| Rank | Country | Imports of Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $1,267,139,950 |  | | 2 | Slovakia | $52,205,901 |  | | 3 | Slovenia | $48,277,462 |  | | 4 | Belgium | $32,625,431 |  | | 5 | Hungary | $24,971,000 |  | | 6 | Serbia | $21,641,747 |  | | 7 | Czech Republic | $20,673,512 |  | | 8 | Austria | $16,908,496 |  | | 9 | France | $16,868,014 |  | | 10 | United States | $15,865,602 |  | | 11 | Russia | $13,428,095 |  | | 12 | Greece | $9,524,968 |  | | 13 | Netherlands | $8,862,766 |  | | 14 | Germany | $7,689,491 |  | | 15 | Poland | $6,862,422 |  | | 16 | Switzerland | $6,692,418 |  | | 17 | Croatia | $5,701,732 |  | | 18 | Ireland | $3,657,192 |  | | 19 | Japan | $2,787,501 |  | | 20 | Mexico | $2,760,476 |  | | 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2,625,753 |  | | 22 | Italy | $2,032,116 |  | | 23 | Romania | $1,913,936 |  | | 24 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,667,538 |  | | 25 | Algeria | $1,507,446 |  | | 26 | Indonesia | $1,368,732 |  | | 27 | Norway | $1,276,765 |  | | 28 | Luxembourg | $1,125,149 |  | | 29 | Saudi Arabia | $1,046,668 |  | | 30 | Cyprus | $638,817 |  | | 31 | Turkey | $587,640 |  | | 32 | Denmark | $516,324 |  | | 33 | Canada | $494,938 |  | | 34 | Brazil | $487,204 |  | | 35 | United Kingdom | $397,270 |  | | 36 | Oman | $354,729 |  | | 37 | Ukraine | $321,370 |  | | 38 | Pakistan | $285,441 |  | | 39 | Peru | $240,989 |  | | 40 | Venezuela | $179,193 |  | | 41 | Guatemala | $152,687 |  | | 42 | Bolivia | $143,313 |  | | 43 | Albania | $118,523 |  | | 44 | Spain | $115,457 |  | | 45 | Belarus | $105,900 |  | | 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | $101,966 |  | | 47 | Qatar | $91,439 |  | | 48 | Argentina | $88,901 |  | | 49 | Lithuania | $70,328 |  | | 50 | Ecuador | $70,117 |  | | 51 | Colombia | $65,238 |  | | 52 | Mozambique | $48,923 |  | | 53 | Sweden | $46,469 |  | | 54 | Thailand | $37,567 |  | | 55 | Singapore | $32,701 |  | | 56 | South Africa | $32,547 |  | | 57 | Nigeria | $25,286 |  | | 58 | Australia | $22,758 |  | | 59 | Israel | $22,000 |  | | 60 | New Zealand | $19,665 |  | | 61 | Chile | $19,473 |  | | 62 | El Salvador | $19,039 |  | | 63 | Bulgaria | $16,597 |  | | 64 | Guyana | $15,358 |  | | 65 | Malaysia | $15,144 |  | | 66 | Nicaragua | $12,006 |  | | 67 | Burundi | $11,869 |  | | 68 | Panama | $9,750 |  | | 69 | Korea, South | $7,585 |  | | 70 | Latvia | $7,538 |  | | 71 | Iceland | $7,150 |  | | 72 | India | $6,778 |  | | 73 | Vietnam | $6,720 |  | | 74 | Egypt | $6,538 |  | | 75 | Kenya | $3,646 |  | | 76 | Sri Lanka | $3,336 |  | | 77 | Fiji | $1,560 |  | | 78 | Malta | $1,364 |  | | 79 | Tanzania | $1,105 |  | | 80 | Armenia | $726 |  | | 81 | Bahamas, The | $226 |  | | 82 | Gambia, The | $189 |  | | 83 | Dominica | $74 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $1,154 | $21,636 | | $35 | $2,216 | $118,523 | $167,801 |
| Algeria | $533,415 | $321,591 | $881,832 | $633,845 | $829,744 | $1,507,446 | $142,455 |
