RankCountryImports of Articles of precious/semi-precious stones (nat./synth./reconstructed) in USD (2010)
1United States$447,966,873
2Japan$111,489,144
3Switzerland$74,425,823
4Germany$36,416,442
5United Kingdom$29,285,085
6Hong Kong$23,511,225
7France$20,269,186
8Italy$15,834,499
9Canada$14,907,796
10Spain$14,014,649
11Singapore$9,938,791
12Austria$9,702,347
13Australia$7,760,372
14Mexico$4,547,148
15China$4,483,947
16Thailand$3,782,568
17Brazil$3,737,333
18Ireland$3,717,051
19Greece$2,762,443
20Malaysia$2,651,732
21Slovakia$2,523,405
22Aruba$2,441,558
23Turkey$2,171,818
24Netherlands$2,123,882
25Portugal$2,058,308
26Norway$2,017,032
27Korea, South$1,993,499
28Vietnam$1,726,280
29Sweden$1,678,466
30Poland$1,599,638
31Indonesia$1,543,565
32Belgium$1,448,879
33Macau$1,441,265
34Costa Rica$1,196,917
35Luxembourg$1,141,478
36Denmark$1,128,637
37New Zealand$1,063,734
38Qatar$859,054
39Czech Republic$758,143
40Israel$730,000
41Dominican Republic$482,606
42Venezuela$480,279
43Saudi Arabia$449,334
44Maldives$442,059
45Finland$436,360
46Ecuador$375,964
47Azerbaijan$316,810
48South Africa$304,848
49Hungary$271,000
50India$239,827
51Georgia$192,329
52Bulgaria$190,778
53Ukraine$187,910
54Malta$180,474
55Colombia$163,481
56Barbados$160,513
57Chile$154,920
58Lebanon$153,057
59Cyprus$121,876
60Slovenia$116,095
61Bolivia$113,221
62Panama$112,261
63Morocco$104,990
64Bahrain$101,790
65El Salvador$93,320
66Peru$91,368
67Lithuania$76,777
68Mauritius$76,345
69New Caledonia$73,895
70Oman$73,680
71Bahamas, The$60,431
72Zambia$59,489
73Serbia$51,037
74Croatia$49,154
75Algeria$45,033
76Cote d'Ivoire$44,360
77Bosnia and Herzegovina$43,540
78Argentina$42,652
79Iceland$39,859
80Estonia$37,998
81Guatemala$37,214
82French Polynesia$31,423
83Bermuda$31,196
84Latvia$25,996
85Iran$21,149
86Nepal$20,923
87Egypt$20,906
88Cambodia$19,374
89Antigua and Barbuda$18,296
90Uganda$15,491
91Fiji$12,840
92Jamaica$7,548
93Albania$6,740
94Syria$6,703
95Sri Lanka$6,325
96Nigeria$5,845
97Pakistan$5,380
98Tunisia$5,246
99Philippines$4,299
100Armenia$3,349
101Jordan$3,342
102Ethiopia$3,279
103Nicaragua$2,802
104Paraguay$1,874
105Trinidad and Tobago$1,677
106Moldova$1,545
107Yemen$1,373
108Tonga$1,354
109Madagascar$1,289
110Kenya$980
111Botswana$967
112Ghana$640
113Montenegro$568
114Cameroon$246
115Tanzania$82
116Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$77
117Burkina Faso$61
118Dominica$46
119Senegal$27
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$993$1,595$21,083$2,468$1,110$6,740$1,942
Algeria$4,548$20,829$32,976$19,705$13,508$45,033$58,944
Anguilla  $15,827$107,654   
Antigua and Barbuda$6,503$2,764$12,677 $19,567$18,296$9,879
Argentina$18,463$92,265$135,244$149,215$72,479$42,652$62,761
Armenia$139$221$199$87$5,342$3,349$2,796
Aruba    $2,361,706$2,441,558$2,000,542
Australia$6,073,552$5,506,385$8,797,472$7,144,078$6,508,001$7,760,372$6,149,228
Austria$5,110,860$5,858,716$7,855,374$8,371,029$26,970,635$9,702,347 
Azerbaijan   $874$84,468$316,810$27,684
Bahamas, The$27,617$1,203$11,933$12,087$24,207$60,431$37,412
Bahrain$54,170$19,425 $212,542$112,675$101,790$66,485
Bangladesh$31,459$258$13,878    
Barbados$183,799$39,335$10,402$33,356$124,461$160,513$141,351
Belgium$1,101,961$1,083,112$1,198,501$1,586,787$1,728,865$1,448,879$2,147,306
Belize$3,233,918$542,057$809,835$75$10  
Benin$36      
Bermuda     $31,196 
Bhutan   $2$5  
Bolivia$1,901$2,011$17,588$28,032$173,213$113,221$46,104
Bosnia and Herzegovina$6,231$7,523$10,594$32,085$28,900$43,540$43,844
Botswana$10,919$3,392$384$7,783$9,098$967$5,180
Brazil$864,446$1,177,470$2,093,379$1,604,420$3,396,676$3,737,333$2,328,713
