RankCountryImports of Argon in USD (2010)
1United States$15,620,043
2France$15,121,036
3Italy$13,874,003
4Belgium$9,426,469
5Germany$9,395,911
6Vietnam$8,129,620
7Saudi Arabia$6,908,275
8Mexico$6,770,279
9Netherlands$5,881,111
10Thailand$5,579,334
11Spain$5,124,208
12Poland$4,892,855
13United Kingdom$4,833,345
14Indonesia$4,664,962
15Russia$4,442,343
16Austria$3,477,160
17Ireland$3,426,801
18Norway$3,128,263
19Portugal$3,109,970
20Brazil$2,876,548
21Denmark$2,853,546
22Czech Republic$2,835,260
23Hungary$2,813,000
24Slovenia$2,308,379
25Switzerland$2,229,188
26New Zealand$2,159,661
27Romania$2,014,904
28Slovakia$1,989,817
29Qatar$1,957,690
30Canada$1,954,897
31Morocco$1,949,072
32Malaysia$1,761,475
33Nigeria$1,686,460
34Luxembourg$1,520,999
35Algeria$1,476,005
36Greece$1,431,892
37Tunisia$1,384,805
38Sweden$1,339,545
39Bulgaria$1,237,676
40Singapore$1,223,403
41Croatia$1,074,963
42Madagascar$1,066,186
43Australia$1,058,468
44Pakistan$938,508
45Argentina$897,675
46Bosnia and Herzegovina$741,007
47Lithuania$723,510
48Finland$669,987
49Belarus$648,000
50Oman$593,814
51Ecuador$557,326
52El Salvador$555,763
53Chile$547,563
54Colombia$527,058
55Philippines$500,976
56China$491,873
57Israel$478,000
58South Africa$471,268
59Peru$436,772
60Latvia$436,137
61Estonia$433,167
62Turkey$406,796
63Hong Kong$402,449
64Kenya$384,356
65Costa Rica$337,729
66Albania$319,024
67Bahrain$313,997
68India$262,053
69Bolivia$241,066
70Iceland$231,588
71Dominican Republic$222,803
72Mauritius$221,239
73Zambia$203,340
74Sri Lanka$194,783
75Jordan$189,189
76Trinidad and Tobago$185,979
77Suriname$176,684
78Syria$174,049
79Serbia$173,653
80Cameroon$159,475
81New Caledonia$140,262
82Panama$137,398
83Cyprus$132,839
84Ghana$130,442
85Armenia$129,983
86Zimbabwe$123,379
87Moldova$122,959
88Tanzania$117,754
89Azerbaijan$109,665
90Lebanon$106,835
91Iran$106,428
92Guatemala$105,575
93Montenegro$96,993
94Cote d'Ivoire$94,028
95Niger$92,631
96Bahamas, The$86,248
97Ethiopia$85,856
98Mali$85,335
99Uganda$85,273
100Fiji$75,173
101Paraguay$74,232
102Egypt$71,473
103Yemen$70,360
104Nepal$63,147
105Mozambique$58,890
106Senegal$56,011
107Botswana$53,578
108Maldives$48,694
109Georgia$39,862
110Nicaragua$39,608
111Barbados$36,836
112Jamaica$35,841
113Malawi$34,763
114Kyrgyzstan$32,513
115Burundi$32,386
116Korea, South$31,220
117French Polynesia$29,718
118Cape Verde$22,284
119Aruba$22,183
120Malta$20,849
121Burkina Faso$20,315
122Macau$16,331
123Belize$15,637
124Togo$14,358
125Ukraine$14,172
126Bermuda$13,815
127Antigua and Barbuda$12,671
128Guyana$11,828
129Mauritania$10,178
130Bhutan$9,333
131Benin$9,241
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$7,933
133Japan$5,368
134Samoa$4,396
135Venezuela$1,004
136Tonga$975
137Dominica$452
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$100,304$158,780$663,151$747,070$248,830$319,024$481,286
Algeria$42,805$367,163$168,627$87,038$345,103$1,476,005$5,850,398
Antigua and Barbuda$3,497$7,926$10,372 $7,127$12,671$7,967
Argentina$126,333$261,879$428,115$739,610$498,529$897,675$2,931,598
Armenia$12,758$25,412$93,326$137,062$363,268$129,983$107,623
Aruba    $22,649$22,183$90,970
