| Rank | Country | Imports of Niobium, tantalum, vanadium and concentrates. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $668,787,097 |  | | 2 | Spain | $134,742,891 | | | 3 | Italy | $95,024,427 | | | 4 | United Kingdom | $67,257,656 | | | 5 | Japan | $66,382,348 | | | 6 | Thailand | $49,768,297 | | | 7 | India | $46,273,005 | | | 8 | United States | $32,157,238 | | | 9 | France | $27,809,822 | | | 10 | Hong Kong | $26,926,241 | | | 11 | Netherlands | $22,428,033 | | | 12 | Indonesia | $21,582,907 | | | 13 | Mexico | $21,026,058 | | | 14 | Malaysia | $19,741,042 | | | 15 | Belgium | $18,964,588 | | | 16 | Vietnam | $15,639,120 | | | 17 | Iran | $14,476,024 | | | 18 | Korea, South | $14,249,876 | | | 19 | Russia | $11,934,121 | | | 20 | Brazil | $11,018,398 | | | 21 | South Africa | $9,776,675 | | | 22 | Saudi Arabia | $8,145,877 | | | 23 | Portugal | $6,976,398 | | | 24 | Colombia | $6,360,937 | | | 25 | Canada | $5,599,178 | | | 26 | Estonia | $5,200,479 | | | 27 | Turkey | $4,874,210 | | | 28 | Hungary | $3,146,000 | | | 29 | Belarus | $3,060,700 | | | 30 | Egypt | $2,931,601 | | | 31 | Tunisia | $2,824,163 | | | 32 | Ecuador | $2,559,181 | | | 33 | Austria | $2,145,862 | | | 34 | Ireland | $2,020,557 | | | 35 | Morocco | $1,275,073 | | | 36 | Chile | $1,169,296 | | | 37 | Bulgaria | $1,145,465 | | | 38 | Poland | $1,143,802 | | | 39 | Sri Lanka | $1,079,603 | | | 40 | Switzerland | $677,539 | | | 41 | Australia | $568,875 | | | 42 | Sweden | $540,660 | | | 43 | Czech Republic | $540,073 | | | 44 | Israel | $527,000 | | | 45 | Singapore | $431,038 | | | 46 | Zimbabwe | $409,077 | | | 47 | Slovenia | $371,289 | | | 48 | Algeria | $368,414 | | | 49 | Philippines | $362,390 | | | 50 | Pakistan | $358,815 | | | 51 | Romania | $324,634 | | | 52 | Norway | $323,832 | | | 53 | Peru | $322,502 | | | 54 | Ukraine | $219,591 | | | 55 | Venezuela | $207,147 | | | 56 | Kenya | $170,696 | | | 57 | Serbia | $167,976 | | | 58 | Greece | $114,617 | | | 59 | Dominican Republic | $113,297 | | | 60 | Slovakia | $92,357 | | | 61 | Argentina | $92,229 | | | 62 | Finland | $83,779 | | | 63 | Ethiopia | $79,226 | | | 64 | New Zealand | $75,837 | | | 65 | Guatemala | $74,694 | | | 66 | Lebanon | $73,096 | | | 67 | Nicaragua | $57,545 | | | 68 | Lithuania | $56,303 | | | 69 | Costa Rica | $31,376 | | | 70 | Kyrgyzstan | $27,705 | | | 71 | Oman | $18,237 | | | 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | $16,679 | | | 73 | Jamaica | $15,159 | | | 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | $12,895 | | | 75 | Barbados | $6,560 | | | 76 | Dominica | $6,030 | | | 77 | Croatia | $5,460 | | | 78 | Uganda | $3,134 | | | 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2,721 | | | 80 | Zambia | $1,907 | | | 81 | Denmark | $1,505 | | | 82 | Luxembourg | $1,239 | | | 83 | Madagascar | $661 | | | 84 | Syria | $626 | | | 85 | Nepal | $42 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Algeria | $187,838 | $277,289 | $400,087 | $285,464 | $263,124 | $368,414 | $2,234,553 |
| Argentina | $778,821 | $81,705 | $48,612 | $55,045 | $15,882 | $92,229 | $171,849 |
