RankCountryImports of Colloidal precious metals in USD (2010)
1France$65,021,249
2Austria$39,645,468
3China$13,753,048
4Luxembourg$5,089,261
5Italy$4,878,336
6India$4,671,841
7Belgium$3,033,329
8United Kingdom$2,840,014
9Japan$2,748,757
10Germany$2,538,433
11Slovakia$2,320,595
12Finland$2,203,732
13Spain$1,759,297
14United States$1,614,128
15Mexico$955,966
16Sweden$918,537
17Netherlands$886,939
18Slovenia$843,347
19Argentina$729,217
20Australia$649,860
21Turkey$564,543
22Thailand$548,356
23Switzerland$335,690
24Egypt$316,301
25Czech Republic$231,640
26Brazil$194,354
27Romania$168,012
28Ukraine$153,101
29Morocco$140,073
30Korea, South$118,718
31Poland$108,414
32Canada$93,249
33Greece$73,490
34Israel$71,000
35Denmark$60,457
36Belarus$59,100
37Bulgaria$56,680
38Iran$46,409
39Tunisia$41,050
40Indonesia$40,806
41Chile$39,768
42Ireland$39,023
43Hungary$34,000
44Colombia$27,313
45Dominican Republic$24,230
46Mauritius$23,915
47Lithuania$15,233
48Guatemala$12,741
49Norway$8,712
50Yemen$8,567
51Moldova$5,638
52Nicaragua$5,422
53Tanzania$4,696
54Serbia$4,172
55South Africa$2,654
56Portugal$2,217
57Vietnam$2,210
58Bhutan$2,178
59Estonia$2,071
60Malaysia$1,600
61Croatia$1,546
62Philippines$1,297
63Kenya$1,205
64New Zealand$795
65Ecuador$546
66Ethiopia$472
67Latvia$388
68Bermuda$344
69Costa Rica$336
70Cyprus$249
71Peru$215
72Bahamas, The$161
73Bosnia and Herzegovina$56
74Armenia$35
75Montenegro$29
76Lebanon$17
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania      $134
Algeria$87$2,254$954$598  $41
Argentina$41,008$32,218$33,642$105,375$22,359$729,217$1,050,755
Armenia$156$455   $35 
Australia$228,959$566,305$942,173$530,026$290,328$649,860$889,352
Austria$23,814,909$32,360,200$57,226,598$47,840,484$16,141,225$39,645,468 
Bahamas, The     $161$12
Bahrain   $1,372  $657
Barbados  $491    
Belarus$21,000$38,900$47,700$51,700$81,100$59,100$105,400
Belgium$3,340,873$4,433,943$3,154,472$3,913,473$3,331,144$3,033,329$4,798,154
Bermuda     $344 
Bhutan   $626$580$2,178 
Bolivia $370 $307   
Bosnia and Herzegovina$93  $81 $56 
Botswana  $72 $15  
Brazil$129,795$136,533$101,155$138,174$104,987$194,354$146,739
Bulgaria$30,031$29,283$63,658$216,612$251,949$56,680$1,992,019
Burundi    $5,392  
Cambodia   $7,648$6  
Canada$290,313$310,580$656,681$273,721$111,456$93,249$104,571
Chile$57,578$59,927$15,752$61,361$29,263$39,768$62
China$5,705,347$11,825,064$6,226,679$6,399,702$7,426,218$13,753,048$16,554,701
Colombia$1,089$171$213$11,796$79$27,313$25,065
Costa Rica$72$1,167$144$180$190$336$1,597
Croatia$9,898$1,825$1,374$7,204$16,331$1,546$3,550
Cyprus$404$408$315  $249 
Czech Republic$807,961$585,295$550,539$405,243$600,825$231,640$3,961,568
Denmark$275,936$208,421$300,669$399,653$252,359$60,457$73,621
Dominica $241     
Dominican Republic$136 $4,306  $24,230 
Ecuador   $453$5,400$546 
Egypt$206,575$6,481$25,002$172,831$2,283,144$316,301$2,887,960
El Salvador $936 $146$309  
Estonia$1,291$1,529$1,652$3,042$884$2,071$2,041
Ethiopia     $472 
Finland$105,294$1,021,666$1,541,801$1,399,782$806,958$2,203,732$985,098
France$71,809,482$74,751,548$99,899,247$113,796,167$44,971,188$65,021,249$89,965,404
French Polynesia  $472$126$2,280  
Gabon    $6,752  
Germany$800,000$1,026,000$1,950,000$2,438,000$1,800,000$2,538,433$5,425,088
Ghana  $135    
Greece$80,386$23,461$22,637$5,570$22,884$73,490$67,618
