RankCountryImports of Stainless steel in ingots & oth. primary forms in USD (2010)
1United States$58,876,077
2Germany$37,127,892
3United Kingdom$27,387,583
4China$26,857,203
5Italy$16,111,264
6Mexico$15,873,276
7Belgium$13,510,647
8France$9,862,871
9Canada$8,688,525
10Japan$5,021,433
11Switzerland$4,013,158
12Tunisia$3,754,734
13Slovakia$3,582,275
14Spain$3,224,840
15Vietnam$2,570,130
16Ireland$2,564,171
17Indonesia$2,473,135
18Netherlands$2,214,034
19Sweden$1,748,310
20Austria$1,295,975
21Singapore$1,189,191
22Malaysia$1,089,952
23Slovenia$1,080,182
24Poland$915,062
25Hungary$869,000
26Denmark$775,870
27Iran$693,902
28India$675,461
29Turkey$612,646
30Korea, South$599,455
31Czech Republic$567,112
32Brazil$555,685
33Hong Kong$521,540
34Ukraine$518,393
35Norway$472,351
36Thailand$457,512
37Australia$385,706
38Romania$299,736
39Oman$297,618
40New Zealand$295,719
41Israel$267,000
42Nigeria$215,005
43Russia$196,005
44Portugal$188,532
45Colombia$135,516
46Bahamas, The$123,758
47Greece$121,843
48Belarus$118,200
49Finland$91,974
50Chile$88,011
51Bulgaria$81,321
52South Africa$74,058
53Malta$59,169
54Cyprus$58,599
55Botswana$56,558
56Estonia$53,736
57Luxembourg$52,058
58Qatar$46,398
59Philippines$39,867
60Bahrain$38,190
61Latvia$32,903
62Zambia$28,760
63Zimbabwe$28,372
64Morocco$28,195
65Jordan$27,048
66Mauritius$24,409
67Venezuela$14,571
68Lithuania$12,055
69Bhutan$9,349
70Sri Lanka$8,630
71Croatia$6,858
72Bosnia and Herzegovina$6,791
73Iceland$6,135
74Ghana$4,078
75Ecuador$3,873
76Dominica$3,414
77Cote d'Ivoire$2,263
78Nepal$1,547
79Samoa$1,236
80Pakistan$1,195
81Burundi$1,121
82Madagascar$742
83Guyana$441
84Cape Verde$342
85Tonga$319
86El Salvador$132
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$15,683$749 $3,466   
Algeria  $378,819    
Antigua and Barbuda $5,481     
Argentina    $13,752  
Australia$384,406$63,407$452,468$577,613$13,124$385,706$2,412,601
Austria$50,913,490$787,979$734,023$726,875$358,010$1,295,975 
Azerbaijan$115,817$162,685$9,522 $160  
Bahamas, The$1,610$9,958$4,999$2,391$35,359$123,758$81,162
Bahrain$189,939$263,284$306,077$637,826$196,553$38,190$35,925
Bangladesh  $16,401    
Belarus$48,300$2,500$16,700$525,500$107,700$118,200$205,300
Belgium$1,021,954$1,151,541$5,420,965$3,189,459$1,184,243$13,510,647$3,787,913
Bhutan$2,399$105   $9,349 
Bolivia   $1,852  $103
Bosnia and Herzegovina   $1,305$1,415$6,791$1,114
Botswana$4,196$3,981$46,301$43,299$1,195$56,558$8,025
Brazil$22,120$241,692$987,458$442,951$613,759$555,685$1,705,375
Brunei $662     
Bulgaria$1,854$26,047$126,041$144,121$118,446$81,321$183,815
Burkina Faso$38,341      
Burundi     $1,121 
Cambodia   $2,100   
Cameroon  $6,084$367$17,826  
Canada$3,335,517$6,324,642$5,973,887$12,630,673$11,712,283$8,688,525$6,843,867
Cape Verde     $342 
Chile$48,257   $21,696$88,011$904
China$40,622,606$217,268,254$252,085,247$62,283,524$93,499,666$26,857,203$21,532,932
Colombia$90,228$49,063$131,504$415,992$159,459$135,516$442,547
Costa Rica$25,333$1,096 $115  $2,856
Cote d'Ivoire     $2,263 
Croatia$7,515$571$13,506$370$6,604$6,858$2,846
Cyprus$2,467 $1,103$936$50,450$58,599$238,488
Czech Republic$217,818$706,764$349,959$754,135$451,161$567,112$1,537,569
Denmark$354$75,341$7,762$203,480$22,742$775,870$110,504
Dominica     $3,414 
Dominican Republic   $71$60  
East Timor$128      
Ecuador $29   $3,873 
Egypt$12,989$12,057$22,666 $550 $3,206
El Salvador     $132 
Estonia$8,602$509,977$380,216$314,239$73,055$53,736$29,252
Ethiopia$16$404$3,591$627$34,959  
Faroe Islands$343$2,817$24,109    
Finland$17,712$39,151$33,158$116,614$305,053$91,974$90,674
France$8,528,247$18,922,361$32,026,503$31,080,327$8,844,061$9,862,871$20,264,722
French Polynesia$832   $1,079  
Georgia $4,197     
Germany$39,543,000$66,174,000$92,735,000$79,381,000$35,183,000$37,127,892$36,511,675
Ghana$714$26,114$91$51 $4,078$306
Greece $29,094$36,201$97,961$305,195$121,843$516
Guyana$1 $1,511 $324$441$57
Honduras    $41,391  
