| Rank | Country | Imports of Chromium ores and concentrates. in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | China | $2,397,133,381 |  | | 2 | Russia | $159,783,127 | | | 3 | Japan | $47,028,952 | | | 4 | Zimbabwe | $39,401,721 | | | 5 | Germany | $32,195,436 | | | 6 | United States | $31,025,945 | | | 7 | Turkey | $29,954,215 | | | 8 | India | $25,021,363 | | | 9 | Netherlands | $23,637,134 | | | 10 | Austria | $20,442,907 | | | 11 | Ukraine | $16,191,678 | | | 12 | Canada | $13,534,724 | | | 13 | Argentina | $11,078,957 | | | 14 | Belgium | $9,980,187 | | | 15 | Brazil | $9,212,484 | | | 16 | Korea, South | $8,939,330 | | | 17 | Italy | $7,597,050 | | | 18 | Poland | $6,099,360 | | | 19 | France | $5,997,781 | | | 20 | South Africa | $5,685,201 | | | 21 | Australia | $5,376,689 | | | 22 | Finland | $4,094,330 | | | 23 | Czech Republic | $3,862,618 | | | 24 | Chile | $3,698,164 | | | 25 | Mexico | $3,616,406 | | | 26 | Slovakia | $3,163,773 | | | 27 | United Kingdom | $3,090,054 | | | 28 | Romania | $2,856,948 | | | 29 | Malaysia | $2,760,368 | | | 30 | Spain | $2,709,901 | | | 31 | Peru | $1,597,968 | | | 32 | Thailand | $1,169,550 | | | 33 | Albania | $1,004,539 | | | 34 | Indonesia | $930,225 | | | 35 | Portugal | $922,424 | | | 36 | Iran | $530,021 | | | 37 | Switzerland | $520,832 | | | 38 | Serbia | $469,761 | | | 39 | Slovenia | $464,316 | | | 40 | Bulgaria | $420,047 | | | 41 | Mozambique | $385,275 | | | 42 | Colombia | $343,314 | | | 43 | Saudi Arabia | $307,467 | | | 44 | Denmark | $293,273 | | | 45 | Singapore | $290,342 | | | 46 | Israel | $289,000 | | | 47 | New Zealand | $287,262 | | | 48 | Hungary | $184,000 | | | 49 | Moldova | $167,310 | | | 50 | Morocco | $166,074 | | | 51 | Egypt | $153,144 | | | 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $118,380 | | | 53 | Greece | $113,777 | | | 54 | Croatia | $97,974 | | | 55 | Uganda | $97,023 | | | 56 | Nigeria | $87,399 | | | 57 | Oman | $70,877 | | | 58 | Ecuador | $48,898 | | | 59 | Armenia | $41,400 | | | 60 | Georgia | $40,935 | | | 61 | Pakistan | $34,959 | | | 62 | Vietnam | $33,340 | | | 63 | Algeria | $32,489 | | | 64 | Estonia | $23,967 | | | 65 | Kenya | $23,772 | | | 66 | Lithuania | $22,864 | | | 67 | Ghana | $22,410 | | | 68 | Cameroon | $21,581 | | | 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | $16,455 | | | 70 | Philippines | $10,773 | | | 71 | Tunisia | $9,835 | | | 72 | Venezuela | $9,740 | | | 73 | Montenegro | $8,218 | | | 74 | El Salvador | $4,030 | | | 75 | Bolivia | $3,490 | | | 76 | Luxembourg | $1,465 | | | 77 | Belarus | $1,300 | | | 78 | Guatemala | $671 | | | 79 | Belize | $477 | | | 80 | Tanzania | $339 | | | 81 | Zambia | $270 | | | 82 | Sri Lanka | $261 | | | 83 | Paraguay | $181 | | | 84 | Cote d'Ivoire | $154 | | | 85 | Nepal | $79 | | | 86 | Dominican Republic | $40 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | $913,052 | $113,308 | $1,004,539 | $1,913,370 |
| Algeria | $25,842 | $9,086 | $173 | $133,992 | | $32,489 | $38,715 |
