| Rank | Country | Imports of Nickel bars, rods, profiles and wire. in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | United States | $221,428,384 |  | | 2 | France | $188,755,805 | | | 3 | Germany | $179,376,844 | | | 4 | United Kingdom | $173,452,437 | | | 5 | China | $108,473,823 | | | 6 | Mexico | $94,276,028 | | | 7 | Italy | $85,285,049 | | | 8 | Korea, South | $65,500,302 | | | 9 | Austria | $43,932,613 | | | 10 | Japan | $35,094,119 | | | 11 | Canada | $33,750,173 | | | 12 | Sweden | $28,475,075 | | | 13 | Spain | $27,915,947 | | | 14 | India | $26,344,561 | | | 15 | Ukraine | $24,044,748 | | | 16 | Singapore | $23,924,022 | | | 17 | Thailand | $19,612,166 | | | 18 | Switzerland | $19,404,449 | | | 19 | Malaysia | $18,852,072 | | | 20 | Israel | $18,522,000 | | | 21 | Brazil | $18,221,120 | | | 22 | Russia | $17,771,651 | | | 23 | Romania | $16,379,307 | | | 24 | Netherlands | $13,937,809 | | | 25 | Belgium | $12,413,366 | | | 26 | Ireland | $11,810,988 | | | 27 | Poland | $11,162,736 | | | 28 | Argentina | $10,582,347 | | | 29 | Czech Republic | $8,852,714 | | | 30 | Turkey | $8,332,698 | | | 31 | Hong Kong | $6,307,061 | | | 32 | Norway | $5,910,063 | | | 33 | Indonesia | $5,332,253 | | | 34 | Slovenia | $5,245,889 | | | 35 | Vietnam | $4,706,010 | | | 36 | South Africa | $4,251,187 | | | 37 | Australia | $3,691,217 | | | 38 | Hungary | $3,580,000 | | | 39 | Iran | $2,177,529 | | | 40 | Croatia | $1,842,829 | | | 41 | Colombia | $1,595,664 | | | 42 | Slovakia | $1,512,868 | | | 43 | Chile | $1,282,444 | | | 44 | Belarus | $1,197,500 | | | 45 | Saudi Arabia | $1,193,335 | | | 46 | Finland | $1,182,802 | | | 47 | Portugal | $968,528 | | | 48 | Peru | $907,007 | | | 49 | Denmark | $871,225 | | | 50 | Ecuador | $662,708 | | | 51 | New Zealand | $504,506 | | | 52 | Pakistan | $482,392 | | | 53 | Venezuela | $455,810 | | | 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $419,054 | | | 55 | Tunisia | $407,412 | | | 56 | Greece | $403,518 | | | 57 | Serbia | $362,665 | | | 58 | Zimbabwe | $359,291 | | | 59 | Kenya | $310,294 | | | 60 | Philippines | $283,773 | | | 61 | Costa Rica | $206,880 | | | 62 | Iceland | $163,178 | | | 63 | Morocco | $145,160 | | | 64 | Guatemala | $126,434 | | | 65 | Lithuania | $109,263 | | | 66 | Algeria | $103,773 | | | 67 | Botswana | $98,125 | | | 68 | Egypt | $93,242 | | | 69 | Bulgaria | $89,668 | | | 70 | Dominican Republic | $78,940 | | | 71 | Estonia | $78,606 | | | 72 | Bahrain | $74,618 | | | 73 | Oman | $70,398 | | | 74 | Luxembourg | $67,625 | | | 75 | Syria | $61,707 | | | 76 | Kyrgyzstan | $60,243 | | | 77 | Paraguay | $49,018 | | | 78 | Lebanon | $47,914 | | | 79 | Albania | $46,031 | | | 80 | Qatar | $42,983 | | | 81 | Malta | $38,372 | | | 82 | Aruba | $37,971 | | | 83 | Bolivia | $35,829 | | | 84 | Sri Lanka | $33,717 | | | 85 | Armenia | $31,189 | | | 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | $29,722 | | | 87 | Guyana | $26,738 | | | 88 | Jordan | $26,103 | | | 89 | Barbados | $13,222 | | | 90 | Georgia | $12,150 | | | 91 | Latvia | $7,924 | | | 92 | Panama | $5,610 | | | 93 | Uganda | $5,343 | | | 94 | Azerbaijan | $5,330 | | | 95 | Mauritius | $5,263 | | | 96 | Montenegro | $4,000 | | | 97 | Yemen | $3,917 | | | 98 | New Caledonia | $3,781 | | | 99 | Bermuda | $3,713 | | | 100 | El Salvador | $3,652 | | | 101 | Tonga | $3,119 | | | 102 | Ghana | $2,753 | | | 103 | Jamaica | $2,253 | | | 104 | Zambia | $1,948 | | | 105 | Madagascar | $1,846 | | | 106 | French Polynesia | $1,051 | | | 107 | Bhutan | $1,037 | | | 108 | Nigeria | $957 | | | 109 | Bahamas, The | $696 | | | 110 | Burkina Faso | $407 | | | 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | $285 | | | 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $274 | | | 113 | Cameroon | $205 | | | 114 | Maldives | $151 | | | 115 | Cote d'Ivoire | $137 | | | 116 | Tanzania | $137 | | | 117 | Moldova | $109 | | | 118 | Nicaragua | $94 | | | 119 | Senegal | $89 | | | 120 | Cyprus | $62 | | | 121 | Belize | $34 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $105,245 | $91,669 | $31,297 | $37,495 | $39,927 | $46,031 | $57,350 |
| Algeria | $20,864 | $23,253 | $210,581 | $135,677 | $69,401 | $103,773 | $89,594 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $884 | $9 | $347 | | $330 | $285 | $5,763 |
| Argentina | $6,448,600 | $4,319,251 | $10,042,205 | $10,386,808 | $5,342,472 | $10,582,347 | $12,500,308 |
| Armenia | $937 | $3,620 | $9,730 | $26,463 | $15,076 | $31,189 | $17,203 |
| Aruba | | | | | $3,203 | $37,971 | |
| Australia | $5,874,786 | $7,188,767 | $6,800,093 | $5,117,374 | $3,022,440 | $3,691,217 | $4,200,011 |
| Austria | $54,936,673 | $44,302,600 | $72,881,384 | $67,129,126 | $32,296,005 | $43,932,613 | |
| Azerbaijan | $7,998 | $23,997 | $83,822 | $943 | $9,179 | $5,330 | $31,651 |
| Bahamas, The | $1,940 | $285 | $24,150 | $73,364 | $2,268 | $696 | $1,289 |
| Bahrain | $35,584 | | $4,963 | $243,813 | $71,966 | $74,618 | $229,255 |
| Bangladesh | $68,358 | $252,328 | $305,760 | | | | |
| Barbados | $21,133 | $26,395 | $89,844 | $20,361 | $745 | $13,222 | $13,015 |
| Belarus | $1,318,600 | $1,286,200 | $2,134,100 | $1,984,400 | $620,300 | $1,197,500 | $1,874,400 |
| Belgium | $26,629,967 | $39,970,494 | $42,332,026 | $40,062,709 | $18,764,917 | $12,413,366 | $33,667,046 |
| Belize | $264 | $38 | $114 | $22 | | $34 | |
| Benin | $210 | $139 | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $3,713 | |
| Bhutan | $594 | $301 | $69 | $135 | $316 | $1,037 | |
| Bolivia | $22,368 | $101 | $6,990 | $4,934 | $26,828 | $35,829 | $60,820 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $456,141 | $665,864 | $992,083 | $496,908 | $266,243 | $419,054 | $327,239 |
| Botswana | $29,475 | $28,406 | $15,193 | $49,440 | $104,719 | $98,125 | $57,986 |
| Brazil | $8,760,432 | $13,292,326 | $25,008,005 | $21,031,476 | $16,094,249 | $18,221,120 | $21,529,570 |
| Brunei | | $1,056 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $182,072 | $335,058 | $550,576 | $246,059 | $138,577 | $89,668 | $209,673 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | $3,060 | $407 | |
| Burundi | $42 | | | | $524 | | |
| Cambodia | | | | | $10,174 | | |
| Cameroon | $313 | | $1,888 | $9,483 | $297 | $205 | |
| Canada | $30,266,198 | $41,203,669 | $52,340,745 | $55,105,847 | $33,829,849 | $33,750,173 | $49,453,099 |
| Chile | $557,495 | $886,971 | $1,915,547 | $5,225,137 | $736,697 | $1,282,444 | $2,087,779 |
| China | $64,774,560 | $74,379,945 | $101,617,105 | $94,524,279 | $78,387,466 | $108,473,823 | $123,293,431 |
| Colombia | $1,237,400 | $1,310,697 | $2,293,223 | $1,463,298 | $857,182 | $1,595,664 | $1,719,032 |
