RankCountryImports of Parts of chains (excl. articulated link chain), of iron/steel in USD (2010)
1France$53,281,504
2United States$33,181,306
3Nigeria$27,280,819
4Korea, South$18,521,669
5Germany$17,857,795
6Vietnam$16,074,950
7Indonesia$13,666,185
8China$10,736,227
9Canada$10,233,653
10Singapore$9,360,605
11United Kingdom$9,212,473
12Norway$5,495,673
13Netherlands$5,486,032
14Brazil$5,386,620
15Belgium$5,210,041
16Spain$5,139,601
17South Africa$4,927,704
18Chile$4,926,168
19India$4,410,923
20Sweden$4,340,165
21Denmark$4,006,785
22Russia$3,469,045
23Malaysia$3,226,225
24Algeria$3,204,748
25Finland$3,101,937
26Australia$2,566,139
27Thailand$2,537,775
28Austria$2,386,242
29Philippines$2,229,716
30Saudi Arabia$2,173,603
31Italy$2,135,410
32Switzerland$1,922,800
33Poland$1,725,400
34Egypt$1,636,689
35Japan$1,613,704
36Czech Republic$1,595,031
37Turkey$1,494,179
38Ukraine$1,451,322
39Mexico$1,294,163
40Slovenia$1,118,390
41Peru$976,037
42Romania$894,924
43Venezuela$806,738
44Morocco$770,076
45Slovakia$628,219
46Belarus$626,200
47Sri Lanka$564,366
48Botswana$532,087
49Serbia$520,276
50Qatar$507,249
51Israel$485,000
52Colombia$452,797
53Ecuador$419,470
54Ireland$410,266
55Lithuania$407,752
56Argentina$382,775
57Dominican Republic$380,972
58Tanzania$376,681
59Portugal$336,209
60New Zealand$315,749
61Greece$304,261
62Panama$303,958
63Iran$286,912
64Hong Kong$285,326
65Croatia$244,355
66Hungary$240,000
67Kenya$238,424
68Bulgaria$236,448
69Malawi$233,398
70Trinidad and Tobago$225,917
71Oman$217,837
72Bosnia and Herzegovina$210,518
73Cote d'Ivoire$196,890
74Guatemala$185,183
75Ghana$175,043
76Costa Rica$173,443
77Mozambique$168,651
78Bolivia$161,230
79El Salvador$155,318
80Bahrain$150,644
81Paraguay$144,711
82Bahamas, The$139,518
83Tunisia$137,911
84Montenegro$129,671
85Latvia$109,741
86Luxembourg$107,369
87New Caledonia$105,406
88Zambia$104,110
89Fiji$100,293
90Jordan$92,916
91Mali$85,277
92Lebanon$79,897
93Nicaragua$76,363
94Ethiopia$76,131
95Mauritius$73,588
96Zimbabwe$65,765
97Pakistan$64,363
98French Polynesia$63,385
99Azerbaijan$62,749
100Senegal$57,334
101Jamaica$54,920
102Syria$54,674
103Guyana$51,915
104Cameroon$42,078
105Iceland$39,095
106Estonia$34,079
107Uganda$32,543
108Burkina Faso$28,843
109Madagascar$27,837
110Cyprus$27,626
111Kyrgyzstan$27,568
112Niger$27,137
113Yemen$25,893
114Nepal$24,414
115Albania$18,848
116Benin$18,202
117Belize$16,551
118Suriname$13,702
119Moldova$13,610
120Barbados$13,471
121Georgia$11,660
122Mauritania$10,653
123Bermuda$7,900
124Bhutan$5,786
125Aruba$5,580
126Armenia$4,367
127Malta$3,960
128Samoa$3,684
129Togo$3,126
130Antigua and Barbuda$1,611
131Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,196
132Cape Verde$1,135
133Dominica$1,034
134Tonga$345
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$20,888$30,972$6,829$8,069$11,926$18,848$14,579
Algeria$719,047$698,599$791,861$1,026,046$1,593,344$3,204,748$1,515,644
Anguilla $355$177$662   
Antigua and Barbuda$1,262$467$709 $4,244$1,611$2,222
Argentina$296,054$368,411$476,637$598,277$448,125$382,775$780,376
Armenia$12,560$1,251$10,076$39,419$2,584$4,367$26,959
Aruba    $6,349$5,580$14,645
