RankCountryImports of Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles & sim. refractory ceramic constructional g ... in USD (2010)
1United States$87,080,538
2Japan$66,834,307
3France$52,828,191
4China$51,345,011
5Italy$49,328,357
6Germany$46,972,931
7Canada$46,479,040
8Russia$45,117,408
9India$38,691,595
10Korea, South$36,044,255
11Brazil$33,297,944
12Turkey$33,243,539
13Norway$26,891,501
14Malaysia$25,074,932
15Netherlands$24,342,443
16United Kingdom$23,308,135
17Mexico$22,919,095
18Indonesia$22,701,064
19Belgium$21,937,851
20Thailand$21,678,618
21Spain$21,657,853
22Poland$21,523,398
23South Africa$20,320,737
24Iran$17,994,589
25Australia$17,257,232
26Ukraine$16,234,371
27Vietnam$15,261,140
28Czech Republic$15,115,865
29Venezuela$14,777,834
30Egypt$14,488,030
31Singapore$13,406,957
32Chile$13,186,860
33Austria$12,603,149
34Portugal$9,732,503
35Qatar$9,413,225
36Algeria$8,514,018
37Finland$7,852,156
38Syria$7,583,693
39Greece$6,984,890
40Argentina$6,760,562
41Saudi Arabia$6,659,475
42Slovakia$6,385,500
43Belarus$6,324,200
44Peru$6,127,980
45Switzerland$6,071,877
46Philippines$5,903,927
47Bahrain$5,275,610
48Morocco$5,269,856
49Bulgaria$4,841,344
50Ecuador$4,660,913
51Hungary$4,514,000
52Pakistan$4,364,170
53Sweden$4,209,383
54New Zealand$4,145,205
55Tunisia$4,050,839
56Serbia$3,748,843
57Zimbabwe$3,379,243
58Kenya$3,322,343
59Romania$3,304,119
60Colombia$2,796,644
61Slovenia$2,773,108
62Croatia$2,758,620
63Israel$2,522,000
64Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,033,626
65Montenegro$2,002,704
66Latvia$1,740,808
67Botswana$1,605,934
68Luxembourg$1,416,903
69Iceland$1,412,295
70Tanzania$1,374,200
71Cameroon$1,245,692
72Armenia$1,125,137
73Costa Rica$1,102,416
74Nigeria$1,095,743
75Azerbaijan$1,087,228
76Bolivia$1,086,056
77Yemen$1,044,459
78Estonia$994,370
79New Caledonia$969,032
80Dominican Republic$945,158
81Denmark$922,497
82Lebanon$862,318
83Georgia$822,179
84Jordan$811,392
85Lithuania$785,028
86Oman$749,266
87Moldova$721,664
88Trinidad and Tobago$615,474
89Albania$537,095
90Hong Kong$526,025
91Paraguay$471,538
92Bhutan$396,125
93Sri Lanka$371,569
94Niger$363,274
95Senegal$335,540
96Nepal$330,958
97Uganda$293,582
98Ireland$257,419
99Guatemala$249,117
100Ethiopia$246,895
101Madagascar$214,873
102Cyprus$202,917
103Kyrgyzstan$157,172
104Ghana$119,507
105Zambia$106,026
106Mozambique$99,086
107Jamaica$41,763
108Guyana$31,249
109Nicaragua$23,904
110El Salvador$18,615
111Panama$15,672
112Fiji$9,974
113Malta$5,100
114Suriname$2,432
115Cote d'Ivoire$2,101
116Barbados$300
117Antigua and Barbuda$181
118Aruba$156
119Belize$146
120French Polynesia$64
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$187,996$272,808$786,682$1,072,941$381,765$537,095$651,978
Algeria$5,963,609$6,552,303$9,662,499$13,477,825$5,962,984$8,514,018$13,084,801
Antigua and Barbuda    $102$181 
Argentina$10,566,689$13,844,680$8,913,661$14,814,467$8,308,594$6,760,562$10,822,286
Armenia$269,073$1,351,124$799,251$953,490$446,808$1,125,137$343,644
Aruba     $156 
Australia$14,564,944$15,108,729$15,426,451$28,425,644$16,992,240$17,257,232$16,148,142
