RankCountryImports of Nickel powders & flakes in USD (2010)
1United States$165,183,947
2Japan$152,536,722
3Korea, South$107,745,049
4China$79,142,639
5Germany$54,193,421
6Sweden$50,828,143
7Canada$41,660,245
8Russia$35,735,625
9France$34,752,668
10Belgium$29,229,279
11United Kingdom$21,140,686
12Netherlands$13,693,867
13Italy$12,728,309
14Denmark$8,549,111
15India$7,605,596
16South Africa$7,119,460
17Thailand$6,089,722
18Brazil$5,573,437
19Singapore$5,025,487
20Romania$4,940,861
21Switzerland$4,875,883
22Austria$4,719,465
23Mexico$4,223,420
24Spain$3,368,107
25Poland$3,307,496
26Turkey$3,125,958
27Hong Kong$2,899,822
28Croatia$2,887,925
29Hungary$2,620,000
30Argentina$2,578,622
31Czech Republic$2,249,521
32Norway$1,842,186
33Australia$1,814,107
34Ireland$1,644,160
35Malaysia$1,332,020
36Israel$952,000
37Indonesia$890,518
38Portugal$776,580
39Finland$749,564
40Chile$739,908
41Vietnam$695,210
42Ukraine$656,452
43Slovenia$560,827
44Belarus$507,200
45Iran$438,281
46Philippines$391,608
47Saudi Arabia$363,200
48Greece$295,732
49Bulgaria$227,167
50Azerbaijan$219,555
51Colombia$190,997
52Lithuania$134,813
53Slovakia$133,805
54Pakistan$111,263
55Egypt$109,076
56Costa Rica$107,506
57Oman$105,002
58Luxembourg$96,595
59Serbia$93,066
60New Zealand$83,624
61Peru$69,891
62Qatar$61,076
63Moldova$54,563
64Venezuela$50,632
65Algeria$43,649
66Latvia$41,074
67Bosnia and Herzegovina$32,785
68Cameroon$29,728
69Trinidad and Tobago$28,747
70Tunisia$19,570
71Lebanon$16,820
72Estonia$15,098
73Jordan$11,307
74Sri Lanka$10,337
75Senegal$8,546
76Armenia$6,478
77Iceland$6,293
78Georgia$5,257
79Morocco$4,224
80Mauritius$2,653
81Kyrgyzstan$2,425
82Madagascar$1,911
83Kenya$1,552
84Cyprus$1,308
85Zambia$1,180
86Benin$1,016
87Yemen$1,003
88New Caledonia$634
89Cote d'Ivoire$545
90Guatemala$441
91Malta$278
92Niger$271
93Zimbabwe$194
94Botswana$78
95Bolivia$35
96Ghana$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$32,380$9,834     
Algeria$35,901$34,838$21,061$62,740$42,791$43,649$59,481
Argentina$1,232,790$1,120,216$2,203,524$2,711,608$408,243$2,578,622$2,908,080
Armenia$3,660$5,576$21,549$18,934 $6,478$9,541
Australia$1,138,494$1,509,849$2,037,759$2,516,971$938,542$1,814,107$1,834,274
Austria$3,170,358$4,814,534$5,902,183$3,997,675$4,124,965$4,719,465 
Azerbaijan$137,645$148,100$177,964$356,564$226,376$219,555$359,685
Bahamas, The      $49
Bahrain$2,886  $771   
Bangladesh$3,427$2,787$18,310    
Belarus$189,700$229,000$831,000$650,900$256,100$507,200$534,900
Belgium$22,923,411$30,316,693$65,258,930$46,117,768$18,121,490$29,229,279$26,512,833
Belize    $13  
Benin     $1,016 
Bhutan$213      
Bolivia  $2,997$2,050 $35$77
Bosnia and Herzegovina$367 $699,959$12,041$56,956$32,785$46,033
Botswana $345  $564$78 
Brazil$14,623,927$14,321,329$16,925,805$12,715,556$3,786,675$5,573,437$19,206,577
Bulgaria$139,397$199,582$303,831$328,747$231,255$227,167$345,537