Australia$1,684,266$1,383,345$1,550,998$2,542,182$2,918,836$2,566,139$3,643,293
Austria$1,605,475$1,931,622$2,030,188$1,811,498$1,594,546$2,386,242 
Azerbaijan$26,889$1,255$1,835$187$8,560$62,749$1,395
Bahamas, The$255,228$90,767$55,260$55,399$156,507$139,518$111,817
Bahrain$29,242$84,726$17,902$171,284$268,092$150,644$372,952
Bangladesh$10,747$196,531$33,268    
Barbados$38,345$35,615$31,849$27,499$14,192$13,471$18,450
Belarus$462,600$545,900$685,300$1,477,700$483,000$626,200$1,095,500
Belgium$5,756,470$4,772,256$7,487,904$5,688,817$5,322,254$5,210,041$5,955,553
Belize$2,674$8,035$13,555$11,259$1,828$16,551 
Benin$11,236$119,428   $18,202 
Bermuda     $7,900 
Bhutan$2,058$12,882$3,464$27,434$1,873$5,786 
Bolivia$117,298$103,825$44,278$313,858$158,390$161,230$257,234
Bosnia and Herzegovina$277,746$194,044$324,054$404,165$336,654$210,518$156,954
Botswana$225,688$249,209$262,086$129,384$238,703$532,087$185,915
Brazil$2,741,888$3,355,172$4,896,971$4,554,072$7,979,464$5,386,620$6,956,597
Brunei $75,436     
Bulgaria$599,878$646,630$646,743$545,280$445,081$236,448$623,433
Burkina Faso$27,946 $40,193$58,566$147,007$28,843 
Burundi$65      
Cambodia$44$92$11,537$2,318$1,465  
Cameroon$26,273$24,398$258,344$218,280$257,155$42,078 
Canada$13,465,596$17,504,011$14,550,871$12,075,036$6,960,247$10,233,653$14,479,283
Cape Verde$7,773$4,968$476$7,964$890$1,135$24,777
Central African Republic$250      
Chile$2,115,341$3,093,195$3,665,741$3,840,017$3,392,608$4,926,168$7,120,749
China$3,834,388$6,305,363$9,128,118$12,875,976$10,103,471$10,736,227$18,374,138
Colombia$169,925$280,899$1,809,244$5,412,566$2,503,574$452,797$563,342
Comoros$1,350$38     
Costa Rica$118,813$179,918$223,714$217,547$144,178$173,443$414,489
Cote d'Ivoire$42,127$70,542$102,203$102,831$136,801$196,890$58,470
Croatia$380,042$321,322$636,271$675,497$348,323$244,355$188,060
Cuba$157,001$191,488     
Cyprus$78,056$78,399$69,608$104,204$176,507$27,626$18,556
Czech Republic$2,574,596$2,506,263$3,427,353$3,844,985$2,295,945$1,595,031$3,379,248
Denmark$3,583,722$4,575,025$5,686,336$6,213,800$3,891,285$4,006,785$6,416,786
Djibouti    $119,539  
Dominica$56$31$194$224$1,417$1,034 
Dominican Republic$335,078$646,348$226,702$662,960$469,620$380,972$545,991
East Timor$2,517      
Ecuador$135,923$210,257$252,848$380,665$342,193$419,470$417,669
Egypt$519,799$263,802$261,839$550,136$325,380$1,636,689$376,617
El Salvador$76,237$112,245$82,344$68,114$49,077$155,318 
Estonia$181,881$434,429$235,620$75,419$41,305$34,079$102,127
Ethiopia$11,956$10,713$13,648$34,957$3,131$76,131$52,913
Faroe Islands$252,335$205,169$245,681$313,463$247,941  
Fiji$145,683$134,994$190,929$166,455$18,561$100,293 
Finland$1,816,155$2,373,021$2,850,445$3,798,036$2,223,256$3,101,937$3,693,162
France$65,255,896$73,513,578$82,868,955$88,388,777$29,539,885$53,281,504$55,534,578
French Polynesia$32,870$22,595$23,557$15,395$53,311$63,385$7,754
Gabon$112,817$57,201$233,408$265,763$313,970  
Georgia$547$6,707$10,629$169,513$29,284$11,660 
Germany$12,171,000$11,346,000$15,628,000$22,162,000$14,410,000$17,857,795$24,499,324
Ghana$52,490$247,274$154,863$300,251$233,098$175,043$177,021
