| Rank | Country | Imports of Magnesium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap. in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | United States | $208,795,845 |  | | 2 | Germany | $167,434,551 |  | | 3 | Canada | $158,809,443 |  | | 4 | Japan | $123,586,205 |  | | 5 | United Kingdom | $59,983,292 |  | | 6 | France | $55,035,110 |  | | 7 | Korea, South | $54,293,347 |  | | 8 | Austria | $54,156,748 |  | | 9 | Netherlands | $52,469,956 |  | | 10 | Norway | $46,384,888 |  | | 11 | Brazil | $40,281,839 |  | | 12 | Italy | $40,078,983 |  | | 13 | India | $34,830,447 |  | | 14 | Turkey | $33,742,465 |  | | 15 | Mexico | $30,925,490 |  | | 16 | Belgium | $26,237,769 |  | | 17 | Romania | $25,443,059 |  | | 18 | South Africa | $21,371,839 |  | | 19 | Switzerland | $21,075,472 |  | | 20 | Spain | $20,538,196 |  | | 21 | Hungary | $19,941,000 |  | | 22 | Poland | $19,783,351 |  | | 23 | Czech Republic | $19,698,379 |  | | 24 | Australia | $17,473,685 |  | | 25 | Slovenia | $16,375,805 |  | | 26 | Singapore | $14,355,502 |  | | 27 | Russia | $11,666,769 |  | | 28 | Iceland | $10,237,136 |  | | 29 | Sweden | $9,878,380 |  | | 30 | Bahrain | $9,246,919 |  | | 31 | Argentina | $9,027,102 |  | | 32 | Ukraine | $8,961,463 |  | | 33 | Greece | $8,630,715 |  | | 34 | Serbia | $8,513,006 |  | | 35 | Indonesia | $7,825,466 |  | | 36 | Israel | $7,456,000 |  | | 37 | Qatar | $6,905,425 |  | | 38 | Thailand | $5,274,299 |  | | 39 | China | $5,042,727 |  | | 40 | Bulgaria | $4,934,597 |  | | 41 | Egypt | $3,632,100 |  | | 42 | Vietnam | $3,115,140 |  | | 43 | Malaysia | $2,962,176 |  | | 44 | Saudi Arabia | $2,540,004 |  | | 45 | Slovakia | $2,503,354 |  | | 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2,079,675 |  | | 47 | Iran | $1,888,789 |  | | 48 | New Zealand | $1,765,993 |  | | 49 | Chile | $1,717,472 |  | | 50 | Venezuela | $1,659,720 |  | | 51 | Cameroon | $1,179,690 |  | | 52 | Algeria | $917,361 |  | | 53 | Denmark | $663,502 |  | | 54 | Tunisia | $628,987 |  | | 55 | Morocco | $585,990 |  | | 56 | Oman | $569,460 |  | | 57 | Portugal | $555,132 |  | | 58 | Finland | $550,178 |  | | 59 | Colombia | $491,419 |  | | 60 | Croatia | $471,470 |  | | 61 | Belarus | $339,500 |  | | 62 | Nigeria | $308,064 |  | | 63 | Bolivia | $263,092 |  | | 64 | Pakistan | $230,628 |  | | 65 | Estonia | $230,459 |  | | 66 | Ecuador | $218,331 |  | | 67 | Hong Kong | $195,370 |  | | 68 | Peru | $186,465 |  | | 69 | Luxembourg | $166,190 |  | | 70 | Ireland | $159,073 |  | | 71 | Philippines | $136,257 |  | | 72 | Malta | $107,384 |  | | 73 | Kenya | $78,121 |  | | 74 | Sri Lanka | $50,536 |  | | 75 | Panama | $42,039 |  | | 76 | Montenegro | $35,693 |  | | 77 | Lebanon | $31,390 |  | | 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | $31,137 |  | | 79 | Suriname | $23,854 |  | | 80 | Syria | $23,778 |  | | 81 | Costa Rica | $22,639 |  | | 82 | Nepal | $19,104 |  | | 83 | Azerbaijan | $16,085 |  | | 84 | Dominican Republic | $14,530 |  | | 85 | Barbados | $14,445 |  | | 86 | Fiji | $11,463 |  | | 87 | Moldova | $10,044 |  | | 88 | Jordan | $9,901 |  | | 89 | Lithuania | $8,583 |  | | 90 | Georgia | $7,899 |  | | 91 | Latvia | $6,753 |  | | 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | $6,666 |  | | 93 | El Salvador | $6,436 |  | | 94 | Tanzania | $5,513 |  | | 95 | Albania | $3,952 |  | | 96 | Nicaragua | $1,882 |  | | 97 | Mozambique | $1,408 |  | | 98 | Ghana | $1,243 |  | | 99 | Zambia | $1,047 |  | | 100 | Guatemala | $1,041 |  | | 101 | Cyprus | $1,011 |  | | 102 | Uganda | $517 |  | | 103 | Ethiopia | $468 |  | | 104 | Zimbabwe | $405 |  | | 105 | Kyrgyzstan | $279 |  | | 106 | Botswana | $199 |  | | 107 | Maldives | $93 |  | | 108 | Malawi | $79 |  | | 109 | New Caledonia | $77 |  | | 110 | Cape Verde | $37 |  | | 111 | Tonga | $18 |  | | 112 | Jamaica | $17 |  | | 113 | Madagascar | $16 |  | | 114 | Paraguay | $11 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | $1,983 | | $38 | | $3,952 | $3,570 |
| Algeria | $87,645 | $83,481 | $152,938 | $308,541 | $1,669,928 | $917,361 | $478,239 |
| Anguilla | | | | $1,909 | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | $59 | | |
| Argentina | $6,049,556 | $6,092,077 | $7,501,019 | $13,947,054 | $5,574,281 | $9,027,102 | $8,987,913 |
| Armenia | | $210,590 | $130,045 | | | | |
| Aruba | | | | | $515 | | |
| Australia | $16,377,554 | $16,835,974 | $20,320,177 | $39,091,116 | $18,767,574 | $17,473,685 | $24,009,610 |
| Austria | $52,914,354 | $51,788,875 | $74,309,565 | $106,042,951 | $40,723,990 | $54,156,748 | |
| Azerbaijan | | $11,364 | $22,446 | $63 | $18,599 | $16,085 | $376,120 |
| Bahamas, The | | $48 | $78 | $6,123 | | | $903 |
| Bahrain | $7,647,535 | $3,793,371 | $12,398,548 | $23,411,181 | $5,186,571 | $9,246,919 | $15,335,323 |
| Bangladesh | $134,912 | $144,425 | $184,028 | | | | |
| Barbados | $13,283 | $31,986 | $27,368 | $29,977 | $11,748 | $14,445 | $34,502 |
| Belarus | $88,300 | $194,400 | $287,400 | $548,900 | $334,800 | $339,500 | $503,700 |
| Belgium | $24,265,200 | $29,894,147 | $20,932,829 | $36,919,927 | $11,073,524 | $26,237,769 | $37,076,904 |
| Belize | $24 | $21 | $69 | $166 | $37 | | |
| Bhutan | $384,604 | $157,776 | $229,693 | $2 | $8,812 | | |
| Bolivia | $3,690 | $19,442 | $10,581 | $15,781 | $33,130 | $263,092 | $290,355 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,219,713 | $1,026,043 | $882,895 | $2,004,591 | $1,240,178 | $2,079,675 | $2,034,142 |
| Botswana | $848 | $59 | $3,619 | $8,824 | $22,122 | $199 | $979 |
| Brazil | $23,795,684 | $24,985,058 | $30,596,370 | $66,067,787 | $27,252,934 | $40,281,839 | $43,256,382 |
| Brunei | | $14,854 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $1,191,202 | $2,339,673 | $3,579,066 | $7,471,642 | $3,492,852 | $4,934,597 | $4,767,891 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | $50 | | |
| Burundi | | | $582 | | $7,119 | | |
| Cambodia | | $1,222 | $66 | | | | |
| Cameroon | $523,907 | $271,392 | $725,559 | $1,568,380 | $582,765 | $1,179,690 | |
| Canada | $94,138,641 | $95,036,960 | $121,145,131 | $233,543,893 | $98,080,775 | $158,809,443 | $166,801,824 |
| Cape Verde | | $166 | | | | $37 | |
| Central African Republic | $45 | | | | | | |
| Chile | $698,964 | $2,147,398 | $2,406,195 | $979,077 | $857,803 | $1,717,472 | $2,328,282 |
| China | $10,581,483 | $10,007,530 | $8,819,256 | $5,289,248 | $3,688,683 | $5,042,727 | $6,198,693 |
| Colombia | $594,960 | $469,174 | $688,002 | $862,349 | $623,140 | $491,419 | $779,496 |
