RankCountryImports of Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) in USD (2010)
1Germany$50,058,531
2United Kingdom$30,457,260
3Denmark$27,859,068
4Belgium$25,857,879
5Israel$25,356,000
6Malaysia$23,829,958
7Argentina$23,750,323
8United States$22,471,894
9Netherlands$20,819,875
10Suriname$19,320,711
11Canada$18,111,976
12Singapore$16,819,071
13Philippines$15,953,889
14India$15,096,885
15Japan$13,659,366
16Norway$13,141,702
17Indonesia$12,446,710
18Thailand$11,939,578
19France$11,861,689
20Sweden$10,934,518
21Turkey$9,333,454
22Russia$8,947,140
23Italy$8,778,928
24Mexico$8,181,178
25China$8,023,170
26Switzerland$7,634,418
27Spain$6,167,900
28South Africa$6,006,731
29Brazil$5,753,015
30Poland$5,377,989
31Austria$5,313,904
32Venezuela$5,051,215
33Ireland$4,737,827
34Korea, South$4,456,290
35Chile$4,299,610
36Egypt$3,262,150
37Colombia$3,064,347
38Iran$2,760,563
39Ukraine$2,622,235
40Hungary$2,538,000
41Vietnam$2,277,670
42Saudi Arabia$2,249,336
43Finland$1,988,738
44Greece$1,587,551
45Lithuania$1,539,803
46Australia$1,469,534
47Pakistan$1,466,766
48Czech Republic$1,342,850
49New Zealand$1,333,748
50Belarus$1,316,200
51Peru$1,289,608
52Slovenia$1,212,414
53Morocco$1,201,844
54Hong Kong$1,194,173
55Kenya$795,772
56Yemen$747,030
57Portugal$601,611
58Ecuador$586,174
59Romania$566,453
60Uganda$511,557
61Botswana$501,481
62Qatar$485,383
63Trinidad and Tobago$410,022
64Zimbabwe$384,139
65Serbia$373,511
66Bahrain$371,475
67Slovakia$347,256
68Sri Lanka$339,697
69Tunisia$256,492
70Nigeria$222,035
71Croatia$196,650
72Ghana$186,786
73Paraguay$172,632
74Estonia$157,057
75Syria$146,195
76Costa Rica$142,426
77Bulgaria$132,502
78Mauritius$116,063
79Algeria$115,080
80Cameroon$113,021
81Guatemala$103,883
82Jordan$102,469
83Azerbaijan$92,649
84Zambia$85,897
85Iceland$85,491
86Malawi$59,093
87El Salvador$55,433
88Burkina Faso$52,019
89Bermuda$51,415
90Dominican Republic$50,503
91Bahamas, The$46,174
92Lebanon$45,441
93Latvia$44,816
94Fiji$43,556
95Jamaica$41,339
96Bolivia$39,479
97Cote d'Ivoire$34,133
98Nicaragua$33,886
99Barbados$32,808
100Oman$29,238
101Niger$27,845
102Nepal$27,599
103Tanzania$22,832
104Luxembourg$22,775
105Malta$16,425
106Moldova$16,199
107French Polynesia$15,643
108Kyrgyzstan$13,674
109Senegal$12,157
110Sao Tome and Principe$10,560
111New Caledonia$9,470
112Cyprus$9,103
113Bosnia and Herzegovina$9,069
114Bhutan$8,975
115Togo$8,437
116Ethiopia$8,087
117Guyana$7,969
118Georgia$7,565
119Armenia$7,118
120Albania$6,279
121Belize$6,246
122Burundi$5,622
123Mauritania$4,221
124Madagascar$3,793
125Panama$2,500
126Cape Verde$2,486
127Antigua and Barbuda$2,070
128Benin$1,533
129Samoa$932
130Montenegro$764
131Mozambique$596
132Maldives$507
133Aruba$233
134Tonga$168
135Dominica$97
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$24,789$5,973$6,212$8,227$4,995$6,279$9,207
Algeria$337,836$275,144$605,210$225,713$681,827$115,080$810,043
Anguilla $203     
Antigua and Barbuda$673$2,665$1,602 $68$2,070$1,097
Argentina$5,783,879$9,192,767$14,498,259$24,430,037$25,004,567$23,750,323$26,793,635
Armenia$1,036$2,670$7,254$5,305$13,617$7,118$10,235
