| Rank | Country | Imports of Carbides other than of carbon/silicon, whether or not chemically defined in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $133,019,110 |  | | 2 | Japan | $126,145,916 |  | | 3 | Germany | $102,048,709 |  | | 4 | United Kingdom | $49,520,335 |  | | 5 | Korea, South | $49,354,164 |  | | 6 | Austria | $48,085,172 |  | | 7 | Sweden | $45,354,902 |  | | 8 | Israel | $37,014,000 |  | | 9 | Canada | $22,190,462 |  | | 10 | Switzerland | $21,451,882 |  | | 11 | France | $20,281,116 |  | | 12 | Italy | $16,690,511 |  | | 13 | Netherlands | $15,213,198 |  | | 14 | South Africa | $12,732,492 |  | | 15 | India | $10,028,489 |  | | 16 | Czech Republic | $5,956,251 |  | | 17 | Brazil | $5,192,376 |  | | 18 | Australia | $4,391,331 |  | | 19 | Russia | $4,079,817 |  | | 20 | Portugal | $3,952,472 |  | | 21 | Luxembourg | $3,729,308 |  | | 22 | Ireland | $3,512,587 |  | | 23 | China | $3,141,623 |  | | 24 | Belgium | $2,214,548 |  | | 25 | Mexico | $2,123,233 |  | | 26 | Spain | $2,109,732 |  | | 27 | New Zealand | $1,818,270 |  | | 28 | Poland | $1,311,301 |  | | 29 | Hong Kong | $1,082,597 |  | | 30 | Ukraine | $1,015,698 |  | | 31 | Peru | $900,464 |  | | 32 | Turkey | $890,226 |  | | 33 | Malaysia | $592,048 |  | | 34 | Thailand | $577,838 |  | | 35 | Indonesia | $573,218 |  | | 36 | Philippines | $559,328 |  | | 37 | Singapore | $469,164 |  | | 38 | Saudi Arabia | $400,534 |  | | 39 | Iran | $392,674 |  | | 40 | Argentina | $363,954 |  | | 41 | Greece | $321,423 |  | | 42 | Georgia | $304,940 |  | | 43 | Finland | $238,878 |  | | 44 | Norway | $229,680 |  | | 45 | Armenia | $210,330 |  | | 46 | Qatar | $190,717 |  | | 47 | Benin | $185,094 |  | | 48 | Denmark | $146,611 |  | | 49 | Slovenia | $140,254 |  | | 50 | Slovakia | $120,748 |  | | 51 | Venezuela | $104,766 |  | | 52 | Vietnam | $94,900 |  | | 53 | Guatemala | $82,717 |  | | 54 | Chile | $69,133 |  | | 55 | Serbia | $67,276 |  | | 56 | Aruba | $61,826 |  | | 57 | Algeria | $55,670 |  | | 58 | Bulgaria | $50,144 |  | | 59 | Lebanon | $47,507 |  | | 60 | Colombia | $40,119 |  | | 61 | Tanzania | $39,940 |  | | 62 | Romania | $39,891 |  | | 63 | Egypt | $33,271 |  | | 64 | Croatia | $32,740 |  | | 65 | Togo | $30,607 |  | | 66 | Sri Lanka | $29,746 |  | | 67 | Oman | $28,674 |  | | 68 | Belarus | $26,400 |  | | 69 | Zambia | $23,365 |  | | 70 | Albania | $21,902 |  | | 71 | Hungary | $21,000 |  | | 72 | Burkina Faso | $20,291 |  | | 73 | Madagascar | $17,066 |  | | 74 | Kenya | $16,564 |  | | 75 | Tunisia | $14,505 |  | | 76 | Bhutan | $11,423 |  | | 77 | Fiji | $11,134 |  | | 78 | Nepal | $9,905 |  | | 79 | Costa Rica | $9,403 |  | | 80 | Mauritania | $9,191 |  | | 81 | Nigeria | $8,988 |  | | 82 | Mali | $8,908 |  | | 83 | Ecuador | $7,497 |  | | 84 | Bolivia | $7,296 |  | | 85 | Botswana | $6,800 |  | | 86 | El Salvador | $6,681 |  | | 87 | Latvia | $6,334 |  | | 88 | Jamaica | $5,999 |  | | 89 | Barbados | $5,633 |  | | 90 | Jordan | $5,442 |  | | 91 | Dominican Republic | $4,569 |  | | 92 | Niger | $3,977 |  | | 93 | Morocco | $3,679 |  | | 94 | Uganda | $3,399 |  | | 95 | Cape Verde | $3,115 |  | | 96 | Cambodia | $2,034 |  | | 97 | Ghana | $1,882 |  | | 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,735 |  | | 99 | Cameroon | $1,662 |  | | 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1,656 |  | | 101 | Estonia | $1,612 |  | | 102 | Bahamas, The | $1,434 |  | | 103 | Tonga | $1,240 |  | | 104 | Pakistan | $1,042 |  | | 105 | Bahrain | $973 |  | | 106 | Lithuania | $932 |  | | 107 | Zimbabwe | $883 |  | | 108 | Iceland | $775 |  | | 109 | Malta | $676 |  | | 110 | Kyrgyzstan | $602 |  | | 111 | Mozambique | $326 |  | | 112 | Gambia, The | $252 |  | | 113 | Cyprus | $194 |  | | 114 | Suriname | $169 |  | | 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | $117 |  | | 116 | Guyana | $92 |  | | 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | $44 |  | | 118 | Belize | $38 |  | | 119 | Ethiopia | $35 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | $5,891 | | | $5,115 | $21,902 | |
| Algeria | $1,721 | $36,011 | $1,176 | $24,731 | $1,775 | $55,670 | $153,426 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $485 | | | | | $44 | |
| Argentina | $354,360 | $451,804 | $442,678 | $498,783 | $227,266 | $363,954 | $557,698 |
| Armenia | $15,957 | $20,939 | $59,569 | $150,172 | $132,066 | $210,330 | $223,498 |
| Aruba | | | | | | $61,826 | $13,822 |
| Australia | $1,541,859 | $4,399,453 | $6,089,090 | $7,607,987 | $2,784,406 | $4,391,331 | $4,604,182 |
| Austria | $483,254 | $542,611 | $1,306,370 | $1,994,572 | $22,196,199 | $48,085,172 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $120,507 | $16,622 | | | |
| Bahamas, The | $1,669 | $1,411 | $9,424 | $10,811 | $17,661 | $1,434 | |
| Bahrain | $4,904 | | | $2,511 | | $973 | $6,505 |
| Bangladesh | $5,838 | $61,201 | $35,074 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,237 | $544 | | | $456 | $5,633 | $1,548 |
| Belarus | $21,600 | $51,800 | $44,700 | $60,100 | $7,400 | $26,400 | $21,300 |
| Belgium | $2,062,623 | $3,652,062 | $4,426,722 | $2,542,219 | $1,158,466 | $2,214,548 | $2,802,048 |
| Belize | | $411 | | | | $38 | |
| Benin | $5,386 | $15,985 | | | | $185,094 | |
| Bhutan | $275 | $470 | $777 | $5,077 | $8,680 | $11,423 | |
| Bolivia | $1,146 | $2,304 | $10,535 | $6,648 | $1,297 | $7,296 | $32 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5,533 | $1,934 | $5,082 | $6,056 | $5,126 | $1,735 | $5,309 |
| Botswana | $3,614 | $1,066 | $23,556 | $1,190 | $12,859 | $6,800 | $35,733 |
| Brazil | $2,860,316 | $2,440,671 | $2,805,612 | $5,055,454 | $2,671,174 | $5,192,376 | $4,567,605 |
| Brunei | | $11,843 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $50,953 | $102,548 | $337,820 | $204,272 | $249,718 | $50,144 | $437,266 |
| Burkina Faso | $18,410 | | | $21,306 | $3,927 | $20,291 | |
| Burundi | | | | | $625 | | |
| Cambodia | | | | $148 | $227 | $2,034 | |
| Cameroon | $5,018 | | $4,099 | $7,386 | $31,914 | $1,662 | |
| Canada | $9,400,984 | $13,512,407 | $15,653,450 | $15,445,876 | $9,021,882 | $22,190,462 | $68,489,979 |
| Cape Verde | $2,652 | $6,953 | $7,844 | | $1,107 | $3,115 | $1,115 |
| Central African Republic | | | $78,554 | | | | |
