| Rank | Country | Imports of Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Japan | $587,861,262 |  | | 2 | United States | $185,181,743 | | | 3 | Germany | $83,933,891 | | | 4 | France | $61,507,411 | | | 5 | Korea, South | $57,863,711 | | | 6 | Austria | $57,106,148 | | | 7 | China | $36,666,449 | | | 8 | Vietnam | $24,056,550 | | | 9 | Canada | $19,065,093 | | | 10 | Thailand | $15,637,768 | | | 11 | Italy | $15,247,577 | | | 12 | United Kingdom | $13,100,105 | | | 13 | Malaysia | $12,736,325 | | | 14 | Spain | $11,002,488 | | | 15 | Singapore | $10,463,121 | | | 16 | Hong Kong | $9,332,394 | | | 17 | India | $8,977,780 | | | 18 | Netherlands | $8,183,972 | | | 19 | Belgium | $7,046,541 | | | 20 | Brazil | $7,032,221 | | | 21 | Poland | $5,281,288 | | | 22 | Mexico | $4,695,754 | | | 23 | Estonia | $4,565,034 | | | 24 | Turkey | $3,856,223 | | | 25 | Russia | $3,583,937 | | | 26 | Czech Republic | $3,560,830 | | | 27 | South Africa | $3,001,116 | | | 28 | Switzerland | $3,000,092 | | | 29 | Hungary | $2,693,000 | | | 30 | Sweden | $1,620,171 | | | 31 | Finland | $1,226,852 | | | 32 | Israel | $1,141,000 | | | 33 | Indonesia | $1,106,717 | | | 34 | Argentina | $969,864 | | | 35 | Ireland | $756,274 | | | 36 | Portugal | $727,895 | | | 37 | Australia | $647,773 | | | 38 | Denmark | $635,704 | | | 39 | Saudi Arabia | $529,334 | | | 40 | Belarus | $380,000 | | | 41 | Jamaica | $332,311 | | | 42 | Ukraine | $305,573 | | | 43 | Slovakia | $257,829 | | | 44 | Norway | $238,859 | | | 45 | Iran | $217,065 | | | 46 | Egypt | $182,454 | | | 47 | Latvia | $177,051 | | | 48 | Lithuania | $135,261 | | | 49 | Romania | $112,102 | | | 50 | Peru | $108,266 | | | 51 | Qatar | $107,707 | | | 52 | Colombia | $96,715 | | | 53 | Moldova | $91,381 | | | 54 | Slovenia | $83,958 | | | 55 | Morocco | $77,244 | | | 56 | Chile | $68,009 | | | 57 | Venezuela | $50,378 | | | 58 | Yemen | $45,917 | | | 59 | Zimbabwe | $43,684 | | | 60 | El Salvador | $41,795 | | | 61 | Costa Rica | $37,082 | | | 62 | Philippines | $36,208 | | | 63 | Serbia | $32,456 | | | 64 | Algeria | $28,813 | | | 65 | Ethiopia | $24,693 | | | 66 | Sri Lanka | $24,169 | | | 67 | Lebanon | $24,118 | | | 68 | Pakistan | $24,011 | | | 69 | Bahrain | $20,461 | | | 70 | New Zealand | $19,634 | | | 71 | Tanzania | $16,724 | | | 72 | Mali | $13,942 | | | 73 | Tunisia | $13,742 | | | 74 | Croatia | $13,321 | | | 75 | Greece | $12,799 | | | 76 | Gambia, The | $12,588 | | | 77 | Luxembourg | $10,080 | | | 78 | Cyprus | $9,661 | | | 79 | Guatemala | $9,638 | | | 80 | Jordan | $9,360 | | | 81 | Bolivia | $8,772 | | | 82 | Dominican Republic | $8,534 | | | 83 | Uganda | $8,383 | | | 84 | Iceland | $7,900 | | | 85 | Niger | $7,636 | | | 86 | Ecuador | $7,307 | | | 87 | Kenya | $6,959 | | | 88 | Botswana | $5,583 | | | 89 | Panama | $4,957 | | | 90 | Zambia | $4,733 | | | 91 | Guyana | $4,386 | | | 92 | Mauritius | $3,796 | | | 93 | Fiji | $3,772 | | | 94 | Senegal | $3,229 | | | 95 | Bahamas, The | $2,718 | | | 96 | Mozambique | $2,386 | | | 97 | Oman | $2,343 | | | 98 | Togo | $2,224 | | | 99 | Malta | $2,106 | | | 