| Rank | Country | Imports of Silicon, cont. by wt. not <99.99% of silicon in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $2,798,005,082 |  | | 2 | Japan | $1,521,315,310 |  | | 3 | Germany | $460,354,595 |  | | 4 | Korea, South | $436,180,659 |  | | 5 | Norway | $423,426,465 |  | | 6 | United States | $315,423,453 |  | | 7 | Singapore | $209,877,815 |  | | 8 | United Kingdom | $159,260,442 |  | | 9 | India | $67,656,414 |  | | 10 | Hong Kong | $64,851,250 |  | | 11 | Poland | $43,640,073 |  | | 12 | Ukraine | $34,315,266 |  | | 13 | Malaysia | $33,793,540 |  | | 14 | Switzerland | $26,825,673 |  | | 15 | France | $26,498,926 |  | | 16 | Finland | $22,715,075 |  | | 17 | Czech Republic | $18,407,840 |  | | 18 | Italy | $16,351,273 |  | | 19 | Spain | $14,479,697 |  | | 20 | Indonesia | $9,521,204 |  | | 21 | Australia | $7,969,117 |  | | 22 | Thailand | $7,524,226 |  | | 23 | Russia | $6,192,753 |  | | 24 | Canada | $6,015,199 |  | | 25 | Greece | $5,820,798 |  | | 26 | South Africa | $5,397,407 |  | | 27 | Belgium | $5,057,741 |  | | 28 | Netherlands | $3,852,684 |  | | 29 | Belarus | $3,090,900 |  | | 30 | Sweden | $2,958,464 |  | | 31 | Bahrain | $2,065,020 |  | | 32 | Romania | $1,765,656 |  | | 33 | Saudi Arabia | $1,617,602 |  | | 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $664,772 |  | | 35 | Slovakia | $521,199 |  | | 36 | Israel | $474,000 |  | | 37 | Vietnam | $398,370 |  | | 38 | Austria | $376,133 |  | | 39 | Iran | $342,904 |  | | 40 | Hungary | $322,000 |  | | 41 | Pakistan | $315,767 |  | | 42 | Bulgaria | $223,288 |  | | 43 | Turkey | $188,699 |  | | 44 | Luxembourg | $187,616 |  | | 45 | Kyrgyzstan | $176,690 |  | | 46 | Egypt | $172,323 |  | | 47 | Latvia | $165,978 |  | | 48 | Ecuador | $138,613 |  | | 49 | Malta | $126,643 |  | | 50 | Serbia | $111,846 |  | | 51 | Croatia | $95,043 |  | | 52 | New Zealand | $67,723 |  | | 53 | Venezuela | $50,000 |  | | 54 | Mexico | $42,005 |  | | 55 | Yemen | $37,443 |  | | 56 | Nigeria | $37,412 |  | | 57 | Colombia | $24,276 |  | | 58 | Qatar | $22,327 |  | | 59 | Ireland | $21,506 |  | | 60 | Botswana | $19,322 |  | | 61 | Gambia, The | $18,621 |  | | 62 | Zimbabwe | $17,635 |  | | 63 | Algeria | $11,777 |  | | 64 | Kenya | $11,107 |  | | 65 | Zambia | $7,413 |  | | 66 | Oman | $7,199 |  | | 67 | Syria | $6,757 |  | | 68 | Morocco | $6,448 |  | | 69 | Slovenia | $5,594 |  | | 70 | Tanzania | $5,241 |  | | 71 | Uganda | $4,664 |  | | 72 | Costa Rica | $4,568 |  | | 73 | Sri Lanka | $4,382 |  | | 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | $4,272 |  | | 75 | Peru | $3,634 |  | | 76 | Mauritius | $3,411 |  | | 77 | Estonia | $2,092 |  | | 78 | Barbados | $1,822 |  | | 79 | Ethiopia | $1,458 |  | | 80 | Cyprus | $1,386 |  | | 81 | Madagascar | $1,349 |  | | 82 | Brazil | $1,132 |  | | 83 | Cambodia | $865 |  | | 84 | Mozambique | $605 |  | | 85 | Argentina | $537 |  | | 86 | Jordan | $461 |  | | 87 | Bahamas, The | $238 |  | | 88 | Samoa | $229 |  | | 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | $134 |  | | 90 | Azerbaijan | $129 |  | | 91 | Iceland | $127 |  | | 92 | Bhutan | $113 |  | | 93 | Chile | $112 |  | | 94 | Moldova | $94 |  | | 95 | Nepal | $71 |  | | 96 | Tonga | $69 |  | | 97 | Fiji | $55 |  | | 98 | Portugal | $53 |  | | 99 | Guyana | $26 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $1,081 | $11,286 | $15,518 | $8,839 | $348 | | $552 |
