| Rank | Country | Imports of Iron ores and concentrates in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | China | $79,722,414,133 |  | | 2 | Japan | $15,315,753,174 | | | 3 | Korea, South | $6,646,477,687 | | | 4 | Germany | $5,325,250,484 | | | 5 | France | $1,893,798,394 | | | 6 | Bahrain | $1,784,622,405 | | | 7 | Italy | $1,564,236,811 | | | 8 | United Kingdom | $1,411,878,718 | | | 9 | Saudi Arabia | $1,358,953,432 | | | 10 | Austria | $1,325,286,342 | | | 11 | Netherlands | $1,141,402,191 | | | 12 | Belgium | $958,395,447 | | | 13 | Turkey | $923,742,505 | | | 14 | Canada | $890,289,688 | | | 15 | Argentina | $826,526,463 | | | 16 | United States | $761,351,424 | | | 17 | Czech Republic | $758,564,531 | | | 18 | Spain | $704,050,440 | | | 19 | Slovakia | $649,581,284 | | | 20 | Poland | $602,428,656 | | | 21 | Egypt | $543,070,046 | | | 22 | Russia | $511,981,115 | | | 23 | Malaysia | $407,759,019 | | | 24 | Indonesia | $392,663,608 | | | 25 | Finland | $358,614,235 | | | 26 | Australia | $319,351,689 | | | 27 | Romania | $312,305,093 | | | 28 | Qatar | $270,102,809 | | | 29 | Hungary | $256,938,000 | | | 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | $254,263,964 | | | 31 | Serbia | $222,837,086 | | | 32 | India | $178,019,193 | | | 33 | Mexico | $176,818,942 | | | 34 | Ukraine | $168,080,768 | | | 35 | South Africa | $55,652,684 | | | 36 | Thailand | $51,662,665 | | | 37 | Iran | $44,253,067 | | | 38 | Norway | $19,495,075 | | | 39 | Pakistan | $14,812,316 | | | 40 | Oman | $14,541,469 | | | 41 | Sweden | $14,422,232 | | | 42 | Algeria | $14,143,457 | | | 43 | Brazil | $13,801,197 | | | 44 | Iceland | $7,338,928 | | | 45 | Philippines | $3,905,164 | | | 46 | Denmark | $3,748,565 | | | 47 | Paraguay | $3,637,354 | | | 48 | Vietnam | $2,912,190 | | | 49 | Colombia | $1,794,310 | | | 50 | Bulgaria | $1,017,343 | | | 51 | Croatia | $924,238 | | | 52 | Kyrgyzstan | $842,377 | | | 53 | Switzerland | $808,482 | | | 54 | Tunisia | $745,631 | | | 55 | Ireland | $492,335 | | | 56 | Azerbaijan | $468,435 | | | 57 | Jordan | $445,232 | | | 58 | Ecuador | $395,407 | | | 59 | Venezuela | $393,286 | | | 60 | Morocco | $306,422 | | | 61 | Hong Kong | $297,632 | | | 62 | Nepal | $288,800 | | | 63 | Israel | $246,000 | | | 64 | New Zealand | $223,409 | | | 65 | Chile | $186,438 | | | 66 | Singapore | $157,071 | | | 67 | Belarus | $115,500 | | | 68 | New Caledonia | $95,811 | | | 69 | Portugal | $80,346 | | | 70 | Greece | $74,439 | | | 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $73,132 | | | 72 | Slovenia | $51,041 | | | 73 | Yemen | $36,022 | | | 74 | Luxembourg | $34,228 | | | 75 | Botswana | $34,025 | | | 76 | Tanzania | $33,013 | | | 77 | Peru | $28,235 | | | 78 | Bhutan | $22,675 | | | 79 | Georgia | $22,246 | | | 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | $19,480 | | | 81 | Moldova | $15,776 | | | 82 | Zimbabwe | $12,005 | | | 83 | Sri Lanka | $11,121 | | | 84 | Cyprus | $8,244 | | | 85 | Fiji | $6,213 | | | 86 | Latvia | $3,221 | | | 87 | Lebanon | $2,812 | | | 88 | Dominican Republic | $2,457 | | | 89 | Zambia | $2,235 | | | 90 | Burkina Faso | $505 | | | 91 | Ghana | $474 | | | 92 | Mozambique | $439 | | | 93 | Cambodia | $285 | | | 94 | Ethiopia | $261 | | | 95 | Samoa | $148 | | | 96 | Panama | $138 | | | 97 | Barbados | $96 | | | 98 | Lithuania | $69 | | | 99 | Malawi | $44 | | | 100 | Uganda | $33 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $22,539 | $1,959 | $35,982 | | | | |
| Algeria | $48,918,871 | $52,644,180 | $54,953,776 | $33,009,269 | $3,721 | $14,143,457 | $3,481,887 |
| Argentina | $426,675,832 | $502,609,489 | $472,473,172 | $903,145,769 | $282,528,336 | $826,526,463 | $1,246,365,671 |
| Armenia | $115,136 | $108,027 | $256,242 | $250,890 | $194,228 | | $352,550 |
| Aruba | | | | | | | $34 |
| Australia | $137,345,910 | $228,929,315 | $269,383,383 | $288,656,653 | $157,599,978 | $319,351,689 | $364,893,110 |
| Austria | $546,391,139 | $639,679,752 | $769,844,751 | $925,455,095 | $631,498,335 | $1,325,286,342 | |
| Azerbaijan | $1,016,529 | $114,885 | $31,914 | $854,144 | $34,125 | $468,435 | $421,723 |
| Bahamas, The | $3,465 | | | $29 | | | $752 |
| Bahrain | $177,699,579 | $114,612,023 | $53,030,682 | $408,875,071 | $214,086,393 | $1,784,622,405 | $1,349,560,266 |
| Bangladesh | $2,478 | $1,085,738 | $650,103 | | | | |
| Barbados | | | $63,093 | $446,868 | $232,500 | $96 | |
| Belarus | $310,400 | $1,270,100 | $2,353,000 | $3,060,400 | $1,793,200 | $115,500 | $1,076,400 |
| Belgium | $435,570,253 | $629,134,255 | $613,583,806 | $1,168,181,702 | $305,417,024 | $958,395,447 | $1,276,948,562 |
| Bhutan | $15,299 | $26,455 | $33,061 | $32,779 | $11,663 | $22,675 | |
| Bolivia | $7,488 | $5 | $6,121 | | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $32,755 | $67,826 | $22,497 | $23,757,945 | $43,321 | $73,132 | $83,407 |
| Botswana | $10,088 | $1,576 | $10,059 | $15,485 | $11,511 | $34,025 | $31,820 |
| Brazil | $44,494 | $19,315 | $43,678 | $10,017,045 | $7,859,675 | $13,801,197 | $20,529 |
| Brunei | | $21 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $112,137,501 | $116,564,751 | $137,936,627 | $51,270,176 | $769,191 | $1,017,343 | $725,682 |
| Burkina Faso | $4,298 | | $5,781 | | | $505 | |
| Burundi | | | | $13 | | | |
| Cambodia | | | | | | $285 | |
| Cameroon | | | | | $237 | | |
| Canada | $541,525,400 | $585,569,461 | $568,662,023 | $1,012,530,692 | $263,299,762 | $890,289,688 | $914,288,134 |
| Cape Verde | $30 | $4 | | $80 | | | |
| Chile | $9,710 | $3,319 | $53,258 | $10,367 | $73,099 | $186,438 | $48,235 |
| China | $18,379,476,989 | $20,913,153,623 | $33,797,695,678 | $60,709,462,375 | $50,140,396,712 | $79,722,414,133 | $112,408,907,821 |
| Colombia | $764,425 | $1,061,991 | $9,801,683 | $12,633,287 | $1,645,500 | $1,794,310 | $2,000,959 |
| Costa Rica | $2,239 | $1,039,687 | $116,049 | $6,560 | | | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $13 | $74 | | | | $19,480 | $8,082 |
