RankCountryImports of Worked slate & arts. of slate/agglom. slate in USD (2010)
1France$206,058,575
2United Kingdom$110,688,792
3United States$75,364,889
4Germany$73,660,922
5Belgium$32,759,581
6Italy$16,864,645
7Spain$16,610,625
8Canada$13,199,013
9Ireland$11,591,785
10Netherlands$10,551,795
11Switzerland$8,640,406
12Australia$7,474,148
13Luxembourg$6,986,699
14Chile$6,426,319
15Denmark$5,992,375
16Vietnam$4,825,680
17Saudi Arabia$4,787,206
18Qatar$3,733,341
19Japan$3,712,125
20South Africa$3,409,331
21Russia$3,127,021
22Sweden$2,841,873
23Iran$2,446,595
24Austria$2,275,780
25Portugal$2,211,955
26Poland$2,070,536
27Norway$1,945,801
28Mexico$1,934,964
29Czech Republic$1,687,311
30Korea, South$1,324,516
31Dominican Republic$1,179,073
32Colombia$1,151,867
33Cyprus$1,133,651
34Mauritius$1,118,830
35Philippines$1,110,061
36Malaysia$980,524
37Israel$921,000
38Venezuela$826,221
39New Zealand$801,051
40Lebanon$744,165
41Egypt$720,203
42Bahrain$658,184
43Argentina$657,321
44Ukraine$625,646
45Estonia$610,563
46Turkey$593,549
47Thailand$521,256
48Singapore$451,380
49Costa Rica$449,575
50Ecuador$429,032
51Romania$428,363
52Trinidad and Tobago$394,494
53Finland$391,004
54Peru$377,812
55Indonesia$350,194
56Slovenia$346,129
57Oman$291,132
58Panama$289,585
59Bulgaria$275,966
60Hungary$253,000
61Hong Kong$239,289
62Slovakia$226,705
63China$183,130
64Greece$175,209
65Lithuania$173,000
66Guatemala$160,021
67Belarus$156,400
68Suriname$138,097
69Algeria$135,078
70Croatia$131,512
71El Salvador$128,155
72Malta$126,987
73Brazil$123,786
74Morocco$121,884
75Nigeria$120,696
76India$79,106
77Bermuda$75,916
78Serbia$73,902
79Ghana$66,739
80Zimbabwe$54,498
81Maldives$49,174
82Tanzania$46,361
83Iceland$45,934
84Barbados$42,241
85Bosnia and Herzegovina$33,472
86Jordan$33,449
87Jamaica$33,058
88New Caledonia$29,966
89Belize$26,498
90Senegal$24,256
91Nicaragua$24,127
92Latvia$21,883
93French Polynesia$20,168
94Botswana$19,876
95Tunisia$18,899
96Paraguay$17,003
97Uganda$15,936
98Bahamas, The$14,913
99Zambia$13,458
100Montenegro$13,446
101Aruba$12,902
102Georgia$10,395
103Antigua and Barbuda$9,711
104Mozambique$7,492
105Pakistan$5,016
106Azerbaijan$3,863
107Moldova$1,896
108Cameroon$1,610
109Kenya$1,330
110Malawi$1,107
111Yemen$982
112Fiji$955
113Albania$953
114Ethiopia$690
115Sri Lanka$638
116Madagascar$519
117Bolivia$475
118Cote d'Ivoire$473
119Tonga$408
120Nepal$298
121Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$249
122Guyana$68
123Armenia$63
124Kyrgyzstan$29
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$46,643$6,575$9,547$13,453$13,839$953$3,285
Algeria$45,465$32,296$46,710$21,511$366,364$135,078$77,710
Anguilla $11,849$11,857$58,385   
Antigua and Barbuda$1,586$1,729$4,810 $16,650$9,711$43,107
Argentina$382,185$368,079$424,209$500,878$346,934$657,321$671,848
Armenia$15 $87$73$6,846$63$16,553
