| Rank | Country | Imports of Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Korea, South | $82,658,255 |  | | 2 | China | $79,416,996 | | | 3 | Japan | $65,244,189 | | | 4 | Germany | $52,602,263 | | | 5 | United States | $38,978,866 | | | 6 | Singapore | $32,171,533 | | | 7 | France | $22,094,368 | | | 8 | India | $21,881,476 | | | 9 | Italy | $16,448,135 | | | 10 | Canada | $13,303,936 | | | 11 | United Kingdom | $12,353,490 | | | 12 | Netherlands | $12,053,891 | | | 13 | Sweden | $10,653,475 | | | 14 | Brazil | $8,429,529 | | | 15 | Ireland | $7,481,406 | | | 16 | Belgium | $7,366,228 | | | 17 | Switzerland | $7,009,036 | | | 18 | Hungary | $4,993,000 | | | 19 | Austria | $4,950,615 | | | 20 | Hong Kong | $4,508,607 | | | 21 | Spain | $3,818,425 | | | 22 | Israel | $3,357,000 | | | 23 | Malaysia | $2,657,800 | | | 24 | Norway | $2,400,152 | | | 25 | Saudi Arabia | $2,152,803 | | | 26 | Finland | $1,643,425 | | | 27 | Russia | $1,592,240 | | | 28 | Australia | $1,380,108 | | | 29 | South Africa | $1,365,793 | | | 30 | Mexico | $1,204,920 | | | 31 | Poland | $1,070,306 | | | 32 | Czech Republic | $915,074 | | | 33 | Slovenia | $903,775 | | | 34 | Argentina | $894,283 | | | 35 | Peru | $872,158 | | | 36 | Turkey | $850,667 | | | 37 | Chile | $818,928 | | | 38 | New Zealand | $777,984 | | | 39 | Thailand | $696,606 | | | 40 | Philippines | $579,105 | | | 41 | Greece | $531,780 | | | 42 | Ukraine | $455,961 | | | 43 | Portugal | $396,496 | | | 44 | Denmark | $301,177 | | | 45 | Egypt | $214,890 | | | 46 | Colombia | $209,243 | | | 47 | Indonesia | $203,667 | | | 48 | Slovakia | $170,727 | | | 49 | Romania | $137,243 | | | 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $124,084 | | | 51 | Tunisia | $88,964 | | | 52 | Bolivia | $70,154 | | | 53 | Vietnam | $66,630 | | | 54 | Pakistan | $66,518 | | | 55 | Venezuela | $64,284 | | | 56 | Bulgaria | $63,961 | | | 57 | Nigeria | $61,592 | | | 58 | Dominican Republic | $45,950 | | | 59 | Belarus | $42,300 | | | 60 | Mali | $38,511 | | | 61 | Uganda | $36,218 | | | 62 | Bermuda | $34,274 | | | 63 | Iran | $25,672 | | | 64 | Zimbabwe | $25,549 | | | 65 | Latvia | $25,293 | | | 66 | Qatar | $23,227 | | | 67 | Oman | $21,425 | | | 68 | Kenya | $20,929 | | | 69 | Bahrain | $20,788 | | | 70 | Ethiopia | $19,986 | | | 71 | Morocco | $15,353 | | | 72 | Malta | $12,544 | | | 73 | Luxembourg | $12,439 | | | 74 | Lebanon | $11,470 | | | 75 | Costa Rica | $11,177 | | | 76 | Tanzania | $10,883 | | | 77 | Guatemala | $10,266 | | | 78 | Ecuador | $8,034 | | | 79 | Bahamas, The | $7,331 | | | 80 | Croatia | $6,902 | | | 81 | Lithuania | $5,698 | | | 82 | Jordan | $5,113 | | | 83 | Zambia | $4,959 | | | 84 | Mozambique | $4,829 | | | 85 | Nepal | $4,377 | | | 86 | Montenegro | $4,205 | | | 87 | Panama | $3,475 | | | 88 | Serbia | $2,831 | | | 89 | Armenia | $2,677 | | | 90 | Suriname | $2,575 | | | 91 | Ghana | $2,572 | | | 92 | Botswana | $2,515 | | | 93 | Cameroon | $2,489 | | | 94 | Belize | $2,100 | | | 95 | Iceland | $2,085 | | | 96 | Algeria | $1,857 | | | 