RankCountryImports of Refractory ceramic gds. other than bricks/blocks/tiles (e.g., retorts, cruc ... in USD (2010)
1United States$89,096,688
2Korea, South$71,189,098
3China$52,924,132
4Germany$49,947,243
5Malaysia$30,687,899
6Italy$28,002,446
7France$25,164,171
8Japan$24,588,946
9India$22,118,530
10Turkey$19,608,079
11Austria$18,855,094
12Thailand$18,340,055
13United Kingdom$16,785,767
14Mexico$16,306,929
15Poland$15,745,803
16Spain$15,421,546
17Brazil$13,670,568
18Russia$13,541,511
19Indonesia$13,106,362
20Canada$12,990,470
21Hungary$12,388,000
22South Africa$12,112,959
23Australia$8,678,671
24Iran$8,337,788
25Belgium$8,049,473
26Switzerland$6,659,582
27Vietnam$6,186,750
28Ukraine$6,115,827
29Singapore$5,871,294
30Portugal$5,851,877
31Sweden$5,807,989
32Finland$5,192,381
33Romania$4,776,385
34Netherlands$4,661,404
35Argentina$4,652,423
36Czech Republic$4,344,493
37Egypt$4,140,899
38Slovakia$3,783,278
39Chile$3,459,399
40Norway$3,140,130
41Philippines$2,912,530
42Saudi Arabia$2,604,270
43Peru$2,460,587
44Serbia$2,443,060
45Slovenia$2,349,314
46Israel$2,246,000
47Jordan$2,240,798
48Algeria$2,237,729
49Hong Kong$2,146,356
50Belarus$2,016,400
51Trinidad and Tobago$1,988,220
52Nigeria$1,955,769
53Mali$1,944,985
54Guatemala$1,809,503
55Lithuania$1,680,506
56Croatia$1,621,046
57Luxembourg$1,572,169
58Colombia$1,483,566
59Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,422,894
60Pakistan$1,188,190
61Greece$1,093,117
62Morocco$986,900
63Denmark$966,891
64Ireland$959,713
65Zambia$942,266
66Venezuela$918,031
67New Zealand$903,074
68Syria$899,509
69Zimbabwe$890,911
70Tunisia$843,460
71Oman$811,073
72Latvia$786,705
73Tanzania$684,835
74Bulgaria$640,860
75Kenya$635,895
76Ghana$596,752
77Sri Lanka$591,994
78Azerbaijan$549,727
79Qatar$512,710
80Lebanon$362,938
81El Salvador$339,348
82Ecuador$323,873
83Bahrain$319,299
84Suriname$304,813
85Burkina Faso$295,153
86Mozambique$265,627
87Iceland$211,138
88Nicaragua$207,458
89Montenegro$146,478
90Costa Rica$145,096
91Estonia$143,428
92Bhutan$138,455
93Nepal$135,008
94Malawi$108,792
95Ethiopia$108,093
96Cote d'Ivoire$96,291
97Georgia$91,332
98Dominican Republic$90,501
99Mauritania$89,448
100Kyrgyzstan$86,985
101Botswana$86,574
102Bolivia$83,629
103Fiji$63,610
104Senegal$63,216
105Armenia$61,893
106Guyana$39,727
107Samoa$30,025
108Cambodia$28,933
109Malta$28,492
110Burundi$28,462
111Panama$28,344
112New Caledonia$25,400
113Cameroon$18,399
114Jamaica$17,621
115Uganda$17,612
116Madagascar$14,275
117Niger$13,103
118Antigua and Barbuda$9,783
119Togo$6,834
120Moldova$6,579
121Mauritius$5,290
122Cape Verde$3,304
123Albania$3,221
124Yemen$2,417
125Sao Tome and Principe$1,839
126Cyprus$688
127Barbados$643
128Bahamas, The$624
129Tonga$403
130Paraguay$189
131French Polynesia$162
132Dominica$100
133Aruba$54
134Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$15
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$9,938$2,747$17,972$46,019$8,701$3,221$9,760
Algeria$3,253,011$1,598,003$1,739,712$3,143,493$2,428,034$2,237,729$4,918,346
Antigua and Barbuda $172$684 $145$9,783$221
Argentina$2,212,745$2,910,517$3,433,535$3,442,499$2,789,904$4,652,423$5,035,865
Armenia$19,077$155,039$42,025$265,572$120,892$61,893$262,407
Aruba     $54 
