RankCountryImports of Calcium carbonate in USD (2010)
1Netherlands$112,783,162
2Finland$75,720,503
3Germany$67,508,269
4India$44,439,972
5France$37,952,368
6Belgium$28,673,682
7Canada$26,474,188
8Nigeria$24,875,013
9United States$23,292,659
10Saudi Arabia$22,749,095
11China$19,025,159
12Indonesia$18,808,105
13Algeria$16,143,139
14United Kingdom$13,394,166
15South Africa$13,223,615
16Italy$12,283,646
17Russia$12,138,475
18Singapore$10,667,656
19Venezuela$10,651,850
20Philippines$10,363,298
21Malaysia$9,785,885
22Korea, South$8,397,082
23Vietnam$8,003,710
24Morocco$7,973,044
25Sweden$7,960,193
26Poland$7,934,346
27Thailand$7,834,516
28Turkey$7,107,502
29Chile$6,407,310
30Spain$6,388,099
31Norway$6,103,399
32Egypt$5,538,156
33Brazil$5,495,841
34Romania$4,882,146
35Austria$4,796,987
36Australia$4,765,173
37Qatar$3,673,203
38Switzerland$3,589,259
39Czech Republic$3,421,236
40Denmark$3,327,702
41Mexico$3,253,664
42Ghana$3,096,742
43Bahrain$3,030,788
44Iran$2,994,003
45Ethiopia$2,991,041
46Cote d'Ivoire$2,927,553
47Tanzania$2,914,069
48Bulgaria$2,907,744
49Tunisia$2,567,601
50Portugal$2,530,484
51Argentina$2,493,699
52Israel$2,356,000
53Ukraine$2,058,753
54Azerbaijan$2,044,147
55Pakistan$2,030,409
56Sri Lanka$2,005,974
57Costa Rica$1,883,376
58Hong Kong$1,809,582
59Ecuador$1,774,392
60New Zealand$1,703,510
61Nepal$1,639,409
62Kenya$1,543,556
63Mali$1,494,132
64Slovakia$1,488,913
65Oman$1,430,970
66Japan$1,374,321
67Guatemala$1,367,266
68Uganda$1,298,046
69Ireland$1,237,922
70Bolivia$1,197,321
71Colombia$1,112,590
72Peru$1,052,292
73Cameroon$973,791
74Albania$970,509
75Trinidad and Tobago$955,848
76Hungary$932,000
77Latvia$910,685
78Cambodia$782,197
79Greece$776,245
80Lithuania$713,037
81Dominican Republic$697,058
82Panama$672,107
83Yemen$668,518
84El Salvador$665,459
85Lebanon$602,526
86Syria$565,912
87Nicaragua$528,930
88Jordan$515,606
89Slovenia$503,827
90Senegal$427,013
91Serbia$416,370
92Madagascar$397,729
93Paraguay$396,548
94Burkina Faso$386,344
95Mauritius$370,835
96Zambia$355,820
97Malawi$342,683
98Benin$330,641
99Cyprus$311,904
100Mauritania$293,679
101Belarus$285,600
102Suriname$263,701
103Kyrgyzstan$261,769
104Estonia$246,835
105Georgia$231,781
106Mozambique$221,848
107Zimbabwe$198,835
108Croatia$174,404
109Bosnia and Herzegovina$167,635
110Luxembourg$156,752
111Fiji$101,421
112Barbados$97,210
113Niger$84,484
114Cape Verde$80,364
115Moldova$79,241
116Malta$78,336
117Botswana$75,192
118Iceland$68,605
119Jamaica$64,044
120Togo$60,808
121Bahamas, The$49,825
122Gambia, The$48,539
123Belize$45,139
124French Polynesia$42,127
125Guyana$39,196
126Burundi$33,969
127New Caledonia$31,789
128Bermuda$30,072
129Armenia$29,827
130Bhutan$25,613
131Sao Tome and Principe$14,278
132Samoa$9,975
133Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$9,389
134Aruba$8,499
135Dominica$7,320
136Maldives$3,176
137Montenegro$2,770
138Antigua and Barbuda$46
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$853,606$854,512$1,144,973$1,201,984$883,443$970,509$945,299
Algeria$6,365,331$7,453,692$9,968,029$13,144,330$13,267,531$16,143,139$16,113,730
Anguilla $143$2,016$7,271   
Antigua and Barbuda$2,262$5,051$1,122 $48,098$46$3,779
Argentina$1,516,860$1,743,381$2,375,709$3,070,463$1,432,980$2,493,699$3,765,441
Armenia$729,692$668,013$1,584,874$305,957$323$29,827$108,851
Aruba    $6,492$8,499$11,113
