| Rank | Country | Imports of Cobalt & arts. thereof , n.e.s. in 81.05 in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Germany | $33,911,131 |  | | 2 | France | $30,108,198 |  | | 3 | China | $25,236,496 |  | | 4 | United Kingdom | $25,145,889 |  | | 5 | Ireland | $19,862,052 |  | | 6 | United States | $19,446,680 |  | | 7 | Korea, South | $18,732,232 |  | | 8 | Switzerland | $14,049,864 |  | | 9 | Japan | $13,683,718 |  | | 10 | Italy | $9,231,539 |  | | 11 | Canada | $8,900,327 |  | | 12 | India | $7,140,526 |  | | 13 | Belgium | $6,403,116 |  | | 14 | Spain | $5,639,428 |  | | 15 | Brazil | $5,423,150 |  | | 16 | Singapore | $4,767,255 |  | | 17 | Austria | $4,332,819 |  | | 18 | Malaysia | $3,182,020 |  | | 19 | Pakistan | $2,558,861 |  | | 20 | Australia | $2,465,771 |  | | 21 | Israel | $2,345,000 |  | | 22 | Poland | $1,946,158 |  | | 23 | Mexico | $1,899,414 |  | | 24 | Turkey | $1,853,237 |  | | 25 | Sweden | $1,769,179 |  | | 26 | Netherlands | $1,633,347 |  | | 27 | Hungary | $1,580,000 |  | | 28 | Slovenia | $1,548,865 |  | | 29 | Romania | $1,403,235 |  | | 30 | Russia | $1,396,523 |  | | 31 | Czech Republic | $1,301,264 |  | | 32 | Thailand | $1,269,489 |  | | 33 | Slovakia | $1,154,589 |  | | 34 | Zambia | $817,637 |  | | 35 | Ukraine | $791,928 |  | | 36 | Finland | $587,650 |  | | 37 | Hong Kong | $449,793 |  | | 38 | Indonesia | $415,195 |  | | 39 | Iran | $414,835 |  | | 40 | Croatia | $339,843 |  | | 41 | Norway | $272,286 |  | | 42 | Denmark | $269,339 |  | | 43 | Argentina | $236,566 |  | | 44 | New Zealand | $230,068 |  | | 45 | Chile | $219,839 |  | | 46 | Belarus | $190,400 |  | | 47 | Portugal | $165,908 |  | | 48 | Lithuania | $120,483 |  | | 49 | Greece | $115,703 |  | | 50 | South Africa | $106,669 |  | | 51 | Serbia | $86,651 |  | | 52 | Luxembourg | $79,641 |  | | 53 | Bulgaria | $55,878 |  | | 54 | Algeria | $52,538 |  | | 55 | Cameroon | $52,408 |  | | 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $48,379 |  | | 57 | Latvia | $42,509 |  | | 58 | Guatemala | $41,793 |  | | 59 | Estonia | $37,507 |  | | 60 | Tunisia | $27,238 |  | | 61 | Egypt | $27,054 |  | | 62 | Albania | $23,400 |  | | 63 | Qatar | $19,126 |  | | 64 | Morocco | $18,706 |  | | 65 | Jordan | $18,515 |  | | 66 | Peru | $17,023 |  | | 67 | Lebanon | $16,607 |  | | 68 | Venezuela | $13,574 |  | | 69 | Philippines | $11,852 |  | | 70 | Bolivia | $9,916 |  | | 71 | Vietnam | $9,670 |  | | 72 | Guyana | $9,459 |  | | 73 | Madagascar | $8,705 |  | | 74 | Syria | $6,522 |  | | 75 | Oman | $6,484 |  | | 76 | Armenia | $6,328 |  | | 77 | Panama | $6,089 |  | | 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | $5,980 |  | | 79 | Paraguay | $4,142 |  | | 80 | New Caledonia | $3,801 |  | | 81 | Iceland | $3,763 |  | | 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | $3,582 |  | | 83 | Georgia | $3,288 |  | | 84 | Sri Lanka | $3,259 |  | | 85 | Malta | $3,073 |  | | 86 | Ecuador | $3,049 |  | | 87 | Ghana | $2,040 |  | | 88 | Colombia | $2,006 |  | | 89 | Moldova | $1,329 |  | | 90 | French Polynesia | $848 |  | | 91 | Kenya | $600 |  | | 92 | Tanzania | $299 |  | | 93 | Zimbabwe | $230 |  | | 94 | Jamaica | $210 |  | | 95 | Botswana | $134 |  | | 96 | Senegal | $134 |  | | 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | $69 |  | | 98 | Bahamas, The | $30 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,113 | $3,856 | $29,052 | $2,706 | $12,355 | $23,400 | $51,282 |
