RankCountryImports of Lithium oxide & hydroxide in USD (2010)
1Japan$21,910,663
2Belgium$11,943,059
3India$10,182,996
4Korea, South$5,637,009
5Spain$5,609,489
6United States$5,524,212
7France$3,947,269
8Thailand$2,008,541
9South Africa$1,885,586
10United Kingdom$1,858,796
11Netherlands$1,661,188
12Argentina$1,647,121
13Turkey$1,617,194
14Canada$1,351,903
15Sweden$1,247,719
16Saudi Arabia$1,222,668
17Australia$1,169,682
18Italy$1,127,907
19Ukraine$1,110,132
20Mexico$889,852
21Switzerland$808,521
22Singapore$759,000
23Slovenia$664,173
24Iran$663,729
25Russia$621,682
26Poland$557,048
27China$517,326
28Indonesia$323,487
29Venezuela$317,611
30Romania$267,680
31Czech Republic$264,164
32Peru$246,613
33Colombia$244,016
34Vietnam$233,720
35Greece$197,452
36Israel$196,000
37Morocco$182,266
38Austria$148,150
39Finland$146,991
40Tunisia$142,656
41Philippines$120,000
42Malaysia$118,340
43Bolivia$117,823
44Syria$117,732
45Belarus$114,300
46Brazil$109,782
47Pakistan$108,015
48Egypt$77,220
49Hong Kong$72,731
50Algeria$69,892
51Serbia$64,803
52Trinidad and Tobago$60,714
53Portugal$58,459
54Ecuador$44,942
55Nepal$39,372
56Bulgaria$34,743
57Croatia$32,567
58New Zealand$32,163
59Guatemala$31,079
60Tanzania$26,946
61Chile$26,592
62Ghana$23,910
63Bosnia and Herzegovina$13,241
64Estonia$12,597
65Costa Rica$10,172
66Zimbabwe$6,258
67Ireland$5,644
68Denmark$5,475
69Jordan$3,808
70Slovakia$3,465
71Kenya$3,396
72Madagascar$2,914
73Nigeria$2,464
74Lebanon$1,973
75Qatar$1,781
76Moldova$1,242
77Norway$1,091
78Jamaica$1,052
79Hungary$1,000
80Fiji$980
81Latvia$924
82Iceland$592
83Oman$515
84Lithuania$440
85New Caledonia$407
86Ethiopia$99
87El Salvador$35
88Maldives$26
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Algeria$554,970$383$46,096$1,062,862$1,598,822$69,892$67,301
Antigua and Barbuda $191     
Argentina$1,056,245$1,501,333$2,739,000$2,993,472$1,247,406$1,647,121$1,361,939
Armenia      $211
Australia$822,164$728,376$1,194,685$810,140$1,124,130$1,169,682$1,027,926
Austria$108,266$239,430$245,526$283,913$223,650$148,150 
Bahamas, The    $586  
Bahrain    $376 $213
Bangladesh $7,955$10,345    
Belarus$28,300$58,400$67,500$89,600$109,900$114,300$171,300
Belgium$6,280,759$5,171,345$10,817,255$13,123,553$7,941,436$11,943,059$15,760,658
Belize $133  $326  
Bhutan   $10   
Bolivia$110,537$2,260$136,611 $374$117,823$117,161
Bosnia and Herzegovina$24,541$25,823$41,666$53,447$36,345$13,241$14,509
Botswana$1,506$73$2,851$3,654  $41
Brazil$35,242$24,805$48,598$51,504$58,687$109,782$5,610
Bulgaria$54,341$63,444$136,143$21,035$15,009$34,743$42,584
Cambodia  $782    
Cameroon $227$420$1,654$477  
Canada$1,048,575$2,768,907$1,610,280$1,073,780$916,511$1,351,903$2,431,622
Chile$143,721$55,722$35,827$49,935$34,213$26,592$40,315
China$717,108$1,752,482$1,502,803$2,858,528$1,850,569$517,326$1,165,319
Colombia$298,586$324,005$920,821$786,912$745,332$244,016$512,836
Costa Rica$5,940$3,148$6,613$12,174$4,976$10,172$3,026
Cote d'Ivoire $163 $24  $665
Croatia$45,039$45,541$90,175$83,079$44,971$32,567$23,515
Cuba$1,739$55,640     
Cyprus$47 $654$2,123   
Czech Republic$119,019$172,315$307,715$355,923$224,840$264,164$303,683
Denmark$2,733$1,091$32,052$175,196$34,858$5,475$48,648
Dominican Republic $821$53$164$23,455 $115,136
Ecuador$8,197$2,383$28,751$32,614$16,939$44,942$48,642
Egypt$4,222$3,564$127,958$15,949$328,745$77,220$223,543
El Salvador     $35 
Estonia$32$104$537$1,438 $12,597$6,500
Ethiopia  $191$19$23,018$99$350
Fiji$136$382$749$21$330$980 
Finland$33,824$14,637$10,986$85,953$186,111$146,991$115,487
France$2,040,608$2,204,742$2,611,915$2,332,535$2,988,271$3,947,269$5,976,173
Gabon$156   $56,556  
Georgia$391 $65 $52  
Germany$4,637,000$7,730,000$12,965,000$11,517,000   
Ghana$262 $50,191$54,553$53,078$23,910$26,715
Greece$192,654$226,418$496,583$372,684$273,670$197,452$277,660
Grenada  $347    
Guatemala$3,590$10,431$11,870$1,675$38$31,079$483
Guyana   $207   
