# Limestone And Other Calcareous Stone buyer markets and demand...

India is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $572.2M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| India | $572.2M | +10.9% | 18 | United Arab Emirates |
| Taiwan | $74.8M | +9.4% | 11 | Japan |
| Netherlands | $65.2M | +18.5% | 46 | Belgium |
| Republic of Korea | $38.6M | -0% | 16 | Japan |
| Germany | $37.1M | +0.6% | 47 | Belgium |
| Bangladesh | $29.0M | -12.6% | 6 | India |
| USA | $24.2M | +10.9% | 28 | Canada |
| United Arab Emirates | $20.0M | +1.6% | 20 | Oman |
| Japan | $19.6M | -4.4% | 17 | Malaysia |
| Sweden | $18.1M | +22.9% | 16 | France |
| Kuwait | $15.3M | -9.6% | 10 | United Arab Emirates |
| Brazil | $12.9M | +3.2% | 8 | Spain |
| Madagascar | $12.8M | -0.6% | 2 | United Arab Emirates |
| Canada | $11.8M | +4.3% | 26 | USA |
| Australia | $11.7M | -1.4% | 15 | Japan |
| Indonesia | $10.2M | -13.9% | 11 | Malaysia |
| Belgium | $9.7M | +29.2% | 18 | Spain |
| Belarus | $9.6M | -0.9% | 5 | Russia |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $8.6M | -7.2% | 6 | Japan |
| Kyrgyzstan | $5.8M | +0.2% | 2 | Kazakhstan |
| Malaysia | $5.4M | -7.3% | 11 | Viet Nam |
| Finland | $5.1M | -9.2% | 8 | Sweden |
| Singapore | $4.7M | -2.2% | 14 | Malaysia |
| Luxembourg | $4.7M | +4.5% | 4 | Germany |
| France | $3.7M | -2.1% | 23 | Belgium |
| Côte d\'Ivoire | $3.2M | -14.9% | 6 | Spain |
| Ukraine | $3.0M | -38.1% | 5 | Republic of Moldova |
| Ireland | $2.6M | +0.2% | 36 | United Kingdom |
| Slovakia | $2.3M | +19.9% | 10 | Czechia |
| Chile | $2.2M | +76.5% | 7 | Spain |
| Italy | $2.1M | +50.1% | 10 | Turkey |
| Latvia | $2.1M | +6% | 9 | Estonia |
| Lithuania | $2.1M | +7.9% | 10 | Estonia |
| New Caledonia | $1.8M | -13.7% | 1 | Philippines |
| United Kingdom | $1.7M | -20.5% | 31 | India |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2023 | $685.4M | $21.16 |
| Bangladesh | 2023 | $99.0M | $17.58 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $70.3M | $20.23 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $47.6M | $22.37 |
| Kuwait | 2023 | $38.5M | $20.27 |
| Germany | 2023 | $34.7M | $12.97 |
| Japan | 2023 | $29.5M | $77.85 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $27.2M | $31.1 |
| USA | 2023 | $26.8M | $21.75 |
| Madagascar | 2023 | $26.2M | $17.07 |
| Sweden | 2023 | $19.6M | $28.95 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $18.3M | $30.16 |
| Brazil | 2023 | $16.1M | $19.34 |
| Australia | 2023 | $15.2M | $26.89 |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 2023 | $13.1M | $12.25 |
| Canada | 2023 | $11.9M | $25.76 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | $11.8M | $31.73 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $8.8M | $17.57 |
| France | 2023 | $7.3M | $33.55 |
| Finland | 2023 | $6.2M | $10.91 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._