RankCountryImports of Iron ores & concs. (excl. roasted iron pyrites), non-agglom. in USD (2010)
1China$75,985,787,826
2Japan$13,698,408,232
3Korea, South$5,691,048,868
4Germany$3,465,588,775
5Bahrain$1,784,622,405
6France$1,407,706,400
7Saudi Arabia$992,696,974
8United Kingdom$943,979,925
9Italy$899,293,065
10Belgium$898,798,946
11Netherlands$888,779,575
12Austria$635,762,769
13Poland$546,257,968
14Spain$504,341,253
15Czech Republic$491,492,342
16Indonesia$383,355,045
17Turkey$347,191,003
18Russia$273,682,965
19Malaysia$263,074,673
20Trinidad and Tobago$254,257,747
21Romania$239,662,171
22Finland$232,782,511
23Argentina$191,967,739
24Slovakia$183,179,846
25United States$173,000,592
26Ukraine$148,330,061
27Hungary$94,425,000
28Mexico$56,718,587
29Serbia$55,345,189
30Thailand$51,650,894
31Iran$44,252,347
32India$21,266,657
33Australia$21,025,519
34Pakistan$14,812,316
35Oman$14,541,469
36Norway$14,336,801
37Sweden$13,958,372
38Brazil$13,795,970
39Canada$11,366,624
40South Africa$4,323,902
41Paraguay$3,637,354
42Colombia$1,787,988
43Denmark$1,747,494
44Philippines$1,347,940
45Qatar$1,144,693
46Tunisia$674,371
47Kyrgyzstan$481,244
48Jordan$445,232
49Ecuador$395,094
50Venezuela$361,374
51Switzerland$322,706
52Hong Kong$297,632
53Croatia$295,721
54Nepal$279,252
55Israel$246,000
56New Zealand$223,409
57Chile$184,669
58New Caledonia$95,811
59Vietnam$90,090
60Bosnia and Herzegovina$73,132
61Belarus$70,000
62Portugal$65,890
63Slovenia$50,541
64Greece$41,115
65Yemen$35,503
66Botswana$33,867
67Tanzania$32,993
68Peru$28,235
69Georgia$22,246
70Cote d'Ivoire$19,480
71Morocco$16,297
72Zimbabwe$11,968
73Sri Lanka$9,820
74Ireland$7,433
75Cyprus$7,054
76Latvia$3,221
77Dominican Republic$2,457
78Egypt$2,013
79Bulgaria$1,996
80Bhutan$1,368
81Burkina Faso$505
82Ghana$474
83Zambia$416
84Algeria$390
85Luxembourg$289
86Cambodia$285
87Ethiopia$163
88Barbados$96
89Mozambique$48
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$22,539$1,959$35,982    
Algeria$3,173,576$59$1,861$116,924$1,243$390$1,290,659
Argentina$132,170,764$163,283,683$150,662,625$295,514,475$129,277,303$191,967,739$365,343,345
Armenia $587     
Australia$21,355,850$11,810,058$8,917,883$4,839,994$1,947,974$21,025,519$76,973,766
Austria$277,258,844$407,765,993$466,825,545$538,882,371$340,259,385$635,762,769 
Azerbaijan$46,771 $31,914$820,019  $600
Bahamas, The$3,087  $29   
Bahrain$177,699,579$114,612,023$53,030,682$400,479,229$214,073,718$1,784,622,405$1,349,560,266
Bangladesh$2,478$733,922$650,103    
Barbados  $63,093$446,868$232,500$96 
Belarus  $1,566,400 $377,200$70,000$22,700
Belgium$435,556,444$615,953,100$601,855,435$1,168,088,762$298,418,056$898,798,946$1,231,154,700
Bhutan$5,201$5,285$20,342$29,708$1,566$1,368 
Bolivia $4$6,121    
Bosnia and Herzegovina$32,755$67,826$22,497$23,757,945$43,321$73,132$83,407
Botswana$10,088$1,531$8,877$3,959$11,511$33,867$31,756
Brazil$40,782$19,242$43,121$25,753$7,858,431$13,795,970$5,954
Brunei $21     
Bulgaria$51,458,264$70,294,951$79,075,492$9,405,726$29,393$1,996$217,767
