| Rank | Country | Imports of Skid chain of iron/steel in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $29,502,765 |  | | 2 | France | $21,717,932 |  | | 3 | Italy | $19,183,456 |  | | 4 | Germany | $13,632,815 |  | | 5 | Sweden | $12,359,210 |  | | 6 | Switzerland | $11,574,191 |  | | 7 | Norway | $9,995,699 |  | | 8 | Canada | $7,743,225 |  | | 9 | Russia | $6,629,325 |  | | 10 | Chile | $5,905,849 |  | | 11 | Spain | $5,364,467 |  | | 12 | Poland | $4,422,639 |  | | 13 | Australia | $3,697,556 |  | | 14 | Netherlands | $3,301,165 |  | | 15 | Romania | $3,176,381 |  | | 16 | Austria | $3,019,419 |  | | 17 | Japan | $2,910,722 |  | | 18 | United Kingdom | $2,878,092 |  | | 19 | Finland | $2,532,922 |  | | 20 | Lithuania | $2,513,882 |  | | 21 | Belgium | $2,412,019 |  | | 22 | Serbia | $2,375,547 |  | | 23 | Czech Republic | $2,292,415 |  | | 24 | Slovakia | $2,105,420 |  | | 25 | Hong Kong | $1,882,821 |  | | 26 | Mexico | $1,741,099 |  | | 27 | South Africa | $1,704,927 |  | | 28 | Iran | $1,692,026 |  | | 29 | Peru | $1,606,441 |  | | 30 | Slovenia | $1,384,346 |  | | 31 | Denmark | $1,081,636 |  | | 32 | Greece | $1,001,732 |  | | 33 | Brazil | $897,212 |  | | 34 | Korea, South | $808,589 |  | | 35 | Hungary | $735,000 |  | | 36 | Bulgaria | $726,548 |  | | 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $672,914 |  | | 38 | Argentina | $655,840 |  | | 39 | Algeria | $563,149 |  | | 40 | Croatia | $553,360 |  | | 41 | Egypt | $511,699 |  | | 42 | Singapore | $485,849 |  | | 43 | New Zealand | $477,576 |  | | 44 | Turkey | $477,355 |  | | 45 | Ukraine | $466,479 |  | | 46 | Saudi Arabia | $432,534 |  | | 47 | Indonesia | $427,796 |  | | 48 | Vietnam | $411,290 |  | | 49 | Estonia | $348,798 |  | | 50 | China | $295,947 |  | | 51 | Portugal | $235,630 |  | | 52 | Ghana | $211,934 |  | | 53 | Kyrgyzstan | $210,686 |  | | 54 | India | $184,515 |  | | 55 | Montenegro | $173,539 |  | | 56 | Colombia | $169,842 |  | | 57 | Thailand | $141,288 |  | | 58 | Venezuela | $124,735 |  | | 59 | Kenya | $119,624 |  | | 60 | New Caledonia | $115,364 |  | | 61 | Mozambique | $111,373 |  | | 62 | Iceland | $110,512 |  | | 63 | Malaysia | $101,192 |  | | 64 | Latvia | $101,091 |  | | 65 | Belarus | $96,100 |  | | 66 | Luxembourg | $93,634 |  | | 67 | Dominican Republic | $85,560 |  | | 68 | Oman | $76,929 |  | | 69 | Bolivia | $76,711 |  | | 70 | Cyprus | $68,582 |  | | 71 | Moldova | $68,233 |  | | 72 | Nepal | $60,460 |  | | 73 | Panama | $58,545 |  | | 74 | Ethiopia | $57,527 |  | | 75 | Ecuador | $55,422 |  | | 76 | Lebanon | $54,623 |  | | 77 | Morocco | $53,837 |  | | 78 | Ireland | $47,936 |  | | 79 | Qatar | $43,981 |  | | 80 | Syria | $38,902 |  | | 81 | Bahrain | $38,563 |  | | 82 | Yemen | $34,169 |  | | 83 | Tunisia | $29,241 |  | | 84 | Israel | $29,000 |  | | 85 | Nicaragua | $27,044 |  | | 86 | Georgia | $25,385 |  | | 87 | Guyana | $23,366 |  | | 88 | Guatemala | $16,677 |  | | 89 | Cameroon | $16,557 |  | | 90 | Bahamas, The | $14,975 |  | | 91 | Botswana | $13,921 |  | | 92 | Malawi | $13,780 |  | | 93 | Mali | $12,532 |  | | 94 | Cote d'Ivoire | $11,152 |  | | 95 | Tanzania | $10,975 |  | | 96 | Madagascar | $9,826 |  | | 97 | Paraguay | $9,579 |  | | 98 | Uganda | $9,240 |  | | 99 | Philippines | $8,133 |  | | 100 | Albania | $7,586 |  | | 101 | Pakistan | $5,574 |  | | 102 | Samoa | $5,553 |  | | 103 | El Salvador | $4,920 |  | | 104 | Cape Verde | $4,744 |  | | 105 | Malta | $2,755 |  | | 106 | French Polynesia | $2,718 |  | | 107 | Maldives | $2,352 |  | | 108 | Zimbabwe | $2,332 |  | | 109 | Zambia | $2,070 |  | | 110 | Mauritius | $2,052 |  | | 111 | Burkina Faso | $1,940 |  | | 112 | Aruba | $1,811 |  | | 113 | Costa Rica | $1,606 |  | | 114 | Jordan | $934 |  | | 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | $346 |  | | 116 | Barbados | $337 |  | | 117 | Armenia | $246 |  | | 118 | Sri Lanka | $116 |  | | 119 | Senegal | $105 |  | | 120 | Jamaica | $95 |  | | 121 | Benin | $65 |  | | 122 | Tonga | $18 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $106,138 | $11,591 | $711 | $38,282 | $28,954 | $7,586 | $6,602 |
| Algeria | $114,071 | $389,249 | $2,538,331 | $718,150 | $317,539 | $563,149 | $60,220 |
| Anguilla | | $159 | | $10 | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $300 | | $33 | | | | |
| Argentina | $599,363 | $1,046,398 | $847,385 | $1,208,632 | $713,195 | $655,840 | $343,159 |
| Armenia | $8,068 | $13,378 | $1,448 | $238 | $2,160 | $246 | $10,104 |
| Aruba | | | | | $5,458 | $1,811 | |
| Australia | $1,653,835 | $3,007,373 | $4,183,704 | $4,959,897 | $2,683,427 | $3,697,556 | $4,794,059 |
| Austria | $2,221,589 | $3,596,377 | $3,299,323 | $2,173,362 | $2,619,082 | $3,019,419 | |
| Azerbaijan | $427 | | | | | | $1,268 |
| Bahamas, The | $9,052 | $10,690 | $6,647 | $11,276 | $7,587 | $14,975 | $20,728 |
| Bahrain | $3,410 | $57,713 | $6,465 | $84,287 | | $38,563 | $116,842 |
| Bangladesh | $155,607 | $1,790 | $2,410 | | | | |
| Barbados | $513 | $100 | $1,861 | $453 | $759 | $337 | |
| Belarus | $46,400 | $23,600 | $64,400 | $50,900 | $20,600 | $96,100 | $127,800 |
| Belgium | $2,578,349 | $2,619,570 | $2,769,413 | $2,836,132 | $2,217,143 | $2,412,019 | $4,063,969 |
| Belize | | | | $277 | | | |
| Benin | | $92 | | | | $65 | |
| Bhutan | | | | $51 | | | |
| Bolivia | $14,483 | $6,564 | $316,717 | $91,210 | $18,212 | $76,711 | $179,471 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $655,080 | $568,617 | $525,481 | $917,525 | $614,197 | $672,914 | $888,167 |
| Botswana | $45,651 | $10,793 | $6,196 | $57,118 | $23,928 | $13,921 | $57,231 |
| Brazil | $90,984 | $797,035 | $1,679,898 | $440,248 | $608,515 | $897,212 | $1,487,524 |
| Brunei | | $2,518 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $843,337 | $796,725 | $547,664 | $1,582,905 | $1,060,632 | $726,548 | $530,513 |
| Burkina Faso | $8,248 | | $5,568 | $19,858 | | $1,940 | |
| Cambodia | $3,080 | | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $30,011 | $1,864 | $718 | $17,269 | | $16,557 | |
| Canada | $6,383,234 | $8,016,882 | $11,279,923 | $8,413,718 | $6,831,834 | $7,743,225 | $11,614,538 |
| Cape Verde | $8,733 | | $438 | $305 | $426 | $4,744 | $11,292 |
| Chile | $3,830,283 | $4,318,607 | $6,048,395 | $6,182,854 | $4,714,068 | $5,905,849 | $7,973,516 |
| China | $278,594 | $370,586 | $704,387 | $939,257 | $285,101 | $295,947 | $333,321 |
| Colombia | $12,314 | $205,304 | $203,571 | $200,052 | $167,247 | $169,842 | $454,077 |
| Costa Rica | $2,534 | $15,977 | $18,678 | $14,129 | $2,632 | $1,606 | $26,080 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | $13 | | $88,833 | $1,023 | $11,152 | $10,191 |
| Croatia | $939,319 | $880,676 | $474,924 | $440,787 | $453,275 | $553,360 | $663,267 |
