RankCountryImports of Cultured pearls, unwkd. in USD (2010)
1Japan$298,932,709
2Hong Kong$101,368,933
3United States$15,970,775
4Australia$15,858,118
5France$5,118,990
6Switzerland$2,790,206
7Korea, South$2,789,536
8Thailand$2,779,304
9India$2,449,540
10Germany$2,005,839
11Vietnam$1,618,890
12Canada$1,359,122
13Italy$1,155,770
14New Caledonia$1,117,042
15Spain$1,106,477
16Singapore$713,150
17New Zealand$638,530
18Belgium$551,210
19China$502,384
20United Kingdom$396,279
21Qatar$250,199
22Israel$216,000
23Oman$193,431
24Portugal$182,262
25Luxembourg$177,518
26Netherlands$144,509
27Denmark$144,332
28Malaysia$111,209
29Sweden$101,008
30Poland$84,123
31South Africa$79,356
32Austria$70,346
33Finland$61,109
34French Polynesia$61,105
35Turkey$49,269
36Lebanon$40,636
37Philippines$17,312
38Czech Republic$16,920
39Sri Lanka$15,680
40Hungary$12,000
41Latvia$10,765
42Norway$10,428
43Malta$10,054
44Costa Rica$9,743
45Bulgaria$8,383
46Mauritius$7,753
47Morocco$7,530
48Slovakia$6,414
49Panama$4,782
50Iceland$4,302
51Botswana$4,218
52Colombia$4,189
53Slovenia$3,121
54Peru$3,101
55Indonesia$3,061
56Mexico$2,617
57Pakistan$2,152
58Ukraine$2,132
59Ecuador$1,374
60Zimbabwe$1,200
61Ireland$717
62Croatia$598
63Nepal$553
64Venezuela$544
65Barbados$484
66Niger$345
67Greece$199
68El Salvador$148
69Estonia$70
70Ethiopia$16
71Aruba$11
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Antigua and Barbuda  $39   $8,562
Armenia$1,223 $363    
Aruba     $11$407
Australia$10,291,024$12,083,892$9,311,914$36,628,736$51,830,150$15,858,118$6,472,960
Austria$112,452$157,319$324,303$198,252$145,961$70,346 
Bahamas, The $164$603   $43
Bahrain$19,253 $9,013$2,535   
Barbados$37,995$174$593$514$457$484$1,154
Belgium$1,610,314$956,356$1,059,718$898,446$739,033$551,210$468,882
Belize  $1,243    
Bolivia $6 $340   
Bosnia and Herzegovina  $6,431    
Botswana$594  $328 $4,218 
Brazil$101,012$50,592 $4,068  $1,027
Bulgaria  $12,486$29,537$11,485$8,383$15,467
Burkina Faso$38      
Burundi$782 $2,801 $1,131  
Cameroon   $2,044   
Canada$5,259,356$4,891,633$5,927,719$3,647,960$1,675,538$1,359,122$2,270,331
Chile$9,312$3,193$3,867$203  $12,797
China$1,019,558$2,475,968$996,680$902,458$526,642$502,384$425,058
Colombia  $2,880  $4,189$8,503
Cook Islands  $16,842    
Costa Rica$9,675$2,599$1,461 $1,460$9,743$387
Croatia   $5,424 $598 
Cuba$5,399      
Cyprus$17,840$12,315$8,597$73,448$9,758 $4,760
Czech Republic$16,492$16,172$37,227$38,752$11,390$16,920$60,033
Denmark$85,394$102,058$174,563$140,058$132,948$144,332$122,236
Dominican Republic $673 $47,545   
Ecuador   $669 $1,374 
El Salvador $881$2,906$1,327$486$148 
Estonia  $1,190$1,981 $70$777
Ethiopia$5  $30 $16 
Fiji$1,942 $580$194   
Finland$116,409$146,342$254,555$151,722$54,988$61,109$31,484
France$5,717,434$6,546,426$16,510,106$10,564,924$6,080,639$5,118,990$6,400,558
French Polynesia$139,072$45,671$23,734$2,864$405,661$61,105$159,459
Germany$4,266,000$3,399,000$3,512,000$5,251,000$1,795,000$2,005,839$2,109,567
Ghana      $16,957
Greece$15,790$19,103$16,060$751 $199$3,270
Guyana  $236    
Honduras$2,086$14,758$22,643    
Hong Kong$84,641,440$82,038,366$103,141,254$88,758,227$76,740,137$101,368,933$135,693,849
Hungary   $42,000$14,000$12,000$22,000
Iceland$3,218$14,562$9,676$2,957$2,779$4,302$2,041