| Algeria | $10,481 | $26,860 | $63,584 | $70,683 | $82,691 | $52,538 | $61,052 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | $2,824 | | | $3,582 | |
| Argentina | $400,855 | $330,857 | $170,134 | $671,840 | $248,723 | $236,566 | $481,585 |
| Armenia | $10,942 | $2,571 | $743 | $7,957 | $2,213 | $6,328 | $4,425 |
| Australia | $3,072,931 | $3,417,660 | $4,235,224 | $6,905,041 | $8,394,768 | $2,465,771 | $5,510,413 |
| Austria | $2,422,457 | $1,733,391 | $1,684,184 | $2,814,241 | $1,868,689 | $4,332,819 | |
| Azerbaijan | $63,641 | | | | | | |
| Bahamas, The | | $60 | $5,289 | $18 | | $30 | |
| Bahrain | | $25,984 | $77,311 | $697 | $1,804 | | $1,359 |
| Bangladesh | | $7,496 | $13,988 | | | | |
| Belarus | $175,400 | $147,000 | $222,600 | $432,900 | $262,100 | $190,400 | $1,424,100 |
| Belgium | $8,229,574 | $20,970,143 | $9,524,910 | $12,348,208 | $8,128,324 | $6,403,116 | $8,563,124 |
| Benin | $7,824 | | | | | | |
| Bhutan | | $212 | | | | | |
| Bolivia | $10,299 | $1,176 | $13,873 | $45,163 | $2,186 | $9,916 | $13,962 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $14,861 | $20,417 | $31,174 | $47,843 | $29,555 | $48,379 | $38,802 |
| Botswana | $64,506 | $1,012 | $22,470 | $650 | | $134 | $180 |
| Brazil | $2,323,115 | $1,840,930 | $4,648,046 | $4,711,089 | $4,534,676 | $5,423,150 | $8,656,778 |
| Bulgaria | $3,902 | $13,190 | $60,942 | $97,066 | $105,750 | $55,878 | $55,818 |
| Cambodia | | | $599 | | | | |
| Cameroon | $78,414 | $130,261 | $112,203 | $22,318 | $94,033 | $52,408 | |
| Canada | $4,730,835 | $7,083,415 | $9,760,027 | $10,535,588 | $4,626,715 | $8,900,327 | $9,107,239 |
| Chile | $117,262 | $125,403 | $150,353 | $239,503 | $183,209 | $219,839 | $176,744 |
| China | $4,429,920 | $8,888,524 | $15,395,239 | $24,561,049 | $18,578,798 | $25,236,496 | $31,196,011 |
| Colombia | $27,515 | $2,393 | $3,834 | $511,140 | $9,367 | $2,006 | $4,547 |
| Costa Rica | | $164 | $1,811 | $14,568 | $12,687 | | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $32,782 | $41,146 | $36,901 | $32,720 | $41,198 | $5,980 | |
| Croatia | $204,586 | $236,517 | $355,029 | $367,212 | $310,507 | $339,843 | $411,840 |
| Cuba | $60 | $104,812 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $9,121 | $6,559 | $711 | $3,624 | $7,177 | | $2,816 |
| Czech Republic | $2,504,991 | $3,291,364 | $3,225,968 | $3,897,283 | $1,228,225 | $1,301,264 | $2,142,673 |
| Denmark | $297,747 | $314,144 | $445,927 | $614,845 | $160,712 | $269,339 | $438,486 |
| Dominica | $11 | | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | | | | $320 | | | |
| East Timor | $49 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $2,115 | $6,582 | $7,924 | $10,661 | $9,713 | $3,049 | $3,605 |
| Egypt | $37,346 | $18,077 | $1,542 | $10,922 | $1,784 | $27,054 | $27,547 |
| El Salvador | | $622 | $1 | $679 | $26,447 | | |
| Estonia | $56,321 | $32,094 | $102,013 | $141,807 | $35,005 | $37,507 | $25,832 |
| Ethiopia | $443 | | $203 | | $320 | | |
| Fiji | | $3,233 | | | | | |
| Finland | $181,486 | $675,619 | $275,166 | $450,361 | $197,005 | $587,650 | $253,807 |
| France | $21,569,472 | $22,996,613 | $32,247,480 | $45,570,628 | $19,001,129 | $30,108,198 | $31,373,864 |
| French Polynesia | $624 | $1,319 | $2,013 | $3,260 | $2,279 | $848 | $3,170 |
| Gabon | $20,482 | $9,498 | $939 | $1,059 | $25,822 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | | | $2,532,268 |
| Georgia | | $1,990 | $1,618 | $3,109 | $6,135 | $3,288 | |
| Germany | $27,297,000 | $34,652,000 | $37,213,000 | $50,817,000 | $27,224,000 | $33,911,131 | $40,704,645 |
