| Rank | Country | Imports of Cathodes & sections of cathodes, of ref. copper, unwrought in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $21,779,482,807 |  | | 2 | Germany | $5,150,338,419 |  | | 3 | Italy | $4,207,759,214 |  | | 4 | United States | $4,150,390,980 |  | | 5 | Korea, South | $2,806,932,943 |  | | 6 | Turkey | $2,515,838,759 |  | | 7 | Brazil | $1,885,229,060 |  | | 8 | Thailand | $1,801,516,046 |  | | 9 | Malaysia | $1,494,397,404 |  | | 10 | France | $1,232,288,865 |  | | 11 | Saudi Arabia | $1,214,646,318 |  | | 12 | Vietnam | $875,981,490 |  | | 13 | Indonesia | $537,441,715 |  | | 14 | Spain | $509,075,119 |  | | 15 | Mexico | $425,322,655 |  | | 16 | Sweden | $343,058,105 |  | | 17 | Japan | $331,146,877 |  | | 18 | Egypt | $321,664,785 |  | | 19 | Serbia | $276,922,453 |  | | 20 | Belgium | $264,975,051 |  | | 21 | Greece | $252,485,694 |  | | 22 | Singapore | $229,312,339 |  | | 23 | Australia | $226,784,790 |  | | 24 | Zambia | $199,265,770 |  | | 25 | Hong Kong | $194,672,251 |  | | 26 | Poland | $186,877,270 |  | | 27 | Netherlands | $178,178,040 |  | | 28 | United Kingdom | $87,563,527 |  | | 29 | Pakistan | $75,111,739 |  | | 30 | Argentina | $68,348,818 |  | | 31 | Austria | $66,782,372 |  | | 32 | South Africa | $55,268,531 |  | | 33 | Colombia | $49,819,848 |  | | 34 | Syria | $44,094,750 |  | | 35 | Canada | $41,487,321 |  | | 36 | Czech Republic | $40,772,168 |  | | 37 | Venezuela | $34,164,601 |  | | 38 | Finland | $32,000,943 |  | | 39 | Portugal | $31,746,965 |  | | 40 | India | $30,661,871 |  | | 41 | Oman | $29,734,822 |  | | 42 | Bulgaria | $29,141,069 |  | | 43 | Slovakia | $25,899,775 |  | | 44 | Zimbabwe | $15,372,138 |  | | 45 | Ecuador | $15,245,603 |  | | 46 | Hungary | $11,546,000 |  | | 47 | Ukraine | $10,990,444 |  | | 48 | Slovenia | $9,562,141 |  | | 49 | Iran | $9,490,722 |  | | 50 | Switzerland | $4,970,034 |  | | 51 | Morocco | $4,652,185 |  | | 52 | Romania | $3,843,151 |  | | 53 | Belarus | $2,170,100 |  | | 54 | Nepal | $1,402,433 |  | | 55 | Algeria | $1,358,279 |  | | 56 | Paraguay | $1,272,108 |  | | 57 | Estonia | $1,056,242 |  | | 58 | Tanzania | $914,732 |  | | 59 | Denmark | $738,903 |  | | 60 | Luxembourg | $559,851 |  | | 61 | Azerbaijan | $461,268 |  | | 62 | Peru | $288,099 |  | | 63 | Nigeria | $213,183 |  | | 64 | Georgia | $200,896 |  | | 65 | Ghana | $94,084 |  | | 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | $79,778 |  | | 67 | Yemen | $67,219 |  | | 68 | Mozambique | $62,565 |  | | 69 | Chile | $57,405 |  | | 70 | Ireland | $41,491 |  | | 71 | Tunisia | $39,419 |  | | 72 | Bolivia | $29,063 |  | | 73 | Madagascar | $25,480 |  | | 74 | Jordan | $23,225 |  | | 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $15,993 |  | | 76 | Bahrain | $15,079 |  | | 77 | Croatia | $13,312 |  | | 78 | Qatar | $7,781 |  | | 79 | El Salvador | $6,714 |  | | 80 | Russia | $4,989 |  | | 81 | Panama | $4,149 |  | | 82 | Bahamas, The | $1,167 |  | | 83 | New Zealand | $1,001 |  | | 84 | Uganda | $681 |  | | 85 | Guatemala | $662 |  | | 86 | Botswana | $611 |  | | 87 | Albania | $592 |  | | 88 | Costa Rica | $49 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | $1,538 | $153 | | $592 | $14,711 |
| Algeria | $19,919 | $3,732 | | | $595,857 | $1,358,279 | $134,468 |
| Argentina | $52,036,183 | $78,745,903 | $96,560,077 | $97,648,053 | $47,800,370 | $68,348,818 | $101,530,876 |
