RankCountryImports of Precious stones (excl. diamonds, rubies, saphires & emeralds) & semi-precio ... in USD (2010)
1China$324,674,727
2United States$309,668,032
3Hong Kong$206,619,283
4Thailand$136,174,056
5India$56,614,813
6Japan$47,156,673
7Switzerland$44,977,980
8Germany$41,534,378
9Italy$36,927,321
10Australia$30,849,972
11Israel$25,298,000
12United Kingdom$18,399,904
13Singapore$17,328,097
14France$15,298,650
15Mexico$9,588,226
16Canada$8,795,336
17Spain$7,421,925
18Sri Lanka$6,830,672
19South Africa$5,895,826
20Vietnam$5,877,670
21Austria$5,317,711
22Malaysia$4,359,712
23New Zealand$3,034,033
24Poland$2,923,358
25Denmark$2,434,175
26Netherlands$2,045,661
27Sweden$2,031,300
28Portugal$1,687,383
29Turkey$1,682,717
30Greece$1,538,919
31Czech Republic$1,496,260
32Lebanon$1,409,819
33Korea, South$1,187,664
34Ukraine$764,389
35Costa Rica$743,809
36Brazil$670,579
37Finland$597,399
38Dominican Republic$524,531
39Mauritius$520,190
40Qatar$516,389
41Belgium$489,212
42Aruba$413,078
43Belize$411,614
44Cyprus$366,367
45Jordan$260,945
46Saudi Arabia$238,667
47Hungary$228,000
48Luxembourg$198,791
49Philippines$186,574
50Norway$179,768
51Slovakia$146,622
52Slovenia$141,450
53Lithuania$132,431
54Egypt$118,945
55Malta$99,118
56Armenia$93,568
57Jamaica$93,473
58Morocco$85,491
59New Caledonia$78,674
60Chile$64,443
61Ireland$61,309
62Madagascar$51,514
63Estonia$44,425
64French Polynesia$39,441
65Iceland$38,855
66Croatia$36,766
67Maldives$35,330
68Georgia$30,448
69Colombia$28,085
70Bulgaria$22,514
71Ecuador$21,593
72Serbia$19,050
73Guatemala$18,157
74Latvia$14,318
75El Salvador$13,940
76Argentina$13,466
77Peru$11,301
78Bahrain$9,781
79Iran$9,542
80Oman$8,687
81Indonesia$6,507
82Zambia$6,227
83Bermuda$5,621
84Pakistan$5,436
85Zimbabwe$4,201
86Botswana$4,112
87Albania$4,004
88Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,193
89Ghana$3,115
90Panama$2,223
91Venezuela$2,016
92Barbados$1,921
93Tanzania$1,662
94Uganda$1,627
95Fiji$1,422
96Bolivia$1,400
97Trinidad and Tobago$861
98Bahamas, The$851
99Cote d'Ivoire$378
100Moldova$339
101Tonga$159
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$36
103Paraguay$31
104Nicaragua$9
105Bhutan$7
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania  $732$396$3,996$4,004 
Algeria  $260$42   
Anguilla $36$72,991    
Antigua and Barbuda$9,020$5,295$114,362 $42,986 $171,294
Argentina$19,526$35,785$35,282$20,928$44,329$13,466$57,344
Armenia$325,211$911,260$245,754$97,686$110,161$93,568$146,692
Aruba    $514,744$413,078$1,176,636
Australia$24,497,821$25,622,828$31,433,047$30,442,540$26,029,474$30,849,972$35,438,789
Austria$5,651,322$7,445,065$7,280,534$8,154,597$5,355,884$5,317,711 
Bahamas, The$866$171 $17,986$36,354$851$5,075
Bahrain$321,571$7,476$12,822$100,957$6,410$9,781$17,488
Bangladesh$38,082 $899    
Barbados$20,615$26,192$737$1,078$2,171$1,921$2,011
Belgium$1,542,729$2,320,036$642,875$1,112,504$398,995$489,212$314,651
Belize$180,530$229,776$6,394$320,092$78,442$411,614 
Bermuda     $5,621 
Bhutan     $7 
Bolivia$181$3,067$695$1,846$1,149$1,400$556
Bosnia and Herzegovina  $5,221$72$876$3,193$95
Botswana$332$16,405$2,131$8,611$3,955$4,112$11,744
Brazil$265,005$427,787$278,024$304,854$682,638$670,579$1,007,399
Brunei $7,011     
Bulgaria  $30,022$63,534$22,905$22,514$21,641
Burkina Faso$802 $877    
