| Rank | Country | Imports of Chamotte/dinas earths in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Germany | $22,448,437 |  | | 2 | United Kingdom | $16,721,360 |  | | 3 | Italy | $11,615,560 |  | | 4 | Spain | $5,765,297 |  | | 5 | Turkey | $4,707,600 |  | | 6 | Sweden | $4,371,470 |  | | 7 | France | $4,212,364 |  | | 8 | Netherlands | $4,170,869 |  | | 9 | Austria | $2,694,542 |  | | 10 | Korea, South | $2,424,665 |  | | 11 | Poland | $2,312,342 |  | | 12 | Tunisia | $1,863,737 |  | | 13 | Algeria | $1,822,091 |  | | 14 | Morocco | $1,678,513 |  | | 15 | Indonesia | $1,609,939 |  | | 16 | Hungary | $1,609,000 |  | | 17 | Denmark | $1,577,063 |  | | 18 | Portugal | $1,321,778 |  | | 19 | Russia | $1,279,220 |  | | 20 | Czech Republic | $1,257,421 |  | | 21 | Japan | $1,244,670 |  | | 22 | Switzerland | $1,228,698 |  | | 23 | Qatar | $1,072,880 |  | | 24 | Belgium | $808,737 |  | | 25 | Vietnam | $698,180 |  | | 26 | Slovakia | $665,310 |  | | 27 | Brazil | $664,470 |  | | 28 | Israel | $627,000 |  | | 29 | Mexico | $554,471 |  | | 30 | Egypt | $526,092 |  | | 31 | Saudi Arabia | $511,467 |  | | 32 | Croatia | $464,110 |  | | 33 | Malaysia | $451,105 |  | | 34 | Finland | $450,310 |  | | 35 | Iran | $405,284 |  | | 36 | Australia | $367,452 |  | | 37 | India | $276,058 |  | | 38 | Belarus | $266,100 |  | | 39 | Peru | $222,865 |  | | 40 | Canada | $214,580 |  | | 41 | China | $176,313 |  | | 42 | Romania | $141,049 |  | | 43 | South Africa | $138,771 |  | | 44 | Thailand | $131,892 |  | | 45 | Luxembourg | $121,235 |  | | 46 | New Zealand | $113,526 |  | | 47 | United States | $109,638 |  | | 48 | Greece | $106,393 |  | | 49 | Lithuania | $75,701 |  | | 50 | Slovenia | $69,970 |  | | 51 | Cote d'Ivoire | $59,922 |  | | 52 | Estonia | $58,738 |  | | 53 | Argentina | $54,819 |  | | 54 | Yemen | $51,576 |  | | 55 | Philippines | $26,735 |  | | 56 | Bulgaria | $23,366 |  | | 57 | Syria | $19,991 |  | | 58 | Colombia | $19,180 |  | | 59 | Niger | $17,943 |  | | 60 | Senegal | $16,846 |  | | 61 | Cameroon | $14,531 |  | | 62 | Lebanon | $13,460 |  | | 63 | Burkina Faso | $12,571 |  | | 64 | Nigeria | $12,218 |  | | 65 | Malawi | $11,260 |  | | 66 | Sri Lanka | $10,570 |  | | 67 | Albania | $10,267 |  | | 68 | Azerbaijan | $9,351 |  | | 69 | Ukraine | $9,287 |  | | 70 | Kyrgyzstan | $8,748 |  | | 71 | Georgia | $8,497 |  | | 72 | Latvia | $7,821 |  | | 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $7,329 |  | | 74 | Armenia | $6,520 |  | | 75 | Serbia | $5,491 |  | | 76 | Singapore | $4,908 |  | | 77 | Bahamas, The | $4,360 |  | | 78 | Chile | $3,000 |  | | 79 | Nepal | $2,840 |  | | 80 | Moldova | $2,496 |  | | 81 | Montenegro | $2,390 |  | | 82 | Dominican Republic | $2,136 |  | | 83 | Kenya | $2,135 |  | | 84 | Jamaica | $2,008 |  | | 85 | French Polynesia | $1,928 |  | | 86 | Mauritius | $821 |  | | 87 | Venezuela | $683 |  | | 88 | Sao Tome and Principe | $577 |  | | 89 | Iceland | $551 |  | | 90 | Aruba | $484 |  | | 91 | Zambia | $449 |  | | 92 | Ireland | $432 |  | | 93 | Cyprus | $336 |  | | 94 | Oman | $263 |  | | 95 | Guatemala | $244 |  | | 96 | Mozambique | $241 |  | | 97 | Bolivia | $71 |  | | 98 | Bermuda | $54 |  | | 99 | Ethiopia | $8 |  | | 100 | Guyana | $6 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $27,357 | $593 | $8,519 | $25,888 | $57,510 | $10,267 | $9,249 |