| Ghana | $5,996 | | $11 | | | $2,040 | $1,700 |
| Greece | $533,338 | $609,140 | $586,622 | $868,063 | $203,606 | $115,703 | $116,083 |
| Grenada | $32 | | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $8 | | | $1,647 | | $41,793 | |
| Guyana | | | | | | $9,459 | |
| Honduras | | | | | $17,054 | | |
| Hong Kong | $1,422,112 | $3,354,281 | $5,666,522 | $7,667,199 | $6,256,415 | $449,793 | $446,539 |
| Hungary | $310,000 | $340,000 | $417,000 | $458,000 | $396,000 | $1,580,000 | $1,867,000 |
| Iceland | $3,662 | $2,066 | $5,245 | $1,312 | $917 | $3,763 | $2,505 |
| India | $4,852,482 | $3,179,810 | $2,502,125 | $4,953,341 | $2,169,786 | $7,140,526 | $3,736,981 |
| Indonesia | $1,172,159 | $907,018 | $788,206 | $836,577 | $366,325 | $415,195 | $695,771 |
| Iran | $14,983 | $7,095 | | | | $414,835 | |
| Ireland | $4,639,514 | $4,741,532 | $4,731,247 | $19,609,716 | $16,361,781 | $19,862,052 | $14,241,984 |
| Israel | $1,434,000 | $2,573,000 | $2,395,000 | $3,007,000 | $1,923,000 | $2,345,000 | $2,096,000 |
| Italy | $6,018,294 | $9,012,333 | $10,110,011 | $9,464,474 | $12,511,054 | $9,231,539 | $13,918,542 |
| Jamaica | $60 | $273 | $620 | | | $210 | |
| Japan | $16,661,838 | $14,474,420 | $16,999,481 | $23,425,593 | $10,953,353 | $13,683,718 | $16,574,187 |
| Jordan | $7,570 | $12,903 | $13,989 | $22,739 | $16,465 | $18,515 | $4,951 |
| Kazakhstan | $19,209 | $18,601 | $66,629 | $65,694 | $21,913 | | |
| Kenya | $225 | $471 | | $290 | $64 | $600 | |
| Korea, South | $9,069,030 | $8,299,511 | $11,984,013 | $19,142,219 | $13,165,621 | $18,732,232 | $22,744,854 |
| Kuwait | | $9,529 | $6,957 | $7,081 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | $2,271 | $2,347 | | |
| Latvia | $8,296 | $33,588 | $27,561 | $7,300 | $60,178 | $42,509 | $46,752 |
| Lebanon | $8,000 | $2,672 | $9,770 | $17,660 | $12,953 | $16,607 | $12,211 |
| Lesotho | | | | $61,542 | | | |
| Lithuania | $65,518 | $116,863 | $137,451 | $166,009 | $108,124 | $120,483 | $109,499 |
| Luxembourg | $12,491 | $18,710 | $168,284 | $137,657 | $26,478 | $79,641 | $92,793 |
| Macedonia | $5,712 | $11,926 | $10,492 | $32,143 | $8,590 | | $12,178 |
| Madagascar | $7,155 | $23,312 | $33,115 | $7,006 | $17,722 | $8,705 | |
| Malaysia | $69,687,313 | $120,875,873 | $162,749,708 | $28,597,587 | $1,692,440 | $3,182,020 | $31,138,859 |
| Mali | $39,433 | $7,969 | | | | | |
| Malta | $1,508 | $1,965 | $12,777 | $2,403 | $7,938 | $3,073 | |
| Mauritania | | | | | | | $33,185 |
| Mexico | $947,320 | $1,138,425 | $1,187,923 | $1,795,508 | $1,905,507 | $1,899,414 | $2,225,913 |
| Moldova | $3 | $4,618 | $10,991 | $8,530 | $311 | $1,329 | $5,767 |
| Mongolia | | | $8,360 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $4,635 | $2,115 | | | |
| Montserrat | | $432 | | | | | |
| Morocco | $444,379 | $10,788 | $68,947 | $16,222 | $52,793 | $18,706 | |
| Mozambique | $15,286 | | | | $5,130 | | $5,000 |
| Namibia | $104,063 | | $34,687 | $2,592,139 | | | |
| Netherlands | $1,851,080 | $1,989,977 | $2,261,918 | $2,870,352 | $2,159,264 | $1,633,347 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | $26 | $221 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $5,825 | $1,620 | $846 | $10,255 | $5,457 | $3,801 | $5,838 |
| New Zealand | $126,562 | $104,825 | $98,976 | $144,219 | $112,109 | $230,068 | $256,909 |
| Norway | $336,244 | $1,239,986 | $345,839 | $140,396 | $302,327 | $272,286 | $938,547 |
| Oman | | | $2,583 | $73 | $3,064 | $6,484 | |
