| Rank | Country | Imports of Ferro-silicon, other than that cont. >55% of silicon, in granular/powder fo ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Netherlands | $57,071,700 |  | | 2 | United States | $43,092,990 |  | | 3 | Japan | $41,617,126 |  | | 4 | Korea, South | $38,439,324 |  | | 5 | Germany | $29,270,144 |  | | 6 | Malaysia | $27,838,527 |  | | 7 | India | $27,150,251 |  | | 8 | Australia | $26,335,311 |  | | 9 | Italy | $16,445,977 |  | | 10 | Turkey | $15,158,915 |  | | 11 | Sweden | $14,857,014 |  | | 12 | France | $14,813,525 |  | | 13 | Brazil | $11,958,166 |  | | 14 | Thailand | $11,463,155 |  | | 15 | Russia | $11,386,056 |  | | 16 | United Kingdom | $10,496,867 |  | | 17 | Spain | $10,040,012 |  | | 18 | Belgium | $9,845,860 |  | | 19 | Belarus | $9,756,200 |  | | 20 | Mexico | $9,495,802 |  | | 21 | Austria | $9,338,197 |  | | 22 | Canada | $8,855,374 |  | | 23 | Botswana | $8,451,578 |  | | 24 | Indonesia | $7,763,904 |  | | 25 | China | $6,409,651 |  | | 26 | South Africa | $5,094,524 |  | | 27 | Singapore | $4,728,019 |  | | 28 | Poland | $4,142,583 |  | | 29 | Czech Republic | $2,988,660 |  | | 30 | Finland | $2,826,936 |  | | 31 | Denmark | $2,231,800 |  | | 32 | Argentina | $1,893,821 |  | | 33 | Iran | $1,876,643 |  | | 34 | Jordan | $1,631,645 |  | | 35 | Chile | $1,413,048 |  | | 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1,375,823 |  | | 37 | Switzerland | $1,261,336 |  | | 38 | Saudi Arabia | $1,234,935 |  | | 39 | New Zealand | $1,207,836 |  | | 40 | Algeria | $1,177,733 |  | | 41 | Zimbabwe | $1,153,646 |  | | 42 | Portugal | $1,136,082 |  | | 43 | Slovenia | $1,127,793 |  | | 44 | Greece | $1,088,332 |  | | 45 | Egypt | $1,084,007 |  | | 46 | Philippines | $927,154 |  | | 47 | Slovakia | $857,985 |  | | 48 | Croatia | $670,455 |  | | 49 | Colombia | $658,470 |  | | 50 | Pakistan | $633,327 |  | | 51 | Romania | $625,811 |  | | 52 | Ukraine | $455,133 |  | | 53 | Peru | $452,584 |  | | 54 | Qatar | $443,690 |  | | 55 | Norway | $412,112 |  | | 56 | Serbia | $393,175 |  | | 57 | New Caledonia | $349,489 |  | | 58 | Latvia | $307,576 |  | | 59 | Bulgaria | $287,442 |  | | 60 | Guatemala | $232,323 |  | | 61 | Iceland | $230,601 |  | | 62 | Vietnam | $230,400 |  | | 63 | Sri Lanka | $221,385 |  | | 64 | Tanzania | $220,911 |  | | 65 | Kenya | $207,659 |  | | 66 | Hong Kong | $203,934 |  | | 67 | Venezuela | $164,430 |  | | 68 | Hungary | $127,000 |  | | 69 | Madagascar | $120,947 |  | | 70 | Morocco | $113,907 |  | | 71 | Ethiopia | $110,328 |  | | 72 | Tunisia | $97,086 |  | | 73 | Nepal | $87,193 |  | | 74 | Montenegro | $82,748 |  | | 75 | Azerbaijan | $71,146 |  | | 76 | Nigeria | $67,190 |  | | 77 | Oman | $54,601 |  | | 78 | Luxembourg | $50,312 |  | | 79 | Ecuador | $40,902 |  | | 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $37,983 |  | | 81 | Syria | $37,153 |  | | 82 | Mozambique | $36,719 |  | | 83 | Uganda | $29,137 |  | | 84 | Cameroon | $26,180 |  | | 85 | Paraguay | $25,107 |  | | 86 | Israel | $24,000 |  | | 87 | Bahamas, The | $17,828 |  | | 88 | Ireland | $16,658 |  | | 89 | Dominican Republic | $14,000 |  | | 90 | Lithuania | $11,762 |  | | 91 | Bolivia | $11,701 |  | | 92 | Moldova | $9,257 |  | | 93 | Costa Rica | $7,575 |  | | 94 | El Salvador | $5,958 |  | | 95 | Georgia | $5,003 |  | | 96 | Ghana | $4,511 |  | | 97 | Bhutan | $3,365 |  | | 98 | Bahrain | $2,287 |  | | 99 | Armenia | $2,150 |  | | 100 | Fiji | $1,671 |  | | 101 | Zambia | $1,048 |  | | 102 | Tonga | $301 |  | | 103 | Niger | $254 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $295,233 | $307,105 | $225,303 | | | | $571,453 |
| Algeria | $322,581 | $246,593 | $112,612 | $220,530 | $266,682 | $1,177,733 | $478,637 |
| Argentina | $924,929 | $1,327,320 | $1,709,954 | $2,064,782 | $594,071 | $1,893,821 | $1,962,698 |
| Armenia | $275,989 | $660,281 | $281,648 | | | $2,150 | $9,836 |
| Aruba | | | | | | | $71 |
| Australia | $11,312,226 | $17,602,203 | $16,079,804 | $21,513,080 | $22,247,946 | $26,335,311 | $30,423,185 |
| Austria | $574,439 | $455,287 | $427,637 | $2,765,217 | $3,284,215 | $9,338,197 | |
| Azerbaijan | $228,664 | $95,657 | $3,124 | $39,442 | $108,464 | $71,146 | $44,349 |
| Bahamas, The | $77 | | | | | $17,828 | |
| Bahrain | $2,469,876 | $4,420,001 | $2,264,212 | $1,054,267 | $2,381 | $2,287 | $5,854 |
| Bangladesh | $10,464 | | | | | | |
| Belarus | $5,039,500 | $5,299,600 | $8,264,100 | $12,224,200 | $6,376,400 | $9,756,200 | $9,869,500 |
| Belgium | $2,299,621 | $1,437,778 | $2,046,149 | $4,873,343 | $4,330,605 | $9,845,860 | $11,977,070 |
| Bhutan | $227,326 | | | | $3,592 | $3,365 | |
| Bolivia | $1,661 | $6,117 | $8,710 | $10,514 | $15,164 | $11,701 | $11,126 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $119,680 | $40,770 | $74,004 | $268,143 | $43,767 | $37,983 | $88,705 |
| Botswana | $4,274,244 | $4,412,395 | $4,117,859 | $6,881,289 | $7,318,407 | $8,451,578 | $10,635,509 |
| Brazil | $890,508 | $1,882,540 | $3,592,986 | $10,320,757 | $5,551,873 | $11,958,166 | $7,141,671 |
| Bulgaria | $275,448 | $274,279 | $426,943 | $237,690 | $37,673 | $287,442 | $406,340 |
| Burkina Faso | $61 | | | | | | |
| Burundi | | | | | $71,308 | | |
| Cameroon | $2,604 | | | | | $26,180 | |
| Canada | $8,729,770 | $8,233,792 | $9,790,336 | $12,198,917 | $4,070,085 | $8,855,374 | $7,547,124 |
| Chile | $651,418 | $1,729,341 | $1,517,322 | $2,884,472 | $607,961 | $1,413,048 | $746,200 |
| China | $3,096,683 | $1,524,359 | $3,121,262 | $5,638,392 | $4,401,346 | $6,409,651 | $6,476,673 |
| Colombia | $487,273 | $573,168 | $545,181 | $779,979 | $660,622 | $658,470 | $1,158,188 |
