In 2023, the world imports of "Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured" exceeded $1.63 billion (according to external trade statistics of 134 countries). It was $1.57 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 138 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Korea (4.35% of the world imports in 2022), Vietnam (0.864%), State of Palestine (0.25%), Angola (0.051%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.028%), Rwanda (0.026%), Mongolia (0.016%), Cambodia (0.009%), Bermuda (0.003%), Burundi (0.002%), Nepal (0.002%), Lesotho (0.002%)
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:
«Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured» in 2023:
In 2023, the world exports of "Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured" exceeded $1.46 billion (according to external trade statistics of 104 countries). It was $1.11 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 104 countries).
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:
«Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured» in 2023:
| Reporter | 250510. Silica sands & quartz sands, whether or not coloured | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| USA | 742,304,587.00 | 50.58 | 30,303,040.00 | 1.85 | 
| Germany | 87,711,339.44 | 5.97 | 71,315,156.17 | 4.35 | 
| Belgium | 82,584,431.93 | 5.62 | 31,543,047.46 | 1.92 | 
| Netherlands | 78,502,890.40 | 5.34 | 50,631,786.07 | 3.09 | 
| Malaysia | 70,200,234.55 | 4.78 | 15,971,750.68 | 0.97 | 
| Indonesia | 58,608,825.52 | 3.99 | 1,998,886.00 | 0.12 | 
| Saudi Arabia | 43,072,582.65 | 2.93 | 5,227,128.13 | 0.31 | 
| Egypt | 40,665,013.32 | 2.77 | 673,116.21 | 0.04 | 
| France | 37,470,708.77 | 2.55 | 19,828,278.00 | 1.21 | 
| Portugal | 31,335,589.54 | 2.13 | 5,209,853.88 | 0.31 | 
| Poland | 19,242,824.00 | 1.31 | 11,768,815.00 | 0.71 | 
| Bulgaria | 16,601,306.89 | 1.13 | 2,270,109.80 | 0.13 | 
| Spain | 15,125,394.93 | 1.03 | 14,021,322.96 | 0.85 | 
| Denmark | 15,061,322.05 | 1.02 | 3,551,011.33 | 0.21 | 
| Czech Republic | 13,291,193.00 | 0.90 | 17,836,498.00 | 1.09 | 
| Jordan | 10,690,214.39 | 0.72 | 169,136.39 | 0.01 | 
| Canada | 9,740,971.76 | 0.66 | 273,251,524.98 | 16.70 | 
| Pakistan | 8,108,783.62 | 0.55 | 340,639.82 | 0.02 | 
| United Kingdom | 7,107,918.47 | 0.48 | 28,863,240.34 | 1.76 | 
| Guyana | 6,930,009.42 | 0.47 | 506,452.98 | 0.03 | 
| Ireland | 6,415,310.53 | 0.43 | 5,504,591.49 | 0.33 | 
| Slovak Republic | 6,034,876.98 | 0.41 | 8,907,908.26 | 0.54 | 
| Sweden | 5,625,173.43 | 0.38 | 12,427,897.24 | 0.75 | 
| Italy | 4,793,988.24 | 0.32 | 80,430,765.32 | 4.91 | 
| Hungary | 4,398,119.00 | 0.29 | 5,904,320.00 | 0.36 | 
| Serbia | 4,368,465.00 | 0.29 | 835,644.00 | 0.05 | 
| United Arab Emirates | 4,325,513.05 | 0.29 | 87,896,468.02 | 5.37 | 
