RankCountryImports of Zinc ores & concs. in USD (2010)
1China$2,145,143,344
2Korea, South$1,086,921,072
3Belgium$776,638,570
4Japan$716,837,911
5Spain$667,459,314
6Finland$372,547,642
7Canada$304,857,550
8Netherlands$227,747,214
9Germany$175,178,361
10Norway$161,112,535
11Brazil$156,924,124
12France$150,568,827
13Italy$130,952,871
14Thailand$116,553,955
15Bulgaria$109,035,453
16Australia$94,036,453
17Poland$72,162,067
18India$69,436,226
19United States$45,182,815
20Argentina$25,174,501
21South Africa$18,079,745
22Russia$15,839,936
23Algeria$15,491,128
24Mexico$7,494,504
25United Kingdom$1,799,767
26Guatemala$1,214,820
27Iran$1,077,823
28Singapore$826,626
29Colombia$431,407
30Austria$414,624
31Indonesia$392,744
32Sweden$361,182
33Egypt$260,336
34Hong Kong$181,957
35Pakistan$178,999
36Portugal$171,019
37Bolivia$131,108
38Kenya$47,516
39Greece$35,224
40Malaysia$30,030
41Zimbabwe$28,438
42Ireland$26,423
43New Zealand$25,543
44Turkey$20,955
45Slovenia$20,553
46Panama$17,734
47Bahrain$15,681
48Oman$14,023
49Czech Republic$13,355
50Slovakia$10,190
51Romania$9,205
52Morocco$8,858
53Israel$6,000
54Mauritius$5,801
55Senegal$5,469
56Ghana$3,350
57Tanzania$3,205
58Trinidad and Tobago$2,919
59Costa Rica$2,565
60Switzerland$2,499
61Chile$2,451
62Paraguay$1,497
63Armenia$1,396
64Qatar$1,235
65Bahamas, The$845
66Cyprus$787
67Madagascar$710
68Mozambique$693
69Croatia$674
70Belize$438
71Syria$324
72Fiji$292
73Jamaica$290
74Bermuda$271
75Cote d'Ivoire$240
76El Salvador$193
77Malawi$192
78Zambia$163
79Peru$140
80Ethiopia$72
81Serbia$59
82Tunisia$55
83Bhutan$36
84Barbados$35
85Luxembourg$32
86Dominican Republic$20
87Iceland$17
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Algeria$18,267,457$15,265,998$24,237,289$10,881,855$8,706,097$15,491,128$13,454,991
Argentina$11,655,501$18,550,358$59,755,011$16,134,411$4,244,342$25,174,501$15,251,824
Armenia $155  $88$1,396$1,404
Australia$40,030,034$105,045,119$152,911,147$41,217,373$63,108,051$94,036,453$92,477,309
Austria$240,114$363,879$805,285$456,194$4,128,781$414,624 
Bahamas, The $26   $845 
Bahrain     $15,681 
Bangladesh$7,392$11,787$13,669    
Barbados     $35 
Belarus $51,400$800    
Belgium$479,995,433$926,872,224$1,220,676,803  $776,638,570$907,586,265
Belize  $29  $438 
Bermuda     $271 
Bhutan$171$2,265$2$53 $36 
Bolivia$252$99$1,702$1,336$277$131,108$954
Bosnia and Herzegovina   $1,123,545$37,473 $15,300
Botswana$4,894$24$28 $139 $1,639
Brazil$102,586,287$231,530,201$252,534,496$161,905,549$71,150,390$156,924,124$183,841,151
Bulgaria$58,310,486$184,870,605$241,027,416$102,272,543$65,942,932$109,035,453$119,787,260
Cameroon $436$520 $635  
Canada$197,784,810$585,355,241$775,653,066$357,512,330$212,991,210$304,857,550$382,984,576
Chile   $609 $2,451$846
China$181,037,740$564,816,352$1,554,870,308$1,057,881,897$1,882,511,411$2,145,143,344$2,041,571,058
Colombia$380,239$567,611$664,950$556,019$360,466$431,407$803,842
Cook Islands$45      
Costa Rica$14,519$6,773$3,720$1,390$2,242$2,565$272
Cote d'Ivoire     $240 
Croatia$439$1,425$4,758$1,734 $674$941
Cyprus     $787 
Czech Republic$13,571$33,000$44,756$33,025$12,233$13,355$88,282
Denmark      $180
Dominican Republic  $4,485$460$1,046$20 
East Timor$25,432      
Ecuador$4,220$8,240    $7,816
Egypt $10,501   $260,336$12,745
El Salvador$13,262 $8,794$5,930$7,451$193 
Ethiopia$5$82$769$140 $72 
Faroe Islands  $17,277 $12  
Fiji  $13$17,005$188$292 
Finland$201,472,916$544,404,805$595,764,601$325,930,215$264,741,906$372,547,642$411,216,082
France$177,267,837$229,306,969$303,488,657$172,866,912$113,097,660$150,568,827$149,025,855
French Polynesia      $817
Gabon $334     
Georgia $268     
Germany$160,978,000$309,989,000$434,756,000$252,162,000$126,348,000$175,178,361$257,788,754
Ghana $1,538$16,506$23,529$6,540$3,350$5,519
Greece$44,758$1,309 $221 $35,224$45,723