| Croatia | $358,564 | $383,802 | $527,716 | $785,271 | $495,868 | $924,238 | $164,577 |
| Cuba | | $504 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $41,982 | $5,915 | | | $22,234 | $8,244 | $15,648 |
| Czech Republic | $533,616,183 | $609,729,388 | $601,264,163 | $1,074,759,976 | $454,363,813 | $758,564,531 | $1,113,107,096 |
| Denmark | $3,513,657 | $3,203,034 | $3,142,624 | $4,674,035 | $3,178,903 | $3,748,565 | $6,714,803 |
| Dominican Republic | | $8,960 | $558,178 | $100 | $58 | $2,457 | |
| East Timor | $2,716 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $860 | | | $16,301 | $16,222 | $395,407 | |
| Egypt | $9,944,567 | $8,237 | $48,972,071 | $612,238,512 | $475,991,775 | $543,070,046 | $882,531,394 |
| El Salvador | | | | $613 | $177 | | |
| Estonia | $80,506 | $86,634 | $186,813 | $299,962 | $210,467 | | $387,612 |
| Ethiopia | $148 | $284 | $401 | $40 | $1,484 | $261 | |
| Fiji | | | $18 | | | $6,213 | |
| Finland | $272,848,816 | $250,995,656 | $243,694,631 | $410,440,034 | $182,969,015 | $358,614,235 | $612,299,286 |
| France | $864,253,341 | $1,122,232,461 | $1,270,299,532 | $1,694,907,037 | $849,875,096 | $1,893,798,394 | $2,335,473,067 |
| French Polynesia | $355,845 | | | | | | |
| Gabon | $66,777 | $12 | $6,720 | $2,202 | $32,197 | | |
| Gambia, The | | $249 | | | | | |
| Georgia | | $90,123 | $37,206 | | $117,221 | $22,246 | |
| Germany | $2,181,592,000 | $2,741,504,000 | $3,234,236,000 | $4,452,863,000 | $2,840,558,000 | $5,325,250,484 | $7,159,663,834 |
| Ghana | | $2,929 | | $423 | $431 | $474 | $4,710 |
| Greece | $3,107,988 | $2,494,268 | $1,729,074 | $114,047 | $238,278 | $74,439 | $80,503 |
| Grenada | | | $126 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $1,575 | $886 | $5,206 | $40,218 | $38,736 | | $26 |
| Guinea | $9,187 | | | $979 | | | |
| Guyana | | $702 | | | | | |
| Honduras | $30 | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $5,786 | | $2,840 | $105,467 | | $297,632 | $42,698 |
| Hungary | $78,808,000 | $66,814,000 | $75,061,000 | | $113,635,000 | $256,938,000 | $288,512,000 |
| Iceland | $4,177,022 | $3,196,041 | $5,273,139 | $8,212,146 | $4,815,984 | $7,338,928 | $9,934,206 |
| India | $28,217,925 | $62,687,063 | $46,769,076 | $13,391,900 | $69,043,306 | $178,019,193 | $151,909,692 |
| Indonesia | $184,440,780 | $184,785,478 | $190,994,485 | $447,692,430 | $184,695,494 | $392,663,608 | $406,683,074 |
| Iran | $35,689,293 | | | | | $44,253,067 | |
| Ireland | $137,880 | $51,408 | $788,428 | $1,286,198 | $767,715 | $492,335 | $29,516 |
| Israel | $251,000 | $22,000 | $109,000 | $113,000 | $103,000 | $246,000 | $72,000 |
| Italy | $1,054,355,545 | $1,168,154,561 | $1,304,205,660 | $1,794,187,366 | $762,869,965 | $1,564,236,811 | $2,604,518,381 |
| Jamaica | | $94 | $3,868 | | | | |
| Japan | $5,577,658,336 | $7,170,434,851 | $8,826,985,958 | $13,214,800,680 | $8,692,141,066 | $15,315,753,174 | $21,442,375,062 |
| Jordan | $36,970 | | | | $2,834 | $445,232 | $778,258 |