| Anguilla | | $682 | $157 | $195 | | | |
| Argentina | $98,167 | $80,265 | $79,343 | $80,899 | $52,144 | $88,901 | $205,053 |
| Armenia | | | | | | $726 | |
| Australia | $52,235 | $201,712 | $161,464 | $483,629 | $14,453 | $22,758 | $25,943 |
| Austria | $11,938,816 | $14,790,008 | $9,134,841 | $12,756,263 | $15,918,775 | $16,908,496 | |
| Azerbaijan | $422,175 | | | | $16 | | |
| Bahamas, The | $2,099 | $22 | $320 | $601 | | $226 | |
| Bahrain | $8,676 | $189 | | $718 | $28,990 | | |
| Barbados | | | $229 | | | | |
| Belarus | $5,300 | $22,000 | $29,300 | $12,100 | $160,500 | $105,900 | $89,300 |
| Belgium | $15,037,794 | $22,599,033 | $23,206,803 | $36,039,347 | $26,934,788 | $32,625,431 | $46,162,409 |
| Bolivia | | | $21,560 | $16,112 | | $143,313 | $119,345 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $248,128 | $17,442 | $16,284 | $25,237 | $1,628,410 | $2,625,753 | $3,983,354 |
| Botswana | $7,209 | $22,523 | $4,257 | $3 | $4,527 | | $2,684 |
| Brazil | $65,153 | $198,459 | $188,455 | $301,885 | $796,777 | $487,204 | $410,044 |
| Bulgaria | $8,025 | $3,632 | $11,742 | $147,501 | $86,176 | $16,597 | $27,511 |
| Burundi | | | | | | $11,869 | |
| Cambodia | | $1,961 | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $128 | | | | | | |
| Canada | $150,027 | $28,420 | $41,989 | $139,553 | $179,537 | $494,938 | $631,067 |
| Chile | | | $10,789 | $3,595 | $30,240 | $19,473 | $16,433 |
| China | $1,914,259 | $4,864,091 | $25,889,093 | $217,481,206 | $331,538,831 | $1,267,139,950 | $2,998,189,346 |
| Colombia | $9,155 | $24,262 | $151,964 | $163,229 | $156,314 | $65,238 | $159,139 |
| Comoros | | | $563 | | | | |
| Croatia | $4,741,305 | $5,523,052 | $5,090,750 | $5,415,675 | $4,568,448 | $5,701,732 | $8,295,615 |
| Cuba | $91,895 | $108,144 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $491,559 | $541,924 | $587,329 | $705,812 | $571,255 | $638,817 | $576,642 |
| Czech Republic | $151,065 | $3,129,094 | $2,313,754 | $3,373,735 | $8,174,793 | $20,673,512 | $31,394,613 |
| Denmark | $241 | $86,864 | $47,331 | $478,785 | $220,102 | $516,324 | $366,688 |
| Dominica | | | | | | $74 | |
| Dominican Republic | $125 | | | | $40 | | $14,659 |
| Ecuador | $123,211 | $121,992 | $68,433 | $64,127 | $100,129 | $70,117 | $31,736 |
| Egypt | | $42,503 | $3,730 | $4,849 | $115,089 | $6,538 | $12,542 |
| El Salvador | $37,488 | $31,383 | $27,463 | $40,786 | $41,260 | $19,039 | |
| Estonia | $50,107 | | | | | | |
| Ethiopia | | | | | $10,770 | | |
| Faroe Islands | | $490 | $263 | | | | |
| Fiji | | | | | | $1,560 | |
| Finland | $3,627 | | $103 | | $1,602 | | |
| France | $9,380,574 | $11,653,994 | $16,961,666 | $24,518,875 | $20,068,467 | $16,868,014 | $18,569,966 |
| Gabon | $41,858 | $13,664 | | | | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | | $189 | |
| Georgia | | | $39,218 | $147,562 | | | |
| Germany | $7,510,000 | $10,140,000 | $9,031,000 | $6,939,000 | $10,110,000 | $7,689,491 | $4,658,407 |
| Ghana | $69 | | | | | | |