| Chile | $58,873 | $45,516 | $107,164 | $152,643 | $38,454 | $69,133 | $205,398 |
| China | $3,945,827 | $4,434,432 | $1,876,373 | $2,049,602 | $1,840,392 | $3,141,623 | $7,067,323 |
| Colombia | $2,677 | $1,248 | $29,114 | $3,310 | $9,990 | $40,119 | $63,275 |
| Comoros | $489 | $253 | $877 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | | $4,420 | $415,885 | $515,705 | $380,419 | $9,403 | $4,781 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $534 | | | | $54 | | |
| Croatia | $42,055 | $36,707 | $49,604 | $73,141 | $31,810 | $32,740 | $80,082 |
| Cyprus | | | | | $47,220 | $194 | $55,985 |
| Czech Republic | $333,205 | $568,356 | $557,497 | $661,558 | $257,067 | $5,956,251 | $14,248,620 |
| Denmark | $208,688 | $110,534 | $95,208 | $217,417 | $77,841 | $146,611 | $320,237 |
| Dominican Republic | $2,136 | | $10,590 | | $45,710 | $4,569 | $98 |
| East Timor | $524 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $8,811 | $53,693 | $38,299 | $62,625 | $145 | $7,497 | $43,151 |
| Egypt | $132,611 | $57,638 | $23,495 | | | $33,271 | $53,248 |
| El Salvador | $518,383 | | $4,693 | $2 | $4,896 | $6,681 | |
| Estonia | $1,082 | $1,444 | $4,921 | $2,011 | $15,317 | $1,612 | $1,111 |
| Ethiopia | $6,612 | $155,888 | $634 | $28,085 | $386 | $35 | $3,560 |
| Faroe Islands | | | | $215 | | | |
| Fiji | $26,674 | $557 | $21,002 | $3,674 | $1,102 | $11,134 | |
| Finland | $678,114 | $875,003 | $367,432 | $414,765 | $243,040 | $238,878 | $468,173 |
| France | $21,140,198 | $35,401,425 | $37,457,586 | $42,734,160 | $17,516,015 | $20,281,116 | $44,527,010 |
| French Polynesia | | | | | $196 | | |
| Gabon | $32 | | | | $3,229 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | $3,191 | | | $252 | |
| Georgia | $128,294 | $174,091 | $278,284 | $364,020 | $64,584 | $304,940 | |
| Germany | $83,814,000 | $101,876,000 | $149,188,000 | $158,134,000 | $51,466,000 | $102,048,709 | $186,102,612 |
| Ghana | $17,025 | $7,604 | $4,713 | $16,223 | $3,174 | $1,882 | $21,525 |
| Greece | $259,187 | $556,639 | $389,669 | $261,139 | $179,758 | $321,423 | $37,533 |
| Guatemala | $10,269 | $38,006 | $17,954 | $12,359 | $38,613 | $82,717 | $65,863 |
| Guinea | $19,015 | | | $732 | | | |
| Guyana | | $13,652 | $815 | $1,323 | | $92 | |
| Honduras | $41 | $2,617 | $797 | | $974 | | |
| Hong Kong | $745,667 | $3,790,701 | $1,987,837 | $1,415,926 | $616,510 | $1,082,597 | $1,845,098 |
| Hungary | $44,000 | $27,000 | $110,000 | $84,000 | $21,000 | $21,000 | $221,000 |
| Iceland | | | $112 | | | $775 | |
| India | $4,920,896 | $7,610,295 | $11,051,406 | $13,933,324 | $8,441,161 | $10,028,489 | $13,377,854 |
| Indonesia | $428,116 | $460,416 | $894,371 | $2,140,113 | $760,330 | $573,218 | $844,243 |
| Iran | $42,619 | $67,437 | | | | $392,674 | |
| Ireland | $2,599,114 | $3,093,651 | $3,551,715 | $4,256,830 | $2,758,336 | $3,512,587 | $4,885,953 |
| Israel | $24,587,000 | $32,772,000 | $44,770,000 | $53,375,000 | $7,327,000 | $37,014,000 | $35,698,000 |
| Italy | $11,122,091 | $16,792,491 | $17,706,970 | $17,769,388 | $6,523,414 | $16,690,511 | $30,277,380 |
| Jamaica | $19,167 | $6,888 | $8,225 | $8,984 | $14,410 | $5,999 | |
