RankCountryImports of Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles & sim. refractory ceramic constructional g ... in USD (2010)
1Korea, South$80,833,841
2Japan$78,490,820
3South Africa$66,311,891
4Saudi Arabia$52,297,665
5United States$52,288,283
6Indonesia$46,040,791
7Germany$44,590,832
8China$31,849,324
9India$26,864,929
10Vietnam$26,043,690
11France$22,181,849
12Thailand$21,263,004
13Algeria$16,273,623
14Canada$16,242,360
15Italy$15,850,643
16Austria$15,659,476
17Mexico$14,979,986
18Malaysia$13,883,377
19Nigeria$12,426,700
20Venezuela$12,305,822
21United Kingdom$11,198,100
22Australia$9,208,036
23Ukraine$8,859,810
24Netherlands$8,739,469
25Spain$7,657,495
26Russia$7,598,951
27Philippines$6,712,636
28Tanzania$6,431,945
29Belgium$6,303,599
30Bahrain$5,984,201
31Switzerland$5,903,574
32Brazil$5,248,867
33Finland$5,155,901
34Colombia$4,971,951
35Egypt$4,901,799
36Norway$4,778,454
37Qatar$4,447,926
38Israel$4,254,000
39Syria$4,127,256
40Bhutan$4,081,591
41Poland$4,054,193
42Singapore$4,053,286
43Ethiopia$3,813,073
44Turkey$3,788,738
45Chile$3,693,061
46Romania$3,501,075
47Czech Republic$3,495,726
48Lebanon$3,302,273
49Iran$3,156,958
50Argentina$3,131,721
51Peru$2,951,141
52Denmark$2,845,127
53Slovakia$2,791,100
54Greece$2,782,506
55Hong Kong$2,729,236
56Dominican Republic$2,491,260
57Luxembourg$2,255,443
58Sweden$2,021,422
59Cyprus$1,951,420
60Belarus$1,948,200
61Pakistan$1,915,438
62Zambia$1,748,468
63New Zealand$1,617,900
64Kenya$1,615,649
65Madagascar$1,510,028
66Portugal$1,504,280
67Jordan$1,486,434
68Costa Rica$1,303,969
69Slovenia$1,260,848
70Iceland$1,226,781
71Georgia$1,207,641
72El Salvador$1,098,299
73Sri Lanka$1,010,169
74Zimbabwe$992,672
75Tunisia$982,337
76Hungary$857,000
77Ecuador$847,893
78Morocco$797,695
79Albania$792,418
80Nepal$772,840
81Cote d'Ivoire$765,421
82Botswana$750,104
83New Caledonia$700,766
84Azerbaijan$696,507
85Bosnia and Herzegovina$630,494
86Ghana$619,032
87Yemen$555,741
88Trinidad and Tobago$504,560
89Lithuania$448,343
90Panama$439,667
91Bolivia$429,124
92Bulgaria$427,908
93Croatia$425,899
94Mozambique$415,621
95Latvia$379,763
96Ireland$319,843
97Cameroon$312,824
98Mauritius$275,252
99Jamaica$272,228
100Serbia$244,213
101Uganda$150,689
102Guatemala$141,587
103Oman$139,012
104Paraguay$134,346
105Malawi$130,344
106Kyrgyzstan$111,131
107Senegal$100,468
108Samoa$99,409
109Nicaragua$68,634
110Bahamas, The$59,729
111Niger$57,967
112Estonia$57,395
113Malta$54,334
114Montenegro$28,720
115Burkina Faso$21,291
116Macau$20,969
117Armenia$18,730
118Mauritania$18,043
119Bermuda$12,246
120Benin$11,443
121Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$10,709
122Cape Verde$9,789
123Fiji$8,889
124Barbados$5,503
125Sao Tome and Principe$1,553
126French Polynesia$1,078
127Antigua and Barbuda$604
128Guyana$533
129Cambodia$320
130Tonga$258
131Maldives$58
132Gambia, The$39
133Aruba$18
134Moldova$3
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$626,109$807,912$763,689$1,196,071$514,114$792,418$1,041,444
Algeria$5,671,284$6,868,809$8,110,408$3,473,697$9,649,479$16,273,623$18,304,109
Antigua and Barbuda$2,834 $82 $1,593$604 
Argentina$3,489,912$2,800,222$1,045,802$5,083,570$818,731$3,131,721$1,643,780
Armenia$147,470$247,608$294,232$439,836$125,317$18,730$22,364
Aruba    $50,630$18$1,697
Australia$11,590,304$13,042,841$10,584,197$9,525,653$8,357,796$9,208,036$11,230,260
