RankCountryImports of Permanent magnets & arts. intended to become permanent magnets after magnet ... in USD (2010)
1China$530,351,727
2United States$191,354,060
3Hong Kong$170,379,555
4Germany$160,059,053
5Thailand$149,810,470
6Malaysia$145,973,342
7Japan$142,618,996
8Mexico$72,587,212
9Korea, South$55,506,400
10Switzerland$47,357,207
11Singapore$47,219,695
12Netherlands$47,184,116
13India$41,864,297
14Vietnam$41,488,850
15Italy$36,434,613
16France$35,031,018
17Slovakia$28,570,609
18United Kingdom$26,869,691
19Canada$23,894,280
20Poland$15,400,729
21Indonesia$14,271,636
22Austria$14,240,671
23Czech Republic$13,383,044
24Belgium$12,277,164
25Brazil$12,213,943
26Russia$10,092,873
27Hungary$9,817,000
28Spain$9,672,785
29Australia$8,667,180
30Turkey$7,835,823
31Slovenia$6,945,961
32Sweden$6,759,361
33Denmark$6,220,371
34Nigeria$5,024,809
35Israel$4,715,000
36Philippines$4,322,346
37Finland$3,948,557
38Portugal$3,558,129
39Qatar$3,102,086
40Saudi Arabia$2,806,670
41Chile$2,692,709
42Romania$2,587,374
43Ukraine$2,346,380
44Norway$2,203,533
45Ireland$1,947,725
46New Zealand$1,850,080
47South Africa$1,693,182
48Panama$1,517,720
49Estonia$1,508,975
50Iran$956,563
51Colombia$812,680
52Serbia$804,577
53Tunisia$776,796
54Argentina$629,715
55Greece$613,474
56Croatia$600,767
57Pakistan$574,933
58Morocco$523,186
59Belarus$436,100
60Cambodia$377,221
61Venezuela$372,809
62Ecuador$338,839
63Algeria$330,758
64Bulgaria$261,709
65Egypt$258,655
66Costa Rica$252,542
67Peru$236,793
68Luxembourg$233,293
69Latvia$212,785
70Lithuania$209,960
71Malta$177,467
72Syria$142,102
73Ethiopia$136,122
74Sri Lanka$135,684
75Ghana$132,421
76Bosnia and Herzegovina$124,837
77Cyprus$118,078
78El Salvador$117,452
79Dominican Republic$107,372
80Senegal$103,987
81Jordan$103,706
82Iceland$99,167
83Guatemala$96,027
84Cote d'Ivoire$88,820
85Mozambique$85,676
86Oman$85,020
87New Caledonia$77,149
88Lebanon$75,879
89Bahrain$69,062
90Bhutan$60,408
91Burkina Faso$58,720
92Trinidad and Tobago$46,848
93Jamaica$35,406
94Bolivia$34,205
95Kenya$32,412
96Botswana$30,162
97Tanzania$26,898
98Mauritius$25,221
99French Polynesia$24,511
100Nicaragua$24,198
101Montenegro$23,509
102Nepal$23,467
103Moldova$23,229
104Belize$23,203
105Aruba$22,556
106Paraguay$22,383
107Albania$18,414
108Zambia$18,349
109Antigua and Barbuda$17,758
110Zimbabwe$17,393
111Barbados$14,123
112Bermuda$13,342
113Georgia$13,052
114Bahamas, The$11,877
115Cameroon$9,495
116Maldives$8,536
117Madagascar$7,413
118Malawi$6,155
119Kyrgyzstan$5,310
120Yemen$5,240
121Uganda$4,850
122Azerbaijan$3,422
123Mali$3,061
124Suriname$2,063
125Armenia$1,619
126Dominica$1,346
127Fiji$1,034
128Guyana$701
129Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$682
130Cape Verde$639
131Sao Tome and Principe$146
132Niger$93
133Tonga$68
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$372$1,177$3,022$3,338$18,841$18,414$51,918
Algeria$81,535$123,733$119,476$294,907$173,159$330,758$432,329
Antigua and Barbuda$1,367$2,037$14,467 $14,414$17,758$19,280
Argentina$325,376$448,251$853,514$791,548$542,546$629,715$1,220,523
Armenia$1,446$2,302$704$3,776$9,638$1,619$2,919
Aruba    $13,285$22,556$94,232