Burkina Faso$707   $241  
Cameroon $5,185$10,308$9,288$391$29,728 
Canada$16,697,780$34,292,887$46,709,407$22,818,325$22,596,450$41,660,245$35,229,494
Chile$229,263$618,852$533,792$715,182$223,615$739,908$347,922
China$65,864,679$68,230,999$119,487,320$95,035,937$43,722,624$79,142,639$121,061,331
Colombia$153,696$203,544$139,197$243,020$151,724$190,997$223,910
Costa Rica$7,485$6,753$11$9,292$39,830$107,506$55,211
Cote d'Ivoire $264$16,905  $545$856
Croatia$1,341,799$1,827,665$3,130,501$3,018,882$2,215,037$2,887,925$3,404,345
Cyprus$3,889$915$27,095$10,061$35$1,308 
Czech Republic$1,542,579$2,828,746$4,426,895$3,313,414$1,557,085$2,249,521$2,762,432
Denmark$4,832,507$12,142,875$14,806,217$11,007,681$9,550,369$8,549,111$88,561
Dominican Republic$1,994$3,790$1,488 $1,300  
Ecuador $3,020$21,755    
Egypt$3,143$8,422$43,828$120,949$114,679$109,076$187,031
El Salvador   $38   
Estonia$1,292,977$456,249$479,766$36,646$3,476$15,098$24,523
Ethiopia$7,198$7,735$771$5,599$2,609 $12
Fiji   $25   
Finland$6,089,384$2,609,944$1,530,899$1,100,155$380,821$749,564$815,835
France$29,822,735$35,287,170$59,927,196$46,518,082$21,108,047$34,752,668$28,206,980
French Polynesia      $3,590
Gabon$167$512$1,097 $170  
Georgia$3,179$11,203$16,174 $1,897$5,257 
Germany$39,326,000$55,922,000$85,155,000$71,195,000$38,925,000$54,193,421$61,280,368
Ghana$1,099$1,365$1,487$1,761$9$5 
Greece$154,958$158,408$444,907$250,357$402,781$295,732$412,404
Guatemala  $6,792 $1,835$441$7,886
Honduras  $3,267 $3,440  
Hong Kong$2,258,307$3,166,285$7,826,098$2,084,060$761,232$2,899,822$3,914,189
Hungary$560,000 $2,178,000 $2,206,000$2,620,000$3,864,000
Iceland $1,137 $890$2,242$6,293$2,397
India$2,293,543$3,282,827$4,817,633$4,735,451$4,238,614$7,605,596$8,551,197
Indonesia$540,045$1,082,963$1,264,115$1,729,102$609,240$890,518$721,858
Iran$551,627$200,892   $438,281 
Ireland$2,518,472$2,742,816$4,966,811$2,352,708$1,226,321$1,644,160$1,000,109
Israel$874,000$613,000$872,000$604,000$530,000$952,000$1,129,000
Italy$6,951,832$10,142,360$19,350,120$14,647,720$6,204,117$12,728,309$12,352,721
Japan$133,904,202$176,604,474$316,660,758$238,718,367$92,473,858$152,536,722$195,329,075
Jordan$6,622$12,674$12,860$11,343$5,876$11,307$15,390
Kazakhstan$5,318$76,445$27,163 $44,904  
Kenya$18,196$34,499$15,118  $1,552 
Korea, South$27,623,958$38,792,307$67,641,943$63,017,340$60,447,236$107,745,049$110,572,516
Kuwait $79,556$86,579$56,633   
Kyrgyzstan$920$2,160 $1,640$4,685$2,425 
Latvia$37,141$37,991$2,925$15,034$57,757$41,074$29,031
Lebanon$19,000$1,907$16,118$9,413$4,973$16,820$5,572
Lithuania$64,539$24,039$64,838$180,022$591,510$134,813$525,132
Luxembourg$253,069$194,851$145,070$73,773$46,737$96,595$120,891
Macau $12,110$144$5,399   
Macedonia      $1,264
Madagascar$1,056$2,479$1,618$5,946 $1,911 
Malawi   $48$21,017  
Malaysia$884,652$926,251$2,217,324$1,672,701$740,859$1,332,020$2,118,186
