RankCountryImports of Borates other than disodium tetrborate (ref. borax) in USD (2010)
1Malaysia$9,673,886
2United States$9,250,417
3Germany$6,540,837
4India$5,142,572
5China$4,638,410
6Canada$4,486,160
7Belgium$3,994,986
8France$3,463,470
9Italy$3,228,717
10Korea, South$2,547,190
11Japan$2,456,867
12Australia$2,203,009
13Thailand$2,035,509
14Russia$1,957,607
15New Zealand$1,779,143
16Brazil$1,734,980
17United Kingdom$1,675,903
18Poland$1,613,782
19Singapore$1,539,687
20South Africa$1,486,963
21Mexico$1,454,727
22Spain$1,205,415
23Vietnam$1,176,050
24Colombia$1,142,946
25Chile$977,191
26Iran$756,130
27Ukraine$684,122
28Egypt$660,745
29Sweden$543,303
30Czech Republic$529,257
31Philippines$525,476
32Turkey$485,552
33Netherlands$457,390
34Romania$427,054
35Denmark$421,486
36Venezuela$410,636
37Indonesia$305,291
38Saudi Arabia$305,067
39Algeria$301,766
40Pakistan$275,393
41Austria$268,711
42Argentina$255,095
43Hungary$247,000
44Finland$233,214
45Costa Rica$214,119
46Ghana$197,548
47Cameroon$185,155
48Guatemala$184,850
49Switzerland$168,039
50Peru$166,516
51Morocco$151,744
52New Caledonia$143,547
53Hong Kong$127,680
54Greece$115,189
55Bulgaria$114,866
56Burkina Faso$112,641
57Belarus$98,100
58Panama$89,164
59Portugal$85,406
60Sri Lanka$77,449
61Norway$76,961
62Israel$63,000
63Kenya$62,767
64El Salvador$58,187
65Nigeria$57,886
66Slovakia$51,408
67Luxembourg$44,794
68Nepal$33,671
69Slovenia$33,200
70Croatia$25,268
71Ireland$25,064
72Senegal$24,004
73Tunisia$23,265
74Uganda$22,225
75Suriname$21,857
76Serbia$20,367
77Oman$18,541
78Latvia$12,269
79Madagascar$11,791
80Lebanon$10,597
81Jordan$9,314
82Bolivia$8,743
83Estonia$8,120
84Zimbabwe$8,063
85Ecuador$7,202
86Trinidad and Tobago$7,009
87Nicaragua$6,995
88Azerbaijan$6,454
89Cyprus$4,178
90Botswana$3,769
91Fiji$3,105
92Malawi$2,618
93Dominican Republic$2,079
94Qatar$1,631
95Cote d'Ivoire$1,470
96Tanzania$1,364
97Bosnia and Herzegovina$955
98Zambia$845
99French Polynesia$817
100Iceland$693
101Paraguay$580
102Bahamas, The$570
103Moldova$462
104Cape Verde$231
105Barbados$162
106Lithuania$132
107Aruba$66
108Armenia$50
109Jamaica$50
110Antigua and Barbuda$12
111Bhutan$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$166$147$51$9,939   
Algeria$95,796$62,393$87,222$23,072$93,462$301,766$220,125
Antigua and Barbuda    $68$12 
Argentina$151,228$120,841$263,961$388,147$155,093$255,095$496,505
Armenia$38   $15,098$50$100
Aruba     $66 
Australia$2,832,710$1,446,562$1,779,805$1,881,586$1,711,989$2,203,009$2,786,798
Austria$586,156$135,158$175,040$256,790$216,333$268,711 
Azerbaijan$25,125$24,343$1,290$14,555$47,383$6,454$7,177
Bahamas, The$12,960  $179$11$570$23
Bahrain    $281  
Bangladesh$5,754$4,406$103    
Barbados$739$81$163 $1,922$162$130
Belarus$99,900$106,600$133,100$227,100$120,300$98,100$152,500
Belgium$5,338,433$2,913,569$2,941,728$4,058,658$2,290,650$3,994,986$5,028,047
Belize $93     
Bhutan$2   $9$5 
Bolivia$20,845$249$19$32,497$40,675$8,743$1,102
Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,817$6,865$8,653$10,221$1,218$955$1,934
Botswana$12,677$480$1,857$2,802$4,422$3,769$1,193
Brazil$671,021$570,357$1,220,118$1,331,460$983,751$1,734,980$2,882,341
Brunei $190     
