RankCountryImports of Refractory ceramic gds. other than bricks/blocks/tiles (e.g., retorts, cruc ... in USD (2010)
1United States$152,367,925
2Ukraine$54,127,729
3Mexico$52,685,352
4Russia$48,710,408
5Germany$40,090,280
6Italy$38,562,103
7France$33,056,058
8Turkey$29,847,171
9United Kingdom$28,671,927
10China$28,165,257
11Korea, South$23,600,789
12Canada$23,451,173
13Czech Republic$22,923,911
14Spain$21,842,191
15Poland$19,079,620
16Iran$17,177,190
17Belgium$16,994,743
18Brazil$15,601,680
19Japan$15,424,001
20Hungary$15,414,000
21Finland$14,012,434
22Australia$13,778,795
23Netherlands$12,960,717
24Sweden$10,914,622
25Austria$10,734,767
26Romania$10,603,564
27Switzerland$10,293,990
28India$9,424,098
29Argentina$9,357,409
30Egypt$6,249,759
31South Africa$5,949,597
32Malaysia$5,679,518
33Slovakia$5,297,220
34Chile$5,266,558
35Thailand$5,085,679
36Belarus$4,937,000
37Slovenia$4,901,251
38Venezuela$3,889,299
39Vietnam$3,526,250
40Indonesia$3,260,447
41Portugal$2,945,728
42Colombia$2,793,289
43Peru$2,790,048
44Algeria$2,365,698
45Norway$2,355,895
46Serbia$2,081,740
47Morocco$1,898,424
48Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,758,024
49Greece$1,735,542
50Luxembourg$1,563,979
51Tunisia$1,539,078
52Ecuador$1,452,583
53New Zealand$1,420,292
54Bulgaria$1,292,669
55Pakistan$1,238,680
56Croatia$1,184,347
57Bahrain$1,170,954
58Hong Kong$995,996
59Ireland$955,358
60Israel$860,000
61Denmark$754,753
62Iceland$543,734
63Saudi Arabia$522,667
64Sri Lanka$463,650
65Qatar$443,838
66Jordan$430,294
67Singapore$404,393
68Dominican Republic$339,400
69Latvia$302,890
70Syria$235,328
71Paraguay$214,071
72Philippines$191,714
73Bolivia$186,747
74Lithuania$148,984
75Estonia$135,291
76Panama$127,426
77Montenegro$125,075
78Guatemala$120,584
79Kenya$117,151
80Lebanon$115,443
81Zimbabwe$106,760
82Cyprus$101,998
83Azerbaijan$68,433
84Botswana$60,433
85Niger$56,009
86Suriname$54,888
87Burkina Faso$45,593
88Tanzania$42,236
89Costa Rica$41,469
90Moldova$40,731
91Nigeria$30,238
92Oman$30,135
93Georgia$27,455
94Nepal$23,697
95Cameroon$21,543
96Cote d'Ivoire$17,859
97Armenia$17,473
98New Caledonia$12,664
99Kyrgyzstan$12,139
100Ethiopia$10,632
101Zambia$9,171
102Guyana$6,336
103El Salvador$5,417
104Trinidad and Tobago$5,344
105Ghana$5,073
106Burundi$4,757
107Uganda$2,981
108Senegal$2,166
109Mauritius$2,046
110Albania$623
111Bahamas, The$292
112French Polynesia$149
113Aruba$136
114Madagascar$53
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$13,217$28,157$10,678$2,585$1,725$623$46,232
Algeria$3,292,711$2,945,512$6,001,797$6,783,877$1,672,219$2,365,698$3,002,203
Argentina$8,012,722$7,945,551$7,961,566$9,593,281$4,526,452$9,357,409$10,372,943
Armenia$89,012$28,394$8,070$118,672$17,421$17,473$207
Aruba     $136$1,853
Australia$13,638,859$12,341,001$11,219,758$15,308,712$9,907,557$13,778,795$12,137,196
Austria$14,461,896$13,642,910$18,725,227$17,338,169$9,029,263$10,734,767 
Azerbaijan$99,487$149,222$245,179$335,631$146,452$68,433$164,619
Bahamas, The$23   $13,978$292 
Bahrain$118,396$105,327$690,488$1,472,942$1,099,769$1,170,954$1,361,453
Bangladesh$1,194,535$960,902$1,543,555    
Belarus$1,585,500$2,082,000$2,498,400$4,594,400$2,913,800$4,937,000$4,776,700
Belgium$15,584,314$17,345,449$18,731,678$26,238,702$18,508,137$16,994,743$18,364,561
Belize   $326   
Bolivia$122,670$105,579$108,989$166,695$198,243$186,747$214,049
Bosnia and Herzegovina$643,275$818,922$1,568,025$813,971$957,261$1,758,024$950,954
Botswana$17,420$31,364$8,919$59,749$342$60,433$5,840
Brazil$3,777,012$7,242,838$8,441,540$11,241,998$7,866,024$15,601,680$21,007,535
Brunei $804     
