| Rank | Country | Imports of Cyanides & cyanide oxides, of sodium in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Mexico | $88,981,532 |  | | 2 | Russia | $61,085,653 |  | | 3 | Peru | $42,456,652 |  | | 4 | Ghana | $35,845,352 |  | | 5 | China | $28,180,561 |  | | 6 | Turkey | $25,757,402 |  | | 7 | Chile | $24,192,819 |  | | 8 | Tanzania | $23,579,474 |  | | 9 | Canada | $15,795,082 |  | | 10 | Belgium | $14,398,262 |  | | 11 | Brazil | $14,299,227 |  | | 12 | United Kingdom | $12,557,323 |  | | 13 | Mali | $10,804,752 |  | | 14 | Bolivia | $10,785,659 |  | | 15 | Suriname | $10,655,807 |  | | 16 | Argentina | $9,975,007 |  | | 17 | Zimbabwe | $9,833,300 |  | | 18 | Indonesia | $9,598,894 |  | | 19 | Kyrgyzstan | $9,450,037 |  | | 20 | Burkina Faso | $8,526,818 |  | | 21 | France | $8,506,908 |  | | 22 | Philippines | $8,278,223 |  | | 23 | Thailand | $7,191,373 |  | | 24 | Ecuador | $7,024,306 |  | | 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | $6,878,319 |  | | 26 | India | $6,562,284 |  | | 27 | United States | $6,248,631 |  | | 28 | Sweden | $6,057,310 |  | | 29 | Korea, South | $5,498,462 |  | | 30 | South Africa | $5,325,648 |  | | 31 | Mauritania | $4,910,480 |  | | 32 | Germany | $4,683,382 |  | | 33 | Egypt | $4,367,932 |  | | 34 | Saudi Arabia | $3,447,738 |  | | 35 | Morocco | $3,306,108 |  | | 36 | New Zealand | $3,270,931 |  | | 37 | Iran | $3,226,476 |  | | 38 | Niger | $3,129,521 |  | | 39 | Colombia | $2,947,474 |  | | 40 | Botswana | $2,916,341 |  | | 41 | Malaysia | $2,740,492 |  | | 42 | Australia | $2,680,090 |  | | 43 | Venezuela | $2,257,105 |  | | 44 | Nicaragua | $2,230,499 |  | | 45 | Azerbaijan | $2,098,500 |  | | 46 | Guatemala | $1,945,834 |  | | 47 | Spain | $1,909,665 |  | | 48 | Ethiopia | $1,675,319 |  | | 49 | Armenia | $1,573,084 |  | | 50 | Panama | $1,536,481 |  | | 51 | Italy | $1,415,547 |  | | 52 | Vietnam | $1,410,940 |  | | 53 | Dominican Republic | $1,201,107 |  | | 54 | Senegal | $1,058,409 |  | | 55 | Zambia | $881,904 |  | | 56 | Pakistan | $703,859 |  | | 57 | Finland | $629,751 |  | | 58 | Fiji | $623,850 |  | | 59 | Switzerland | $279,978 |  | | 60 | Algeria | $270,079 |  | | 61 | Japan | $240,525 |  | | 62 | Hungary | $209,000 |  | | 63 | Georgia | $203,485 |  | | 64 | Serbia | $155,833 |  | | 65 | Singapore | $134,995 |  | | 66 | Israel | $132,000 |  | | 67 | Greece | $131,876 |  | | 68 | Bulgaria | $116,866 |  | | 69 | Luxembourg | $86,300 |  | | 70 | Tunisia | $76,196 |  | | 71 | Poland | $63,580 |  | | 72 | Norway | $57,858 |  | | 73 | Portugal | $53,956 |  | | 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $50,232 |  | | 75 | Hong Kong | $47,011 |  | | 76 | Austria | $46,354 |  | | 77 | Bahamas, The | $40,176 |  | | 78 | Ireland | $38,313 |  | | 79 | Denmark | $38,169 |  | | 80 | Czech Republic | $35,340 |  | | 81 | Slovenia | $19,746 |  | | 82 | Sri Lanka | $16,274 |  | | 83 | Costa Rica | $14,259 |  | | 84 | Nepal | $12,288 |  | | 85 | Madagascar | $11,233 |  | | 86 | Lebanon | $8,895 |  | | 87 | Oman | $7,847 |  | | 88 | Romania | $7,593 |  | | 89 | El Salvador | $5,051 |  | | 90 | Estonia | $4,807 |  | | 91 | Qatar | $3,762 |  | | 92 | Kenya | $2,724 |  | | 93 | Jordan | $2,625 |  | | 94 | Slovakia | $1,993 |  | | 95 | Netherlands | $1,326 |  | | 96 | Guyana | $868 |  | | 97 | Syria | $840 |  | | 98 | New Caledonia | $279 |  | | 99 | Samoa | $163 |  | | 100 | Barbados | $74 |  | | 101 | Montenegro | $52 |  | | 102 | Cyprus | $28 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,714 | | | | | | |
| Algeria | $32,222 | $46,199 | $295,874 | $93,005 | $178,601 | $270,079 | $343,390 |
| Argentina | $4,096,342 | $2,824,499 | $3,212,328 | $6,153,641 | $7,377,259 | $9,975,007 | $11,609,560 |
| Armenia | $1,358,579 | $1,003,956 | | $326,690 | $1,932,667 | $1,573,084 | $1,072,518 |
| Australia | $288,891 | $277,924 | $519,722 | $1,768,059 | $1,515,605 | $2,680,090 | $4,272,638 |
| Austria | $101,831 | $144,653 | $233,967 | $48,342 | $34,775 | $46,354 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $3,983 | $3,231 | $1,043,224 | $2,098,500 | $4,820,680 |
| Bahamas, The | $123,880 | $27,899 | $12,980 | $32,819 | $120,256 | $40,176 | $65,148 |
| Bahrain | $1,976 | $3,532 | $1,843 | | $10,037 | | $3,396 |
| Bangladesh | $39,687 | $67,683 | $73,212 | | | | |
| Barbados | | | | $303 | | $74 | |
| Belarus | | | | | | | $100 |
| Belgium | $2,812,716 | $13,696,076 | $14,939,530 | $15,160,533 | $7,873,760 | $14,398,262 | $16,512,273 |
| Bhutan | | | | $4 | $15 | | |
| Bolivia | $3,428,177 | $3,033,788 | $7,230,985 | $18,061,997 | $15,458,048 | $10,785,659 | $13,432,909 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $22,425 | $428 | $10,870 | $57,980 | $911 | $50,232 | $66,374 |
| Botswana | $198,939 | $1,763,417 | $3,031,294 | $3,308,776 | $4,168,739 | $2,916,341 | $3,430,555 |
| Brazil | $3,578,471 | $5,749,109 | $7,878,512 | $13,233,081 | $9,707,360 | $14,299,227 | $18,814,535 |
| Brunei | | $765 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $75,291 | $28,554 | $213,744 | $163,191 | $50,982 | $116,866 | $153,918 |
| Burkina Faso | $4,164 | | $2,377,872 | $2,723,907 | $6,397,954 | $8,526,818 | |
| Cambodia | | | $1,303 | | | | |
| Cameroon | | | $33 | | | | |
| Canada | $9,844,895 | $7,101,800 | $15,479,201 | $13,661,912 | $13,899,842 | $15,795,082 | $28,226,063 |
| Chile | $6,645,873 | $13,944,224 | $17,347,953 | $21,508,772 | $22,446,006 | $24,192,819 | $43,760,306 |
| China | $29,693,968 | $35,400,495 | $47,700,037 | $24,808,147 | $26,695,041 | $28,180,561 | $20,365,840 |
| Colombia | $978,787 | $1,672,672 | $2,429,975 | $1,787,403 | $2,594,368 | $2,947,474 | $2,984,839 |
| Costa Rica | $111,217 | $941,475 | $583,392 | $37,654 | $1,216 | $14,259 | $13,571 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $829,305 | $1,763,861 | $1,439,523 | $2,634,086 | $5,677,895 | $6,878,319 | $3,287,298 |