Honduras $118$6,732    
Hong Kong$94,502$98,723$112,089$90,285$53,595$72,731$37,754
Hungary$8,000$4,000$8,000$2,000$6,000$1,000$1,000
Iceland$641$1,137$1,052$1,329$614$592$1,136
India$7,459,557$7,587,049$13,076,611$11,422,454$9,468,085$10,182,996$11,056,408
Indonesia$62,577$234,882$272,918$1,393,802$921,903$323,487$331,501
Iran$274,637$286,355   $663,729 
Ireland$9,366$14,612   $5,644$6,923
Israel$178,000$104,000$192,000$220,000$68,000$196,000$108,000
Italy$1,111,936$935,521$1,190,929$1,617,542$607,413$1,127,907$826,276
Jamaica $147$80$92$291$1,052 
Japan$6,340,333$12,326,096$20,429,293$18,624,237$16,924,539$21,910,663$26,659,300
Jordan$2,420$1,048$3,151$3,858$1,414$3,808$5,776
Kazakhstan$9,838$3,927$3,853$2,440$13,963  
Kenya$28,695$291 $19,620$257$3,396 
Korea, South$2,638,223$2,715,481$4,394,731$4,704,921$4,480,321$5,637,009$8,451,205
Kuwait $914$234,263$285,754   
Kyrgyzstan      $16,013
Latvia$1,513$2,227 $1,385$1,318$924$116
Lebanon$2,000$68$25$694$1,127$1,973$78
Lithuania$6,882$1,936$1,523$1,590$246$440$1,526
Luxembourg   $47  $72
Macedonia $362$723$342$1,322  
Madagascar   $2,416$5,807$2,914 
Malawi      $2,300
Malaysia$413,920$526,669$31,546$47,157$196,036$118,340$75,397
Maldives$197$22$71$923 $26$332
Malta    $107  
Mauritius      $287
Mexico$734,121$1,091,044$1,369,199$1,811,735$752,475$889,852$1,066,424
Moldova$563   $2,032$1,242$1,125
Mongolia$270      
Montserrat    $890  
Morocco$137,202$197,071$240,258$21,555$196,845$182,266 
Mozambique $490     
Namibia $333 $1,187   
Nepal    $6,993$39,372 
Netherlands$721,039$2,091,737$3,167,783$3,437,645$1,690,586$1,661,188 
New Caledonia $860 $305$160$407$153
New Zealand$115,398$36,305$50,691$24,475$43,655$32,163$36,682
Nigeria  $53,980$2,993$20,237$2,464 
Norway $1,476$2,814$5,733$33,428$1,091$35,474
Oman $1,735$96$2,887$242$515 
Pakistan$194,071$89,870$227,020$131,979$181,768$108,015$95,639
Panama $92$296    
Paraguay$932 $54    
Peru$28,319$20,994$48,909$153,661$168,535$246,613$99,571
Philippines$187,923$105,781$1,160,472$236,740$321,456$120,000$244,364
Poland$583,950$840,772$868,804$452,276$575,021$557,048$620,667
Portugal$25,090$68,512$131,246$21,619$3,782$58,459$103,067
Qatar     $1,781 
Romania$130,442$21,854$326,595$449,625$301,119$267,680$423,244
Russia$1,254,619$578,888$435,552$579,563$190,739$621,682$594,946
Rwanda  $332 $121  
Saudi Arabia$876,630$764,887$585,464$609,601 $1,222,668 
Senegal   $464   
Serbia$52,760$80,800$92,452$73,756$49$64,803$38,020
Seychelles$245      
Singapore$375,840$722,479$727,382$1,129,425$1,122,137$759,000$1,807,656
Slovakia  $4,805 $5,285$3,465$58
Slovenia$549,483$627,090$1,165,068$1,407,875$1,036,582$664,173$921,130
South Africa$1,550,076$1,839,616$2,605,226$2,196,930$2,329,534$1,885,586$2,183,943
Spain$1,918,182$3,072,121$4,424,756$3,750,145$3,559,860$5,609,489 
Sri Lanka$23,403 $1,108$27  $143
Sudan$11,101   $24,422  
Swaziland$901,300 $213    
Sweden$575,317$838,938$620,874$1,131,058$1,161,625$1,247,719$1,470,195
Switzerland$349,898$692,085$1,331,390$1,239,609$780,017$808,521$981,202
Syria  $102,765  $117,732 
Tanzania $36$5,452 $8,101$26,946$16,170
Thailand$725,831$1,443,439$1,712,305$1,902,010$1,592,829$2,008,541$1,842,989
Trinidad and Tobago$16,125$23,289$35,931$54,547$28,649$60,714 
Tunisia$26,234$115,542$187,551$136,236$134,071$142,656 
Turkey$779,378$1,495,058$1,740,510$2,000,359$1,507,064$1,617,194$1,744,278
Uganda  $21$3,095   
Ukraine$528,737$773,444$2,012,012$1,160,520$853,966$1,110,132$846,030
United Arab Emirates$1,354,408 $1,255,376$1,996,267   
United Kingdom$2,361,482$2,593,056$4,429,759$3,255,479$5,837,190$1,858,796$1,943,656
United States$483,928$6,249,437$8,277,173$7,665,424$5,960,465$5,524,212$9,092,107
Uruguay$254 $299 $667  
Venezuela$245,383$106,122$434,613$608,111$914,643$317,611$397,170
Vietnam$283,594$197,301$271,603$379,762$155,080$233,720 
Yemen$19   $19,308  
Zambia   $846$6,282  
Zimbabwe $3,168$23,066$8,019$6,081$6,258