RankCountryImports of Glass microspheres not >1mm in diameter in USD (2010)
1Germany$24,723,223
2United States$17,262,144
3Italy$12,368,073
4Korea, South$8,461,742
5Sweden$7,707,950
6China$6,620,219
7France$5,515,308
8Mexico$4,862,711
9Japan$4,702,587
10United Kingdom$4,219,254
11Singapore$3,949,412
12Turkey$3,459,245
13Netherlands$3,348,892
14Denmark$3,307,241
15Switzerland$3,102,596
16Russia$3,065,550
17Colombia$3,018,185
18Spain$2,530,411
19Norway$2,433,522
20Thailand$2,406,041
21Peru$2,223,057
22South Africa$2,077,949
23Belgium$1,933,041
24Iran$1,928,042
25Chile$1,926,610
26Azerbaijan$1,884,546
27Belarus$1,720,700
28Brazil$1,551,538
29Australia$1,549,594
30Canada$1,545,091
31Hong Kong$1,544,882
32Czech Republic$1,493,499
33Ukraine$1,450,549
34Malaysia$1,436,547
35Finland$1,417,569
36Romania$1,343,737
37Portugal$1,256,538
38India$1,140,015
39Israel$942,000
40Poland$930,539
41Saudi Arabia$834,401
42Austria$817,828
43Slovenia$763,236
44Vietnam$665,270
45Ireland$628,665
46Croatia$598,567
47Slovakia$593,888
48Greece$570,429
49Ecuador$560,976
50Pakistan$523,261
51Hungary$467,000
52Oman$442,628
53Algeria$440,428
54Argentina$374,094
55Tunisia$352,301
56Indonesia$329,345
57Egypt$307,853
58Estonia$302,271
59Lithuania$299,957
60New Zealand$294,005
61Morocco$290,505
62Venezuela$288,559
63Luxembourg$229,624
64Panama$225,663
65Serbia$219,465
66Tanzania$217,434
67Syria$201,076
68Bosnia and Herzegovina$186,501
69Qatar$183,766
70Cyprus$175,849
71Georgia$144,523
72Guatemala$139,334
73Bulgaria$136,693
74Nicaragua$133,193
75Lebanon$127,823
76Philippines$125,294
77Costa Rica$115,188
78Latvia$107,012
79Bolivia$88,750
80Mozambique$81,418
81Paraguay$71,379
82Iceland$71,305
83New Caledonia$67,164
84Sri Lanka$53,809
85Bahrain$44,051
86Zimbabwe$26,103
87Nigeria$23,558
88Montenegro$22,835
89Kenya$21,252
90Mauritius$19,583
91Dominican Republic$19,440
92Jordan$16,923
93Cote d'Ivoire$16,697
94Cameroon$15,353
95El Salvador$14,703
96French Polynesia$13,593
97Malawi$12,038
98Malta$9,007
99Senegal$7,152
100Ethiopia$7,033
101Mali$5,887
102Ghana$4,916
103Burkina Faso$3,875
104Madagascar$3,267
105Trinidad and Tobago$2,954
106Uganda$2,949
107Yemen$2,107
108Albania$1,848
109Jamaica$1,519
110Barbados$1,020
111Botswana$809
112Moldova$659
113Zambia$188
114Dominica$140
115Cape Verde$78
116Armenia$57
117Bhutan$6
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$10,971$195,062$483,677$735,231$130,383$1,848$6,996
Algeria$27,067$25,877$146,043$226,673$321,271$440,428$296,341
Anguilla  $17    
Antigua and Barbuda$6$61$112    
Argentina$602,744$376,532$406,361$177,543$236,964$374,094$930,809
Armenia    $4,800$57 
Aruba    $4,170  
Australia$466,487$1,018,465$842,798$1,342,231$4,726,310$1,549,594$1,683,263
Austria$1,199,406$1,020,826$1,256,968$1,342,247$1,081,419$817,828 
Azerbaijan  $89,284$124,618$86,295$1,884,546$1,645,144
Bahamas, The$35$403$294$2,690$216 $7,139
Bahrain$90,080$39,226$37,715$88,135$9,143$44,051$566,235
Bangladesh$13,545$339,423$63,724    
Barbados$463$873$877$743$751$1,020$621
Belarus$752,600$1,004,300$1,347,300$2,212,800$1,226,200$1,720,700$3,214,800
Belgium$1,534,108$3,275,591$1,900,479$2,250,065$1,698,446$1,933,041$2,022,941
Belize $36     
Benin $2,983     
Bhutan$136   $280$6 
Bolivia$48,650$147,406$70,637$84,098$68,734$88,750$260,331
Bosnia and Herzegovina$115,678$135,860$113,032$211,962$145,656$186,501$215,981
Botswana$6,792  $3,803$120$809 
Brazil$1,531,379$2,352,669$3,411,417$2,509,031$2,593,394$1,551,538$2,925,959
Brunei $25     
Bulgaria$1,210,874$1,252,646$508,434$544,222$198,667$136,693$195,251
