RankCountryImports of Inorganic/organic comps. of precious metals, whether or not chemically defi ... in USD (2010)
1Germany$833,875,179
2Switzerland$439,369,413
3Italy$420,577,678
4Belgium$344,231,218
5France$268,617,089
6Japan$219,711,816
7Hong Kong$194,619,803
8Mexico$156,415,262
9India$108,738,393
10China$92,696,074
11Malaysia$89,361,904
12United States$69,960,336
13United Kingdom$53,520,639
14Korea, South$51,591,237
15Netherlands$36,552,775
16Australia$31,684,009
17Argentina$29,775,045
18Austria$28,827,966
19Finland$21,492,520
20Singapore$17,358,463
21South Africa$15,234,568
22Russia$10,652,473
23Canada$7,791,756
24Brazil$6,216,545
25Denmark$4,951,281
26Sweden$4,668,652
27Turkey$4,634,213
28Poland$4,076,654
29Ireland$2,557,771
30Greece$2,201,892
31Hungary$1,762,000
32Spain$1,710,988
33Indonesia$1,669,231
34Serbia$1,666,156
35Venezuela$1,524,525
36Thailand$1,181,773
37Vietnam$1,158,560
38Romania$1,124,029
39Ukraine$743,822
40Iran$620,428
41Czech Republic$608,353
42Tunisia$395,669
43Israel$381,000
44Egypt$374,697
45Belarus$343,300
46Peru$298,375
47Slovenia$199,424
48Morocco$169,592
49Colombia$161,163
50Portugal$144,935
51Pakistan$136,681
52Ethiopia$92,253
53Lebanon$70,176
54Philippines$67,290
55Slovakia$66,140
56Guatemala$66,106
57Norway$57,996
58Azerbaijan$54,530
59El Salvador$42,626
60Bahrain$40,654
61Costa Rica$34,740
62Sri Lanka$23,029
63Ecuador$22,055
64Oman$21,717
65Bulgaria$21,554
66Croatia$19,711
67Uganda$18,776
68Chile$16,337
69New Zealand$16,200
70Lithuania$15,277
71Zimbabwe$14,390
72Algeria$14,373
73Mauritius$12,369
74Ghana$10,276
75Zambia$9,702
76Paraguay$9,691
77Cyprus$8,276
78Cote d'Ivoire$8,011
79Qatar$7,702
80Bolivia$7,215
81Latvia$6,385
82Luxembourg$4,412
83New Caledonia$4,393
84Estonia$4,229
85Georgia$3,734
86Malta$3,722
87Trinidad and Tobago$3,114
88French Polynesia$3,103
89Kyrgyzstan$2,799
90Jordan$2,492
91Nepal$2,376
92Bahamas, The$2,370
93Kenya$2,036
94Iceland$1,943
95Moldova$1,845
96Armenia$1,581
97Dominican Republic$1,350
98Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,101
99Jamaica$963
100Guyana$926
101Suriname$920
102Tanzania$788
103Cape Verde$721
104Samoa$605
105Maldives$484
106Mali$457
107Botswana$442
108Bermuda$332
109Madagascar$329
110Panama$244
111Barbados$207
112Nicaragua$152
113Bhutan$14
114Yemen$11
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania      $12,654
Algeria$4,999$4,272$11,742$12,172$8,500$14,373$5,214
Antigua and Barbuda  $135    
Argentina$9,033,845$20,550,327$13,070,507$56,388,125$7,958,558$29,775,045$34,827,778
Armenia$111$904$18,359$18,940$806$1,581$1,628
Australia$16,939,340$27,380,971$40,882,517$37,090,363$31,994,842$31,684,009$27,985,041
Austria$6,304,668$11,300,045$15,942,179$17,331,198$20,174,622$28,827,966 
Azerbaijan$43,433$89,775$57,347$171,685 $54,530 
Bahamas, The  $3,499  $2,370 
Bahrain$36,104$769  $7,253$40,654$2,484
Bangladesh$40$370$1,708    
Barbados$2,187$12$1,534$2,934$1,765$207$1,410
Belarus$424,900$2,348,700$24,200$7,800$12,700$343,300$372,000
Belgium$266,453,398$380,554,466$357,440,418$414,573,452$191,884,179$344,231,218$59,467,495
Bermuda     $332 
Bhutan $18 $57$42$14 
Bolivia$2,146$2,605$2,951$20,329$5,667$7,215$40,610
Bosnia and Herzegovina$136$837$741$1,823$1,617 $2,057
Botswana$70,078$1,936$1,226$24,398$13$442$9,222
Brazil$2,516,472$3,471,147$7,712,702$10,727,368$5,385,856$6,216,545$7,532,706