Brunei $14,112     
Bulgaria$64,079$130,328$264,870$410,381$271,104$190,778$685,260
Burkina Faso$6,571 $5,865$5,788$432$61 
Burundi    $3,180  
Cambodia    $58,728$19,374 
Cameroon$57$722$1,125$48,133 $246 
Canada$5,783,984$10,041,140$13,484,480$15,434,151$12,205,557$14,907,796$13,220,842
Cape Verde$736 $31    
Chile$28,056$41,554$59,722$101,398$95,508$154,920$215,001
China$2,302,614$2,895,615$3,624,020$2,993,673$3,317,039$4,483,947$14,271,059
Colombia$49,814$69,086$235,453$112,800$115,445$163,481$347,456
Cook Islands$127 $4,255    
Costa Rica$30,396$62,008$92,016$142,801$88,365$1,196,917$253,479
Cote d'Ivoire$470$3,645$206$98,307$28,609$44,360$18,966
Croatia$30,384$88,427$76,928$155,401$64,518$49,154$45,239
Cuba$2,967$1,176     
Cyprus$111,190$168,861$198,168$272,242$104,828$121,876$110,622
Czech Republic$520,670$862,290$1,390,935$1,966,359$807,093$758,143$823,287
Denmark$752,854$1,409,939$871,183$866,712$859,643$1,128,637$1,137,448
Dominica$182   $2,804$46 
Dominican Republic$3,722$631,435$182,692$1,734,761$255,859$482,606$59,845
East Timor$128      
Ecuador$46,036$50,487$60,553$92,804$126,653$375,964$427,839
Egypt$11,251$1,871$81,186$8,570$110,496$20,906$2,627
El Salvador$21,190$30,832$34,303$46,118$39,173$93,320 
Estonia$79,720$42,423$126,114$129,645$41,770$37,998$148,110
Ethiopia$3,893$638$927$1,133$2,884$3,279$2,510
Faroe Islands$9,603$9,759$10,452$22,355$5,648  
Fiji$160$2,163$357 $753$12,840 
Finland$129,528$203,874$347,870$444,044$615,523$436,360$503,580
France$11,438,601$16,558,164$18,196,939$18,540,926$16,175,249$20,269,186$21,615,797
French Polynesia$37,654$57,749$45,925$54,710$46,345$31,423$18,439
Gabon $590 $561   
Georgia$37,846$47,149$368,446$1,094,145$262,323$192,329 
Germany$23,047,000$26,944,000$30,374,000$30,515,000$33,648,000$36,416,442$40,819,634
Ghana$1,655$990$625$1,659$5,333$640$101
Greece$3,091,510$3,140,423$2,583,458$3,185,527$3,680,734$2,762,443$2,682,096
Greenland$6,815$10,088$23,708    
Grenada$772$293$2,184$343$236  
Guatemala$15,119$32,386$42,203$74,621$38,578$37,214$141,893
Guinea  $1,419    
Guyana $93$349$1,087$77  
Honduras$1,247$4,920$6,870 $23,201  
Hong Kong$17,297,149$18,342,486$20,962,633$25,199,197$25,951,880$23,511,225$61,191,824
Hungary$248,000$248,000$225,000$321,000$783,000$271,000$338,000
Iceland$15,166$34,556$55,997$52,657$47,894$39,859$43,927
India$72,393$137,950$159,695$107,325$163,249$239,827$373,213
Indonesia$88,918$15,230 $242,413$258,955$1,543,565$33,810
Iran$4,605    $21,149 
Ireland$6,160,224$10,965,742$8,071,102$5,830,284$3,992,098$3,717,051$3,363,520
Israel$1,012,000$619,000$690,000$745,000$585,000$730,000$828,000
Italy$12,260,770$13,709,506$16,703,334$18,139,478$13,502,372$15,834,499$14,750,467
Jamaica$2,343$10,007$15,367$16,459$183,302$7,548 
Japan$49,202,466$58,128,174$64,247,503$68,271,586$95,355,585$111,489,144$103,873,617
Jordan$2,618 $367$1,944$1,751$3,342$8,039
Kazakhstan$151,690$178,975$66,855$61,060$260,126  
Kenya$33,405$14,215$10,798$14,054$6,578$980 
Kiribati$51      
Korea, South$3,770,962$3,754,742$3,934,361$3,646,847$3,812,362$1,993,499$2,487,353
Kuwait $273,382$97,540$231,665   
Kyrgyzstan   $450  $18
Latvia$299,756$232,723$423,973$192,739$496,708$25,996$39,590
Lebanon$144,000$192,353$126,775$218,824$250,923$153,057$236,496
Lesotho   $4,448   
Lithuania$55,115$250,739$320,880$493,203$171,276$76,777$52,813
Luxembourg$526,242$573,303$565,139$862,179$751,931$1,141,478$1,329,529
Macau$31,318,316$61,660,483$2,946,876$5,131,500$1,828,436$1,441,265$2,657,780
Macedonia$60,681$2,298$1,812$19,458$4,309 $11,543
Madagascar$1,104$5,045$5,746$26,070$126$1,289 