Aruba    $73,303$12,902$18,756
Australia$4,156,823$4,075,520$6,255,748$7,268,677$6,261,610$7,474,148$8,540,117
Austria$1,690,402$1,327,808$2,106,422$2,324,999$1,832,360$2,275,780 
Azerbaijan$24,326$115$199$2,299$12,805$3,863$72,247
Bahamas, The$158,143$239,972$133,219$236,447$125,290$14,913$22,436
Bahrain$34,675$42,117$57,540$670,906$651,962$658,184$562,262
Bangladesh$3,995$8,337$29,466    
Barbados$522$13,489$27,073$96,628$21,985$42,241$14,995
Belarus$150,700$225,900$87,800$97,400$34,100$156,400$185,600
Belgium$29,174,214$32,387,435$36,873,705$38,015,356$32,299,997$32,759,581$35,929,477
Belize$40,185$51,735$50,578$19,194$10,093$26,498 
Bermuda     $75,916 
Bhutan$1,734$300 $433$1,421  
Bolivia$22$3,475$535 $5,663$475$26,423
Bosnia and Herzegovina$10,040$19,681$42,410$21,640$41,357$33,472$68,314
Botswana$99,031$33,003$96,276$101,770$67,872$19,876$10,033
Brazil$65,969$30,069$87,846$69,050$160,000$123,786$197,735
Brunei $98,018     
Bulgaria$80,536$179,089$245,140$115,645$76,275$275,966$31,080
Burkina Faso   $782   
Burundi$16,510   $112  
Cambodia   $55$171  
Cameroon$91$289$1,958$8,775$11,844$1,610 
Canada$8,525,076$10,599,454$12,738,050$12,747,877$10,216,712$13,199,013$12,895,240
Cape Verde  $158 $626  
Chile$3,314,265$2,843,584$3,890,125$6,126,599$3,865,448$6,426,319$5,723,860
China$187,458$212,444$491,655$1,432,895$274,082$183,130$532,295
Colombia$476,438$621,267$717,720$669,096$657,852$1,151,867$1,037,950
Cook Islands$1,814      
Costa Rica$55,138$264,308$449,801$542,476$216,000$449,575$285,382
Cote d'Ivoire$367$36$84,385$3,997$11,472$473$1,910
Croatia$302,238$379,089$338,775$424,289$233,456$131,512$149,760
Cuba$1,334$1,694     
Cyprus$738,911$977,983$1,484,822$1,918,919$1,571,823$1,133,651$854,335
Czech Republic$935,647$1,167,616$1,411,789$1,748,980$1,703,638$1,687,311$1,561,761
Denmark$6,711,357$7,965,383$8,765,811$10,170,416$5,926,259$5,992,375$5,391,977
Djibouti    $34,806  
Dominica $504  $28  
Dominican Republic$54,781$62,893$576,408$510,685$870,499$1,179,073$243,537
Ecuador$212,765$249,370$477,072$336,253$282,811$429,032$690,288
Egypt$7,145$3,368$29,937$185,893$183,463$720,203$892,066
El Salvador$67,700$279,955$90,898$140,745$34,516$128,155 
Estonia$102,643$614,046$511,243$450,859$390,510$610,563$241,344
Ethiopia$603 $10 $2,422$690$38,476
Faroe Islands$63,808$116,188$77,324$154,078$19,455  
Fiji $9,163$27,944$170,021$66,160$955 
Finland$1,097,145$1,004,073$313,207$582,315$357,384$391,004$391,275
France$207,965,296$210,272,864$251,286,033$276,831,953$208,607,131$206,058,575$204,522,865
French Polynesia$22,572$12,927$11,169$33,340$21,040$20,168$32,687
Gabon $3,919 $9,430$5,622  
Georgia$248$712$1,472$3,263$10,084$10,395 
Germany$74,227,000$79,734,000$91,558,000$87,345,000$73,215,000$73,660,922$86,786,642
Ghana$276,951$186,365$71,137$39,851$277,705$66,739$317,331
Greece$1,318,446$148,470$280,115$437,610$530,508$175,209$24,539
