| Rank | Country | Imports of Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Germany | $255,994,855 |  | | 2 | United States | $247,265,414 | | | 3 | Japan | $198,961,151 | | | 4 | Austria | $148,427,428 | | | 5 | Ukraine | $136,031,117 | | | 6 | Netherlands | $135,720,291 | | | 7 | Korea, South | $104,878,684 | | | 8 | Italy | $75,513,420 | | | 9 | Poland | $59,129,290 | | | 10 | Russia | $50,594,648 | | | 11 | France | $50,504,631 | | | 12 | China | $48,536,953 | | | 13 | Spain | $43,684,001 | | | 14 | Belgium | $42,809,130 | | | 15 | Turkey | $42,385,226 | | | 16 | India | $36,198,300 | | | 17 | United Kingdom | $32,656,415 | | | 18 | South Africa | $29,555,220 | | | 19 | Slovakia | $26,467,948 | | | 20 | Thailand | $21,715,500 | | | 21 | Czech Republic | $21,168,974 | | | 22 | Iran | $20,914,015 | | | 23 | Indonesia | $20,410,940 | | | 24 | Canada | $19,730,797 | | | 25 | Ireland | $18,175,804 | | | 26 | Brazil | $17,750,381 | | | 27 | New Zealand | $17,749,786 | | | 28 | Egypt | $15,732,562 | | | 29 | Malaysia | $15,491,750 | | | 30 | Argentina | $11,575,799 | | | 31 | Mexico | $10,053,926 | | | 32 | Romania | $9,440,290 | | | 33 | Sweden | $8,535,079 | | | 34 | Vietnam | $8,250,210 | | | 35 | Colombia | $6,698,136 | | | 36 | Norway | $6,205,651 | | | 37 | Denmark | $6,021,348 | | | 38 | Slovenia | $5,285,006 | | | 39 | Malawi | $4,870,719 | | | 40 | Hungary | $4,635,000 | | | 41 | Australia | $4,256,325 | | | 42 | Chile | $4,079,114 | | | 43 | Finland | $4,031,729 | | | 44 | Portugal | $3,936,912 | | | 45 | Saudi Arabia | $3,641,071 | | | 46 | Switzerland | $3,243,497 | | | 47 | Singapore | $2,569,876 | | | 48 | Belarus | $2,558,900 | | | 49 | Venezuela | $2,436,977 | | | 50 | Latvia | $1,939,400 | | | 51 | Peru | $1,867,255 | | | 52 | Morocco | $1,627,206 | | | 53 | Zambia | $1,553,919 | | | 54 | New Caledonia | $1,405,607 | | | 55 | Greece | $1,351,350 | | | 56 | Georgia | $1,332,433 | | | 57 | Pakistan | $1,238,937 | | | 58 | Israel | $1,155,000 | | | 59 | Hong Kong | $1,025,573 | | | 60 | Tunisia | $997,133 | | | 61 | Bulgaria | $936,865 | | | 62 | Croatia | $934,514 | | | 63 | Philippines | $899,358 | | | 64 | Ecuador | $806,281 | | | 65 | Botswana | $623,339 | | | 66 | Niger | $600,181 | | | 67 | Serbia | $580,016 | | | 68 | Ghana | $554,574 | | | 69 | Lithuania | $490,483 | | | 70 | Costa Rica | $452,048 | | | 71 | Nicaragua | $444,247 | | | 72 | Qatar | $403,610 | | | 73 | Zimbabwe | $383,138 | | | 74 | Azerbaijan | $381,340 | | | 75 | Guatemala | $380,906 | | | 76 | Ethiopia | $361,924 | | | 77 | Bahrain | $347,201 | | | 78 | Luxembourg | $331,584 | | | 79 | Paraguay | $226,768 | | | 80 | Mali | $214,281 | | | 81 | El Salvador | $210,676 | | | 82 | Kenya | $199,986 | | | 83 | Nigeria | $145,675 | | | 84 | Algeria | $131,131 | | | 85 | Bolivia | $126,925 | | | 86 | Syria | $116,503 | | | 87 | Estonia | $112,450 | | | 88 | Oman | $111,708 | | | 89 | Jordan | $95,857 | | | 90 | Tanzania | $94,682 | | | 91 | Cyprus | $91,189 | | | 92 | Malta | $89,145 | | | 93 | Albania | $36,831 | | | 94 | Sri Lanka | $36,206 | | | 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $36,180 | | | 96 | Panama | $17,005 | | | 97 | Nepal | $16,699 | | | 98 | Kyrgyzstan | $13,888 | | | 99 | Tonga | $12,464 | | | 100 | Jamaica | $12,085 | | | 101 | Bahamas, The | $11,942 | | | 102 | Dominican Republic | $11,407 | | | 103 | Togo | $7,946 | | | 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | $7,140 | | | 105 | Iceland | $6,290 | | | 106 | Lebanon | $5,846 | | | 107 | Mozambique | $4,868 | | | 108 | French Polynesia | $4,733 | | | 109 | Suriname | $4,345 | | | 110 | Madagascar | $3,827 | | | 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | $3,473 | | | 112 | Senegal | $2,885 | | | 113 | Guyana | $1,652 | | | 114 | Mauritius | $1,433 | | | 115 | Fiji | $1,233 | | | 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | $836 | | | 117 | Armenia | $746 | | | 118 | Moldova | $566 | | | 119 | Montenegro | $354 | | | 120 | Cape Verde | $311 | | | 121 | Aruba | $287 | | | 122 | Bhutan | $228 | | | 123 | Cambodia | $150 | | | 124 | Barbados | $137 | | | 125 | Belize | $26 | | | 126 | Uganda | $8 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $1,244 | | | | $48,344 | $36,831 | $20,909 |
| Algeria | $72,622 | $164,359 | $177,148 | $994,993 | $111,583 | $131,131 | $114,551 |
| Anguilla | | $272 | $817 | $27 | | | |
| Argentina | $6,725,268 | $6,747,080 | $7,816,956 | $11,436,103 | $10,059,094 | $11,575,799 | $10,453,206 |
| Armenia | $10,240 | $37,054 | $16,505 | $76,887 | $10,993 | $746 | $27,212 |
| Aruba | | | | | $22 | $287 | $50 |
| Australia | $1,830,864 | $2,619,236 | $3,344,410 | $6,284,999 | $2,364,013 | $4,256,325 | $5,135,043 |
| Austria | $65,682,312 | $80,299,612 | $127,726,810 | $130,794,256 | $20,371,892 | $148,427,428 | |
| Azerbaijan | $688,885 | $868,905 | $548,305 | $836,601 | $328,083 | $381,340 | $1,053,087 |
| Bahamas, The | $6,332 | $7,189 | $608 | $700 | $2,919 | $11,942 | $124 |
| Bahrain | | $24,851 | $2,944 | $276,707 | $96,096 | $347,201 | $599,747 |
| Bangladesh | $309,073 | $391,579 | $480,770 | | | | |
| Barbados | $736 | $2,340 | $11,076 | $1,161 | $1,039 | $137 | $9,746 |
| Belarus | $2,202,000 | $2,689,500 | $2,709,900 | $5,964,100 | $1,624,100 | $2,558,900 | $3,290,900 |
| Belgium | $25,448,465 | $36,801,884 | $27,544,374 | $52,812,473 | $57,911,194 | $42,809,130 | $43,185,477 |
| Belize | $51 | $631 | $742 | | $18 | $26 | |
| Benin | $256 | $629 | | | | | |
| Bhutan | $8 | $3 | $56 | | $51 | $228 | |
| Bolivia | $56,616 | $53,486 | $50,155 | $59,839 | $89,579 | $126,925 | $115,096 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $36,459 | $64,455 | $56,089 | $67,643 | $62,171 | $36,180 | $46,332 |
| Botswana | $45,430 | $24,916 | $31,540 | $202,721 | $411,996 | $623,339 | $81,765 |
| Brazil | $8,262,968 | $8,116,242 | $7,101,284 | $11,972,654 | $12,125,634 | $17,750,381 | $23,715,227 |
