RankCountryImports of Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles & sim. refractory ceramic constructional g ... in USD (2010)
1India$153,607,054
2Japan$137,083,755
3United States$101,713,228
4Korea, South$72,231,876
5Ukraine$63,658,233
6Russia$47,820,852
7Mexico$47,133,389
8France$42,249,563
9Germany$38,036,746
10Italy$36,809,878
11Egypt$36,369,347
12Malaysia$32,944,942
13Belgium$32,433,357
14Czech Republic$31,935,440
15Sweden$30,233,958
16South Africa$29,889,277
17Brazil$29,627,154
18United Kingdom$27,584,138
19Canada$27,183,102
20Indonesia$27,066,097
21Saudi Arabia$24,343,497
22Turkey$20,104,570
23Finland$19,665,238
24Iran$19,543,312
25Chile$18,786,718
26China$17,662,356
27Spain$16,917,262
28Algeria$14,895,794
29Australia$14,477,952
30Vietnam$13,671,010
31Argentina$10,150,997
32Peru$9,702,801
33Poland$8,772,069
34Colombia$8,089,744
35Thailand$7,979,725
36Philippines$7,480,217
37Austria$7,326,117
38Greece$7,219,926
39Pakistan$7,214,430
40Trinidad and Tobago$6,977,370
41Belarus$6,466,400
42Morocco$6,374,241
43Syria$6,146,359
44Tunisia$5,768,152
45Netherlands$5,665,011
46Nigeria$5,368,184
47Zambia$5,111,838
48Bulgaria$5,090,337
49Romania$4,828,128
50Portugal$4,623,744
51Latvia$4,224,492
52Zimbabwe$4,117,766
53Venezuela$4,024,052
54Slovakia$3,934,155
55Qatar$3,879,552
56Norway$3,270,532
57Albania$3,079,340
58Lebanon$2,894,792
59Bolivia$2,825,893
60Switzerland$2,730,986
61New Zealand$2,654,769
62Dominican Republic$2,600,996
63Croatia$2,593,673
64Slovenia$2,527,110
65Singapore$2,360,512
66Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,901,121
67Ecuador$1,878,035
68Oman$1,849,224
69Kenya$1,774,477
70Azerbaijan$1,742,323
71Tanzania$1,689,533
72Denmark$1,657,107
73Hong Kong$1,622,003
74Ethiopia$1,557,254
75Hungary$1,423,000
76Guatemala$1,408,775
77Serbia$1,385,848
78Botswana$1,343,845
79Armenia$1,255,458
80Luxembourg$1,255,202
81New Caledonia$1,141,112
82Yemen$1,047,266
83Aruba$1,014,232
84Ireland$943,469
85Senegal$874,611
86Jordan$870,686
87Israel$847,000
88Sri Lanka$845,967
89Georgia$778,952
90Lithuania$732,676
91Jamaica$681,771
92Uganda$650,773
93Nepal$650,187
94Costa Rica$624,605
95Kyrgyzstan$474,521
96Barbados$470,395
97Paraguay$437,324
98Estonia$382,314
99Cyprus$364,622
100Montenegro$340,357
101Panama$295,634
102Mozambique$284,227
103Moldova$283,894
104Bermuda$273,523
105Nicaragua$141,556
106Tonga$90,595
107Guyana$72,341
108Cameroon$41,267
109Bahamas, The$30,277
110Samoa$29,892
111Ghana$29,368
112Niger$21,550
113Cambodia$16,052
114Iceland$12,352
115Bahrain$10,346
116Madagascar$4,773
117Antigua and Barbuda$4,759
118Bhutan$3,300
119Cote d'Ivoire$2,063
120Mauritius$1,421
121Dominica$44
122Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$44
123El Salvador$27
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,435,651$1,269,695$1,837,921$2,397,969$2,500,778$3,079,340$2,231,216
Algeria$16,539,882$22,132,655$20,188,843$25,582,935$17,992,939$14,895,794$19,561,658
Antigua and Barbuda  $11,972  $4,759 
Argentina$6,581,796$8,472,114$8,720,474$10,845,279$4,974,346$10,150,997$12,512,305
Armenia$386,888$1,460,452$512,386$555,571$503,934$1,255,458$225,967
Aruba    $868,740$1,014,232$484,361