Australia$6,629,703$5,526,562$6,941,644$7,567,362$5,231,616$8,678,671$10,085,554
Austria$20,105,719$18,403,362$18,819,788$18,145,457$11,424,076$18,855,094 
Azerbaijan$1,460,097$1,033,023$827,260$626,605$187,654$549,727$695,585
Bahamas, The$2,888$5,201$3,814$9,301$900$624$3,248
Bahrain$664,741$185,869$556,417$467,898$743,209$319,299$1,047,158
Bangladesh$187,199$215,034$206,586    
Barbados $10,366$19,097$4,103 $643$129
Belarus$1,824,200$2,182,200$2,203,400$2,178,300$1,797,700$2,016,400$2,662,200
Belgium$9,575,792$9,472,211$12,550,691$15,262,457$8,795,722$8,049,473$8,743,262
Belize  $26 $1,192  
Bhutan$8,627$31,730$16,419$52,894$81,084$138,455 
Bolivia$39,378$73,722$88,416$86,208$116,745$83,629$180,477
Bosnia and Herzegovina$727,498$1,135,967$1,488,149$1,659,221$1,282,281$1,422,894$1,370,584
Botswana$47,775$54,376$177,898$129,186$52,840$86,574$66,024
Brazil$9,822,695$10,362,733$16,884,916$14,956,098$14,895,793$13,670,568$14,476,918
Brunei $332,460     
Bulgaria$1,066,948$1,586,900$2,782,036$1,724,690$803,220$640,860$1,440,221
Burkina Faso$295 $292,969$382,400$152,986$295,153 
Burundi$88$157$3,701$851$123$28,462 
Cambodia$7,052   $16,121$28,933 
Cameroon$34,038$21,733$78,162$77,117$34,215$18,399 
Canada$11,641,389$11,468,666$11,220,706$11,036,029$7,635,917$12,990,470$18,323,062
Cape Verde$1,818$14,159$15$2,543 $3,304$41
Central African Republic    $2,004  
Chile$2,144,383$1,996,436$2,139,536$2,919,711$1,879,729$3,459,399$2,510,426
China$23,769,150$38,923,979$34,626,044$43,877,013$27,482,306$52,924,132$53,517,231
Colombia$846,638$1,056,990$1,649,333$1,941,918$1,470,845$1,483,566$1,700,673
Comoros$25      
Costa Rica$327,687$267,268$227,055$269,962$985,711$145,096$178,220
Cote d'Ivoire$28,241$49,856$21,491$89,826$92,517$96,291$103,999
Croatia$1,392,586$1,192,899$1,261,666$1,908,748$749,935$1,621,046$1,138,173
Cuba$285,130$411,690     
Cyprus$82,022$20,782$7,305$26,878$737$688$721
Czech Republic$5,964,035$6,768,474$9,431,701$8,889,411$4,528,794$4,344,493$8,222,917
Denmark$1,497,852$2,425,168$1,652,595$1,698,984$1,000,026$966,891$698,029
Djibouti    $41,305  
Dominica$3,560    $100 
Dominican Republic$1,481,742$12,254$71,156$327,421$148,041$90,501$98,213
East Timor$812      
Ecuador$354,378$145,615$186,883$346,890$418,459$323,873$471,880
Egypt$3,808,065$2,374,402$3,381,813$3,363,067$2,816,436$4,140,899$3,749,827
El Salvador$109,122$103,052$134,106$116,702$133,930$339,348 
Estonia$176,050$363,679$316,464$606,896$95,436$143,428$1,040,891
Ethiopia$121,098$147,586$158,181$1,665,592$24,969$108,093$268,928
Faroe Islands$397$7,332$75,858$11,170$13,696  
Fiji$60,673$12,923$5,911$29,570$45,811$63,610 
Finland$6,012,198$5,818,223$5,559,857$7,548,268$4,997,317$5,192,381$3,956,068
France$18,544,644$23,885,541$33,005,114$37,291,087$26,934,690$25,164,171$30,959,219
French Polynesia$1,144$1,625$1,886$1,592$3,206$162$115
Gabon$4,255$70,482$21,400$4,339$31,384  
Gambia, The$3,987  $453$3,910  
Georgia$84,853$29,858$15,041$12,834$74,558$91,332 
Germany$27,204,000$33,065,000$42,485,000$56,559,000$48,143,000$49,947,243$49,834,665
Ghana$534,330$1,124,742$849,015$529,229$436,666$596,752$1,699,968
Greece$1,984,796$4,155,972$1,996,066$2,459,021$1,251,773$1,093,117$1,467,494
Greenland$185$82$41    
