| Rank | Country | Imports of Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Japan | $192,092,811 |  | | 2 | United States | $54,805,202 | | | 3 | Germany | $42,975,827 | | | 4 | India | $28,497,383 | | | 5 | Netherlands | $18,132,541 | | | 6 | United Kingdom | $16,636,367 | | | 7 | Brazil | $11,893,476 | | | 8 | Indonesia | $10,989,193 | | | 9 | Singapore | $10,707,974 | | | 10 | China | $10,556,824 | | | 11 | France | $8,050,944 | | | 12 | Switzerland | $7,696,951 | | | 13 | Austria | $7,511,573 | | | 14 | Spain | $6,640,662 | | | 15 | Finland | $6,540,107 | | | 16 | Belgium | $6,082,468 | | | 17 | Hong Kong | $5,888,167 | | | 18 | Saudi Arabia | $5,608,007 | | | 19 | Canada | $4,944,909 | | | 20 | Italy | $4,499,146 | | | 21 | Korea, South | $4,232,995 | | | 22 | Qatar | $3,621,309 | | | 23 | Peru | $3,443,170 | | | 24 | Colombia | $3,441,895 | | | 25 | Malaysia | $3,434,179 | | | 26 | Thailand | $3,321,992 | | | 27 | Iceland | $3,156,126 | | | 28 | Czech Republic | $2,860,582 | | | 29 | Israel | $2,555,000 | | | 30 | Poland | $2,096,900 | | | 31 | Vietnam | $1,891,860 | | | 32 | Slovenia | $1,712,112 | | | 33 | Argentina | $1,616,796 | | | 34 | Russia | $1,525,992 | | | 35 | Norway | $1,278,583 | | | 36 | Sweden | $1,048,485 | | | 37 | Australia | $1,039,226 | | | 38 | Romania | $884,036 | | | 39 | Iran | $790,964 | | | 40 | Turkey | $723,399 | | | 41 | Denmark | $708,710 | | | 42 | Mauritania | $697,991 | | | 43 | South Africa | $697,281 | | | 44 | Guyana | $689,122 | | | 45 | Hungary | $665,000 | | | 46 | Ecuador | $662,128 | | | 47 | Mexico | $634,898 | | | 48 | Zimbabwe | $613,137 | | | 49 | Philippines | $555,008 | | | 50 | Malta | $481,392 | | | 51 | Jordan | $421,966 | | | 52 | Nigeria | $421,132 | | | 53 | Estonia | $411,567 | | | 54 | Kenya | $405,220 | | | 55 | Ukraine | $357,750 | | | 56 | Ireland | $331,320 | | | 57 | Pakistan | $313,485 | | | 58 | Togo | $302,993 | | | 59 | Ghana | $299,377 | | | 60 | Cyprus | $270,192 | | | 61 | Oman | $257,870 | | | 62 | Morocco | $251,473 | | | 63 | Algeria | $222,242 | | | 64 | Luxembourg | $182,187 | | | 65 | Portugal | $169,293 | | | 66 | Yemen | $155,332 | | | 67 | Egypt | $143,749 | | | 68 | Zambia | $141,375 | | | 69 | Slovakia | $134,433 | | | 70 | Nicaragua | $129,297 | | | 71 | Tunisia | $117,104 | | | 72 | Mali | $99,281 | | | 73 | Chile | $82,285 | | | 74 | Bulgaria | $67,950 | | | 75 | Sri Lanka | $63,088 | | | 76 | Panama | $60,491 | | | 77 | New Zealand | $52,992 | | | 78 | Nepal | $52,053 | | | 79 | Tanzania | $43,210 | | | 80 | Ethiopia | $43,192 | | | 81 | Bolivia | $41,163 | | | 82 | Bahamas, The | $40,191 | | | 83 | Costa Rica | $33,132 | | | 84 | Syria | $29,990 | | | 85 | Dominican Republic | $27,464 | | | 86 | Bahrain | $26,923 | | | 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | $24,350 | | | 88 | Burkina Faso | $23,808 | | | 89 | Belarus | $23,800 | | | 90 | Latvia | $23,698 | | | 91 | Venezuela | $23,408 | | | 92 | Gambia, The | $18,849 | | | 93 | New Caledonia | $18,329 | | | 94 | Mozambique | $14,782 | | | 95 | Serbia | $13,901 | | | 96 | Croatia | $8,995 | | | 97 | Lebanon | $8,810 | | | 98 | Fiji | $8,529 | | | 99 | Cameroon | $8,486 | | | 100 | Samoa | $7,925 | | | 101 | Greece | $7,248 | | | 102 | Cape Verde | $6,649 | | | 103 | Lithuania | $6,155 | | | 104 | Bhutan | $5,087 | | | 105 | Paraguay | $4,722 | | | 106 | Malawi | $4,385 | | | 107 | Cambodia | $3,822 | | | 108 | Guatemala | $3,769 | | | 109 | Botswana | $3,571 | | | 110 | Madagascar | $3,519 | | | 111 | Barbados | $3,509 | | | 112 | Senegal | $3,257 | | | 113 | Niger | $2,775 | | | 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | $2,525 | | | 115 | Mauritius | $2,479 | | | 116 | Suriname | $1,630 | | | 117 | Burundi | $1,486 | | | 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,272 | | | 119 | Jamaica | $1,223 | | | 120 | El Salvador | $1,012 | | | 121 | Uganda | $736 | | | 122 | Cote d'Ivoire | $599 | | | 123 | Albania | $555 | | | 124 | Tonga | $520 | | | 125 | Belize | $467 | | | 126 | Dominica | $427 | | | 127 | Azerbaijan | $341 | | | 128 | Moldova | $324 | | | 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $279 | | | 130 | Aruba | $198 | | | 131 | French Polynesia | $147 | | | 132 | Bermuda | $81 | | | 133 | Maldives | $79 | | | 134 | Armenia | $2 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $893 | $11,828 | $2,686 | $25,912 | $4,205 | $555 | $898 |
| Algeria | $78,956 | $41,017 | $47,206 | $120,436 | $215,971 | $222,242 | $223,607 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $3,909 | $1,141 | $7,527 | | $635 | $2,525 | $209 |
| Argentina | $885,262 | $839,366 | $745,181 | $1,149,307 | $1,053,369 | $1,616,796 | $2,636,356 |
| Armenia | | | $61 | $13 | $25 | $2 | $4,680 |
| Aruba | | | | | $498 | $198 | $6,851 |
| Australia | $1,646,261 | $378,465 | $536,326 | $718,775 | $766,295 | $1,039,226 | $1,712,443 |
| Austria | $1,818,812 | $2,174,076 | $3,380,434 | $4,466,729 | $1,914,483 | $7,511,573 | |
| Azerbaijan | $452,244 | $2,287 | $117,806 | $250,871 | | $341 | $840 |
| Bahamas, The | $217,068 | $16,786 | $24,489 | $7,876 | $7,761 | $40,191 | $100,151 |
| Bahrain | $296,486 | $255,042 | $43,162 | $188,215 | $104,859 | $26,923 | $32,124 |
| Bangladesh | $207,248 | $187,424 | $128,475 | | | | |
| Barbados | $2,364 | $2,491 | $4,793 | $5,168 | $2,541 | $3,509 | $3,300 |
| Belarus | $14,600 | $20,100 | $17,900 | $35,200 | $12,500 | $23,800 | $44,900 |
| Belgium | $2,601,715 | $3,291,248 | $2,880,549 | $5,984,238 | $4,377,017 | $6,082,468 | $10,495,824 |
| Belize | $636 | $660 | $3,976 | $801 | $636 | $467 | |
| Benin | $229 | | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $81 | |
| Bhutan | $1,901 | $1,491 | $1,776 | $3,006 | $9,326 | $5,087 | |
| Bolivia | $10,419 | $6,372 | $16,775 | $20,896 | $1,425 | $41,163 | $202,342 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $20,526 | $1,178 | $1,357 | $1,966 | $3,133 | $1,272 | $103 |
