RankCountryImports of Disodium tetraborate (ref. borax), anhydrous in USD (2010)
1India$18,449,748
2Belgium$10,468,946
3Japan$7,224,023
4Mexico$4,706,369
5China$4,573,811
6France$2,884,237
7Brazil$2,817,682
8Italy$1,912,423
9United Kingdom$1,466,795
10Germany$1,379,180
11Thailand$1,285,987
12Sweden$1,193,737
13South Africa$1,033,568
14Spain$824,967
15Chile$603,260
16Canada$569,193
17Australia$561,357
18Austria$522,347
19Finland$490,028
20Russia$459,620
21Peru$433,194
22Nigeria$344,020
23Korea, South$242,596
24United States$200,046
25Mali$177,078
26Netherlands$167,047
27Syria$138,856
28Switzerland$137,862
29Zimbabwe$127,022
30Egypt$119,203
31Colombia$117,407
32Vietnam$111,120
33Ghana$74,652
34Slovenia$68,334
35Morocco$62,608
36Venezuela$44,187
37Singapore$40,681
38Hungary$40,000
39Algeria$38,672
40Portugal$31,190
41Czech Republic$31,108
42Argentina$27,006
43Zambia$24,722
44Philippines$23,412
45Hong Kong$22,607
46Nicaragua$19,636
47Denmark$19,181
48Cote d'Ivoire$18,170
49Burkina Faso$17,765
50Jordan$17,742
51Croatia$15,917
52Poland$15,391
53Greece$12,568
54Tanzania$10,905
55Slovakia$9,867
56Jamaica$6,458
57Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,897
58Turkey$5,294
59New Zealand$4,163
60Malawi$3,626
61Ireland$3,539
62Indonesia$3,330
63Estonia$3,264
64Botswana$3,133
65Sri Lanka$2,149
66Madagascar$1,934
67Romania$1,860
68Paraguay$1,719
69Armenia$1,066
70Israel$1,000
71Nepal$984
72Yemen$900
73Suriname$894
74Belarus$800
75Ethiopia$695
76Tunisia$503
77Malta$490
78Serbia$465
79Iceland$454
80Guyana$434
81Moldova$294
82Mauritius$259
83Kenya$250
84Ukraine$193
85French Polynesia$169
86Bolivia$160
87New Caledonia$133
88Lebanon$126
89Costa Rica$120
90Bahamas, The$91
91Guatemala$78
92Uganda$62
93Cyprus$53
94Georgia$42
95Azerbaijan$25
96Pakistan$25
97Bermuda$16
98Trinidad and Tobago$14
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania   $3,266$1,660  
Algeria$156$117$737$1,645$1,581$38,672$33,992
Antigua and Barbuda      $89
Argentina$2,979$6,113$6,580$8,921$9,454$27,006$74,301
Armenia $51$89$139$62$1,066$383
Australia$534,104$650,719$627,091$674,404$373,517$561,357$971,710
Austria$336,844$428,476$442,029$528,209$393,690$522,347 
Azerbaijan $38 $369 $25$2,621
Bahamas, The $230   $91 
Bangladesh$203$150$3,656    
Barbados$7  $236  $28
Belarus $1,200$900$1,600$900$800$900
Belgium$5,051,939$6,364,984$8,265,693$5,908,786$4,667,966$10,468,946$12,066,952
Belize$48$883     
Bermuda     $16 
Bolivia$1,087$2,482$2,034 $4,988$160 
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,243$12,504$5,482$21,204$14,643$5,897$25,970
Botswana$2,961$4,644$13,640$6,649$10,355$3,133$6,096
Brazil$2,392,106$2,005,106$2,907,722$2,609,541$2,333,274$2,817,682$1,866,477
Bulgaria$2,341$240$368$1,534$175 $168
Burkina Faso   $2,883$3,331$17,765 
Cambodia  $176$2,362   
Cameroon    $409  
Canada$2,145,072$1,950,955$1,465,745$1,222,430$690,634$569,193$812,693
Chile$233,548$261,014$377,904$576,773$498,058$603,260$778,366
China$2,945,456$2,370,454$3,027,777$3,130,130$1,598,723$4,573,811$3,985,459
Colombia$1,173$7,028$833$104,312$12,815$117,407$101,103
Costa Rica $17 $30 $120$313
Cote d'Ivoire   $92 $18,170$20,987
Croatia$15,963$5,929$16,433$18,620$15,884$15,917$5,460
Cuba$6,196$9,939     
Cyprus $26$42 $134$53$24
Czech Republic$90,213$63,114$95,392$48,860$63,388$31,108$53,367
Denmark$23,928$2,939$18,113$7,155$23,719$19,181$1,175
Dominican Republic$9$298 $750   
East Timor$2,242      
Ecuador$26$183$118$802$217 $133
Egypt$17,763$271,214$198,218$270,247$28,404$119,203$973,984
El Salvador$5,565 $6,263    
Estonia$825$1,752$1,011$1,195$1,395$3,264$4,782
Ethiopia$3,824$446 $374$14,925$695$8,664
Fiji $274$801$697   
Finland$248,681$291,125$330,862$282,824$342,286$490,028$366,954
France$7,042,585$7,534,542$7,186,542$7,573,739$7,499,131$2,884,237$2,714,671
French Polynesia    $13$169 
Georgia$96 $3,271  $42 
Germany$1,486,000$2,087,000$1,438,000$2,566,000$2,195,000$1,379,180$1,811,228
Ghana$60,478$127,610$121,560$48,513$47,089$74,652$290,325
