RankCountryImports of Carbon electrodes, other than of a kind used for furnaces in USD (2010)
1Canada$176,804,614
2Norway$154,831,537
3Russia$137,168,958
4India$102,953,695
5Germany$60,240,084
6United States$56,346,608
7Sweden$47,834,340
8Qatar$34,617,039
9Brazil$32,486,890
10Australia$20,434,096
11Iceland$15,236,408
12China$14,758,032
13South Africa$14,455,817
14France$11,312,942
15Singapore$9,952,980
16Spain$9,529,991
17Bahrain$8,774,531
18Japan$8,328,042
19Italy$8,062,772
20Indonesia$7,535,987
21Thailand$7,488,207
22Belgium$6,837,104
23Austria$5,937,446
24United Kingdom$5,828,505
25Korea, South$5,752,030
26Malaysia$5,384,951
27Argentina$4,974,796
28Slovakia$4,898,573
29Oman$4,089,005
30Mexico$4,081,088
31Poland$3,421,130
32Egypt$3,321,603
33Greece$3,298,408
34Nigeria$3,149,662
35Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,975,181
36Philippines$2,882,731
37Montenegro$2,659,643
38Vietnam$2,512,880
39Switzerland$2,095,962
40Azerbaijan$2,058,256
41Slovenia$2,024,846
42Netherlands$2,016,495
43Cameroon$1,866,892
44Ireland$1,761,880
45Portugal$1,732,942
46Algeria$1,710,736
47Israel$1,602,000
48Guatemala$1,588,962
49Saudi Arabia$1,316,002
50Turkey$1,266,138
51Costa Rica$1,196,390
52Venezuela$929,967
53Hong Kong$897,738
54Ukraine$873,370
55Chile$794,861
56Belarus$605,900
57Colombia$579,401
58Morocco$536,131
59Kenya$531,281
60Czech Republic$522,171
61Finland$474,265
62Romania$419,342
63Peru$398,724
64Tanzania$394,397
65Zambia$318,987
66Hungary$308,000
67Pakistan$282,554
68New Zealand$266,498
69Denmark$255,168
70Sri Lanka$189,561
71Iran$188,704
72Ghana$180,418
73Serbia$170,296
74New Caledonia$165,032
75Dominican Republic$153,595
76Tunisia$131,295
77Syria$118,536
78Malawi$109,387
79Ecuador$94,228
80Luxembourg$90,255
81Yemen$85,715
82Croatia$80,287
83El Salvador$77,129
84Panama$74,763
85Cote d'Ivoire$70,079
86Moldova$61,852
87Botswana$54,585
88Lithuania$51,512
89Estonia$44,200
90Paraguay$44,055
91Kyrgyzstan$37,371
92Fiji$36,462
93Bolivia$35,928
94Zimbabwe$33,233
95Nicaragua$33,000
96Bulgaria$32,173
97Niger$31,941
98Ethiopia$31,800
99Uganda$31,286
100Burkina Faso$31,179
101Latvia$28,168
102Albania$26,890
103Mozambique$25,926
104Aruba$22,692
105Trinidad and Tobago$22,539
106Mauritius$21,442
107Togo$18,647
108French Polynesia$16,561
109Barbados$16,203
110Jamaica$16,193
111Jordan$15,611
112Suriname$14,995
113Mali$14,901
114Georgia$14,415
115Tonga$13,785
116Madagascar$13,085
117Nepal$12,847
118Senegal$12,744
119Benin$11,568
120Bahamas, The$11,107
121Lebanon$9,878
122Cape Verde$7,095
123Malta$7,087
124Bhutan$4,488
125Antigua and Barbuda$4,031
126Cyprus$3,856
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,523
128Dominica$2,511
129Armenia$2,501
130Samoa$1,895
131Mauritania$761
132Bermuda$703
133Sao Tome and Principe$689
134Guyana$339
135Burundi$151
136Belize$59
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$38,007$4,952$11,941$49,627$22,682$26,890$21,070
Algeria$448,066$1,921,870$300,762$1,020,415$1,046,143$1,710,736$1,595,634
Antigua and Barbuda$484$4,057$5,327 $6,071$4,031$1,819
Argentina$4,887,209$14,408,449$17,008,473$11,728,926$4,457,952$4,974,796$15,683,656
Armenia$678$25,100$9,987$11,531$669$2,501$35
