RankCountryImports of Cobalt oxides & hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides in USD (2010)
1Korea, South$184,442,234
2Zambia$176,358,160
3United States$61,145,202
4Spain$51,714,969
5Japan$40,434,866
6Germany$35,176,372
7China$25,741,131
8Italy$20,290,904
9France$18,850,927
10Brazil$18,470,160
11Mexico$5,316,730
12Singapore$4,835,351
13Canada$4,667,614
14United Kingdom$4,408,167
15Turkey$4,353,630
16Russia$3,827,848
17Netherlands$3,680,335
18Hong Kong$3,278,138
19India$3,095,507
20Iran$2,916,952
21Indonesia$2,844,143
22Argentina$2,686,033
23Malaysia$2,609,318
24Thailand$2,546,672
25Venezuela$1,427,955
26Australia$1,185,363
27Vietnam$945,240
28Finland$795,480
29Czech Republic$644,517
30Poland$637,157
31Romania$607,709
32Austria$407,786
33Slovenia$403,008
34Pakistan$395,401
35Costa Rica$351,832
36Saudi Arabia$324,800
37Greece$309,725
38Portugal$298,780
39Ukraine$297,445
40South Africa$295,892
41Denmark$289,747
42Switzerland$266,335
43Peru$259,714
44Algeria$235,074
45Colombia$210,823
46Sweden$193,947
47Chile$153,901
48Ireland$135,661
49Hungary$128,000
50Croatia$108,936
51Slovakia$73,898
52Ecuador$64,057
53Yemen$63,488
54Syria$57,906
55Egypt$57,065
56New Zealand$56,994
57Ghana$48,985
58Qatar$42,056
59Senegal$37,440
60Oman$36,312
61Jamaica$32,969
62Botswana$29,887
63Trinidad and Tobago$25,987
64Bulgaria$18,747
65Cameroon$15,511
66Armenia$12,792
67Ethiopia$12,695
68Norway$10,845
69Philippines$9,698
70Fiji$8,363
71Israel$8,000
72Belarus$6,600
73Sri Lanka$6,341
74Madagascar$6,217
75Moldova$6,067
76Georgia$5,501
77Zimbabwe$5,194
78Barbados$4,877
79Bhutan$4,513
80Dominican Republic$4,460
81Guyana$3,525
82Tunisia$3,440
83Aruba$3,409
84Kenya$3,094
85Bahrain$3,071
86Uganda$2,863
87Morocco$2,456
88Lithuania$2,357
89Dominica$2,246
90Cyprus$1,740
91El Salvador$1,706
92Nigeria$1,391
93Latvia$1,314
94Nepal$668
95Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$602
96French Polynesia$478
97Cote d'Ivoire$306
98Mozambique$284
99Mauritius$231
100Lebanon$205
101Bosnia and Herzegovina$178
102New Caledonia$156
103Bolivia$93
104Iceland$90
105Serbia$78
106Antigua and Barbuda$64
107Luxembourg$41
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $88     
Algeria$199,230$181,327$316,654$390,594$218,460$235,074$298,519
Anguilla $48     
Antigua and Barbuda     $64 
Argentina$1,263,012$918,438$1,826,705$3,087,797$1,934,307$2,686,033$1,930,266
Armenia $5,003$10,479$3,566$3,600$12,792$7,202
Aruba    $1,745$3,409$1,736
Australia$2,995,148$2,878,265$3,110,070$2,126,083$953,082$1,185,363$499,400
Austria$536,942$381,869$229,258$650,491$171,059$407,786 
Azerbaijan$437   $337  
Bahamas, The$243  $949  $100
Bahrain$40    $3,071$3,191
Bangladesh$56,528$6,792$3,574    
Barbados$14,006$8,172$11,889 $10,212$4,877$5,175
Belarus$61,300$26,000$13,200$50,200$18,200$6,600$29,800
Belize  $462    
Bhutan  $4,866 $2,737$4,513 
Bolivia$4,851$1,776$805$9$2,354$93 
Bosnia and Herzegovina$250 $50$595 $178$2,422
Botswana$17,813$12,410$2,048$11,453$19,052$29,887$1,175
Brazil$3,881,524$2,938,973$7,246,644$9,796,566$6,697,963$18,470,160$18,160,406