Australia$3,369,793$3,390,924$3,656,609$4,430,990$4,512,259$4,765,173$3,442,158
Austria$1,485,097$1,601,870$2,275,578$1,945,397$3,058,056$4,796,987 
Azerbaijan$194,335$622,180$1,667,254$2,075,447$1,583,599$2,044,147$2,538,219
Bahamas, The$20,476 $78,237$70,831$55,768$49,825$17,481
Bahrain$955,094$585,417$1,133,027$2,205,597$2,411,474$3,030,788$3,600,291
Bangladesh$6,170,908$4,628,557$3,308,338    
Barbados$228,303$254,316$178,051$189,089$124,128$97,210$132,355
Belarus$241,200$221,200$248,000$245,100$248,500$285,600$350,100
Belgium$18,942,657$36,811,920$49,203,962$34,730,788$17,810,435$28,673,682$44,876,858
Belize$35,375$38,310$46,957$67,626$47,367$45,139 
Benin$285,147$318,837   $330,641 
Bermuda     $30,072 
Bhutan$23,116$47,889$14,206$4,750$8,121$25,613 
Bolivia$395,727$487,243$589,367$914,589$824,711$1,197,321$1,459,694
Bosnia and Herzegovina$165,476$113,754$138,242$268,070$332,005$167,635$209,902
Botswana$145,644$9,086$6,030$13,825$22,423$75,192$65,248
Brazil$1,339,872$2,234,542$3,257,184$6,015,076$3,713,935$5,495,841$8,715,884
Brunei $443,626     
Bulgaria$1,267,703$1,297,385$1,421,490$1,619,348$1,287,167$2,907,744$1,558,922
Burkina Faso$99,473 $113,784$435,308$225,133$386,344 
Burundi$32,401$50,327$28,280$38,333$38,081$33,969 
Cambodia$438,739$655,039$999,388$837,372$668,659$782,197 
Cameroon$749,812$775,052$540,359$678,720$1,062,301$973,791 
Canada$20,265,458$21,240,330$19,617,213$22,547,430$20,690,952$26,474,188$27,767,172
Cape Verde$24,415$73,419$223,857$322,367$108,749$80,364$112,455
Central African Republic$32,794 $27,350$21,341   
Chile$5,750,087$5,039,267$8,120,332$5,958,460$4,914,156$6,407,310$6,551,325
China$16,096,689$14,581,445$13,268,319$15,119,770$14,631,836$19,025,159$19,223,639
Colombia$639,824$1,608,426$1,502,859$1,179,892$649,785$1,112,590$1,477,005
Costa Rica$806,441$805,010$785,672$1,485,345$857,775$1,883,376$1,581,619
Cote d'Ivoire$274,869$287,326$698,044$2,383,226$1,941,081$2,927,553$2,574,028
Croatia$193,861$162,043$255,131$388,215$189,893$174,404$230,660
Cuba$384,513$418,179     
Cyprus$199,423$246,318$304,863$375,655$391,037$311,904$311,763
Czech Republic$5,135,217$4,472,011$6,396,012$5,020,071$3,253,725$3,421,236$3,987,735
Denmark$3,471,783$3,872,938$4,433,040$4,059,554$3,847,992$3,327,702$3,547,555
Dominica$3,531$15,556$64,061$18,746$18,392$7,320 
Dominican Republic$301,289$520,744$390,867$508,649$408,541$697,058$805,491
East Timor$558      
Ecuador$492,340$354,613$566,428$1,067,399$669,378$1,774,392$1,999,866
Egypt$2,911,407$2,032,498$3,497,963$7,403,680$5,953,962$5,538,156$6,006,568
El Salvador$274,445$374,616$399,694$538,762$436,948$665,459 
Estonia$169,907$283,264$385,643$365,448$211,753$246,835$372,052
Ethiopia$715,005$996,280$1,236,374$2,095,238$1,936,683$2,991,041$2,505,861
Faroe Islands$905$1,129$3,241$74$1,623  
Fiji$108,481$140,311$114,578$133,170$87,382$101,421 
Finland$58,905,057$66,140,913$81,772,490$85,901,684$66,799,080$75,720,503$80,352,106
France$31,012,260$44,246,759$66,076,109$61,671,455$46,647,840$37,952,368$39,206,199
French Polynesia$30,685$70,139$48,914$77,447$36,916$42,127$36,262
Gabon$315,530$589,337$742,865$1,040,586$2,426,124  
Gambia, The$46,513$73,968$128,706$46,078$83,160$48,539$46,488
Georgia$572,699$257,740$157,692$129,707$172,521$231,781 
Germany$66,047,000$59,022,000$56,616,000$63,803,000$54,989,000$67,508,269$79,530,303
Ghana$1,890,523$1,578,116$2,308,544$1,962,887$1,495,861$3,096,742$4,187,180
