| Rank | Country | Imports of Potassium carbonates in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | India | $17,786,450 |  | | 2 | United Kingdom | $13,215,878 |  | | 3 | Malaysia | $12,803,702 |  | | 4 | United States | $9,100,877 |  | | 5 | Switzerland | $8,836,748 |  | | 6 | Austria | $8,166,728 |  | | 7 | Netherlands | $8,116,357 |  | | 8 | Turkey | $7,817,878 |  | | 9 | Germany | $7,668,293 |  | | 10 | Poland | $7,657,228 |  | | 11 | Indonesia | $6,555,552 |  | | 12 | Italy | $6,215,960 |  | | 13 | Egypt | $5,936,232 |  | | 14 | Singapore | $5,809,811 |  | | 15 | Czech Republic | $5,526,290 |  | | 16 | Canada | $5,482,687 |  | | 17 | Japan | $5,446,241 |  | | 18 | France | $5,346,972 |  | | 19 | Iran | $4,504,582 |  | | 20 | China | $4,378,641 |  | | 21 | Israel | $4,239,000 |  | | 22 | Belgium | $4,040,791 |  | | 23 | Saudi Arabia | $3,874,672 |  | | 24 | Mexico | $3,635,389 |  | | 25 | South Africa | $3,331,039 |  | | 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | $3,320,510 |  | | 27 | Australia | $3,110,445 |  | | 28 | Brazil | $2,644,704 |  | | 29 | Vietnam | $2,328,930 |  | | 30 | Pakistan | $2,302,974 |  | | 31 | Norway | $2,154,012 |  | | 32 | Slovakia | $2,032,489 |  | | 33 | Russia | $1,856,272 |  | | 34 | Korea, South | $1,775,188 |  | | 35 | Argentina | $1,666,006 |  | | 36 | Belarus | $1,648,600 |  | | 37 | Denmark | $1,623,180 |  | | 38 | Thailand | $1,549,581 |  | | 39 | Nigeria | $1,366,185 |  | | 40 | Slovenia | $1,221,109 |  | | 41 | Finland | $1,000,094 |  | | 42 | Sweden | $959,720 |  | | 43 | Cameroon | $886,043 |  | | 44 | Ireland | $813,637 |  | | 45 | Hungary | $734,000 |  | | 46 | Venezuela | $722,070 |  | | 47 | Chile | $647,106 |  | | 48 | Peru | $607,569 |  | | 49 | Colombia | $602,013 |  | | 50 | Hong Kong | $596,501 |  | | 51 | Portugal | $583,675 |  | | 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | $547,539 |  | | 53 | Romania | $495,967 |  | | 54 | Algeria | $372,484 |  | | 55 | Ukraine | $363,306 |  | | 56 | Qatar | $324,744 |  | | 57 | Syria | $259,148 |  | | 58 | Armenia | $251,277 |  | | 59 | New Zealand | $250,142 |  | | 60 | Yemen | $241,524 |  | | 61 | Greece | $176,474 |  | | 62 | Philippines | $175,350 |  | | 63 | Ghana | $174,426 |  | | 64 | Bolivia | $162,004 |  | | 65 | Mali | $158,715 |  | | 66 | Kyrgyzstan | $154,064 |  | | 67 | Lithuania | $135,195 |  | | 68 | Serbia | $129,912 |  | | 69 | Bulgaria | $123,684 |  | | 70 | Paraguay | $120,297 |  | | 71 | Ecuador | $120,198 |  | | 72 | Guatemala | $75,215 |  | | 73 | Morocco | $72,433 |  | | 74 | Luxembourg | $71,963 |  | | 75 | Croatia | $69,383 |  | | 76 | Bahrain | $65,793 |  | | 77 | Zambia | $63,441 |  | | 78 | Malawi | $56,803 |  | | 79 | Nepal | $55,556 |  | | 80 | Burkina Faso | $48,268 |  | | 81 | Dominican Republic | $39,806 |  | | 82 | Zimbabwe | $31,548 |  | | 83 | Latvia | $31,515 |  | | 84 | Mauritius | $30,162 |  | | 85 | Costa Rica | $28,838 |  | | 86 | Ethiopia | $27,662 |  | | 87 | Fiji | $20,836 |  | | 88 | Botswana | $19,069 |  | | 89 | Bahamas, The | $17,659 |  | | 90 | Sri Lanka | $16,719 |  | | 91 | Estonia | $16,370 |  | | 92 | Guyana | $15,715 |  | | 93 | Tunisia | $14,291 |  | | 94 | Mauritania | $11,604 |  | | 95 | Kenya | $11,582 |  | | 96 | Iceland | $7,959 |  | | 97 | Mozambique | $6,217 |  | | 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5,722 |  | | 99 | Jamaica | $5,027 |  | | 100 | Albania | $4,805 |  | | 101 | Suriname | $4,656 |  | | 102 | Georgia | $4,399 |  | | 103 | El Salvador | $3,762 |  | | 104 | Malta | $3,417 |  | | 105 | Cambodia | $2,956 |  | | 106 | Panama | $2,741 |  | | 107 | Lebanon | $2,714 |  | | 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,427 |  | | 109 | Oman | $2,354 |  | | 110 | French Polynesia | $2,291 |  | | 111 | Senegal | $1,873 |  | | 112 | Uganda | $1,025 |  | | 113 | New Caledonia | $994 |  | | 114 | Cyprus | $934 |  | | 115 | Jordan | $825 |  | | 116 | Azerbaijan | $637 |  | | 117 | Tanzania | $433 |  | | 118 | Belize | $378 |  | | 119 | Moldova | $337 |  | | 120 | Aruba | $115 |  | | 121 | Dominica | $106 |  | | 122 | Montenegro | $81 |  | | 123 | Bhutan | $43 |  | | 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | $20 |  | | 125 | Bermuda | $20 |  | | 126 | Maldives | $18 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $8,724 | $21,411 | $9,010 | $78,888 | $8,627 | $4,805 | $886 |
| Algeria | $17,074 | $2,897 | $154,855 | $73,309 | $235,724 | $372,484 | $548,019 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | $358 | $33 | | | $20 | $49 |
| Argentina | $1,341,464 | $2,782,342 | $1,098,071 | $2,074,626 | $1,925,518 | $1,666,006 | $1,701,291 |
| Armenia | $2,408 | $1,365 | $44,032 | $65,091 | $110,691 | $251,277 | $286,429 |
| Aruba | | | | | $213 | $115 | $104 |
| Australia | $1,640,846 | $1,739,045 | $1,783,950 | $3,290,517 | $3,078,924 | $3,110,445 | $3,264,915 |
| Austria | $4,381,353 | $6,278,720 | $4,993,072 | $9,223,132 | $6,937,910 | $8,166,728 | |
| Azerbaijan | $9,406 | $75,208 | $332,713 | $155 | $2,547 | $637 | $349 |
| Bahamas, The | $1,757 | $1,314 | $866 | $4,695 | $11,017 | $17,659 | $14,417 |
| Bahrain | $13,976 | $32,665 | $26,029 | $24,378 | $47,341 | $65,793 | $63,589 |
| Bangladesh | $85,174 | $173,085 | $175,173 | | | | |
| Barbados | $2,331 | $131 | | | | | $148 |
| Belarus | $624,900 | $976,700 | $1,034,900 | $1,771,600 | $1,648,400 | $1,648,600 | $1,218,300 |
| Belgium | $2,249,139 | $2,942,957 | $5,899,520 | $6,100,044 | $7,723,258 | $4,040,791 | $5,298,803 |
| Belize | $828 | $1,053 | | $1,213 | $1,195 | $378 | |
| Benin | $9 | $955 | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $20 | |
| Bhutan | | $43 | $293 | $1,110 | $19 | $43 | |
| Bolivia | $12,384 | $16,884 | $22,266 | $78,036 | $95,693 | $162,004 | $91,656 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,349 | $2,988 | $4,664 | $285 | $719 | $5,722 | $3,142 |
| Botswana | $7,337 | $8,826 | $9,911 | $21,956 | $89,512 | $19,069 | $542,944 |
| Brazil | $448,660 | $431,016 | $278,664 | $1,380,307 | $1,898,911 | $2,644,704 | $2,693,913 |
| Brunei | | $219 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $114,547 | $138,597 | $111,785 | $131,556 | $122,100 | $123,684 | $79,675 |
| Burkina Faso | $17,947 | | $44,550 | | $32,282 | $48,268 | |
| Burundi | | | | | $53 | | |
| Cambodia | $1,958 | $2,927 | $2,524 | | | $2,956 | |
| Cameroon | $412,371 | $562,227 | $716,654 | $1,105,663 | $777,881 | $886,043 | |
| Canada | $2,335,393 | $3,159,000 | $3,109,465 | $3,702,969 | $3,531,991 | $5,482,687 | $7,973,843 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | $12,459 |
| Chile | $394,155 | $667,689 | $742,136 | $374,062 | $248,066 | $647,106 | $952,388 |
