RankCountryImports of Zinc and articles thereof in USD (2010)
1United States$1,539,570,567
2China$1,197,990,290
3Germany$1,193,239,628
4Italy$712,284,025
5Belgium$660,329,584
6Netherlands$623,570,108
7France$506,756,172
8Turkey$428,549,935
9Hong Kong$325,113,575
10Malaysia$322,560,139
11India$272,532,894
12Indonesia$269,056,139
13United Kingdom$261,752,948
14Austria$190,456,338
15Vietnam$178,752,420
16Korea, South$169,725,494
17Poland$156,642,323
18Saudi Arabia$153,762,859
19Sweden$116,781,543
20Slovakia$101,860,719
21Thailand$97,987,762
22Brazil$95,944,729
23Singapore$86,511,019
24Japan$85,329,600
25Czech Republic$83,970,813
26Portugal$75,320,306
27Spain$74,608,116
28Switzerland$64,873,045
29Colombia$62,065,434
30Russia$55,934,213
31Greece$54,114,632
32Ukraine$53,197,099
33Romania$52,617,083
34Slovenia$51,701,657
35Egypt$49,132,811
36Mexico$45,915,070
37Philippines$43,483,633
38Nigeria$38,972,352
39Hungary$38,708,000
40Denmark$37,740,613
41Pakistan$36,152,739
42Canada$35,301,855
43Kenya$34,877,527
44Venezuela$31,283,148
45Guatemala$29,982,130
46Chile$28,215,398
47New Zealand$28,098,699
48Luxembourg$27,911,568
49Morocco$27,438,803
50Tanzania$25,485,983
51Israel$24,734,000
52South Africa$23,458,002
53Argentina$20,455,098
54Tunisia$20,375,594
55Iran$18,118,874
56Nepal$16,691,253
57Ecuador$16,080,920
58Estonia$15,684,214
59Costa Rica$14,814,065
60Belarus$12,799,100
61Finland$12,750,984
62Serbia$11,943,172
63Ethiopia$11,483,343
64Qatar$10,874,707
65Australia$10,205,772
66Norway$9,274,139
67Croatia$8,580,835
68Bosnia and Herzegovina$7,593,010
69Ireland$7,136,475
70Oman$7,043,508
71Uganda$6,518,110
72Bulgaria$6,502,868
73Dominican Republic$5,737,086
74Botswana$4,951,428
75Sri Lanka$4,572,219
76Azerbaijan$3,736,271
77Syria$3,492,397
78Jordan$3,417,689
79Lebanon$2,869,729
80Guyana$2,728,164
81Togo$2,493,589
82Mauritius$2,442,407
83Peru$2,188,578
84Cambodia$1,870,366
85El Salvador$1,808,846
86Lithuania$1,713,612
87Algeria$1,701,775
88Iceland$1,303,771
89Bolivia$1,184,708
90Albania$1,160,459
91Latvia$1,147,672
92Bahrain$1,079,833
93Zimbabwe$1,064,420
94Nicaragua$891,032
95Mali$594,515
96Paraguay$593,490
97Georgia$557,179
98Cote d'Ivoire$540,985
99Cyprus$504,242
100Sao Tome and Principe$454,047
101Mauritania$422,828
102Senegal$332,644
103Zambia$305,131
104Madagascar$293,834
105Trinidad and Tobago$292,503
106Fiji$264,457
107Malta$252,889
108Bahamas, The$234,768
109Mozambique$223,323
110Montenegro$167,499
111New Caledonia$159,031
112Yemen$157,320
113Moldova$151,270
114Cameroon$122,910
115Panama$122,418
116Ghana$102,920
117Cape Verde$87,728
118Jamaica$84,091
119Gambia, The$72,750
120Niger$30,463
121Armenia$21,323
122Maldives$19,457
123Suriname$18,278
124Kyrgyzstan$17,888
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$16,579
126Barbados$16,299
127Aruba$13,497
128Bermuda$12,293
129Burundi$7,770
130Malawi$7,603
131Benin$6,750
132Antigua and Barbuda$5,157
133Tonga$3,017
134Bhutan$1,906
135Belize$1,514
136French Polynesia$1,259
137Samoa$1,179
138Dominica$584
139Burkina Faso$126
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$563,670$1,036,363$1,185,457$1,875,697$1,238,404$1,160,459$1,420,057
Algeria$1,707,078$1,388,747$1,588,504$3,529,559$2,097,402$1,701,775$2,989,422
Anguilla $81,838$120,128$292,061   
Antigua and Barbuda$2,429$14,477$10,058 $54,141$5,157$4,599
Argentina$28,388,871$63,639,241$73,939,022$54,653,183$19,804,774$20,455,098$19,881,107
Armenia$2,512$502 $7,252$47,490$21,323$91,345
Aruba$436,430   $22,082$13,497$318,288
Australia$7,726,636$13,929,581$9,474,133$12,231,259$6,256,480$10,205,772$11,755,511
Austria$154,721,323$354,852,562$425,194,829$272,581,649$149,561,505$190,456,338 
Azerbaijan$26,239$765,422$96,101$633,093$533,873$3,736,271$1,814,393