| Brunei | | $581 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $876,679 | $918,295 | $687,928 | $1,083,449 | $689,865 | $936,865 | $2,018,798 |
| Burkina Faso | $998 | | | $1,471 | | | |
| Burundi | | $4,170 | | | $77 | | |
| Cambodia | | $1,784 | $1,529 | | $498 | $150 | |
| Cameroon | | $4,870 | | $119 | $14,249 | | |
| Canada | $43,011,851 | $34,471,629 | $37,190,885 | $32,401,765 | $16,526,297 | $19,730,797 | $22,735,974 |
| Cape Verde | $401 | | | | | $311 | |
| Chile | $7,747,003 | $7,297,781 | $9,877,013 | $15,701,481 | $4,382,015 | $4,079,114 | $6,378,715 |
| China | $12,579,268 | $14,764,024 | $20,437,851 | $34,132,619 | $38,779,403 | $48,536,953 | $57,430,390 |
| Colombia | $4,653,353 | $4,728,558 | $3,920,663 | $6,000,619 | $5,168,546 | $6,698,136 | $7,752,779 |
| Costa Rica | $83,234 | $254,892 | $349,460 | $683,733 | $457,634 | $452,048 | $581,831 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $2,837 | $6,238 | $22,603 | $832,348 | $1,561 | $3,473 | $1,712 |
| Croatia | $1,466,449 | $1,670,612 | $2,043,677 | $1,837,335 | $1,198,211 | $934,514 | $438,794 |
| Cuba | $274,417 | $363,721 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $20,344 | $18,795 | $16,740 | $54,020 | $109,802 | $91,189 | $95,526 |
| Czech Republic | $13,799,826 | $15,784,720 | $19,651,738 | $24,877,487 | $17,726,642 | $21,168,974 | $22,855,804 |
| Denmark | $3,636,007 | $4,196,046 | $4,975,560 | $6,118,247 | $8,389,673 | $6,021,348 | $6,835,604 |
| Dominica | | $363 | $624 | $55 | $794 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $31,551 | $421,016 | $238,754 | $95,190 | $33,491 | $11,407 | $52,424 |
| Ecuador | $491,013 | $491,859 | $701,835 | $1,412,126 | $547,574 | $806,281 | $1,673,819 |
| Egypt | $3,985,734 | $4,940,543 | $4,582,070 | $18,041,046 | $17,386,756 | $15,732,562 | $16,723,219 |
| El Salvador | $106,181 | $105,051 | $122,027 | $162,488 | $104,265 | $210,676 | |
| Estonia | $28,144 | $47,525 | $39,905 | $190,132 | $141,456 | $112,450 | $178,348 |
| Ethiopia | $306,763 | $334,159 | $533,146 | $301,859 | $429,768 | $361,924 | $349,278 |
| Faroe Islands | $25 | $3,646 | $1,410 | $4,372 | $1,017 | | |
| Fiji | $7,005 | $2,113 | $156 | | $1,444 | $1,233 | |
| Finland | $4,325,481 | $2,737,098 | $4,510,296 | $5,073,693 | $3,182,215 | $4,031,729 | $5,204,626 |
| France | $42,723,356 | $44,834,356 | $54,139,257 | $67,381,229 | $44,168,949 | $50,504,631 | $61,691,636 |
| French Polynesia | $4,785 | $15,730 | $6,701 | $4,835 | $10,653 | $4,733 | $9,303 |
| Gabon | $163,645 | $64,971 | $1,284 | | | | |
| Georgia | $287,011 | $462,516 | $583,161 | $1,342,501 | $1,089,424 | $1,332,433 | |
| Germany | $173,475,000 | $176,597,000 | $209,484,000 | $277,143,000 | $134,639,000 | $255,994,855 | $314,859,805 |
| Ghana | $462,561 | $249,558 | $620,995 | $583,623 | $467,213 | $554,574 | $517,798 |
| Greece | $5,781,047 | $7,401,168 | $7,026,754 | $7,749,157 | $2,494,477 | $1,351,350 | $5,000,989 |