100 | Madagascar | $1,707 | | | 101 | Armenia | $1,660 | | | 102 | Nicaragua | $1,600 | | | 103 | Burundi | $1,292 | | | 104 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1,261 | | | 105 | Nepal | $1,020 | | | 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | $976 | | | 107 | New Caledonia | $972 | | | 108 | Georgia | $850 | | | 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $727 | | | 110 | Montenegro | $414 | | | 111 | Malawi | $372 | | | 112 | Barbados | $179 | | | 113 | Samoa | $75 | | | 114 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $73 | | | 115 | Belize | $67 | | | 116 | Paraguay | $62 | | | 117 | Bhutan | $59 | | | 118 | French Polynesia | $52 | | | 119 | Dominica | $26 | | | 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | $17 | | | 121 | Ghana | $14 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | $1,938 | $1,813 | | $2,841 |
| Algeria | $15,297 | $29,156 | $12,845 | $21,030 | $26,218 | $28,813 | $32,725 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | $61 | | $1,771 |
| Argentina | $1,185,233 | $1,178,012 | $1,247,702 | $818,860 | $1,095,606 | $969,864 | $1,716,706 |
| Armenia | $14,124 | $136 | $498 | $24,339 | $6,936 | $1,660 | $1,951 |
| Australia | $254,260 | $314,084 | $236,649 | $231,926 | $263,274 | $647,773 | $1,024,575 |
| Austria | $14,316,728 | $16,838,433 | $31,677,338 | $42,557,226 | $21,623,909 | $57,106,148 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $701 | | $244 | | $1,425 |
| Bahamas, The | $154,077 | $111 | $12,028 | | $1,231 | $2,718 | $3,762 |
| Bahrain | | | $82 | $15,351 | $926 | $20,461 | $203,435 |
| Bangladesh | $2,133 | $34,081 | $3,547 | | | | |
| Barbados | $380 | $1,848 | $1,383 | $368 | $736 | $179 | $557 |
| Belarus | $249,300 | $304,500 | $222,000 | $342,600 | $168,800 | $380,000 | $1,148,400 |
| Belgium | $2,586,883 | $3,013,555 | $8,083,645 | $4,532,711 | $4,193,283 | $7,046,541 | $18,169,076 |
| Belize | | | | | | $67 | |
| Bhutan | $52,847 | $14 | $1,479 | $7,513 | $469 | $59 | |
| Bolivia | $153 | $99 | $1,575 | $446 | $1,023 | $8,772 | $13,034 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $801 | $1,198 | $9,441 | $993 | $1,943 | $727 | $1,402 |
| Botswana | $26,592 | $2,438 | $1,959 | $3,875 | $3,792 | $5,583 | $702 |
| Brazil | $3,744,838 | $3,913,322 | $6,638,753 | $11,851,983 | $7,178,846 | $7,032,221 | $39,418,987 |
| Brunei | | $8,983 | | | | | |
| Burkina Faso | | | | $135 | | | |
| Burundi | $3,462 | | | | $56 | $1,292 | |
| Cambodia | $386 | | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $105 | | | | | | |
| Canada | $3,532,207 | $2,040,261 | $2,145,789 | $2,946,900 | $2,114,393 | $19,065,093 | $59,207,705 |
| Cape Verde | | | $835 | | | | |
| Chile | $50,290 | $40,196 | $52,906 | $52,438 | $119,430 | $68,009 | $178,244 |
| China | $32,463,864 | $47,587,132 | $63,157,299 | $23,513,721 | $35,455,741 | $36,666,449 | $65,982,260 |
| Colombia | $86,393 | $81,425 | $110,313 | $70,856 | $95,960 | $96,715 | $336,247 |
| Costa Rica | $14,754 | $14,544 | $31,014 | $12,490 | $15,376 | $37,082 | $30,645 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $591 | $300 | $523 | $419 | $299 | $1,261 | $186 |
