RankCountryImports of Plates, sheets, strip & foil, of nickel, not alloyed in USD (2010)
1France$173,560,543
2Belgium$103,770,924
3China$66,947,258
4Korea, South$29,336,219
5United Kingdom$14,122,806
6Germany$11,339,481
7United States$9,934,497
8Canada$9,892,551
9Japan$6,471,105
10India$5,325,073
11Switzerland$4,729,777
12Thailand$2,847,970
13Vietnam$2,624,230
14Italy$2,180,119
15Mexico$1,971,947
16Turkey$1,878,959
17Malaysia$1,854,199
18Estonia$1,816,097
19Singapore$1,798,935
20Hong Kong$1,698,493
21Sweden$1,502,327
22Brazil$1,322,349
23Hungary$706,000
24South Africa$700,413
25Slovenia$670,445
26Netherlands$669,513
27Indonesia$666,806
28Poland$662,489
29Iran$645,301
30Ukraine$474,846
31Russia$383,448
32Czech Republic$370,809
33Austria$316,127
34Saudi Arabia$304,534
35Greece$299,284
36Pakistan$284,561
37Syria$255,208
38Ireland$232,265
39Bahrain$229,341
40Bulgaria$184,825
41Bosnia and Herzegovina$179,603
42New Zealand$162,472
43Philippines$157,401
44Sri Lanka$148,738
45Israel$136,000
46Australia$123,623
47Slovakia$104,821
48Belarus$94,700
49Denmark$88,226
50Argentina$77,050
51Serbia$76,971
52Lithuania$72,286
53Norway$68,245
54Costa Rica$66,955
55Tunisia$65,353
56Finland$57,511
57Egypt$38,079
58Tanzania$35,568
59Latvia$33,272
60Chile$29,158
61Qatar$20,097
62Romania$19,237
63Spain$15,273
64Colombia$13,339
65Guatemala$10,033
66Algeria$9,126
67Peru$7,287
68El Salvador$6,655
69Croatia$5,987
70Nigeria$5,827
71Ghana$5,509
72Oman$4,382
73Ecuador$4,102
74Portugal$3,531
75Uganda$3,510
76Luxembourg$3,113
77Albania$3,027
78Fiji$2,986
79Kenya$2,215
80Zimbabwe$1,854
81Venezuela$1,515
82Gambia, The$1,485
83Iceland$929
84Nepal$734
85Zambia$653
86Bolivia$516
87Senegal$355
88Ethiopia$344
89Cyprus$211
90Trinidad and Tobago$208
91Bahamas, The$192
92Dominican Republic$121
93Botswana$76
94Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$53
95Cameroon$20
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $7,876$10,851$7,673$3,770$3,027 
Algeria$224$4,214$45,875 $13,974$9,126$18,130
Antigua and Barbuda  $104    
Argentina$26,419$26,151$30,333$27,218 $77,050$33,000
Australia$178,241$1,062,792$4,408,834$3,360,695$1,105,027$123,623$780,798
Austria$1,240,350$880,498$1,604,099$2,166,658$365,149$316,127 
Azerbaijan$400      
Bahamas, The$390 $1,333 $293$192 
Bahrain$9,503$3,851$801$107,189$2,331$229,341$995
Bangladesh$9,894$485$1,491    
Barbados  $1,300 $4 $78
Belarus$40,000$355,900$296,700$219,900$47,800$94,700$91,900
Belgium$1,565,496$847,056$6,246,184$4,359,086$76,916,944$103,770,924$100,472,647
Bhutan $119     
Bolivia$1,095$17,438$12,525 $348$516$1
Bosnia and Herzegovina$92,876$395,331$701,310$235,456$154,338$179,603$202,896
Botswana$71,991$16,040$2,570$20,760$10,683$76$76,920
Brazil$141,644$432,102$2,083,863$621,032$719,684$1,322,349$642,910
Brunei $1,124     
Bulgaria$800$331$76,190$50,079$47,054$184,825$28,614