| Costa Rica | $517,714 | $491,082 | $467,963 | $512,955 | $419,979 | $206,880 | $845,903 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $170 | $54 | $6,687 | $1,201 | $1,847 | $137 | |
| Croatia | $1,211,499 | $1,620,527 | $3,162,471 | $3,082,550 | $3,274,871 | $1,842,829 | $1,031,789 |
| Cuba | $104,906 | $119,230 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $27,244 | $36,457 | $20,253 | $1,379 | $14,440 | $62 | $3,382 |
| Czech Republic | $5,222,646 | $8,345,903 | $13,843,767 | $13,558,420 | $6,159,680 | $8,852,714 | $11,450,416 |
| Denmark | $1,879,189 | $4,507,377 | $4,845,118 | $3,496,819 | $1,281,796 | $871,225 | $1,121,627 |
| Dominica | | | $201 | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $51,878 | $64,204 | $30,131 | $19,315 | $43,688 | $78,940 | $316,792 |
| East Timor | $196 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $137,518 | $88,851 | $306,712 | $29,728 | $200,195 | $662,708 | $714,778 |
| Egypt | $110,233 | $197,156 | $65,799 | $129,160 | $744,031 | $93,242 | $80,804 |
| El Salvador | $4,432 | $12,369 | $4,155 | $9,952 | $4,904 | $3,652 | |
| Estonia | $35,709 | $20,582 | $51,058 | $103,167 | $3,443 | $78,606 | $75,701 |
| Ethiopia | $253 | $1,889 | $18,443 | | $6 | | $1,489 |
| Faroe Islands | | | | | $51 | | |
| Finland | $1,559,436 | $1,860,663 | $2,688,607 | $2,533,443 | $1,268,972 | $1,182,802 | $1,502,665 |
| France | $161,710,693 | $209,774,411 | $309,003,463 | $252,532,627 | $132,448,553 | $188,755,805 | $317,836,391 |
| French Polynesia | $1,976 | $1,786 | $128 | $1,004 | $6 | $1,051 | |
| Gambia, The | $2,273 | $3,706 | | $408 | $2,331 | | $68 |
| Georgia | | $7,167 | $7,198 | $19,771 | $2,639 | $12,150 | |
| Germany | $222,571,000 | $376,413,000 | $569,753,000 | $424,159,000 | $170,625,000 | $179,376,844 | $457,401,593 |
| Ghana | $228 | $5,834 | $742 | $1,597 | $3,111 | $2,753 | $5,586 |
| Greece | $715,679 | $1,079,904 | $2,209,013 | $818,600 | $679,402 | $403,518 | $390,392 |
| Grenada | | $63 | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $146,976 | $166,305 | $185,026 | $155,806 | $11,891 | $126,434 | $18,308 |
| Guinea | $3,492 | | | $11,782 | | | |
| Guyana | | | $132 | $336 | | $26,738 | $18,320 |
| Honduras | $22 | $44 | $1,918 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $7,440,671 | $9,228,635 | $8,800,205 | $8,232,665 | $5,668,191 | $6,307,061 | $5,959,589 |
| Hungary | $3,320,000 | $3,301,000 | $6,304,000 | $4,513,000 | $3,383,000 | $3,580,000 | $4,107,000 |
| Iceland | $984 | $5,590 | $7,225 | $10,243 | $16,401 | $163,178 | $3,144 |
| India | $9,959,457 | $11,866,278 | $19,967,825 | $26,364,178 | $20,963,884 | $26,344,561 | $33,160,208 |
| Indonesia | $3,308,475 | $3,387,660 | $4,198,780 | $7,126,521 | $4,324,932 | $5,332,253 | $9,068,656 |
| Iran | $2,328,831 | $33,882 | | | | $2,177,529 | |
| Ireland | $5,210,831 | $7,687,506 | $12,279,534 | $10,608,161 | $7,126,640 | $11,810,988 | $14,564,161 |
| Israel | $35,191,000 | $43,092,000 | $52,978,000 | $52,229,000 | $20,743,000 | $18,522,000 | $24,155,000 |
| Italy | $55,029,630 | $95,726,001 | $148,740,181 | $121,581,363 | $82,986,522 | $85,285,049 | $110,461,454 |
| Jamaica | $2,316 | $7,121 | $4,849 | $1,575 | $503 | $2,253 | |
| Japan | $28,329,954 | $33,508,563 | $33,946,560 | $52,163,540 | $26,555,299 | $35,094,119 | $47,600,685 |
| Jordan | $15,089 | $7,853 | $1,632 | $210,495 | $26,088 | $26,103 | $63,075 |