Greece  $12,543$487$3,947$12,568$6,494
Guatemala$17,415$8,329$12,740$505$75,620$78$16,855
Guinea  $10,690    
Guyana $2,718$99$4,767$4,265$434 
Honduras    $1,101  
Hong Kong$222,011$124,723$27,194$231,033$3,478$22,607 
Hungary$4,000$15,000 $6,000$23,000$40,000$49,000
Iceland$40$178$153 $742$454$363
India$4,039,177$7,573,394$12,928,521$13,063,191$6,819,888$18,449,748$29,106,033
Indonesia$24,000$2,437$2,647$20,835$4,993$3,330$16,317
Iran$29,408      
Ireland$2,427$1,362 $5,954$691$3,539$997
Israel$23,000$15,000$57,000$21,000$15,000$1,000$2,000
Italy$1,342,732$1,352,733$1,082,425$1,267,290$1,859,680$1,912,423$2,160,791
Jamaica$28,947$1,934$3,169$10,097$7$6,458 
Japan$7,891,019$7,605,504$8,433,450$9,718,270$5,047,024$7,224,023$6,758,079
Jordan$13,709$19,618$19,247$5,832 $17,742$9,408
Kazakhstan$9,513$27,313$7,059$315$18,369  
Kenya$366  $17,723$957$250 
Korea, South$161,665$87,108$32,673$69,992$161,973$242,596$255,217
Kuwait $67,199$596,670$639,216   
Kyrgyzstan$59 $74   $3,085
Latvia   $82  $16
Lebanon$8,000$56$1,845$4,881$25$126$1,245
Lithuania $36$351$379$87 $231
Luxembourg$1,679$1,781$2,467$1,526$42  
Macau$2,250$3,588$2,561$3,666$3,313  
Macedonia$65$317$2,037$26$32 $475
Madagascar$2,226$483$2,595$1,758$2,003$1,934 
Malawi   $30$2,176$3,626$124
Malaysia$34,042 $28,988$27,521$107 $45,943
Maldives$633 $35$8   
Mali  $19,875$25,945 $177,078 
Malta  $299 $14$490 
Mauritius$1,036 $861$2,130$5,643$259 
Mayotte  $33    
Mexico$2,703,097$3,229,017$3,760,061$3,808,162$4,021,058$4,706,369$4,297,122
Moldova$12$8$316$51$145$294 
Mongolia$1,543$1,003$373    
Montenegro $5    $305
Morocco$60,870$63,792$28,727$28,065$44,035$62,608 
Mozambique$23 $96 $399  
Namibia$5,774$8,644$20,151$11,121   
Nepal     $984 
Netherlands$544,508$1,270,118$1,533,108$750,005$165,990$167,047 
Netherlands Antilles$1,049$127     
New Caledonia$135$28   $133 
New Zealand$399$42,086$296$101$8,724$4,163$413
Nicaragua$9,430$14,744$4,299$11,579$10,646$19,636$24,061
Niger$1,844$6,946  $3,239  
Nigeria  $1,156$789$1,751$344,020 
Oman $62 $101$6,328  
Pakistan $1,366$91$308$1,621$25$51
Panama$893  $238   
Paraguay$3,287   $242$1,719$5
Peru$255,380$188,414$149,309$236,003$259,415$433,194$330,959
Philippines$321,556$123,570$209,828$33,479$83,000$23,412$83,611
Poland$2,775$5,698$7,838$3,940$986$15,391$18,369
Portugal$76,081$486,061$778,138$597,265$787,580$31,190$98,796
Qatar  $5,002$2,656   
Romania$6,512$3,023$3,643$1,724$10,694$1,860$1,796
Russia$102,686$71,780$287,167$338,255$87,448$459,620$154,322
Saint Kitts and Nevis $10     
Saint Lucia $31     
Saudi Arabia$33$120$474    
Serbia$95$23,958$7,595$35,708$10,905$465$1,291
Singapore$418 $21$4,781$2,326$40,681$79,207
Slovakia $539$1,090 $5,035$9,867$29,794
Slovenia$114,668$85,529$77,370$31,847$30,689$68,334$62,874
South Africa$598,969$686,014$768,296$861,003$565,003$1,033,568$943,317
Spain$627,544$518,995$546,464$1,016,044$163,160$824,967 
Sri Lanka$20,791$133 $1,794$50$2,149$103
Sudan    $654  
Suriname     $894$13,610
Swaziland $4,489     
Sweden$4,286$6,385$126,282$80,361$352,215$1,193,737$1,678,945
Switzerland$60,983$71,921$72,455$77,117$101,779$137,862$193,347
Syria$197,430$99,641$54,376$60,542 $138,856 
Tanzania$44,355$5,024$5,944$16,844$23,262$10,905$4,354
Thailand$709,213$489,613$686,416$944,362$857,142$1,285,987$682,842
Trinidad and Tobago$271$131  $115$14 
Tunisia$72,930$33,683$45,165$410$2,133$503 
Turkey$22,925$69,147$52,895$139,480$2,097$5,294$4,523
Uganda  $229$116$23$62 
Ukraine  $28$190$142$193$260
United Arab Emirates  $18,817$48,104   
United Kingdom$1,060,500$1,147,239$1,353,436$1,393,179$985,872$1,466,795$1,628,059
United States$369,962$849,676$722,306$861,985$418,280$200,046$1,057,136
Uruguay$4,997$12,200$17,185$19,734$39,291  
Venezuela$725$250$5,389$5,759$17,639$44,187 
Vietnam$162,769$164,216$172,398$277,953$119,883$111,120 
Yemen$1,360$1,383  $117$900 
Zambia$2,199$9,545$9,130$10,072$2,601$24,722 
Zimbabwe$1,010$58,239$31,093$60,024$32,125$127,022