RankCountryImports of Dust & powder of oth. nat./synth. precious/semi-precious stones (excl. diam ... in USD (2010)
1South Africa$10,177,271
2United States$6,029,991
3Qatar$4,091,128
4Italy$2,824,615
5Sweden$2,477,352
6Thailand$854,525
7Switzerland$601,549
8United Kingdom$591,264
9Germany$445,153
10Turkey$429,388
11Malaysia$391,490
12Japan$328,612
13India$237,613
14France$233,284
15Canada$193,625
16Singapore$167,522
17Hong Kong$145,371
18Austria$125,752
19China$117,140
20Brazil$79,565
21Portugal$63,685
22Bulgaria$61,395
23Sri Lanka$56,026
24Belgium$50,905
25Korea, South$46,064
26Norway$44,416
27Ukraine$34,813
28Mexico$28,408
29Nigeria$24,794
30Ireland$22,450
31Spain$18,102
32Israel$18,000
33Mauritius$17,368
34Ethiopia$16,807
35Poland$15,382
36Indonesia$14,995
37Netherlands$14,583
38Bosnia and Herzegovina$11,104
39Luxembourg$9,108
40Denmark$7,294
41Australia$6,450
42Georgia$4,969
43New Zealand$4,509
44Hungary$4,000
45Niger$3,873
46Iceland$3,486
47Tanzania$2,741
48Botswana$2,435
49Greece$2,103
50Serbia$2,089
51Lebanon$1,924
52Venezuela$1,829
53Uganda$1,820
54Aruba$1,740
55Finland$1,577
56Kenya$1,203
57Costa Rica$1,111
58Zimbabwe$890
59Panama$727
60Croatia$683
61Dominican Republic$655
62Bahamas, The$574
63Gambia, The$440
64Bermuda$379
65Chile$363
66Argentina$357
67Mozambique$284
68Mali$142
69Czech Republic$135
70Yemen$52
71El Salvador$29
72Samoa$20
73Ghana$11
74Nicaragua$11
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$698  $2,874   
Algeria      $10,480
Argentina$1,593$75$108$2$162$357 
Armenia $1,810 $23,210$7  
Aruba    $9,615$1,740$335
Australia$187,160$2,436$13,888$20,501$7,353$6,450$70,402
Austria$22,485$25,598$23,235$20,093$145,523$125,752 
Bahamas, The$5,875$315$296$1,063$2,015$574$3,045
Bahrain   $2,894  $8,347
Bangladesh$140$22,353$1,129    
Barbados$81   $53  
Belgium   $156$1,036$50,905$7,659
Bermuda     $379 
Bhutan    $41  
Bolivia$57   $63  
Bosnia and Herzegovina $6,450$6,744$6,542$4,463$11,104$12,545
Botswana$18,781$45,655$33,093 $1,323$2,435$399
Brazil$14,850$147,493$128,123$217,866$132,038$79,565$63,391
Brunei $482     
Bulgaria  $258,631$234,840$49,654$61,395$194,022
Burkina Faso    $388  
Canada$108,044$305,468$130,208$104,361$177,431$193,625$120,243
Chile$179 $1,950 $395$363$155
China$35,110$16,042$12,321$10,850$89,996$117,140$126,379
Colombia  $990   $283
Costa Rica$10 $446  $1,111$3,456
Croatia  $1,121$1,837 $683 
Cyprus   $1,639$7,235 $305
Czech Republic$1,290 $50$5,757$716$135$108
Denmark$1,604$911$998$12,608 $7,294$15,871
Dominica    $389  
Dominican Republic$36,510$352,936$130 $5,847$655$442
East Timor$5,145      
Egypt $31,762$333,286    
El Salvador$541 $1,107$440$5$29 
Estonia   $31$41  
Ethiopia $104 $359$860$16,807 
Fiji   $336   
Finland$185$3,831$1,658$6,710$8,057$1,577$760
France$318,534$303,843$339,014$362,479$195,702$233,284$411,862
Gambia, The $39,941   $440 
Georgia  $2,508$4,947$7,762$4,969 
Germany$17,000  $29,000$253,000$445,153$970,722
Ghana$3,484$269$756$223$351$11$10,081
Greece  $1,058  $2,103 
Grenada $352     
