In 2023, the world imports of "Bentonite" exceeded $1.08 billion (according to external trade statistics of 131 countries). It was $1.13 billion in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 136 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such importers as Korea (2.69% of the world imports in 2022), Vietnam (1.21%), Angola (0.071%), Nepal (0.068%), State of Palestine (0.048%), Trinidad and Tobago (0.047%), Mongolia (0.038%), Cambodia (0.023%), Rwanda (0.008%), Bermuda (0.002%), Timor-Leste (0.002%)
The world's largest importers of this commodity group in 2023:
«Bentonite» accounted for a substantial share of total imports of
According to statistics provided by the major importers, the largest flows of imports of «Bentonite» in 2023:
In 2023, the world exports of "Bentonite" exceeded $976 million (according to external trade statistics of 93 countries). It was $990 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 96 countries).
There are no trade data (2023) for such exporters as Korea (0.218% of the world exports in 2022), Angola (0.004%)
The world's largest exporters of this commodity group in 2023:
«Bentonite» accounted for a substantial share of total exports of
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Bentonite» in 2023:
| Reporter | 250810. Bentonite | |||
| Exports | Imports | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | Value (US$) | World Share ($), % | |
| USA | 186,249,948.00 | 19.07 | 10,769,913.00 | 0.99 |
| Turkey | 163,018,619.00 | 16.69 | 2,902,466.00 | 0.26 |
| China | 116,504,442.00 | 11.93 | 33,339,877.00 | 3.06 |
| India | 90,786,591.40 | 9.29 | 22,069,023.24 | 2.03 |
| Netherlands | 77,126,007.26 | 7.89 | 86,416,843.56 | 7.95 |
| Italy | 42,407,673.16 | 4.34 | 41,053,426.39 | 3.77 |
| Czech Republic | 35,019,860.00 | 3.58 | 13,520,682.00 | 1.24 |
| Germany | 28,026,284.75 | 2.86 | 115,775,925.97 | 10.65 |
| Spain | 26,604,665.48 | 2.72 | 30,079,355.57 | 2.76 |
| Slovak Republic | 25,666,928.51 | 2.62 | 3,248,586.14 | 0.29 |
| Poland | 15,974,469.00 | 1.63 | 34,452,978.00 | 3.17 |
| Azerbaijan | 14,498,547.46 | 1.48 | 1,076,627.87 | 0.09 |
| Denmark | 13,864,901.66 | 1.41 | 9,876,157.38 | 0.90 |
| Argentina | 11,161,770.49 | 1.14 | 497,369.85 | 0.04 |
| Canada | 8,808,991.65 | 0.90 | 80,942,099.56 | 7.44 |
| France | 8,616,866.43 | 0.88 | 45,705,667.88 | 4.20 |
| United Kingdom | 8,420,997.28 | 0.86 | 21,520,884.48 | 1.98 |
| Bulgaria | 8,272,576.36 | 0.84 | 2,452,667.06 | 0.22 |
| Cyprus | 7,786,299.67 | 0.79 | 432,219.83 | 0.03 |
| Belgium | 6,902,928.58 | 0.70 | 23,755,565.82 | 2.18 |
| Greece | 5,896,914.67 | 0.60 | 4,979,669.09 | 0.45 |
| Brazil | 5,786,372.00 | 0.59 | 20,770,572.00 | 1.91 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5,505,737.77 | 0.56 | 12,781,937.77 | 1.17 |
