| Rank | Country | Exports of Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), solid in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $162,803,474 |  | | 2 | India | $51,424,043 |  | | 3 | United States | $32,031,028 |  | | 4 | Russia | $24,227,714 |  | | 5 | Saudi Arabia | $23,221,629 |  | | 6 | Poland | $19,312,963 |  | | 7 | Romania | $17,278,791 |  | | 8 | Spain | $15,468,488 |  | | 9 | Thailand | $14,568,344 |  | | 10 | Japan | $3,856,760 |  | | 11 | Argentina | $3,752,447 |  | | 12 | Indonesia | $3,582,218 |  | | 13 | Egypt | $2,823,595 |  | | 14 | South Africa | $2,675,777 |  | | 15 | Netherlands | $2,606,207 |  | | 16 | Kenya | $2,503,798 |  | | 17 | Malaysia | $2,343,781 |  | | 18 | Czech Republic | $2,234,994 |  | | 19 | Peru | $2,041,968 |  | | 20 | Lithuania | $1,958,607 |  | | 21 | Mexico | $1,811,836 |  | | 22 | Turkey | $1,681,401 |  | | 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1,148,075 |  | | 24 | Jordan | $822,962 |  | | 25 | Iran | $808,882 |  | | 26 | Singapore | $712,672 |  | | 27 | Italy | $484,415 |  | | 28 | Morocco | $476,384 |  | | 29 | Australia | $407,774 |  | | 30 | Switzerland | $338,620 |  | | 31 | Portugal | $330,276 |  | | 32 | Korea, South | $321,484 |  | | 33 | Hong Kong | $299,358 |  | | 34 | Mali | $298,879 |  | | 35 | Botswana | $285,423 |  | | 36 | Uganda | $240,175 |  | | 37 | Bulgaria | $196,626 |  | | 38 | Slovakia | $192,291 |  | | 39 | Canada | $181,846 |  | | 40 | Pakistan | $173,642 |  | | 41 | Greece | $171,604 |  | | 42 | Oman | $169,584 |  | | 43 | Ghana | $168,339 |  | | 44 | Serbia | $151,360 |  | | 45 | Syria | $147,668 |  | | 46 | Denmark | $139,262 |  | | 47 | Tunisia | $98,893 |  | | 48 | Ireland | $91,510 |  | | 49 | Latvia | $75,126 |  | | 50 | Zambia | $66,206 |  | | 51 | Tanzania | $65,168 |  | | 52 | Slovenia | $63,921 |  | | 53 | Chile | $63,797 |  | | 54 | Panama | $51,000 |  | | 55 | Vietnam | $47,244 |  | | 56 | Croatia | $44,106 |  | | 57 | Nicaragua | $39,000 |  | | 58 | Burkina Faso | $38,386 |  | | 59 | Ukraine | $37,767 |  | | 60 | Hungary | $34,000 |  | | 61 | Mauritius | $33,916 |  | | 62 | Ecuador | $24,587 |  | | 63 | New Zealand | $21,379 |  | | 64 | Guatemala | $18,946 |  | | 65 | Lebanon | $18,234 |  | | 66 | Togo | $17,088 |  | | 67 | Finland | $17,019 |  | | 68 | Costa Rica | $15,954 |  | | 69 | Cameroon | $12,889 |  | | 70 | Moldova | $12,554 |  | | 71 | El Salvador | $11,800 |  | | 72 | Dominican Republic | $11,071 |  | | 73 | Jamaica | $8,486 |  | | 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | $7,019 |  | | 75 | Iceland | $6,309 |  | | 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $6,269 |  | | 77 | Brazil | $1,934 |  | | 78 | Estonia | $1,112 |  | | 79 | Israel | $1,000 |  | | 80 | Zimbabwe | $468 |  | | 81 | Luxembourg | $167 |  | | 82 | Colombia | $68 |  | | 83 | Senegal | $61 |  | | 84 | Azerbaijan | $51 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Algeria | $14,761 | | | | | | |
| Argentina | $7,741,920 | $7,534,846 | $6,676,686 | $7,796,353 | $5,429,474 | $3,752,447 | $4,179,622 |