Guatemala$138,348 $190,560$629,905$1,027,301$1,214,820$631,092
Guyana    $12,482  
Honduras $116$58,272 $54,199  
Hong Kong $396,701$4,799$425,664$13,916$181,957$210,554
Iceland     $17 
India$10,360,510$84,944,283$77,365,631$57,554,268$30,031,523$69,436,226$53,509,465
Indonesia$7,307$18,757$34,988$712,578$164,819$392,744$202,761
Iran     $1,077,823 
Ireland$35,756 $64,480$344,392$49,857$26,423$38,225
Israel $37,000 $19,000 $6,000 
Italy$98,219,245$207,866,156$257,350,138$127,459,831$74,179,108$130,952,871$131,837,232
Jamaica$5,378$407$20,715$90,934$43,027$290 
Japan$433,111,449$1,149,084,800$1,226,653,439$637,135,379$470,265,071$716,837,911$711,600,277
Jordan $8,078 $49,072  $19,732
Kazakhstan$3,158,005 $7,115,989    
Kenya$14,973 $42,217$71,523$58,990$47,516 
Korea, South$570,143,364$1,554,479,390$1,608,985,268$979,009,067$741,768,219$1,086,921,072$1,513,196,376
Kuwait  $58,726$31,108   
Latvia$40,030     $14,207
Lesotho   $2,325   
Luxembourg $83  $1,788$32$3,921
Macedonia $74,369$37,900 $18,554  
Madagascar   $137 $710 
Malawi$2,339 $41,266$708 $192$161
Malaysia $9,171$66,923$14,603$2,275$30,030$60,886
Malta$1,101 $390 $497  
Mauritius   $102$6,227$5,801$3,234
Mexico$1,747,375$20,709$32,889$613,343$1,362,505$7,494,504$23,723,165
Moldova    $205  
Morocco$2,016$3,451$363,572 $110$8,858 
Mozambique     $693 
Namibia$2,297$45,353$63,242$113,181   
Netherlands$196,392,262$500,580,872$450,899,808$273,174,129$203,975,109$227,747,214 
New Caledonia$19     $241
New Zealand$1,922$6,055 $5,143$6,733$25,543$29,344
Nigeria $5,847$128,085$3,664$76,057  
Norway$112,127,973$270,274,718$349,565,415$149,965,832$101,689,927$161,112,535$199,595,541
Oman$27,854$12,062$2,603 $9,345$14,023 
Pakistan  $5,783$7,849$112,086$178,999 
Panama$2,461 $5,708$8,921$13,932$17,734$14,150
Paraguay  $22  $1,497$789
Peru$13,261$1,167,804$560$45,415$37,312$140$5,556
Philippines      $96,415
Poland$27,860,867$88,128,167$145,047,585$127,330,912$48,467,145$72,162,067$67,380,583
Portugal$113,780$748,561$213,430$231,434$128,889$171,019$492,137
Qatar$4,010    $1,235 
Romania$54,932,901$107,580,592$185,726,067$117,981,428$30,962$9,205 
Russia$34,718,129$60,105,919$93,825,428$62,567,220$29,534,562$15,839,936$28,377,538
Rwanda    $267  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $746    
Saint Lucia$1,631      
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $313  
Samoa    $54  
Saudi Arabia$4,754,643$87,927$133,271    
Senegal$92 $16,378$13,910 $5,469 
Serbia$7,731,332$11,042,548 $22$114$59 
Seychelles$274      
Singapore$369,024 $1,186,470$974,069$387,010$826,626$393,007
Slovakia    $4,537$10,190$3,643
Slovenia$33,121$158,697$111,632$160,614$123,296$20,553 
South Africa$8,795,814$16,605,147$65,362,022$26,187,362$7,718,885$18,079,745$6,981,324
Spain$494,724,829$1,225,905,200$1,450,613,802$624,673,553$465,693,344$667,459,314 
Sri Lanka$600$7,905 $126,447$3,437 $5,245
Swaziland$51$734$1,416    
Sweden$25,585 $305,392$351,618$100,369$361,182$308
Switzerland$109  $122$534$2,499$7,383
Syria $3,924   $324 
Tanzania$7,509$9,103$15,080$49,698$8,236$3,205$1,072
Thailand$54,264,458$139,246,920$178,094,221$105,153,822$53,493,290$116,553,955$107,342,417
Tonga$305      
Trinidad and Tobago$1,830$735$224$5,023$3,077$2,919 
Tunisia$35   $185,744$55 
Turkey$65,654$93,922$57,086$104$2,379$20,955$2,933
Uganda$630$1,501$723$3,619$22,878  
Ukraine    $194  
United Arab Emirates$32,663 $79,967$650   
United Kingdom$1,573,851$1,422,405$837,059$782,815$532,130$1,799,767$1,201,002
United States$126,278,501$188,409,113$174,665,936$77,077,526$72,156,646$45,182,815$48,693,297
Venezuela$450 $239,550$117,607$289,970 $3,773
Vietnam $185,006$197,368$118,348   
Yemen$1,168 $8,586$21,676$824  
Zambia$1,076$44$27$2,135$829$163 
Zimbabwe$2,391$1,872$3,480$3,311$1,576$28,438