| Greenland | | $589 | $836 | | | | |
| Grenada | $19 | $15 | | $29 | | | |
| Guatemala | $131,988 | $62,982 | $106,420 | $234,208 | $197,889 | $380,906 | $219,734 |
| Guinea | $5,030 | | | | | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $3,475 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | | $6,683 | | $487 | $97 | $1,652 | |
| Honduras | $177,164 | $5,657 | $1,508,325 | | $219,535 | | |
| Hong Kong | $1,615,854 | $1,841,053 | $1,730,496 | $973,538 | $730,429 | $1,025,573 | $1,486,472 |
| Hungary | $2,789,000 | $2,348,000 | $4,448,000 | $5,151,000 | $2,503,000 | $4,635,000 | $5,442,000 |
| Iceland | $2,499 | $126,251 | $20,003 | $374,060 | $29,711 | $6,290 | $33,085 |
| India | $35,955,423 | $30,365,798 | $35,861,174 | $37,034,518 | $35,205,905 | $36,198,300 | $47,754,722 |
| Indonesia | $8,374,494 | $9,428,025 | $9,999,308 | $14,747,227 | $9,412,445 | $20,410,940 | $25,526,546 |
| Iran | $18,479,911 | $5,981,664 | | | | $20,914,015 | |
| Ireland | $15,116,178 | $9,838,029 | $13,758,905 | $22,171,766 | $11,757,216 | $18,175,804 | $25,324,382 |
| Israel | $1,319,000 | $1,059,000 | $711,000 | $733,000 | $928,000 | $1,155,000 | $1,589,000 |
| Italy | $59,526,445 | $62,099,858 | $64,143,057 | $85,150,862 | $48,673,943 | $75,513,420 | $85,780,061 |
| Jamaica | $37,535 | $6,480 | $8,918 | $8,557 | $2,397 | $12,085 | |
| Japan | $98,689,084 | $98,680,497 | $108,764,937 | $217,070,080 | $94,185,031 | $198,961,151 | $193,747,660 |
| Jordan | $126,350 | $83,378 | $151,757 | $184,941 | $214,887 | $95,857 | $134,539 |
| Kazakhstan | $4,403,699 | $6,868,075 | $6,654,789 | $6,233,240 | $6,731,923 | | |
| Kenya | $55,143 | $21,766 | $118,694 | $104,551 | $173,241 | $199,986 | |
| Korea, South | $52,962,616 | $60,388,372 | $68,588,904 | $98,067,623 | $63,836,499 | $104,878,684 | $123,855,634 |
| Kuwait | | $354,596 | $89,088 | $14,044 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $10,485 | $3,997 | $7,395 | | $3,118 | $13,888 | $18,753 |
| Latvia | $649,041 | $858,783 | $1,192,903 | $1,692,708 | $1,042,101 | $1,939,400 | $1,036,650 |
| Lebanon | $32,000 | $14,357 | $7,194 | $13,053 | $6,161 | $5,846 | $1,813 |
| Lesotho | | | | $6,814 | | | |
| Lithuania | $1,119,143 | $1,252,282 | $1,750,306 | $1,889,486 | $320,494 | $490,483 | $314,378 |
| Luxembourg | $602,748 | $346,035 | $113,169 | $160,348 | $230,488 | $331,584 | $638,464 |
| Macau | $714 | $451 | $539 | | | | |
| Macedonia | $429,857 | $1,680,476 | $8,527,814 | $8,101,365 | $5,648,277 | | $3,687,826 |
| Madagascar | $3,116 | $1,530 | $24,005 | $16 | $2,442 | $3,827 | |
| Malawi | $1,264 | $477 | $16 | $4,286 | | $4,870,719 | $8,448,127 |
| Malaysia | $9,569,261 | $8,560,129 | $10,670,880 | $16,217,613 | $8,404,931 | $15,491,750 | $24,108,877 |
| Maldives | $3 | | $38 | $30 | | | $41 |
| Mali | | $11,160 | $4,871 | | | $214,281 | |
| Malta | $155,166 | $114,811 | $68,163 | $24,728 | $15,803 | $89,145 | |
| Mauritius | $239 | $1,113 | $606 | $830 | $1,453 | $1,433 | $5,531 |
