French Polynesia$21,844$3,092$5,210$3,395$6,864$16,119$5,706
Gabon$20,024$28,935$112,799$103,926$50,971  
Gambia, The $356  $3,045  
Georgia$2,755$8,028$9,929 $1,735$104 
Germany$8,740,000$8,585,000$12,383,000$10,765,000$3,878,000$4,397,212$10,713,125
Ghana$50,041$173,170$78,423$60,133$87,377$29,388$231,529
Greece$1,922,309$1,922,636$1,926,964$2,383,267$1,429,134$1,496,145$1,248,786
Grenada   $57   
Guatemala$1,129,220$776,557$683,710$725,548$652,599$994,384$1,202,416
Guinea$3,511$1,097$5,620$198   
Guyana$69,884$90,211$62,112$81,590$144,085$106,252$76,722
Honduras$22,331$11,880$25,746 $16,417  
Hong Kong$783,149$433,320$448,956$269,075$194,489$95,944$350,276
Hungary$919,000$916,000$1,079,000$1,644,000$5,875,000$457,000$448,000
Iceland$1,321$1,395$42,482 $5,398 $436
India$168,472$1,048,079$859,142$584,661$868,561$1,145,033$511,443
Indonesia$3,693,240$3,844,674$5,932,999$7,540,242$4,203,887$6,270,167$7,803,668
Iran$1,879,437$1,112,051   $3,247,641 
Ireland$570,256$664,078$477,510$213,524$98,073$71,951$271,373
Israel$1,709,000$1,855,000$2,593,000$1,921,000$1,320,000$1,270,000$1,229,000
Italy$8,188,381$13,839,856$13,855,980$16,260,916$11,270,063$8,765,589$6,316,837
Jamaica $11,128$12$50,053$6,879$33,210 
Japan$6,287,224$6,733,704$7,739,134$10,691,367$4,650,683$6,477,662$6,695,826
Jordan$451,744$486,926$417,342$704,482$510,432$648,209$605,473
Kazakhstan$47,313$48,910$67,607$47,310$6,041  
Kenya$346,221$324,056$665,846$944,768$648,167$780,379 
Korea, South$5,205,452$3,346,287$3,267,555$3,176,167$2,900,102$5,435,980$4,815,151
Kuwait $180,952$397,334$682,292   
Kyrgyzstan$4,558 $366$8,600$46,275 $1,399
Latvia$121,244$81,780$88,990$37,344$9,225$33,050$50,303
Lebanon$309,000$194,174$365,412$522,391$364,811$732,036$650,700
Lithuania$132,438$602,878$602,318$708,541$539,979$1,192,713$1,600,170
Luxembourg$135,936$245,484$147,371$21,530$1,052$827$3,635
Macau$2,317 $3,547    
Macedonia$87,887$52,735$106,999$155,610$33,525 $110,427
Madagascar$23,920$11,055$52,565$23,882$52,052$33,487 
Malawi $818$6,204$4,136$20,899$8,657$105,067
Malaysia$5,244,669$6,198,684$9,168,566$10,610,727$8,631,232$13,179,790$8,459,337
Mali$4,227$10,800$800$109,435 $133,427 
Malta$15,735$854$2,619$3,228$4,225$17,776 
Mauritania     $15,503 
Mauritius$108,478$58,111$109,433$98,125$55,002$248,242$279,843
Mexico$2,749,731$3,712,807$3,605,662$4,456,077$3,951,203$4,322,689$3,968,714
Moldova$19,881$20,745$53,282$29,890$56,548$20,722$18,318
Mongolia  $2,491    
Montenegro $1,106$944 $129$5,746$6,595
Morocco$398,169$671,576$848,680$1,350,683$874,622$1,573,037 
Mozambique$6,204$9,506$16,677$24,216$37,762$48,404$68,000
Namibia$4,235,624$4,508,340$5,803,083$5,490,746   
Nepal    $100,889$77,124 
Netherlands$6,087,803$4,979,967$5,775,576$5,748,072$3,317,009$2,666,121 
Netherlands Antilles$62,787$69,241$94,801$87,896   
New Caledonia$3,476$662$5,015$671$5,189$4,633$2,161
New Zealand$559,254$426,843$472,711$195,533$219,032$201,433$320,033