Grenada    $116  
Guatemala$1,137,883$1,670,625$1,832,503$1,947,179$2,125,496$1,809,503$2,860,343
Guinea$772,605$82,841$5,382$8,878   
Guyana$45,730$43,492$38,814$24,964$16,673$39,727$93,819
Honduras$74,863$347,857$57,567 $20,745  
Hong Kong$1,286,777$1,331,183$1,542,543$1,909,796$1,599,426$2,146,356$2,300,768
Hungary$5,006,000$8,925,000$11,945,000$8,187,000$6,019,000$12,388,000$8,625,000
Iceland$128,672$174,248$348,900$233,770$172,029$211,138$220,197
India$13,057,484$22,047,623$16,322,139$19,461,146$16,303,825$22,118,530$30,503,284
Indonesia$11,365,111$8,237,233$11,558,414$26,136,029$9,881,625$13,106,362$17,801,073
Iran$14,301,482$6,055,665   $8,337,788 
Ireland$541,077$547,661$1,236,626$793,209$575,343$959,713$885,171
Israel$2,371,000$3,014,000$3,667,000$2,875,000$2,998,000$2,246,000$2,521,000
Italy$34,490,578$36,748,617$40,787,834$38,058,679$24,329,561$28,002,446$32,604,585
Jamaica$11,275$89,630$149,194$334,991$36,724$17,621 
Japan$11,408,070$17,628,054$18,553,228$25,729,292$34,531,576$24,588,946$16,826,953
Jordan$211,429$426,116$1,342,847$2,764,758$1,978,395$2,240,798$1,798,309
Kazakhstan$2,776,636$4,663,584$3,259,426$1,318,701$906,808  
Kenya$365,737$459,860$537,415$843,431$533,857$635,895 
Kiribati$545   $924  
Korea, South$32,517,448$36,862,705$40,632,832$39,177,558$33,773,694$71,189,098$76,333,690
Kuwait $1,563,348$345,163$2,496,352   
Kyrgyzstan$179,328$246,079$175,382$254,396$207,094$86,985$295,924
Latvia$27,989$723,142$1,658,180$1,024,636$630,863$786,705$285,660
Lebanon$214,000$173,175$141,489$397,256$115,288$362,938$71,851
Lesotho   $1,117   
Lithuania$47,440$68,757$71,055$80,391$1,596,308$1,680,506$767,698
Luxembourg$816,403$1,341,751$874,501$1,421,694$1,222,354$1,572,169$1,410,257
Macau$386$1,458$1,540$373   
Macedonia$327,137$392,815$397,993$292,365$180,625 $321,664
Madagascar$46,148$1,933$2,805$87,628$30,389$14,275 
Malawi$13$4,608$2,525$1,703$5,300$108,792$29,913
Malaysia$15,390,296$19,602,021$24,314,142$16,805,408$12,899,892$30,687,899$39,312,361
Mali$351,046$364,859$579,624$1,583,397 $1,944,985 
Malta$1,614$6,223$25,997$10,746$15,257$28,492 
Mauritania$92,159$83,300$68,932$158,134$41,216$89,448$16,928
Mauritius$14,486$45,160$32,309$50,317$5,049$5,290$65,932
Mayotte $202$504$158$49  
Mexico$11,767,670$16,110,159$15,988,685$15,862,513$10,505,988$16,306,929$22,042,580
Moldova$3,967$25,353$17,995$10,816$113$6,579$1,483
Mongolia$15,189$93,888$97,872    
Montenegro $153,949$143,223$114,753$44,779$146,478$41,223
Montserrat  $24    
Morocco$594,089$1,804,972$2,178,619$1,605,633$1,350,197$986,900 
Mozambique$83,511$26,734$95,388$40,910$18,933$265,627$4,650,000
Namibia$54,854$101,431$122,220$142,633   
Nepal    $190,320$135,008 
Netherlands$5,768,309$6,065,408$5,433,818$5,575,674$4,208,333$4,661,404 
Netherlands Antilles$1,979$60,216$2,433$37   
New Caledonia$7,304$18,108$101,449$6,051$28,028$25,400$153,214
New Zealand$1,044,557$1,103,887$1,228,291$1,492,339$1,138,145$903,074$1,992,273
Nicaragua$70,590$79,045$83,779$79,479$133,183$207,458$289,284
Niger$15,333$73,273$7,205$5,377$96,531$13,103$2,746
Nigeria $1,553,335$1,435,265$577,268$1,530,364$1,955,769 
Norway$2,847,834$3,366,424$3,818,644$4,694,237$2,888,458$3,140,130$3,585,044
