RankCountryImports of Iron oxides & hydroxides in USD (2010)
1United States$192,108,934
2China$138,202,665
3Germany$42,253,778
4Spain$36,488,655
5France$35,497,586
6United Kingdom$33,951,415
7Italy$29,462,958
8Canada$27,812,524
9Japan$26,600,846
10Belgium$26,077,419
11Russia$24,656,167
12Netherlands$24,501,535
13Australia$20,735,814
14India$19,670,441
15Mexico$19,397,948
16Poland$18,934,170
17Korea, South$18,849,345
18Turkey$15,579,408
19Brazil$13,014,745
20Malaysia$11,953,940
21Denmark$11,953,525
22Indonesia$11,510,594
23Thailand$10,923,146
24South Africa$10,286,949
25Czech Republic$9,711,005
26Hong Kong$9,251,975
27Switzerland$8,863,435
28Saudi Arabia$8,801,611
29Singapore$8,024,247
30Nigeria$7,900,604
31Vietnam$7,878,980
32Sweden$6,926,317
33Egypt$6,326,306
34Austria$5,517,645
35Morocco$5,404,774
36Israel$4,825,000
37Finland$4,328,451
38Pakistan$4,051,989
39Iran$3,998,055
40Philippines$3,830,291
41Portugal$3,813,564
42Colombia$3,769,609
43Peru$3,580,872
44Norway$3,523,824
45Ukraine$3,394,633
46Greece$3,109,875
47Algeria$3,041,873
48Argentina$2,793,544
49Romania$2,745,395
50Belarus$2,425,900
51Kenya$2,276,952
52Chile$2,166,356
53Ecuador$2,001,394
54Slovenia$1,979,989
55Hungary$1,973,000
56Costa Rica$1,863,131
57New Zealand$1,856,390
58Venezuela$1,352,491
59Bulgaria$1,350,940
60Oman$1,312,460
61Sri Lanka$1,295,750
62Guatemala$1,188,347
63Ireland$1,066,958
64Bahrain$901,668
65Cameroon$793,324
66Serbia$771,679
67El Salvador$770,582
68Syria$755,334
69Lebanon$751,057
70Cote d'Ivoire$710,675
71Slovakia$664,938
72Croatia$653,390
73Ethiopia$640,165
74Estonia$616,341
75Tunisia$606,535
76Lithuania$565,278
77Jordan$523,154
78Dominican Republic$505,187
79Moldova$487,204
80Tanzania$370,137
81Ghana$359,100
82Paraguay$336,372
83Bolivia$332,305
84Mali$330,896
85Uganda$321,035
86Panama$299,217
87Zambia$272,407
88Qatar$263,519
89Luxembourg$250,941
90Mauritius$250,770
91Jamaica$247,691
92Cyprus$217,398
93Iceland$215,949
94Nepal$195,435
95Nicaragua$195,180
96Zimbabwe$181,462
97Albania$169,605
98Latvia$166,712
99Senegal$159,920
100Bosnia and Herzegovina$154,539
101Armenia$146,296
102Madagascar$112,895
103Botswana$98,666
104Trinidad and Tobago$76,458
105Kyrgyzstan$74,331
106Malawi$69,486
107Guyana$68,914
108Georgia$62,826
109New Caledonia$56,864
110Azerbaijan$50,711
111Barbados$48,235
112Malta$40,665
113Burundi$35,547
114Benin$31,678
115French Polynesia$18,258
116Yemen$18,197
117Burkina Faso$18,165
118Montenegro$13,418
119Mozambique$12,256
120Samoa$7,421
121Suriname$7,252
122Bahamas, The$6,748
123Cambodia$4,715
124Sao Tome and Principe$2,852
125Cape Verde$2,110
126Maldives$1,913
127Fiji$803
128Aruba$766
129Bermuda$384
130Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$223
131Belize$97
132Bhutan$48
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$105,693$84,750$168,309$344,832$226,788$169,605$195,277
Algeria$1,969,879$1,923,600$1,302,077$2,166,460$3,595,782$3,041,873$3,360,387
Antigua and Barbuda $109    $7,048
Argentina$941,945$1,559,203$1,538,280$1,467,180$1,245,521$2,793,544$2,731,375
Armenia$159,688$16,654$73,665$132,891$89,380$146,296$110,995
Aruba    $1,864$766 
