| Rank | Country | Imports of Molybdates in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Japan | $30,828,938 |  | | 2 | United States | $30,314,943 |  | | 3 | Denmark | $21,196,120 |  | | 4 | France | $14,063,306 |  | | 5 | Belgium | $13,914,433 |  | | 6 | Canada | $10,337,285 |  | | 7 | Korea, South | $8,574,564 |  | | 8 | Germany | $7,853,773 |  | | 9 | Spain | $5,825,143 |  | | 10 | Netherlands | $5,557,623 |  | | 11 | Italy | $4,493,524 |  | | 12 | United Kingdom | $3,529,838 |  | | 13 | Brazil | $2,059,214 |  | | 14 | Australia | $1,924,575 |  | | 15 | South Africa | $1,794,519 |  | | 16 | Russia | $1,424,803 |  | | 17 | Mexico | $1,329,130 |  | | 18 | China | $994,264 |  | | 19 | Thailand | $981,102 |  | | 20 | Turkey | $957,454 |  | | 21 | Colombia | $929,828 |  | | 22 | Saudi Arabia | $914,934 |  | | 23 | Malaysia | $852,662 |  | | 24 | Argentina | $800,847 |  | | 25 | Singapore | $740,826 |  | | 26 | Finland | $650,128 |  | | 27 | Belarus | $551,400 |  | | 28 | Indonesia | $440,032 |  | | 29 | Israel | $403,000 |  | | 30 | New Zealand | $401,473 |  | | 31 | Paraguay | $314,934 |  | | 32 | Kenya | $263,066 |  | | 33 | Ukraine | $235,987 |  | | 34 | Philippines | $227,795 |  | | 35 | Switzerland | $196,057 |  | | 36 | Ecuador | $174,738 |  | | 37 | Sweden | $165,843 |  | | 38 | Venezuela | $164,458 |  | | 39 | Peru | $152,877 |  | | 40 | Austria | $152,018 |  | | 41 | Czech Republic | $143,655 |  | | 42 | India | $143,410 |  | | 43 | Greece | $116,713 |  | | 44 | Vietnam | $104,400 |  | | 45 | Egypt | $98,341 |  | | 46 | Iceland | $83,761 |  | | 47 | Costa Rica | $80,995 |  | | 48 | Zimbabwe | $62,472 |  | | 49 | Portugal | $61,892 |  | | 50 | Morocco | $51,670 |  | | 51 | Chile | $51,227 |  | | 52 | Romania | $46,895 |  | | 53 | Jamaica | $42,833 |  | | 54 | Iran | $42,283 |  | | 55 | Tunisia | $41,430 |  | | 56 | Guatemala | $38,218 |  | | 57 | Bulgaria | $37,867 |  | | 58 | Ireland | $35,693 |  | | 59 | Slovakia | $35,325 |  | | 60 | Croatia | $28,740 |  | | 61 | Poland | $28,596 |  | | 62 | Bahrain | $26,159 |  | | 63 | Hungary | $24,000 |  | | 64 | Ethiopia | $21,243 |  | | 65 | Norway | $19,685 |  | | 66 | Pakistan | $17,456 |  | | 67 | Algeria | $16,062 |  | | 68 | Serbia | $15,235 |  | | 69 | Bolivia | $14,477 |  | | 70 | Lithuania | $12,917 |  | | 71 | Oman | $12,837 |  | | 72 | Jordan | $10,962 |  | | 73 | Slovenia | $10,195 |  | | 74 | Uganda | $9,310 |  | | 75 | Georgia | $7,947 |  | | 76 | Nigeria | $7,264 |  | | 77 | Sri Lanka | $6,070 |  | | 78 | Cyprus | $5,249 |  | | 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5,016 |  | | 80 | Mauritius | $4,310 |  | | 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | $4,139 |  | | 82 | Cameroon | $3,508 |  | | 83 | Madagascar | $3,352 |  | | 84 | Dominican Republic | $2,933 |  | | 85 | Latvia | $2,562 |  | | 86 | Luxembourg | $2,542 |  | | 87 | Moldova | $2,489 |  | | 88 | Albania | $2,469 |  | | 89 | El Salvador | $2,347 |  | | 90 | Panama | $1,957 |  | | 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | $1,686 |  | | 92 | New Caledonia | $1,642 |  | | 93 | Lebanon | $1,620 |  | | 94 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,519 |  | | 95 | Niger | $1,432 |  | | 96 | Mozambique | $1,375 |  | | 97 | Guyana | $1,350 |  | | 98 | Senegal | $1,344 |  | | 99 | Ghana | $1,249 |  | | 100 | Estonia | $1,234 |  | | 101 | Fiji | $1,216 |  | | 102 | Burkina Faso | $818 |  | | 103 | Montenegro | $735 |  | | 104 | Cambodia | $714 |  | | 105 | Hong Kong | $403 |  | | 106 | Botswana | $342 |  | | 107 | French Polynesia | $331 |  | | 108 | Yemen | $190 |  | | 109 | Bhutan | $139 |  | | 110 | Maldives | $132 |  | | 111 | Azerbaijan | $119 |  | | 112 | Malta | $106 |  | | 113 | Barbados | $63 |  | | 114 | Nepal | $61 |  | | 115 | Armenia | $11 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $437 | | | | $1,506 | $2,469 | $351 |
| Algeria | $36,452 | $10,189 | $2,419 | $6,648 | $4,459 | $16,062 | $27,272 |
| Argentina | $644,023 | $1,036,776 | $1,069,531 | $1,873,905 | $813,087 | $800,847 | $1,026,639 |
| Armenia | | $85 | $1,110 | | $66 | $11 | $1,723 |
| Australia | $4,899,367 | $3,140,377 | $3,438,743 | $3,742,272 | $1,299,271 | $1,924,575 | $2,146,585 |
| Austria | $464,509 | $406,334 | $256,217 | $221,376 | $138,474 | $152,018 | |
| Azerbaijan | $478 | | $109 | $2,201 | $684 | $119 | $2,410 |
| Bahamas, The | | | | | $53 | | |
| Bahrain | $465 | | | $51 | $6,150 | $26,159 | $22,432 |
| Bangladesh | $25,011 | $30,600 | $24,853 | | | | |
| Barbados | | | $481 | $18,432 | | $63 | $586 |
| Belarus | $1,495,400 | $2,006,300 | $1,648,600 | $1,590,300 | $1,018,700 | $551,400 | $1,311,000 |
| Belgium | $24,763,218 | $24,447,501 | $24,497,280 | $32,860,264 | $12,558,433 | $13,914,433 | $15,690,618 |
| Belize | $140 | $135 | $592 | $490 | $22 | | |
| Bhutan | $120 | | | $229 | $601 | $139 | |
| Bolivia | $380 | $456 | $13,913 | $3,616 | $6,624 | $14,477 | $4,690 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,459 | $3,149 | $6,156 | $5,090 | $2,853 | $5,016 | $6,632 |
| Botswana | $145 | $268 | | | $246 | $342 | $480 |
| Brazil | $12,347,127 | $3,287,493 | $9,155,707 | $11,299,306 | $1,886,161 | $2,059,214 | $3,728,912 |
| Brunei | | $17,613 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $17,519 | $20,538 | $18,523 | $45,696 | $15,451 | $37,867 | $129,482 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $359 | | $4,181 | $818 | |
| Cambodia | $355 | | | | | $714 | |
| Cameroon | $21,026 | | $581 | $45,159 | $469 | $3,508 | |
| Canada | $11,597,673 | $7,286,031 | $8,202,239 | $7,280,859 | $2,645,686 | $10,337,285 | $3,399,137 |
| Cape Verde | | | | $72 | | | |
| Central African Republic | $72 | | | | | | |
| Chile | $270,462 | $223,418 | $110,109 | $150,023 | $118,882 | $51,227 | $71,160 |
| China | $2,198,722 | $1,901,297 | $1,540,869 | $1,458,427 | $2,376,646 | $994,264 | $1,165,013 |
