RankCountryImports of Lithium carbonates in USD (2010)
1Japan$77,509,918
2United States$42,956,398
3Korea, South$40,845,658
4Germany$29,393,356
5China$28,367,595
6Belgium$18,079,424
7France$7,679,811
8Canada$6,488,444
9Spain$5,936,982
10Italy$5,240,070
11Turkey$4,003,178
12India$3,265,395
13Russia$2,923,761
14Thailand$2,810,719
15Netherlands$2,603,810
16Austria$2,532,740
17United Kingdom$2,355,114
18Australia$1,549,996
19Mexico$1,268,484
20Poland$1,135,168
21South Africa$1,098,068
22Denmark$1,089,195
23Malaysia$773,730
24Croatia$724,542
25Sweden$556,938
26Finland$503,756
27Switzerland$499,576
28Argentina$421,357
29Czech Republic$409,701
30Indonesia$402,536
31Slovenia$352,689
32Norway$293,855
33Egypt$189,590
34Vietnam$177,060
35Hungary$176,000
36Singapore$153,396
37Ukraine$136,371
38Ireland$114,810
39Israel$106,000
40Colombia$104,554
41Slovakia$83,951
42Pakistan$60,026
43Greece$45,429
44Peru$43,933
45Belarus$32,200
46Brazil$31,138
47Iceland$28,052
48Romania$22,513
49New Zealand$20,874
50Costa Rica$14,598
51Bahrain$14,367
52Barbados$11,440
53Panama$10,962
54New Caledonia$9,391
55Zambia$9,138
56Portugal$9,037
57Philippines$7,643
58Bolivia$6,294
59Lithuania$5,721
60Syria$5,652
61Ecuador$5,546
62Paraguay$5,475
63Mozambique$5,410
64Guatemala$4,481
65Jamaica$4,144
66Trinidad and Tobago$3,582
67Dominican Republic$3,275
68Iran$2,792
69Nepal$2,443
70Sri Lanka$1,943
71Azerbaijan$1,931
72Tunisia$1,725
73Madagascar$1,386
74Bulgaria$1,236
75Estonia$1,172
76Algeria$810
77Morocco$685
78Chile$599
79French Polynesia$564
80Jordan$518
81Aruba$505
82Oman$492
83Fiji$329
84El Salvador$274
85Kenya$248
86Luxembourg$130
87Tanzania$32
88Burundi$10
89Maldives$9
90Botswana$7
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania    $176  
Algeria$1,302$215$639$664$355$810$240
Antigua and Barbuda  $50    
Argentina$369,617$541,036$1,415,251$839,183$761,767$421,357$565,959
Aruba     $505 
Australia$462,829$764,927$1,693,936$1,470,686$1,594,439$1,549,996$1,259,284
Austria$762,464$1,227,530$2,346,242$2,145,308$2,369,717$2,532,740 
Azerbaijan $685 $2,146 $1,931$1,125
Bahamas, The      $369
Bahrain     $14,367$16,688
Bangladesh$9,067$6,539$6,161    
Barbados     $11,440$9,079
Belarus$12,000$92,900$280,700$286,100$111,800$32,200$38,700
Belgium$12,830,192$18,604,387$28,943,142$24,989,799$18,821,241$18,079,424$33,154,902
Belize   $12,416   
Bolivia$28 $561 $330$6,294$3,203
Bosnia and Herzegovina$192 $3,036$391  $143
Botswana$35,464$85$3,485 $409$7$1,294
Brazil$3,626$3,763$5,953$7,633$10,183$31,138$21,781
Brunei $35     
Bulgaria$2,402$2,351$41,437$2,466 $1,236$11,856
Burkina Faso  $245    
Burundi     $10 
Cambodia $169     
Cameroon    $100  
Canada$3,739,568$5,509,861$9,379,027$11,016,466$6,044,017$6,488,444$6,888,260
Chile$1,366$2,610$35 $2,830$599$45,781
China$22,190,859$23,812,011$22,128,991$23,212,086$12,592,952$28,367,595$33,569,842
Colombia$36,004$29,741$84,718$78,049$66,444$104,554$102,989
Costa Rica$189$13,787$13,727$1,045$189$14,598$7,318
Cote d'Ivoire    $208  
Croatia$48,159$36,437$39,848$68,748$41,333$724,542$153,062
Cuba$5,454$10,419     
Cyprus $92$468$25$24 $391
Czech Republic$301,748$584,073$774,194$516,737$245,042$409,701$537,773
Denmark$347,460$736,218$1,210,871$1,442,535$1,103,137$1,089,195$1,175,213
Dominica$16   $85  
Dominican Republic   $2,740$9,470$3,275 
Ecuador $13,326$7,550$17,759$7,317$5,546$12,762
Egypt$30,683$90,345 $38,768$169,372$189,590$130,308
El Salvador$849$1,447$3,772$4,492$2,952$274 
Estonia$156$578$1,054$277,178$643$1,172$6,518
Ethiopia$14  $807$3,965 $7
Faroe Islands $267 $7   
Fiji   $548$361$329 
Finland$273,024$435,940$587,862$696,638$365,243$503,756$421,598
France$4,424,635$5,896,052$9,393,563$9,272,673$8,254,179$7,679,811$11,372,121
French Polynesia $136 $143$1,022$564$698
Gabon    $2,133  
Gambia, The$1,224      
Germany$17,852,000$23,583,000$33,101,000$32,324,000$22,422,000$29,393,356$41,792,911
Greece$23,968$36,651$46,520$59,344$52,798$45,429$52,868
Grenada$80      
Guatemala$2,198$5,333$3,353$2,696$3,297$4,481$2,611
