RankCountryImports of Silicon dioxide in USD (2010)
1China$229,174,519
2United States$202,044,321
3France$167,948,475
4Germany$160,338,598
5Japan$156,927,430
6Korea, South$115,044,703
7United Kingdom$96,621,675
8Belgium$88,551,669
9Italy$79,731,102
10Canada$65,780,002
11Mexico$65,426,776
12Poland$64,366,516
13Spain$56,852,070
14Malaysia$56,315,469
15Netherlands$52,583,973
16Thailand$50,391,245
17Singapore$45,739,320
18Brazil$44,122,660
19Russia$43,588,367
20Czech Republic$36,751,764
21Indonesia$33,135,605
22Vietnam$32,192,120
23Saudi Arabia$31,817,640
24Switzerland$27,671,494
25Turkey$25,782,732
26Austria$24,278,578
27South Africa$20,193,419
28Sweden$19,909,387
29India$19,686,718
30Australia$15,889,586
31Portugal$15,288,936
32Slovenia$13,757,007
33Colombia$13,368,256
34Romania$13,198,616
35Argentina$12,971,683
36Slovakia$12,820,532
37Denmark$12,377,914
38Egypt$10,888,003
39Finland$10,007,587
40Iran$9,808,232
41Hong Kong$9,350,351
42Israel$7,713,000
43Nigeria$7,634,208
44Luxembourg$6,938,491
45Peru$5,949,384
46Pakistan$5,756,048
47Hungary$5,161,000
48Ireland$4,697,332
49Philippines$4,430,611
50Chile$3,892,392
51Oman$3,787,483
52Greece$3,638,923
53Venezuela$3,551,185
54Ukraine$3,386,360
55Qatar$3,281,021
56Belarus$3,208,300
57Norway$3,132,316
58Bulgaria$2,771,888
59Algeria$2,389,024
60Ecuador$2,361,624
61Morocco$2,076,821
62Sri Lanka$2,004,228
63Guatemala$1,972,143
64Syria$1,964,005
65Dominican Republic$1,629,836
66Croatia$1,625,188
67New Zealand$1,572,094
68Costa Rica$1,536,871
69Tanzania$1,425,257
70Jordan$1,288,795
71Serbia$1,242,778
72Lithuania$1,223,382
73Tunisia$1,087,875
74Estonia$1,019,052
75Cote d'Ivoire$789,540
76Kenya$739,741
77Latvia$722,658
78Lebanon$690,416
79Malta$666,926
80Bolivia$626,826
81Panama$404,973
82Paraguay$373,439
83Mauritius$340,431
84Cyprus$330,020
85Nepal$318,932
86Azerbaijan$295,366
87Zimbabwe$270,399
88Cameroon$251,365
89Ghana$245,942
90Georgia$239,388
91El Salvador$215,020
92Zambia$190,696
93Mali$182,184
94Bosnia and Herzegovina$173,719
95Iceland$158,875
96Burundi$146,753
97Bahrain$140,326
98Ethiopia$139,176
99Moldova$135,197
100Mozambique$131,441
101Kyrgyzstan$123,267
102Yemen$114,949
103Uganda$99,799
104Senegal$94,305
105Togo$65,719
106Armenia$62,345
107Trinidad and Tobago$61,293
108Montenegro$60,830
109Botswana$52,339
110New Caledonia$51,777
111Nicaragua$41,412
112Malawi$40,928
113Albania$34,934
114Barbados$32,946
115Cambodia$28,593
116Benin$17,939
117Bahamas, The$12,368
118Jamaica$11,300
119Madagascar$9,958
120Burkina Faso$6,466
121Bermuda$5,109
122Fiji$3,734
123Guyana$2,216
124Suriname$1,404
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$800
126French Polynesia$793
127Samoa$617
128Maldives$541
129Niger$533
130Gambia, The$355
131Aruba$291
132Belize$236
133Cape Verde$14
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$7,565$9,427$37,840$47,655$32,440$34,934$59,463
Algeria$1,168,694$709,206$1,164,403$1,406,565$1,669,343$2,389,024$2,421,997
Anguilla   $61   
Antigua and Barbuda$37     $203
Argentina$5,941,764$6,807,974$8,338,211$10,855,350$9,667,533$12,971,683$15,060,363
Armenia$33,554$8,001$69,732$51,179$20,645$62,345$60,524
Aruba     $291 
Australia$14,009,592$14,194,700$15,746,745$18,479,697$14,186,949$15,889,586$18,113,129
