RankCountryImports of Refractory ceramic gds. other than bricks/blocks/tiles (e.g., retorts, cruc ... in USD (2010)
1Korea, South$34,163,140
2United States$11,415,327
3China$9,544,356
4Norway$8,040,147
5Mexico$4,693,698
6India$4,685,936
7Canada$4,026,059
8Japan$3,577,860
9Germany$3,555,926
10Iceland$3,251,061
11Thailand$3,201,566
12Czech Republic$2,101,510
13South Africa$2,031,781
14United Kingdom$2,027,213
15Italy$1,865,623
16Brazil$1,689,977
17Singapore$1,442,994
18Netherlands$1,377,474
19Russia$1,370,727
20Belgium$1,237,822
21France$1,181,000
22Switzerland$1,165,242
23Iran$1,155,217
24Hungary$1,127,000
25Spain$1,068,322
26Australia$967,397
27Austria$928,232
28Indonesia$892,379
29Turkey$852,962
30Argentina$842,902
31Saudi Arabia$793,601
32Chile$746,662
33Denmark$739,766
34Portugal$739,715
35Peru$718,499
36Bahrain$706,403
37Qatar$660,668
38Malaysia$654,269
39Venezuela$587,930
40Finland$556,011
41Greece$545,404
42Vietnam$462,050
43Colombia$379,586
44Sweden$370,364
45Ukraine$347,367
46Bolivia$341,845
47Pakistan$338,612
48Bosnia and Herzegovina$320,705
49Croatia$300,301
50Egypt$288,989
51Morocco$252,564
52Ecuador$212,113
53Poland$189,980
54Tunisia$184,325
55Syria$175,365
56Sri Lanka$170,980
57Israel$163,000
58Ireland$126,693
59Algeria$107,199
60Romania$75,190
61Armenia$74,146
62Nigeria$70,695
63Panama$68,788
64Dominican Republic$63,176
65Serbia$61,040
66New Zealand$60,948
67Slovenia$56,027
68Kenya$51,445
69Cameroon$40,884
70Botswana$40,449
71Uganda$39,750
72Belarus$37,000
73Slovakia$35,480
74Tanzania$33,520
75Latvia$28,880
76Paraguay$28,871
77Hong Kong$26,558
78Jordan$24,011
79Madagascar$23,939
80Bulgaria$22,349
81Bermuda$18,716
82Ethiopia$18,225
83Lebanon$17,489
84Cote d'Ivoire$10,055
85Nepal$9,954
86Guatemala$9,463
87Montenegro$8,298
88Senegal$8,209
89Burkina Faso$8,136
90Benin$7,384
91Mauritania$7,112
92El Salvador$7,058
93Luxembourg$6,715
94Estonia$5,514
95Burundi$4,683
96Oman$4,081
97Lithuania$3,785
98Yemen$2,507
99Zimbabwe$2,117
100Albania$1,813
101Ghana$1,262
102Malta$1,205
103Bhutan$834
104Philippines$706
105Nicaragua$487
106Costa Rica$473
107Zambia$455
108Tonga$217
109New Caledonia$203
110Trinidad and Tobago$183
111Bahamas, The$59
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$6,972$10,031$13,740$825 $1,813$128
Algeria$144,946$112,262$254,169$418,513$277,087$107,199$240,114
Antigua and Barbuda    $781  
Argentina$990,891$997,031$941,014$859,155$628,168$842,902$1,172,267
Armenia $2,565$2,893$100,097$77,471$74,146$405
Aruba    $54 $3,186
Australia$840,318$1,254,625$1,434,339$1,371,253$1,072,642$967,397$432,362
Austria$600,341$623,118$719,473$764,689$408,692$928,232 
Azerbaijan$3,692     $5,352
Bahamas, The$2,886$21,007$4,860$6,994$4,718$59 
Bahrain$37,641$6,154$1,500$946,086$1,012,690$706,403$1,315,117
Bangladesh$241,054$268,380$225,482    
Barbados $355  $670  
Belarus$55,100$45,900$63,500$75,900$23,000$37,000$67,600
Belgium$1,364,784$903,209$558,545$742,846$1,342,112$1,237,822$1,180,678
Belize $50     
Benin     $7,384 
Bermuda     $18,716 
Bhutan  $73 $149$834 
Bolivia$149,501$143,277$261,237$338,814$235,661$341,845$175,719
Bosnia and Herzegovina$20,253$28,124$41,432$35,984$22,488$320,705$168,554
Botswana$23,972$44,451$2,652$6,250$17,605$40,449$49,406
Brazil$4,786,752$4,074,353$5,987,130$3,328,603$4,243,207$1,689,977$3,967,866
Brunei $313     
Bulgaria$22,570$26,255$82,960$31,366$40,522$22,349$70,197