Aruba    $2,630$233$2,681
Australia$5,125,705$6,504,189$6,315,875$10,656,333 $1,469,534$14,380,297
Austria$2,982,442$4,310,847$4,578,932$9,104,374$7,335,987$5,313,904 
Azerbaijan$52,798$60,404$260,260$102,477$17,830$92,649$249,227
Bahamas, The$21,471$15,983$30,318$48,404$29,335$46,174$36,516
Bahrain$80,130$134,021$98,425$23,008$234,494$371,475$187,773
Bangladesh$129,838$156,177$192,659    
Barbados$10,286$9,024$12,446$21,533$17,087$32,808$23,670
Belarus$142,900$278,800$237,700$644,500$823,500$1,316,200$1,516,600
Belgium$15,545,306$19,372,756$24,094,625$45,092,127$45,204,337$25,857,879$26,988,237
Belize$139$673$1,470$41$2,421$6,246 
Benin$35$662   $1,533 
Bermuda     $51,415 
Bhutan$729$3,830$1,216$4,805$26,730$8,975 
Bolivia$3,005$5,204$11,443$9,497$3,051$39,479$19,875
Bosnia and Herzegovina$34,201$44,892$74,017$55,357$5,554$9,069$9,026
Botswana$47,712$45,037$59,718$28,132$40,507$501,481$540,125
Brazil$2,491,164$1,326,637$1,479,977$4,764,936$7,227,111$5,753,015$6,273,865
Brunei $276,355     
Bulgaria$353,034$534,227$568,321$469,615$210,886$132,502$128,266
Burkina Faso$11,236 $43,543$47,020$98,448$52,019 
Burundi$16,579$452 $115$321$5,622 
Cambodia$11,010$9,068$10,350$1,501   
Cameroon$37,713$59,539$24,651$18,357$193,141$113,021 
Canada$9,146,845$9,580,421$10,465,599$17,827,485$17,665,405$18,111,976$20,012,592
Cape Verde$162$1,483$4,486$1,181$1,725$2,486$779
Chile$2,334,192$3,090,918$1,901,112$4,571,195$3,699,445$4,299,610$3,835,329
China$6,219,151$5,926,851$7,628,452$8,425,929$6,083,087$8,023,170$6,243,950
Colombia$2,394,216$3,367,507$2,411,204$6,056,389$4,072,291$3,064,347$3,758,863
Costa Rica$427,021$164,070$233,105$269,654$107,660$142,426$305,903
Cote d'Ivoire$13,485$15,279$8,184$10,278$18,150$34,133$42,743
Croatia$95,296$187,660$127,604$146,745$223,779$196,650$125,580
Cuba$930,025$139,347     
Cyprus$10,162$2,766$28,405$157,471$85,066$9,103$35,299
Czech Republic$1,927,498$2,327,426$2,103,610$3,357,119$2,214,362$1,342,850$1,090,239
Denmark$10,765,714$17,346,699$16,791,387$39,427,448$25,309,168$27,859,068$26,076,648
Dominica$560$302$129$135$244$97 
Dominican Republic$20,788$17,212$40,424$42,707$40,856$50,503$14,498
Ecuador$201,747$642,545$70,448$113,512$837,775$586,174$303,623
Egypt$1,037,529$1,263,487$1,453,031$2,255,064$5,828,303$3,262,150$3,377,459
El Salvador$44,059$40,483$44,438$30,055$8,315$55,433 
Estonia$762,010$1,157,760$1,088,653$482,599$161,139$157,057$619,156
Ethiopia$9,700$31,326$24,608$12,269$10,073$8,087$2,146
Faroe Islands$874$8$3,871$3,499   
Fiji$28,964$83,177$35,496$17,472$21,722$43,556 
Finland$3,048,851$3,722,963$2,465,747$3,721,455$4,872,253$1,988,738$2,988,815
France$5,121,428$6,355,583$10,127,864$15,991,788$12,261,210$11,861,689$22,386,646
French Polynesia$1,976$6,610$2,289$10,893$13,611$15,643$12,538
Gabon$17,509$56,803$59,683$41,926$168,597  
Gambia, The$9,058$23,658$606$227  $22,448
Georgia$19,523$8,307$55,606$9,348$6,765$7,565 
Germany$27,673,000$38,864,000$44,732,000$79,159,000$66,446,000$50,058,531$61,060,905
Ghana$10,184$2,102$7,283$31,070$540,642$186,786$75,688
