Rank | Country | Imports of Articles of nat./cultured pearls in USD (2010) |
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1 | United States | $43,493,649 | | 2 | Hong Kong | $25,460,794 | | 3 | Japan | $21,425,855 | | 4 | Germany | $15,744,643 | | 5 | Switzerland | $9,370,774 | | 6 | United Kingdom | $6,781,095 | | 7 | Canada | $4,861,332 | | 8 | France | $4,538,432 | | 9 | Singapore | $4,335,044 | | 10 | Australia | $3,048,848 | | 11 | Spain | $2,956,412 | | 12 | Italy | $2,710,357 | | 13 | Sweden | $2,586,151 | | 14 | Austria | $2,285,729 | | 15 | Mexico | $2,231,898 | | 16 | Norway | $2,048,732 | | 17 | Korea, South | $1,963,930 | | 18 | Netherlands | $1,487,513 | | 19 | Qatar | $1,448,345 | | 20 | Poland | $1,209,863 | | 21 | Thailand | $1,008,338 | | 22 | Finland | $923,039 | | 23 | Greece | $862,387 | | 24 | Denmark | $638,028 | | 25 | Oman | $616,082 | | 26 | Saudi Arabia | $478,934 | | 27 | Portugal | $397,013 | | 28 | Turkey | $382,555 | | 29 | Belgium | $375,116 | | 30 | Czech Republic | $369,548 | | 31 | China | $359,462 | | 32 | Israel | $283,000 | | 33 | Barbados | $272,041 | | 34 | Ireland | $270,179 | | 35 | Malaysia | $239,003 | | 36 | New Zealand | $237,898 | | 37 | Aruba | $219,565 | | 38 | South Africa | $213,822 | | 39 | Ukraine | $201,281 | | 40 | Cyprus | $194,871 | | 41 | Slovakia | $132,109 | | 42 | Hungary | $105,000 | | 43 | Latvia | $99,040 | | 44 | Bulgaria | $96,823 | | 45 | Jamaica | $88,018 | | 46 | Lithuania | $86,416 | | 47 | Luxembourg | $84,890 | | 48 | Peru | $83,417 | | 49 | Estonia | $81,382 | | 50 | Ecuador | $74,726 | | 51 | New Caledonia | $67,484 | | 52 | Panama | $66,659 | | 53 | Slovenia | $62,863 | | 54 | Venezuela | $62,539 | | 55 | Philippines | $53,736 | | 56 | Malta | $49,725 | | 57 | Mauritius | $49,062 | | 58 | Bahamas, The | $41,731 | | 59 | Chile | $38,065 | | 60 | French Polynesia | $32,252 | | 61 | Vietnam | $31,050 | | 62 | Brazil | $29,998 | | 63 | Moldova | $29,905 | | 64 | Antigua and Barbuda | $28,413 | | 65 | Colombia | $25,811 | | 66 | Kenya | $24,378 | | 67 | Serbia | $24,121 | | 68 | Zambia | $23,154 | | 69 | India | $22,017 | | 70 | Costa Rica | $20,850 | | 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $20,526 | | 72 | Croatia | $20,033 | | 73 | Morocco | $18,767 | | 74 | Dominican Republic | $18,450 | | 75 | Macau | $16,452 | | 76 | Lebanon | $15,629 | | 77 | El Salvador | $14,884 | | 78 | Bermuda | $13,807 | | 79 | Guatemala | $10,730 | | 80 | Georgia | $9,568 | | 81 | Burkina Faso | $8,337 | | 82 | Armenia | $7,728 | | 83 | Senegal | $7,147 | | 84 | Argentina | $6,763 | | 85 | Indonesia | $4,016 | | 86 | Iceland | $3,150 | | 87 | Cote d'Ivoire | $3,001 | | 88 | Tanzania | $2,675 | | 89 | Iran | $2,373 | | 90 | Montenegro | $2,159 | | 91 | Madagascar | $2,053 | | 92 | Algeria | $1,999 | | 93 | Botswana | $1,997 | | 94 | Nepal | $1,574 | | 95 | Maldives | $1,085 | | 96 | Uganda | $429 | | 97 | Bahrain | $399 | | 98 | Ethiopia | $389 | | 99 | Sri Lanka | $115 | | 100 | Niger | $88 | | 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $74 | | 102 | Yemen | $67 | | 103 | Bolivia | $61 | | 104 | Samoa | $27 | | 105 | Dominica | $19 | | 106 | Nicaragua | $5 | | 107 | Burundi | $3 | |
Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Algeria | $16,372 | $30,110 | $20,022 | $10,893 | $7,861 | $1,999 | $2,508 |
Anguilla | | | $346 | | | | |
Antigua and Barbuda | $4,133 | $114 | $1,294 | | $7,758 | $28,413 | $12,466 |
Argentina | $2,763 | $6,473 | $7,836 | $10,830 | $8,059 | $6,763 | $969 |
Armenia | | | | | | $7,728 | $11,420 |
Aruba | | | | | $153,109 | $219,565 | $135,387 |
Australia | $4,825,969 | $5,719,450 | $5,407,319 | $3,589,760 | $3,217,217 | $3,048,848 | $6,315,974 |
Austria | $5,155,201 | $2,447,432 | $2,208,560 | $2,251,628 | $1,774,428 | $2,285,729 | |
Azerbaijan | | | | | | | $3,114 |
Bahamas, The | $45,407 | $30,689 | $845 | $1,146 | $15,084 | $41,731 | $87,438 |
Bahrain | $19,593 | $6,556 | $470,478 | $13,630 | $181 | $399 | $1,265 |
Bangladesh | $565 | $1,708 | | | | | |
Barbados | $13,825 | $42,454 | $4,366 | $115,375 | $134,649 | $272,041 | $124,797 |
Belgium | $316,077 | $455,714 | $253,075 | $273,407 | $430,661 | $375,116 | $271,713 |
Belize | $16,273 | | | $256 | | | |
Benin | $780 | | | | | | |
Bermuda | | | | | | $13,807 | |
Bhutan | | | $17 | | | | |
Bolivia | | | | | $2,565 | $61 | $1,660 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $15,238 | $4,547 | $33,837 | $20,259 | $10,801 | $20,526 | $21,922 |
Botswana | $1,499 | $949 | $2,668 | $8,482 | $2,323 | $1,997 | $6,888 |
Brazil | $5,255 | $35,540 | $105,967 | $86,521 | $49,745 | $29,998 | $87,641 |
Bulgaria | $53,632 | $79,062 | $131,559 | $195,579 | $151,619 | $96,823 | $93,282 |
Burkina Faso | $332 | | $779 | $367 | $916 | $8,337 | |
Burundi | $21 | | | | | $3 | |
Cambodia | | | | $668 | | | |
Cameroon | | $1,893 | | | $389 | | |
Canada | $2,802,097 | $4,496,271 | $3,012,528 | $3,156,015 | $3,881,350 | $4,861,332 | $5,109,114 |
Cape Verde | $17 | | | | $310 | | |
Chile | $10,748 | $61,026 | $218,816 | $38,689 | $31,599 | $38,065 | $48,384 |
China | $192,590 | $248,199 | $311,884 | $283,572 | $499,897 | $359,462 | $395,332 |
Colombia | $14,028 | $38,868 | $69,737 | $63,691 | $11,713 | $25,811 | $35,135 |
Cook Islands | $13,704 | | $5,946 | | | | |
Costa Rica | $8,981 | $80,969 | $99,410 | $75,818 | $49,769 | $20,850 | $45,028 |
Cote d'Ivoire | $535 | $687 | $25 | $242 | $1,244 | $3,001 | $3,259 |
Croatia | $14,568 | $58,549 | $11,327 | $31,576 | $21,504 | $20,033 | $40,604 |