Guatemala$40$2,124$25$1,509$8,442 $15,898
Guyana $1,275  $3,193  
Hong Kong$127,212$725,955$398,734$155,224$362,195$145,371$1,358,270
Hungary     $4,000$22,000
Iceland$624$5,677$19,367$11,890$6,523$3,486$23,613
India$718,131$553,732$654,189$256,774$328,302$237,613$363,980
Indonesia$8,401$58,066$2,636$30,491$7,277$14,995$9,581
Iran $5,892     
Ireland$448,437$7,592,312$13,586,246$285,620$359,390$22,450$159,532
Israel$303,000$138,000$49,000$96,000$26,000$18,000$63,000
Italy$1,409,392$2,982,994$1,492,670$1,308,477$2,099,866$2,824,615$2,057,115
Jamaica$247  $229   
Japan$3,671,441$6,713,334$6,289,526$1,470,119$190,657$328,612$304,357
Kazakhstan$4,450$37,180$138,994    
Kenya$5,755$491$3,351$1,598$1,337$1,203 
Kiribati$1,192      
Korea, South$57,829$267,563$270,832$90,719$42,357$46,064$718,765
Kuwait  $20,801$818   
Latvia$124  $8   
Lebanon$1,000$1,574   $1,924 
Lithuania$1,451$939     
Luxembourg$5,988$7,279 $25 $9,108 
Madagascar $612$1,036$727   
Malawi   $8,753  $561
Malaysia$6,268,002$608,612$47,847$124,238$914,166$391,490$525,713
Mali $57   $142 
Malta   $963   
Mauritius$58,623$74,008$5,811$2,900$20,400$17,368 
Mexico $8,501$10,408$28,405$939$28,408$135,982
Mongolia$34      
Mozambique  $287  $284 
Namibia $163$10,212$4,636   
Netherlands$7,459$1,256$13,725$19,155$19,528$14,583 
Netherlands Antilles  $336    
New Zealand$3,840$5,825$19,164$6,602$1,648$4,509$2,617
Nicaragua     $11 
Niger     $3,873 
Nigeria     $24,794 
Norway$776$1,100$14,917 $276$44,416$1,671
Oman  $4,395$276   
Pakistan  $102   $1,125
Panama   $378$6,230$727 
Peru$443$7,316$2,837$4,005  $4,153
Philippines      $18,632
Poland$74,013$75,012$100,237$46,450$60,960$15,382$49,824
Portugal$12,172$3,781  $8,249$63,685$68,379
Qatar$147,764$146,959$2,470,280$61,997 $4,091,128 
Romania $97     
Rwanda    $68 $424
Samoa     $20 
Saudi Arabia$1,003$565,016$118,660    
Serbia $1,300$498$12,586$600$2,089$4,178
Singapore$1,453,376$1,451,708$274,098$100,841$771,517$167,522$163,017
Slovakia    $363  
Slovenia$543$3,947    $17
South Africa$222,204$55,339$12,571$277,528$364,137$10,177,271$8,349,252
Spain$36,237$31,585$49,907$5,615$57,749$18,102 
Sri Lanka$52,573$41,290$46,642$69,949$60,516$56,026$40,444
Sudan $637$15,382$2,405   
Swaziland$2,539$306$152    
Sweden$437,750$772,503$1,083,266$2,601,573$1,469,847$2,477,352$1,876,441
Switzerland$95,631$205,271$256,229$126,260$364,685$601,549$1,154,604
Tanzania$230$31$339$60$28,814$2,741$2,461
Thailand$129,232$245,763$273,978$417,353$446,628$854,525$482,806
Tonga   $124   
Tunisia   $2,635   
Turkey$40,697$1,142$8,692$49,460$146,073$429,388$337,911
Uganda  $491$712 $1,820 
Ukraine$272$19,208$19,703$24,940$9,250$34,813$922
United Arab Emirates$186,906 $345,668$202,284   
United Kingdom$1,034,744$1,723,112$1,409,395$1,266,750$548,304$591,264$917,085
United States$2,503,252$3,866,152$2,992,217$3,675,070$2,355,395$6,029,991$5,718,844
Uruguay$611      
Venezuela$1,119  $2,184$2,911$1,829 
Vietnam$913$622$7,961$1,493$1,402  
Yemen    $277$52 
Zambia$5,777 $12$383   
Zimbabwe $1,717   $890