| Rank | Country | Exports of Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $231,404,761 |  | | 2 | United States | $93,115,283 |  | | 3 | Spain | $16,051,439 |  | | 4 | Germany | $14,357,880 |  | | 5 | Japan | $13,857,947 |  | | 6 | Hong Kong | $13,287,437 |  | | 7 | Russia | $10,902,031 |  | | 8 | Netherlands | $7,977,779 |  | | 9 | Belgium | $6,708,522 |  | | 10 | Singapore | $6,223,487 |  | | 11 | Austria | $5,633,542 |  | | 12 | Italy | $3,890,031 |  | | 13 | India | $3,705,095 |  | | 14 | United Kingdom | $3,644,943 |  | | 15 | Australia | $2,546,311 |  | | 16 | Thailand | $2,268,144 |  | | 17 | Malaysia | $2,040,054 |  | | 18 | South Africa | $1,570,929 |  | | 19 | Kenya | $1,323,484 |  | | 20 | Poland | $1,322,398 |  | | 21 | Mexico | $959,673 |  | | 22 | Ukraine | $916,006 |  | | 23 | Saudi Arabia | $573,334 |  | | 24 | Korea, South | $339,002 |  | | 25 | Chile | $328,337 |  | | 26 | Philippines | $321,133 |  | | 27 | Finland | $298,274 |  | | 28 | Switzerland | $278,825 |  | | 29 | France | $277,043 |  | | 30 | Israel | $247,000 |  | | 31 | Peru | $236,579 |  | | 32 | Canada | $204,382 |  | | 33 | Iceland | $191,608 |  | | 34 | Panama | $180,090 |  | | 35 | Brazil | $140,918 |  | | 36 | Ghana | $121,370 |  | | 37 | Indonesia | $84,204 |  | | 38 | Oman | $48,765 |  | | 39 | Czech Republic | $48,646 |  | | 40 | Jordan | $41,799 |  | | 41 | Estonia | $39,693 |  | | 42 | Egypt | $38,552 |  | | 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | $37,817 |  | | 44 | Iran | $34,800 |  | | 45 | Argentina | $30,260 |  | | 46 | Hungary | $29,000 |  | | 47 | Ireland | $25,765 |  | | 48 | Mauritius | $24,789 |  | | 49 | Denmark | $13,002 |  | | 50 | Lebanon | $11,914 |  | | 51 | Sweden | $9,883 |  | | 52 | Turkey | $9,447 |  | | 53 | New Zealand | $8,167 |  | | 54 | Suriname | $4,000 |  | | 55 | Guatemala | $3,173 |  | | 56 | Belarus | $3,100 |  | | 57 | Slovenia | $2,947 |  | | 58 | Slovakia | $2,134 |  | | 59 | Pakistan | $2,018 |  | | 60 | Zambia | $1,829 |  | | 61 | Serbia | $870 |  | | 62 | Nicaragua | $686 |  | | 63 | Tanzania | $641 |  | | 64 | Uganda | $627 |  | | 65 | Greece | $504 |  | | 66 | Costa Rica | $375 |  | | 67 | Portugal | $374 |  | | 68 | Tunisia | $45 |  | | 69 | Lithuania | $27 |  | | 70 | Botswana | $1 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Algeria | | | | | | | $123,037 |
| Argentina | $10,490 | $14,053 | $33,029 | $34,107 | $3,276 | $30,260 | $113 |
| Armenia | $45 | | | | $13,500 | | $4,480 |
| Australia | $647,929 | $172,040 | $250,074 | $380,907 | $976,233 | $2,546,311 | $255,587 |
| Austria | $2,750,786 | $2,526,057 | $3,686,816 | $5,578,400 | $3,646,036 | $5,633,542 | |
| Bahamas, The | | | | $6,120 | | | |
| Barbados | | | | $125 | | | |
| Belarus | | | $154,800 | | | $3,100 | $400 |
| Belgium | $1,304,477 | $2,800,438 | $2,798,051 | $6,016,385 | $3,719,863 | $6,708,522 | $3,401,586 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $52,568 | | $15,186 | | $266 | | |
| Botswana | | | | $1,586 | | $1 | |
| Brazil | $6,546 | $48,750 | $1,777 | $40,899 | $736,492 | $140,918 | $166,330 |
| Bulgaria | $569 | $204 | | | | | $3,464 |
| Cameroon | | | | | $643 | | |
| Canada | $841,674 | $565,840 | $513,401 | $390,677 | $745,563 | $204,382 | $3,945,890 |
| Cape Verde | $5 | | | | | | |
