RankCountryImports of Pencil leads, black/coloured in USD (2010)
1United States$15,039,431
2Indonesia$7,210,752
3Mexico$6,325,733
4Turkey$6,083,278
5Japan$4,657,070
6China$3,989,197
7Germany$3,135,945
8Costa Rica$3,092,508
9Thailand$3,065,432
10United Kingdom$3,000,707
11Malaysia$2,821,264
12Hong Kong$2,612,741
13Vietnam$2,188,850
14Canada$2,015,447
15Sweden$1,897,318
16India$1,730,890
17France$1,419,585
18Saudi Arabia$1,299,735
19Denmark$1,170,189
20Singapore$1,045,832
21Brazil$998,947
22Pakistan$833,493
23Korea, South$825,965
24Colombia$785,105
25Iran$752,751
26Spain$738,095
27Slovakia$733,157
28Italy$699,157
29Chile$598,122
30Australia$557,356
31South Africa$548,381
32Ireland$537,264
33Norway$502,012
34Finland$491,145
35Israel$470,000
36Czech Republic$462,124
37Austria$450,765
38Romania$386,191
39Russia$353,121
40Argentina$346,216
41Ecuador$317,144
42Panama$316,079
43Venezuela$293,150
44Portugal$289,697
45Poland$287,079
46Peru$278,504
47Belgium$269,411
48Syria$217,292
49Switzerland$190,212
50Hungary$189,000
51Croatia$186,495
52Serbia$165,970
53Slovenia$136,476
54Egypt$136,059
55Botswana$136,053
56Paraguay$135,545
57Bosnia and Herzegovina$131,701
58Bahrain$129,212
59Ethiopia$123,007
60Netherlands$117,993
61Philippines$117,755
62Lebanon$105,766
63New Zealand$104,941
64Sri Lanka$100,646
65Nicaragua$99,223
66Guatemala$92,937
67Fiji$92,703
68Nigeria$81,542
69Nepal$75,630
70Belarus$74,500
71Dominican Republic$72,187
72Trinidad and Tobago$69,962
73Greece$69,489
74Qatar$67,770
75Morocco$63,148
76Algeria$62,993
77El Salvador$59,257
78Iceland$57,279
79Bolivia$56,697
80Mauritius$56,236
81Tunisia$55,779
82Ukraine$51,761
83Oman$48,497
84Barbados$47,425
85Guyana$46,574
86Kenya$46,007
87Mali$44,906
88Bulgaria$44,588
89Cyprus$42,172
90Lithuania$41,939
91Jordan$41,110
92Jamaica$38,477
93Malawi$36,934
94Uganda$33,444
95Tanzania$32,605
96Luxembourg$28,861
97Bahamas, The$27,280
98Bhutan$26,997
99Cambodia$26,486
100Malta$24,968
101Latvia$22,767
102Estonia$20,033
103Ghana$19,287
104Cameroon$18,892
105Madagascar$16,005
106Montenegro$15,190
107Cote d'Ivoire$15,092
108Zimbabwe$14,934
109Yemen$14,644
110Zambia$13,894
111Samoa$11,560
112New Caledonia$11,321
113Antigua and Barbuda$8,320
114Tonga$7,013
115Georgia$6,945
116Bermuda$6,646
117Senegal$6,000
118Moldova$5,168
119Belize$4,995
120French Polynesia$4,987
121Cape Verde$4,642
122Dominica$3,371
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,228
124Albania$3,039
125Armenia$2,966
126Burkina Faso$2,203
127Mozambique$1,721
128Benin$1,600
129Niger$1,573
130Maldives$1,505
131Aruba$574
132Kyrgyzstan$440
133Azerbaijan$392
134Suriname$268
135Sao Tome and Principe$93
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$6,091$1,911$1,386$4,272$27,831$3,039$4,459
Algeria$8,763$36,487$8,311$16,599$27,811$62,993$45,928
Anguilla $1,244$1,450$2,100   
Antigua and Barbuda$5,185$4,849$7,238 $12,801$8,320$6,781
Argentina$220,653$259,513$240,646$341,786$292,604$346,216$379,073
