RankCountryImports of Grinding balls & sim. cast arts. for mills, of iron/steel in USD (2010)
1Australia$35,719,208
2Indonesia$35,496,417
3Chile$34,792,778
4Brazil$32,049,521
5Mexico$13,449,174
6Russia$11,473,915
7Philippines$8,378,316
8South Africa$8,287,861
9New Zealand$7,931,846
10Sweden$7,852,506
11Canada$7,411,484
12Zimbabwe$7,116,306
13Suriname$7,067,037
14Japan$6,556,931
15United Kingdom$5,870,704
16Norway$5,422,195
17Ukraine$5,376,166
18Nigeria$5,358,275
19Czech Republic$5,105,110
20United States$5,098,407
21Poland$4,803,498
22Italy$4,332,337
23Peru$4,106,888
24Finland$3,900,797
25Germany$3,785,127
26Bahrain$3,729,681
27Netherlands$3,558,364
28Botswana$3,513,544
29Turkey$3,344,461
30Venezuela$3,276,747
31Belarus$3,073,200
32Oman$2,823,892
33Korea, South$2,720,094
34Greece$2,584,033
35Vietnam$2,534,590
36France$2,437,551
37Saudi Arabia$2,343,203
38Colombia$2,315,983
39Iran$2,131,604
40Spain$2,029,883
41Latvia$1,642,576
42Ecuador$1,638,513
43Thailand$1,498,301
44China$1,406,975
45Malaysia$1,366,265
46Bolivia$1,296,810
47India$1,283,536
48Denmark$1,242,695
49Austria$1,174,806
50Georgia$953,041
51Egypt$935,754
52Lebanon$917,678
53Romania$910,326
54Yemen$898,140
55Cote d'Ivoire$879,867
56Dominican Republic$797,029
57Tunisia$794,256
58Pakistan$717,609
59Portugal$706,393
60Ghana$703,028
61Bhutan$687,036
62Argentina$664,174
63Slovakia$649,052
64Burkina Faso$647,036
65Nepal$624,544
66Uganda$588,320
67Zambia$572,565
68Luxembourg$534,452
69Jordan$524,966
70Serbia$524,785
71Croatia$520,818
72Morocco$492,480
73Algeria$434,922
74Belgium$429,135
75Fiji$427,061
76Ethiopia$390,973
77Switzerland$382,648
78Tanzania$345,372
79Togo$339,703
80Azerbaijan$325,615
81Niger$317,355
82Hungary$299,000
83Hong Kong$281,103
84Syria$258,854
85Kenya$254,224
86Mauritania$243,034
87Kyrgyzstan$220,849
88Sri Lanka$216,898
89Ireland$161,813
90Guatemala$147,578
91Senegal$143,740
92Slovenia$111,776
93Benin$105,538
94Costa Rica$97,441
95Singapore$94,397
96Moldova$91,542
97Albania$86,531
98El Salvador$86,462
99Malawi$56,852
100Iceland$51,001
101Bulgaria$48,641
102Lithuania$48,056
103Bosnia and Herzegovina$46,060
104Mozambique$39,603
105Barbados$37,540
106Israel$36,000
107Bahamas, The$35,596
108New Caledonia$35,158
109Panama$33,254
110Cambodia$29,012
111Cameroon$26,054
112Nicaragua$20,446
113Estonia$19,461
114Qatar$7,790
115Mali$2,842
116Samoa$627
117Maldives$41
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$181,331$156,693$373,109$724,297$51,885$86,531$365,691
Algeria$1,538,774$960,496$1,066,475$1,908,746$3,454,506$434,922$2,793,916
Anguilla $1,086 $149   
Antigua and Barbuda    $42  
Argentina$478,353$1,495,493$1,926,393$2,590,242$1,302,332$664,174$3,157,390
Armenia   $165,237$113,411 $320,925
Australia$16,746,646$20,375,122$28,825,194$31,545,822$28,458,686$35,719,208$44,741,622
Austria$657,714$3,810,004$1,788,847$2,879,899$826,881$1,174,806 