Aruba    $17,957$22,692$34,089
Australia$8,370,616$12,323,813$37,552,422$29,890,817$17,929,777$20,434,096$19,712,562
Austria$2,041,167$2,714,724$3,468,955$4,844,594$2,122,068$5,937,446 
Azerbaijan$685,576$6,253,631$10,417,990$4,178,585$201,563$2,058,256$6,777,386
Bahamas, The$16,431$2,707$21,249$14,547$10,818$11,107$212,406
Bahrain$887,844$215,667$1,171,448$13,876,743$30,102,300$8,774,531$14,457,604
Bangladesh$209,470$310,069$194,354    
Barbados$39,517$19,223$41,725$26,940$9,428$16,203$9,418
Belarus$168,400$105,100$561,000$159,400$559,500$605,900$392,100
Belgium$1,644,214$1,302,911$2,264,315$2,840,250$2,536,585$6,837,104$20,616,251
Belize$15$592$611$3,123$463$59 
Benin$12,579$1,845   $11,568 
Bermuda     $703 
Bhutan$80$976$3,456$376$2,078$4,488 
Bolivia$31,594$77,911$49,936$21,121$17,307$35,928$35,325
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,153,378$1,755,731$3,945,323$4,060,510$567,899$2,975,181$3,329,890
Botswana$121,296$9,886$25,404$43,981$29,762$54,585$134,483
Brazil$9,584,315$9,734,138$6,577,392$4,604,454$29,509,976$32,486,890$28,508,078
Brunei $8,741     
Bulgaria$55,990$81,029$548,178$196,303$138,800$32,173$103,670
Burkina Faso$10,015 $113,351$154,776$6,449$31,179 
Burundi  $584 $4,358$151 
Cambodia  $85    
Cameroon$3,688,072$3,516,888$8,284,103$1,432,068$160,091$1,866,892 
Canada$92,373,230$114,949,880$122,627,885$172,109,672$173,203,874$176,804,614$194,937,816
Cape Verde$5,788$6,143$9,671$3,225$4,554$7,095$9,358
Central African Republic  $1,145    
Chile$766,501$916,617$697,567$1,114,852$836,194$794,861$777,997
China$12,091,717$28,779,532$43,565,493$20,247,511$19,093,852$14,758,032$13,467,369
Colombia$662,211$2,645,827$726,153$601,258$463,332$579,401$688,573
Cook Islands$2,724      
Costa Rica$1,267,749$1,215,531$795,688$1,071,839$638,717$1,196,390$564,555
Cote d'Ivoire$16,283$65,292$15,150$57,058$66,930$70,079$187,561
Croatia$88,760$100,528$146,275$148,078$159,510$80,287$87,211
Cuba$114,370$221,628     
Cyprus$83,713$15,184$26,653$24,711$16,921$3,856$12,221
Czech Republic$1,927,048$1,611,941$1,320,027$1,760,028$651,109$522,171$947,100
Denmark$56,417$48,667$96,599$819,905$93,203$255,168$462,233
Dominica$4,492 $4,428$837$4,472$2,511 
Dominican Republic$450,165$614,413$155,971$279,190$87,678$153,595$128,225
Ecuador$442,716$207,518$360,974$189,824$104,688$94,228$201,455
Egypt$170,153$65,640$115,253$2,541,054$1,628,128$3,321,603$4,718,382
El Salvador$118,460$83,879$250,977$93,712$99,468$77,129 
Estonia$21,629$59,004$30,045$80,131$80,304$44,200$131,007
Ethiopia$81,920$47,472$212,575$533,454$81,583$31,800$194,189
Faroe Islands$8,259$1,314$3,854$6,261$5,337  
Fiji$4,941$4,680$35,097$1,941$11,269$36,462 
Finland$669,486$371,138$372,541$424,406$423,947$474,265$533,429
France$9,567,215$8,574,136$14,853,468$16,149,451$14,104,417$11,312,942$10,290,984
French Polynesia$13,002$2,233$2,726$11,349$2,276$16,561$843
Gabon$34,576$95,878$199,639$71,240$101,122  
Gambia, The$9,862      
Georgia$66,062$35,518$153,564$77,122$35,029$14,415 
Germany$48,989,000$49,385,000$84,181,000$57,069,000$48,128,000$60,240,084$68,207,837
Ghana$36,601$28,353$22,914$76,563$30,658$180,418$86,777