| Argentina | $7,649,653 | $8,077,194 | $6,760,031 | $15,078,796 | $4,474,187 | $11,078,957 | $12,056,134 |
| Armenia | | | $55,431 | $54,551 | $28,060 | $41,400 | $83,500 |
| Australia | $2,388,164 | $3,314,343 | $4,248,163 | $6,759,111 | $3,204,507 | $5,376,689 | $6,473,302 |
| Austria | $6,452,381 | $10,245,407 | $10,854,015 | $16,286,043 | $7,974,192 | $20,442,907 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | | | $19,325 | | |
| Bahamas, The | $3,983 | | | | | | |
| Bahrain | | | | | | | $10,191 |
| Bangladesh | | $154 | $778 | | | | |
| Belarus | | | $18,800 | $20,900 | $19,900 | $1,300 | $103,200 |
| Belgium | $5,356,892 | $6,605,825 | $9,002,712 | $31,431,502 | $7,075,938 | $9,980,187 | $10,192,592 |
| Belize | | | | | | $477 | |
| Bhutan | $179 | | $163 | | $434 | | |
| Bolivia | $4,552 | $6,512 | $12,412 | $5,128 | $39,291 | $3,490 | $19,579 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $142,098 | $179,776 | $199,987 | $153,113 | $76,733 | $118,380 | $123,731 |
| Botswana | $12,773 | | | | $7 | | |
| Brazil | $5,273,135 | $6,480,409 | $8,495,645 | $10,656,075 | $4,134,688 | $9,212,484 | $11,781,594 |
| Bulgaria | $392,319 | $587,703 | $451,635 | $592,604 | $433,292 | $420,047 | $514,908 |
| Burundi | | | | $378 | $146 | | |
| Cambodia | | | $4 | | | | |
| Cameroon | | | | | $10,259 | $21,581 | |
| Canada | $7,962,950 | $5,000,585 | $7,310,499 | $26,282,267 | $3,178,525 | $13,534,724 | $9,213,507 |
| Chile | $3,758,546 | $2,699,690 | $3,365,928 | $5,206,897 | $2,648,818 | $3,698,164 | $3,240,748 |
| China | $595,377,297 | $739,268,492 | $1,547,446,365 | $2,709,689,291 | $1,310,703,753 | $2,397,133,381 | $2,663,968,517 |
| Colombia | $141,108 | $106,930 | $128,767 | $166,044 | $173,032 | $343,314 | $468,852 |
| Costa Rica | | $39,191 | $42,638 | $126,081 | $6,530 | | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | $21 | | $154 | $106 |
| Croatia | $265,291 | $342,332 | $385,990 | $471,655 | $193,577 | $97,974 | $166,662 |
| Cuba | $278,164 | $80,757 | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $4,495,835 | $4,488,489 | $5,561,951 | $8,703,103 | $3,716,911 | $3,862,618 | $5,387,846 |
| Denmark | $346,209 | $324,710 | $452,606 | $708,894 | $268,508 | $293,273 | $420,188 |
| Dominican Republic | | $496 | | $2,262 | $58 | $40 | |
| Ecuador | $6,060 | $3,985 | $17,744 | $12,996 | $17,005 | $48,898 | $11,668 |
| Egypt | $83,577 | $64,988 | $58,227 | $86,165 | $75,885 | $153,144 | $165,940 |
| El Salvador | $2,555 | $2,661 | $8,883 | $6,128 | $9,774 | $4,030 | |
| Estonia | | $16,029 | $648 | | | $23,967 | $35,432 |
| Ethiopia | $1,838 | | $21,319 | | | | |
| Finland | $1,959,170 | $2,191,778 | $2,425,753 | $4,521,449 | $1,437,278 | $4,094,330 | $9,403,111 |
| France | $5,234,656 | $5,914,886 | $6,703,413 | $13,671,041 | $4,267,967 | $5,997,781 | $10,878,165 |
| Georgia | | $479 | $1,352 | $21,715 | $16,416 | $40,935 | |
| Germany | $31,853,000 | $27,745,000 | $39,351,000 | $78,637,000 | $13,953,000 | $32,195,436 | $72,478,097 |