Burkina Faso$4,298 $5,781  $505 
Burundi   $13   
Cambodia     $285 
Canada$496,260$1,716,771$1,972,561$9,095,353$5,029,230$11,366,624$22,262,603
Cape Verde$30$4 $80   
Chile$7,598$3,319$50,100$8,750$70,851$184,669$34,079
China$15,954,914,099$18,859,400,456$30,937,515,232$57,069,519,717$47,047,802,314$75,985,787,826$105,553,154,324
Colombia$754,714$1,057,884$9,797,120$12,628,931$1,634,358$1,787,988$1,987,204
Costa Rica$2,239$1,039,687$116,049$6,560   
Cote d'Ivoire$13$74   $19,480$447
Croatia$26,401$77,392$178,497$300,840$205,891$295,721$164,577
Cuba $20     
Cyprus$41,982$5,915  $22,234$7,054$15,648
Czech Republic$192,181,887$211,672,159$202,448,951$450,097,740$319,375,364$491,492,342$766,330,693
Denmark$1,779,634$1,371,269$924,615$1,931,150$1,569,788$1,747,494$2,524,519
Dominican Republic  $558,178$100$58$2,457 
East Timor$1,708      
Ecuador$860    $395,094 
Egypt$10,641 $6,462,925$8,512$61,567$2,013$38,812,037
El Salvador   $613   
Estonia$80,506$82,828$186,813$299,962$210,467 $383,500
Ethiopia$10$37$401  $163 
Fiji  $18    
Finland$126,857,285$146,294,064$165,629,958$254,593,543$131,677,473$232,782,511$273,728,920
France$653,587,973$793,258,854$972,733,322$1,326,945,616$620,538,830$1,407,706,400$1,720,958,304
French Polynesia$355,845      
Gabon $12$6,720$130$32,197  
Georgia $90,123$37,206 $31,490$22,246 
Germany$1,293,701,000$1,621,108,000$1,999,355,000$2,722,948,000$1,967,303,000$3,465,588,775$4,836,426,691
Ghana $2,929 $423$431$474$4,710
Greece$612,966$1,606,298$1,294,291$106,867$205,579$41,115$80,503
Grenada  $126    
Guatemala$1,575$886 $8,083  $26
Guinea   $979   
Honduras$30      
Hong Kong$5,786 $2,840$31,303 $297,632$42,698
Hungary $66,814,000$75,061,000 $40,746,000$94,425,000$121,099,000
Iceland $430     
India$28,193,462$152,322$294$15,711$33,190$21,266,657$15,310,039
Indonesia$136,990,077$181,586,576$187,831,885$416,299,558$173,468,561$383,355,045$404,080,863
Iran$15,040,680    $44,252,347 
Ireland$70,661$51,408$7,693$4,913$10,622$7,433$1,389
Israel$11,000$22,000$108,000$113,000$103,000$246,000$72,000
Italy$553,877,710$629,976,058$715,381,436$981,187,868$449,081,481$899,293,065$1,439,418,068
Jamaica $94$3,868    
Japan$5,050,231,447$6,291,548,295$7,628,665,806$11,594,834,501$7,969,241,644$13,698,408,232$19,615,448,781
Jordan     $445,232$778,258
Kazakhstan$50,000$1,371,708$41,721,240$111,985,425$35,487,783  
Kenya  $1,764$2,913   
Korea, South$1,571,502,145$1,986,628,571$2,672,341,760$4,482,172,735$3,036,511,308$5,691,048,868$9,976,559,493
Kuwait $77,187$345,854$17,932,690   
Kyrgyzstan$455,659$533,794$761,895$1,017,373$1,021,213$481,244 
Latvia $220 $232,240$135,205$3,221$70,060
Lebanon    $40 $302
Lithuania   $6,395  $18,957
Luxembourg$39,102$23,900$47,531$34,568$7,279$289$2,541
Macedonia    $13,406  
Madagascar  $4,285    
Malawi  $443    
Malaysia$124,628,026$185,702,783$178,190,870$374,650,399$215,575,271$263,074,673$408,688,068
Mali   $727   
Malta   $164   
Mauritania  $530    
Mayotte   $18   
Mexico$189,714,296$208,880,321$195,698,079$329,481,285$39,422,931$56,718,587$80,343,230
