RankCountryImports of Zinc bars, rods, profiles & wire in USD (2010)
1China$50,212,030
2France$18,983,474
3India$13,773,442
4Vietnam$10,645,420
5Mexico$10,528,606
6Malaysia$8,183,774
7United States$7,999,313
8Italy$7,811,608
9United Kingdom$6,797,756
10Portugal$6,305,182
11Spain$4,954,043
12Hungary$4,454,000
13Thailand$4,348,920
14Saudi Arabia$4,344,539
15Canada$3,829,791
16Hong Kong$3,475,811
17Denmark$3,142,840
18Czech Republic$3,088,359
19Romania$3,081,565
20Poland$3,061,015
21Germany$3,045,854
22Indonesia$1,803,514
23Luxembourg$1,738,784
24Belgium$1,705,878
25Turkey$1,614,200
26Japan$1,440,843
27Netherlands$1,382,777
28Brazil$1,284,631
29Singapore$1,216,641
30Estonia$1,212,864
31Morocco$989,160
32Iran$922,533
33Austria$908,438
34Qatar$812,263
35Slovakia$791,843
36Greece$776,797
37Guatemala$775,635
38Australia$773,255
39Switzerland$706,564
40South Africa$634,467
41Norway$632,999
42Mauritius$631,100
43Russia$580,951
44Pakistan$579,212
45Egypt$538,266
46Algeria$532,133
47Ecuador$490,465
48Bulgaria$485,674
49Tunisia$413,393
50Israel$387,000
51Korea, South$342,081
52Lithuania$303,806
53Cambodia$227,456
54Slovenia$223,684
55Nigeria$221,278
56Belarus$176,200
57Jordan$173,834
58Croatia$158,533
59Oman$145,410
60Lebanon$141,868
61Ireland$137,080
62Sweden$135,791
63Ukraine$124,763
64Colombia$120,283
65Latvia$116,003
66Argentina$109,890
67Yemen$102,777
68Albania$102,483
69Malta$101,132
70Montenegro$91,382
71Senegal$85,560
72Nepal$82,412
73Bosnia and Herzegovina$80,134
74Finland$80,083
75Iceland$80,063
76Costa Rica$75,061
77Sri Lanka$64,322
78Jamaica$62,299
79Mali$61,393
80Moldova$60,096
81Cape Verde$55,517
82Cameroon$55,214
83Bahrain$50,806
84Madagascar$42,182
85Panama$41,468
86Bahamas, The$39,552
87Dominican Republic$37,400
88Guyana$35,469
89Georgia$33,288
90Philippines$32,575
91Niger$30,463
92Bolivia$30,440
93Cyprus$27,709
94Venezuela$23,449
95Mozambique$20,193
96Serbia$19,760
97Nicaragua$19,440
98Paraguay$19,431
99El Salvador$19,269
100Armenia$18,000
101Fiji$16,510
102Kyrgyzstan$16,283
103Trinidad and Tobago$14,334
104New Caledonia$12,627
105Bermuda$12,220
106Ghana$11,031
107Zimbabwe$10,630
108Barbados$8,380
109Benin$6,381
110Ethiopia$6,063
111Kenya$6,033
112Burundi$5,968
113Peru$5,256
114Botswana$5,198
115Zambia$4,657
116Chile$3,348
117Maldives$1,842
118Malawi$1,513
119Bhutan$508
120Tonga$396
121Antigua and Barbuda$369
122Belize$247
123French Polynesia$230
124Aruba$98
125Tanzania$21
126Cote d'Ivoire$13
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$37,758$16,248$31,467$95,148$263,008$102,483$93,829
Algeria$286,369$497,937$438,840$198,447$423,873$532,133$419,887
Anguilla $2,604$4,004$13,504   
Antigua and Barbuda$1,041$4,206$2,143 $684$369$184
Argentina$28,451$50,033$89,449$77,706$85,995$109,890$124,846
Armenia   $7,056$25,175$18,000$13,330
Aruba     $98$56