| Ghana | $12,556 | $17,843 | $2,820 | | $26,023 | $22,410 | $42,071 |
| Greece | $172,856 | $248,725 | $148,401 | $232,680 | $119,824 | $113,777 | $227,930 |
| Guatemala | $18,837 | $16,702 | $27,694 | | | $671 | $397 |
| Guyana | | $2 | | $241 | | | |
| Honduras | $14 | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | | $36,322 | $218,572 | $304,568 | $8,885 | | |
| Hungary | $189,000 | $147,000 | $250,000 | $335,000 | $179,000 | $184,000 | $133,000 |
| India | $1,419,439 | $1,547,958 | $19,932,051 | $29,314,129 | $10,211,848 | $25,021,363 | $31,632,281 |
| Indonesia | $36,286 | $133,584 | $749,436 | $1,604,537 | $376,919 | $930,225 | $2,092,876 |
| Iran | $72,999 | $2,350,205 | | | | $530,021 | |
| Ireland | $24,722 | | $137,268 | $30,284 | $8,055 | | $62,355 |
| Israel | $29,000 | $118,000 | $282,000 | $369,000 | $682,000 | $289,000 | $389,000 |
| Italy | $9,584,755 | $8,753,057 | $11,322,717 | $16,017,246 | $7,462,393 | $7,597,050 | $13,679,899 |
| Jamaica | | $315 | $2,704 | $1,773 | $4,060 | | |
| Japan | $21,808,328 | $26,346,254 | $48,759,841 | $84,157,394 | $33,586,470 | $47,028,952 | $46,370,860 |
| Jordan | | | | | | | $582 |
| Kazakhstan | $17,822 | $43,604 | $60,451 | $39,447 | $60,340 | | |
| Kenya | $20,449 | $15,291 | $16,026 | $40,649 | $7,682 | $23,772 | |
| Korea, South | $491,366 | $376,912 | $815,080 | $3,395,863 | $4,128,885 | $8,939,330 | $6,032,512 |
| Kuwait | | $53,374 | $36,681 | | | | |
| Latvia | | | | | | | $83,503 |
| Lebanon | $19,000 | $35,875 | | | | | $20 |
| Lithuania | $47,651 | $26,820 | $61,593 | $86,541 | $32,549 | $22,864 | $38,366 |
| Luxembourg | | $112 | | $6,348 | $3,085 | $1,465 | |
| Macedonia | $2,140 | $323,600 | $674,475 | $181,150 | $289,658 | | $370,866 |
| Malawi | | $917 | | | | | |
| Malaysia | $433,773 | $702,831 | $907,339 | $1,357,573 | $1,305,676 | $2,760,368 | $3,697,759 |
| Mauritania | $53,681 | $41,139 | $32,004 | $18,152 | | | |
| Mauritius | | $223 | $639 | | | | $7,283 |
| Mexico | $4,942,853 | $5,982,203 | $4,757,529 | $5,625,151 | $2,334,632 | $3,616,406 | $2,794,397 |
| Moldova | $214,353 | $218,464 | $207,228 | $256,383 | $110,130 | $167,310 | $189,198 |
| Montenegro | | $55,775 | $82,046 | $58,657 | $4,485 | $8,218 | $33,398 |
| Morocco | $104,049 | $111,049 | $124,772 | $153,746 | $91,430 | $166,074 | |
| Mozambique | | | | $89 | $314,810 | $385,275 | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $79 | |
| Netherlands | $17,032,672 | $19,426,141 | $28,726,902 | $59,632,009 | $10,651,252 | $23,637,134 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $177 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | $113,275 | $91,772 | $181,388 | $528,801 | $175,621 | $287,262 | $368,223 |
| Nicaragua | | | | | | | $2 |
| Niger | $19 | | | | | | |
| Nigeria | | $79,623 | $323,779 | $122,789 | $469,900 | $87,399 | |
| Oman | $179,584 | | | $2,320 | $30,109 | $70,877 | |
| Pakistan | $55,455 | $9,062 | $52,257 | $134,327 | $48,160 | $34,959 | $49,093 |