Austria$20,335,677$20,251,239$24,482,092$28,120,582$25,692,586$24,278,578 
Azerbaijan$34,947$58,606$56,678$135,346$60,855$295,366$120,650
Bahamas, The$3,946$2,872$11,777$5,053$40,027$12,368$31,351
Bahrain$384,651$527,363$450,199$525,994$220,483$140,326$4,977,486
Bangladesh$1,303,787$1,469,275$1,662,735    
Barbados$25,809$24,562$48,285$7,386$48,352$32,946$35,844
Belarus$1,974,800$2,876,800$2,777,000$3,482,400$3,247,700$3,208,300$4,396,600
Belgium$69,839,482$73,467,013$79,319,026$98,537,752$75,059,564$88,551,669$86,206,627
Belize  $108$513$81$236 
Benin$1,525$7,280   $17,939 
Bermuda     $5,109 
Bhutan  $186 $142  
Bolivia$522,576$502,810$439,736$729,016$540,272$626,826$489,911
Bosnia and Herzegovina$94,137$103,297$223,009$254,956$160,318$173,719$126,685
Botswana$1,592$49,949$7,504$82,799$54,656$52,339$47,087
Brazil$20,479,504$26,555,234$36,051,284$43,184,377$35,779,073$44,122,660$50,120,152
Brunei $654,406     
Bulgaria$2,249,092$1,931,473$2,478,116$2,443,543$2,082,072$2,771,888$2,626,037
Burkina Faso  $1,193$38,733$7,553$6,466 
Burundi$67,960$83,752$107,019$139,836$135,932$146,753 
Cambodia$98,866$210,908$330,410$319,699$67,708$28,593 
Cameroon$286,416$367,616$343,978$374,698$467,938$251,365 
Canada$43,782,053$50,022,650$58,414,990$59,000,131$49,186,652$65,780,002$59,467,163
Cape Verde $2,720$8,232  $14$38,859
Chile$3,828,894$3,640,435$4,367,550$4,592,346$2,886,583$3,892,392$6,218,800
China$130,954,228$151,978,540$177,060,188$185,627,690$170,622,641$229,174,519$223,866,262
Colombia$8,052,284$9,201,727$12,036,919$11,905,839$10,469,488$13,368,256$13,095,446
Costa Rica$671,533$875,365$1,268,594$1,682,883$1,113,515$1,536,871$2,146,851
Cote d'Ivoire$627,408$457,374$528,211$860,511$672,739$789,540$732,913
Croatia$1,347,172$1,463,751$1,727,024$2,036,722$1,550,940$1,625,188$1,504,449
Cuba$559,247$1,108,009     
Cyprus$158,262$269,089$249,061$438,534$150,026$330,020$374,044
Czech Republic$18,022,321$22,036,785$24,736,483$28,640,957$24,371,885$36,751,764$47,432,632
Denmark$18,352,276$18,724,042$16,878,093$19,779,454$13,614,762$12,377,914$14,720,058
Dominica$14,477$12,868$12,780$484$1,596  
Dominican Republic$348,277$604,309$990,317$992,513$1,293,022$1,629,836$2,855,252
East Timor$3      
Ecuador$1,526,864$1,468,411$2,279,446$2,243,755$2,565,842$2,361,624$2,798,517
Egypt$1,759,976$1,912,174$2,708,027$5,230,742$7,577,179$10,888,003$14,523,940
El Salvador$169,941$243,199$309,826$302,991$212,474$215,020 
Estonia$316,563$480,037$706,827$646,402$1,000,182$1,019,052$1,323,805
Ethiopia$357,772$36,977$137,686$172,071$220,538$139,176$156,917
Faroe Islands$8,760$50,543$59,055$41,639$4,918  
Fiji$240$1,343$12 $3,588$3,734 
Finland$9,396,171$10,895,940$13,360,895$13,338,812$8,034,677$10,007,587$10,621,122
France$113,668,069$128,972,379$150,546,800$177,175,397$145,289,930$167,948,475$193,589,042
French Polynesia$21,636$32,893$33,308$51,730$2,777$793$8,521
Gabon$56,823$21,108$7,180$109,665$20,453  
Gambia, The  $2,787  $355$200
Georgia$18,978$78,123$89,431$401,925$221,860$239,388 
Germany$103,295,000$110,514,000$122,240,000$139,693,000$126,875,000$160,338,598$187,766,989
Ghana$234,341$246,713$208,563$199,250$746,738$245,942$690,339
Greece$2,538,149$2,989,210$3,559,669$4,088,822$3,408,040$3,638,923$3,412,831
