RankCountryImports of Permanent magnets & arts. intended to become permanent magnets after magnet ... in USD (2010)
1China$187,067,674
2Germany$116,840,777
3Hong Kong$116,060,317
4United States$85,863,487
5Thailand$78,090,948
6Japan$72,698,948
7Korea, South$63,177,448
8Indonesia$61,136,589
9Italy$57,317,213
10Mexico$47,928,574
11France$47,148,524
12Hungary$37,881,000
13Malaysia$34,499,950
14Czech Republic$23,173,769
15Vietnam$22,175,540
16India$21,248,098
17Netherlands$20,439,379
18Canada$19,142,727
19Spain$18,010,299
20Singapore$17,571,347
21Switzerland$17,492,237
22Turkey$16,228,294
23Poland$15,063,999
24United Kingdom$14,336,770
25Brazil$12,212,637
26Qatar$10,893,937
27Philippines$9,809,502
28Russia$9,778,474
29Australia$7,307,720
30Belgium$6,204,525
31Slovenia$5,572,612
32Austria$5,542,651
33Serbia$4,644,890
34South Africa$3,972,015
35Romania$3,763,573
36Iran$3,419,355
37Sweden$3,417,454
38Israel$3,409,000
39Portugal$2,295,514
40Argentina$2,164,931
41Slovakia$1,973,140
42Denmark$1,889,580
43Egypt$1,875,314
44Ukraine$1,538,025
45Bulgaria$1,537,328
46Tunisia$1,524,667
47Belarus$1,499,700
48Croatia$1,449,175
49Colombia$1,446,634
50Finland$1,218,212
51New Zealand$1,207,528
52Saudi Arabia$1,206,935
53Greece$1,146,245
54Pakistan$1,081,951
55Norway$1,003,143
56Ireland$852,306
57Syria$703,531
58Morocco$648,087
59Chile$633,284
60Peru$595,322
61Ecuador$568,037
62Guatemala$518,629
63Costa Rica$517,183
64Estonia$336,018
65Algeria$291,227
66Botswana$285,202
67Sri Lanka$272,615
68Tanzania$255,030
69Latvia$236,540
70Venezuela$228,425
71Dominican Republic$225,974
72Nigeria$208,672
73Luxembourg$203,832
74Malta$201,349
75Lebanon$187,318
76Lithuania$179,621
77Kenya$164,797
78Kyrgyzstan$140,205
79New Caledonia$128,835
80Trinidad and Tobago$116,957
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$104,976
82Iceland$103,497
83Maldives$92,764
84Barbados$91,527
85Panama$91,421
86Cote d'Ivoire$87,100
87Cyprus$84,777
88Ghana$83,882
89Moldova$80,812
90El Salvador$73,873
91Bahamas, The$61,719
92Bahrain$61,039
93Burkina Faso$59,841
94Jamaica$53,532
95Mauritius$52,091
96Macau$50,066
97Paraguay$49,894
98Aruba$45,046
99Madagascar$44,643
100Samoa$38,926
101Bolivia$35,811
102Senegal$35,429
103Bermuda$35,163
104Azerbaijan$33,720
105French Polynesia$33,563
106Georgia$33,207
107Malawi$31,416
108Nicaragua$27,829
109Fiji$27,156
110Zambia$25,599
111Armenia$24,972
112Zimbabwe$17,598
113Cameroon$17,361
114Jordan$15,451
115Ethiopia$14,480
116Montenegro$13,833
117Cambodia$12,140
118Guyana$12,094
119Benin$11,976
120Antigua and Barbuda$11,194
121Oman$10,856
122Yemen$8,529
123Suriname$7,669
124Mauritania$6,416
125Mozambique$6,208
126Albania$5,888
127Uganda$5,853
128Togo$4,866
129Tonga$4,222
130Nepal$3,954
131Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,556
132Bhutan$1,898
133Belize$1,034
134Niger$915
135Dominica$500
136Cape Verde$484
137Gambia, The$123
138Burundi$23
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$19,381$1$21$2,221$6,709$5,888$27,360
Algeria$192,508$107,329$268,870$547,294$356,561$291,227$423,726
Antigua and Barbuda$1,213$4,220$7,378 $7,509$11,194$20,069
Argentina$1,554,816$1,521,477$2,369,820$1,909,185$1,716,711$2,164,931$2,503,130
Armenia$5,111$1,249$20,576$24,224$11,659$24,972$36,339
