RankCountryImports of Activated carbon in USD (2010)
1United States$164,764,759
2Japan$145,407,673
3Germany$90,775,470
4Korea, South$77,188,527
5Belgium$67,058,743
6China$56,995,086
7Italy$49,777,993
8France$48,875,620
9United Kingdom$41,406,642
10Canada$41,194,221
11Russia$33,071,214
12Mexico$32,600,499
13Netherlands$30,047,227
14Ukraine$24,004,393
15Spain$20,941,934
16India$18,710,421
17Brazil$18,633,319
18Australia$16,660,910
19Thailand$13,687,605
20Switzerland$13,455,055
21Poland$13,002,980
22South Africa$12,093,691
23Qatar$12,016,209
24Singapore$11,769,923
25Sri Lanka$9,776,824
26Indonesia$9,289,954
27Turkey$8,605,949
28Saudi Arabia$8,401,344
29Denmark$7,695,927
30Sweden$7,677,202
31Hungary$6,688,000
32Argentina$6,570,701
33Finland$6,232,818
34Vietnam$6,135,800
35Malaysia$5,804,629
36Hong Kong$5,790,915
37Zimbabwe$5,187,771
38Israel$5,052,000
39Austria$5,048,167
40Czech Republic$4,338,458
41Peru$4,075,473
42Bahrain$3,770,393
43Iran$3,705,242
44Tunisia$3,546,151
45Kyrgyzstan$3,504,504
46Romania$3,351,746
47Ghana$3,211,900
48Dominican Republic$3,012,462
49Norway$3,012,118
50Chile$2,965,642
51Slovakia$2,734,936
52Portugal$2,551,216
53Egypt$2,538,055
54Algeria$2,463,717
55Philippines$2,421,761
56Colombia$2,402,712
57Burkina Faso$2,286,450
58Venezuela$2,141,997
59New Zealand$2,074,332
60Guatemala$2,007,126
61Pakistan$1,780,000
62Ecuador$1,770,310
63Kenya$1,422,471
64Syria$1,393,018
65Cote d'Ivoire$1,383,766
66Greece$1,188,655
67Suriname$1,153,995
68Costa Rica$1,107,087
69Ireland$1,022,848
70Lithuania$989,776
71El Salvador$959,425
72Slovenia$867,007
73Panama$830,216
74Cameroon$826,471
75Bulgaria$798,673
76Tanzania$796,458
77Croatia$717,088
78Luxembourg$653,569
79Belarus$644,900
80Nicaragua$639,906
81Bolivia$629,135
82Zambia$614,358
83Serbia$527,913
84Paraguay$522,411
85Morocco$466,387
86Senegal$461,391
87Oman$445,624
88Mali$395,716
89Latvia$380,846
90Jordan$364,276
91Niger$351,019
92Azerbaijan$343,805
93Macau$309,605
94Iceland$294,477
95Nigeria$289,844
96Moldova$266,001
97Ethiopia$255,193
98Mauritania$229,874
99Lebanon$227,447
100Estonia$206,973
101Malawi$186,011
102Botswana$169,823
103Cyprus$165,832
104Uganda$160,107
105Guyana$144,820
106Armenia$142,509
107Jamaica$141,694
108Nepal$122,621
109Bosnia and Herzegovina$107,244
110Albania$88,964
111Georgia$75,758
112Trinidad and Tobago$65,500
113Togo$55,184
114New Caledonia$45,262
115Mauritius$36,833
116Belize$35,966
117Yemen$35,695
118Cambodia$35,169
119Madagascar$28,188
120Barbados$22,455
121Malta$20,081
122Bhutan$15,696
123Samoa$15,670
124Benin$15,444
125Antigua and Barbuda$13,772
126Mozambique$7,720
127Maldives$7,649
128Burundi$7,235
129Montenegro$5,484
130Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$5,420
131Fiji$5,336
132French Polynesia$4,763
133Aruba$3,025
134Bermuda$1,852
135Cape Verde$1,318
136Bahamas, The$1,203
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$191,241$238,101$465,013$229,469$8,397$88,964$108,962
Algeria$1,577,416$2,673,367$468,709$1,922,018$660,004$2,463,717$3,290,791
Anguilla  $171$459   
Antigua and Barbuda$16,322$19,924$661 $3,291$13,772$10,759
Argentina$6,068,759$5,339,469$7,898,682$9,249,696$7,285,866$6,570,701$10,405,525
Armenia$309,930$283,983$155,261$39,111$115,415$142,509$611,690
Aruba     $3,025 