Mongolia$1,879      
Morocco$62,554$17,670 $130$7,070$16,297 
Mozambique$3   $1,697$48$22,000
Namibia$24,817$691 $60,093   
Nepal    $435,396$279,252 
Netherlands$611,203,273$649,527,604$895,141,508$1,084,945,976$460,931,691$888,779,575 
New Caledonia$29,767$43,798$35,335$61,382$84,504$95,811$98,897
New Zealand$19,003$13,247$16,058$123,960$101,802$223,409$309,289
Niger$426      
Nigeria $1,236,042 $2,123,649$7,182  
Norway$22,097,821$13,291,866$15,093,256$15,083,873$12,643,966$14,336,801$23,368,477
Oman$60,593,807$74,274,787$59,251,131$34,475,305$15,948$14,541,469 
Pakistan$96,699,606$85,339,132$100,640,939$187,601,306$75,469,769$14,812,316$43,339,874
Panama $4,065  $22,776  
Paraguay$8,576,471$11,299,361$5,443,465$8,872,110$7,189,686$3,637,354$3,973,701
Peru$12,720$34,123$4,034,982$2,995,067$2,837,479$28,235$40,162
Philippines$103,818,189$100,358,008$180,145,265$72,219,168$17,595,005$1,347,940$740
Poland$332,449,863$331,754,712$376,762,979$552,102,519$225,844,574$546,257,968$668,532,632
Portugal$32,081$44,676$11,894$35,014$2,795$65,890$47,385
Qatar$17,150 $66,243,770  $1,144,693 
Romania$261,133,958$197,686,970$240,423,539$337,125,832$85,876,451$239,662,171$260,314,735
Russia$178,028,691$201,171,303$308,180,181$464,821,687$362,764,567$273,682,965$8,669,709
Rwanda    $15,668 $1,185
Saudi Arabia$499,623,739$525,764,589$581,249,999$1,168,484,394$697,668,778$992,696,974 
Senegal  $3,534$5,451$3,328 $5,707
Serbia$61,753,403$50,040,835$55,827,117$87,238,338$32,330,648$55,345,189$78,381,177
Singapore      $47,844
Slovakia$173,218,935$154,218,270$175,412,615$237,620,137$74,173,646$183,179,846$270,068,344
Slovenia$213,758$118,678$196,133$89,768$160,077$50,541$60,210
South Africa$5,273,500$282,359$355,880$24,429$35,786$4,323,902$80,428
Spain$193,302,531$267,163,575$309,007,720$472,184,839$284,938,619$504,341,253 
Sri Lanka$11,694 $33$817$5,041$9,820 
Suriname      $1,512
Swaziland$7,678$10,513$12,019    
Sweden$10,415,982$9,809,263$17,586,593$21,158,044$10,528,654$13,958,372$11,038,794
Switzerland$610,646$553,923$487,274$678,032$183,309$322,706$916,677
Tanzania $890$224$23,629$6,066$32,993$111,505
Thailand $336,275$20,635$2,089,281$15,021,407$51,650,894$25,340,660
Trinidad and Tobago$13,314,736$649$271,097$197,852,351$102,169,136$254,257,747 
Tunisia$420,800$512,279$451,923$898,942$224,021$674,371 
Turkey$118,114,048$230,662,469$283,463,618$353,360,732$336,513,773$347,191,003$433,254,014
Uganda   $802   
Ukraine$90,325,348$60,244,422$124,126,954$171,059,210$137,727,801$148,330,061$143,738,313
United Arab Emirates$8,606,969 $10,765,009$9,424,475   
United Kingdom$834,023,216$987,876,394$1,179,941,902$1,410,320,997$570,256,022$943,979,925$1,188,714,454
United States$224,429,463$224,928,843$197,315,801$317,020,979$70,582,316$173,000,592$258,201,321
Uruguay$10,315$3,440$971    
Venezuela$85,314$74,617$46,085$241,091$40,951$361,374$41,974
Vietnam$877$22,667$18,859$714,674$121,328$90,090 
Yemen $3,032$19,597 $52,426$35,503$51,467
Zambia $863$95$114,498 $416 
Zimbabwe $2,217   $11,968