Australia$117,090$159,931$309,940$342,879$1,253,384$1,058,468$941,294
Austria$1,798,818$2,905,730$4,218,680$3,313,297$4,261,935$3,477,160 
Azerbaijan$637,047$458,489$433,618$217,443$219,480$109,665$333,084
Bahamas, The$74,340$89,261$95,229$96,148$141,255$86,248$147,677
Bahrain$415,100$687,278$805,297$1,902,143$406,997$313,997$608,151
Bangladesh$152,820$167,851$176,046    
Barbados$32,150$24,238$30,897$32,303$28,099$36,836$49,270
Belarus$125,800$190,200$344,400$457,000$512,300$648,000$379,100
Belgium$7,264,245$8,695,775$10,220,463$14,053,181$13,103,686$9,426,469$12,681,271
Belize$8,349$24,401$16,172$11,879$20,076$15,637 
Benin $548   $9,241 
Bermuda     $13,815 
Bhutan$913$29,949$1,528$11,748$31,569$9,333 
Bolivia$37,379$41,899$55,935$41,024$152,338$241,066$331,873
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,072,923$1,309,502$1,806,768$2,045,476$756,190$741,007$884,531
Botswana$23,422$30,510$28,417$1,106$4,974$53,578$74,777
Brazil$267,709$76,141$258,582$1,369,513$2,944,310$2,876,548$1,112,635
Brunei $164,870     
Bulgaria$1,119,214$1,559,939$2,399,553$2,752,400$1,361,943$1,237,676$1,509,843
Burkina Faso$14,604 $12,444$11,935$57,541$20,315 
Burundi$11,705$10,765$8,375$27,167 $32,386 
Cambodia $13,401$47,453$183,683$95,599  
Cameroon$80,257$146,619$67,565$83,000$71,351$159,475 
Canada$3,160,691$3,334,554$2,899,715$2,964,905$4,245,527$1,954,897$1,847,832
Cape Verde$11,324$17,974$9,013$14,662$158,144$22,284$34,526
Central African Republic$364   $4,725  
Chile$263,552$221,433$78,885$133,416$237,516$547,563$1,619,803
China$361,176$474,103$364,312$226,085$212,760$491,873$230,161
Colombia$129,639$354,558$383,009$754,389$931,778$527,058$688,012
Costa Rica$324,223$521,186$584,381$549,452$185,477$337,729$485,083
Cote d'Ivoire$51,208$71,080$111,151$158,147$152,300$94,028$92,506
Croatia$675,239$879,920$919,906$1,211,803$984,707$1,074,963$939,193
Cuba$71,154$25,555     
Cyprus$157,430$133,594$311,949$380,326$181,882$132,839$155,743
Czech Republic$3,194,912$1,214,347$2,580,388$2,678,460$1,605,873$2,835,260$3,163,019
Denmark$2,572,573$3,588,162$3,626,223$4,771,848$3,688,584$2,853,546$4,022,321
Dominica$9,942$1,832$6,654$27,739$670$452 
Dominican Republic$124,788$190,935$181,961$245,070$198,289$222,803$269,388
East Timor$80      
Ecuador$179,104$405,946$531,886$557,510$511,870$557,326$656,390
Egypt$6,561$17,033$47,614$10,171$94,102$71,473$156,216
El Salvador$292,705$344,656$439,760$461,673$460,314$555,763 
Estonia$609,059$807,357$976,881$1,293,883$885,184$433,167$725,813
Ethiopia$105,665$130,572$273,210$155,041$175,128$85,856$46,881
Faroe Islands$121,134$166,553$283,590$245,027$139,249  
Fiji$30,633$17,430$29,446$18,658$27,958$75,173 
Finland$558,130$76,598$477,052$40,794$133,237$669,987$341,391
France$10,023,863$11,514,629$19,548,877$19,920,113$18,176,682$15,121,036$17,024,092
French Polynesia$39,527$18,821$25,295$41,491$40,287$29,718$28,262
Gabon$62,311$82,663$42,039$79,606$344,907  
Gambia, The$14,933 $4,848$5,845$19,512 $31
Georgia$90,709$22,313$35,165$27,843$37,170$39,862 
Germany$4,437,000$5,241,000$6,070,000$10,185,000$10,167,000$9,395,911$10,919,825
Ghana$293,854$388,013$191,460$73,455$143,469$130,442$156,647