Armenia$421$1,482$1,753$3,808$3,447$2,966$3,498
Aruba    $3,778$574$1,139
Australia$1,363,442$1,368,928$1,744,705$1,626,472$1,444,184$557,356$410,193
Austria$209,904$325,278$335,848$527,856$444,945$450,765 
Azerbaijan  $5,150$2,404$117$392$8,012
Bahamas, The$25,189$9,886$10,760$17,058$30,434$27,280$25,784
Bahrain$9,854$1,718$25,205$122,686$14,503$129,212$77,573
Bangladesh$35,609$23,658$17,430    
Barbados$11,246$16,361$18,977$28,420$27,228$47,425$31,427
Belarus$29,900$38,900$50,600$75,700$52,400$74,500$64,500
Belgium$328,722$416,080$292,429$330,108$351,614$269,411$318,985
Belize$4,649$3,177$18,090$4,682$7,936$4,995 
Benin$13,549$9,964   $1,600 
Bermuda     $6,646 
Bhutan$23,160$22,127$25,568$13,047$17,323$26,997 
Bolivia$19,319$20,947$19,419$19,860$16,739$56,697$27,561
Bosnia and Herzegovina$107,647$84,196$109,720$156,591$117,241$131,701$131,149
Botswana$24,554$17,456$57,410$32,473$46,856$136,053$87,168
Brazil$1,103,217$1,108,338$1,068,691$1,150,228$1,142,482$998,947$1,405,115
Brunei $244,573     
Bulgaria$66,451$78,457$94,626$123,799$50,706$44,588$44,562
Burkina Faso$1,678 $2,865$19,293$3,717$2,203 
Burundi$174$135$14 $919  
Cambodia$1,594$8,341$679$2,542$3,376$26,486 
Cameroon$2,591$4,556$10,231$4,183$3,211$18,892 
Canada$2,302,333$1,980,222$1,866,524$2,096,380$1,769,685$2,015,447$1,849,146
Cape Verde$5,144$6,999$5,842$8,422$10,891$4,642$4,716
Chile$639,530$487,672$599,735$494,041$687,958$598,122$1,211,635
China$2,107,814$3,075,689$4,318,182$2,316,078$2,453,548$3,989,197$3,237,430
Colombia$235,425$353,828$575,715$488,416$488,873$785,105$404,391
Costa Rica$1,342,874$2,010,314$1,746,715$3,303,344$2,302,082$3,092,508$1,789,886
Cote d'Ivoire$7,703$7,363$6,142$4,112$1,014$15,092$3,299
Croatia$137,226$228,419$209,173$249,838$192,455$186,495$200,464
Cuba$170,157$185,177     
Cyprus$25,055$65,016$51,364$50,133$23,416$42,172$55,323
Czech Republic$136,234$328,447$92,738$149,861$218,226$462,124$536,423
Denmark$444,483$628,185$935,168$1,385,105$1,052,486$1,170,189$919,003
Dominica$1,180$2,429$2,046$2,942$1,152$3,371 
Dominican Republic$23,184$55,899$55,699$38,469$85,619$72,187$101,754
East Timor$810      
Ecuador$260,435$220,271$281,820$261,380$294,218$317,144$470,263
Egypt$297,180$52,188$15,114$316,992$257,729$136,059$225,342
El Salvador$142,599$222,994$223,404$131,406$31,601$59,257 
Estonia$17,887$23,585$24,072$15,555$11,951$20,033$18,833
Ethiopia$45,518$29,056$17,259$89,673$41,933$123,007$111,696
Faroe Islands$2,714$6,679$6,409$5,681$6,432  
Fiji$108,556$95,116$103,884$103,440$108,982$92,703 
Finland$379,720$433,174$496,401$569,738$477,199$491,145$545,904
France$1,148,464$1,239,226$1,541,346$1,292,251$1,490,666$1,419,585$1,612,662
French Polynesia$8,633$6,527$7,639$14,456$6,738$4,987$3,576
Gabon$2,885$96$3,748$1,884$4,751  
Gambia, The$1,329$428 $1,405  $1,932
Georgia$5,694$6,350$4,584$8,215$10,581$6,945 
Germany$2,067,000$2,701,000$2,416,000$3,382,000$2,508,000$3,135,945$4,249,703
Ghana$54,665$19,080$21,728$29,378$21,652$19,287$83,428
