Rank | Country | Imports of Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum) in USD (2010) |
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1 | United States | $4,388,464,632 | | 2 | United Kingdom | $2,101,480,283 | | 3 | India | $1,637,761,656 | | 4 | Japan | $1,397,632,955 | | 5 | Canada | $1,360,166,310 | | 6 | Germany | $1,326,714,030 | | 7 | Hong Kong | $1,165,140,680 | | 8 | China | $768,303,673 | | 9 | Thailand | $758,249,270 | | 10 | Italy | $617,397,513 | | 11 | France | $454,680,851 | | 12 | Korea, South | $343,769,162 | | 13 | Austria | $306,991,235 | | 14 | Brazil | $203,311,425 | | 15 | Netherlands | $181,314,809 | | 16 | Australia | $147,424,006 | | 17 | Belgium | $123,234,274 | | 18 | Singapore | $80,335,717 | | 19 | Spain | $77,434,023 | | 20 | Malaysia | $62,536,299 | | 21 | Mexico | $58,797,880 | | 22 | Czech Republic | $53,482,369 | | 23 | Nepal | $49,770,733 | | 24 | Sweden | $45,751,283 | | 25 | Israel | $41,120,000 | | 26 | Switzerland | $36,746,897 | | 27 | Norway | $33,348,281 | | 28 | Poland | $30,233,124 | | 29 | Vietnam | $28,593,790 | | 30 | Turkey | $28,372,723 | | 31 | Portugal | $24,200,344 | | 32 | Slovakia | $23,679,518 | | 33 | Finland | $21,630,159 | | 34 | Indonesia | $18,263,004 | | 35 | Dominican Republic | $14,283,950 | | 36 | Ukraine | $13,626,437 | | 37 | Slovenia | $13,559,832 | | 38 | Hungary | $13,023,000 | | 39 | New Zealand | $11,619,427 | | 40 | Denmark | $11,498,963 | | 41 | El Salvador | $11,129,473 | | 42 | Greece | $10,070,313 | | 43 | Luxembourg | $8,210,148 | | 44 | Iran | $6,904,628 | | 45 | Tunisia | $6,181,042 | | 46 | Colombia | $5,582,844 | | 47 | Egypt | $4,820,232 | | 48 | Bolivia | $4,440,138 | | 49 | Pakistan | $3,844,425 | | 50 | Lebanon | $3,730,205 | | 51 | Lithuania | $3,189,994 | | 52 | Mauritius | $2,974,970 | | 53 | Argentina | $2,693,013 | | 54 | Ireland | $2,531,212 | | 55 | Costa Rica | $2,401,655 | | 56 | Algeria | $2,397,762 | | 57 | Saudi Arabia | $2,343,470 | | 58 | South Africa | $2,057,001 | | 59 | Philippines | $2,016,884 | | 60 | Morocco | $1,991,901 | | 61 | Jordan | $1,966,781 | | 62 | Estonia | $1,708,535 | | 63 | Sri Lanka | $1,581,526 | | 64 | Chile | $1,508,191 | | 65 | Croatia | $1,113,649 | | 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $975,498 | | 67 | Guatemala | $862,626 | | 68 | Bulgaria | $783,583 | | 69 | Oman | $767,157 | | 70 | Cyprus | $733,132 | | 71 | Bahrain | $610,976 | | 72 | Venezuela | $493,973 | | 73 | Ecuador | $483,384 | | 74 | Albania | $475,467 | | 75 | Zimbabwe | $424,539 | | 76 | Iceland | $378,269 | | 77 | Panama | $232,859 | | 78 | Serbia | $182,781 | | 79 | Bhutan | $166,176 | | 80 | Armenia | $146,150 | | 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | $129,773 | | 82 | Georgia | $95,779 | | 83 | Latvia | $88,194 | | 84 | Qatar | $71,930 | | 85 | Madagascar | $70,055 | | 86 | New Caledonia | $55,775 | | 87 | Malta | $55,738 | | 88 | Syria | $55,681 | | 89 | French Polynesia | $44,101 | | 90 | Azerbaijan | $41,634 | | 91 | Nicaragua | $37,332 | | 92 | Peru | $32,223 | | 93 | Bahamas, The | $26,356 | | 94 | Senegal | $18,176 | | 95 | Ghana | $16,697 | | 96 | Moldova | $14,804 | | 97 | Tanzania | $13,103 | | 98 | Paraguay | $10,659 | | 99 | Suriname | $10,569 | | 100 | Mozambique | $8,585 | | 101 | Kyrgyzstan | $7,943 | | 102 | Aruba | $5,949 | | 103 | Yemen | $5,885 | | 104 | Guyana | $4,591 | | 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | $4,174 | | 106 | Nigeria | $4,154 | | 107 | Kenya | $2,745 | | 108 | Cape Verde | $2,399 | | 109 | Maldives | $2,231 | | 110 | Ethiopia | $1,553 | | 111 | Barbados | $1,311 | | 112 | Botswana | $1,091 | | 113 | Niger | $723 | | 114 | Jamaica | $280 | | 115 | Zambia | $7 | |
Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Albania | $24,734 | $197,676 | $926,025 | $640,553 | $561,891 | $475,467 | $291,206 |
Algeria | $2,614,980 | $3,353,873 | $2,326,260 | $4,625,532 | $2,696,410 | $2,397,762 | $4,467,750 |
Antigua and Barbuda | $1,512 | $420 | $244 | | | | $76 |
Argentina | $16,743,611 | $22,600,117 | $6,389,861 | $2,824,015 | $1,696,272 | $2,693,013 | $4,310,068 |
Armenia | $368,606 | $526,700 | $290,633 | $224,891 | $253,256 | $146,150 | $176,785 |
Aruba | | | | | $55,484 | $5,949 | $208,380 |
Australia | $11,934,555 | $56,808,482 | $59,732,947 | $142,303,403 | $141,735,959 | $147,424,006 | $1,159,758,362 |
Austria | $23,296,915 | $55,310,381 | $81,158,234 | $249,167,669 | $200,035,748 | $306,991,235 | |
Azerbaijan | | | | $1,816 | | $41,634 | $105 |
Bahamas, The | $1,273 | $1,392 | $153 | $10,391 | $7,262 | $26,356 | $28,344 |
Bahrain | $1,580 | $24,085 | | $3,282 | $229,570 | $610,976 | $1,076,748 |
Bangladesh | $352 | $22 | $26 | | | | |
Barbados | $889 | $1,237 | $510 | $646 | $1,405 | $1,311 | $3,780 |
Belgium | $225,281,059 | $294,334,435 | $364,716,995 | $482,718,181 | $278,344,648 | $123,234,274 | $329,693,732 |
Belize | $115 | $1,272 | $76 | | $188 | | |
Bhutan | $9 | $54 | | $1,025 | $958 | $166,176 | |
Bolivia | $919,281 | $1,285,741 | $1,198,628 | $5,223,604 | $5,050,218 | $4,440,138 | $2,936,290 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $52,653 | $299,609 | $474,895 | $570,538 | $350,498 | $975,498 | $1,107,148 |
Botswana | $356 | $733 | $2,002 | $505 | $13 | $1,091 | $6,151 |
Brazil | $85,469,724 | $100,558,235 | $152,915,352 | $150,446,511 | $142,252,520 | $203,311,425 | $255,813,282 |
Brunei | | $1,766 | | | | | |