Burkina Faso  $105,302$4,205$3,616$8,136 
Burundi    $30$4,683 
Cambodia $480$18,034 $31,165  
Cameroon$2,351$1,267$21,215$43,654$19,624$40,884 
Canada$2,260,225$2,539,363$2,877,528$4,149,476$2,156,642$4,026,059$3,594,991
Central African Republic$1,945 $547    
Chile$460,858$618,334$1,048,180$653,697$510,791$746,662$772,378
China$8,370,797$10,347,920$9,926,979$9,230,112$19,423,734$9,544,356$10,117,408
Colombia$213,590$233,822$284,417$413,093$206,897$379,586$355,337
Costa Rica $11,793$14,252$16,442$1,166$473$4,038
Cote d'Ivoire$587$694$2,766$4,084 $10,055$2,624
Croatia$40,767$48,474$146,479$175,932$51,968$300,301$48,726
Cuba$804,360$493,369     
Cyprus$7,725$1,546$4,720    
Czech Republic$1,461,403$1,661,880$2,795,608$3,714,648$1,086,808$2,101,510$1,193,875
Denmark$1,246,056$704,832$1,143,583$1,380,779$885,903$739,766$1,146,009
Dominican Republic$32,977$117,387$43,675$1,303$32,914$63,176$21,888
Ecuador$131,770$103,958$176,339$135,482$198,696$212,113$292,705
Egypt$494,979$320,578$240,246$682,272$302,161$288,989$771,965
El Salvador$6,374$2,720$3,766$9,173$9,728$7,058 
Estonia$9,993$10,811$7,128$23,310$3,701$5,514$10,675
Ethiopia $41$22,958$36,840$42,069$18,225$21,406
Faroe Islands$10,801$4,203$326$3,463   
Fiji $4,083$3,014    
Finland$374,662$157,748$250,332$1,033,536$1,201,326$556,011$665,838
France$4,720,772$3,097,436$2,764,266$2,777,529$2,062,504$1,181,000$3,222,542
French Polynesia $86    $27
Gabon$2,487$5,407$7,678    
Gambia, The $3,634     
Georgia$1,884 $2,200    
Germany$4,903,000$4,138,000$4,393,000$4,065,000$7,847,000$3,555,926$5,429,117
Ghana$10,308$953,708$82,853$34,520$1,457$1,262$31,508
Greece$197,458$223,789$725,779$240,607$729,366$545,404$896,011
Guatemala$49,059$2,477$4,269$1,941$11,573$9,463$43,683
Guinea $4,065$129$6,269   
Guyana$2,870$1,241 $109  $20
Honduras$488$67,145$471 $10,855  
Hong Kong$30,882$15,679$10,515$14,603$10,342$26,558$7,429
Hungary$255,000$225,000$224,000$1,201,000$282,000$1,127,000$1,572,000
Iceland$395,527$855,450$3,428,765$2,694,184$1,345,379$3,251,061$6,840,404
India$3,986,115$2,904,302$4,253,770$5,516,478$3,967,472$4,685,936$6,387,962
Indonesia$885,496$708,805$663,697$1,248,737$797,703$892,379$1,001,698
Iran$934,354$343,986   $1,155,217 
Ireland$160,869$433,480$81,604$172,175$236,195$126,693$98,927
Israel$190,000$154,000$190,000$190,000$259,000$163,000$162,000
Italy$1,941,836$1,968,505$2,814,727$2,735,028$1,862,274$1,865,623$1,580,083
Jamaica  $98    
Japan$1,559,727$2,091,677$2,191,518$2,395,101$2,575,142$3,577,860$3,249,083
Jordan$174,734$135,550$50,117$8,184$427,274$24,011$418,061
Kazakhstan$432,844$1,098,013$366,771$558,654$128,792  
Kenya$28,389$8,523$37,144$144,414$38,027$51,445 
Korea, South$14,694,764$16,088,888$23,348,913$31,176,343$26,714,835$34,163,140$57,990,340
Kuwait $54,222$33,041$68,059   
Kyrgyzstan  $3,327$36,963$48,816 $34,880
Latvia$620$2,302$181$8,346$19,965$28,880$2,251
Lebanon$61,000$17,601$160,165$27,420$26,978$17,489$18,351
Lesotho   $38,484   
Lithuania$3,980$4,575$79,060$53,456$4,092$3,785$109,036
Luxembourg$6,432$8,605$213,039$11,701$7,521$6,715$90,263
Macau $1,225     
Macedonia$4,166$61,971$6,339$318$448 $1,852
Madagascar  $728$431$341$23,939 
Malawi $1,636  $99  
Malaysia$359,498$569,294$396,410$551,416$435,949$654,269$690,613
Mali$14,597$3,050 $648   
Malta$2,778$2,693$2,916$257 $1,205 
