| Rank | Country | Imports of Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Japan | $87,474,486 |  | | 2 | China | $32,477,498 | | | 3 | Norway | $31,161,721 | | | 4 | France | $27,894,653 | | | 5 | Russia | $22,366,657 | | | 6 | Germany | $21,049,384 | | | 7 | Italy | $20,377,529 | | | 8 | Israel | $12,786,000 | | | 9 | United States | $12,408,545 | | | 10 | Azerbaijan | $11,391,558 | | | 11 | Korea, South | $10,873,536 | | | 12 | Spain | $10,661,137 | | | 13 | Iceland | $9,686,105 | | | 14 | Vietnam | $8,830,970 | | | 15 | United Kingdom | $6,484,494 | | | 16 | Belgium | $5,780,895 | | | 17 | Malaysia | $5,662,478 | | | 18 | Venezuela | $5,039,322 | | | 19 | Bhutan | $4,732,230 | | | 20 | Sweden | $4,335,018 | | | 21 | Austria | $4,223,003 | | | 22 | Canada | $4,213,040 | | | 23 | Netherlands | $4,011,777 | | | 24 | Switzerland | $3,510,506 | | | 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3,481,838 | | | 26 | Slovakia | $2,817,031 | | | 27 | Poland | $2,396,022 | | | 28 | Czech Republic | $1,661,365 | | | 29 | Mexico | $1,659,705 | | | 30 | Philippines | $1,517,037 | | | 31 | Iran | $1,473,448 | | | 32 | Singapore | $1,384,368 | | | 33 | Portugal | $1,011,870 | | | 34 | Indonesia | $1,002,041 | | | 35 | Nigeria | $965,344 | | | 36 | Brazil | $894,047 | | | 37 | Denmark | $828,609 | | | 38 | Luxembourg | $802,932 | | | 39 | Romania | $777,144 | | | 40 | Georgia | $772,540 | | | 41 | Belarus | $736,700 | | | 42 | Thailand | $726,695 | | | 43 | Oman | $558,693 | | | 44 | Chile | $555,057 | | | 45 | Ireland | $503,386 | | | 46 | Turkey | $480,585 | | | 47 | Mauritius | $476,441 | | | 48 | Tunisia | $425,447 | | | 49 | Hungary | $424,000 | | | 50 | Australia | $384,672 | | | 51 | Slovenia | $382,458 | | | 52 | South Africa | $326,834 | | | 53 | Yemen | $299,123 | | | 54 | Tanzania | $296,101 | | | 55 | Costa Rica | $290,781 | | | 56 | New Zealand | $279,208 | | | 57 | Guatemala | $270,570 | | | 58 | Ethiopia | $264,465 | | | 59 | Colombia | $245,901 | | | 60 | Algeria | $218,896 | | | 61 | Kenya | $218,023 | | | 62 | Peru | $201,542 | | | 63 | Egypt | $188,396 | | | 64 | Greece | $180,208 | | | 65 | Ecuador | $175,781 | | | 66 | Albania | $173,377 | | | 67 | India | $165,209 | | | 68 | Cyprus | $154,550 | | | 69 | Croatia | $119,926 | | | 70 | Serbia | $102,121 | | | 71 | Ukraine | $99,540 | | | 72 | Bahrain | $96,306 | | | 73 | Hong Kong | $92,109 | | | 74 | Finland | $90,634 | | | 75 | Qatar | $83,269 | | | 76 | Armenia | $81,134 | | | 77 | Nepal | $77,327 | | | 78 | Argentina | $74,324 | | | 79 | French Polynesia | $67,989 | | | 80 | Syria | $62,983 | | | 81 | Morocco | $61,805 | | | 82 | Paraguay | $56,260 | | | 83 | Bahamas, The | $49,763 | | | 84 | Moldova | $44,766 | | | 85 | Mozambique | $44,069 | | | 86 | Kyrgyzstan | $37,033 | | | 87 | Bulgaria | $36,292 | | | 88 | El Salvador | $34,279 | | | 89 | Sri Lanka | $32,901 | | | 90 | Estonia | $30,032 | | | 91 | Lebanon | $25,142 | | | 92 | Jordan | $24,715 | | | 93 | Uganda | $23,611 | | | 94 | Nicaragua | $23,284 | | | 95 | Bolivia | $22,827 | | | 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | $21,798 | | | 97 | Senegal | $21,412 | | | 98 | Guyana | $18,363 | | | 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | $16,528 | | | 100 | Lithuania | $15,461 | | | 101 | Aruba | $12,856 | | | 102 | Dominican Republic | $11,407 | | | 103 | Burkina Faso | $11,278 | | | 104 | Zimbabwe | $9,521 | | | 105 | Bermuda | $8,365 | | | 106 | Latvia | $6,409 | | | 107 | Cape Verde | $5,488 | | | 108 | Pakistan | $5,261 | | | 109 | Panama | $4,860 | | | 110 | Fiji | $4,201 | | | 111 | Madagascar | $3,313 | | | 112 | Botswana | $2,666 | | | 113 | Ghana | $2,589 | | | 114 | New Caledonia | $1,447 | | | 115 | Mali | $1,034 | | | 116 | Antigua and Barbuda | $1,026 | | | 117 | Barbados | $870 | | | 118 | Niger | $422 | | | 119 | Jamaica | $386 | | | 120 | Cameroon | $346 | | | 121 | Belize | $89 | | | 122 | Montenegro | $5 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $8,933 | $3,621 | $12,900 | $265,921 | $17,114 | $173,377 | $79,199 |
| Algeria | $281,292 | $353,290 | $216,950 | $434,156 | $485,256 | $218,896 | $243,978 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $131 | | | | | $1,026 | |
| Argentina | $129,025 | $121,503 | $144,223 | $79,777 | $81,826 | $74,324 | $106,035 |
| Armenia | $22,453 | $22,576 | $42,159 | $82,358 | $84,188 | $81,134 | $461,989 |
| Aruba | | | | | $17,794 | $12,856 | $1,307 |
| Australia | $513,176 | $591,978 | $519,310 | $635,522 | $405,673 | $384,672 | $435,533 |
| Austria | $2,866,226 | $2,575,142 | $2,724,871 | $3,987,174 | $2,681,185 | $4,223,003 | |
| Azerbaijan | $35,133 | $3,172,081 | $7,179,863 | $10,175,280 | $9,549,561 | $11,391,558 | $12,485,882 |
| Bahamas, The | $29,803 | $12,484 | $51,459 | $65,440 | $81,246 | $49,763 | $37,299 |
| Bahrain | $36,758 | $691 | | $8,378 | $5,411,147 | $96,306 | $18,550 |
| Bangladesh | $898,106 | $1,478,164 | $1,354,622 | | | | |
| Barbados | | $3,468 | $2,346 | $1,287 | | $870 | $682 |
| Belarus | $355,300 | $213,400 | $759,100 | $901,600 | $637,200 | $736,700 | $719,800 |
| Belgium | $4,322,747 | $5,113,416 | $5,509,856 | $6,551,095 | $5,513,572 | $5,780,895 | $7,419,250 |
| Belize | | | | | | $89 | |
| Benin | $607 | $2,059 | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $8,365 | |
| Bhutan | $4,675 | $112 | $556,809 | $1,295,025 | $3,216,347 | $4,732,230 | |
| Bolivia | $15,923 | $1,974 | $6,072 | $7,059 | $30,532 | $22,827 | $21,344 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,224,941 | $2,020,852 | $1,546,256 | $2,099,675 | $2,025,530 | $3,481,838 | $3,806,286 |
| Botswana | $3,222 | $2,225 | $7,369 | $43,503 | $110 | $2,666 | $1,404 |
| Brazil | $530,018 | $632,070 | $612,638 | $855,204 | $625,073 | $894,047 | $928,874 |
| Brunei | | $5,852 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $141,930 | $116,716 | $99,705 | $87,198 | $35,125 | $36,292 | $23,408 |
| Burkina Faso | $1,660 | | | | | $11,278 | |
| Cambodia | $1,970 | | $302 | | | | |
| Cameroon | $116 | $9 | $253 | $11,103 | $40 | $346 | |
| Canada | $2,746,057 | $2,930,548 | $3,174,405 | $2,161,801 | $2,065,897 | $4,213,040 | $5,908,384 |
| Cape Verde | | $21,417 | $5,177 | $12,781 | $2,241 | $5,488 | $13,724 |
| Chile | $634,390 | $1,183,622 | $1,125,051 | $1,222,500 | $558,673 | $555,057 | $787,644 |
| China | $3,951,702 | $4,905,458 | $9,018,094 | $26,198,189 | $11,747,663 | $32,477,498 | $82,658,116 |
| Colombia | $59,380 | $34,751 | $13,963 | $25,447 | $23,402 | $245,901 | $503,730 |