Australia$10,727,506$10,560,938$11,653,167$14,689,193$14,692,385$16,660,910$21,644,707
Austria$4,271,746$3,639,941$4,590,221$6,740,370$5,448,385$5,048,167 
Azerbaijan$139,995$102,862$92,048$226,915$308,737$343,805$343,248
Bahamas, The$21,504$91,625$42,030$50,906$1,617$1,203$43,694
Bahrain$19,285,702$23,319$251,401$407,933$87,703$3,770,393$5,754,040
Bangladesh$340,839$561,290$316,890    
Barbados$6,496$4,323$3,172$25,194$3,757$22,455$32,450
Belarus$285,800$399,500$295,300$877,200$1,700,800$644,900$695,400
Belgium$41,245,831$42,062,458$50,952,683$58,574,031$61,492,430$67,058,743$74,346,434
Belize$25,846$21,195$24,934$9,163$12,966$35,966 
Benin$2,457$19,247   $15,444 
Bermuda     $1,852 
Bhutan$21,518$18,647$9,493$11,723$8,566$15,696 
Bolivia$450,203$218,131$475,325$550,288$404,100$629,135$1,167,122
Bosnia and Herzegovina$99,462$80,398$72,024$183,203$101,347$107,244$148,794
Botswana$107,696$109,186$61,822$198,411$78,131$169,823$231,132
Brazil$7,270,274$8,327,405$9,568,308$14,349,933$14,657,187$18,633,319$20,463,558
Brunei $59,235     
Bulgaria$568,034$542,243$602,099$810,395$890,790$798,673$510,424
Burkina Faso$52,661 $421,686$1,243,840$1,375,440$2,286,450 
Burundi$26,951$29,077 $63,578$7,459$7,235 
Cambodia$19,107$24,269$4,172$9,934$33,953$35,169 
Cameroon$776,700$1,231,557$764,359$1,210,758$1,326,174$826,471 
Canada$20,055,051$20,583,624$29,417,731$30,805,723$29,943,315$41,194,221$54,078,118
Cape Verde$4,750$6,245$5,253$2,354$6,772$1,318$134,549
Central African Republic  $42,497$2,096$57,437  
Chile$2,162,330$1,926,837$2,380,500$2,706,420$2,581,422$2,965,642$4,180,500
China$18,713,620$21,422,245$30,186,918$41,472,688$49,655,879$56,995,086$68,772,645
Colombia$1,178,267$1,143,083$1,869,344$2,244,471$2,135,066$2,402,712$2,979,532
Comoros$1,323$67     
Costa Rica$530,936$845,866$784,336$794,912$494,451$1,107,087$883,663
Cote d'Ivoire$32,132$136,854$97,871$386,252$194,728$1,383,766$299,929
Croatia$446,685$544,063$675,372$400,953$397,375$717,088$229,307
Cuba$4,874,279$660,484     
Cyprus$115,264$180,553$210,776$220,859$352,404$165,832$129,539
Czech Republic$3,871,233$3,895,154$4,667,294$4,996,015$4,797,025$4,338,458$5,544,940
Denmark$3,685,471$4,390,832$6,840,722$9,523,674$8,621,421$7,695,927$8,291,900
Dominica$4,788$14,659$3,562 $10,473  
Dominican Republic$1,046,461$920,891$1,416,819$999,108$1,973,156$3,012,462$4,202,303
Ecuador$841,447$881,676$1,095,225$1,358,849$1,471,827$1,770,310$1,707,148
Egypt$1,288,008$4,052,896$1,626,125$3,078,930$3,356,713$2,538,055$4,559,631
El Salvador$480,045$535,948$536,062$543,040$637,747$959,425 
Estonia$79,004$121,426$156,033$145,164$104,421$206,973$148,006
Ethiopia$57,518$231,954$52,752$167,237$293,763$255,193$218,781
Faroe Islands$3,022$224$23,100$13,673$14,700  
Fiji$11,284$6,443$1,206$5,698$1,302$5,336 
Finland$4,740,731$4,327,407$5,383,724$7,170,405$5,274,589$6,232,818$6,461,763
France$38,660,805$38,526,484$38,518,547$50,832,461$43,677,613$48,875,620$50,884,434
French Polynesia$13,522$5,499$25,716$12,246$19,878$4,763$15,953
Gabon$333,097$69,441$494,922$362,719$322,965  
Gambia, The      $936
Georgia$220,423$180,065$294,459$63,367$205,953$75,758 
Germany$59,659,000$55,570,000$64,134,000$90,554,000$86,188,000$90,775,470$109,929,755
Ghana$2,244,291$4,668,572$2,900,099$3,846,019$4,152,703$3,211,900$7,608,075