| Mayotte | $11 | | | $712 | | | |
| Mexico | $20,577,811 | $15,493,519 | $16,851,847 | $14,548,409 | $13,721,150 | $10,053,926 | $13,813,506 |
| Moldova | $30,991 | $23,800 | $36,050 | $33,725 | $2,352 | $566 | $205 |
| Mongolia | $35,360 | $47,420 | $93,924 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $333 | $7,387 | | | $354 | $562 |
| Montserrat | | | | $1,970 | | | |
| Morocco | $262,764 | $938,237 | $714,921 | $1,307,797 | $1,508,459 | $1,627,206 | |
| Mozambique | $17,874 | $1,866,701 | | $9,364 | $22,937 | $4,868 | $141,000 |
| Namibia | $295,961 | $335,582 | $1,273,744 | $2,978,940 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $22,506 | $16,699 | |
| Netherlands | $142,636,349 | $118,375,968 | $120,355,149 | $128,222,817 | $53,733,308 | $135,720,291 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $3,152 | $428 | | $269 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $3,993 | $6,741 | $12,681 | $502,244 | $738,136 | $1,405,607 | $1,114,455 |
| New Zealand | $7,397,680 | $8,297,176 | $11,045,064 | $20,337,591 | $15,797,404 | $17,749,786 | $28,018,581 |
| Nicaragua | $34,290 | $47,889 | $85,676 | $157,487 | $135,374 | $444,247 | $912,788 |
| Niger | $710,037 | $686,431 | $681,391 | $363,674 | $122,814 | $600,181 | $996,218 |
| Nigeria | | $1,729,878 | $1,356,619 | $494,496 | $462,045 | $145,675 | |
| Norway | $967,547 | $1,409,807 | $1,332,009 | $2,468,337 | $3,542,065 | $6,205,651 | $5,926,591 |
| Oman | $20,174 | $61,269 | $36,205 | $540,263 | $114,848 | $111,708 | |
| Pakistan | $504,375 | $570,612 | $843,436 | $1,112,131 | $1,191,003 | $1,238,937 | $1,526,347 |
| Panama | $513,164 | $5,143 | $1,643 | $227 | $1,936 | $17,005 | |
| Paraguay | $7,319 | $11,589 | $26,927 | $23,563 | $112,442 | $226,768 | $91,798 |
| Peru | $1,303,135 | $2,182,439 | $2,078,309 | $2,846,221 | $1,127,745 | $1,867,255 | $2,631,733 |
| Philippines | $1,038,669 | $805,170 | $2,630,018 | $898,706 | $746,598 | $899,358 | $905,459 |
| Poland | $23,476,720 | $33,832,351 | $42,030,502 | $62,440,580 | $42,191,576 | $59,129,290 | $86,656,524 |
| Portugal | $1,749,836 | $1,951,710 | $2,426,465 | $3,267,604 | $2,778,057 | $3,936,912 | $3,672,723 |
| Qatar | $344,216 | $92,001 | $221,217 | $147,762 | | $403,610 | |
| Romania | $12,192,422 | $13,126,480 | $11,635,934 | $10,490,303 | $7,075,251 | $9,440,290 | $10,356,457 |
| Russia | $53,740,150 | $60,214,781 | $64,494,192 | $74,817,305 | $29,833,657 | $50,594,648 | $65,802,237 |
| Rwanda | $1,798 | $75 | $14,479 | $27,516 | | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $3,681 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $110 | $2,503 | $324 | $499 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | $94 | $86 | | |
| Samoa | | | | | $1,123 | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | | $118 | $836 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $2,962,537 | $2,298,122 | $2,313,629 | | | $3,641,071 | |