| Armenia | $487 | | | $88,576 | | | |
| Australia | $5,136,831 | $6,537,811 | $5,823,098 | $44,825,709 | $230,564 | $226,784,790 | $176,337,416 |
| Austria | $76,346,608 | $203,564,996 | $143,344,492 | $53,957,131 | $21,752,081 | $66,782,372 | |
| Azerbaijan | $392 | | | $1,066,325 | $23,630 | $461,268 | $2,119,489 |
| Bahamas, The | | | | $1,169 | | $1,167 | |
| Bahrain | $51,976 | | $42,000 | $480,302 | | $15,079 | |
| Bangladesh | $22,647,731 | $17,165,776 | $29,304,735 | | | | |
| Belarus | $165,600 | $325,000 | $1,232,600 | $2,085,200 | $984,800 | $2,170,100 | $1,943,200 |
| Belgium | $28,280,399 | $135,650,712 | $159,716,454 | $261,056,128 | $244,451,063 | $264,975,051 | $221,243,631 |
| Bolivia | | | | | | $29,063 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | $759 | $3,757 | $6,035 | $1,757 | $15,993 | $26,213 |
| Botswana | $1,427 | $360 | $2,659,237 | | $14,045 | $611 | |
| Brazil | $593,430,523 | $1,194,934,909 | $1,621,972,982 | $1,930,806,610 | $1,002,709,434 | $1,885,229,060 | $2,049,920,489 |
| Bulgaria | $67,087,248 | $103,712,928 | $161,716,031 | $205,727,103 | $16,352,457 | $29,141,069 | $45,917,551 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | $12,747 | | |
| Cambodia | | | $2,166 | | | | |
| Canada | $227,054,373 | $350,610,166 | $71,081,081 | $69,369,341 | $47,900,123 | $41,487,321 | $18,827,222 |
| Chile | $30,171 | $13,440 | $499 | $28 | $28,120 | $57,405 | $4,682 |
| China | $4,312,026,244 | $5,223,827,755 | $10,291,542,440 | $9,804,319,487 | $15,580,922,233 | $21,779,482,807 | $24,815,971,416 |
| Colombia | $46,340,047 | $77,417,415 | $73,719,902 | $48,287,558 | $31,695,641 | $49,819,848 | $75,926,500 |
| Costa Rica | | $4,292 | | | | $49 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | $988 | $1,479 | $79,778 | $9,944 |
| Croatia | $34,619 | $86,796 | $60,672 | $46,321 | $8,352 | $13,312 | $6,608,355 |
| Cuba | $144,546 | $175,573 | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $12,234,693 | $26,028,438 | $91,557,107 | $68,411,199 | $63,270,276 | $40,772,168 | $51,003,608 |
| Denmark | $8,700 | $17,336 | $371,760 | $848,074 | $16,691 | $738,903 | $445,615 |
| Dominican Republic | | $796,831 | | | | | $104 |
| Ecuador | $12,123,544 | $13,178,388 | $21,469,627 | $21,651,285 | $25,140,459 | $15,245,603 | $33,866,427 |
| Egypt | $135,540,920 | $99,522,463 | $153,337,660 | $1,026,734,905 | $321,422,334 | $321,664,785 | $722,959,427 |
| El Salvador | | $767 | | | $24,503 | $6,714 | |
| Estonia | $723 | | $374,023 | $4,509,937 | $1,789,679 | $1,056,242 | $189,151 |
| Ethiopia | | | | $13,555 | | | $6,658 |
| Faroe Islands | | $2,229 | | $150 | | | |
| Finland | $89,860 | $187,650 | $15,655,579 | $16,347,102 | $102,421,953 | $32,000,943 | $40,841,089 |
| France | $1,751,268,167 | $3,111,398,065 | $2,822,902,795 | $2,848,892,911 | $1,130,904,425 | $1,232,288,865 | $1,363,311,836 |
| Gabon | | | | $5,896 | | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | $45 | | | |
| Georgia | $153,865 | $351,697 | | $757 | | $200,896 | |
| Germany | $2,329,989,000 | $5,406,738,000 | $5,637,533,000 | $5,737,832,000 | $3,143,583,000 | $5,150,338,419 | $5,935,589,932 |
| Ghana | $8,505 | | $598 | $23,537 | $55,794 | $94,084 | $165,205 |
| Greece | $318,207,974 | $676,452,949 | $759,288,615 | $796,403,952 | $286,388,451 | $252,485,694 | $238,822,240 |
