| Rank | Country | Imports of Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Germany | $18,573,220 |  | | 2 | Italy | $16,850,014 | | | 3 | United States | $14,591,425 | | | 4 | Korea, South | $11,838,576 | | | 5 | France | $8,471,120 | | | 6 | China | $7,030,437 | | | 7 | Sweden | $6,194,214 | | | 8 | Japan | $5,332,535 | | | 9 | Spain | $5,328,108 | | | 10 | Belgium | $5,215,807 | | | 11 | United Kingdom | $5,066,290 | | | 12 | Canada | $4,752,561 | | | 13 | Switzerland | $2,784,788 | | | 14 | Austria | $2,324,058 | | | 15 | Mexico | $2,175,907 | | | 16 | Indonesia | $2,093,011 | | | 17 | Thailand | $1,807,342 | | | 18 | Saudi Arabia | $1,593,335 | | | 19 | Norway | $1,577,496 | | | 20 | Singapore | $1,569,384 | | | 21 | Malaysia | $1,565,903 | | | 22 | Turkey | $1,554,335 | | | 23 | Dominican Republic | $1,515,007 | | | 24 | Netherlands | $1,441,111 | | | 25 | Vietnam | $1,388,440 | | | 26 | Brazil | $1,019,943 | | | 27 | Poland | $873,649 | | | 28 | Denmark | $789,846 | | | 29 | India | $740,182 | | | 30 | Nigeria | $698,453 | | | 31 | Portugal | $679,064 | | | 32 | Ukraine | $497,786 | | | 33 | Syria | $482,891 | | | 34 | South Africa | $361,868 | | | 35 | Pakistan | $359,603 | | | 36 | Bulgaria | $344,033 | | | 37 | Argentina | $325,086 | | | 38 | Egypt | $315,367 | | | 39 | Costa Rica | $291,829 | | | 40 | Hungary | $254,000 | | | 41 | Czech Republic | $243,877 | | | 42 | Morocco | $207,139 | | | 43 | Peru | $186,720 | | | 44 | Algeria | $184,774 | | | 45 | Finland | $183,707 | | | 46 | Philippines | $182,001 | | | 47 | Iran | $171,019 | | | 48 | Chile | $159,077 | | | 49 | Colombia | $142,821 | | | 50 | Australia | $140,558 | | | 51 | Hong Kong | $119,583 | | | 52 | Tunisia | $109,643 | | | 53 | Guatemala | $104,358 | | | 54 | Venezuela | $85,796 | | | 55 | Israel | $75,000 | | | 56 | Qatar | $72,570 | | | 57 | Croatia | $70,054 | | | 58 | Ecuador | $55,076 | | | 59 | Jamaica | $53,994 | | | 60 | Lebanon | $49,625 | | | 61 | Russia | $47,252 | | | 62 | Slovakia | $41,732 | | | 63 | Malawi | $40,288 | | | 64 | Zimbabwe | $39,110 | | | 65 | Uganda | $33,362 | | | 66 | Bolivia | $31,831 | | | 67 | Barbados | $28,013 | | | 68 | Mauritius | $26,249 | | | 69 | Panama | $25,584 | | | 70 | Greece | $25,231 | | | 71 | Romania | $25,128 | | | 72 | Ghana | $24,610 | | | 73 | Latvia | $21,438 | | | 74 | Nepal | $15,153 | | | 75 | Bahrain | $14,367 | | | 76 | New Zealand | $13,245 | | | 77 | Nicaragua | $12,537 | | | 78 | Sri Lanka | $10,541 | | | 79 | Tanzania | $8,531 | | | 80 | Slovenia | $8,529 | | | 81 | New Caledonia | $8,164 | | | 82 | El Salvador | $7,909 | | | 83 | Kenya | $7,775 | | | 84 | Oman | $6,879 | | | 85 | Belarus | $6,500 | | | 86 | Zambia | $6,092 | | | 87 | Botswana | $5,004 | | | 88 | Azerbaijan | $4,506 | | | 89 | Cyprus | $3,447 | | | 90 | Iceland | $3,141 | | | 91 | Ireland | $2,980 | | | 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2,354 | | | 93 | Jordan | $1,999 | | | 94 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1,963 | | | 95 | Fiji | $1,584 | | | 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1,359 | | | 97 | Samoa | $1,151 | | | 98 | Guyana | $991 | | | 99 | Georgia | $612 | | | 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $565 | | | 101 | Bermuda | $553 | | | 102 | Bahamas, The | $543 | | | 103 | Belize | $443 | | | 104 | Armenia | $314 | | | 105 | Cameroon | $234 | | | 106 | Lithuania | $97 | | | 107 | Ethiopia | $56 | | | 108 | Burkina Faso | $53 | | | 109 | Luxembourg | $41 | | | 110 | Bhutan | $11 | | | 111 | Maldives | $9 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | | | | $76 |
| Algeria | $6,929 | $19,103 | $195,302 | $70,411 | $83,560 | $184,774 | $316,531 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $565 | $989 | $37 | | $65 | | |
| Argentina | $191,200 | $164,387 | $274,743 | $198,347 | $189,710 | $325,086 | $192,447 |
| Armenia | $7,311 | | $621 | | | $314 | $320 |
| Australia | $301,664 | $326,328 | $486,722 | $545,393 | $156,867 | $140,558 | $503,704 |
| Austria | $352,107 | $356,391 | $787,729 | $895,719 | $731,748 | $2,324,058 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $6,692 | $14,656 | $1,052 | $4,506 | |
| Bahamas, The | $6,854 | $7,961 | $13,097 | $3,205 | $6,449 | $543 | $1,302 |
| Bahrain | $5,840 | $24,266 | $27,316 | | | $14,367 | $36,453 |
| Bangladesh | $845,394 | $1,654,681 | $1,019,105 | | | | |
| Barbados | $51,608 | $35,649 | $52,757 | $23,167 | $57,852 | $28,013 | $43,410 |
| Belarus | $31,000 | $5,600 | $14,900 | $5,600 | $5,200 | $6,500 | $46,600 |
| Belgium | $1,967,898 | $2,271,346 | $2,632,157 | $3,128,473 | $2,629,422 | $5,215,807 | $7,647,163 |
| Belize | $1,734 | $1,402 | $2,457 | $2,301 | $2,775 | $443 | |
| Benin | | $923 | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $553 | |
| Bhutan | $14 | | $45 | $36 | | $11 | |
| Bolivia | $30,698 | $17,214 | $96,881 | $20,549 | $9,911 | $31,831 | $118,508 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $7,879 | $21,407 | $6,122 | $25,503 | $2,230 | $2,354 | $11,206 |
| Botswana | $191 | $201 | $1,003 | $172 | $14 | $5,004 | $17,992 |
| Brazil | $1,114,941 | $669,914 | $968,918 | $1,088,618 | $1,543,159 | $1,019,943 | $712,425 |
| Bulgaria | $136,824 | $235,066 | $326,726 | $172,823 | $270,025 | $344,033 | $384,411 |
| Burkina Faso | $698 | | $817 | | | $53 | |
| Burundi | | $90,957 | | | $416 | | |
| Cambodia | | $6,445 | $922 | $1,544 | | | |
| Cameroon | | | | $2,366 | | $234 | |
| Canada | $3,208,486 | $3,268,717 | $3,494,627 | $3,745,964 | $4,634,367 | $4,752,561 | $5,429,458 |
| Cape Verde | | | | $26 | | | $16 |
| Chile | $92,650 | $73,822 | $31,667 | $39,988 | $230,509 | $159,077 | $84,606 |
| China | $1,941,374 | $2,046,000 | $2,462,465 | $2,716,344 | $3,855,760 | $7,030,437 | $5,027,262 |
| Colombia | $91,069 | $83,572 | $119,215 | $179,814 | $164,287 | $142,821 | $199,495 |
| Cook Islands | $324 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $104,292 | $186,735 | $194,492 | $230,115 | $88,333 | $291,829 | $722,448 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $3,104 | | $5,655 | $19,068 | $2,146 | $1,963 | $5,304 |