97 | Mauritius | $1,400 | | | 98 | Estonia | $1,258 | | | 99 | Cyprus | $1,114 | | | 100 | Syria | $972 | | | 101 | Paraguay | $965 | | | 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | $894 | | | 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | $877 | | | 104 | French Polynesia | $796 | | | 105 | Jamaica | $788 | | | 106 | Moldova | $630 | | | 107 | Sri Lanka | $439 | | | 108 | Barbados | $359 | | | 109 | Dominica | $339 | | | 110 | El Salvador | $326 | | | 111 | Malawi | $310 | | | 112 | Senegal | $308 | | | 113 | Bhutan | $286 | | | 114 | New Caledonia | $281 | | | 115 | Georgia | $112 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | $55,167 | | | | | |
| Algeria | $3,653 | $1,136 | $17,815 | $5,623 | $27,415 | $1,857 | $11,677 |
| Anguilla | | | $186 | | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | $17 | | | | |
| Argentina | $347,778 | $504,083 | $457,213 | $1,136,985 | $493,655 | $894,283 | $622,821 |
| Armenia | | $1,725 | $2,337 | $7,141 | $315 | $2,677 | $15 |
| Aruba | | | | | $1,673,209 | | |
| Australia | $1,251,863 | $1,432,366 | $2,104,408 | $2,889,739 | $1,056,898 | $1,380,108 | $1,167,998 |
| Austria | $4,012,287 | $6,575,776 | $9,146,405 | $8,783,126 | $4,345,788 | $4,950,615 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $9,768 | $4,975 | | | $1,997 |
| Bahamas, The | $96 | $34 | $1,903 | $19,353 | $34,489 | $7,331 | $5,241 |
| Bahrain | $49,944 | $9,601 | $1,920 | $9,213 | | $20,788 | $17,123 |
| Bangladesh | $8,145 | $31,842 | $22,039 | | | | |
| Barbados | $262 | $171 | $247 | $10,442 | $15,815 | $359 | $1,279 |
| Belarus | $76,200 | $97,900 | $55,400 | $58,500 | $40,000 | $42,300 | $61,700 |
| Belgium | $7,090,551 | $6,733,856 | $6,998,069 | $7,776,153 | $5,442,304 | $7,366,228 | $8,162,172 |
| Belize | | $54 | | $564 | $2,228 | $2,100 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $34,274 | |
| Bhutan | $116 | | $927 | $1,074 | $1,495 | $286 | |
| Bolivia | $31,433 | $83,173 | $2,228 | $2,273 | $16,210 | $70,154 | $19,561 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,588 | $14,778 | $95,882 | $76,457 | $84,340 | $124,084 | $129,412 |
| Botswana | $12,474 | $3,451 | $28,928 | $65,819 | $1,389 | $2,515 | $78,330 |
| Brazil | $4,438,634 | $4,107,797 | $5,161,072 | $6,432,817 | $5,153,817 | $8,429,529 | $12,209,668 |
| Brunei | | $14,368 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $103,257 | $98,570 | $51,272 | $40,942 | $88,805 | $63,961 | $150,034 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $122,512 | $2,166 | | | |
| Burundi | | $287 | | | $536 | | |
| Cambodia | | $745 | | $46 | | | |
| Cameroon | $237 | $1,616 | $87 | | $475 | $2,489 | |
| Canada | $16,662,980 | $13,571,733 | $12,028,799 | $16,452,729 | $8,846,900 | $13,303,936 | $11,022,883 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | $117 | | |
| Chile | $396,485 | $524,320 | $899,551 | $437,589 | $284,371 | $818,928 | $930,467 |
| China | $20,870,034 | $25,843,613 | $36,116,691 | $55,578,875 | $44,251,784 | $79,416,996 | $102,197,861 |
