| Rank | Country | Imports of Nickel ores and concentrates. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $1,945,465,228 |  | | 2 | Canada | $411,415,755 | | | 3 | Finland | $371,588,497 | | | 4 | Japan | $365,598,118 | | | 5 | Zimbabwe | $269,794,897 | | | 6 | Korea, South | $163,143,797 | | | 7 | Netherlands | $101,653,332 | | | 8 | Ukraine | $77,219,195 | | | 9 | Botswana | $43,708,570 | | | 10 | France | $3,924,736 | | | 11 | Philippines | $3,855,852 | | | 12 | India | $2,504,170 | | | 13 | Germany | $1,675,949 | | | 14 | Belgium | $1,611,519 | | | 15 | South Africa | $1,086,927 | | | 16 | Norway | $308,297 | | | 17 | United Kingdom | $254,769 | | | 18 | Singapore | $213,758 | | | 19 | Mexico | $169,991 | | | 20 | Vietnam | $160,250 | | | 21 | Hong Kong | $155,514 | | | 22 | Czech Republic | $150,874 | | | 23 | United States | $134,869 | | | 24 | Spain | $57,948 | | | 25 | Malaysia | $50,521 | | | 26 | Brazil | $47,883 | | | 27 | Bulgaria | $38,539 | | | 28 | Morocco | $23,561 | | | 29 | Bahrain | $16,610 | | | 30 | Sweden | $16,000 | | | 31 | New Caledonia | $12,489 | | | 32 | Colombia | $10,254 | | | 33 | Israel | $9,000 | | | 34 | Kenya | $7,680 | | | 35 | Russia | $6,861 | | | 36 | Greece | $6,782 | | | 37 | Switzerland | $6,415 | | | 38 | Argentina | $5,634 | | | 39 | Oman | $5,451 | | | 40 | Ireland | $5,119 | | | 41 | Zambia | $4,621 | | | 42 | Thailand | $4,091 | | | 43 | New Zealand | $2,705 | | | 44 | Indonesia | $2,006 | | | 45 | Turkey | $1,436 | | | 46 | Pakistan | $888 | | | 47 | Latvia | $560 | | | 48 | Slovakia | $494 | | | 49 | Cyprus | $462 | | | 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | $240 | | | 51 | Croatia | $166 | | | 52 | Ecuador | $110 | | | 53 | Dominican Republic | $65 | | | 54 | Ghana | $56 | | | 55 | Tunisia | $55 | | | 56 | Bhutan | $43 | | | 57 | Tanzania | $38 | | | 58 | Italy | $15 | | | 59 | Serbia | $11 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | $2,490 | | | |
| Algeria | $6,282 | $4,708 | | | | | |
| Argentina | $230 | | | | | $5,634 | |
| Armenia | | | $5,250 | | | | |
| Australia | $48,366 | $4,644 | $966 | $9,905 | $42,257 | | $59,460 |
| Austria | $306,924 | | | $6,050 | $3,542 | | |
| Bahrain | | | $745 | $8,183 | $806 | $16,610 | $1,031 |
| Belgium | $487,678 | $1,506,529 | $1,747,329 | $2,048,016 | $2,627,085 | $1,611,519 | $1,484,337 |
| Bhutan | | $804 | | | | $43 | |
| Bolivia | $2,047 | | | | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $42,435 | | | | $2,358 | | $2,389 |
| Botswana | $59,729,971 | $60,040,786 | $34,077,400 | $78,943,829 | $61,352,820 | $43,708,570 | $8 |
| Brazil | $29,652 | $40,944 | $53 | $2,080,695 | $1,722,178 | $47,883 | $935,497 |
| Bulgaria | | $10,435 | $89,061 | | | $38,539 | |
| Canada | $260,729,983 | $137,710,932 | $256,435,851 | $38,305,805 | $199,750,665 | $411,415,755 | $423,498,212 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | $134 | | |
| Chile | $4,209 | $1,483 | | | | | $7,553 |
| China | $174,186,668 | $439,306,506 | $2,413,109,191 | $2,050,357,386 | $1,056,566,202 | $1,945,465,228 | $4,905,363,978 |
| Colombia | $39,828 | $63,527 | $53,298 | $18,512 | $6,987 | $10,254 | $9,870 |
| Costa Rica | | | $346 | | | | $1,986 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $12,075 | | | $21 | | $240 | $22 |
| Croatia | | | | | | $166 | |
| Cyprus | | | $816 | | | $462 | |
| Czech Republic | $104,788 | $212,535 | $400,873 | $290,533 | $112,100 | $150,874 | $413,512 |
| Denmark | | | $29,342 | $11,461 | $1 | | $152,695 |
| Dominican Republic | | | $20 | | $58 | $65 | |
| Ecuador | $63 | | | $319 | | $110 | $30 |
| Egypt | $1,002 | | $175,273 | | $29,746 | | |
| El Salvador | | | $62 | | | | |
| Estonia | | | $549 | | $586 | | |
| Faroe Islands | $258 | | | | | | |
| Finland | $167,351,786 | $482,545,521 | $1,137,323,594 | $930,788,660 | $214,803,050 | $371,588,497 | $535,272,036 |