Burkina Faso  $9,335$1,947$12,635$3,875 
Cameroon$9,872$14,404$7,028$32,959$12,329$15,353 
Canada$2,374,530$2,683,263$1,744,969$1,495,456$996,592$1,545,091$2,344,815
Cape Verde$69$154 $1,574 $78$1,842
Chile$1,048,388$1,111,793$1,273,082$1,772,356$1,662,285$1,926,610$1,728,286
China$1,770,743$3,227,076$3,134,795$2,220,942$2,706,680$6,620,219$14,700,260
Colombia$1,941,957$2,085,761$2,352,970$2,746,832$2,807,016$3,018,185$3,121,860
Costa Rica$89,062$98,403$74,772$78,901$134,067$115,188$122,212
Cote d'Ivoire $4,100$20,245$14,061$7,600$16,697$3,267
Croatia$608,624$599,260$731,056$828,118$700,667$598,567$850,102
Cuba$381      
Cyprus$80,349$193,311$118,106$185,607$228,235$175,849$144,501
Czech Republic$877,242$1,353,002$1,640,666$1,725,806$1,409,419$1,493,499$3,025,056
Denmark$3,255,175$2,823,194$2,669,338$3,066,668$2,524,592$3,307,241$4,648,583
Dominica     $140 
Dominican Republic$62,507$117,330$1,162$64,558$16,057$19,440$45,462
Ecuador$129,669$478,213$116,128$250,047$285,183$560,976$1,052,868
Egypt$149,316$215,650$156,589$176,643$286,066$307,853$703,941
El Salvador$13,631$2,882$49,714$82,169$30,079$14,703 
Estonia$75,237$175,369$202,436$408,265$209,913$302,271$170,444
Ethiopia$2,978$14$1,666 $48,294$7,033$29,116
Faroe Islands$24,892$24,268$43,244$29,295$26,428  
Fiji  $10,304    
Finland$1,879,117$2,332,079$2,640,084$2,561,451$1,038,753$1,417,569$1,985,030
France$5,281,939$4,154,608$5,772,841$5,479,910$5,047,999$5,515,308$4,850,510
French Polynesia$3,641 $10$1,800$21,534$13,593$10,917
Gabon$1,500$136     
Georgia$34,385$25,279$173,344$80,863$47,554$144,523 
Germany$15,354,000$18,858,000$24,236,000$26,453,000$24,403,000$24,723,223$23,942,934
Ghana$13,826$367$2$95 $4,916$576,673
Greece$597,614$694,077$1,059,517$705,589$615,342$570,429$207,885
Guatemala$83,177$149,091$138,790$141,269$93,978$139,334$130,685
Honduras$30,306$29,034$89,650 $4,797  
Hong Kong$415,260$452,021$622,015$369,067$556,802$1,544,882$1,760,025
Hungary$620,000$713,000$462,000$613,000$807,000$467,000$567,000
Iceland$97,521$84,258$116,264$121,900$109,202$71,305$68,894
India$530,388$870,678$553,526$898,921$1,234,712$1,140,015$1,218,151
Indonesia$236,650$203,406$244,045$277,518$140,152$329,345$548,880
Iran$1,214,198$195,182   $1,928,042 
Ireland$1,040,310$1,102,791$1,046,258$730,540$526,173$628,665$714,489
Israel$429,000$614,000$763,000$731,000$966,000$942,000$1,330,000
Italy$11,492,092$12,791,916$13,883,496$13,378,156$10,968,432$12,368,073$13,894,711
Jamaica$7,939$4,055$5,245$5,950$20,685$1,519 
Japan$2,616,924$3,805,370$3,948,658$4,298,250$4,741,049$4,702,587$4,172,692
Jordan$45,829$36,028$32,757$84,901$41,055$16,923$63,234
Kazakhstan$206,639$291,746$191,907$421,144$448,669  
Kenya$28,317$504$21,061$69,895$30,427$21,252 
Korea, South$8,871,025$8,419,051$7,050,716$7,294,104$6,211,595$8,461,742$9,461,591
Kuwait $21,896$69,324$61,635   
Kyrgyzstan   $1,913$898 $4,447
Latvia$134,860$180,671$219,275$216,348$122,919$107,012$111,415
Lebanon$157,000$20,342$174,523$128,966$83,378$127,823$70,195
Lesotho   $368   
Lithuania$230,083$290,837$296,615$406,375$359,176$299,957$401,501
Luxembourg$210,816$147,342$240,216$271,900$398,222$229,624$333,775
Macau$112$12     
Macedonia$52,998$40,817$46,207$48,471$40,035 $42,527
Madagascar $7,140$8,981$28,101 $3,267 
Malawi    $976$12,038$229
Malaysia$788,307$1,062,433$1,143,139$2,559,108$6,121,424$1,436,547$1,569,270
Mali$24,010$34,143$5,868$7,797 $5,887 
Malta$4,502$1,204$12,496$3,405$15,938$9,007 
Mauritius$17,464$18,981$14,034$7,996$24,060$19,583$35,884
