| Rank | Country | Imports of Sodium nitrate in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Portugal | $46,006,317 |  | | 2 | Spain | $22,891,761 |  | | 3 | United States | $21,063,768 |  | | 4 | Japan | $7,729,904 |  | | 5 | Brazil | $7,726,400 |  | | 6 | Belgium | $7,282,378 |  | | 7 | Sweden | $4,625,939 |  | | 8 | France | $4,448,299 |  | | 9 | Korea, South | $4,023,679 |  | | 10 | Germany | $3,630,118 |  | | 11 | Peru | $3,616,318 |  | | 12 | Vietnam | $3,213,180 |  | | 13 | Indonesia | $3,207,982 |  | | 14 | Argentina | $2,681,327 |  | | 15 | Italy | $2,675,162 |  | | 16 | Russia | $2,369,461 |  | | 17 | Thailand | $2,363,480 |  | | 18 | Australia | $1,645,464 |  | | 19 | Canada | $1,618,775 |  | | 20 | Turkey | $1,473,458 |  | | 21 | Poland | $1,302,329 |  | | 22 | Malaysia | $1,203,330 |  | | 23 | India | $1,168,351 |  | | 24 | Pakistan | $1,162,897 |  | | 25 | Denmark | $1,099,396 |  | | 26 | Mexico | $1,083,062 |  | | 27 | Venezuela | $981,117 |  | | 28 | Netherlands | $910,803 |  | | 29 | Switzerland | $875,876 |  | | 30 | Estonia | $848,313 |  | | 31 | Norway | $845,640 |  | | 32 | United Kingdom | $787,769 |  | | 33 | South Africa | $778,443 |  | | 34 | Nicaragua | $696,832 |  | | 35 | Lithuania | $605,410 |  | | 36 | Colombia | $566,175 |  | | 37 | Austria | $562,088 |  | | 38 | Romania | $558,140 |  | | 39 | China | $454,147 |  | | 40 | Slovenia | $416,109 |  | | 41 | Finland | $406,038 |  | | 42 | Bulgaria | $382,732 |  | | 43 | Panama | $369,048 |  | | 44 | Ireland | $325,715 |  | | 45 | Saudi Arabia | $317,334 |  | | 46 | Belarus | $316,500 |  | | 47 | Hungary | $298,000 |  | | 48 | Greece | $267,432 |  | | 49 | Czech Republic | $237,157 |  | | 50 | Ecuador | $233,988 |  | | 51 | Singapore | $226,627 |  | | 52 | Zimbabwe | $181,701 |  | | 53 | Serbia | $134,941 |  | | 54 | Chile | $133,848 |  | | 55 | Paraguay | $133,437 |  | | 56 | Nigeria | $127,333 |  | | 57 | Slovakia | $105,666 |  | | 58 | Botswana | $105,613 |  | | 59 | Morocco | $101,241 |  | | 60 | New Zealand | $89,322 |  | | 61 | Costa Rica | $82,938 |  | | 62 | Ghana | $78,146 |  | | 63 | Jordan | $71,641 |  | | 64 | Sri Lanka | $69,196 |  | | 65 | Moldova | $50,500 |  | | 66 | Algeria | $47,932 |  | | 67 | Zambia | $44,408 |  | | 68 | Ethiopia | $42,988 |  | | 69 | Israel | $42,000 |  | | 70 | Guatemala | $40,281 |  | | 71 | Luxembourg | $38,133 |  | | 72 | Mali | $37,994 |  | | 73 | Qatar | $36,246 |  | | 74 | Lebanon | $34,922 |  | | 75 | Syria | $33,116 |  | | 76 | Kyrgyzstan | $32,491 |  | | 77 | Bolivia | $29,539 |  | | 78 | Tanzania | $28,404 |  | | 79 | Dominica | $26,106 |  | | 80 | Uganda | $23,768 |  | | 81 | Kenya | $20,775 |  | | 82 | Tunisia | $19,589 |  | | 83 | Albania | $19,078 |  | | 84 | Hong Kong | $18,884 |  | | 85 | New Caledonia | $13,774 |  | | 86 | Croatia | $13,048 |  | | 87 | Iran | $13,011 |  | | 88 | Bahrain | $12,777 |  | | 89 | Oman | $12,075 |  | | 90 | Niger | $12,037 |  | | 