| Senegal | 3,947,393.78 | 0.26 | 593,572.95 | 0.03 | 
| Austria | 3,212,180.91 | 0.21 | 17,585,467.38 | 1.07 | 
| Kazakhstan | 2,626,878.54 | 0.17 | 1,571,645.21 | 0.09 | 
| Slovenia | 2,204,504.87 | 0.15 | 4,462,619.30 | 0.27 | 
| Turkey | 1,896,274.00 | 0.12 | 48,157,897.00 | 2.94 | 
| Lithuania | 1,653,621.00 | 0.11 | 731,961.00 | 0.04 | 
| Mexico | 1,629,309.00 | 0.11 | 82,719,590.00 | 5.05 | 
| Norway | 1,622,709.70 | 0.11 | 12,641,274.53 | 0.77 | 
| Peru | 1,508,338.27 | 0.10 | 532,140.44 | 0.03 | 
| Brazil | 1,353,668.00 | 0.09 | 4,710,138.00 | 0.28 | 
| Jamaica | 1,313,419.09 | 0.08 | 676,921.64 | 0.04 | 
| Gambia | 982,350.60 | 0.06 | 28,363.87 | 0.00 | 
| South Africa | 969,163.81 | 0.06 | 435,063.99 | 0.02 | 
| Argentina | 917,196.32 | 0.06 | 526,235.93 | 0.03 | 
| Romania | 913,592.92 | 0.06 | 15,365,742.52 | 0.93 | 
| Montserrat | 907,991.55 | 0.06 | ||
| Guatemala | 871,595.00 | 0.05 | 824,967.00 | 0.05 | 
| Japan | 854,665.20 | 0.05 | 70,943,703.54 | 4.33 | 
| Dominican Republic | 663,084.21 | 0.04 | 4,809,269.84 | 0.29 | 
| Chile | 654,469.84 | 0.04 | 3,277,827.75 | 0.20 | 
| Tunisia | 566,695.69 | 0.03 | 993,029.65 | 0.06 | 
| Georgia | 559,255.05 | 0.03 | 301,585.63 | 0.01 | 
| Finland | 453,608.40 | 0.03 | 4,034,714.93 | 0.24 | 
| Costa Rica | 398,937.42 | 0.02 | 2,468,580.64 | 0.15 | 
| Zambia | 394,974.55 | 0.02 | 149,253.51 | 0.00 | 
| China | 384,709.00 | 0.02 | 331,667,047.00 | 20.27 | 
| Switzerland | 339,485.24 | 0.02 | 19,060,795.00 | 1.16 | 
| Singapore | 301,902.75 | 0.02 | 42,043,259.34 | 2.56 | 
| Ukraine | 290,808.44 | 0.01 | 922,320.61 | 0.05 | 
| Latvia | 276,666.36 | 0.01 | 1,683,767.71 | 0.10 | 
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 269,067.40 | 0.01 | 1,399,229.46 | 0.08 | 
| Colombia | 250,098.40 | 0.01 | 909,896.90 | 0.05 | 
| Luxembourg | 197,577.53 | 0.01 | 8,576,746.31 | 0.52 | 
| Kenya | 185,922.14 | 0.01 | 342,473.90 | 0.02 | 
| Croatia | 168,475.00 | 0.01 | 3,956,273.00 | 0.24 | 
| Bahrain | 164,794.66 | 0.01 | 11,271,329.59 | 0.68 | 
| Greece | 138,660.80 | 0.00 | 6,993,171.83 | 0.42 | 
| Kyrgyz Republic | 127,647.00 | 0.00 | 2,938,066.00 | 0.17 | 
| Israel | 119,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,904,340.00 | 0.17 | 
| Uzbekistan | 115,187.00 | 0.00 | 7,255,222.93 | 0.44 | 
| North Macedonia | 95,562.17 | 0.00 | 301,913.63 | 0.01 | 
| Kuwait | 94,991.79 | 0.00 | 6,318,417.85 | 0.38 | 
| Morocco | 90,333.50 | 0.00 | 7,244,079.46 | 0.44 | 
| Ghana | 78,048.67 | 0.00 | 643,479.34 | 0.03 | 
| India | 74,606.37 | 0.00 | 11,262,133.37 | 0.68 | 
| Lebanon | 64,451.00 | 0.00 | 545,952.00 | 0.03 | 
| Thailand | 58,881.19 | 0.00 | 31,963,316.37 | 1.95 | 
| Hong Kong | 40,821.83 | 0.00 | 1,259,751.12 | 0.07 | 
| New Zealand | 38,269.68 | 0.00 | 1,873,247.06 | 0.11 | 
