RankCountryImports of Hand sharpening/polishing stones in USD (2010)
1United States$9,695,780
2Hong Kong$8,454,963
3Vietnam$8,454,790
4Germany$7,804,754
5China$6,904,386
6Thailand$5,577,985
7India$4,314,598
8Malaysia$4,099,467
9Canada$3,536,233
10Japan$2,979,882
11United Kingdom$2,844,260
12Russia$2,817,534
13Egypt$2,700,213
14Indonesia$2,482,747
15Netherlands$1,948,880
16France$1,931,219
17Australia$1,459,363
18Korea, South$1,280,423
19Sweden$1,276,519
20Mexico$1,219,642
21Belgium$1,180,050
22Saudi Arabia$1,150,401
23Iran$1,032,058
24Singapore$1,011,451
25Switzerland$924,308
26Spain$894,516
27Poland$781,387
28Brazil$747,283
29Turkey$745,203
30Italy$721,818
31Denmark$666,069
32Czech Republic$665,581
33Austria$610,328
34Ecuador$589,431
35Romania$577,062
36Syria$567,941
37Qatar$538,263
38Israel$533,000
39Hungary$478,000
40Chile$472,905
41Panama$468,449
42South Africa$463,716
43Oman$453,931
44Greece$438,557
45Ireland$430,291
46El Salvador$422,011
47Norway$415,704
48Lebanon$414,332
49Colombia$411,484
50Philippines$365,291
51Nepal$349,318
52Peru$326,325
53Sri Lanka$324,655
54Portugal$305,045
55New Zealand$300,933
56Guatemala$300,125
57Costa Rica$296,029
58Argentina$264,795
59Nicaragua$232,285
60Yemen$220,818
61Dominican Republic$208,192
62Pakistan$199,249
63Croatia$175,752
64Ukraine$173,500
65Finland$171,906
66Slovenia$171,629
67Algeria$159,333
68Serbia$141,123
69Bahrain$134,256
70Slovakia$129,031
71Venezuela$122,119
72Ghana$120,912
73Lithuania$104,977
74Morocco$101,917
75Ethiopia$98,592
76Belarus$87,300
77Tunisia$81,759
78Albania$79,109
79Zimbabwe$76,864
80Madagascar$68,850
81Senegal$68,017
82Jordan$67,099
83Nigeria$65,290
84Bahamas, The$63,600
85Estonia$62,284
86Bulgaria$59,554
87Kenya$58,575
88Latvia$57,719
89Mauritius$56,566
90Jamaica$52,236
91Bosnia and Herzegovina$49,160
92Tanzania$45,828
93Luxembourg$44,343
94Paraguay$43,822
95Botswana$40,949
96Georgia$40,942
97Fiji$38,739
98Cameroon$37,107
99Cote d'Ivoire$37,005
100Guyana$36,358
101Trinidad and Tobago$35,538
102Iceland$31,940
103Bolivia$29,844
104Azerbaijan$27,120
105Barbados$25,785
106Bhutan$23,292
107Moldova$22,885
108Armenia$18,363
109Malawi$17,056
110Cyprus$15,751
111New Caledonia$14,252
112Cambodia$13,755
113Montenegro$13,591
114Maldives$12,577
115Aruba$11,230
116Mozambique$10,852
117French Polynesia$10,782
118Zambia$10,647
119Burkina Faso$8,712
120Suriname$8,437
121Niger$6,862
122Benin$6,368
123Uganda$4,812
124Belize$4,809
125Dominica$4,770
126Kyrgyzstan$3,349
127Cape Verde$3,188
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,973
129Malta$2,278
130Bermuda$2,014
131Tonga$1,172
132Antigua and Barbuda$795
133Samoa$334
134Sao Tome and Principe$172
135Mali$27
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$47,662$168,697$144,227$97,415$82,607$79,109$96,843
Algeria$135,020$67,317$147,526$141,929$145,642$159,333$128,688
Antigua and Barbuda$1,535$2,335$39,812 $1,412$795$1,519
Argentina$263,840$285,544$235,920$414,206$369,069$264,795$304,001
Armenia$1,016$4,837$15,016$154,132$32,187$18,363$42,285
