RankCountryImports of Silver (incl. silver plated with gold/platinum), in powder form in USD (2010)
1China$379,098,631
2Korea, South$272,774,783
3United States$170,668,022
4Japan$143,404,546
5France$78,078,518
6Germany$71,645,809
7United Kingdom$66,161,042
8Thailand$56,355,613
9Austria$23,935,690
10Netherlands$18,707,925
11Singapore$12,417,012
12Sweden$10,274,067
13Canada$9,604,784
14Hungary$8,640,000
15India$8,546,856
16Portugal$7,709,754
17Switzerland$7,285,630
18Mexico$6,569,870
19Israel$6,338,000
20Belgium$6,287,274
21Ukraine$5,366,132
22Malaysia$5,182,590
23Hong Kong$4,687,141
24Denmark$4,306,614
25Czech Republic$4,144,279
26Poland$3,751,838
27Italy$3,316,292
28Greece$3,031,500
29Vietnam$1,272,670
30Norway$856,379
31Dominican Republic$690,055
32Mauritius$463,443
33Philippines$350,937
34Indonesia$189,262
35Brazil$113,309
36Australia$107,510
37Oman$94,349
38Turkey$77,801
39Finland$65,115
40Ireland$62,732
41Chile$57,715
42Ecuador$52,981
43Luxembourg$43,357
44Sri Lanka$41,279
45Slovakia$40,146
46Spain$38,101
47South Africa$33,347
48Slovenia$19,973
49Egypt$18,740
50Croatia$11,334
51Lithuania$9,676
52Estonia$9,163
53Guatemala$6,113
54Latvia$4,937
55Tanzania$4,558
56Morocco$3,574
57Zimbabwe$3,100
58Lebanon$2,542
59Mozambique$2,351
60New Zealand$2,160
61Ghana$2,050
62Iceland$1,611
63Trinidad and Tobago$1,434
64Jordan$1,244
65Bosnia and Herzegovina$412
66Venezuela$405
67Bulgaria$310
68Pakistan$271
69Argentina$256
70Costa Rica$165
71Aruba$37
72Bolivia$30
73Zambia$7
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Algeria$4,932 $21,102 $11,669 $61,009
Antigua and Barbuda $236     
Argentina$10,086$17,492$4,396$24,950$3,331$256$42,270
Aruba    $874$37 
Australia$175,117$272,217$356,316$236,459$98,544$107,510$96,494
Austria$407,788$3,914,495$33,986,075$23,524,622$12,729,801$23,935,690 
Azerbaijan      $105
Bahamas, The      $1,839
Bahrain $15,553     
Bangladesh$94 $26    
Barbados $199$150 $64  
Belgium$9,994,116$2,946,121$3,501,623$3,816,642$1,723,310$6,287,274$5,469,385
Bhutan $3 $6$958  
Bolivia $849$6,878  $30$22
Bosnia and Herzegovina   $13$240$412$1,526
Botswana $120$21    
Brazil$2,231$6,202$9,407$25,292$10,604$113,309$7,871
Brunei $11     
Bulgaria  $22,248$662 $310$9,502
Cameroon    $660  
Canada$3,533,915$7,876,039$6,475,971$5,916,406$5,681,124$9,604,784$15,172,030
Cape Verde  $546    
Chile$323$15,434$31,111$26,026$32,587$57,715$113,303
China$37,725,690$79,538,888$130,006,973$228,472,270$194,192,942$379,098,631$484,755,231
Colombia$53$116 $842   
Cook Islands$263      
Costa Rica$74,530$32,884 $7,536 $165$77,168
Croatia$10,764$5,274$6,278$11,531$6,830$11,334$1,208
Cuba $21,190     
Cyprus $1,707 $7,319   
Czech Republic$195,236$432,387$495,173$690,609$275,375$4,144,279$5,114,005
Denmark$415,780$83,497$18,608$8,597$544,219$4,306,614$7,709,146
Dominica $56     
Dominican Republic $173,635$174,869$513,761$828,336$690,055$2,391
Ecuador$53$62   $52,981 
Egypt$253,337$36,457$22,055$67,964$158,997$18,740 
Estonia $287,212 $818$1,007$9,163$21,366
Ethiopia$658$10     
Fiji    $1  
Finland$423,524$848,894$913,729$245,353$58,501$65,115$24,679
France$32,974,478$58,393,016$58,222,519$63,978,940$43,938,548$78,078,518$107,177,339
French Polynesia      $138
Gambia, The   $4,395   
Georgia $123     
Germany$19,758,000$42,370,000$54,021,000$59,802,000$31,160,000$71,645,809$218,838,877
Ghana$496 $97  $2,050$21
Greece$4,272,187$86,657$2,297,040$3,946,953$1,890,488$3,031,500$271,031
Grenada $6,546$17,859$9,408$7,370  
Guatemala$480$5,613$3,626$290$1,671$6,113 
Guinea $37     
Guyana    $1,277  