Austria$12,803,650$17,079,893$20,096,732$21,454,866$17,985,681$15,659,476 
Azerbaijan$2,324,002$1,081,897$1,254,541$1,573,169$748,051$696,507$1,461,138
Bahamas, The$228,889$253,281$304,266$243,663$103,803$59,729$72,277
Bahrain$13,007,047$13,531,491$10,673,671$4,737,543$3,863,361$5,984,201$14,132,511
Bangladesh$612,109$371,999$549,123    
Barbados$75,326$5,417$4,283 $18,888$5,503$25,035
Belarus$1,965,000$2,501,400$2,795,400$5,276,900$1,076,800$1,948,200$3,443,300
Belgium$7,437,743$11,755,466$11,758,368$10,769,558$9,153,025$6,303,599$7,696,631
Belize $1,312$60$2,914   
Benin$25,789$1,034   $11,443 
Bermuda     $12,246 
Bhutan$1,391,108$2,051,190$2,483,531$1,966,427$2,302,309$4,081,591 
Bolivia$145,771$125,205$553,250$322,645$690,281$429,124$783,285
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,176,739$643,604$1,011,550$1,302,036$241,282$630,494$1,057,885
Botswana$1,007,932$1,090,851$1,282,155$1,548,312$1,599,643$750,104$4,073,538
Brazil$8,404,920$3,453,461$4,721,349$18,770,133$6,819,701$5,248,867$8,470,557
Brunei $16,211     
Bulgaria$4,917,294$711,610$2,053,340$433,225$642,475$427,908$784,636
Burkina Faso$7,713 $21,800$127,091$7,449$21,291 
Burundi$1,895$2,884$23,353$2,444   
Cambodia$151,217$49,852$4,233$7,814$2,584$320 
Cameroon$382,354$409,971$244,597$155,662$3,172,951$312,824 
Canada$16,865,599$17,643,583$15,795,683$13,535,523$11,889,232$16,242,360$15,465,108
Cape Verde$936$34,434$36,709$8,887$4,413$9,789$4,725
Central African Republic   $5,296   
Chile$3,067,844$1,856,145$1,514,142$2,407,305$1,736,022$3,693,061$3,285,909
China$47,347,459$26,376,716$39,191,039$29,703,904$27,244,086$31,849,324$32,288,860
Colombia$1,018,011$1,764,949$2,725,368$754,435$1,295,755$4,971,951$922,820
Comoros$2,625 $25    
Cook Islands$840      
Costa Rica$568,622$603,689$406,639$218,266$163,319$1,303,969$525,109
Cote d'Ivoire$139,201$129,753$1,359,669$250,138$344,492$765,421$213,042
Croatia$349,820$2,248,620$1,023,342$1,108,520$846,905$425,899$618,574
Cuba$1,370,434$1,536,623     
Cyprus$300,468$347,056$389,700$421,577$100,542$1,951,420$262,730
Czech Republic$3,413,328$6,253,707$18,072,042$8,134,724$2,659,647$3,495,726$5,447,342
Denmark$3,051,742$3,722,030$2,957,429$2,747,488$2,541,351$2,845,127$2,659,291
Djibouti    $599  
Dominican Republic$248,246$734,124$1,003,473$409,904$1,296,178$2,491,260$1,941,587
East Timor$9,435      
Ecuador$1,151,255$280,975$1,455,559$541,517$592,472$847,893$1,363,225
Egypt$9,434,193$8,235,053$4,073,263$8,307,564$35,708,330$4,901,799$12,516,503
El Salvador$478,818$533,554$1,265,766$1,102,569$1,104,328$1,098,299 
Estonia$129,839$94,055$156,040$132,234$140,302$57,395$64,301
Ethiopia$155,343$434,356$2,659,012$1,464,609$1,862,791$3,813,073$2,465,101
Faroe Islands$8,445$24,678$10,510$14,463$13,551  
Fiji$29,800$21,408$27,628$66,515$94,178$8,889 
Finland$1,891,765$3,053,997$2,656,363$4,226,162$1,198,259$5,155,901$6,721,797
France$19,339,735$25,506,453$29,026,163$34,784,681$25,203,908$22,181,849$29,155,932
French Polynesia$19,243$5,996$28,081$8,163$5,885$1,078$3,126
Gabon$444,394$542,349$707,723$499,082$427,329  
Gambia, The $75,286$16,482$91 $39$4,009
Georgia$553,864$745,209$958,505$1,303,257$667,072$1,207,641 
Germany$31,799,000$35,111,000$42,431,000$61,486,000$47,098,000$44,590,832$58,244,204
Ghana$619,469$2,056,417$291,156$315,647$877,913$619,032$1,568,769