| Ecuador | 35,923.00 | 0.00 | 625,656.50 | 0.03 | 
| Oman | 29,022.10 | 0.00 | 7,033,950.57 | 0.42 | 
| Nigeria | 23,861.05 | 0.00 | 3,436,179.97 | 0.21 | 
| Fiji | 15,841.34 | 0.00 | 216,192.87 | 0.01 | 
| Uruguay | 13,543.00 | 0.00 | 132,694.25 | 0.00 | 
| Barbados | 11,760.00 | 0.00 | 1,731,256.00 | 0.10 | 
| El Salvador | 7,965.00 | 0.00 | 429,546.69 | 0.02 | 
| Nicaragua | 6,400.00 | 0.00 | 351,539.48 | 0.02 | 
| Estonia | 5,903.10 | 0.00 | 430,000.00 | 0.02 | 
| Cyprus | 5,655.03 | 0.00 | 714,946.70 | 0.04 | 
| Dominica | 3,703.70 | 0.00 | 4,095.18 | 0.00 | 
| Samoa | 3,597.26 | 0.00 | 211.83 | 0.00 | 
| Ethiopia | 2,085.19 | 0.00 | 236,039.30 | 0.01 | 
| Armenia | 1,706.33 | 0.00 | 2,505,371.54 | 0.15 | 
| Paraguay | 1,180.20 | 0.00 | 125,663.78 | 0.00 | 
| Tanzania | 1,140.01 | 0.00 | 259,661.29 | 0.01 | 
| Sri Lanka | 735.99 | 0.00 | 175,599.61 | 0.01 | 
| Côte d`Ivoire | 684.96 | 0.00 | 868,983.59 | 0.05 | 
| Togo | 577.01 | 0.00 | 6,153.24 | 0.00 | 
| Malawi | 373.55 | 0.00 | 77,202.37 | 0.00 | 
| Philippines | 275.00 | 0.00 | 27,248,508.00 | 1.66 | 
| The Bahamas | 230.00 | 0.00 | 214,681.00 | 0.01 | 
| Iceland | 187.80 | 0.00 | 2,632,372.00 | 0.16 | 
| Namibia | 52.03 | 0.00 | 74,481.50 | 0.00 | 
| Madagascar | 33.11 | 0.00 | 106,554.07 | 0.00 | 
| Cabo Verde | 15.68 | 0.00 | 9,265.56 | 0.00 | 
| Botswana | 14.63 | 0.00 | 267,347.94 | 0.01 | 
| Benin | 0.47 | 0.00 | 45,524.90 | 0.00 | 
| Zimbabwe | 111,933.95 | 0.00 | ||
| Swaziland | 55,382.41 | 0.00 | ||
| Suriname | 165,892.46 | 0.01 | ||
| Seychelles | 131,492.70 | 0.00 | ||
| São Tomé and Principe | 1,413.63 | 0.00 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12,379.69 | 0.00 | ||
| Qatar | 2,419,353.42 | 0.14 | ||
| Panama | 939,627.00 | 0.05 | ||
| Niger | 2,604.03 | 0.00 | ||
| Myanmar | 2,276,762.79 | 0.13 | ||
| Mozambique | 159,000.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Montenegro | 356,773.92 | 0.02 | ||
| Moldova | 270,191.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Mauritius | 186,795.12 | 0.01 | ||
| Mauritania | 699,387.84 | 0.04 | ||
| Malta | 264,613.46 | 0.01 | ||
| Maldives | 292,187.94 | 0.01 | ||
| Gabon | 313,714.16 | 0.01 | ||
| French Polynesia | 66,111.44 | 0.00 | ||
| Djibouti | 24,730.09 | 0.00 | ||
| China, Macao SAR | 19,290.39 | 0.00 | ||
| Central African Republic | 992.17 | 0.00 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 48,669.27 | 0.00 | ||
| Brunei | 287,032.12 | 0.01 | ||
| Bolivia | 39,225.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Belize | 64,183.31 | 0.00 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 5,113,594.42 | 0.31 | ||
| Australia | 2,393,676.86 | 0.14 | ||
| Aruba | 17,077.65 | 0.00 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 285,779.35 | 0.01 | ||
| Andorra | 134,708.13 | 0.00 | ||