Greece$524,694$565,452$841,202$1,009,968$499,916$776,245$1,248,146
Grenada$37,446$28,927$39,807 $5,511  
Guatemala$940,399$970,041$1,508,836$2,280,232$1,099,655$1,367,266$2,281,022
Guinea$357,403$277,535$261,335$371,208   
Guyana$141,179$225,586$260,522$284,228$168,166$39,196$19,000
Honduras$469,195$745,741$641,836 $904,682  
Hong Kong$2,232,427$2,170,825$2,096,261$2,265,803$1,960,426$1,809,582$1,783,564
Hungary$700,000$881,000$1,207,000$1,198,000$860,000$932,000$933,000
Iceland$5,652$6,460$21,353$226,393$59,905$68,605$134,025
India$5,031,309$11,446,897$17,583,253$17,253,268$20,623,463$44,439,972$32,729,803
Indonesia$11,832,270$12,866,555$14,782,313$24,059,127$15,934,062$18,808,105$20,784,152
Iran$1,213,314$244,015   $2,994,003 
Ireland$2,208,789$2,640,819$2,755,279$2,698,328$1,716,804$1,237,922$1,900,643
Israel$239,000$692,000$1,952,000$2,842,000$1,335,000$2,356,000$4,026,000
Italy$7,352,141$8,037,737$12,363,002$14,742,544$9,334,289$12,283,646$13,771,313
Jamaica$119,969$137,347$222,852$153,330$219,934$64,044 
Japan$2,545,608$1,908,081$2,357,595$1,637,799$1,197,575$1,374,321$1,301,321
Jordan$399,035$654,660$819,590$701,375$670,438$515,606$918,854
Kazakhstan$1,418,605$1,550,916$1,391,339$1,286,982$1,013,334  
Kenya$619,991$699,046$926,488$1,280,927$1,224,234$1,543,556 
Kiribati$4      
Korea, South$6,466,648$7,659,789$9,083,684$8,755,393$6,129,781$8,397,082$8,766,983
Kuwait $3,475,395$11,489,818$13,092,851   
Kyrgyzstan$46,910$104,410$188,116$327,164$282,211$261,769$429,261
Latvia$462,110$858,518$2,340,451$1,030,111$368,492$910,685$416,514
Lebanon$19,000$19,967$63,949$73,318$88,780$602,526$145,863
Lithuania$409,849$435,749$465,126$588,302$523,468$713,037$777,084
Luxembourg$13,396$64,486$257,132$40,000$219,292$156,752$160,270
Macau$63,183$54,316$9,809$4,951$7,271  
Macedonia$4,947$27,840$12,406$62,801$19,434 $32,673
Madagascar$146,919$190,339$275,618$361,835$370,864$397,729 
Malawi$120,312$183,119$242,647$585,502$594,418$342,683$311,795
Malaysia$8,523,439$13,409,227$11,672,537$12,602,999$9,209,044$9,785,885$10,393,826
Maldives$10,015$52,433$12,554$2,334$2$3,176$5,182
Mali$281,492$519,528$696,034$493,111 $1,494,132 
Malta$65,276$70,567$111,645$149,743$177,114$78,336 
Mauritania$9,750$176,919$169,252$287,322$349,371$293,679$880,271
Mauritius$210,367$297,177$376,484$403,800$293,234$370,835$402,215
Mayotte$34,045$36,458$33,260$38,800$51,100  
Mexico$4,877,279$4,218,895$4,630,254$3,370,080$3,028,890$3,253,664$3,330,745
Moldova$42,333$95,041$59,212$62,759$126,723$79,241$63,092
Mongolia$3,580$42,148$69,886    
Montenegro $29,369$40,943$300,899$4,584$2,770$1,909
Montserrat$112   $57  
Morocco$2,651,643$3,742,689$5,181,103$7,352,486$7,153,727$7,973,044 
Mozambique$200,317$219,086$273,054$294,891$278,962$221,848$196,000
Namibia$5,753$6,519$3,296    
Nepal    $1,312,747$1,639,409 
Netherlands$128,186,985$133,045,764$137,959,126$111,830,277$105,377,097$112,783,162 
Netherlands Antilles$30,298$22,413$35,443$43,868   
New Caledonia$7,783$2,146$3,026$8,862$3,445$31,789$26,754
New Zealand$1,441,912$1,510,975$1,749,292$1,730,999$1,677,804$1,703,510$1,667,332
Nicaragua$147,130$110,544$125,096$329,519$386,066$528,930$1,356,773
Niger$104,872$520,016$325,031$128,953$135,560$84,484$153,720
Nigeria $6,844,550$20,049,630$14,201,356$11,284,473$24,875,013 
Norway$3,686,768$4,036,014$5,570,347$5,224,969$6,293,055$6,103,399$5,906,907
