RankCountryImports of Silicones, in primary forms in USD (2010)
1China$859,065,990
2Belgium$559,997,194
3United States$446,488,484
4Korea, South$405,904,914
5Germany$380,881,510
6Netherlands$348,282,147
7Italy$275,497,436
8France$252,729,928
9Hong Kong$234,214,318
10United Kingdom$230,383,277
11Japan$204,674,085
12Malaysia$199,290,934
13Brazil$158,058,206
14Mexico$144,379,571
15India$124,404,389
16Thailand$117,935,540
17Spain$97,723,106
18Canada$96,516,575
19Turkey$93,624,761
20Philippines$87,183,671
21Switzerland$80,233,335
22Singapore$76,222,272
23Austria$73,892,749
24Poland$67,772,674
25Russia$62,401,559
26Indonesia$57,857,897
27Czech Republic$43,722,633
28Vietnam$42,454,140
29Finland$34,319,925
30Sweden$33,277,708
31Saudi Arabia$27,511,234
32Costa Rica$27,079,213
33Romania$26,939,450
34South Africa$26,402,402
35Norway$25,962,896
36Israel$25,259,000
37Argentina$25,204,193
38Australia$25,113,845
39Colombia$24,327,302
40Pakistan$23,573,699
41Iran$23,274,844
42Portugal$22,895,925
43Peru$19,485,094
44Nigeria$16,202,494
45Chile$15,886,526
46Venezuela$15,383,655
47Luxembourg$14,849,330
48Slovenia$13,563,453
49Hungary$12,370,000
50Egypt$11,778,780
51Denmark$11,642,617
52Ireland$11,229,313
53Belarus$9,357,800
54Greece$8,913,703
55Ukraine$7,953,673
56New Zealand$7,231,659
57Croatia$6,001,685
58Ecuador$5,900,753
59Dominican Republic$5,257,397
60Syria$5,134,310
61Estonia$4,903,285
62Slovakia$4,872,541
63Bulgaria$4,404,935
64Tunisia$4,098,675
65Morocco$4,031,599
66Panama$3,882,626
67Algeria$3,864,800
68Guatemala$3,824,475
69Mauritius$3,744,698
70Qatar$3,663,556
71Sri Lanka$3,252,004
72Serbia$3,018,127
73Iceland$2,511,709
74Bahrain$1,831,959
75Kenya$1,589,748
76Bolivia$1,552,547
77Lebanon$1,493,038
78Latvia$1,443,235
79Jordan$1,338,574
80Lithuania$1,337,919
81Malta$1,298,658
82El Salvador$1,223,238
83Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,185,864
84Paraguay$1,165,047
85Tanzania$1,133,642
86Ethiopia$1,098,581
87Oman$845,945
88Cote d'Ivoire$841,071
89Bahamas, The$788,446
90Botswana$738,605
91Ghana$664,857
92Uganda$629,302
93Cyprus$617,963
94Cameroon$548,696
95Suriname$468,766
96Jamaica$438,819
97Mali$420,151
98Nicaragua$413,861
99Zimbabwe$363,828
100Zambia$350,755
101Albania$349,581
102Nepal$305,662
103Georgia$301,792
104Yemen$287,322
105Malawi$267,364
106Azerbaijan$260,686
107Trinidad and Tobago$218,758
108Barbados$185,035
109Senegal$172,178
110Cape Verde$154,592
111Moldova$154,076
112Armenia$153,569
113New Caledonia$138,879
114Cambodia$129,733
115Aruba$121,443
116Mozambique$117,592
117Madagascar$109,543
118French Polynesia$93,986
119Niger$91,282
120Kyrgyzstan$89,551
121Montenegro$74,028
122Benin$65,527
123Fiji$60,465
124Burkina Faso$59,184
125Guyana$39,644
126Bermuda$28,559
127Mauritania$27,594
128Tonga$26,061
129Maldives$17,947
130Burundi$15,730
131Samoa$15,224
132Belize$9,436
133Sao Tome and Principe$5,398
134Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$4,587
135Antigua and Barbuda$4,117
136Togo$3,191
137Gambia, The$1,423
138Dominica$656
139Bhutan$44
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$173,623$179,270$104,378$218,807$193,341$349,581$232,766
Algeria$2,111,597$2,700,874$2,360,136$3,720,723$3,397,406$3,864,800$5,647,885
Anguilla $30,572$53,573$73,765   
Antigua and Barbuda$4,576$1,380$666 $6,281$4,117$2,717
Argentina$19,330,906$20,653,188$22,838,113$23,574,799$19,244,787$25,204,193$30,138,845
Armenia$40,830$33,631$10,450$58,967$40,246$153,569$99,013
Aruba    $159,240$121,443$181,913
Australia$25,029,369$26,272,507$26,340,863$25,852,677$20,765,110$25,113,845$27,628,870
Austria$52,825,928$57,576,390$69,453,330$77,379,666$58,666,933$73,892,749 
Azerbaijan$222,991$262,847$327,200$415,394$245,404$260,686$150,448
Bahamas, The$323,929$127,671$88,389$294,193$455,780$788,446$944,330
Bahrain$97,495$127,096$290,752$370,898$758,646$1,831,959$861,528
Bangladesh$2,854,543$4,928,027$4,426,007    
Barbados$166,153$174,348$218,534$292,938$189,490$185,035$171,802
Belarus$3,348,000$4,985,600$6,728,300$9,407,900$7,283,400$9,357,800$8,861,500
Belgium$402,583,408$469,619,969$531,900,554$598,842,865$532,736,620$559,997,194$505,024,720
Belize$20,680$16,394$16,943$7,027$5,550$9,436 
Benin$35,672$60,574   $65,527 
Bermuda     $28,559 
Bhutan$4,511$135$10$4,296$926$44 
Bolivia$861,323$861,939$774,664$1,394,801$1,122,440$1,552,547$2,163,492
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,248,889$1,530,992$2,324,912$2,058,052$1,044,338$1,185,864$1,610,715
Botswana$241,373$551,782$361,650$449,219$557,729$738,605$455,718
Brazil$79,689,646$89,507,060$108,397,926$131,663,324$118,779,131$158,058,206$146,220,726
Brunei $303,331     
Bulgaria$4,313,291$5,361,367$4,705,823$4,507,165$4,155,331$4,404,935$4,079,814
Burkina Faso$69,264 $53,321$40,952$109,457$59,184 
Burundi$13,529$16,131$12,792$3,582$2,276$15,730 
Cambodia$239,799$187,073$183,496$99,553$135,552$129,733 
Cameroon$198,224$202,580$245,791$467,770$599,772$548,696 
Canada$90,323,032$91,383,076$95,529,932$98,477,468$80,020,325$96,516,575$97,691,842
Cape Verde$63,488$107,363$150,971$168,782$154,992$154,592$219,413
Chile$10,113,770$10,837,741$11,206,250$13,025,027$10,499,385$15,886,526$14,708,088
China$554,010,839$617,374,089$701,437,272$787,340,210$735,190,997$859,065,990$779,387,650
Colombia$16,343,746$19,880,962$18,888,795$21,815,928$18,084,153$24,327,302$27,210,185
Comoros$1,765$1,376$157    
Cook Islands$4,968 $5,224    
Costa Rica$27,100,525$24,753,331$22,789,774$21,206,927$22,671,113$27,079,213$27,199,090
Cote d'Ivoire$371,440$583,506$559,751$712,895$737,608$841,071$676,487
Croatia$5,599,488$6,088,736$7,975,533$8,992,286$6,614,804$6,001,685$6,599,205
Cuba$1,128,508$1,191,730     
Cyprus$512,906$688,705$608,998$865,266$664,292$617,963$630,938
