RankCountryImports of Articles of nat./cultured pearls in USD (2010)
1United States$43,493,649
2Hong Kong$25,460,794
3Japan$21,425,855
4Germany$15,744,643
5Switzerland$9,370,774
6United Kingdom$6,781,095
7Canada$4,861,332
8France$4,538,432
9Singapore$4,335,044
10Australia$3,048,848
11Spain$2,956,412
12Italy$2,710,357
13Sweden$2,586,151
14Austria$2,285,729
15Mexico$2,231,898
16Norway$2,048,732
17Korea, South$1,963,930
18Netherlands$1,487,513
19Qatar$1,448,345
20Poland$1,209,863
21Thailand$1,008,338
22Finland$923,039
23Greece$862,387
24Denmark$638,028
25Oman$616,082
26Saudi Arabia$478,934
27Portugal$397,013
28Turkey$382,555
29Belgium$375,116
30Czech Republic$369,548
31China$359,462
32Israel$283,000
33Barbados$272,041
34Ireland$270,179
35Malaysia$239,003
36New Zealand$237,898
37Aruba$219,565
38South Africa$213,822
39Ukraine$201,281
40Cyprus$194,871
41Slovakia$132,109
42Hungary$105,000
43Latvia$99,040
44Bulgaria$96,823
45Jamaica$88,018
46Lithuania$86,416
47Luxembourg$84,890
48Peru$83,417
49Estonia$81,382
50Ecuador$74,726
51New Caledonia$67,484
52Panama$66,659
53Slovenia$62,863
54Venezuela$62,539
55Philippines$53,736
56Malta$49,725
57Mauritius$49,062
58Bahamas, The$41,731
59Chile$38,065
60French Polynesia$32,252
61Vietnam$31,050
62Brazil$29,998
63Moldova$29,905
64Antigua and Barbuda$28,413
65Colombia$25,811
66Kenya$24,378
67Serbia$24,121
68Zambia$23,154
69India$22,017
70Costa Rica$20,850
71Bosnia and Herzegovina$20,526
72Croatia$20,033
73Morocco$18,767
74Dominican Republic$18,450
75Macau$16,452
76Lebanon$15,629
77El Salvador$14,884
78Bermuda$13,807
79Guatemala$10,730
80Georgia$9,568
81Burkina Faso$8,337
82Armenia$7,728
83Senegal$7,147
84Argentina$6,763
85Indonesia$4,016
86Iceland$3,150
87Cote d'Ivoire$3,001
88Tanzania$2,675
89Iran$2,373
90Montenegro$2,159
91Madagascar$2,053
92Algeria$1,999
93Botswana$1,997
94Nepal$1,574
95Maldives$1,085
96Uganda$429
97Bahrain$399
98Ethiopia$389
99Sri Lanka$115
100Niger$88
101Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$74
102Yemen$67
103Bolivia$61
104Samoa$27
105Dominica$19
106Nicaragua$5
107Burundi$3
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Algeria$16,372$30,110$20,022$10,893$7,861$1,999$2,508
Anguilla  $346    
Antigua and Barbuda$4,133$114$1,294 $7,758$28,413$12,466
Argentina$2,763$6,473$7,836$10,830$8,059$6,763$969
Armenia     $7,728$11,420
Aruba    $153,109$219,565$135,387
Australia$4,825,969$5,719,450$5,407,319$3,589,760$3,217,217$3,048,848$6,315,974
Austria$5,155,201$2,447,432$2,208,560$2,251,628$1,774,428$2,285,729 
Azerbaijan      $3,114
Bahamas, The$45,407$30,689$845$1,146$15,084$41,731$87,438
Bahrain$19,593$6,556$470,478$13,630$181$399$1,265
Bangladesh$565$1,708     
Barbados$13,825$42,454$4,366$115,375$134,649$272,041$124,797
Belgium$316,077$455,714$253,075$273,407$430,661$375,116$271,713
Belize$16,273  $256   
Benin$780      
Bermuda     $13,807 
Bhutan  $17    
Bolivia    $2,565$61$1,660
Bosnia and Herzegovina$15,238$4,547$33,837$20,259$10,801$20,526$21,922
Botswana$1,499$949$2,668$8,482$2,323$1,997$6,888
Brazil$5,255$35,540$105,967$86,521$49,745$29,998$87,641
Bulgaria$53,632$79,062$131,559$195,579$151,619$96,823$93,282
Burkina Faso$332 $779$367$916$8,337 
Burundi$21    $3 