| Colombia | $929,948 | $1,716,708 | $2,615,763 | $2,223,491 | $603,749 | $929,828 | $1,207,487 |
| Costa Rica | $102,955 | $113,034 | $85,719 | $249,467 | $27,137 | $80,995 | $84,493 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $1,509 | $5,390 | $3,874 | $4,173 | $1,582 | $1,686 | $2,291 |
| Croatia | $12,076 | $8,369 | $21,692 | $23,700 | $14,589 | $28,740 | $61,794 |
| Cuba | $4,859 | $9,610 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $4,573 | $23,535 | $2,889 | $15,418 | $9,477 | $5,249 | $12,048 |
| Czech Republic | $257,744 | $191,685 | $303,151 | $3,024,502 | $122,692 | $143,655 | $161,478 |
| Denmark | $97,432 | $4,337,244 | $2,944,344 | $39,236,149 | $9,995,023 | $21,196,120 | $29,965,587 |
| Dominica | | | | | $364 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $4,376 | $178 | $19,845 | | $366 | $2,933 | $4,443 |
| Ecuador | $185,780 | $212,357 | $215,832 | $197,180 | $120,233 | $174,738 | $229,533 |
| Egypt | $1,758 | $57,330 | $22,188 | $205,740 | $49,309 | $98,341 | $31,368 |
| El Salvador | $2,235 | $4,294 | $2,242 | $3,806 | $1,562 | $2,347 | |
| Estonia | $113,430 | $114,560 | $9,792 | $3,436 | $4,709 | $1,234 | $4,536 |
| Ethiopia | $1,982 | $9,855 | $38,534 | $33,885 | $96,565 | $21,243 | $6,079 |
| Fiji | | $318 | | | | $1,216 | |
| Finland | $1,185,305 | $982,611 | $2,136,674 | $2,982,973 | $161,897 | $650,128 | $387,194 |
| France | $31,049,588 | $18,148,943 | $20,559,055 | $29,565,579 | $10,645,629 | $14,063,306 | $15,577,009 |
| French Polynesia | $104 | $202 | $1,342 | $438 | $158 | $331 | $269 |
| Gabon | | $282 | | $533 | | | |
| Georgia | $682 | $319 | | $2,291 | $453 | $7,947 | |
| Germany | $3,751,000 | $23,947,000 | $15,694,000 | $15,837,000 | $5,097,000 | $7,853,773 | $6,016,615 |
| Ghana | $996 | $123 | $274 | $8,422 | $114 | $1,249 | $2,355 |
| Greece | $161,878 | $229,120 | $97,115 | $161,834 | $54,056 | $116,713 | $128,698 |
| Grenada | | | $340 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $73,583 | $47,657 | $67,747 | $85,893 | $40,441 | $38,218 | $48,419 |
| Guinea | | | $10,907 | | | | |
| Guyana | $182 | | $108 | $593 | $435 | $1,350 | $166 |
| Honduras | $32 | $38,154 | $40,411 | | $29,867 | | |
| Hong Kong | $32,629 | $50,352 | $32,817 | $1,078,785 | $78,266 | $403 | $25,364 |
| Hungary | $927,000 | $811,000 | $926,000 | $200,000 | $41,000 | $24,000 | $50,000 |
| Iceland | $531 | $215 | | $1,116 | $4,393 | $83,761 | $17,919 |
| India | $1,557,678 | $916,020 | $1,790,272 | $1,264,055 | $29,350 | $143,410 | $36,744 |
| Indonesia | $1,144,296 | $713,450 | $840,693 | $831,902 | $262,625 | $440,032 | $473,669 |
| Iran | $144,199 | $68,051 | | | | $42,283 | |
| Ireland | $177,825 | $173,448 | $133,494 | $115,568 | $98,782 | $35,693 | $43,957 |
| Israel | $503,000 | $379,000 | $322,000 | $416,000 | $181,000 | $403,000 | $469,000 |
| Italy | $5,432,166 | $6,141,518 | $6,884,322 | $7,806,201 | $3,146,650 | $4,493,524 | $5,040,925 |
| Jamaica | $30,612 | $7,680 | $74,269 | $8,762 | $40,362 | $42,833 | |