| Armenia | $1,912 | | | | | | |
| Australia | $1,885,917 | $3,873,643 | $409,654 | $672,920 | $330,812 | $568,875 | $2,026,528 |
| Austria | $7,809,470 | $6,560,801 | $5,852,506 | $8,198,512 | $1,599,229 | $2,145,862 | |
| Bahamas, The | | $99 | | $443 | | | $6 |
| Bahrain | $2,399 | $4,229 | | | | | $10,870 |
| Bangladesh | $30,175 | $38,301 | $38,234 | | | | |
| Barbados | $10,688 | $7,544 | $4,924 | | $14,136 | $6,560 | |
| Belarus | $2,493,100 | $3,035,600 | $3,407,000 | $3,780,400 | $2,065,900 | $3,060,700 | $5,604,500 |
| Belgium | $12,083,359 | $16,191,718 | $18,656,178 | $18,975,236 | $29,141,213 | $18,964,588 | $31,010,273 |
| Bolivia | $480 | $18,172 | $1,684 | | $1,731 | | $2,488 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,009 | $1,359 | $222 | | $1,973 | $2,721 | $2,220 |
| Botswana | $18,887 | $944 | | $11 | | | $844 |
| Brazil | $10,968,408 | $12,701,598 | $9,323,909 | $15,759,648 | $7,868,895 | $11,018,398 | $28,402,408 |
| Bulgaria | $1,915,272 | $1,935,561 | $2,058,398 | $1,631,907 | $834,244 | $1,145,465 | $1,569,335 |
| Burkina Faso | $1,743 | | $126 | | | | |
| Cambodia | | | $302 | | $2,685 | | |
| Cameroon | | $1,776 | | | | | |
| Canada | $9,963,890 | $8,259,570 | $5,070,152 | $3,799,972 | $2,973,871 | $5,599,178 | $6,573,310 |
| Chile | $1,725,618 | $2,129,382 | $1,733,319 | $1,918,022 | $409,196 | $1,169,296 | $1,107,222 |
| China | $285,735,837 | $321,551,731 | $398,537,710 | $504,586,519 | $442,001,877 | $668,787,097 | $1,387,490,185 |
| Colombia | $5,051,941 | $7,411,826 | $8,606,747 | $7,106,424 | $5,496,255 | $6,360,937 | $11,005,616 |
| Costa Rica | $94 | $19,135 | $27,511 | | | $31,376 | $151,559 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $9,979 | $15,695 | $34,423 | $10,694 | $29,569 | $16,679 | $11,986 |
| Croatia | $112,077 | $144,372 | $200,711 | $58,913 | $7,363 | $5,460 | $23,493 |
| Cuba | $7,346 | | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $736,905 | $1,952,659 | $2,126,049 | $1,056,020 | $400,159 | $540,073 | $3,271,346 |
| Denmark | $24,408 | $9,539 | $1,416 | | | $1,505 | $5,150 |
| Dominica | $6,923 | $11,183 | $13,834 | $8,860 | $13,050 | $6,030 | |
| Dominican Republic | $4,494 | $112,786 | $288,636 | $212,856 | $188,545 | $113,297 | $21,273 |
| Ecuador | $773,081 | $1,629,436 | $1,441,596 | $1,409,832 | $2,347,439 | $2,559,181 | $3,632,589 |
| Egypt | $14,000 | $168,650 | $933,774 | $4,349,797 | $2,250,963 | $2,931,601 | $6,109,229 |
| El Salvador | | $3,932 | $2,155 | $21,461 | | | |
| Estonia | $5,561,221 | $1,277,705 | $463,861 | $2,470,434 | $5,863,236 | $5,200,479 | $12,599,603 |
| Ethiopia | $378 | | | $8,336 | | $79,226 | $255,610 |
| Fiji | | | | | $6,716 | | |
| Finland | $54,949 | $38,399 | $151,834 | $96,276 | $95,907 | $83,779 | $169,451 |
| France | $39,321,515 | $42,101,028 | $45,429,212 | $52,582,968 | $26,260,143 | $27,809,822 | $58,981,139 |
| Gabon | | | | $183,821 | | | |
| Georgia | | $5,096 | | | | | |
| Germany | $86,489,000 | $98,980,000 | $88,439,000 | $96,787,000 | $52,383,000 | | |
| Ghana | $9,514 | | | $27,701 | $16,651 | | |