| Senegal | $941 | $3,897 | $5,840 | $5,295 | $134,032 | $2,885 | $101,017 |
| Serbia | $5,102,943 | $3,932,326 | $2,238,028 | $830,053 | $581,889 | $580,016 | $607,750 |
| Seychelles | $25 | | | $10 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,841,529 | $1,307,349 | $1,848,292 | $1,985,754 | $2,756,859 | $2,569,876 | $2,426,572 |
| Slovakia | $10,554,877 | $17,644,994 | $14,296,139 | $20,202,455 | $15,300,162 | $26,467,948 | $33,625,316 |
| Slovenia | $4,679,389 | $4,719,609 | $5,306,786 | $6,252,009 | $3,422,701 | $5,285,006 | $5,510,153 |
| South Africa | $13,089,017 | $11,268,394 | $20,303,156 | $21,104,579 | $17,636,047 | $29,555,220 | $46,740,899 |
| Spain | $33,791,783 | $32,369,214 | $45,710,870 | $73,178,489 | $19,797,261 | $43,684,001 | |
| Sri Lanka | $39,877 | $51,443 | $32,588 | $27,853 | $47,775 | $36,206 | $74,568 |
| Sudan | $23,862 | $119,951 | $1,424 | | $1,067 | | |
| Suriname | $630 | $87 | $1,191 | $3,479 | $5,296 | $4,345 | $3,038 |
| Swaziland | $32,876 | $19,278 | $27,016 | | | | |
| Sweden | $6,564,909 | $7,449,502 | $6,481,489 | $6,855,166 | $7,142,567 | $8,535,079 | $11,754,620 |
| Switzerland | $2,251,010 | $2,835,085 | $2,969,732 | $3,718,643 | $3,033,437 | $3,243,497 | $4,143,462 |
| Syria | $89,407 | $115,369 | $56,621 | $208,116 | | $116,503 | |
| Tanzania | $12,673 | $14,759 | $76 | $10,967 | $11,129 | $94,682 | $16,702 |
| Thailand | $14,758,862 | $15,698,117 | $16,671,329 | $23,767,806 | $9,951,676 | $21,715,500 | $29,299,444 |
| Togo | | | | | | $7,946 | |
| Tonga | | | | | | $12,464 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $399,222 | $35,483 | $85,392 | $41,781 | $42,619 | $7,140 | |
| Tunisia | $488,404 | $452,450 | $628,911 | $567,790 | $906,311 | $997,133 | |
| Turkey | $25,159,617 | $26,329,122 | $34,815,574 | $42,664,950 | $29,210,262 | $42,385,226 | $46,360,906 |
| Uganda | $374 | $5,332 | $1,244 | $13,180 | $10,197 | $8 | |
| Ukraine | $89,955,329 | $96,648,450 | $119,977,406 | $150,529,688 | $81,470,677 | $136,031,117 | $125,071,128 |
| United Arab Emirates | $288,261 | | $305,983 | $637,930 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $32,668,553 | $27,811,891 | $29,160,319 | $31,275,803 | $24,479,835 | $32,656,415 | $35,095,039 |
| United States | $186,996,776 | $169,976,548 | $191,882,350 | $294,292,165 | $134,064,686 | $247,265,414 | $327,652,221 |
| Uruguay | $290,651 | $297,428 | $328,511 | $450,594 | $227,051 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $157 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $7,901,333 | $5,945,102 | $8,007,361 | $6,900,528 | $6,401,735 | $2,436,977 | $3,381,039 |
| Vietnam | $3,153,082 | $4,124,968 | $6,616,646 | $8,714,480 | $7,007,538 | $8,250,210 | |
| Yemen | $554 | $11,523 | $404 | $32,289 | | | |
| Zambia | $1,019,537 | $1,794,456 | $1,978,612 | $2,986,222 | $1,437,854 | $1,553,919 | |
| Zimbabwe | $5,588 | $112,155 | $50,654 | $46,971 | $194,270 | $383,138 | |
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