Guinea  $4,772    
Honduras$11,121 $3,000    
Hong Kong$9,884$13,988$31,182$21,109$9,571  
Hungary$198,000$245,000$475,000$654,000$387,000$176,000$196,000
Iceland$10,344$11,513$24,783$29,274$23,926$28,052$18,923
India$1,640,637$2,216,730$2,524,671$2,924,639$2,087,419$3,265,395$4,486,273
Indonesia$281,610$235,555$288,186$636,520$315,243$402,536$326,108
Iran$4,332$4,963   $2,792 
Ireland$98,571$160,308$209,223$139,728$101,218$114,810$131,368
Israel$1,436,000$679,000$1,872,000$63,000$78,000$106,000$99,000
Italy$8,264,365$8,030,225$7,976,740$8,442,745$6,697,629$5,240,070$6,403,170
Jamaica$1,913$1,046$635$225 $4,144 
Japan$27,368,811$62,739,083$86,025,286$87,154,354$51,899,927$77,509,918$80,810,031
Jordan $6,427 $1,161$1,406$518$756
Kazakhstan$1,955$4,257$8,849$34,239$4,006  
Kenya  $767$1,875$14,578$248 
Korea, South$6,771,584$9,899,639$22,463,181$31,991,303$32,021,342$40,845,658$52,903,670
Kuwait  $106$62,394   
Kyrgyzstan      $100
Latvia$2,071$12,691$14,955 $65 $1,099
Lebanon $147$268$15$863 $1,156
Lithuania$6,237$1,880$225,938$172,320$21,929$5,721$53,232
Luxembourg  $63$6,130$354$130$424
Macedonia$1,470$6,144$6,024$10,041$76,082 $105
Madagascar $134$266$60$192$1,386 
Malaysia$136,341$367,988$845,349$601,709$693,208$773,730$869,341
Maldives$55$28$25$16 $9 
Malta $73$3,869    
Mauritius    $246  
Mexico$767,364$1,362,424$1,233,851$1,571,242$1,198,204$1,268,484$1,433,465
Moldova$5,799$9$961 $184  
Morocco$289$2,143$1,651$2,171$426$685 
Mozambique $367 $709 $5,410$4,000
Namibia $653 $540   
Nepal    $3,278$2,443 
Netherlands$1,957,993$4,414,632$8,543,954$4,267,218$1,994,669$2,603,810 
New Caledonia$2,069$1,129$806$1,515$1,703$9,391$3,158
New Zealand$99,715$140,227$35,912$22,483$23,518$20,874$41,390
Nicaragua $2,228$133 $61  
Norway$166,375$362,331$406,568$353,999$314,488$293,855$333,784
Oman$27,098$25,111  $32,744$492 
Pakistan$14,513$35,679$34,016$30,440$64,816$60,026$53,050
Panama$1,180 $18,322$19,052$13,598$10,962$11,748
Paraguay $4,195$1,947$9,859$4,647$5,475$3,352
Peru$10,206$23,446$5,718$33,602$22,844$43,933$24,607
Philippines$17,028$49,327$24,868$9,507$7,620$7,643$32,674
Poland$492,953$665,047$1,362,358$1,199,317$1,087,927$1,135,168$1,106,305
Portugal$79,525$13,109$270,345$136,571$90,956$9,037$24,173
Romania$93,368$420,498$59,771$84,780$57,281$22,513$21,845
Russia$6,112,787$2,794,743$3,965,904$4,344,063$1,995,584$2,923,761$8,697,224
Rwanda$3,274$559 $271$1,537  
Saint Kitts and Nevis$2,068      
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$251   $77  
Saudi Arabia$49$7,773$3,806    
Serbia$31,846$92,368$51$32,159  $174,836
Seychelles   $19   
Singapore$81,750$123,088$175,254$217,558$171,834$153,396$1,707,079
Slovakia$61,156$29,690$39,487$26,234$40,837$83,951$110,726
Slovenia$201,702$231,344$464,830$510,765$491,913$352,689$455,314
South Africa$654,441$572,249$1,203,555$1,605,758$1,078,519$1,098,068$838,428
Spain$2,944,994$3,519,945$4,230,334$8,249,520$5,001,373$5,936,982 
Sri Lanka$3,298$652$405$92$899$1,943$516
Sudan$795,864$84,946$12,795    
Swaziland$13,809$29,155$11,507    
Sweden$863,712$962,979$1,542,095$1,972,540$1,250,140$556,938$479,170
Switzerland$108,148$157,564$228,661$256,099$221,967$499,576$769,391
Syria $9,664   $5,652 
Tanzania $2,759   $32 
Thailand$776,922$1,663,277$3,251,259$4,978,505$842,676$2,810,719$3,084,826
Trinidad and Tobago$106 $24$2,936 $3,582 
Tunisia$699$858$1,439$6,680 $1,725 
Turkey$1,366,984$2,373,975$4,905,611$3,975,955$3,689,215$4,003,178$4,640,424
Uganda   $134   
Ukraine$28,261$51,830$76,366$65,960$117,993$136,371$168,202
United Arab Emirates$11,835 $223,825$44,218   
United Kingdom$2,105,738$2,828,210$4,305,714$3,329,586$3,862,567$2,355,114$2,666,581
United States$29,730,981$40,133,524$57,269,937$72,776,762$43,729,204$42,956,398$58,435,216
Uruguay$10,698$10,530$32,807$29,411$22,510  
Venezuela$455,346$391,554$69,328$457,966$63,784 $622
Vietnam$8,014$547$4,756$156,677$148,859$177,060 
Yemen   $11,511$1,479  
Zambia $913  $522$9,138 
Zimbabwe$2,012