| Rank | Country | Imports of Precious metal ores and concentrates. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Germany | $625,482,564 |  | | 2 | China | $601,551,938 | | | 3 | United Kingdom | $275,215,344 | | | 4 | Canada | $162,634,060 | | | 5 | Mexico | $133,924,472 | | | 6 | Korea, South | $69,522,457 | | | 7 | United States | $62,355,704 | | | 8 | Belgium | $60,938,817 | | | 9 | Japan | $51,796,336 | | | 10 | Peru | $36,489,179 | | | 11 | Australia | $18,239,647 | | | 12 | Czech Republic | $17,933,680 | | | 13 | India | $7,056,402 | | | 14 | France | $3,598,669 | | | 15 | Spain | $2,083,202 | | | 16 | Chile | $1,647,732 | | | 17 | Malaysia | $1,454,425 | | | 18 | Indonesia | $976,285 | | | 19 | Hong Kong | $883,111 | | | 20 | Netherlands | $471,974 | | | 21 | Singapore | $429,969 | | | 22 | Italy | $146,349 | | | 23 | Ireland | $124,421 | | | 24 | Brazil | $97,530 | | | 25 | Guatemala | $67,807 | | | 26 | Bolivia | $62,964 | | | 27 | New Zealand | $51,232 | | | 28 | Thailand | $42,068 | | | 29 | Zimbabwe | $41,828 | | | 30 | Bahrain | $40,055 | | | 31 | South Africa | $37,034 | | | 32 | Slovakia | $29,226 | | | 33 | Poland | $20,818 | | | 34 | Luxembourg | $16,972 | | | 35 | Nicaragua | $15,901 | | | 36 | Senegal | $15,629 | | | 37 | Greece | $12,910 | | | 38 | Colombia | $12,778 | | | 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | $12,019 | | | 40 | Turkey | $10,883 | | | 41 | Tanzania | $8,259 | | | 42 | Switzerland | $8,034 | | | 43 | Azerbaijan | $8,006 | | | 44 | Romania | $7,205 | | | 45 | Sweden | $6,261 | | | 46 | Bulgaria | $6,055 | | | 47 | Armenia | $5,233 | | | 48 | Panama | $5,078 | | | 49 | Ghana | $4,123 | | | 50 | Venezuela | $3,871 | | | 51 | Finland | $3,860 | | | 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | $3,219 | | | 53 | Costa Rica | $2,879 | | | 54 | Mali | $1,619 | | | 55 | Lithuania | $1,603 | | | 56 | Austria | $1,269 | | | 57 | Portugal | $1,159 | | | 58 | French Polynesia | $1,126 | | | 59 | Estonia | $637 | | | 60 | Denmark | $580 | | | 61 | Algeria | $386 | | | 62 | Botswana | $307 | | | 63 | Cape Verde | $300 | | | 64 | Bermuda | $229 | | | 65 | Bahamas, The | $157 | | | 66 | Serbia | $94 | | | 67 | Gambia, The | $17 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | | $1,672 | | $724 |
| Algeria | $1,480 | | | | | $386 | |
| Argentina | | $17 | | $381 | | | |
| Armenia | $1,759 | $12,582 | $12,129 | | | $5,233 | $6,641 |
| Australia | $2,198,626 | $4,478,050 | $8,246,397 | $8,899,194 | $5,813,041 | $18,239,647 | $19,759,041 |
| Austria | | $1,116 | $1,011 | $235 | $467 | $1,269 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | | | | $8,006 | $5,556 |
| Bahamas, The | $594 | | $1,511 | $2,010 | | $157 | |
| Bahrain | | | | | | $40,055 | |
| Belgium | $1,148,282 | $878,807 | $10,714,814 | $16,452,612 | $25,227,742 | $60,938,817 | $115,357,718 |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $229 | |
| Bolivia | $104 | $3,320 | $1,380 | $1,532 | $2,359 | $62,964 | $17,453 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | | | | $557 | | |
| Botswana | $607 | $1,777 | $3,544 | $1,447 | $15,430 | $307 | |
| Brazil | $239,049 | $1,232,933 | $49,814 | $55,270 | $41,116 | $97,530 | $91,895 |
| Bulgaria | $993,998 | $18,807 | $6,180 | $21,363 | $2,653 | $6,055 | $16,066 |