Malawi$54      
Malaysia$730,731$634,237$498,960$454,480$491,655$2,651,732$736,282
Maldives$346,667$779,213$1,177,536$966,346$402,336$442,059$345,165
Mali$1,857$338     
Malta$26,894$51,095$46,307$139,987$89,508$180,474 
Mauritius$68,169$174,308$42,668$15,343$43,578$76,345$72,544
Mayotte$498$1,093$1,641$2,297$530  
Mexico$1,871,194$1,625,856$2,222,011$3,288,982$2,987,153$4,547,148$5,844,511
Moldova$10,669$41,618$30,024$28,131$135,210$1,545$2,427
Mongolia$4,357      
Montenegro $216$84$12,912$617$568$4,182
Morocco$10,660$23,081$49,368$77,325$71,152$104,990 
Mozambique   $507$129  
Namibia$57,699$45,852$44,838$71,403   
Nepal    $25,319$20,923 
Netherlands$609,153$714,834$1,194,095$1,399,812$1,453,458$2,123,882 
Netherlands Antilles$51,569$2,584$56,109$43,740   
New Caledonia$52,856$31,584$56,879$120,967$66,254$73,895$134,591
New Zealand$3,245,544$3,964,934$1,681,932$1,157,975$961,415$1,063,734$2,133,574
Nicaragua$980$3,085$523 $4,637$2,802$1,766
Niger  $1,225    
Nigeria    $7,399$5,845 
Norway$678,103$1,215,059$1,337,616$1,751,347$1,878,649$2,017,032$2,823,686
Oman$3,311$1,235$7,441$141,137$446,112$73,680 
Pakistan$2,589 $7,937$8,564$4,377$5,380$657
Panama$43,658$187,740$41,134$124,182$44,363$112,261$192,090
Paraguay$3,172 $378$2,592$729$1,874$3,924
Peru$69,615$75,518$82,304$59,132$27,325$91,368$60,941
Philippines$79,582$5,233$95,453$2,924$9,303$4,299$8,038
Poland$262,185$520,716$2,399,867$1,384,924$1,531,751$1,599,638$1,410,058
Portugal$1,100,258$1,945,568$1,797,605$2,052,342$1,248,542$2,058,308$1,572,678
Qatar$176,227$296,458$665,638$677,063 $859,054 
Romania $173,401     
Rwanda $373$296$2,143$1,269 $52
Saint Kitts and Nevis $175$707    
Saint Lucia$34,243$6,990$6,925$7,834   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$24  $30$334$77 
Samoa$5,032$702$121 $2,032 $2,484
Saudi Arabia$10,121,307$3,039,107$1,221,208  $449,334 
Senegal$6,516$1,509$5,799$6,625$1,646$27$9,102
Serbia$25,648$26,864$23,478$77,980$13,845$51,037$35,740
Seychelles$4,275$840$1,608$1,217   
Singapore$3,176,147$5,504,217$4,455,317$3,843,035$4,907,435$9,938,791$5,246,790
Slovakia$51,036$277,451$635,553$978,592$2,024,339$2,523,405$3,440,585
Slovenia$57,630$104,130$70,198$123,756$112,977$116,095$138,241
South Africa$261,002$270,651$216,437$361,143$267,646$304,848$297,309
Spain$10,054,000$10,738,642$11,464,192$15,818,015$6,543,394$14,014,649 
Sri Lanka$104,790$49,442$6,855$24,629$16,275$6,325$11,790
Sudan  $30    
Swaziland$835$3,803$6,386    
Sweden$1,048,162$2,137,493$3,137,463$3,593,924$2,364,610$1,678,466$1,592,146
Switzerland$45,604,928$55,901,734$64,882,534$100,698,063$87,815,843$74,425,823$102,281,350
Syria     $6,703 
Tanzania$250$291$2,254$1,482$6,369$82$5,071
Thailand$3,081,750$1,797,715$2,083,046$2,217,793$2,614,073$3,782,568$15,835,624
Togo$975     $260
Tonga   $220$940$1,354 
Trinidad and Tobago $1,816$499 $136$1,677 
Tunisia$505$1,514$3,924$387$4,363$5,246 
Turkey$314,668$382,906$618,496$915,273$695,244$2,171,818$2,455,194
Uganda$489$3,519$1,476$8,185$519$15,491 
Ukraine$41,022$99,836$152,452$80,242$59,781$187,910$88,372
United Arab Emirates$448,050 $915,733$289,080   
United Kingdom$14,227,487$18,007,811$71,777,274$28,464,815$22,763,107$29,285,085$44,198,196
United States$332,316,016$382,714,336$407,155,643$436,511,317$327,271,812$447,966,873$480,606,381
Uruguay$32,525$41,834$60,397$92,045$42,848  
Vanuatu $370$2,564    
Venezuela$65,639$32,927$412,315$312,133$237,014$480,279$148,726
Vietnam$89,462$149,235$124,300$373,537$372,653$1,726,280 
Yemen $2,908$1,201 $223$1,373$2,161
Zambia  $106$632$1,193$59,489 
Zimbabwe$26,193$4,282$3,595$285$122