| Croatia | $56,186 | $22,412 | $95,415 | $67,578 | $54,508 | $70,054 | $73,621 |
| Cuba | $2,312 | $1,313 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | | | $1,953 | | | $3,447 | |
| Czech Republic | $96,048 | $201,518 | $468,972 | $413,143 | $297,304 | $243,877 | $216,774 |
| Denmark | $1,119,149 | $1,343,373 | $1,428,829 | $1,279,043 | $1,557,540 | $789,846 | $871,606 |
| Dominica | | | $79 | $13 | $423 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $70,166 | $108,435 | $771,767 | $223,469 | $279,531 | $1,515,007 | $831,426 |
| Ecuador | $27,094 | $31,600 | $28,325 | $77,668 | $33,891 | $55,076 | $63,669 |
| Egypt | $41,021 | | $31,572 | $150,399 | $335,124 | $315,367 | $207,058 |
| El Salvador | $94,174 | $115,057 | $31,092 | $14,121 | $22,896 | $7,909 | |
| Estonia | $13,301 | $4,092 | $88 | $359 | $11,473 | | $22,627 |
| Ethiopia | $60 | | $11,259 | $17,569 | $634 | $56 | $1,523 |
| Faroe Islands | $564 | $454 | $741 | $454 | $665 | | |
| Fiji | $5,725 | $29,668 | $5,141 | $61 | $554 | $1,584 | |
| Finland | $247,746 | $500,477 | $455,772 | $350,014 | $261,352 | $183,707 | $349,876 |
| France | $7,882,469 | $9,289,798 | $9,981,003 | $11,012,865 | $8,093,176 | $8,471,120 | $9,634,231 |
| French Polynesia | $104 | | | | $487 | | |
| Gabon | $60,277 | | | $15,959 | $420 | | |
| Georgia | | | $5 | | $3,038 | $612 | |
| Germany | $5,545,000 | $7,383,000 | $10,586,000 | $9,441,000 | $12,070,000 | $18,573,220 | $15,481,181 |
| Ghana | $40,726 | $63,017 | $29,763 | $54,734 | $126,204 | $24,610 | $110,975 |
| Greece | $144,004 | $96,254 | $71,098 | $240,876 | $166,098 | $25,231 | $134,435 |
| Greenland | | $50 | | | | | |
| Grenada | $105 | | $18 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $83,107 | $144,378 | $97,472 | $138,638 | $164,994 | $104,358 | $141,921 |
| Guyana | $1,636 | $2,086 | $3,982 | $1,457 | $601 | $991 | $1,371 |
| Honduras | $15,424 | $44,732 | $12,189 | | $29,107 | | |
| Hong Kong | $245,285 | $129,063 | $63,053 | $169,439 | $30,495 | $119,583 | $197,377 |
| Hungary | $211,000 | $287,000 | $227,000 | $258,000 | | $254,000 | $251,000 |
| Iceland | $16,395 | $9,437 | $1,706 | $4,891 | $4,358 | $3,141 | $1,625 |
| India | $368,533 | $195,222 | $688,002 | $897,098 | $381,830 | $740,182 | $1,173,869 |
| Indonesia | $1,187,935 | $1,414,190 | $1,648,833 | $1,868,755 | $2,023,749 | $2,093,011 | $2,535,227 |
| Iran | $297,531 | | | | | $171,019 | |
| Ireland | $77,324 | $70,446 | $37,750 | $43,524 | $18,773 | $2,980 | $11,511 |
| Israel | $23,000 | $13,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $35,000 | $75,000 | $54,000 |
| Italy | $6,137,962 | $5,975,283 | $7,339,172 | $10,444,805 | $9,675,722 | $16,850,014 | $14,306,460 |
| Jamaica | $270,655 | $372,000 | $398,966 | $644,823 | $141,495 | $53,994 | |
| Japan | $2,237,879 | $4,776,990 | $2,555,849 | $3,456,365 | $4,273,121 | $5,332,535 | $7,257,383 |
