| Rank | Country | Imports of Flat-rolled prods. of stainless steel, of a width of <600mm, not further wo ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $581,847,610 |  | | 2 | Germany | $490,246,098 | | | 3 | Italy | $169,341,166 | | | 4 | Hong Kong | $153,351,595 | | | 5 | United States | $148,145,376 | | | 6 | France | $136,659,277 | | | 7 | Czech Republic | $135,319,570 | | | 8 | Turkey | $119,112,291 | | | 9 | Canada | $116,024,797 | | | 10 | Switzerland | $111,910,629 | | | 11 | Thailand | $111,408,604 | | | 12 | United Kingdom | $104,568,339 | | | 13 | Mexico | $90,291,607 | | | 14 | India | $79,820,110 | | | 15 | Poland | $75,721,823 | | | 16 | Austria | $70,620,706 | | | 17 | Spain | $65,076,497 | | | 18 | Denmark | $63,218,847 | | | 19 | Sweden | $62,483,216 | | | 20 | Brazil | $57,892,042 | | | 21 | Korea, South | $56,696,307 | | | 22 | Belgium | $53,783,732 | | | 23 | Netherlands | $47,079,380 | | | 24 | Russia | $44,570,081 | | | 25 | Slovakia | $28,057,129 | | | 26 | Singapore | $27,350,992 | | | 27 | Vietnam | $26,313,080 | | | 28 | Romania | $20,192,092 | | | 29 | Finland | $18,786,335 | | | 30 | Slovenia | $18,455,211 | | | 31 | South Africa | $17,169,245 | | | 32 | Japan | $16,548,488 | | | 33 | Malaysia | $14,859,736 | | | 34 | Hungary | $14,593,000 | | | 35 | Portugal | $11,487,661 | | | 36 | Indonesia | $10,839,544 | | | 37 | Australia | $9,593,583 | | | 38 | Norway | $9,078,966 | | | 39 | Jordan | $8,996,840 | | | 40 | Egypt | $8,665,950 | | | 41 | Chile | $5,575,370 | | | 42 | Pakistan | $5,330,602 | | | 43 | Croatia | $4,515,031 | | | 44 | Greece | $4,309,309 | | | 45 | Peru | $4,309,007 | | | 46 | Iran | $4,280,504 | | | 47 | Argentina | $3,891,113 | | | 48 | Saudi Arabia | $3,874,405 | | | 49 | Ukraine | $3,341,178 | | | 50 | New Zealand | $2,960,122 | | | 51 | Belarus | $2,915,800 | | | 52 | Ecuador | $2,756,410 | | | 53 | Lithuania | $2,274,408 | | | 54 | Serbia | $1,929,049 | | | 55 | Israel | $1,917,000 | | | 56 | Colombia | $1,819,406 | | | 57 | Morocco | $1,557,282 | | | 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,105,737 | | | 59 | Bulgaria | $976,599 | | | 60 | Luxembourg | $875,887 | | | 61 | Philippines | $634,723 | | | 62 | Sri Lanka | $583,000 | | | 63 | Latvia | $541,664 | | | 64 | Algeria | $506,019 | | | 65 | Tunisia | $408,722 | | | 66 | Estonia | $381,398 | | | 67 | Venezuela | $345,373 | | | 68 | Costa Rica | $336,059 | | | 69 | Guatemala | $320,441 | | | 70 | Bahrain | $252,305 | | | 71 | Cyprus | $248,193 | | | 72 | Malta | $170,434 | | | 73 | Albania | $163,422 | | | 74 | Ethiopia | $116,970 | | | 75 | Mozambique | $110,784 | | | 76 | Qatar | $97,334 | | | 77 | Ireland | $90,874 | | | 78 | Syria | $86,185 | | | 79 | El Salvador | $84,738 | | | 80 | Bolivia | $66,489 | | | 81 | Paraguay | $62,246 | | | 82 | Burundi | $57,103 | | | 83 | Nigeria | $54,565 | | | 84 | Panama | $50,117 | | | 85 | Burkina Faso | $47,823 | | | 86 | Oman | $30,746 | | | 87 | Moldova | $25,045 | | | 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | $21,286 | | | 89 | Zimbabwe | $21,114 | | | 90 | Dominican Republic | $20,752 | | | 91 | Georgia | $20,492 | | | 92 | New Caledonia | $15,669 | | | 93 | Nepal | $10,781 | | | 94 | Lebanon | $10,300 | | | 95 | Maldives | $8,539 | | | 96 | Kyrgyzstan | $7,179 | | | 97 | Uganda | $6,238 | | | 98 | Montenegro | $5,989 | | | 99 | Cameroon | $5,789 | | | 100 | Fiji | $4,253 | | | 101 | Yemen | $3,934 | | | 102 | Zambia | $3,356 | | | 103 | Guyana | $2,493 | | | 104 | Nicaragua | $2,410 | | | 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | $2,237 | | | 106 | Kenya | $2,091 | | | 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1,547 | | | 108 | Iceland | $1,547 | | | 109 | Dominica | $633 | | | 110 | French Polynesia | $631 | | | 111 | Aruba | $583 | | | 112 | Botswana | $512 | | | 113 | Barbados | $58 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,512 | | $131 | $3,701 | $1,743 | $163,422 | $10,824 |
| Algeria | $598,585 | $3,519,859 | $562,683 | $323,951 | $332,561 | $506,019 | $641,955 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | | $2,237 | |
| Argentina | $2,255,274 | $1,792,523 | $3,052,127 | $4,214,115 | $1,547,363 | $3,891,113 | $5,576,327 |
| Armenia | $31 | $28 | $15 | $65,130 | $169 | | |
| Aruba | | | | | | $583 | |
| Australia | $11,601,362 | $9,514,681 | $19,160,271 | $12,633,267 | $6,191,197 | $9,593,583 | $8,257,415 |
| Austria | $37,687,169 | $47,623,937 | $96,783,579 | $86,256,969 | $48,344,703 | $70,620,706 | |
| Azerbaijan | $2,205 | $31,055 | | $566,619 | $3,718 | | $39,226 |
| Bahamas, The | $5,496 | | | | $221 | | $1,196 |
| Bahrain | $258,978 | $228,492 | $1,668,585 | $466,946 | | $252,305 | $2,996 |
| Bangladesh | $4,551,303 | $5,790,308 | $7,223,413 | | | | |
| Barbados | $600 | $452 | | $1,117 | $1,083 | $58 | $327 |
| Belarus | $496,000 | $724,700 | $617,200 | $708,500 | $2,228,900 | $2,915,800 | $4,912,800 |
| Belgium | $59,139,303 | $57,113,773 | $93,131,774 | $73,037,293 | $45,866,423 | $53,783,732 | $60,128,737 |
| Bolivia | $47,029 | $42,963 | $21,912 | $78,252 | $83,882 | $66,489 | $38,745 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $206,108 | $432,970 | $425,396 | $1,059,610 | $620,109 | $1,105,737 | $1,005,293 |
| Botswana | | $2,134 | $10,319 | | | $512 | $4,907 |
| Brazil | $15,026,597 | $16,869,038 | $36,139,780 | $56,675,144 | $29,918,513 | $57,892,042 | $79,247,707 |
| Brunei | | $166,453 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $636,843 | $590,783 | $1,236,880 | $882,706 | $666,998 | $976,599 | $3,403,084 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | $47,823 | |
| Burundi | | | $91 | | | $57,103 | |
| Cambodia | $1,686 | $32,816 | $23,654 | $29,268 | $13 | | |
| Cameroon | $19,607 | $10,097 | $17,118 | $26,130 | $5,810 | $5,789 | |
| Canada | $137,128,284 | $132,358,793 | $111,263,027 | $127,855,822 | $78,436,360 | $116,024,797 | $137,846,896 |
| Chile | $1,807,129 | $2,208,904 | $2,677,015 | $4,406,340 | $2,131,312 | $5,575,370 | $2,824,204 |
| China | $495,629,299 | $587,012,113 | $707,373,332 | $669,543,545 | $477,664,268 | $581,847,610 | $589,272,775 |
| Colombia | $2,422,414 | $3,502,239 | $2,605,133 | $3,296,404 | $1,536,218 | $1,819,406 | $2,988,222 |