Bulgaria$2,328,920$3,661,408$3,694,567$3,237,255$1,727,815$1,292,669$1,890,375
Burkina Faso   $57,498$58,543$45,593 
Burundi     $4,757 
Cambodia   $10,362   
Cameroon$12,242$9,288$5,740$33,631$64,219$21,543 
Canada$23,519,336$21,688,245$20,861,213$22,781,820$17,148,454$23,451,173$27,357,982
Chile$4,357,394$5,052,935$6,989,782$6,815,097$4,320,755$5,266,558$7,166,128
China$13,567,746$17,396,093$19,597,238$24,154,181$16,882,512$28,165,257$35,912,113
Colombia$1,740,834$1,832,628$3,274,824$3,764,949$2,300,653$2,793,289$4,235,616
Costa Rica$7,932$45,831$47,329$45,173$67,611$41,469$39,218
Cote d'Ivoire $4,330$27,251  $17,859$3,524
Croatia$474,729$768,386$2,146,571$2,516,465$772,316$1,184,347$974,813
Cuba$1,852,948$1,222,102     
Cyprus$3,076 $1,009 $95$101,998$1,886
Czech Republic$23,537,893$31,003,175$35,009,514$32,866,172$18,432,807$22,923,911$25,616,471
Denmark$827,894$742,110$1,301,217$1,073,293$510,190$754,753$1,695,262
Dominican Republic $3,667$5,040$40,403 $339,400$78,803
East Timor$1,572      
Ecuador$773,804$486,440$864,922$875,936$1,810,353$1,452,583$1,430,132
Egypt$3,005,360$4,101,850$7,110,623$8,148,796$5,148,776$6,249,759$7,430,337
El Salvador $3,538 $2,196 $5,417 
Estonia$58,085$78,049$60,474$68,609$20,805$135,291$861,607
Ethiopia$16,097$17,799 $84,841$191$10,632$605
Faroe Islands $19,696$2,314    
Fiji  $277    
Finland$12,886,630$14,556,254$15,922,398$17,146,681$10,158,459$14,012,434$15,560,246
France$35,520,260$40,306,850$50,422,459$43,102,532$26,666,814$33,056,058$39,288,293
French Polynesia    $140$149$409
Gabon  $22,348    
Georgia$17,659$2,072$2,739$41,877$10,428$27,455 
Germany$70,710,000$72,673,000$107,142,000$85,719,000$36,948,000$40,090,280$86,970,158
Ghana$482$9,556$77,665$53,231 $5,073$2,328
Greece$1,035,354$1,020,405$1,816,312$4,291,598$953,837$1,735,542$2,133,997
Guatemala$23,564$8,277$134,705$107,401$87,085$120,584$127,792
Guinea$5,598      
Guyana     $6,336 
Honduras$4,246$1,752$11,218 $12,122  
Hong Kong$248,845$593,312$566,461$397,271$504,637$995,996$705,060
Hungary$19,833,000$22,882,000$27,628,000$29,433,000$14,276,000$15,414,000$12,955,000
Iceland$72,673$50,314$82,900$52,557$126,423$543,734$322,913
India$5,836,574$7,716,942$9,472,300$10,691,707$11,690,227$9,424,098$17,650,317
Indonesia$2,927,248$2,925,535$1,752,405$2,080,203$3,014,706$3,260,447$4,063,461
Iran$11,333,582$1,353,906   $17,177,190 
Ireland$895,588$837,928$553,309$966,287$895,230$955,358$908,036
Israel$666,000$671,000$854,000$1,119,000$911,000$860,000$1,314,000
Italy$30,423,374$35,668,272$44,025,169$45,087,597$29,705,884$38,562,103$46,227,551
Jamaica$287$1,699$854$28,913$175  
Japan$7,551,015$8,829,027$9,185,382$10,909,142$10,906,064$15,424,001$20,137,975
Jordan$28,662$62,007$111,964$66,057$136,789$430,294$223,799
Kazakhstan$2,056,426$5,914,064$6,592,907$8,714,351$4,367,317  
Kenya $19,381$32,283$18,817$103,823$117,151 
Korea, South$9,697,731$9,737,780$13,645,472$19,853,932$16,675,960$23,600,789$25,719,443
Kuwait $60,735$76,809$309,542   
Kyrgyzstan$8,122$23,817$47,605$28,812$37,179$12,139$30,732
Latvia$1,038,370$933,483$246,471$405,652$235,721$302,890$371,179
Lebanon$148,000$85,243$52,124$97,388$8,797$115,443$79,861
Lesotho   $43,012   
Lithuania$95,636$102,801$161,101$133,972$61,696$148,984$3,875,581
Luxembourg$801,827$772,964$1,235,436$1,944,985$2,031,635$1,563,979$1,371,638
Macau$412      
Macedonia$222,096$285,833$588,213$651,216$533,465 $989,570
Madagascar$1,610$9,519$1,455$8,534$9,580$53 
Malawi    $3,648  
Malaysia$2,853,741$2,097,099$1,619,587$2,841,861$3,087,249$5,679,518$7,283,045
Mali   $4,288   
Malta$2,759$4,802$6,462$4,554   
Mauritania$6,675   $93  
