RankCountryImports of Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes & sim. pastes for furnace linings in USD (2010)
1United States$20,135,492
2Norway$15,166,356
3Russia$14,812,960
4Singapore$14,443,471
5Canada$11,915,280
6France$11,482,603
7Indonesia$10,946,419
8Korea, South$10,509,501
9South Africa$7,529,528
10Australia$7,457,619
11Iran$7,353,930
12Qatar$6,200,882
13India$6,112,900
14Iceland$5,791,047
15Greece$4,925,954
16Mexico$4,777,456
17Bhutan$4,602,404
18Colombia$4,277,009
19Argentina$3,998,958
20Spain$3,941,465
21Zimbabwe$3,466,929
22Venezuela$2,895,841
23Ukraine$2,596,129
24Sweden$2,523,960
25Bahrain$2,429,941
26Finland$2,374,581
27New Caledonia$2,312,471
28Japan$2,306,096
29Saudi Arabia$2,290,670
30Belgium$2,137,776
31New Zealand$1,829,687
32Poland$1,809,558
33Zambia$1,769,260
34Slovakia$1,720,346
35Turkey$1,717,398
36Germany$1,383,154
37Brazil$1,247,940
38China$1,125,429
39Egypt$1,085,965
40Italy$988,313
41Romania$942,318
42Czech Republic$884,310
43United Kingdom$757,249
44Netherlands$755,688
45Cameroon$741,926
46Chile$680,628
47Georgia$590,293
48Bosnia and Herzegovina$447,739
49Malaysia$441,334
50Montenegro$419,336
51Botswana$389,432
52Albania$386,355
53Slovenia$246,416
54Portugal$169,701
55Hong Kong$163,916
56Philippines$163,397
57Azerbaijan$146,865
58Pakistan$128,011
59Denmark$113,970
60Austria$88,638
61Peru$62,320
62Ecuador$43,741
63Belarus$39,300
64Switzerland$38,079
65Bulgaria$33,511
66Oman$29,074
67Ghana$28,040
68Cote d'Ivoire$25,170
69Thailand$13,227
70Serbia$9,934
71Kenya$8,927
72Morocco$7,070
73Israel$7,000
74Ireland$5,786
75Tanzania$4,698
76Tunisia$3,349
77Panama$2,736
78Yemen$2,649
79Vietnam$2,370
80El Salvador$1,979
81Mali$1,613
82Jordan$1,546
83Hungary$1,000
84Croatia$664
85Jamaica$571
86Bolivia$547
87Ethiopia$495
88Trinidad and Tobago$420
89Luxembourg$313
90Bahamas, The$237
91Costa Rica$173
92Malta$146
93Sri Lanka$99
94Cyprus$88
95Lithuania$40
96Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$27
97Dominican Republic$14
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$805$979$26$295,509$71,802$386,355$429,372
Algeria $4,926$5,028 $108  
Antigua and Barbuda      $90
Argentina$2,818,193$4,136,927$3,770,629$3,137,117$2,927,192$3,998,958$5,094,826
Armenia $19,536$139,858$59,421   
Aruba      $237
Australia$5,748,433$4,802,841$5,781,603$7,519,287$5,824,681$7,457,619$8,055,012
Austria$16,399$18,567$31,103$91,851$208,928$88,638 
Azerbaijan$110,334$338,560$730,758$367,090 $146,865$11,556
Bahamas, The  $10 $161$237 
Bahrain$2,121,730$1,057,043$672,709$1,040,442$2,064,062$2,429,941$1,898,155
Bangladesh$127,419$166,438$154,450    
Barbados   $42  $39
Belarus $12,500$28,300$44,300$5,800$39,300$63,300
Belgium$3,437,819$3,060,370$5,930,134$7,744,565$3,126,862$2,137,776$3,326,621
Belize $11     
Bhutan$885,122$1,019,839$1,540,744$3,391,411$2,651,151$4,602,404 
Bolivia$1,043   $668$547$48,711
Bosnia and Herzegovina$456,090$253,308$437,266$458,505$223,643$447,739$478,518