Cuba | $367 | $51,611 | | | | | |
Cyprus | $1,486 | $432 | $19,975 | $45,778 | $78,533 | $194,871 | $111,536 |
Czech Republic | $275,351 | $382,641 | $417,405 | $848,711 | $484,806 | $369,548 | $345,386 |
Denmark | $1,046,735 | $1,082,477 | $1,261,555 | $1,158,739 | $798,465 | $638,028 | $667,301 |
Dominica | $54 | $77 | $43 | | | $19 | |
Dominican Republic | $1,211 | $2,200 | $739 | $697 | $17,241 | $18,450 | $11,885 |
Ecuador | $4,822 | $42,169 | $71,197 | $53,021 | $58,085 | $74,726 | $143,046 |
Egypt | $452 | | $781,474 | | $44,050 | | |
El Salvador | $12,037 | $30,396 | $30,672 | $19,625 | $11,606 | $14,884 | |
Estonia | $14,908 | $5,625 | $192,285 | $90,774 | $85,821 | $81,382 | $156,969 |
Ethiopia | $784 | $4,021 | $131 | $217 | $44 | $389 | $2,525 |
Faroe Islands | $174 | $2,811 | $3,658 | $168 | $11 | | |
Fiji | $8,784 | $459 | $1,767 | $16,591 | | | |
Finland | $91,939 | $285,708 | $648,860 | $695,060 | $771,807 | $923,039 | $717,253 |
France | $1,993,325 | $3,442,712 | $2,152,120 | $1,539,797 | $1,957,019 | $4,538,432 | $4,110,271 |
French Polynesia | $7,073 | | $119,823 | $1,418 | $1,869 | $32,252 | $1,483 |
Gabon | | | $1,141 | | | | |
Gambia, The | | $4,169 | | | | | |
Georgia | $1,833 | $1,901 | $3,318 | $3,085 | $4,475 | $9,568 | |
Germany | $11,729,000 | $14,384,000 | $16,840,000 | $16,357,000 | $12,829,000 | $15,744,643 | $14,968,071 |
Ghana | | $233 | $647 | | $189 | | $1,047 |
Greece | $932,786 | $763,238 | $429,101 | $1,878,862 | $2,132,162 | $862,387 | $388,036 |
Greenland | $447 | $1,012 | $12,631 | | | | |
Grenada | | $154 | $54 | $64 | $308 | | |
Guatemala | $2,175 | $2,337 | $16,735 | $8,209 | $10,650 | $10,730 | $23,907 |
Guinea | $9,159 | | $2,113 | $2,422 | | | |
Honduras | $2,427 | $1,177 | $7,600 | | $6,962 | | |
Hong Kong | $8,741,853 | $8,943,419 | $11,708,533 | $16,406,392 | $19,334,694 | $25,460,794 | $18,836,034 |
Hungary | $62,000 | $591,000 | $258,000 | $279,000 | $325,000 | $105,000 | $186,000 |
Iceland | $7,194 | $12,160 | $36,783 | $27,829 | $17,547 | $3,150 | $4,501 |
India | $2,116 | $8,439 | $27,522 | $8,571 | $441,579 | $22,017 | $20,644 |
Indonesia | $630 | | | $4,500 | $864,695 | $4,016 | |
Iran | $6,433 | | | | | $2,373 | |
Ireland | $173,494 | $259,512 | $555,986 | $450,894 | $340,486 | $270,179 | $525,996 |
Israel | $238,000 | $207,000 | $211,000 | $193,000 | $154,000 | $283,000 | $218,000 |
Italy | $3,035,431 | $2,645,427 | $2,679,510 | $3,861,740 | $2,767,167 | $2,710,357 | $2,467,625 |
Jamaica | $378,008 | $349,777 | $329,414 | $131,191 | $31,331 | $88,018 | |
Japan | $5,781,071 | $8,950,061 | $14,209,124 | $7,126,786 | $5,009,102 | $21,425,855 | $21,169,827 |
Jordan | | | | | $458 | | |
Kazakhstan | $21 | $16,529 | $98,377 | $4,452 | $108,487 | | |