| Cuba | $1,040 | $6,227 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $7,329 | $7,489 | $9,790 | $85,311 | $1,549 | $68,582 | $39,739 |
| Czech Republic | $2,859,159 | $3,166,674 | $2,682,331 | $2,032,175 | $1,999,858 | $2,292,415 | $4,071,088 |
| Denmark | $832,686 | $1,012,583 | $698,200 | $857,041 | $673,309 | $1,081,636 | $928,249 |
| Dominica | | | | $389 | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $11,611 | $23,530 | $77,124 | $10,607 | $42,349 | $85,560 | $47,558 |
| East Timor | $731 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $48,726 | $37,966 | $132,045 | $27,253 | $87,806 | $55,422 | $101,756 |
| Egypt | $24,497 | $91,271 | $283,595 | $422,224 | $1,092,796 | $511,699 | $289,383 |
| El Salvador | $13,211 | $103,880 | $3,953 | $1,608 | $7,942 | $4,920 | |
| Estonia | $89,396 | $64,639 | $211,132 | $438,602 | $115,489 | $348,798 | $494,024 |
| Ethiopia | $5,865 | $14,816 | $18,878 | $14,607 | $41,344 | $57,527 | $203,373 |
| Faroe Islands | $32,384 | $88,130 | $40,775 | $74,227 | $43,056 | | |
| Fiji | $8,675 | $5,670 | $323 | $350 | $755 | | |
| Finland | $2,984,557 | $2,548,911 | $2,097,347 | $3,176,942 | $1,750,491 | $2,532,922 | $3,493,955 |
| France | $18,323,164 | $20,533,228 | $8,586,518 | $9,960,793 | $15,056,555 | $21,717,932 | $21,393,168 |
| French Polynesia | $416 | $203 | $161 | $194 | $135 | $2,718 | $373 |
| Gabon | $29,325 | $1,452 | $70,931 | $31,269 | $14,042 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | $1,042 | $526 | | |
| Georgia | $7,769 | $85,269 | $137,815 | $46,610 | $28,281 | $25,385 | |
| Germany | $14,331,000 | $15,767,000 | $16,214,000 | $8,680,000 | $7,248,000 | $13,632,815 | $25,542,428 |
| Ghana | $7,291 | $11,160 | $7,076 | $168,365 | $18,419 | $211,934 | $42,190 |
| Greece | $2,566,688 | $2,860,419 | $1,887,077 | $2,314,461 | $1,860,997 | $1,001,732 | $506,036 |
| Greenland | $257,601 | $218,532 | $50,260 | | | | |
| Grenada | | | $217 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $13,510 | $17,823 | $251,567 | $33,621 | $63,508 | $16,677 | $75,360 |
| Guinea | | $772 | $215 | $503 | | | |
| Guyana | $139 | $74 | $2,643 | $890 | $299 | $23,366 | $779 |
| Honduras | $9,504 | $23,182 | $6,520 | | $98,346 | | |
| Hong Kong | $89,246 | $36,451 | $280 | | $81,415 | $1,882,821 | $564,774 |
| Hungary | $1,050,000 | $1,570,000 | $1,208,000 | $786,000 | $571,000 | $735,000 | $880,000 |
| Iceland | $337,979 | $263,282 | $351,330 | $386,743 | $134,570 | $110,512 | $101,838 |
| India | $299,671 | $64,072 | $2,601,355 | $126,055 | $133,177 | $184,515 | $441,705 |
| Indonesia | $1,243,500 | $2,282,587 | $918,116 | $1,007,877 | $756,775 | $427,796 | $897,827 |
| Iran | $546,153 | $664,493 | | | | $1,692,026 | |
| Ireland | $17,328 | $26,737 | $18,875 | $2,921 | $533 | $47,936 | $123,186 |
| Israel | $25,000 | $57,000 | $8,000 | $41,000 | $57,000 | $29,000 | $16,000 |
| Italy | $17,283,767 | $24,136,854 | $15,184,588 | $8,688,166 | $18,129,250 | $19,183,456 | $39,347,698 |
| Jamaica | $687 | $7,914 | $157 | $14,930 | $94 | $95 | |
| Japan | $8,856,710 | $13,442,413 | $3,986,442 | $4,238,709 | $2,801,105 | $2,910,722 | $10,194,071 |
| Jordan | | | $4,100 | $1,007 | $24,206 | $934 | $40,141 |
| Kazakhstan | $2,656,053 | $2,140,314 | $3,944,826 | $5,299,053 | $2,313,011 | | |
| Kenya | $141,548 | $189,142 | $439,011 | $113,700 | $100,139 | $119,624 | |