| Japan | $98,444,744 | $130,633,047 | $110,124,701 | $119,933,517 | $38,323,596 | $126,145,916 | $198,188,829 |
| Jordan | $65,732 | $8,035 | $632 | | $18,372 | $5,442 | $287 |
| Kazakhstan | $14,123 | $20,751 | $20,165 | $22,640 | $12,035 | | |
| Kenya | $6,042 | $4,233 | $63,726 | $48,853 | $17,457 | $16,564 | |
| Korea, South | $27,792,798 | $40,147,000 | $46,391,791 | $57,312,872 | $21,453,277 | $49,354,164 | $95,611,485 |
| Kuwait | | $66,003 | $209,635 | $121,727 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $257 | | | | $602 | |
| Latvia | $893 | $344 | $761 | $1,186 | $115 | $6,334 | $30,236 |
| Lebanon | $8,000 | $3,445 | $77,562 | $27,493 | $13,834 | $47,507 | $7,187 |
| Lithuania | $434 | $2,251 | $45,245 | $42,511 | $4,024 | $932 | $897 |
| Luxembourg | $18,581,093 | $13,395,394 | $31,480,165 | $3,525,386 | $734,367 | $3,729,308 | $3,960,022 |
| Macedonia | $166 | $762 | | | | | |
| Madagascar | | $250 | $12,114 | | $41 | $17,066 | |
| Malawi | $18,948 | $70,479 | | $583 | | | $2,711 |
| Malaysia | $400,750 | $522,528 | $821,166 | $395,200 | $337,003 | $592,048 | $646,886 |
| Mali | $16,142 | $3,541 | | $3,216 | | $8,908 | |
| Malta | | | | | | $676 | |
| Mauritania | $6,238 | | $160,759 | $124,861 | | $9,191 | |
| Mauritius | $713 | | $79,501 | $308 | $1,385 | | |
| Mayotte | $42 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | $438,362 | $493,539 | $510,950 | $858,189 | $3,048,088 | $2,123,233 | $3,537,080 |
| Mongolia | | | $48,750 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | | $511 | | | |
| Montserrat | | $24 | | $754 | | | |
| Morocco | | $230 | $3,705 | $2,126 | $992 | $3,679 | |
| Mozambique | $36 | $2,253 | $465 | $2,851 | $8,067 | $326 | $6,000 |
| Namibia | $12,089 | $30,699 | $1,166 | $9,019 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $6,483 | $9,905 | |
| Netherlands | $23,136,636 | $22,598,295 | $27,772,998 | $4,181,755 | $7,758,285 | $15,213,198 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $4,850 | $53,108 | $124,482 | $130,392 | | | |
| New Caledonia | | | | | | | $260 |
| New Zealand | $6,253,521 | $2,269,506 | $2,998,725 | $4,775,279 | $1,778,617 | $1,818,270 | $2,656,624 |
| Nicaragua | | | | $31 | $5,040 | | $3,905 |
| Niger | $9,068 | $982 | $2,859 | $5,227 | $6,918 | $3,977 | $14,737 |
| Nigeria | | | $31,578 | | | $8,988 | |
| Norway | $341,964 | $490,717 | $520,273 | $345,955 | $952,022 | $229,680 | $305,713 |
| Oman | $17,818 | $370,432 | $33,371 | $39,730 | | $28,674 | |
| Pakistan | $4,195 | $520 | $52,100 | $67,050 | $21,370 | $1,042 | $31,712 |
| Panama | | | | $527 | | | $31,309 |
| Peru | $172,618 | $325,671 | $563,831 | $521,948 | $413,830 | $900,464 | $1,327,023 |
| Philippines | $259,825 | $400,612 | $237,788 | $621,866 | $136,397 | $559,328 | $514,483 |
| Poland | $228,260 | $82,871 | $2,394,911 | $1,801,013 | $1,545,090 | $1,311,301 | $1,704,705 |
| Portugal | $2,913,014 | $4,295,840 | $5,397,863 | $5,491,336 | $2,044,371 | $3,952,472 | $5,733,713 |
| Qatar | $202,134 | $253,429 | $171,325 | $186,023 | | $190,717 | |
| Romania | $182,190 | $121,480 | $10,928 | $26,194 | $34,428 | $39,891 | $119,575 |
