RankCountryImports of Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), in aqueous solution (sida lye/liquid soda) ... in USD (2010)
1Australia$427,014,997
2United States$276,710,288
3Brazil$210,443,012
4Canada$152,093,906
5Netherlands$123,633,255
6Austria$109,488,079
7France$101,815,151
8Finland$101,486,520
9Sweden$96,103,184
10Italy$96,074,581
11Belgium$95,476,511
12Turkey$64,959,870
13Spain$63,230,417
14Jamaica$51,867,755
15Germany$45,379,124
16United Kingdom$45,377,502
17Chile$44,877,810
18Mexico$36,949,929
19India$36,467,023
20Ukraine$34,306,922
21Singapore$33,587,746
22Ireland$28,692,267
23South Africa$28,401,509
24Switzerland$26,854,637
25Venezuela$25,094,135
26Korea, South$22,495,776
27Philippines$21,859,681
28Bosnia and Herzegovina$20,006,200
29Denmark$19,045,655
30Malaysia$17,529,329
31Colombia$16,451,978
32Poland$15,862,517
33Czech Republic$15,845,593
34Belarus$15,673,900
35Thailand$12,977,848
36Argentina$12,312,044
37Greece$11,836,508
38Iran$11,003,099
39Israel$10,398,000
40Portugal$9,974,268
41Norway$7,767,046
42Nigeria$7,104,873
43Guatemala$7,091,162
44Kenya$6,675,479
45Hungary$6,185,000
46Slovenia$5,886,803
47China$5,861,968
48Tunisia$5,382,754
49Bulgaria$5,049,989
50Cote d'Ivoire$4,701,331
51Cameroon$4,697,340
52Morocco$4,476,940
53Slovakia$4,345,723
54Estonia$4,341,671
55Russia$3,671,705
56Dominican Republic$3,252,371
57Croatia$3,111,672
58Bahrain$3,093,780
59Indonesia$3,038,882
60Ecuador$3,025,821
61Trinidad and Tobago$3,013,967
62Niger$2,947,366
63Serbia$2,928,227
64El Salvador$2,723,367
65Georgia$2,353,362
66Lithuania$2,119,885
67New Caledonia$2,049,284
68Senegal$2,042,234
69Costa Rica$1,995,192
70Nicaragua$1,916,819
71Hong Kong$1,882,529
72Oman$1,701,226
73Azerbaijan$1,309,016
74Romania$1,102,710
75Saudi Arabia$1,066,935
76Latvia$1,034,988
77Jordan$979,175
78Luxembourg$872,184
79Ghana$749,911
80Paraguay$730,859
81Algeria$703,664
82Zimbabwe$577,689
83Qatar$568,328
84Botswana$528,492
85Japan$505,036
86Fiji$489,735
87Egypt$488,691
88Madagascar$421,216
89Cyprus$343,366
90Dominica$341,671
91Sri Lanka$326,827
92Vietnam$288,840
93Bahamas, The$277,111
94Barbados$276,898
95Yemen$264,340
96Nepal$249,378
97Malawi$221,417
98Montenegro$204,255
99Belize$194,713
100Macau$138,512
101Syria$132,091
102Sao Tome and Principe$112,705
103Togo$102,794
104Burkina Faso$99,294
105Iceland$98,848
106Peru$98,353
107Moldova$88,872
108Panama$83,797
109Cambodia$82,140
110Albania$81,387
111Tanzania$57,411
112Mauritius$52,990
113Ethiopia$51,497
114Mozambique$50,432
115French Polynesia$45,339
116Guyana$41,788
117Zambia$40,990
118Bolivia$39,193
119Cape Verde$30,478
120Mali$27,119
121Benin$24,103
122Mauritania$20,461
123Antigua and Barbuda$20,131
124Suriname$18,087
125Gambia, The$10,960
126Armenia$10,816
127Bhutan$9,816
128Bermuda$6,898
129Uganda$6,832
