RankCountryImports of Ceramic building bricks in USD (2010)
1Germany$33,603,763
2Netherlands$31,130,380
3United Kingdom$30,586,928
4Poland$28,646,154
5Belgium$27,033,111
6Singapore$22,499,275
7France$20,360,644
8Canada$18,420,246
9Switzerland$14,186,543
10Russia$12,224,018
11United States$11,845,128
12Japan$11,328,621
13New Zealand$10,851,688
14Czech Republic$9,463,454
15Slovakia$9,049,280
16Romania$7,693,152
17Bosnia and Herzegovina$7,464,882
18Sweden$7,407,846
19Bulgaria$6,626,836
20Italy$6,253,826
21Croatia$4,725,437
22Lithuania$4,684,970
23Montenegro$4,577,338
24Qatar$4,514,570
25Norway$4,383,807
26Albania$4,327,682
27Ukraine$4,093,004
28Austria$3,560,813
29Saudi Arabia$3,408,804
30Slovenia$2,948,798
31Hungary$2,741,000
32Hong Kong$2,682,508
33Malaysia$2,486,033
34Egypt$2,408,061
35Belarus$1,786,100
36Spain$1,315,858
37Estonia$1,276,421
38Argentina$1,230,481
39Yemen$1,021,992
40China$905,546
41Bahrain$876,252
42Denmark$793,815
43Algeria$753,549
44Azerbaijan$748,550
45Korea, South$666,583
46Ireland$635,716
47Portugal$627,951
48Israel$621,000
49Latvia$536,940
50Brazil$489,110
51Serbia$368,947
52Cyprus$356,769
53Lebanon$346,806
54Macau$314,577
55Georgia$293,194
56Niger$277,860
57Finland$255,872
58Philippines$232,548
59Australia$202,019
60Moldova$197,422
61Luxembourg$182,724
62Oman$180,094
63Bahamas, The$166,575
64Greece$143,060
65Zambia$122,275
66Nigeria$120,888
67Venezuela$114,193
68Costa Rica$88,602
69New Caledonia$83,254
70Morocco$82,476
71Mozambique$70,041
72Ecuador$63,976
73Ethiopia$62,062
74Mexico$61,219
75Tanzania$59,100
76Thailand$58,268
77Nepal$54,067
78Nicaragua$53,399
79Vietnam$51,690
80Tunisia$48,959
81Panama$47,082
82India$46,438
83Dominican Republic$43,758
84Indonesia$39,628
85Iceland$35,751
86Aruba$27,010
87Barbados$26,916
88Bermuda$26,845
89Senegal$22,881
90Peru$21,430
91Cape Verde$20,483
92Guatemala$20,154
93El Salvador$20,063
94Malawi$15,481
95Turkey$14,055
96South Africa$11,912
97Kyrgyzstan$11,562
98Iran$11,172
99Mali$10,655
100Bhutan$9,566
101Antigua and Barbuda$9,438
102Kenya$9,257
103Chile$7,728
104Belize$7,205
105Madagascar$6,682
106Cambodia$6,555
107Dominica$4,461
108Paraguay$2,589
109Jamaica$2,424
110Fiji$2,216
111Burundi$1,959
112Cameroon$1,797
113Sao Tome and Principe$1,732
114Burkina Faso$1,305
115Zimbabwe$1,178
116Mauritius$1,078
117Ghana$1,007
118Suriname$855
119Botswana$361
120Uganda$187
121Maldives$16
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$9,453,118$7,757,298$11,378,544$8,913,728$5,759,912$4,327,682$2,244,404
Algeria$29,818$20,324$2,589$60,935$84,354$753,549$4,267,184
Anguilla  $235$14,305   
Antigua and Barbuda$2,782$360$5,319  $9,438$1,962
Argentina$1,220,949$1,771,622$1,658,340$1,074,716$648,149$1,230,481$2,433,258
Armenia$370  $1,000   
Aruba    $13,421$27,010$28,584
Australia$126,670$1,309,728$1,148,454$83,555$48,243$202,019$127,669
Austria$3,118,410$3,885,821$4,268,595$4,046,037$4,987,516$3,560,813 