| Comoros | | $834 | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | | $2,013 | $216 | | $460 | $7,575 | $1,832 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | | | | $4,796 |
| Croatia | $584,252 | $498,459 | $582,028 | $1,105,174 | $695,136 | $670,455 | $962,401 |
| Cuba | $8,133 | $4,643 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $2,442 | $2,943 | | | | | $157,599 |
| Czech Republic | $2,676,116 | $2,056,043 | $2,782,998 | $3,861,886 | $1,205,597 | $2,988,660 | $9,103,243 |
| Denmark | $49,899 | $2,954 | $23,211 | $19 | $128,321 | $2,231,800 | $4,109,114 |
| Dominican Republic | $940,232 | $755,946 | $1,189,084 | $220,294 | $15,483 | $14,000 | $39,503 |
| East Timor | $120 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $320 | $7,728 | $12,049 | $23,154 | $38,705 | $40,902 | $69,872 |
| Egypt | $150,930 | $406,155 | $769,827 | $1,699,072 | $1,733,256 | $1,084,007 | $884,550 |
| El Salvador | $14,513 | $25,471 | $28,211 | $57,713 | $55,081 | $5,958 | |
| Estonia | $17,775 | $26,140 | $21,348 | $40,656 | $4,921 | | $168,344 |
| Ethiopia | $162,353 | $71,998 | $2 | $47,348 | $80,345 | $110,328 | $140,953 |
| Fiji | | $2,919 | | | $3,100 | $1,671 | |
| Finland | $333,683 | $119,935 | $211,103 | $998,484 | $786,082 | $2,826,936 | $2,167,261 |
| France | $4,743,169 | $6,700,859 | $4,573,254 | $11,166,108 | $8,112,607 | $14,813,525 | $18,773,114 |
| Gabon | $388,874 | $1,425,646 | $763,488 | $527,221 | $352,359 | | |
| Georgia | $3,635 | | | $29,136 | | $5,003 | |
| Germany | $25,512,000 | $6,436,000 | $37,373,000 | $34,810,000 | $25,226,000 | $29,270,144 | $37,260,240 |
| Ghana | $62,611 | $111,500 | | $1,006 | $25,309 | $4,511 | $3,417 |
| Greece | $626,983 | $752,066 | $934,774 | $1,347,635 | $734,730 | $1,088,332 | $890,086 |
| Guatemala | | | $187,230 | $20 | | $232,323 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $1,127 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | | | | | | | $429 |
| Honduras | | | $10,065 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $934,985 | $575,809 | $151,001 | | $19,479 | $203,934 | $1,404,192 |
| Hungary | $208,000 | $96,000 | | $177,000 | $129,000 | $127,000 | $206,000 |
| Iceland | | $4,722 | $111 | | $28,045 | $230,601 | $287,963 |
| India | $21,745,426 | $18,623,444 | $29,828,927 | $47,039,134 | $18,700,087 | $27,150,251 | $40,395,321 |
| Indonesia | $2,496,010 | $1,810,732 | $3,748,077 | $7,752,879 | $3,761,985 | $7,763,904 | $7,800,412 |
| Iran | $234,164 | $56,672 | | | | $1,876,643 | |
| Ireland | $90,587 | $57,896 | $162,053 | $62,670 | $33,593 | $16,658 | $59,643 |
| Israel | $191,000 | $74,000 | $648,000 | $23,000 | $370,000 | $24,000 | $223,000 |
| Italy | $5,559,860 | $8,599,562 | $10,680,252 | $14,615,723 | $8,263,093 | $16,445,977 | $23,694,890 |
| Jamaica | $51 | | | | | | |
| Japan | $15,822,140 | $14,758,293 | $21,432,059 | $44,110,054 | $24,158,692 | $41,617,126 | $51,422,013 |