| Russia | $966,620 | $2,434,231 | $2,010,590 | $3,350,354 | $3,135,210 | $4,079,817 | $9,072,975 |
| Rwanda | $9,054 | $9,424 | $23,350 | $21,188 | $67,490 | | $1,190 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | $19 | | | | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $3,063 | $2,762 | $951 | $34 | $2,365 | $117 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $413,700 | $325,996 | $452,895 | | | $400,534 | |
| Senegal | $25,155 | $40 | | | $9,359 | | $29 |
| Serbia | $39,834 | $264,991 | $289,000 | $341,429 | $43,100 | $67,276 | $29,608 |
| Seychelles | | | $28 | | | | |
| Singapore | $1,527,365 | $1,410,027 | $1,042,005 | $691,420 | $80,861 | $469,164 | $1,940,218 |
| Slovakia | $41,051 | $163,806 | $93,603 | $111,093 | $14,470 | $120,748 | $268,365 |
| Slovenia | $95,230 | $237,376 | $240,982 | $207,772 | $114,634 | $140,254 | $155,351 |
| South Africa | $19,372,902 | $24,824,408 | $25,919,590 | $20,614,774 | $7,450,334 | $12,732,492 | $14,977,295 |
| Spain | $4,162,743 | $4,018,907 | $7,852,052 | $8,584,174 | $1,934,431 | $2,109,732 | |
| Sri Lanka | $32,866 | $59,737 | $30,033 | $22,918 | $17,592 | $29,746 | $8,589 |
| Sudan | $78,139 | $20,929 | $130,662 | $85,468 | | | |
| Suriname | $4,275 | $1 | | $77 | | $169 | $304 |
| Swaziland | $37,634 | $431 | $10,903 | | | | |
| Sweden | $35,286,549 | $37,358,235 | $39,138,236 | $35,930,465 | $12,201,347 | $45,354,902 | $148,619,631 |
| Switzerland | $21,810,624 | $25,967,829 | $27,473,057 | $37,130,572 | $9,695,967 | $21,451,882 | $36,249,582 |
| Syria | | $25,905 | | | | | |
| Tanzania | $18,396 | | $13,584 | $19,138 | $12,182 | $39,940 | $7,690 |
| Thailand | $743,585 | $577,137 | $736,539 | $362,198 | $150,439 | $577,838 | $384,733 |
| Togo | $5,242 | | $47,715 | | | $30,607 | $31,551 |
| Tonga | | | | | | $1,240 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $9,598 | $923 | | $231 | $285 | $1,656 | |
| Tunisia | $199 | | $25,127 | $1,112 | $14,354 | $14,505 | |
| Turkey | $733,992 | $1,132,440 | $615,719 | $1,672,437 | $638,323 | $890,226 | $2,547,956 |
| Uganda | $3,693 | $1,587 | | $1,140 | $26,712 | $3,399 | |
| Ukraine | $483,505 | $1,076,270 | $1,271,387 | $857,380 | $417,327 | $1,015,698 | $2,239,913 |
| United Arab Emirates | $169,778 | | $75,887 | $118,443 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $48,912,464 | $49,287,814 | $64,305,528 | $49,287,177 | $22,571,447 | $49,520,335 | $160,214,619 |
| United States | $156,213,966 | $177,081,290 | $154,745,988 | $164,431,185 | $62,932,845 | $133,019,110 | $192,244,569 |
| Uruguay | $15,418 | $6,022 | $11,917 | $19,418 | $63,644 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $2,096 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $137,574 | $83,484 | $269,702 | $198,416 | $45,171 | $104,766 | $35,515 |
| Vietnam | $287,841 | $17,761 | $42,755 | $6,029 | $17,193 | $94,900 | |
| Yemen | $805 | | $5 | | $25,576 | | |
| Zambia | $4,115 | $11,039 | $3,144 | | $4,598 | $23,365 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $409,040 | $3,495 | $7,768 | $36,199 | $883 | |
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