RankCountryImports of Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed/merely cut, by sawing/othw ... in USD (2010)
1Germany$117,174,642
2Japan$52,382,252
3Thailand$42,331,515
4Belgium$39,273,475
5United States$38,004,723
6Netherlands$32,973,199
7Italy$26,816,113
8France$23,759,166
9United Kingdom$21,567,527
10Korea, South$20,609,291
11Spain$20,287,503
12Indonesia$19,165,732
13Mexico$16,820,888
14China$16,297,738
15Malaysia$12,179,598
16Canada$11,715,109
17Singapore$11,683,550
18Poland$11,514,586
19Sweden$10,008,745
20Austria$8,395,839
21Nigeria$7,184,071
22Argentina$5,355,866
23Vietnam$5,284,560
24Israel$5,213,000
25Turkey$5,067,664
26Portugal$4,672,172
27Chile$4,507,942
28Philippines$4,483,569
29Brazil$4,284,951
30Russia$4,208,342
31South Africa$3,573,845
32Switzerland$3,387,625
33Saudi Arabia$3,350,404
34Czech Republic$3,302,568
35Colombia$3,189,478
36Denmark$3,123,988
37Australia$3,038,864
38Morocco$2,490,229
39Hungary$2,367,000
40Greece$2,238,502
41Ecuador$2,145,624
42Norway$2,131,805
43Slovenia$1,993,420
44Hong Kong$1,945,071
45Tunisia$1,776,957
46Cote d'Ivoire$1,754,326
47India$1,574,113
48Peru$1,427,213
49Ukraine$1,406,341
50New Zealand$1,280,205
51Senegal$1,188,500
52Ireland$985,568
53Serbia$984,177
54Egypt$982,773
55Slovakia$936,535
56Finland$916,860
57Jordan$877,589
58Syria$867,683
59Romania$867,516
60Costa Rica$859,097
61Algeria$813,909
62Sri Lanka$813,346
63Croatia$794,056
64Lebanon$685,998
65Belarus$633,200
66Kenya$626,574
67Qatar$606,517
68Dominican Republic$598,708
69Ghana$575,918
70Iran$575,844
71Venezuela$492,837
72Jamaica$419,240
73Nepal$416,340
74Malta$403,480
75Pakistan$402,198
76Bulgaria$343,185
77Guatemala$334,731
78El Salvador$330,634
79Ethiopia$315,599
80Paraguay$278,319
81Panama$261,394
82Tanzania$250,567
83Oman$227,402
84Cameroon$221,507
85Cyprus$198,772
86Trinidad and Tobago$198,340
87Yemen$168,551
88Estonia$153,964
89Latvia$153,888
90Lithuania$138,969
91Uganda$116,126
92Bahrain$113,165
93Bolivia$111,712
94Azerbaijan$90,945
95Luxembourg$83,791
96Mozambique$81,720
97Barbados$75,223
98Botswana$70,005
99Moldova$69,413
100Mali$65,185
101Bosnia and Herzegovina$65,105
102Mauritius$63,682
103Georgia$57,103
104Kyrgyzstan$49,915
105Albania$47,323
106Fiji$45,062
107Bahamas, The$43,585
108Zambia$42,017
109New Caledonia$41,294
110Armenia$40,674
111Nicaragua$37,061
112Burundi$33,348
113Iceland$29,806
114Malawi$27,675
115Madagascar$21,116
116Zimbabwe$20,410
117Maldives$16,366
118Guyana$11,621
119Burkina Faso$9,203
120Benin$8,805
121Cambodia$8,474
122Belize$6,333
123French Polynesia$5,496
124Cape Verde$2,076
125Montenegro$1,651
126Suriname$851
127Sao Tome and Principe$642
128Tonga$187
129Gambia, The$118
130Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$82
131Bhutan$14
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$7,048$14,370$20,397$54,703$48,178$47,323$55,731
Algeria$721,956$736,713$591,690$651,074$897,543$813,909$1,489,661
Antigua and Barbuda $202     
Argentina$2,044,737$2,680,403$3,651,449$3,471,477$3,399,516$5,355,866$5,647,600
Armenia$13,549$14,886$27,947$46,366$18,401$40,674$36,199
Aruba    $8,074 $9
