| Rank | Country | Imports of Cobalt ores and concentrates. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $831,890,419 |  | | 2 | Zambia | $219,703,715 | | | 3 | Finland | $66,255,910 | | | 4 | India | $37,414,711 | | | 5 | United States | $9,811,976 | | | 6 | Germany | $2,523,859 | | | 7 | Hong Kong | $1,524,855 | | | 8 | Morocco | $1,464,884 | | | 9 | Luxembourg | $1,206,176 | | | 10 | United Kingdom | $993,776 | | | 11 | Indonesia | $575,496 | | | 12 | Belgium | $391,711 | | | 13 | Australia | $279,975 | | | 14 | Saudi Arabia | $242,134 | | | 15 | South Africa | $223,694 | | | 16 | Portugal | $209,576 | | | 17 | Vietnam | $188,780 | | | 18 | Ireland | $149,885 | | | 19 | Brazil | $141,928 | | | 20 | Mozambique | $101,399 | | | 21 | Czech Republic | $65,059 | | | 22 | Qatar | $64,151 | | | 23 | Italy | $62,483 | | | 24 | Zimbabwe | $58,055 | | | 25 | Netherlands | $47,728 | | | 26 | France | $25,184 | | | 27 | Egypt | $17,608 | | | 28 | Spain | $12,336 | | | 29 | Jordan | $11,494 | | | 30 | Ethiopia | $10,478 | | | 31 | Uganda | $10,001 | | | 32 | Malta | $8,636 | | | 33 | Barbados | $6,417 | | | 34 | Cameroon | $5,563 | | | 35 | Austria | $5,223 | | | 36 | Mexico | $3,324 | | | 37 | Costa Rica | $3,020 | | | 38 | Sweden | $2,643 | | | 39 | Bahrain | $1,873 | | | 40 | Romania | $1,479 | | | 41 | Lithuania | $1,172 | | | 42 | Ecuador | $1,143 | | | 43 | Slovakia | $1,047 | | | 44 | Pakistan | $950 | | | 45 | Malaysia | $808 | | | 46 | Nepal | $611 | | | 47 | Colombia | $407 | | | 48 | Guatemala | $351 | | | 49 | Serbia | $280 | | | 50 | Croatia | $147 | | | 51 | Oman | $109 | | | 52 | Turkey | $109 | | | 53 | Ghana | $49 | | | 54 | Madagascar | $26 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Algeria | | | | | $206 | | |
| Argentina | $5,867 | $36 | | | | | |
| Australia | $549 | $58,048 | $2,089 | $5,424 | $36,409 | $279,975 | |
| Austria | | $182,114 | $38,614 | $1,042,104 | $387,363 | $5,223 | |
| Bahrain | | | | | | $1,873 | |
| Barbados | $1,998 | | | | | $6,417 | |
| Belgium | $731,037 | $267,262 | $879,833 | $1,182,512 | $703,311 | $391,711 | $3,757,425 |
| Bhutan | | | | $32 | $10 | | |
| Bolivia | $629 | | | $52 | $648 | | $1,196 |
| Botswana | $809,767 | $24,212 | | $452 | | | |
| Brazil | $424,082 | $458,857 | $442,816 | $3,490,944 | $628,186 | $141,928 | $20,852 |
| Brunei | | $60 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | | $1,816 | $14,286 | | | | |
| Burundi | | $10 | $16,364 | | | | |
| Cameroon | $370 | $183 | | $17,199 | | $5,563 | |
| China | $282,843,747 | $316,860,258 | $382,411,946 | $1,088,420,907 | $554,899,705 | $831,890,419 | $850,265,891 |
| Colombia | | $32 | | $1 | | $407 | |
| Costa Rica | | | | | | $3,020 | |
| Croatia | | | | | | $147 | |
| Czech Republic | $18,622 | $35,598 | $28,836 | $69,814 | $20,910 | $65,059 | $76,235 |
| Denmark | | $1,715 | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | | | $458 | | | | |
| Ecuador | | | | | $359 | $1,143 | $71 |
| Egypt | $8,826 | $93,464 | $13,943 | | | $17,608 | $22,280 |
| Ethiopia | | | | $433 | $285 | $10,478 | $13,984 |
| Finland | $86,547,007 | $50,634,402 | $116,732,957 | $219,692,678 | $66,324,756 | $66,255,910 | $55,161,351 |
| France | $22,397 | $237,299 | $411,758 | $156,190 | $22,207 | $25,184 | $146,100 |
| Georgia | | | | | $65 | | |
| Germany | | | $706,000 | $853,000 | $1,532,000 | $2,523,859 | $2,490,138 |
| Ghana | | $13 | | $23,241 | | $49 | |
| Greece | | | | | | | $5,794 |
| Guatemala | | $126 | $148 | | | $351 | $179 |
| Guinea-Bissau | $260 | | | | | | |
