| Rank | Country | Imports of Slate in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | France | $13,950,640 |  | | 2 | United Kingdom | $8,968,769 | | | 3 | Italy | $8,917,965 | | | 4 | Germany | $6,485,192 | | | 5 | Belgium | $2,916,987 | | | 6 | Spain | $2,818,584 | | | 7 | Netherlands | $2,548,128 | | | 8 | United States | $2,543,451 | | | 9 | Japan | $2,320,762 | | | 10 | Saudi Arabia | $2,195,736 | | | 11 | Switzerland | $1,626,621 | | | 12 | Poland | $1,364,842 | | | 13 | Colombia | $1,262,696 | | | 14 | Belarus | $1,168,900 | | | 15 | Mexico | $1,143,290 | | | 16 | Korea, South | $1,116,260 | | | 17 | Canada | $1,065,661 | | | 18 | Ukraine | $997,655 | | | 19 | Norway | $895,572 | | | 20 | Czech Republic | $837,103 | | | 21 | South Africa | $837,096 | | | 22 | Finland | $789,908 | | | 23 | Sweden | $772,590 | | | 24 | Ecuador | $748,718 | | | 25 | Denmark | $680,557 | | | 26 | Australia | $669,109 | | | 27 | Chile | $658,279 | | | 28 | Russia | $616,739 | | | 29 | Vietnam | $586,430 | | | 30 | Greece | $475,824 | | | 31 | Cyprus | $469,946 | | | 32 | Israel | $357,000 | | | 33 | Malaysia | $352,843 | | | 34 | Slovakia | $227,424 | | | 35 | Venezuela | $227,145 | | | 36 | China | $213,866 | | | 37 | Austria | $191,458 | | | 38 | Bahrain | $179,418 | | | 39 | Portugal | $174,758 | | | 40 | Turkey | $165,661 | | | 41 | Ireland | $157,402 | | | 42 | Thailand | $139,707 | | | 43 | Luxembourg | $137,004 | | | 44 | Bulgaria | $136,819 | | | 45 | Peru | $134,861 | | | 46 | Egypt | $116,612 | | | 47 | Moldova | $96,523 | | | 48 | Mauritius | $93,049 | | | 49 | Jamaica | $83,494 | | | 50 | Lithuania | $82,867 | | | 51 | Romania | $75,553 | | | 52 | Azerbaijan | $70,649 | | | 53 | Slovenia | $68,570 | | | 54 | Singapore | $58,875 | | | 55 | Bermuda | $56,674 | | | 56 | Bahamas, The | $49,822 | | | 57 | Botswana | $44,776 | | | 58 | El Salvador | $40,295 | | | 59 | Kenya | $38,898 | | | 60 | Hungary | $37,000 | | | 61 | Philippines | $31,558 | | | 62 | Croatia | $31,537 | | | 63 | Costa Rica | $31,334 | | | 64 | Iceland | $30,735 | | | 65 | Trinidad and Tobago | $30,706 | | | 66 | New Zealand | $28,078 | | | 67 | Jordan | $25,882 | | | 68 | Morocco | $24,369 | | | 69 | Aruba | $22,428 | | | 70 | Indonesia | $19,985 | | | 71 | Guatemala | $17,162 | | | 72 | Nicaragua | $15,376 | | | 73 | Hong Kong | $11,236 | | | 74 | Zambia | $10,156 | | | 75 | Fiji | $9,212 | | | 76 | Mali | $8,936 | | | 77 | Zimbabwe | $8,485 | | | 78 | Malta | $7,259 | | | 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $7,042 | | | 80 | Estonia | $5,186 | | | 81 | Belize | $5,164 | | | 82 | Mozambique | $4,896 | | | 83 | Montenegro | $4,187 | | | 84 | Malawi | $2,832 | | | 85 | Antigua and Barbuda | $2,770 | | | 86 | Tanzania | $2,112 | | | 87 | Dominican Republic | $2,029 | | | 88 | Sri Lanka | $2,023 | | | 89 | Oman | $1,987 | | | 90 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,920 | | | 91 | Serbia | $1,834 | | | 92 | Gambia, The | $1,345 | | | 93 | Latvia | $1,182 | | | 94 | Cote d'Ivoire | $484 | | | 95 | Senegal | $343 | | | 96 | Brazil | $334 | | | 97 | Qatar | $275 | | | 98 | Bhutan | $215 | | | 99 | Nepal | $44 | | | 100 | Tunisia | $27 | | | 101 | Ghana | $17 | | | 102 | Georgia | $2 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | $2,051 | $2,057 | | | | |
| Algeria | $241 | $20 | | | $6,503 | | |
| Anguilla | | $12,009 | | $8,319 | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | $1,808 | | | $4,977 | $2,770 | |
| Argentina | $61,516 | $14,566 | $240 | | | | $56,537 |