Botswana$306,310$354,763$270,486$402,309$340,916$389,432$293,781
Brazil$928,000$1,115,057$1,157,808$3,001,787$2,001,630$1,247,940$2,553,366
Bulgaria$166,204$377,337$435,484$318,611$123,283$33,511$206,780
Burundi    $516  
Cameroon$615,438$753,499$1,069,587$326,990$438,690$741,926 
Canada$9,653,187$9,700,476$10,210,835$11,345,895$9,916,987$11,915,280$14,676,418
Chile$356,283$553,438$427,082$499,335$651,470$680,628$797,945
China$1,627,286$909,115$682,279$1,255,540$1,469,293$1,125,429$2,072,085
Colombia$2,680,106$2,270,955$3,433,512$2,950,938$2,701,321$4,277,009$1,732,340
Costa Rica$57$26,170$1,131$11,492$1,513$173$209
Cote d'Ivoire$10,148$5,672$20,617$994 $25,170 
Croatia $5,142  $220$664$1,670
Cuba$228,757$410,020     
Cyprus    $28$88$359
Czech Republic$663,150$156,716$382,679$1,489,433$1,176,281$884,310$511,715
Denmark$11,780 $64,424$5,765$7,172$113,970$23,860
Dominican Republic $1,122$197$1,892$4,527$14 
Ecuador$4,166$1,794$11,478$5,206$3,390$43,741$26,191
Egypt$678,689$293,898$896,920$3,035,045$1,170,327$1,085,965$1,387,881
El Salvador$33,863$20,294$5,910  $1,979 
Estonia$2,711$2,641 $1,372  $1,656
Ethiopia $565 $141 $495$121
Faroe Islands   $22$26  
Fiji$468 $3,620 $1,045  
Finland$1,392,376$1,362,108$1,691,851$2,024,019$1,175,741$2,374,581$2,482,344
France$4,646,115$6,909,279$11,632,151$9,639,572$7,687,893$11,482,603$14,397,081
Georgia$112,148$129,710$341,899$527,583$267,128$590,293 
Germany$2,294,000$1,774,000$770,000$1,305,000$399,000$1,383,154$1,287,521
Ghana$406$21$4 $740$28,040$282,521
Greece$4,075,383$2,491,572$5,008,830$3,393,492$2,165,037$4,925,954$5,598,477
Greenland $916     
Guatemala$25$77$610$119$359  
Guyana      $799
Hong Kong$218,945$99,034$71,157$122,821$128,044$163,916$157,569
Hungary     $1,000 
Iceland$5,171,990$5,499,535$4,054,417$4,478,481$5,856,920$5,791,047$7,913,726
India$3,885,870$5,379,899$6,177,235$11,932,775$3,333,007$6,112,900$7,402,645
Indonesia$6,451,496$7,525,990$5,415,137$9,392,485$8,731,712$10,946,419$11,446,694
Iran$1,861,859$1,758,088   $7,353,930 
Ireland$1,220$17,164$4,291$2,701$12,524$5,786$2,353
Israel$14,000 $10,000 $1,000$7,000$5,000
Italy$217,261$238,580$552,436$1,616,391$1,212,079$988,313$1,203,093
Jamaica     $571 
Japan$1,442,503$1,414,489$1,446,409$1,872,311$1,527,141$2,306,096$2,175,349
Jordan     $1,546$775
Kazakhstan$7,681,624$8,329,513$12,907,058$16,389,438$14,132,982  
Kenya$7$9,981$4,601$1,937$2,851$8,927 
Korea, South$2,265,356$2,145,988$2,798,448$5,802,715$6,896,756$10,509,501$19,446,608
Kuwait $22,800$128,543$274,038   
Latvia$1,736  $27  $742
Lithuania  $603$8$4$40$37
Luxembourg $7,647$31,846$650$42$313$3,385
Macedonia$2,903,108$2,975,762$4,555,738$6,638,108$1,109,940 $5,034,276
Madagascar  $9    
Malawi  $2,297 $45 $1,579
Malaysia$372,521$361,889$544,949$828,798$330,403$441,334$710,360
Mali   $54,192 $1,613 
Malta$14,401  $12,648$56$146 
Mauritius $81$227$543$146 $24,858
Mayotte   $307   
Mexico$3,050,925$2,952,944$3,834,106$4,019,932$2,518,928$4,777,456$4,982,513