| Algeria | $1,894,857 | $1,851,679 | $1,285,088 | $3,187,271 | $1,877,341 | $1,822,091 | $1,670,726 |
| Argentina | $49,761 | $82,594 | $55,928 | $113,252 | $54,495 | $54,819 | $62,476 |
| Armenia | $396 | $6,411 | | | $912 | $6,520 | $19,874 |
| Aruba | | | | | $202 | $484 | $461 |
| Australia | $1,231,207 | $797,555 | $815,996 | $1,299,572 | $384,565 | $367,452 | $337,226 |
| Austria | $2,287,398 | $2,292,461 | $2,689,804 | $3,005,841 | $3,011,799 | $2,694,542 | |
| Azerbaijan | $37,036 | $117,308 | $43,820 | $26,453 | $1,231 | $9,351 | $310 |
| Bahamas, The | $38,094 | | $16 | $464 | $215 | $4,360 | $704 |
| Bangladesh | $3,421 | | $69,965 | | | | |
| Belarus | $199,100 | $328,600 | $315,000 | $349,100 | $183,400 | $266,100 | $151,300 |
| Belgium | $6,220,710 | $2,167,517 | $2,962,239 | $3,822,061 | $1,324,121 | $808,737 | $1,002,737 |
| Belize | | | | | $12,171 | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $54 | |
| Bolivia | $28 | | $11 | $146 | $180 | $71 | $5,855 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,426 | $6,450 | $11,284 | $6,457 | $5,693 | $7,329 | $2,836 |
| Botswana | | $637 | | $2,605 | $19,301 | | |
| Brazil | $7,753 | $120,880 | $71,690 | $156,219 | $123,884 | $664,470 | $84,596 |
| Bulgaria | $1,028,691 | $361,556 | $283,448 | $281,986 | $95,334 | $23,366 | $110,481 |
| Burkina Faso | $918 | | $2,287 | $30,283 | $2,110 | $12,571 | |
| Cameroon | | $31,342 | $901 | $34,434 | $24,428 | $14,531 | |
| Canada | $52,496 | $131,488 | $162,581 | $186,025 | $232,398 | $214,580 | $333,926 |
| Cape Verde | $908 | $1,169 | $55 | $1,567 | $1,563 | | $2,111 |
| Chile | | $407 | $746 | $1,757 | $63 | $3,000 | $1,012 |
| China | $66,667 | $95,170 | $30,989 | $164,975 | $288,565 | $176,313 | $1,103,420 |
| Colombia | $8,343 | | $25,451 | $1,815 | $33,868 | $19,180 | $74,964 |
| Costa Rica | $44 | $43 | $562 | $535 | $1,102 | | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $21,627 | $49,569 | $64,393 | $116,872 | $68,662 | $59,922 | $57,862 |
| Croatia | $235,000 | $352,028 | $400,547 | $338,443 | $458,567 | $464,110 | $551,862 |
| Cyprus | $9,091 | $998 | $53,016 | $179 | | $336 | |
| Czech Republic | $544,880 | $509,768 | $655,160 | $739,233 | $740,287 | $1,257,421 | $1,988,623 |
| Denmark | $976,625 | $993,049 | $1,195,717 | $1,076,383 | $1,054,540 | $1,577,063 | $1,425,427 |
| Dominican Republic | | | | | $4,532 | $2,136 | $3,663 |
| Ecuador | | $164 | $1,163 | $11,078 | $2,882 | | $638 |
| Egypt | $7,108 | $62,513 | | $880,137 | $621,990 | $526,092 | $307,792 |
| Estonia | $48,768 | $98,516 | $121,551 | $102,464 | $51,986 | $58,738 | $126,612 |
| Ethiopia | $162 | | | | | $8 | $806 |
| Faroe Islands | $188 | $203 | $89 | | $49 | | |
| Fiji | | $197 | | | $42 | | |
| Finland | $162,177 | $147,821 | $525,735 | $149,547 | $95,882 | $450,310 | $527,572 |
| France | $2,364,119 | $2,360,430 | $3,151,318 | $4,872,832 | $3,220,060 | $4,212,364 | $4,714,150 |
| French Polynesia | $1,352 | | $56 | $1,677 | $2,200 | $1,928 | |
| Gabon | $26 | | | $4,107 | $153 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | $646 | | | | |
| Georgia | $1,615 | $1,184 | $1,560 | $921 | $17,314 | $8,497 | |