| Guatemala | $4,422 | $2,316 | $47,236 | $785 | $720 | $662 | $74 |
| Honduras | $5,776 | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $95,878,407 | $105,207,491 | $123,087,683 | $78,475,932 | $328,238,535 | $194,672,251 | $130,350,476 |
| Hungary | $4,301,000 | $4,089,000 | $8,203,000 | $9,445,000 | $3,175,000 | $11,546,000 | $11,678,000 |
| Iceland | $2,127,754 | $6,950,376 | $389,196 | | | | |
| India | $25,031,486 | $27,084,959 | $22,938,024 | $61,588,571 | $35,953,964 | $30,661,871 | $64,149,167 |
| Indonesia | $49,861,265 | $107,776,304 | $53,674,766 | $477,962,457 | $220,213,755 | $537,441,715 | $639,969,814 |
| Iran | $60,063,678 | | | | | $9,490,722 | |
| Ireland | $148,049 | $3,268,695 | $954,172 | $3,967,119 | $81,211 | $41,491 | $24,776 |
| Israel | | $5,000 | | $8,000 | $5,000 | | $17,000 |
| Italy | $2,067,414,114 | $4,471,153,570 | $4,819,248,581 | $4,064,462,111 | $2,448,756,975 | $4,207,759,214 | $5,106,081,467 |
| Japan | $265,066,465 | $478,984,238 | $714,841,012 | $702,702,900 | $204,768,109 | $331,146,877 | $1,187,436,336 |
| Jordan | $22,731 | $7,212 | $8,134 | $1,089 | | $23,225 | $31,745 |
| Kazakhstan | $733 | $5,751,504 | $18,297,853 | $4,013,315 | $436,705 | | |
| Korea, South | $1,428,212,876 | $2,236,113,919 | $2,724,435,699 | $2,708,278,713 | $2,300,703,809 | $2,806,932,943 | $2,861,813,539 |
| Kuwait | | $80,509,183 | $69,956,657 | $83,131,244 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $66 | $25,540 | | $842 | | | |
| Latvia | | | | $14,202,437 | $8,296,765 | | $4,051,994 |
| Lithuania | $508 | $628,324 | | | | | $137,321 |
| Luxembourg | $127,898 | $9,435 | $211 | $924,652 | $2,440 | $559,851 | |
| Macedonia | | $674 | $130,652 | | | | |
| Madagascar | | | | | | $25,480 | |
| Malawi | | $43 | | | | | $17 |
| Malaysia | $664,431,827 | $1,219,855,109 | $1,478,883,698 | $1,278,341,458 | $899,472,961 | $1,494,397,404 | $1,966,671,334 |
| Mali | | $3,229 | | $11,360 | | | |
| Malta | $26,922 | | | | $775 | | |
| Mexico | $184,033,079 | $304,942,455 | $167,109,359 | $299,277,287 | $275,162,211 | $425,322,655 | $230,754,394 |
| Montenegro | | | $1,011 | | | | |
| Morocco | $665,813 | $1,903,986 | $2,944,650 | $6,453,675 | $3,175,247 | $4,652,185 | |
| Mozambique | | | | | | $62,565 | |
| Namibia | $336,993 | $23,834 | $3,983 | $8,317,405 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $2,100,010 | $1,402,433 | |
| Netherlands | $394,258,924 | $786,656,338 | $916,835,603 | $222,097,184 | $245,990,088 | $178,178,040 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $870 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | $3,728 | $12,917 | | | $1,029 | $1,001 | $14,507 |
| Nigeria | | | | $179,273 | $4,366 | $213,183 | |
| Norway | $381,104 | | | | | | |
| Oman | $15,737 | $2,706,624 | $5,234,270 | $36,868,237 | $12,439,717 | $29,734,822 | |
| Pakistan | $66,283,792 | $119,891,713 | $95,787,426 | $75,102,402 | $76,597,468 | $75,111,739 | $75,444,619 |
| Panama | $299 | | $493 | $696 | | $4,149 | $11,129 |
| Paraguay | | | | | | $1,272,108 | $1,709,337 |
| Peru | $9,287,572 | $18,615,768 | $1,769,732 | $77,276 | $70,545 | $288,099 | $822,108 |
| Philippines | $422,996 | $1,331,212 | $610 | | $1,834 | | |
| Poland | $849,869 | $2,393,898 | $31,740,688 | $24,496,311 | $49,462,369 | $186,877,270 | $96,553,786 |
