Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) - Imports - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) - Imports - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1China (2008)13.08
2Zambia (2008)13.05
3East Asia & Pacific (2008)8.93
4Egypt (2008)8.73
5South Korea (2007)8.58
6North Korea (2007)8.58
7Turkey (2008)8.52
8Luxembourg (2008)8.46
9Bulgaria (2008)8.44
10Lower middle income (2008)8.19
11Japan (2008)7.92
12Bhutan (2008)7.79
13Finland (2008)7.38
14Norway (2008)7.06
15Zimbabwe (2007)6.4
16Tunisia (2008)6.37
17Serbia (2007)5.92
18India (2008)5.85
19Trinidad and Tobago (2008)5.7
20Middle income (2008)5.67
21Low & middle income (2008)5.61
22Thailand (2008)5.37
23Malaysia (2008)5.29
24Macedonia (2008)5.29
25Slovenia (2008)5.16
26United Arab Emirates (2008)5.11
27Italy (2008)5
28Austria (2008)4.99
29South Asia (2008)4.98
30Germany (2008)4.74
31Saudi Arabia (2007)4.58
32Switzerland (2008)4.55
33Europe & Central Asia (2008)4.42
34Brazil (2008)4.37
35Spain (2007)4.34
36Oman (2008)4.34
37Vietnam (2007)4.32
38Ukraine (2008)4.24
39Euro area (2008)4.01
40Belgium (2008)3.97
41Czech Republic (2008)3.95
42Indonesia (2008)3.94
43Nepal (2003)3.93
44High income: OECD (2008)3.79
45High income (2008)3.78
46High income: nonOECD (2008)3.75
47Belarus (2008)3.72
48Upper middle income (2008)3.72
49Greece (2008)3.65
50Sweden (2008)3.57
51United Kingdom (2008)3.55
52Syria (2007)3.53
53Morocco (2007)3.53
54Bangladesh (2007)3.36
55Poland (2008)3.28
56Argentina (2008)3.25
57Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)3.12
58Portugal (2008)3.11
59France (2008)3.09
60Pakistan (2008)3.08
61Mexico (2008)2.99
62Latin America & Caribbean (2008)2.92
63Low income (2007)2.91
64Slovakia (2008)2.86
65Jordan (2008)2.85
66Chile (2008)2.83
67Qatar (2008)2.82
68Canada (2008)2.81
69South Africa (2008)2.78
70Croatia (2008)2.74
71Netherlands (2008)2.74
72New Zealand (2008)2.7
73Maldives (2008)2.7
74Rwanda (2008)2.69
75Aruba (2005)2.67
76Romania (2008)2.66
77United States (2008)2.59
78Kuwait (2007)2.59
79Colombia (2008)2.56
80Armenia (2008)2.53
81Albania (2008)2.52
82Solomon Islands (1988)2.51
83Israel (2008)2.46
84Lithuania (2008)2.42
85Kyrgyzstan (2007)2.37
86Middle East & North Africa (2006)2.37
87Lebanon (2007)2.35
88Senegal (2008)2.34
89Togo (2007)2.26
90Hungary (2008)2.24
91Latvia (2008)2.23
92Azerbaijan (2008)2.21
93Hong Kong (2008)2.21
94Philippines (2008)2.21
95Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)2.2
96Botswana (2008)2.16
97Singapore (2008)2.11
98Costa Rica (2008)2.11
99Niger (2008)2.08
100Timor-Leste (2005)2.04
101Denmark (2008)1.98
102Georgia (2008)1.98
103Venezuela (2008)1.97
104Nigeria (2008)1.89
105Algeria (2007)1.86
106Russia (2008)1.81
107Sri Lanka (2008)1.71
108Estonia (2008)1.7
109Laos (1974)1.7
110Kenya (2008)1.69
111Ireland (2008)1.65
112Australia (2008)1.6
113Kazakhstan (2008)1.57
114Central African Republic (2005)1.53
115Bahrain (2007)1.49
116Ivory Coast (2008)1.47
117Iceland (2008)1.45
118Cyprus (2008)1.4
119Ghana (2008)1.36
120Angola (1985)1.35
121Tanzania (2007)1.35
122Brunei Darussalam (2006)1.34
123Least developed countries: UN classification (2004)1.33
124Liberia (1984)1.32
125Cape Verde (2008)1.3
126El Salvador (2008)1.3
127Guatemala (2008)1.28
128Democratic Republic of the Congo (1986)1.23
129Uganda (2008)1.2
130Faroe Islands (2006)1.19
131Swaziland (2007)1.18
132Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2007)1.18
133Uruguay (2008)1.16
134Ecuador (2008)1.14
135Ethiopia (2008)1.13
136Cuba (2006)1.1
137Gabon (2006)1.08
138Fiji (2007)1.07
139Mauritius (2008)1.06
140Netherlands Antilles (2008)1.04
141Namibia (2008)1.02
142Equatorial Guinea (1983)1.02
143Cameroon (2006)1
144Benin (2006)0.99
145Vanuatu (2007)0.96
146Turkmenistan (2000)0.96
147St. Kitts and Nevis (2007)0.95
148Honduras (2007)0.93
149Libya (2004)0.92
150Eritrea (2003)0.92
151Samoa (2008)0.92
152Barbados (2008)0.92
153Sao Tome and Principe (2008)0.9
154Dominican Republic (2008)0.87
155Malta (2008)0.84
156New Caledonia (2008)0.84
157Bolivia (2008)0.84
158Sierra Leone (2002)0.82
159Panama (2008)0.81
160Moldova (2008)0.8
161Bahamas (2008)0.79
162Republic of the Congo (1995)0.77
163Gambia (2008)0.77
164Macau (2008)0.77
165Kiribati (2005)0.71
166French Polynesia (2008)0.71
167Mali (2008)0.69
168Greenland (2007)0.69
169St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)0.67
170Paraguay (2008)0.66
171Burkina Faso (2005)0.64
172Seychelles (2008)0.64
173Djibouti (1991)0.64
174Antigua and Barbuda (2007)0.63
175Grenada (2008)0.62
176Chad (1995)0.62
177Haiti (1981)0.61
178Andorra (2004)0.61
179St. Lucia (2008)0.58
180Malawi (2008)0.56
181Burundi (2008)0.55
182Mongolia (2007)0.54
183Yemen (2008)0.51
184Burma (1992)0.47
185Papua New Guinea (2004)0.47
186Guyana (2008)0.47
187Nicaragua (2007)0.45
188Somalia (1982)0.44
189Mayotte (2007)0.42
190Mozambique (2008)0.41
191Belize (2008)0.41
192Dominica (2008)0.4
193Iran (2006)0.37
194Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1978)0.37
195Cambodia (2004)0.34
196Lesotho (2004)0.34
197Madagascar (2008)0.32
198Jamaica (2008)0.29
199Cayman Islands (1980)0.27
200Mauritania (2008)0.22
201Guinea (2008)0.21
202Sudan (2008)0.19
203Comoros (2007)0.16
204Suriname (2008)0.14
205Bermuda (1997)0.14
206Tonga (2007)0.14
207Iraq (2002)0.14
208Afghanistan (1977)0.12
209Tajikistan (2000)0.1
210Guinea-Bissau (2005)0.09
211Peru (2007)0.02
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