Aruba    $15,536$11,230$16,818
Australia$1,008,466$1,065,557$1,123,381$1,234,674$1,053,964$1,459,363$1,238,251
Austria$412,735$398,647$523,352$529,885$881,968$610,328 
Azerbaijan$9,736$15,905$9,259$3,269$13,768$27,120$269,033
Bahamas, The$32,312$36,698$101,726$178,085$256,039$63,600$22,213
Bahrain$93,066$92,545$72,298$146,478$44,092$134,256$21,447
Bangladesh$393,268$361,001$271,071    
Barbados$53,396$52,786$48,915$59,101$26,902$25,785$8,895
Belarus$14,100$23,500$35,900$65,400$57,600$87,300$77,500
Belgium$1,279,449$1,062,561$1,082,720$1,723,488$1,107,764$1,180,050$1,431,239
Belize$4,588$2,219$2,278$7,549$2,988$4,809 
Benin$2,161$1,949   $6,368 
Bermuda     $2,014 
Bhutan$14,008$10,756$20,051$19,040$16,528$23,292 
Bolivia$18,654$33,067$22,208$22,039$19,231$29,844$35,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina$87,570$56,275$86,047$98,152$51,140$49,160$59,374
Botswana$113,922$72,630$63,489$72,122$71,852$40,949$49,757
Brazil$913,693$557,395$965,076$789,422$528,427$747,283$1,181,574
Brunei $348,033     
Bulgaria$53,251$26,932$45,784$110,546$82,973$59,554$106,608
Burkina Faso$2,544 $3,605$11,523$34,556$8,712 
Burundi $358$167$341$1,031  
Cambodia$39,644$62,636$119,595$27,904$17,410$13,755 
Cameroon$9,664$19,862$24,523$35,824$36,128$37,107 
Canada$4,784,839$4,769,053$3,690,492$3,824,135$3,181,766$3,536,233$3,877,930
Cape Verde$1,624$8,183$516$6,214$1,643$3,188$5,908
Central African Republic$379 $1,136$2,986   
Chile$353,979$222,338$270,471$336,582$292,661$472,905$355,842
China$6,148,100$5,335,902$4,702,354$5,024,588$4,004,983$6,904,386$7,011,445
Colombia$257,162$304,809$285,497$241,252$216,384$411,484$326,188
Costa Rica$185,456$265,262$313,395$315,611$174,607$296,029$236,286
Cote d'Ivoire$66,416$22,393$58,918$40,458$21,121$37,005$10,969
Croatia$149,526$206,784$207,384$274,088$233,558$175,752$127,258
Cuba$100,142$88,448     
Cyprus$23,598$11,417$34,993$52,668$30,465$15,751$46,386
Czech Republic$537,746$550,146$730,020$613,948$787,203$665,581$1,226,277
Denmark$160,840$264,909$225,990$305,389$355,739$666,069$605,121
Dominica$3,791$3,926$5,246$4,018$8,540$4,770 
Dominican Republic$182,868$240,576$237,877$344,851$146,585$208,192$373,830
East Timor$188      
Ecuador$276,917$363,438$412,304$459,181$531,834$589,431$557,819
Egypt$1,487,390$1,374,538$1,610,758$2,582,854$1,878,507$2,700,213$1,046,590
El Salvador$187,372$288,658$233,702$248,563$171,373$422,011 
Estonia$136,281$88,292$120,560$104,432$36,514$62,284$170,301
Ethiopia$16,111$179,439$51,962$41,872$13,456$98,592$90,195
Faroe Islands$23,402$40,842$39,646$24,377$22,214  
Fiji$20,518$54,815$27,436$50,403$42,593$38,739 
Finland$135,052$164,278$175,736$193,420$147,171$171,906$206,307
France$2,309,371$2,730,816$2,599,563$2,432,732$1,918,156$1,931,219$2,387,686
French Polynesia$18,203$12,789$20,395$23,244$8,447$10,782$8,140
Gabon$17,462$18,229$61,301$89,761$52,537  
Gambia, The $107  $827  
Georgia$9,539$22,154$13,313$14,578$32,152$40,942 
Germany$3,389,000$3,420,000$4,350,000$5,319,000$4,791,000$7,804,754$8,136,467