Greece$919,226$715,196$1,041,237$2,014,150$1,477,438$1,587,551$934,932
Greenland$22,376$47,244$35,398    
Grenada$270 $696$598$351  
Guatemala$175,063$294,041$89,579$116,319$196,881$103,883$166,707
Guinea$17,192$18,679$5,888    
Guyana$428$126$1,848$662$1,044$7,969$2,921
Honduras$84,310$15,052$50,961 $15,376  
Hong Kong$1,224,024$1,001,639$974,609$693,695$1,129,427$1,194,173$697,948
Hungary$1,506,000$1,794,000$1,912,000$3,297,000$3,515,000$2,538,000$2,379,000
Iceland$49,390$89,561$93,139$86,022$24,573$85,491$94,989
India$3,732,749$2,528,503$4,539,753$16,681,601$12,609,100$15,096,885$10,369,628
Indonesia$5,712,246$7,350,344$6,844,244$12,368,656$11,749,382$12,446,710$13,684,795
Iran$1,424,160$497,040   $2,760,563 
Ireland$1,855,756$4,145,538$6,288,415$6,704,113$4,440,987$4,737,827$2,354,771
Israel$10,774,000$11,969,000$13,692,000$20,236,000$23,605,000$25,356,000$19,645,000
Italy$6,285,644$10,630,115$12,254,140$18,726,549$11,356,384$8,778,928$8,811,554
Jamaica$100,760$13,887$27,811$28,576$52,331$41,339 
Japan$6,671,170$3,970,540$4,678,809$10,334,113$17,193,354$13,659,366$17,572,657
Jordan$186,666$65,633 $2,180$29,961$102,469$297,761
Kazakhstan$218,632$388,049$409,206$387,710$394,049  
Kenya$329,595$354,862$383,738$1,150,447$394,023$795,772 
Kiribati$23      
Korea, South$4,281,518$5,865,240$6,712,054$4,128,341$2,310,131$4,456,290$8,663,961
Kuwait $93,305$149,474$49,920   
Kyrgyzstan$15,791$13,389$45,188$14,677$6,160$13,674$96,196
Latvia$12,389$47,322$29,887$745,082$156,913$44,816$213,871
Lebanon$14,000$52,245$41,726$89,831$53,369$45,441$51,282
Lithuania$29,374$115,216$324,538$1,574,633$2,300,766$1,539,803$1,762,596
Luxembourg$43,842$38,955$55,417$33,811$28,196$22,775$30,706
Macau$161   $3,615  
Macedonia$20,759$20,183$43,394$25,263$29,352 $51,523
Madagascar$4,205$7,584$3,075$5,712$3,893$3,793 
Malawi$5,807$8,866$39,378$1,275$35,128$59,093$43,852
Malaysia$10,314,462$9,713,802$15,286,296$11,698,767$13,262,536$23,829,958$34,577,528
Maldives$671$1,124$332$218$85$507$4,299
Mali $14,358$1,265$31,744   
Malta$1,530$28,306$4,444$11,970$8,766$16,425 
Mauritania $3,638 $3,572 $4,221 
Mauritius$39,733$32,705$48,235$44,134$101,597$116,063$97,966
Mayotte$19,811$18$7,940$9,522$1,320  
Mexico$5,735,525$5,797,619$6,173,791$5,385,608$8,354,198$8,181,178$8,754,399
Moldova$1,818$630$2,348$2,839$6,061$16,199$6,516
Mongolia$1,667$16,486$21,133    
Montenegro $3,783$549$1,013$4,453$764$1,449
Morocco$2,378,980$2,448,787$818,694$1,112,787$1,951,195$1,201,844 
Mozambique$683$1,946$16,365$53$32,281$596$14,000
Namibia$13,548$318$42,549$68,620   
Nepal    $111,028$27,599 
Netherlands$15,154,242$19,168,600$19,749,230$34,836,174$30,113,919$20,819,875 
Netherlands Antilles$193,366$13,429$20,935$3,592   
New Caledonia$510$2,905$2,432$1,709$6,896$9,470$5,815
New Zealand$1,105,319$892,780$1,328,002$1,560,110$2,309,270$1,333,748$2,102,760
Nicaragua$9,250$35,980$52,292$34,469$45,403$33,886$26,717
Niger$68,119$51,406$193,284$3,039 $27,845$2,149
Nigeria $73,201$369,469$145,442$877,476$222,035 
Norway$7,636,648$8,145,586$10,163,024$13,419,444$18,975,625$13,141,702$6,547,591
Oman$52,229$47,766$24,934$14,021$52,333$29,238 