Greenland$1,009$963$1,673    
Grenada$13,161$3,353  $1,233  
Guatemala$2,224,429$2,579,543$3,026,049$2,541,592$2,256,750$1,972,143$2,195,112
Guinea $790     
Guyana$579  $20$1,092$2,216$692
Honduras$50,566$137,591$109,005 $167,334  
Hong Kong$12,697,030$14,312,910$12,440,001$16,302,191$8,866,341$9,350,351$13,210,385
Hungary$2,526,000$2,888,000$3,417,000$4,087,000$3,939,000$5,161,000$8,567,000
Iceland$321,037$136,843$106,757$172,807$236,554$158,875$282,068
India$10,339,175$13,618,993$15,359,993$18,471,239$19,711,443$19,686,718$24,869,840
Indonesia$15,616,587$14,630,481$16,784,745$38,505,661$26,343,141$33,135,605$44,002,613
Iran$4,143,843$14,254,422   $9,808,232 
Ireland$4,326,495$4,801,543$7,520,595$6,703,326$6,319,823$4,697,332$6,282,914
Israel$3,480,000$4,966,000$6,958,000$7,024,000$5,289,000$7,713,000$8,271,000
Italy$76,554,192$87,056,474$99,438,407$98,021,158$75,214,967$79,731,102$89,530,562
Jamaica$20,666$15,525$4,932$7,622$14,118$11,300 
Japan$104,116,998$117,444,868$124,868,734$141,584,353$100,187,022$156,927,430$165,822,090
Jordan$656,588$595,736$749,636$1,232,434$785,505$1,288,795$1,001,964
Kazakhstan$909,938$2,630,523$1,418,831$973,255$909,118  
Kenya$390,600$389,180$506,544$503,689$554,999$739,741 
Korea, South$70,508,826$80,066,655$91,506,569$110,983,883$87,495,453$115,044,703$124,129,572
Kuwait $1,200,464$521,288$1,200,633   
Kyrgyzstan$10,202$10,590$17,854 $13,600$123,267$64,781
Latvia$577,984$636,566$717,477$845,839$566,085$722,658$880,032
Lebanon$275,000$419,445$495,602$573,674$431,474$690,416$785,717
Lithuania$365,186$491,964$689,979$1,014,349$1,186,801$1,223,382$1,064,541
Luxembourg$6,221,824$5,013,513$6,165,218$9,853,450$5,547,603$6,938,491$8,799,210
Macau $28,363$747$37,468$30,213  
Macedonia$78,690$109,581$93,220$119,558$114,734 $83,943
Madagascar$7,268$7,490$30,961$6,083$9,794$9,958 
Malawi$365$82$1,255$2,494$60,153$40,928$35,269
Malaysia$36,383,303$44,181,381$42,109,219$39,991,973$38,789,545$56,315,469$54,304,591
Maldives$5,405$1,863$6,983$3,941$2,857$541$1,353
Mali$1,635$2,811$2,009$107,760 $182,184 
Malta$112,005$170,424$331,241$463,681$773,692$666,926 
Mauritania   $758,470   
Mauritius$157,887$145,035$195,447$164,198$430,976$340,431$315,651
Mayotte$1,380$694$1,575$384$1,411  
Mexico$27,278,868$39,449,807$48,723,080$57,857,990$58,313,544$65,426,776$78,206,678
Moldova$70,542$53,002$140,876$137,681$20,765$135,197$112,234
Mongolia$14,721$8,904$53,689    
Montenegro $57,537$89,427$89,230$70,377$60,830$76,008
Morocco$1,025,263$798,263$1,129,949$1,105,111$1,427,749$2,076,821 
Mozambique$6,914$7,338$4,360$4,779$18,889$131,441$163,000
Namibia$69,071$22,313$118,727$197,926   
Nepal    $247,684$318,932 
Netherlands$35,616,820$50,480,580$60,246,887$42,524,828$44,675,001$52,583,973 
Netherlands Antilles$13,357$31,352$5,115$28,617   
New Caledonia$28,674$26,222$27,260$53,464$48,597$51,777$58,253
New Zealand$1,522,671$1,690,480$1,806,673$1,748,514$1,140,858$1,572,094$1,637,462
Nicaragua$9,160$20,522$16,345$17,743$63,643$41,412$247,369
Niger$1,399 $135$887$512$533$50,286
Nigeria $3,569,950$13,023,804$5,824,600$8,242,429$7,634,208 
Norway$3,858,719$3,605,759$5,555,471$5,240,291$4,455,634$3,132,316$3,570,182