| Colombia | $89,859 | $86,466 | $141,970 | $115,889 | $147,381 | $209,243 | $243,664 |
| Costa Rica | $5,624 | $4,204 | $13,943 | $1,002 | $2,732 | $11,177 | $6,671 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | $41 | $3,959 | $1,452 | $7,062 | $894 | |
| Croatia | $10,509 | $16,118 | $12,971 | $19,032 | $15,069 | $6,902 | $5,059 |
| Cuba | $1,240 | $14,361 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $10,089 | $7,810 | $9,451 | $323 | $1,773 | $1,114 | $2,939 |
| Czech Republic | $551,528 | $611,638 | $787,616 | $863,172 | $731,383 | $915,074 | $1,353,053 |
| Denmark | $196,392 | $152,070 | $219,932 | $369,061 | $225,991 | $301,177 | $423,373 |
| Dominica | $841 | $172 | | $73 | $320 | $339 | |
| Dominican Republic | $73 | | $68,621 | $77,254 | $47,124 | $45,950 | $3,322 |
| East Timor | $209 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $2,772 | $16,373 | $36,262 | $118,304 | $333,946 | $8,034 | $284,382 |
| Egypt | $120,960 | | $42,087 | $7,493 | $16,365 | $214,890 | $7,304 |
| El Salvador | $2,673 | $4,153 | $4,061 | $182 | $61 | $326 | |
| Estonia | $2,436 | $42,917 | $11,182 | $2,127 | $920 | $1,258 | $2,551 |
| Ethiopia | $665 | $54 | $62 | $2,506 | $1,729 | $19,986 | $39,968 |
| Faroe Islands | | | $520 | $668 | $4,533 | | |
| Fiji | $423 | $1,186 | | | | | |
| Finland | $4,258,126 | $6,997,826 | $5,392,897 | $4,286,113 | $1,030,169 | $1,643,425 | $1,589,180 |
| France | $12,797,347 | $15,613,992 | $21,001,008 | $24,451,095 | $17,765,847 | $22,094,368 | $25,122,189 |
| French Polynesia | | | $464 | | | $796 | $332 |
| Gabon | | | $535 | $6,862 | | | |
| Gambia, The | $70 | | $889 | | | | |
| Georgia | | $103 | $96 | $389 | $1,180 | $112 | |
| Germany | $33,216,000 | $41,337,000 | $42,633,000 | $38,281,000 | $35,855,000 | $52,602,263 | $54,584,198 |
| Ghana | $1,598 | $2,588 | $4,049 | $412 | $2,052 | $2,572 | $1,559 |
| Greece | $91,318 | $100,512 | $137,937 | $177,132 | $102,738 | $531,780 | $254,561 |
| Grenada | | | | | $1,736 | | |
| Guatemala | $1,344 | $1,644 | $120,722 | $2,115 | $5,358 | $10,266 | $174,990 |
| Guyana | $1,749 | $168 | $11,233 | $6,235 | $3,628 | | |
| Honduras | | | $623 | | $980 | | |
| Hong Kong | $1,037,077 | $906,977 | $435,687 | $1,298,029 | $1,563,565 | $4,508,607 | $5,833,102 |
| Hungary | $2,599,000 | $4,260,000 | $3,955,000 | $857,000 | $1,685,000 | $4,993,000 | $5,500,000 |
| Iceland | $1,583 | $342 | $580 | $14,944 | $1,601 | $2,085 | $2,327 |
| India | $18,659,936 | $15,394,376 | $23,857,695 | $36,222,559 | $23,319,615 | $21,881,476 | $30,108,447 |
| Indonesia | $18,939 | $87,596 | $275,180 | $113,749 | $185,794 | $203,667 | $339,595 |
| Iran | $89,488 | $161,882 | | | | $25,672 | |
| Ireland | $5,106,237 | $5,302,024 | $12,982,571 | $10,645,073 | $4,562,270 | $7,481,406 | $22,082,574 |
| Israel | $2,631,000 | $3,418,000 | $3,796,000 | $4,057,000 | $2,416,000 | $3,357,000 | $2,720,000 |
| Italy | $12,717,710 | $11,951,286 | $14,751,712 | $16,232,635 | $12,655,506 | $16,448,135 | $18,530,626 |
| Jamaica | $489 | $4,703 | $156,376 | $9,856 | $6,179 | $788 | |