Aruba    $24,939$45,046$34,907
Australia$6,210,468$5,632,893$5,876,167$6,329,614$6,793,977$7,307,720$8,586,876
Austria$6,865,396$5,361,874$5,746,461$6,570,425$4,802,113$5,542,651 
Azerbaijan$11,586$34,089$9,603$49,823$25,933$33,720$6,370
Bahamas, The$48,821$50,225$53,549$29,830$56,749$61,719$35,555
Bahrain$15,048$3,854$145,056$15,548$13,172$61,039$36,323
Bangladesh$123,265$17,005$42,285    
Barbados$66,390$64,528$340,043$70,762$75,643$91,527$114,840
Belarus$487,100$1,064,900$1,311,300$1,669,100$823,100$1,499,700$2,350,900
Belgium$3,461,867$5,221,670$5,556,079$5,771,277$5,269,613$6,204,525$8,823,348
Belize$15,023$3,520$3,919$3,987$833$1,034 
Benin$111$901   $11,976 
Bermuda     $35,163 
Bhutan$4,241$262$43,638$39,216$458$1,898 
Bolivia$6,483$6,714$8,233$13,120$14,701$35,811$43,477
Bosnia and Herzegovina$66,861$109,781$117,929$221,771$132,468$104,976$92,164
Botswana$84,420$6,954$51,599$89,495$27,177$285,202$26,117
Brazil$5,515,262$5,649,132$6,160,770$8,810,372$8,163,943$12,212,637$16,058,294
Brunei $31,155     
Bulgaria$333,952$458,086$664,680$1,026,039$978,887$1,537,328$1,455,302
Burkina Faso$3,331 $8,605$14,494 $59,841 
Burundi  $103 $426$23 
Cambodia$268$78$2,847$4,753$1,728$12,140 
Cameroon$6,258$4,924$25,724$50,906$11,839$17,361 
Canada$21,350,877$20,728,667$23,677,689$18,728,535$15,017,222$19,142,727$22,070,890
Cape Verde$492$2,297$678$770$732$484$924
Central African Republic$865   $1,951  
Chile$320,112$384,198$582,317$1,010,191$524,822$633,284$862,122
China$191,857,727$186,271,371$195,947,256$199,749,638$155,720,886$187,067,674$182,255,253
Colombia$866,957$806,140$1,237,878$1,290,459$1,211,201$1,446,634$1,738,806
Cook Islands$8,477      
Costa Rica$458,072$453,092$441,679$473,909$341,181$517,183$631,820
Cote d'Ivoire$17,431$28,252$31,494$105,657$40,703$87,100$174,344
Croatia$801,677$1,058,928$1,165,957$2,574,685$1,202,082$1,449,175$2,304,847
Cuba$529,462$58,117     
Cyprus$87,671$98,508$78,960$63,200$437,278$84,777$66,595
Czech Republic$11,060,638$13,962,142$18,112,513$20,215,200$16,580,652$23,173,769$34,141,655
Denmark$2,234,390$4,109,387$4,572,165$3,157,290$3,214,430$1,889,580$2,950,036
Djibouti    $48,552  
Dominica$617$1,001$2,759$1,587$761$500 
Dominican Republic$187,916$64,383$103,022$147,317$127,249$225,974$225,816
Ecuador$145,095$160,562$189,532$311,676$291,491$568,037$616,304
Egypt$224,287$280,862$282,669$925,414$424,250$1,875,314$692,850
El Salvador$75,484$131,042$95,485$87,024$35,207$73,873 
Estonia$218,491$345,589$1,083,218$1,058,486$633,394$336,018$898,795
Ethiopia$11,018$2,450$7,367$53,901$314,312$14,480$22,118
Faroe Islands$13,412$31,599$62,137$72,167$51,678  
Fiji$17,526$6,080$19,723$26,538$21,181$27,156 
Finland$1,247,526$1,057,111$1,572,992$1,337,145$1,062,442$1,218,212$1,736,042
France$39,603,964$43,886,417$47,514,078$48,436,567$34,199,256$47,148,524$123,249,696
French Polynesia$42,023$37,764$59,193$82,762$43,082$33,563$26,246
Gabon$15,833$5,300$41,524$21,235$76,854  
Gambia, The$2,798    $123$163
Georgia$18,967$4,230$30,710$28,631$56,720$33,207 
Germany$87,520,000$90,816,000$104,483,000$106,204,000$76,757,000$116,840,777$167,286,912
Ghana$10,127$67,926$63,725$182,273$59,440$83,882$117,507
Greece$799,423$912,982$1,141,246$1,520,612$1,209,677$1,146,245$1,417,460