Bulgaria$70,581$8,846$7,837 $43,210$114,866$164,496
Burkina Faso  $5,558$2,040$17,811$112,641 
Burundi $10,160     
Cambodia $4,206     
Cameroon$154,513$160,448$371,025$184,038$179,748$185,155 
Canada$1,959,001$2,728,955$3,077,525$4,316,165$1,925,898$4,486,160$7,730,611
Cape Verde$482$49$42$274$49$231 
Central African Republic$13,246 $6,880    
Chile$438,736$606,691$687,299$1,250,475$392,151$977,191$3,094,500
China$1,357,276$1,115,799$2,625,240$3,507,013$3,284,899$4,638,410$6,734,737
Colombia$645,534$500,569$828,440$534,999$895,938$1,142,946$1,571,028
Costa Rica$39,868$143,161$216,293$205,236$222,766$214,119$448,757
Cote d'Ivoire$9,610$13,445$1,150$16,242$710$1,470$2,794
Croatia$10,469$7,095$99,418$111,600$53,607$25,268$65,631
Cuba$36,954$17,549     
Cyprus $83$3,310 $1,341$4,178 
Czech Republic$114,163$122,313$419,797$424,272$200,896$529,257$280,488
Denmark$289,109$218,687$354,167$270,972$269,568$421,486$676,593
Dominican Republic$688$11,500$739$219$6,829$2,079$942
Ecuador$6,016$34,780$15,496$5,419$4,444$7,202$2,282
Egypt$740,445$66,503$531,323$1,315,456$519,487$660,745$769,929
El Salvador$3,116$26,096$12,973$9,613$44,741$58,187 
Estonia$3,491$2,931$75$2,495$2,396$8,120$4,039
Ethiopia $2,090$3,943$6,411$3,068 $18,207
Fiji$4,070  $12,850 $3,105 
Finland$368,621$399,240$429,532$285,119$183,553$233,214$186,399
France$3,547,422$3,289,535$6,316,361$5,995,631$4,090,309$3,463,470$4,417,776
French Polynesia$520$728$868$510$439$817$401
Gabon$8,204$21,711$28,424$3,420$12,884  
Georgia   $187$623  
Germany$4,804,000$6,848,000$10,102,000$8,409,000$7,315,000$6,540,837$9,708,110
Ghana$2,218$13,615$99,651$10,195$77,289$197,548$54,227
Greece$104,316$33,414$78,273$102,874$68,659$115,189$47,190
Greenland$2,293$7     
Grenada $118$117$52$18  
Guatemala$52,636$104,169$80,614$91,601$85,003$184,850$310,146
Guinea$36,844$39,090$271,892$34,581   
Guyana$150$40 $15   
Honduras$39,768$17,233$24,703 $18,258  
Hong Kong$3,857$8,695$14,997$18,077$1,870$127,680$372,920
Hungary$260,000$270,000$360,000$481,000$292,000$247,000$367,000
Iceland $1,170$3,322 $507$693 
India$1,586,189$1,724,467$1,877,565$4,640,272$4,125,627$5,142,572$5,194,778
Indonesia$433,001$1,735,919$273,221$311,796$203,792$305,291$553,413
Iran$159,497    $756,130 
Ireland$214,555$244,718$170,050$177,828$82,519$25,064$44,991
Israel$77,000$58,000$55,000$58,000$148,000$63,000$146,000
Italy$1,933,345$2,243,314$2,897,851$2,489,789$2,284,000$3,228,717$4,168,431
Jamaica$20,915$442$28,617$26,366$3,837$50 
Japan$1,892,783$1,626,134$1,335,124$1,988,737$1,659,340$2,456,867$2,534,524
Jordan$4,420 $8,588$11,995$38,892$9,314$16,027
Kazakhstan$260,515$1,061,971$1,103,974$2,168,541$629,766  
Kenya$109,814$98,296$102,948$130,017$52,608$62,767 
Korea, South$1,600,698$1,154,487$2,094,509$2,882,374$1,972,508$2,547,190$2,381,061
Kuwait $74,712$100,715$372   
Kyrgyzstan$146 $4,778$42,735  $9,568
Latvia$17,907$4,577 $17,803$5,704$12,269$122,118
Lebanon $8,355$9,954$17,138$13,364$10,597$9,712
Lithuania$2,926$1,105$348$3,842$2,152$132$191,841
Luxembourg$23,658$9,797$6,266$7,985$27,914$44,794$70,513
Macedonia$684$304$136$3,253$803 $637
Madagascar$18,355$4,104$738$9,095$7,270$11,791 
Malawi$4,528$5,002$312$4,713$3,100$2,618$12