Australia$9,837,200$8,241,898$9,322,900$10,948,146$8,099,948$8,667,180$11,725,093
Austria$7,879,423$10,691,144$13,081,627$13,644,480$10,095,617$14,240,671 
Azerbaijan$5,507$7,312$3,076$5,659$23,258$3,422$340,268
Bahamas, The$4,878$8,498$4,702$74,924$948$11,877$20,755
Bahrain$27,412$5,426$51,806$298,619$56,802$69,062$110,372
Bangladesh$17,400$14,076$26,772    
Barbados$36,536$63,602$25,446$34,050$21,796$14,123$26,314
Belarus$274,400$423,600$710,000$620,000$465,700$436,100$903,600
Belgium$6,629,355$6,318,293$8,155,378$11,266,523$7,573,841$12,277,164$19,872,505
Belize$21,110$16,738$21,393$29,863$32,633$23,203 
Benin $2,906     
Bermuda     $13,342 
Bhutan$102$16$67,664$24,522$17$60,408 
Bolivia$5,183$29,032$28,967$30,509$36,002$34,205$95,603
Bosnia and Herzegovina$69,384$129,425$99,274$170,873$118,100$124,837$199,981
Botswana$131,742$25,315$75,086$46,450$13,923$30,162$22,286
Brazil$18,792,545$19,557,694$16,941,678$15,215,223$7,375,144$12,213,943$27,183,950
Brunei $7,577     
Bulgaria$169,472$394,721$335,583$428,076$326,234$261,709$1,069,736
Burkina Faso$7,681 $33,073 $3,356$58,720 
Burundi    $372  
Cambodia$1,098$2,054$4,909$4,619 $377,221 
Cameroon$7,571$8,075$4,447$8,973$18,043$9,495 
Canada$15,582,064$18,124,305$20,367,011$21,037,635$17,175,419$23,894,280$35,892,737
Cape Verde$1,168$10,574$44,253$5,435$603$639$1,682
Chile$763,548$1,022,614$642,705$872,824$866,187$2,692,709$1,482,207
China$264,629,583$343,056,923$413,180,589$438,491,584$381,035,236$530,351,727$917,010,711
Colombia$414,549$356,110$452,282$645,318$503,625$812,680$842,399
Costa Rica$109,389$188,412$197,029$260,235$186,802$252,542$431,747
Cote d'Ivoire$16,547$26,273$34,838$60,447$9,399$88,820$67,903
Croatia$399,838$482,411$642,618$748,238$640,357$600,767$690,381
Cuba$41,702$17,379     
Cyprus$43,493$90,689$196,537$180,824$155,984$118,078$84,760
Czech Republic$8,452,484$9,565,888$13,775,886$15,282,391$9,492,797$13,383,044$23,985,536
Denmark$2,565,063$4,149,636$7,539,575$9,648,104$9,453,623$6,220,371$32,668,589
Dominica$483$686$2,759$417$1,007$1,346 
Dominican Republic$10,162$16,943$46,417$117,903$122,976$107,372$125,271
East Timor$11      
Ecuador$66,562$130,396$139,489$280,948$271,255$338,839$271,549
Egypt$468,138$787,154$310,062$421,243$622,704$258,655$294,432
El Salvador$95,802$121,575$80,649$108,297$86,292$117,452 
Estonia$580,389$503,523$344,730$1,754,995$3,322,036$1,508,975$4,339,225
Ethiopia$26,709$20,899$633,277$11,645$28,707$136,122$33,984
Faroe Islands$14,142$10,325$11,553$19,237$33,503  
Fiji$2,590$3,312$12,179$29,053$2,115$1,034 
Finland$3,823,457$8,243,989$6,903,733$5,980,780$2,694,554$3,948,557$6,930,256
France$21,529,655$28,151,892$42,822,787$40,622,649$28,046,443$35,031,018$52,484,573
French Polynesia$32,662$36,691$27,302$27,688$34,941$24,511$43,281
Gabon$16,824$8,274$4,148$55,373$17,130  
Gambia, The   $181$1,692 $150
Georgia$26,786$11,799$20,064$11,181$6,392$13,052 
Germany$81,220,000$89,504,000$113,124,000$136,465,000$103,871,000$160,059,053$406,803,416
Ghana$83,753$18,018$24,123$96,705$170,333$132,421$215,014
Greece$451,086$523,756$790,791$803,738$887,073$613,474$685,461