| Korea, South | $665,294 | $380,171 | $319,006 | $433,112 | $503,295 | $808,589 | $1,380,344 |
| Kuwait | | $88,578 | $391,452 | $77,662 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $25,428 | $3,507 | $36,691 | $44,339 | $73,457 | $210,686 | $169,474 |
| Latvia | $69,483 | $112,958 | $95,687 | $112,342 | $52,245 | $101,091 | $256,252 |
| Lebanon | $80,000 | $72,956 | $13,839 | $48,350 | $32,347 | $54,623 | $70,750 |
| Lesotho | | | | $707 | | | |
| Lithuania | $254,150 | $269,824 | $1,535,334 | $3,274,425 | $1,520,081 | $2,513,882 | $6,219,747 |
| Luxembourg | $138,920 | $153,938 | $129,118 | $120,513 | $96,490 | $93,634 | $583,895 |
| Macau | | $375 | $448 | | | | |
| Macedonia | $59,305 | $47,266 | $67,603 | $261,535 | $247,173 | | $82,726 |
| Madagascar | $19,827 | $32,651 | $58,762 | $92,802 | $92,199 | $9,826 | |
| Malawi | $336 | $433 | $125 | $10,798 | $9,231 | $13,780 | $1,605 |
| Malaysia | $54,680 | $229,297 | $112,696 | $2,807,141 | $26,509 | $101,192 | $195,912 |
| Maldives | | | $154 | $72 | | $2,352 | |
| Mali | $892 | | | | | $12,532 | |
| Malta | | | $3 | | | $2,755 | |
| Mauritania | | | $123,662 | $5,392 | $10,339 | | |
| Mauritius | $7,142 | $2,957 | $2,691 | $18,365 | $269 | $2,052 | $792 |
| Mayotte | | | | $230 | $55 | | |
| Mexico | $214,639 | $623,839 | $1,250,984 | $1,525,565 | $814,828 | $1,741,099 | $2,526,930 |
| Moldova | $4,309 | $25,106 | $7,656 | $50,349 | $24,583 | $68,233 | $72,574 |
| Mongolia | $8,569 | $46,011 | $8,778 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $69,470 | $51,468 | $104,675 | $105,307 | $173,539 | $244,049 |
| Montserrat | $926 | | | | | | |
| Morocco | $19,193 | $29,746 | $42,597 | $86,498 | $32,985 | $53,837 | |
| Mozambique | $9,183 | $3,742 | $11,311 | $3,345 | $27,479 | $111,373 | $5,000 |
| Namibia | $12,300 | $32,842 | $71,023 | $100,916 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $22,018 | $60,460 | |
| Netherlands | $3,647,461 | $3,394,518 | $3,785,418 | $2,920,451 | $2,463,346 | $3,301,165 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $1,861 | | | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $28,784 | $156,729 | $284,840 | $83,105 | $224,441 | $115,364 | $761,715 |
| New Zealand | $363,591 | $208,870 | $388,993 | $435,677 | $445,086 | $477,576 | $339,518 |
| Nicaragua | $7,270 | $6,079 | $55,528 | $49,095 | $44,933 | $27,044 | $1,228 |
| Niger | $15 | | $1,820 | $285 | $40 | | $7,759 |
| Nigeria | | $3,927,722 | $50,619 | $530,366 | $35,073 | | |
| Norway | $8,283,746 | $8,400,820 | $9,963,022 | $12,281,366 | $8,082,965 | $9,995,699 | $18,255,995 |
| Oman | $410,270 | $10,845 | $6,060 | $492,705 | $75,456 | $76,929 | |
| Pakistan | $10,268 | $30,808 | $8,691 | $12,773 | $8,306 | $5,574 | $4,610 |
| Panama | $4,128 | $8,686 | $65,299 | $68,021 | $16,043 | $58,545 | $66,722 |
| Paraguay | $16,646 | $42,517 | $72,267 | $1,970 | $22,528 | $9,579 | $5,829 |
| Peru | $555,198 | $1,092,418 | $993,570 | $1,380,986 | $1,483,515 | $1,606,441 | $2,033,446 |
| Philippines | $7,387 | $10,088 | $8,541 | $5,301 | $10,452 | $8,133 | $153,128 |
| Poland | $3,004,379 | $4,617,779 | $5,388,024 | $4,305,934 | $3,055,391 | $4,422,639 | $3,821,312 |
| Portugal | $185,283 | $87,350 | $130,033 | $76,935 | $142,013 | $235,630 | $312,277 |
| Qatar | $39,333 | $234,122 | $17,528 | $213,835 | | $43,981 | |