| Algeria | $58 | $17,506 | $4,721 | $73 | | $11,777 | $4,125 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | | $134 | $132 |
| Argentina | $639 | $26,540 | $333 | | $538 | $537 | $23 |
| Australia | $8,658,314 | $10,600,113 | $1,729,949 | $2,292,937 | $4,555,049 | $7,969,117 | $15,168,725 |
| Austria | $744,342 | $3,096,144 | $6,376,159 | $10,209,400 | $6,322,734 | $376,133 | |
| Azerbaijan | | $59,976 | | | | $129 | |
| Bahamas, The | $199 | $14 | $523 | | $225 | $238 | $412 |
| Bahrain | $2,568,240 | $1,279,070 | $2,066,106 | $3,192,207 | $2,234,153 | $2,065,020 | $386,704 |
| Bangladesh | $2,583 | $117,788 | $86,013 | | | | |
| Barbados | $22 | $1,645 | $1,957 | $1,665 | | $1,822 | |
| Belarus | $1,296,800 | $3,361,700 | $3,695,500 | $2,981,600 | $3,129,000 | $3,090,900 | $3,361,900 |
| Belgium | $3,251,774 | $3,407,129 | $16,451,619 | $9,030,476 | $6,145,793 | $5,057,741 | $6,315,444 |
| Belize | | | $55 | | $6 | | |
| Bhutan | $7 | | $17 | $243 | $18 | $113 | |
| Bolivia | | $668 | $142,247 | $76,688 | $14,926 | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $255,360 | $355,042 | $434,208 | $684,817 | $266,239 | $664,772 | $787,213 |
| Botswana | $50,685 | $4,032 | $7,037 | $5,666 | $13,497 | $19,322 | $17,012 |
| Brazil | $9,007 | $33,911 | $6,312 | $10,610 | $83,207 | $1,132 | $30,968 |
| Brunei | | $16,848 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $495,652 | $421,586 | $620,451 | $1,156,278 | $67,445 | $223,288 | $225,899 |
| Cambodia | $6,100 | $90 | $14,926 | $29,266 | | $865 | |
| Cameroon | $33,396 | | | | | | |
| Canada | $4,642,805 | $1,530,084 | $12,936,611 | $13,390,081 | $6,282,806 | $6,015,199 | $7,972,597 |
| Chile | | | | | $481 | $112 | |
| China | $212,399,264 | $672,869,289 | $1,377,945,543 | $3,950,844,242 | $1,829,951,482 | $2,798,005,082 | $3,924,517,579 |
| Colombia | | | | | | $24,276 | |
| Costa Rica | | | $5,995 | $8,556 | $2,800 | $4,568 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | $100 | | | | |
| Croatia | $168 | $151 | | $38,705 | $56,173 | $95,043 | $95,019 |
| Cuba | $377 | | | | | | |
| Cyprus | | $5,539 | | $1,509 | | $1,386 | |
| Czech Republic | $7,066,830 | $12,335,378 | $14,015,224 | $17,447,630 | $8,196,346 | $18,407,840 | $24,212,826 |
| Dominican Republic | | $1 | | | | | |
| Ecuador | | | | $28,589 | $25,164 | $138,613 | $109,598 |
| Egypt | $2,402 | | $27,981 | $72,798 | $79,364 | $172,323 | $52,635 |
| El Salvador | | $3,314 | | | $316 | | |
| Estonia | $3,758 | $5,692 | $3,202 | $258,834 | $572 | $2,092 | $218 |
| Ethiopia | $17,224 | $2,619 | $200 | $8,094 | $1,662 | $1,458 | $19,565 |
| Faroe Islands | $33 | | $291 | $268 | $2,187 | | |
| Fiji | $1,096 | | $511 | | $686 | $55 | |
| Finland | $7,439,022 | $7,897,034 | $12,510,806 | $21,916,294 | | $22,715,075 | $26,589,762 |
| France | $22,516,364 | $25,480,087 | $30,387,708 | $39,738,555 | $31,996,568 | $26,498,926 | $20,085,228 |
| French Polynesia | | | | $6,489 | $7,618 | | $9,241 |
| Gambia, The | | $463 | | $19,256 | $1,504 | $18,621 | |
| Georgia | | $608 | | | $755 | | |
| Germany | | | $96,767,000 | $484,737,000 | $456,332,000 | $460,354,595 | $488,371,349 |
| Ghana | $3,721 | $1,218 | $1,724 | $992 | $267 | | $7,544 |
| Greece | $234,592 | $66,710 | $391,116 | $914,890 | $1,208,024 | $5,820,798 | $10,458,787 |