| Greece | $384,544 | $339,079 | $736,261 | $12,136,636 | $6,433,046 | $9,524,968 | $21,666,012 |
| Greenland | | $531 | $5 | | | | |
| Grenada | | $311 | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $70,732 | $11,428 | $5,026 | $39,386 | $10,384 | $152,687 | $77,693 |
| Guyana | | | | | | $15,358 | $15,097 |
| Hungary | $30,260,000 | $32,170,000 | $30,838,000 | $59,225,000 | $36,560,000 | $24,971,000 | $29,178,000 |
| Iceland | $37,479 | $29,317 | $42,818 | $39,686 | $28,753 | $7,150 | $5,968 |
| India | | | $16,704 | $25,331 | $33,346 | $6,778 | $10,148 |
| Indonesia | $504,630 | $276,417 | $394,584 | $357,007 | $848,407 | $1,368,732 | $307,598 |
| Iran | $15,631 | | | | | | |
| Ireland | $4,259,386 | $4,526,753 | $2,452,785 | $2,554,521 | $5,329,385 | $3,657,192 | $3,861,717 |
| Israel | $13,000 | $13,000 | $14,000 | $10,000 | $37,000 | $22,000 | $25,000 |
| Italy | $2,310,229 | $2,552,791 | $1,762,802 | $1,927,665 | $2,933,374 | $2,032,116 | $2,029,786 |
| Japan | $2,511,522 | $2,227,130 | $2,594,757 | $2,816,357 | $2,113,430 | $2,787,501 | $2,572,552 |
| Jordan | | | $8,745 | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | $246,001 | $189,536 | $402,388 | $672,403 | $419,621 | | |
| Kenya | | $5,499 | | | | $3,646 | |
| Korea, South | $2,721 | $381,562 | $62,034 | $759,547 | $21,239 | $7,585 | $605,572 |
| Kuwait | | $266,452 | $1,923,421 | $225,398 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $3,088,498 | $2,174,258 | $3,252,283 | $2,272,607 | $2,207,165 | $1,667,538 | $406,722 |
| Latvia | $4,588 | $5 | | | | $7,538 | $75,735 |
| Lebanon | | $4,000 | $389 | | | | |
| Lesotho | | | | $5,962 | | | |
| Lithuania | $53,813 | $107,288 | | $4,314 | | $70,328 | $176,167 |
| Luxembourg | $918,079 | $892,610 | $964,791 | $1,136,205 | $1,179,804 | $1,125,149 | $1,371,342 |
| Macedonia | $13,309,327 | $8,929,185 | $6,382,856 | $6,246,952 | $966,885 | | $6,146,075 |
| Madagascar | | $3,035 | | | | | |
| Malawi | | $11 | | | | | |
| Malaysia | | $30,385 | | $32,648 | $84,608 | $15,144 | $19,017 |
| Malta | $36,907 | | $554 | | | $1,364 | |
| Mexico | $1,097,580 | $879,138 | $1,392,210 | $1,793,296 | $2,512,198 | $2,760,476 | $2,847,401 |
| Moldova | | | $17,830 | $47,400 | | | $22,813 |
| Mongolia | $9,354 | $54 | $14 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $334,692 | $1,088,324 | $1,383,928 | $456,982 | | $5,006 |
| Morocco | $20,228 | $21,536 | $40,895 | | | | |
| Mozambique | | | $757 | | $41,450 | $48,923 | $199,000 |
| Namibia | $1,603 | $766 | | $54,497 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $3,338 | | |
| Netherlands | $3,518,171 | $3,492,509 | $2,889,161 | $4,971,545 | $7,314,716 | $8,862,766 | |
| New Zealand | $54,328 | $10,598 | $33,675 | $714 | | $19,665 | $8,811 |
| Nicaragua | | | $6,898 | $217 | $32,785 | $12,006 | |
| Niger | | | | $95,449 | | | |
| Nigeria | | $311,581 | $42,855 | $85,182 | $774,694 | $25,286 | |
| Norway | $124,077 | $260,758 | $572,226 | $1,007,053 | $1,443,326 | $1,276,765 | $1,172,760 |