| Botswana | $10,055 | $111,744 | $40,156 | $26,755 | $80,618 | $3,571 | $3,825 |
| Brazil | $6,448,442 | $5,800,059 | $7,505,986 | $8,535,045 | $5,221,061 | $11,893,476 | $17,389,232 |
| Brunei | | $356 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $30,179 | $1,342 | $31,874 | $52,484 | $31,892 | $67,950 | $53,925 |
| Burkina Faso | $5,583 | | $10,268 | $3,126 | $11,835 | $23,808 | |
| Burundi | $27,839 | $160 | $567 | $28,790 | $1,414 | $1,486 | |
| Cambodia | $1,874 | | $8,231 | $4,255 | $7,873 | $3,822 | |
| Cameroon | $3,613 | $17,558 | $3,323 | $2,581 | $9,586 | $8,486 | |
| Canada | $5,004,423 | $4,418,650 | $3,158,317 | $2,186,018 | $1,770,391 | $4,944,909 | $6,768,143 |
| Cape Verde | $4,915 | $123 | $3,248 | $232 | $353 | $6,649 | $1,299 |
| Chile | $339,572 | $85,577 | $56,441 | $45,954 | $24,247 | $82,285 | $77,715 |
| China | $7,976,072 | $3,601,567 | $23,649,025 | $10,601,513 | $6,970,951 | $10,556,824 | $7,479,189 |
| Colombia | $1,291,683 | $1,189,404 | $1,260,024 | $1,603,388 | $2,414,665 | $3,441,895 | $5,352,752 |
| Cook Islands | $529 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $35,072 | $14,837 | $14,190 | $29,423 | $19,202 | $33,132 | $2,714 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $6,844 | $589 | $3,919 | $18,465 | $88,567 | $599 | $21,480 |
| Croatia | $8,531 | $10,836 | $16,009 | $17,024 | $5,333 | $8,995 | $10,336 |
| Cuba | $97,508 | $138,140 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $1,699 | $4,946 | $287 | $62 | $119,779 | $270,192 | $7,591 |
| Czech Republic | $951,057 | $1,096,580 | $1,851,882 | $1,642,454 | $1,301,798 | $2,860,582 | $5,224,695 |
| Denmark | $816,959 | $940,273 | $1,031,997 | $1,287,641 | $921,569 | $708,710 | $581,544 |
| Dominica | $37 | $325 | $209 | | | $427 | |
| Dominican Republic | $33,631 | $151,880 | $104,159 | $1,732 | $24,539 | $27,464 | $19,220 |
| East Timor | $613 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $209,167 | $253,510 | $220,625 | $279,044 | $232,501 | $662,128 | $1,069,127 |
| Egypt | $118,173 | $27,141 | $50,995 | $112,700 | $174,793 | $143,749 | $217,549 |
| El Salvador | $5,058 | $32,642 | $4,264 | $22,212 | $7,469 | $1,012 | |
| Estonia | $139,373 | $224,792 | $503,105 | $925,701 | $174,404 | $411,567 | $654 |
| Ethiopia | $31,972 | $30,560 | $15,543 | $4,364 | $25,508 | $43,192 | $21,064 |
| Faroe Islands | $21 | $2,230 | $1,362 | $2,094 | $27,712 | | |
| Fiji | $7,472 | $287 | $780 | $2,996 | $6,365 | $8,529 | |
| Finland | $6,609,870 | $5,979,572 | $7,653,935 | $6,874,657 | $501,210 | $6,540,107 | $8,061,683 |
| France | $5,719,923 | $6,458,537 | $7,160,464 | $12,633,704 | $8,973,140 | $8,050,944 | $15,233,328 |
| French Polynesia | $1,248 | $1,624 | $321 | $81 | $183 | $147 | $657 |
| Gabon | $1,247 | $3,903 | $338 | $6,699 | $18,162 | | |
| Gambia, The | | $1,675 | $323 | | $2,745 | $18,849 | $16,362 |
| Georgia | $752 | | $3,314 | $785 | | | |
