Rank | Country | Imports of Colloidal precious metals in USD (2010) |
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1 | Germany | $927,866,086 | | 2 | France | $556,962,571 | | 3 | Switzerland | $473,796,963 | | 4 | Italy | $451,738,204 | | 5 | Hong Kong | $384,937,999 | | 6 | Belgium | $372,501,444 | | 7 | Singapore | $306,406,610 | | 8 | China | $265,200,430 | | 9 | Japan | $224,741,610 | | 10 | Mexico | $172,895,814 | | 11 | Malaysia | $130,064,849 | | 12 | India | $124,753,651 | | 13 | United Kingdom | $100,760,399 | | 14 | Austria | $90,677,542 | | 15 | Thailand | $86,425,567 | | 16 | United States | $78,340,643 | | 17 | Argentina | $73,263,060 | | 18 | Korea, South | $54,749,160 | | 19 | Netherlands | $54,209,366 | | 20 | Spain | $38,131,863 | | 21 | Australia | $34,376,149 | | 22 | Finland | $24,707,318 | | 23 | Canada | $23,236,487 | | 24 | Czech Republic | $17,272,188 | | 25 | South Africa | $15,423,725 | | 26 | Philippines | $14,968,751 | | 27 | Denmark | $11,859,176 | | 28 | Russia | $10,652,473 | | 29 | Poland | $9,734,725 | | 30 | Ireland | $9,350,094 | | 31 | Indonesia | $9,165,925 | | 32 | Sweden | $8,856,748 | | 33 | Turkey | $7,999,028 | | 34 | Bahrain | $7,476,234 | | 35 | Brazil | $7,153,068 | | 36 | Luxembourg | $5,097,022 | | 37 | Romania | $4,495,594 | | 38 | Vietnam | $4,377,910 | | 39 | Venezuela | $3,697,169 | | 40 | Israel | $3,470,000 | | 41 | Bulgaria | $3,242,494 | | 42 | Greece | $3,160,824 | | 43 | Egypt | $3,074,618 | | 44 | Saudi Arabia | $2,811,470 | | 45 | Portugal | $2,514,536 | | 46 | Slovakia | $2,498,124 | | 47 | Ukraine | $2,419,138 | | 48 | Hungary | $2,250,000 | | 49 | Tunisia | $1,809,970 | | 50 | Morocco | $1,749,787 | | 51 | Serbia | $1,691,342 | | 52 | Slovenia | $1,649,497 | | 53 | Mali | $1,485,779 | | 54 | Costa Rica | $1,152,647 | | 55 | Pakistan | $877,965 | | 56 | Croatia | $777,335 | | 57 | Iran | $672,193 | | 58 | Peru | $582,983 | | 59 | Sri Lanka | $545,819 | | 60 | Belarus | $493,900 | | 61 | Norway | $484,306 | | 62 | Ecuador | $371,669 | | 63 | Colombia | $343,751 | | 64 | Armenia | $319,276 | | 65 | New Zealand | $209,409 | | 66 | Kenya | $208,387 | | 67 | Chile | $170,076 | | 68 | Lebanon | $139,795 | | 69 | Zimbabwe | $119,749 | | 70 | Ethiopia | $111,644 | | 71 | Guatemala | $111,180 | | 72 | Cyprus | $64,356 | | 73 | El Salvador | $62,933 | | 74 | Lithuania | $60,072 | | 75 | Azerbaijan | $57,420 | | 76 | Mauritius | $55,992 | | 77 | Ghana | $47,901 | | 78 | Algeria | $42,244 | | 79 | Latvia | $38,707 | | 80 | Dominican Republic | $35,367 | | 81 | Oman | $34,887 | | 82 | Tanzania | $34,886 | | 83 | Jordan | $26,124 | | 84 | Bolivia | $25,444 | | 85 | Uganda | $23,045 | | 86 | Burkina Faso | $22,945 | | 87 | Estonia | $20,112 | | 88 | Cote d'Ivoire | $18,914 | | 89 | Kyrgyzstan | $18,361 | | 90 | Paraguay | $17,407 | | 91 | Suriname | $16,499 | | 92 | Cameroon | $13,635 | | 93 | Zambia | $12,113 | | 94 | Nicaragua | $11,220 | | 95 | Fiji | $10,874 | | 96 | Moldova | $10,686 | | 97 | New Caledonia | $9,972 | | 98 | Qatar | $9,431 | | 99 | Jamaica | $9,119 | | 100 | Georgia | $8,919 | | 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $8,790 | | 102 | Panama | $8,722 | | 103 | Yemen | $8,578 | | 104 | Madagascar | $8,295 | | 105 | French Polynesia | $8,169 | | 106 | Iceland | $7,324 | | 107 | Malta | $5,126 | | 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | $4,537 | | 109 | Montenegro | $4,366 | | 110 | Bhutan | $4,208 | | 111 | Niger | $4,113 | | 112 | Bahamas, The | $3,516 | | 113 | Nepal | $3,278 | | 114 | Botswana | $3,176 | | 115 | Guyana | $2,872 | | 116 | Bermuda | $2,775 | | 117 | Mozambique | $2,479 | | 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,287 | | 119 | Barbados | $2,284 | | 120 | Syria | $1,367 | | 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | $1,253 | | 122 | Belize | $1,128 | | 123 | Maldives | $958 | | 124 | Cape Verde | $895 | | 125 | Senegal | $883 | | 126 | Samoa | $605 | | 127 | Albania | $168 | | 128 | Aruba | $19 | |
Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Albania | $497 | | | $5,168 | | $168 | $15,191 |
Algeria | $77,943 | $63,438 | $223,068 | $39,936 | $123,795 | $42,244 | $46,880 |
Antigua and Barbuda | | $1,466 | $1,011 | | $540 | $1,253 | $286 |
Argentina | $14,470,672 | $37,775,609 | $43,463,929 | $101,075,572 | $32,935,664 | $73,263,060 | $78,672,782 |
Armenia | $124,430 | $190,775 | $191,537 | $319,191 | $83,914 | $319,276 | $363,210 |
Aruba | | | | | $268 | $19 | $204 |
Australia | $20,271,618 | $31,805,682 | $46,757,727 | $43,675,891 | $33,880,370 | $34,376,149 | $31,734,869 |
Austria | $39,265,889 | $64,478,086 | $93,010,016 | $84,941,215 | $57,126,741 | $90,677,542 | |
Azerbaijan | $43,787 | $89,939 | $57,939 | $174,501 | $4,809 | $57,420 | $35,781 |
Bahamas, The | $151 | $138 | $5,818 | $581 | $9,498 | $3,516 | $450 |
Bahrain | $59,468 | $769 | $2,109 | $10,391 | $25,054 | $7,476,234 | $19,064,364 |
Bangladesh | $22,129 | $420,026 | $30,173 | | | | |
Barbados | $2,624 | $319 | $2,501 | $6,351 | $3,896 | $2,284 | $3,063 |
Belarus | $516,600 | $2,491,500 | $205,800 | $165,400 | $221,400 | $493,900 | $883,800 |
Belgium | $273,745,961 | $391,099,712 | $397,575,713 | $445,444,446 | $226,381,978 | $372,501,444 | $104,456,241 |
Belize | $922 | $89 | | $708 | $6,436 | $1,128 | |
Benin | | $5,390 | | | | | |
Bermuda | | | | | | $2,775 | |
Bhutan | $677 | $514 | $1,545 | $5,027 | $2,980 | $4,208 | |
Bolivia | $14,963 | $11,523 | $21,382 | $32,739 | $23,542 | $25,444 | $52,344 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,017 | $15,718 | $10,186 | $11,899 | $20,249 | $8,790 | $20,660 |