| China | $3,925,157 | $1,216,468 | $4,770,038 | $5,547,295 | $3,014,959 | $4,378,641 | $10,032,694 |
| Colombia | $328,601 | $520,995 | $256,022 | $342,865 | $369,795 | $602,013 | $264,147 |
| Comoros | $50 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $2,126 | $21,220 | $56,666 | $42,555 | $46,873 | $28,838 | $38,144 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $1,549,407 | $1,989,057 | $2,665,779 | $2,670,438 | $7,368,230 | $3,320,510 | $2,373,151 |
| Croatia | $41,628 | $60,277 | $66,786 | $110,281 | $166,111 | $69,383 | $95,335 |
| Cuba | $25,690 | $13,080 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $4,870 | $524 | $2,442 | $114 | $9,994 | $934 | $2,019 |
| Czech Republic | $5,342,460 | $5,693,091 | $6,312,125 | $6,072,426 | $6,485,518 | $5,526,290 | $6,837,724 |
| Denmark | $1,060,840 | $1,439,756 | $1,669,384 | $4,884,665 | $1,755,847 | $1,623,180 | $2,110,526 |
| Dominica | $51 | | | | $49 | $106 | |
| Dominican Republic | $40,872 | $29,106 | $50,320 | $62,097 | $67,410 | $39,806 | $39,878 |
| Ecuador | $108,818 | $155,656 | $59,142 | $181,851 | $100,502 | $120,198 | $274,434 |
| Egypt | $549,475 | $834,695 | $1,185,895 | $5,391,214 | $7,572,626 | $5,936,232 | $4,429,355 |
| El Salvador | $629 | $56 | $115 | $259 | $1,808 | $3,762 | |
| Estonia | $147,287 | $289,336 | $150,525 | $19,223 | $8,964 | $16,370 | $9,746 |
| Ethiopia | $2,619 | $1,502 | $642 | $186,659 | $5,444 | $27,662 | $80,419 |
| Faroe Islands | $790 | $776 | $1,687 | $908 | $1,043 | | |
| Fiji | $13,023 | $2,407 | $11,468 | $12,898 | $11,875 | $20,836 | |
| Finland | $1,052,117 | $958,851 | $1,032,932 | $1,068,449 | $1,422,088 | $1,000,094 | $1,100,945 |
| France | $2,953,904 | $3,230,524 | $3,799,150 | $6,209,287 | $6,684,400 | $5,346,972 | $4,797,635 |
| French Polynesia | $832 | $1,046 | $2,862 | $854 | $3,398 | $2,291 | $1,115 |
| Gabon | | | | $27 | $428 | | |
| Gambia, The | | $1,532 | | | | | |
| Georgia | $1,540 | $1,917 | $1,442 | $12,414 | $9,661 | $4,399 | |
| Germany | $8,965,000 | $8,633,000 | $7,980,000 | $10,346,000 | $9,233,000 | $7,668,293 | $10,852,416 |
| Ghana | $6,084 | $10,380 | $8,977 | $340,595 | $434,570 | $174,426 | $79,143 |
| Greece | $238,363 | $330,725 | $239,559 | $191,868 | $174,586 | $176,474 | $235,609 |
| Greenland | $344 | $655 | $159 | | | | |
| Grenada | $127 | $46 | | $14 | $7,133 | | |
| Guatemala | $213,558 | $254,799 | $192,767 | $97,230 | $144,214 | $75,215 | $56,729 |
| Guinea | | | $9,238 | | | | |
| Guyana | $4,112 | $16,014 | $5,285 | $10,620 | $477 | $15,715 | $585 |
| Honduras | $13,493 | $9,996 | $12,249 | | $11,495 | | |
| Hong Kong | $441,847 | $420,151 | $431,552 | $543,773 | $434,846 | $596,501 | $459,581 |
| Hungary | $585,000 | $815,000 | $962,000 | $1,959,000 | $815,000 | $734,000 | $992,000 |
| Iceland | $4,606 | $5,846 | $14,933 | $17,137 | $14,950 | $7,959 | $14,492 |
| India | $9,948,164 | $13,031,401 | $12,120,507 | $23,327,836 | $20,488,793 | $17,786,450 | $16,209,689 |
| Indonesia | $2,253,263 | $3,002,070 | $3,170,748 | $6,845,834 | $6,894,878 | $6,555,552 | $8,984,080 |
| Iran | $2,730,393 | $645,401 | | | | $4,504,582 | |
| Ireland | $522,861 | $710,897 | $951,113 | $828,124 | $965,606 | $813,637 | $1,231,765 |
| Israel | $692,000 | $1,142,000 | $1,118,000 | $1,759,000 | $1,890,000 | $4,239,000 | $3,728,000 |