Australia$11,616,297$20,029,751$15,995,031$21,070,250$15,657,315$14,477,952$14,931,727
Austria$5,417,898$5,075,869$6,508,754$7,443,600$5,110,004$7,326,117 
Azerbaijan$3,867,163$1,911,830$3,414,731$1,626,525$1,793,681$1,742,323$2,117,390
Bahamas, The$19,459$12,217$202,970$38,260$1,119$30,277$6,222
Bahrain$299,428$60,534$46,995$205,404$115,941$10,346$153,032
Bangladesh$293,990$672,333$515,597    
Barbados$4,141$80$901,169$685,113$105,261$470,395$640,726
Belarus$3,373,900$2,680,300$4,417,100$8,658,700$4,476,700$6,466,400$7,354,200
Belgium$40,682,316$38,535,462$38,842,932$43,577,064$32,083,650$32,433,357$44,657,601
Belize$19,747 $553 $885  
Benin$35,148$103,823     
Bermuda     $273,523 
Bhutan$1,169$137,823$13,382$37,097$97,605$3,300 
Bolivia$899,405$1,348,230$1,205,566$1,831,041$2,816,025$2,825,893$2,649,920
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,062,123$2,393,062$4,046,752$3,436,576$1,903,842$1,901,121$3,839,422
Botswana$123,929$65,365$2,606,483$79,878$881,554$1,343,845$1,971,408
Brazil$7,794,603$7,139,170$7,729,624$17,845,143$13,693,996$29,627,154$47,499,112
Brunei $237     
Bulgaria$10,998,199$9,224,054$14,557,124$8,835,010$8,306,960$5,090,337$7,316,672
Cambodia$473$2,995$104,340$4,896 $16,052 
Cameroon$131,599$86,119$61,600$205,735$117,616$41,267 
Canada$19,365,550$25,811,757$25,480,414$33,546,006$18,266,194$27,183,102$32,894,934
Central African Republic$5,063 $3,929    
Chile$6,645,006$7,853,742$11,019,354$15,938,090$8,522,304$18,786,718$19,300,153
China$30,992,929$31,004,936$40,524,773$24,834,701$22,748,021$17,662,356$30,088,098
Colombia$8,864,239$7,727,618$11,054,766$12,377,779$7,083,690$8,089,744$11,227,763
Comoros$2,225$299$287    
Costa Rica$298,277$720,859$496,901$978,144$1,573,178$624,605$514,144
Cote d'Ivoire$775$1,553$41$438 $2,063$31
Croatia$2,831,533$2,394,816$3,858,528$4,885,761$2,091,806$2,593,673$2,411,671
Cuba$4,338,818$3,313,316     
Cyprus$568,879$536,747$595,983$451,691$606,675$364,622$207,304
Czech Republic$23,413,030$28,507,586$38,077,350$41,543,413$24,543,841$31,935,440$42,436,527
Denmark$3,365,238$6,781,165$4,550,529$5,052,427$2,412,150$1,657,107$3,625,530
Djibouti    $9,622  
Dominica$1,395    $44 
Dominican Republic$2,470,808$3,621,516$5,967,551$2,940,278$3,049,737$2,600,996$3,847,517
East Timor$9      
Ecuador$922,383$2,353,471$1,682,513$3,512,206$2,329,523$1,878,035$2,271,860
Egypt$13,213,035$20,800,081$26,182,026$40,561,614$39,341,571$36,369,347$44,332,576
El Salvador$728,972$50,536$149,542 $3,351$27 
Estonia$470,442$753,035$366,752$1,068,763$127,702$382,314$330,307
Ethiopia$778,540$1,329,876$916,467$1,089,652$267,492$1,557,254$1,184,868
Faroe Islands$4,159$1,416$284$34,631   
Finland$17,377,249$20,579,420$18,959,827$23,009,065$14,608,332$19,665,238$22,040,202
France$30,228,368$33,742,847$45,047,650$58,473,981$29,398,313$42,249,563$41,681,545
French Polynesia   $78,619   
Gabon$575 $9,767$19,116   
Gambia, The$1,434$5,843$21,572$1,994$1,617 $887
Georgia$674,252$490,283$1,531,550$1,832,886$1,153,606$778,952 
Germany$37,154,000$45,356,000$50,462,000$50,857,000$33,377,000$38,036,746$49,896,668
Ghana$334,837$317,806$269,975$455,804$217,669$29,368$15,024
Greece$12,201,379$9,589,336$9,770,607$11,733,599$8,900,995$7,219,926$8,589,181