| France | $47,282 | $48,966 | $1,585,267 | $1,778,503 | $19,371,713 | $3,924,736 | $48,700 |
| Germany | $62,000 | $142,000 | $3,312,000 | $1,607,000 | $920,000 | $1,675,949 | $4,842,218 |
| Ghana | | | $32 | | $69 | $56 | |
| Greece | $927,494 | $100,947 | $5,877 | $13,836 | $74,855 | $6,782 | $10,255 |
| Guatemala | | | | $25 | $231 | | |
| Hong Kong | | | | $601 | | $155,514 | $188,064 |
| Hungary | | | | | | | $1,000 |
| India | | $113,884 | $774,207 | $4,166,285 | $1,704,210 | $2,504,170 | $37,855,487 |
| Indonesia | $17,850 | $4,278 | $127 | $41,239 | $1,294 | $2,006 | $14,209 |
| Ireland | $3,495 | $2,234 | $618,921 | $102,271 | $72,906 | $5,119 | |
| Israel | | | | $7,000 | $1,000 | $9,000 | |
| Italy | $39,876 | $5,796 | | | $1,129 | $15 | $1,211 |
| Japan | $344,455,408 | $345,475,970 | $640,969,861 | $477,208,963 | $224,853,919 | $365,598,118 | $351,697,159 |
| Jordan | | | | $1,922 | | | |
| Kenya | $6,823 | $4,879 | $16,863 | $10,039 | $8,195 | $7,680 | |
| Korea, South | | $1,532 | $48,603 | $39,200,389 | $94,256,000 | $163,143,797 | $147,526,461 |
| Kuwait | | $302,018 | $1,646 | $12,076 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | | | | $258 |
| Latvia | | | | | | $560 | |
| Lebanon | | | $13,932 | | | | |
| Luxembourg | | | | | $7,931 | | |
| Macedonia | $17,194,309 | $37,743,068 | $127,133,868 | $95,157,029 | | | $124,790,669 |
| Madagascar | | $593 | | | | | |
| Malaysia | | $28,615 | $2,392 | $87,776 | $49,530 | $50,521 | |
| Malta | | | $19,588 | | | | |
| Mauritius | $324 | | $849 | | $5,465 | | $109 |
| Mexico | $161,649 | $4 | $52 | $10 | $179 | $169,991 | $19,314 |
| Morocco | $121,595 | $31 | | $244,466 | | $23,561 | |
| Mozambique | | $1,314 | | | | | |
| Namibia | | $695 | $188 | $668 | | | |
| Netherlands | $155,396 | | $115,292 | $33,890 | $2,237,377 | $101,653,332 | |
| New Caledonia | $476 | | | $298 | $1,060 | $12,489 | |
| New Zealand | | | | | $369 | $2,705 | $6,962 |
| Norway | | | | | | $308,297 | |
| Oman | $260 | $11,592 | $4,642 | $611 | $262,973 | $5,451 | |
| Pakistan | | | | | | $888 | |
| Peru | $5,170 | | | | | | $3,949 |
| Philippines | $234 | $453 | | | | $3,855,852 | $63,730 |
| Poland | | | $97,454 | | | | |
| Qatar | $17,325 | | | | | | |
| Romania | $185 | | $35,820 | $6,888 | $147,268 | | |
| Russia | $84,597 | | $6,283 | $135,236 | | $6,861 | |
| Saudi Arabia | | $110 | $40 | | | | |
| Serbia | $17 | $1,166 | | $2,202 | $939 | $11 | |
| Singapore | | $30,603 | $1,123,899 | $131,592 | $136,299 | $213,758 | $200,797 |
| Slovakia | | | | | $31,643 | $494 | $9,689 |
| Slovenia | | | $6,864 | | | | |
| South Africa | $220,663,460 | $172,469,075 | $224,210,879 | $234,571,379 | $23,374 | $1,086,927 | $149,185,257 |
| Spain | $456,496 | $174,200 | $4,789,637 | $45,686 | $59,456 | $57,948 | |
| Swaziland | $2,962 | $325 | | | | | |
| Sweden | | | $742 | $770 | $132 | $16,000 | |
| Switzerland | $456 | | | $57,363 | $19,612 | $6,415 | $3,479 |
| Tanzania | | | | | | $38 | |
| Thailand | $1,217 | $4,795 | $297,292 | $69,844 | $3,800 | $4,091 | $137,618 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | $38 | | | | |
| Tunisia | | | | | | $55 | |
| Turkey | | $1,653 | $618 | | | $1,436 | $821 |
| Ukraine | $31,689,393 | $55,912,281 | $74,260,690 | $78,354,310 | $59,849,757 | $77,219,195 | $72,342,108 |
| United Arab Emirates | $8,389 | | $8,696 | | | | |
| United Kingdom | $29,388 | $152,409 | $21,052,446 | $6,551,647 | $2,653,073 | $254,769 | $25,172 |
| United States | $70,416 | $3,576 | | $130,160 | | $134,869 | $3,558 |
| Venezuela | | $107 | | | | | |
| Vietnam | | $108,500 | $53,994 | $210,597 | $95,906 | $160,250 | |
| Zambia | | $11,125 | $74 | $393 | $4,565 | $4,621 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $1,891,804 | $20,024,443 | $4,990,705 | $4,481,104 | $269,794,897 | |
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