Mongolia$9,085      
Montenegro $768,938$784,745$571,375 $419,336$203,026
Morocco$934 $2,412$1,078$6,052$7,070 
Mozambique$683,646  $23  $290,000
Namibia$5,238$575$5,615$1,369   
Netherlands$1,069,126$1,130,669$2,974,257$2,955,814$541,211$755,688 
Netherlands Antilles$5,532$4,806$2,383$70   
New Caledonia$2,681,462$1,922,436$2,079,563$3,492,488$1,888,416$2,312,471$3,236,133
New Zealand$1,304,380$1,070,981$1,640,859$1,592,143$1,863,215$1,829,687$2,056,441
Nicaragua$660$235 $27  $105
Nigeria  $26,500    
Norway$8,868,280$6,655,681$10,218,353$16,138,781$10,395,286$15,166,356$13,540,084
Oman$78,947$168,590$1,545,984$903,106$29,368$29,074 
Pakistan$34,421$48,026$81,938$528,354$143,761$128,011$61,651
Panama   $561 $2,736 
Peru$258,397$21,424$46,575$20,427$157,067$62,320 
Philippines$83,461$48,325$140,966$216,434$71,451$163,397$83,098
Poland$12,073,876$13,692,820$16,215,686$20,751,904$478,681$1,809,558$1,783,512
Portugal$56,856$78,157$75,161$11,289$19,898$169,701$7,720
Qatar $54,618$3,468$3,519 $6,200,882 
Romania$2,619,516$1,062,690$786,926$1,305,145$30,817$942,318$1,217,757
Russia$38,286,108$38,071,828$38,290,367$48,991,256$4,439,309$14,812,960$4,288,114
Rwanda  $73 $40 $6,349
Saint Kitts and Nevis $1,464$83    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $246$27 
Saudi Arabia$1,482,175$1,128,766$2,873,952$2,836,004 $2,290,670 
Senegal   $779  $306
Serbia$40,844$156$31,572$609$4,218$9,934$279
Seychelles $134     
Singapore$3,555,127$417,726$114,238$148,770$5,298,818$14,443,471$6,227,186
Slovakia$769,328$1,454,605$1,990,451$3,471,671$2,507,958$1,720,346$1,902,708
Slovenia$856,450$835,001$1,078,176$232,151$169,576$246,416$113,137
South Africa$6,065,130$4,877,281$7,192,021$8,943,529$8,943,806$7,529,528$5,930,126
Spain$693,895$962,040$1,383,703$1,409,354$765,026$3,941,465 
Sri Lanka   $133$235$99$5,276
Sudan $211,689  $669,866  
Swaziland$101$313$1,597    
Sweden$2,884,487$2,739,083$4,293,293$9,215,656$2,084,577$2,523,960$2,210,071
Switzerland$109,981$69,184$13,821$14,496$8,291$38,079$10,584
Syria $89,042$89,042    
Tanzania $2,984 $427$516$4,698$230
Thailand$259,307$83,881$243,365$764,559$81,833$13,227$30,073
Tonga   $26   
Trinidad and Tobago  $187$6,596 $420 
Tunisia$1,861$1,376  $816$3,349 
Turkey$138,449$1,584,791$1,723,521$1,739,827$2,037,041$1,717,398$3,668,175
Uganda$8,828 $8,543 $35  
Ukraine$457,006$2,059,778$7,019,622$54,250$1,363,710$2,596,129$844,451
United Arab Emirates$2,325,347 $1,315,002$1,389,328   
United Kingdom$963,351$441,081$717,649$747,959$385,505$757,249$1,134,225
United States$1,996,634$6,288,860$13,509,662$17,299,376$9,718,330$20,135,492$19,247,022
Vanuatu $586$81    
Venezuela$1,274,844$1,868,615$2,084,521$2,319,191$3,264,865$2,895,841$2,308,692
Vietnam$11,154$129,500$249$43,330$11,005$2,370 
Yemen$655$6,675$909$79,322$563$2,649 
Zambia$759,407$708,017$648,157$685,547$964,011$1,769,260 
Zimbabwe$251,048$3,055,162$4,280,074$3,430,292$1,336,409$3,466,929