| Comoros | | $144 | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $17,036 | $7,587 | $21,518 | $300,351 | $63,228 | $22,639 | $20,340 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $184 | $500 | | $19,996 | | $6,666 | |
| Croatia | $624,986 | $606,240 | $1,041,655 | $1,393,500 | $629,318 | $471,470 | $906,288 |
| Cuba | | $35,274 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $621 | $188 | | $88,789 | $6,640 | $1,011 | $63 |
| Czech Republic | $19,403,770 | $14,637,189 | $21,896,272 | $35,044,576 | $16,915,575 | $19,698,379 | $24,870,198 |
| Denmark | $685,081 | $1,085,106 | $1,283,758 | $2,131,786 | $1,267,045 | $663,502 | $558,741 |
| Dominican Republic | $4,550 | $3,429 | $5,436 | $13,011 | $10,278 | $14,530 | $35,703 |
| Ecuador | $54,263 | $44,438 | $95,464 | $379,950 | $213,665 | $218,331 | $206,352 |
| Egypt | $125,309 | $113,144 | $297,694 | $9,175,151 | $864,175 | $3,632,100 | $2,927,577 |
| El Salvador | $11,147 | $48 | | $2,441 | $7,599 | $6,436 | |
| Estonia | $2,156 | $3,624 | $54,771 | $117,006 | $10,501 | $230,459 | $3,425,773 |
| Ethiopia | $12 | $9,852 | $403 | | $1,566 | $468 | $8,826 |
| Faroe Islands | | | $15 | $1,388 | | | |
| Fiji | $63 | $37 | | | $115 | $11,463 | |
| Finland | $342,200 | $429,906 | $705,236 | $693,068 | $631,264 | $550,178 | $440,047 |
| France | $43,235,997 | $47,394,418 | $82,270,534 | $111,241,135 | $58,044,353 | $55,035,110 | $61,293,689 |
| French Polynesia | $3,745 | | $127 | $170,192 | $30 | | $104 |
| Gabon | $17,855 | $223,830 | $14,164 | $1,929 | | | |
| Gambia, The | | $891 | | | | | |
| Georgia | $101,606 | $3,799 | $27,305 | $308 | $30,807 | $7,899 | |
| Germany | $152,294,000 | $146,450,000 | $173,448,000 | $324,744,000 | $142,355,000 | $167,434,551 | $199,380,658 |
| Ghana | $1,197 | $166 | $18,534 | $51,196 | $1,673 | $1,243 | $144 |
| Greece | $6,123,094 | $5,788,462 | $11,019,473 | $13,021,201 | $7,279,743 | $8,630,715 | $9,034,310 |
| Greenland | | $108 | | | | | |
| Grenada | $837 | $1,560 | | $747 | $100 | | |
| Guatemala | $12,927 | $7,241 | $12,666 | $2,035 | $4,493 | $1,041 | $22,599 |
| Guyana | | | | $805 | $6 | | |
| Honduras | $914 | $4,735 | $231 | | $37 | | |
| Hong Kong | $2,140,665 | $1,910,367 | $1,887,520 | $662,995 | $341,803 | $195,370 | $109,820 |
| Hungary | $6,256,000 | $6,749,000 | $4,799,000 | $4,540,000 | $6,378,000 | $19,941,000 | $21,973,000 |
| Iceland | $517,540 | $360,223 | $1,699,898 | $6,441,728 | $2,063,739 | $10,237,136 | $15,469,840 |
| India | $12,138,961 | $14,487,170 | $21,304,141 | $40,935,687 | $25,135,651 | $34,830,447 | $37,224,388 |
| Indonesia | $1,632,706 | $2,914,773 | $3,885,775 | $5,831,966 | $4,417,932 | $7,825,466 | $9,202,315 |
| Iran | $2,350,276 | $443,875 | | | | $1,888,789 | |
| Ireland | $1,200,928 | $834,636 | $73,826 | $195,910 | $158,252 | $159,073 | $159,251 |
| Israel | $3,963,000 | $3,618,000 | $6,807,000 | $9,925,000 | $5,840,000 | $7,456,000 | $14,067,000 |
| Italy | $36,920,652 | $36,784,252 | $55,950,704 | $87,515,311 | $32,207,117 | $40,078,983 | $42,960,615 |
| Jamaica | $1,714 | $1,306 | $9,400 | | $1,169 | $17 | |
| Japan | $93,379,970 | $104,139,611 | $130,793,095 | $215,548,881 | $86,899,463 | $123,586,205 | $139,696,543 |
| Jordan | $37,406 | $5,063 | $9,676 | $199 | $13,998 | $9,901 | |
| Kazakhstan | $2,050,612 | $1,310,409 | $1,118,900 | $2,954,022 | $1,470,674 | | |
