RankCountryImports of Plates, sheets, strip & foil, of nickel alloys in USD (2010)
1China$136,425,568
2United States$66,803,405
3Korea, South$63,589,588
4United Kingdom$61,883,068
5Italy$58,975,764
6Germany$58,427,675
7France$43,646,615
8Japan$26,863,427
9Singapore$22,281,713
10Austria$21,095,266
11India$21,035,034
12Malaysia$19,323,001
13Belgium$18,346,838
14Canada$16,013,790
15Mexico$15,811,002
16Switzerland$15,492,067
17Hong Kong$13,339,152
18Sweden$12,184,741
19Thailand$12,057,726
20Turkey$10,415,800
21Ukraine$8,432,249
22Spain$7,458,849
23Netherlands$7,343,434
24Poland$7,002,421
25Indonesia$6,232,436
26Hungary$5,026,000
27Czech Republic$4,410,426
28Philippines$4,247,261
29Slovakia$3,503,150
30Croatia$3,419,522
31Brazil$3,349,134
32Australia$3,075,344
33Iran$2,496,523
34Israel$2,298,000
35Saudi Arabia$1,987,736
36Denmark$1,724,888
37South Africa$1,333,877
38Portugal$1,329,576
39Ireland$1,303,954
40Finland$1,190,651
41Russia$921,974
42Jordan$734,199
43Luxembourg$684,344
44Romania$673,312
45Venezuela$591,782
46Argentina$586,550
47Lithuania$550,053
48New Zealand$403,626
49Norway$379,854
50Belarus$370,300
51Slovenia$284,827
52Dominican Republic$264,534
53Pakistan$262,821
54Colombia$239,108
55Syria$232,778
56Vietnam$205,280
57Serbia$182,741
58Tunisia$144,895
59Morocco$124,285
60Bahrain$109,239
61Chile$90,988
62Oman$87,607
63Peru$73,548
64Algeria$62,592
65Greece$56,366
66Ecuador$48,393
67Qatar$43,197
68Bulgaria$40,735
69Ghana$37,291
70Botswana$27,120
71Georgia$26,137
72Togo$24,257
73Costa Rica$23,820
74Bosnia and Herzegovina$19,276
75Malta$18,928
76Cyprus$16,517
77Zimbabwe$12,790
78Ethiopia$10,922
79Paraguay$9,542
80Cameroon$9,149
81Fiji$9,102
82Kenya$6,423
83Zambia$6,412
84Kyrgyzstan$4,552
85Egypt$4,029
86Lebanon$3,719
87Tanzania$3,145
88Sri Lanka$3,009
89Latvia$2,865
90Yemen$2,693
91Uganda$2,268
92Iceland$2,041
93Nepal$1,601
94Guatemala$967
95Albania$891
96Suriname$886
97Bolivia$282
98Azerbaijan$221
99Trinidad and Tobago$221
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$6,650$909 $254 $891$22
Algeria$7,171$588$21,096$302,645$20,235$62,592$390,440
Argentina$731,951$480,819$1,076,755$650,858$445,447$586,550$538,762
Australia$2,133,865$2,843,186$7,191,519$6,128,003$5,708,098$3,075,344$3,887,023
Austria$16,717,012$29,976,165$33,270,898$51,131,538$25,329,805$21,095,266 
Azerbaijan$116,600$38,984$32,707$30,993$9,562$221 
Bahamas, The$90$6,069 $74  $644
Bahrain$5,540$124,287 $94,362$82,968$109,239$1,946,086
Bangladesh$2,123$887$6,399    
Barbados$255     $338
Belarus$722,000$486,100$944,500$1,006,800$323,300$370,300$755,000
Belgium$10,379,164$17,000,451$32,031,120$40,698,227$10,603,273$18,346,838$29,385,213
Benin$2,150      
Bolivia$8,369 $3,626 $94$282$405
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,892$10,878$19$19,471$25,168$19,276$16,199
Botswana$25,036$8,541$2,017$13,092$21,773$27,120$2,118
Brazil$4,120,400$2,039,930$5,350,793$5,157,742$3,247,572$3,349,134$4,737,988
Brunei $9,407     
Bulgaria$417,448$302,507$133,062$366,420$31,420$40,735$340,691
Cambodia   $546   
Cameroon   $37,147$34,155$9,149 