Australia$13,580,309$15,796,317$16,615,069$19,437,298$18,004,218$20,735,814$20,459,118
Austria$5,230,694$4,998,858$6,669,778$5,768,955$4,555,178$5,517,645 
Azerbaijan $40,081$36,378$24,155$43,584$50,711$199,080
Bahamas, The$730 $18 $10,602$6,748$1,599
Bahrain$370,821$512,996$696,345$6,620,800$665,193$901,668$998,090
Bangladesh$986,283$1,042,981$1,171,824    
Barbados$38,567$185,230$111,343$47,159$85,760$48,235$300,274
Belarus$2,790,900$1,196,700$1,354,800$2,151,400$1,560,700$2,425,900$2,226,100
Belgium$22,524,796$24,800,618$31,867,911$32,623,053$28,200,279$26,077,419$24,655,621
Belize $15 $12$130$97 
Benin$38,042$26,629   $31,678 
Bermuda     $384 
Bhutan$273 $5$8 $48 
Bolivia$134,354$116,413$169,830$343,939$242,440$332,305$413,410
Bosnia and Herzegovina$299,843$291,112$240,102$324,982$190,394$154,539$178,969
Botswana$59,031$49,978$60,470$99,304$92,620$98,666$520,264
Brazil$6,835,123$8,064,499$10,586,221$11,159,077$10,016,649$13,014,745$15,955,938
Brunei $194     
Bulgaria$951,246$1,224,558$1,417,764$1,820,899$587,135$1,350,940$1,049,262
Burkina Faso$12,967 $35,843$33,007$35,484$18,165 
Burundi$64,526$11,927$4,612$58,052$47,699$35,547 
Cambodia$134,195$49,156$5,170$9,022$5,329$4,715 
Cameroon$103,488$159,809$180,783$186,894$244,560$793,324 
Canada$24,843,560$23,863,730$25,313,056$30,127,871$21,667,800$27,812,524$26,727,341
Cape Verde$4,745$17,249$13,048$22,366$12,320$2,110$20,264
Chile$1,766,407$1,906,071$2,200,799$2,397,729$2,006,232$2,166,356$3,147,451
China$84,842,739$92,534,867$98,142,451$114,504,239$85,862,372$138,202,665$156,005,941
Colombia$1,320,598$1,903,420$2,262,166$3,121,620$1,750,566$3,769,609$3,794,231
Comoros$4,556      
Costa Rica$876,769$1,245,200$1,907,172$2,370,184$1,115,152$1,863,131$2,437,047
Cote d'Ivoire$235,924$372,909$405,988$739,038$790,910$710,675$910,994
Croatia$588,903$653,809$923,968$893,671$831,601$653,390$612,127
Cuba$419$94,840     
Cyprus$170,718$261,033$318,020$425,474$308,733$217,398$72,368
Czech Republic$6,664,105$7,455,952$8,044,376$8,313,686$5,675,528$9,711,005$10,156,679
Denmark$7,477,776$9,070,583$14,985,786$16,208,520$8,716,490$11,953,525$11,819,367
Dominican Republic$315,851$360,695$672,327$797,746$293,864$505,187$736,995
Ecuador$832,767$1,202,955$1,159,688$2,126,599$1,245,269$2,001,394$3,707,212
Egypt$1,489,253$1,698,378$1,812,404$4,470,031$4,306,608$6,326,306$7,791,668
El Salvador$772,914$1,077,697$900,725$919,284$529,440$770,582 
Estonia$422,683$555,984$940,881$896,637$442,316$616,341$755,617
Ethiopia$380,784$380,769$435,627$529,731$651,555$640,165$419,366
Faroe Islands$1,408$6,706 $1,126$865  
Fiji$33,127$7,056$8,544$1,942$4,549$803 
Finland$3,488,367$4,015,670$4,363,736$4,802,650$3,670,556$4,328,451$5,147,763
France$35,036,238$35,526,980$42,593,575$40,936,502$29,734,199$35,497,586$33,412,303
French Polynesia$26,317$35,089$19,830$28,801$28,338$18,258$29,202
Gabon$31,449$81,101$140,407$49,066$63,252  
Gambia, The $321    $24
Georgia$5,058$29,978$64,842$38,696$39,632$62,826 
Germany$26,556,000$31,331,000$41,430,000$45,225,000$35,056,000$42,253,778$53,796,276
Ghana$424,227$332,898$495,459$391,044$450,419$359,100$826,647
Greece$2,662,511$3,133,601$4,202,791$5,753,811$3,302,950$3,109,875$2,835,030