| Croatia | $1,373 | $2,929 | $2,019 | $1,799 | | | $1,503 |
| Cuba | $224,172 | $123,245 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | | | $172 | $25 | | $28 | |
| Czech Republic | $3,348 | $79,569 | $46,082 | $192,861 | $22,242 | $35,340 | $15,598 |
| Denmark | $156,004 | $137,955 | $128,451 | $72,934 | $68,919 | $38,169 | $95,665 |
| Dominica | | | $234 | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $3,974 | $40,756 | $53,330 | $90,100 | $1,057,738 | $1,201,107 | $838,640 |
| Ecuador | $1,931,253 | $2,640,407 | $3,623,047 | $2,858,717 | $5,682,236 | $7,024,306 | $6,183,377 |
| Egypt | $46,866 | $177,743 | $219,526 | $274,851 | $1,353,659 | $4,367,932 | $5,685,918 |
| El Salvador | $5,965 | $8,022 | | $15,680 | $10,503 | $5,051 | |
| Estonia | $2,706 | $4,543 | $2,104 | $6,788 | $3,581 | $4,807 | $5,707 |
| Ethiopia | $812,376 | $1,035,642 | $1,011,907 | $948,425 | $2,089,884 | $1,675,319 | $1,113,434 |
| Faroe Islands | $718 | | | | | | |
| Fiji | $218,103 | $94,286 | $14 | $379,157 | $133,888 | $623,850 | |
| Finland | $33,935 | $43,140 | $35,773 | $46,934 | $335,008 | $629,751 | $899,162 |
| France | $4,042,643 | $4,052,908 | $4,230,123 | $5,138,060 | $4,960,558 | $8,506,908 | $9,869,382 |
| Georgia | | | | $932,430 | $1,910,615 | $203,485 | |
| Germany | $3,312,000 | $2,263,000 | $1,957,000 | $2,887,000 | $8,081,000 | $4,683,382 | $9,866,615 |
| Ghana | $25,746,898 | $30,739,007 | $45,973,673 | $54,606,888 | $47,746,303 | $35,845,352 | $49,921,783 |
| Greece | $120,466 | $105,363 | $228,102 | $159,117 | $119,863 | $131,876 | $118,146 |
| Greenland | $521 | | | | | | |
| Grenada | | | | | $29 | | |
| Guatemala | $563,986 | $30,054 | $1,914,028 | $2,166,219 | $3,382,124 | $1,945,834 | $2,418,781 |
| Guinea | $4,791,190 | $3,874,724 | $4,500,847 | $11,429,500 | | | |
| Guyana | $1,409,010 | $91,533 | | $757 | | $868 | $3,723 |
| Honduras | $3,928,003 | $4,085,298 | $4,261,812 | | $1,618,682 | | |
| Hong Kong | $189,484 | $87,732 | $79,156 | $108,918 | $145,756 | $47,011 | $65,341 |
| Hungary | $323,000 | $369,000 | $122,000 | $253,000 | $63,000 | $209,000 | $48,000 |
| Iceland | $129 | | | | | | |
| India | $3,688,723 | $4,799,855 | $4,135,035 | $6,053,151 | $7,753,716 | $6,562,284 | $8,164,783 |
| Indonesia | $1,893,803 | $3,311,030 | $4,670,205 | $5,875,217 | $8,281,602 | $9,598,894 | $11,597,539 |
| Iran | $1,465,175 | $1,438,354 | | | | $3,226,476 | |
| Ireland | $53,083 | $19,281 | $90,333 | $37,216 | $99,781 | $38,313 | $30,187 |
| Israel | $91,000 | $123,000 | $102,000 | $142,000 | $73,000 | $132,000 | $135,000 |
| Italy | $1,504,909 | $1,498,025 | $1,812,302 | $2,580,676 | $1,476,523 | $1,415,547 | $1,552,765 |
| Jamaica | | | | | $269 | | |
| Japan | $211,376 | $118,497 | $148,627 | $156,670 | $87,504 | $240,525 | $186,847 |
| Jordan | $6,989 | $6,853 | $1,375 | $5,671 | $8,625 | $2,625 | $54,962 |
| Kazakhstan | $4,095,398 | $5,401,079 | $9,906,246 | $13,529,478 | $18,925,686 | | |