Botswana | $75,488 | $5,837 | $4,128 | $25,753 | $994 | $3,176 | $11,062 |
Brazil | $3,213,379 | $4,445,377 | $8,831,017 | $11,548,986 | $5,946,297 | $7,153,068 | $9,329,849 |
Brunei | | $69,633 | | | | | |
Bulgaria | $186,279 | $562,451 | $1,013,863 | $1,672,684 | $1,941,917 | $3,242,494 | $7,451,545 |
Burkina Faso | $2,276 | | $6,489 | $13,408 | $14,404 | $22,945 | |
Burundi | $679 | $3,883 | | | $5,475 | | |
Cambodia | $1,620 | | | $7,648 | $6 | | |
Cameroon | $5,835 | $5,399 | $7,343 | $10,389 | $11,370 | $13,635 | |
Canada | $81,086,438 | $125,257,498 | $110,930,640 | $49,656,079 | $15,552,471 | $23,236,487 | $29,721,548 |
Cape Verde | $1,383 | $295 | $1,082 | $101 | $336 | $895 | $1,225 |
Chile | $96,970 | $274,062 | $221,145 | $380,280 | $127,900 | $170,076 | $317,749 |
China | $213,059,168 | $302,312,841 | $331,671,806 | $281,797,413 | $205,522,954 | $265,200,430 | $272,496,894 |
Colombia | $142,572 | $249,823 | $392,853 | $594,171 | $454,368 | $343,751 | $256,177 |
Comoros | $844 | $1,793 | | | | | |
Costa Rica | $117,868 | $35,412 | $125,413 | $293,054 | $17,269 | $1,152,647 | $1,714,454 |
Cote d'Ivoire | $2,206 | $2,729 | $9,439 | $12,113 | $7,412 | $18,914 | $7,718 |
Croatia | $192,690 | $292,723 | $362,052 | $188,385 | $727,056 | $777,335 | $4,755,268 |
Cuba | $722,227 | $461,668 | | | | | |
Cyprus | $15,836 | $39,115 | $135,279 | $102,064 | $55,735 | $64,356 | $114,533 |
Czech Republic | $9,875,536 | $15,742,447 | $17,396,012 | $17,881,688 | $14,678,911 | $17,272,188 | $36,191,887 |
Denmark | $11,806,921 | $7,159,317 | $26,907,194 | $10,927,406 | $20,763,405 | $11,859,176 | $31,924,580 |
Dominica | $50 | $408 | $4,726 | | $1,673 | | |
Dominican Republic | $3,606 | $42,384 | $45,567 | $24,368 | $15,928 | $35,367 | $17,947 |
East Timor | $182 | | | | | | |
Ecuador | $25,667 | $146,085 | $121,757 | $166,896 | $289,607 | $371,669 | $189,775 |
Egypt | $433,904 | $414,656 | $201,049 | $6,555,822 | $5,741,550 | $3,074,618 | $6,954,185 |
El Salvador | $9,019 | $119,113 | $43,340 | $22,363 | $27,133 | $62,933 | |
Estonia | $26,741 | $25,183 | $28,624 | $18,346 | $11,956 | $20,112 | $288,486 |
Ethiopia | $5,203 | $11,762 | $5,448 | $35,626 | $37,914 | $111,644 | $9,109 |
Faroe Islands | $254 | $1,510 | $488 | $72 | $1,810 | | |
Fiji | $6,674 | $11,754 | $143 | $674 | $11,095 | $10,874 | |
Finland | $18,434,100 | $44,951,105 | $41,071,212 | $32,864,924 | $14,780,460 | $24,707,318 | $24,184,383 |
France | $396,283,521 | $368,386,508 | $468,448,344 | $559,992,545 | $375,907,279 | $556,962,571 | $676,459,639 |
French Polynesia | $5,721 | $16,667 | $2,878 | $13,284 | $8,420 | $8,169 | $5,836 |
Gabon | $15,210 | $8,677 | $7,629 | $10,081 | $17,358 | | |
Gambia, The | | | | | | | $525,053 |
Georgia | $781 | $1,330 | $4,862 | $29,900 | $45,981 | $8,919 | |