Burundi $633     
Cambodia$51$1,314     
Cameroon$262      
Canada$12,937,446$14,199,781$11,819,385$11,098,692$8,403,395$8,795,336$8,868,199
Central African Republic   $244   
Chile$23,278$19,850$22,330$5,928$40,675$64,443$37,638
China$48,154,369$45,167,726$60,307,882$69,923,693$146,528,978$324,674,727$1,033,162,606
Colombia$19,284$11,609$20,335$67,275$16,012$28,085$50,470
Comoros $211     
Cook Islands  $1,062    
Costa Rica$3,299,312$3,264,713$3,095,092$3,387,835$3,145,624$743,809$611,656
Cote d'Ivoire$89$3,704$168$1,256$22$378$792
Croatia$67,199$80,339$66,200$49,864$27,577$36,766$32,657
Cuba$585$14,845     
Cyprus$252,176$220,504$424,978$244,899$138,749$366,367$335,371
Czech Republic$458,991$805,312$966,780$1,715,510$1,222,832$1,496,260$1,950,014
Denmark$1,052,174$1,404,201$2,154,714$2,450,140$2,056,350$2,434,175$1,537,360
Dominican Republic$978$1,336,754$3,398,588$1,788,047$232,688$524,531$423,976
East Timor$515      
Ecuador$1,580$14,180$2,079$43,838$44,469$21,593$7,233
Egypt$54,490$31,299$57,226$90,872$17,820$118,945$86,302
El Salvador$10,080$23,124$25,433$17,050$29,427$13,940 
Estonia$18,471$70,962$48,780$138,776$121,121$44,425$30,741
Ethiopia$822  $1,429$9,791 $176
Faroe Islands $272$343$26$819  
Fiji$492$2,467 $6 $1,422 
Finland$439,793$535,092$600,115$734,963$730,807$597,399$366,039
France$16,586,159$15,351,583$17,903,219$27,912,323$15,703,343$15,298,650$25,300,292
French Polynesia$28,085$48,647$46,034$7,056$25,305$39,441$8,091
Georgia$31,463$7,439$48,922$21,528$20,403$30,448 
Germany$27,654,000$36,190,000$43,170,000$43,613,000$30,600,000$41,534,378$45,189,963
Ghana $2,552$20,784$60 $3,115$43
Greece$1,644,922$1,765,660$1,716,082$3,165,422$1,993,785$1,538,919$486,326
Greenland$2,442      
Grenada$314 $194$5$205  
Guatemala$35,471$114,074$123,006$24,586$3,428$18,157$21,997
Guyana    $576  
Honduras$12,831$17,294$5,617 $1,736,882  
Hong Kong$141,603,226$158,081,984$183,700,134$206,386,424$171,349,823$206,619,283$286,186,367
Hungary$806,000$33,000$43,000$109,000$52,000$228,000$146,000
Iceland$40,575$56,051$109,686$113,160$66,880$38,855$48,235
India$20,978,368$19,003,692$33,324,840$34,482,095$32,977,612$56,614,813$45,388,992
Indonesia$397$39 $42,902$7,023$6,507$1,108
Iran$220    $9,542 
Ireland$116,376$299,986$375,253$177,753$93,839$61,309$68,605
Israel$18,886,000$27,404,000$24,656,000$19,443,000$17,502,000$25,298,000$30,827,000
Italy$36,759,926$47,670,516$44,683,000$44,391,748$26,415,405$36,927,321$51,499,688
Jamaica$2,037$3,322$3,058$2,445$2,055$93,473 
Japan$94,911,198$88,866,487$66,401,424$54,790,788$43,890,917$47,156,673$64,186,853
Jordan$25,618$19,583$8,284$344,260$355,805$260,945$36,552
Kazakhstan $24,844$15,196$36,669$1,128  
Kenya$1,240$3,020$14,042$147$147  
Korea, South$1,086,421$1,019,584$1,042,864$1,171,012$1,322,079$1,187,664$1,678,787
Kuwait $337,767$5,248$17,596   
Kyrgyzstan$15,010$46,100    $1,128
Latvia$43,726$31,941$61,505$65,065$33,587$14,318$26,600
Lebanon$1,437,000$1,044,967$828,194$2,634,883$2,736,518$1,409,819$698,285
Lithuania$44,278$206,646$138,729$140,261$147,238$132,431$69,298
Luxembourg$130,446$167,497$278,594$248,432$213,275$198,791$237,767
Macau$5,751  $28,847$469  
Macedonia$75  $1,060$127 $62,429
Madagascar$1,954$4,562$6,001$56,431$83,683$51,514 
Malawi   $140$3  
Malaysia$1,593,141$2,706,171$2,331,435$3,448,187$2,845,659$4,359,712$3,245,108