130Maldives$6,773
131Pakistan$6,065
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$4,400
133Kyrgyzstan$2,749
134Malta$2,424
135Burundi$2,422
136Lebanon$1,234
137Samoa$758
138Aruba$642
139Tonga$520
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$147,408$123,916$115,236$89,685$119,011$81,387$78,787
Algeria$128,284$113,889$78,354$291,290$57,146$703,664$1,016,918
Anguilla $2,104 $35   
Antigua and Barbuda$250$90$329  $20,131$39
Argentina$15,667,468$13,265,766$13,013,071$17,418,447$14,032,997$12,312,044$10,531,111
Armenia$670$192$176$5,603$6,288$10,816$81,468
Aruba    $208$642$1,297
Australia$366,910,797$396,929,212$397,552,694$687,524,654$586,981,061$427,014,997$769,256,152
Austria$62,150,323$72,616,532$88,102,120$108,715,555$109,163,152$109,488,079 
Azerbaijan$7,861,165$8,094,586$5,639,744$8,473,394$553,630$1,309,016$153,527
Bahamas, The$301,556$485,806$408,685$564,021$408,211$277,111$293,088
Bahrain$2,368,576$2,100,760$3,155,231$3,942,360$2,779,431$3,093,780$15,491,333
Bangladesh$2,101,448$3,344,220$5,192,807    
Barbados$193,127$229,136$190,588$277,097$219,893$276,898$307,728
Belarus$8,531,200$10,733,600$12,708,900$19,725,900$15,681,500$15,673,900$19,153,500
Belgium$108,461,041$114,337,910$126,918,111$141,288,221$113,161,953$95,476,511$133,957,732
Belize$61,849$101,640$71,055$84,845$136,520$194,713 
Benin$6,356$6,422   $24,103 
Bermuda     $6,898 
Bhutan$235$2,324$302$572$26,427$9,816 
Bolivia$1,489$1,155$3,733$997$30,213$39,193$16,022
Bosnia and Herzegovina$18,395,460$12,566,007$15,541,660$24,933,295$18,408,741$20,006,200$23,588,695
Botswana$442,648$454,418$488,162$522,024$447,182$528,492$485,156
Brazil$135,338,784$178,453,194$191,706,531$339,661,124$289,168,105$210,443,012$396,341,738
Brunei $1,643     
Bulgaria$1,054,153$999,401$1,122,055$927,531$2,318,549$5,049,989$7,798,463
Burkina Faso$124,703 $10,164$26,294$33,103$99,294 
Burundi$6,992$54,732$1,898 $27,304$2,422 
Cambodia$98,716$482,582$170,736$32,882$95,362$82,140 
Cameroon$5,533,127$6,565,862$7,501,601$8,154,705$8,360,331$4,697,340 
Canada$92,388,562$109,432,888$166,347,677$219,094,228$141,011,158$152,093,906$185,725,609
Cape Verde$2,067$4,175$7,434$5,292$8,886$30,478$11,799
Central African Republic$5,670 $52,374$10,558$216,131  
Chile$29,755,089$31,397,988$51,812,477$100,142,124$65,143,085$44,877,810$78,513,004
China$10,280,565$10,127,959$9,867,939$6,283,058$8,664,971$5,861,968$5,099,358
Colombia$23,638,107$22,428,423$27,008,791$40,871,518$26,121,808$16,451,978$28,233,128
Costa Rica$1,978,325$2,103,050$2,087,443$3,541,581$1,971,897$1,995,192$2,657,458
Cote d'Ivoire$5,829,469$6,907,300$8,802,332$9,158,960$6,539,375$4,701,331$4,547,647
Croatia$3,311,587$3,347,894$3,575,641$4,155,066$3,819,218$3,111,672$4,140,682
Cuba$115,131$228,574     