| Costa Rica | $58,369 | $220,618 | $85,686 | $567,304 | $185,415 | $336,059 | $798,675 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $24,071 | $38,473 | $854 | $678 | $12,116 | $1,547 | $3,899 |
| Croatia | $5,743,115 | $8,527,083 | $12,733,357 | $8,100,834 | $4,072,992 | $4,515,031 | $2,964,259 |
| Cuba | $14,323 | $130,715 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $74,317 | $148,699 | $212,459 | $137,347 | $102,659 | $248,193 | $137,468 |
| Czech Republic | $71,549,094 | $74,160,215 | $155,954,372 | $168,544,347 | $108,408,719 | $135,319,570 | $104,498,134 |
| Denmark | $57,367,937 | $80,537,221 | $123,138,125 | $97,618,501 | $51,039,074 | $63,218,847 | $74,126,651 |
| Dominica | | | | | | $633 | |
| Dominican Republic | | | | $27,104 | $439 | $20,752 | $90,620 |
| Ecuador | $956,392 | $1,443,194 | $1,773,545 | $1,474,794 | $577,061 | $2,756,410 | $322,668 |
| Egypt | $546,940 | $465,708 | $968,252 | $6,600,322 | $4,943,833 | $8,665,950 | $10,075,233 |
| El Salvador | $7,432 | $195,296 | $989,353 | $4,522,753 | $865,320 | $84,738 | |
| Estonia | $343,101 | $339,646 | $1,075,758 | $2,008,822 | $899,015 | $381,398 | $1,178,194 |
| Ethiopia | $582 | | | | $32,204 | $116,970 | |
| Faroe Islands | | $15,191 | $893 | | $985 | | |
| Fiji | | | $12,342 | $16,207 | $548 | $4,253 | |
| Finland | $34,552,613 | $28,318,981 | $46,078,060 | $26,921,785 | $10,673,486 | $18,786,335 | $14,185,491 |
| France | $155,353,702 | $180,065,640 | $277,155,388 | $203,804,310 | $110,391,144 | $136,659,277 | $155,643,475 |
| French Polynesia | $3,745 | $280 | $308 | $15,887 | $2,118 | $631 | $702 |
| Gabon | | $2,387 | $960 | | $119 | | |
| Georgia | $1,756 | $4,685 | $51 | $5,018 | $44,484 | $20,492 | |
| Germany | $421,945,000 | $575,624,000 | $747,573,000 | $628,101,000 | $313,610,000 | $490,246,098 | $653,117,831 |
| Greece | $9,628,594 | $11,799,933 | $16,486,179 | $12,233,873 | $4,870,789 | $4,309,309 | $3,154,905 |
| Greenland | | $1,243 | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $144,511 | $16,396 | $70,025 | $85,596 | $29,662 | $320,441 | $189,528 |
| Guyana | | | | | $41 | $2,493 | |
| Honduras | $41 | $44 | $245,959 | | $2,054 | | |
| Hong Kong | $147,216,117 | $160,010,869 | $222,425,612 | $206,117,554 | $125,875,407 | $153,351,595 | $139,969,098 |
| Hungary | $11,196,000 | $17,234,000 | $23,753,000 | $16,690,000 | $9,461,000 | $14,593,000 | $31,377,000 |
| Iceland | $80,200 | $10,237 | $2,870 | $2,700 | $401 | $1,547 | $2,818 |
| India | $11,558,414 | $9,252,149 | $20,868,638 | $17,975,396 | $33,123,184 | $79,820,110 | $92,444,700 |
| Indonesia | $4,628,232 | $5,151,116 | $6,556,089 | $34,430,224 | $18,810,819 | $10,839,544 | $13,552,682 |
| Iran | $12,153,452 | $1,775,647 | | | | $4,280,504 | |
| Ireland | $690,220 | $963,436 | $896,728 | $161,598 | $100,800 | $90,874 | $989,902 |
| Israel | $4,468,000 | $3,608,000 | $2,547,000 | $1,008,000 | $1,182,000 | $1,917,000 | $1,341,000 |
| Italy | $133,763,282 | $158,965,079 | $223,511,396 | $202,446,177 | $102,997,001 | $169,341,166 | $190,453,361 |
| Jamaica | | $405 | $2,539 | | $616 | | |
| Japan | $9,071,483 | $10,337,137 | $12,165,093 | $16,552,181 | $11,797,557 | $16,548,488 | $22,833,350 |
| Jordan | $3,550 | $3,591 | $25,134 | $28,503 | $6,704 | $8,996,840 | $18,940,311 |