| Kenya | $3,584 | $13,876 | $9,710 | $48,262 | $115,855 | $78,121 | |
| Korea, South | $25,494,095 | $34,071,661 | $47,577,527 | $79,596,743 | $47,036,820 | $54,293,347 | $66,832,867 |
| Kuwait | | $110,278 | $104,390 | $717,915 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | $1,993 | | $279 | $177 |
| Latvia | $16,407 | $16,492 | $13,204 | $11,267 | $13,452 | $6,753 | $149,748 |
| Lebanon | $7,000 | $3,096 | $55,382 | $8,386 | $32,213 | $31,390 | $29,076 |
| Lithuania | $49,102 | $35,934 | $43,692 | $13,584 | $6,989 | $8,583 | $17,346 |
| Luxembourg | $182,342 | $16,075 | $262,478 | $2,611,140 | $377,948 | $166,190 | $141,055 |
| Macau | | $9 | | | $41 | | |
| Macedonia | $148,827 | $281,163 | $230,655 | $355,040 | $271,469 | | $229,086 |
| Madagascar | $261 | $486 | | | $488 | $16 | |
| Malawi | | $4,240 | | $7,197 | | $79 | |
| Malaysia | $1,898,312 | $1,117,539 | $1,432,718 | $3,166,783 | $1,537,091 | $2,962,176 | $6,392,856 |
| Maldives | $69 | $303 | $762 | $177 | $1,113 | $93 | $17 |
| Malta | $2,605 | $655 | $31,680 | $79,476 | $75,033 | $107,384 | |
| Mauritius | $382 | $626 | $1,601 | | $776 | | $1,013 |
| Mayotte | | $103 | | $5,203 | $69 | | |
| Mexico | $28,569,207 | $30,142,968 | $38,494,015 | $52,028,631 | $29,556,487 | $30,925,490 | $47,315,397 |
| Moldova | $71,366 | $4,639 | $3,836 | $38,129 | $42,468 | $10,044 | $30,140 |
| Mongolia | | | $996 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $47 | $35,650 | $106,114 | $9,897 | $35,693 | $923 |
| Montserrat | | $164 | | | | | |
| Morocco | $18,969 | $10,438 | $457,389 | $597,566 | $143,893 | $585,990 | |
| Mozambique | | $3,312 | | $616 | | $1,408 | |
| Namibia | $3,816 | $3,331 | $288 | $36 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $51,830 | $19,104 | |
| Netherlands | $52,262,866 | $54,538,423 | $69,518,278 | $67,058,382 | $47,153,690 | $52,469,956 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | $27 | | $45 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $5,433 | | $513 | $604 | $343 | $77 | $30 |
| New Zealand | $1,373,762 | $1,166,215 | $2,102,240 | $6,459,675 | $454,425 | $1,765,993 | $3,104,369 |
| Nicaragua | | | | $134 | | $1,882 | $878 |
| Niger | | $111 | $21 | | $1,073 | | $117 |
| Nigeria | | | $260,272 | $65,225 | $77,892 | $308,064 | |
| Norway | $62,738,473 | $33,844,768 | $44,526,049 | $69,264,121 | $28,512,537 | $46,384,888 | $51,774,868 |
| Oman | $80,711 | $94,044 | $101,885 | $720,159 | $157,043 | $569,460 | |
| Pakistan | $206,451 | $140,882 | $184,265 | $364,942 | $196,318 | $230,628 | $184,689 |
| Panama | $2,824 | $90,558 | $57,128 | $39,732 | $650 | $42,039 | $303,439 |
| Paraguay | | $2,325 | $80 | $7,891 | | $11 | $3,006 |
| Peru | $164,874 | $168,444 | $277,960 | $365,165 | $201,463 | $186,465 | $448,036 |
| Philippines | $77,275 | $95,986 | $85,705 | $108,367 | $92,897 | $136,257 | $141,584 |
| Poland | $5,835,904 | $7,794,032 | $19,469,789 | $26,094,069 | $15,307,933 | $19,783,351 | $26,197,451 |
| Portugal | $154,604 | $426,287 | $778,504 | $4,382,462 | $1,093,089 | $555,132 | $680,640 |
| Qatar | $3,697,999 | $238,064 | $955,299 | $1,495,368 | | $6,905,425 | |
| Romania | $14,300,985 | $15,589,708 | $19,000,185 | $27,846,352 | $19,602,341 | $25,443,059 | $34,644,509 |