| Guatemala | | | | | $538 | | |
| Guyana | $4 | $5 | | $847 | $200 | $26 | |
| Honduras | | | $801 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $236,831 | $12,170,713 | $56,222,451 | $182,701,928 | $134,241,360 | $64,851,250 | $63,033,435 |
| Hungary | | | $63,000 | $37,000 | | $322,000 | $287,000 |
| Iceland | $10,305 | $3,286 | $480 | | $458 | $127 | |
| India | $21,714,440 | $27,366,971 | $30,045,580 | $38,725,181 | $27,029,696 | $67,656,414 | $79,532,800 |
| Indonesia | $184,478 | $37,790 | $86,871 | $58,938 | $95,803 | $9,521,204 | $11,030,245 |
| Iran | $1,573,538 | $245,325 | | | | $342,904 | |
| Ireland | $62,840 | $139,588 | $185,993 | $188,765 | $114,265 | $21,506 | $10,196 |
| Israel | $23,000 | $182,000 | $81,000 | $250,000 | $43,000 | $474,000 | $118,000 |
| Italy | $13,928,626 | $15,929,837 | $9,161,801 | $12,064,937 | $10,964,716 | $16,351,273 | $24,689,048 |
| Jamaica | | | | | $106 | | |
| Japan | $829,148,557 | $1,102,062,783 | $1,504,583,583 | $1,844,870,812 | $1,526,774,934 | $1,521,315,310 | $1,789,865,405 |
| Jordan | | $14,017 | $6,001 | | $3,070 | $461 | $24,655 |
| Kazakhstan | $6,700 | | | | $82 | | |
| Kenya | $26,032 | $1,517 | $4,017 | $2,274 | $634 | $11,107 | |
| Kiribati | $25 | | | | | | |
| Korea, South | $98,331,362 | $166,997,687 | $267,379,017 | $442,074,408 | $379,753,050 | $436,180,659 | $501,147,469 |
| Kuwait | | $36,956 | $2,545 | $3,406,519 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $805,047 | $4,009,590 | $6,454,969 | $13,273,262 | | $176,690 | |
| Latvia | $111,249 | $38,246 | $5,727 | $5,598 | $408,867 | $165,978 | $166,151 |
| Lebanon | | $4,808 | | | $2,811 | | $2,645 |
| Lithuania | $120,485 | | $1,035 | $35 | | | $1,885 |
| Luxembourg | $14,926 | $466,938 | $49 | $19,246 | $322 | $187,616 | $2,759 |
| Macau | $772 | | | | | | |
| Macedonia | $66 | | | | | | |
| Madagascar | $1,377 | $2,857 | $3,262 | $3,337 | $6,767 | $1,349 | |
| Malawi | $245 | | | | | | $109 |
| Malaysia | $21,089,940 | $23,729,272 | $20,538,674 | $22,297,091 | $20,647,230 | $33,793,540 | $99,823,713 |
| Mali | | | $783 | | | | |
| Malta | $46 | $54,740 | $68,571 | $69,743 | $75,788 | $126,643 | |
| Mauritania | | $37,386 | | | | | |
| Mauritius | $48,264 | $24,817 | $2,030 | $7,787 | $2,882 | $3,411 | $2,856 |
| Mexico | $29,524 | $2,432 | $2,570 | $15,700 | $64,157 | $42,005 | $10,166 |
| Moldova | | | | | | $94 | |
| Mongolia | | | $15,890 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $15,579 | | | | |
| Morocco | | $3,177,826 | $21,928 | $8,404 | $1,107 | $6,448 | |
| Mozambique | | $557 | $771 | $4,668 | $3,570 | $605 | |
| Namibia | $4,104 | $12,477 | $60,009 | $13,774 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $838 | $71 | |
| Netherlands | $118,101 | $2,159,577 | $2,337,406 | $5,070,268 | $537,026 | $3,852,684 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | $382 | | | | | |
| New Zealand | $814,844 | $264,185 | $33,008 | $51,251 | $884 | $67,723 | $19,445 |
| Nicaragua | | | $292 | | | | $2,853 |
| Nigeria | | $57,457 | | $6,629 | $228,140 | $37,412 | |
| Norway | $75,143,602 | $117,966,352 | $186,701,275 | $277,395,286 | $429,405,762 | $423,426,465 | $357,963,174 |
| Oman | | | $9,969 | $304 | $25,867 | $7,199 | |
| Pakistan | $17,620 | $51,216 | $177,751 | $126,510 | $211,603 | $315,767 | $239,594 |