| Japan | $45,606,581 | $40,760,777 | $46,117,848 | $68,149,530 | $20,545,292 | $30,828,938 | $40,312,697 |
| Jordan | $24,487 | | $12,691 | $3,821 | | $10,962 | $1,155 |
| Kazakhstan | $3,827 | $12,287 | $10,326 | $26,281 | $11,484 | | |
| Kenya | $65,683 | $271,025 | $276,400 | $255,307 | $159,482 | $263,066 | |
| Korea, South | $16,235,797 | $14,421,605 | $13,715,638 | $20,865,245 | $5,673,426 | $8,574,564 | $9,529,665 |
| Kuwait | | $2,595,974 | $1,224,147 | $439,087 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $358 | | $7,510 | | | $1,519 | |
| Latvia | $6,188 | $11,514 | $4,207 | $6,391 | $5,252 | $2,562 | $8,508 |
| Lebanon | $4,000 | $3,487 | $3,242 | $1,834 | $4,812 | $1,620 | $2,355 |
| Lithuania | $20,533 | $20,376 | $118,706 | $41,209 | $29,940 | $12,917 | $14,271 |
| Luxembourg | $55,746 | $100,916 | $78,137 | $104,533 | $27,504 | $2,542 | |
| Macau | | | | | $1,512 | | |
| Macedonia | $6,411 | $4,298 | $4,648 | $10,594 | $5,308 | | $1,689 |
| Madagascar | $782 | $1,029 | $422 | $2,475 | $10,590 | $3,352 | |
| Malawi | | | | | | | $233 |
| Malaysia | $666,010 | $503,770 | $572,486 | $370,386 | $587,567 | $852,662 | $834,728 |
| Maldives | | $18 | $365 | $610 | $340 | $132 | $865 |
| Malta | $78 | $718 | $102 | | $127 | $106 | |
| Mauritius | $6,390 | $3,028 | $1,096 | $1,315 | $6,528 | $4,310 | $723 |
| Mayotte | | | | | $571 | | |
| Mexico | $2,335,960 | $3,108,666 | $1,809,777 | $2,065,004 | $856,530 | $1,329,130 | $1,576,845 |
| Moldova | | $61 | $1,599 | $1,354 | $805 | $2,489 | $551 |
| Mongolia | | $48 | $428 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $358 | $1,474 | $1,857 | $1,201 | $735 | $882 |
| Morocco | $12,929 | $15,316 | $16,468 | $28,104 | $20,650 | $51,670 | |
| Mozambique | $354 | $1,778 | $470 | $209 | | $1,375 | $2,000 |
| Namibia | $2,331 | | $321 | $12,876 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $61 | |
| Netherlands | $12,860,593 | $10,836,830 | $16,165,573 | $14,505,004 | $6,046,776 | $5,557,623 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | $25 | | $40,467 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $1,749 | $1,001 | $1,374 | $1,036 | $2,448 | $1,642 | $1,794 |
| New Zealand | $607,445 | $559,310 | $712,721 | $696,857 | $183,960 | $401,473 | $494,948 |
| Nicaragua | | | $7,148 | $543 | | | $2,641 |
| Niger | $336 | $123 | | $1,256 | | $1,432 | $987 |
| Nigeria | | $701 | $3,709 | | | $7,264 | |
| Norway | $37,590 | $12,753 | $14,237 | $15,945 | $10,907 | $19,685 | $9,882 |
| Oman | $4,549 | | $21,272 | $27,168 | $41,982 | $12,837 | |
| Pakistan | $2,433 | $37,248 | $91,820 | $30,793 | $47,806 | $17,456 | $47,900 |
| Panama | $484 | $2,215 | $2,690 | $607 | $2,285 | $1,957 | $887 |
| Paraguay | $759 | $208,866 | $87,596 | $282,945 | $33,143 | $314,934 | $344,583 |
| Peru | $183,188 | $86,966 | $146,261 | $190,501 | $152,948 | $152,877 | $215,284 |