| Russia | $13,193,821 | $5,854,562 | $8,040,017 | $17,045,415 | $1,994,287 | $11,666,769 | $8,513,383 |
| Rwanda | | | | $114 | | | $83 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $3,500 | | $194 | $464 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $7,206 | $18,686 | $20,877 | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $701 | | |
| Samoa | $40 | | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,770,564 | $1,843,224 | $2,069,969 | | | $2,540,004 | |
| Senegal | | | | $315 | $2,308 | | |
| Serbia | $2,954,582 | $4,028,877 | $7,901,906 | $16,108,072 | $9,667,244 | $8,513,006 | $11,418,365 |
| Seychelles | | $1,262 | | $6 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,937,722 | $5,421,530 | $5,206,056 | $9,277,312 | $13,627,888 | $14,355,502 | $18,102,439 |
| Slovakia | $7,107,255 | $3,260,184 | $2,413,860 | $5,085,234 | $2,758,196 | $2,503,354 | $3,158,089 |
| Slovenia | $12,758,503 | $14,252,614 | $14,472,786 | $23,198,823 | $6,760,848 | $16,375,805 | $17,835,563 |
| South Africa | $12,190,245 | $11,008,177 | $16,612,334 | $38,225,338 | $13,391,494 | $21,371,839 | $22,637,377 |
| Spain | $18,516,444 | $18,613,701 | $24,499,255 | $25,054,887 | $22,903,413 | $20,538,196 | |
| Sri Lanka | $35,292 | $26,518 | $21,083 | $60,693 | $38,783 | $50,536 | $48,382 |
| Sudan | $14,319 | $1,863 | $7,628 | $16,969 | $47,374 | | |
| Suriname | | | | $2,032 | $1,772 | $23,854 | $923 |
| Swaziland | $63,549 | $73,666 | $6,999 | | | | |
| Sweden | $9,221,010 | $7,444,611 | $8,504,674 | $7,575,951 | $4,362,253 | $9,878,380 | $11,316,768 |
| Switzerland | $13,483,330 | $13,626,145 | $20,468,152 | $29,398,626 | $13,635,801 | $21,075,472 | $24,170,914 |
| Syria | | $6,746 | | | | $23,778 | |
| Tanzania | | $43,298 | $14,869 | $18,573 | $7,882 | $5,513 | $22,057 |
| Thailand | $2,874,926 | $3,156,333 | $3,965,249 | $6,413,890 | $3,509,089 | $5,274,299 | $5,729,793 |
| Togo | | | $734 | | | | |
| Tonga | | | | $31 | $15 | $18 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $27,829 | $15,256 | $26,277 | $61,115 | $21,806 | $31,137 | |
| Tunisia | $72,455 | $150,262 | $177,538 | $330,099 | $523,401 | $628,987 | |
| Turkey | $16,461,255 | $12,967,324 | $20,690,583 | $42,589,606 | $17,713,483 | $33,742,465 | $35,964,399 |
| Uganda | | $30,391 | | | $22 | $517 | |
| Ukraine | $6,517,368 | $7,911,057 | $9,692,358 | $10,510,858 | $11,762,973 | $8,961,463 | $14,478,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | $11,310,764 | | $11,850,229 | $30,626,728 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $41,608,451 | $41,404,288 | $39,617,559 | $63,822,539 | $37,586,816 | $59,983,292 | $67,848,631 |
| United States | $269,904,327 | $200,025,651 | $210,094,020 | $361,993,735 | $168,514,210 | $208,795,845 | $192,053,084 |
| Uruguay | $125,192 | $177,358 | $207,711 | $180,884 | $208,419 | | |
| Vanuatu | | | $189 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $3,554,313 | $2,353,539 | $2,502,995 | $6,780,135 | $2,181,260 | $1,659,720 | $3,560,723 |
| Vietnam | $405,868 | $573,532 | $837,474 | $1,557,386 | $1,913,493 | $3,115,140 | |
| Yemen | $53,966 | | $13,358 | $419,322 | | | |
| Zambia | | $1,278 | $224 | | $8 | $1,047 | |
| Zimbabwe | $80 | $3,690 | $240 | | | $405 | |
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