RankCountryImports of Rails of iron/steel in USD (2010)
1Brazil$428,754,837
2Germany$318,056,623
3United States$273,097,137
4Canada$136,920,365
5Russia$97,338,501
6Turkey$88,476,756
7China$70,937,203
8France$67,493,263
9Saudi Arabia$65,665,682
10Australia$64,382,504
11Iran$55,066,928
12Sweden$53,101,808
13Mexico$47,844,994
14Belgium$47,668,634
15Netherlands$46,046,606
16South Africa$44,745,713
17Switzerland$38,614,408
18Indonesia$38,279,949
19Syria$34,518,089
20Belarus$33,702,200
21Spain$30,865,428
22Korea, South$29,513,057
23Poland$28,814,075
24Algeria$28,241,467
25Italy$26,808,556
26Portugal$23,951,768
27Argentina$22,469,302
28Romania$22,405,543
29Malaysia$21,902,243
30Finland$21,419,206
31Denmark$19,616,465
32Hungary$19,056,000
33Austria$18,660,973
34India$18,341,614
35Norway$17,461,101
36Lithuania$17,308,253
37Luxembourg$17,095,389
38Georgia$17,041,012
39Venezuela$16,240,647
40Cameroon$15,917,360
41Pakistan$15,832,349
42Vietnam$15,465,940
43Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,850,770
44Latvia$14,652,000
45Slovakia$14,594,846
46United Kingdom$12,894,969
47Egypt$9,697,008
48Peru$9,225,468
49Chile$8,977,980
50Nigeria$8,704,845
51Ukraine$8,285,750
52New Zealand$7,857,596
53Estonia$7,350,280
54Thailand$7,085,640
55Israel$6,545,000
56Hong Kong$6,076,079
57Czech Republic$5,808,074
58Sri Lanka$5,778,643
59Bulgaria$5,367,636
60Qatar$4,679,864
61Slovenia$4,614,905
62Mauritania$4,008,687
63Colombia$3,402,302
64Tunisia$3,280,964
65Senegal$3,230,543
66Singapore$3,178,651
67Japan$2,992,115
68Croatia$2,972,438
69Serbia$2,291,611
70Montenegro$1,700,583
71Dominican Republic$1,465,448
72Bolivia$1,454,919
73Morocco$1,396,361
74Azerbaijan$1,257,459
75Ecuador$1,232,758
76Philippines$1,079,339
77Ethiopia$1,077,780
78Oman$887,851
79Armenia$800,052
80Bahrain$686,444
81Togo$605,496
82Zimbabwe$587,858
83Greece$574,165
84Zambia$567,473
85Kenya$523,154
86Botswana$500,457
87Bahamas, The$415,970
88Ireland$365,270
89Jordan$360,678
90Jamaica$356,440
91Mozambique$329,177
92Ghana$289,066
93Guatemala$266,413
94Albania$244,175
95Nicaragua$204,991
96Samoa$172,537
97Bhutan$120,130
98Moldova$118,245
99Kyrgyzstan$106,752
100New Caledonia$98,470
101Tanzania$98,369
102Trinidad and Tobago$86,360
103Cyprus$78,637
104Maldives$61,554
105Tonga$60,212
106Panama$56,247
107Niger$52,838
108Aruba$44,632
109Malawi$42,956
110Costa Rica$37,167
111Nepal$33,691
112Fiji$33,017
113Cote d'Ivoire$31,757
114El Salvador$25,263
115Uganda$24,343
116Cape Verde$17,307
117Iceland$15,786
118Barbados$15,756
119Guyana$15,005
120Bermuda$13,333
121Cambodia$10,990
122Benin$6,903
123Lebanon$6,144
124Madagascar$5,240
125Paraguay$2,625
126Yemen$2,020
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,683
128Burundi$1,462
129Mauritius$1,331
130Dominica$987
131Burkina Faso$101
132Malta$93
133Belize$51
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$138,434$162,096$64,389$258,567$133,358$244,175$10,527
Algeria$2,278,530$18,059,160$90,163,660$62,094,975$54,031,345$28,241,467$30,018,785
Antigua and Barbuda$47,921$27,197$80,498 $1,416 $970
Argentina$3,121,902$10,159,302$11,695,715$19,058,994$9,859,857$22,469,302$23,705,641
Armenia$3,995$214,421$178,654$3,972,042$1,856,350$800,052$2,366,807
Aruba    $30,387$44,632$1,199
Australia$27,102,610$26,761,502$60,948,469$76,130,433$86,517,349$64,382,504$95,233,993