| Armenia | $630 | $395 | $120 | $17,600 | | | |
| Australia | $707,551 | $354,599 | $149,571 | $95,304 | $394,896 | $407,774 | $3,221,811 |
| Azerbaijan | $1,899,487 | $650,790 | $82,960 | | | $51 | |
| Bahrain | | | | | | | $12,255 |
| Barbados | | $96 | $89 | $442 | | | |
| Belarus | $100 | $18,200 | $20,300 | | | | $4,500 |
| Bhutan | $4,166 | | | | | | |
| Bolivia | $5,290 | | | | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $56,371 | $29,110 | $1,612 | $6,780 | $6,237 | $6,269 | $14,120 |
| Botswana | $10,042 | $1,813 | $28 | | $19,278 | $285,423 | $1,482 |
| Brazil | $4,689 | $1,041 | $2,891 | $132,355 | $1,871 | $1,934 | $6,180 |
| Bulgaria | $106,488 | $258,824 | $242,680 | $319,871 | $366,926 | $196,626 | $218,945 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $5,757 | $19,301 | $19,200 | $38,386 | |
| Cameroon | $104,026 | $2,488 | $110,952 | $183,983 | $130,163 | $12,889 | |
| Canada | $196,427 | $4,567,741 | $6,991,229 | $6,478,542 | $143,346 | $181,846 | $652,100 |
| Cape Verde | $13 | $42 | $18 | | | | |
| Chile | $1,967 | $1,489 | $2,236 | $16,680 | $22,528 | $63,797 | $50,421 |
| China | $87,013,490 | $113,651,381 | $147,862,029 | $173,625,062 | $230,909,743 | $162,803,474 | $237,041,493 |
| Colombia | $1,649 | $1,416 | $1,936 | $6,725 | $5,525,958 | $68 | $1,273 |
| Costa Rica | $77,394 | $10,212 | $8,857 | $34,294 | $154 | $15,954 | $12,681 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $2,570,793 | $1,678,516 | $1,553,841 | $1,876,153 | $2,655,771 | $1,148,075 | $367,744 |
| Croatia | $32,262 | $7,969 | $19,659 | $33,584 | $46,873 | $44,106 | $65,321 |
| Cuba | | $5,826 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $1,039 | $167 | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $2,111,095 | $1,531,746 | $2,090,256 | $2,200,539 | $2,601,507 | $2,234,994 | $4,057,361 |
| Denmark | $257,238 | $156,348 | $228,833 | $217,003 | $205,730 | $139,262 | $653,202 |
| Dominica | | | | | $503 | | |
| Dominican Republic | | $12,946 | $50,976 | | $32,117 | $11,071 | $890 |
| Ecuador | | | | $1,725 | $23,164 | $24,587 | $16,839 |
| Egypt | $3,185,323 | $9,218,271 | $5,966,465 | $9,415,966 | $5,766,903 | $2,823,595 | $7,273,783 |
| El Salvador | $2,729 | $1,095 | $55,901 | $88,627 | $358 | $11,800 | |
| Estonia | $25,819 | $611 | $24,879 | $31,703 | $11,598 | $1,112 | $27,227 |
| Fiji | | | | $15,794 | | | |
| Finland | $54,951 | $50,361 | $139,549 | $68,922 | $20,068 | $17,019 | $4,493 |
| Gabon | | | | | $4,105 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | $2,369 | | |
| Georgia | | $12,655 | $68,460 | $13,400 | $796 | | |
| Germany | $16,466,000 | $16,977,000 | $18,436,000 | $21,444,000 | | | |
| Ghana | | $52,794 | $250,147 | $107,854 | $300,049 | $168,339 | $356,896 |
| Greece | $234,895 | $162,501 | $351,280 | $295,405 | $56,874 | $171,604 | $198,383 |
| Guatemala | $35,980 | $115,612 | $73,263 | $239,969 | $102,670 | $18,946 | $47,046 |
| Guyana | $15,593 | | | $75 | | | $132 |
| Honduras | $2,748 | | $6,510 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $5,584,078 | $3,472,937 | $1,336,237 | $501,602 | $305,197 | $299,358 | $340,629 |