Maldives $396 $35   
Mali   $8,741   
Malta $2,354 $65$56$278 
Mauritius$2,465$2,251$3,412$2,871$3,764$2,653$2,082
Mayotte $840     
Mexico$3,528,333$3,705,147$6,009,851$5,145,410$2,728,156$4,223,420$5,242,640
Moldova$54,182$43,934$89,505$113,336$20,424$54,563$90,511
Mongolia  $850,388    
Morocco$9,768$16,472$19,662$35,355$26,611$4,224 
Namibia$66 $464$579   
Nepal    $2,335  
Netherlands$5,688,746$4,747,551$6,769,282$7,927,359$6,304,827$13,693,867 
New Caledonia$128   $496,918$634$75,457
New Zealand$85,520$98,547$172,585$56,004$150,604$83,624$110,096
Niger     $271 
Nigeria  $77,966 $2,687  
Norway$520,937$588,081$2,177,466$2,519,948$1,050,713$1,842,186$1,308,968
Oman$3,841  $5,303$67,407$105,002 
Pakistan$216,564$19,297$88,792$122,636$120,638$111,263$183,628
Panama   $372   
Paraguay$2,657$322  $4,076  
Peru$75,792$138,873$384,761$221,223$137,003$69,891$363,848
Philippines$782,323$777,394$180,322$1,042,665$98,749$391,608$1,413,729
Poland$1,543,006$2,010,789$4,470,869$3,237,537$2,521,591$3,307,496$4,724,247
Portugal$571,907$737,614$978,935$703,478$366,151$776,580$1,049,403
Qatar     $61,076 
Romania$1,045,618$3,207,071$6,100,520$4,018,845$1,870,991$4,940,861$6,993,059
Russia$1,181,800$1,750,042$3,152,860$1,574,060$6,146,917$35,735,625$36,090,521
Saudi Arabia$35,318$105,563$145,659  $363,200 
Senegal$13,364$1,527$2,643$1,595$5,966$8,546 
Serbia$32,444$34,329$134,522$78,540$51,233$93,066$101,409
Singapore$4,674,391$6,216,740$6,463,685$10,240,173$5,838,725$5,025,487$13,280,548
Slovakia$112,960$123,753$325,447$216,523$69,531$133,805$262,057
Slovenia$304,502$650,214$850,853$560,290$299,161$560,827$424,946
South Africa$790,215$1,481,217$2,697,784$3,420,557$1,281,826$7,119,460$2,805,636
Spain$2,612,016$3,351,971$5,202,594$2,975,577$2,055,416$3,368,107 
Sri Lanka$4,547$3,560$3,613$4,447$413$10,337$2,436
Sudan$145 $42$75,423   
Swaziland$3,130 $746    
Sweden$29,656,748$46,992,510$83,558,949$46,039,637$21,441,136$50,828,143$51,267,335
Switzerland$2,848,319$3,532,568$5,500,212$7,387,121$3,500,463$4,875,883$4,883,735
Tanzania  $5,511    
Thailand$2,651,766$4,007,245$3,593,609$5,759,732$2,764,718$6,089,722$7,446,926
Trinidad and Tobago$18,391$25,257$19,880$32,860$26,042$28,747 
Tunisia$14,117$23,625$25,078$14,263$19,842$19,570 
Turkey$1,883,444$2,964,517$3,949,031$4,249,332$2,135,002$3,125,958$4,088,619
Uganda $256$130$17   
Ukraine$771,252$1,007,126$753,755$1,076,190$682,293$656,452$663,916
United Arab Emirates$137,417 $295,070$437,079   
United Kingdom$16,799,145$26,893,344$31,843,001$52,670,301$9,469,323$21,140,686$21,172,333
United States$129,420,346$164,768,189$242,789,456$189,534,484$84,387,092$165,183,947$191,761,133
Uruguay $1,461$4,271$7,845$1,671  
Venezuela$239,699$110,634$217,685$414,749$22,803$50,632$50,782
Vietnam$515,542$844,377$1,981,232$1,281,830$78,561$695,210 
Yemen     $1,003 
Zambia     $1,180 
Zimbabwe $558$5,439  $194