Austria$9,123,147$13,151,883$11,323,855$12,476,178$15,241,848$18,660,973 
Azerbaijan$4,552,133$1,201,748$875,146$860,831$201,640$1,257,459$29,330,585
Bahamas, The$114,624$109,964$351,958$28,234$113,081$415,970$127,186
Bahrain$484,372$1,046,283$171,579$350,372$389,533$686,444$564,570
Bangladesh$2,573,237$4,037,154$215,648    
Barbados$224$1,886$12$115$25,512$15,756 
Belarus$15,979,800$21,860,800$24,590,000$34,008,200$18,895,900$33,702,200$35,864,700
Belgium$31,094,681$40,609,977$50,675,302$93,605,708$64,432,038$47,668,634$93,090,802
Belize$69$9  $488$51 
Benin     $6,903 
Bermuda     $13,333 
Bhutan$42,899$6,225$140,286$39,288$52,865$120,130 
Bolivia$565,209$2,682,310$1,453,253$2,307,988$653,597$1,454,919$1,558,996
Bosnia and Herzegovina$6,024,668$631,523$2,099,645$2,202,039$766,980$14,850,770$5,031,687
Botswana$442,440$459,666$1,083,118$1,257,440$478,550$500,457$871,080
Brazil$67,935,557$73,076,540$92,955,214$204,491,154$170,147,774$428,754,837$160,983,485
Brunei $105,174     
Bulgaria$1,689,547$2,348,800$10,785,323$16,634,855$12,149,950$5,367,636$30,835,653
Burkina Faso$40,729 $73,143$17,010$46,329$101 
Burundi $1,389$92$312 $1,462 
Cambodia$5,110$2,801,783$41,748 $64,204$10,990 
Cameroon$253,881$140,127$1,968,211$1,633,406$237,844$15,917,360 
Canada$119,027,098$133,267,769$147,144,414$195,486,923$116,878,412$136,920,365$225,761,469
Cape Verde $1,884 $15,105$9,468$17,307$2,079
Chile$14,992,541$6,729,747$7,087,510$7,387,391$21,142,075$8,977,980$11,186,020
China$46,439,221$48,248,482$52,028,563$55,083,099$80,228,429$70,937,203$50,937,487
Colombia$11,916,034$8,196,581$12,975,934$22,585,318$4,265,642$3,402,302$8,254,526
Comoros$483$98     
Costa Rica$21,945$63,271$103,826$87,388$117,244$37,167$37,459
Cote d'Ivoire$16,330$37,124$74,838$41,057$143,606$31,757$91,560
Croatia$5,415,784$8,722,745$6,719,758$10,502,261$6,205,806$2,972,438$8,048,430
Cuba$72,414$1,719,280     
Cyprus$5,311 $320$63,644$43,035$78,637 
Czech Republic$3,719,369$4,851,399$14,297,197$14,701,205$6,577,781$5,808,074$7,442,240
Denmark$16,177,537$4,433,573$26,862,041$39,144,650$22,291,209$19,616,465$7,229,797
Dominica$5,250 $71$2,478 $987 
Dominican Republic$405,954$118,105$4,512,327$816,857$1,017,828$1,465,448$6,168,197
East Timor$85,677      
Ecuador$183,893$283,621$97,298$650,779$644,381$1,232,758$20,112,178
Egypt$266,621$923,906$5,061,771$26,531,440$3,650,633$9,697,008$2,124,188
El Salvador$64,475$28,524$255,759$369,127$48,830$25,263 
Estonia$6,715,765$9,839,350$7,134,952$8,591,407$21,888,545$7,350,280$11,108,448
Ethiopia$1,486,193$746,152$4,208,053$69,605$34,222$1,077,780$505,602
Faroe Islands$10,471$30,027$10,010$7,801$38,763  
Fiji$1,714$7,710$1,198$68,449$185,849$33,017 
Finland$24,036,160$9,897,505$31,389,265$41,433,897$14,187,931$21,419,206$21,178,997
France$23,284,080$33,800,602$34,237,641$60,050,616$46,874,077$67,493,263$42,757,117
French Polynesia  $1,563$186$66 $181
Gabon$5,976$1,326,368$3,699,175$36,411$9,419,830  
Gambia, The $1,746 $45   
Georgia$1,912,862$7,367,846$1,803,006$8,623,618$120,412$17,041,012 
Germany$187,319,000$198,364,000$270,431,000$313,425,000$196,590,000$318,056,623$241,236,352
Ghana$1,132,761$104,711$2,568,637$401,137$239,622$289,066$1,170,281
Greece$5,649,423$5,401,688$23,909,498$51,911,163$14,113,510$574,165$1,510,067