Greece$78,815$57,263$97,673$147,211$101,706$69,489$68,107
Greenland$4,281$3,392$3,320    
Grenada$3,979$1,092$3,414$2,000$2,873  
Guatemala$102,592$107,662$99,085$109,127$73,827$92,937$75,990
Guinea$1,185  $1,900   
Guyana$2,926$11,356$15,290$9,143$9,054$46,574$9,427
Honduras$91,620$92,015$95,340 $91,740  
Hong Kong$2,741,381$2,800,915$2,607,622$2,585,641$2,394,615$2,612,741$3,686,633
Hungary$297,000$260,000$235,000$211,000$204,000$189,000$168,000
Iceland$64,208$76,056$82,373$69,812$45,289$57,279$48,915
India$998,116$778,693$2,025,717$1,361,209$1,552,079$1,730,890$1,504,990
Indonesia$3,712,949$3,977,533$3,983,227$4,786,947$4,588,769$7,210,752$7,335,125
Iran$730,974$122,108   $752,751 
Ireland$171,811$218,287$573,884$709,118$818,685$537,264$699,683
Israel$418,000$385,000$361,000$444,000$462,000$470,000$850,000
Italy$1,036,644$1,066,323$1,067,635$1,047,763$915,471$699,157$721,277
Jamaica$22,700$18,968$706,329$33,414$92,862$38,477 
Japan$3,042,458$3,891,829$5,454,173$4,696,076$3,514,556$4,657,070$5,127,321
Jordan$38,402$40,275$54,312$62,507$42,179$41,110$94,477
Kazakhstan$11,517$22,785$58,642$12,679$9,597  
Kenya$44,315$54,443$78,735$76,326$55,537$46,007 
Kiribati$154   $26  
Korea, South$817,290$785,925$1,276,725$1,191,926$630,370$825,965$836,086
Kuwait $132,098$543,509$57,704   
Kyrgyzstan$928$200$300$2,159$427$440$3,069
Latvia$23,673$18,584$38,551$32,672$21,995$22,767$25,498
Lebanon$60,000$36,822$34,862$43,297$59,096$105,766$120,402
Lesotho   $18,485   
Lithuania$19,678$37,670$47,063$54,749$27,653$41,939$49,484
Luxembourg$41,192$42,776$33,012$37,088$29,055$28,861$29,713
Macau$137$750 $692$4,401  
Macedonia$11,012$11,574$8,053$12,865$7,783 $14,452
Madagascar$44,276$22,550$14,635$12,557$7,204$16,005 
Malawi$1,665$3,371$2,506$28,590$114,439$36,934$19,321
Malaysia$2,957,905$2,383,270$2,921,757$5,486,308$4,165,465$2,821,264$3,226,535
Maldives$3,839$2,762$2,623$2,470$2,326$1,505$3,132
Mali   $4,833 $44,906 
Malta$133,572$94,489$290,653$34,846$14,772$24,968 
Mauritania $1,875     
Mauritius$108,554$77,667$131,910$88,526$67,552$56,236$89,445
Mayotte$2,342$1,801$2,296$2,875$3,516  
Mexico$4,539,123$4,244,772$5,067,916$5,017,175$5,589,261$6,325,733$9,712,136
Moldova$3,256$4,446$7,497$5,553$3,310$5,168$3,586
Mongolia$73$795$578    
Montenegro $14,785$27,449$24,769$13,744$15,190$15,342
Montserrat$460$33$172$107$139  
Morocco$27,153$18,158$49,615$67,502$44,099$63,148 
Mozambique$3,139$2,964$2,943$7,841$2,712$1,721$3,000
Namibia$37,152$41,154$47,151$39,830   
Nepal    $106,384$75,630 
Netherlands$331,926$221,109$227,839$287,330$182,728$117,993 
Netherlands Antilles$4,827$10,508$14,514$5,269   
New Caledonia$6,905$9,748$9,417$8,660$10,456$11,321$14,427
New Zealand$96,615$112,595$105,076$160,022$163,730$104,941$97,760
Nicaragua$52,700$73,324$102,416$66,900$90,904$99,223$80,253
Niger$1,366$1,502$17$2,376$1,091$1,573$3,328
Nigeria $166 $114,928$604,381$81,542 
Norway$402,086$400,475$502,358$253,124$249,621$502,012$447,332