| Germany | $13,943,000 | $18,834,000 | $26,843,000 | $28,131,000 | $15,373,000 | $22,448,437 | $21,590,840 |
| Ghana | | | | $4,632 | $8,594 | | |
| Greece | $440,144 | $213,939 | $228,551 | $33,081 | $37,536 | $106,393 | $135,497 |
| Greenland | $23,172 | | | | | | |
| Grenada | $356 | $2,207 | $162 | $38 | | | |
| Guatemala | $2,604 | $861 | $704 | $206 | | $244 | |
| Guinea | $1,790 | | $26,551 | | | | |
| Guyana | | $75 | $30 | $37 | $28 | $6 | |
| Honduras | $4,984 | $425 | $1,911 | | $1,480 | | |
| Hungary | $2,492,000 | $2,561,000 | $2,560,000 | $1,988,000 | $1,695,000 | $1,609,000 | $1,867,000 |
| Iceland | $681 | $531 | $2,384 | $324 | $203 | $551 | $922 |
| India | $36,847 | $92,837 | $114,051 | $72,945 | $109,595 | $276,058 | $292,098 |
| Indonesia | $1,218,615 | $1,482,487 | $1,560,287 | $1,546,261 | $1,369,109 | $1,609,939 | $1,138,846 |
| Iran | $31,172 | $7,141 | | | | $405,284 | |
| Ireland | $143 | $952 | | | | $432 | |
| Israel | $600,000 | $599,000 | $522,000 | $744,000 | $489,000 | $627,000 | $472,000 |
| Italy | $14,930,916 | $15,574,705 | $19,053,982 | $16,444,073 | $11,035,496 | $11,615,560 | $12,361,774 |
| Jamaica | $565 | | | | | $2,008 | |
| Japan | $2,047,844 | $2,060,060 | $1,910,991 | $2,863,411 | $1,670,851 | $1,244,670 | $1,897,628 |
| Jordan | $7,759 | $1,485 | $4,772 | $4,757 | $4,532 | | |
| Kazakhstan | $2,351,133 | $510,739 | $323,176 | $432,570 | $269,987 | | |
| Kenya | | | | | | $2,135 | |
| Korea, South | $1,022,943 | $1,049,394 | $1,681,776 | $1,950,338 | $2,152,440 | $2,424,665 | $1,723,756 |
| Kuwait | | $25,768 | $42,074 | $156,220 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $91 | | $6,706 | $2,373 | $8,748 | $4,300 |
| Latvia | $53,981 | $30,852 | $43,828 | $27,543 | $8,953 | $7,821 | $5,523 |
| Lebanon | $21,000 | $14,521 | $12,305 | $17,343 | $19,477 | $13,460 | $6,481 |
| Lithuania | $42,951 | $65,191 | $119,726 | $100,864 | $60,438 | $75,701 | $70,314 |
| Luxembourg | $161,082 | $89,113 | $130,871 | $270,071 | $145,169 | $121,235 | $136,788 |
| Macau | $2,426 | $13,850 | $17,330 | $21,705 | | | |
| Macedonia | $2,240 | $8,844 | $141 | $36,267 | $639 | | $20 |
| Madagascar | | | | $266 | | | |
| Malawi | | | | $2,653 | $636 | $11,260 | $9,665 |
| Malaysia | $547,584 | $1,626,214 | $737,365 | $2,096,210 | $458,120 | $451,105 | $406,391 |
| Mali | $3,005 | | $636 | $2,523 | | | |
| Malta | $169 | $86 | $771 | $209 | | | |
| Mauritius | | | $73 | | $1,087 | $821 | $157 |
| Mexico | $28,159 | $64,186 | | $26,979 | $35,340 | $554,471 | $642,386 |
| Moldova | $1,718 | $10,211 | $2,498 | $14,855 | $4,731 | $2,496 | $7,306 |
| Mongolia | $900 | | $177 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $3,101 | $7,763 | $1,708 | $1,428 | $2,390 | $54 |
| Montserrat | | | $21 | $17 | | | |
| Morocco | $1,850,506 | $1,983,841 | $2,586,340 | $3,002,949 | $1,877,075 | $1,678,513 | |
| Mozambique | | | $45 | $1,413 | $9,752 | $241 | |
| Nepal | | | | | $8,729 | $2,840 | |
| Netherlands | $3,937,119 | $2,348,022 | $6,254,586 | $4,455,824 | $581,662 | $4,170,869 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | $1,814 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $3,911 | $6,686 | $138 | $3,465 | $5,090 | | |
| New Zealand | $167,313 | $121,675 | $238,457 | $98,543 | $6,471 | $113,526 | $55,793 |
| Nicaragua | $10,060 | $144 | $11 | | $14 | | |