Bulgaria | | | $718,526 | $1,709,548 | $395,683 | $783,583 | $1,440,307 |
Burundi | | | $477 | | | | |
Cambodia | $153 | | | | | | |
Cameroon | | $9,281 | $3,725 | $1,911 | $660 | | |
Canada | $86,118,289 | $151,700,528 | $187,320,943 | $348,329,587 | $597,590,623 | $1,360,166,310 | $2,888,468,562 |
Cape Verde | $161 | $774 | $546 | $2,884 | $976 | $2,399 | $2,949 |
Chile | $116,835 | $213,199 | $144,144 | $2,293,869 | $7,909,024 | $1,508,191 | $8,674,373 |
China | $143,341,294 | $327,503,747 | $462,027,388 | $774,794,498 | $593,745,837 | $768,303,673 | $908,577,742 |
Colombia | $3,351,682 | $5,317,899 | $6,625,640 | $6,620,270 | $3,896,625 | $5,582,844 | $4,726,549 |
Cook Islands | $3,010 | | $5,350 | | | | |
Costa Rica | $775,439 | $920,057 | $948,664 | $1,262,041 | $1,346,553 | $2,401,655 | $7,401,678 |
Cote d'Ivoire | $907 | $18,253 | $9,720 | $10,771 | $3,379 | $4,174 | $4,723 |
Croatia | $593,711 | $1,055,369 | $748,578 | $849,177 | $654,299 | $1,113,649 | $2,123,614 |
Cuba | $236,568 | $224,835 | | | | | |
Cyprus | $1,215,864 | $1,224,244 | $1,593,065 | $1,295,432 | $908,205 | $733,132 | $760,689 |
Czech Republic | $11,100,634 | $47,726,475 | $59,991,714 | $72,854,282 | $37,729,190 | $53,482,369 | $69,590,360 |
Denmark | $13,852,815 | $21,731,369 | $18,595,401 | $20,348,841 | $8,012,228 | $11,498,963 | $17,002,028 |
Dominica | | $56 | | | | | |
Dominican Republic | $83,435 | $1,614,003 | $3,388,572 | $5,812,264 | $8,649,173 | $14,283,950 | $28,233,939 |
Ecuador | $143,718 | $167,149 | $426,280 | $514,120 | $249,843 | $483,384 | $512,097 |
Egypt | $700,373 | $350,034 | $769,206 | $4,469,000 | $3,313,051 | $4,820,232 | $3,572,164 |
El Salvador | $1,725,851 | $2,410,301 | $3,067,068 | $4,755,245 | $5,939,956 | $11,129,473 | |
Estonia | $1,939,394 | $2,662,428 | $1,906,228 | $1,815,140 | $1,312,183 | $1,708,535 | $6,195,822 |
Ethiopia | $18,508 | $2,733 | $95 | $565 | $296 | $1,553 | $27,782 |
Faroe Islands | $78,939 | $108,282 | $102,384 | $73,586 | $62,493 | | |
Fiji | $999 | $426 | $1,241 | $6,594 | $1,837 | | |
Finland | $10,963,310 | $13,487,846 | $12,816,738 | $14,899,392 | $18,740,524 | $21,630,159 | $26,187,516 |
France | $152,259,194 | $216,956,145 | $251,980,531 | $225,639,959 | $178,446,829 | $454,680,851 | $573,624,939 |
French Polynesia | $42,856 | $48,709 | $38,972 | $62,586 | $41,968 | $44,101 | $48,596 |
Gabon | $969 | $5,420 | $5,175 | | $9,977 | | |
Gambia, The | | | | $4,395 | $263 | | |
Georgia | $2,356 | $11,392 | $6,811 | $4,793 | $14,772 | $95,779 | |
Germany | $448,383,000 | $771,268,000 | $989,674,000 | $990,702,000 | $795,775,000 | $1,326,714,030 | $2,192,041,191 |
Ghana | $10,698 | $5,343 | $10,055 | $6,457 | $9,136 | $16,697 | $15,865 |