Greenland$44,343$15,079$80,252    
Grenada$1,139$1,274$134$19,478$61  
Guatemala$140,928$149,883$170,136$113,858$178,484$160,021$124,876
Guyana$1,454$154$889$734$2,841$68$17,322
Honduras$44,669$71,608$71,793 $57,605  
Hong Kong$927,253$622,374$660,502$260,490$655,081$239,289$244,012
Hungary$290,000$203,000$322,000$339,000$50,000$253,000$193,000
Iceland$24,201$146,328$164,400$149,558$34,758$45,934$20,295
India$33,658$91,740$71,780$8,515$70,828$79,106$190,077
Indonesia$93,949$77,870$73,866$475,589$157,216$350,194$210,841
Iran$5,776$23,996   $2,446,595 
Ireland$46,285,774$48,242,589$63,912,662$33,802,468$15,818,255$11,591,785$14,512,195
Israel$470,000$275,000$530,000$592,000$665,000$921,000$1,176,000
Italy$15,467,187$17,506,228$21,867,100$18,762,341$13,693,080$16,864,645$15,787,765
Jamaica$30,458$56,166$47,827$52,067$24,594$33,058 
Japan$3,260,383$3,885,870$4,520,330$4,465,225$3,236,835$3,712,125$5,671,321
Jordan $57,549$32,334$39,319$105,949$33,449$7,363
Kazakhstan$76,667$80,704$551,829$190,324$574,996  
Kenya$803$798$19,997$37,044$17,689$1,330 
Kiribati$927      
Korea, South$937,804$2,563,745$2,088,438$1,776,908$1,317,099$1,324,516$928,107
Kuwait $750,574$285,919    
Kyrgyzstan$99$13$6,540$3,812$117$29$21,221
Latvia$103,573$132,542$133,331$309,791$40,405$21,883$88,517
Lebanon$72,000$100,930$147,135$217,192$519,894$744,165$579,438
Lithuania$261,986$277,651$509,406$462,891$311,712$173,000$252,658
Luxembourg$8,871,663$9,437,466$8,928,972$10,121,405$8,985,771$6,986,699$8,610,089
Macau$451,940$103,720$60,436$65,507$100,462  
Macedonia$6,298 $28,382$2$22,892 $14,326
Madagascar$7,128$34,136 $161,130$36$519 
Malawi$15,693 $7,552$26 $1,107$37,418
Malaysia$317,830$361,108$407,694$747,144$958,015$980,524$1,240,309
Maldives$85,897$68,049$22,290$24,981$104,691$49,174$39,023
Mali   $1,905   
Malta$29,450$130,323$403,996$164,038$121,111$126,987 
Mauritania$5,036      
Mauritius$54,631$388,871$703,027$942,934$823,808$1,118,830$741,928
Mayotte    $71  
Mexico$1,585,325$2,288,101$3,125,184$2,760,539$1,288,298$1,934,964$2,275,425
Moldova$877$761$18,101$30,136$20,238$1,896$34,782
Mongolia $14$93    
Montenegro $8,976 $11,031$10,476$13,446$21,329
Montserrat    $263  
Morocco$17,056$3,596$136,855$171,713$77,157$121,884 
Mozambique$625$297$30$1,873$27,286$7,492$6,000
Namibia$18,330$26,565$45,737$20,552   
Nepal     $298 
Netherlands$7,460,263$7,118,186$9,108,061$13,433,779$8,657,978$10,551,795 
Netherlands Antilles$4,342$16,282$6,102$9,920   
New Caledonia $709 $1,092$1,637$29,966$69,954
New Zealand$556,145$726,166$736,801$732,215$358,032$801,051$658,193
Nicaragua$10$5,618$13,904$9,194$28,098$24,127$46,061
Niger$1,660     $2,123
Nigeria $11,385$69,442$94,690$14,211$120,696 
Norway$2,603,381$3,064,929$3,262,449$2,465,960$1,134,307$1,945,801$3,510,586
Oman$121,131$50,616$139,675$2,953,692$546,695$291,132 
