| Rank | Country | Imports of Iron ores & concs. (excl. roasted iron pyrites), non-agglom. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $75,985,787,826 |  | | 2 | Japan | $13,698,408,232 |  | | 3 | Korea, South | $5,691,048,868 |  | | 4 | Germany | $3,465,588,775 |  | | 5 | Bahrain | $1,784,622,405 |  | | 6 | France | $1,407,706,400 |  | | 7 | Saudi Arabia | $992,696,974 |  | | 8 | United Kingdom | $943,979,925 |  | | 9 | Italy | $899,293,065 |  | | 10 | Belgium | $898,798,946 |  | | 11 | Netherlands | $888,779,575 |  | | 12 | Austria | $635,762,769 |  | | 13 | Poland | $546,257,968 |  | | 14 | Spain | $504,341,253 |  | | 15 | Czech Republic | $491,492,342 |  | | 16 | Indonesia | $383,355,045 |  | | 17 | Turkey | $347,191,003 |  | | 18 | Russia | $273,682,965 |  | | 19 | Malaysia | $263,074,673 |  | | 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | $254,257,747 |  | | 21 | Romania | $239,662,171 |  | | 22 | Finland | $232,782,511 |  | | 23 | Argentina | $191,967,739 |  | | 24 | Slovakia | $183,179,846 |  | | 25 | United States | $173,000,592 |  | | 26 | Ukraine | $148,330,061 |  | | 27 | Hungary | $94,425,000 |  | | 28 | Mexico | $56,718,587 |  | | 29 | Serbia | $55,345,189 |  | | 30 | Thailand | $51,650,894 |  | | 31 | Iran | $44,252,347 |  | | 32 | India | $21,266,657 |  | | 33 | Australia | $21,025,519 |  | | 34 | Pakistan | $14,812,316 |  | | 35 | Oman | $14,541,469 |  | | 36 | Norway | $14,336,801 |  | | 37 | Sweden | $13,958,372 |  | | 38 | Brazil | $13,795,970 |  | | 39 | Canada | $11,366,624 |  | | 40 | South Africa | $4,323,902 |  | | 41 | Paraguay | $3,637,354 |  | | 42 | Colombia | $1,787,988 |  | | 43 | Denmark | $1,747,494 |  | | 44 | Philippines | $1,347,940 |  | | 45 | Qatar | $1,144,693 |  | | 46 | Tunisia | $674,371 |  | | 47 | Kyrgyzstan | $481,244 |  | | 48 | Jordan | $445,232 |  | | 49 | Ecuador | $395,094 |  | | 50 | Venezuela | $361,374 |  | | 51 | Switzerland | $322,706 |  | | 52 | Hong Kong | $297,632 |  | | 53 | Croatia | $295,721 |  | | 54 | Nepal | $279,252 |  | | 55 | Israel | $246,000 |  | | 56 | New Zealand | $223,409 |  | | 57 | Chile | $184,669 |  | | 58 | New Caledonia | $95,811 |  | | 59 | Vietnam | $90,090 |  | | 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $73,132 |  | | 61 | Belarus | $70,000 |  | | 62 | Portugal | $65,890 |  | | 63 | Slovenia | $50,541 |  | | 64 | Greece | $41,115 |  | | 65 | Yemen | $35,503 |  | | 66 | Botswana | $33,867 |  | | 67 | Tanzania | $32,993 |  | | 68 | Peru | $28,235 |  | | 69 | Georgia | $22,246 |  | | 70 | Cote d'Ivoire | $19,480 |  | | 71 | Morocco | $16,297 |  | | 72 | Zimbabwe | $11,968 |  | | 73 | Sri Lanka | $9,820 |  | | 74 | Ireland | $7,433 |  | | 75 | Cyprus | $7,054 |  | | 76 | Latvia | $3,221 |  | | 77 | Dominican Republic | $2,457 |  | | 78 | Egypt | $2,013 |  | | 79 | Bulgaria | $1,996 |  | | 80 | Bhutan | $1,368 |  | | 81 | Burkina Faso | $505 |  | | 82 | Ghana | $474 |  | | 83 | Zambia | $416 |  | | 84 | Algeria | $390 |  | | 85 | Luxembourg | $289 |  | | 86 | Cambodia | $285 |  | | 87 | Ethiopia | $163 |  | | 88 | Barbados | $96 |  | | 89 | Mozambique | $48 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 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 | |
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