| Kazakhstan | $570,273 | $165,216 | $167,095 | $214,633 | $129,262 | | |
| Kenya | $14,911 | | $63,234 | | | $2,091 | |
| Korea, South | $38,147,582 | $35,735,858 | $42,224,887 | $64,017,158 | $45,172,631 | $56,696,307 | $80,453,638 |
| Kuwait | | $274,171 | $199,738 | $11,654,621 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $1,788 | | | $4,291 | | $7,179 | |
| Latvia | $53,870 | $140,061 | $195,595 | $69,148 | $106,916 | $541,664 | $1,816,818 |
| Lebanon | $50,000 | $109,387 | $26,590 | $96,628 | $3,182 | $10,300 | $154,221 |
| Lithuania | $1,932,702 | $1,598,975 | $1,279,606 | $2,802,838 | $1,599,765 | $2,274,408 | $3,673,528 |
| Luxembourg | $1,617,264 | $1,711,930 | $2,085,701 | $1,854,219 | $1,066,146 | $875,887 | $1,095,380 |
| Macau | $3,575 | $6,114 | $2,066 | $39,236 | $3,487 | | $3,390 |
| Macedonia | $42,977 | $149,639 | $143,859 | $486,676 | $42,832 | | $62,529 |
| Madagascar | | $14,066 | | $2,990 | $17,277 | | |
| Malawi | | $21 | | $5,420 | | | $342,618 |
| Malaysia | $41,064,527 | $24,905,054 | $15,755,241 | $13,240,182 | $9,977,206 | $14,859,736 | $22,526,878 |
| Maldives | $365 | $384 | | $65 | $1,602 | $8,539 | $2,825 |
| Malta | $833,785 | $735,215 | $939,699 | $219,080 | $134,127 | $170,434 | |
| Mauritius | | | $177 | | | | $46 |
| Mayotte | | | | | $35 | | |
| Mexico | $40,308,821 | $46,667,920 | $60,796,421 | $76,752,986 | $55,751,362 | $90,291,607 | $99,842,030 |
| Moldova | $4,215 | $38,896 | $3,920 | $11,070 | $127,193 | $25,045 | $8,268 |
| Montenegro | | $4,287 | $1,289 | $2,931 | $24,388 | $5,989 | $19,063 |
| Morocco | $1,417,206 | $1,005,779 | $1,881,401 | $2,547,019 | $1,660,959 | $1,557,282 | |
| Mozambique | | $4,713 | $18,425 | $26,472 | $27,035 | $110,784 | $11,000 |
| Namibia | $24,395 | $115,061 | $22,029 | $29,566 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $10,781 | |
| Netherlands | $31,687,159 | $48,592,364 | $82,142,743 | $76,834,967 | $31,890,988 | $47,079,380 | |
| New Caledonia | $574 | $359 | $1,858 | $20,799 | $108,586 | $15,669 | $122,332 |
| New Zealand | $5,313,095 | $4,932,745 | $10,420,127 | $8,392,651 | $3,959,710 | $2,960,122 | $3,649,638 |
| Nicaragua | $84,030 | $319 | $10 | $174 | $5,996 | $2,410 | $82,115 |
| Nigeria | | | $164,160 | | | $54,565 | |
| Norway | $14,324,331 | $19,489,213 | $21,370,473 | $18,541,554 | $8,854,144 | $9,078,966 | $17,875,274 |
| Oman | $15,919 | $9,038 | $6,060 | $196,507 | $26,094 | $30,746 | |
| Pakistan | $7,001,122 | $10,272,326 | $4,363,329 | $2,913,321 | $4,933,092 | $5,330,602 | $7,068,138 |
| Panama | $1,368 | $3,886 | $25,120 | $82,321 | $32,295 | $50,117 | $37,514 |
| Paraguay | $9,800 | $34,191 | $19,212 | $8,723 | $34,094 | $62,246 | $110,450 |
| Peru | $1,016,317 | $1,864,064 | $2,300,223 | $2,314,808 | $1,822,847 | $4,309,007 | $2,982,376 |
| Philippines | $1,416,845 | $1,176,080 | $1,806,812 | $839,561 | $440,804 | $634,723 | $823,073 |
| Poland | $44,917,612 | $60,538,575 | $114,086,912 | $108,052,584 | $72,967,408 | $75,721,823 | $91,480,189 |
| Portugal | $10,334,666 | $11,049,021 | $15,569,868 | $16,248,875 | $8,426,004 | $11,487,661 | $12,345,073 |