| Armenia | | | $30,253 | | | | |
| Aruba | | | | | $55,428 | $22,428 | $35,449 |
| Australia | $767,388 | $463,334 | $550,122 | $592,281 | $499,716 | $669,109 | $694,430 |
| Austria | $612,654 | $569,282 | $416,174 | $658,435 | $411,048 | $191,458 | |
| Azerbaijan | $3,468 | $3,295 | $5,480 | $53,303 | $63,592 | $70,649 | $119,684 |
| Bahamas, The | $40,939 | $13,563 | $49,378 | $130,239 | $203,822 | $49,822 | $97,975 |
| Bahrain | $16,532 | $19,710 | $5,628 | | $13,421 | $179,418 | $267,042 |
| Bangladesh | $23,891 | $20,254 | | | | | |
| Barbados | | $4,074 | | | $24,760 | | $7,170 |
| Belarus | $116,900 | $172,300 | $35,900 | $564,100 | $736,900 | $1,168,900 | $1,545,600 |
| Belgium | $2,398,169 | $3,014,058 | $3,130,667 | $4,955,248 | $3,116,767 | $2,916,987 | $6,027,086 |
| Belize | | $5,057 | $5,005 | $2,923 | $2,618 | $5,164 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $56,674 | |
| Bhutan | | $40 | $895 | $123 | $182 | $215 | |
| Bolivia | | $252 | | | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | $1,470 | | $2,191 | | | |
| Botswana | $69,729 | $56,621 | $82,089 | $28,376 | $79,848 | $44,776 | $47,134 |
| Brazil | $13,959 | $3 | | $2,593 | $815 | $334 | $31 |
| Bulgaria | $10,706 | $51,394 | | $2,036 | $10,017 | $136,819 | $169,398 |
| Cambodia | $4 | | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $13 | | | | $1,897 | | |
| Canada | $4,832,687 | $6,070,890 | $2,747,077 | $2,036,059 | $1,457,224 | $1,065,661 | $906,559 |
| Cape Verde | $1,897 | | | | | | $3,478 |
| Chile | $1,062,416 | $1,262,127 | $1,524,402 | $683,442 | $288,702 | $658,279 | $695,755 |
| China | $416,494 | $1,027,734 | $623,720 | $536,294 | $212,515 | $213,866 | $280,914 |
| Colombia | $325,567 | $718,069 | $916,725 | $1,346,842 | $997,087 | $1,262,696 | $1,324,281 |
| Costa Rica | $78,962 | $41,507 | $172,144 | $64,632 | $30,552 | $31,334 | $40,553 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | | $895 | $484 | |
| Croatia | $34,509 | $58,232 | $98,968 | $58,744 | $34,057 | $31,537 | $5,807 |
| Cuba | $9,678 | | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $627,148 | $554,876 | $668,677 | $533,958 | $408,561 | $469,946 | $479,492 |
| Czech Republic | $269,504 | $579,953 | $568,414 | $679,546 | $387,668 | $837,103 | $1,960,006 |
| Denmark | $887,302 | $1,952,328 | $2,620,609 | $4,086,180 | $1,160,494 | $680,557 | $755,603 |
| Dominica | | | | $5,441 | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $904 | | $2,218 | $24,727 | $23,542 | $2,029 | $13,939 |
| East Timor | $49 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $162,574 | $361,622 | $330,028 | $669,882 | $625,006 | $748,718 | $523,834 |
| Egypt | $72,848 | $2,884 | | | $6,067 | $116,612 | $55,507 |
| El Salvador | | $114,784 | $165,009 | $133,166 | $121,120 | $40,295 | |
| Estonia | $54,422 | $106,128 | $113,344 | $43,026 | $11,619 | $5,186 | $29,200 |
| Ethiopia | | | | | $6 | | $2 |
| Faroe Islands | $31,970 | $36,527 | $27,996 | $2,692 | $6,494 | | |
| Fiji | $8,198 | $19,825 | $2,931 | $79,921 | $30,788 | $9,212 | |
| Finland | $302,541 | $524,963 | $756,782 | $1,060,896 | $810,231 | $789,908 | $866,606 |
| France | $11,951,242 | $14,354,678 | $16,567,752 | $18,504,089 | $13,386,843 | $13,950,640 | $21,760,505 |
| French Polynesia | $19,971 | | $2,040 | $8,420 | $4,291 | | $274 |
| Gambia, The | | $107 | | | | $1,345 | |
| Georgia | | $2,727 | $533 | $202 | | $2 | |
| Germany | $4,167,000 | $4,718,000 | $6,288,000 | $6,943,000 | $5,385,000 | $6,485,192 | $7,525,075 |