Bahamas, The$315,855$499,197$652,345$253,115$137,670$234,768$124,511
Bahrain$453,925$759,528$1,628,627$1,573,588$1,024,141$1,079,833$1,338,053
Bangladesh$48,762,646$86,688,093$101,798,601    
Barbados$9,285$38,721$49,546$34,710$18,265$16,299$22,165
Belarus$2,264,200$6,245,500$16,673,700$12,115,100$8,157,800$12,799,100$13,650,400
Belgium$297,234,491$491,616,063$1,044,369,590$545,573,290$569,101,786$660,329,584$897,526,697
Belize$1,461$1,930$6,248$2,902$4,230$1,514 
Benin$4,898$312   $6,750 
Bermuda     $12,293 
Bhutan$7,338$1,632$1,016$739$6,392$1,906 
Bolivia$397,472$446,713$943,014$1,576,223$2,277,998$1,184,708$1,502,588
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,287,072$8,551,801$11,308,480$7,850,858$4,030,856$7,593,010$7,909,674
Botswana$1,269,125$3,673,164$3,270,085$3,831,999$5,633,672$4,951,428$5,653,918
Brazil$35,758,027$89,666,132$128,645,988$90,721,308$48,208,523$95,944,729$125,022,252
Brunei $251,876     
Bulgaria$3,563,217$15,634,771$14,435,952$14,790,987$4,672,096$6,502,868$13,070,440
Burkina Faso$9,998 $3,318$68,697$14,868$126 
Burundi$39,156$732,352$108,462$8,270$86,933$7,770 
Cambodia$1,534,081$3,382,329$1,969,880$1,633,407$1,241,080$1,870,366 
Cameroon$90,162$441,530$92,525$120,631$106,773$122,910 
Canada$33,222,184$62,500,346$74,882,083$34,750,135$20,816,910$35,301,855$36,726,427
Cape Verde$21,836$50,785$38,700$33,023$38,911$87,728$1,905
Central African Republic  $1,929 $11,229  
Chile$17,523,012$40,365,564$48,084,924$29,929,577$19,687,763$28,215,398$33,509,892
China$983,484,119$1,557,127,567$1,205,654,412$875,258,979$1,362,105,949$1,197,990,290$1,255,036,967
Colombia$34,472,210$83,823,453$96,174,014$62,563,856$39,272,664$62,065,434$62,862,859
Comoros$551$717     
Cook Islands$2,706 $7,920    
Costa Rica$7,133,991$31,868,670$25,943,211$22,136,468$6,124,028$14,814,065$13,738,729
Cote d'Ivoire$470,264$1,346,077$2,853,646$1,096,610$494,444$540,985$356,154
Croatia$6,451,220$16,966,191$20,551,231$13,520,235$6,860,407$8,580,835$8,717,480
Cuba$2,625,133$3,421,055     
Cyprus$354,856$986,264$975,040$578,825$420,789$504,242$728,357
Czech Republic$75,008,234$148,744,847$226,667,596$148,574,892$81,263,222$83,970,813$99,319,456
Denmark$52,705,418$105,113,423$107,028,508$75,536,323$36,418,830$37,740,613$40,302,094
Dominica $2,060$8,252$100$9$584 
Dominican Republic$2,523,169$7,204,117$4,545,264$6,035,695$4,320,836$5,737,086$5,432,366
East Timor$445,921      
Ecuador$6,699,597$17,152,810$18,462,011$12,354,421$6,825,194$16,080,920$15,153,204
Egypt$22,906,138$28,969,373$57,857,838$63,311,574$30,139,474$49,132,811$38,047,389
El Salvador$1,740,564$3,331,463$3,503,073$3,530,788$1,095,990$1,808,846 
Estonia$13,864,327$24,638,266$18,450,792$18,910,732$3,209,677$15,684,214$23,626,596
Ethiopia$12,459,710$13,423,536$26,561,984$12,657,241$4,910,897$11,483,343$22,587,985
Faroe Islands$74,466$243,405$248,136$65,772$54,621  
Fiji$506,829$1,058,536$837,704$547,408$169,132$264,457 
Finland$5,060,305$9,454,752$20,033,913$12,184,632$9,223,079$12,750,984$6,989,221
France$373,512,082$849,904,147$1,018,935,266$612,437,006$369,518,514$506,756,172$589,176,904
French Polynesia$7,281$27,569$17,094$62,481$153$1,259$7,585
Gabon$79,117$175,549$367,267$1,482,650$410,765  
Gambia, The$118,624$92,780$169,993$26,052$13,045$72,750 
Georgia$92,214$108,695$205,366$653,589$397,240$557,179 
Germany$619,112,000$1,577,763,000$1,802,432,000$1,046,432,000$736,370,000$1,193,239,628$1,359,596,998
Ghana$557,660$395,870$630,153$228,486$177,292$102,920$198,607
Greece$32,053,940$65,380,033$223,448,511$69,605,673$44,616,300$54,114,632$30,299,023
Greenland$47,981$55,249$27,844    
Grenada$1,772$1,857$6,451$429$1,411  