| Philippines | $495,864 | $858,327 | $593,635 | $519,380 | $136,943 | $227,795 | $170,111 |
| Poland | $448,830 | $305,079 | $293,213 | $386,603 | $114,052 | $28,596 | $490,013 |
| Portugal | $72,671 | $119,153 | $49,738 | $139,807 | $72,136 | $61,892 | $72,649 |
| Romania | $43,012 | $160,834 | $110,946 | $118,539 | $45,065 | $46,895 | $63,657 |
| Russia | $2,406,490 | $1,645,474 | $3,263,126 | $857,588 | $1,224,449 | $1,424,803 | $892,033 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | $443 |
| Saint Lucia | | $125 | $231 | $122 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $169 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,501,942 | $1,014,137 | $1,507,084 | | | $914,934 | |
| Senegal | $1,545 | $4,219 | $17,318 | $6,596 | $17,547 | $1,344 | |
| Serbia | $5,093 | $8,159 | $8,960 | $16,514 | $14,344 | $15,235 | $18,223 |
| Seychelles | | $59 | | | | | |
| Singapore | $1,227,179 | $1,130,349 | $2,316,717 | $3,660,069 | $1,103,653 | $740,826 | $1,315,713 |
| Slovakia | $17,352 | $15,710 | $18,796 | $47,017 | $26,786 | $35,325 | $52,232 |
| Slovenia | $20,534 | $21,163 | $16,735 | $107,074 | $16,921 | $10,195 | $36,291 |
| South Africa | $3,822,849 | $2,440,353 | $2,672,672 | $3,038,030 | $2,360,589 | $1,794,519 | $2,051,852 |
| Spain | $10,398,153 | $11,403,741 | $11,786,742 | $11,152,196 | $4,238,325 | $5,825,143 | |
| Sri Lanka | $1,992 | $1,151 | $9,632 | $7,906 | $2,587 | $6,070 | $5,405 |
| Sweden | $1,200,061 | $186,401 | $90,074 | $217,683 | $95,232 | $165,843 | $143,998 |
| Switzerland | $174,802 | $208,909 | $310,382 | $283,739 | $219,301 | $196,057 | $245,324 |
| Tanzania | $1,197 | $944 | $850 | $3,562 | $5,193 | | $3,001 |
| Thailand | $1,349,212 | $917,066 | $873,428 | $897,931 | $596,521 | $981,102 | $1,646,468 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $68,233 | $27,748 | $11,702 | $91,846 | $91,846 | $4,139 | |
| Tunisia | $9,497 | $48,523 | $17,608 | $25,047 | $28,028 | $41,430 | |
| Turkey | $904,396 | $764,680 | $660,598 | $1,054,005 | $555,660 | $957,454 | $1,120,399 |
| Uganda | | | | $94 | $950 | $9,310 | |
| Ukraine | $5,496 | $16,336 | $60,603 | $81,030 | $68,745 | $235,987 | $267,557 |
| United Arab Emirates | $115,195 | | $107,776 | $115,511 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $4,165,897 | $3,891,910 | $4,758,068 | $7,532,087 | $2,326,922 | $3,529,838 | $3,294,560 |
| United States | $55,474,035 | $37,294,272 | $32,923,488 | $15,360,498 | $20,716,851 | $30,314,943 | $22,679,242 |
| Uruguay | $17,593 | $15,615 | $9,959 | $2,960 | $4,078 | | |
| Vanuatu | | | $266 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $699,754 | $420,619 | $319,902 | $658,062 | $182,366 | $164,458 | $571,061 |
| Vietnam | $44,660 | $72,510 | $41,922 | $47,146 | $159,739 | $104,400 | |
| Yemen | $57 | $188,137 | $392,665 | | | $190 | |
| Zambia | | $3,884 | | | $12,080 | | |
| Zimbabwe | $95 | $69,302 | $30,936 | $18,904 | $18,412 | $62,472 | |
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