Germany | $172,566,000 | $183,599,000 | $201,988,000 | $787,666,000 | $602,206,000 | $927,866,086 | $1,292,992,427 |
Ghana | $53,494 | $75,838 | $94,710 | $40,620 | $74,250 | $47,901 | $176,176 |
Greece | $1,993,064 | $905,303 | $2,839,499 | $4,188,814 | $4,563,001 | $3,160,824 | $3,116,907 |
Greenland | $365 | $91,917 | $905 | | | | |
Grenada | $157 | $223 | | | $131 | | |
Guatemala | $19,843 | $28,449 | $12,536 | $60,836 | $20,636 | $111,180 | $122,384 |
Guinea | | $779 | $1,396 | $6,577 | | | |
Guyana | $3,722 | $1,368 | $2,649 | $1,553 | | $2,872 | $405 |
Honduras | $5,030 | $4,678 | $5,059 | | $7,215 | | |
Hong Kong | $644,874,424 | $251,919,237 | $351,187,724 | $378,744,169 | $259,086,486 | $384,937,999 | $317,032,864 |
Hungary | $3,342,000 | $4,680,000 | $4,217,000 | $5,929,000 | $1,522,000 | $2,250,000 | $12,382,000 |
Iceland | $8,480 | $6,064 | $7,811 | $5,730 | $3,801 | $7,324 | $9,936 |
India | $30,191,469 | $70,364,947 | $94,214,218 | $122,515,113 | $68,397,671 | $124,753,651 | $127,626,188 |
Indonesia | $1,397,025 | $770,825 | $1,648,045 | $6,129,942 | $4,614,119 | $9,165,925 | $11,340,239 |
Iran | $203,732 | | | | | $672,193 | |
Ireland | $7,784,589 | $10,208,931 | $8,676,337 | $9,758,607 | $6,117,813 | $9,350,094 | $11,587,499 |
Israel | $3,152,000 | $4,256,000 | $4,602,000 | $4,732,000 | $2,865,000 | $3,470,000 | $10,226,000 |
Italy | $58,806,628 | $65,434,989 | $82,464,165 | $80,199,410 | $80,015,769 | $451,738,204 | $689,008,198 |
Jamaica | $15,676 | $10,821 | $30,171 | $10,365 | $8,805 | $9,119 | |
Japan | $73,530,948 | $147,486,568 | $288,710,307 | $312,048,286 | $105,264,014 | $224,741,610 | $290,897,835 |
Jordan | $94,514 | $63,853 | $33,089 | $205,061 | $93,249 | $26,124 | $181,867 |
Kazakhstan | $20,395 | $20,207 | $35,876 | $55,301 | $31,999 | | |
Kenya | $137,955 | $134,410 | $290,181 | $251,502 | $288,600 | $208,387 | |
Kiribati | $20 | | | | | | |
Korea, South | $24,344,205 | $63,208,721 | $94,137,512 | $91,705,500 | $40,690,548 | $54,749,160 | $75,414,662 |
Kuwait | | $364,833 | $43,168 | $37,401 | | | |
Kyrgyzstan | | $66,813 | $193,056 | $55,315 | $6,825 | $18,361 | $10,500 |
Latvia | $12,649 | $85,383 | $31,549 | $25,120 | $17,723 | $38,707 | $45,748 |
Lebanon | $237,000 | $161,928 | $190,584 | $172,445 | $95,793 | $139,795 | $361,888 |
Lesotho | | | | $36,753 | | | |
Lithuania | $92,958 | $85,145 | $76,697 | $60,101 | $41,030 | $60,072 | $110,464 |
Luxembourg | $19,855,034 | $46,476,822 | $3,363,060 | $4,830,522 | $3,691,495 | $5,097,022 | $7,971,622 |
Macau | | | $150,785 | $271 | | | |
Macedonia | $17,683 | $49,007 | $70,398 | $98,531 | $8,418,977 | | $93,865,090 |
Madagascar | $50 | $7,974 | $2,101 | $17,060 | $5,720 | $8,295 | |
Malawi | $2,425 | $8 | | $950 | $21,929 | | $25 |