| Chile | $53,482 | | $26,972 | | $259,349 | $328,337 | $193,161 |
| China | $139,812,544 | $213,865,808 | $336,718,063 | $210,702,306 | $101,357,630 | $231,404,761 | $662,326,687 |
| Colombia | $3,765 | $1,632 | $305 | | $36 | | |
| Costa Rica | $57,000 | | | $395 | $342 | $375 | $10,375 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | | | $37,817 | |
| Croatia | $12,384 | $328 | $220 | $118 | $219 | | |
| Czech Republic | $2,865,476 | $211,465 | $304,772 | $438,681 | $352,076 | $48,646 | $288,376 |
| Denmark | $101,144 | $51,345 | $57,192 | $19,037 | $35,462 | $13,002 | $12,953 |
| Dominica | | | | | $4,741 | | |
| Ecuador | $6,000 | $22,420 | $38,660 | | | | |
| Egypt | | | $15,166 | $152,877 | $145,951 | $38,552 | $367 |
| Estonia | $114,070 | $105,074 | $41,255 | $32,804 | $22,456 | $39,693 | $109,852 |
| Fiji | | $578 | | $16,411 | $30,430 | | |
| Finland | $582,661 | $294,979 | $833,297 | $471,242 | $89,465 | $298,274 | $155,303 |
| France | $578,572 | $1,092,147 | $764,315 | $442,535 | $188,948 | $277,043 | $925,217 |
| French Polynesia | | | | | | | $8,815 |
| Gambia, The | | | | | | | $3,701 |
| Germany | $16,301,000 | $13,468,000 | $12,438,000 | $16,470,000 | $11,759,000 | $14,357,880 | $27,637,628 |
| Ghana | | | | $153,838 | $50,041 | $121,370 | $43,153 |
| Greece | $522 | | | $54 | | $504 | |
| Guatemala | $4,893 | $1,144 | $6,870 | $4,525 | $3,130 | $3,173 | $16,811 |
| Guinea | $1,318 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | | | | | | | $196 |
| Honduras | | $11,400 | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $7,847,446 | $9,725,413 | $21,709,468 | $8,963,822 | $4,208,289 | $13,287,437 | $38,231,438 |
| Hungary | $528,000 | | | | | $29,000 | $320,000 |
| Iceland | | | | $7 | $196,873 | $191,608 | $919,422 |
| India | $2,080,489 | $1,263,723 | $2,087,475 | $4,231,203 | $4,474,428 | $3,705,095 | $49,146,790 |
| Indonesia | $1,188,581 | $1,336,091 | $288,031 | $25,737 | $43,189 | $84,204 | $165,738 |
| Iran | $1,126 | $5,568 | | | | $34,800 | |
| Ireland | $104,887 | $8,340 | $28,747 | $51,189 | $27,992 | $25,765 | $29,719 |
| Israel | $357,000 | $171,000 | $145,000 | $14,000 | $272,000 | $247,000 | $458,000 |
| Italy | $13,102,547 | $4,354,119 | $15,767,614 | $6,654,901 | $1,417,300 | $3,890,031 | $2,404,251 |
| Jamaica | | $300 | | $2,054 | $2,988 | | |
| Japan | $6,111,886 | $11,706,053 | $10,671,027 | $8,001,909 | $7,295,694 | $13,857,947 | $15,494,357 |
| Jordan | $54,169 | | $134,742 | $20,879 | $21,272 | $41,799 | $113,041 |
| Kazakhstan | | $19,699 | $228,521 | | | | |
| Kenya | $25,592 | $2,035,882 | $254,962 | $224,490 | $282,568 | $1,323,484 | |
| Korea, South | $235,069 | $363,501 | $537,597 | $151,707 | $125,739 | $339,002 | $6,580,657 |
| Kuwait | | $82,234 | | $999 | | | |
| Latvia | | | | $5,549 | | | |
| Lebanon | | | | $72 | | $11,914 | $3,582 |
| Lithuania | $174 | $6,794 | | | $309 | $27 | $188,188 |
| Luxembourg | $9,803 | | | $76,024 | $212 | | $246 |
| Macau | | $7,499 | $14,933 | $100,307 | $9,663 | | |
| Macedonia | | | | | | | $69 |
| Malawi | | | | | $30,686 | | |
| Malaysia | $1,124,601 | $177,879 | $370,561 | $690,850 | $1,085,819 | $2,040,054 | $443,796 |
| Mali | | | | $5,769 | | | |
| Mauritius | $31,349 | $50,607 | $40,567 | $12,310 | $28,976 | $24,789 | $31,288 |
| Mexico | $150,466 | $187,429 | $564,267 | $1,163,865 | $736,426 | $959,673 | $8,708,731 |