| Germany | $30,543,000 | $34,627,000 | $41,998,000 | $44,549,000 | $27,024,000 | $42,975,827 | $61,045,642 |
| Ghana | $84,334 | $66,414 | $35,671 | $288,759 | $207,457 | $299,377 | $344,659 |
| Greece | $77,312 | $48,219 | $14,735 | $17,748 | $135,216 | $7,248 | $170,234 |
| Greenland | $11,633 | $4,401 | $3,292 | | | | |
| Grenada | $1,818 | $474 | $2,214 | $136 | $2,506 | | |
| Guatemala | $16,837 | $50,856 | $18,156 | $49,980 | $173,178 | $3,769 | $48,807 |
| Guinea | $30,617 | | $20,124 | $76 | | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $282 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | $100,310 | $88,476 | $95,665 | $242,033 | $304,960 | $689,122 | $614,238 |
| Honduras | $10,930 | $22,797 | $21,372 | | $4,714 | | |
| Hong Kong | $4,317,402 | $10,602,335 | $29,288,918 | $12,631,201 | $3,540,645 | $5,888,167 | $50,000,805 |
| Hungary | $1,789,000 | $1,581,000 | $699,000 | $636,000 | $596,000 | $665,000 | $730,000 |
| Iceland | $9,465 | $27,533 | $3,767 | $5,974,531 | $847,770 | $3,156,126 | $12,652,113 |
| India | $11,421,301 | $15,105,026 | $17,527,247 | $23,016,496 | $16,304,733 | $28,497,383 | $35,478,630 |
| Indonesia | $806,714 | $753,484 | $610,941 | $8,513,055 | $5,503,909 | $10,989,193 | $10,589,273 |
| Iran | $2,835,484 | $2,240,164 | | | | $790,964 | |
| Ireland | $770,148 | $1,072,613 | $793,909 | $1,006,061 | $234,243 | $331,320 | $264,434 |
| Israel | $1,106,000 | $1,482,000 | $2,174,000 | $2,498,000 | $1,307,000 | $2,555,000 | $2,385,000 |
| Italy | $8,167,678 | $5,307,131 | $6,096,061 | $5,552,868 | $3,373,596 | $4,499,146 | $6,517,176 |
| Jamaica | $5,899 | $5,174 | $6,506 | $2,942 | $1,513 | $1,223 | |
| Japan | $93,470,950 | $160,966,032 | $257,839,182 | $183,720,496 | $93,002,751 | $192,092,811 | $732,243,986 |
| Jordan | $100,832 | $3,913 | $114,223 | $242,176 | $705,966 | $421,966 | $91,708 |
| Kazakhstan | $426,549 | $525,032 | $150,764 | $123,048 | $364,085 | | |
| Kenya | $270,767 | $169,421 | $285,204 | $256,155 | $290,606 | $405,220 | |
| Korea, South | $7,406,845 | $5,930,985 | $9,824,082 | $10,803,028 | $8,344,399 | $4,232,995 | $13,586,335 |
| Kuwait | | $334,731 | $337,258 | $291,298 | | | |
| Latvia | $53,535 | $12,181 | $27,266 | $64,939 | $20,347 | $23,698 | $51,859 |
| Lebanon | $43,000 | $383 | $15,903 | $33,982 | $11,757 | $8,810 | $2,253 |
| Lesotho | | | | $2,008 | | | |
| Lithuania | $435 | $4,192 | $446 | $1,058 | $253 | $6,155 | $79,803 |
| Luxembourg | $22,834 | $15,523 | $20,739 | $93,413 | $1,131 | $182,187 | $87,787 |
| Macau | $12 | | | $47,331 | | | |
| Macedonia | $1,783 | $285 | $780 | $199 | $75 | | |
| Madagascar | $4,446 | $198 | $1,459 | $2,922 | $100 | $3,519 | |
| Malawi | $5,471 | $1,243 | $10,787 | $14,272 | $1,185 | $4,385 | $5,329 |
| Malaysia | $3,015,288 | $4,156,277 | $2,596,707 | $2,121,267 | $1,950,754 | $3,434,179 | $3,300,958 |
| Maldives | $300 | $1,377 | $916 | $542 | $21 | $79 | $53 |
| Mali | $2,363 | $24,054 | $558 | $140,037 | | $99,281 | |