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $10,197 |  | | 92 | Mauritania | $9,317 |  | | 93 | Yemen | $9,018 |  | | 94 | Suriname | $7,829 |  | | 95 | Iceland | $6,206 |  | | 96 | Burkina Faso | $3,230 |  | | 97 | Jamaica | $3,013 |  | | 98 | El Salvador | $1,189 |  | | 99 | Latvia | $1,163 |  | | 100 | Barbados | $871 |  | | 101 | Mauritius | $307 |  | | 102 | Fiji | $264 |  | | 103 | Bhutan | $219 |  | | 104 | Senegal | $186 |  | | 105 | French Polynesia | $176 |  | | 106 | Bermuda | $25 |  | | 107 | Cambodia | $5 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | | | $19,078 | $3,375 |
| Algeria | $23,730 | $59,975 | $55,103 | $52,238 | $74,121 | $47,932 | $495,130 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | $243 | | |
| Argentina | $1,626,429 | $1,404,164 | $1,337,369 | $1,886,148 | $2,135,389 | $2,681,327 | $2,837,886 |
| Armenia | $37,123 | $21,622 | $7,400 | | | | $12,202 |
| Australia | $857,688 | $872,509 | $1,352,961 | $2,726,359 | $2,223,524 | $1,645,464 | $1,307,883 |
| Austria | $299,500 | $386,434 | $471,108 | $312,193 | $511,428 | $562,088 | |
| Azerbaijan | $17,836 | $493 | $37,970 | $129,091 | | | $36,368 |
| Bahamas, The | $3,766 | $9 | $15,712 | | $1,515 | | $24,814 |
| Bahrain | $1,362 | | | $16,867 | $372 | $12,777 | $2,106 |
| Bangladesh | $66,393 | $68,348 | $28,450 | | | | |
| Barbados | | | | | $570 | $871 | |
| Belarus | $219,100 | $156,900 | $140,600 | $159,800 | $303,900 | $316,500 | $255,400 |
| Belgium | $7,052,514 | $6,959,272 | $7,705,326 | $9,849,906 | $7,052,934 | $7,282,378 | $16,336,517 |
| Belize | | | | | $6 | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $25 | |
| Bhutan | $176 | $3 | $123 | $57 | $79 | $219 | |
| Bolivia | $4,912 | $6,775 | $13,129 | $1,748 | $45,471 | $29,539 | $19,378 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,519 | $4,652 | $15,304 | $17,720 | $19,053 | $10,197 | $8,795 |
| Botswana | $4,061 | $4,402 | $12,341 | $21,553 | $31,488 | $105,613 | $22,175 |
| Brazil | $3,616,910 | $3,918,082 | $4,917,851 | $9,186,994 | $7,873,713 | $7,726,400 | $7,613,809 |
| Bulgaria | $108,307 | $85,373 | $302,988 | $1,894,835 | $487,073 | $382,732 | $12,126 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $6,435 | $7,754 | | $3,230 | |
| Burundi | | | | | $1,090 | | |
| Cambodia | | | | | | $5 | |
| Cameroon | $26,883 | | | $4,350 | $168 | | |
| Canada | $2,015,741 | $2,215,156 | $2,153,919 | $2,774,492 | $2,005,372 | $1,618,775 | $1,594,507 |
| Cape Verde | | | | $97 | | | $1,735 |
| Chile | $12,804 | $32,461 | $6,911 | $3,522,910 | $312 | $133,848 | $40,709 |
| China | $186,633 | $146,855 | $110,247 | $691,376 | $375,625 | $454,147 | $175,336 |
| Colombia | $254,472 | $257,693 | $615,756 | $509,177 | $555,346 | $566,175 | $713,984 |
| Costa Rica | $33,215 | $29,090 | $130,289 | $55,383 | $77,013 | $82,938 | $162,647 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | $139 | $65 | $806 | | $338 |
| Croatia | $4,174 | $5,408 | $13,208 | $4,408 | $3,402 | $13,048 | $2,512 |