Greece | $8,449,861 | $5,543,610 | $12,316,512 | $15,639,243 | $9,714,759 | $10,070,313 | $10,353,409 |
Greenland | $685 | $2,625 | $3,185 | | | | |
Grenada | $82 | $6,874 | $18,029 | $11,322 | $7,440 | | |
Guatemala | $335,033 | $227,617 | $228,292 | $121,694 | $651,373 | $862,626 | $1,871,356 |
Guinea | | $37 | | $1,417 | | | |
Guyana | | | $10,868 | $6,756 | $4,463 | $4,591 | $5,170 |
Honduras | $42,035 | $150,388 | $417,122 | | $86,858 | | |
Hong Kong | $574,001,029 | $1,629,797,155 | $1,850,091,138 | $1,627,694,233 | $1,272,272,572 | $1,165,140,680 | $1,745,197,459 |
Hungary | $1,441,000 | $3,131,000 | $4,421,000 | $3,216,000 | $7,076,000 | $13,023,000 | $19,339,000 |
Iceland | $193,256 | $268,726 | $497,120 | $316,428 | $359,202 | $378,269 | $323,223 |
India | $771,205,089 | $128,887,115 | $1,136,269,019 | $2,125,602,685 | $573,754,373 | $1,637,761,656 | $5,205,440,017 |
Indonesia | $137,906 | $416,073 | $295,121 | $12,864,113 | $11,277,947 | $18,263,004 | $24,956,786 |
Iran | $1,490,185 | $505,396 | | | | $6,904,628 | |
Ireland | $1,799,390 | $3,601,206 | $2,730,205 | $2,875,651 | $1,765,427 | $2,531,212 | $3,003,170 |
Israel | $24,077,000 | $30,781,000 | $37,276,000 | $39,045,000 | $31,996,000 | $41,120,000 | $42,931,000 |
Italy | $388,291,535 | $548,181,346 | $596,929,958 | $529,467,756 | $398,494,641 | $617,397,513 | $641,723,618 |
Jamaica | $8,702 | $213 | $1,712 | $457 | $729 | $280 | |
Japan | $344,418,722 | $747,823,530 | $771,358,109 | $1,117,692,066 | $676,694,364 | $1,397,632,955 | $2,267,550,176 |
Jordan | $6,079,036 | $1,763,926 | $8,980,418 | $10,071,062 | $1,368,057 | $1,966,781 | $1,064,405 |
Kazakhstan | $60,026 | $17,087 | $872,798 | $2,857,459 | $1,842,860 | | |
Kenya | $9,900 | $1,483 | $45,587 | $6,451 | $41 | $2,745 | |
Korea, South | $109,090,160 | $248,828,514 | $250,836,771 | $331,881,472 | $234,442,560 | $343,769,162 | $598,952,777 |
Kuwait | | $961,004 | $861,175 | $2,115,385 | | | |
Kyrgyzstan | $3,576 | | $924 | $8,212 | | $7,943 | $2,996 |
Latvia | $91,370 | $46,290 | $156,107 | $127,065 | $37,499 | $88,194 | $2,088,627 |
Lebanon | $1,729,000 | $1,395,531 | $2,808,362 | $11,495,731 | $2,935,547 | $3,730,205 | $11,437,954 |
Lesotho | | | | $2,458 | | | |
Lithuania | $603,788 | $1,151,382 | $1,453,930 | $2,502,223 | $3,188,278 | $3,189,994 | $6,803,418 |
Luxembourg | $4,868,201 | $3,559,390 | $1,177,555 | $2,511,901 | $1,275,743 | $8,210,148 | $4,814,890 |
Macau | $648,946 | $811,276 | | $17,891 | $316,143 | | |
Macedonia | $906,826 | $1,490,037 | $1,620,917 | $1,820,842 | $1,074,787 | | $4,313,624 |
Madagascar | $68 | $1,519 | $127 | $21,285 | $18,547 | $70,055 | |
Malawi | | | | $901 | | | |
Malaysia | $20,610,587 | $24,207,440 | $34,592,356 | $37,138,348 | $32,197,596 | $62,536,299 | $102,479,356 |