Greenland$112,387$103,931$309,920    
Grenada   $57$36  
Guatemala$88,433$8,758$112,711$110,123$63,290$266,413$566,776
Guinea$3,571,922$2,395,379$671,632$1,904,849   
Guyana$75,788$15,608$33,890$1,704$3,745$15,005$3,954
Honduras$79,487$71,258$31,827 $158,672  
Hong Kong$5,396,162$3,922,381$6,384,438$3,274,373$2,518,856$6,076,079$7,832,654
Hungary$7,944,000$10,191,000$16,332,000$24,023,000$13,218,000$19,056,000$19,266,000
Iceland$2,000,457$1,138,028$121,692$121,744 $15,786$32,125
India$5,637,043$2,807,732$13,938,322$33,304,794$18,084,713$18,341,614$17,153,174
Indonesia$37,980,782$1,812,027$5,309,273$4,789,065$12,364,805$38,279,949$35,197,074
Iran$69,366,878$2,345,895   $55,066,928 
Ireland$616,251$685,269$1,366,304$11,511,006$7,921,661$365,270$1,007,078
Israel$2,359,000$7,993,000$8,648,000$4,545,000$8,000,000$6,545,000$9,857,000
Italy$19,560,309$22,752,919$32,324,976$39,729,418$24,608,849$26,808,556$40,727,872
Jamaica$66,458$2,429,865$1,532,437$326,140$3,818,410$356,440 
Japan$2,579,831$3,326,250$2,934,729$6,471,935$7,397,928$2,992,115$1,207,885
Jordan$1,075$36,930 $155,816$606,445$360,678$2,866,109
Kazakhstan$52,211,689$90,981,344$76,203,014$117,321,423$54,365,083  
Kenya$209,624$890,408$58,430$259,423$153,271$523,154 
Kiribati$34   $16  
Korea, South$8,943,311$22,972,174$35,362,230$83,197,525$27,423,474$29,513,057$26,763,664
Kuwait $3,477,447$1,156$331,456   
Kyrgyzstan$1,605$159,848$7,986$236,481$1,202,484$106,752$290,278
Latvia$12,263,873$17,637,481$15,489,069$13,497,328$6,160,952$14,652,000$7,672,142
Lebanon $186,108$3,167,462$66,604$176,270$6,144$208,640
Lesotho   $27,070   
Lithuania$15,730,968$12,081,224$7,645,047$13,675,970$3,359,273$17,308,253$13,975,271
Luxembourg$17,185,463$22,429,694$30,936,210$26,012,668$20,046,364$17,095,389$17,651,967
Macau$2,370$437$7,093$2,499$501  
Macedonia$167,540$98,482$959,523$1,900,460$903,476 $447,387
Madagascar$150$1,579,860$5,778$2,445,772$702,048$5,240 
Malawi$587$450$8,731$22,634$26,965$42,956$139,682
Malaysia$3,582,847$14,972,661$20,062,564$95,100,193$18,416,501$21,902,243$16,921,451
Maldives$38,741$38,672$25,947$61,721$52,711$61,554$106,101
Mali$9,215$415,816$1,573,136$2,435,120   
Malta$13,795$160,825 $271,900$16,023$93 
Mauritania   $9,295 $4,008,687$18,803,547
Mauritius $836$4,106$366$20,294$1,331$35,108
Mayotte $30,811$654$938$162  
Mexico$35,832,594$51,572,982$88,182,972$49,410,570$79,130,216$47,844,994$65,641,316
Moldova$865$10,176$2,675,253$1,884,454$25,687$118,245$83,536
Mongolia$3,748,360$5,362,115$3,437,716    
Montenegro $4,178,181$3,181,467$59,476$5,394$1,700,583$1,279,217
Montserrat$196      
Morocco$25,722,629$28,178,810$1,200,966$6,258,082$5,377,188$1,396,361 
Mozambique$17,138$2,508,701$7,717,770$227,460$377,009$329,177$1,354,000
Namibia$166,169$136,236$1,144,460$187,833   
Nepal    $52,313$33,691 
Netherlands$49,933,165$35,074,594$27,126,540$35,860,247$33,783,831$46,046,606 
Netherlands Antilles$229,849$301,994$70,715$182,879   
New Caledonia$94,212$73,998$135,463$216,464$57,532$98,470$87,689
New Zealand$3,879,207$7,532,832$3,338,527$3,934,513$7,249,905$7,857,596$7,023,271
Nicaragua$47,790$50,004$154,972$157,089$103,369$204,991$142,810
Niger   $41$85,869$52,838$92,696
Nigeria $158,963$455,905$724,003$1,076,561$8,704,845 
Norway$4,161,092$5,209,640$9,999,456$16,125,055$17,914,413$17,461,101$21,179,072