| Cuba | $84,523 | $77,654 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | | | $7 | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $296,906 | $273,093 | $409,369 | $833,080 | $501,187 | $237,157 | $555,790 |
| Denmark | $386,911 | $422,347 | $540,228 | $818,040 | $808,597 | $1,099,396 | $513,155 |
| Dominica | | | | | | $26,106 | |
| Dominican Republic | $2,070 | $50,740 | | $703 | $3,310 | | $35,865 |
| Ecuador | $55,782 | $1,444 | $24,443 | $58,322 | $185,901 | $233,988 | $207,436 |
| Egypt | | | | | | | $19,553 |
| El Salvador | $25,961 | $10,435 | $5,280 | $600 | | $1,189 | |
| Estonia | $429,701 | $448,662 | $716,647 | $1,046,288 | $803,260 | $848,313 | $1,183,683 |
| Ethiopia | $25,458 | $29,091 | $92,122 | $14,353 | | $42,988 | $27,920 |
| Faroe Islands | | | | $125 | $178 | | |
| Fiji | $223 | $214 | | $118 | $1,671 | $264 | |
| Finland | $254,089 | $248,153 | $175,639 | $257,936 | $282,857 | $406,038 | $356,609 |
| France | $2,408,912 | $2,433,252 | $3,037,398 | $4,174,397 | $3,596,196 | $4,448,299 | $4,985,478 |
| French Polynesia | | | | $10 | | $176 | $56 |
| Gabon | | | $25,408 | $53 | $1,200 | | |
| Georgia | | $43 | $101 | $1,501 | | | |
| Germany | $1,911,000 | $2,441,000 | $2,820,000 | $3,343,000 | $3,007,000 | $3,630,118 | $4,108,988 |
| Ghana | $3,577 | $18,175 | $5,474 | $19,882 | $43,422 | $78,146 | $110,411 |
| Greece | $295,505 | $149,029 | $169,833 | $405,715 | $330,946 | $267,432 | $500,034 |
| Guatemala | $8,933 | | $4,200 | $7,234 | $33,961 | $40,281 | $67,142 |
| Guinea | $12,037 | | | $7,482 | | | |
| Guyana | $752 | | | | $607 | | $311 |
| Honduras | | | $55,461 | | $84,079 | | |
| Hong Kong | $116,775 | $153,666 | $101,752 | $163,116 | $112,836 | $18,884 | $12,634 |
| Hungary | $151,000 | $173,000 | $123,000 | $239,000 | $280,000 | $298,000 | $233,000 |
| Iceland | | | $3,517 | $3,109 | $3,547 | $6,206 | |
| India | $1,339,001 | $1,575,571 | $2,149,664 | $3,232,040 | $1,804,356 | $1,168,351 | $776,990 |
| Indonesia | $3,930,038 | $2,264,543 | $2,149,319 | $4,075,001 | $3,603,373 | $3,207,982 | $3,793,499 |
| Iran | | | | | | $13,011 | |
| Ireland | $1,046,488 | $2,352,014 | $1,588,195 | $520,344 | $3,819,023 | $325,715 | $970,927 |
| Israel | $98,000 | $141,000 | $158,000 | $95,000 | $52,000 | $42,000 | $179,000 |
| Italy | $1,502,815 | $1,696,055 | $1,951,734 | $1,701,494 | $2,314,809 | $2,675,162 | $2,309,787 |
| Jamaica | $1,679 | $5,864 | $2,285 | $5,436 | $1,722 | $3,013 | |
| Japan | $8,757,267 | $5,626,915 | $3,120,707 | $10,966,703 | $11,161,674 | $7,729,904 | $8,637,271 |
| Jordan | $48,172 | $22,821 | $19,134 | $36,938 | $77,683 | $71,641 | $93,621 |
| Kazakhstan | $681,918 | $1,191,019 | $922,744 | $1,041,753 | $1,474,463 | | |
| Kenya | $37,663 | $20,550 | | | $651 | $20,775 | |
| Kiribati | $155 | | | | | | |
| Korea, South | $1,540,381 | $2,188,013 | $2,345,369 | $3,736,533 | $3,502,776 | $4,023,679 | $3,930,460 |