Greenland$3,407$13,625$33,127    
Grenada$7,388$1,166$8,376$7,332$15,024  
Guatemala$44,689$62,327$108,164$95,122$155,889$96,027$87,947
Guinea-Bissau$892      
Guyana$873$324$97,596$3,622$704$701$23,690
Honduras$95,311$19,449$45,601 $15,707  
Hong Kong$122,518,996$120,266,901$149,732,506$184,355,849$119,028,937$170,379,555$294,447,159
Hungary$6,146,000$5,014,000$5,689,000$5,846,000$5,425,000$9,817,000$16,300,000
Iceland$195,495$194,394$261,541$106,354$73,914$99,167$144,231
India$14,486,733$21,487,208$24,890,989$24,249,868$24,156,012$41,864,297$72,866,127
Indonesia$9,614,913$5,621,308$6,209,040$14,362,236$8,572,703$14,271,636$57,334,797
Iran$733,884$464,372   $956,563 
Ireland$915,487$739,458$2,813,614$1,218,083$1,093,201$1,947,725$2,485,934
Israel$2,557,000$4,027,000$5,324,000$5,789,000$2,593,000$4,715,000$6,865,000
Italy$25,484,574$30,454,799$42,682,123$47,864,177$28,287,936$36,434,613$58,958,299
Jamaica$15,777$35,003$47,431$46,710$19,405$35,406 
Japan$81,759,001$100,637,735$110,263,867$131,520,931$91,906,797$142,618,996$286,086,752
Jordan$10,468$10,323$50,752$85,949$18,679$103,706$103,421
Kazakhstan$85,710$33,723$151,340$148,655$118,139  
Kenya$23,059$13,575$35,773$21,659$50,013$32,412 
Kiribati$338      
Korea, South$47,255,395$56,673,445$40,462,222$36,848,650$34,201,875$55,506,400$103,384,411
Kuwait $70,037$173,147$130,743   
Kyrgyzstan$8,598$171$7,881$8,037$511$5,310$4,084
Latvia$261,239$258,440$488,972$385,579$94,124$212,785$438,096
Lebanon$49,000$33,674$60,575$40,177$43,232$75,879$59,780
Lesotho   $97   
Lithuania$106,374$232,434$318,390$373,172$138,802$209,960$375,884
Luxembourg$179,836$140,591$716,616$340,689$223,374$233,293$448,939
Macau$38,942$18,390$13,559$5,977$9,096 $39,465
Macedonia$17,481$35,214$35,621$49,725$50,051 $21,747
Madagascar$8,094$57,570$13,898$43,075$4,559$7,413 
Malawi$671$9,608 $30,219$136,440$6,155$2,162
Malaysia$48,828,310$74,076,223$76,374,051$56,634,359$55,873,298$145,973,342$250,613,436
Maldives$1,113$1,517$267$3,244$2,832$8,536$5,333
Mali$1,676$3,326$69$26,328 $3,061 
Malta$76,015$39,202$205,432$499,257$81,698$177,467 
Mauritania      $18,887
Mauritius$30,245$32,445$21,933$20,801$78,935$25,221$66,720
Mayotte$873$30,237$26,395$34,305$11,363  
Mexico$60,822,422$59,790,559$67,639,326$63,580,651$46,268,626$72,587,212$112,733,483
Moldova$38,866$7,863$29,676$14,631$4,953$23,229$13,693
Mongolia$386$2,059$4,095    
Montenegro $34,685$16,486$24,305$25,098$23,509$33,051
Montserrat $306$123$2,981$3  
Morocco$229,240$169,808$203,416$296,048$322,776$523,186 
Mozambique$2,421$3,173$1,920$18,532$12,548$85,676$9,000
Namibia$22,523$21,807$27,600$87,634   
Nepal    $559$23,467 
Netherlands$21,724,395$20,633,444$37,944,764$43,133,378$35,039,217$47,184,116 
Netherlands Antilles$15,586$11,820$8,678$18,348   
New Caledonia$21,382$282,523$23,248$33,450$43,580$77,149$58,176
New Zealand$2,288,362$3,139,231$1,888,062$1,560,667$1,203,031$1,850,080$3,115,359
Nicaragua$13,000$6,365$10,309$16,621$18,184$24,198$33,380
Niger$404$263$210$12,440$5,021$93$13,960
Nigeria $70,126$611,056$168,568$409,751$5,024,809 
Norway$1,729,373$1,705,813$1,966,686$2,839,100$1,991,414$2,203,533$3,000,845