| Paraguay | | | | $11,376 | | | |
| Peru | $1,982 | $39,485 | $764 | $48,842 | $29,448 | $3,634 | $108 |
| Philippines | $18,539 | $39,595 | $567 | $69,960 | $70,348 | | |
| Poland | $3,905,375 | $6,053,393 | $7,488,082 | $7,853,470 | $10,701,104 | $43,640,073 | $10,382,733 |
| Portugal | | $10 | $6,951 | $34,687 | $26,550 | $53 | $3,183 |
| Qatar | $247,875 | $62,735 | $159,549 | $2,200 | | $22,327 | |
| Romania | $3,124 | $29,552 | $303,353 | $592,626 | $821,512 | $1,765,656 | $1,948,530 |
| Russia | $15,341,367 | $16,894,157 | $13,471,782 | $26,291,905 | $6,867,915 | $6,192,753 | $4,743,004 |
| Rwanda | | | $5,142 | | $131 | | $486 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | $100 | $18 | | | |
| Samoa | $63 | $2,674 | | $3,476 | $789 | $229 | $308 |
| Saudi Arabia | $237,917 | $152,755 | $164,753 | | | $1,617,602 | |
| Serbia | $123,024 | $185,594 | $365,267 | $246,656 | $1,433 | $111,846 | $166,524 |
| Seychelles | $1 | $3 | | | | | |
| Singapore | $41,835,635 | $51,011,309 | $77,314,932 | $125,976,013 | $122,248,216 | $209,877,815 | $231,321,596 |
| Slovakia | | | $68,885 | | $249,187 | $521,199 | $896,431 |
| Slovenia | | $508 | $216 | | $850 | $5,594 | $123,487 |
| South Africa | $4,816,799 | $2,528,445 | $4,265,312 | $4,544,946 | $853,188 | $5,397,407 | $7,534,514 |
| Spain | $7,404,357 | $5,116,771 | $5,671,205 | $5,694,605 | $10,354,899 | $14,479,697 | |
| Sri Lanka | $209,546 | $37,644 | $1,243 | $1,929 | $7,198 | $4,382 | $1,235 |
| Sudan | $12,263 | $40,147 | | | $12,789 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $1,447 | | $512 |
| Swaziland | $11,815 | $6,585 | $5,013 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,494,022 | $5,524,631 | $50,210,248 | $94,421,597 | $2,448,515 | $2,958,464 | $89,112 |
| Switzerland | $16,315,913 | $22,631,173 | $57,017,148 | $59,158,396 | $28,786,268 | $26,825,673 | $22,066,250 |
| Syria | | $3,005 | | | | $6,757 | |
| Tanzania | $1,051 | $262 | $256 | $197 | $55 | $5,241 | $11,075 |
| Thailand | $8,586 | $6,684 | $66,932 | $2,053,838 | $4,002,733 | $7,524,226 | $7,252,124 |
| Tonga | | | | $84 | | $69 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $2,287 | | | $12,845 | | $4,272 | |
| Turkey | $560,662 | $1,005,820 | $3,400,855 | $5,624,006 | $826,017 | $188,699 | $836,856 |
| Uganda | $73 | $120 | $4,064 | $1,075 | $1,048 | $4,664 | |
| Ukraine | $30,776,789 | $53,236,025 | $61,869,828 | $60,118,720 | $43,292,846 | $34,315,266 | $21,685,143 |
| United Arab Emirates | $853,877 | | $236,111 | $303,200 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $86,639,879 | $86,516,271 | $99,772,620 | $170,014,653 | $164,140,162 | $159,260,442 | $165,654,477 |
| United States | $134,290,293 | $171,636,413 | $262,402,585 | $263,573,103 | $199,271,044 | $315,423,453 | $319,212,859 |
| Vanuatu | | $369 | $133 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $267 | $3,633 | $739 | $341,593 | $55,103 | $50,000 | |
| Vietnam | $135,431 | $57,282 | $31,893 | $71,452 | $7,625 | $398,370 | |
| Yemen | $16,799 | $4,358 | $12,201 | $18,886 | $23,871 | $37,443 | $144,484 |
| Zambia | $1,002 | $4,100 | $1,338 | $355 | $9,568 | $7,413 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $20,335 | $28,085 | $4,231 | $2,880 | $17,635 | |
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