| Croatia | $23,975 | $16,638 | $24,358 | $15,055 | $49,349 | $13,321 | $19,702 |
| Cuba | $84,181 | $1,592 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $5,492 | $6,419 | $2,610 | $3,622 | $3,021 | $9,661 | $5,517 |
| Czech Republic | $2,626,332 | $3,444,925 | $3,851,876 | $2,926,887 | $2,654,767 | $3,560,830 | $8,055,117 |
| Denmark | $101,515 | $200,919 | $214,982 | $426,491 | $1,188,281 | $635,704 | $995,186 |
| Dominica | | | | | | $26 | |
| Dominican Republic | | | $8,815 | $107 | $29,354 | $8,534 | $11,281 |
| East Timor | $18 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $4,622 | $2,453 | $9,603 | $5,931 | $12,691 | $7,307 | $21,881 |
| Egypt | $451,914 | $72,982 | $12,275 | $10,898 | $224,616 | $182,454 | $675,560 |
| El Salvador | $19,655 | $302 | $4,129 | $12,121 | $9,169 | $41,795 | |
| Estonia | $2,978,601 | $3,571,318 | $3,649,751 | $7,005,426 | $4,221,835 | $4,565,034 | $74,030,674 |
| Ethiopia | $464 | $18,695 | $600 | $2,132 | $2,292 | $24,693 | $836,301 |
| Faroe Islands | | | $92 | | | | |
| Fiji | | $234,712 | $4,412 | $1,853 | $122 | $3,772 | |
| Finland | $482,856 | $661,639 | $508,480 | $669,602 | $800,520 | $1,226,852 | $3,439,570 |
| France | $24,926,520 | $88,686,873 | $65,901,798 | $61,155,733 | $40,565,814 | $61,507,411 | $297,449,222 |
| French Polynesia | | $645 | $286 | $231 | $62 | $52 | $357 |
| Gambia, The | $14,828 | | | $1,269 | | $12,588 | |
| Georgia | | | $2,019 | $60,218 | $226 | $850 | |
| Germany | $29,102,000 | $33,052,000 | $42,267,000 | $63,261,000 | $51,764,000 | $83,933,891 | $302,183,899 |
| Ghana | $140 | $942 | $1,638 | $12,436 | $372 | $14 | $10,219 |
| Greece | $51,327 | $42,464 | $15,329 | $20,520 | $4,720 | $12,799 | $351,446 |
| Guatemala | $4,033 | $7,996 | $2,282 | $13,032 | $142,603 | $9,638 | $12,888 |
| Guinea | $11,141 | $60,203 | $1,467 | | | | |
| Guyana | $507 | $30 | | $4,995 | $1,496 | $4,386 | $38 |
| Honduras | | $2,620 | | | $4,511 | | |
| Hong Kong | $4,868,921 | $3,026,913 | $7,262,487 | $11,952,098 | $2,733,288 | $9,332,394 | $70,541,124 |
| Hungary | $3,096,000 | $2,630,000 | $3,412,000 | $3,167,000 | $1,884,000 | $2,693,000 | $7,504,000 |
| Iceland | $1,198 | $1,344 | $949 | $3,010 | $1,127 | $7,900 | $372,239 |
| India | $4,753,662 | $5,551,722 | $4,586,111 | $3,902,624 | $5,050,819 | $8,977,780 | $21,229,270 |
| Indonesia | $463,560 | $314,943 | $129,943 | $272,359 | $173,425 | $1,106,717 | $1,137,062 |
| Iran | $203,288 | $134,531 | | | | $217,065 | |
| Ireland | $606,724 | $128,064 | $444,939 | $838,651 | $6,049,736 | $756,274 | $1,866,137 |
| Israel | $168,000 | $441,000 | $493,000 | $859,000 | $1,045,000 | $1,141,000 | $1,823,000 |
| Italy | $9,925,149 | $9,331,672 | $14,727,149 | $14,972,270 | $10,003,347 | $15,247,577 | $39,512,780 |
| Jamaica | $327,415 | $921,938 | $981,575 | $838,875 | $831,790 | $332,311 | |
| Japan | $135,247,008 | $220,135,320 | $351,873,732 | $395,901,951 | $152,124,259 | $587,861,262 | $1,818,583,874 |
| Jordan | $5,622 | $5,650 | $32,082 | $4,240 | $4,966 | $9,360 | $18,746 |