Greenland$1,281      
Grenada$4      
Guatemala$487,419$570,308$585,625$519,941$644,096$1,188,347$1,601,568
Guinea$57,498$36,421$31,700$79,315   
Guinea-Bissau$112      
Guyana$5,037$43,868$176,160$72,267$49,067$68,914$21
Honduras$126,661$126,312$191,705 $81,671  
Hong Kong$12,191,871$12,305,976$6,876,785$6,910,491$7,240,541$9,251,975$10,065,067
Hungary$4,078,000$3,464,000$3,086,000  $1,973,000$1,916,000
Iceland$148,870$192,517$220,260$348,350$98,831$215,949$87,106
India$7,668,823$8,356,082$10,167,666$15,427,371$14,023,393$19,670,441$24,029,002
Indonesia$5,682,429$5,783,863$7,573,533$10,853,343$7,526,544$11,510,594$13,841,854
Iran$991,068$709,606   $3,998,055 
Ireland$2,394,462$2,369,841$2,446,750$2,074,048$1,013,571$1,066,958$1,973,618
Israel$3,420,000$2,300,000$3,193,000$3,576,000$2,758,000$4,825,000$2,102,000
Italy$24,310,343$26,450,964$29,968,331$30,361,739$24,019,323$29,462,958$30,830,412
Jamaica$196,320$279,597$212,560$184,542$178,176$247,691 
Japan$23,957,426$19,833,146$22,773,173$25,969,995$19,171,112$26,600,846$29,710,095
Jordan$250,184$238,154$325,008$506,276$302,448$523,154$752,045
Kazakhstan$1,061,676$1,494,614$1,859,476$2,329,850$1,753,187  
Kenya$1,088,003$1,318,884$2,647,261$1,703,390$2,209,445$2,276,952 
Kiribati$450      
Korea, South$16,027,919$12,924,224$15,675,498$17,535,073$18,893,038$18,849,345$25,559,318
Kuwait $2,653,896$2,521,917$7,813,196   
Kyrgyzstan $3,721$49,426$66,797$49,465$74,331$75,587
Latvia$264,922$146,168$296,519$161,186$65,200$166,712$110,363
Lebanon$324,000$503,265$430,110$741,359$577,651$751,057$969,397
Lithuania$335,812$272,792$477,592$476,577$388,845$565,278$678,346
Luxembourg$1,072,960$216,861$168,903$242,209$199,954$250,941$259,851
Macau    $250  
Macedonia$129,493$147,227$217,039$199,285$234,014 $129,322
Madagascar$47,255$36,005$27,227$56,709$44,452$112,895 
Malawi$4,596$5,238$36,223$33,823$6,574$69,486$37,612
Malaysia$7,334,891$9,340,204$9,774,788$9,672,031$8,817,160$11,953,940$12,635,082
Maldives $31 $2 $1,913$1,974
Mali$18,473$47,003$102,500$105,793 $330,896 
Malta$53,179$32,831$38,762$64,471$26,065$40,665 
Mauritania  $64,868$17,279  $1,685
Mauritius$147,970$209,419$304,224$321,055$216,199$250,770$213,620
Mayotte$4,172 $51,544$3,597$44,077  
Mexico$9,903,956$11,871,116$13,827,035$15,777,224$16,831,861$19,397,948$22,475,347
Moldova$130,635$209,547$294,483$336,981$347,443$487,204$475,707
Mongolia$372$11,086$12,624    
Montenegro $8,816$1,982$5,429$6,613$13,418$12,117
Morocco$2,789,888$3,154,978$4,341,473$5,165,350$4,547,049$5,404,774 
Mozambique$12,361$3,390$10,734$7,701$17,316$12,256$7,000
Namibia$4,265$7,857$15,373$29,454   
Nepal    $168,353$195,435 
Netherlands$16,958,082$22,183,716$23,676,018$26,400,462$23,117,235$24,501,535 
Netherlands Antilles$22,195$58,020$48,749$20,333   
New Caledonia$9,190$8,449$13,092$18,693$14,366$56,864$10,251
New Zealand$2,014,058$1,881,379$2,631,612$2,668,621$1,721,053$1,856,390$2,222,523
Nicaragua$112,420$156,296$335,186$168,638$110,597$195,180$245,267
Nigeria $3,122,148$5,274,084$1,652,448$5,205,335$7,900,604 
Norway$2,996,505$3,256,624$4,043,589$4,588,642$4,333,756$3,523,824$2,746,683