| Portugal | $19,954 | $84,292 | $424,565 | $8,068,901 | $15,389,115 | $31,746,965 | $37,872,143 |
| Qatar | | $12,998 | $10,788 | | | $7,781 | |
| Romania | $11,267,780 | $39,606,723 | $166,076,722 | $154,870,948 | $40,703,530 | $3,843,151 | $9,073,200 |
| Russia | $1,033,926 | $6,619,598 | $183,104 | $72,242,742 | $8,819,704 | $4,989 | $422,462 |
| Rwanda | | | $22 | $55 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | $64 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $349,081,010 | $1,025,141,502 | $1,104,673,856 | $1,209,571,112 | $684,336,709 | $1,214,646,318 | |
| Senegal | | $6,306 | | | | | $731 |
| Serbia | $118,064,279 | $93,835,638 | $155,002,440 | $169,170,153 | $110,417,015 | $276,922,453 | $246,382,638 |
| Singapore | $158,205,723 | $772,635,082 | $429,888,626 | $292,347,520 | $366,260,606 | $229,312,339 | $600,625,608 |
| Slovakia | $4,045,699 | $8,669,297 | $21,015,612 | $56,983,361 | $13,130,342 | $25,899,775 | $45,286,642 |
| Slovenia | $4,120,977 | $9,256,292 | $8,584,253 | $8,971,433 | $2,148,855 | $9,562,141 | $8,725,725 |
| South Africa | $36,569,912 | $33,842,334 | $40,274,583 | $41,932,343 | $40,860,964 | $55,268,531 | $155,362,013 |
| Spain | $195,924,834 | $368,664,981 | $330,231,258 | $567,760,753 | $334,427,742 | $509,075,119 | |
| Sri Lanka | $8,725,883 | $6,248,332 | $21,511 | $8,887 | | | |
| Sudan | | | $97,188 | $127,412 | $900,030 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $3,803 | | |
| Swaziland | $2,734 | $22,363 | $2,666 | | | | |
| Sweden | $149,281,805 | $279,525,601 | $224,236,264 | $159,185,509 | $119,183,236 | $343,058,105 | $281,168,258 |
| Switzerland | $2,880,609 | $3,520,616 | $6,261,500 | $5,612,678 | $1,411,459 | $4,970,034 | $5,208,765 |
| Syria | $11,145,946 | $15,309,719 | $10,074,263 | $19,451,324 | | $44,094,750 | |
| Tanzania | | $763 | $14,424 | $8,950 | $9,104 | $914,732 | $263,693 |
| Thailand | $844,423,515 | $1,544,700,110 | $1,716,252,581 | $1,943,041,613 | $1,149,471,657 | $1,801,516,046 | $2,096,204,818 |
| Tonga | | | | | $99 | | |
| Tunisia | $114,199 | $158,578 | $165,842 | $26,818 | $23,227 | $39,419 | |
| Turkey | $861,412,226 | $1,379,792,396 | $1,988,313,238 | $1,995,906,981 | $1,465,240,845 | $2,515,838,759 | $3,014,319,332 |
| Uganda | | | | | $1,700 | $681 | |
| Ukraine | $35,649,704 | $46,614,537 | $45,881,052 | $16,255,560 | $5,301,741 | $10,990,444 | $10,700,176 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,038,093 | | $935,729 | $245,954,981 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $526,360,324 | $977,815,998 | $83,146,587 | $104,571,919 | $60,684,487 | $87,563,527 | $41,578,270 |
| United States | $3,184,268,541 | $6,219,799,947 | $5,680,044,010 | $5,150,479,989 | $2,945,632,575 | $4,150,390,980 | $5,663,499,403 |
| Uruguay | $1,285 | | | $157 | | | |
| Venezuela | $5,130,489 | $13,566,471 | $27,562,953 | $68,828,774 | $38,400,286 | $34,164,601 | $7,958,072 |
| Vietnam | $197,973,600 | $496,427,668 | $633,262,751 | $525,632,520 | $486,416,805 | $875,981,490 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | $779,580 | | | | | | |
| Yemen | $269 | $75,829 | $55,798 | | $1,122 | $67,219 | |
| Zambia | $118,983 | $579,095 | $544,991 | $90,923,442 | $88,676,140 | $199,265,770 | |
| Zimbabwe | $404,336,107 | $12,505,870 | $5,280,334 | $998,551 | $1,962,554 | $15,372,138 | |
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