| Honduras | | $102 | $816 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | | | $31,634 | $2,307,552 | $1,135,730 | $1,524,855 | $1,911,455 |
| Iceland | | | | $1,037 | $82 | | |
| India | $14,838,587 | $25,785,355 | $36,164,809 | $69,804,102 | $21,409,308 | $37,414,711 | $28,211,094 |
| Indonesia | $1,991,775 | $1,807,935 | $1,826,988 | $2,308,353 | $982,931 | $575,496 | $3 |
| Ireland | $71,821 | $117,475 | $2,368,835 | $235,208 | $282,423 | $149,885 | $106,704 |
| Israel | | | | $3,000 | | | |
| Italy | $89,925 | $87,097 | $94,895 | $143,785 | $49,787 | $62,483 | $243,561 |
| Jamaica | $2,129 | | $14,748 | $35,165 | | | |
| Japan | $2,089,784 | $2,041,014 | $1,957 | | | | |
| Jordan | | | | | | $11,494 | |
| Kazakhstan | | | $566 | | | | |
| Korea, South | | | $11,576 | $163,646 | $3,328 | | $19,217,981 |
| Kuwait | | $27,968 | $4,842 | | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | $117 | $135 | | | |
| Lithuania | | | $59,015 | $3,754 | $1,009 | $1,172 | |
| Luxembourg | | | $2,439,665 | $3,064,030 | $240,018 | $1,206,176 | $491,997 |
| Madagascar | | | | | $1,576 | $26 | |
| Malaysia | $18,118 | $9,754 | $5,261 | $1,268,828 | $237,702 | $808 | $2,039 |
| Malta | | | | | $460 | $8,636 | |
| Mexico | $16,953 | $21,628 | $21,969 | $11,086 | $319 | $3,324 | $508 |
| Moldova | $181 | | | | | | |
| Morocco | $73,524 | $744,511 | $1,968,318 | $1,753,782 | | $1,464,884 | |
| Mozambique | $3,654 | | | | | $101,399 | $1,000 |
| Nepal | | | | | | $611 | |
| Netherlands | | $1,256 | $60,391 | $2,342,844 | $78,113 | $47,728 | |
| New Caledonia | $24 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | | | | | | | $114,141 |
| Oman | $164 | | $55 | $156,193 | | $109 | |
| Pakistan | | | | | | $950 | |
| Panama | $134 | $603 | $213 | $2,389 | $1,195 | | |
| Philippines | | | | $399 | | | |
| Poland | | $90 | $106 | | | | |
| Portugal | $261,845 | $220,701 | $326,525 | $358,903 | $217,309 | $209,576 | $297,780 |
| Qatar | $13,988 | | $84,096 | $100,926 | | $64,151 | |
| Romania | | | $945 | | $746 | $1,479 | |
| Russia | $62,533 | $34,885 | $27,669 | | | | |
| Saint Lucia | | | $4 | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $16,020 | $45,253 | $73,667 | | | $242,134 | |
| Senegal | | | | $2,418 | | | |
| Serbia | $238 | | | $11 | | $280 | |
| Slovakia | | | | | | $1,047 | |
| South Africa | $1,745,759 | $1,017,031 | $725,545 | $107,832 | $690,430 | $223,694 | $985,118 |
| Spain | $21,659 | $166,459 | $287,673 | $674,537 | $8,102 | $12,336 | |
| Sri Lanka | $15,459 | | | | | | |
| Swaziland | $2,761 | | $1,625 | | | | |
| Sweden | $155,650 | $448,883 | $1,103,150 | $504,027 | $40,042 | $2,643 | |
| Switzerland | | $4,396 | | | | | $7,377 |
| Syria | | $126 | | | | | |
| Tanzania | | $409 | $516 | | | | $19,137 |
| Thailand | | | | | $3,139 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $25,644 | $24,089 | $38 | $48,410 | $8,646 | | |
| Tunisia | | | $98 | | | | |
| Turkey | | | | | | $109 | |
| Uganda | | $1,418 | | $3,716 | $7,824 | $10,001 | |
| Ukraine | $49,086 | | | | $5,135 | | $14,160 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | $80,746 | $289,857 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $184,541 | $1,187,508 | $2,189,201 | $2,817,253 | $5,847,629 | $993,776 | $605,837 |
| United States | $7,041,798 | $9,835,379 | $13,545,849 | $23,479,567 | $10,869,790 | $9,811,976 | $17,467,858 |
| Vietnam | $135 | | | $49,201 | $61,198 | $188,780 | |
| Zambia | $4,529,636 | $2,472,576 | $248,993 | $914,728 | $83,256,020 | $219,703,715 | |
| Zimbabwe | $21,165,784 | | $115 | | $1,160,439 | $58,055 | |
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