Brunei $363     
Bulgaria$7,060$4,243$9,832$18,509$14,116$21,554$36,336
Burkina Faso$392  $187   
Burundi    $83  
Cameroon $53     
Canada$72,498,338$115,743,534$99,318,977$36,047,697$3,237,611$7,791,756$11,481,792
Cape Verde    $55$721$167
Chile$7,155$28,839$57,504$69,577$19,045$16,337$32,472
China$34,769,322$77,886,603$82,864,667$81,524,988$47,565,097$92,696,074$112,159,446
Colombia$27,491$52,369$52,423$114,550$145,299$161,163$86,262
Comoros$844$1,793     
Costa Rica$16,996$10,482$26,608$8,797$4,733$34,740$1,156
Cote d'Ivoire$632$976$126$1,122$357$8,011 
Croatia$30,933$47,317$28,212$77,180$51,726$19,711$40,052
Cuba$567,110$374,275     
Cyprus$12,070$31,118$129,226$82,791$24,182$8,276$90,195
Czech Republic$99,960$204,229$720,757$1,819,087$395,272$608,353$5,451,169
Denmark$6,866,346$2,208,646$18,606,294$2,909,601$15,169,426$4,951,281$24,740,919
Dominica $115     
Dominican Republic$75 $13,468$21,825 $1,350 
East Timor$126      
Ecuador$15,683$18,569$20,305$64,955$15,909$22,055$54,740
Egypt $357,244 $699,120$242,349$374,697$1,191,054
El Salvador$6,106$99,489$31,834$5,931$11,552$42,626 
Estonia$13,638$15,459$12,229$3,772$4,337$4,229$1,941
Ethiopia$246  $6,697$10,350$92,253$9
Faroe Islands$218      
Fiji $1,137$10    
Finland$17,531,785$38,130,433$34,734,412$28,842,792$12,777,494$21,492,520$21,865,309
France$132,296,079$116,271,258$188,687,903$246,519,314$170,207,918$268,617,089$242,967,954
French Polynesia$5,305$13,776$1,092$17$5,676$3,103$3,948
Gabon$361$4,203     
Georgia $286$3,496$820 $3,734 
Germany$99,784,000$115,164,000$129,262,000$710,086,000$507,592,000$833,875,179$1,102,612,665
Ghana$15,557 $2,606$1,699$44$10,276$680
Greece$1,571,240$420,485$2,246,631$3,353,468$3,835,196$2,201,892$2,157,565
Guatemala$9,144$2,613$629$2,799$734$66,106$66,355
Guyana  $1,878  $926$307
Honduras$4,992$4,513$5,033 $915  
Hong Kong$131,720,726$72,215,863$119,730,986$145,641,568$105,534,421$194,619,803$140,165,785
Hungary$2,672,000$3,297,000$3,427,000$4,900,000$1,071,000$1,762,000$10,084,000
Iceland$452$1,417$2,009$2,450$382$1,943$1,749
India$27,368,155$67,773,903$89,801,470$119,099,517$62,360,439$108,738,393$117,650,038
Indonesia$38,620$33,124$13,608$274,491$702,385$1,669,231$1,384,567
Iran$89,489    $620,428 
Ireland$856,502$1,431,706$1,388,796$1,677,677$686,964$2,557,771$5,743,111
Israel$320,000$1,045,000$1,156,000$707,000$230,000$381,000$468,000
Italy$30,228,029$41,346,851$60,717,302$55,375,890$63,151,572$420,577,678$637,992,765
Jamaica$191$663$1,074$2,528$1,575$963 
Japan$69,845,884$145,543,285$286,792,305$308,604,496$103,049,285$219,711,816$284,421,508
Jordan$86,453$50,000 $163,218$87,455$2,492$139,948
Kazakhstan$2,195$357$8,325$326$4,770  
Kenya$31$445$2,434$10,646$4,928$2,036 
Kiribati$20      
Korea, South$22,972,825$55,693,486$88,197,980$68,899,713$36,210,773$51,591,237$70,062,848
Kuwait  $7,383$22,613   
Kyrgyzstan  $8,649$17,568$4,217$2,799 
Latvia$3,175$4,748$10,861$4,798$4,039$6,385$7,243
Lebanon$197,000$127,073$116,874$64,608$50,318$70,176$145,803
Lithuania$52,139$9,556$11,669$7,566$5,156$15,277$16,231
Luxembourg$17,211,571$42,577,248$12,457$171$52,599$4,412$85,141
Macau  $150,785    
Macedonia$1,907$397$1,782$2,617$8,351,680 $93,619,550
Madagascar$50$286$55$3,026$1,121$329 
Malawi$2,425   $1,032  
Malaysia$2,768,019$1,205,103$18,367,412$12,885,792$18,972,754$89,361,904$92,975,522