| Italy | $3,657,592 | $4,623,866 | $5,316,522 | $5,931,452 | $5,722,178 | $6,215,960 | $6,103,577 |
| Jamaica | $6,763 | $7,276 | $5,886 | $6,727 | $5,358 | $5,027 | |
| Japan | $4,035,930 | $1,890,755 | $1,764,814 | $2,212,567 | $4,266,604 | $5,446,241 | $12,326,206 |
| Jordan | | | | | $1,872 | $825 | $1,517 |
| Kazakhstan | $419,295 | $559,604 | $540,582 | $765,710 | $1,002,869 | | |
| Kenya | $2,629 | $3,188 | $6,597 | $11,999 | $2,412 | $11,582 | |
| Korea, South | $3,621,351 | $1,004,543 | $1,242,912 | $1,510,225 | $1,209,409 | $1,775,188 | $2,301,442 |
| Kuwait | | $491,707 | $214,801 | $708,219 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $107,715 | $20,208 | $184,211 | $121,550 | $210,031 | $154,064 | $99,753 |
| Latvia | $73,277 | $125,329 | $141,790 | $31,389 | $16,824 | $31,515 | $34,146 |
| Lebanon | | $13,300 | $2,183 | $308 | $140 | $2,714 | $482 |
| Lithuania | $1,442,394 | $921,313 | $289,371 | $247,604 | $117,088 | $135,195 | $61,014 |
| Luxembourg | $3,045 | $1,452 | $1,328 | $5,144 | $25,766 | $71,963 | $122,077 |
| Macau | $10,992 | $5,643 | $7,466 | $11,758 | $17,482 | | |
| Macedonia | $7,641 | $17,744 | $15,499 | $16,882 | $27,747 | | $7,710 |
| Madagascar | $2,705 | $776 | $3,694 | $212 | $10,693 | | |
| Malawi | | $979 | | | $120,753 | $56,803 | $6,314 |
| Malaysia | $14,007,679 | $15,678,982 | $10,945,661 | $21,614,642 | $7,308,710 | $12,803,702 | $10,964,526 |
| Maldives | $18 | $2 | $123 | $16 | $5 | $18 | $34 |
| Mali | $784 | $740 | $93 | $2,556 | | $158,715 | |
| Malta | $11,408 | $8,865 | $2,998 | $11,320 | $42,948 | $3,417 | |
| Mauritania | | | | | | $11,604 | |
| Mauritius | $25,273 | $7,417 | $9,234 | $30,574 | $21,051 | $30,162 | $33,633 |
| Mayotte | $211 | | | $59 | | | |
| Mexico | $1,969,913 | $3,455,851 | $2,378,265 | $5,023,891 | $4,575,981 | $3,635,389 | $3,956,728 |
| Moldova | $38,607 | $13,865 | $7,136 | $13,360 | $6,238 | $337 | $9,212 |
| Mongolia | $9,449 | | | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $6 | $386 | $159 | $81 | $68 |
| Morocco | $283,446 | $89,641 | $107,033 | $143,866 | $124,633 | $72,433 | |
| Mozambique | $497 | $1,366 | $74,548 | $854 | $8,893 | $6,217 | $5,000 |
| Namibia | $152 | $7,029 | $2,008 | $671 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $752 | $55,556 | |
| Netherlands | $3,692,215 | $6,638,280 | $7,768,479 | $14,034,961 | $13,613,963 | $8,116,357 | |
| New Caledonia | $1,567 | $2,342 | $1,808 | $872 | $872 | $994 | $766 |
| New Zealand | $254,025 | $294,138 | $239,184 | $424,013 | $228,188 | $250,142 | $466,448 |
| Nicaragua | $50 | | $379 | $588 | | | $43 |
| Niger | | | $22,460 | $98 | | | |
| Nigeria | | $74,734 | $32,468 | $162,389 | $412,970 | $1,366,185 | |
| Norway | $710,944 | $559,665 | $1,358,969 | $4,420,047 | $4,911,174 | $2,154,012 | $1,833,990 |
| Oman | $16,590 | $2,229 | $304,330 | $142,385 | $8,377 | $2,354 | |
| Pakistan | $463,853 | $1,319,512 | $1,546,190 | $2,202,774 | $2,247,769 | $2,302,974 | $2,583,096 |
| Panama | $12,417 | $671 | $253 | $524 | $4,524 | $2,741 | $46,628 |
| Paraguay | $17,053 | $4,989 | $18,175 | $10,431 | $43,139 | $120,297 | $171,428 |
| Peru | $162,585 | $241,152 | $306,509 | $621,372 | $293,888 | $607,569 | $515,664 |
| Philippines | $98,844 | $372,705 | $136,918 | $179,480 | $119,229 | $175,350 | $147,830 |
| Poland | $4,832,883 | $6,019,667 | $7,449,515 | $6,985,702 | $5,803,521 | $7,657,228 | $6,997,841 |