Greece$1,573,543$1,483,049$2,278,396$1,860,736$2,622,133$1,188,655$1,724,359
Greenland$308$33$252    
Grenada  $3,033$6,816$4,687  
Guatemala$1,313,245$1,996,896$2,042,525$2,413,884$2,182,908$2,007,126$1,963,890
Guinea$372,807$505,694$1,001,652$250,612   
Guyana$600,238$94,320$51,628$138,687$182,030$144,820$125,772
Honduras$5,457,222$3,206,942$6,475,104 $1,283,558  
Hong Kong$3,683,353$3,895,063$4,021,541$6,234,125$4,916,540$5,790,915$7,362,498
Hungary$3,778,000$2,917,000$7,882,000$14,370,000$8,302,000$6,688,000$14,964,000
Iceland$90,665$1,439,633$162,489$269,017$217,776$294,477$378,618
India$5,834,122$9,289,650$10,365,901$13,472,107$14,785,535$18,710,421$26,343,417
Indonesia$2,480,910$4,122,179$4,743,225$6,152,310$6,774,325$9,289,954$10,487,547
Iran$1,948,054$1,059,181   $3,705,242 
Ireland$1,597,485$773,712$1,282,043$787,078$634,172$1,022,848$1,512,044
Israel$3,543,000$3,923,000$4,013,000$6,914,000$4,033,000$5,052,000$6,356,000
Italy$36,127,241$38,816,988$40,963,633$47,703,068$42,827,775$49,777,993$58,372,473
Jamaica$70,881$94,923$125,768$93,077$100,144$141,694 
Japan$82,775,672$94,162,160$109,861,266$132,270,767$135,545,095$145,407,673$196,382,678
Jordan$365,153$552,426$476,094$1,050,954$617,333$364,276$1,402,666
Kazakhstan$1,586,862$3,057,052$3,567,519$3,969,844$3,330,668  
Kenya$624,890$992,156$1,094,245$994,909$1,435,465$1,422,471 
Korea, South$38,569,497$43,089,523$50,021,619$55,564,789$69,889,275$77,188,527$84,703,902
Kuwait $269,220$418,085$1,282,192   
Kyrgyzstan$871,039$1,474,530$1,260,929$2,335,909$2,848,885$3,504,504$1,537,061
Latvia$252,397$317,239$376,601$397,195$427,006$380,846$529,666
Lebanon$80,000$75,741$148,047$220,307$84,138$227,447$166,431
Lesotho   $8,450   
Lithuania$415,788$615,118$987,407$965,358$623,562$989,776$1,465,900
Luxembourg$147,804$166,014$258,312$218,720$155,749$653,569$376,887
Macau$144,634$124,208$112,078$174,019$137,590$309,605$202,786
Macedonia$54,249$132,751$97,994$196,934$104,979 $63,281
Madagascar$8,723$36,747$13,835$6,115$5,014$28,188 
Malawi $9,837 $1,905$1,026$186,011$128,281
Malaysia$4,906,817$3,478,144$3,833,128$4,683,483$5,579,407$5,804,629$8,525,388
Maldives$186$3,758$6,909$11,112$4,361$7,649$4,804
Mali$473,229$1,013,874$1,134,969$339,681 $395,716 
Malta$11,785$39,228$33,398$29,087$68,990$20,081 
Mauritania   $24,091 $229,874$236,774
Mauritius$40,605$56,109$38,585$37,405$40,547$36,833$71,777
Mayotte$186$355$13,373$1,093$7,128  
Mexico$12,290,933$13,862,681$17,741,798$27,818,560$21,271,626$32,600,499$35,358,995
Moldova$103,592$66,693$109,289$473,234$202,139$266,001$333,422
Mongolia$208,644$495,038$321,009    
Montenegro $125,804$9,568$8,656$3,529$5,484$3,542
Morocco$689,859$1,077,144$1,501,064$1,389,271$1,721,092$466,387 
Mozambique$15,696$20,881$6,512$18,437$83,143$7,720$26,000
Namibia$372,614$366,195$607,531$874,111   
Nepal    $55,787$122,621 
Netherlands$12,229,063$10,599,389$20,368,238$27,321,391$18,289,578$30,047,227 
Netherlands Antilles $15,102     
New Caledonia$31,369$4,563$1,265,918$38,310$24,252$45,262$88,319
New Zealand$1,695,998$1,687,647$1,457,637$1,927,961$2,096,893$2,074,332$2,305,237
Nicaragua$228,300$302,284$404,823$295,670$364,181$639,906$540,339
Niger$139,255$43,775$117,024$385,902$406,994$351,019$317,097
Nigeria $273,998$423,420$1,099,173$523,925$289,844 
Norway$1,534,311$1,401,920$2,854,021$2,792,423$2,427,628$3,012,118$3,137,836