| Greece | $752,590 | $686,244 | $806,094 | $638,891 | $377,612 | $114,617 | $169,076 |
| Grenada | | $11 | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $220,396 | $188,972 | $176,784 | $138,199 | $46,602 | $74,694 | $72,269 |
| Guyana | | | $173 | $29 | | | $854 |
| Honduras | $229 | | | | $130 | | |
| Hong Kong | $19,372,927 | $16,505,656 | $26,818,494 | $25,096,792 | $23,915,903 | $26,926,241 | $24,823,482 |
| Hungary | $4,109,000 | | $3,411,000 | $3,615,000 | $1,775,000 | $3,146,000 | $5,013,000 |
| India | $25,103,691 | $24,081,297 | $29,489,376 | $27,102,865 | $28,449,490 | $46,273,005 | $104,358,370 |
| Indonesia | $18,097,728 | $16,158,183 | $16,241,791 | $21,861,719 | $17,074,646 | $21,582,907 | $37,343,153 |
| Iran | $280,962 | | | | | $14,476,024 | |
| Ireland | $287,975 | $342,776 | $522,665 | $5,653,560 | $2,011,728 | $2,020,557 | $3,650,282 |
| Israel | $496,000 | $661,000 | $699,000 | $820,000 | $530,000 | $527,000 | $498,000 |
| Italy | $98,603,005 | $117,491,161 | $99,985,654 | $108,906,725 | $48,715,928 | $95,024,427 | $144,634,020 |
| Jamaica | | $1,154 | $30 | | | $15,159 | |
| Japan | $60,521,121 | $69,101,613 | $52,240,812 | $71,527,145 | $27,618,156 | $66,382,348 | $132,967,488 |
| Jordan | | $19,360 | | | $72,532 | | |
| Kazakhstan | $13,632,332 | $3,151,706 | $1,802,140 | $16,598,582 | $6,826,607 | | |
| Kenya | $4,793 | $995 | | $76,941 | $102,984 | $170,696 | |
| Korea, South | $14,561,605 | $9,849,490 | $13,305,315 | $10,626,337 | $8,087,582 | $14,249,876 | $39,108,650 |
| Kuwait | | $69,368 | $25,795 | $2,868 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $11,587 | | | | | $27,705 | |
| Latvia | | | | | | | $9,486 |
| Lebanon | $651,000 | $736,366 | $429,657 | $305,056 | $289,806 | $73,096 | $239,124 |
| Lithuania | $402,099 | $336,657 | $81,098 | $58,207 | $1,254 | $56,303 | $92,084 |
| Luxembourg | $3,634 | | | $1,297 | $579 | $1,239 | |
| Macau | | | | | $188 | | |
| Madagascar | | | | | | $661 | |
| Malaysia | $18,243,685 | $16,993,635 | $14,481,950 | $18,848,057 | $10,345,537 | $19,741,042 | $30,839,801 |
| Mauritius | $719 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | $12,682,166 | $14,890,694 | $19,358,805 | $12,820,946 | $9,977,907 | $21,026,058 | $28,111,046 |
| Moldova | $4,855 | $9,629 | $915 | $8,489 | | | |
| Mongolia | | $4,600 | $24,950 | | | | |
| Morocco | $309,169 | $820,475 | $1,101,023 | $1,490,455 | $920,941 | $1,275,073 | |
| Mozambique | | | | | | | $451,000 |
| Namibia | | $645 | | $2,192,114 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $42 | |
| Netherlands | $8,050,769 | $13,811,745 | $18,358,865 | $22,012,419 | $12,527,357 | $22,428,033 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | | $1,212 | | | |
| New Zealand | $171,685 | $137,763 | $190,562 | $22,603 | $38,472 | $75,837 | $97,557 |
| Nicaragua | $4,320 | | | | $1,112 | $57,545 | $52,201 |
| Nigeria | | $56,835 | | $101,823 | | | |
| Norway | $391,021 | $308,665 | $393,903 | $435,771 | $1,602 | $323,832 | $272,824 |
| Oman | $10,117 | $23,246 | $12,289 | $15,324 | $14,947 | $18,237 | |
| Pakistan | $62,029 | $36,236 | $72,838 | $38,016 | $7,252 | $358,815 | $143,502 |