Australia$841,215$1,948,888$2,483,697$3,607,914$1,819,055$3,038,864$3,743,301
Austria$2,242,092$3,855,749$3,965,880$5,727,577$3,836,555$8,395,839 
Azerbaijan$140,505$146,444$135,376$121,308$103,731$90,945$88,522
Bahamas, The$373$5,041$4,899$5,114$4,899$43,585$1,481
Bahrain$6,351$38,471$30,066$55,082$34,295$113,165$266,786
Bangladesh$422,098$405,679$666,322    
Barbados$21,573$7,182$26,753$45,502$87,716$75,223$49,196
Belarus$375,600$402,800$479,900$695,000$552,400$633,200$789,200
Belgium$35,496,564$33,410,906$41,102,381$43,406,943$32,189,946$39,273,475$37,821,390
Belize$2,465$3,587$4,669$8,735$12,875$6,333 
Benin$472$17,636   $8,805 
Bhutan $22 $139$10$14 
Bolivia$83,083$92,886$93,144$126,121$164,974$111,712$198,577
Bosnia and Herzegovina$50,322$31,988$62,644$57,778$70,842$65,105$72,188
Botswana$44,535$14,112$23,123$24,355$32,202$70,005$102,085
Brazil$1,831,397$2,199,802$2,608,461$4,110,050$3,400,238$4,284,951$5,074,703
Brunei $688     
Bulgaria$321,353$344,510$474,910$802,336$473,022$343,185$696,756
Burkina Faso$27,425 $36,967$39,794$22,407$9,203 
Burundi$6,543$11,597$7,852$2,977$574$33,348 
Cambodia$12,439$11,507$8,221$16,768$13,544$8,474 
Cameroon$130,060$143,430$185,516$187,018$165,177$221,507 
Canada$14,093,881$14,472,984$14,967,741$12,034,131$10,579,120$11,715,109$12,190,322
Cape Verde$987$1,847$5,592$10,965$1,367$2,076$8,053
Chile$3,148,075$3,253,767$3,860,278$4,799,865$3,722,852$4,507,942$5,540,044
China$9,252,527$9,636,400$12,212,304$14,802,273$13,797,790$16,297,738$17,753,614
Colombia$1,297,004$1,701,081$1,909,710$2,641,463$2,372,714$3,189,478$3,133,296
Comoros $59     
Costa Rica$592,295$619,280$804,956$708,443$570,600$859,097$800,462
Cote d'Ivoire$1,220,926$1,378,536$1,350,228$1,855,428$1,629,725$1,754,326$1,456,071
Croatia$496,759$654,071$792,500$813,515$787,690$794,056$747,775
Cuba$372,106$69,757     
Cyprus$169,784$165,559$290,132$263,922$175,411$198,772$153,602
Czech Republic$2,714,343$3,426,508$4,246,551$4,506,052$3,510,601$3,302,568$5,101,041
Denmark$4,983,505$5,086,858$5,071,594$5,511,896$3,550,025$3,123,988$3,152,490
Dominican Republic$406,119$377,770$722,270$460,400$616,711$598,708$760,497
Ecuador$698,256$1,274,397$1,980,439$2,033,446$1,845,935$2,145,624$2,249,372
Egypt$224,486$196,748$619,771$951,251$957,734$982,773$1,227,948
El Salvador$304,415$361,253$389,397$479,170$244,444$330,634 
Estonia$112,752$131,085$174,520$163,098$158,415$153,964$194,343
Ethiopia$159,673$119,095$344,053$423,188$301,986$315,599$325,218
Faroe Islands$289$116$6,255$269   
Fiji$9,168$14,858$3,788$26,788$19,951$45,062 
Finland$833,621$573,313$528,790$604,544$503,033$916,860$1,114,281
France$21,619,243$19,272,658$26,666,792$30,053,304$26,888,887$23,759,166$22,026,267
French Polynesia$8,425$9,284$7,078$10,079$16,993$5,496$10,778
Gabon$42,364$58,137$63,871$64,627$84,827  
Gambia, The  $1,293  $118$4,367
Georgia$21,990$140,456$101,942$74,453$48,124$57,103 
Germany$109,618,000$105,406,000$118,014,000$122,004,000$109,214,000$117,174,642$127,359,761
Ghana$417,895$454,099$528,136$461,892$477,609$575,918$844,122
Greece$1,313,225$1,148,666$1,401,083$1,531,260$1,811,711$2,238,502$1,323,364