Cambodia   $668   
Cameroon $1,893  $389  
Canada$2,802,097$4,496,271$3,012,528$3,156,015$3,881,350$4,861,332$5,109,114
Cape Verde$17   $310  
Chile$10,748$61,026$218,816$38,689$31,599$38,065$48,384
China$192,590$248,199$311,884$283,572$499,897$359,462$395,332
Colombia$14,028$38,868$69,737$63,691$11,713$25,811$35,135
Cook Islands$13,704 $5,946    
Costa Rica$8,981$80,969$99,410$75,818$49,769$20,850$45,028
Cote d'Ivoire$535$687$25$242$1,244$3,001$3,259
Croatia$14,568$58,549$11,327$31,576$21,504$20,033$40,604
Cuba$367$51,611     
Cyprus$1,486$432$19,975$45,778$78,533$194,871$111,536
Czech Republic$275,351$382,641$417,405$848,711$484,806$369,548$345,386
Denmark$1,046,735$1,082,477$1,261,555$1,158,739$798,465$638,028$667,301
Dominica$54$77$43  $19 
Dominican Republic$1,211$2,200$739$697$17,241$18,450$11,885
Ecuador$4,822$42,169$71,197$53,021$58,085$74,726$143,046
Egypt$452 $781,474 $44,050  
El Salvador$12,037$30,396$30,672$19,625$11,606$14,884 
Estonia$14,908$5,625$192,285$90,774$85,821$81,382$156,969
Ethiopia$784$4,021$131$217$44$389$2,525
Faroe Islands$174$2,811$3,658$168$11  
Fiji$8,784$459$1,767$16,591   
Finland$91,939$285,708$648,860$695,060$771,807$923,039$717,253
France$1,993,325$3,442,712$2,152,120$1,539,797$1,957,019$4,538,432$4,110,271
French Polynesia$7,073 $119,823$1,418$1,869$32,252$1,483
Gabon  $1,141    
Gambia, The $4,169     
Georgia$1,833$1,901$3,318$3,085$4,475$9,568 
Germany$11,729,000$14,384,000$16,840,000$16,357,000$12,829,000$15,744,643$14,968,071
Ghana $233$647 $189 $1,047
Greece$932,786$763,238$429,101$1,878,862$2,132,162$862,387$388,036
Greenland$447$1,012$12,631    
Grenada $154$54$64$308  
Guatemala$2,175$2,337$16,735$8,209$10,650$10,730$23,907
Guinea$9,159 $2,113$2,422   
Honduras$2,427$1,177$7,600 $6,962  
Hong Kong$8,741,853$8,943,419$11,708,533$16,406,392$19,334,694$25,460,794$18,836,034
Hungary$62,000$591,000$258,000$279,000$325,000$105,000$186,000
Iceland$7,194$12,160$36,783$27,829$17,547$3,150$4,501
India$2,116$8,439$27,522$8,571$441,579$22,017$20,644
Indonesia$630  $4,500$864,695$4,016 
Iran$6,433    $2,373 
Ireland$173,494$259,512$555,986$450,894$340,486$270,179$525,996
Israel$238,000$207,000$211,000$193,000$154,000$283,000$218,000
Italy$3,035,431$2,645,427$2,679,510$3,861,740$2,767,167$2,710,357$2,467,625
Jamaica$378,008$349,777$329,414$131,191$31,331$88,018 
Japan$5,781,071$8,950,061$14,209,124$7,126,786$5,009,102$21,425,855$21,169,827
Jordan    $458  
Kazakhstan$21$16,529$98,377$4,452$108,487  
Kenya$12,886$552$7,728$3,583$25,169$24,378 
Korea, South$3,981,025$4,756,614$3,144,590$2,453,282$2,016,210$1,963,930$2,220,200
Kuwait $285,693$149,485$81,381   
Kyrgyzstan$1,566$981$3   $85
Latvia$96,914$126,280$179,453$795,660$314,823$99,040$121,572
Lebanon$27,000$30,247$73,884$19,675$73,930$15,629$51,217
Lithuania$95,240$132,062$194,399$290,007$109,659$86,416$60,693
Luxembourg$80,466$200,870$88,210$122,468$136,783$84,890$63,327
Macau$384,536$967,607$53,458$199,046$93,928$16,452 
Macedonia$55,193$94,827$66,523$65,797$40,414 $15,747
Madagascar$558$733$1,379$2,616$1,270$2,053 
Malaysia$67,231$3,337$15,156$16,292$72,525$239,003$657,094
Maldives$4,945$10,087$8,512$2,435$9,206$1,085$740
Mali$1,987$14,591$31,513$31,020   
