| Rank | Country | Imports of Carbon electrodes, of a kind used for furnaces in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | United States | $352,398,714 |  | | 2 | Iceland | $292,224,252 | | | 3 | Korea, South | $253,611,118 | | | 4 | Turkey | $160,684,417 | | | 5 | Russia | $160,542,202 | | | 6 | Iran | $128,765,943 | | | 7 | Italy | $121,287,980 | | | 8 | Germany | $96,804,911 | | | 9 | Mexico | $93,380,733 | | | 10 | India | $66,907,067 | | | 11 | China | $66,288,151 | | | 12 | Malaysia | $64,388,267 | | | 13 | Spain | $61,695,218 | | | 14 | Egypt | $59,342,574 | | | 15 | France | $57,126,711 | | | 16 | Canada | $56,359,190 | | | 17 | Brazil | $55,886,237 | | | 18 | Belgium | $54,302,877 | | | 19 | Thailand | $53,446,309 | | | 20 | Australia | $49,968,941 | | | 21 | Japan | $47,171,419 | | | 22 | Poland | $44,740,460 | | | 23 | United Kingdom | $39,575,215 | | | 24 | Indonesia | $38,833,001 | | | 25 | Vietnam | $30,624,080 | | | 26 | Belarus | $30,477,500 | | | 27 | Argentina | $30,221,353 | | | 28 | Austria | $28,133,541 | | | 29 | South Africa | $27,616,426 | | | 30 | Romania | $26,475,459 | | | 31 | Ukraine | $25,742,128 | | | 32 | Sweden | $24,220,335 | | | 33 | Norway | $23,570,351 | | | 34 | Czech Republic | $20,796,776 | | | 35 | Lithuania | $20,280,442 | | | 36 | Venezuela | $19,416,724 | | | 37 | Qatar | $18,509,692 | | | 38 | Finland | $18,359,625 | | | 39 | Luxembourg | $16,748,113 | | | 40 | Saudi Arabia | $15,643,486 | | | 41 | Colombia | $15,401,615 | | | 42 | Peru | $14,987,712 | | | 43 | Netherlands | $13,707,125 | | | 44 | Bahrain | $13,604,538 | | | 45 | Slovenia | $12,517,602 | | | 46 | Greece | $11,388,279 | | | 47 | Philippines | $10,821,784 | | | 48 | Morocco | $10,148,982 | | | 49 | Switzerland | $9,962,066 | | | 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | $9,672,379 | | | 51 | Portugal | $7,512,006 | | | 52 | Chile | $7,021,549 | | | 53 | Albania | $5,923,872 | | | 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5,655,183 | | | 55 | Slovakia | $5,462,825 | | | 56 | Bulgaria | $5,346,645 | | | 57 | Jordan | $5,162,031 | | | 58 | Montenegro | $4,623,932 | | | 59 | Guatemala | $4,381,975 | | | 60 | Israel | $3,762,000 | | | 61 | Georgia | $3,522,220 | | | 62 | Croatia | $3,333,530 | | | 63 | Ecuador | $3,217,384 | | | 64 | Oman | $2,739,062 | | | 65 | Azerbaijan | $2,251,894 | | | 66 | Nigeria | $1,679,448 | | | 67 | Tunisia | $1,660,651 | | | 68 | Singapore | $1,179,586 | | | 69 | Hungary | $1,060,000 | | | 70 | Serbia | $966,435 | | | 71 | Ghana | $946,598 | | | 72 | El Salvador | $767,982 | | | 73 | Algeria | $757,210 | | | 74 | Pakistan | $635,868 | | | 75 | Zambia | $545,134 | | | 76 | Zimbabwe | $412,243 | | | 77 | Bolivia | $242,210 | | | 78 | Denmark | $183,733 | | | 79 | Kyrgyzstan | $106,235 | | | 80 | Ethiopia | $105,407 | | | 81 | Latvia | $91,926 | | | 82 | Armenia | $86,086 | | | 83 | Lebanon | $63,010 | | | 84 | Costa