Greece$3,731,904$4,383,973$5,948,664$3,687,999$3,118,336$2,782,506$2,016,120
Greenland$348,289$98,135$21,344    
Grenada$162 $1,444    
Guatemala$458,098$561,521$5,040,011$283,901$1,764,564$141,587$577,365
Guinea$158,818$59,726$37,416$7,569   
Guyana $19,886  $35,045$533$36,487
Honduras$83,855$336,772$161,226 $26,273  
Hong Kong$1,262,000$1,660,850$2,677,492$2,095,551$1,567,297$2,729,236$1,413,478
Hungary$2,600,000$1,643,000$2,390,000$1,766,000$1,321,000$857,000$1,436,000
Iceland$1,406,490$3,550,452$1,993,198$2,246,606$1,229,643$1,226,781$2,752,969
India$27,596,427$19,405,140$25,608,376$56,224,716$46,260,858$26,864,929$53,241,554
Indonesia$26,785,854$19,508,179$15,635,035$50,687,811$40,072,732$46,040,791$36,203,573
Iran$5,330,308$1,427,467   $3,156,958 
Ireland$2,568,838$2,758,002$3,068,758$1,041,388$399,661$319,843$363,962
Israel$3,359,000$3,923,000$4,169,000$4,664,000$5,892,000$4,254,000$4,237,000
Italy$17,457,673$18,074,946$23,633,008$25,982,489$16,095,122$15,850,643$14,020,843
Jamaica$1,199,920$327,844$425,328$87,358$7,346$272,228 
Japan$37,977,982$40,778,800$38,814,197$72,388,288$80,824,556$78,490,820$72,973,885
Jordan$759,392$1,860,975$793,086$2,293,189$7,128,853$1,486,434$2,948,216
Kazakhstan$12,269,243$9,967,723$4,341,891$5,503,523$4,076,633  
Kenya$1,388,060$2,179,146$1,504,420$3,095,199$1,155,509$1,615,649 
Korea, South$49,075,083$46,544,000$61,367,526$80,783,076$80,656,647$80,833,841$85,765,644
Kuwait $1,120,712$1,736,522$1,028,264   
Kyrgyzstan$5,055$43,629$150,982$273,979$199,780$111,131$21,266
Latvia$31,474$87,742$124,382$65,398$151,235$379,763$1,102,883
Lebanon$396,000$588,457$805,079$789,271$1,138,700$3,302,273$682,698
Lesotho   $69,692   
Lithuania$132,314$530,484$869,073$874,537$319,111$448,343$4,643,979
Luxembourg$724,555$835,795$917,128$1,144,066$1,042,856$2,255,443$1,638,221
Macau$99,253$31,091$1,286,637$119,766$33,067$20,969$5,618
Macedonia$271,703$433,129$100,555$521,025$213,059 $1,076,275
Madagascar$999$142,606$40,946$5,588,633$2,260,856$1,510,028 
Malawi$56,788$12,054$37,162$144,793$254,666$130,344$49,678
Malaysia$14,903,130$11,685,944$15,362,244$13,619,252$12,215,660$13,883,377$22,051,084
Maldives$5,111$310$214 $4,798$58$9,969
Mali$17,262$5,865$31,830$9,316   
Malta$40,691$38,768$12,583$23,034$55,886$54,334 
Mauritania$111,257$40,243$16,594$63,782$27,355$18,043 
Mauritius$115,553$46,382$36,111$67,220$19,972$275,252$84,997
Mayotte $288  $667  
Mexico$16,055,441$15,807,937$15,443,025$21,207,539$10,458,337$14,979,986$22,804,163
Moldova$139,905$316,601$326,877$241,622$4,113$3$2,616
Mongolia$88,604$189,083$175,623    
Montenegro $268,191$165,109$171,969$230,046$28,720$16,733
Morocco$619,828$801,512$2,665,574$3,005,558$9,075,402$797,695 
Mozambique$2,434,255$517,204$378,938$886,711$887,104$415,621$1,446,000
Namibia$339,950$1,824,639$1,139,531$887,726   
Nepal    $479,007$772,840 
Netherlands$3,981,873$7,331,757$10,092,160$9,529,039$5,444,190$8,739,469 
Netherlands Antilles$110,390$129,424$79,267$77,805   
New Caledonia$96,985$265,915$242,394$10,271,923$2,163,435$700,766$1,365,589
New Zealand$1,462,861$1,484,332$1,249,616$2,927,819$1,324,753$1,617,900$1,368,191
Nicaragua$433,030$331,704$350,468$363,034$142,953$68,634$93,136
Niger$86,780$4,606$83,013$77,485$585,736$57,967$40,115
Nigeria $2,307,579$1,036,548$326,112$6,099,599$12,426,700 
Norway$8,128,872$23,164,567$22,579,157$13,591,414$7,767,984$4,778,454$6,976,853