Hong Kong$2,706,992$2,516,644$2,519,843$724,723$686,347$521,540$880,977
Hungary$4,000$2,290,000$90,000$342,000$477,000$869,000$663,000
Iceland $1,610$343,038$4,337 $6,135$225
India$41,498$554,281$14,043,259$375,487$1,179,656$675,461$3,017,116
Indonesia$2,305,007$19,931$33,867$443,757$71,690$2,473,135$3,147,291
Iran$2,944,134$829,579   $693,902 
Ireland$736,217$580,199$1,619,217$1,021,901$1,455,731$2,564,171$3,989,137
Israel$522,000$289,000$416,000$328,000$148,000$267,000$320,000
Italy$9,412,103$22,553,134$57,163,653$50,119,572$12,172,736$16,111,264$38,052,141
Jamaica   $1,378   
Japan$6,977,441$9,526,508$19,443,032$5,846,878$3,892,461$5,021,433$3,015,405
Jordan    $16,586$27,048$7,913
Kazakhstan$4,089$13,411$29,218$21,167$4,037  
Kenya  $81 $304  
Korea, South$102,001$1,089,151$1,214,660$7,488,410$1,064,646$599,455$983,683
Kuwait $23,072$136,973$94,443   
Kyrgyzstan   $1,624,745$1,624,745  
Latvia $75$2,472$11,989$222,017$32,903$566,041
Lebanon   $1,393$16,286  
Lesotho   $89   
Lithuania$26,349$1,193$1,607$5,402$14,317$12,055$66,003
Luxembourg$49,926$26,079$122,680$310,709$102,816$52,058$148,535
Macau $11,146     
Macedonia$131 $171    
Madagascar   $5,632$1,942$742 
Malawi $860    $35
Malaysia$371,529$90,365$761,427$75,846$113,400$1,089,952$1,557,864
Malta$55,335$23,656$53,396$56,701$50,068$59,169 
Mauritius $201,466  $1,829$24,409$20,608
Mexico$4,818,496$4,437,147$9,531,417$8,373,566$9,690,321$15,873,276$22,395,019
Moldova    $208  
Mongolia  $3,556    
Montenegro $1,563     
Morocco   $2,790 $28,195 
Mozambique$1,166 $855   $46,000
Namibia$3,258$8,557$7,666$56,577   
Nepal    $14,038$1,547 
Netherlands$1,171,066$1,791,481$5,144,215$6,990,221$3,361,645$2,214,034 
Netherlands Antilles$173  $3,100   
New Zealand$179,965$401,941$333,194$433,113$125,654$295,719$364,545
Nigeria $120,255$65,857  $215,005 
Norway$276,213$389,064$523,774$387,408$828,490$472,351$250,218
Oman$4,554$315,022$226,029$2,661,140$95,808$297,618 
Pakistan   $2,262$1,236$1,195 
Panama  $979 $12,932  
Philippines$9,419$12,867$29,529$6,932$176,870$39,867$346,982
Poland$298,236$852,114$603,353$571,747$150,128$915,062$1,477,545
Portugal$97,281$148,308$9,228,675$34,455,119$8,892,610$188,532$11,869,820
Qatar$246,790$618$54,712$16,368 $46,398 
Romania$46,509$39,826$259,927$266,608$157,240$299,736$3,729,003
Russia$1,180,350$2,434,758$1,057,658$15,214$36,656$196,005$515,687
Rwanda    $37,402 $62
Saint Kitts and Nevis   $56   
Samoa     $1,236 
Saudi Arabia$671,873$753,985$3,589,433    
Senegal$1,780 $2,866    
Serbia $3,802$2,327   $2,875
Seychelles$5,380 $71$72   
Singapore$812,840$365,215$3,022,682$4,563,687$1,253,480$1,189,191$1,567,412
Slovakia$233,575$564,882$814,951$926,550$675,414$3,582,275$2,572,002
Slovenia$354,067$436,813$1,194,145$457,775$448,818$1,080,182$1,193,690
South Africa$49,492$22,676$276$77,508$237,250$74,058$64,217
Spain$2,408,819$3,325,562$7,768,071$5,247,921$1,420,925$3,224,840 
Sri Lanka $41,698$378$307$18,948$8,630$9,354
Sudan$1,153$1,474  $170,595  
Swaziland$194,584$179,707$55,731    
Sweden$2,587,118$614,769$2,311,807$2,362,799$423,080$1,748,310$2,726,243
Switzerland$610,349$970,687$2,335,508$2,603,800$2,592,150$4,013,158$4,925,460
Syria$88,261      
Tanzania$24,942$30,676$33,411$55,393   
Thailand$160,514$258,816$457,936$655,377$89,631$457,512$1,728,518
Tonga   $292 $319 
Tunisia$31,569$2,134,193$3,317,019$3,767,606$2,021,186$3,754,734 
Turkey$415,062$305,769$293,172$457,870$309,341$612,646$971,958
Uganda  $159$127$5,902  
Ukraine   $24,420$20,755$518,393$1,934,686
United Arab Emirates$302,702 $555,800$6,115,992   
United Kingdom$15,622,984$12,754,456$11,798,979$38,240,958$14,800,774$27,387,583$28,694,258
United States$47,188,188$48,252,597$76,981,007$79,985,468$20,398,861$58,876,077$91,184,396
Vanuatu  $590    
Venezuela $49,361$95,460$156,073$85,696$14,571$15,423
Vietnam$1,421,358$757,360$1,262,847$2,497,195$1,676,566$2,570,130 
Wallis and Futuna $2,919     
Yemen$17,659   $5,744  
Zambia$31,176 $3,238  $28,760 
Zimbabwe  $121 $1,788$28,372