Rica | $58,967 | | | 85 | Cote d'Ivoire | $51,789 | | | 86 | Tanzania | $37,160 | | | 87 | Ireland | $23,186 | | | 88 | Botswana | $18,706 | | | 89 | Panama | $15,809 | | | 90 | Yemen | $14,070 | | | 91 | Malawi | $13,461 | | | 92 | Jamaica | $12,642 | | | 93 | Moldova | $12,241 | | | 94 | Kenya | $11,765 | | | 95 | Sri Lanka | $10,937 | | | 96 | Uganda | $10,217 | | | 97 | New Caledonia | $9,490 | | | 98 | Syria | $9,245 | | | 99 | Nicaragua | $9,089 | | | 100 | Bhutan | $8,853 | | | 101 | Cameroon | $5,814 | | | 102 | Nepal | $5,044 | | | 103 | Estonia | $4,247 | | | 104 | Barbados | $3,743 | | | 105 | Senegal | $3,348 | | | 106 | Samoa | $3,307 | | | 107 | Belize | $2,852 | | | 108 | Mozambique | $2,131 | | | 109 | Dominican Republic | $1,589 | | | 110 | Fiji | $1,487 | | | 111 | Niger | $485 | | | 112 | Mauritius | $479 | | | 113 | Aruba | $323 | | | 114 | Guyana | $141 | | | 115 | Cape Verde | $71 | | | 116 | Dominica | $33 | | | 117 | Paraguay | $26 | | | 118 | Tonga | $16 | | | 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $11 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,468,704 | $2,251,598 | $3,431,257 | $4,614,837 | $5,020,079 | $5,923,872 | $6,872,029 |
| Algeria | $676,746 | $784,904 | $879,693 | $213,113 | $715,584 | $757,210 | $771,354 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $161 | | | | $4,149 | | |
| Argentina | $22,729,341 | $24,913,994 | $25,460,604 | $32,820,795 | $13,721,843 | $30,221,353 | $34,711,928 |
| Armenia | $78,208 | $25,636 | | $78,578 | $26,671 | $86,086 | $95,830 |
| Aruba | | | | | $409 | $323 | |
| Australia | $38,298,944 | $35,595,852 | $47,921,099 | $58,945,233 | $36,818,931 | $49,968,941 | $57,755,649 |
| Austria | $14,047,496 | $13,556,665 | $27,321,059 | $30,511,613 | $19,362,446 | $28,133,541 | |
| Azerbaijan | $3,635,932 | $819,609 | $2,007,885 | $1,506,077 | $971,009 | $2,251,894 | $235,745 |
| Bahamas, The | | $676 | $188 | $3,403 | | | |
| Bahrain | $3,434,430 | $458,074 | $2,345,650 | $9,170,056 | $8,575,773 | $13,604,538 | $9,341,284 |
| Bangladesh | $100,016 | $356,068 | $350,276 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,775 | $106 | $50 | $762 | $105 | $3,743 | $257 |
| Belarus | $17,127,600 | $23,370,300 | $27,800,400 | $31,267,100 | $18,728,400 | $30,477,500 | $30,902,900 |
| Belgium | $39,482,341 | $50,849,320 | $60,324,081 | $77,864,773 | $46,148,691 | $54,302,877 | $74,296,357 |
| Belize | | | $74 | | $2,176 | $2,852 | |
| Bhutan | | $264 | $5,603 | $27,270 | | $8,853 | |
| Bolivia | $236,581 | $116,479 | $73,336 | $418,177 | $597,788 | $242,210 | $896,246 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5,819,120 | $7,572,029 | $9,139,372 | $5,893,647 | $2,597,820 | $5,655,183 | $5,004,863 |
| Botswana | $137,676 | $13,984 | $224,559 | $56,149 | $33,976 | $18,706 | $26,076 |
| Brazil | $36,495,211 | $38,042,238 | $46,999,898 | $67,188,306 | $31,326,657 | $55,886,237 | $51,047,808 |