Greece$1,957,761$2,223,619$1,873,572$2,549,273$1,934,220$1,431,892$1,303,189
Greenland$64,501$60,715$43,080    
Grenada$12,956$12,539$5,413$5,830$5,928  
Guatemala$53,398$93,389$103,087$81,290$96,950$105,575$112,740
Guinea$23,244$51,903$10,317$28,699   
Guyana$2,863$8,392$10,161$2,187$125$11,828$41,760
Honduras$113,630$112,140$125,018 $87,852  
Hong Kong$283,997$432,903$390,410$357,975$411,234$402,449$503,787
Hungary$1,718,000$2,606,000$3,278,000$3,750,000$2,596,000$2,813,000$3,676,000
Iceland$181,891$201,693$205,778$258,013$217,143$231,588$327,918
India$2,818,803$1,714,207$3,329,863$1,166,277$299,657$262,053$457,808
Indonesia$665,129$1,301,459$960,390$3,516,766$3,533,865$4,664,962$6,619,317
Iran$859,950$82,775   $106,428 
Ireland$3,951,507$5,102,544$4,858,047$5,896,355$4,253,739$3,426,801$2,145,902
Israel$228,000$365,000$1,426,000$1,678,000$465,000$478,000$872,000
Italy$11,831,389$13,515,714$13,382,891$15,622,011$11,781,171$13,874,003$16,380,147
Jamaica$45,491$31,996$36,793$32,419$69,833$35,841 
Japan$34,702$15,735$310,135$170,915 $5,368$5,174
Jordan$168,803$239,068$170,628$164,053$214,284$189,189$187,608
Kazakhstan$1,081,609$822,903$2,231,648$2,186,238$1,025,612  
Kenya$157,124$220,413$225,809$285,216$393,790$384,356 
Kiribati$4,206      
Korea, South$419,035$238,945$291,909$153,055$56,390$31,220$41,139
Kuwait $188,865$88,052$53,155   
Kyrgyzstan$85,468$68,353$54,895$70,360$45,347$32,513$152,837
Latvia$342,663$496,224$596,928$770,630$465,851$436,137$721,157
Lebanon$116,000$92,212$270,643$424,934$186,636$106,835$147,808
Lesotho   $99   
Lithuania$536,657$859,580$1,056,228$1,072,044$716,049$723,510$899,381
Luxembourg$1,138,815$1,025,971$1,326,472$1,646,968$1,418,166$1,520,999$1,834,226
Macau$8,930$19,964$15,313$17,060$20,525$16,331 
Macedonia$301,395$260,712$508,897$716,558$633,504 $772,766
Madagascar$12,345$27,788$51,379$344,327$294,593$1,066,186 
Malawi$2,918$12,738$5,235$9,478$25,315$34,763$43,749
Malaysia$485,503$899,846$967,267$691,850$1,260,717$1,761,475$1,284,454
Maldives$31,652$30,522$41,279$49,117$44,159$48,694$63,487
Mali$11,210$5,132$6,936$33,902 $85,335 
Malta$4,970$27,066$208,927$146,160$46,595$20,849 
Mauritania$185,336$14,002$15,634$22,436$29,584$10,178 
Mauritius$64,745$90,200$131,456$328,524$167,221$221,239$298,736
Mayotte$16,925$2,667$3,529$15,744$14,170  
Mexico$4,775,122$6,824,859$6,798,387$6,294,869$4,373,040$6,770,279$8,095,909
Moldova$33,331$45,959$43,706$45,257$92,335$122,959$132,255
Mongolia$34,331$36,217$18,264    
Montenegro $153,476$181,776$140,522$121,543$96,993$119,449
Montserrat    $7,644  
Morocco$570,308$718,447$1,193,216$1,859,540$1,953,508$1,949,072 
Mozambique$51,845$22,293$21,259$60,368$100,911$58,890$99,000
Namibia$39,996$56,273$150,478$186,098   
Nepal    $19,177$63,147 
Netherlands$4,063,923$3,716,131$15,145,789$9,259,391$6,067,699$5,881,111 
Netherlands Antilles$26,760$32,206$41,103$26,815   
New Caledonia$37,891$31,679$61,608$209,544$135,561$140,262$233,565
New Zealand$1,429,173$1,236,996$1,947,599$1,973,280$1,710,344$2,159,661$2,383,945
Nicaragua$93,500$107,306$102,446$38,914$44,415$39,608$87,946
Niger$1,815$500 $837$66,020$92,631$15,787
Nigeria $915,159$968,886$1,820,010$27,762,297$1,686,460 