Canada$18,691,104$19,283,019$28,577,220$27,859,922$16,549,244$16,013,790$35,373,864
Chile$76,348$14,362$47,859$59,639$24,326$90,988$189,670
China$133,270,845$185,660,427$204,846,035$208,318,460$117,005,522$136,425,568$148,745,454
Colombia$47,108$27,865$3,705$88,687$50,743$239,108$517,600
Costa Rica $72$719$90$7,862$23,820$14,551
Croatia$446,379$481,653$1,514,576$1,930,144$1,707,933$3,419,522$2,661,088
Cuba$103,326$412,233     
Cyprus $11 $4,947$10,503$16,517$2,212
Czech Republic$5,354,523$6,399,513$9,700,617$10,988,226$5,950,214$4,410,426$6,446,491
Denmark$1,374,160$9,326,903$11,135,841$4,113,239$1,223,329$1,724,888$3,298,410
Dominican Republic $241,731$122,308$778$175$264,534$847,325
East Timor$1,250      
Ecuador $10,930$51,992$11,007$35,499$48,393$66,705
Egypt$75,811$4,422$124,640$287,592$200,994$4,029$14,587
El Salvador$463$3,411$3,333 $129  
Estonia$34,910$8,858$31,882$484,345$147,323 $101,782
Ethiopia$6,739$187$45 $20,578$10,922$305
Faroe Islands$5,868$18     
Fiji$13$269$809$22,801$25,536$9,102 
Finland$1,752,762$3,316,214$2,984,967$5,384,344$1,239,622$1,190,651$2,696,868
France$82,574,931$88,262,498$126,203,693$89,828,377$42,790,708$43,646,615$65,768,513
French Polynesia   $389   
Gabon    $14,088  
Gambia, The$769$4,454 $45   
Georgia $39,716$50,105$23,258$26,461$26,137 
Germany$64,991,000$89,851,000$129,748,000$100,629,000$47,081,000$58,427,675$107,609,718
Ghana $1,099$18,101$9,666$280$37,291$1,620
Greece$42,538$25,566$185,538$481,857$126,778$56,366$45,467
Guatemala$226 $1,201$92 $967$763
Guinea  $501    
Guyana$42,970  $4,279   
Hong Kong$40,767,509$27,209,317$26,757,778$14,903,467$8,932,008$13,339,152$18,142,642
Hungary$7,612,000$7,114,000$10,322,000$10,696,000$7,165,000$5,026,000$6,665,000
Iceland$115$1,434$2,487$699$3,363$2,041$2,741
India$9,653,134$16,433,563$25,567,030$28,747,318$23,604,480$21,035,034$27,048,296
Indonesia$1,701,380$1,561,457$2,009,285$3,592,828$5,484,445$6,232,436$9,227,628
Iran$865,092$6,505   $2,496,523 
Ireland$704,515$2,653,680$1,165,303$899,470$872,003$1,303,954$1,808,875
Israel$2,518,000$3,755,000$3,992,000$5,915,000$2,347,000$2,298,000$2,703,000
Italy$57,662,892$80,481,668$151,232,159$130,939,053$78,481,418$58,975,764$86,519,938
Jamaica$234      
Japan$44,011,717$48,098,212$58,341,477$67,457,805$26,778,240$26,863,427$130,245,639
Jordan $14,805   $734,199 
Kazakhstan$281,444$525,969$1,987,250$846,509$174,071  
Kenya$5,173$5,139$3,782$11,811$37,435$6,423 
Korea, South$37,322,325$45,362,163$66,425,458$67,287,835$34,634,392$63,589,588$109,255,366
Kuwait $144,090$112,208$65,749   
Kyrgyzstan $1,105 $1,539$1,185$4,552$3,094
Latvia$8,767$5,040$152$2,159$22$2,865$7,283
Lebanon$4,000$46,305 $2,688$61$3,719$4,572
Lithuania$32,263$39,600$889$438,732$55,976$550,053$667,052
Luxembourg$507,641$630,026$445,448$717,122$567,341$684,344$922,822
Macau $1,933$60,099$13,279$13,339  
Macedonia$23   $2,495 $107
Malaysia$7,249,178$8,811,793$19,640,733$12,244,166$6,415,083$19,323,001$25,635,692
Mali$838$2,059     
Malta$6,207$4,979$8,486$13,158$7,519$18,928 
Mauritania $298$2,009    
Mauritius   $797$1,038  