| Cook Islands | $4,676 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $375,448 | $273,779 | $134,658 | $186,876 | $177,928 | $290,781 | $273,664 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | | $289 | $16,528 | $47,785 |
| Croatia | $168,847 | $177,655 | $187,616 | $252,544 | $245,955 | $119,926 | $182,445 |
| Cuba | $179,400 | $81,560 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $103,577 | $116,845 | $124,602 | $159,813 | $159,863 | $154,550 | $84,295 |
| Czech Republic | $1,955,257 | $1,731,881 | $2,342,159 | $2,974,756 | $1,595,460 | $1,661,365 | $2,483,345 |
| Denmark | $275,730 | $481,727 | $263,309 | $676,458 | $826,341 | $828,609 | $626,067 |
| Dominica | $1,991 | | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $12,183 | $24,054 | $53,109 | $73,424 | $37,242 | $11,407 | $59,934 |
| Ecuador | $32,595 | $57,741 | $61,565 | $123,074 | $58,593 | $175,781 | $353,616 |
| Egypt | $57,596 | $79,108 | $70,361 | $74,990 | $89,505 | $188,396 | $351,369 |
| El Salvador | $9,034 | | $29,006 | $86,354 | $22,752 | $34,279 | |
| Estonia | $85,755 | $150,115 | $261,318 | $96,886 | $150,541 | $30,032 | $17,343 |
| Ethiopia | $7,286 | $23,380 | $183,865 | $392,885 | $233,956 | $264,465 | $375,074 |
| Faroe Islands | $22 | $50 | $1,432 | | | | |
| Fiji | $3,924 | $408 | | $25,770 | $219 | $4,201 | |
| Finland | $145,948 | $277,289 | $40,290 | $66,947 | $43,361 | $90,634 | $34,920 |
| France | $10,032,573 | $12,563,011 | $18,314,976 | $22,366,106 | $20,318,299 | $27,894,653 | $30,148,018 |
| French Polynesia | $228,319 | $175,501 | $66,801 | $153,895 | $123,469 | $67,989 | $60,231 |
| Gabon | $191 | | $4,353 | $140 | $858 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | $8,887 | | | | |
| Georgia | $1,572,433 | $840,438 | $1,110,348 | $931,070 | $287,287 | $772,540 | |
| Germany | $12,025,000 | $16,730,000 | $19,373,000 | $18,872,000 | $14,310,000 | $21,049,384 | $34,158,220 |
| Ghana | $427 | $127 | $22,779 | $1,241 | | $2,589 | $12,435 |
| Greece | $46,584 | $59,915 | $146,033 | $245,172 | $83,112 | $180,208 | $55,069 |
| Greenland | | | $484 | | | | |
| Grenada | $58 | $10 | | $1,100 | | | |
| Guatemala | $14,705 | $43,660 | $90,195 | $489,837 | $602,688 | $270,570 | $253,846 |
| Guinea | | $1,473 | | | | | |
| Guyana | $94 | | $1,959 | $1,808 | $1,412 | $18,363 | $1,402 |
| Honduras | $26,897 | $19,512 | $34,210 | | $62,544 | | |
| Hong Kong | $437,057 | $283,694 | $4,207,291 | $632,848 | $108,490 | $92,109 | $70,932 |
| Hungary | $1,030,000 | $772,000 | $1,417,000 | $1,037,000 | $589,000 | $424,000 | $698,000 |
| Iceland | $7,437,805 | $7,790,101 | $9,874,462 | $11,179,510 | $9,070,566 | $9,686,105 | $13,668,334 |
| India | $178,402 | $239,286 | $227,794 | $139,481 | $318,676 | $165,209 | $230,163 |
| Indonesia | $1,078,459 | $1,201,032 | $1,006,581 | $1,110,877 | $990,751 | $1,002,041 | $1,753,276 |
| Iran | $116,075 | $919 | | | | $1,473,448 | |
| Ireland | $1,680,572 | $96,689 | $563,849 | $609,455 | $263,226 | $503,386 | $393,652 |
| Israel | $7,004,000 | $8,923,000 | $13,871,000 | $15,195,000 | $10,994,000 | $12,786,000 | $16,437,000 |
| Italy | $19,240,738 | $19,126,088 | $25,489,697 | $25,118,999 | $16,411,308 | $20,377,529 | $24,495,273 |
| Jamaica | $83 | $4,229 | $1,487 | $518 | $2,460 | $386 | |
| Japan | $44,188,092 | $55,607,163 | $60,075,653 | $78,755,927 | $35,853,397 | $87,474,486 | $96,395,994 |