| Japan | 4,796,226.84 | 0.49 | 36,702,650.66 | 3.37 |
| Austria | 4,579,042.85 | 0.46 | 19,026,599.49 | 1.75 |
| Ecuador | 4,499,391.40 | 0.46 | 6,139,788.70 | 0.56 |
| Mexico | 3,922,817.00 | 0.40 | 14,355,859.00 | 1.32 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,888,736.16 | 0.39 | 26,883,441.72 | 2.47 |
| Kazakhstan | 3,443,549.82 | 0.35 | 2,348,198.12 | 0.21 |
| Georgia | 3,424,955.79 | 0.35 | 1,167,976.45 | 0.10 |
| Romania | 3,360,772.86 | 0.34 | 7,224,279.35 | 0.66 |
| Peru | 2,904,986.19 | 0.29 | 7,541,628.58 | 0.69 |
| Sweden | 2,725,029.14 | 0.27 | 28,266,864.06 | 2.60 |
| Thailand | 2,281,372.58 | 0.23 | 30,950,184.17 | 2.84 |
| Singapore | 2,231,447.64 | 0.22 | 10,896,675.08 | 1.00 |
| Australia | 2,047,181.29 | 0.20 | 10,184,212.60 | 0.93 |
| Armenia | 2,041,213.39 | 0.20 | 200,984.36 | 0.01 |
| South Africa | 2,002,917.93 | 0.20 | 14,516,145.39 | 1.33 |
| Guatemala | 1,766,070.00 | 0.18 | 4,721,315.00 | 0.43 |
| Hungary | 1,624,560.00 | 0.16 | 7,431,282.00 | 0.68 |
| Hong Kong | 1,470,195.77 | 0.15 | 4,172,196.23 | 0.38 |
| Oman | 1,165,414.82 | 0.11 | 4,098,065.01 | 0.37 |
| Mozambique | 978,000.00 | 0.10 | 135,000.00 | 0.01 |
| Lithuania | 894,719.00 | 0.09 | 4,109,278.00 | 0.37 |
| Switzerland | 774,031.20 | 0.07 | 5,784,023.57 | 0.53 |
| Finland | 752,795.43 | 0.07 | ||
| Malaysia | 531,019.92 | 0.05 | 25,700,903.08 | 2.36 |
| Latvia | 517,715.74 | 0.05 | 2,022,432.94 | 0.18 |
| Uruguay | 498,201.00 | 0.05 | 1,804,467.09 | 0.16 |
| Uzbekistan | 490,346.99 | 0.05 | 949,180.94 | 0.08 |
| Portugal | 407,444.72 | 0.04 | 10,250,782.25 | 0.94 |
| Egypt | 392,085.59 | 0.04 | 8,152,499.72 | 0.75 |
| Croatia | 361,559.00 | 0.03 | 2,477,599.00 | 0.22 |
| Pakistan | 296,212.88 | 0.03 | 3,671,752.86 | 0.33 |
| Estonia | 269,519.87 | 0.02 | 1,807,775.97 | 0.16 |
| Tunisia | 251,797.72 | 0.02 | 1,845,772.97 | 0.16 |
| Colombia | 240,098.11 | 0.02 | 21,519,039.48 | 1.98 |
| Norway | 236,721.89 | 0.02 | 4,711,400.07 | 0.43 |
| El Salvador | 215,285.00 | 0.02 | 2,001,370.40 | 0.18 |
| Luxembourg | 172,726.84 | 0.01 | 559,892.98 | 0.05 |
| Slovenia | 161,409.12 | 0.01 | 2,873,947.00 | 0.26 |
| Chile | 105,084.15 | 0.01 | 27,316,039.74 | 2.51 |
| Kuwait | 104,546.31 | 0.01 | 3,794,657.18 | 0.34 |
| New Zealand | 92,328.78 | 0.00 | 3,938,048.21 | 0.36 |
| Serbia | 89,591.00 | 0.00 | 2,674,952.00 | 0.24 |
| Bahrain | 78,062.81 | 0.00 | 4,818,457.93 | 0.44 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65,601.68 | 0.00 | 465,835.51 | 0.04 |
| Brunei | 50,815.78 | 0.00 | 2,031,176.68 | 0.18 |
| Kenya | 49,919.33 | 0.00 | 589,700.47 | 0.05 |
| Nicaragua | 48,563.04 | 0.00 | 437,628.20 | 0.04 |