| Kazakhstan | $451,366 | $545,102 | $623,497 | $1,181,428 | $394,550 | | |
| Kenya | $222,007 | $190,794 | $321,454 | $172,087 | $194,963 | $310,294 | |
| Korea, South | $37,818,229 | $57,204,480 | $95,288,360 | $101,766,129 | $67,155,911 | $65,500,302 | $116,427,640 |
| Kuwait | | $391,485 | $709,290 | $571,607 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $46,315 | $20,709 | $75,331 | $47,965 | $76,914 | $60,243 | $35,299 |
| Latvia | $73,749 | $110,391 | $24,874 | $17,014 | $6,463 | $7,924 | $37,629 |
| Lebanon | $17,000 | $24,564 | $12,436 | $15,779 | $18,002 | $47,914 | $43,591 |
| Lesotho | | | | $1,363 | | | |
| Lithuania | $51,247 | $57,063 | $21,589 | $39,554 | $28,478 | $109,263 | $220,053 |
| Luxembourg | $157,106 | $89,907 | $137,656 | $96,471 | $67,415 | $67,625 | $86,440 |
| Macau | $37,322 | | $93,248 | $64,400 | $87,391 | | |
| Macedonia | $1,530 | $2,524 | $52,023 | $14,645 | $15,265 | | $61,296 |
| Madagascar | | $208 | $703 | $481 | $1,244 | $1,846 | |
| Malawi | $3,358 | $14 | | | $13,596 | | |
| Malaysia | $6,534,577 | $4,221,544 | $6,434,287 | $9,665,929 | $6,391,803 | $18,852,072 | $19,395,753 |
| Maldives | $18,727 | $937 | $4,228 | | | $151 | |
| Mali | | $346 | | | | | |
| Malta | $42,087 | $51,348 | $41,692 | $37,234 | $72,267 | $38,372 | |
| Mauritania | | | | | $18,137 | | |
| Mauritius | $4,134 | $4,450 | $26,653 | | | $5,263 | $12,729 |
| Mexico | $40,756,103 | $71,887,528 | $113,052,445 | $89,136,266 | $54,038,208 | $94,276,028 | $115,359,996 |
| Moldova | $6,026 | $8,802 | $43,752 | $53,448 | $2,584 | $109 | $8,489 |
| Mongolia | | $8 | $824 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $37,178 | $6,251 | $9,728 | $19,887 | $4,000 | $38,633 |
| Morocco | $318,751 | $136,113 | $428,398 | $500,962 | $150,557 | $145,160 | |
| Mozambique | $7,629 | | | $287 | $11,574 | | $30,000 |
| Namibia | $14,168 | $6,925 | $18 | | | | |
| Netherlands | $18,723,383 | $18,143,461 | $27,982,994 | $29,004,113 | $13,120,178 | $13,937,809 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $1,006 | $2,655 | $168 | $1,450 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $3,534 | | $1,245 | $139 | $8,950 | $3,781 | $4,644 |
| New Zealand | $308,218 | $676,897 | $480,947 | $357,829 | $472,181 | $504,506 | $575,218 |
| Nicaragua | $520 | $2 | $7,999 | $160 | $315 | $94 | $973 |
| Niger | | | $21 | | | | $1,532 |
| Nigeria | | $109,066 | $12,583 | $207 | | $957 | |
| Norway | $4,688,298 | $7,638,816 | $7,707,654 | $5,766,947 | $6,521,657 | $5,910,063 | $8,254,578 |
| Oman | $18,141 | $453 | $318,489 | $241,235 | $56,159 | $70,398 | |
| Pakistan | $618,791 | $240,045 | $191,282 | $705,461 | $644,319 | $482,392 | $451,627 |
| Panama | $1,481 | | $177 | $654 | $569 | $5,610 | $1,352 |
| Paraguay | $145,833 | $45,192 | $16,075 | $131,157 | $72,246 | $49,018 | $114,288 |
| Peru | $494,474 | $1,004,191 | $2,140,791 | $2,316,016 | $641,565 | $907,007 | $1,348,297 |
| Philippines | $266,439 | $298,274 | $494,283 | $862,047 | $80,422 | $283,773 | $517,127 |
| Poland | $4,938,902 | $7,305,034 | $13,720,672 | $12,429,290 | $8,487,808 | $11,162,736 | $13,918,979 |
| Portugal | $8,038,526 | $876,700 | $1,323,412 | $897,796 | $322,641 | $968,528 | $412,587 |
| Qatar | $81,735 | $1,995,981 | $438,289 | $16,940 | | $42,983 | |
| Romania | $8,448,744 | $12,535,975 | $17,658,044 | $13,116,566 | $10,984,250 | $16,379,307 | $19,339,036 |