Greece$1,680,844$1,997,612$3,460,670$6,541,620$5,814,029$3,298,408$6,924,382
Greenland$2,222$344     
Grenada$754$3,068$2,879$12,466$15,463  
Guatemala$1,484,632$215,466$1,192,338$1,565,011$1,145,795$1,588,962$1,277,056
Guinea$22,857$3,670$9,886$933   
Guinea-Bissau$4,606      
Guyana$7,398$4,581$5,127$7,605$8,980$339$3,913
Honduras$106,976$161,518$178,360 $167,773  
Hong Kong$108,460$242,700$378,268$368,787$752,230$897,738$1,305,718
Hungary$25,657,000$3,181,000$311,000$486,000$210,000$308,000$484,000
Iceland$10,255,638$17,318,738$44,224,790$26,852,216$15,007,871$15,236,408$16,915,243
India$4,783,511$9,937,955$17,297,264$92,908,781$48,226,492$102,953,695$142,218,921
Indonesia$729,192$682,383$579,483$4,614,968$3,460,096$7,535,987$22,783,203
Iran$330,901$97,584   $188,704 
Ireland$503,731$664,364$2,546,831$1,118,235$610,116$1,761,880$2,595,333
Israel$3,588,000$1,394,000$1,947,000$1,784,000$1,762,000$1,602,000$562,000
Italy$13,222,162$10,407,672$10,926,962$19,641,667$7,256,849$8,062,772$6,412,886
Jamaica$23,602$31,492$29,569$21,308$21,649$16,193 
Japan$11,206,341$11,809,477$10,812,698$12,917,900$9,007,471$8,328,042$9,670,127
Jordan$45,247$19,828$27,299$53,194$39,782$15,611$13,169
Kazakhstan$891,361$4,019,149$6,539,471$68,729,333$40,897,152  
Kenya$950,041$453,142$708,062$447,500$552,867$531,281 
Korea, South$6,226,075$7,829,214$8,552,671$6,158,741$3,043,916$5,752,030$8,398,417
Kuwait $207,313$445,670$251,871   
Kyrgyzstan$1,518$6,254$24,481$20,645$43,231$37,371$138,113
Latvia$51,377$64,529$111,033$163,808$72,198$28,168$141,607
Lebanon$14,000$6,752$4,513$12,745$119,948$9,878$9,685
Lithuania$42,294$32,155$71,646$141,420$22,046$51,512$24,695
Luxembourg$218,968$82,686$95,642$80,848$83,783$90,255$64,334
Macau$8,889$72,296$43,994$103,709$63,990 $58,170
Macedonia$172,346$8,592$23,021$17,902$3,890 $18,705
Madagascar$87,493$27,787$26,857$58,477$24,171$13,085 
Malawi$40,106$17,001$23,091$71,452$14,626$109,387$11,215
Malaysia$2,555,267$2,786,313$2,189,937$1,897,882$1,765,155$5,384,951$3,005,524
Mali$376$522$5,253$26,584 $14,901 
Malta$104,916$3,090$14,806$119,811$7,756$7,087 
Mauritania$17,662$14,055$31,491$1,025$7,932$761$2,130
Mauritius$11,571$41,105$28,102$16,327$10,034$21,442$14,424
Mayotte$476$5,308$109$1,862$1,194  
Mexico$1,475,692$1,780,490$1,769,516$1,874,607$2,261,050$4,081,088$4,087,645
Moldova$27,412$35,445$66,688$20,691$5,180$61,852$16,441
Mongolia$19,508$76,994$117,998    
Montenegro $2,527,773$2,028,317$2,399,470$13,062$2,659,643$603,177
Montserrat   $110$286  
Morocco$718,534$748,892$5,036,322$891,280$724,130$536,131 
Mozambique$4,063,274$18,899$41,020$114,542$65,202$25,926$604,000
Namibia$10,509$32,240$25,112$24,546   
Nepal    $9,698$12,847 
Netherlands$23,137,879$30,933,834$39,991,196$45,781,233$14,908,406$2,016,495 
Netherlands Antilles$112,337$123,985$73,345$89,416   
New Caledonia$34,535$4,434$26,287$59,488$30,643$165,032$105,495
New Zealand$306,128$403,291$496,395$333,390$390,901$266,498$277,519
Nicaragua$237,180$45,430$303,251$541,954$80,418$33,000$45,776
Niger$7,788$9,060$112,063$12,677$12,879$31,941$12,835
Nigeria $927,351$1,247,453$759,574$3,428,938$3,149,662 
Norway$172,038,147$194,016,048$259,436,062$303,483,046$220,414,274$154,831,537$191,946,259