Burkina Faso  $1,230    
Burundi    $7,353  
Cambodia    $22,022  
Cameroon  $838  $20 
Canada$27,217,687$10,457,926$35,751,635$21,852,985$10,739,480$9,892,551$11,610,132
Central African Republic   $7,964   
Chile$2,807$619 $28,856$6,488$29,158$982
China$61,996,124$53,829,580$93,490,048$98,895,132$46,855,177$66,947,258$63,714,921
Colombia$6,085$32,774$28,672$127,616$41,581$13,339$2,509
Comoros  $505    
Costa Rica$4,128$9,966$2,441$4,213$41,623$66,955$98,716
Cote d'Ivoire$360  $5,244   
Croatia $26,927$75,771$13,347$27,798$5,987$23,342
Cuba$2,076$50,741     
Cyprus  $1,216$2,332$3,551$211 
Czech Republic$911,446$2,459,177$1,500,865$576,463$164,856$370,809$755,240
Denmark$66,205$86,519$151,802$88,389$307,104$88,226$115,526
Dominican Republic $3,369$656$15 $121 
East Timor$568      
Ecuador     $4,102$67
Egypt$23,161$2,345$9,154$2,585$16,457$38,079$44,180
El Salvador    $6,911$6,655 
Estonia$1,342$62,343$10,239$637$440$1,816,097$1,887,804
Ethiopia$135$242$121 $19$344$6,653
Faroe Islands$11,750 $114    
Fiji $836  $154$2,986 
Finland$60,821$11,670,438$82,118$79,983$68,863$57,511$98,326
France$1,310,219$2,278,819$3,832,090$3,923,904$50,541,059$173,560,543$111,003,759
Gabon    $1,453  
Gambia, The$70$748$727$861 $1,485$62
Germany$16,871,000$10,587,000$22,100,000$25,652,000$9,653,000$11,339,481$28,692,081
Ghana$23,302$4,434$5,689$41,935$19,546$5,509 
Greece$159$33,381$81,068$140,937$172,525$299,284$353,577
Guatemala     $10,033 
Honduras$2,540   $1,218  
Hong Kong$2,006,109$2,489,426$4,282,423$4,051,106$1,643,639$1,698,493$1,741,815
Hungary$804,000$2,020,000$13,875,000$1,451,000$3,339,000$706,000$722,000
Iceland $588$11,985$2,357$39$929$202
India$5,215,050$4,343,335$1,859,722$2,791,098$1,830,486$5,325,073$519,287
Indonesia$234,064$24,556$78,325$2,095,468$531,306$666,806$1,326,313
Iran$684,318$20,662   $645,301 
Ireland$762,231$201,482$718,871$507,738$123,860$232,265$193,618
Israel$326,000$644,000$677,000$788,000$282,000$136,000$266,000
Italy$3,501,877$3,133,993$2,922,520$3,439,435$2,180,722$2,180,119$4,727,620
Jamaica $95$445$5,334$190  
Japan$19,445,689$18,407,049$15,238,631$13,266,519$5,691,900$6,471,105$5,841,126
Jordan      $41,720
Kazakhstan$178,549$9,931$76,560$29,720$3,881  
Kenya  $20,875$36$7,852$2,215 
Korea, South$14,879,285$11,630,725$21,953,075$18,286,898$18,559,720$29,336,219$29,373,679
Kuwait $41,159$73,052$146,007   
Kyrgyzstan$110,505$39,461$147,387$1,817$573  
Latvia$2,096 $8,364$903$19,160$33,272$22,058
Lebanon  $292$3,249   
Lithuania$16,714$20,897$76,946$67,804$12,912$72,286$87,496
Luxembourg$481$726$843$954$1,296$3,113 
Macau$2,497 $9,984$20,518$15,025  
Macedonia $112     
Madagascar   $1,345   
Malawi$57      
Malaysia$2,061,104$2,635,100$4,969,320$4,743,976$1,590,937$1,854,199$3,859,731
Maldives$5,664$4,135$173$34   
Mali$4,428 $2,671    
Malta   $761$1,678  