Cyprus$293,666$250,297$346,432$365,608$602,178$343,366$372,247
Czech Republic$10,012,774$9,029,225$11,460,356$18,197,659$16,894,426$15,845,593$26,346,699
Denmark$17,885,204$22,322,580$29,355,836$39,867,808$24,483,410$19,045,655$27,422,279
Djibouti    $31,566  
Dominica$227,505$501,644$431,385$645,207$945,172$341,671 
Dominican Republic$3,431,101$1,477,171$3,554,159$6,930,965$4,579,938$3,252,371$4,963,988
East Timor$813      
Ecuador$3,250,905$2,716,042$3,114,997$4,943,810$3,239,810$3,025,821$3,901,291
Egypt$38,325$71,773$395,380$125,791$1,935,543$488,691$172,099
El Salvador$2,968,126$3,423,876$3,720,875$6,052,268$2,677,286$2,723,367 
Estonia$1,853,779$3,614,883$5,099,557$7,251,332$5,302,042$4,341,671$3,415,931
Ethiopia$212,284$187,328$71,686$19,895$121,776$51,497$58,221
Faroe Islands$20,117$17,458$13,583$25,306$16,904  
Fiji$473,033$313,383$256,603$902,827$83,455$489,735 
Finland$116,458,866$146,575,824$157,215,876$195,950,902$91,365,642$101,486,520$177,442,918
France$78,859,532$107,168,536$133,594,741$148,874,072$133,669,956$101,815,151$142,317,792
French Polynesia$55,442$49,038$67,993$68,560$44,022$45,339$62,438
Gabon$135,037$325,482$553,996$503,900$558,548  
Gambia, The$39,238$19,490$86,935$67,509$52,783$10,960$19,443
Georgia$1,757,912$2,589,195$3,999,588$1,708,860$1,342,171$2,353,362 
Germany$44,528,000$38,780,000$41,922,000$64,408,000$53,769,000$45,379,124$55,948,961
Ghana$2,523,133$3,623,853$3,780,460$2,429,110$1,694,649$749,911$589,888
Greece$12,092,554$12,236,285$12,458,820$16,331,301$13,810,413$11,836,508$14,851,254
Greenland$2,604$161$261    
Grenada$70,658$35,211$13,683$861$2,255  
Guatemala$9,175,978$7,768,127$9,011,110$14,085,528$10,126,618$7,091,162$9,522,207
Guinea$15,272,644$25,000,023$11,814,331$36,457,944   
Guyana$16,779$16,363$21,092$24,629$23,823$41,788$25,227
Honduras$6,043,176$5,677,502$5,650,170 $6,227,512  
Hong Kong$2,314,103$3,070,855$3,105,225$2,744,582$2,137,225$1,882,529$1,408,089
Hungary$5,725,000$5,694,000$4,587,000$5,916,000$5,720,000$6,185,000$9,318,000
Iceland$74,728$82,452$95,051$83,702$128,715$98,848$221,812
India$14,909,728$32,439,429$42,501,749$42,053,288$95,872,315$36,467,023$70,176,371
Indonesia$1,426,817$431,597$364,488$1,534,265$3,131,519$3,038,882$13,377,340
Iran$1,874,860$1,814,305   $11,003,099 
Ireland$58,180,135$65,750,677$58,868,384$70,344,352$34,176,164$28,692,267$60,918,542
Israel$8,384,000$9,572,000$19,155,000$41,372,000$13,810,000$10,398,000$14,484,000
Italy$74,204,393$81,181,823$103,510,686$156,235,161$104,087,977$96,074,581$123,730,565
Jamaica$101,927,148$2,608,611$159,522,646$152,262,582$78,347,730$51,867,755 
Japan$314,931$252,617$304,469$470,309$407,295$505,036$4,592,099
Jordan$11,185$34,595$38,939$519,094$1,213,112$979,175$1,192,526
Kazakhstan$6,432,180$6,837,995$8,404,879$15,957,670$17,891,182  