| Niger | | $1,673 | | | $3,057 | $17,943 | |
| Nigeria | | $1,571 | | | | $12,218 | |
| Norway | $22,222 | $15,537 | $20,649 | $31,189 | $8,829 | | $6,811 |
| Oman | | $9,516 | $3,841 | | $24,947 | $263 | |
| Pakistan | $42,408 | $14,568 | $6,423 | | | | |
| Paraguay | | $508 | $1,010 | $1,328 | | | $3,807 |
| Peru | $7,380 | $30,310 | $68,010 | $117,888 | $71,991 | $222,865 | $200,618 |
| Philippines | $93,003 | $177,866 | $112,086 | $117,989 | $105,300 | $26,735 | $150,076 |
| Poland | $1,163,494 | $1,308,831 | $1,396,480 | $2,576,504 | $1,537,345 | $2,312,342 | $1,969,780 |
| Portugal | $1,085,887 | $910,895 | $1,679,113 | $1,996,594 | $1,366,514 | $1,321,778 | $1,415,645 |
| Qatar | $13,120 | $8,604 | $163,837 | $4,763 | | $1,072,880 | |
| Romania | $201,769 | $311,909 | $195,304 | $155,164 | $213,920 | $141,049 | $186,271 |
| Russia | $1,459,401 | $2,515,030 | $2,753,227 | $1,400,482 | $964,570 | $1,279,220 | $1,010,176 |
| Rwanda | | | $4,058 | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $564 | | | | | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | $296 | $94 | | $126 | $577 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $9,769 | $346,591 | $218,775 | | | $511,467 | |
| Senegal | $9,192 | $7,948 | | $12,698 | $3,459 | $16,846 | $13,668 |
| Serbia | $26,088 | $3,658 | $55,184 | $21,911 | $6,484 | $5,491 | $7,569 |
| Singapore | $91 | $1,332 | $3,063 | $796 | $1,795 | $4,908 | $12,608 |
| Slovakia | $1,151,361 | $240,472 | $263,367 | $514,593 | $201,875 | $665,310 | $992,678 |
| Slovenia | $120,960 | $69,579 | $117,564 | $92,211 | $44,281 | $69,970 | $443,702 |
| South Africa | $2,869 | $4,326 | $27,729 | $131,540 | $144,951 | $138,771 | $69,411 |
| Spain | $7,792,948 | $6,981,659 | $9,110,482 | $8,042,433 | $4,630,710 | $5,765,297 | |
| Sri Lanka | $22,267 | $12,535 | $20,267 | $354 | $981 | $10,570 | $1,707 |
| Sudan | $2,171 | $247 | $910 | | $114 | | |
| Swaziland | $317 | $306 | | | | | |
| Sweden | $3,115,150 | $3,011,619 | $4,374,464 | $5,958,263 | $2,760,293 | $4,371,470 | $6,109,726 |
| Switzerland | $1,000,151 | $1,052,981 | $1,259,363 | $1,646,756 | $898,852 | $1,228,698 | $1,430,416 |
| Syria | | $99,597 | | | | $19,991 | |
| Tanzania | | $3,927 | | | $43,825 | | $3,121 |
| Thailand | $371,352 | $113,708 | $98,355 | $134,559 | $77,292 | $131,892 | $178,649 |
| Tunisia | $1,176,842 | $1,709,851 | $1,387,580 | $2,304,895 | $1,973,264 | $1,863,737 | |
| Turkey | $4,751,102 | $3,526,385 | $5,938,021 | $4,763,413 | $3,131,761 | $4,707,600 | $4,893,332 |
| Ukraine | | | $2,875 | $577,000 | $2,641 | $9,287 | $22,980 |
| United Arab Emirates | $262,400 | | $174,093 | $105,090 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $4,693,657 | $4,226,773 | $6,794,046 | $6,708,912 | $8,157,781 | $16,721,360 | $5,822,678 |
| United States | $9,325 | $17,828 | | $46,759 | $209,750 | $109,638 | $120,748 |
| Uruguay | | $13 | | | $209 | | |
| Venezuela | $8,938 | $600 | $697 | $29,021 | $28,977 | $683 | |
| Vietnam | $2,104,741 | $1,055,396 | $2,234,073 | $1,610,819 | $1,147,239 | $698,180 | |
| Yemen | $146,400 | $151,314 | $35,574 | $77,933 | $41,752 | $51,576 | $6,680 |
| Zambia | | $28,769 | | $7,502 | | $449 | |
| Zimbabwe | | | | $10,940 | | | |
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