Oman$17,308$43,459$74,276$82,762$70,499$48,497 
Pakistan$497,237$532,539$622,869$615,291$780,954$833,493$2,849,974
Panama$63,976$336,608$132,937$134,600$80,499$316,079$321,377
Paraguay$78,706$70,636$60,388$94,094$109,953$135,545$111,670
Peru$89,612$152,248$212,761$276,557$148,747$278,504$377,287
Philippines$127,696$183,693$184,342$259,603$177,536$117,755$228,788
Poland$318,186$259,884$343,813$334,265$294,806$287,079$283,586
Portugal$134,859$258,083$157,278$300,032$283,477$289,697$217,517
Qatar$15,505$163,817$158,528$92,968 $67,770 
Romania$471,982$398,556$521,988$568,109$324,347$386,191$435,637
Russia$185,043$237,624$639,112$191,747$156,404$353,121$516,229
Rwanda$85$1,450$171$4,455$1,633 $9,658
Saint Kitts and Nevis$632$2,390$3,600$1,248   
Saint Lucia$1,500$2,546$4,163$8,837   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$867$2,082$1,763$3,020$4,855$3,228 
Samoa    $1,042$11,560$25,437
Sao Tome and Principe  $26$124$275$93 
Saudi Arabia$392,084$431,410$2,171,354  $1,299,735 
Senegal$4,390$9,143$2,986$14,033$2,003$6,000$8,318
Serbia$207,117$239,062$304,625$319,320$145,426$165,970$178,466
Seychelles$14,452$11,679$13,285$24,896   
Singapore$1,202,510$839,096$1,096,354$661,110$660,959$1,045,832$1,072,036
Slovakia$89,017$151,821$136,595$208,973$751,076$733,157$445,854
Slovenia$127,115$128,444$133,767$238,890$158,790$136,476$158,085
South Africa$519,318$542,223$523,490$643,307$413,833$548,381$737,793
Spain$651,140$729,844$705,071$654,230$888,466$738,095 
Sri Lanka$15,733$23,635$17,111$25,988$18,988$100,646$38,606
Sudan$96,226$117,298$346,421$95,213$64,590  
Suriname$8,869$987$627$936$244$268$753
Swaziland$26,527$20,243$8,831    
Sweden$1,522,078$1,697,984$1,594,033$1,502,382$1,442,054$1,897,318$2,229,189
Switzerland$224,424$380,814$267,154$387,331$227,226$190,212$358,328
Syria$116,261$130,102$118,359$221,156 $217,292 
Tanzania$25,716$18,250$13,271$52,322$46,025$32,605$48,894
Thailand$2,812,392$3,617,505$3,893,151$3,911,782$2,911,080$3,065,432$2,661,809
Togo$1,347     $3,159
Tonga   $5,933$5,612$7,013 
Trinidad and Tobago$89,190$125,069$167,938$97,383$151,631$69,962 
Tunisia$65,229$114,586$106,989$123,774$95,746$55,779 
Turkey$4,341,295$4,010,710$4,537,165$4,985,725$4,866,229$6,083,278$8,068,257
Uganda$41,029$11,458$46,294$49,389$30,190$33,444 
Ukraine$39,420$40,677$56,553$48,352$20,298$51,761$49,756
United Arab Emirates$479,750 $1,847,546$1,067,151   
United Kingdom$6,155,589$4,795,416$3,819,566$4,271,436$2,678,959$3,000,707$2,439,736
United States$15,937,148$14,225,024$16,452,577$15,334,524$14,301,979$15,039,431$17,350,172
Uruguay$80,089$77,740$87,451$166,381$149,698  
Vanuatu $5,266$11,675    
Venezuela$415,351$415,092$506,933$826,222$641,886$293,150$223,119
Vietnam$216,885$457,073$978,459$441,672$1,081,811$2,188,850 
Yemen$16,446$15,558$15,825$9,357$36,780$14,644$47,760
Zambia$93,334$84,865$78,465$86,243$27,051$13,894 
Zimbabwe$3,412$5,925$17,123$12,759$20,593$14,934