Oman$42,741$700,125$11,402,217$1,722,932$85,259$139,012 
Pakistan$6,957,141$2,569,834$1,910,411$6,858,128$2,594,890$1,915,438$1,149,900
Panama$174,467$198,102$505,182$140,420$114,266$439,667$119,976
Paraguay$207,953$184,374$453,529$501,569$99,787$134,346$988,222
Peru$1,828,675$1,337,171$2,528,672$3,358,358$2,526,702$2,951,141$796,041
Philippines$6,963,382$10,178,260$3,994,312$3,452,288$6,673,507$6,712,636$5,482,473
Poland$6,037,408$5,974,731$8,726,281$9,509,035$12,740,604$4,054,193$3,017,117
Portugal$1,777,341$1,929,516$1,923,529$4,203,076$1,243,197$1,504,280$2,493,401
Qatar$1,473,927$1,515,623$1,592,580$3,387,475 $4,447,926 
Romania$17,491,171$19,885,116$7,097,251$4,779,959$4,496,031$3,501,075$3,699,717
Russia$7,560,418$6,933,237$9,999,527$9,043,686$8,038,891$7,598,951$10,569,667
Rwanda$144 $2,129$33,331$96,779 $15,958
Saint Kitts and Nevis $250$473    
Saint Lucia $7,578     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$353$126  $15$10,709 
Samoa    $10,606$99,409$80,773
Sao Tome and Principe$2,449$14,237$2,041$1,262$4,373$1,553 
Saudi Arabia$33,781,856$43,871,260$62,699,052 $178,149$52,297,665 
Senegal$221,800$21,075$37,666$239,048$32,381$100,468$1,036,494
Serbia$1,462,857$330,094$478,576$421,404$92,281$244,213$71,391
Seychelles$5,161$41,767$878$224,982   
Singapore$1,947,513$2,374,386$6,329,789$5,219,263$5,849,272$4,053,286$7,594,180
Slovakia$1,796,680$4,183,867$4,158,444$4,750,594$3,436,353$2,791,100$3,387,843
Slovenia$2,478,153$1,725,535$5,620,021$1,591,496$1,022,059$1,260,848$782,048
South Africa$27,492,633$37,323,980$36,518,467$54,155,732$45,107,567$66,311,891$66,845,784
Spain$10,543,056$15,800,569$11,886,374$11,032,594$14,848,461$7,657,495 
Sri Lanka$478,333$728,300$4,749,530$978,022$645,662$1,010,169$933,987
Sudan$617,325$1,106,989$50,542$239,648$1,183,498  
Suriname      $47,839
Swaziland$20,315$53,741$42,233    
Sweden$3,862,995$3,854,769$4,600,466$5,633,586$3,902,687$2,021,422$1,937,956
Switzerland$5,040,560$6,326,383$5,916,347$6,876,142$6,239,458$5,903,574$7,596,697
Syria$2,624,046$4,069,397$1,198,072$3,058,259 $4,127,256 
Tanzania$746,349$1,166,942$1,351,119$2,795,240$1,056,632$6,431,945$4,759,562
Thailand$28,994,801$26,201,744$26,943,964$37,789,684$18,195,516$21,263,004$15,587,106
Togo$17,475 $314   $48,371
Tonga    $14,316$258 
Trinidad and Tobago$316,971$88,089$117,244$1,448,144$891,285$504,560 
Tunisia$359,681$1,184,474$2,413,656$2,537,118$2,730,702$982,337 
Turkey$4,148,192$4,358,366$7,248,610$6,650,479$2,224,073$3,788,738$10,347,947
Uganda$281,074$175,093$729,362$429,794$475,534$150,689 
Ukraine$3,128,985$4,435,561$5,418,769$5,022,282$2,002,687$8,859,810$729,248
United Arab Emirates$4,302,074 $3,868,252$6,699,543   
United Kingdom$18,884,798$17,990,266$19,494,874$17,989,993$11,611,155$11,198,100$11,350,607
United States$43,792,094$52,392,110$98,491,819$75,874,334$39,220,303$52,288,283$45,437,663
Uruguay$84,224$94,423$715,172$36,404$18,199  
Vanuatu $7,846$72,895    
Venezuela$8,430,408$3,562,761$4,674,520$34,810,023$47,506,794$12,305,822$6,458,204
Vietnam$5,887,068$6,823,905$9,610,043$14,814,733$23,935,416$26,043,690 
Wallis and Futuna $1,556     
Yemen$140,996$1,635,405$563,218$686,253$2,490,690$555,741$687,350
Zambia$1,250,588$2,923,209$2,468,197$4,324,633$3,483,367$1,748,468 
Zimbabwe$250,697$83,214$623,139$2,370,044$552,074$992,672