| Morocco | $334,877 | $20 | | | | | |
| Mozambique | | | $1,238 | $91,327 | $33,827 | | |
| Namibia | | | | $182 | | | |
| Netherlands | $3,949,887 | $4,193,668 | $4,894,121 | $4,330,852 | $10,936,224 | $7,977,779 | |
| New Caledonia | $248 | | | | | | $153 |
| New Zealand | $1,163 | $315 | $5,349 | $6,052 | $5,930 | $8,167 | $19,132 |
| Nicaragua | | | | | | $686 | |
| Nigeria | | | | | $121,692 | | |
| Norway | $52,222 | $291,657 | $46,631 | $94,910 | | | $81,266 |
| Oman | | | | $18,571,042 | $7,160 | $48,765 | |
| Pakistan | $8,370 | | $3,705 | $185,696 | $6,586 | $2,018 | $14,575 |
| Panama | | $33,978 | $59,096 | $34,180 | $19,465 | $180,090 | $240,067 |
| Peru | $1,401,935 | $260,397 | $278,744 | $445,468 | $121,345 | $236,579 | $18,806 |
| Philippines | $69,476 | $303,297 | $663,184 | $263,140 | $448,887 | $321,133 | $291,575 |
| Poland | $81,686 | $280,214 | $551,383 | $234,537 | $428,055 | $1,322,398 | $384,639 |
| Portugal | $20,387 | $1,907 | $4,731 | $15,457 | $1,674 | $374 | $11,143 |
| Qatar | | $13,570 | $543,396 | $249,816 | $642,412 | | |
| Romania | $45,089 | $17,229 | $51,142 | | | | |
| Russia | $5,023,966 | $9,434,142 | $11,214,796 | $9,159,521 | $6,188,905 | $10,902,031 | $11,459,520 |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,444,948 | $2,114,877 | $3,089,287 | | | $573,334 | |
| Senegal | | | | $5,322 | | | |
| Serbia | $237,415 | $607 | | $692 | $647 | $870 | |
| Singapore | $3,030,286 | $2,757,700 | $2,810,346 | $7,187,271 | $5,143,522 | $6,223,487 | $27,440,780 |
| Slovakia | | | | | | $2,134 | $2,560 |
| Slovenia | $38,016 | $596 | $122 | $2,952 | $6,372 | $2,947 | $44,324 |
| South Africa | $458,251 | $813,145 | $908,570 | $1,133,225 | $1,383,769 | $1,570,929 | $2,213,686 |
| Spain | $9,218,628 | $5,337,409 | $8,620,636 | $9,274,280 | $5,310,741 | $16,051,439 | |
| Sri Lanka | $430 | $92 | | | | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $4,000 | $850 |
| Swaziland | $34 | | $5,173 | | | | |
| Sweden | $521,695 | $35,173 | $11,125 | $9,239 | $14,327 | $9,883 | $9,406 |
| Switzerland | $252,865 | $165,953 | $255,952 | $212,697 | $687,632 | $278,825 | $1,149,419 |
| Syria | | $2,035 | | | | | |
| Tanzania | $9,611 | $650 | | | $75 | $641 | $1,246 |
| Thailand | $13,919 | $206,783 | $116,846 | $217,141 | $338,270 | $2,268,144 | $317,367 |
| Togo | $4,042 | | $19,718 | | | | $124,199 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $2,270 | | $57 | $145 | | | |
| Tunisia | $520 | | $1,408 | | $1,320 | $45 | |
| Turkey | | $6,212 | $1,014 | $207,741 | $6,119 | $9,447 | $265,562 |
| Uganda | | $141 | $8,348 | $24,574 | $356 | $627 | |
| Ukraine | $108,540 | $118,706 | $111,970 | $252,460 | $168,556 | $916,006 | $685,164 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,559,875 | | $1,880,649 | $306,875 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $8,185,280 | $5,694,083 | $7,133,945 | $3,684,827 | $2,573,663 | $3,644,943 | $5,133,302 |
| United States | $43,902,752 | $50,399,075 | $66,611,092 | $76,241,651 | $61,710,248 | $93,115,283 | $178,950,418 |
| Vietnam | $7,761 | $2,937 | $15,661 | $14,587 | $2,926 | | |
| Yemen | $2,907 | | | | $30,486 | | |
| Zambia | $3,096 | $27 | $43,750 | $2,723 | $84 | $1,829 | |
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