Azerbaijan$342,851$247,282$672,474$404,914$199,854$748,550$598,092
Bahamas, The$47,489$23,147$19,975$83,575$176,670$166,575$123,885
Bahrain$759,956$264,042$695,507$1,521,056$1,005,922$876,252$250,641
Bangladesh$694      
Barbados$2,149$2,390$4,256 $39$26,916$11,379
Belarus$508,200$1,008,800$1,942,900$1,940,700$1,295,900$1,786,100$2,023,000
Belgium$21,915,416$32,436,569$40,446,149$28,515,942$29,751,644$27,033,111$29,093,366
Belize$2,108$155,620$3,299$6,806$4,038$7,205 
Benin$1,590$966     
Bermuda     $26,845 
Bhutan$1,094$18,662$7,479$6,485$9,620$9,566 
Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,703,101$10,636,118$11,830,818$15,303,911$10,381,844$7,464,882$7,686,773
Botswana$124,483$31,814$86,531$95,242$14,719$361$23,578
Brazil$7,112$197,572$257,581$478,291$615,456$489,110$513,075
Brunei $74,602     
Bulgaria$12,726,258$24,198,273$39,122,366$37,081,349$15,102,211$6,626,836$5,035,406
Burkina Faso  $4,974  $1,305 
Burundi$111    $1,959 
Cambodia $7,917$9,158$6,547$2,191$6,555 
Cameroon$3,463$13,322$37,575$14,901 $1,797 
Canada$12,751,236$11,764,940$14,326,482$16,341,732$14,037,930$18,420,246$22,866,354
Cape Verde$435$15,814$17,797$19,084$33,247$20,483$26,969
Chile$23,163$31,953$55,213$8,017$14,401$7,728$9,858
China$304,152$411,370$960,110$116,872$815,033$905,546$981,792
Colombia$8,425$2,948$5,497   $637
Comoros$282$954$1,138    
Costa Rica$55,062$72,609$71,477$35,402$80,690$88,602$61,440
Cote d'Ivoire$25,078$6,707$15,717$3,291$7,840 $117
Croatia$3,668,756$7,584,655$9,601,217$9,137,126$4,420,201$4,725,437$5,225,637
Cyprus$159,744$216,372$311,401$341,991$277,458$356,769$539,882
Czech Republic$13,564,943$13,752,962$38,903,000$36,387,355$16,281,402$9,463,454$17,951,675
Denmark$1,066,548$2,351,318$3,228,997$2,473,210$1,258,444$793,815$1,260,274
Djibouti    $167,895  
Dominica $3,350$2,202 $4,709$4,461 
Dominican Republic$48$10,540$26,676$291$13,488$43,758$12,705
East Timor$141,168      
Ecuador$71,484$145,440$137,744$163,768$10,635$63,976$40,414
Egypt$191,188$188,585$205,131$297,781$1,371,505$2,408,061$898,867
El Salvador$208,043$119,439$79,135$103,013$24,192$20,063 
Estonia$1,341,283$4,751,964$4,277,782$3,873,536$2,789,720$1,276,421$2,217,028
Ethiopia$63,597$56,487$66,942$5,080$26,073$62,062$1,310
Faroe Islands$1,057 $2,777$1,185   
Fiji$30,245$640 $128$76$2,216 
Finland$101,626$227,211$376,520$522,931$598,948$255,872$618,623
France$20,459,580$24,557,259$24,205,855$25,858,278$22,544,582$20,360,644$22,937,651
French Polynesia$15,083$2,303$906$360$17,710 $7,704
Gabon$857$3,776$3,514$18,385$9,157  
Gambia, The $3,706$162$6,841$3,534  
Georgia$108,918$42,451$72,556$302,057$79,972$293,194 
Germany$46,696,000$50,450,000$36,428,000$32,364,000$31,193,000$33,603,763$40,503,661
Ghana$4,011$2,020$28,997$1,930$8,582$1,007$22,893
Greece$204,228$191,099$632,752$342,941$127,423$143,060$91,720
Greenland $297     
Grenada$57,710$56,038$23,870$26,944$6,358  