Oman$722,728$1,171,311$337,134$273,402$479,995$887,851 
Pakistan$785,004$347,118$550,511$820,827$19,301,728$15,832,349$8,405,901
Panama$19,432$25,219$10,184$495,002$11,921$56,247$111,544
Paraguay$25,381$13,844$75$68,597$3,679$2,625$158,821
Peru$3,065,323$4,238,667$7,023,764$14,640,668$18,318,340$9,225,468$11,468,862
Philippines$466,187$607,960$1,961,252$2,552,590$1,086,619$1,079,339$943,804
Poland$6,563,974$11,204,927$28,964,007$52,097,106$31,599,099$28,814,075$53,504,267
Portugal$9,412,182$3,712,825$6,489,495$2,108,773$8,041,764$23,951,768$11,069,101
Qatar$2,253,413$5,017,687$6,555,140$94,780,334 $4,679,864 
Romania$15,092,502$17,808,129$37,592,823$25,501,299$10,374,410$22,405,543$24,254,215
Russia$6,587,987$6,856,087$20,578,319$57,843,198$6,834,343$97,338,501$213,648,636
Rwanda$6,839$33,616$9,049$34,959$72,663 $188,637
Saint Kitts and Nevis$102,767$36,266$36,719$37,021   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$137$6,503$5,227$217$1,009$1,683 
Samoa    $3,857$172,537$31,477
Saudi Arabia$8,209,799$7,257,011$13,847,246$21,654,427$137,973,889$65,665,682 
Senegal$85,829$3,956,510$847,098$1,337,305$218,926$3,230,543$484,526
Serbia$2,164,027$1,937,952$13,675,659$8,957,021$1,462,292$2,291,611$8,488,613
Seychelles$485$18,750$52,699$46,555   
Singapore$5,985,237$5,801,712$12,348,245$10,146,778$13,355,401$3,178,651$13,281,813
Slovakia$10,817,223$12,209,615$13,374,080$15,303,975$12,074,173$14,594,846$9,401,002
Slovenia$3,846,167$1,753,793$3,301,517$5,339,454$4,483,376$4,614,905$3,875,393
South Africa$28,329,271$17,900,340$46,151,052$74,820,525$41,471,044$44,745,713$73,716,059
Spain$13,754,500$9,599,401$26,803,158$37,595,551$26,273,041$30,865,428 
Sri Lanka$132,190$46,873$265,729$307,335$226,316$5,778,643$7,991,999
Sudan$130,209$48,756$120,940$82,979$6,240,458  
Suriname      $9,614
Swaziland$339,393$106,315$238,841    
Sweden$27,819,619$26,849,291$44,664,671$50,862,684$59,184,542$53,101,808$61,570,415
Switzerland$43,432,804$42,502,789$50,219,036$79,089,533$49,177,524$38,614,408$70,522,089
Syria$117,407$42,357 $455,477 $34,518,089 
Tanzania$6,107,472$4,027,222$379,525$20,571$26,197,768$98,369$314,237
Thailand$10,133,447$15,438,324$9,693,601$17,719,448$13,775,585$7,085,640$70,296,604
Togo$1,315    $605,496$355,867
Tonga   $6,738$407$60,212 
Trinidad and Tobago$132,730$71,872$69,917$371,124$151,049$86,360 
Tunisia$1,591,761$712,734$11,528,893$5,589,924$4,084,237$3,280,964 
Turkey$32,271,462$8,110,476$17,236,244$77,171,216$71,443,407$88,476,756$84,034,247
Uganda$742,938$67,789$40,154$72,594$5,482$24,343 
Ukraine$3,851,044$1,834,756$9,565,455$8,706,220$6,312,536$8,285,750$10,022,382
United Arab Emirates$1,446,644 $19,441,467$12,865,710   
United Kingdom$36,616,550$42,135,576$99,115,989$61,719,011$21,792,165$12,894,969$8,097,588
United States$236,445,440$314,446,838$319,325,701$364,680,180$274,517,513$273,097,137$326,319,627
Uruguay$38,665$62,976$142,895 $112,698  
Vanuatu  $1,859    
Venezuela$8,300,508$15,491,805$8,485,810$8,756,736$4,774,016$16,240,647$15,210,821
Vietnam$8,454,617$9,379,878$16,552,076$14,355,865$31,097,023$15,465,940 
Wallis and Futuna$86      
Yemen$699$105,847$50,564 $28,589$2,020 
Zambia$629,624$608,402$1,327,155$2,359,337$821,897$567,473 
Zimbabwe$16,558$10,883,833$453,668$365,830$145,351$587,858