RankCountryImports of Plates, sheets & strip other than rectangular (incl. square), of a thkns. > ... in USD (2010)
1United Kingdom$239,749,585
2Thailand$212,560,312
3France$115,218,369
4Malaysia$109,530,803
5United States$102,155,467
6India$98,226,287
7Korea, South$84,583,710
8Germany$73,252,865
9Turkey$72,085,760
10Singapore$59,200,382
11Nigeria$49,370,799
12Ukraine$48,987,376
13Italy$48,555,177
14Iran$42,832,309
15Saudi Arabia$40,744,051
16Japan$35,468,875
17China$32,911,579
18Australia$31,969,544
19Vietnam$24,157,200
20Spain$24,021,719
21Mexico$21,905,723
22Belgium$21,360,737
23Greece$18,504,040
24Netherlands$18,502,431
25Poland$15,894,845
26Portugal$14,609,860
27Austria$12,152,842
28Hong Kong$12,046,383
29Israel$12,026,000
30Hungary$12,010,000
31Indonesia$11,435,788
32Philippines$9,846,165
33Czech Republic$9,447,631
34Switzerland$9,308,042
35Brazil$9,259,054
36Slovakia$8,881,886
37Jordan$6,277,703
38Colombia$6,152,140
39Ecuador$5,985,597
40Egypt$5,793,849
41Sweden$5,655,084
42Bulgaria$5,391,348
43Canada$5,378,460
44Denmark$5,091,905
45Guatemala$5,061,973
46Morocco$4,964,389
47Ethiopia$4,452,959
48Syria$4,352,946
49Ghana$4,019,399
50South Africa$3,728,246
51Qatar$3,240,485
52El Salvador$3,142,921
53Pakistan$2,979,298
54Norway$2,937,228
55Finland$2,771,342
56Zambia$2,399,476
57Romania$2,328,730
58Russia$2,211,591
59Algeria$2,057,437
60Belarus$2,012,300
61Panama$1,561,445
62Tanzania$1,315,305
63Tunisia$1,265,871
64Cameroon$1,218,005
65Oman$1,165,963
66Bahrain$1,112,063
67Peru$1,071,586
68Chile$1,070,415
69Slovenia$946,636
70Cyprus$917,903
71Jamaica$827,813
72Trinidad and Tobago$812,020
73Yemen$763,535
74Dominican Republic$709,973
75Mauritius$692,283
76Ireland$646,521
77Argentina$623,574
78Venezuela$611,243
79Lebanon$600,035
80New Zealand$592,863
81Lithuania$518,487
82Estonia$513,931
83Botswana$451,323
84Fiji$449,299
85Bosnia and Herzegovina$425,022
86Croatia$402,500
87Albania$396,445
88Sri Lanka$362,358
89Togo$359,752
90Guyana$316,734
91Azerbaijan$310,364
92Mali$280,216
93Barbados$255,016
94Kenya$240,244
95Nepal$236,469
96Moldova$220,322
97Aruba$207,370
98Benin$205,482
99Malawi$198,992
100Madagascar$193,885
101Georgia$186,535
102Bahamas, The$185,007
103Burkina Faso$177,052
104Latvia$159,486
105Luxembourg$157,851
106Suriname$135,695
107New Caledonia$121,529
108Malta$111,503
109French Polynesia$109,349
110Senegal$99,933
111Samoa$95,199
112Iceland$91,164
113Montenegro$89,738
114Serbia$88,540
115Uganda$87,189
116Kyrgyzstan$80,203
117Bolivia$65,402
118Mozambique$63,697
119Costa Rica$56,733
120Cape Verde$51,663
121Zimbabwe$40,619
122Cote d'Ivoire$27,944
123Paraguay$24,966
124Bermuda$19,899
125Armenia$16,637
126Belize$13,332
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$8,427
128Antigua and Barbuda$6,912
129Mauritania$5,041
130Bhutan$3,333
131Burundi$2,587
132Macau$1,777
133Dominica$1,225
134Nicaragua$1,016
135Tonga$315
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$173,785$170,772$283,004$172,842$257,351$396,445$424,467
Algeria$1,057,096$575,527$892,492$795,012$3,652,727$2,057,437$3,297,556
Antigua and Barbuda$7,764$6,893$19,268 $13,935$6,912$15,084
Argentina$549,147$299,754$437,786$492,749$361,199$623,574$735,960
Armenia$100,105$250,896$317,640$80,014$555$16,637$1,829
Aruba    $279,600$207,370$280,291
Australia$4,508,752$6,336,911$7,690,127$4,290,006$2,762,725$31,969,544$46,640,749