Hong Kong$1,218,739$2,277,505$6,457,770$5,221,146$10,907,430$4,687,141$217,928,647
Hungary $31,000$63,000$63,000$1,263,000$8,640,000$9,628,000
Iceland$2,673$18,134$7,353 $637$1,611$622
India$19,648,573$6,896,091$16,646,578$156,160$1,164,645$8,546,856$89,788,617
Indonesia$37,151$68,241$20,404$3,150,517$29,912$189,262$314,180
Iran$132,474      
Ireland$804$9,695$8,400$7,057$37,548$62,732$79,442
Israel$1,867,000$2,028,000$573,000$442,000$2,447,000$6,338,000$11,915,000
Italy$12,234,851$29,190,956$1,104,332$268,581$1,240,869$3,316,292$8,142,700
Jamaica $213     
Japan$40,531,362$66,486,035$71,941,706$103,784,909$75,741,369$143,404,546$171,557,297
Jordan     $1,244$6,355
Kazakhstan  $600 $15  
Kenya $94     
Korea, South$66,196,131$131,367,597$181,793,165$241,712,346$194,614,671$272,774,783$480,420,347
Kuwait $19,566$20,818    
Latvia$36,149$493$1,585$15,760 $4,937$1,887,286
Lebanon    $1,290$2,542$481
Lesotho   $2,449   
Lithuania$422$10,224$19,044$78,773$68$9,676$11,278
Luxembourg$39,698$67,871$145,252$99,635$7,706$43,357$44,973
Macau $71,868 $15,234$1,157  
Macedonia$568     $3,209
Malawi   $901   
Malaysia$2,554,130$3,808,219$3,328,770$3,619,762$2,108,828$5,182,590$23,838,756
Malta   $5,450   
Mauritius$814,264$1,673,042$666,866$124,060$145,943$463,443$463,086
Mexico$5,504,392$11,655,669$12,178,147$14,143,932$8,030,003$6,569,870$5,346,201
Morocco$8,680$168$6,967$5,705$9,134$3,574 
Mozambique     $2,351$1,000
Namibia$564$1,656$4,594$14,532   
Netherlands$10,857,847$16,223,837$12,214,080$11,951,451$8,526,860$18,707,925 
Netherlands Antilles  $4,714    
New Caledonia$25$717$52    
New Zealand$1,631$62 $46,368$593$2,160$1,335,854
Nicaragua  $547   $2,206
Norway$108,005$385,063$393,968$712,514$294,739$856,379$1,289,948
Oman$168,042$158,304$33,888$58,081 $94,349 
Pakistan$3,158   $1,208$271$1,417
Panama      $798
Peru$1,234 $1,177   $32,518
Philippines $24,893   $350,937$1,687,461
Poland$208,946$1,154,525$41,447$60,104$37,983$3,751,838$1,972,568
Portugal$15,230$668$14,681$380$5,690$7,709,754$11,313,219
Qatar   $2,930   
Romania $1,669     
Saint Lucia$58      
Saudi Arabia$272$155$2,490    
Senegal $4,979    $151
Serbia    $11 $273
Seychelles   $118   
Singapore$2,852,469$6,014,554$7,365,183$8,728,646$8,303,028$12,417,012$24,026,289
Slovakia$10,432 $196,443$42,647$8,344$40,146$1,726,457
Slovenia$1,854$441$2,079$1,325$3,079$19,973$818
South Africa$11,731$39,780$9,871$4,120$21,411$33,347$18,355
Spain$50,896$44,441$137,122$118,870$62,223$38,101 
Sri Lanka$2,642$37$286$9,597 $41,279$103,767
Sudan  $1,441$1,954   
Suriname    $2,446 $14,346
Swaziland$10,061$428$203    
Sweden$3,655,372$1,584,948$1,730,405$6,475,837$6,777,180$10,274,067$17,395,968
Switzerland$1,562,579$1,211,436$1,101,080$1,220,735$1,872,490$7,285,630$6,602,371
Tanzania$2,506 $225 $365$4,558$1,417
Thailand$3,962,296$4,867,156$6,621,340$32,394,486$44,893,641$56,355,613$80,649,098
Trinidad and Tobago$3,383$704 $21,667 $1,434 
Tunisia $535$4,457 $3,017  
Turkey$42,677$60,461$106,917$90,657$91,365$77,801$161,276
Uganda  $102$175   
Ukraine$137,865$10,882$336,945$4,730,070$2,416,297$5,366,132$725,386
United Arab Emirates$519,943 $100,284$497,717   
United Kingdom$37,257,938$51,490,098$66,156,511$70,505,378$42,628,578$66,161,042$57,625,765
United States$7,052,042$5,751,883$6,692,680$9,024,373$36,516,392$170,668,022$214,135,115
Venezuela$4,163$1,072$799$2,111$456$405$1,704
Vietnam$84,579$39,040$4,337$1,041,138$952,652$1,272,670 
Wallis and Futuna$359      
Yemen    $2,499 $1,080
Zambia     $7 
Zimbabwe$64$1,167$1,105$600 $3,100