| Kenya | $24 | | | | $145,756 | $2,724 | |
| Korea, South | $209,548 | $1,944,072 | $3,874,246 | $3,927,617 | $3,867,913 | $5,498,462 | $5,397,048 |
| Kuwait | | $11,746 | $17,051 | $9,428 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $5,048,253 | $4,763,290 | $6,827,745 | $8,994,258 | $9,157,592 | $9,450,037 | $10,414,366 |
| Latvia | | $14 | | | | | $18 |
| Lebanon | $4,000 | $12,466 | $9,201 | $41,578 | $27,204 | $8,895 | |
| Luxembourg | $226,267 | $205,580 | $45,456 | $52 | $15,161 | $86,300 | $210,597 |
| Macau | $12 | | | | | | |
| Macedonia | $3,583 | $69,620 | $148,186 | $204,673 | $142,101 | | $61,222 |
| Madagascar | | $601 | | $1,242 | | $11,233 | |
| Malawi | | $705 | | | | | $13,851 |
| Malaysia | $1,293,724 | $1,226,315 | $1,514,955 | $1,865,231 | $2,376,999 | $2,740,492 | $2,814,461 |
| Maldives | | | | $220 | | | |
| Mali | $10,215,189 | $8,223,792 | $14,503,537 | $22,057,339 | | $10,804,752 | |
| Mauritania | | | $1,023,948 | $627,024 | $908,846 | $4,910,480 | $7,572,782 |
| Mauritius | $7,438 | $25,992 | $17,632 | $4,095 | | | $349 |
| Mexico | $9,673,382 | $14,519,280 | $21,236,493 | $34,244,233 | $77,104,338 | $88,981,532 | $111,621,691 |
| Moldova | | | | $22 | | | $30 |
| Mongolia | $21,500 | $859,058 | $1,296,882 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | | $933 | | $52 | |
| Morocco | $1,980,719 | $2,375,783 | $3,464,172 | $3,611,131 | $2,187,049 | $3,306,108 | |
| Mozambique | | $54 | $91,133 | | | | |
| Namibia | $1,320,679 | $1,309,943 | $1,990,660 | $1,098,138 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $9,912 | $12,288 | |
| Netherlands | $941,080 | $4,363,124 | $1,321,739 | $1,004,918 | | $1,326 | |
| New Caledonia | | $333 | $471 | $16 | $296 | $279 | $35,948 |
| New Zealand | $1,717,914 | $2,012,429 | $1,962,100 | $3,294,333 | $3,191,978 | $3,270,931 | $4,362,503 |
| Nicaragua | $1,547,330 | $2,518,827 | $1,337,519 | $1,034,429 | $1,070,823 | $2,230,499 | $3,971,113 |
| Niger | $1,332,377 | $2,190,297 | $2,136,184 | $3,048,185 | $3,164,186 | $3,129,521 | $4,275,618 |
| Nigeria | | | | $1,956 | | | |
| Norway | $11,042 | $6,503 | $6,804 | $250 | $26,048 | $57,858 | |
| Oman | $78,330 | $376,492 | $316,879 | $491,199 | $189,516 | $7,847 | |
| Pakistan | $377,727 | $451,903 | $843,311 | $908,462 | $680,510 | $703,859 | $1,187,694 |
| Panama | | | $963 | $324,684 | $782,712 | $1,536,481 | $932,461 |
| Paraguay | $72 | $1,991 | | $5,260 | | | $10,034 |
| Peru | $8,201,003 | $12,494,361 | $22,399,184 | $27,166,286 | $30,193,654 | $42,456,652 | $72,994,376 |
| Philippines | $3,346,323 | $4,096,956 | $8,898,963 | $6,084,134 | $9,032,411 | $8,278,223 | $19,936,962 |
| Poland | $108,273 | $135,187 | $149,714 | $107,224 | $63,263 | $63,580 | $110,224 |
| Portugal | $80,291 | $54,715 | $78,608 | $85,493 | $47,160 | $53,956 | $48,063 |
| Qatar | | $7,381 | $15,932 | $3,008 | | $3,762 | |