Austria$5,684,174$7,556,626$12,067,946$11,356,216$8,293,452$12,152,842 
Azerbaijan$48,930$359,692$922,583$405,321$226,354$310,364$572,557
Bahamas, The$105,832$348,938$179,587$190,172$431,124$185,007$168,419
Bahrain$405,816$594,393$111,931$1,427,939$1,112,709$1,112,063$536,241
Bangladesh$550,860$1,144,393$1,150,965    
Barbados$150,482$337,731$148,657$247,008$164,061$255,016$301,029
Belarus$1,042,700$1,927,800$1,892,700$2,171,200$2,417,600$2,012,300$2,338,300
Belgium$11,425,390$16,003,512$22,325,852$28,971,537$19,374,788$21,360,737$22,272,462
Belize$8,792$21,191$19,660$3,174$5,187$13,332 
Benin$3,043$10,893   $205,482 
Bermuda     $19,899 
Bhutan$18,383$18,325$25,586$71,118$11,619$3,333 
Bolivia$48,961$9,818$2,103$74,728$25,147$65,402$72,634
Bosnia and Herzegovina$267,516$251,712$393,810$321,272$288,604$425,022$430,918
Botswana$134,828$164,561$106,815$77,594$113,385$451,323$1,561,617
Brazil$2,423,180$3,354,125$9,945,145$10,533,014$5,744,957$9,259,054$16,753,785
Brunei $24,425     
Bulgaria$631,485$7,616,361$15,128,346$17,522,171$7,182,799$5,391,348$8,643,343
Burkina Faso$1,008 $558,951$463,823$166,045$177,052 
Burundi$52,547$97,901$2,300,414$124,749$100,950$2,587 
Cambodia$70,348$18,752     
Cameroon$1,702,967$10,225$61,497$84,840$210,559$1,218,005 
Canada$8,964,965$8,266,073$5,517,110$3,550,342$3,027,584$5,378,460$8,822,074
Cape Verde$5,434$13,692$144,069$59,685$11,687$51,663$95,647
Central African Republic$7,430 $12,936$533$9,330  
Chile$878,643$1,083,591$2,135,549$1,517,353$729,768$1,070,415$1,655,247
China$57,559,813$54,851,537$72,067,721$54,961,605$29,981,461$32,911,579$34,088,413
Colombia$5,401,328$6,857,364$7,744,412$13,306,610$6,380,483$6,152,140$10,125,548
Comoros$1,142$19     
Costa Rica$512,817$478,515$567,393$81,001$66,206$56,733$170,019
Cote d'Ivoire$457,219$161,069$545,729$399,144$292,360$27,944$39,023
Croatia$579,715$601,532$928,896$687,614$256,660$402,500$625,530
Cuba$231,798$13,728     
Cyprus$184,145$140,002$567,276$1,148,422$695,358$917,903$368,059
Czech Republic$4,761,069$6,706,292$9,859,353$11,348,904$7,460,794$9,447,631$12,210,551
Denmark$5,065,756$5,631,536$4,770,709$4,015,719$2,953,828$5,091,905$4,240,975
Djibouti    $1,894,472  
Dominica$610$5,381$22$2,029$179$1,225 
Dominican Republic$424,325$268,514$222,920$483,736$387,034$709,973$631,925
East Timor$64      
Ecuador$2,329,765$3,274,033$2,846,674$3,735,430$3,998,970$5,985,597$5,723,309
Egypt$1,830,850$3,038,931$1,977,992$6,699,379$9,447,706$5,793,849$1,745,239
El Salvador$2,528,124$2,413,117$2,181,399$2,737,538$1,783,235$3,142,921 
Estonia$4,301,682$4,260,759$400,008$303,663$195,646$513,931$311,496
Ethiopia$1,876,166$3,574,012$4,571,540$3,377,062$2,802,122$4,452,959$8,209,851
Faroe Islands$5,175$18,554$5,632$7,813$12,428  
Fiji$583,874$708,783$387,339$188,136$215,318$449,299 
Finland$335,813$815,267$3,410,795$3,867,408$1,700,912$2,771,342$2,060,523
France$62,273,374$66,648,243$66,549,630$67,286,925$63,873,772$115,218,369$115,261,522
French Polynesia$26,421$68,939$202,394$91,126$38,818$109,349$338,490
Gabon$159,599$150,887$197,703$1,199,863$357,797  
Gambia, The$105,965 $24,602$70,001$113 $59
Georgia$168,242$133,074$625,172$100,611$297,100$186,535 
Germany$63,119,000$70,809,000$97,977,000$97,134,000$55,702,000$73,252,865$102,403,143
Ghana$493,588$2,923,850$6,446,290$804,649$1,321,702$4,019,399$13,150,517