| Kazakhstan | $211,664 | $456,654 | $1,625,762 | $2,376,424 | $787,156 | | |
| Kenya | $3,833 | $6,098 | $9,942 | $1,419 | $7,175 | $6,959 | |
| Korea, South | $28,552,365 | $23,730,292 | $23,247,606 | $25,170,005 | $24,900,372 | $57,863,711 | $193,951,565 |
| Kuwait | | $88,451 | $19,208 | $143,991 | | | |
| Latvia | $27,630 | $10,421 | $1,387 | $6,795 | $4,653 | $177,051 | $43,166 |
| Lebanon | $35,000 | $34,558 | $2,041 | $11,721 | $16,515 | $24,118 | $8,165 |
| Lesotho | | | | $2,499 | | | |
| Lithuania | $101,427 | $138,561 | $26,073 | $99,520 | $73,984 | $135,261 | $446,742 |
| Luxembourg | $30,438 | $52,978 | $9,774 | $13,355 | $22,128 | $10,080 | $34,564 |
| Macau | | | | $41,670 | | | |
| Macedonia | $2,120 | $1,348 | $231 | $4,332 | $3,912 | | $145,852 |
| Madagascar | $3,935 | $8,167 | $1,520 | $3,291 | $3,823 | $1,707 | |
| Malawi | $2,689 | $3,020 | $428 | $578 | $80 | $372 | |
| Malaysia | $2,857,202 | $3,624,717 | $3,178,786 | $9,577,626 | $11,291,409 | $12,736,325 | $38,578,346 |
| Maldives | $292 | | | $321 | $16 | | |
| Mali | | | $468 | $209 | | $13,942 | |
| Malta | $6,352 | $3,062 | $612 | $1,111 | $8,662 | $2,106 | |
| Mauritius | $7,465 | $4,608 | $2,676 | $972 | $7,360 | $3,796 | $20,758 |
| Mayotte | | | | | $192 | | |
| Mexico | $4,646,836 | $4,110,321 | $4,399,953 | $3,829,106 | $2,568,940 | $4,695,754 | $9,087,973 |
| Moldova | $202 | $25 | $92,077 | $146,143 | $140,974 | $91,381 | $45,510 |
| Montenegro | | | | | | $414 | |
| Morocco | $230,207 | $240,584 | $249,235 | $240,901 | $138,444 | $77,244 | |
| Mozambique | | $47,470 | | $60 | | $2,386 | |
| Namibia | $3,723 | $511 | $456 | $4,568 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $775 | $1,020 | |
| Netherlands | $20,268,643 | $20,849,528 | $37,806,139 | $27,090,053 | $9,476,769 | $8,183,972 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $2,069 | $96,586 | | | | | |
| New Caledonia | | $286 | $433 | $878 | | $972 | $8,827 |
| New Zealand | $17,004 | $25,473 | $23,878 | $18,635 | $16,766 | $19,634 | $68,901 |
| Nicaragua | $10,110 | | | $281 | | $1,600 | $1,519 |
| Niger | $9 | $3,138 | | $224 | | $7,636 | $3,930 |
| Nigeria | | $713 | $5,314 | | | | |
| Norway | $18,361 | $186,052 | $122,166 | $846,577 | $1,242,694 | $238,859 | $3,974,295 |
| Oman | $1,332 | $8,239 | $162,518 | $1,527 | $7,407 | $2,343 | |
| Pakistan | $6,958 | $16,941 | $11,666 | $23,963 | $70,462 | $24,011 | $21,265 |
| Panama | $2,123 | $1,258 | $2,669 | $4,194 | $9,281 | $4,957 | $5,066 |
| Paraguay | $22,523 | $5,863 | $122 | $89 | $3 | $62 | $182 |
| Peru | $39,282 | $23,749 | $52,782 | $44,983 | $85,715 | $108,266 | $499,354 |
| Philippines | $3,087,767 | $1,673,947 | $555,329 | $1,208,599 | $278,447 | $36,208 | $6,661,209 |
| Poland | $1,024,361 | $1,940,825 | $3,236,633 | $5,537,272 | $854,978 | $5,281,288 | $5,004,668 |
| Portugal | $317,098 | $620,233 | $252,510 | $357,179 | $192,382 | $727,895 | $1,783,402 |
| Qatar | $4,119 | $60,491 | $14,716 | $34,419 | | $107,707 | |
| Romania | $173,602 | $135,735 | $196,080 | $203,406 | $107,514 | $112,102 | $103,428 |