Malaysia | $7,952,027 | $11,654,297 | $39,016,129 | $40,296,225 | $40,577,762 | $130,064,849 | $154,305,948 |
Maldives | $3,002 | $2,118 | $4,962 | $4,767 | $781 | $958 | $1,681 |
Mali | $65,341 | $11,522 | $15,434 | $89,142 | | $1,485,779 | |
Malta | $359,119 | $107,062 | $45,814 | $13,506 | $6,434 | $5,126 | |
Mauritius | $31,092 | $304,032 | $266,998 | $268,080 | $44,221 | $55,992 | $83,361 |
Mayotte | $327 | $516 | $5,335 | $712 | $316 | | |
Mexico | $121,817,718 | $228,865,385 | $305,319,022 | $245,086,470 | $84,231,332 | $172,895,814 | $231,849,321 |
Moldova | $10,595 | $11,428 | $11,576 | $16,602 | $19,132 | $10,686 | $18,293 |
Mongolia | $632 | $526 | $10,651 | | | | |
Montenegro | | $734 | $11,545 | $5,140 | $2,705 | $4,366 | $5,281 |
Morocco | $744,976 | $793,891 | $779,757 | $931,601 | $1,427,671 | $1,749,787 | |
Mozambique | $93,150 | $5,488 | $639 | $211 | $1,190 | $2,479 | $5,000 |
Namibia | $20,891 | $18,077 | $13,011 | $19,229 | | | |
Nepal | | | | | $3,994 | $3,278 | |
Netherlands | $44,265,553 | $38,877,408 | $37,924,176 | $26,572,860 | $54,578,603 | $54,209,366 | |
Netherlands Antilles | | $415 | $1,141 | $242 | | | |
New Caledonia | $2,770 | $2,267 | $3,341 | $3,051 | $6,813 | $9,972 | $9,991 |
New Zealand | $236,612 | $114,161 | $282,220 | $142,811 | $132,417 | $209,409 | $378,525 |
Nicaragua | $6,130 | $11,321 | $9,164 | $11,626 | $28,570 | $11,220 | $13,250 |
Niger | $754 | $129 | $965 | $1,201 | $1,197 | $4,113 | $4,731 |
Nigeria | | $10,859 | | $2,003 | $890 | | |
Norway | $393,933 | $511,290 | $683,374 | $677,804 | $356,407 | $484,306 | $822,934 |
Oman | $1,274 | $14,163 | $64,652 | $5,394 | $52,991 | $34,887 | |
Pakistan | $26,793 | $29,856 | $20,261 | $74,222 | $602,837 | $877,965 | $802,565 |
Panama | $8,354 | $18,822 | $18,116 | $15,325 | $3,728 | $8,722 | $14,389 |
Paraguay | $6,765 | $35,489 | $19,328 | $11,026 | $4,053 | $17,407 | $64,812 |
Peru | $211,953 | $261,034 | $324,488 | $503,811 | $346,566 | $582,983 | $823,578 |
Philippines | $9,925,740 | $15,451,939 | $13,261,696 | $13,579,202 | $12,478,102 | $14,968,751 | $12,757,814 |
Poland | $5,108,998 | $9,647,246 | $14,176,788 | $13,184,614 | $7,740,756 | $9,734,725 | $14,078,508 |
Portugal | $969,572 | $1,678,006 | $1,358,706 | $1,551,954 | $1,715,361 | $2,514,536 | $5,213,754 |
Qatar | $29,391 | $76,191 | $6,353 | $92,461 | | $9,431 | |
Romania | $1,241,117 | $697,990 | $5,415,336 | $2,099,165 | $3,263,959 | $4,495,594 | $10,446,597 |
Russia | $2,202,508 | $16,984,015 | $16,102,928 | $13,684,409 | $11,852,984 | $10,652,473 | $15,382,723 |
Rwanda | $1,193 | | $3,947 | $2,766 | $2,850 | | $1,933 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | | $318 | $777 | $302 | | | |
Saint Lucia | $523 | $1,450 | $1,055 | $82 | | | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $550 | $2,287 | |