Mauritania $847   $7,112 
Mauritius$5,717$15,950$5,167$2,788$580 $14,399
Mayotte$1,433  $111$210  
Mexico$2,156,877$2,787,802$6,913,923$2,941,174$2,577,292$4,693,698$6,100,534
Moldova$1,485     $134
Montenegro $1,486 $1,535 $8,298 
Morocco$254,687$158,531$255,710$195,421$195,394$252,564 
Mozambique $1,641 $10,525$7,151 $2,945,000
Namibia$35,316$49,474$59,741$76,212   
Nepal    $16,135$9,954 
Netherlands$1,791,408$846,745$2,614,656$2,702,375$1,426,955$1,377,474 
Netherlands Antilles$103$50$360$718   
New Caledonia$1,979$5,431$535 $311$203$3,967
New Zealand$324,641$161,526$174,708$139,781$76,562$60,948$97,529
Nicaragua$310 $17,453 $648$487$129
Niger$64 $160$18,527$36,213 $2,264
Nigeria $624,293$229,783$238,673$95,221$70,695 
Norway$1,549,408$2,283,327$1,853,366$6,166,214$7,075,145$8,040,147$8,893,641
Oman$5,095 $102,042$52,159$58,580$4,081 
Pakistan$246,878$341,800$402,404$255,467$395,880$338,612$156,686
Panama $1,014  $2,612$68,788$47,666
Paraguay$8,214$14,679$22,642$19,717$11,833$28,871$102,974
Peru$310,879$299,448$358,682$313,001$543,929$718,499$618,096
Philippines$33,580$8,653$1,888$25,869$4,135$706$1,085
Poland$152,444$457,571$183,157$403,525$150,582$189,980$63,591
Portugal$233,142$299,234$243,653$691,656$577,592$739,715$1,056,159
Qatar$12,282$199,122$153,183$88,680 $660,668 
Romania$121,428$118,351$140,542$342,187$75,821$75,190$81,561
Russia$923,787$328,998$1,138,398$1,842,334$1,810,835$1,370,727$1,223,504
Rwanda$141$149$12,992$2,865$6,561 $82
Saudi Arabia$157,694$267,427$304,180  $793,601 
Senegal$142$245,072$70,538$555,423$1,918$8,209$83,323
Serbia$895,112$17,413$3,267,442$186,692$98,673$61,040$9,705
Seychelles$83      
Singapore$68,017$80,089$202,813$476,746$329,369$1,442,994$669,437
Slovakia$41,221$37,039$101,374$97,728$76,946$35,480$145,529
Slovenia$120,111$128,622$160,470$185,736$72,233$56,027$83,235
South Africa$1,861,262$329,781$4,562,332$2,921,063$1,892,315$2,031,781$1,777,785
Spain$1,623,940$2,775,771$2,311,858$6,690,918$6,545,313$1,068,322 
Sri Lanka$96,365$96,246$90,892$85,054$90,632$170,980$230,006
Sudan$511,108$11,464$5,552$2,554$8,753  
Suriname    $324,824 $27,236
Swaziland$82,755$16,889$31,017    
Sweden$685,826$487,467$613,158$456,919$381,720$370,364$662,636
Switzerland$363,522$373,548$486,086$656,763$654,804$1,165,242$1,711,139
Syria$161,430$223,673$123,968$154,681 $175,365 
Tanzania$31$4,777$9,508$9,316$9,474$33,520$44,798
Thailand$1,899,210$1,861,103$1,864,374$2,843,637$2,081,211$3,201,566$3,534,668
Togo  $954   $2,798
Tonga   $4,449 $217 
Trinidad and Tobago$2,942$2,596$19,634  $183 
Tunisia$62,400$392,859$102,441$47,708$73,044$184,325 
Turkey$980,388$3,587,577$6,396,297$1,012,701$490,035$852,962$2,762,224
Uganda$4,596$2,895 $4,650$1,640$39,750 
Ukraine$2,328,888$222,152$2,061,186$883,620$207,350$347,367$653,968
United Arab Emirates$625,100 $1,306,141$1,294,324   
United Kingdom$1,900,441$3,029,975$3,104,472$2,049,592$1,647,773$2,027,213$1,965,425
United States$13,605,117$12,761,318$18,250,931$18,016,567$14,811,525$11,415,327$16,732,468
Uruguay$30,444$42,244$74,906$185,590$41,241  
Venezuela$475,652$2,736,197$315,001$452,683$562,736$587,930$340,925
Vietnam$164,766$183,932$366,239$289,072$452,351$462,050 
Wallis and Futuna$3,565      
Yemen$1,453$738$3,995$2,163$2,704$2,507$3,016
Zambia$41,281$177,403$21,479$12,182$614$455 
Zimbabwe$1,555$1$5,469$325$74,466$2,117