| Hungary | $29,000 | $165,000 | $134,000 | $180,000 | $165,000 | $34,000 | $20,000 |
| Iceland | | | | | | $6,309 | |
| India | $5,747,249 | $7,252,826 | $8,926,679 | $21,726,099 | $20,630,178 | $51,424,043 | $32,674,984 |
| Indonesia | $1,576,691 | $2,630,254 | $3,669,412 | $3,250,872 | $5,322,424 | $3,582,218 | $2,433,884 |
| Iran | $3,113,687 | $2,179,517 | | | | $808,882 | |
| Ireland | $21,062 | $147,034 | $1,405,942 | $80,068 | $263,137 | $91,510 | $70,536 |
| Israel | $9,000 | $2,000 | | | | $1,000 | $16,000 |
| Italy | $1,388,432 | $744,973 | $385,137 | $767,831 | $444,511 | $484,415 | $664,219 |
| Jamaica | | | $5,257 | $1,350 | $2,021 | $8,486 | |
| Japan | $4,025,386 | $3,457,830 | $3,412,123 | $3,668,895 | $4,140,101 | $3,856,760 | $4,051,500 |
| Jordan | $395,259 | $126,747 | $305,709 | $892,254 | $768,153 | $822,962 | $227,161 |
| Kazakhstan | $929 | $89,004 | $119,278 | $5,687 | $2,598 | | |
| Kenya | $821,051 | $827,365 | $1,329,733 | $2,088,403 | $2,281,268 | $2,503,798 | |
| Korea, South | $737,945 | $235,016 | $62,203 | $326,295 | $286,561 | $321,484 | $810,860 |
| Kuwait | | $5,659,272 | $8,238,015 | $7,409,053 | $8,700,512 | | |
| Latvia | $15,680 | $3,344 | $3,188 | $4,849 | $16,940 | $75,126 | $114,133 |
| Lebanon | | $19,173 | $28,390 | $8,862 | | $18,234 | $524 |
| Lithuania | $249,468 | $472,009 | $650,019 | $1,179,449 | $1,276,552 | $1,958,607 | $2,322,277 |
| Luxembourg | $122 | $3,781 | $3,270 | $444 | $7,120 | $167 | $234 |
| Macedonia | $4,051 | $713 | $1,444 | | $15,765 | | $15,075 |
| Madagascar | $101,715 | $204,787 | $14,320 | $2,752 | | | |
| Malawi | | | | | | | $616 |
| Malaysia | $289,459 | $369,939 | $88,164 | $1,328,024 | $1,633,844 | $2,343,781 | $2,389,561 |
| Mali | | $3,209 | $16,445 | $75,866 | | $298,879 | |
| Malta | | | $109 | | $667 | | |
| Mauritius | $141,478 | $6,267 | $119,236 | $232,627 | $10,115 | $33,916 | $407,015 |
| Mayotte | | | $839 | $6 | $5,386 | | |
| Mexico | $1,694,264 | $1,648,750 | $2,068,504 | $2,772,037 | $1,928,318 | $1,811,836 | $2,713,327 |
| Moldova | | | $2,022 | $41,400 | $2,687 | $12,554 | $29,758 |
| Montenegro | | $1,499 | $569 | | | | $8,632 |
| Morocco | $263,704 | $133,216 | $123,051 | $126,281 | $465,510 | $476,384 | |
| Mozambique | $68,060 | | | $39,600 | $41,339 | | $124,000 |
| Namibia | $26,797 | $7,846 | $566,886 | $19,833 | | | |
| Netherlands | $1,016,076 | $1,679,729 | $1,588,359 | $3,146,093 | $2,877,072 | $2,606,207 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | | $67 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $3,318 | | | | | | $10,274 |
| New Zealand | $23,338 | $15,436 | $18,588 | $48,080 | $22,951 | $21,379 | $27,067 |
| Nicaragua | | | $2,550 | | $6,500 | $39,000 | |
| Niger | $250 | $157 | | | | | |
| Norway | $165,491 | $2,001 | | | | | $51,956 |
| Oman | $108,733 | | $61,683 | $23,888 | | $169,584 | |
| Pakistan | $10,717 | $16,726 | $181,496 | $49,112 | $142,327 | $173,642 | $3,495,436 |
| Panama | | | | $5,890 | | $51,000 | |
| Peru | $847,987 | $1,143,542 | $1,177,134 | $1,960,162 | $1,238,563 | $2,041,968 | $3,592,589 |