| Pakistan | $1,376,690 | $1,458,741 | $2,052,399 | $3,959,209 | $1,811,757 | $2,558,861 | $1,044,576 |
| Panama | $16,704 | $11,863 | $831 | $6,006 | $3,683 | $6,089 | $9,244 |
| Paraguay | | $8,799 | $14,853 | $1,054 | $376 | $4,142 | $1,714 |
| Peru | $43,464 | $53,282 | $43,206 | $108,438 | $70,708 | $17,023 | $45,190 |
| Philippines | $4,588 | $7,986 | $14,822 | $17,759 | $24,996 | $11,852 | $33,465 |
| Poland | $659,703 | $932,095 | $1,616,464 | $2,059,668 | $1,722,427 | $1,946,158 | $2,206,266 |
| Portugal | $38,439 | $130,781 | $47,977 | $114,977 | $28,371 | $165,908 | $165,432 |
| Qatar | | $3,880 | $13,984 | $3,050 | | $19,126 | |
| Romania | $307,678 | $1,360,797 | $2,449,159 | $1,516,991 | $1,272,982 | $1,403,235 | $1,463,705 |
| Russia | $1,610,704 | $1,349,293 | $2,012,236 | $1,671,400 | $1,208,667 | $1,396,523 | $1,954,294 |
| Rwanda | | | | $1,940 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $40 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $37,189 | $1,356,406 | $61,416 | | | | |
| Senegal | $103 | $1,050 | $3,045 | | | $134 | |
| Serbia | $19,902 | $44,487 | $125,197 | $67,308 | $108,334 | $86,651 | $102,681 |
| Seychelles | | $2,991 | | | | | |
| Singapore | $12,317,595 | $24,814,776 | $15,160,476 | $12,745,231 | $14,718,933 | $4,767,255 | $8,455,272 |
| Slovakia | $154,686 | $675,006 | $1,049,849 | $951,643 | $356,144 | $1,154,589 | $949,009 |
| Slovenia | $1,068,264 | $1,328,975 | $1,239,422 | $1,819,473 | $1,237,862 | $1,548,865 | $2,177,247 |
| South Africa | $1,031,476 | $4,126,422 | $1,958,774 | $2,295,924 | $1,269,884 | $106,669 | $386,082 |
| Spain | $2,590,745 | $2,413,272 | $3,760,749 | $4,619,560 | $4,189,997 | $5,639,428 | |
| Sri Lanka | $4,150 | $5,095 | $9,003 | $2,268 | $5,160 | $3,259 | $10,730 |
| Sudan | | $264 | | $34,444 | $13,804 | | |
| Suriname | | $1 | | $7 | | | |
| Swaziland | $33,203 | $472 | $12,508 | | | | |
| Sweden | $3,953,412 | $4,276,344 | $2,762,921 | $3,076,965 | $1,708,257 | $1,769,179 | $2,447,652 |
| Switzerland | $14,309,398 | $16,851,140 | $23,397,578 | $23,214,552 | $16,798,093 | $14,049,864 | $18,353,455 |
| Syria | | $3,372 | | | | $6,522 | |
| Tanzania | $1,548 | $11,229 | | $3,218 | | $299 | $19 |
| Thailand | $367,639 | $388,225 | $351,911 | $518,290 | $1,078,896 | $1,269,489 | $1,894,690 |
| Togo | $842 | | $2,731 | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $5,380 | | | $1,392 | $1,830 | $69 | |
| Tunisia | $28,876 | $32,457 | $32,871 | $29,159 | $26,795 | $27,238 | |
| Turkey | $1,813,159 | $3,898,518 | $5,014,740 | $5,228,194 | $1,956,900 | $1,853,237 | $2,072,572 |
| Uganda | | | $3,627 | | | | |
| Ukraine | $295,773 | $515,039 | $455,641 | $831,570 | $151,859 | $791,928 | $732,751 |
| United Arab Emirates | $118,666 | | $339,965 | $129,288 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $30,907,171 | $39,572,613 | $22,392,004 | $26,285,701 | $28,278,149 | $25,145,889 | $27,405,029 |
| United States | $26,356,288 | $28,849,857 | $20,621,173 | $30,948,009 | $15,970,636 | $19,446,680 | $27,621,562 |
| Uruguay | $8,153 | $16,135 | $6,871 | $13,740 | $3,974 | | |
| Venezuela | $24,393 | $16,138 | $23,699 | $75,719 | $65,202 | $13,574 | $14,596 |
| Vietnam | $24,993 | $24,681 | $31,655 | $93,263 | $43,760 | $9,670 | |
| Yemen | $812 | | | | | | |
| Zambia | $236,413 | $400,687 | $2,165 | $4,257 | $1,575,974 | $817,637 | |
| Zimbabwe | $40,195,996 | $376 | | $139,628 | | $230 | |
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