Kenya | $12,886 | $552 | $7,728 | $3,583 | $25,169 | $24,378 | |
Korea, South | $3,981,025 | $4,756,614 | $3,144,590 | $2,453,282 | $2,016,210 | $1,963,930 | $2,220,200 |
Kuwait | | $285,693 | $149,485 | $81,381 | | | |
Kyrgyzstan | $1,566 | $981 | $3 | | | | $85 |
Latvia | $96,914 | $126,280 | $179,453 | $795,660 | $314,823 | $99,040 | $121,572 |
Lebanon | $27,000 | $30,247 | $73,884 | $19,675 | $73,930 | $15,629 | $51,217 |
Lithuania | $95,240 | $132,062 | $194,399 | $290,007 | $109,659 | $86,416 | $60,693 |
Luxembourg | $80,466 | $200,870 | $88,210 | $122,468 | $136,783 | $84,890 | $63,327 |
Macau | $384,536 | $967,607 | $53,458 | $199,046 | $93,928 | $16,452 | |
Macedonia | $55,193 | $94,827 | $66,523 | $65,797 | $40,414 | | $15,747 |
Madagascar | $558 | $733 | $1,379 | $2,616 | $1,270 | $2,053 | |
Malaysia | $67,231 | $3,337 | $15,156 | $16,292 | $72,525 | $239,003 | $657,094 |
Maldives | $4,945 | $10,087 | $8,512 | $2,435 | $9,206 | $1,085 | $740 |
Mali | $1,987 | $14,591 | $31,513 | $31,020 | | | |
Malta | $54,624 | $71,442 | $124,506 | $156,129 | $96,947 | $49,725 | |
Mauritius | $179,890 | $194,118 | $358,666 | $242,257 | $43,231 | $49,062 | $66,597 |
Mayotte | $19 | $5,866 | $339 | | | | |
Mexico | $797,221 | $1,678,856 | $2,210,735 | $2,456,383 | $1,713,410 | $2,231,898 | $1,973,910 |
Moldova | $16,965 | $50,755 | $86,410 | $61,516 | $13,373 | $29,905 | $76,851 |
Montenegro | | | $4,185 | $3,574 | $1,636 | $2,159 | $6,268 |
Morocco | $54,419 | $42,762 | $34,531 | $30,437 | $22,357 | $18,767 | |
Mozambique | | $24,707 | $24,406 | $8,177 | $4,330 | | |
Namibia | $2,600 | $52,584 | $85,467 | $26,738 | | | |
Nepal | | | | | $50,183 | $1,574 | |
Netherlands | $769,522 | $989,963 | $1,399,973 | $1,494,116 | $2,047,674 | $1,487,513 | |
Netherlands Antilles | $300,811 | $10,785 | $8,476 | $8,871 | | | |
New Caledonia | $97,166 | $136,180 | $76,652 | $186,438 | $76,320 | $67,484 | $124,674 |
New Zealand | $494,157 | $573,196 | $313,692 | $261,795 | $210,856 | $237,898 | $336,183 |
Nicaragua | $670 | $4,198 | $149 | $381 | $519 | $5 | $173 |
Niger | $268 | $90 | $116 | $99 | | $88 | $322 |
Norway | $285,681 | $717,653 | $332,568 | $347,907 | $507,427 | $2,048,732 | $1,211,367 |
Oman | | $1,818 | | $2,614 | $3,407 | $616,082 | |
Pakistan | | | | | $810 | | $222 |
Panama | $13,495 | $6,268 | $27,427 | $58,489 | $77,577 | $66,659 | $89,920 |
Peru | $36,809 | $5,080 | $8,416 | $14,483 | $20,311 | $83,417 | $60,564 |
Philippines | | $1,378 | $7,805 | $14,443 | | $53,736 | $2,634 |
Poland | $358,035 | $706,146 | $474,762 | $620,273 | $1,197,301 | $1,209,863 | $1,455,889 |
Portugal | $286,557 | $292,577 | $235,671 | $360,598 | $245,210 | $397,013 | $344,006 |