| Japan | $58,479,238 | $51,642,152 | $55,009,260 | $68,472,209 | $42,048,766 | $65,244,189 | $77,556,967 |
| Jordan | | | $9,739 | | $2,948 | $5,113 | $159 |
| Kazakhstan | $790 | $23,751 | $58,991 | $1,997 | $62,497 | | |
| Kenya | $4,106 | $6,388 | $1,704 | $3,844 | $5,729 | $20,929 | |
| Korea, South | $45,156,213 | $50,549,538 | $62,481,266 | $73,665,342 | $62,243,347 | $82,658,255 | $83,940,125 |
| Kuwait | | $18,990 | $135,976 | $149,904 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $33 | | | | | | |
| Latvia | $17,002 | $22,751 | $32,998 | $40,461 | $25,976 | $25,293 | $31,931 |
| Lebanon | $10,000 | $8,796 | $2,432 | $2,954 | $12,183 | $11,470 | $4,052 |
| Lithuania | $20,273 | $21,615 | $32,832 | $54,431 | $19,739 | $5,698 | $17,587 |
| Luxembourg | $547,283 | $797,198 | $455,841 | $338,294 | $401,481 | $12,439 | $424,105 |
| Macedonia | $780,109 | $660,553 | $976,614 | $993,004 | $1,246,419 | | $732 |
| Madagascar | $92 | | $52 | | | | |
| Malawi | $57 | | | | $852 | $310 | |
| Malaysia | $971,831 | $1,064,322 | $1,151,198 | $2,092,743 | $1,326,766 | $2,657,800 | $3,627,940 |
| Mali | $8,985 | | | $122 | | $38,511 | |
| Malta | $20,165 | $9,834 | $15,152 | $8,427 | $1,697 | $12,544 | |
| Mauritania | | | $219 | | | | $10,598 |
| Mauritius | | $45 | $2,416 | $1,541 | $1,709 | $1,400 | $983 |
| Mayotte | | | $62 | | $57 | | |
| Mexico | $1,298,669 | $1,439,556 | $1,365,432 | $1,866,915 | $1,339,568 | $1,204,920 | $1,573,154 |
| Moldova | $25 | $298 | $618 | $570 | $699 | $630 | $322 |
| Mongolia | $514 | | $938 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $4,758 | $1,070 | $3,637 | $2,378 | $4,205 | $1,201 |
| Morocco | $9,636 | $2,430 | $13,786 | $16,122 | $20,311 | $15,353 | |
| Mozambique | $7,792 | $4,934 | $20,949 | $177 | $1,995 | $4,829 | $1,000 |
| Namibia | $3,651 | $3,733 | $12,475 | $34,214 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $592 | $4,377 | |
| Netherlands | $8,555,496 | $12,300,417 | $13,454,841 | $13,265,801 | $10,255,108 | $12,053,891 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $137,820 | | $559 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $482 | $49 | | $61 | | $281 | $1,075 |
| New Zealand | $453,417 | $126,582 | $152,213 | $509,097 | $148,578 | $777,984 | $325,228 |
| Niger | | $235 | | $29 | | | |
| Nigeria | | | $49,840 | | | $61,592 | |
| Norway | $754,058 | $940,278 | $979,926 | $1,564,359 | $1,931,382 | $2,400,152 | $2,175,094 |
| Oman | | $1,691 | $78,484 | $4,393 | $993 | $21,425 | |
| Pakistan | $195,548 | $140,992 | $57,619 | $759,648 | $63,831 | $66,518 | $63,374 |
| Panama | | $537 | $592 | $161 | $589 | $3,475 | $452 |
| Paraguay | | $254 | $562 | $1,138 | | $965 | $175 |
| Peru | $504,107 | $201,725 | $262,775 | $808,670 | $250,300 | $872,158 | $514,022 |
| Philippines | $2,647 | $180,102 | $13,214 | $43,646 | $50,851 | $579,105 | $2,958,144 |
| Poland | $251,098 | $382,935 | $479,001 | $626,842 | $480,404 | $1,070,306 | $1,724,365 |
| Portugal | $97,137 | $263,356 | $171,018 | $148,276 | $209,613 | $396,496 | $144,527 |