Greenland$1,320$1,707$5,401    
Grenada$177$601$1,053$4,498$1,173  
Guatemala$423,727$123,331$597,841$555,712$421,447$518,629$401,344
Guinea$10,185  $9,090   
Guinea-Bissau$445      
Guyana$6,153$9,385$8,428$4,424$5,013$12,094$5,241
Honduras$27,762$52,031$42,119 $34,136  
Hong Kong$93,072,153$94,329,647$100,140,778$102,810,639$71,153,107$116,060,317$130,028,568
Hungary$30,205,000$20,840,000$31,559,000$34,764,000$27,614,000$37,881,000$24,078,000
Iceland$78,582$116,260$112,223$126,495$93,783$103,497$83,810
India$8,828,605$8,384,715$11,654,094$13,745,955$13,369,423$21,248,098$30,795,769
Indonesia$7,865,103$8,621,356$8,559,792$53,270,110$49,461,005$61,136,589$68,137,265
Iran$1,446,732$837,134   $3,419,355 
Ireland$2,800,977$724,181$1,064,501$813,045$605,304$852,306$2,496,750
Israel$2,651,000$2,042,000$2,893,000$2,368,000$2,394,000$3,409,000$4,318,000
Italy$47,303,830$54,435,473$59,627,507$68,374,361$38,630,013$57,317,213$86,794,744
Jamaica$24,384$33,579$31,264$49,834$46,401$53,532 
Japan$56,744,214$57,334,450$51,808,518$59,763,726$51,278,738$72,698,948$97,457,358
Jordan$20,484$13,343$9,862$18,426$16,711$15,451$82,882
Kazakhstan$530,289$353,421$212,775$467,108$475,488  
Kenya$95,433$48,634$57,165$35,673$43,023$164,797 
Kiribati$2,372   $71  
Korea, South$38,901,760$43,816,747$51,453,463$50,788,828$45,929,470$63,177,448$144,292,962
Kuwait $223,349$736,364$269,675   
Kyrgyzstan$708$6,128$832$1,494$13,129$140,205$39,116
Latvia$196,010$200,566$216,369$329,298$235,727$236,540$271,623
Lebanon$110,000$60,569$103,938$181,601$159,865$187,318$179,986
Lesotho   $289,926   
Lithuania$473,829$411,901$290,957$396,796$158,515$179,621$278,601
Luxembourg$168,453$341,582$332,424$516,199$437,426$203,832$271,865
Macau$4,647$3,482$14,844$1,795$4,267$50,066$8,689
Macedonia$11,909$33,223$36,172$42,002$57,158 $79,336
Madagascar$19,037$49,005$37,891$30,456$43,266$44,643 
Malawi$655$2,601$5,960$3,388$154,217$31,416$7,100
Malaysia$31,254,918$38,020,697$47,920,494$36,894,546$76,511,452$34,499,950$59,802,199
Maldives$21,169$47,944$60,607$76,630$77,908$92,764$134,986
Mali$10,292$6,192$14,673$1,083   
Malta$48,041$30,350$203,284$169,709$98,348$201,349 
Mauritania$56,354 $3,364$9,451$15,693$6,416 
Mauritius$22,128$88,847$61,074$70,233$86,830$52,091$87,070
Mayotte$39,246$31,680$9,396$14,154$14,868  
Mexico$49,406,239$50,646,280$52,606,936$50,808,606$40,051,918$47,928,574$58,208,856
Moldova$33,293$20,564$23,074$48,798$49,201$80,812$71,688
Mongolia$34,906$102,564$80,219    
Montenegro $11,800$23,825$83,293$28,849$13,833$44,376
Montserrat$48$334$1,014$7$1,291  
Morocco$371,790$362,221$478,470$465,681$530,528$648,087 
Mozambique$14,250$14,599$189,456$60,113$7,288$6,208$44,000
Namibia$12,373$18,618$13,948$75,717   
Nepal    $134,219$3,954 
Netherlands$14,044,091$21,888,486$19,823,346$28,302,733$15,351,975$20,439,379 
Netherlands Antilles$15,206$17,530$25,684$43,401   
New Caledonia$48,688$72,481$86,910$76,377$80,386$128,835$165,492
New Zealand$1,183,021$1,451,504$1,915,183$1,372,432$1,044,436$1,207,528$1,307,313
Nicaragua$54,150$25,501$21,362$29,786$16,205$27,829$72,638
Niger$4,978$7,293$8,841$1,109$6,228$915$18,355
Nigeria $31,804$1,463,276$93,963$444,327$208,672 