Pakistan$13,598$3,435$18,430$13,365$9,408$5,016$42,138
Panama$32,169$83,733$121,611$195,600$218,832$289,585$129,802
Paraguay$808$2,129$4,833$6,855$10,595$17,003$32,049
Peru$6$26,615$61,722$96,929$152,693$377,812$254,627
Philippines$667,214$568,479$855,126$1,056,746$701,800$1,110,061$639,331
Poland$408,795$460,357$2,673,873$1,778,090$1,439,411$2,070,536$3,861,091
Portugal$1,205,667$1,446,789$1,576,884$3,521,002$1,741,370$2,211,955$2,098,171
Qatar$1,864,439$1,641,714$4,317,311$9,086,938 $3,733,341 
Romania$343,514$429,602$549,688$1,266,917$558,520$428,363$699,486
Russia$2,593,659$3,644,242$3,016,624$2,984,110$1,863,412$3,127,021$3,870,988
Rwanda$2,019$189    $19,986
Saint Kitts and Nevis $769 $1,249   
Saint Lucia$25,557$635 $3,577   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,361$3,747$464$2,483$3,313$249 
Samoa $7,193$19,654$3,009$520 $863
Sao Tome and Principe$30,216$71$490$9   
Saudi Arabia$2,680,865$1,301,830$2,247,555  $4,787,206 
Senegal$7,138$11,264$65,889$17,688$114,017$24,256$16,522
Serbia$25,880$98,606$61,906$49,478$60,618$73,902$306,394
Seychelles$41,628$14,535 $83,569   
Singapore$495,683$449,839$1,268,530$336,110$593,805$451,380$1,141,214
Slovakia$226,360$48,234$50,105$170,999$250,141$226,705$440,954
Slovenia$256,161$182,607$465,976$331,003$232,956$346,129$357,442
South Africa$1,518,198$2,368,061$2,541,662$3,096,722$3,056,783$3,409,331$2,350,727
Spain$13,106,141$17,167,787$24,204,955$20,873,742$13,567,234$16,610,625 
Sri Lanka$36,493$38,483$46,156$34,183$16,195$638$9,979
Sudan  $480$64,362$266,933  
Suriname $14,743$1,859$31,739$15,453$138,097$87,323
Swaziland$16,488$8,269$2,936    
Sweden$1,112,860$1,730,319$2,554,874$3,388,557$2,496,329$2,841,873$2,061,140
Switzerland$5,833,309$7,126,008$8,840,421$9,090,899$8,055,235$8,640,406$10,269,950
Syria $31,246     
Tanzania$11,305$15,778$29,498$16,554$28,999$46,361$39,863
Thailand$172,210$348,305$529,747$546,846$385,017$521,256$544,843
Togo$707     $3,247
Tonga$117,420$142,318$67 $2$408 
Trinidad and Tobago$197,258$157,770$204,694$181,422$388,805$394,494 
Tunisia$156 $1,133$34,201$4,818$18,899 
Turkey$1,207,416$1,409,332$592,149$639,638$413,606$593,549$624,358
Uganda $42$66,263$44,155$62$15,936 
Ukraine$476,455$337,086$424,325$905,530$505,574$625,646$402,382
United Arab Emirates$1,145,867 $2,459,433$2,401,064   
United Kingdom$115,670,379$111,860,376$137,384,349$137,634,052$102,548,905$110,688,792$115,837,748
United States$157,409,611$170,548,561$154,704,544$123,271,009$75,208,895$75,364,889$74,563,087
Uruguay$173,983$213,807$291,363$556,451$469,482  
Vanuatu $94     
Venezuela$423,385$390,229$610,746$1,357,019$2,289,986$826,221$722,543
Vietnam$236,836$358,977$389,938$830,167$959,431$4,825,680 
Yemen$1$2,618$323$33$14$982 
Zambia$843$46,070$78,270$8,541$59,749$13,458 
Zimbabwe$230$149$1,444$23,082$6,793$54,498