Samoa | | | | | | $605 | |
Saudi Arabia | $2,303,984 | $1,192,394 | $2,078,795 | | | $2,811,470 | |
Senegal | $1,711 | $350 | $4,055 | $191 | $197 | $883 | $1,724 |
Serbia | $291,541 | $68,009 | $3,304,311 | $1,082,566 | $516,437 | $1,691,342 | $95,241 |
Seychelles | $1,186 | $1,799 | $121 | $11 | | | |
Singapore | $120,062,277 | $172,090,305 | $173,970,556 | $222,199,643 | $181,489,195 | $306,406,610 | $335,843,773 |
Slovakia | $77,579 | $573,022 | $4,528,690 | $841,094 | $692,918 | $2,498,124 | $47,416,414 |
Slovenia | $1,399,742 | $2,218,691 | $2,512,966 | $2,096,641 | $1,090,429 | $1,649,497 | $2,495,324 |
South Africa | $34,748,946 | $9,422,477 | $38,296,053 | $68,751,019 | $2,480,462 | $15,423,725 | $30,244,214 |
Spain | $18,784,086 | $27,635,649 | $37,047,130 | $45,022,933 | $33,852,734 | $38,131,863 | |
Sri Lanka | $69,971 | $261,138 | $436,669 | $342,852 | $364,737 | $545,819 | $1,943,013 |
Sudan | $35,463 | $84,358 | $28,938 | | | | |
Suriname | | | | | $11,092 | $16,499 | $44,524 |
Swaziland | $11,771 | $3,569 | $2,506 | | | | |
Sweden | $3,049,916 | $8,646,568 | $8,735,870 | $8,422,975 | $4,985,676 | $8,856,748 | $14,525,572 |
Switzerland | $116,057,503 | $336,193,675 | $539,466,656 | $213,853,237 | $310,718,687 | $473,796,963 | $302,630,242 |
Syria | | | | | | $1,367 | |
Tanzania | $72,306 | $39,935 | $71,895 | $26,185 | $42,235 | $34,886 | $23,510 |
Thailand | $81,161,648 | $114,980,837 | $234,576,969 | $192,646,946 | $68,023,498 | $86,425,567 | $116,712,690 |
Tonga | | | | $360 | | | |
Trinidad and Tobago | $10,342 | $26,531 | $14,268 | $8,740 | $9,072 | $4,537 | |
Tunisia | $1,378,358 | $1,952,418 | $1,778,781 | $1,366,617 | $1,192,091 | $1,809,970 | |
Turkey | $3,589,628 | $6,312,064 | $7,082,275 | $7,967,853 | $5,212,629 | $7,999,028 | $7,919,204 |
Uganda | $2,173 | $7,793 | | $33,441 | $13,509 | $23,045 | |
Ukraine | $1,580,400 | $3,245,289 | $3,780,128 | $4,219,320 | $1,858,359 | $2,419,138 | $4,574,691 |
United Arab Emirates | $249,137 | | $872,253 | $3,249,485 | | | |
United Kingdom | $94,412,165 | $120,269,686 | $152,617,704 | $134,903,932 | $59,077,380 | $100,760,399 | $184,373,010 |
United States | $95,228,657 | $120,883,796 | $54,261,479 | $77,884,335 | $37,748,216 | $78,340,643 | $78,939,999 |
Uruguay | $101,025 | $126,203 | $219,216 | $293,508 | $301,934 | | |
Vanuatu | | $331 | | | | | |
Venezuela | $333,036 | $674,051 | $3,176,819 | $7,103,743 | $2,205,247 | $3,697,169 | $46,062,372 |
Vietnam | $1,269,499 | $3,025,243 | $3,061,761 | $3,083,724 | $2,637,355 | $4,377,910 | |
Yemen | | $39,578 | | $1,747 | $11,242 | $8,578 | $5,106 |
Zambia | $1,188 | $1,678 | $6,223 | $5,067 | $4,186 | $12,113 | |
Zimbabwe | $35,238 | $17,726 | $25,645 | $13,523 | $33,196 | $119,749 | |
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