Ghana$37,728$68,817$17,013$112,056$33,183$120,912$130,568
Greece$346,770$384,066$326,147$254,357$259,069$438,557$753,503
Greenland$424$12,218$13,158    
Grenada$5,848$2,389$3,203$1,841$1,288  
Guatemala$129,351$143,232$197,148$272,737$170,061$300,125$281,104
Guinea $27,782     
Guinea-Bissau$624      
Guyana$12,374$18,329$58,723$26,019$7,686$36,358$10,273
Honduras$77,229$72,108$70,337 $56,508  
Hong Kong$5,625,260$7,830,520$8,516,677$8,278,613$7,157,220$8,454,963$6,900,541
Hungary$190,000$435,000$307,000$250,000$224,000$478,000$621,000
Iceland$84,868$75,498$112,172$45,640$97,507$31,940$52,663
India$1,656,102$3,376,084$3,365,419$5,610,201$2,343,802$4,314,598$5,188,966
Indonesia$1,508,497$1,531,940$1,673,920$6,266,801$3,742,296$2,482,747$2,975,862
Iran$1,057,230$120,247   $1,032,058 
Ireland$454,316$426,225$587,814$303,789$414,453$430,291$362,898
Israel$366,000$133,000$322,000$372,000$360,000$533,000$338,000
Italy$772,162$1,059,210$992,309$1,138,577$681,196$721,818$1,207,058
Jamaica$44,419$36,077$49,006$41,875$35,382$52,236 
Japan$1,682,521$2,102,202$2,349,597$1,659,867$2,506,706$2,979,882$3,736,331
Jordan$121,715$25,340$52,842$62,214$111,059$67,099$67,173
Kazakhstan$111,490$49,029$88,488$78,932$103,189  
Kenya$35,770$40,856$50,975$53,777$78,916$58,575 
Kiribati$113   $429  
Korea, South$1,299,743$1,033,431$1,379,231$1,534,918$972,627$1,280,423$1,452,799
Kuwait $511,986$613,774$1,057,445   
Kyrgyzstan$2,181$1,793$2,804$5,095$1,753$3,349$4,039
Latvia$10,466$20,210$29,887$14,024$52,747$57,719$88,827
Lebanon$312,000$198,563$283,947$412,098$287,970$414,332$166,208
Lesotho   $1,206   
Lithuania$65,704$85,557$72,395$103,380$62,320$104,977$143,262
Luxembourg$26,319$49,673$51,046$108,809$50,260$44,343$41,559
Macau $4,655$696$3,745$155  
Macedonia$19,343$30,182$14,901$28,178$47,640 $31,109
Madagascar$3,746$40,416$2,895$8,050$18,390$68,850 
Malawi$2,492$3,748$4,050$5,794$12,329$17,056$27,182
Malaysia$765,994$785,980$1,062,084$2,056,282$2,732,758$4,099,467$3,945,576
Maldives$6,670$18,107$10,953$7,812$14,096$12,577$22,207
Mali$3,231$3,312$24,643$93 $27 
Malta$13,325$7,619$19,387$3,151$3,931$2,278 
Mauritania$21,623   $1,045  
Mauritius$78,631$107,773$173,637$113,239$59,595$56,566$34,882
Mayotte$2,568$9,708$6,798$14,253$2,795  
Mexico$1,251,762$1,180,704$1,257,755$1,593,830$1,011,330$1,219,642$1,318,672
Moldova$8,956$9,832$15,988$15,814$14,687$22,885$24,212
Mongolia$34,641$13,513$14,648    
Montenegro $6,824$8,928$20,211$10,902$13,591$8,987
Montserrat$16$95$172$181$340  
Morocco$43,967$81,784$118,170$183,759$124,343$101,917 
Mozambique$16,992$18,224$26,791$38,796$24,147$10,852$12,000
Namibia$23,873$8,167$10,208$51,076   
Nepal    $169,294$349,318 
Netherlands$635,260$1,028,908$1,047,235$1,600,207$1,001,519$1,948,880 
Netherlands Antilles$511,481$1,436$119$811   
New Caledonia$11,807$6,087$16,252$25,651$21,502$14,252$11,549
New Zealand$345,437$264,173$337,669$336,625$312,755$300,933$330,316
Nicaragua$94,620$111,087$104,488$180,153$181,847$232,285$391,791
Niger$483$2,827,533$149$8,544$1,117$6,862$10,057