Oman$936,850$534,234$289,459$591,077$846,986$1,312,460 
Pakistan$2,799,387$2,471,262$3,096,199$3,988,551$3,135,967$4,051,989$3,790,925
Panama$50,663$78,957$119,327$168,708$105,981$299,217$295,278
Paraguay$164,902$132,737$147,125$300,969$251,529$336,372$471,131
Peru$1,680,988$1,582,193$2,201,499$3,018,791$2,748,049$3,580,872$3,320,294
Philippines$1,566,923$1,874,664$2,086,915$2,920,090$1,959,812$3,830,291$3,403,394
Poland$13,464,013$15,159,474$18,499,708$19,519,203$16,742,199$18,934,170$22,298,531
Portugal$2,944,132$2,932,085$3,695,527$3,709,634$3,301,292$3,813,564$4,353,372
Qatar$493,975$245,852$367,669$897,656 $263,519 
Romania$2,247,919$2,505,451$3,055,733$3,637,596$2,006,892$2,745,395$3,049,821
Russia$8,468,783$13,890,794$17,786,508$22,599,008$17,074,131$24,656,167$35,350,879
Rwanda$22,603$85,008$31,675$59,591$39,835 $39,587
Saint Lucia$1,569$404 $704   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $100$746$223 
Samoa     $7,421$5,697
Sao Tome and Principe$230$1,820$1,744$3,518$4,916$2,852 
Saudi Arabia$2,256,518$3,785,471$11,445,013  $8,801,611 
Senegal$181,019$125,495$128,073$99,162$128,375$159,920$204,510
Serbia$514,109$688,716$1,110,931$978,895$664,334$771,679$1,007,152
Seychelles $197     
Singapore$10,157,780$10,745,807$10,277,797$8,887,840$6,765,010$8,024,247$7,680,200
Slovakia$894,812$1,192,555$1,108,682$1,104,085$367,211$664,938$771,277
Slovenia$1,487,929$1,994,096$2,390,694$2,374,256$1,563,327$1,979,989$2,195,891
South Africa$12,430,037$12,064,823$12,409,271$11,146,809$8,282,195$10,286,949$13,923,609
Spain$28,897,243$28,400,439$37,013,058$34,692,645$29,204,864$36,488,655 
Sri Lanka$1,068,941$1,109,398$989,994$1,104,467$1,045,841$1,295,750$2,141,035
Sudan$40,893$235,421$3,412$44,009$323,563  
Suriname    $18,388$7,252$18,295
Swaziland$204,802$131,446$73,923    
Sweden$4,626,378$5,975,144$7,709,289$9,152,383$6,856,474$6,926,317$6,641,469
Switzerland$3,943,318$4,666,405$6,368,269$8,715,460$12,177,498$8,863,435$5,484,709
Syria$194,447$401,954$378,173$1,405,092 $755,334 
Tanzania$266,021$359,217$297,917$647,516$571,519$370,137$383,622
Thailand$5,961,720$6,075,275$7,552,180$9,189,098$7,751,445$10,923,146$12,883,620
Togo$190 $68    
Trinidad and Tobago$146,395$175,698$146,026$153,724$151,006$76,458 
Tunisia$563,089$622,970$569,638$773,899$1,075,016$606,535 
Turkey$8,249,539$10,272,914$15,463,488$18,103,435$15,169,818$15,579,408$18,317,008
Uganda$138,327$253,036$277,912$299,497$301,711$321,035 
Ukraine$1,797,643$2,458,928$3,641,899$4,301,514$2,571,884$3,394,633$4,308,021
United Arab Emirates$6,373,162 $8,841,466$16,465,597   
United Kingdom$42,102,830$44,005,486$44,721,958$46,645,185$29,042,192$33,951,415$31,569,812
United States$180,933,185$200,370,569$191,244,979$193,911,825$149,197,923$192,108,934$219,823,519
Uruguay$442,447$443,521$548,505$598,771$729,315  
Vanuatu $2,293$2,737    
Venezuela$1,158,302$1,082,017$1,421,952$1,348,548$1,705,456$1,352,491$1,488,072
Vietnam$3,722,374$5,036,346$6,298,180$5,676,445$6,168,158$7,878,980 
Yemen$6,462$5,710$20,004$36,348$5,923$18,197$40,103
Zambia$143,168$224,090$173,138$169,628$146,905$272,407 
Zimbabwe$7,281$51,886$51,703$24,893$106,845$181,462