| Jordan | $29,994 | $3,065 | $3,852 | $3,256 | $357,084 | $1,631,645 | $979,644 |
| Kazakhstan | $669,254 | $721,491 | $1,116,939 | $1,896,628 | $955,973 | | |
| Kenya | $38,574 | $62,091 | $146,005 | $546,857 | $239,940 | $207,659 | |
| Korea, South | $17,990,483 | $15,732,843 | $25,095,162 | $33,700,613 | $22,747,771 | $38,439,324 | $52,362,531 |
| Kuwait | | $14,667 | $204,098 | | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $2,549 | $3,830 | $22,289 | | $743 | | |
| Latvia | $13,517 | $61,097 | $24,620 | | $4,209 | $307,576 | $165,896 |
| Lesotho | | | | $56,069 | | | |
| Lithuania | $2,653 | $98,390 | $50,497 | $73,820 | $20,112 | $11,762 | |
| Luxembourg | $75,735 | | | $69,659 | $1,431 | $50,312 | |
| Macedonia | $3,861 | | $191,955 | $487,321 | $256,624 | | $327,075 |
| Madagascar | $72,157 | $38,694 | | $59,920 | | $120,947 | |
| Malawi | $1,231 | $1,165 | $13,016 | | $91 | | $51 |
| Malaysia | $105,985,212 | $126,271,875 | $120,521,184 | $84,734,748 | $34,208,093 | $27,838,527 | $31,717,875 |
| Mauritania | $12,104 | $10,671 | $29,355 | | | | |
| Mauritius | $2,037 | $944 | | $74,708 | | | |
| Mexico | $4,734,456 | $5,584,988 | $5,452,205 | $6,888,872 | $5,895,494 | $9,495,802 | $9,710,645 |
| Moldova | | $18,843 | $28,530 | $3,641 | $10,780 | $9,257 | $18,119 |
| Mongolia | $625 | $74,000 | $3,314 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $3,281 | $42,025 | | $18,375 | $82,748 | $113,331 |
| Morocco | $274,955 | $142,722 | $112,774 | $202,329 | $165,744 | $113,907 | |
| Mozambique | $12,606 | $3,848 | $9,835 | $57,680 | $69,678 | $36,719 | $132,000 |
| Namibia | $2,162,263 | $2,258,277 | $2,457,305 | $2,265,749 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $59,817 | $87,193 | |
| Netherlands | $1,341,380 | $3,381,955 | $5,454,405 | $14,226,515 | $30,296,648 | $57,071,700 | |
| New Caledonia | $613,859 | $131,582 | $119,700 | $134,012 | $107,625 | $349,489 | $278,785 |
| New Zealand | $109,496 | $649,371 | $854,481 | $2,221,007 | $387,875 | $1,207,836 | $2,492,570 |
| Nicaragua | | | $48 | | $16 | | $94 |
| Niger | $9 | $38 | | | | $254 | |
| Nigeria | | $15,829 | $7,978 | $796,828 | $158,547 | $67,190 | |
| Norway | $81,162 | $75,830 | $852,341 | $6,104,550 | $1,239,826 | $412,112 | $313,079 |
| Oman | $56,765 | $316,416 | $122,182 | $60,122 | $185,992 | $54,601 | |
| Pakistan | $1,821,740 | $581,713 | $461,788 | $647,772 | $472,568 | $633,327 | $1,049,312 |
| Paraguay | $8,309 | $7,774 | $7,975 | $15,546 | $22,382 | $25,107 | $20,612 |
| Peru | $157,114 | $206,179 | $322,843 | $614,912 | $225,094 | $452,584 | $837,120 |
| Philippines | $586,177 | $803,984 | $2,508,993 | $2,608,600 | $1,137,922 | $927,154 | $1,027,872 |
| Poland | $841,502 | $1,161,478 | $2,942,823 | $3,647,504 | $1,604,358 | $4,142,583 | $7,360,299 |
| Portugal | $564,102 | $349,502 | $223,797 | $330,168 | $1,899,079 | $1,136,082 | $2,828,051 |