Mexico$4,136,555$5,913,509$6,926,025$17,493,592$16,305,372$15,811,002$18,956,446
Moldova $750$90$7,363   
Mongolia$381$150$5,572    
Montenegro $117,162  $10,332 $96
Morocco$92,327$2,894$120,997$80,013$33,344$124,285 
Mozambique $4,262  $1,069  
Namibia$46,465$2,672$6,942$6,037   
Nepal     $1,601 
Netherlands$12,753,681$13,910,992$13,449,351$18,673,498$10,271,847$7,343,434 
Netherlands Antilles$213$4,335$64    
New Caledonia$1,032      
New Zealand$145,620$178,264$346,413$228,815$441,392$403,626$570,416
Nicaragua $89$112   $254
Niger  $23,321    
Nigeria $5,130 $6,402   
Norway$757,315$1,135,517$2,006,572$1,499,689$2,401,649$379,854$2,179,775
Oman$16,941$3,979$29,691$33,077$43,847$87,607 
Pakistan$39,582$221,429$244,271$378,480$537,276$262,821$46,017
Panama$118      
Paraguay$32  $24,961$5,532$9,542$56,347
Peru$93$12,978 $8,933$1,308$73,548$4,486
Philippines$608,556$733,611$408,515$3,856,714$1,900,042$4,247,261$1,311,578
Poland$6,041,776$6,277,938$12,531,069$12,821,220$8,101,562$7,002,421$7,728,217
Portugal$165,605$229,817$648,981$390,682$1,001,312$1,329,576$409,440
Qatar$549$16,057$12,076$35,301 $43,197 
Romania$1,628,933$746,584$942,249$1,124,246$312,194$673,312$889,469
Russia$431,432$1,180,185$1,076,742$1,251,503$482,277$921,974$1,070,561
Rwanda $1,247 $165$20,817 $134
Saudi Arabia$737,838$3,509,272$1,561,901  $1,987,736 
Senegal   $52$23,513 $4,418
Serbia$46,564$200,223$196,679$291,700$36,189$182,741$147,413
Seychelles$515$122     
Singapore$3,135,331$4,293,667$6,274,895$10,363,141$7,064,295$22,281,713$22,220,170
Slovakia$858,964$1,856,486$2,306,055$2,392,746$1,629,157$3,503,150$2,829,659
Slovenia$287,626$263,890$605,391$197,432$385,159$284,827$667,287
South Africa$1,630,038$6,862,113$4,794,989$2,797,831$1,258,951$1,333,877$2,085,257
Spain$5,988,478$9,423,816$19,911,457$10,179,965$9,908,726$7,458,849 
Sri Lanka$19,826$45,150$29,943 $965$3,009$3,199
Sudan$15,024$7,764$306$90,922$1,123  
Suriname     $886 
Swaziland$1,984$255$952    
Sweden$12,591,872$22,921,565$26,023,451$20,825,516$9,907,997$12,184,741$16,752,449
Switzerland$24,142,424$26,189,946$46,254,153$38,760,195$17,185,766$15,492,067$25,435,257
Syria $36,866   $232,778 
Tanzania  $135 $2,096$3,145 
Thailand$2,802,662$2,245,414$10,900,197$16,065,190$8,189,288$12,057,726$10,839,517
Togo     $24,257 
Tonga   $3,900   
Trinidad and Tobago$17,185$28,280 $12,849$65,947$221 
Tunisia$60,544$18,474$198,574$218,273$249,721$144,895 
Turkey$9,784,017$13,060,185$15,842,893$16,846,329$10,309,195$10,415,800$11,687,889
Uganda$1,770 $2,928$49,713$10,705$2,268 
Ukraine$3,300,697$3,988,604$7,149,436$3,988,250$6,117,242$8,432,249$19,553,889
United Arab Emirates$446,463 $372,101$861,160   
United Kingdom$76,127,227$110,986,804$88,617,787$85,323,407$50,409,918$61,883,068$83,977,726
United States$84,631,594$112,307,368$148,580,205$127,343,938$48,025,269$66,803,405$119,524,009
Uruguay  $7,291$28,489$52,370  
Venezuela$632,899$389,067$695,495$252,139$88,764$591,782$479,013
Vietnam$747,567$305,299$736,953$380,230$230,230$205,280 
Yemen    $3,589$2,693 
Zambia$15,978 $9,032$2,760$873$6,412 
Zimbabwe$14,982$4,335$580$8,002$16,274$12,790