Czech Republic$23,920,379$28,461,693$32,958,148$41,270,117$31,525,031$43,722,633$51,083,753
Denmark$16,151,455$16,524,754$18,752,123$18,375,795$11,702,020$11,642,617$12,610,297
Dominica$7,180$675 $276$1,342$656 
Dominican Republic$1,980,028$2,779,961$3,015,135$1,534,840$3,130,687$5,257,397$3,318,388
East Timor$1,332      
Ecuador$3,010,282$3,492,954$3,922,601$6,117,429$5,433,362$5,900,753$6,868,514
Egypt$2,021,028$1,962,125$1,752,479$9,397,661$7,632,976$11,778,780$12,075,520
El Salvador$2,753,632$2,429,707$3,362,211$3,230,215$682,394$1,223,238 
Estonia$2,137,024$3,282,833$4,177,912$5,105,075$2,951,406$4,903,285$5,434,040
Ethiopia$266,664$322,403$283,406$405,975$235,693$1,098,581$539,799
Faroe Islands$30,719$29,688$38,943$33,087$22,698  
Fiji$18,010$10,233$16,074$13,657$25,332$60,465 
Finland$26,845,076$27,769,954$31,219,788$34,556,362$27,849,258$34,319,925$33,020,606
France$171,096,243$206,055,479$245,220,844$252,594,514$206,826,383$252,729,928$292,758,727
French Polynesia$140,736$102,235$118,390$147,703$163,581$93,986$100,799
Gabon$181,162$292,458$170,536$396,630$491,399  
Gambia, The$315$321$768$951$526$1,423$290
Georgia$69,117$357,028$232,882$906,716$212,806$301,792 
Germany$306,964,000$329,561,000$362,989,000$389,040,000$316,206,000$380,881,510$437,899,862
Ghana$548,136$432,068$919,553$807,123$892,226$664,857$1,560,742
Greece$11,517,790$8,424,402$10,569,304$10,652,708$8,811,102$8,913,703$7,966,617
Greenland$78,446$6,832$19,902    
Grenada$3,796$1,697$2,349$2,809$1,522  
Guatemala$2,157,727$2,634,630$3,134,075$3,610,138$3,256,476$3,824,475$3,672,751
Guinea$27,821$63,583$53,716$5,698   
Guinea-Bissau$175      
Guyana$22,938$11,310$37,626$38,444$42,796$39,644$47,235
Honduras$968,111$1,377,630$1,311,414 $632,326  
Hong Kong$182,384,938$211,954,152$222,784,804$220,029,074$193,485,911$234,214,318$236,162,877
Hungary$10,425,000$12,041,000$14,954,000$14,228,000$9,470,000$12,370,000$15,144,000
Iceland$2,515,267$2,044,016$2,364,424$2,812,185$2,074,540$2,511,709$2,244,466
India$46,019,951$59,046,810$70,076,960$87,831,142$129,940,707$124,404,389$128,701,848
Indonesia$28,699,141$30,915,114$37,403,125$57,163,911$47,567,566$57,857,897$60,178,506
Iran$14,000,258$2,646,376   $23,274,844 
Ireland$21,700,029$22,522,107$27,736,735$21,896,785$8,999,008$11,229,313$12,647,448
Israel$13,965,000$15,503,000$22,355,000$28,298,000$17,810,000$25,259,000$26,878,000
Italy$240,997,775$275,326,388$300,842,782$302,164,721$225,117,324$275,497,436$314,251,131
Jamaica$371,417$463,320$391,649$565,150$452,675$438,819 
Japan$118,133,151$128,276,070$141,649,456$179,004,079$134,664,588$204,674,085$201,041,048
Jordan$968,149$889,215$1,128,439$1,269,214$1,510,753$1,338,574$1,172,340
Kazakhstan$1,150,725$2,236,047$2,172,498$1,511,003$1,300,284  
Kenya$856,260$846,610$1,177,813$1,553,340$1,122,595$1,589,748 
Kiribati$582   $542  
Korea, South$260,069,463$312,124,679$318,757,766$319,306,697$349,180,816$405,904,914$428,955,776