| Kuwait | | $18,683 | $18,016 | $18,306 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $3,950 | $5,966 | | $2,820 | $12,680 | $32,491 | $373,726 |
| Latvia | $1,067,165 | $7,505,024 | $6,799,259 | $285,442 | $36 | $1,163 | $1,805 |
| Lebanon | $38,000 | $112,956 | $70,229 | $190,119 | $47,215 | $34,922 | $11,149 |
| Lesotho | | | | $19,805 | | | |
| Lithuania | $114,012 | $36,528 | $32,691 | $120,412 | $841,948 | $605,410 | $47,800 |
| Luxembourg | $15,035 | $593 | $377 | $128 | | $38,133 | $40,355 |
| Macedonia | $122,627 | $51,018 | $9,407 | | $20,184 | | |
| Madagascar | $67 | | $16 | | $1,084 | | |
| Malawi | $22,262 | | $18,055 | $66,383 | $43 | | $38,211 |
| Malaysia | $350,522 | $212,115 | $289,590 | $695,651 | $678,957 | $1,203,330 | $786,813 |
| Maldives | | $14,707 | | | | | $632 |
| Mali | $3,884 | $2,042 | $33,481 | $47,846 | | $37,994 | |
| Malta | | | | | $956 | | |
| Mauritania | $23 | | | | | $9,317 | $492,343 |
| Mauritius | $129 | $83 | | | $76 | $307 | |
| Mayotte | $36 | $943 | | $850 | $99 | | |
| Mexico | $570,254 | $610,162 | $754,941 | $845,437 | $865,912 | $1,083,062 | $1,634,201 |
| Moldova | $136,444 | $115,351 | $114,686 | $90,086 | $39,570 | $50,500 | $87,948 |
| Mongolia | $88,008 | $239,884 | $352,568 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $12 | $14,159 | $23 | | |
| Morocco | $126,905 | $30,178 | $43,290 | $126,377 | $191,920 | $101,241 | |
| Mozambique | | | $263 | $823 | $681 | | $1,218,000 |
| Namibia | $13,279 | $29,033 | $15,861 | $27,637 | | | |
| Netherlands | $2,555,957 | $3,755,076 | $4,147,764 | $1,236,255 | $1,048,945 | $910,803 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | $2,507 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $235 | $190 | $2,945 | $31,956 | $17,385 | $13,774 | $28,004 |
| New Zealand | $93,376 | $107,262 | $107,411 | $147,095 | $83,896 | $89,322 | $179,645 |
| Nicaragua | | | $923,152 | $179,911 | $492,902 | $696,832 | $1,285,379 |
| Niger | $1,038 | $389 | $145 | $34 | $100 | $12,037 | |
| Nigeria | | | $12,437 | $617,579 | $169,646 | $127,333 | |
| Norway | $409,724 | $386,837 | $382,849 | $629,483 | $373,663 | $845,640 | $780,519 |
| Oman | $817 | $11,581 | $53,906 | $62,424 | $51,150 | $12,075 | |
| Pakistan | $753,709 | $591,164 | $702,774 | $1,670,552 | $647,833 | $1,162,897 | $1,289,381 |
| Panama | $82,551 | $113,319 | $126,078 | $76,156 | $320,073 | $369,048 | $88,203 |
| Paraguay | $5,311 | $5,784 | $18,073 | $824 | $114,265 | $133,437 | $13,913 |
| Peru | $928,937 | $581,028 | $691,353 | $2,033,107 | $3,028,832 | $3,616,318 | $2,381,490 |
| Philippines | $176,498 | $107,694 | $98,395 | $55,253 | $161,041 | | $98,452 |
| Poland | $318,195 | $413,140 | $465,709 | $1,007,640 | $988,556 | $1,302,329 | $1,620,218 |
| Portugal | $431,229 | $574,263 | $402,975 | $469,153 | $15,487,497 | $46,006,317 | $598,320 |
| Qatar | $1,322 | $1,208 | $23,751 | $20,536 | | $36,246 | |
| Romania | $220,957 | $229,210 | $238,392 | $643,539 | $227,149 | $558,140 | $639,600 |