Guatemala$44,234$50,462$1,238$4,248$7,933$20,154$3,136
Guinea   $12   
Guinea-Bissau$3,286      
Guyana$9,749$777$962 $347 $16,283
Honduras$130,535$240,893$538,823 $145,668  
Hong Kong$2,288,697$2,270,662$2,755,766$3,150,901$2,674,902$2,682,508$3,288,785
Hungary$5,929,000$6,272,000$8,858,000$10,977,000$4,917,000$2,741,000$2,871,000
Iceland$126,675$73,731$52,157$15,507$1,950$35,751$3,609
India $24$83,118$111,159$3,202$46,438$137,253
Indonesia$4,032$50,230$128,296$158,412$270,621$39,628$2,782
Iran $6,005   $11,172 
Ireland$7,307,664$8,406,316$9,437,048$4,130,738$1,355,066$635,716$601,065
Israel$230,000$220,000$516,000$326,000$558,000$621,000$648,000
Italy$10,631,153$12,212,700$11,218,857$10,409,820$7,345,089$6,253,826$5,611,365
Jamaica$15,674$4,048 $342$6,853$2,424 
Japan$19,210,417$16,673,863$14,894,975$12,823,378$10,826,535$11,328,621$11,364,268
Jordan$9,316$19,158$1,904$68,424$69,192 $358
Kazakhstan$15,852,123$23,368,418$30,668,265$17,181,941$11,677,097  
Kenya$291$831$18,828$9,106$8,265$9,257 
Korea, South$209,940$263,414$310,553$370,106$1,296,407$666,583$1,642,645
Kuwait $148,096$458,361$136,191   
Kyrgyzstan$7,695$13,150$51,531$48,634$76,504$11,562$54,543
Latvia$315,220$999,813$1,326,454$317,083$169,141$536,940$505,845
Lebanon$240,000$189,785$231,636$446,752$394,222$346,806$379,676
Lesotho   $540,586   
Lithuania$4,919,760$11,749,767$14,747,927$13,041,163$5,679,358$4,684,970$5,457,544
Luxembourg$542,240$559,579$865,834$394,705$175,993$182,724$216,740
Macau$431,904$616,256$657,370$459,450$375,579$314,577$459,017
Macedonia$945,771$1,396,179$1,415,894$1,319,332$1,549,303 $3,532,200
Madagascar$786$62,787$18,896$55$11,089$6,682 
Malawi   $130$170$15,481$16,169
Malaysia$554,262$854,744$722,376$2,190,345$2,008,385$2,486,033$1,437,353
Maldives$1,383$742$19,267$11,073 $16$12,733
Mali   $4,918 $10,655 
Malta $2,434$332 $11,698  
Mauritania    $1,380  
Mauritius$559$11,991$17,876$26,912$8,777$1,078$19,696
Mayotte   $22,224$11,359  
Mexico$28,515$100,217$99,476$261,101$109,158$61,219$112,148
Moldova$12,562$16,566$81,592$77,575$51,097$197,422$337,704
Mongolia$20,498$313,296$131,751    
Montenegro $3,902,213$9,262,479$15,401,578$6,504,619$4,577,338$3,352,052
Montserrat $711  $11  
Morocco$3,117$145,217$21,720$181,986$158,741$82,476 
Mozambique$16,267$81,961$24,346$108,852$118,149$70,041$66,000
Namibia$17,511$34,384$18,332$79,496   
Nepal    $4,753$54,067 
Netherlands$25,207,757$35,956,515$35,803,629$43,039,074$39,541,868$31,130,380 
Netherlands Antilles$134,251$94,800$29,772$41,132   
New Caledonia$51,082$38,462$30,183$95,481$69,196$83,254$74,796
New Zealand$12,258,866$11,034,884$14,484,646$10,259,638$6,018,308$10,851,688$10,700,624
Nicaragua$108,170$18,585$102,034$34,506$33,727$53,399$4,826
Niger   $117,412 $277,860 
Nigeria $1,655,146$1,014,174$43,749$6,225$120,888 
Norway$3,926,265$3,542,050$4,987,282$4,559,399$2,605,402$4,383,807$6,367,209