| Kazakhstan | $186,236 | $12,328,529 | $74,630,303 | $192,636,851 | $40,422,178 | | |
| Kenya | $962,100 | $1,773,463 | $1,764 | $4,394,567 | | | |
| Korea, South | $1,928,331,437 | $2,377,169,203 | $2,856,116,087 | $4,846,418,239 | $3,538,285,403 | $6,646,477,687 | $11,380,768,446 |
| Kuwait | | $3,774,238 | $7,249,170 | $24,156,566 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $483,505 | $533,794 | $761,895 | $1,385,284 | $1,197,309 | $842,377 | $358,224 |
| Latvia | | $168,243 | $1,902,508 | $1,991,644 | $135,205 | $3,221 | $465,106 |
| Lebanon | $3,000 | $3,085 | $1,710 | $3,920 | $3,738 | $2,812 | $22,437 |
| Lithuania | | | | $128,544 | | $69 | $19,057 |
| Luxembourg | $39,265 | $29,986 | $47,531 | $161,380 | $40,828 | $34,228 | $2,541 |
| Macedonia | | | | | $13,406 | | |
| Madagascar | | $1,023 | $4,285 | | | | |
| Malawi | | | $443 | | | $44 | $19,221 |
| Malaysia | $192,656,208 | $258,194,029 | $317,714,977 | $562,670,811 | $254,529,064 | $407,759,019 | $624,092,865 |
| Mali | | | | $727 | | | |
| Malta | | | | $164 | | | |
| Mauritania | | | $530 | | | | |
| Mauritius | | | | | | | $19,272 |
| Mayotte | | | | $18 | | | |
| Mexico | $226,148,121 | $231,783,604 | $214,721,729 | $399,773,553 | $75,856,425 | $176,818,942 | $245,492,647 |
| Moldova | | | | | | $15,776 | |
| Mongolia | $20,599 | $21,229 | $22,511 | | | | |
| Morocco | $103,716 | $17,821 | $84 | $837 | $8,523 | $306,422 | |
| Mozambique | $3 | | | | $1,697 | $439 | $154,000 |
| Namibia | $28,030 | $28,905 | | $925,361 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $435,646 | $288,800 | |
| Netherlands | $642,534,886 | $667,784,132 | $914,797,407 | $1,148,800,998 | $515,616,303 | $1,141,402,191 | |
| New Caledonia | $29,767 | $43,798 | $35,335 | $61,382 | $86,423 | $95,811 | $98,897 |
| New Zealand | $19,003 | $13,247 | $16,058 | $123,960 | $101,802 | $223,409 | $309,289 |
| Niger | $426 | | | | | | |
| Nigeria | | $1,236,042 | $519,307 | $2,123,649 | $27,144 | | |
| Norway | $24,207,466 | $16,558,482 | $17,621,670 | $22,552,962 | $17,113,203 | $19,495,075 | $26,231,966 |
| Oman | $60,601,053 | $74,343,276 | $60,772,439 | $34,515,838 | $15,948 | $14,541,469 | |
| Pakistan | $96,699,606 | $85,344,783 | $100,640,939 | $187,602,528 | $75,470,274 | $14,812,316 | $43,339,874 |
| Panama | | $17,440 | | | $22,776 | $138 | |
| Paraguay | $8,576,471 | $11,299,361 | $5,514,150 | $8,872,110 | $7,189,686 | $3,637,354 | $3,973,701 |
| Peru | $12,924 | $34,815 | $10,113,322 | $22,608,669 | $2,837,649 | $28,235 | $5,638,462 |
| Philippines | $103,818,189 | $100,492,286 | $181,464,423 | $77,455,554 | $20,395,136 | $3,905,164 | $1,503,427 |
| Poland | $409,250,934 | $459,040,496 | $629,557,996 | $836,026,681 | $263,746,025 | $602,428,656 | $717,601,098 |
| Portugal | $39,235 | $115,085 | $232,518 | $158,945 | $42,624 | $80,346 | $48,746 |
| Qatar | $6,039,880 | $19,602,351 | $66,246,083 | | | $270,102,809 | |
| Romania | $369,885,013 | $348,858,708 | $445,611,626 | $509,617,713 | $152,324,399 | $312,305,093 | $331,427,209 |