Greenland$324$277$539    
Grenada   $73   
Guatemala$358,431$396,140$502,049$439,109$188,180$334,731$313,563
Guinea$62,725$3,392$7,485$7,439   
Guyana$1,128$4,299 $871 $11,621$9,538
Honduras$161,751$99,392$163,542 $97,061  
Hong Kong$1,070,780$729,995$925,141$1,059,775$707,183$1,945,071$1,986,226
Hungary $2,767,000$3,046,000$3,423,000 $2,367,000$2,155,000
Iceland$53,125$46,857$56,725$50,415$38,698$29,806$35,353
India$590,079$634,018$690,407$1,179,328$616,634$1,574,113$2,451,281
Indonesia$9,175,238$13,632,901$16,870,293$19,991,541$13,610,142$19,165,732$25,230,743
Iran$379,588$139,000   $575,844 
Ireland$1,347,811$779,551$303,385$504,117$2,088,515$985,568$1,375,515
Israel$2,553,000$3,521,000$3,739,000$4,380,000$3,979,000$5,213,000$5,915,000
Italy$28,324,641$29,998,685$36,664,409$38,512,943$22,489,250$26,816,113$31,077,946
Jamaica$181,599$218,208$304,113$314,100$217,171$419,240 
Japan$32,543,917$37,104,626$40,883,200$66,326,001$28,379,540$52,382,252$60,744,895
Jordan$543,804$666,472$773,315$998,435$616,007$877,589$895,680
Kazakhstan$67,104$121,495$139,693$108,895$142,628  
Kenya$935,493$831,674$599,655$658,973$505,089$626,574 
Korea, South$10,145,404$12,511,824$16,194,114$19,143,616$13,528,677$20,609,291$24,178,540
Kuwait $611,108$1,224,697$321,176   
Kyrgyzstan$1,919$3,301$20,257$29,747$26,131$49,915$35,084
Latvia$44,730$104,941$185,495$191,421$163,402$153,888$81,063
Lebanon$450,000$448,122$1,068,112$608,235$710,972$685,998$765,470
Lesotho   $19,844   
Lithuania$161,006$195,606$194,575$181,922$91,697$138,969$101,269
Luxembourg$97,607$57,193$56,472$59,477$77,969$83,791$121,782
Macau$319,536$332,799$444,494$416,699$349,760  
Macedonia$19,914$18,814$50,985$58,669$35,659 $75,767
Madagascar$23,984$13,262$13,911$16,508$10,684$21,116 
Malawi$64,365$113,232$60,987$31,001$46,098$27,675 
Malaysia$6,898,658$8,589,585$9,176,781$12,754,202$7,888,779$12,179,598$12,343,486
Maldives$5,673$39,278$22,384$27,431$31,203$16,366$16,241
Mali$445$20,264$68,687$59,499 $65,185 
Malta$119,956$117,910$92,630$172,182$141,694$403,480 
Mauritania $8,582 $11,958$13,342  
Mauritius$73,995$69,983$63,311$78,549$48,059$63,682$64,738
Mayotte$3,904$5,199$4,236$3,293$6,645  
Mexico$9,390,275$11,325,801$11,644,191$12,005,298$11,351,926$16,820,888$24,203,400
Moldova$29,216$24,413$51,291$89,575$55,636$69,413$89,236
Mongolia$29,430$36,318$4,375    
Montenegro $4,288$9,340$6,561$1,572$1,651$5,970
Montserrat $36$23$26   
Morocco$1,420,001$1,624,885$1,767,027$2,494,950$2,069,032$2,490,229 
Mozambique$21,617$7,895$23,884$31,043$70,733$81,720$209,000
Namibia$6,172$11,353$20,829$15,967   
Nepal    $404,472$416,340 
Netherlands$36,879,880$36,187,674$44,307,780$51,881,468$38,629,621$32,973,199 
Netherlands Antilles$68,073$48,570$76,684$114,412   
New Caledonia$21,968$12,043$24,104$41,025$35,800$41,294$27,670
New Zealand$1,294,287$1,397,581$1,486,357$1,103,064$809,809$1,280,205$1,409,974
Nicaragua$45,570$27,625$61,023$19,148$19,735$37,061$46,297
Niger$2,108     $348
Nigeria $3,199,321$2,708,745$2,866,401$4,423,334$7,184,071 
Norway$2,529,282$1,962,181$1,675,064$2,208,705$1,983,684$2,131,805$2,381,013