Greece$806,281$3,391,426$916,122$636,662$200,370$304,261$218,223
Greenland$8,507$81,273$25,723    
Grenada$3,476$154$947$2,121$1,424  
Guatemala$195,681$413,849$457,618$293,187$156,411$185,183$380,401
Guinea$4,662$322     
Guyana$247,599$159,178$467,692$32,080$34,759$51,915$83,125
Honduras$102,948$121,380$73,719 $157,686  
Hong Kong$198,167$191,873$117,323$129,666$103,195$285,326$94,882
Hungary$617,000$621,000$563,000$367,000$280,000$240,000$222,000
Iceland$589,266$180,687$27,790$119,437$26,554$39,095$40,484
India$1,424,615$1,640,944$2,042,396$1,712,280$3,902,391$4,410,923$5,600,342
Indonesia$3,699,862$7,701,319$8,052,879$18,247,024$12,270,978$13,666,185$17,558,101
Iran$197,828$9,794   $286,912 
Ireland$804,877$1,163,723$798,487$692,790$232,133$410,266$370,497
Israel$921,000$1,656,000$384,000$449,000$444,000$485,000$627,000
Italy$5,240,437$4,558,509$4,038,167$3,366,797$3,278,974$2,135,410$2,290,398
Jamaica$81,879$64,306$77,190$116,650$42,131$54,920 
Japan$1,378,288$1,886,687$1,521,774$2,021,390$1,357,845$1,613,704$1,602,150
Jordan$206,651$22,801$35,107$129,597$24,876$92,916$24,275
Kazakhstan$479,490$2,446,168$1,766,770$2,983,930$565,353  
Kenya$95,445$77,993$154,466$479,553$344,156$238,424 
Kiribati$1,289   $560  
Korea, South$1,835,227$2,143,161$3,175,827$10,363,064$8,652,957$18,521,669$19,079,092
Kuwait $311,055$405,034$1,155,559   
Kyrgyzstan$3,884$3,095$9,299$4,910$17,166$27,568$23,237
Latvia$229,430$98,484$76,435$50,033$27,195$109,741$162,717
Lebanon$18,000$22,366$40,132$91,882$84,299$79,897$18,898
Lesotho   $580   
Lithuania$4,647,879$3,171,555$3,559,877$485,086$202,818$407,752$865,848
Luxembourg$138,572$89,410$166,669$309,217$239,747$107,369$151,494
Macau$292$109,961$6,865$1,870$248  
Macedonia$70,361$29,952$94,851$147,387$51,012 $22,648
Madagascar$9,093$80,842$83,662$41,693$66,606$27,837 
Malawi$83,606$11,724$13,164$64,944$393,861$233,398$164,516
Malaysia$980,250$1,407,547$3,539,376$4,534,381$4,506,715$3,226,225$2,496,742
Mali$32,222$9,880$2,405$77,552 $85,277 
Malta$53,355$39,553$25,550$33,847$4,919$3,960 
Mauritania $307,261$17,182$752,436$24,038$10,653$13,725
Mauritius$27,702$44,051$121,910$41,583$103,802$73,588$132,095
Mayotte$736$1,438$17,981$52,372$2,653  
Mexico$1,318,516$1,226,788$1,374,825$1,514,635$926,139$1,294,163$2,066,161
Moldova$21,286$11,240$33,662$16,632$25,631$13,610$10,166
Mongolia$25,841$54,385$13,129    
Montenegro $3,196$20,161$16,926$151,162$129,671$17,384
Montserrat$28$9$1,690$285$149  
Morocco$234,245$170,910$177,802$420,653$546,499$770,076 
Mozambique$27,843$62,369$60,520$97,238$250,684$168,651$240,000
Namibia$71,080$221,892$151,661$59,149   
Nepal    $17,513$24,414 
Netherlands$7,000,290$8,002,620$7,590,051$14,080,639$4,612,846$5,486,032 
Netherlands Antilles$40,023$75,701$113,450$45,763   
New Caledonia$10,310$254,056$202,646$321,456$33,419$105,406$31,334
New Zealand$218,632$244,980$278,297$345,347$290,957$315,749$507,504
Nicaragua$60,180$23,616$29,772$78,854$88,245$76,363$308,774
Niger$32,309$20,902$7,167$113,445$154,734$27,137$9,422
Nigeria $561,374$477,131$1,079,636$2,017,696$27,280,819 
Norway$4,805,924$6,520,600$7,744,948$7,169,089$7,716,560$5,495,673$5,582,603