Mauritius$1,934$8,913$3,645$28,818$4,276$2,046$2,098
Mexico$26,864,821$33,987,671$45,232,807$47,194,336$31,571,937$52,685,352$67,112,344
Moldova$18,956$44,558$34,502$60,359$18,571$40,731$33,325
Mongolia$1,217$83,569$40,367    
Montenegro $302,036$416,304$574,101$211,118$125,075$58,727
Morocco$526,796$995,721$2,335,491$2,619,721$2,284,356$1,898,424 
Mozambique   $3,618  $9,000
Namibia$2,851$1,094$9,178$7,634   
Nepal    $8,573$23,697 
Netherlands$6,832,462$10,909,695$17,756,327$17,792,353$10,616,381$12,960,717 
Netherlands Antilles  $99,471$35,961   
New Caledonia$36,156$9,669$40,135$110,993$188,691$12,664$478,413
New Zealand$1,742,540$1,661,964$1,693,485$2,329,211$1,131,666$1,420,292$1,516,316
Nicaragua$11,390$22$1,785   $16,908
Niger  $857 $122$56,009$15,452
Nigeria $172,602$138,957$14,036$53,801$30,238 
Norway$1,456,166$2,423,566$3,137,772$2,942,225$2,202,288$2,355,895$2,844,046
Oman$31,826$36,354$126,728$79,295$8,523$30,135 
Pakistan$1,944,262$1,250,424$1,408,823$1,760,858$1,346,707$1,238,680$1,650,804
Panama $1,663$547 $50,278$127,426$145,972
Paraguay$61,264$118,200$330,956$335,799$252,536$214,071$119,002
Peru$948,459$1,062,463$2,433,746$2,322,112$1,978,098$2,790,048$2,698,997
Philippines$1,346,144$233,620$157,537$140,395$72,750$191,714$139,649
Poland$9,491,551$10,480,929$14,483,440$17,807,794$15,303,305$19,079,620$20,427,695
Portugal$3,973,779$3,657,858$4,351,993$5,033,150$4,924,682$2,945,728$2,677,381
Qatar$16,692$140,499$608,451$78,886 $443,838 
Romania$9,627,132$6,914,647$9,236,406$9,607,205$4,932,609$10,603,564$9,831,734
Russia$11,890,668$17,297,527$33,148,814$40,673,210$24,144,455$48,710,408$74,513,320
Rwanda$1,582   $1,541  
Saudi Arabia$208,358$417,880$467,438  $522,667 
Senegal$3,287  $4,413$2,482$2,166 
Serbia$4,828,367$4,588,540$5,432,072$4,643,364$1,260,450$2,081,740$2,922,284
Singapore$160,833$665,128$945,133$833,663$633,989$404,393$1,539,411
Slovakia$8,965,872$8,274,028$8,307,242$6,336,603$3,817,167$5,297,220$7,022,512
Slovenia$3,964,639$3,450,489$4,241,878$4,399,208$3,304,743$4,901,251$5,518,161
South Africa$4,962,765$5,048,297$7,586,163$6,849,062$4,045,546$5,949,597$5,412,034
Spain$20,764,149$26,914,304$29,279,976$28,187,488$17,632,321$21,842,191 
Sri Lanka$200,180$195,090$193,979$287,798$253,592$463,650$741,228
Sudan $38,895$30,096 $3,905,032  
Suriname     $54,888$96,125
Swaziland$668$2,914$6,780    
Sweden$12,351,966$14,624,294$16,548,588$16,579,928$7,351,341$10,914,622$11,253,557
Switzerland$5,531,264$7,313,137$9,734,718$12,892,259$7,063,447$10,293,990$10,810,927
Syria$91,829$144,053$187,012$564,374 $235,328 
Tanzania$13,322$4,574$12,935$20,650$227,829$42,236$52,128
Thailand$3,408,044$2,276,910$2,432,151$4,129,664$3,419,782$5,085,679$6,487,693
Tonga   $287   
Trinidad and Tobago$224,657$194,694$1,463$75,488$25,625$5,344 
Tunisia$1,554,383$1,289,616$1,265,819$2,006,460$2,782,461$1,539,078 
Turkey$14,163,522$17,647,446$26,023,799$23,912,173$18,723,675$29,847,171$31,682,209
Uganda$14,786$16,054 $210 $2,981 
Ukraine$11,476,670$15,492,587$26,151,936$40,177,021$31,122,264$54,127,729$63,352,010
United Arab Emirates$2,021,933 $1,670,411$2,229,182   
United Kingdom$19,161,976$17,326,767$24,534,634$29,092,402$24,851,022$28,671,927$27,355,521
United States$102,621,142$124,911,746$103,463,277$116,174,108$69,873,746$152,367,925$211,705,178
Uruguay$162,568$116,220$130,861$127,288$64,098  
Venezuela$7,086,182$5,194,257$5,803,362$8,197,971$4,959,224$3,889,299$8,322,108
Vietnam$1,635,820$774,408$2,713,757$3,515,846$1,319,070$3,526,250 
Yemen$938$8,065$17,707$17,823   
Zambia$666$37,939$3,537$5,932$13,185$9,171 
Zimbabwe$3,077$6,086$16,298$36,273$58,654$106,760