| Jordan | $1,138 | $1,663 | | | $606 | $24,715 | $479 |
| Kazakhstan | $94,270 | $272,424 | $946,879 | $275,328 | $296,012 | | |
| Kenya | $50,101 | $77,907 | $238,017 | $201,850 | $130,409 | $218,023 | |
| Korea, South | $5,278,288 | $5,871,952 | $7,641,368 | $8,837,885 | $9,706,759 | $10,873,536 | $13,370,132 |
| Kuwait | | $110,274 | $233,149 | $338,712 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $12,304 | $9,135 | $16,339 | $42,849 | $54,611 | $37,033 | $74,772 |
| Latvia | $114,920 | $200,962 | $163,323 | $82,736 | $2,562 | $6,409 | $27,193 |
| Lebanon | $27,000 | $85,654 | $36,179 | $11,246 | $49,030 | $25,142 | $34,927 |
| Lesotho | | | | $2,064 | | | |
| Lithuania | $12,325 | $11,786 | $8,471 | $4,926 | $3,408 | $15,461 | $137,335 |
| Luxembourg | $1,347,464 | $1,376,532 | $2,358,878 | $1,894,426 | $991,565 | $802,932 | $1,194,632 |
| Macau | | $1,962 | $3,464 | $8,302 | $3,894 | | |
| Macedonia | $24,026 | $38,033 | $66,883 | $161,447 | $64,257 | | $9,984 |
| Madagascar | $810 | $943 | $2,196 | $4,746 | $272 | $3,313 | |
| Malawi | $2,849 | | | $215 | $45 | | $9,035 |
| Malaysia | $758,397 | $941,254 | $1,328,241 | $1,064,751 | $3,507,821 | $5,662,478 | $5,466,936 |
| Mali | | | | | | $1,034 | |
| Malta | $1,565 | $3,332 | $3,667 | $2,598 | $5,337 | | |
| Mauritius | $39,648 | $20,649 | $36,781 | $366,508 | $455,385 | $476,441 | $13,791 |
| Mayotte | | $963 | | $193 | | | |
| Mexico | $947,179 | $759,862 | $783,122 | $1,519,409 | $1,305,535 | $1,659,705 | $1,535,571 |
| Moldova | $6,794 | $13,147 | $28,076 | $24,695 | $12,843 | $44,766 | $25,304 |
| Mongolia | $380 | $3,069 | $3,431 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $5,917 | $2,490 | $56,047 | $109 | $5 | $194 |
| Morocco | $227,949 | $181,284 | $169,678 | $182,343 | $92,746 | $61,805 | |
| Mozambique | $2,076 | $1,045 | $216 | $13,410 | $40,245 | $44,069 | $102,000 |
| Namibia | $4,466 | $12,860 | $30,186 | $45,593 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $7,708 | $77,327 | |
| Netherlands | $6,362,544 | $7,270,199 | $7,499,465 | $5,893,947 | $4,088,373 | $4,011,777 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $861 | $272 | $1,655 | $7,040 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $3,182 | $4,136 | $18,557 | $1,700 | $3,996 | $1,447 | $3,190 |
| New Zealand | $113,921 | $42,154 | $239,905 | $185,714 | $236,807 | $279,208 | $394,273 |
| Nicaragua | $230 | | $216 | $5,001 | $23,314 | $23,284 | $76,666 |
| Niger | | $96 | | | | $422 | $7,059 |
| Nigeria | | $18,649 | $280,182 | $1,029,875 | $413,790 | $965,344 | |
| Norway | $26,925,993 | $18,088,261 | $24,379,489 | $36,726,256 | $19,375,172 | $31,161,721 | $31,077,853 |
| Oman | $254,372 | $227,677 | $1,367,399 | $1,450,893 | $1,442,172 | $558,693 | |
| Pakistan | | $22,085 | $19,974 | $532,412 | $21,454 | $5,261 | $255,377 |
| Panama | $1,855 | $416 | $420 | $480 | $1,644 | $4,860 | $2,634 |
| Paraguay | $11,164 | $34,671 | $33,316 | $49,889 | $39,455 | $56,260 | $133,053 |
| Peru | $92,491 | $13,696 | $97,929 | $266,939 | $109,600 | $201,542 | $165,245 |
| Philippines | $5,496 | $22,558 | $18,798 | $60,794 | $1,760,256 | $1,517,037 | $2,162,567 |
| Poland | $2,103,198 | $1,489,206 | $2,357,016 | $3,146,236 | $1,831,695 | $2,396,022 | $2,868,426 |