Austria$15,349,581$15,622,089$17,570,039$18,082,451$13,357,682$12,603,149 
Azerbaijan$1,224,682$1,953,123$1,272,532$1,382,934$1,267,748$1,087,228$970,023
Bahamas, The$15,254$150$1,035$1,469  $6,138
Bahrain$978,892$697,201$2,339,275$5,181,196$4,979,557$5,275,610$6,816,284
Bangladesh$626,718$620,555$702,321    
Barbados$308,731$7,477$322,138$1,064,841 $300$13
Belarus$5,928,100$5,752,600$10,409,900$13,694,600$4,949,300$6,324,200$12,322,700
Belgium$15,733,024$17,781,120$24,949,576$52,557,695$23,228,184$21,937,851$26,291,035
Belize$29,865$59,809$16,793$93,826$1,174$146 
Bhutan$115,773$117,307$153,452$149,744$123,954$396,125 
Bolivia$537,180$769,496$929,429$1,193,502$937,358$1,086,056$2,052,616
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,771,169$2,975,056$14,468,747$5,630,496$1,418,704$2,033,626$2,369,126
Botswana$18,667$6,608$64,072$288,264$216,171$1,605,934$8,051,314
Brazil$30,950,013$25,167,259$28,289,536$21,418,180$16,504,667$33,297,944$38,148,124
Bulgaria$17,079,699$5,726,556$6,267,518$13,990,566$5,101,598$4,841,344$2,486,569
Burkina Faso  $6,245    
Burundi    $681  
Cameroon$1,390,787$1,367,992$4,242,360$586,630$2,258,985$1,245,692 
Canada$39,640,129$39,329,695$48,829,528$50,174,458$41,388,311$46,479,040$52,731,065
Chile$3,985,066$6,852,524$5,262,498$6,910,517$5,719,882$13,186,860$23,453,894
China$37,786,956$34,125,851$45,072,025$42,063,198$40,169,107$51,345,011$69,773,278
Colombia$2,332,482$1,840,056$3,314,798$5,924,176$3,155,478$2,796,644$9,789,745
Costa Rica$158,363$247,948$80,232$243,146$872,830$1,102,416$75,772
Cote d'Ivoire$7,878$9,069$595$51,229$161,887$2,101$35,940
Croatia$2,093,523$4,387,164$3,048,554$3,895,182$3,658,177$2,758,620$2,783,704
Cuba$2,889,218$2,094,307     
Cyprus$796,304$786,973$464,218$250,283$186,127$202,917$269,502
Czech Republic$9,670,266$16,208,037$21,657,977$20,987,494$9,578,624$15,115,865$35,168,408
Denmark$3,948,559$2,202,182$1,704,715$2,231,922$2,046,481$922,497$1,742,258
Dominican Republic$767,263$166,393$162,981$317,052$206,546$945,158$1,131,965
Ecuador$1,272,368$1,772,099$3,683,105$1,662,957$2,515,483$4,660,913$3,657,049
Egypt$6,512,657$9,166,517$8,068,666$12,948,094$30,312,895$14,488,030$15,680,946
El Salvador$132,085$50,640$319,355$150,157$144,437$18,615 
Estonia$2,140,789$1,415,865$1,250,862$1,312,858$538,994$994,370$1,359,286
Ethiopia$33,633$412,842$304,258$136,246$1,060,786$246,895$48,339
Faroe Islands$16,056$70,803$25,588$8,135$37,598  
Fiji  $16,291  $9,974 
Finland$4,157,577$6,691,056$5,018,139$8,550,687$5,301,802$7,852,156$9,596,619
France$44,574,835$49,324,195$73,436,961$74,299,265$53,246,187$52,828,191$62,217,595
French Polynesia$97,361$49,784$113,770$11,244$71,006$64 
Gabon$41,233$6,580$73,922$57,165$69,999  
Gambia, The $1,247     
Georgia$375,427$564,109$1,410,392$957,051$1,142,787$822,179 
Germany$66,131,000$78,611,000$62,056,000$70,528,000$64,840,000$46,972,931$75,624,961
Ghana$400,917$539,807$390,116$219,948$295,958$119,507$23,599,649
Greece$9,900,942$9,232,777$11,190,412$11,676,300$6,324,481$6,984,890$14,534,162
Greenland$253      
Guatemala$60,238$141,144$238,747$700,190$444,067$249,117$71,077