Malta$54,624$71,442$124,506$156,129$96,947$49,725 
Mauritius$179,890$194,118$358,666$242,257$43,231$49,062$66,597
Mayotte$19$5,866$339    
Mexico$797,221$1,678,856$2,210,735$2,456,383$1,713,410$2,231,898$1,973,910
Moldova$16,965$50,755$86,410$61,516$13,373$29,905$76,851
Montenegro  $4,185$3,574$1,636$2,159$6,268
Morocco$54,419$42,762$34,531$30,437$22,357$18,767 
Mozambique $24,707$24,406$8,177$4,330  
Namibia$2,600$52,584$85,467$26,738   
Nepal    $50,183$1,574 
Netherlands$769,522$989,963$1,399,973$1,494,116$2,047,674$1,487,513 
Netherlands Antilles$300,811$10,785$8,476$8,871   
New Caledonia$97,166$136,180$76,652$186,438$76,320$67,484$124,674
New Zealand$494,157$573,196$313,692$261,795$210,856$237,898$336,183
Nicaragua$670$4,198$149$381$519$5$173
Niger$268$90$116$99 $88$322
Norway$285,681$717,653$332,568$347,907$507,427$2,048,732$1,211,367
Oman $1,818 $2,614$3,407$616,082 
Pakistan    $810 $222
Panama$13,495$6,268$27,427$58,489$77,577$66,659$89,920
Peru$36,809$5,080$8,416$14,483$20,311$83,417$60,564
Philippines $1,378$7,805$14,443 $53,736$2,634
Poland$358,035$706,146$474,762$620,273$1,197,301$1,209,863$1,455,889
Portugal$286,557$292,577$235,671$360,598$245,210$397,013$344,006
Qatar$711,314$1,034,182$1,025,171$1,451,164 $1,448,345 
Romania $75,510     
Rwanda$295 $158$3,995$5,524 $534
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $3,559    
Saint Lucia$544$7,861$18,678$19,756   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $67 $165$74 
Samoa$2,337$283$4,364$84 $27 
Sao Tome and Principe    $105  
Saudi Arabia$358,352$17,490,705$219,977  $478,934 
Senegal$780$1,110$4,920$18,137$7,888$7,147$10,889
Serbia$8,539$36,662$61,913$86,971$41,624$24,121$22,890
Seychelles$2,455$570$1,745$3,134   
Singapore$144,091$2,465,133$1,806,470$1,500,855$3,097,385$4,335,044$2,450,711
Slovakia$19,639$32,953$87,511$83,136$45,862$132,109$109,110
Slovenia$76,833$264,262$354,543$157,710$141,959$62,863$38,076
South Africa$64,771$94,617$126,866$96,644$44,849$213,822$534,849
Spain$6,919,345$6,659,424$6,642,796$4,324,652$3,342,818$2,956,412 
Sri Lanka$83$20$3,197$2,257$557$115 
Suriname$885      
Swaziland$4,693$3,597$13,266    
Sweden$1,455,773$2,837,039$3,186,730$1,992,092$1,622,113$2,586,151$2,089,971
Switzerland$4,711,556$5,815,999$7,915,192$5,152,568$4,029,735$9,370,774$10,762,215
Tanzania$2,114$681$37$385$1,406$2,675$344
Thailand$1,514,750$1,232,788$1,230,905$253,501$643,670$1,008,338$3,937,302
Tonga    $93  
Trinidad and Tobago$2,964$3,078  $235  
Tunisia$7,057 $156$2   
Turkey$73,275$62,299$175,829$109,960$153,893$382,555$329,269
Uganda$5,883 $9,069$9,679$6,590$429 
Ukraine$129,455$107,243$147,670$178,540$129,305$201,281$160,927
United Arab Emirates$364,539 $844,718$506,987   
United Kingdom$2,608,230$4,025,465$6,284,103$4,899,634$5,360,741$6,781,095$6,103,332
United States$40,448,880$45,356,665$53,147,314$46,304,714$44,358,218$43,493,649$42,366,754
Uruguay$10,816$14,840$14,651$12,567$11,599  
Vanuatu $1,383$23,300    
Venezuela$3,478$53,614$9,440$45,118$17,673$62,539$24,078
Vietnam$12,035$47,312$45,095$35,586$2,502,564$31,050 
Wallis and Futuna$31,669$7,029     
Yemen $645   $67$1,407
Zambia$26  $739$124$23,154 
Zimbabwe$575$699 $119$257