| Qatar | $110,896 | $26,168 | $3,245,042 | $1,008,607 | | $23,227 | |
| Romania | $92,219 | $37,310 | $188,198 | $80,330 | $96,254 | $137,243 | $930,338 |
| Russia | $565,370 | $493,186 | $998,696 | $910,391 | $802,795 | $1,592,240 | $2,639,348 |
| Rwanda | | | | $198 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $94 | | | | | | |
| Samoa | $278 | $48 | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $670,034 | $966,217 | $1,340,162 | | | $2,152,803 | |
| Senegal | | $1,509 | $586 | | $632 | $308 | $5,098 |
| Serbia | $26,551 | $18,929 | $12,095 | $13,246 | $32,741 | $2,831 | $23,808 |
| Seychelles | $534 | | $555 | | | | |
| Singapore | $10,067,674 | $13,439,911 | $14,355,363 | $12,121,644 | $7,444,979 | $32,171,533 | $19,502,562 |
| Slovakia | $241,446 | $320,222 | $350,491 | $621,115 | $284,499 | $170,727 | $341,853 |
| Slovenia | $2,537,454 | $2,223,319 | $1,064,344 | $1,368,639 | $752,416 | $903,775 | $1,289,602 |
| South Africa | $1,305,680 | $1,180,863 | $1,065,583 | $1,348,853 | $695,713 | $1,365,793 | $673,519 |
| Spain | $4,113,625 | $3,871,283 | $5,428,771 | $6,379,827 | $4,594,855 | $3,818,425 | |
| Sri Lanka | $30,808 | $49,671 | $23,852 | $13,367 | $851 | $439 | $1,637 |
| Sudan | $265,996 | $62,004 | | $146,473 | $31,689 | | |
| Suriname | | $2,568 | $19,122 | $41,140 | $36,355 | $2,575 | |
| Swaziland | $3,938 | $1,352 | $10,276 | | | | |
| Sweden | $8,337,741 | $10,169,700 | $9,532,440 | $9,893,644 | $5,192,475 | $10,653,475 | $11,240,607 |
| Switzerland | $5,851,638 | $5,507,283 | $5,184,491 | $5,625,101 | $5,535,734 | $7,009,036 | $5,874,897 |
| Syria | | | | | | $972 | |
| Tanzania | $34,496 | $5,237 | $5,941 | $4,452 | $585 | $10,883 | $428 |
| Thailand | $409,948 | $487,132 | $596,392 | $852,279 | $927,088 | $696,606 | $806,399 |
| Tonga | | | | $2,156 | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $7,557 | $18,975 | $30,424 | $43,112 | $23,121 | $877 | |
| Tunisia | $13,236 | $24,417 | $57,530 | $34,367 | $22,110 | $88,964 | |
| Turkey | $316,862 | $345,427 | $440,030 | $276,570 | $678,314 | $850,667 | $873,698 |
| Uganda | $391 | $21,496 | $519 | $53,843 | $115,832 | $36,218 | |
| Ukraine | $198,724 | $266,593 | $152,750 | $278,570 | $244,160 | $455,961 | $157,514 |
| United Arab Emirates | $75,925 | | $26,065 | $350,317 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $15,045,583 | $16,272,466 | $15,477,682 | $12,324,878 | $10,106,202 | $12,353,490 | $11,503,495 |
| United States | $38,398,925 | $36,406,027 | $50,764,320 | $55,053,002 | $33,339,409 | $38,978,866 | $35,118,294 |
| Uruguay | $4,919 | $267 | $10,741 | $9,985 | $1,227 | | |
| Venezuela | $20,859 | $8,716 | $36,338 | $49,627 | $33,610 | $64,284 | $58,063 |
| Vietnam | $15,646 | $49,925 | $120,463 | $43,911 | $80,093 | $66,630 | |
| Yemen | $41 | $5,248 | $69,166 | $83,405 | $967 | | |
| Zambia | | | $51,073 | $9,416 | $957 | $4,959 | |
| Zimbabwe | $533 | $4,592 | $4,687 | $311 | $8,796 | $25,549 | |
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