| Russia | $2,279,111 | $2,461,990 | $6,669,606 | $11,087,434 | $6,678,454 | $3,583,937 | $13,259,851 |
| Rwanda | | $612 | $751 | $19,285 | $12,734 | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | | $73 | |
| Samoa | | | | | | $75 | $3,838 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | | | $17 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $322,907 | $699,147 | $1,445,611 | | | $529,334 | |
| Senegal | $4,990 | $14,105 | $7,407 | $5,914 | $7,518 | $3,229 | $23,404 |
| Serbia | $28,519 | $28,770 | $44,500 | $43,845 | $20,311 | $32,456 | $51,751 |
| Seychelles | $140 | | $1,853 | | | | |
| Singapore | $1,986,890 | $1,186,459 | $640,298 | $491,450 | $830,030 | $10,463,121 | $86,456,045 |
| Slovakia | $110,271 | $122,363 | $177,578 | $91,446 | $151,658 | $257,829 | $617,844 |
| Slovenia | $82,393 | $97,750 | $94,397 | $83,708 | $39,900 | $83,958 | $186,508 |
| South Africa | $5,504,507 | $7,411,055 | $4,145,402 | $3,594,035 | $2,325,605 | $3,001,116 | $16,013,068 |
| Spain | $6,219,310 | $7,740,782 | $11,153,862 | $10,819,509 | $4,442,601 | $11,002,488 | |
| Sri Lanka | $8,360 | $31,328 | $38,224 | $43,887 | $43,256 | $24,169 | $45,285 |
| Sudan | $234,558 | $17,241 | $750 | $2,099 | $963 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | | $356 |
| Swaziland | | $196 | $4,668 | | | | |
| Sweden | $555,224 | $1,074,384 | $1,545,211 | $1,999,019 | $1,449,562 | $1,620,171 | $3,611,351 |
| Switzerland | $1,607,790 | $1,864,430 | $2,187,879 | $2,420,908 | $1,914,789 | $3,000,092 | $3,959,453 |
| Tanzania | $1,671 | $1,037 | $912 | $1,269 | $17,452 | $16,724 | $30,281 |
| Thailand | $44,545,992 | $100,274,212 | $261,316,761 | $289,663,044 | $67,505,098 | $15,637,768 | $19,266,937 |
| Togo | | | | | | $2,224 | |
| Tonga | | | | $895 | $97 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $704 | $2,570 | $62 | $312 | $4,257 | $976 | |
| Tunisia | $22,811 | $27,719 | $12,170 | $25,583 | $3,068 | $13,742 | |
| Turkey | $785,049 | $773,482 | $1,455,784 | $1,814,508 | $1,209,267 | $3,856,223 | $6,069,761 |
| Uganda | $111,780 | $27 | $43,152 | $26,596 | $11,684 | $8,383 | |
| Ukraine | $71,413 | $68,207 | $142,026 | $168,610 | $112,308 | $305,573 | $228,949 |
| United Arab Emirates | $197,121 | | $174,568 | $826,355 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $16,543,314 | $10,881,772 | $17,861,331 | $17,098,641 | $8,701,158 | $13,100,105 | $43,940,321 |
| United States | $98,208,512 | $104,645,373 | $132,709,159 | $195,311,712 | $115,029,163 | $185,181,743 | $796,158,156 |
| Uruguay | $304 | $585 | $14,862 | $5,521 | $4,443 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $740 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $49,063 | $25,763 | $39,053 | $144,973 | $580,837 | $50,378 | $35,042 |
| Vietnam | $10,035 | $32,846 | $55,198 | $1,854,838 | $14,591,185 | $24,056,550 | |
| Yemen | $34,187 | $82,544 | $13,264 | $3,330 | $9,669 | $45,917 | |
| Zambia | $5,457 | $534 | $18,793 | $2,103 | | $4,733 | |
| Zimbabwe | $184 | $11,774 | $8,966 | $10,836 | $30,590 | $43,684 | |
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