Australia$649,677$519,903$858,042$1,203,135$552,895$773,255$859,549
Austria$891,299$986,333$1,821,484$1,914,117$1,097,039$908,438 
Azerbaijan$353$1,568 $4,668$2,057 $11,307
Bahamas, The$73,318$191,092$202,825$74,358$100,030$39,552$18,043
Bahrain$20,973$36,652$231,843$218,117$15,744$50,806$83,215
Bangladesh$107,653$2,882$135,333    
Barbados$7,901$27,227$40,631$20,126$1,044$8,380$14,629
Belarus$13,900$21,500$28,300$37,800$25,000$176,200$186,900
Belgium$4,949,290$3,431,324$4,336,948$4,531,391$2,817,879$1,705,878$974,429
Belize$1,167$1,829$2,981$1,999$811$247 
Benin$4,815    $6,381 
Bermuda     $12,220 
Bhutan$13$653$1,006$663$6,094$508 
Bolivia$14,874$674$235 $2,031$30,440$28,653
Bosnia and Herzegovina$10,318$12,621$21,861$21,772$11,217$80,134$40,849
Botswana$278$70,863$66,058$4,283 $5,198$7,859
Brazil$573,531$1,165,695$1,933,565$3,651,479$1,249,175$1,284,631$729,809
Brunei $62,533     
Bulgaria$452,095$984,286$1,023,999$766,994$402,307$485,674$902,688
Burkina Faso  $244 $56  
Burundi$911$72,290$7,678$8,270$1,181$5,968 
Cambodia$1,055 $914 $210,037$227,456 
Cameroon$26,990$49,928$72,310$56,671$40,916$55,214 
Canada$5,167,269$4,297,561$4,979,615$4,230,503$2,972,726$3,829,791$5,636,490
Cape Verde$21,230$47,606$27,732$25,526$22,975$55,517$581
Chile$77,905$12,120$310,320$660,693$181,748$3,348$838,114
China$52,147,135$52,845,909$81,159,780$59,821,873$42,458,319$50,212,030$42,454,407
Colombia$180,330$221,847$145,853$182,789$112,522$120,283$207,407
Comoros $213     
Cook Islands$2,706 $5,938    
Costa Rica$53,675$78,521$149,533$94,097$50,368$75,061$117,326
Cote d'Ivoire$37,822$77$346$988 $13$21,158
Croatia$97,738$166,193$267,596$181,362$75,945$158,533$137,836
Cuba$537,865$70,089     
Cyprus$53,752$61,101$311,293$182,827$42,964$27,709$48,195
Czech Republic$2,185,543$3,756,086$3,980,127$3,219,024$2,010,045$3,088,359$2,721,396
Denmark$2,639,108$4,359,909$6,020,313$6,288,096$2,911,124$3,142,840$3,413,005
Dominica  $8,190    
Dominican Republic$73,869$28,745$96,032$89,900$31,815$37,400$47,768
East Timor$9,658      
Ecuador$185,466$180,876$181,327$130,211$130,346$490,465$215,457
Egypt$253,393$257,984$962,196$357,417$642,742$538,266$296,738
El Salvador$158,566$1,104$920$3,350$3,486$19,269 
Estonia$687,805$195,637$405,589$771,583$477,801$1,212,864$1,326,656
Ethiopia$141,298$27,942$7,399$38,401$750$6,063$6,876
Faroe Islands$48,827$117,701$170,298$14,821$9,489  
Fiji$317,675$822,024$517,021$297,044$17,375$16,510 
Finland$295,426$434,116$514,196$247,110$110,365$80,083$250,981
France$12,284,707$23,232,656$33,974,117$26,923,611$15,678,360$18,983,474$17,696,151
French Polynesia$4,161$15,803$6,131$9$4$230$6,261
Gabon$17,904$1,346 $275   
Gambia, The$25,739      
Georgia$53,884$91,453$49,336$18,168$36,016$33,288 
Germany$1,803,000$3,635,000$2,787,000$2,810,000$1,166,000$3,045,854$2,598,711