Guatemala$26,861,901$37,373,263$50,463,781$35,676,841$20,685,467$29,982,130$34,741,755
Guinea$122,643 $8,584$62,434   
Guinea-Bissau$51,947      
Guyana$410,945$178,171$812,574$533,526$811,077$2,728,164$1,059,874
Honduras$527,185$1,374,478$1,535,095 $809,594  
Hong Kong$342,904,333$619,916,325$588,963,213$281,774,155$236,406,028$325,113,575$304,101,887
Hungary$33,575,000$74,259,000$86,870,000$55,803,000$27,954,000$38,708,000$44,442,000
Iceland$474,704$1,383,048$1,175,231$810,546$658,254$1,303,771$2,595,419
India$246,271,207$541,151,852$375,058,324$204,543,600$225,107,206$272,532,894$259,540,098
Indonesia$139,106,433$264,773,433$344,746,809$265,654,248$181,590,517$269,056,139$299,640,059
Iran$15,877,297$5,430,209   $18,118,874 
Ireland$9,251,006$18,471,439$25,257,905$21,253,278$7,361,658$7,136,475$7,515,485
Israel$20,703,000$38,094,000$48,495,000$27,809,000$14,446,000$24,734,000$24,201,000
Italy$455,894,078$958,822,518$1,506,057,075$675,071,160$294,835,341$712,284,025$780,924,219
Jamaica$251,270$121,293$92,162$46,096$42,318$84,091 
Japan$84,088,975$146,092,157$229,550,697$112,657,767$58,258,451$85,329,600$230,268,592
Jordan$3,397,556$3,689,883$6,880,465$4,315,563$3,875,895$3,417,689$4,789,872
Kazakhstan$1,863,214$871,502$20,863,450$7,861,612$538,745  
Kenya$20,494,097$41,067,854$51,175,957$29,305,782$21,864,525$34,877,527 
Kiribati$18,899   $3,615  
Korea, South$92,453,656$208,354,781$205,153,508$143,655,788$120,003,554$169,725,494$234,643,489
Kuwait $5,894,134$10,069,999$9,484,957   
Kyrgyzstan$14,366$97,771$212,744$171,966$34,449$17,888$278,837
Latvia$2,627,604$3,461,155$4,622,875$3,804,964$1,423,998$1,147,672$1,075,230
Lebanon$645,000$1,392,189$3,158,253$3,056,033$2,436,119$2,869,729$2,522,242
Lesotho   $136,716   
Lithuania$1,268,519$3,820,466$3,846,888$2,048,059$1,041,540$1,713,612$3,319,511
Luxembourg$24,285,420$55,504,470$36,371,176$29,226,667$19,842,316$27,911,568$26,159,420
Macau$60,663$129$316,887$8,449$128  
Macedonia$5,670,120$17,958,654$26,227,860$11,759,240$8,225,298 $12,129,654
Madagascar$5,626$15,971$58,992$165,503$73,251$293,834 
Malawi$41,428 $7,815$6,541$18,132$7,603$5,025
Malaysia$214,435,244$222,432,244$347,991,795$168,062,570$239,355,001$322,560,139$356,088,651
Maldives$19,549$188,643$48,511$194,363$70,646$19,457$4,317
Mali$856$3,102$399,066$266,566 $594,515 
Malta$290,986$422,009$1,093,472$624,576$487,664$252,889 
Mauritania$230,523$204,975$81,559$55,781$190,495$422,828$784,192
Mauritius$2,361,924$3,544,932$4,083,056$2,748,388$1,282,361$2,442,407$2,224,666
Mayotte$542$514$2,460$237$203  
Mexico$27,053,231$61,416,558$60,528,624$64,219,163$26,986,609$45,915,070$72,112,007
Moldova$33,562$44,769$725,339$368,206$127,202$151,270$236,277
Mongolia$39,379$103,870$126,597    
Montenegro $160,467$254,713$195,831$132,101$167,499$87,084
Montserrat$14,682$5,507$22$17,244$21,397  
Morocco$23,942,264$43,590,795$64,969,603$40,210,645$23,203,362$27,438,803 
Mozambique$1,154,700$1,383,267$981,204$1,394,125$737,191$223,323$1,175,000
Namibia$4,008,646$8,070,104$9,131,219$4,247,439   
Nepal    $15,227,978$16,691,253 
Netherlands$254,320,254$719,185,579$871,965,089$429,702,626$311,316,188$623,570,108 
Netherlands Antilles$213,524$214,720$390,030$182,996   
New Caledonia$45,998$84,859$36,095$85,987$75,490$159,031$125,190
New Zealand$23,844,729$43,490,372$53,370,117$33,144,786$20,115,764$28,098,699$29,526,996
Nicaragua$526,450$1,743,158$1,399,424$1,082,590$436,531$891,032$1,084,775
Niger$221$3,924$712$461$1,195$30,463$2,640
Nigeria $57,439,382$126,635,400$55,620,183$25,533,904$38,972,352 
Norway$5,687,684$17,778,358$17,322,859$15,157,210$8,438,354$9,274,139$8,885,117
Oman$7,448,240$12,635,953$13,027,311$7,979,528$5,198,315$7,043,508 
Pakistan$33,313,246$45,480,331$67,234,621$31,837,047$17,628,374$36,152,739$26,687,520