| Malta | $4,559 | $924 | $2,282 | $38,897 | $3,517 | $481,392 | |
| Mauritania | $1,032 | $46,189 | $585,305 | $176,930 | $3,498,463 | $697,991 | $712,978 |
| Mauritius | $1,460 | $2,928 | $3,814 | $573 | $20,233 | $2,479 | $199 |
| Mayotte | $687 | | | | $2,300 | | |
| Mexico | $757,407 | $624,236 | $543,728 | $304,729 | $592,584 | $634,898 | $1,407,476 |
| Moldova | | | $926 | $335 | $2,292 | $324 | $959 |
| Mongolia | | | $3,719 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $2,030 | $1,574 | $2,207 | | | $90 |
| Morocco | $17,709 | $48,921 | $42,924 | $50,289 | $29,296 | $251,473 | |
| Mozambique | $837 | $6,121 | $471,051 | $2,400 | $124,140 | $14,782 | $7,000 |
| Namibia | $34,152 | $36,946 | $31,368 | $26,360 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $1,011 | $52,053 | |
| Netherlands | $13,308,134 | $17,119,578 | $20,266,672 | $28,299,786 | $18,822,420 | $18,132,541 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $85,325 | $2,491 | $22,610 | $107,951 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $5,910 | $3,972 | $1,685 | $4,797 | $6,743 | $18,329 | $30,874 |
| New Zealand | $44,928 | $13,633 | $25,703 | $50,853 | $17,822 | $52,992 | $30,901 |
| Nicaragua | $7,660 | $18,155 | $35,654 | $30,624 | $71,678 | $129,297 | $200,108 |
| Niger | $360 | $1,898 | $85 | $68,643 | $161 | $2,775 | $4,212 |
| Nigeria | | $110,611 | $259,326 | $2,012 | $259,285 | $421,132 | |
| Norway | $2,499,594 | $2,933,115 | $3,102,513 | $2,213,155 | $253,272 | $1,278,583 | $10,865,343 |
| Oman | $1,177,838 | $1,091,079 | $379,919 | $215,919 | $236,536 | $257,870 | |
| Pakistan | $652,745 | $426,686 | $439,019 | $667,727 | $190,114 | $313,485 | $45,392 |
| Panama | $7,525 | $46,571 | $95,094 | $65,071 | $127,244 | $60,491 | $342,728 |
| Paraguay | $7,615 | $16,977 | $81,951 | $8,500 | $2,286 | $4,722 | $8,005 |
| Peru | $722,171 | $836,745 | $1,418,350 | $2,464,505 | $3,044,424 | $3,443,170 | $9,859,309 |
| Philippines | $716,550 | $628,906 | $661,068 | $329,706 | $2,146,745 | $555,008 | $1,038,943 |
| Poland | $1,550,460 | $2,019,450 | $2,588,006 | $2,877,895 | $2,854,654 | $2,096,900 | $2,454,198 |
| Portugal | $28,605 | $759,132 | $1,623,210 | $1,658,552 | $116,914 | $169,293 | $190,072 |
| Qatar | $2,302,395 | $2,414,401 | $4,220,073 | $13,480,560 | | $3,621,309 | |
| Romania | $721,155 | $1,162,948 | $1,466,868 | $268,759 | $81,017 | $884,036 | $923,178 |
| Russia | $1,118,595 | $1,050,258 | $1,449,281 | $820,122 | $1,168,823 | $1,525,992 | $7,612,089 |
| Rwanda | $1,934 | $1,217 | $2,447 | $1,325 | $29,017 | | $218 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $796 | $515 | $4,879 | $264 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $5,475 | $288 | | $30 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $895 | $1,965 | $8,757 | $2,942 | $1,427 | $279 | |
| Samoa | | | | | $768 | $7,925 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $1,274 | | | $733 | $164 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $3,896,892 | $4,948,876 | $9,971,903 | | | $5,608,007 | |