| Panama | | | $351 | | | | |
| Peru | $39,500 | $163,955 | $165,559 | $289,466 | $226,121 | $322,502 | $753,065 |
| Philippines | $30,179 | $12,025 | $56,300 | $42,763 | $107,925 | $362,390 | $244,449 |
| Poland | $840,293 | $971,823 | $642,574 | $1,123,447 | $871,195 | $1,143,802 | $1,229,218 |
| Portugal | $6,293,610 | $7,850,924 | $8,971,740 | $9,644,625 | $6,770,667 | $6,976,398 | $9,337,142 |
| Qatar | $195,452 | | $572,159 | | | | |
| Romania | $670,269 | $1,131,357 | $440,139 | $572,382 | $250,358 | $324,634 | $468,968 |
| Russia | $9,250,746 | $11,678,056 | $10,942,207 | $15,935,791 | $8,925,761 | $11,934,121 | $31,106,384 |
| Rwanda | | | $592 | | | | $2,526 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $185 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $3,565,152 | $1,361,743 | $1,276,103 | | | $8,145,877 | |
| Serbia | $62,137 | $175,100 | $141,140 | $185,863 | $63,569 | $167,976 | $245,901 |
| Seychelles | | $20 | | | | | |
| Singapore | $6,818,207 | $4,156,898 | $3,889,396 | $7,208,517 | $3,451,231 | $431,038 | $886,256 |
| Slovakia | $296,145 | $184,672 | $51,546 | $103,604 | $52,583 | $92,357 | $130,825 |
| Slovenia | $536,653 | $471,835 | $497,534 | $395,964 | $275,945 | $371,289 | $630,215 |
| South Africa | $3,842,366 | $3,350,081 | $3,501,900 | $5,733,916 | $6,351,592 | $9,776,675 | $18,220,331 |
| Spain | $104,261,231 | $126,429,022 | $123,151,143 | $131,782,078 | $90,256,398 | $134,742,891 | |
| Sri Lanka | $657,229 | $690,799 | $936,458 | $787,596 | $775,598 | $1,079,603 | $1,990,911 |
| Swaziland | $202 | | $10,166 | | | | |
| Sweden | $432,660 | $833,368 | $1,022,721 | $996,354 | $302,689 | $540,660 | $787,516 |
| Switzerland | $258,723 | $356,413 | $571,646 | $520,159 | $557,887 | $677,539 | $1,006,178 |
| Syria | $364,482 | $222,192 | $56,239 | | | $626 | |
| Tanzania | | $3,114 | $6,363 | | | | |
| Thailand | $45,915,069 | $41,883,337 | $25,013,835 | $32,582,800 | $11,644,127 | $49,768,297 | $100,305,585 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $21,793 | $17,716 | $29,634 | $37,394 | $26,024 | $12,895 | |
| Tunisia | $1,947,001 | $1,616,262 | $2,242,588 | $2,777,171 | $2,019,649 | $2,824,163 | |
| Turkey | $4,554,717 | $5,850,825 | $5,415,035 | $4,739,994 | $2,945,427 | $4,874,210 | $9,693,081 |
| Uganda | | $4,565 | | $10,265 | $1,010 | $3,134 | |
| Ukraine | $354,739 | $163,113 | $605,201 | $464,440 | $276,427 | $219,591 | $666,240 |
| United Arab Emirates | $7,085,887 | | $9,625,988 | $12,077,379 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $16,734,504 | $17,016,068 | $14,653,897 | $15,579,893 | $9,476,556 | $67,257,656 | $120,925,678 |
| United States | $73,365,032 | $72,881,915 | $68,966,637 | $97,471,423 | $32,294,678 | $32,157,238 | $75,742,959 |
| Venezuela | $391,539 | $945,577 | $762,102 | $586,111 | $260,354 | $207,147 | $64,914 |
| Vietnam | $1,641,601 | $2,022,016 | $2,918,646 | $8,204,796 | $9,563,454 | $15,639,120 | |
| Zambia | | | $1,206 | $274 | $3,264 | $1,907 | |
| Zimbabwe | $18,869 | $9,483 | $9,135 | | $3,337 | $409,077 | |
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