Nicaragua$13,350$4,780$79,708$224,339$64,195$8,638$3,514
Niger$47 $1,203$10,274   
Nigeria $2,018,482$2,413,630$2,404,001$3,348,287$1,803,960 
Norway$36,915$66,228$29,717$50,737$244,852$82,273$405,958
Oman$48,432$114,954$114,257$467,810$469,033$300,612 
Pakistan$996,873$1,230,549$965,906$1,438,139$822,675$1,239,895$1,619,014
Panama$17,292$42,094$339,203$700$154,893$79,219$103,061
Paraguay$101,086$189,088$160,630$275,977$143,577$376,379$394,916
Peru$867,280$1,057,453$1,491,908$1,738,502$1,026,077$1,876,770$1,866,188
Philippines$1,355,441$1,280,642$1,630,050$1,593,469$893,511$1,272,382$1,616,514
Poland$2,809,624$3,797,118$3,780,224$5,849,123$4,355,115$5,018,494$4,521,844
Portugal$1,990,146$3,135,277$3,528,689$3,971,598$2,619,780$3,017,253$3,816,692
Qatar$110,693$168,988$58,872$627,762 $122,840 
Romania$1,155,447$1,092,990$1,688,784$1,879,892$1,354,509$888,030$873,480
Russia$3,127,317$3,038,170$4,024,546$5,637,214$5,651,837$9,203,701$9,948,477
Rwanda $50,635$23,676$24,986$18,882 $2,963
Saint Kitts and Nevis$36$904$265$1,130   
Samoa    $199  
Saudi Arabia$3,242,682$3,649,235$6,335,099$130,933 $7,543,476 
Senegal$18,942 $7,489$17,058$48,991$22,844$167,168
Serbia$631,353$603,259$830,006$818,217$414,677$405,896$395,044
Singapore$3,446,350$4,544,786$5,151,592$6,623,102$3,580,397$4,130,305$5,058,113
Slovakia$168,423$309,852$418,404$853,504$496,585$302,612$578,217
Slovenia$993,371$1,208,067$1,633,058$1,323,090$561,547$919,251$2,169,198
South Africa$1,758,034$1,911,649$2,731,431$3,321,268$1,674,976$2,819,228$2,988,858
Spain$6,590,576$6,637,703$8,052,762$11,415,513$6,592,338$7,965,169 
Sri Lanka$215,436$155,064$114,756$141,865$57,207$66,385$211,823
Sudan$71,036$76,324$25,696$36,631$155,573  
Swaziland$15,550$11,838$551    
Sweden$1,225,110$1,234,700$1,036,373$1,418,172$919,000$965,842$895,900
Switzerland$774,045$1,218,427$1,279,459$1,799,916$857,830$525,013$260,358
Syria$293,389$336,870$490,813$900,682 $645,227 
Tanzania$30,223$88,261$10,258$81,757$86,545$140,198$39,167
Thailand$6,303,356$6,875,043$7,976,789$11,719,174$8,488,481$14,223,520$13,897,761
Trinidad and Tobago $4,691$35,445$22,891$26,514  
Tunisia$119,159$191,987$326,482$450,185$647,493$306,327 
Turkey$7,065,556$8,658,809$13,266,859$12,032,415$10,136,970$13,294,862$13,979,423
Uganda$51,184$36,551$72,574$325,732$74,952$53,574 
Ukraine$626,883$417,675$962,108$1,369,390$885,986$1,868,776$2,051,469
United Arab Emirates$3,836,897 $7,365,614$10,129,023   
United Kingdom$6,778,238$7,766,274$8,530,575$7,140,715$5,360,758$7,763,060$7,328,809
United States$23,185,967$22,685,406$15,213,556$10,940,399$8,885,592$11,986,467$13,992,430
Uruguay$128,692$105,617$134,023$275,693$281,888  
Venezuela$606,388$778,105$766,435$1,192,912$396,600$744,879$1,069,503
Vietnam$662,277$989,113$1,605,879$2,459,027$1,978,810$3,025,320 
Yemen$136,638$129,128$29,079$66,557 $18,415 
Zambia$16,747$52,941$49,208$69,542$94,360$64,960 
Zimbabwe$7,509$133,647$130,326$40,307$141,757$363,471