Ghana$15,007$2,999$43,565$6,727$8,747$11,031$12,457
Greece$64,774$129,255$139,611$107,582$118,885$776,797$39,529
Greenland$256$11,414     
Grenada $679$181$40$1,137  
Guatemala$94,039$430,786$191,729$4,141$23,494$775,635$2,472,479
Guinea  $4,034$5,199   
Guyana$33,255$23,950$103,012$69,019$82,145$35,469$15,200
Honduras$109,753$174,219$170,650 $293,722  
Hong Kong$251,559$330,893$3,625,311$4,073,157$2,283,984$3,475,811$3,223,974
Hungary$2,854,000$1,241,000$2,081,000$3,098,000$2,807,000$4,454,000$4,230,000
Iceland$20,132$31,136$18,086$6,847$13,074$80,063$12,877
India$8,213,403$18,756,830$17,184,130$7,500,838$9,518,087$13,773,442$18,477,604
Indonesia$597,991$799,818$1,374,475$1,356,662$1,765,905$1,803,514$1,171,902
Iran$171,597$85,239   $922,533 
Ireland$607,347$254,515$1,045,571$203,261$44,486$137,080$251,382
Israel$161,000$221,000$550,000$377,000$765,000$387,000$432,000
Italy$4,567,580$7,954,108$15,826,761$11,030,966$5,350,796$7,811,608$10,073,544
Jamaica$41,094$10,642$32,091$15,433$39,309$62,299 
Japan$1,222,313$2,115,607$2,140,895$1,026,128$888,267$1,440,843$2,910,466
Jordan$103,024$63,824$63,686$52,987$102,489$173,834$400,100
Kazakhstan$285,029$30,201$10,866$93,835$64,729  
Kenya$55$26,271$412$23,822$486$6,033 
Kiribati    $1,120  
Korea, South$1,091,332$1,886,525$1,068,773$103,315$103,098$342,081$302,811
Kuwait $418,216$87,298$504,713   
Kyrgyzstan  $5,679$11,657 $16,283$1,699
Latvia$877,592$786,600$2,092,093$574,635$50,221$116,003$291,741
Lebanon$17,000$16,180$117,438$154,546$163,029$141,868$57,835
Lithuania$71,718$463,881$364,482$104,467$72,059$303,806$152,319
Luxembourg$248,044$525,143$898,084$839,842$501,058$1,738,784$526,817
Macau  $11,293$374   
Macedonia$11,753$19,503$1,473$67,258$1 $6,482
Madagascar$175$7,222$20,772$10,028$4,927$42,182 
Malawi   $1,587 $1,513$224
Malaysia$13,420,332$12,023,492$27,985,747$10,995,010$7,518,636$8,183,774$12,880,373
Maldives$7,565$21$629$7,990$380$1,842$1,617
Mali  $283,251  $61,393 
Malta$66,939$26,445$143,509$55,279$23,538$101,132 
Mauritania$9,456   $1,396  
Mauritius$1,160,952$1,497,930$1,451,616$646,467$399,787$631,100$661,982
Mayotte$404$485$2,380 $164  
Mexico$13,401,518$14,510,848$28,462,957$19,258,582$10,294,090$10,528,606$13,180,892
Moldova$7,003$2,545$13,822$254,376$91,900$60,096$108,809
Mongolia $157     
Montenegro $30,915$81,706$115,465$20,940$91,382$35,933
Morocco$544,248$977,278$1,670,269$905,573$588,151$989,160 
Mozambique$252$941$13,069$17,347$11,210$20,193$2,000
Namibia$63,864$97,571$53,145$10,880   
Nepal    $45,323$82,412 
Netherlands$2,558,444$2,138,220$3,014,060$4,193,543$2,439,633$1,382,777 
Netherlands Antilles $1,253$12,912$108   
New Caledonia$5,228$11,240$29$15,648$7,007$12,627$16,268
New Zealand$1,016,922$1,767,991$2,599,582$3,398,030$398,073  
Nicaragua$22,120$28,072$31,676$30,665$11,227$19,440$15,497
Niger $1,237  $444$30,463$527