Norway$569,923$1,403,254$3,172,727$2,895,083$3,229,045$3,128,263$4,280,953
Oman$513,706$593,488$1,342,593$1,550,622$1,301,670$593,814 
Pakistan$447,397$1,040,207$649,632$1,336,316$1,212,698$938,508$508,010
Panama$89,851$103,464$116,169$231,914$172,637$137,398$190,287
Paraguay$3,229$2,347$39,240$62,636$67,251$74,232$62,713
Peru$135,769$169,488$280,943$232,648$637,648$436,772$971,599
Philippines$98,429$356,326$674,940$1,250,202$445,816$500,976$571,079
Poland$3,150,586$5,773,085$8,334,348$11,144,666$6,981,491$4,892,855$4,440,183
Portugal$1,887,045$2,584,338$3,022,947$3,794,745$3,384,305$3,109,970$3,510,831
Qatar$1,200,463$686,903$2,745,266$5,919,897 $1,957,690 
Romania$2,070,099$2,745,751$3,951,885$4,685,607$2,503,787$2,014,904$1,888,129
Russia$957,868$2,063,987$4,213,565$6,455,556$3,929,305$4,442,343$6,063,896
Rwanda $14,086$39,356$54,335$3,333  
Saint Kitts and Nevis$6,718$7,126$7,104$5,651   
Saint Lucia$3,699$27,086$7,014$8,204   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$4,990$6,199$4,111$3,374$2,211$7,933 
Samoa$629$1,270$1,897$3,567$4,363$4,396$5,788
Sao Tome and Principe   $204   
Saudi Arabia$88,962$34,571$1,317,505  $6,908,275 
Senegal$16,700$48,993$29,508$91,255$33,147$56,011$14,928
Serbia$99,807$111,842$207,593$377,295$279,479$173,653$231,189
Seychelles$5,224$5,994$2,019$53,636   
Singapore$500,655$642,438$1,001,296$1,284,585$1,206,860$1,223,403$752,140
Slovakia$3,338,854$2,197,070$1,938,872$3,049,010$2,171,580$1,989,817$2,233,934
Slovenia$2,001,856$2,169,271$2,755,998$3,576,121$2,733,532$2,308,379$2,750,473
South Africa$10,290$12,425$26,843$192,673$40,708$471,268$793,956
Spain$1,853,092$5,534,974$8,069,520$9,903,791$7,077,248$5,124,208 
Sri Lanka$141,157$192,253$144,717$256,423$174,980$194,783$199,037
Sudan$940,574$248,142$92$71,898$194,679  
Suriname    $174,812$176,684$76,045
Swaziland$66,502$5,009$27,197    
Sweden$1,436,082$2,057,199$2,195,913$1,815,205$1,222,743$1,339,545$2,536,764
Switzerland$2,056,389$2,596,286$2,671,577$3,238,513$2,777,731$2,229,188$2,073,051
Syria $17,987 $74,316 $174,049 
Tanzania$51,308$48,188$24,030$169,961$134,909$117,754$128,740
Thailand$2,373,957$3,348,054$4,214,081$6,282,279$5,681,011$5,579,334$6,090,852
Togo$5,638 $4,096  $14,358$11,678
Tonga   $721$1,531$975 
Trinidad and Tobago$444,525$34,902$24,882$86,017$272,688$185,979 
Tunisia$530,345$559,384$765,689$1,191,335$1,218,413$1,384,805 
Turkey$1,480,973$1,629,493$1,296,093$2,143,422$977,600$406,796$502,477
Uganda$57,272$24,133$22,629$81,564$98,952$85,273 
Ukraine$2,757$232$14,964$66,890$39,582$14,172$10,780
United Arab Emirates$6,190,940 $7,747,996$14,508,503   
United Kingdom$5,192,460$5,044,969$5,356,801$6,005,317$4,296,767$4,833,345$6,217,479
United States$13,067,001$15,395,249$15,428,859$15,133,560$10,184,288$15,620,043$15,813,072
Uruguay$105,061$88,787$172,163$343,879$148,238  
Vanuatu $8,636$12,115    
Venezuela$12,366$45,294$2,360$175,117$4,161$1,004$10,820
Vietnam$2,745,502$2,858,389$3,638,009$5,434,585$4,905,039$8,129,620 
Yemen$11,770$12,303$168,917$451,648$212,173$70,360$2,930
Zambia$93,615$160,411$106,938$144,017$134,838$203,340 
Zimbabwe$5,893$105,621$133,691$91,294$48,551$123,379