Greenland $90,664     
Guatemala $625   $12,741$24,751
Hong Kong$83,220$36,381$7,259$1,628  $46,432
Hungary$16,000$45,000$69,000$81,000$32,000$34,000$1,230,000
Iceland  $99   $104
India$1,327,706$334,455$508,926$314,390$2,302,946$4,671,841$2,020,083
Indonesia$5,487$10,836$12,551$56,321$12,734$40,806$2,476,069
Iran     $46,409 
Ireland $1,009$52,982$71,376$13,256$39,023$35,481
Israel$178,000$120,000$79,000$57,000$54,000$71,000$105,000
Italy$1,230,348$2,980,155$4,823,455$12,685,611$4,291,257$4,878,336$7,044,800
Japan$385,921$349,136$743,262$334,201$461,390$2,748,757$3,329,948
Kazakhstan   $54$170  
Kenya     $1,205 
Korea, South$54,328$13,811$1,150,819$19,011,902$101,676$118,718$303,021
Kuwait $313,658$10,844$26   
Latvia $369$1,856$3,305$686$388$8,430
Lebanon$1,000   $2,812$17 
Lesotho   $36,753   
Lithuania$16,293$10,930$19,216$20,849$17,076$15,233$29,062
Luxembourg$2,634,073$3,897,828$3,347,391$4,759,570$3,586,644$5,089,261$7,883,554
Macedonia$212$335$191$454$149  
Malawi    $12,899  
Malaysia$49,082$5,418$2,490$14,363$2,622$1,600 
Malta$311,293$79,145  $276  
Mauritius$499 $49$171 $23,915 
Mexico$1,034,368$3,967,679$3,365,651$3,815,171$2,541,297$955,966$604,725
Moldova  $4,677$8,045$15,003$5,638$16,915
Mongolia  $1    
Montenegro    $1,989$29 
Morocco$110,169$27,682$34,145$63,182$25,576$140,073 
Mozambique  $216    
Namibia$13$1,554     
Netherlands$951,025$2,126,913$1,162,527$984,289$301,293$886,939 
New Caledonia$153$169$117$29   
New Zealand$624$278$74$3,288$106$795$75
Nicaragua$310 $792$400 $5,422$298
Norway$1,008$2,666$740$10,397$1,727$8,712$1,025
Oman $598$291    
Pakistan  $410    
Peru$329$1,265$69$5,532$705$215$26,833
Philippines  $30,678 $1,123$1,297$2,154
Poland$468,905$766,168$494,762$984,704$426,113$108,414$306,989
Portugal$1,908$747$1,835$1,333$1,184$2,217$11,167
Qatar $110 $6,450   
Romania$264,553$80,514$115,998$10,751$50,826$168,012$53,844
Russia$8,855$1,554,077$4,828,787$4,825,511$5,364,849  
Rwanda  $3,947    
Saint Lucia $411     
Saudi Arabia$8,493$2,475     
Serbia$851 $59$844$4,217$4,172$5,128
Singapore      $1,137,169
Slovakia$1,755$73,393$792,340$560,112$314,434$2,320,595$47,129,422
Slovenia$702,447$1,075,359$1,289,499$508,253$277,087$843,347$883,556
South Africa$14,823$4,398$16,765$21,747$28,633$2,654$2,263
Spain$1,301,846$2,062,218$1,723,723$2,409,240$1,716,204$1,759,297 
Sri Lanka $1,833$13,111 $848  
Suriname    $11,092  
Swaziland $1,624     
Sweden$19,155$2,038$478,418$2,577,711$490,388$918,537$1,173,257
Switzerland$25,899,424$6,944,286$401,503$667,138$386,325$335,690$394,122
Tanzania   $26 $4,696 
Thailand$61,461$228,100$90,062$185,679$310,268$548,356$199,408
Trinidad and Tobago  $171    
Tunisia $24,481$20,075$30,395$28,582$41,050 
Turkey$248,499$408,142$196,422$64,634$244,366$564,543$614,924
Uganda    $7  
Ukraine$59,405$93,553$100,762$220,170$62,748$153,101$180,491
United Arab Emirates$54,353 $13,883$100,381   
United Kingdom$1,134,577$3,097,113$2,292,102$2,152,165$2,431,577$2,840,014$3,223,240
United States$1,150,649$682,750$495,627$632,687$1,698,448$1,614,128$2,337,370
Uruguay$2,872$2,974$16,689$29,869$3,505  
Venezuela$24,430$27,700$2,851,597$4,640,404$1,226,843 $23,198
Vietnam$70,825$303,936$36,805$3,365 $2,210 
Yemen    $5,262$8,567$5,106
Zambia   $377   
Zimbabwe$8,570$1,532$8,292$6,380$5,113