| Senegal | $3,096 | $1,296 | $423 | $1,474 | $12,361 | $3,257 | $577,159 |
| Serbia | $56,624 | $39,982 | $100,267 | $36,785 | $41,245 | $13,901 | $6,737 |
| Seychelles | $244 | $702 | $3,712 | $18 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,626,875 | $1,599,310 | $2,840,260 | $3,161,737 | $5,212,401 | $10,707,974 | $32,412,962 |
| Slovakia | $117,356 | $104,413 | $96,326 | $179,590 | $117,691 | $134,433 | $235,771 |
| Slovenia | $575,806 | $605,453 | $803,830 | $890,237 | $704,112 | $1,712,112 | $1,482,379 |
| South Africa | $553,240 | $463,570 | $1,033,383 | $568,116 | $530,757 | $697,281 | $1,798,004 |
| Spain | $5,405,000 | $5,185,674 | $6,034,899 | $4,801,664 | $4,045,209 | $6,640,662 | |
| Sri Lanka | $62,854 | $77,076 | $61,434 | $137,278 | $35,470 | $63,088 | $135,253 |
| Sudan | $1,586,353 | $872,629 | $71,905 | $225,736 | $419,973 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $384 | $1,630 | $1,137 |
| Swaziland | $52,448 | $22,883 | $36,439 | | | | |
| Sweden | $1,074,283 | $1,054,141 | $1,288,938 | $1,213,421 | $791,892 | $1,048,485 | $3,341,085 |
| Switzerland | $11,234,222 | $9,769,169 | $8,441,434 | $9,322,576 | $5,770,455 | $7,696,951 | $8,882,493 |
| Syria | | $119,619 | | | | $29,990 | |
| Tanzania | $59,651 | $62,924 | $51,270 | $74,100 | $117,917 | $43,210 | $196,635 |
| Thailand | $1,495,290 | $1,186,033 | $979,188 | $1,391,338 | $890,109 | $3,321,992 | $2,097,173 |
| Togo | $34,314 | | $110,476 | | | $302,993 | $319,043 |
| Tonga | | | | | | $520 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $16,512 | $7,149 | $1,075 | $43,939 | $32,646 | $24,350 | |
| Tunisia | $55,615 | $29,157 | $37,939 | $88,731 | $71,757 | $117,104 | |
| Turkey | $152,237 | $138,134 | $216,166 | $352,685 | $255,893 | $723,399 | $1,518,188 |
| Uganda | $10,284 | $12,634 | $1,937 | $22,608 | $3,467 | $736 | |
| Ukraine | $49,350 | $86,000 | $88,927 | $92,810 | $103,055 | $357,750 | $1,131,174 |
| United Arab Emirates | $2,767,267 | | $2,864,261 | $2,573,025 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $18,592,859 | $8,178,753 | $10,662,033 | $12,869,097 | $8,224,751 | $16,636,367 | $21,324,801 |
| United States | $21,097,918 | $30,295,059 | $30,231,766 | $36,738,831 | $34,177,285 | $54,805,202 | $115,693,145 |
| Uruguay | $816 | $90,742 | $1,074 | $130,147 | $304 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $108 | $1,223 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $31,877 | $9,369 | $27,939 | $53,675 | $49,320 | $23,408 | $28,423 |
| Vietnam | $153,928 | $470,377 | $465,998 | $699,172 | $447,643 | $1,891,860 | |
| Yemen | $65,454 | $119,226 | $305,286 | $31,248 | $53,600 | $155,332 | $5,412 |
| Zambia | $9,456 | $15,578 | $66,469 | $4,116 | $92,099 | $141,375 | |
| Zimbabwe | $35,109 | $221,179 | $262,954 | $114,521 | $452,641 | $613,137 | |
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