| Brunei | | $59 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $6,606,164 | $10,001,270 | $10,988,820 | $13,156,710 | $6,162,634 | $5,346,645 | $7,997,181 |
| Burkina Faso | $9,945 | | | | | | |
| Burundi | | | $549 | | $921 | | |
| Cambodia | | | $23,115 | | | | |
| Cameroon | $1,505 | $3,207 | $130,891 | $975 | $26,042 | $5,814 | |
| Canada | $24,849,505 | $50,378,333 | $45,425,723 | $75,025,706 | $36,308,866 | $56,359,190 | $51,122,369 |
| Cape Verde | $87 | | $1,074 | $86 | $254 | $71 | $10 |
| Chile | $7,457,577 | $4,267,614 | $6,742,121 | $7,044,794 | $6,081,474 | $7,021,549 | $7,777,068 |
| China | $55,749,484 | $56,272,747 | $79,099,394 | $92,342,926 | $61,017,337 | $66,288,151 | $83,304,600 |
| Colombia | $5,700,040 | $6,426,421 | $8,446,555 | $13,769,121 | $8,123,825 | $15,401,615 | $6,634,589 |
| Comoros | | | $1,982 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $21,998 | $40,415 | $5,733 | $5,420 | $20,910 | $58,967 | $1,831 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $664 | $1,047 | $29 | $2,100 | $3,474 | $51,789 | $3,277 |
| Croatia | $763,999 | $983,869 | $1,200,061 | $3,807,655 | $1,069,039 | $3,333,530 | $1,816,412 |
| Cuba | $3,062,073 | $3,201,097 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $1,323 | | $1,779 | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $16,831,015 | $17,091,552 | $20,754,154 | $26,420,655 | $16,723,645 | $20,796,776 | $24,542,433 |
| Denmark | $519,874 | $119,045 | $130,031 | $747,928 | $82,922 | $183,733 | $309,238 |
| Dominica | | $480 | | | $330 | $33 | |
| Dominican Republic | $4,619,769 | $2,968,513 | $5,955,166 | $6,152,821 | $164,881 | $1,589 | $587,766 |
| East Timor | $179 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $635,317 | $397,332 | $680,186 | $1,707,820 | $3,886,145 | $3,217,384 | $4,865,802 |
| Egypt | $13,080,236 | $11,687,800 | $21,048,967 | $72,218,800 | $49,428,983 | $59,342,574 | $61,180,461 |
| El Salvador | $584,946 | $721,538 | $1,090,688 | $1,426,637 | $824,305 | $767,982 | |
| Estonia | $60,604 | $145,913 | $38,675 | $9,289 | $391 | $4,247 | $41,649 |
| Ethiopia | $71,428 | $82,630 | $137,965 | $40,628 | $102,118 | $105,407 | $152,113 |
| Faroe Islands | $424 | | $347 | | $535 | | |
| Fiji | $799 | $3,163 | | $250 | $103 | $1,487 | |
| Finland | $9,309,675 | $11,879,845 | $15,322,919 | $20,321,304 | $10,635,624 | $18,359,625 | $17,360,166 |
| France | $47,243,800 | $61,929,894 | $81,267,218 | $90,128,969 | $64,084,741 | $57,126,711 | $62,273,252 |
| French Polynesia | $416 | $323 | $135 | | $181 | | $916 |
| Gabon | $3,692 | $1,802 | | $9,602 | $10,294 | | |
| Gambia, The | $734 | | $3,797 | | | | |
| Georgia | $200,403 | $334,704 | $259,149 | $482,037 | $2,052,683 | $3,522,220 | |
| Germany | $63,141,000 | $72,487,000 | $89,748,000 | $113,864,000 | $65,832,000 | $96,804,911 | $112,350,266 |
| Ghana | $899,174 | $1,023,925 | $888,215 | $1,657,023 | $804,615 | $946,598 | $884,893 |