Greenland $46     
Grenada$678$344$73$2,779$8,115  
Guatemala$894,522$1,567,392$1,773,439$1,124,787$489,896$1,408,775$788,669
Guinea   $52,541   
Guyana$141,633$86,307$188,417$302,845$552,701$72,341$206,750
Honduras$966,618$128,285$720,182 $1,070,132  
Hong Kong$76,152$15,721$20,986$27,245$10,591$1,622,003$3,263
Hungary$3,059,000$1,996,000$3,387,000$2,462,000$2,808,000$1,423,000$3,122,000
Iceland$117,274$254,034$70,318$162,108$30,865$12,352$26,959
India$43,534,978$62,960,896$88,594,287$123,482,617$108,808,980$153,607,054$167,461,695
Indonesia$9,465,863$19,335,998$13,727,533$18,749,845$15,090,687$27,066,097$21,469,671
Iran$12,979,718$1,853,984   $19,543,312 
Ireland$2,533,035$2,392,487$2,668,955$6,611,876$424,892$943,469$954,598
Israel$414,000$985,000$667,000$1,487,000$595,000$847,000$850,000
Italy$39,812,170$35,972,875$40,215,540$47,471,729$36,180,343$36,809,878$40,991,902
Jamaica$508,608$1,545,517$743,359$1,654,028$177,708$681,771 
Japan$76,567,735$90,936,505$90,221,256$129,829,376$99,964,767$137,083,755$120,610,501
Jordan$1,608,862$607,161$2,537,925$1,867,418$789,286$870,686$3,743,423
Kazakhstan$13,142,070$22,504,483$32,438,505$34,901,553$29,089,170  
Kenya$2,455,256$880,666$804,299$376,446$933,470$1,774,477 
Korea, South$31,419,868$40,606,336$58,328,575$76,732,982$51,044,139$72,231,876$102,396,027
Kuwait $626,633$1,510,947$558,196   
Kyrgyzstan$364,312$865,959$708,771$448,933$82,410$474,521$712,055
Latvia$2,132,396$2,867,326$2,737,346$3,039,266$2,119,386$4,224,492$5,311,417
Lebanon$1,165,000$1,766,346$2,089,181$2,589,046$2,566,519$2,894,792$3,271,935
Lesotho   $9,799   
Lithuania$1,112,992$1,548,626$531,076$2,061,592$123,450$732,676$545,672
Luxembourg$1,843,956$3,426,282$3,708,152$2,805,387$1,434,681$1,255,202$4,858,130
Macau$25 $37 $45,264  
Macedonia$2,212,148$5,542,548$4,666,735$4,671,907$2,385,050 $3,397,450
Madagascar  $4,044 $822,184$4,773 
Malawi $156  $2,886  
Malaysia$11,335,855$14,735,276$32,418,160$19,970,309$11,785,644$32,944,942$19,176,765
Malta$419$837 $1,095   
Mauritania  $8,988    
Mauritius  $132$80,214$3,938$1,421 
Mayotte$353      
Mexico$33,112,082$38,020,968$44,858,076$44,270,878$28,214,371$47,133,389$55,470,235
Moldova$139,807$1,004,356$2,179,652$2,997,272$228,996$283,894$2,717
Mongolia$330,473$181,440$625,794    
Montenegro $1,081,405$1,251,952$1,890,120$668,867$340,357$622,081
Morocco$7,260,000$9,107,999$11,247,968$9,071,997$8,007,781$6,374,241 
Mozambique$79,344  $42,613$6,233$284,227$12,000
Namibia$67,006$118,129$111,012$1,028,864   
Nepal    $698,051$650,187 
Netherlands$5,136,778$4,452,321$4,147,764$3,789,808$2,799,511$5,665,011 
Netherlands Antilles$178,402$180,332$359,167$113,112   
New Caledonia$519,961$555,512$343,111$1,140,990$688,610$1,141,112$746,512
New Zealand$2,706,391$3,483,074$3,541,820$3,088,202$3,503,091$2,654,769$2,782,746
Nicaragua $719$167,856$164,702$121,098$141,556$182,717
Niger  $476 $7,974$21,550$49
Nigeria $8,178,874$5,347,228$5,264,487$7,446,104$5,368,184 
Norway$6,438,497$5,487,886$4,035,621$4,606,359$2,431,215$3,270,532$3,485,255
Oman$1,139,394$547,729$1,116,476$2,340,207$2,115,613$1,849,224 
Pakistan$6,438,692$8,459,320$21,424,185$8,400,976$13,171,776$7,214,430$8,746,159