Pakistan$440,024$521,168$617,890$504,272$1,030,534$1,466,766$2,564,593
Panama$13,186$44,880$59,420$48,548$70,796$2,500$38,294
Paraguay$89,026$483,572$753,380$524,130$203,624$172,632$227,862
Peru$638,007$700,624$975,278$1,818,505$1,570,926$1,289,608$1,533,466
Philippines$8,418,653$9,332,092$9,206,666$15,122,483$18,467,835$15,953,889$12,910,078
Poland$3,492,538$3,962,331$3,596,434$7,946,954$8,762,681$5,377,989$6,264,360
Portugal$640,219$636,132$648,753$604,713$610,602$601,611$329,483
Qatar$21,274$58,106$85,888$106,184 $485,383 
Romania$417,663$790,631$612,470$852,627$852,660$566,453$763,998
Russia$1,868,562$2,412,421$1,745,119$2,480,208$2,939,062$8,947,140$7,756,945
Rwanda$25,948$69,001$33,206$52,792$5,114 $5,250
Saint Kitts and Nevis $38$1,543$710   
Saint Lucia$472$1,337$765$3,922   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $6$25$805  
Samoa$249$55$70 $1,955$932$5,303
Sao Tome and Principe    $1,195$10,560 
Saudi Arabia$1,007,955$2,125,296$1,770,362  $2,249,336 
Senegal$1,264$22,531$11,146$2,676$15,725$12,157$2,130
Serbia$198,121$244,800$194,798$526,431$426,713$373,511$429,501
Seychelles$3,000$2,009$2,036$2,132   
Singapore$3,990,614$4,884,745$5,172,405$10,485,971$10,986,419$16,819,071$16,722,807
Slovakia$1,369,848$738,249$642,015$987,589$495,595$347,256$572,063
Slovenia$675,789$954,660$954,130$1,380,715$1,350,864$1,212,414$1,040,378
South Africa$2,900,769$3,398,997$3,316,233$5,596,888$5,487,503$6,006,731$7,555,073
Spain$1,053,409$1,753,919$2,388,604$4,641,122$12,050,138$6,167,900 
Sri Lanka$526,027$253,548$247,730$472,500$402,876$339,697$416,322
Sudan$73,954$273,030$82,679 $27,497  
Suriname$504,983$572,221$916,570$1,307,103$54,706,391$19,320,711$77,766,934
Swaziland$5,468$25,334$41,334    
Sweden$3,312,861$5,216,907$4,256,788$8,131,859$17,714,293$10,934,518$15,991,296
Switzerland$3,914,183$5,085,696$6,276,558$12,967,165$10,850,958$7,634,418$13,854,899
Syria$51,136$16,297$54,880$142,431 $146,195 
Tanzania$66,951$6,295$73,768$55,339$43,509$22,832$171,735
Thailand$2,977,274$3,915,864$4,320,320$12,419,445$9,714,311$11,939,578$12,751,157
Togo$22,083 $5,977  $8,437$9,986
Tonga   $2,976 $168 
Trinidad and Tobago$63,635$164,849$133,944$178,187$153,484$410,022 
Tunisia$196,967$443,946$102,652$130,708$582,576$256,492 
Turkey$3,976,517$5,179,216$5,877,280$9,142,198$6,721,361$9,333,454$9,207,283
Uganda$10,607$14,883$1,829$15,870$3,610$511,557 
Ukraine$1,478,247$1,815,368$1,355,183$1,975,050$1,553,151$2,622,235$3,235,076
United Arab Emirates$367,035 $667,395$860,975   
United Kingdom$5,962,964$9,375,282$2,569,056$7,608,627$2,940,367$30,457,260$27,727,400
United States$7,058,888$6,822,619$10,733,282$53,577,791$33,410,001$22,471,894$24,792,102
Uruguay$88,238$161,454$507,554$727,333$481,868  
Vanuatu $804$1,941    
Venezuela$949,132$2,139,138$1,694,796$1,800,677$5,214,976$5,051,215$2,337,670
Vietnam$771,513$467,182$1,062,367$1,328,184$3,674,258$2,277,670 
Yemen$80,986$65,096$45,629$287,044$305,906$747,030$860,275
Zambia$9,090$79,631$46,671$69,682$77,281$85,897 
Zimbabwe$37,010$188,800$476,559$37,760$278,200$384,139