Maldives$20,500$40,223$68,325$29,333$30,225$35,330$164,941
Mali $537$245    
Malta$45,895$227,436$177,965$453,053$45,072$99,118 
Mauritius$138,201$122,115$283,221$134,844$133,328$520,190$643,145
Mayotte  $41 $80  
Mexico$9,933,229$11,458,527$8,173,238$6,395,738$3,855,566$9,588,226$5,011,492
Moldova   $12,987 $339$586
Montenegro  $1,255$12,026   
Morocco$101,447$90,015$81,530$71,275$183,556$85,491 
Mozambique   $5   
Namibia$37,440$47,445$46,902$59,087   
Nepal    $64,742  
Netherlands$919,946$1,395,747$1,378,013$1,427,809$2,580,516$2,045,661 
Netherlands Antilles$3,937$5,164$16,076$3,995   
New Caledonia$2,303$30,616$21,340$16,843$19,814$78,674$40,053
New Zealand$3,156,104$5,144,111$3,636,866$2,593,109$2,231,566$3,034,033$3,420,283
Nicaragua  $9 $1$9$455
Niger$8 $11    
Norway$92,341$137,911$119,819$147,277$112,973$179,768$105,255
Oman$45,646$4,767$3,064$1,503$2,341$8,687 
Pakistan$48,941$300$6,095$14,721$3,329$5,436$111
Panama$25,441$33,299$20,845$4,463$3,547$2,223$3,911
Paraguay$2,880 $29,232$238$491$31 
Peru$40,382$22,664$4,220$39,929$34,307$11,301$23,201
Philippines$857,912$578,614$491,781$1,258,660$1,054,538$186,574$27,409
Poland$2,670,834$3,600,803$3,396,619$3,274,951$2,933,212$2,923,358$1,642,581
Portugal$1,210,916$1,116,031$1,204,535$942,928$734,218$1,687,383$754,364
Qatar$77,507$158,276$301,460$298,015 $516,389 
Romania $57,451     
Saint Kitts and Nevis$276      
Saint Lucia$72,807$724$1,720$1,435   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$220 $1,134$46 $36 
Samoa      $44
Saudi Arabia$131,685$78,475$137,587  $238,667 
Senegal$190 $53    
Serbia$19,341$23,502$20,381$48,624$18,967$19,050$36,804
Seychelles $1,557$555    
Singapore$30,576,899$13,749,776$7,999,795$60,416,764$30,380,690$17,328,097$119,292,219
Slovakia$16,504$39,482$187,848$49,826$43,809$146,622$1,354,322
Slovenia$60,435$175,959$171,844$166,571$66,780$141,450$179,775
South Africa$8,339,165$7,609,117$5,960,210$5,475,977$2,342,382$5,895,826$2,313,876
Spain$6,817,400$7,141,871$6,356,488$5,771,566$5,201,858$7,421,925 
Sri Lanka$1,777,966$3,046,727$2,758,165$2,248,420$1,822,665$6,830,672$5,012,036
Sudan    $8,140  
Swaziland$862$1,841$117    
Sweden$754,141$511,786$530,949$400,112$682,829$2,031,300$2,642,219
Switzerland$35,838,412$46,315,773$59,856,623$69,911,053$45,260,882$44,977,980$54,960,077
Syria $14,625     
Tanzania$25,068$2,764$67,622$12,928$19,430$1,662$223
Thailand$84,840,777$102,144,271$140,343,507$171,066,823$113,679,949$136,174,056$130,981,006
Tonga     $159 
Trinidad and Tobago$650$462$154$61,190$3,810$861 
Tunisia$3,183 $409$224$10,263  
Turkey$810,422$339,034$610,401$901,592$980,118$1,682,717$1,098,959
Uganda$281  $468$35$1,627 
Ukraine$360,770$588,806$1,071,837$1,899,189$945,139$764,389$637,441
United Arab Emirates$1,149,252 $1,990,294$23,837,480   
United Kingdom$23,579,300$23,613,304$37,986,226$53,758,203$51,735,521$18,399,904$19,971,336
United States$328,432,626$374,402,611$373,376,827$370,845,516$287,731,792$309,668,032$311,240,423
Uruguay$8,435$6,784$15,473$6,461$9,138  
Vanuatu $588$1,031    
Venezuela$25,108$3,012$1,856$33,929$71,142$2,016$12,266
Vietnam$2,729,806$2,983,811$2,513,663$2,113,971$1,448,337$5,877,670 
Yemen      $500
Zambia$1,053$241$3,483$32,982$27,241$6,227 
Zimbabwe$307,227 $3,396$13,349$591,065$4,201