Panama$100,515$283,003$464,818$764,040$116,497$122,418$171,714
Paraguay$208,587$452,687$827,517$740,879$453,875$593,490$951,697
Peru$1,816,890$3,108,187$10,971,812$3,824,510$3,638,558$2,188,578$3,806,611
Philippines$28,487,487$53,798,650$58,294,116$28,990,547$20,774,458$43,483,633$31,175,603
Poland$52,635,505$171,544,801$208,347,358$121,828,631$76,206,423$156,642,323$158,998,133
Portugal$51,913,807$100,160,965$112,633,833$78,181,146$45,612,534$75,320,306$67,518,369
Qatar$1,635,986$4,371,394$10,415,382$12,726,534 $10,874,707 
Romania$22,849,459$35,828,857$57,092,182$31,707,962$28,609,172$52,617,083$81,421,636
Russia$14,224,258$77,130,038$116,732,615$53,298,129$45,170,734$55,934,213$55,615,258
Rwanda$36,400$64,269$2,451$108,265$141,394 $6,497
Saint Kitts and Nevis $2,250$318$40,490   
Saint Lucia$1,886$417$7,507$996   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$8,832$6,511$667$24,886$2,738$16,579 
Samoa$1,006$6,564$740$49,225$214$1,179$4,225
Sao Tome and Principe$64,941$483,736$300,508$352,143$477,623$454,047 
Saudi Arabia$72,291,597$173,037,415$279,321,755$84,278,505$33,190,562$153,762,859 
Senegal$211,918$215,930$275,397$1,334,557$321,211$332,644$267,976
Serbia$8,198,708$17,296,515$24,442,765$20,628,562$8,284,448$11,943,172$14,355,545
Seychelles$1,104$145,828$179,562$52,896   
Singapore$37,308,619$282,013,189$244,957,044$232,802,589$102,803,800$86,511,019$72,739,400
Slovakia$66,120,445$203,260,954$238,844,471$145,426,222$61,345,825$101,860,719$96,369,781
Slovenia$36,581,191$101,181,938$118,418,006$62,449,241$45,112,339$51,701,657$57,212,300
South Africa$8,289,113$35,969,439$29,658,263$19,391,915$4,965,015$23,458,002$39,867,581
Spain$66,467,207$135,383,102$219,376,131$145,540,810$74,226,658$74,608,116 
Sri Lanka$6,342,429$7,340,214$8,068,991$3,479,229$3,261,508$4,572,219$4,879,670
Sudan$1,788,862$1,483,995$988,827$1,314,115$418,642  
Suriname$144,013$42,312$38,557$22,889$171,501$18,278$9,182
Swaziland$162,952$46,502$88,506    
Sweden$71,721,856$138,931,877$198,466,713$130,028,001$78,641,866$116,781,543$109,519,944
Switzerland$42,105,728$73,277,262$100,207,124$62,415,480$40,378,043$64,873,045$60,878,390
Syria$3,413,011$2,139,234$5,819,134$6,570,800 $3,492,397 
Tanzania$7,928,847$28,099,737$36,142,813$28,595,274$16,364,737$25,485,983$17,651,775
Thailand$54,853,052$115,229,078$91,751,296$87,514,229$43,988,326$97,987,762$125,721,120
Togo$2,688,467 $6,115,199  $2,493,589$1,439,879
Tonga$2,280$5,127$22,083$767$1,926$3,017 
Trinidad and Tobago$286,154$166,862$321,853$324,370$351,717$292,503 
Tunisia$6,900,598$26,986,039$35,561,907$22,414,878$12,238,462$20,375,594 
Turkey$221,583,291$478,348,354$514,218,266$335,489,006$248,047,738$428,549,935$486,245,626
Tuvalu$5,168$802 $3,812   
Uganda$3,647,596$4,726,815$7,725,979$7,248,052$4,579,600$6,518,110 
Ukraine$44,196,853$105,255,128$98,352,307$61,523,309$33,318,287$53,197,099$52,087,247
United Arab Emirates$36,810,482 $153,596,486$79,711,290   
United Kingdom$221,876,518$478,981,867$542,278,887$300,915,888$177,978,793$261,752,948$257,809,092
United States$1,030,103,391$2,114,377,001$2,597,864,983$1,634,723,590$1,172,580,279$1,539,570,567$1,789,823,557
Uruguay$908,206$1,696,514$1,708,451$1,255,536$548,794  
Vanuatu $1,451$11,173    
Venezuela$23,684,104$38,000,367$49,485,593$61,288,217$36,904,293$31,283,148$30,234,811
Vietnam$66,084,835$143,511,872$203,846,269$116,306,271$105,158,497$178,752,420 
Wallis and Futuna$2,389$7,827     
Yemen$147,882$139,167$419,363$726,289$164,607$157,320 
Zambia$58,151$286,041$223,629$162,368$28,569$305,131 
Zimbabwe$3,236,454$1,437,910$1,100,982$471,853$468,762$1,064,420 
Chapter
01 - Live animals
02 - Meat and edible meat offal