| Greece | $13,797,179 | $17,067,854 | $21,031,687 | $23,099,217 | $13,257,215 | $11,388,279 | $18,101,180 |
| Greenland | $182 | | $57,480 | | | | |
| Grenada | $256 | $1,456 | $296 | $420 | $4,667 | | |
| Guatemala | $2,770,355 | $3,070,601 | $3,616,119 | $3,009,836 | $2,744,715 | $4,381,975 | $1,737,253 |
| Guinea | $10,016 | | $83,368 | | | | |
| Guyana | | | | | | $141 | $1,107 |
| Honduras | $25 | $215,769 | $177 | | $18,379 | | |
| Hungary | $2,309,000 | $3,447,000 | $5,170,000 | $7,090,000 | $1,158,000 | $1,060,000 | $2,272,000 |
| Iceland | $82,945,930 | $111,836,989 | $141,635,737 | $352,454,330 | $305,268,309 | $292,224,252 | $382,238,280 |
| India | $20,655,824 | $38,171,776 | $42,255,757 | $49,960,352 | $48,176,860 | $66,907,067 | $87,850,095 |
| Indonesia | $41,747,283 | $37,782,454 | $59,160,151 | $45,169,328 | $50,595,286 | $38,833,001 | $55,523,604 |
| Iran | $57,205,291 | $45,935,635 | | | | $128,765,943 | |
| Ireland | $701,050 | $250,680 | $159,704 | $95,084 | $46,672 | $23,186 | $15,781 |
| Israel | $4,416,000 | $4,259,000 | $5,620,000 | $7,402,000 | $4,169,000 | $3,762,000 | $6,409,000 |
| Italy | $73,764,743 | $90,122,119 | $120,857,900 | $174,217,456 | $90,398,679 | $121,287,980 | $145,321,792 |
| Jamaica | $5,212 | $2,399 | $15,729 | $2,717 | $2,342 | $12,642 | |
| Japan | $22,283,818 | $20,268,397 | $22,907,064 | $39,881,814 | $29,254,473 | $47,171,419 | $60,570,582 |
| Jordan | $1,634,810 | $2,012,806 | $4,345,322 | $5,038,540 | $2,571,775 | $5,162,031 | $6,311,801 |
| Kazakhstan | $11,921,665 | $16,846,399 | $23,345,604 | $26,150,848 | $22,334,263 | | |
| Kenya | $102,000 | $53,811 | $77,261 | $16,300 | $6,051 | $11,765 | |
| Korea, South | $127,876,712 | $113,212,473 | $165,571,242 | $248,556,293 | $216,039,897 | $253,611,118 | $212,098,357 |
| Kuwait | | $60,590 | $59,716 | $246,746 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $143,839 | $77,044 | $36,914 | $75,679 | $37,418 | $106,235 | $370,590 |
| Latvia | $68,280 | $64,933 | $126,280 | $2,819 | $20,589 | $91,926 | $2,762,786 |
| Lebanon | | | $14,766 | $83,127 | $61,015 | $63,010 | $91,946 |
| Lithuania | $29,263 | $804 | $37,829,754 | $33,276,273 | $14,187,491 | $20,280,442 | $20,002,833 |
| Luxembourg | $12,608,149 | $13,010,869 | $21,901,836 | $27,433,156 | $11,650,088 | $16,748,113 | $17,394,752 |
| Macedonia | $4,015,638 | $4,664,084 | $6,172,003 | $4,854,649 | $4,178,046 | | $7,159,469 |
| Madagascar | | $1,246 | $91 | $388 | | | |
| Malawi | $628 | $54 | | | | $13,461 | |
| Malaysia | $32,971,715 | $43,080,515 | $63,162,643 | $54,638,066 | $40,498,938 | $64,388,267 | $28,359,679 |
| Mali | $3,266 | $9,639 | $52 | $44 | | | |
| Malta | | $1,104 | | | | | |
| Mauritius | $612 | $2,238 | $1,479 | $1,088 | $366 | $479 | $776 |
| Mayotte | $40 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | $41,785,570 | $49,632,740 | $73,104,863 | $92,229,401 | $53,558,857 | $93,380,733 | $75,347,521 |