Oman$181,176$45,969$310,993$612,146$659,524$811,073 
Pakistan$2,334,198$1,122,947$1,157,641$1,275,992$2,861,655$1,188,190$1,704,023
Panama$7,724$110,899$25,081$2,495$54,717$28,344$129,248
Paraguay$208$21,951$20,582$8,851$11,538$189$21,019
Peru$1,599,479$1,855,960$1,662,783$2,049,488$1,921,421$2,460,587$2,853,004
Philippines$1,042,561$1,181,835$1,753,631$2,570,101$1,224,469$2,912,530$2,466,324
Poland$15,460,505$17,648,219$14,742,226$25,824,698$15,906,660$15,745,803$31,172,724
Portugal$3,039,631$5,044,164$5,583,234$3,046,914$6,240,356$5,851,877$4,992,115
Qatar$302,576$602,769$1,076,071$259,218 $512,710 
Romania$7,717,837$13,017,056$11,485,937$10,397,794$3,232,510$4,776,385$6,256,294
Russia$4,236,050$9,137,708$10,962,147$13,705,451$11,116,695$13,541,511$15,795,062
Rwanda$1,593$419$5,883$12,546$1,879 $63
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,008$365$427$139   
Saint Lucia$50 $1,893$41   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$749 $1,774 $24$15 
Samoa     $30,025 
Sao Tome and Principe   $3,392$691$1,839 
Saudi Arabia$2,255,338$2,116,929$3,784,944  $2,604,270 
Senegal$25,606$39,545$37,712$18,162$156,701$63,216$135,305
Serbia$882,450$667,216$1,058,677$2,271,166$2,557,416$2,443,060$1,893,864
Seychelles$2,987$851$510$5,207   
Singapore$4,692,752$2,696,290$2,710,031$5,332,163$7,705,303$5,871,294$5,832,338
Slovakia$2,153,637$2,355,602$3,441,250$8,542,880$3,371,659$3,783,278$3,824,307
Slovenia$1,758,849$2,179,814$3,042,770$2,931,651$1,780,191$2,349,314$2,991,708
South Africa$54,091,651$72,515,915$65,604,714$11,261,529$8,343,589$12,112,959$12,806,934
Spain$13,148,963$15,135,908$18,602,968$21,677,807$13,030,747$15,421,546 
Sri Lanka$1,172,720$844,390$625,654$735,587$615,832$591,994$1,332,187
Sudan $285,367$3,912$408$61,178  
Suriname     $304,813$292,107
Swaziland$77,552$40,417$25,614    
Sweden$4,262,569$3,586,988$4,919,806$5,819,093$4,908,885$5,807,989$4,580,637
Switzerland$6,988,399$8,059,935$7,980,616$9,009,743$5,672,432$6,659,582$8,341,207
Syria$161,473$345,137$372,050$403,362 $899,509 
Tanzania$209,232$169,921$581,750$893,951$737,402$684,835$855,910
Thailand$11,589,768$12,567,896$17,446,588$19,826,318$14,825,989$18,340,055$19,207,470
Togo$1,980 $20,109  $6,834$2,286
Tonga   $1,523$1,551$403 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,280,921$1,947,504$1,916,304$2,234,354$1,206,259$1,988,220 
Tunisia$384,142$570,646$381,382$429,906$464,738$843,460 
Turkey$15,211,333$15,650,704$20,164,308$22,914,240$17,674,554$19,608,079$23,588,338
Uganda$22,780$15,502$36,784$30,216$27,872$17,612 
Ukraine$4,186,916$6,088,329$8,801,622$8,105,094$3,124,263$6,115,827$6,761,692
United Arab Emirates$929,561 $1,302,081$2,040,359   
United Kingdom$15,693,049$18,413,206$19,320,509$20,013,405$12,650,744$16,785,767$17,671,373
United States$56,909,940$68,014,838$124,967,441$161,326,305$95,821,049$89,096,688$85,674,184
Uruguay$107,299$105,618$185,898$267,150$92,760  
Vanuatu $15$351    
Venezuela$1,834,695$2,032,468$1,482,309$3,044,668$2,558,195$918,031$1,438,707
Vietnam$2,967,844$3,624,529$3,350,726$6,025,016$6,443,992$6,186,750 
Yemen$1,096$5,571$2,199$1,371$4,702$2,417$21,246
Zambia$204,571$168,113$70,689$446,604$171,420$942,266 
Zimbabwe$52,469$469,224$571,592$369,517$451,484$890,911