Bulgaria$40,417$13,562$13,015$38,207$32,486$18,747$6,271
Cambodia $913$556$819   
Cameroon $2,640$2,833$3,031$4,036$15,511 
Canada$2,189,019$2,444,596$7,501,525$14,066,669$2,076,050$4,667,614$1,090,439
Central African Republic   $433   
Chile$146,998$57,354$102,201$114,685$77,869$153,901$112,125
China$25,017,977$20,066,499$15,439,935$25,544,550$33,327,611$25,741,131$10,878,212
Colombia$217,036$234,545$421,134$562,636$124,235$210,823$115,460
Cook Islands  $377    
Costa Rica$232,982$216,311$267,911$317,747$98,440$351,832$197,849
Cote d'Ivoire  $117  $306 
Croatia$47,533$39,492$52,716$102,191$57,165$108,936$351
Cuba$6,252$4,038     
Cyprus$1,990 $10,235$1,978$15$1,740$145
Czech Republic$657,130$611,414$1,131,816$1,114,815$468,139$644,517$704,842
Denmark$132,059$45,711$296,824$437,493$222,877$289,747$302,560
Dominica $4,446$10,551$12,428$8,812$2,246 
Dominican Republic$1,690 $3,999  $4,460$33,299
Ecuador$46,450$21,015 $33,357$39,706$64,057$14,511
Egypt$194,259$48,230$48,738$124,986$522,185$57,065$117,979
El Salvador$68  $777 $1,706 
Estonia$63,112$3,926$22,097$27,860$79 $569
Ethiopia$2,668$281$13,433$495$1,942$12,695$571
Faroe Islands $181$188$2,702   
Fiji$6,612$3,502$8,932$3,510$2,074$8,363 
Finland$2,832,512$1,526,132$5,046,460$5,998,269$1,023,833$795,480$1,175,851
France$11,441,090$11,253,475$23,752,921$32,150,080$13,919,819$18,850,927$25,859,645
French Polynesia$104$191 $75$61$478 
Gabon $4,433$3,384$6,753$9,955  
Georgia$10,831$60 $234$2,633$5,501 
Germany$12,990,000$19,877,000$37,004,000$61,416,000$26,359,000$35,176,372$26,800,007
Ghana$4,014$4,244$17,024 $22$48,985$46,115
Greece$249,686$182,194$401,761$851,050$392,212$309,725$460,558
Grenada$140      
Guatemala$7,678$7,765$30,179$83$11  
Guinea   $385   
Guyana$5,867$4,242$61,934$120 $3,525 
Hong Kong$9,500,568$7,205,450$11,986,185$7,489,594$2,794,549$3,278,138$5,009,464
Hungary$218,000$141,000$224,000$282,000$174,000$128,000$64,000
Iceland$1,189$3,350$307 $825$90$471
India$1,776,560$1,289,181$1,770,485$2,662,316$2,313,997$3,095,507$5,248,314
Indonesia$1,834,533$1,631,954$3,028,031$4,903,507$2,162,935$2,844,143$3,170,121
Iran$3,155,487$1,102,821   $2,916,952 
Ireland$114,747$70,281$44,092$47,165$191,295$135,661$87,385
Israel$20,000$6,000$5,000$2,000$11,000$8,000$43,000
Italy$24,194,113$22,330,839$37,372,442$32,120,492$12,418,383$20,290,904$19,891,817
Jamaica $8$2,201$33,977$16,692$32,969 
Japan$38,781,075$44,046,665$82,514,196$88,464,172$28,599,822$40,434,866$24,636,199
Jordan   $61,019$265  
Kazakhstan$482  $952   
Kenya$18,036$16,653$3,021$37,112 $3,094 
Korea, South$85,094,123$123,248,357$242,390,389$443,604,924$126,887,548$184,442,234$232,636,042
Kuwait $11,843$211,407$389,848   
Kyrgyzstan$1,468$1,774$3,688    
Latvia$62  $834 $1,314$1,567
Lebanon $82   $205 
Lithuania$13,639$3,783$2,622$1,346$1,128$2,357$4,869
Luxembourg$157$205$1,593$548$3,486$41$4,005
Madagascar $59 $4,108 $6,217 
Malawi$29$270     
Malaysia$6,529,183$3,458,858$3,849,144$3,812,413$2,854,306$2,609,318$2,445,583
Maldives$47   $10 $459