| Russia | $647,532,555 | $461,973,051 | $732,207,174 | $1,050,860,959 | $599,153,177 | $511,981,115 | $8,677,232 |
| Rwanda | | | | $273 | $15,830 | | $1,185 |
| Samoa | | | | | | $148 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $536,715,089 | $527,041,326 | $581,323,579 | $1,168,484,394 | $697,668,778 | $1,358,953,432 | |
| Senegal | | | $3,534 | $5,451 | $3,328 | | $5,707 |
| Serbia | $151,361,571 | $179,557,712 | $192,022,436 | $300,467,228 | $108,105,132 | $222,837,086 | $242,255,435 |
| Singapore | $8,057 | $81,085 | $14,890 | $455,755 | $107,489 | $157,071 | $48,203 |
| Slovakia | $365,112,103 | $385,498,299 | $428,487,472 | $565,435,374 | $296,479,764 | $649,581,284 | $704,032,359 |
| Slovenia | $226,365 | $120,923 | $229,436 | $100,220 | $160,077 | $51,041 | $79,928 |
| South Africa | $9,283,660 | $46,294,645 | $44,805,976 | $100,628,357 | $36,845,786 | $55,652,684 | $80,884,661 |
| Spain | $307,953,113 | $336,315,427 | $397,965,260 | $700,737,123 | $383,704,119 | $704,050,440 | |
| Sri Lanka | $12,870 | | $33 | $817 | $7,067 | $11,121 | $886 |
| Sudan | | | $18,026 | $663 | | | |
| Suriname | $1 | | | | | | $1,512 |
| Swaziland | $9,770 | $42,301 | $15,274 | | | | |
| Sweden | $10,719,246 | $9,875,019 | $17,972,710 | $21,158,968 | $10,607,158 | $14,422,232 | $11,832,323 |
| Switzerland | $794,566 | $738,404 | $741,583 | $1,106,199 | $683,456 | $808,482 | $1,432,447 |
| Tanzania | $33,747 | $840,001 | $224 | $33,456 | $6,066 | $33,013 | $111,520 |
| Thailand | $54,714 | $393,460 | $59,265 | $2,089,281 | $15,022,837 | $51,662,665 | $25,348,809 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $195,649,797 | $228,095,762 | $478,248,071 | $469,038,310 | $141,647,381 | $254,263,964 | |
| Tunisia | $439,715 | $532,879 | $476,840 | $927,088 | $254,602 | $745,631 | |
| Turkey | $315,080,458 | $538,018,627 | $636,803,194 | $749,437,910 | $902,329,226 | $923,742,505 | $1,169,657,390 |
| Uganda | | | | $802 | $245,608 | $33 | |
| Ukraine | $141,177,450 | $84,515,558 | $222,536,971 | $262,403,790 | $152,957,900 | $168,080,768 | $174,938,589 |
| United Arab Emirates | $8,918,096 | | $38,395,659 | $13,878,959 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $834,519,710 | $994,404,910 | $1,301,256,337 | $1,732,298,488 | $730,710,903 | $1,411,878,718 | $1,576,270,718 |
| United States | $611,301,532 | $677,854,572 | $646,744,841 | $1,048,354,315 | $410,506,969 | $761,351,424 | $881,812,707 |
| Uruguay | $10,315 | $3,440 | $971 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $126,194 | $52,038,287 | $32,900,692 | $96,385,746 | $175,111 | $393,286 | $40,920,605 |
| Vietnam | $1,627 | $56,397 | $54,403 | $749,522 | $3,115,718 | $2,912,190 | |
| Yemen | $214,470 | $1,851,140 | $19,597 | $1,195 | $54,223 | $36,022 | $51,467 |
| Zambia | | $863 | $8,050 | $123,367 | | $2,235 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $2,217 | $2,188 | | $12,659 | $12,005 | |
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