| Canada | $18,886,685 | $23,323,655 | $63,557,007 | $111,227,445 | $154,041,001 | $162,634,060 | $292,490,251 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | $300 | |
| Chile | $4,515,178 | $6,157,295 | $8,074,075 | $12,250,381 | $7,164,551 | $1,647,732 | $4,818,776 |
| China | $19,215,522 | $38,322,430 | $314,145,990 | $291,575,534 | $285,653,368 | $601,551,938 | $1,143,597,119 |
| Colombia | | $171 | | $3,194 | $9,305 | $12,778 | $79,501 |
| Costa Rica | | | | | | $2,879 | $95,780 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | $467 | $1,007 | | | $12,019 | |
| Cuba | | $55 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | | | | $431 | | | |
| Czech Republic | | $6,793 | | $962 | $20,993 | $17,933,680 | $127 |
| Denmark | $6,055 | | $1 | $5,502 | $471,257 | $580 | $1,002 |
| Dominican Republic | $32 | $11,818 | $27,600 | $1,190 | $174,637 | | $487 |
| East Timor | $1,812 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | | | | | | | $216 |
| Egypt | | | | | $19,158 | | |
| Estonia | | $35 | | | | $637 | |
| Ethiopia | | $1,943 | | $7,701 | $7,777 | | |
| Faroe Islands | $298 | | | $133 | | | |
| Fiji | | $919 | $92 | | | | |
| Finland | | $25,637 | $5,134 | $8,959 | $36 | $3,860 | $210 |
| France | $59,726 | $335,231 | $863,318 | $232,811 | $124,916 | $3,598,669 | $1,122,880 |
| French Polynesia | | | | | $15 | $1,126 | |
| Gambia, The | | | $970 | | | $17 | |
| Georgia | | $334 | $20 | | $3,862 | | |
| Germany | $286,855,000 | $426,801,000 | $411,441,000 | $557,819,000 | $443,674,000 | $625,482,564 | $789,905,052 |
| Ghana | $14,207 | $39,343 | $6,721 | | | $4,123 | $68,999 |
| Greece | $2,213 | $25,487 | $6,414,179 | $69,142 | $1,345 | $12,910 | $5,557 |
| Guatemala | $173 | $2,074 | $24,015 | $78,804 | $78,355 | $67,807 | $28 |
| Guinea-Bissau | $958 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | | | | | $49 | | |
| Hong Kong | $2,445 | $413,656 | | $1,695,574 | | $883,111 | $42,780 |
| Iceland | | | $145,130 | $51,659 | | | |
| India | $1,575,582 | $129,694 | | | $318,890 | $7,056,402 | |
| Indonesia | $11,611 | $94,917 | $211,578 | $46,296 | $21,304 | $976,285 | $231,383 |
| Ireland | $119,533 | $554,152 | $91,620 | $523,723 | $125,894 | $124,421 | $121,761 |
| Italy | $48,945 | $350,246 | $62,133 | $8,579 | $15,512 | $146,349 | $110,659 |
| Jamaica | $120,352 | | | | | | |
| Japan | $124,435,040 | $146,854,574 | $150,137,052 | $85,904,849 | $49,262,694 | $51,796,336 | $164,594,702 |
| Kazakhstan | | $4,280 | $6,914 | | $3,068 | | |
| Kenya | $9 | | | $12,167 | | | |
| Korea, South | $21,515,009 | $20,686,432 | $6,095,242 | $14,538,371 | $35,962,869 | $69,522,457 | $230,190,219 |
| Kuwait | | $8,250 | $374 | $1,912 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | $7,582 | | | $215 |
| Lebanon | | | $497 | | | | |
| Lesotho | | | | $15,055 | | | |
| Lithuania | | | $6,422 | | | $1,603 | |
| Luxembourg | $2,567 | $7,059 | $3,377 | $122,743 | $32,616 | $16,972 | $9,467 |
| Macedonia | | | $2,321 | | | | |
| Malawi | | | | | | | $6,520 |
| Malaysia | $12,390 | $13,553 | $10,463 | $1,530,840 | $1,796,833 | $1,454,425 | $4,403,061 |
| Mali | | | | | | $1,619 | |
| Malta | | $19,035 | $16,098 | | $329 | | |
| Mauritius | | | | | | | $910 |