| Romania | $1,428,112 | $2,016,381 | $1,756,595 | $2,983,419 | $1,129,680 | $3,176,381 | $2,797,533 |
| Russia | $1,668,818 | $2,586,922 | $4,241,240 | $5,850,563 | $6,220,280 | $6,629,325 | $6,619,701 |
| Rwanda | $1,024 | $467 | $733 | $487 | $1,235 | | $28,259 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | $256 | | $42 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $3,870 | $239 | $266 | $2,297 | $5,312 | | |
| Samoa | $26,731 | $4,895 | $2,104 | $1,446 | $1,853 | $5,553 | $1,711 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | | $362 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $509,227 | $426,376 | $780,831 | | | $432,534 | |
| Senegal | | $1,215 | $34 | | | $105 | $138,566 |
| Serbia | $359,981 | $492,353 | $530,218 | $550,818 | $759,392 | $2,375,547 | $3,379,931 |
| Seychelles | $7,385 | $51 | | $7,555 | | | |
| Singapore | $169,462 | $90,245 | $334,712 | $719,452 | $883,349 | $485,849 | $209,635 |
| Slovakia | $901,296 | $1,668,879 | $1,311,030 | $1,513,051 | $1,441,721 | $2,105,420 | $2,611,577 |
| Slovenia | $1,986,005 | $1,475,198 | $1,546,071 | $1,293,692 | $1,055,178 | $1,384,346 | $2,110,618 |
| South Africa | $842,335 | $1,321,608 | $893,733 | $1,636,986 | $1,550,099 | $1,704,927 | $2,264,670 |
| Spain | $6,133,666 | $9,814,494 | $4,995,760 | $1,596,235 | $2,983,334 | $5,364,467 | |
| Sri Lanka | $3,415 | $13,110 | $5,485 | $10,383 | $525 | $116 | $12,171 |
| Sudan | $1,167 | $3,212 | $125 | $4,319 | $17,811 | | |
| Suriname | | $313 | $56 | | | | $388 |
| Swaziland | $49,518 | $55,145 | $23,814 | | | | |
| Sweden | $6,427,073 | $7,332,526 | $9,404,080 | $11,304,119 | $6,783,371 | $12,359,210 | $19,920,244 |
| Switzerland | $8,589,511 | $10,098,041 | $6,829,152 | $6,726,650 | $11,346,530 | $11,574,191 | $10,886,317 |
| Syria | | $158,212 | | | | $38,902 | |
| Tanzania | $9,554 | $6,448 | $283 | $174,568 | $95,833 | $10,975 | $64,491 |
| Thailand | $221,077 | $400,989 | $351,448 | $430,133 | $234,441 | $141,288 | $344,501 |
| Tonga | | | | $128 | $25 | $18 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $14,784 | $12,063 | | $546 | $543 | $346 | |
| Tunisia | $8,215 | $55,816 | $12,336 | $16,496 | $116,314 | $29,241 | |
| Turkey | $3,366,401 | $3,777,600 | $3,088,688 | $1,230,546 | $797,865 | $477,355 | $1,384,714 |
| Uganda | $567 | $1,166 | $6,622 | $6,038 | $56,526 | $9,240 | |
| Ukraine | $164,553 | $243,683 | $317,678 | $564,160 | $177,619 | $466,479 | $1,871,748 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,111,560 | | $188,116 | $559,926 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $1,112,501 | $1,325,887 | $2,210,932 | $2,264,478 | $1,922,364 | $2,878,092 | $6,028,121 |
| United States | $28,814,227 | $26,189,704 | $34,485,878 | $45,940,390 | $32,579,895 | $29,502,765 | $43,552,792 |
| Uruguay | | $17,653 | $9,038 | $13,005 | $7,778 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $86 | $1,627 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $116,352 | $90,671 | $222,888 | $338,775 | $220,689 | $124,735 | $213,321 |
| Vietnam | $188,462 | $102,013 | $56,204 | $359,925 | $453,911 | $411,290 | |
| Yemen | $4,377 | $398 | $2,764 | $8,560 | $5,155 | $34,169 | $3,669 |
| Zambia | $9,123 | $848 | $1,973 | $72,934 | $2,832 | $2,070 | |
| Zimbabwe | $2,417 | $3,879 | $9,964 | $2,845 | $2,636 | $2,332 | |
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