| Moldova | $8,050 | $16,382 | $25,118 | | $7,625 | $12,241 | $16,540 |
| Mongolia | $757,005 | $834,808 | $750,349 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $3,793,919 | $5,188,656 | $9,129,989 | $3,319,327 | $4,623,932 | $1,890,909 |
| Montserrat | $133 | | $70 | | | | |
| Morocco | $1,141,686 | $4,843,988 | $5,412,773 | $7,887,916 | $6,899,154 | $10,148,982 | |
| Mozambique | $1,398,322 | $3,791 | | $5,186 | $1,713 | $2,131 | $1,930,000 |
| Namibia | $10,943 | $893 | $1,544 | $5,829 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $11,251 | $5,044 | |
| Netherlands | $5,428,923 | $4,707,350 | $4,990,493 | $4,921,446 | $7,992,624 | $13,707,125 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $214 | | $4,250 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $1,864 | $678 | | $147,026 | $13,330 | $9,490 | $1,541 |
| New Zealand | $1,303,136 | $1,441,788 | $1,602,489 | $3,211,626 | $2,067,072 | | |
| Nicaragua | $100 | $394 | $3,698 | $673 | $456 | $9,089 | $1,678 |
| Niger | | $58 | $211 | | $2,361 | $485 | $96,743 |
| Nigeria | | $4,440,408 | $8,115,466 | $4,929,017 | $6,130,803 | $1,679,448 | |
| Norway | $17,720,454 | $10,898,934 | $15,955,681 | $17,750,136 | $22,216,493 | $23,570,351 | $27,662,706 |
| Oman | $103,597 | $78,237 | $16,653,460 | $1,295,907 | $2,527,741 | $2,739,062 | |
| Pakistan | $1,835,265 | $1,988,748 | $1,711,867 | $2,030,462 | $1,474,320 | $635,868 | $1,003,865 |
| Panama | $147 | $1,473 | $1,419 | $5,105 | $1,445 | $15,809 | $104,223 |
| Paraguay | $1,144 | $31,229 | $3,761 | $287 | $928 | $26 | $4,913 |
| Peru | $4,831,846 | $6,056,259 | $9,753,571 | $9,939,176 | $11,279,678 | $14,987,712 | $8,492,102 |
| Philippines | $4,532,219 | $6,130,731 | $6,203,888 | $9,489,036 | $6,645,513 | $10,821,784 | $7,914,519 |
| Poland | $15,874,379 | $21,278,168 | $39,331,717 | $63,612,498 | $39,380,537 | $44,740,460 | $48,753,705 |
| Portugal | $4,395,308 | $7,343,261 | $11,091,194 | $11,923,422 | $8,738,943 | $7,512,006 | $10,928,514 |
| Qatar | $1,840,132 | $2,721,831 | $7,606,297 | $10,993,545 | | $18,509,692 | |
| Romania | $15,509,627 | $20,694,809 | $24,540,376 | $23,041,633 | $11,290,112 | $26,475,459 | $26,524,956 |
| Russia | $39,643,241 | $89,917,203 | $141,510,339 | $170,409,753 | $120,050,744 | $160,542,202 | $191,258,187 |
| Rwanda | | $6,212 | $2,372 | $19,662 | $431 | | $18,175 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $585 | $242 | | $830 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | | $203 | $174 | $56 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $217 | | | $22 | $860 | $11 | |
| Samoa | | | | | | $3,307 | $632 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | | $2,401 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $4,589,858 | $1,945,261 | $9,206,970 | | | $15,643,486 | |
| Senegal | $177 | $3,224 | $17,520 | $76 | | $3,348 | |
| Serbia | $742,898 | $692,143 | $609,779 | $662,651 | $440,940 | $966,435 | $2,702,710 |