| Romania | $15,715 | $42,588 | $11,539 | $9,207 | $6,140 | $7,593 | $9,281 |
| Russia | $9,010,000 | $10,544,716 | $27,034,051 | $28,001,703 | $39,868,695 | $61,085,653 | $56,537,617 |
| Rwanda | | $1,490 | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $9 | | | | | | |
| Samoa | | | | | | $163 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,814,908 | $3,288,335 | $4,331,649 | | | $3,447,738 | |
| Senegal | $2,801 | | $916 | $754,066 | $2,106,707 | $1,058,409 | $772,925 |
| Serbia | $33,327 | $94,117 | $85,487 | $98,580 | $125,209 | $155,833 | $145,341 |
| Singapore | $1,071,069 | $127,957 | $108,270 | $145,377 | $235,697 | $134,995 | $107,312 |
| Slovakia | | $6,833 | | $3,655 | $748 | $1,993 | $4,474 |
| Slovenia | $25,308 | $19,358 | $17,995 | $19,604 | $15,519 | $19,746 | $21,403 |
| South Africa | $3,661,694 | $3,593,904 | $5,015,563 | $2,564,117 | $3,971,222 | $5,325,648 | $7,479,817 |
| Spain | $3,547,578 | $3,371,374 | $2,249,629 | $1,975,843 | $2,228,302 | $1,909,665 | |
| Sri Lanka | $4,491 | $4,979 | $19,403 | $19,911 | $5,881 | $16,274 | $19,800 |
| Sudan | $631,512 | $582,463 | $1,325 | | $638,412 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $9,740,452 | $10,655,807 | $17,582,482 |
| Swaziland | | $329 | $137 | | | | |
| Sweden | $3,793,073 | $4,565,456 | $4,918,471 | $7,712,042 | $8,027,452 | $6,057,310 | $7,622,781 |
| Switzerland | $154,749 | $292,119 | $475,469 | $526,655 | $486,791 | $279,978 | $213,539 |
| Syria | | | | | | $840 | |
| Tanzania | $4,902,478 | $8,235,716 | $5,846,232 | $10,635,588 | $13,770,482 | $23,579,474 | $18,993,486 |
| Thailand | $2,482,985 | $3,765,340 | $4,520,171 | $5,002,242 | $6,793,810 | $7,191,373 | $7,360,122 |
| Togo | $390 | | | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $788 | | $4,280 | | $4,027 | | |
| Tunisia | $120,643 | $33,104 | $97,753 | $32,198 | $37,718 | $76,196 | |
| Turkey | $2,950,332 | $5,327,281 | $7,868,953 | $11,668,883 | $21,376,351 | $25,757,402 | $29,021,880 |
| Uganda | | $10,101 | $41 | $6,443 | $36,069 | | |
| Ukraine | $7,831 | $1,469 | $1,903 | $23,990 | | | $18,647 |
| United Arab Emirates | $58,026 | | $35,334 | $85,731 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $4,187,343 | $5,575,488 | $6,422,298 | $35,153,582 | $22,870,941 | $12,557,323 | $21,427,869 |
| United States | $2,427,146 | $2,203,610 | $2,691,767 | $2,809,666 | $4,503,288 | $6,248,631 | $15,684,280 |
| Uruguay | $708,000 | $938,356 | $1,427,550 | $1,602,190 | $1,401,800 | | |
| Venezuela | $1,279,603 | $1,651,702 | $1,409,484 | $3,445,434 | $3,037,948 | $2,257,105 | $2,912,625 |
| Vietnam | $526,445 | $415,652 | $844,897 | $950,706 | $1,107,576 | $1,410,940 | |
| Yemen | | | $1,038 | | $791 | | |
| Zambia | $171,830 | $338,336 | $624,837 | $526,362 | $237,988 | $881,904 | |
| Zimbabwe | $2,714,010 | $5,830,139 | $6,732,403 | $3,624,439 | $4,129,806 | $9,833,300 | |
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