Qatar | $711,314 | $1,034,182 | $1,025,171 | $1,451,164 | | $1,448,345 | |
Romania | | $75,510 | | | | | |
Rwanda | $295 | | $158 | $3,995 | $5,524 | | $534 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | $3,559 | | | | |
Saint Lucia | $544 | $7,861 | $18,678 | $19,756 | | | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $67 | | $165 | $74 | |
Samoa | $2,337 | $283 | $4,364 | $84 | | $27 | |
Sao Tome and Principe | | | | | $105 | | |
Saudi Arabia | $358,352 | $17,490,705 | $219,977 | | | $478,934 | |
Senegal | $780 | $1,110 | $4,920 | $18,137 | $7,888 | $7,147 | $10,889 |
Serbia | $8,539 | $36,662 | $61,913 | $86,971 | $41,624 | $24,121 | $22,890 |
Seychelles | $2,455 | $570 | $1,745 | $3,134 | | | |
Singapore | $144,091 | $2,465,133 | $1,806,470 | $1,500,855 | $3,097,385 | $4,335,044 | $2,450,711 |
Slovakia | $19,639 | $32,953 | $87,511 | $83,136 | $45,862 | $132,109 | $109,110 |
Slovenia | $76,833 | $264,262 | $354,543 | $157,710 | $141,959 | $62,863 | $38,076 |
South Africa | $64,771 | $94,617 | $126,866 | $96,644 | $44,849 | $213,822 | $534,849 |
Spain | $6,919,345 | $6,659,424 | $6,642,796 | $4,324,652 | $3,342,818 | $2,956,412 | |
Sri Lanka | $83 | $20 | $3,197 | $2,257 | $557 | $115 | |
Suriname | $885 | | | | | | |
Swaziland | $4,693 | $3,597 | $13,266 | | | | |
Sweden | $1,455,773 | $2,837,039 | $3,186,730 | $1,992,092 | $1,622,113 | $2,586,151 | $2,089,971 |
Switzerland | $4,711,556 | $5,815,999 | $7,915,192 | $5,152,568 | $4,029,735 | $9,370,774 | $10,762,215 |
Tanzania | $2,114 | $681 | $37 | $385 | $1,406 | $2,675 | $344 |
Thailand | $1,514,750 | $1,232,788 | $1,230,905 | $253,501 | $643,670 | $1,008,338 | $3,937,302 |
Tonga | | | | | $93 | | |
Trinidad and Tobago | $2,964 | $3,078 | | | $235 | | |
Tunisia | $7,057 | | $156 | $2 | | | |
Turkey | $73,275 | $62,299 | $175,829 | $109,960 | $153,893 | $382,555 | $329,269 |
Uganda | $5,883 | | $9,069 | $9,679 | $6,590 | $429 | |
Ukraine | $129,455 | $107,243 | $147,670 | $178,540 | $129,305 | $201,281 | $160,927 |
United Arab Emirates | $364,539 | | $844,718 | $506,987 | | | |
United Kingdom | $2,608,230 | $4,025,465 | $6,284,103 | $4,899,634 | $5,360,741 | $6,781,095 | $6,103,332 |
United States | $40,448,880 | $45,356,665 | $53,147,314 | $46,304,714 | $44,358,218 | $43,493,649 | $42,366,754 |
Uruguay | $10,816 | $14,840 | $14,651 | $12,567 | $11,599 | | |
Vanuatu | | $1,383 | $23,300 | | | | |
Venezuela | $3,478 | $53,614 | $9,440 | $45,118 | $17,673 | $62,539 | $24,078 |
Vietnam | $12,035 | $47,312 | $45,095 | $35,586 | $2,502,564 | $31,050 | |
Wallis and Futuna | $31,669 | $7,029 | | | | | |
Yemen | | $645 | | | | $67 | $1,407 |
Zambia | $26 | | | $739 | $124 | $23,154 | |
Zimbabwe | $575 | $699 | | $119 | $257 | | |
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