| Ghana | $43 | $5,262 | $65 | $90 | $7,023 | $17 | $131 |
| Greece | $900,088 | $1,045,383 | $1,331,289 | $873,385 | $400,551 | $475,824 | $286,230 |
| Greenland | | $2,682 | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $81 | $29,649 | $47,480 | $88,960 | $45,776 | $17,162 | $9,380 |
| Guinea | | | | $798 | | | |
| Guyana | | | $4,055 | | $15 | | |
| Honduras | $132,616 | $123,230 | $129,082 | | $33,900 | | |
| Hong Kong | $50,405 | $41,727 | $481,130 | $108,643 | $38,495 | $11,236 | $9,229 |
| Hungary | $65,000 | $154,000 | | $82,000 | $82,000 | $37,000 | $9,000 |
| Iceland | $864,283 | $471,594 | $412,954 | $342,374 | $132,775 | $30,735 | $36,459 |
| India | | | | | $1,384 | | $2,323 |
| Indonesia | $187,060 | $96,059 | $159,880 | $29,098 | $30,645 | $19,985 | $49,262 |
| Iran | $27,886 | $30,132 | | | | | |
| Ireland | $1,044,893 | $736,833 | $919,448 | $1,593,491 | $880,273 | $157,402 | $259,711 |
| Israel | $69,000 | $47,000 | $102,000 | $51,000 | | $357,000 | $523,000 |
| Italy | $1,907,543 | $2,227,752 | $3,048,241 | $3,423,920 | $3,221,334 | $8,917,965 | $8,815,809 |
| Jamaica | $18,439 | $58,618 | $52,721 | $61,548 | $46,426 | $83,494 | |
| Japan | $2,203,837 | $1,944,702 | $1,787,845 | $2,099,078 | $1,831,282 | $2,320,762 | $2,798,832 |
| Jordan | $39,979 | | $4,317 | $4,568 | $29,421 | $25,882 | $15,454 |
| Kazakhstan | $12,921 | $46,117 | $104,422 | $3,375 | $36,449 | | |
| Kenya | | | | $8,660 | | $38,898 | |
| Korea, South | $144,073 | $827,421 | $575,996 | $525,658 | $687,949 | $1,116,260 | $1,235,393 |
| Kuwait | | $41,883 | $8,547 | $144,340 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $9,780 | $7,788 | $30,353 | $49,854 | $6,021 | $1,920 | $460 |
| Latvia | $17,572 | $12,491 | $238 | $2,222 | $248 | $1,182 | $8,852 |
| Lebanon | | $4,652 | $44,197 | $55,548 | $56,821 | | $50,050 |
| Lithuania | $1,943,180 | $1,563,070 | $3,338,947 | $821,282 | $48,947 | $82,867 | $104,147 |
| Luxembourg | $310,471 | $334,560 | $603,348 | $224,771 | $341,374 | $137,004 | $62,877 |
| Macau | | $34,121 | $149,322 | $69,217 | $40,148 | | |
| Macedonia | | $1,309 | | $1,155 | $1,277 | | $12,992 |
| Madagascar | | | $676 | $564 | | | |
| Malawi | | | | $5,251 | | $2,832 | |
| Malaysia | $657,263 | $713,354 | $895,003 | $818,224 | $416,198 | $352,843 | $292,565 |
| Mali | | | $4,310 | | | $8,936 | |
| Malta | | $2,507 | $53,666 | | $20,237 | $7,259 | |
| Mauritius | $117,266 | $27,631 | $278,168 | $113,017 | $129,484 | $93,049 | $102,321 |
| Mayotte | | | | $998 | | | |
| Mexico | $400,504 | $390,447 | $496,965 | $940,752 | $770,106 | $1,143,290 | $666,132 |
| Moldova | $11,240 | $11,599 | $44,424 | $55,845 | $53,833 | $96,523 | $203,439 |
| Mongolia | $2,336 | | | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $6,195 | | $5,074 | | $4,187 | |
| Morocco | $96,996 | $65,698 | $15,809 | $113,234 | $95,856 | $24,369 | |
| Mozambique | $81 | $829 | $135 | $851 | $2,318 | $4,896 | $1,000 |
| Namibia | $25,511 | $35,176 | $38,313 | $13,096 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $44 | |
| Netherlands | $2,978,635 | $3,640,753 | $6,568,894 | $6,573,224 | $3,075,696 | $2,548,128 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $1,312 | $223 | $3,104 | $732 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $1,009 | | | | | | $32 |
| New Zealand | $225,723 | $80,248 | $71,905 | $19,412 | $734 | $28,078 | $4,361 |
| Nicaragua | | $8,675 | $17,822 | $30,363 | $1,420 | $15,376 | $19,061 |
| Norway | $870,373 | $1,101,871 | $898,749 | $730,153 | $563,615 | $895,572 | $782,187 |