| Philippines | $120 | $4,922 | $281 | $1,021 | | | |
| Poland | $22,439,861 | $23,939,856 | $32,187,796 | $38,897,951 | $28,068,831 | $19,312,963 | $25,532,163 |
| Portugal | $2,412,652 | $2,151,270 | $347,443 | $524,906 | $317,342 | $330,276 | $646,592 |
| Qatar | $954 | | | | $115 | | |
| Romania | $9,917,022 | $11,385,039 | $20,042,561 | $8,921,651 | $23,429,048 | $17,278,791 | $24,304,899 |
| Russia | $13,021,808 | $13,350,847 | $20,944,664 | $21,158,755 | $28,171,555 | $24,227,714 | $29,626,497 |
| Saint Lucia | $3,391 | $5,287 | | $21,814 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $36 | | | | |
| Samoa | $4 | | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $6,082,192 | $9,276,292 | $12,996,454 | $13,478,684 | $18,056,385 | $23,221,629 | |
| Senegal | $108,169 | $145,429 | $43,804 | $94,441 | $85,587 | $61 | $41,375 |
| Serbia | $338,345 | $177,874 | $199,381 | $320,038 | $110,699 | $151,360 | $192,689 |
| Singapore | $964,451 | $622,269 | $994,186 | $1,007,067 | $585,460 | $712,672 | $649,643 |
| Slovakia | $4,001 | $70,183 | $455,502 | $98,671 | $478,131 | $192,291 | $142,772 |
| Slovenia | $47,576 | $47,354 | $104,137 | $200,471 | $103,714 | $63,921 | $101,291 |
| South Africa | $2,216,666 | $3,123,568 | $1,908,129 | $1,815,586 | $2,377,249 | $2,675,777 | $2,747,275 |
| Spain | $16,053,549 | $25,209,631 | $16,199,563 | $21,705,097 | $19,068,253 | $15,468,488 | |
| Sri Lanka | $2,039 | $2,418 | $101 | | $956 | | $1,055 |
| Suriname | $72 | $181 | $123 | $148,274 | $497,080 | | $24,000 |
| Swaziland | $9 | $199 | | | | | |
| Switzerland | $375,378 | $368,553 | $323,562 | $390,754 | $350,596 | $338,620 | $388,184 |
| Syria | | $1,190 | | $64,538 | | $147,668 | |
| Tanzania | $31,497 | $57,742 | $32,368 | $107,069 | $39,951 | $65,168 | $423,587 |
| Thailand | $11,981,290 | $13,891,585 | $17,512,437 | $20,333,128 | $18,077,205 | $14,568,344 | $19,123,754 |
| Togo | $30,590 | | | | | $17,088 | $107,148 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $15,422 | $28,097 | $39,492 | $34,605 | $55,313 | $7,019 | |
| Tunisia | $94,569 | $135,208 | $248,994 | $264,861 | $330,996 | $98,893 | |
| Turkey | $891,014 | $391,866 | $641,134 | $1,488,130 | $1,495,083 | $1,681,401 | $1,776,840 |
| Uganda | $193,198 | $130,342 | $90,281 | $252,648 | $304,179 | $240,175 | |
| Ukraine | $72,272 | $47,228 | $66,674 | $71,100 | $56,773 | $37,767 | $150,079 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,530,221 | | $1,156,013 | $783,193 | | | |
| United Kingdom | | | | | | | $1,450,769 |
| United States | $13,728,181 | $12,085,455 | $22,661,193 | $23,719,367 | $28,547,635 | $32,031,028 | $94,899,045 |
| Uruguay | $737,094 | $830,324 | $1,038,194 | $926,876 | $1,466,860 | | |
| Venezuela | $43,722 | $546 | | $280 | | | |
| Vietnam | $42,124 | $41,387 | $191,310 | $552,951 | $182,901 | $47,244 | |
| Zambia | $98,530 | $19,945 | $60,644 | $221,837 | $853,459 | $66,206 | |
| Zimbabwe | $138 | $11,980 | $15,880 | $3 | $31,596 | $468 | |
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