Oman$5,134$80,068$30,377,318$7,099,229$2,555,286$4,089,005 
Pakistan$89,947$407,066$120,404$151,504$149,575$282,554$233,929
Panama$41,487$34,802$123,792$76,453$49,242$74,763$119,437
Paraguay$25,149$10,848$49,048$43,697$36,407$44,055$50,474
Peru$1,089,010$300,868$498,945$847,750$485,727$398,724$544,144
Philippines$242,264$803,354$1,322,395$1,407,796$2,999,518$2,882,731$4,232,410
Poland$3,419,868$3,511,212$5,664,361$9,208,761$3,080,893$3,421,130$2,659,311
Portugal$102,162$171,303$1,429,763$1,224,824$1,389,709$1,732,942$447,146
Qatar$362,353$462,648$315,187$16,897,005 $34,617,039 
Romania$4,019,180$5,645,584$3,963,116$3,753,395$360,066$419,342$1,409,433
Russia$57,932,996$97,784,623$103,985,926$233,640,623$94,227,533$137,168,958$178,548,596
Rwanda$5,313$160$7,185$88,636$2,318 $29,621
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,569$1,482$4,584$28,612   
Saint Lucia$1,045$610$900$10,245   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$5,223$7,923$5,963$9,146$8,290$3,523 
Samoa    $75$1,895$815
Sao Tome and Principe $1,849$236$2,612$474$689 
Saudi Arabia$1,980,020$4,850,793$4,008,370  $1,316,002 
Senegal$34,450$24,156$49,761$19,436$11,441$12,744$11,048
Serbia$106,365$216,382$130,779$166,986$57,299$170,296$116,394
Seychelles$4,225$2,095$1,666$15,194   
Singapore$4,179,843$5,085,709$6,497,062$6,548,557$7,029,719$9,952,980$7,195,939
Slovakia$2,194,375$3,345,871$5,802,778$7,601,584$9,246,785$4,898,573$965,705
Slovenia$1,067,436$398,945$641,023$2,453,127$1,929,343$2,024,846$1,998,212
South Africa$2,180,930$2,412,439$9,840,636$11,180,469$12,112,162$14,455,817$10,490,059
Spain$5,519,798$11,963,403$12,332,066$13,481,907$7,575,504$9,529,991 
Sri Lanka$82,602$113,505$160,686$175,676$88,513$189,561$149,191
Sudan$76,826$232,269$90,436$413,823$519,722  
Suriname     $14,995$35,311
Swaziland$29,103$4,264$8,304    
Sweden$11,048,763$11,200,338$14,070,877$30,262,549$14,949,127$47,834,340$58,618,154
Switzerland$2,513,010$4,865,688$2,835,990$3,344,897$1,483,111$2,095,962$1,795,363
Syria $103,528$87,502  $118,536 
Tanzania$446,312$399,722$420,597$445,840$439,577$394,397$228,851
Thailand$4,002,094$2,938,499$2,286,669$3,170,830$4,926,300$7,488,207$8,119,384
Togo$2,680 $3,775  $18,647$2,541
Tonga   $9,298$777$13,785 
Trinidad and Tobago$12,491$22,176$82,619$70,373$46,886$22,539 
Tunisia$117,883$108,881$271,834$192,571$334,066$131,295 
Turkey$1,495,177$1,022,566$1,130,265$1,669,519$638,539$1,266,138$2,155,775
Uganda$7,182$7,855$38,975$39,113$20,015$31,286 
Ukraine$175,660$212,282$485,635$315,070$542,374$873,370$711,386
United Arab Emirates$8,804,521 $17,897,113$90,342,138   
United Kingdom$8,977,928$4,568,570$3,800,295$7,073,799$4,828,243$5,828,505$5,092,633
United States$66,586,282$49,069,604$77,020,031$165,890,150$62,460,570$56,346,608$58,922,415
Uruguay$14,632$24,375$40,409$39,326$372,539  
Vanuatu $82$476    
Venezuela$558,602$618,655$622,428$1,310,116$290,611$929,967$200,779
Vietnam$2,377,855$2,312,714$1,949,996$4,882,402$2,828,047$2,512,880 
Yemen$26$1,884$4,559$990$1,359$85,715$20,784
Zambia$243,207$441,034$223,021$74,029$149,390$318,987 
Zimbabwe$270,038$304,429$170,805$22,412$18,812$33,233