Greece$4,245,121$23,902,488$34,803,645$41,531,310$24,909,126$18,504,040$4,350,282
Greenland  $2,345    
Grenada$14,267$20,132$21,440$116,792$6,844  
Guatemala$733,038$749,268$99,365$134,467$100,529$5,061,973$339,557
Guinea$142,279 $469$5,078   
Guyana$211,972$55,507$349,451$7,948$18,125$316,734$145,990
Honduras$215,188$280,861$241,817 $186,562  
Hong Kong$19,997,455$18,812,613$13,242,648$9,264,615$10,268,314$12,046,383$12,059,281
Hungary$7,203,000$8,584,000$9,642,000$11,317,000$6,951,000$12,010,000$14,432,000
Iceland$188,527$213,529$252,188$388,522$125,666$91,164$115,560
India$26,980,477$54,539,241$55,914,833$62,714,218$58,672,031$98,226,287$99,156,826
Indonesia$1,261,727$2,183,354$4,323,837$9,404,415$7,124,490$11,435,788$14,211,161
Iran$11,545,697$4,615,662   $42,832,309 
Ireland$417,359$715,407$1,483,389$1,234,091$1,109,950$646,521$27,359,368
Israel$26,622,000$31,813,000$37,200,000$26,404,000$15,230,000$12,026,000$9,495,000
Italy$41,966,086$48,960,982$50,679,940$56,844,862$33,865,635$48,555,177$66,998,046
Jamaica$1,044,296$501,890$1,044,391$553,087$507,141$827,813 
Japan$23,777,980$23,639,067$18,222,699$21,569,768$22,664,489$35,468,875$29,714,252
Jordan$35,012,586$26,943,673$10,676,639$3,073,137$4,457,561$6,277,703$48,547,420
Kazakhstan$805,547$1,935,329$3,541,547$2,656,950$2,988,566  
Kenya$1,419,293$61,857$108,728$439,909$42,085$240,244 
Kiribati$32,437   $802  
Korea, South$147,416,122$120,228,609$111,184,393$131,902,646$67,778,324$84,583,710$113,713,123
Kuwait $4,515,641$10,894,152$3,814,056   
Kyrgyzstan$93,721$130,621$221,095$91,241$355$80,203$48,449
Latvia$120,810$115,930$259,972$607,863$67,470$159,486$196,951
Lebanon$268,000$26,827$167,017$301,727$365,538$600,035$327,803
Lesotho   $10,764   
Lithuania$508,945$678,425$775,399$1,690,205$977,408$518,487$468,389
Luxembourg$228,394$229,321$642,816$837,355$1,015,718$157,851$502,571
Macau$16,308$22,902$18,230$4,233$2,027$1,777$18,164
Macedonia$287,583$50,067$267,475$69,395$38,268 $77,388
Madagascar$31,856$17,882$36,253$25,913$128,475$193,885 
Malawi$46,100$59,187$10,376$95,355$27,692$198,992$289,595
Malaysia$69,088,457$72,581,894$109,254,180$167,220,227$78,640,758$109,530,803$94,562,097
Mali$74,207$36,417$26,936$171,539 $280,216 
Malta$60,814$48,735$45,665$36,721$34,009$111,503 
Mauritania$16,488$2,374$24,810 $30,275$5,041 
Mauritius$462,446$1,076,203$942,465$1,541,150$1,280,364$692,283$1,260,554
Mayotte$2,964$1,609$461$25,635$82,291  
Mexico$45,939,389$56,597,136$48,557,960$32,387,373$19,877,681$21,905,723$27,650,829
Moldova$33,093$106,781$110,868$283,501$203,772$220,322$456,082
Mongolia$31,095$2,184$16,063    
Montenegro $131,894$111,830$97,688$63,738$89,738$34,938
Montserrat$2,539$1,853  $56  
Morocco$2,409,210$2,152,118$4,335,087$4,925,476$3,488,053$4,964,389 
Mozambique$189,535$72,873$91,770$110,439$45,098$63,697$100,000
Namibia$267,040$238,116$229,358$108,550   
Nepal    $191,388$236,469 
Netherlands$16,038,136$11,208,694$11,337,038$1,586,945$4,979,698$18,502,431 
Netherlands Antilles$179,516$231,974$100,892$96,222   
New Caledonia$19,027$91,908$29,549$89,186$82,773$121,529$88,789
New Zealand$31,081,212$15,958,398$12,993,607$3,745,992$502,198$592,863$410,917
Nicaragua$6,320$6,622$756$1,261$88$1,016$100,464
Niger$87,832$88,628$1,608$3,030$19 $38,665
Nigeria $50,774,969$167,494,671$56,007,754$31,823,284$49,370,799 
Norway$2,724,547$2,807,622$3,993,687$1,894,664$2,346,652$2,937,228$3,385,424