Oman$161,987$18,122$2,571,732$208,619$56,226$217,837 
Pakistan$53,440$52,273$462,563$350,175$168,116$64,363$106,551
Panama$7,697$65,514$44,348$88,645$81,099$303,958$801,528
Paraguay$41,547$26,099$99,995$195,652$96,005$144,711$195,331
Peru$326,449$511,472$1,013,029$1,229,001$579,983$976,037$1,746,573
Philippines$459,828$401,502$714,182$1,162,046$1,329,243$2,229,716$1,231,054
Poland$1,230,807$1,649,577$2,629,884$2,966,583$1,999,646$1,725,400$2,733,758
Portugal$132,850$169,168$367,440$333,740$295,659$336,209$381,747
Qatar$2,698,095$605,432$1,168,974$652,582 $507,249 
Romania$1,868,449$1,712,669$772,759$2,050,587$1,019,999$894,924$1,324,681
Russia$1,647,561$2,360,700$3,287,393$4,748,441$2,446,365$3,469,045$4,192,809
Rwanda$90$12$7,420$6,514$78,557 $28
Saint Kitts and Nevis$4,637$1,651$2,355$2,787   
Saint Lucia$5,255$2,909$2,553$16,107   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,769$4,765$4,223$498$3,287$1,196 
Samoa$1,418$4,650$5,734$982$3,555$3,684$22,961
Saudi Arabia$1,144,352$1,378,534$1,704,269  $2,173,603 
Senegal$39,611$100,982$207,587$235,750$119,741$57,334$56,409
Serbia$267,452$495,776$586,042$871,179$417,490$520,276$465,484
Seychelles$4,654$19,991$17,856$66,686   
Singapore$8,532,892$9,588,502$15,928,375$22,374,961$11,088,727$9,360,605$7,296,792
Slovakia$424,198$620,729$633,845$1,324,935$437,544$628,219$5,490,915
Slovenia$1,576,070$999,852$926,739$907,669$886,911$1,118,390$1,211,456
South Africa$4,400,853$4,676,082$7,874,854$9,056,813$3,795,910$4,927,704$3,772,441
Spain$4,419,263$4,309,430$4,511,694$5,812,001$6,348,284$5,139,601 
Sri Lanka$5,339,738$8,116,238$11,171,635$10,755,974$579,929$564,366$3,153,354
Sudan$24,796$27,489$3,223$37,463$12,817  
Suriname$13,073$8,643$6,389$20,472$65,529$13,702$40,040
Swaziland$281,885$132,836$385,318    
Sweden$8,299,432$8,461,119$7,947,459$6,456,439$4,186,540$4,340,165$5,039,764
Switzerland$1,089,863$1,797,958$2,273,595$2,315,323$1,696,342$1,922,800$2,076,974
Syria $148,289   $54,674 
Tanzania$99,444$84,513$178,016$156,894$302,829$376,681$420,209
Thailand$1,439,274$1,490,917$2,330,121$3,585,858$2,753,603$2,537,775$3,544,788
Togo$5,617 $17,437  $3,126$11,804
Tonga    $4$345 
Trinidad and Tobago$392,285$103,936$318,259$525,478$191,138$225,917 
Tunisia$191,086$186,079$595,989$329,959$242,196$137,911 
Turkey$888,132$993,474$1,410,744$1,726,003$1,061,368$1,494,179$1,890,606
Tuvalu$12$76 $2,642   
Uganda$18,154$12,151$38,680$53,475$86,962$32,543 
Ukraine$789,856$1,040,857$1,445,282$1,653,941$707,496$1,451,322$1,687,237
United Arab Emirates$4,706,499 $6,856,319$7,493,891   
United Kingdom$5,777,604$7,655,954$11,029,145$6,656,854$5,579,448$9,212,473$9,771,909
United States$26,355,995$37,553,107$43,799,813$47,657,773$27,199,016$33,181,306$44,538,940
Uruguay$50,782$32,005$114,767$45,077$64,404  
Vanuatu $1,467$3,072    
Venezuela$716,082$612,180$1,188,776$1,964,753$1,291,529$806,738$912,043
Vietnam$1,731,236$2,243,421$2,128,413$7,979,660$7,236,431$16,074,950 
Yemen$19,952$52,735$13,845$256,207$30,485$25,893$33,978
Zambia$195,028$191,512$118,943$471,151$56,878$104,110 
Zimbabwe$7,854$103,673$113,182$80,111$113,080$65,765