| Qatar | $204,729 | $121,635 | $334,087 | $515,938 | | $97,334 | |
| Romania | $9,957,182 | $12,016,870 | $28,541,528 | $28,680,444 | $16,090,025 | $20,192,092 | $25,688,527 |
| Russia | $13,780,452 | $24,197,966 | $35,606,745 | $46,361,917 | $25,615,457 | $44,570,081 | $64,738,213 |
| Rwanda | $7,672 | $2,764 | | $657 | | | $249 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | $1,057 | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $196,691 | $148,885 | $3,180,100 | | | $3,874,405 | |
| Senegal | | $3,411 | $2,018 | $111 | | | $12,559 |
| Serbia | $1,275,552 | $1,822,429 | $3,667,102 | $3,115,463 | $1,450,934 | $1,929,049 | $2,675,252 |
| Singapore | $12,152,487 | $16,272,893 | $25,795,316 | $38,830,565 | $16,028,096 | $27,350,992 | $34,805,852 |
| Slovakia | $13,153,866 | $20,083,350 | $33,073,858 | $36,177,323 | $30,826,002 | $28,057,129 | $32,300,628 |
| Slovenia | $17,920,783 | $23,582,449 | $30,070,343 | $28,136,825 | $14,348,974 | $18,455,211 | $22,197,618 |
| South Africa | $8,121,450 | $13,434,110 | $28,069,913 | $17,829,844 | $8,680,238 | $17,169,245 | $25,371,083 |
| Spain | $46,315,271 | $66,744,999 | $108,218,498 | $69,569,945 | $40,314,976 | $65,076,497 | |
| Sri Lanka | | $177,824 | $216,225 | $652,015 | $597,289 | $583,000 | $680,108 |
| Sudan | | | $219 | $20,446 | | | |
| Suriname | | | $10,321 | $2,284 | | | |
| Swaziland | $1,740 | $60 | $15 | | | | |
| Sweden | $60,514,093 | $70,352,904 | $129,401,114 | $67,974,350 | $35,780,274 | $62,483,216 | $72,933,127 |
| Switzerland | $144,971,905 | $148,252,257 | $199,573,619 | $155,901,147 | $80,842,837 | $111,910,629 | $122,450,562 |
| Syria | $251,377 | $222,666 | $383,954 | $2,010,163 | | $86,185 | |
| Tanzania | $2,364 | | $280 | $1,003 | $1,152 | | $4,237 |
| Thailand | $54,488,194 | $60,711,233 | $166,753,594 | $80,925,385 | $63,580,174 | $111,408,604 | $102,165,478 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $5,824 | $1,273 | | $5,037 | $3,824 | $21,286 | |
| Tunisia | $225,163 | $261,512 | $60,978 | $463,053 | $415,585 | $408,722 | |
| Turkey | $93,507,193 | $112,121,417 | $134,451,741 | $127,614,186 | $86,345,244 | $119,112,291 | $131,514,199 |
| Uganda | | $284 | | | | $6,238 | |
| Ukraine | $1,629,129 | $2,613,158 | $3,021,100 | $4,877,700 | $1,580,756 | $3,341,178 | $8,006,073 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,515,524 | | $944,113 | $2,189,989 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $98,033,145 | $119,594,946 | $176,295,392 | $138,273,563 | $71,211,586 | $104,568,339 | $106,392,266 |
| United States | $127,864,378 | $143,308,525 | $178,588,289 | $188,966,798 | $88,935,546 | $148,145,376 | $179,674,945 |
| Uruguay | $208,451 | $76,790 | $339,130 | $361,131 | $161,381 | | |
| Venezuela | $1,451,830 | $977,715 | $631,116 | $1,264,355 | $385,912 | $345,373 | $466,787 |
| Vietnam | $5,062,659 | $11,013,600 | $29,125,855 | $27,450,844 | $25,459,749 | $26,313,080 | |
| Yemen | $389 | | | | | $3,934 | |
| Zambia | | $3,080 | $32,745 | $21,369 | $3,839 | $3,356 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $1,470 | | $19,449 | $250 | $21,114 | |
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