Malaysia$5,107,688$4,256,872$3,888,265$7,890,696$8,046,560$9,673,886$9,551,050
Maldives  $57   $1
Malta $2,266  $64  
Mauritius$1,047$466$135 $904 $763
Mayotte$11$11$14$269$41  
Mexico$1,174,071$1,004,740$1,097,885$1,365,920$959,930$1,454,727$1,846,877
Moldova$1,391$17 $2,544$70$462$1,851
Mongolia$583$1,030     
Montenegro $91$101$174  $82
Morocco$58,720$117,751$74,457$206,853$102,360$151,744 
Mozambique$53 $595 $13 $2,000
Namibia $797 $48   
Nepal    $77,644$33,671 
Netherlands$304,577$678,401$1,250,368$1,357,081$244,103$457,390 
Netherlands Antilles$66$9     
New Caledonia$44,048$30,735$40,045$123,569$98,693$143,547$101,768
New Zealand$1,689,199$1,651,805$1,455,057$1,725,786$1,632,701$1,779,143$1,498,478
Nicaragua$9,120$235$3,243$5,984$2,812$6,995$8,857
Niger      $1,052
Nigeria $73,309$26,366$119$458,395$57,886 
Norway$100,414$149,369$33,200$77,219$112,723$76,961$149,258
Oman$3,261$49,347$23,612$227,771$19,758$18,541 
Pakistan$46,026$109,035$19,245$11,599$21,676$275,393$324,505
Panama$57,438$73,910$30,030$41,652$81,966$89,164$26,243
Paraguay   $749$72$580$58
Peru$80,826$117,017$105,750$114,262$230,692$166,516$100,399
Philippines$171,917$286,599$132,249$375,453$218,901$525,476$558,228
Poland$437,282$1,045,923$1,205,615$2,536,286$1,381,704$1,613,782$3,664,524
Portugal$61,079$67,691$147,151$86,008$153,734$85,406$149,931
Qatar$614,459$626,632$54,454$121 $1,631 
Romania$310,906$381,223$306,072$517,262$190,719$427,054$376,676
Russia$552,511$403,365$7,119,800$6,772,438$1,119,954$1,957,607$2,735,457
Rwanda   $33,683   
Saudi Arabia$87,802$153,838$65,557  $305,067 
Senegal$27,629$26,041$6,769$5,910$14,204$24,004$13,691
Serbia$18,105$7,050$29,135$27,189$38,721$20,367$37,862
Singapore$881,689$947,723$1,333,830$1,096,211$640,238$1,539,687$2,099,152
Slovakia$26,342$43,575$39,523$76,493$50,658$51,408$62,484
Slovenia$21,433$38,576$29,394$70,918$32,468$33,200$17,265
South Africa$435,793$515,739$393,866$1,446,935$988,985$1,486,963$1,147,959
Spain$998,406$1,236,505$1,751,765$1,333,572$1,026,630$1,205,415 
Sri Lanka$37,105$63,970$67,273$82,062$55,135$77,449$143,939
Sudan$27,652$5,036 $90$1,647  
Suriname     $21,857$11,666
Swaziland$590$11,331$844    
Sweden$182,976$471,979$545,936$612,560$388,043$543,303$971,136
Switzerland$218,544$204,439$164,460$197,706$131,076$168,039$234,476
Syria$73,061$9,720     
Tanzania$1,588$5,051$13,757$9,689$27,900$1,364$5,806
Thailand$1,255,016$1,133,360$1,577,482$2,012,226$1,529,086$2,035,509$1,971,117
Trinidad and Tobago$349$90$34,638$3,993$132$7,009 
Tunisia$13,695$26,192$8,237$12,922$23,506$23,265 
Turkey$267,725$376,682$489,598$499,747$364,845$485,552$636,315
Uganda$2,405$29,438$4,132$8,471$28,773$22,225 
Ukraine$13,409$11,602$11,666$54,370$344,885$684,122$670,446
United Arab Emirates$43,653 $68,894$96,817   
United Kingdom$1,753,589$2,810,532$4,958,474$8,119,121$1,962,657$1,675,903$3,318,020
United States$12,008,161$10,486,225$9,359,819$9,122,029$4,929,876$9,250,417$9,330,986
Uruguay $173$389$498   
Venezuela$456,311$434,358$395,692$446,534$467,847$410,636$499,980
Vietnam$651,648$436,905$567,868$611,769$900,227$1,176,050 
Yemen    $133,953  
Zambia$232,385$106,114$47,754$211,735$14,730$845 
Zimbabwe$33,175$104,554$104,059$645,748$13,958$8,063