Oman$310,096$440,632$2,452,166$3,935,731$1,864,284$1,165,963 
Pakistan$1,588,795$2,347,674$3,814,859$2,923,700$2,402,012$2,979,298$1,956,320
Panama$1,285,489$1,051,582$1,142,886$1,686,165$1,757,212$1,561,445$1,229,783
Paraguay$2,350$40,797$1,957$2,229$36,839$24,966$47,815
Peru$424,560$249,353$351,609$1,604,370$1,485,171$1,071,586$1,113,803
Philippines$5,129,597$4,802,286$12,599,288$11,545,193$6,648,423$9,846,165$7,979,227
Poland$5,420,101$4,563,223$9,686,380$14,611,613$6,847,276$15,894,845$19,291,894
Portugal$1,054,336$3,446,814$7,325,617$15,760,408$16,016,266$14,609,860$9,397,779
Qatar$644,347$5,106,642$1,909,148$2,999,306 $3,240,485 
Romania$1,622,915$2,458,013$11,296,447$44,282,758$10,278,165$2,328,730$3,025,049
Russia$6,909,467$8,895,024$9,909,728$1,026,924$1,673,649$2,211,591$2,770,180
Rwanda$101,549$2,499$182,968$719,035$37,191 $540,775
Saint Kitts and Nevis$6,997$2,538$3,602$9,979   
Saint Lucia$86,034$126,571$32,101$96,137   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$4,103$2,217$4,786$10,164$13,704$8,427 
Samoa    $21,741$95,199$12,795
Sao Tome and Principe  $59,644 $4,102  
Saudi Arabia$25,164,362$26,891,447$41,668,853 $1,936,965$40,744,051 
Senegal$33,329$306,558$309,551$221,375$110,350$99,933$3,558
Serbia$146,826$158,073$152,365$267,761$152,945$88,540$471,368
Seychelles   $238,373   
Singapore$53,530,352$71,234,352$126,171,140$276,928,205$39,634,783$59,200,382$71,255,292
Slovakia$1,158,012$1,913,735$2,940,479$4,294,626$3,636,579$8,881,886$9,038,979
Slovenia$873,236$1,484,945$1,602,392$1,597,063$558,918$946,636$1,915,871
South Africa$4,116,902$3,773,602$5,066,624$4,583,996$2,503,842$3,728,246$4,395,870
Spain$22,070,447$25,399,986$33,094,526$20,480,491$12,370,372$24,021,719 
Sri Lanka$434,800$109,584$96,611$240,119$104,806$362,358$997,519
Sudan$335,806$7,950,321$829,094$189,665$585,875  
Suriname    $287,604$135,695$97,743
Swaziland$1,591$20,962$1,751    
Sweden$44,167,727$47,165,324$56,592,315$55,344,736$5,057,727$5,655,084$6,692,808
Switzerland$5,667,179$7,154,613$7,746,571$10,369,900$8,060,996$9,308,042$14,235,235
Syria$2,167,735$1,434,641$2,607,597$3,089,450 $4,352,946 
Tanzania$2,072,175$2,645,235$2,682,997$2,487,918$3,353,401$1,315,305$239,474
Thailand$174,904,224$208,542,831$199,790,549$228,862,136$139,357,796$212,560,312$162,146,233
Togo$10,427 $46,706  $359,752$146
Tonga   $576$165$315 
Trinidad and Tobago$701,363$680,887$792,121$1,076,666$822,594$812,020 
Tunisia$440,460$826,273$611,672$576,930$272,281$1,265,871 
Turkey$22,786,513$50,890,123$100,022,235$87,269,720$50,450,598$72,085,760$78,193,998
Uganda$72,883$15,482$453,601$181,362$67,269$87,189 
Ukraine$6,377,897$27,301,433$38,204,165$48,481,060$38,073,694$48,987,376$26,742,045
United Arab Emirates$28,995,527 $103,255,519$144,900,145   
United Kingdom$114,508,796$169,810,096$254,876,619$235,484,231$199,244,259$239,749,585$79,503,992
United States$128,830,138$108,921,383$77,586,691$53,808,488$75,771,636$102,155,467$112,580,484
Uruguay$20,397$10,864$56,218$75,121$78,319  
Vanuatu $711$16,411    
Venezuela$1,759,214$211,450$96,141$232,594$229,799$611,243$101,133
Vietnam$4,117,662$8,754,885$11,774,939$17,094,165$11,380,418$24,157,200 
Yemen$435,279$389,908$613,833$744,696$545,896$763,535$311,144
Zambia$1,517,865$1,329,416$1,874,848$2,342,876$1,891,136$2,399,476 
Zimbabwe$108,333$64,426$127,535$80,973$120,810$40,619