Oman$1,205,854$1,053,394$1,609,651$2,215,744$977,696$1,430,970 
Pakistan$979,075$1,115,662$1,113,241$1,746,980$1,849,562$2,030,409$1,582,157
Panama$1,404,714$115,805$376,772$728,920$807,244$672,107$672,896
Paraguay$147,962$278,489$207,823$488,777$379,566$396,548$418,502
Peru$759,770$717,389$724,161$779,921$576,392$1,052,292$1,189,745
Philippines$5,046,533$6,341,345$6,804,475$8,068,453$8,980,521$10,363,298$14,342,028
Poland$3,776,414$4,664,533$6,436,918$8,617,514$9,946,581$7,934,346$6,767,887
Portugal$613,406$822,785$1,349,023$1,324,010$1,446,810$2,530,484$1,326,541
Qatar$580,699$776,566$2,750,536$4,320,301 $3,673,203 
Romania$6,008,677$6,765,698$9,647,482$8,617,707$4,944,085$4,882,146$4,984,092
Russia$6,413,095$8,484,286$8,291,190$8,917,784$9,649,028$12,138,475$15,753,813
Rwanda$141,348$94,905$38,513$104,022$222,524 $152,148
Saint Kitts and Nevis $9$103$383   
Saint Lucia$33,577$38,506$74,556$9,864   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$12,979$14,306$56,779$40,793$8,429$9,389 
Samoa     $9,975$6,660
Sao Tome and Principe $616 $3,778$18,845$14,278 
Saudi Arabia$13,132,451$12,418,999$15,198,152$13,524,017$14,749,257$22,749,095 
Senegal$907,888$984,504$997,773$836,699$720,273$427,013$450,852
Serbia$290,674$206,307$360,325$450,400$497,874$416,370$937,986
Seychelles$13,103$16,439$6,956$49   
Singapore$4,545,548$5,179,192$5,221,749$5,043,478$5,474,222$10,667,656$7,241,714
Slovakia$781,604$815,856$1,030,667$1,270,331$969,648$1,488,913$1,361,533
Slovenia$296,008$277,819$605,859$318,959$282,294$503,827$381,209
South Africa$6,457,622$7,999,628$7,656,540$10,063,137$9,187,408$13,223,615$13,447,419
Spain$7,243,023$13,192,516$10,749,285$11,918,897$7,222,320$6,388,099 
Sri Lanka$1,167,595$1,807,284$2,255,868$2,500,831$1,570,465$2,005,974$2,592,098
Sudan$1,710,119$1,457,099$93,534$412,498$1,077,949  
Suriname$101,856$68,878$107,138$131,209$135,005$263,701$430,298
Swaziland$191,745$1,083,421$1,157,799    
Sweden$4,331,286$3,662,119$5,441,851$8,096,913$8,494,657$7,960,193$8,315,480
Switzerland$2,717,647$3,516,915$3,262,311$3,498,699$2,956,781$3,589,259$3,907,458
Syria$368,136$122,381$173,720$714,342 $565,912 
Tanzania$1,271,141$1,657,830$1,516,033$2,796,761$3,563,961$2,914,069$3,799,883
Thailand$4,189,427$4,289,565$4,576,170$6,269,018$5,811,949$7,834,516$9,861,370
Togo$58,450 $54,978  $60,808$37,078
Trinidad and Tobago$922,827$1,287,685$1,621,725$1,423,563$808,238$955,848 
Tunisia$3,588,163$3,513,609$4,868,378$2,762,560$3,104,221$2,567,601 
Turkey$4,424,258$5,281,079$5,344,431$7,500,750$6,114,390$7,107,502$7,898,386
Uganda$512,140$536,935$929,701$1,365,317$1,253,490$1,298,046 
Ukraine$762,285$895,981$879,216$1,669,593$1,622,900$2,058,753$1,817,370
United Arab Emirates$9,567,879 $12,142,102$17,279,583   
United Kingdom$11,080,259$14,677,632$15,259,230$14,155,792$9,908,799$13,394,166$30,340,657
United States$14,152,889$18,527,619$20,870,204$21,934,587$20,399,818$23,292,659$25,692,892
Uruguay$439,325$614,340$827,317$1,151,614$858,228  
Vanuatu  $14,658    
Venezuela$178,326$142,657$1,692,219$5,444,186$21,482,770$10,651,850$19,209,894
Vietnam$4,552,603$5,584,226$9,586,620$8,394,476$6,840,994$8,003,710 
Yemen$423,996$543,913$1,000,174$996,125$423,765$668,518$536,945
Zambia$168,919$89,897$182,738$391,500$302,543$355,820 
Zimbabwe$27,824$90,845$94,258$45,911$143,564$198,835