| Russia | $1,949,419 | $2,818,868 | $3,026,735 | $4,052,397 | $4,617,265 | $2,369,461 | $2,892,410 |
| Rwanda | $6,037 | | | | | | $691 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $936 | $72 | $1,920 | $694 | | | |
| Samoa | $51 | | | | $138 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $106,468 | $141,420 | $136,903 | | | $317,334 | |
| Senegal | $299 | | | $4,140 | $16,673 | $186 | $10,252 |
| Serbia | $52,882 | $43,630 | $167,761 | $53,073 | $64,604 | $134,941 | $138,862 |
| Seychelles | $202 | $1,927 | $250 | $757 | | | |
| Singapore | $48,584 | $73,400 | $79,026 | $102,164 | $63,437 | $226,627 | $87,091 |
| Slovakia | $167,453 | $149,297 | $407,209 | $265,076 | $148,889 | $105,666 | $216,714 |
| Slovenia | $238,063 | $297,842 | $370,877 | $496,253 | $409,917 | $416,109 | $212,099 |
| South Africa | $277,309 | $723,138 | $892,697 | $1,029,786 | $897,705 | $778,443 | $759,029 |
| Spain | $3,073,083 | $2,455,213 | $6,244,094 | $15,574,384 | $8,199,770 | $22,891,761 | |
| Sri Lanka | $32,446 | $26 | $344 | $94 | $184,911 | $69,196 | $29,376 |
| Sudan | | $4,809 | $235 | | $29,165 | | |
| Suriname | | | | $62,168 | $73,854 | $7,829 | |
| Swaziland | $27,797 | $15,972 | $15,164 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,076,901 | $2,663,137 | $3,283,185 | $4,695,886 | $4,292,969 | $4,625,939 | $5,317,430 |
| Switzerland | $503,484 | $435,111 | $529,167 | $622,862 | $621,980 | $875,876 | $880,897 |
| Syria | | $150,346 | $62,336 | | | $33,116 | |
| Tanzania | $35,285 | $12,817 | $15,500 | $4,986 | $3,118 | $28,404 | $26,935 |
| Thailand | $1,334,029 | $1,768,318 | $1,581,100 | $3,166,175 | $2,350,301 | $2,363,480 | $2,520,589 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $153 | $1,986 | $216 | $1,639 | | | |
| Tunisia | $19,106 | $328 | $40,664 | $19,090 | $38,593 | $19,589 | |
| Turkey | $1,191,510 | $1,087,248 | $1,140,725 | $1,569,587 | $2,151,429 | $1,473,458 | $1,412,360 |
| Uganda | | $23,299 | | $2,740 | $70 | $23,768 | |
| Ukraine | | $5,800 | $539 | | $1,050 | | $77 |
| United Arab Emirates | $72,283 | | $137,175 | $185,255 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $665,112 | $804,856 | $983,301 | $1,126,551 | $503,372 | $787,769 | $407,756 |
| United States | $18,249,439 | $20,470,771 | $19,115,465 | $27,941,348 | $17,825,902 | $21,063,768 | $27,774,945 |
| Uruguay | $39,592 | $34,643 | $47,017 | $38,627 | $44,183 | | |
| Venezuela | $172,684 | $402,964 | $443,858 | $1,123,919 | $420,495 | $981,117 | $732,947 |
| Vietnam | $534,319 | $533,536 | $272,185 | $3,101,433 | $2,166,973 | $3,213,180 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | $18,794 | | | | | | |
| Yemen | $53,354 | $1,246 | $1,696 | $52,594 | $240,090 | $9,018 | |
| Zambia | $29,680 | $392,184 | $97,639 | $3,258,472 | $3,122 | $44,408 | |
| Zimbabwe | $7,478 | $116,764 | $55,566 | $60,252 | $85,983 | $181,701 | |
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