Kenya$3,235,932$2,206,308$5,516,296$6,446,925$5,147,939$6,675,479 
Kiribati$11,432      
Korea, South$5,969,364$11,645,263$4,171,523$5,146,692$10,980,995$22,495,776$40,809,686
Kuwait $135,898$16,082    
Kyrgyzstan$10,861$2,062$11,927$11,034$2,944$2,749$3,838
Latvia$721,984$860,899$1,095,596$1,713,316$1,279,720$1,034,988$1,521,141
Lebanon$604,000$327,023$283,283$221,040$43,693$1,234$1,184
Lesotho   $9,652   
Lithuania$1,349,237$1,658,216$2,181,329$3,087,779$2,395,068$2,119,885$3,348,190
Luxembourg$646,590$723,777$770,072$991,805$948,998$872,184$1,761,478
Macau$22,953$15,593$3,161$2,684$21,235$138,512$108,641
Macedonia$653,703$597,346$721,897$699,960$360,658 $349,316
Madagascar$10,059$48,291$41,079$396,371$255,081$421,216 
Malawi$23,265$18,120$40,281$20,940$262,997$221,417$446,330
Malaysia$16,498,330$11,132,213$10,306,719$26,445,701$19,138,553$17,529,329$23,613,119
Maldives$1,272$2,079$505$6,801$1,705$6,773$9,909
Mali$23,719$25,584$186,885$9,140 $27,119 
Malta$3,245$15,908$5,222$26,241$3,904$2,424 
Mauritania$156,753$270,332$59,727$137,599$78,467$20,461$487,376
Mauritius$5,302$7,184$4,641$7,936$7,075$52,990$8,678
Mayotte$4,542$7,497$13,230$18,078$19,398  
Mexico$41,758,122$35,927,503$33,830,131$58,463,607$38,488,227$36,949,929$48,562,319
Moldova$43,690$71,910$41,226$205,656$88,492$88,872$118,000
Mongolia$3,245$2,400$7,649    
Montenegro $10,180,055$6,475,634$11,988,374$4,848,810$204,255$196,797
Montserrat$610$915$2,027 $617  
Morocco$32,370$2,275,337$4,643,756$7,069,881$5,239,235$4,476,940 
Mozambique$37,721$46,539$35,277$34,067$148,252$50,432$74,000
Namibia$374,938$260,510$503,222$917,310   
Nepal    $780,318$249,378 
Netherlands$112,206,035$119,766,691$161,006,529$210,026,381$182,788,379$123,633,255 
Netherlands Antilles$2,622,437$136,173$1,518,889$233,019   
New Caledonia$21,768$21,947$40,024$73,557$307,492$2,049,284$2,343,001
New Zealand$15,645,522$14,593,780$15,518,330$20,327,043$9,592,817  
Nicaragua$3,302,650$2,169,771$2,488,247$3,194,092$3,250,665$1,916,819$3,423,990
Niger$251,723$236,021$387,763$157,610$1,038,130$2,947,366$40,611
Nigeria $4,094,694$9,135,261$3,358,977$2,309,750$7,104,873 
Norway$7,580,413$10,119,227$13,227,428$12,462,762$10,123,484$7,767,046$6,708,912
Oman$923,815$346,577$907,607$3,413,921$1,013,030$1,701,226 
Pakistan$41,728$4,917$15,758$3,736$628,267$6,065$109,427
Panama$832,941$890,535$1,209,599$8,475$207,055$83,797$6,370
Paraguay$401,832$479,512$522,230$939,697$784,597$730,859$989,949
Peru$397,025$998,962$734,015$233,978$2,113,888$98,353$212,052
Philippines$15,616,076$23,705,671$25,131,351$21,588,667$22,418,063$21,859,681$22,810,293
Poland$2,758,163$2,769,096$6,775,358$6,752,807$10,705,679$15,862,517$17,586,286
Portugal$10,673,948$13,344,388$13,221,049$18,231,535$20,066,121$9,974,268$22,830,016