Mayotte$205$6,413 $6,706$46  
Mexico$4,010,330$5,544,235$5,516,266$4,670,394$5,486,674$4,862,711$5,463,797
Moldova$1,102$6,233$8,528$32,114$6,536$659$52,395
Mongolia  $41    
Montenegro $48,725$24,990$55,805$63,099$22,835$84,208
Morocco$267,331$212,513$233,096$415,677$182,711$290,505 
Mozambique$4,658$2,429$348$31$12,861$81,418$2,000
Namibia$2,506 $601    
Nepal    $25,441  
Netherlands$3,259,592$3,614,370$1,987,413$1,726,926$3,008,742$3,348,892 
Netherlands Antilles$3,647$1,656$2,689$1,736   
New Caledonia$43,752$33,515$47,093$113,655$92,142$67,164$120,418
New Zealand$932,834$936,229$790,540$445,995$350,430$294,005$358,032
Nicaragua$45,360$22,696$46,939$918,331$27,664$133,193$69,992
Niger$4,379   $19,565 $13,252
Nigeria $78,643$112,620$1,059,695$1,540$23,558 
Norway$1,800,673$1,582,991$1,437,770$1,747,486$1,814,729$2,433,522$2,551,113
Oman$23,178$322,549$78,767$41,460,283$575,228$442,628 
Pakistan$1,051,812$858,437$541,417$783,970$342,849$523,261$383,207
Panama$65,589$64,924$65,105$42,069$104,513$225,663$130,278
Paraguay$69,993$83,034$75,628$49,127$77,697$71,379$202,563
Peru$813,860$668,271$1,382,569$1,503,588$2,087,399$2,223,057$2,510,578
Philippines$104,588$40,499$7,513$37,354$17,483$125,294$347,548
Poland$743,446$1,176,870$1,370,610$1,161,514$868,523$930,539$796,183
Portugal$875,705$910,933$1,035,227$1,283,450$1,575,794$1,256,538$997,777
Qatar$5,996$16,669$105,622$282,153 $183,766 
Romania$1,062,826$1,337,056$1,940,177$2,015,438$1,804,995$1,343,737$1,166,818
Russia$850,979$1,437,936$2,258,168$3,061,235$1,552,146$3,065,550$5,354,871
Rwanda$59,502$2,306     
Saint Kitts and Nevis$5,975      
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $16   
Samoa   $780   
Saudi Arabia$543,514$676,120$507,571  $834,401 
Senegal$480  $11,261$278$7,152$39,113
Serbia$309,136$358,077$311,021$361,013$405,451$219,465$336,540
Singapore$1,104,334$1,174,876$2,042,085$1,501,477$1,464,789$3,949,412$1,556,966
Slovakia$559,270$597,367$639,142$663,246$575,572$593,888$715,338
Slovenia$1,176,730$1,280,972$1,280,955$1,573,205$880,229$763,236$769,206
South Africa$1,218,783$1,443,488$1,360,341$1,417,503$1,395,606$2,077,949$2,443,060
Spain$1,270,185$1,843,642$2,270,948$3,210,857$2,435,946$2,530,411 
Sri Lanka$13,116$15,756$24,816$25,023$42,804$53,809$57,850
Sudan$116,805$14,732 $2,113$6,115  
Suriname$28,410$29,224 $70  $2,012
Swaziland$2,927 $1,639    
Sweden$6,067,952$5,977,182$6,863,007$7,120,727$4,930,487$7,707,950$6,292,575
Switzerland$2,359,383$2,468,120$2,718,832$2,753,932$2,354,146$3,102,596$3,047,794
Syria$319,227$38,519   $201,076 
Tanzania$15,919$8,899 $164$101$217,434$292,865
Thailand$734,244$682,807$714,490$984,001$1,245,332$2,406,041$2,007,141
Trinidad and Tobago$16,215$13,051$31,765$14,237$34,724$2,954 
Tunisia$148,362$141,773$230,711$257,434$289,091$352,301 
Turkey$2,199,237$2,298,077$2,473,619$3,273,347$2,535,044$3,459,245$4,991,054
Uganda$11,264$3  $3,523$2,949 
Ukraine$589,945$873,049$1,257,213$1,649,300$1,074,650$1,450,549$1,262,339
United Arab Emirates$673,055 $232,710$742,388   
United Kingdom$7,557,933$4,670,889$4,573,629$5,279,723$5,644,529$4,219,254$3,731,395
United States$18,009,094$20,111,116$19,048,824$18,459,680$16,447,295$17,262,144$15,228,207
Uruguay$162,783$165,232$154,445$248,463$183,347  
Venezuela$289,378$266,499$752,889$645,722$675,513$288,559$474,773
Vietnam$336,049$485,142$848,579$387,749$431,432$665,270 
Yemen$673$46,423$901$10,291$6,587$2,107$822
Zambia   $7$8,224$188 
Zimbabwe$63,549$189,738$257,116 $52,738$26,103