| Oman | $258,817 | | $2,804 | $12,016 | $249,747 | $354,729 | |
| Pakistan | $21 | $99,796 | | $330 | $8,168 | $285,441 | |
| Panama | | $5,700 | | $4,550 | $7,951 | $9,750 | $9,863 |
| Peru | $40,182 | $6,557 | $128,143 | $33,245 | $198,995 | $240,989 | $161,697 |
| Philippines | $2,175 | | | | $184,263 | | |
| Poland | $145,555 | $981,728 | $1,310,606 | $3,753,448 | $5,077,507 | $6,862,422 | $10,538,136 |
| Portugal | | | | | | | $98,026 |
| Qatar | | | | $285 | | $91,439 | |
| Romania | $7,431,043 | $18,213,724 | $27,314,611 | $7,749,155 | $2,949,090 | $1,913,936 | $490,748 |
| Russia | $2,863,682 | $4,663,741 | $7,871,045 | $21,991,379 | $7,003,371 | $13,428,095 | $16,881 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | $40 | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $28,050 | $1,543,783 | $1,790,675 | | | $1,046,668 | |
| Serbia | $14,115,636 | $18,139,159 | $14,645,671 | $17,370,856 | $20,333,811 | $21,641,747 | $48,281,364 |
| Singapore | $83,778 | $91,220 | $16,399 | $147,569 | $11,233 | $32,701 | $59,688 |
| Slovakia | $25,512,442 | $38,719,566 | $49,649,118 | $79,730,818 | $55,395,498 | $52,205,901 | $53,498,533 |
| Slovenia | $23,370,182 | $29,439,024 | $29,405,764 | $57,282,671 | $47,113,358 | $48,277,462 | $47,570,476 |
| South Africa | $47,564 | $44,156 | $5,825 | $2,333 | $1,816 | $32,547 | $40,634 |
| Spain | $243,229 | $58,540 | $39,493 | $159,991 | $105,711 | $115,457 | |
| Sri Lanka | | $2,349 | $8,846 | $2,229 | $2,186 | $3,336 | |
| Sudan | $487 | $612 | | | $26,518 | | |
| Swaziland | $21,395 | $1,321 | $39,801 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,204,823 | $2,619,798 | $172,580 | $167,496 | $41,623 | $46,469 | $14,492 |
| Switzerland | $3,388,653 | $6,591,463 | $7,098,327 | $8,638,791 | $8,410,984 | $6,692,418 | $7,884,793 |
| Syria | | $65,966 | | | | | |
| Tanzania | $126 | | | $554 | | $1,105 | $38 |
| Thailand | $2,126 | $501 | $20,660 | $1,995 | $13,749 | $37,567 | $8,705 |
| Tonga | | | | $10 | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $99,721 | $120,823 | $359,368 | $48,600 | $15,630 | $101,966 | |
| Tunisia | $22,514 | $80,590 | $171,002 | $40,594 | $117,155 | | |
| Turkey | | | | $25,755 | $20,188 | $587,640 | |
| Uganda | $5,224 | $20,500 | | | | | |
| Ukraine | $601,591 | | $247,053 | $979,130 | $161,877 | $321,370 | $468,498 |
| United Arab Emirates | $36,433 | | $11,743 | $1,305,323 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $987,659 | $727,835 | $658,716 | $935,155 | $1,028,739 | $397,270 | $240,129 |
| United States | $9,253,754 | $15,481,438 | $9,368,169 | $12,487,178 | $13,345,445 | $15,865,602 | $15,784,823 |
| Uruguay | | | $1,379 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $777,493 | $887,005 | $1,072,234 | $864,623 | $1,085,914 | $179,193 | $244,307 |
| Vietnam | | $180 | $79,935 | | $138,776 | $6,720 | |
| Yemen | $605 | | | | | | |
| Zimbabwe | | $3,768 | $936 | $169 | | | |
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