Guinea$24,861 $161,615    
Guyana$20,393$28,617$49,207 $44,308$31,249$14
Honduras$175,143$145,580$110,048 $119,466  
Hong Kong$346,560$197,308$388,403$253,269$369,153$526,025$266,811
Hungary$7,964,000$6,310,000$5,032,000$4,334,000$3,721,000$4,514,000$3,745,000
Iceland$3,528,966$5,920,304$2,900,171$1,211,216$1,036,764$1,412,295$3,060,609
India$20,156,340$31,558,381$39,177,484$50,008,867$34,615,832$38,691,595$80,187,314
Indonesia$7,187,190$13,220,699$17,023,770$27,593,408$19,892,185$22,701,064$23,820,413
Iran$11,072,580$1,828,397   $17,994,589 
Ireland$923,006$743,501$547,989$1,104,355$558,718$257,419$331,817
Israel$733,000$647,000$1,743,000$736,000$8,105,000$2,522,000$3,140,000
Italy$49,488,795$44,107,518$60,995,159$73,232,176$55,393,446$49,328,357$50,610,890
Jamaica$885,339$916,819$835,220$1,428,915$91,298$41,763 
Japan$51,063,274$54,430,699$66,000,465$84,620,160$77,037,627$66,834,307$78,161,864
Jordan$437,564$87,738$721,478$1,344,178$503,011$811,392$1,081,582
Kazakhstan$23,347,916$22,514,876$29,846,285$30,564,066$18,407,895  
Kenya$1,874,367$576,140$1,157,831$721,261$661,252$3,322,343 
Korea, South$19,413,293$54,881,945$64,010,220$84,681,663$43,122,574$36,044,255$37,700,245
Kuwait $762,489$1,415,680$892,054   
Kyrgyzstan$249,411$579,049$1,329,744$552,681$2,173,601$157,172$8,958,361
Latvia$2,254,570$6,125,791$2,363,389$5,837,333$1,443,680$1,740,808$431,173
Lebanon$1,674,000$692,772$305,940$209,627$736,953$862,318$778,272
Lithuania$677,750$1,443,898$832,504$862,289$447,554$785,028$851,685
Luxembourg$1,772,790$2,003,637$1,987,278$3,334,819$2,427,018$1,416,903$1,509,519
Macedonia$1,012,521$2,385,190$1,405,706$2,444,134$1,217,287 $2,957,613
Madagascar$2,340  $929,933$1,098,273$214,873 
Malawi $13,943$6,372   $588
Malaysia$3,138,591$4,140,373$6,516,108$5,849,825$5,814,925$25,074,932$7,313,119
Mali$4,792 $30,616    
Malta$22,922 $1,160$987$5,953$5,100 
Mauritania$4,350 $8,805$4,985   
Mauritius$63,138$93,123$201,599$198,057$161,739 $140,832
Mayotte  $318    
Mexico$24,602,552$38,504,912$44,180,348$27,346,145$16,814,832$22,919,095$46,740,342
Moldova$508,214$1,544,478$818,227$6,462,137$720,646$721,664$5,177,052
Mongolia$299,593$380,637$522,236    
Montenegro $1,326,009$1,414,904$1,914,130$513,274$2,002,704$2,009,811
Morocco$2,610,467$5,305,394$5,393,909$3,475,735$5,629,827$5,269,856 
Mozambique$46,015$21,229$125,364$82,211$95,531$99,086$225,000
Namibia$2,225$11,424$12,633$123,816   
Nepal    $133,517$330,958 
Netherlands$14,743,996$22,135,977$28,921,800$35,513,978$22,230,095$24,342,443 
Netherlands Antilles$39,830$67,931$1,373$18,068   
New Caledonia$2,313,903$1,278,048$2,922,681$2,504,713$3,053,502$969,032$3,680,382
New Zealand$7,331,140$3,853,796$2,940,927$3,179,917$5,032,578$4,145,205$9,106,839
Nicaragua$13,700$38,574$57,928$83,073$16,102$23,904$46,593
Niger$40,874$87,915$40,597$205,684 $363,274$619,425
Nigeria $2,173,490$2,951,847$4,616,828$1,314,340$1,095,743 
Norway$9,283,607$13,293,781$21,386,358$20,508,535$22,755,686$26,891,501$20,435,917
Oman$158,177$2,021,550$14,695,244$2,916,696$610,383$749,266 