03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey;
05 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified
06 - Live trees and other plants;
07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
09 - Coffee, tea, matF and spices
10 - Cereals
11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin
12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
13 - Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
14 - Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products nes
15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils
16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans
17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
20 - Preparations of vegetables, fruit or nuts
21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations
22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
23 - Residues and waste from the food industries
24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials
26 - Ores, slag and ash
27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation
28 - Inorganic chemicals
29 - Organic chemicals
30 - Pharmaceutical products
31 - Fertilizers
32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts
33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents
35 - Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches
37 - Photographic or cinematographic goods
38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
39 - Plastics and articles thereof
40 - Rubber and articles thereof
41 - Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather
42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness
43 - Fur skins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
45 - Cork and articles of cork
46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials
47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material
48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing indu ...
50 - Silk
51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
52 - Cotton
53 - Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn
54 - Man-made filaments
55 - Man-made staple fibers
56 - Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cabl ...
57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings
58 - Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; ...
59 - Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics
60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articl ...
64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
65 - Headgear and parts thereof
66 - Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding-crops
67 - Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down
68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69 - Ceramic products
70 - Glass and glassware
71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones
72 - Iron and steel
73 - Articles of iron or steel
74 - Copper and articles thereof
75 - Nickel and articles thereof
76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
77 - (Reserved for possible future use)
78 - Lead and articles thereof
79 - Zinc and articles thereof
80 - Tin and articles thereof
81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal
83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal
84 - Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and r ...
86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof
87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock
88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, med ...
91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof
92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, cushions and similar stuffed furnishing
95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
99 - Commodities not specified according to kind