Norway$2,287,481$1,184,551$1,407,849$1,304,995$1,210,646$1,003,143$1,843,558
Oman$20,005$7,886$125,066$141,901$24,003$10,856 
Pakistan$1,393,876$1,044,868$1,125,979$1,359,016$861,052$1,081,951$1,323,633
Panama$34,690$29,769$73,297$49,578$114,724$91,421$246,476
Paraguay$2,489$662$22,436$7,353$9,871$49,894$44,741
Peru$235,560$296,573$386,872$307,821$365,032$595,322$835,258
Philippines$7,707,939$12,898,600$7,369,593$9,019,220$2,991,269$9,809,502$15,189,196
Poland$12,325,302$14,093,297$18,186,503$22,700,455$13,349,530$15,063,999$22,774,001
Portugal$967,851$1,671,001$1,273,958$1,824,411$1,464,557$2,295,514$2,123,011
Qatar$11,317,169$18,965,510$28,946,164$26,283,578 $10,893,937 
Romania$4,634,681$5,048,146$4,578,691$5,059,689$3,142,853$3,763,573$4,678,095
Russia$5,918,456$6,217,410$8,934,644$13,510,159$7,651,144$9,778,474$12,858,775
Rwanda$10,912$4,936$23,628$7,967$2,179 $8,188
Saint Kitts and Nevis$15,653$3,435$8,004$53,481   
Saint Lucia$9,792$10,562$11,385$10,364   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$88$66$365$1,141$209$3,556 
Samoa     $38,926$62
Sao Tome and Principe $1,103$2,393$221   
Saudi Arabia$1,568,626$1,304,046$1,685,155  $1,206,935 
Senegal$15,165$27,827$9,640$128,165$28,390$35,429$39,775
Serbia$266,874$391,739$938,110$1,053,333$3,811,473$4,644,890$4,650,503
Seychelles$3,355$11,357$10,426$12,374   
Singapore$33,795,140$25,511,744$26,188,111$23,136,210$14,928,222$17,571,347$15,805,497
Slovakia$5,520,298$8,157,488$5,476,175$2,977,978$2,395,531$1,973,140$1,911,522
Slovenia$3,741,098$4,006,395$4,542,307$5,722,763$5,427,039$5,572,612$10,385,145
South Africa$4,033,983$4,347,331$3,918,176$3,773,604$2,493,590$3,972,015$5,722,598
Spain$18,690,517$19,364,637$18,635,228$15,743,044$12,260,156$18,010,299 
Sri Lanka$120,398$127,914$264,963$176,114$154,112$272,615$281,753
Sudan$1,017,042$126,257$46,237 $76  
Suriname     $7,669$9,899
Swaziland$5,314$6,538$11,285    
Sweden$3,724,222$4,098,367$3,693,787$4,710,357$3,103,288$3,417,454$3,730,989
Switzerland$12,890,018$14,115,036$18,217,746$20,959,930$15,434,459$17,492,237$20,319,156
Syria$210,187$217,871$231,354$345,750 $703,531 
Tanzania$16,162$62,477$113,032$11,317$44,258$255,030$192,976
Thailand$28,896,065$36,883,769$55,825,176$47,879,794$57,209,968$78,090,948$108,324,638
Togo$8,759 $7,171  $4,866 
Tonga   $2,007$23,809$4,222 
Trinidad and Tobago$56,497$132,005$168,343$130,718$130,570$116,957 
Tunisia$802,188$1,230,196$1,240,217$1,333,126$1,408,435$1,524,667 
Turkey$10,499,214$14,671,327$14,707,855$16,168,306$13,238,582$16,228,294$24,685,955
Uganda$717$6,152$20,780$30,713$15,947$5,853 
Ukraine$635,324$828,851$863,112$1,209,237$854,763$1,538,025$4,333,295
United Arab Emirates$1,267,870 $1,036,153$1,785,032   
United Kingdom$24,087,832$20,882,569$21,510,737$16,153,424$12,491,077$14,336,770$20,401,828
United States$96,117,170$90,349,276$85,978,344$82,594,443$59,548,766$85,863,487$95,042,083
Uruguay$123,029$40,718$72,161$72,088$167,238  
Vanuatu $5,246$15,407    
Venezuela$464,676$270,747$289,864$538,037$349,129$228,425$236,435
Vietnam$2,891,129$3,661,004$8,058,242$13,065,821$14,265,419$22,175,540 
Yemen$22,635$192$88,867  $8,529 
Zambia$23,971$20,232$29,759$47,736$18,730$25,599 
Zimbabwe$15,192$36,103$298,466$28,854$101,365$17,598