Pakistan$4,223,148$4,659,444$8,090,589$14,291,620$8,034,996$4,364,170$2,632,889
Panama$4,765$131,568$2,732$194,940$154,888$15,672$126,845
Paraguay$438,718$516,663$356,557$630,997$394,314$471,538$522,131
Peru$2,946,934$1,879,374$5,090,356$6,895,169$7,006,512$6,127,980$5,290,302
Philippines$2,916,771$6,421,204$3,585,433$4,399,667$3,280,786$5,903,927$4,481,526
Poland$23,451,980$20,637,746$26,478,809$29,978,681$23,312,871$21,523,398$18,829,403
Portugal$12,630,896$10,706,283$7,925,053$13,927,480$5,801,913$9,732,503$7,859,265
Qatar$700,633$299,575$1,112,339$35,078,571 $9,413,225 
Romania$18,855,906$13,982,441$8,758,762$13,517,755$6,391,073$3,304,119$3,401,322
Russia$23,585,139$29,318,874$40,559,383$53,515,028$28,349,829$45,117,408$61,246,537
Rwanda $12,993$31,361$18,463$248 $48,856
Saint Lucia $962     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $286    
Samoa    $2,819  
Saudi Arabia$3,021,866$4,145,511$14,779,273  $6,659,475 
Senegal$1,156,457$643,383$785,215$1,015,281$211,126$335,540$790,607
Serbia$4,595,071$2,936,585$4,774,543$5,203,007$2,666,470$3,748,843$5,149,291
Singapore$4,340,982$500,452$804,098$4,255,086$1,382,904$13,406,957$11,496,103
Slovakia$3,348,866$8,523,879$6,314,778$6,741,312$5,407,161$6,385,500$9,006,908
Slovenia$4,547,754$2,951,655$2,931,086$3,186,090$4,875,459$2,773,108$2,809,203
South Africa$21,731,839$31,678,351$22,135,179$18,711,326$13,575,214$20,320,737$18,986,374
Spain$29,067,626$22,971,919$31,931,083$28,505,775$21,618,647$21,657,853 
Sri Lanka$308,019$344,002$389,762$295,580$271,425$371,569$494,681
Sudan$44,101 $3,302$5,358$4,150  
Suriname     $2,432$7,411
Swaziland$23,748$1,233$2,347    
Sweden$6,195,339$7,145,039$8,923,437$10,994,683$3,897,023$4,209,383$5,264,703
Switzerland$6,154,246$8,965,800$5,603,846$6,801,226$6,117,105$6,071,877$7,848,824
Syria$1,012,796$1,056,278$2,563,666$1,295,208 $7,583,693 
Tanzania$625,403$376,603$1,050,924$767,656$533,975$1,374,200$4,379,016
Thailand$3,490,653$5,304,576$9,176,041$13,216,727$19,799,290$21,678,618$21,522,838
Togo$74,661 $32,616   $3,004
Tonga   $41   
Trinidad and Tobago$474,322$107,237$1,453,414$610,601$1,429,553$615,474 
Tunisia$1,201,023$1,377,433$1,641,405$1,776,321$3,341,930$4,050,839 
Turkey$24,291,304$54,975,207$44,035,906$59,667,118$22,292,352$33,243,539$39,445,317
Uganda$283,733$85,570$131,606$478,366$299,601$293,582 
Ukraine$18,619,801$25,560,106$33,190,604$23,500,990$10,782,621$16,234,371$20,005,813
United Arab Emirates$9,083,844 $12,134,781$16,178,714   
United Kingdom$28,585,297$22,642,935$34,018,727$45,640,044$21,619,691$23,308,135$37,859,854
United States$59,791,721$79,379,496$83,375,062$110,645,266$72,572,694$87,080,538$130,601,560
Uruguay$354,217$156,316$394,476$935,581$756,468  
Vanuatu $2,209$48,415    
Venezuela$5,726,158$6,693,973$5,104,642$11,313,114$19,509,240$14,777,834$11,683,252
Vietnam$2,596,271$2,138,471$4,897,446$11,249,482$12,610,452$15,261,140 
Yemen $27,152$47,984$81,601$424,316$1,044,459$181,783
Zambia$2,167,823$4,626,077$4,259,941$1,888,460$1,134,076$106,026 
Zimbabwe$437,847$1,440,675$1,661,468$154,244$1,824,171$3,379,243