Nigeria $140,353$9,443$2,565$1,422,658$221,278 
Norway$558,696$572,714$1,184,327$815,511$569,032$632,999$491,899
Oman$556,700$1,288,010$523,282$393,321$407,145$145,410 
Pakistan$319,075$363,685$677,187$434,626$239,060$579,212$469,423
Panama$88,658$67,355$422,088$50,259$70,546$41,468$93,297
Paraguay$11,076$30,305$32,037$35,999$753$19,431$238,546
Peru$34,309$20,841$146,144$298,373$13,817$5,256$229
Philippines$2,831$166,977$61,073$102,805$75,496$32,575$134,022
Poland$648,765$762,434$4,723,490$939,242$2,204,250$3,061,015$10,349,811
Portugal$5,916,129$11,614,304$14,626,937$7,454,044$4,701,320$6,305,182$6,414,217
Qatar$167,917$796,982$472,648$804,836 $812,263 
Romania$362,325$583,100$1,151,619$1,894,146$2,585,328$3,081,565$5,525,371
Russia$201,063$461,468$583,875$412,167$429,674$580,951$571,128
Rwanda    $106  
Saint Kitts and Nevis $673 $32,649   
Saint Lucia$1,584$175$3,663$797   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$240$454$137$21,656   
Samoa$484$636$668 $190 $3,606
Saudi Arabia$3,705,022$4,007,640$4,173,946  $4,344,539 
Senegal$50,262$89,545$106,177$185,810$70,458$85,560$77,315
Serbia$12,707$25,840$105,445$20,206$8,438$19,760$35,201
Seychelles$320$338$139,886$22,506   
Singapore$597,329$948,188$1,892,421$1,173,292$971,390$1,216,641$1,027,612
Slovakia$121,577$536,404$606,956$562,329$484,887$791,843$1,037,585
Slovenia$65,442$104,387$237,797$715,605$274,012$223,684$98,564
South Africa$367,049$910,874$978,917$1,053,070$987,015$634,467$1,897,842
Spain$4,689,429$9,601,529$11,412,893$7,640,500$6,149,821$4,954,043 
Sri Lanka$8,451 $11,239$20,013$38,427$64,322$16,595
Sudan $1,280$1,277 $40  
Suriname$1,731$10,612$3,276$5,683$546  
Swaziland$1,377$3,128$5,098    
Sweden$126,851$192,650$194,246$196,438$71,787$135,791$153,556
Switzerland$507,725$502,503$944,081$835,758$560,553$706,564$534,230
Tanzania$849$28 $21,684$365$21$41,881
Thailand$2,043,133$3,166,603$4,174,812$4,677,398$2,646,624$4,348,920$4,683,787
Tonga$1,301$1,755$11,937$212$967$396 
Trinidad and Tobago$120,443$3,848$21,746$6,793$3,862$14,334 
Tunisia$182,106$185,753$415,245$565,943$469,035$413,393 
Turkey$698,353$801,492$1,588,984$1,505,512$1,639,708$1,614,200$1,072,599
Tuvalu$5,168$802 $3,812   
Uganda  $37,907$2,508$6,413  
Ukraine$59,650$117,439$146,265$68,450$72,790$124,763$128,028
United Arab Emirates$4,338,135 $3,935,072$11,622,581   
United Kingdom$2,985,347$10,916,995$7,281,041$6,067,588$5,341,308$6,797,756$3,835,212
United States$7,347,655$10,029,489$9,202,810$7,138,542$4,951,382$7,999,313$8,509,698
Uruguay$3,297$2,987$3,536$7,035$2,528  
Vanuatu $1,060$6,801    
Venezuela$89,493$8,020$17,737$38,242$23,316$23,449$13,293
Vietnam$17,518,648$23,273,358$38,930,298$7,189,273$10,425,108$10,645,420 
Yemen$56,075$865$36,758$105,762$9,616$102,777 
Zambia  $104$29,374 $4,657 
Zimbabwe$738$4,134$78,571  $10,630