Qatar$458,699$279,727$358,362$730,239 $568,328 
Romania$3,417,520$1,809,896$2,369,903$2,180,476$1,525,221$1,102,710$398,527
Russia$2,967,871$2,213,136$903,583$988,975$1,613,822$3,671,705$8,063,607
Rwanda$18,122 $17,613$29,959$4,539 $26,584
Saint Kitts and Nevis$10,495$1,042$29,787$3,483   
Saint Lucia$13,320$28,698$1,501$13,551   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$10,907$19,358$24,630$38,255$22,924$4,400 
Samoa$53$131$29,066 $62$758$785
Sao Tome and Principe$11,217$30,710$68,097$49,992$104,314$112,705 
Saudi Arabia$123,729$222,309$1,268,148  $1,066,935 
Senegal$1,703,112$2,019,276$3,287,573$2,455,228$2,015,669$2,042,234$2,609,096
Serbia$1,770,526$2,352,536$3,675,526$3,885,174$4,010,860$2,928,227$4,699,321
Seychelles$295$16,260$266$44,075   
Singapore$25,176,750$26,484,632$33,300,891$41,734,000$27,401,470$33,587,746$45,345,065
Slovakia$4,400,047$2,774,852$2,960,398$5,698,849$4,757,229$4,345,723$9,202,211
Slovenia$8,378,095$8,743,438$8,274,703$10,675,984$8,233,879$5,886,803$6,998,970
South Africa$32,750,060$32,745,547$34,845,120$44,153,493$20,953,811$28,401,509$38,734,856
Spain$49,740,241$50,342,580$58,773,206$84,804,116$81,949,580$63,230,417 
Sri Lanka$291,927$222,261$219,748$1,050,624$410,075$326,827$736,373
Sudan$392,987$203,280$143,654$55,693$3,318,670  
Suriname$28,954$16,858$112,598$101,043$48,852$18,087$128,205
Swaziland$828,362$591,331$300,484    
Sweden$52,378,885$66,910,471$115,643,048$116,230,689$80,662,032$96,103,184$130,954,169
Switzerland$20,788,658$24,192,247$29,389,845$40,750,065$33,734,458$26,854,637$44,201,568
Syria$173,711$232,133$277,567$395,411 $132,091 
Tanzania$34,767$46,553$14,441$241,122$559,255$57,411$1,691,616
Thailand$21,395,672$27,063,356$10,260,132$26,908,876$13,280,511$12,977,848$26,950,033
Togo$29,212 $4,491  $102,794$153,049
Tonga    $126$520 
Trinidad and Tobago$793,319$2,602,302$1,166,877$4,707,997$4,399,963$3,013,967 
Tunisia$9,467,198$6,231,847$6,165,308$7,734,640$14,092,951$5,382,754 
Turkey$54,484,412$62,358,545$72,058,879$104,412,051$63,685,298$64,959,870$92,928,705
Uganda$881$1,997$34,255$15,828$7,776$6,832 
Ukraine$12,615,583$14,810,715$26,554,580$53,126,200$31,356,711$34,306,922$32,865,968
United Arab Emirates$994,616 $3,269,674$5,054,851   
United Kingdom$45,159,509$55,187,669$54,831,395$57,324,134$47,025,717$45,377,502$43,402,515
United States$306,088,730$322,939,148$275,637,649$531,030,918$397,400,357$276,710,288$392,185,699
Uruguay$79,656$13,041$9,158$2,578$2,733  
Vanuatu $187$1,062    
Venezuela$62,384,187$38,486,529$30,889,461$64,191,951$38,124,825$25,094,135$13,553,750
Vietnam$283,554$395,889$404,422$595,679$351,726$288,840 
Yemen$106,922$385,218$749,731$935,260$840,218$264,340$400,455
Zambia$10,671$121,626$65,621$70,558$100,500$40,990 
Zimbabwe$1,403,138$330,856$138,746$38,425$179,098$577,689