Kuwait $2,133,262$2,642,826$2,659,411   
Kyrgyzstan$8,168$16,857$14,335$34,422$31,300$89,551$75,383
Latvia$1,216,708$1,025,692$1,153,606$1,134,855$820,403$1,443,235$2,071,547
Lebanon$596,000$487,819$844,780$991,002$908,947$1,493,038$1,211,328
Lesotho   $6,407   
Lithuania$925,613$993,164$1,023,811$1,016,436$968,073$1,337,919$1,423,579
Luxembourg$11,417,408$11,771,545$12,470,596$15,755,423$12,634,450$14,849,330$13,084,237
Macau$41,263$37,546$9,643$9,182$33,457  
Macedonia$501,920$271,178$327,330$537,079$406,414 $363,960
Madagascar$172,551$209,325$243,904$288,719$145,261$109,543 
Malawi$15,833$25,490$72,576$13,185$185,731$267,364$176,979
Malaysia$63,633,795$141,020,366$83,639,513$179,256,530$113,426,962$199,290,934$194,413,621
Maldives $1,674$13,681$7,309$10,186$17,947$30,420
Mali$95,110$28,583$80,800$238,145 $420,151 
Malta$1,219,297$1,133,392$1,270,030$1,301,358$981,848$1,298,658 
Mauritania$100,377$199,530$15,935$46,743$51,005$27,594$31,548
Mauritius$456,446$699,487$1,082,214$2,788,372$470,805$3,744,698$4,377,535
Mayotte$22,116$27,719$30,960$18,087$3,910  
Mexico$111,668,021$111,545,361$114,661,356$115,411,343$113,164,490$144,379,571$148,448,803
Moldova$181,659$204,666$246,401$284,161$118,755$154,076$175,545
Mongolia$3,441$5,623$17,542    
Montenegro $71,277$176,344$209,589$107,242$74,028$103,656
Montserrat$6,231$6,729$5,472$6,134$4,025  
Morocco$3,327,001$3,902,390$4,260,975$5,630,861$3,160,569$4,031,599 
Mozambique$84,436$127,706$115,568$201,280$105,394$117,592$225,000
Namibia$530,920$441,521$292,561$690,617   
Nepal    $257,864$305,662 
Netherlands$258,975,925$274,056,460$317,497,457$328,833,618$320,840,383$348,282,147 
Netherlands Antilles$96,709$199,204$383,767$257,226   
New Caledonia$86,939$69,071$62,182$76,257$58,691$138,879$136,929
New Zealand$6,449,882$7,143,517$6,814,593$6,743,328$5,264,412$7,231,659$7,459,584
Nicaragua$435,410$456,933$669,923$588,491$498,275$413,861$626,731
Niger$24,550$29,457$54,880$79,571$74,823$91,282$64,041
Nigeria $2,788,009$6,508,444$5,499,555$16,027,058$16,202,494 
Norway$26,597,002$24,692,893$26,342,373$31,427,812$25,119,783$25,962,896$24,677,748
Oman$323,524$196,848$161,750$297,753$847,472$845,945 
Pakistan$13,646,441$16,475,054$20,677,007$23,653,695$21,612,393$23,573,699$21,593,062
Panama$596,813$3,152,479$3,279,039$3,661,649$3,347,247$3,882,626$4,820,891
Paraguay$841,063$342,741$807,470$895,108$697,634$1,165,047$906,192
Peru$8,728,860$9,598,767$12,992,678$16,382,149$15,272,175$19,485,094$20,190,532
Philippines$21,042,973$34,675,029$37,569,013$110,108,647$73,107,759$87,183,671$342,507,723
Poland$40,229,515$50,891,951$54,541,766$69,785,235$55,140,554$67,772,674$77,101,743
Portugal$14,703,775$14,320,796$17,481,213$17,364,136$16,421,355$22,895,925$25,224,306
Qatar$990,310$2,498,232$2,438,325$2,700,412 $3,663,556 
Romania$9,878,662$13,875,399$17,950,762$19,861,533$18,771,769$26,939,450$33,963,112