Mauritius   $1,971   
Mayotte  $388$948$752  
Mexico$13,713,346$2,817,049$3,107,745$2,336,606$1,801,380$1,971,947$1,195,049
Moldova  $32$48,815  $48,281
Mongolia$2,328      
Montenegro $98,796     
Morocco$1,024 $19,225$10,932$5,352  
Mozambique $78 $151   
Namibia$2,215$26,737$491$8,112   
Nepal     $734 
Netherlands$10,881,467$692,220$1,570,166$2,372,314$693,252$669,513 
Netherlands Antilles   $91   
New Caledonia  $268    
New Zealand$60,740$182,906$146,950$245,642$29,481$162,472$89,202
Nigeria  $3,261$19,418 $5,827 
Norway$19,506$31,489$28,422$50,943$20,004$68,245$29,328
Oman $8,720  $77,098$4,382 
Pakistan$379,608$575,376$820,072$542,285$524,228$284,561$629,481
Panama  $304    
Paraguay$16,057 $4,884   $2,070
Peru$27,375$3,309$14,280$1,099$52,193$7,287$21,663
Philippines$92,953$283,052$170,470$27,657$374,966$157,401$106,982
Poland$248,048$402,206$243,496$465,439$51,935$662,489$687,124
Portugal$505 $5,846$11,594$3,079$3,531$980
Qatar $16,570$189,122  $20,097 
Romania$20,381$81,468$128,246$15,777$28,460$19,237$160,964
Russia$9,502,325$6,010,993$94,204$282,994$202,636$383,448$993,922
Rwanda $225 $912$49,957 $75
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,913  $703   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $289  $53 
Saudi Arabia$616,510$480,225$1,715,994  $304,534 
Senegal    $3,269$355$4,700
Serbia$158,280$46,725$172,774$109,894 $76,971$5,389
Singapore$1,295,350$2,820,534$3,355,220$3,455,437$1,078,739$1,798,935$2,670,341
Slovakia$1,221,792$145,564$353,235$443,260$73,237$104,821$122,201
Slovenia$91,122$1,214,538$639,756$306,719$86,473$670,445$996,224
South Africa$19,312$62,778$34,358$464,083$221,687$700,413$48,768
Spain$5,461,312$8,470,378$11,437,338$6,233,360$82,261$15,273 
Sri Lanka$6,035$8,255$57,801$16,658$28,262$148,738$80,883
Sudan$22,592$770$6,495$54,991   
Swaziland$200$4,688$2,300    
Sweden$4,779,082$3,645,952$2,090,257$5,130,944$2,408,209$1,502,327$4,731,881
Switzerland$2,155,654$2,241,204$5,267,487$4,029,258$2,024,344$4,729,777$3,090,779
Syria $6,402   $255,208 
Tanzania $1,301  $98,593$35,568$5,664
Thailand$419,574$5,605,886$7,020,330$4,205,374$1,796,260$2,847,970$3,898,965
Tonga   $455   
Trinidad and Tobago     $208 
Tunisia$165,137$183,120$236,126$143,569$98,303$65,353 
Turkey$248,695$85,383$515,697$984,856$937,203$1,878,959$1,793,594
Uganda    $1,525$3,510 
Ukraine$8,982,356$4,815,281$19,579,396$6,044,030$153,428$474,846$502,358
United Arab Emirates$552,478 $57,611$567,201   
United Kingdom$4,597,715$5,364,088$7,397,086$10,192,526$8,467,901$14,122,806$20,954,710
United States$11,322,844$12,485,705$18,151,457$16,154,087$5,251,843$9,934,497$16,420,478
Venezuela$352,354$87,620$51,322$23,229$4,957$1,515$322
Vietnam$3,894,030$5,028,996$8,895,538$5,204,176$3,077,406$2,624,230 
Yemen$22,623$2,673$11,817    
Zambia$117 $692$1,337$1,417$653 
Zimbabwe  $152 $42$1,854