Maldives$533$1,743$554$1,324$139$484 
Mali$52,188    $457 
Malta$50$16,829$29,144$5,214$1,672$3,722 
Mauritius$7,992$41,929$41,238$176,033$20,787$12,369$60,816
Mayotte  $4,472    
Mexico$118,845,685$222,451,734$298,771,692$237,804,041$77,050,656$156,415,262$214,100,969
Moldova$135$2,033$149$531$3,105$1,845$982
Montenegro   $1,832$160 $819
Morocco$206,196$240,494$212,213$187,884$260,332$169,592 
Mozambique$91,647     $4,000
Namibia$17,205$10,626$11,347$17,065   
Nepal    $1,176$2,376 
Netherlands$15,368,067$29,791,859$29,711,000$15,312,474$50,837,552$36,552,775 
New Caledonia$898$391$1,727$1,154$4,489$4,393$713
New Zealand$21,660$16,073$30,615$20,802$20,261$16,200$24,239
Nicaragua$180$382$125$816$378$152 
Niger$86      
Nigeria $969     
Norway$46,618$68,881$164,063$165,002$28,730$57,996$74,273
Oman $6,226  $37,194$21,717 
Pakistan$11,525$11,755$150$12,454$20,341$136,681$49,132
Panama$289$706 $476 $244$4,360
Paraguay$4,048$33,529$11,999$5,800$1,896$9,691$51,980
Peru$151,312$113,294$194,730$271,363$200,482$298,375$445,556
Philippines$940,150$500,774$65,249$623,290$2,264$67,290$2,124
Poland$1,253,368$2,694,029$7,593,908$3,887,992$2,021,406$4,076,654$4,252,666
Portugal$306,957$39,294$469,393$48,298$55,753$144,935$140,567
Qatar$25,340$468$6,353  $7,702 
Romania$750,734$205,551$4,806,692$1,294,499$2,291,620$1,124,029$2,611,683
Russia$2,049,352$14,452,058$11,269,386$8,835,984$6,252,602$10,652,473$15,382,723
Rwanda$1,193  $2,571$2,850 $1,333
Saint Kitts and Nevis   $17   
Saint Lucia$523$936$1,011    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $196$1,101 
Samoa     $605 
Saudi Arabia$6,948$4,522$14,733    
Serbia$213,729$12,678$3,281,951$1,045,193$497,148$1,666,156$48,364
Seychelles   $11   
Singapore$6,556,318$9,192,490$11,756,020$17,270,667$13,642,151$17,358,463$18,373,947
Slovakia$23,138$70,408$3,318,547$82,746$256,440$66,140$63,723
Slovenia$31,860$81,275$59,925$99,021$151,434$199,424$113,658
South Africa$34,453,837$8,831,610$37,872,106$68,044,375$2,306,715$15,234,568$30,071,114
Spain$3,673,473$5,828,676$9,063,689$7,882,291$2,551,490$1,710,988 
Sri Lanka$584$16,140$16,979$31,555$14,131$23,029$25,791
Sudan $362$28,050    
Suriname     $920$819
Swaziland$328$1,115$1,168    
Sweden$1,060,887$1,600,436$2,678,040$2,065,217$2,315,611$4,668,652$7,687,379
Switzerland$59,842,615$295,222,289$494,083,167$176,442,871$279,086,585$439,369,413$243,029,651
Tanzania$11,868$9,151$5,095 $2,893$788$1,666
Thailand$2,073,806$43,418,797$88,420,716$11,896,823$1,045,797$1,181,773$33,730,773
Trinidad and Tobago$2,086$4,387$2,428$651 $3,114 
Tunisia$1,516$1,477$116,351$78,989$325,413$395,669 
Turkey$963,837$1,751,327$3,489,251$4,334,237$1,719,729$4,634,213$3,681,094
Uganda$2,173$7,086 $32,478$12,079$18,776 
Ukraine$918,323$2,358,979$2,117,363$3,040,770$336,562$743,822$1,418,811
United Arab Emirates$136,287 $810,084$2,993,071   
United Kingdom$79,051,311$88,940,060$116,313,645$115,088,694$30,724,966$53,520,639$121,218,596
United States$89,209,811$115,126,187$47,318,524$67,037,535$31,414,011$69,960,336$67,612,213
Uruguay$93,281$105,057$168,602$227,049$259,046  
Vanuatu $185     
Venezuela$88,358$215,076$148,498$23,641$276,499$1,524,525$10,650
Vietnam$9,829$12,624$378,474$470,340$848,665$1,158,560 
Yemen $39,578   $11 
Zambia$395 $3,953$4,690$1,005$9,702 
Zimbabwe$70$1,059$9,507$1,029$7,239$14,390