| Seychelles | | $207 | $413 | $22,820 | | | |
| Singapore | $159,195 | $219,156 | $199,016 | $367,268 | $209,190 | $1,179,586 | $290,049 |
| Slovakia | $3,848,843 | $4,990,194 | $5,812,626 | $3,777,847 | $4,249,242 | $5,462,825 | $10,303,963 |
| Slovenia | $8,508,769 | $8,075,498 | $13,097,738 | $15,315,393 | $7,092,283 | $12,517,602 | $15,580,731 |
| South Africa | $4,452,803 | $11,869,673 | $17,978,888 | $31,661,672 | $32,796,068 | $27,616,426 | $38,947,046 |
| Spain | $50,709,756 | $50,195,525 | $73,834,012 | $81,051,813 | $52,277,225 | $61,695,218 | |
| Sri Lanka | $3,339 | $2,190 | $23,974 | $13,614 | $911 | $10,937 | $27,940 |
| Sudan | $21,656 | $5,090 | $6,525 | | $35,958 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $16,846 | | $1,250 |
| Swaziland | $21,178 | $13,878 | $19,312 | | | | |
| Sweden | $20,865,719 | $14,386,674 | $25,944,358 | $36,099,808 | $14,419,618 | $24,220,335 | $33,220,295 |
| Switzerland | $6,875,273 | $9,205,865 | $9,906,856 | $14,986,413 | $6,120,285 | $9,962,066 | $10,544,978 |
| Syria | $1,250,227 | $1,354,102 | $1,423,379 | | | $9,245 | |
| Tanzania | $2,038 | $15,684 | $55,520 | $6,874 | $1,191 | $37,160 | $56,676 |
| Thailand | $33,026,590 | $38,337,295 | $44,100,194 | $54,358,187 | $33,952,869 | $53,446,309 | $57,400,508 |
| Togo | $4,565 | | | | | | |
| Tonga | | | | $154 | | $16 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $6,189,813 | $7,456,677 | $6,704,688 | $6,186,234 | $3,638,761 | $9,672,379 | |
| Tunisia | $16,049 | $424,697 | $635,115 | $1,853,717 | $3,181,034 | $1,660,651 | |
| Turkey | $78,703,690 | $108,751,547 | $155,381,816 | $173,153,746 | $134,640,451 | $160,684,417 | $198,203,239 |
| Uganda | $4,262 | $30,787 | $7,003 | $18,449 | $31,727 | $10,217 | |
| Ukraine | $17,162,300 | $12,537,443 | $24,078,157 | $25,773,450 | $19,293,752 | $25,742,128 | $38,043,818 |
| United Arab Emirates | $366,037 | | $4,434,068 | $8,540,256 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $28,327,789 | $41,783,666 | $43,272,662 | $60,247,756 | $26,400,011 | $39,575,215 | $37,389,402 |
| United States | $165,179,793 | $217,711,680 | $267,906,543 | $316,479,354 | $194,235,482 | $352,398,714 | $381,887,808 |
| Uruguay | $671,770 | $693,258 | $864,567 | $765,475 | $565,313 | | |
| Vanuatu | | | $280 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $30,425,435 | $33,477,881 | $23,695,071 | $39,711,212 | $24,035,359 | $19,416,724 | $11,726,637 |
| Vietnam | $6,040,553 | $9,308,939 | $14,541,311 | $29,991,330 | $26,812,103 | $30,624,080 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | $3,478 | $847 | | | | | |
| Yemen | $1,395 | $1,056 | $4,862 | $12,091 | $12,733 | $14,070 | $29,997 |
| Zambia | $897,219 | $310,718 | $604,266 | $803,160 | $304,198 | $545,134 | |
| Zimbabwe | $636,172 | $1,310,363 | $271,715 | $251,540 | $124,716 | $412,243 | |
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