Oman$116,055$41,384$245,438$50,369$63,048$85,020 
Pakistan$2,667,389$2,041,175$1,092,224$1,314,881$364,125$574,933$479,988
Panama$17,963$16,934$53,268$35,327$32,023$1,517,720$3,609,828
Paraguay$9,539$4,591$11,277$18,438$20,277$22,383$13,897
Peru$314,742$219,730$221,432$255,984$419,779$236,793$495,855
Philippines$242,292$277,635$568,215$1,288,737$627,031$4,322,346$6,074,188
Poland$2,670,784$4,886,049$8,740,510$18,333,812$10,841,371$15,400,729$19,704,503
Portugal$8,652,038$4,489,085$6,453,072$5,438,737$1,843,002$3,558,129$4,769,977
Qatar$588,812$373,023$771,920$1,419,774 $3,102,086 
Romania$1,146,769$1,372,508$1,630,514$2,015,975$1,672,308$2,587,374$4,832,207
Russia$2,487,333$2,541,648$5,568,977$7,860,807$4,652,235$10,092,873$16,568,650
Rwanda$46$1,300$210$1,440$43 $219
Saint Kitts and Nevis$136,116$38,360$31,311$144,014   
Saint Lucia$8,542$7,448$4,816$14,342   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$187$140$34$144$1,369$682 
Samoa      $17
Sao Tome and Principe  $6 $125$146 
Saudi Arabia$2,021,223$7,110,636$3,101,434$910,668 $2,806,670 
Senegal$35,394$2,156$4,118$510$27,220$103,987$2,956
Serbia$200,203$238,278$279,836$421,218$709,144$804,577$4,779,000
Seychelles$2,234$6,233$4,886$5,280   
Singapore$42,787,498$44,757,846$43,760,387$50,756,686$36,209,577$47,219,695$82,534,804
Slovakia$12,988,426$17,493,975$21,531,305$28,092,767$21,019,597$28,570,609$66,856,009
Slovenia$2,104,531$4,013,931$6,809,044$6,798,033$2,715,833$6,945,961$15,670,358
South Africa$1,637,453$1,665,823$1,744,179$1,824,914$1,630,439$1,693,182$2,447,409
Spain$7,015,505$9,038,296$9,981,862$12,718,363$13,209,808$9,672,785 
Sri Lanka$72,876$110,236$50,271$78,777$67,072$135,684$159,457
Sudan$2,897$172,527$2,431$8,965$10,555  
Suriname    $455,993$2,063$6,202
Swaziland$45,411$36,792$101,110    
Sweden$6,636,438$6,793,296$8,166,190$8,801,996$5,512,551$6,759,361$9,738,036
Switzerland$28,954,108$36,195,524$39,648,819$49,117,065$29,100,823$47,357,207$101,130,401
Syria $24,747 $158,328 $142,102 
Tanzania$9,238$14,862$46,356$39,182$66,334$26,898$27,962
Thailand$100,254,917$111,977,221$120,527,512$131,621,725$95,983,406$149,810,470$221,250,667
Tonga   $114,348$225$68 
Trinidad and Tobago$105,476$104,688$95,494$100,821$57,534$46,848 
Tunisia$1,229,645$550,525$762,604$1,172,494$452,774$776,796 
Turkey$9,035,988$9,875,322$13,351,759$10,962,308$6,718,010$7,835,823$10,193,107
Uganda$629$8,109$8,369$6,125$34,942$4,850 
Ukraine$4,994,324$4,668,385$4,358,530$4,026,073$2,218,767$2,346,380$2,614,604
United Arab Emirates$494,111 $3,385,500$2,609,643   
United Kingdom$15,727,423$16,535,911$24,033,303$30,422,239$20,548,658$26,869,691$40,929,914
United States$153,680,074$164,435,284$198,294,907$191,429,312$123,529,910$191,354,060$357,379,093
Uruguay$12,514$24,922$46,787$90,322$47,394  
Vanuatu $393$448    
Venezuela$279,832$400,732$466,973$579,859$646,715$372,809$528,998
Vietnam$7,457,371$8,241,183$16,132,412$13,582,258$14,911,674$41,488,850 
Wallis and Futuna$202$559     
Yemen$39,926$437$2,849$80,901$943$5,240 
Zambia$16,417$2,358$38,728$11,086$19,378$18,349 
Zimbabwe$1,199$133,679$13,434$2,799$26,304$17,393