| Jordan | $21,226 | $6,467 | $19,774 | $3,793 | $6,108 | $1,999 | $16,652 |
| Kazakhstan | $232 | $8,245 | | $157 | | | |
| Kenya | $3,454 | $109 | $4,995 | $2,324 | $8,801 | $7,775 | |
| Kiribati | $115 | | | | $343 | | |
| Korea, South | $6,510,038 | $5,706,522 | $9,299,594 | $12,144,650 | $7,673,758 | $11,838,576 | $18,464,746 |
| Kuwait | | $2,469 | $187 | $27,857 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $808 | | | | | |
| Latvia | $10,665 | $9,601 | $14,998 | $17,441 | $30,651 | $21,438 | $21,182 |
| Lebanon | $29,000 | $29,421 | $49,866 | $57,243 | $69,293 | $49,625 | $51,293 |
| Lithuania | $11,618 | | $360 | | $3,552 | $97 | $45 |
| Luxembourg | $10,187 | $787 | $6,884 | $2,496 | $5,154 | $41 | $3,506 |
| Macedonia | | | | | $12,240 | | |
| Madagascar | | $5,370 | $81 | | $2,242 | | |
| Malawi | $14,719 | $8,316 | $6,829 | $5,542 | | $40,288 | |
| Malaysia | $595,082 | $641,018 | $890,324 | $1,443,325 | $952,183 | $1,565,903 | $1,313,304 |
| Maldives | $34 | $205 | $227 | $115 | | $9 | $1 |
| Mali | $7 | | | | | | |
| Malta | | $38 | | | $17 | | |
| Mauritania | | | $18,038 | | | | |
| Mauritius | $23,475 | $10,935 | $22,977 | $14,119 | $21,808 | $26,249 | $27,360 |
| Mexico | $759,217 | $1,381,911 | $2,430,816 | $1,763,895 | $1,923,318 | $2,175,907 | $2,352,065 |
| Moldova | $184 | $756 | $2 | $558 | | | |
| Mongolia | $3,627 | $154 | | | | | |
| Montserrat | $4 | | | | | | |
| Morocco | $143,540 | $190,753 | $187,223 | $244,779 | $206,002 | $207,139 | |
| Mozambique | | $207 | | | $1,854 | | |
| Namibia | $70,877 | $73,374 | $153,661 | $248,429 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $12,977 | $15,153 | |
| Netherlands | $496,025 | $987,451 | $557,244 | $1,480,854 | $966,647 | $1,441,111 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $55,950 | $53,115 | $16 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $5,768 | $4,649 | $3,369 | $11,765 | $41 | $8,164 | $2,170,064 |
| New Zealand | $2,335,638 | $218,612 | $229,134 | $98,969 | $70,333 | $13,245 | $38,671 |
| Nicaragua | $8,680 | $8,169 | $8,180 | $4,966 | $2,972 | $12,537 | $18,157 |
| Niger | $363 | $191 | | | | | |
| Nigeria | | $8,013 | $1,289,572 | $24,376 | $250,640 | $698,453 | |
| Norway | $83,358 | $128,803 | $178,352 | $625,866 | $1,704,099 | $1,577,496 | $1,121,225 |
| Oman | $7,579 | $31,610 | $30,070 | $26,635 | $14,291 | $6,879 | |
| Pakistan | $356,561 | $226,807 | $311,859 | $306,064 | $316,857 | $359,603 | $589,503 |
| Panama | $10,432 | | $30,904 | $9,925 | $22,830 | $25,584 | $67,529 |
| Paraguay | $3,175 | $2,136 | $5,259 | $2,943 | | | $1,300 |
| Peru | $88,932 | $124,349 | $206,287 | $205,940 | $221,079 | $186,720 | $191,825 |
| Philippines | $49,549 | $181,893 | $205,916 | $104,847 | $77,895 | $182,001 | $216,079 |
| Poland | $262,756 | $292,406 | $290,256 | $299,243 | $485,735 | $873,649 | $915,940 |
| Portugal | $33,818 | $62,586 | $197,929 | $214,368 | $432,751 | $679,064 | $386,210 |
| Qatar | $29,617 | $176,141 | $6,035 | $24,887 | | $72,570 | |