Oman$65,795$111,061$243,594$208,229$329,113$227,402 
Pakistan$424,412$704,655$591,193$630,340$439,004$402,198$485,557
Panama$208,034$245,391$257,691$172,661$213,291$261,394$225,705
Paraguay$120,706$115,846$160,172$227,216$146,769$278,319$320,549
Peru$488,643$522,960$848,412$862,112$1,007,464$1,427,213$1,497,597
Philippines$2,889,344$2,415,997$2,169,574$5,355,175$4,329,466$4,483,569$3,787,777
Poland$6,579,826$7,169,908$8,920,159$11,965,123$8,654,225$11,514,586$12,190,703
Portugal$3,807,554$4,699,909$4,998,892$4,723,374$3,960,007$4,672,172$4,489,394
Qatar$36,769$288$73,500$212,510 $606,517 
Romania$968,136$1,058,085$1,061,931$1,051,137$592,236$867,516$989,456
Russia$3,138,090$3,455,440$4,517,640$4,140,275$3,347,521$4,208,342$4,597,312
Rwanda$18,300$3,348$185$5,021$1,013 $7,506
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $368    
Saint Lucia$1,713$1,201$659$316   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$167$149$591$435$123$82 
Sao Tome and Principe $71 $508$156$642 
Saudi Arabia$1,984,795$1,989,718$2,490,979  $3,350,404 
Senegal$590,689$773,415$1,296,068$981,118$1,325,198$1,188,500$1,360,672
Serbia$565,748$631,560$679,085$965,865$738,495$984,177$712,936
Seychelles$4,737$3,226$9,108$6,729   
Singapore$6,412,603$6,822,954$8,900,100$8,152,792$8,066,819$11,683,550$12,251,220
Slovakia$99,822$135,477$453,547$1,673,549$1,375,096$936,535$343,295
Slovenia$2,028,932$2,111,284$2,327,759$2,233,739$1,876,218$1,993,420$2,354,282
South Africa$2,804,783$2,919,144$3,463,855$2,820,106$2,605,260$3,573,845$3,690,525
Spain$15,895,294$18,573,547$22,743,188$22,216,573$22,253,501$20,287,503 
Sri Lanka$390,537$525,054$535,147$788,454$656,282$813,346$911,041
Sudan $382,797$42,673$14,550$65  
Suriname    $2,425$851$27,736
Swaziland$18,483$9,649$7,038    
Sweden$12,992,919$13,676,395$17,044,516$16,972,035$10,716,221$10,008,745$10,471,283
Switzerland$3,163,002$3,384,381$3,780,701$3,840,449$3,049,569$3,387,625$3,261,425
Syria$504,701$775,569$742,556$1,574,536 $867,683 
Tanzania$122,963$236,891$227,594$323,440$249,034$250,567$181,624
Thailand$17,449,348$20,137,059$23,377,996$32,588,132$143,097,458$42,331,515$42,183,990
Tonga   $1,885$976$187 
Trinidad and Tobago$195,894$135,011$184,558$223,159$187,737$198,340 
Tunisia$1,250,767$964,776$1,266,983$1,439,847$1,309,380$1,776,957 
Turkey$4,917,091$5,210,336$5,623,536$5,962,736$4,327,219$5,067,664$7,825,281
Uganda$924,149$629,217$114,324$295,525$174,028$116,126 
Ukraine$396,837$825,188$1,057,949$1,309,579$952,492$1,406,341$1,705,525
United Arab Emirates$1,224,846 $1,919,350$2,584,870   
United Kingdom$15,719,962$16,556,930$19,273,765$22,950,456$19,541,211$21,567,527$25,202,354
United States$22,277,362$24,669,509$27,757,343$22,723,920$20,315,444$38,004,723$51,766,342
Uruguay$77,192$60,425$157,829$195,432$189,925  
Vanuatu $2,533$787    
Venezuela$896,149$1,214,530$1,888,282$790,829$750,873$492,837$61,036
Vietnam$3,262,544$3,370,810$4,017,018$5,019,910$4,655,026$5,284,560 
Wallis and Futuna$726$771     
Yemen$19,734$72,028$63,735$87,003$151,273$168,551$275,760
Zambia$2,071$21,051$10,355$17,443$36,190$42,017 
Zimbabwe$777,538$16,302$6,921$5,677$23,476$20,410