India$3,432,469$3,646,651$4,802,922$3,954,926$2,800,893$2,449,540$3,705,397
Indonesia$12,179$423  $7,169$3,061 
Ireland$153,782$11,663$44,469$38,500$32,134$717$8,215
Israel$120,000$85,000$154,000$135,000$77,000$216,000$220,000
Italy$2,501,584$1,203,577$1,411,937$1,518,479$1,186,234$1,155,770$1,779,427
Jamaica$6,700$5,549$6,811    
Japan$262,866,396$294,139,214$322,944,668$309,524,156$249,508,900$298,932,709$345,804,053
Jordan   $1,594$1,268 $1,134
Kazakhstan$1,784      
Korea, South$887,673$939,407$696,544$524,313$1,236,867$2,789,536$1,536,108
Kuwait  $3,221$558   
Kyrgyzstan$14,080 $7,261$12,717   
Latvia  $913$48,323$704$10,765$9,498
Lebanon$204,000$36,543$96,851$42,552$554$40,636$95,390
Lithuania $478$12,540$83  $2,379
Luxembourg$6,901$15,160$27,952$443,967$209,729$177,518$320,219
Macau$109,224$73,741$32$3,695   
Macedonia      $4,579
Malawi    $661  
Malaysia$31,156$1,147,294$29,443$10,431$44,189$111,209$149,512
Mali $2,294 $1,760   
Malta$6,245$7,122$39,008$16,256$1,317$10,054 
Mauritius$2,830$8,185$284$871$12,458$7,753$42,652
Mexico$30,932$15,983$23,522$12,063$1,394$2,617$24,778
Morocco$33,796$5,712$224$8,822$11,342$7,530 
Namibia$47$27,184$31    
Nepal     $553 
Netherlands$363,006$464,830$554,499$374,266$242,708$144,509 
Netherlands Antilles$1,868 $28,175    
New Caledonia$971,772$1,265,180$1,546,040$2,595,244$1,172,922$1,117,042$1,092,590
New Zealand$365,002$402,028$670,821$555,538$851,217$638,530$271,258
Niger$192$343$349$537$874$345$42
Norway$18,925$13,096$53,462$11,489$1,244$10,428$15,384
Oman $3,771 $61,402 $193,431 
Pakistan$1,070$51$1,723  $2,152$376,568
Panama$3,004$5,081$2,937$4,493$2,718$4,782$2,207
Peru  $9,887  $3,101 
Philippines$3,711$57,049$15,726$4,568$3,574$17,312$656,022
Poland$60,773$81,544$98,944$80,644$64,692$84,123$27,477
Portugal$78,469$408,614$75,387$153,588$1,408$182,262$9,479
Qatar$35,511$11,581$6,126$3,405 $250,199 
Romania $4,614     
Rwanda   $9$156 $428
Saudi Arabia$234,839$278,064$7,650    
Senegal   $522   
Serbia$586 $313    
Seychelles   $99   
Singapore$645,980$455,243$466,790$861,774$204,787$713,150$412,973
Slovakia$44,062$46,828$37,197$40,419$26,499$6,414$25,103
Slovenia$19,263$19,444$18,821$21,122$10,920$3,121$8,222
South Africa$12,441$72,763$336,659$150,860$26,930$79,356$133,552
Spain$4,339,559$3,615,521$4,397,704$1,652,848$1,023,746$1,106,477 
Sri Lanka$6,553$6,253$4,304$20,133$6,739$15,680$2,738
Sudan  $40$612$274  
Swaziland$2,118$100     
Sweden$120,287$158,413$58,912$84,826$162,409$101,008$78,012
Switzerland$1,525,897$1,492,113$2,330,751$3,352,837$1,309,674$2,790,206$3,015,663
Syria $5,838     
Tanzania      $15
Thailand$12,005,324$3,752,056$5,841,776$4,675,253$775,077$2,779,304$4,281,040
Trinidad and Tobago $623$20,799 $260  
Turkey$308,412$86,554$16,329$23,888$10,263$49,269$31,354
Ukraine $56,740$36,303$28,520$20,632$2,132$1,966
United Arab Emirates$233,493 $11,075    
United Kingdom$1,319,682$1,865,114$1,902,764$1,676,805$771,117$396,279$458,271
United States$27,253,668$44,494,373$55,492,235$34,898,546$27,011,625$15,970,775$27,461,825
Uruguay  $3,905$3,129$6,630  
Vanuatu  $953    
Venezuela $134,711$48,928  $544 
Vietnam$101,363$52,966$339,898$733,076 $1,618,890 
Yemen$596 $173,965$79   
Zambia  $208$1,528   
Zimbabwe  $47 $327$1,200