| Romania | $18,051 | $33,641 | $36,843 | $45,443 | $219,882 | $25,128 | $23,115 |
| Russia | $1,560 | $490 | $55,955 | $127,519 | $10,453 | $47,252 | $22,544 |
| Rwanda | $2,231 | $7,289 | $5,761 | $150 | $386 | | $296 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $109 | $6 | $467 | | | | |
| Saint Lucia | | $11 | $100 | $534 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $587 | $565 | |
| Samoa | | | | | | $1,151 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $398,073 | $479,213 | $341,685 | | | $1,593,335 | |
| Senegal | | | $198 | | | | $1,410 |
| Serbia | $19,422 | $35,229 | $47,268 | $26,684 | $5,987 | | $18 |
| Singapore | $329,595 | $522,293 | $646,391 | $1,128,670 | $992,763 | $1,569,384 | $1,074,217 |
| Slovakia | $7,065 | $26,381 | | $12,919 | $9,609 | $41,732 | $56,713 |
| Slovenia | $1,397 | $1,134 | $537 | $1,369 | $8,626 | $8,529 | $27,248 |
| South Africa | $430,156 | $294,578 | $591,809 | $320,644 | $228,356 | $361,868 | $353,649 |
| Spain | $1,893,220 | $2,424,405 | $3,679,734 | $3,479,390 | $4,217,450 | $5,328,108 | |
| Sri Lanka | $9,217 | $6,708 | $8,575 | $64,832 | $41,716 | $10,541 | $15,110 |
| Sudan | $857,872 | $409,625 | | | $3,768 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $316 | | |
| Swaziland | $3,680 | $1,307 | $30,522 | | | | |
| Sweden | $1,158,269 | $616,535 | $1,400,529 | $2,930,561 | $5,843,296 | $6,194,214 | $5,266,245 |
| Switzerland | $1,294,004 | $961,137 | $2,175,905 | $2,043,650 | $1,968,876 | $2,784,788 | $2,641,942 |
| Syria | | $104,579 | $79,373 | | | $482,891 | |
| Tanzania | $21,078 | $10,941 | $5,932 | $40,505 | $807 | $8,531 | $1,264 |
| Thailand | $506,998 | $627,444 | $782,586 | $1,073,544 | $1,019,730 | $1,807,342 | $1,925,668 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $169 | $563 | | $492 | $1,510 | $1,359 | |
| Tunisia | $77,489 | $85,530 | $68,106 | $72,760 | $102,215 | $109,643 | |
| Turkey | $576,946 | $828,179 | $1,564,470 | $1,205,169 | $1,600,559 | $1,554,335 | $2,209,364 |
| Uganda | $3 | $9,366 | $5,781 | $7,415 | $6,446 | $33,362 | |
| Ukraine | $213,062 | $371,700 | $533,544 | $561,390 | $479,820 | $497,786 | $952,869 |
| United Arab Emirates | $78,179 | | $208,193 | $442,205 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $6,714,602 | $7,041,646 | $6,132,106 | $6,938,398 | $4,301,656 | $5,066,290 | $7,125,862 |
| United States | $13,006,940 | $18,432,535 | $15,803,459 | $17,698,239 | $6,758,164 | $14,591,425 | $18,659,169 |
| Uruguay | $9,884 | $4,863 | $15,330 | $24,369 | $16,367 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $168 | $32 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $10,764 | $66,742 | $423,698 | $195,427 | $29,878 | $85,796 | $298,207 |
| Vietnam | $433,421 | $822,162 | $1,004,929 | $1,862,467 | $905,172 | $1,388,440 | |
| Yemen | $28,545 | | $1,759 | $7,087 | | | |
| Zambia | $2,894 | $11,137 | $75,678 | | $22,383 | $6,092 | |
| Zimbabwe | $1,548 | $38,415 | $1,631 | $14,346 | $3,513 | $39,110 | |
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