| Panama | | | | | | | $1,727 |
| Paraguay | $5,333 | | $33,581 | $24,574 | $67,984 | $181 | $2,210 |
| Peru | $1,080,096 | $1,262,606 | $1,182,671 | $2,915,400 | $1,908,550 | $1,597,968 | $2,907,986 |
| Philippines | | | | $514,897 | | $10,773 | |
| Poland | $2,736,717 | $4,790,902 | $8,075,587 | $11,763,122 | $5,452,607 | $6,099,360 | $9,543,781 |
| Portugal | $848,710 | $945,516 | $1,246,876 | $1,629,104 | $835,962 | $922,424 | $1,459,611 |
| Qatar | | $14,298 | | $178 | | | |
| Romania | $1,240,904 | $869,003 | $853,595 | $37,616,142 | $473,075 | $2,856,948 | $1,148,067 |
| Russia | $146,005,574 | $139,797,087 | $220,371,588 | $599,141,413 | $188,978,508 | $159,783,127 | $60,035,206 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $4,216 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $38,951 | $38,767 | $310,872 | | | $307,467 | |
| Senegal | | | | | | | $2,081 |
| Serbia | $633,842 | $367,203 | $147,376 | $433,219 | $359,153 | $469,761 | $601,144 |
| Singapore | $56,142 | $44,502 | $153,036 | $16,894 | $41,548 | $290,342 | $203,916 |
| Slovakia | $4,445,178 | $4,378,756 | $8,189,781 | $10,382,382 | $1,675,548 | $3,163,773 | $4,093,766 |
| Slovenia | $224,344 | $109,321 | $454,257 | $749,035 | $418,778 | $464,316 | $619,370 |
| South Africa | $2,488,032 | $70,855 | $1,751,601 | $1,834,316 | $2,177,501 | $5,685,201 | $3,535,860 |
| Spain | $2,800,474 | $1,556,448 | $2,026,560 | $3,426,642 | $1,491,185 | $2,709,901 | |
| Sri Lanka | | | | | | $261 | |
| Sudan | | $549,759 | | | | | |
| Swaziland | $678 | $529 | $113 | | | | |
| Switzerland | $229,092 | $397,203 | $605,531 | $1,101,023 | $531,438 | $520,832 | $534,411 |
| Tanzania | | | | $96 | | $339 | $15,869 |
| Thailand | $834,227 | $668,104 | $741,659 | $1,077,643 | $437,566 | $1,169,550 | $1,324,328 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $14,711 | $12,713 | $9,930 | $5,623 | $7,276 | $16,455 | |
| Tunisia | $49,374 | $20,399 | $33,972 | $138,866 | $29 | $9,835 | |
| Turkey | $17,937,064 | $15,173,171 | $21,409,694 | $37,216,478 | $33,556,587 | $29,954,215 | $39,022,108 |
| Uganda | $337 | | | | $16,240 | $97,023 | |
| Ukraine | $12,563,764 | $10,854,952 | $16,548,586 | $20,774,750 | $10,035,926 | $16,191,678 | $23,605,515 |
| United Arab Emirates | $286,618 | | $692,568 | $18,349,636 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $10,965,344 | $7,992,073 | $13,412,424 | $38,957,025 | $10,586,054 | $3,090,054 | $5,296,712 |
| United States | $25,278,701 | $30,134,455 | $29,440,205 | $51,645,416 | $19,616,978 | $31,025,945 | $68,873,106 |
| Uruguay | | | $35 | $9,359 | $8,825 | | |
| Venezuela | $330,492 | $464,835 | $396,693 | $168,565 | $346,237 | $9,740 | |
| Vietnam | | $9,923 | | $657,673 | $19,480 | $33,340 | |
| Zambia | $302 | | $481 | $1,163 | | $270 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $2,400 | $556 | $333,956 | $128,384 | $39,401,721 | |
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