Russia$16,620,312$21,778,749$31,932,828$47,455,645$36,809,216$62,401,559$75,430,090
Rwanda$35,734$22,790$68,826$107,623$62,203 $99,587
Saint Kitts and Nevis$777$417$2,510$419   
Saint Lucia$8,750$10,407$13,730$10,864   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$184$139$3,180$1,526$3,081$4,587 
Samoa$87,380$44,930$14,368$18,916$4,573$15,224$35,431
Sao Tome and Principe$85$7,977$11,730$10,863$19,147$5,398 
Saudi Arabia$12,713,928$13,438,285$16,151,497  $27,511,234 
Senegal$93,723$149,375$85,768$522,349$73,361$172,178$173,527
Serbia$2,379,403$2,851,297$3,391,417$3,626,484$2,304,916$3,018,127$3,019,906
Seychelles$102,153$134,399$76,371$121,574   
Singapore$78,734,422$62,388,969$63,581,846$62,559,950$57,010,820$76,222,272$81,975,224
Slovakia$2,637,360$2,985,271$4,348,283$5,968,541$3,957,244$4,872,541$7,357,472
Slovenia$11,678,252$13,460,417$17,045,286$18,925,923$13,476,591$13,563,453$13,674,750
South Africa$22,630,729$22,371,145$26,988,114$26,342,470$22,863,318$26,402,402$27,217,790
Spain$143,955,186$124,434,158$124,666,787$102,419,252$83,223,680$97,723,106 
Sri Lanka$767,231$1,707,367$1,702,404$3,130,016$1,885,405$3,252,004$2,709,863
Sudan$90,543$13,958$71,319$34,339$115,031  
Suriname$720,770$416,438$448,240$319,842$388,104$468,766$376,832
Swaziland$144,234$78,533$377,792    
Sweden$25,858,853$30,419,161$32,260,835$36,585,515$25,440,636$33,277,708$36,930,933
Switzerland$65,080,004$71,689,282$82,110,704$99,150,637$78,141,329$80,233,335$81,699,043
Syria$1,947,083$2,904,713$4,101,821$5,250,993 $5,134,310 
Tanzania$462,574$509,120$501,332$558,897$419,914$1,133,642$625,937
Thailand$82,329,254$87,354,887$99,510,855$108,859,376$88,377,769$117,935,540$114,717,253
Togo$1,320 $20  $3,191 
Tonga$3,517$3,731$13,257$26,009$9,838$26,061 
Trinidad and Tobago$276,873$252,443$279,522$308,433$278,526$218,758 
Tunisia$2,468,931$2,614,088$3,200,939$3,220,599$3,945,469$4,098,675 
Turkey$62,267,633$67,327,533$79,499,140$92,848,405$83,402,920$93,624,761$106,684,880
Tuvalu $377 $396   
Uganda$149,193$57,871$428,634$485,027$436,178$629,302 
Ukraine$3,470,243$4,239,151$6,645,672$9,202,429$4,721,472$7,953,673$11,003,016
United Arab Emirates$9,902,062 $11,561,534$15,384,703   
United Kingdom$155,465,862$167,732,859$185,269,240$187,401,878$148,272,534$230,383,277$241,181,466
United States$286,440,812$297,673,557$319,378,371$361,272,453$324,762,695$446,488,484$447,606,911
Uruguay$1,244,464$1,345,489$1,659,927$1,542,742$1,479,740  
Vanuatu $12,366$33,227    
Venezuela$8,118,373$8,493,101$9,907,987$22,631,090$19,374,850$15,383,655$7,679,818
Vietnam$16,469,949$23,649,750$28,497,228$30,012,929$27,128,239$42,454,140 
Wallis and Futuna$1,068$1,921     
Yemen$672,394$164,733$83,931$161,590$203,875$287,322$166,745
Zambia$275,219$332,536$433,546$431,157$314,943$350,755 
Zimbabwe$16,300$139,344$182,227$107,232$258,977$363,828