| Portugal | $598,517 | $797,916 | $1,008,483 | $875,239 | $749,969 | $583,675 | $611,451 |
| Qatar | $33,359 | $48,358 | $7,774 | $101,447 | | $324,744 | |
| Romania | | $573,571 | $449,237 | $528,542 | $582,110 | $495,967 | $570,180 |
| Russia | $854,078 | $2,941,514 | $933,256 | $5,900,377 | $3,931,342 | $1,856,272 | $2,371,256 |
| Rwanda | $6 | $71 | $1,397 | $851 | $2,845 | | $3,162 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $7 | $18 | | | | | |
| Saint Lucia | | $388 | | $501 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,774 | $1,354 | $2,479 | $2,996 | $1,755 | $2,427 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,414,911 | $1,426,755 | $2,161,478 | | | $3,874,672 | |
| Senegal | | | $3,390 | | $4,757 | $1,873 | $7,878 |
| Serbia | $118,046 | $86,156 | $134,335 | $56,154 | $71,306 | $129,912 | $97,307 |
| Seychelles | | | $40 | | | | |
| Singapore | $6,113,746 | $5,843,114 | $3,324,001 | $4,844,630 | $3,957,238 | $5,809,811 | $4,085,688 |
| Slovakia | $2,082,305 | $2,698,839 | $1,446,430 | $1,716,392 | $2,255,571 | $2,032,489 | $1,813,841 |
| Slovenia | $1,063,786 | $1,365,591 | $1,380,533 | $2,080,750 | $1,627,254 | $1,221,109 | $1,326,296 |
| South Africa | $2,260,557 | $2,521,906 | $2,139,590 | $5,286,144 | $3,656,451 | $3,331,039 | $4,087,190 |
| Sri Lanka | $103 | $7,423 | $13,398 | $18,149 | $22,619 | $16,719 | $36,178 |
| Sudan | $99,944 | $129,900 | | $142,820 | $338,286 | | |
| Suriname | $782 | $1,312 | $1,943 | $832 | $760 | $4,656 | $15,274 |
| Swaziland | $37,180 | $9,058 | $19,542 | | | | |
| Sweden | $726,011 | $972,897 | $1,058,484 | $1,615,534 | $856,565 | $959,720 | $1,082,295 |
| Switzerland | $2,907,953 | $5,233,163 | $6,629,809 | $11,187,490 | $10,885,784 | $8,836,748 | $9,264,180 |
| Syria | $64,736 | $141,171 | | | | $259,148 | |
| Tanzania | $50,438 | $151 | $5,990 | $62,384 | $186 | $433 | $9,996 |
| Thailand | $1,595,467 | $565,286 | $456,922 | $1,802,631 | $1,141,497 | $1,549,581 | $1,975,497 |
| Togo | $7,977 | | | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $415,066 | $790,720 | $326,056 | $1,266,767 | $648,422 | $547,539 | |
| Tunisia | $37,909 | $1,583 | $11,079 | $18,845 | $42,448 | $14,291 | |
| Turkey | $3,402,341 | $4,727,756 | $6,841,181 | $5,225,220 | $9,009,919 | $7,817,878 | $7,705,959 |
| Uganda | | $119,830 | | $20,785 | $14,068 | $1,025 | |
| Ukraine | $408,026 | $563,023 | $497,533 | $417,534 | $580,553 | $363,306 | $645,846 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,102,157 | | $489,309 | $318,728 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $6,363,775 | $5,085,925 | $7,526,788 | $11,693,003 | $12,882,876 | $13,215,878 | $14,779,284 |
| United States | $1,689,429 | $1,579,153 | $1,968,815 | $3,725,957 | $6,105,686 | $9,100,877 | $13,035,110 |
| Uruguay | $10,017 | $16,977 | $16,560 | $4,356 | $29,828 | | |
| Venezuela | $735,930 | $340,296 | $709,507 | $746,374 | $604,286 | $722,070 | $638,109 |
| Vietnam | $513,121 | $937,529 | $1,634,488 | $2,473,946 | $3,205,563 | $2,328,930 | |
| Yemen | $12,609 | $40,565 | $61,821 | $207,926 | $42,368 | $241,524 | $10,638 |
| Zambia | $2,968 | $7,353 | $6,336 | $8,090 | $17,017 | $63,441 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $27,435 | $8,320 | $3,725 | $15,567 | $31,548 | |
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