Panama$10,872$283,145$603,757$446,371$838,645$295,634$839,430
Paraguay$1,861,630$373,798$511,852$139,571$474,576$437,324$351,819
Peru$4,108,648$8,858,946$6,456,729$12,940,735$5,058,121$9,702,801$6,750,016
Philippines$956,420$1,334,507$1,131,550$1,121,895$2,527,481$7,480,217$6,522,020
Poland$5,988,894$7,715,890$8,507,324$10,600,221$11,441,322$8,772,069$10,639,834
Portugal$2,519,203$3,456,116$6,226,185$6,207,963$4,762,099$4,623,744$7,511,099
Qatar$208,821$2,901,554$1,416,000$3,995,096 $3,879,552 
Romania$19,089,494$15,967,554$9,594,730$9,852,289$5,576,542$4,828,128$6,306,772
Russia$20,394,936$25,394,557$45,690,513$55,758,324$22,707,343$47,820,852$58,088,464
Rwanda$17,258$4,418$213,157$45,251$56 $55,995
Saint Kitts and Nevis$107$12,963     
Saint Lucia $3,899     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $89$795$44 
Samoa     $29,892$96,085
Saudi Arabia$14,979,336$17,891,021$18,560,795  $24,343,497 
Senegal$570,227$443,241$513,431$1,193$597,280$874,611$296,035
Serbia$1,547,830$866,780$3,267,815$3,750,952$3,068,591$1,385,848$3,888,695
Seychelles$2,030 $2,564$4,995   
Singapore$3,813,010$3,165,760$915,253$2,893,661$662,899$2,360,512$1,666,507
Slovakia$1,850,610$2,412,775$3,840,456$4,308,950$3,783,137$3,934,155$5,480,050
Slovenia$4,628,764$2,242,778$4,751,267$3,581,570$3,809,496$2,527,110$2,210,210
South Africa$38,527,290$31,350,174$42,879,207$47,726,731$37,227,441$29,889,277$44,079,090
Spain$17,354,059$24,119,925$24,167,615$47,057,883$23,480,107$16,917,262 
Sri Lanka$526,334$770,934$655,127$875,788$1,036,269$845,967$748,296
Sudan$115,386$649,229$36,889$437,008$3,192,305  
Suriname    $30,598 $6,515
Swaziland$118,915$114,517$102,506    
Sweden$23,008,657$22,827,957$29,311,682$33,699,292$23,072,074$30,233,958$27,743,449
Switzerland$4,470,357$5,565,463$4,991,739$4,897,373$3,232,285$2,730,986$4,055,550
Syria$4,496,208$5,409,321$4,406,939$2,656,930 $6,146,359 
Tanzania$381,823$615,612$801,289$1,177,871$981,472$1,689,533$665,189
Thailand$2,783,389$3,486,905$4,604,554$5,172,737$6,916,055$7,979,725$7,780,505
Togo$11,226 $1,818    
Tonga   $22,565$4,872$90,595 
Trinidad and Tobago$3,487,096$4,934,457$7,742,811$5,276,102$3,556,159$6,977,370 
Tunisia$5,809,934$4,419,628$3,043,345$7,942,161$6,465,192$5,768,152 
Turkey$15,491,204$26,461,129$27,285,518$31,259,640$20,751,185$20,104,570$28,616,093
Uganda$126,596$73,019$127,954$750,820$363,461$650,773 
Ukraine$57,313,006$60,882,811$89,832,982$95,322,970$32,643,695$63,658,233$58,846,951
United Arab Emirates$2,688,798 $17,831,809$9,541,297   
United Kingdom$30,032,442$34,036,307$37,817,740$36,546,056$20,848,121$27,584,138$34,818,542
United States$121,406,795$146,874,643$131,444,499$155,751,223$93,660,734$101,713,228$92,748,826
Uruguay$816,791$342,549$559,327$515,535$514,069  
Vanuatu  $8,038    
Venezuela$8,971,082$6,563,034$5,077,932$4,058,485$6,704,909$4,024,052$4,795,796
Vietnam$5,412,638$7,502,770$8,859,081$22,586,525$14,297,046$13,671,010 
Wallis and Futuna$19,259$36,141     
Yemen$87,319$400,767$736,576$1,836,255$2,781,892$1,047,266$39,353
Zambia$1,739,200$4,694,389$7,715,200$9,012,954$7,952,471$5,111,838 
Zimbabwe$164,681$1,309,795$2,040,564$2,575,625$673,870$4,117,766