Maldives | $251 | | | | $125 | $2,231 | $101 |
Mali | $166 | $2,950 | $695 | $3,846 | | | |
Malta | $47,877 | $460,514 | $196,249 | $442,559 | $534,803 | $55,738 | |
Mauritius | $1,230,004 | $2,230,980 | $3,080,286 | $2,910,073 | $1,820,924 | $2,974,970 | $2,248,128 |
Mayotte | $718 | $3,142 | $911 | $14,546 | | | |
Mexico | $16,802,760 | $48,722,772 | $75,797,393 | $92,170,480 | $48,501,301 | $58,797,880 | $120,273,346 |
Moldova | $7,691 | $6,992 | $63,537 | $15,180 | $5,268 | $14,804 | $28,475 |
Mongolia | $2,855 | $875 | | | | | |
Montenegro | | $605 | | | $4,256 | | $2,021 |
Montserrat | $1,704 | | | | $70 | | |
Morocco | $678,557 | $1,522,160 | $1,987,693 | $2,227,990 | $1,609,925 | $1,991,901 | |
Mozambique | | $4,529 | $1,210 | | $3,860 | $8,585 | $1,000 |
Namibia | $16,944 | $9,591 | $66,924 | $37,322 | | | |
Nepal | | | | | $226,609 | $49,770,733 | |
Netherlands | $44,868,491 | $98,747,563 | $97,663,230 | $130,491,987 | $95,986,810 | $181,314,809 | |
Netherlands Antilles | $20,547 | $20,724 | $31,472 | $27,184 | | | |
New Caledonia | $18,100 | $21,343 | $33,667 | $66,572 | $32,818 | $55,775 | $70,250 |
New Zealand | $2,865,471 | $3,960,998 | $3,994,965 | $11,371,713 | $9,874,331 | $11,619,427 | $33,154,152 |
Nicaragua | $4,860 | $2,763 | $4,707 | $11,317 | $17,782 | $37,332 | $32,475 |
Niger | $16,298 | $4,753 | | $10,091 | $5,909 | $723 | $4,785 |
Nigeria | | $57,503 | $3,117 | $404 | | $4,154 | |
Norway | $20,054,666 | $20,913,104 | $21,157,268 | $28,241,097 | $21,164,552 | $33,348,281 | $47,250,097 |
Oman | $2,103,639 | $610,099 | $812,298 | $2,664,964 | $587,126 | $767,157 | |
Pakistan | $2,813,372 | $1,014,089 | $1,773,507 | $15,570,650 | $786,788 | $3,844,425 | $85,157,709 |
Panama | $94,725 | $109,902 | $195,222 | $718,711 | $250,015 | $232,859 | $982,384 |
Paraguay | $6,441 | $9,016 | $29,933 | $15,241 | $14,218 | $10,659 | $26,970 |
Peru | $70,212 | $17,461 | $72,595 | $53,230 | $29,054 | $32,223 | $860,790 |
Philippines | $1,768,239 | $1,516,924 | $1,343,829 | $1,748,283 | $900,473 | $2,016,884 | $4,603,607 |
Poland | $10,763,907 | $15,402,774 | $22,067,018 | $34,520,649 | $49,650,451 | $30,233,124 | $45,688,702 |
Portugal | $11,617,388 | $11,356,408 | $12,413,602 | $11,692,974 | $9,966,149 | $24,200,344 | $33,040,914 |
Qatar | $113,058 | $114,975 | $81,186 | $289,262 | | $71,930 | |
Romania | | $6,510,479 | | | | | |
Rwanda | | | | | | | $4,744 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | | $5,522 | $1,868 | | | | |
Saint Lucia | $58 | | | $3,481 | | | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | $209 | | | $2,851 | | |
Saudi Arabia | $6,740,475 | $10,502,610 | $6,458,606 | | | $2,343,470 | |