Nigeria $79,461$138,464$254,315$178,422$65,290 
Norway$404,358$430,638$334,671$222,427$267,616$415,704$288,769
Oman$43,992$40,427$391,514$25,464$136,286$453,931 
Pakistan$91,769$91,442$137,190$213,752$123,584$199,249$280,410
Panama$196,833$326,810$266,510$223,035$344,491$468,449$520,785
Paraguay$26,517$24,585$16,099$24,207$27,418$43,822$42,089
Peru$124,104$87,888$196,913$215,869$227,512$326,325$325,618
Philippines$184,911$219,485$272,503$410,679$270,785$365,291$355,888
Poland$751,079$714,066$853,193$897,612$652,707$781,387$814,445
Portugal$279,444$204,351$179,233$216,969$333,328$305,045$241,417
Qatar$261,375$873,633$424,032$465,447 $538,263 
Romania$428,005$578,948$537,357$567,962$574,425$577,062$648,586
Russia$749,206$753,158$880,118$2,015,655$1,946,719$2,817,534$2,993,956
Rwanda$438$2,359$4,212$1,980$2,121 $1,498
Saint Kitts and Nevis$626$1,144$1,493$1,697   
Saint Lucia$2,274$5,786$6,098$7,077   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,750$1,597$4,698$2,437$4,747$2,973 
Samoa$1,653$996$2,009$1,402$575$334$642
Sao Tome and Principe$17$230$156$28$1,099$172 
Saudi Arabia$714,196$589,836$898,053  $1,150,401 
Senegal$25,805$73,342$4,159$45,625$21,140$68,017$26,398
Serbia$115,259$107,531$137,162$177,652$131,125$141,123$88,125
Seychelles$5,138$5,151$6,719$14,741   
Singapore$1,804,728$786,688$1,115,159$2,028,035$600,724$1,011,451$690,697
Slovakia$278,872$291,123$192,108$199,579$125,249$129,031$217,188
Slovenia$138,881$145,091$149,686$199,523$208,657$171,629$197,883
South Africa$337,499$525,047$729,044$444,222$444,550$463,716$586,275
Spain$997,652$1,345,752$953,752$1,068,525$825,369$894,516 
Sri Lanka$185,581$258,810$252,818$203,471$135,918$324,655$383,033
Sudan$56,879$49,968$16,450$44,451$42,665  
Suriname     $8,437$8,560
Swaziland$16,483$11,195$8,845    
Sweden$1,939,334$1,815,504$1,402,310$1,711,444$872,108$1,276,519$2,027,993
Switzerland$791,019$1,164,143$1,089,844$959,855$695,619$924,308$1,141,664
Syria$67,720$162,854$61,095$189,091 $567,941 
Tanzania$16,824$29,797$44,619$25,810$34,606$45,828$93,463
Thailand$4,648,145$5,111,847$6,193,651$6,790,328$3,494,302$5,577,985$6,029,363
Togo$1,850      
Tonga   $180$62$1,172 
Trinidad and Tobago$43,822$14,787$23,011$88,235$30,472$35,538 
Tunisia$35,778$67,880$26,334$30,065$59,805$81,759 
Turkey$543,892$317,124$549,279$502,640$206,537$745,203$868,901
Uganda$14,285$14,306$23,333$8,726$14,241$4,812 
Ukraine$70,748$201,123$218,575$218,789$49,981$173,500$126,224
United Arab Emirates$270,285 $524,789$585,672   
United Kingdom$2,505,154$2,609,561$2,532,128$2,321,513$2,594,944$2,844,260$2,925,752
United States$8,215,034$8,587,078$9,700,583$10,046,328$8,749,951$9,695,780$11,908,341
Uruguay$77,116$55,506$73,244$107,256$89,516  
Vanuatu $645$1,558    
Venezuela$126,018$80,779$76,529$235,117$256,969$122,119$105,264
Vietnam$4,120,583$5,573,123$6,904,519$7,399,346$6,279,969$8,454,790 
Yemen$196,044$144,291$226,086$186,630$217,635$220,818$54,192
Zambia$8,046$16,038$21,074$11,958$2,032$10,647 
Zimbabwe$7,546$38,944$53,357$63,914$37,542$76,864