Oman$272,374$2,138,047$4,099,427$6,483,337$7,587,140$3,787,483 
Pakistan$3,213,153$3,199,833$4,040,133$5,901,900$4,284,291$5,756,048$5,984,862
Panama$41,098$42,884$53,612$214,065$70,042$404,973$94,550
Paraguay$125,697$114,597$149,313$242,424$189,502$373,439$457,352
Peru$2,976,130$3,393,695$4,156,083$6,154,684$4,633,409$5,949,384$6,019,004
Philippines$4,757,048$6,037,390$6,295,531$7,739,530$4,318,648$4,430,611$4,717,274
Poland$18,895,625$22,274,885$28,819,440$49,903,453$58,597,080$64,366,516$77,801,084
Portugal$9,947,250$9,207,084$9,370,603$11,781,019$11,214,899$15,288,936$26,847,426
Qatar$2,286,747$7,186,884$8,595,678$12,865,974 $3,281,021 
Romania$2,838,613$2,749,216$4,464,606$10,039,270$9,854,303$13,198,616$18,997,447
Russia$15,085,674$21,352,620$28,191,556$28,228,460$31,507,533$43,588,367$62,010,745
Rwanda$53,503$78,155$149,435$74,578$91,021 $155,632
Saint Lucia$15,718$19,697$14,812$19,628   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$13$1  $2,261$800 
Samoa   $146$5,075$617 
Saudi Arabia$1,965,157$2,955,084$3,344,042  $31,817,640 
Senegal$88,764$89,920$48,310$58,652$76,423$94,305$92,278
Serbia$1,391,903$1,445,792$1,674,347$1,699,536$1,254,542$1,242,778$1,201,052
Singapore$64,012,715$69,267,116$76,110,080$57,166,518$29,454,978$45,739,320$43,583,963
Slovakia$4,989,194$6,279,125$7,966,121$11,760,245$9,631,569$12,820,532$19,633,397
Slovenia$10,675,639$13,387,220$14,757,121$16,698,707$13,050,008$13,757,007$17,378,211
South Africa$12,582,061$14,047,772$21,205,828$21,548,615$17,838,657$20,193,419$24,481,743
Spain$57,001,565$84,225,145$108,764,012$79,661,287$58,311,585$56,852,070 
Sri Lanka$1,524,998$2,403,835$2,448,459$2,852,950$1,963,892$2,004,228$3,185,776
Sudan$99,947$566,939$2,270$2,549$97,565  
Suriname$2$34  $700$1,404$5,724
Swaziland$93$7,720$19,268    
Sweden$20,414,440$26,597,270$42,767,027$44,145,610$23,206,427$19,909,387$22,590,676
Switzerland$25,464,980$29,048,648$34,022,133$34,082,447$22,641,165$27,671,494$28,610,567
Syria$1,496,934$1,433,060$1,700,786$2,071,545 $1,964,005 
Tanzania$473,490$552,211$1,000,662$1,147,822$1,066,134$1,425,257$1,347,725
Thailand$17,669,290$21,193,897$29,079,397$35,611,457$33,930,085$50,391,245$53,216,225
Togo$26,467 $67,891  $65,719$69,567
Tonga    $1  
Trinidad and Tobago$217,819$108,793$94,185$154,928$144,568$61,293 
Tunisia$903,885$755,809$1,029,204$1,171,513$1,171,099$1,087,875 
Turkey$14,961,818$18,744,954$25,021,430$25,201,197$20,344,388$25,782,732$31,842,780
Uganda$55,762$29,286$117,931$182,588$181,889$99,799 
Ukraine$1,712,886$2,218,194$2,915,827$4,421,740$2,375,932$3,386,360$3,468,453
United Arab Emirates$29,583,686 $55,920,570$86,949,000   
United Kingdom$70,282,801$77,991,417$100,249,342$92,140,283$73,336,630$96,621,675$110,507,556
United States$121,096,893$137,583,863$145,814,868$169,496,337$136,406,785$202,044,321$194,107,385
Uruguay$1,298,600$1,550,060$1,618,773$2,574,660$1,240,157  
Vanuatu $133     
Venezuela$1,958,822$1,733,996$1,684,795$2,734,766$5,372,637$3,551,185$4,104,457
Vietnam$10,822,027$14,681,865$18,238,511$24,908,671$24,337,096$32,192,120 
Yemen$105,749$53,415$140,365$96,107$31,496$114,949$69,679
Zambia$57,413$67,135$129,851$20,051$76,484$190,696 
Zimbabwe$241,348$286,401$246,693$129,855$107,527$270,399