Azerbaijan$194,246$527,463$1,217,729$2,850,254$762,606$325,615$1,356,667
Bahamas, The$8,535$111$5,944$4,399 $35,596$286
Bahrain$389,207$1,967,539$1,616,207$1,605,266$2,924,902$3,729,681$3,592,062
Bangladesh$348,827$679,033$111,116    
Barbados$84$18,679$61,321$29,806$59,208$37,540$73,904
Belarus$1,161,500$948,600$2,291,600$2,069,900$1,507,400$3,073,200$919,200
Belgium$2,202,289$3,823,091$4,583,107$5,860,050$1,140,209$429,135$1,305,084
Benin$341,013$272,156   $105,538 
Bhutan$279,676$64,847$176,041$263,854$277,808$687,036 
Bolivia$416,835$761,706$679,273$1,792,057$1,167,646$1,296,810$1,769,049
Bosnia and Herzegovina$472,690$335,200$591,056$776,853$311,493$46,060$505,389
Botswana$2,837,753$3,661,603$1,239,582$4,282,631$4,292,195$3,513,544$7,643,538
Brazil$3,794,116$3,324,001$10,627,959$22,822,926$15,295,351$32,049,521$32,611,991
Brunei $489,911     
Bulgaria$940,295$1,410,166$998,932$1,412,995$2,989,698$48,641$115,964
Burkina Faso  $15,846$33,568 $647,036 
Burundi  $2,875    
Cambodia  $36,637$381 $29,012 
Cameroon$771,247$242,400$1,391,329$757,505$1,557,308$26,054 
Canada$8,744,133$8,509,584$7,474,118$6,945,397$4,918,720$7,411,484$17,738,308
Cape Verde   $31$119 $55
Chile$10,524,530$14,111,083$13,059,181$23,206,327$33,992,119$34,792,778$12,588,168
China$427,980$222,462$486,001$828,651$1,869,567$1,406,975$1,153,751
Colombia$1,891,160$2,489,001$3,462,148$3,240,237$3,774,683$2,315,983$3,499,041
Comoros$1,530$306     
Costa Rica$15,492$5,559$90,595$174,756$169,292$97,441$38,850
Cote d'Ivoire$570,642$439,074$1,227,165$1,196,759$1,493,735$879,867$3,380,844
Croatia$392,220$825,919$673,466$1,311,778$291,330$520,818$537,153
Cuba$298,028$450,050     
Cyprus$256,913$205,912$133,585   $70,914
Czech Republic$520,906$407,720$879,007$2,481,351$812,560$5,105,110$9,559,565
Denmark$1,092,777$1,093,842$2,423,287$3,724,207$1,246,095$1,242,695$1,431,886
Djibouti    $502,590  
Dominican Republic$247,842$393,287$445,014$845,043$613,644$797,029$2,100,660
East Timor$36      
Ecuador$555,162$652,185$353,289$1,002,448$619,702$1,638,513$1,901,354
Egypt$558,308$262,466$198,497$96,743$1,402,073$935,754$2,458,483
El Salvador$81,090$53,878$64,958$228,238$98,061$86,462 
Estonia$319,173$290,303$474,872$317,466$45,820$19,461 
Ethiopia$1,865,727$464,152$1,874,717$2,141,414$1,699,832$390,973$2,280,951
Faroe Islands$3,942 $1,437$30   
Fiji$194,678$32,870$57$285,478$165,341$427,061 
Finland$761,762$4,171,917$2,795,384$3,558,347$3,121,576$3,900,797$2,186,041
France$3,523,781$4,024,031$6,393,222$6,726,482$4,723,217$2,437,551$3,699,801
French Polynesia $10,719    $195
Gabon   $109,887$64,299  
Georgia$222,443$192,547$449,164$1,974,567$678,453$953,041 
Germany$6,956,000$5,268,000$7,341,000$7,869,000$6,846,000$3,785,127$5,564,730
Ghana$567,984$155,797$29,538$2,475,128$550,232$703,028$1,198,142
Greece$3,247,582$4,538,487$4,125,742$9,460,970$3,688,944$2,584,033$1,520,518
Grenada$107      