| Portugal | $1,022,523 | $1,436,799 | $1,455,759 | $1,185,437 | $255,926 | $1,011,870 | $798,971 |
| Qatar | $1,441,701 | $1,018,722 | $484,751 | $69,779 | | $83,269 | |
| Romania | $618,021 | $233,751 | $327,405 | $783,508 | $281,303 | $777,144 | $734,800 |
| Russia | $6,983,467 | $14,782,872 | $17,623,736 | $25,360,288 | $25,711,795 | $22,366,657 | $3,713,053 |
| Rwanda | | | | $9,096 | $34 | | $38,125 |
| Saint Lucia | $4,008 | $17 | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $3,841 | | $3 | | |
| Samoa | | | | | | | $1,937 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | $252 | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $213,202 | $125,147 | $78,858 | | | | |
| Senegal | | $1,199 | $2,895 | $4,714 | $8,347 | $21,412 | $184,875 |
| Serbia | $46,083 | $34,901 | $83,685 | $157,175 | $98,353 | $102,121 | $134,406 |
| Seychelles | | | $802 | $25 | | | |
| Singapore | $115,505 | $285,010 | $397,893 | $97,341 | $124,114 | $1,384,368 | $2,730,063 |
| Slovakia | $3,899,551 | $4,335,878 | $4,225,792 | $5,272,035 | $2,861,089 | $2,817,031 | $5,162,085 |
| Slovenia | $1,046,247 | $1,224,166 | $1,481,866 | $790,066 | $454,925 | $382,458 | $338,316 |
| South Africa | $167,686 | $245,078 | $416,363 | $240,323 | $70,502 | $326,834 | $258,343 |
| Spain | $7,843,262 | $7,580,224 | $12,173,400 | $13,924,478 | $7,970,082 | $10,661,137 | |
| Sri Lanka | $51,912 | $36,880 | $19,932 | $10,918 | $27,854 | $32,901 | $65,180 |
| Sudan | $15,738 | $1,071 | | $107 | $48,961 | | |
| Swaziland | $3,134 | $4,112 | $3,147 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,695,081 | $2,556,079 | $4,338,405 | $3,550,357 | $3,954,716 | $4,335,018 | $6,102,634 |
| Switzerland | $2,906,747 | $3,670,031 | $3,777,819 | $3,951,542 | $2,793,403 | $3,510,506 | $4,259,233 |
| Syria | | $10,418 | | | | $62,983 | |
| Tanzania | $168,398 | $294,915 | $253,831 | $302,249 | $251,088 | $296,101 | $366,496 |
| Thailand | $926,802 | $188,983 | $319,049 | $253,362 | $318,003 | $726,695 | $455,691 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $11,337 | $52,992 | $7,540 | $23,793 | $39,264 | $21,798 | |
| Tunisia | $283,502 | $440,130 | $321,802 | $398,609 | $668,964 | $425,447 | |
| Turkey | $877,759 | $928,889 | $576,965 | $968,938 | $253,467 | $480,585 | $725,125 |
| Uganda | $383 | $1,133 | $15,270 | $6,243 | $95,247 | $23,611 | |
| Ukraine | $367,184 | $121,840 | $201,881 | $189,262 | $76,187 | $99,540 | $60,268 |
| United Arab Emirates | $840,743 | | $3,737,390 | $4,180,902 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $1,573,719 | $2,226,349 | $4,077,442 | $6,394,142 | $4,031,689 | $6,484,494 | $10,006,840 |
| United States | $7,890,706 | $23,123,387 | $43,566,836 | $16,077,928 | $8,767,580 | $12,408,545 | $20,304,380 |
| Uruguay | $48,953 | $34,377 | $78,965 | $121,652 | $64,736 | | |
| Vanuatu | | | $5,449 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $56,889 | $43,693 | $54,286 | $975,541 | $3,565,434 | $5,039,322 | $12,377,880 |
| Vietnam | $1,882,921 | $2,176,885 | $5,281,838 | $8,466,163 | $7,279,783 | $8,830,970 | |
| Yemen | | $35,578 | $416,768 | $492,104 | $298,755 | $299,123 | $544,681 |
| Zambia | $3,413 | $10,053 | $739 | $3,648 | | | |
| Zimbabwe | $39,448 | $29,016 | | | $5,665 | $9,521 | |
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