Malta  $105$2,167$2,751  
Mauritius$831   $822$231 
Mayotte $1,668  $66  
Mexico$3,234,614$3,884,700$5,426,442$8,850,141$4,543,389$5,316,730$4,930,039
Moldova$11,259 $10,309$6,179 $6,067$3,098
Mongolia $672$43    
Montenegro      $751
Morocco$14,441$9,413$7,740$718,671$2,241$2,456 
Mozambique  $7,239  $284 
Namibia $996$66    
Nepal    $2,151$668 
Netherlands$62,158$3,003,809$15,177,357$11,188,185$3,241,686$3,680,335 
New Caledonia$47 $73$108$604$156$4,265
New Zealand$160,888$65,401$218,149$164,244$62,901$56,994$82,713
Nicaragua$1,370$599$81$609   
Nigeria  $199,967$6 $1,391 
Norway$12,944$19,308$29,989$2,285$4,030,390$10,845$10,783
Oman$14,494$1,870$113,056$793$1,514,006$36,312 
Pakistan$380,343$507,341$241,546$811,548$364,085$395,401$468,726
Panama $22,898     
Paraguay   $89   
Peru$131,429$110,358$416,684$557,846$224,475$259,714$243,908
Philippines$369,207$34,886$10,089$79,068 $9,698$72,064
Poland$1,593,681$1,082,628$853,579$2,339,444$481,304$637,157$1,007,081
Portugal$38,093$102,467$90,928$214,029$71,163$298,780$135,924
Qatar$6,212$50,890$213,601$116,425 $42,056 
Romania$335,833$358,762$466,517$418,342$553,774$607,709$1,044,805
Russia$48,749$93,488$26,089$1,507,855$1,475,104$3,827,848$2,433,071
Rwanda  $42,840$65,950  $48,397
Saint Kitts and Nevis   $470   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $776  $602 
Samoa $583 $194   
Saudi Arabia$390,755$185,029$274,829  $324,800 
Senegal     $37,440$119,044
Serbia$17,246$12,323$13,943$454$22$78$4
Singapore$4,008,860$2,520,535$6,036,102$8,017,324$2,629,333$4,835,351$4,153,473
Slovakia$87,679 $15,119$1,111$183,570$73,898$85,446
Slovenia$280,850$267,092$388,487$477,310$288,062$403,008$561,388
South Africa$127,299$213,272$1,355,714$609,839$4,280$295,892$221,851
Spain$32,000,876$29,631,883$43,028,880$71,830,208$28,835,889$51,714,969 
Sri Lanka$770$2,529$4,996$7,368$21,143$6,341$1,847
Sudan$59,899$140,071$16,718 $167  
Suriname$1 $7$16   
Swaziland$1,517$5,036     
Sweden$87,737$62,224$302,276$202,134$194,680$193,947$341,339
Switzerland$254,911$352,203$224,544$267,137$182,252$266,335$164,595
Syria     $57,906 
Tanzania$747$1,155 $5,610$32 $14,694
Thailand$2,526,271$1,956,471$2,897,965$4,243,258$1,619,641$2,546,672$2,590,517
Tonga   $90   
Trinidad and Tobago$11,338$11,298$22,508$19,893$12,499$25,987 
Tunisia$5,352$4,114$2,431 $6,372$3,440 
Turkey$2,161,898$2,016,328$3,091,102$6,615,129$2,915,092$4,353,630$5,441,931
Uganda$10,421$3$321$17,848$888$2,863 
Ukraine$538,682$446,175$314,930$481,320$298,239$297,445$265,602
United Arab Emirates$35,589 $98,417$10,155,165   
United Kingdom$2,530,061$3,659,411$6,796,027$7,422,185$3,601,209$4,408,167$4,631,419
United States$35,340,957$29,719,805$44,707,282$63,666,112$37,797,024$61,145,202$61,634,860
Uruguay$169$97 $539$18,158  
Venezuela$1,711,300$1,032,142$1,442,185$1,487,305$1,061,272$1,427,955$1,924,785
Vietnam$1,723,706$1,156,304$1,324,772$2,482,425$999,853$945,240 
Yemen$12,755   $10,785$63,488$67,691
Zambia$6,465$5,310$15,677$18,767$14,438,376$176,358,160 
Zimbabwe$5,822$519$350$203$7,856$5,194