Guatemala$2,110$54,233$318,020$200$103,640$147,578$137,590
Guinea$59 $793,013$2,843,165   
Guinea-Bissau$1,232      
Guyana$3,084,362$125,949$30   $17
Honduras$331,995$167,137$300,973 $259,249  
Hong Kong$129,648$366,433$256,926$461,664$218,501$281,103$240,948
Hungary$719,000$194,000$827,000$1,510,000$258,000$299,000$153,000
Iceland$34,522$76,046$108,875$82,897$30,429$51,001$31,571
India$927,794$781,620$169,789$1,074,872$472,750$1,283,536$2,535,267
Indonesia$23,229,008$19,820,268$26,067,307$29,812,706$28,544,820$35,496,417$36,275,825
Iran$12,002$19,827   $2,131,604 
Ireland$1,677,933$2,242,223$2,565,148$2,435,473$1,723,530$161,813$725,890
Israel$218,000$569,000$330,000$285,000$236,000$36,000$81,000
Italy$5,455,747$9,730,622$8,772,158$21,779,992$9,786,913$4,332,337$6,213,919
Jamaica$115,816$52,581$243,471$526,471   
Japan$8,360,123$7,807,355$8,200,177$10,495,679$7,241,784$6,556,931$7,595,046
Jordan$96,614$142,632$259,260$827,459$951,669$524,966$1,521,982
Kazakhstan$663,890$609,254$1,649,249$4,141,375$1,608,886  
Kenya$1,005,370$105,840$1,825$523,920$439,808$254,224 
Korea, South$1,591,894$2,279,395$1,660,896$3,044,362$3,045,715$2,720,094$3,945,342
Kuwait $1,288,973$1,088,946$1,506,552   
Kyrgyzstan$218,806$472,725$197,171$143,938$8,816$220,849$660,539
Latvia$33,780  $313,790 $1,642,576$93,547
Lebanon$355,000$301,094$513,282$611,476$828,842$917,678$1,131,257
Lithuania$259,953$59,784$561,036$388,206$90,337$48,056$199,182
Luxembourg$120,386$58,170$115,804$103,400$16,185$534,452$18,070
Macau$1,866  $33$419  
Macedonia$809,821$1,604,652$3,137,143$2,288,667$615,923 $355,908
Madagascar$37,975 $68,732$336,507   
Malawi$760$105,941$41,550$66,875$709,601$56,852$243,405
Malaysia$1,265,195$1,393,262$2,407,325$2,662,133$1,986,992$1,366,265$2,497,112
Maldives    $84$41$277
Mali$468,327$967,946   $2,842 
Malta $10,371     
Mauritania $8,244$411,641 $1,631,610$243,034$1,420,080
Mauritius$16,212      
Mexico$12,564,096$13,482,730$17,002,621$17,814,549$16,456,901$13,449,174$16,641,908
Moldova$121,007$148,042$315,661$307,182$104,854$91,542$276,831
Mongolia$1,709,740$1,697,051$1,018,811    
Montenegro $7,320 $2,220$7,126  
Morocco$969,599$998,126$492,068$946,953$1,227,199$492,480 
Mozambique$78,088$6,056$31,770$84,909$1,554$39,603$208,000
Namibia$746,811$1,132,076$5,050,169$1,884,136   
Nepal    $510,845$624,544 
Netherlands$1,433,375$1,379,416$2,143,881$3,210,728$1,466,012$3,558,364 
Netherlands Antilles  $672$1,527   
New Caledonia $29,429  $608,786$35,158$38,775
New Zealand$747,027$2,282,433$6,120,714$8,492,079$7,322,848$7,931,846$5,271,758
Nicaragua$28,540$38,458$234,777$88,121$146$20,446$9,757
Niger$9    $317,355 
Nigeria $1,418,096$3,512,396$768,747$5,135,615$5,358,275 
Norway$1,181,586$3,248,544$1,162,393$2,269,695$4,234,086$5,422,195$1,495,275
Oman$273,589$244,798$407,412$573,558$1,768,534$2,823,892 
Pakistan$1,101,049$700,505$1,411,109$1,933,176$723,899$717,609$268,165