| Ireland | 44,243.34 | 0.00 | 1,608,679.01 | 0.14 |
| Ukraine | 42,146.23 | 0.00 | 3,258,741.30 | 0.29 |
| Guyana | 40,547.48 | 0.00 | 485,764.36 | 0.04 |
| Namibia | 31,523.11 | 0.00 | 198,523.43 | 0.01 |
| Mauritania | 25,848.59 | 0.00 | 47,861.35 | 0.00 |
| North Macedonia | 24,058.88 | 0.00 | 277,341.15 | 0.02 |
| Côte d`Ivoire | 22,160.04 | 0.00 | 1,046,601.27 | 0.09 |
| Senegal | 21,311.85 | 0.00 | 335,542.81 | 0.03 |
| Lebanon | 15,587.00 | 0.00 | 1,351,777.00 | 0.12 |
| Dominica | 13,977.02 | 0.00 | 4,767.40 | 0.00 |
| Malta | 13,874.83 | 0.00 | 554,995.72 | 0.05 |
| Gabon | 11,558.33 | 0.00 | 692,870.21 | 0.06 |
| Philippines | 11,538.00 | 0.00 | 10,245,757.00 | 0.94 |
| Morocco | 10,208.43 | 0.00 | 5,357,422.20 | 0.49 |
| Costa Rica | 5,857.12 | 0.00 | 2,098,173.08 | 0.19 |
| Burkina Faso | 5,232.58 | 0.00 | 28,954.19 | 0.00 |
| Benin | 2,472.57 | 0.00 | 126,469.54 | 0.01 |
| Niger | 1,364.82 | 0.00 | 54,654.97 | 0.00 |
| Dominican Republic | 600.00 | 0.00 | 142,849.91 | 0.01 |
| Moldova | 244.00 | 0.00 | 848,531.00 | 0.07 |
| Ghana | 210.53 | 0.00 | 756,447.97 | 0.06 |
| Sri Lanka | 43.69 | 0.00 | 508,106.84 | 0.04 |
| Indonesia | 32.31 | 0.00 | 33,037,115.00 | 3.04 |
| Zimbabwe | 209,870.55 | 0.01 | ||
| Zambia | 370,586.60 | 0.03 | ||
| Togo | 23,432.55 | 0.00 | ||
| The Bahamas | 130,396.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Tanzania | 391,833.45 | 0.03 | ||
| Swaziland | 6,228.66 | 0.00 | ||
| Suriname | 131,654.59 | 0.01 | ||
| Seychelles | 4,752.60 | 0.00 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,473.69 | 0.00 | ||
| Qatar | 2,189,178.46 | 0.20 | ||
| Paraguay | 589,070.17 | 0.05 | ||
| Panama | 291,438.00 | 0.02 | ||
| Nigeria | 2,487,695.43 | 0.22 | ||
| Myanmar | 438,370.87 | 0.04 | ||
| Montserrat | 74.74 | 0.00 | ||
| Montenegro | 181,436.45 | 0.01 | ||
| Mauritius | 51,146.76 | 0.00 | ||
| Maldives | 79,017.08 | 0.00 | ||
| Malawi | 133,442.29 | 0.01 | ||
| Madagascar | 116,244.27 | 0.01 | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 223,072.00 | 0.02 | ||
| Jordan | 1,072,166.51 | 0.09 | ||
| Jamaica | 153,084.76 | 0.01 | ||
| Israel | 9,679,172.00 | 0.89 | ||
| Iceland | 640,481.56 | 0.05 | ||
| Gambia | 15,389.11 | 0.00 | ||
| French Polynesia | 2,991.45 | 0.00 | ||
| Fiji | 22,326.75 | 0.00 | ||
| Ethiopia | 710,101.20 | 0.06 | ||
| Djibouti | 109,161.27 | 0.01 | ||
| China, Macao SAR | 259,118.54 | 0.02 | ||
| Cabo Verde | 7,722.54 | 0.00 | ||
| Botswana | 52,173.71 | 0.00 | ||
| Bolivia | 976,623.00 | 0.08 | ||
| Belize | 7,703.16 | 0.00 | ||
| Barbados | 39,174.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Aruba | 5,481.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 175.50 | 0.00 | ||
| Andorra | 748.25 | 0.00 | ||