Senegal | $417 | $4,979 | | $42,656 | | $18,176 | $15,903 |
Serbia | $248,320 | $167,850 | $153,276 | $213,693 | $137,913 | $182,781 | $276,547 |
Seychelles | $26,902 | $16,560 | $48,992 | $361 | | | |
Singapore | $44,566,975 | $85,712,919 | $125,931,529 | $151,775,464 | $96,336,574 | $80,335,717 | $198,428,645 |
Slovakia | $1,677,278 | $1,995,503 | $2,372,115 | $5,493,797 | $4,656,446 | $23,679,518 | $19,334,890 |
Slovenia | $2,207,240 | $3,597,149 | $7,869,159 | $18,224,878 | $6,325,203 | $13,559,832 | $26,353,621 |
South Africa | $876,071 | $1,311,969 | $1,512,133 | $2,486,244 | $1,253,488 | $2,057,001 | $3,727,091 |
Spain | $73,050,227 | $101,556,787 | $103,392,620 | $93,878,672 | $49,086,213 | $77,434,023 | |
Sri Lanka | $314,705 | $588,546 | $1,147,123 | $1,135,880 | $939,774 | $1,581,526 | $2,011,245 |
Sudan | | | $1,441 | $1,954 | | | |
Suriname | | | | | $2,446 | $10,569 | $14,346 |
Swaziland | $34,668 | $26,435 | $33,438 | | | | |
Sweden | $23,800,438 | $31,287,446 | $36,498,925 | $37,526,909 | $28,276,141 | $45,751,283 | $61,238,635 |
Switzerland | $19,476,481 | $21,924,293 | $26,912,642 | $29,340,465 | $27,668,717 | $36,746,897 | $68,102,942 |
Syria | | $70,484 | $107,293 | $68,228 | | $55,681 | |
Tanzania | $2,506 | $4,792 | $7,113 | $4,169 | $12,774 | $13,103 | $1,913 |
Thailand | $331,949,219 | $371,593,919 | $509,421,047 | $549,168,204 | $520,640,751 | $758,249,270 | $996,514,368 |
Trinidad and Tobago | $190,352 | $245,612 | $209,584 | $211,410 | $83,571 | $129,773 | |
Tunisia | $5,720,162 | $4,593,647 | $4,854,100 | $4,384,324 | $5,132,166 | $6,181,042 | |
Turkey | $55,699,905 | $48,345,042 | $54,010,742 | $47,109,024 | $13,951,726 | $28,372,723 | $160,095,889 |
Uganda | | | $885 | $175 | | | |
Ukraine | $5,413,649 | $9,713,582 | $8,752,768 | $21,326,610 | $11,709,839 | $13,626,437 | $22,111,263 |
United Arab Emirates | $183,215,504 | | $145,165,414 | $83,519,887 | | | |
United Kingdom | $428,242,455 | $2,009,139,560 | $1,403,613,705 | $1,750,450,564 | $3,107,300,876 | $2,101,480,283 | $4,287,190,534 |
United States | $1,178,717,813 | $1,901,515,103 | $2,377,713,506 | $2,994,601,922 | $2,148,978,453 | $4,388,464,632 | $8,476,100,600 |
Uruguay | $87,956 | $51,453 | $46,529 | $87,792 | $55,602 | | |
Vanuatu | | $3,970 | | | | | |
Venezuela | $1,096,441 | $765,203 | $3,689,346 | $7,176,216 | $7,920,148 | $493,973 | $226,892 |
Vietnam | $3,805,777 | $10,059,040 | $14,925,250 | $20,011,375 | $16,040,717 | $28,593,790 | |
Wallis and Futuna | $359 | | | | | | |
Yemen | $10,286 | | | $5,852 | $5,959 | $5,885 | $7,914 |
Zambia | | | $3,284 | $8,810 | $40 | $7 | |
Zimbabwe | $22,228 | $79,478 | $375,644 | $513,570 | $279,730 | $424,539 | |
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