| Qatar | $5,939 | $23,032,458 | $258,106 | $24,441,173 | | $443,690 | |
| Romania | $415,577 | $259,376 | $304,872 | $468,480 | $441,534 | $625,811 | $615,006 |
| Russia | $6,935,469 | $6,009,290 | $9,152,807 | $11,066,236 | $4,319,182 | $11,386,056 | $12,944,683 |
| Rwanda | | | $475 | $89 | | | $19,635 |
| Saudi Arabia | $576,431 | $1,274,362 | $1,309,562 | | | $1,234,935 | |
| Serbia | $306,598 | $663,705 | $611,536 | $645,308 | $245,252 | $393,175 | $814,605 |
| Singapore | $1,056,109 | $1,615,441 | $2,866,483 | $4,711,662 | $1,949,535 | $4,728,019 | $6,015,105 |
| Slovakia | $1,104,109 | $934,281 | $999,944 | $1,100,269 | $456,757 | $857,985 | $2,778,646 |
| Slovenia | $435,348 | $534,289 | $391,048 | $1,636,711 | $703,834 | $1,127,793 | $1,070,675 |
| South Africa | $1,511,203 | $282,192 | $228,997 | $2,093,677 | $1,276,764 | $5,094,524 | $2,381,787 |
| Spain | $5,401,865 | $10,060,221 | $13,774,940 | $19,218,549 | $8,461,278 | $10,040,012 | |
| Sri Lanka | $88,063 | $123,572 | $11,458 | $18,975 | $164,420 | $221,385 | $257,998 |
| Sudan | $33,146 | $270,348 | $2,678 | | $13,465 | | |
| Swaziland | $1,407 | $909 | $17 | | | | |
| Sweden | $3,373,005 | $3,214,731 | $4,704,340 | $5,114,934 | $4,502,270 | $14,857,014 | $21,331,544 |
| Switzerland | $670,091 | $975,671 | $1,065,710 | $1,102,077 | $606,841 | $1,261,336 | $2,648,462 |
| Syria | | $2,560 | | | | $37,153 | |
| Tanzania | $823,904 | $395,918 | $834,335 | $459,025 | $447,965 | $220,911 | $277,550 |
| Thailand | $3,248,760 | $4,525,879 | $8,228,963 | $15,908,201 | $9,243,032 | $11,463,155 | $18,972,802 |
| Tonga | | | | | $99 | $301 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $1,025,603 | $473,710 | $346,737 | $1,629,218 | $111,676 | $1,375,823 | |
| Tunisia | $39,286 | $29,188 | $44,381 | $14,793 | $8,633 | $97,086 | |
| Turkey | $7,717,900 | $7,930,451 | $16,473,703 | $16,456,840 | $5,029,547 | $15,158,915 | $28,170,841 |
| Uganda | $27,889 | $17,168 | $78,091 | $142,643 | $23,130 | $29,137 | |
| Ukraine | $346,136 | $1,017,211 | $2,719,885 | $566,820 | $1,843,312 | $455,133 | $1,473,248 |
| United Arab Emirates | $59,831 | | $299,029 | $2,280,289 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $4,220,936 | $6,906,062 | $5,974,135 | $4,230,177 | $3,451,625 | $10,496,867 | $12,300,147 |
| United States | $42,354,482 | $39,421,433 | $37,151,660 | $45,363,359 | $29,252,394 | $43,092,990 | $57,415,334 |
| Uruguay | $660 | | $1,402 | $1,533 | $1,498 | | |
| Venezuela | $666,409 | $608,123 | $679,605 | $451,955 | $37,448 | $164,430 | $161,314 |
| Vietnam | $574,767 | $233,749 | $225,759 | $245,294 | $147,354 | $230,400 | |
| Yemen | | | | $17,013 | | | |
| Zambia | | $70 | $5,003 | $121 | $725 | $1,048 | |
| Zimbabwe | $130,655 | $425,542 | $628,384 | $605,281 | $287,277 | $1,153,646 | |
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