| Russia | $3,293,489 | $4,999,808 | $18,236,508 | $17,242,464 | $15,204,810 | $17,771,651 | $9,853,682 |
| Rwanda | | | $15,138 | $226 | | | $893 |
| Saint Lucia | | | | $307 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $1,195 | $81 | | $274 | |
| Samoa | | | | | | | $2 |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,016,353 | $957,129 | $2,002,931 | | | $1,193,335 | |
| Senegal | $2,040 | $3,020 | $1,679 | $3,873 | $1,995 | $89 | $1,883 |
| Serbia | $216,849 | $225,056 | $286,503 | $229,663 | $161,515 | $362,665 | $269,438 |
| Seychelles | $11,155 | $1,503 | $5,910 | $51,731 | | | |
| Singapore | $12,202,596 | $18,874,261 | $30,405,540 | $27,149,899 | $20,278,221 | $23,924,022 | $42,533,295 |
| Slovakia | $570,845 | $620,873 | $1,194,295 | $1,571,517 | $946,077 | $1,512,868 | $2,327,771 |
| Slovenia | $12,090,937 | $13,222,492 | $27,964,317 | $14,718,425 | $5,364,425 | $5,245,889 | $5,971,687 |
| South Africa | $4,175,667 | $4,721,746 | $8,099,006 | $6,711,910 | $3,018,552 | $4,251,187 | $5,961,402 |
| Spain | $20,537,900 | $32,714,078 | $46,433,159 | $33,183,262 | $23,628,414 | $27,915,947 | |
| Sri Lanka | $12,963 | $18,329 | $33,886 | $36,176 | $21,269 | $33,717 | $91,464 |
| Sudan | $143 | $10,486 | $10,819 | $6,630 | $20,294 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | | $503 |
| Swaziland | $187,843 | $3,116,213 | $157,838 | | | | |
| Sweden | $9,039,775 | $15,725,579 | $21,367,190 | $20,014,208 | $12,241,258 | $28,475,075 | $15,760,962 |
| Switzerland | $12,652,628 | $24,530,797 | $33,788,669 | $36,831,949 | $24,904,089 | $19,404,449 | $27,513,182 |
| Syria | | $12,584 | | | | $61,707 | |
| Tanzania | $156 | $790 | $309 | $13,465 | $941 | $137 | $1,639 |
| Thailand | $4,541,415 | $5,246,767 | $5,802,255 | $13,351,583 | $8,982,982 | $19,612,166 | $20,553,354 |
| Togo | $1,525 | | | | | | |
| Tonga | | | | $19,784 | | $3,119 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $8,446 | $10,116 | $18,645 | $35,033 | $53,487 | $29,722 | |
| Tunisia | $316,015 | $474,012 | $581,683 | $638,532 | $554,095 | $407,412 | |
| Turkey | $6,257,260 | $7,909,354 | $13,001,493 | $10,252,489 | $4,889,426 | $8,332,698 | $9,580,960 |
| Uganda | $3,006 | | $450 | | | $5,343 | |
| Ukraine | $9,414,790 | $9,738,494 | $12,614,931 | $12,592,828 | $11,688,923 | $24,044,748 | $31,750,124 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,144,511 | | $1,357,362 | $4,971,146 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $149,832,641 | $227,092,719 | $277,757,347 | $272,595,339 | $176,050,922 | $173,452,437 | $243,061,340 |
| United States | $223,985,621 | $301,535,484 | $462,045,609 | $343,447,970 | $157,341,008 | $221,428,384 | $348,604,929 |
| Uruguay | $101,246 | $115,700 | $167,073 | $33,831 | $25,733 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,783 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $1,082,430 | $484,368 | $1,426,283 | $1,533,953 | $957,219 | $455,810 | $880,399 |
| Vietnam | $2,421,197 | $5,367,917 | $12,350,120 | $7,116,305 | $4,134,903 | $4,706,010 | |
| Yemen | $1 | $2,140 | $34,858 | $8,972 | | $3,917 | |
| Zambia | $2,221 | $51,765 | $6,779 | $32,329 | $1,104 | $1,948 | |
| Zimbabwe | $4,451 | $43,998 | $75,058 | $111,173 | $31,311 | $359,291 | |
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