Oman$36,837$272,541$359,282$1,240,521$1,710,544$445,624 
Pakistan$1,585,471$1,606,608$1,574,610$2,052,438$2,340,724$1,780,000$2,065,437
Panama$162,045$203,159$467,204$239,727$465,296$830,216$873,587
Paraguay$77,095$126,672$235,520$360,472$324,832$522,411$924,895
Peru$1,867,298$1,644,285$2,300,389$3,747,983$4,740,943$4,075,473$4,919,354
Philippines$1,031,183$936,856$1,130,185$1,442,488$2,190,951$2,421,761$2,428,868
Poland$7,705,114$6,248,345$9,248,645$8,851,734$7,614,341$13,002,980$11,351,867
Portugal$2,569,701$3,024,558$3,648,854$2,722,645$1,543,756$2,551,216$2,114,320
Qatar$244,630$647,103$690,549$3,976,880 $12,016,209 
Romania $4,593,707$5,774,995$5,617,188$2,257,031$3,351,746$5,569,852
Russia$9,378,740$12,237,661$22,545,260$24,495,394$24,975,778$33,071,214$36,058,972
Rwanda$19,026 $29,325$3,060$15,837 $9,420
Saint Kitts and Nevis $69$2,049$1,909   
Saint Lucia $415$98$307   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$5,229 $221$5,643 $5,420 
Samoa$1,129  $2,164 $15,670 
Saudi Arabia$2,443,325$3,748,648$5,743,223  $8,401,344 
Senegal$576,996$644,542$683,093$684,425$400,230$461,391$408,667
Serbia$219,092$420,355$305,430$413,385$550,832$527,913$814,254
Seychelles$1,998$67$19$2,090   
Singapore$2,425,217$3,224,011$4,993,824$5,441,147$10,315,772$11,769,923$15,977,586
Slovakia$838,913$617,699$711,168$1,302,023$1,176,332$2,734,936$1,985,982
Slovenia$624,220$837,342$974,322$996,904$809,952$867,007$1,115,709
South Africa$8,411,263$7,791,329$9,549,960$9,739,413$10,298,729$12,093,691$15,323,725
Spain$14,767,610$19,853,745$23,274,412$21,618,741$23,677,828$20,941,934 
Sri Lanka$1,563,378$1,818,883$2,354,508$4,669,293$7,761,577$9,776,824$14,576,374
Sudan$80,639$32,800$84,367$8,311$357,444  
Suriname$317,415$454,722$332,533$753,380$999,106$1,153,995$645,232
Swaziland$30,495$11,254$387,953    
Sweden$5,867,964$5,702,608$6,198,356$7,883,541$6,325,385$7,677,202$8,346,161
Switzerland$10,099,549$7,549,760$11,363,602$14,571,101$13,234,848$13,455,055$14,366,078
Syria$329,065$775,637$904,556$2,407,316 $1,393,018 
Tanzania$811,735$334,618$637,769$2,012,425$1,650,357$796,458$1,884,661
Thailand$5,091,501$6,950,411$6,427,195$7,345,043$8,609,468$13,687,605$14,633,200
Togo$22,081 $44,838  $55,184$76,525
Tonga   $794   
Trinidad and Tobago$138,298$167,627$65,018$279,786$107,132$65,500 
Tunisia$879,140$659,683$2,056,217$2,249,232$1,694,855$3,546,151 
Turkey$4,057,651$3,405,533$5,684,113$7,579,207$6,445,486$8,605,949$10,637,863
Uganda$34,831$62,562$89,669$68,729$118,820$160,107 
Ukraine$28,933,374$29,995,260$42,539,741$25,789,340$24,954,137$24,004,393$28,506,607
United Arab Emirates$401,764 $2,621,783$2,531,245   
United Kingdom$29,749,441$25,416,557$27,563,717$32,158,726$26,501,598$41,406,642$43,164,019
United States$91,409,410$86,790,606$85,828,214$115,899,451$135,466,405$164,764,759$173,733,427
Uruguay$236,317$608,704$150,714$491,903$586,261  
Vanuatu $161$13,927    
Venezuela$3,872,444$2,624,060$2,933,624$2,891,792$3,227,742$2,141,997$2,512,591
Vietnam$2,943,562$3,747,495$3,906,915$5,142,399$4,960,017$6,135,800 
Wallis and Futuna$322$273     
Yemen$80,273$78,909$27,438$50,481$46,020$35,695$11,948
Zambia$262,228$125,558$28,218$287,407$24,248$614,358 
Zimbabwe$715,004$2,217,341$1,423,703$904,533$543,264$5,187,771