| Mayotte | | | | $50 | | | |
| Mexico | $233,954,213 | $246,559,823 | $202,413,521 | $100,026,572 | $91,972,035 | $133,924,472 | $143,771,694 |
| Mongolia | $1,473 | | | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $1,516 | | | | | |
| Morocco | | $2,178 | $334,201 | $62,488 | $20 | | |
| Mozambique | | | $6,444 | $12,412 | | | $1,000 |
| Namibia | $1,330 | $3,762 | $9,179 | $53,787 | | | |
| Netherlands | $472,404 | $905,792 | $279,995 | $10,314 | $36,267 | $471,974 | |
| New Zealand | $17,894 | $18,978 | $20,790 | $25,868 | $6,886 | $51,232 | $1,646 |
| Nicaragua | $90 | | $404 | | | $15,901 | |
| Norway | $2,793 | $2,563,582 | $3,004 | $453 | $3,254 | | |
| Oman | | | $2,000 | | $34 | | |
| Pakistan | | | | | $158 | | $2,564 |
| Panama | | | | | | $5,078 | |
| Peru | $3,831,182 | $5,425,137 | $26,773 | $8,357,859 | $25,434,661 | $36,489,179 | $4,665,929 |
| Philippines | $1,010 | | $22,899 | | | | $1,871 |
| Poland | | $196 | | $943 | $23,524 | $20,818 | $25,368 |
| Portugal | $3,312 | | $3,291 | $1,801 | | $1,159 | |
| Qatar | $16,278 | | $5,691 | | | | |
| Romania | $3,109 | $3,797 | $16,267 | $35,321 | $13,955 | $7,205 | $397 |
| Russia | $12,781,809 | $14,909,273 | $24,803,185 | $183,558,985 | $31,435,496 | | |
| Rwanda | | | | $72 | $16,175 | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $26 | | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | $41 | | | |
| Samoa | | | | | | | $164 |
| Saudi Arabia | $91,990 | $20,817 | $40,706 | | | | |
| Senegal | | | | | | $15,629 | |
| Serbia | | | | | | $94 | $64 |
| Seychelles | | | | $311 | | | |
| Singapore | $7,768 | $123,256 | $472,290 | $673,441 | $700,558 | $429,969 | $3,884,690 |
| Slovakia | | $11,022 | | | $446 | $29,226 | $1,949 |
| Slovenia | | | $137 | | | | $1,130 |
| South Africa | | $698 | $712 | $406,330 | $34,136 | $37,034 | $420,203 |
| Spain | $291,184,049 | $382,929,547 | $451,894,862 | $260,666,861 | $523,392,849 | $2,083,202 | |
| Sri Lanka | $3,430 | $2,774 | $1,757 | $485 | $650 | | |
| Swaziland | $1,136 | $146 | $983 | | | | |
| Sweden | $59,034,879 | $56,979,478 | $22,796,953 | $50,033 | $15,273,286 | $6,261 | $21,122 |
| Switzerland | $6,529 | $59,865 | $53,791 | $1,869 | $59,789 | $8,034 | $4,245,865 |
| Tanzania | $2,222 | $4,768 | $486 | $1,266 | $1,835 | $8,259 | $4,206 |
| Thailand | $18,853 | $10,083 | $61,337 | $18,832 | $16,925 | $42,068 | $56,046 |
| Togo | $354 | | | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | $469 | | | | $3,219 | |
| Tunisia | | | $1,597,250 | $3,279 | | | |
| Turkey | $674 | $1,251 | $14,848 | $145 | $3,625 | $10,883 | $39,946 |
| Ukraine | | | $11,845 | | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | $773 | | $18,694 | $23,216 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $183,650,786 | $214,788,984 | $512,522,262 | $493,451,479 | $226,399,275 | $275,215,344 | $450,577,706 |
| United States | $19,836,693 | $14,101,755 | $9,941,920 | $18,267,081 | $36,283,020 | $62,355,704 | $156,491,887 |
| Venezuela | $1,078 | $14,582 | $4,394 | $8,293 | $2,631 | $3,871 | $5,718 |
| Vietnam | | | | $1,373 | | | |
| Yemen | | | | $1,877 | | | |
| Zambia | | $721 | | $2,605 | | | |
| Zimbabwe | | $1,033 | $1,681 | $2,071 | $25,454 | $41,828 | |
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