Panama$44,674$29,293$77,754$31,036$7,880$33,254$125,731
Paraguay$121,744$314,950$560$789,178$7,347 $485,477
Peru$1,556,774$1,513,692$2,031,525$3,480,636$2,607,264$4,106,888$4,739,536
Philippines$892,965$2,664,622$4,838,176$4,881,284$7,267,852$8,378,316$13,478,340
Poland$2,071,303$2,999,351$4,761,465$8,360,367$3,652,657$4,803,498$7,902,936
Portugal$566,265$1,046,156$1,673,047$6,590,082$1,706,319$706,393$4,752,668
Qatar$19,838$180,999$372,336$11,527 $7,790 
Romania$790,460$1,449,347$1,186,393$6,074,074$876,699$910,326$704,129
Russia$3,382,503$6,445,962$7,020,356$23,569,391$12,710,570$11,473,915$9,229,976
Rwanda$3,765   $78,421 $7,474
Saint Kitts and Nevis $2,032     
Saint Lucia   $128   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $865   
Samoa     $627$967
Sao Tome and Principe    $3,773  
Saudi Arabia$3,405,229$2,635,444$3,765,309  $2,343,203 
Senegal $312,855$730,501$995,401$863,825$143,740$99,237
Serbia$719,295$598,474$1,062,664$1,831,800$607,764$524,785$2,089,655
Seychelles$3  $58   
Singapore$805,654$206,490$61,580$284,880$108,726$94,397$2,086,069
Slovakia$935,529$1,558,897$1,717,631$2,061,413$777,612$649,052$1,324,829
Slovenia$397,237$505,610$671,827$360,465$196,525$111,776$314,159
South Africa$3,344,772$4,640,361$4,490,748$7,397,205$9,311,578$8,287,861$34,754,869
Spain$4,295,122$10,817,491$9,000,183$12,153,814$5,460,403$2,029,883 
Sri Lanka$186,378$139,066$433,733$459,087$56,944$216,898$136,009
Sudan$251,282$189,927$194,850$96,257$172,047  
Suriname$3,404,494$3,268,408$3,636,973$4,637,884$4,530,245$7,067,037$8,379,534
Swaziland$13,351$10,521$170,947    
Sweden$6,263,922$6,341,288$8,174,945$10,561,780$4,396,368$7,852,506$9,918,418
Switzerland$178,655$515,343$170,288$469,260$300,315$382,648$482,211
Syria$53,147$491,842$249,057  $258,854 
Tanzania$405,253$11,635$1,303,690$504,289$993,349$345,372$511,488
Thailand$697,004$664,246$3,810,521$2,716,031$519,806$1,498,301$1,321,841
Togo     $339,703$14,066
Trinidad and Tobago$55,217 $37$516,481   
Tunisia$131,683$412,842$474,731$349,038$748,515$794,256 
Turkey$563,690$1,358,721$3,252,652$4,895,881$1,294,563$3,344,461$3,423,585
Uganda$649,770$5,572$105,283$469,052$195,347$588,320 
Ukraine$598,553$2,262,684$6,116,928$5,617,780$2,881,715$5,376,166$6,321,838
United Arab Emirates$2,256,422 $3,638,051$5,612,724   
United Kingdom$6,236,045$8,395,959$8,157,875$11,710,689$4,894,179$5,870,704$8,526,222
United States$18,350,351$18,255,464$11,989,830$16,269,893$7,372,198$5,098,407$9,519,989
Uruguay$73,799$115,750$110,126$635,681$635,374  
Venezuela$4,094,882$3,394,339$1,877,089$3,916,029$4,497,273$3,276,747$1,762,812
Vietnam$121,760$355,118$546,169$665,735$1,455,064$2,534,590 
Yemen$752,275$247,191$355,593$724,280$1,211,260$898,140$165,904
Zambia$16,282$4,534$191,972$1,419,411$1,920,116$572,565 
Zimbabwe$501,682$3,378,965$3,845,138$7,736,017$2,438,937$7,116,306