Oman$210,294$213,680$1,102,694$331,667$161,854$180,094 
Pakistan$29,913$11,982     
Panama$18,985$27,384$38,777$23,450$54,259$47,082$7,832
Paraguay$60  $2,296$2,420$2,589$4,865
Peru$42,984$56,054$54,639$50,199$25,359$21,430$166,151
Philippines$113,786$71,902$83,099$53,872$80,347$232,548$108,120
Poland$9,723,802$11,819,685$57,164,325$63,906,038$30,071,794$28,646,154$26,897,304
Portugal$1,152,860$562,472$977,820$689,676$552,588$627,951$454,083
Qatar$90,960$374,175$905,429$2,690,789 $4,514,570 
Romania$22,917,697$36,872,044$59,547,786$81,203,274$17,375,354$7,693,152$4,235,548
Russia$12,266,649$10,739,725$21,347,698$25,334,524$12,899,273$12,224,018$13,483,990
Rwanda$389$25,652$416$5,772$4,123 $715
Saint Kitts and Nevis $155 $3,481   
Saint Lucia$7,473$1,377$111    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,951$507$3,113$2,445$14,063  
Samoa$1,383 $15,624 $35,094  
Sao Tome and Principe $10,441$3,138$39,941$5,985$1,732 
Saudi Arabia$1,641,132$551,733$659,885  $3,408,804 
Senegal  $944 $24,313$22,881$22,200
Serbia$3,939$168,033$367,748$989,828$737,278$368,947$221,556
Seychelles$47,755$1,023$4,401$1,994   
Singapore$13,054,931$14,674,299$18,199,605$26,688,726$25,290,726$22,499,275$31,693,147
Slovakia$2,482,731$4,436,424$10,361,225$14,814,117$11,821,911$9,049,280$8,129,497
Slovenia$1,338,177$2,138,566$3,342,993$4,691,942$2,786,389$2,948,798$2,787,647
South Africa$20$18,117$12,052$13,934$98$11,912$103
Spain$2,561,655$3,602,772$4,651,311$2,908,898$1,742,729$1,315,858 
Sri Lanka $131,627$3,081$334   
Sudan$5,559$348,061$266,034$10,737$97,058  
Suriname$6,714$6,379 $9,357$553$855$8,730
Swaziland$544,465$233,355$158,167    
Sweden$3,909,208$3,896,343$4,884,489$5,730,573$3,009,767$7,407,846$12,556,474
Switzerland$10,947,896$11,324,789$12,427,545$11,992,807$14,387,367$14,186,543$14,580,043
Syria$47,222$29,134     
Tanzania$13,257$7,647$8,395$11,892$4,315$59,100$97,894
Thailand$115,819$199,431$35,568$284,964$271,330$58,268$60,927
Togo  $146    
Tonga   $37,986$446  
Trinidad and Tobago$9,494$1,079$631    
Tunisia$219,944$239,899$173,168$10,222$14,379$48,959 
Turkey$360$13,543$139,278$22,123$133,888$14,055$2,700
Uganda$29,265$20,189$12,879 $10,126$187 
Ukraine$731,437$2,916,461$7,769,960$10,338,570$4,049,905$4,093,004$6,171,933
United Arab Emirates$2,427,836 $6,358,016$6,610,871   
United Kingdom$49,162,594$53,189,543$70,434,786$47,961,684$28,850,087$30,586,928$36,978,630
United States$16,695,666$26,344,426$20,888,258$24,654,571$12,350,012$11,845,128$18,618,661
Uruguay$408,464$680,439$732,712$714,222$556,332  
Vanuatu $5,684     
Venezuela$51,584$237,065$404,763$6,338,236$3,954,739$114,193$108,328
Vietnam$16,460$14,897$815$44,909$164,977$51,690 
Wallis and Futuna$4,970      
Yemen$442,756$96,787$2,157,071$314,100$2,073,667$1,021,992$645,557
Zambia$20,314$147,401$290,917$432,818$173,547$122,275 
Zimbabwe $1,442 $8,275$18,547$1,178