| Oman | | | | $22,130 | $195 | $1,987 | |
| Panama | $62,520 | $20,219 | $11,686 | | | | $4,776 |
| Paraguay | $641 | | | | | | |
| Peru | $34,727 | $70,430 | $47,717 | $211,523 | $39,340 | $134,861 | $36,627 |
| Philippines | $8,400 | $25,804 | $13,742 | $46,392 | $22,819 | $31,558 | $25,961 |
| Poland | $1,411,295 | $2,164,464 | $2,283,695 | $2,574,964 | $2,159,889 | $1,364,842 | $1,045,617 |
| Portugal | $134,451 | $45,301 | $7,813 | $21,373 | $99,207 | $174,758 | $124,699 |
| Qatar | $16,841 | $173,776 | $58,724 | $230,069 | | $275 | |
| Romania | $29,255 | $54,922 | $88,992 | $98,816 | $63,431 | $75,553 | $43,512 |
| Russia | $734,597 | $875,228 | $1,197,111 | $1,444,821 | $817,608 | $616,739 | $169,834 |
| Rwanda | $8 | | $6,368 | | $217 | | $57 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $536 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $16,659 | | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $38,113 | $7,042 | |
| Samoa | | | | | | | $2,552 |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,031,986 | $1,079,364 | $1,175,179 | | | $2,195,736 | |
| Senegal | $2,333 | $194 | | $362 | $9,406 | $343 | $3,650 |
| Serbia | $4,804 | $5,762 | $8,063 | $7,246 | $23,538 | $1,834 | $9,804 |
| Seychelles | $471 | $6,965 | $409 | $28,787 | | | |
| Singapore | $401,015 | $225,607 | $220,238 | $658,277 | $163,928 | $58,875 | $117,667 |
| Slovakia | $41,811 | $69,523 | $181,345 | $175,840 | $218,697 | $227,424 | $77,666 |
| Slovenia | $27,292 | $17,186 | $21,884 | $65,343 | $37,766 | $68,570 | $60,249 |
| South Africa | $3,471,481 | $2,422,774 | $3,775,239 | $1,189,292 | $688,972 | $837,096 | $854,122 |
| Spain | $6,588,409 | $10,372,097 | $13,068,324 | $9,715,764 | $4,123,872 | $2,818,584 | |
| Sri Lanka | $5,879 | $3,477 | $4,876 | $5,527 | | $2,023 | $2,126 |
| Sudan | | | | | $15,444 | | |
| Suriname | | $23,911 | | $42 | | | $14,863 |
| Swaziland | $96,279 | $27,095 | $64,043 | | | | |
| Sweden | $628,629 | $873,039 | $957,577 | $1,065,015 | $669,789 | $772,590 | $623,939 |
| Switzerland | $1,342,060 | $1,427,984 | $1,139,375 | $1,137,286 | $1,088,478 | $1,626,621 | $1,750,028 |
| Tanzania | $5,417 | $7,746 | $879 | $5,184 | $29,953 | $2,112 | |
| Thailand | $34,149 | $25,655 | $60,083 | $79,778 | | $139,707 | $8,279 |
| Tonga | | $3,882 | $291 | $256 | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | $12,473 | | | $16,031 | $30,706 | |
| Tunisia | | | | | | $27 | |
| Turkey | $19,168 | $305,562 | $486 | $37,792 | $39,707 | $165,661 | $195,976 |
| Uganda | | $1,439 | $30 | $152 | | | |
| Ukraine | $829,532 | $1,373,873 | $2,046,317 | $2,259,120 | $996,379 | $997,655 | $1,124,996 |
| United Arab Emirates | $685,099 | | $1,889,467 | $732,246 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $14,124,901 | $19,399,594 | $23,447,707 | $16,720,724 | $10,727,681 | $8,968,769 | $7,500,449 |
| United States | $7,714,907 | $10,235,495 | $7,241,401 | $4,073,967 | $1,475,565 | $2,543,451 | $2,124,636 |
| Uruguay | | $9,519 | $63,262 | | | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,991 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $289,663 | $146,015 | $133,883 | $470,904 | $1,101,557 | $227,145 | $26,175 |
| Vietnam | $264,045 | $457,122 | $491,068 | $679,788 | $3,100,879 | $586,430 | |
| Yemen | | | | $93 | | | $1,033 |
| Zambia | $303 | $2 | | $9,793 | $35,467 | $10,156 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $2,745 | | | $3 | $8,485 | |
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