RankCountryImports of Photographic plates & film in the flat (excl. film for X-rays, instant prin ... in USD (2010)
1Belgium$378,395,287
2Germany$223,925,280
3China$191,588,551
4United States$177,984,594
5Italy$146,575,152
6Korea, South$131,832,397
7France$116,822,196
8United Kingdom$111,568,784
9Canada$97,992,329
10Turkey$89,309,782
11Brazil$85,548,685
12Netherlands$85,541,262
13Spain$78,125,445
14Australia$72,920,624
15Mexico$71,938,834
16Russia$67,725,817
17Poland$43,098,844
18Japan$40,825,659
19Hong Kong$40,259,737
20Israel$39,136,000
21Argentina$37,913,051
22Austria$37,906,064
23South Africa$35,579,014
24Thailand$35,375,744
25Colombia$32,788,342
26Malaysia$29,096,736
27Sweden$27,579,493
28Switzerland$26,706,446
29Greece$22,878,558
30Czech Republic$21,960,409
31Indonesia$20,468,019
32Singapore$19,951,383
33Denmark$19,559,088
34Peru$19,040,789
35Norway$18,955,246
36Portugal$17,428,101
37Ukraine$15,643,925
38Chile$15,248,362
39Saudi Arabia$14,201,884
40Finland$14,031,663
41Egypt$13,424,357
42New Zealand$13,131,958
43Romania$12,957,797
44Hungary$12,726,000
45Croatia$11,351,560
46India$11,258,354
47Ecuador$11,016,764
48Venezuela$9,487,874
49Slovenia$9,250,521
50Slovakia$8,844,525
51Algeria$8,548,269
52Serbia$7,656,200
53Lebanon$7,598,150
54Belarus$7,522,000
55Lithuania$7,420,195
56Latvia$7,385,097
57Iran$6,427,571
58Bulgaria$6,424,477
59Guatemala$6,122,243
60Morocco$5,759,226
61Costa Rica$5,348,690
62Philippines$5,089,714
63Sri Lanka$4,934,570
64Qatar$4,806,880
65Pakistan$4,732,748
66Jordan$4,574,774
67Paraguay$4,100,142
68Tunisia$4,048,750
69Cyprus$3,774,840
70Bolivia$3,631,178
71Nigeria$3,591,328
72Bahrain$3,157,981
73Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,923,963
74Vietnam$2,650,590
75Estonia$2,457,895
76Kenya$2,209,641
77Ireland$2,004,891
78Luxembourg$1,767,372
79Panama$1,755,057
80Oman$1,667,629
81Ethiopia$1,625,274
82Malta$1,468,654
83El Salvador$1,451,716
84Syria$1,311,977
85Georgia$1,306,534
86Dominican Republic$1,167,896
87Trinidad and Tobago$1,124,572
88Moldova$964,771
89Kyrgyzstan$649,694
90Iceland$638,556
91Tanzania$637,869
92Cote d'Ivoire$505,969
93New Caledonia$479,873
94Fiji$474,735
95Montenegro$434,776
96Cameroon$390,683
97Yemen$364,997
98Nicaragua$297,707
99Barbados$274,221
100Madagascar$260,658
101Armenia$253,623
102Uganda$238,592
103Nepal$228,562
104Zimbabwe$227,290
105Mauritius$187,697
106Senegal$152,586
107French Polynesia$151,639
108Ghana$108,168
109Albania$106,911
110Jamaica$88,846
111Zambia$86,792
112Malawi$71,477
113Suriname$42,696
114Burkina Faso$42,521
115Azerbaijan$31,130
116Guyana$23,895
117Belize$20,787
118Benin$19,277
119Bahamas, The$18,930
120Samoa$11,406
121Niger$10,657
122Cape Verde$9,048
123Botswana$3,281
124Mali$2,415
125Aruba$2,266
126Dominica$881
127Bermuda$638
128Antigua and Barbuda$584
129Tonga$582
130Mozambique$455
131Gambia, The$343
132Burundi$234
133Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$9
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$58,300$93,662$178,504$97,592$70,842$106,911$261,577
Algeria$2,555,226$4,084,144$5,755,469$7,281,403$6,444,471$8,548,269$7,911,969
Anguilla $74 $47,638   
Antigua and Barbuda $1,899$2,853 $1,405$584$318
Argentina$26,113,902$30,422,005$30,763,763$31,156,719$28,893,900$37,913,051$45,296,306
Armenia$76,389$119,174$76,606$122,811$207,669$253,623$464,084
Aruba    $44,023$2,266 
Australia$56,721,338$57,767,763$68,616,503$79,700,550$70,767,962$72,920,624$72,367,468
Austria$36,355,498$40,149,186$53,154,587$43,099,658$31,707,546$37,906,064 
Azerbaijan$16,611$1,469 $24,206$3,816$31,130$15,861
Bahamas, The$4,900$210  $4,070$18,930$31,568
Bahrain$774,334$1,500,572$1,509,282$3,753,331$2,403,576$3,157,981$1,776,581
Bangladesh$2,258,898$2,640,863$3,294,428    
Barbados$327,139$216,925$266,947$258,400$358,924$274,221$208,781
Belarus$3,206,800$4,543,300$5,509,500$6,741,700$6,063,600$7,522,000$6,959,800
Belgium$579,570,939$613,586,924$744,269,340$545,479,511$389,053,002$378,395,287$346,267,504
Belize$42,667$48,124$33,779$71,288$24,645$20,787 
Benin$22,198$3,765   $19,277 
Bermuda     $638 
Bhutan$3 $701    
Bolivia$2,084,401$2,576,319$2,237,488$3,167,137$2,667,594$3,631,178$2,970,043
Bosnia and Herzegovina$453,747$614,818$1,146,205$1,231,507$2,864,938$2,923,963$2,572,214
Botswana$72,891$25,451$61,555$11,120$140,297$3,281$10,706
Brazil$44,149,688$51,594,665$51,183,550$67,640,165$66,610,262$85,548,685$77,329,440
Brunei $12,769     
Bulgaria$4,837,636$10,451,505$15,403,577$11,709,234$6,646,082$6,424,477$7,480,551
Burkina Faso$1,222 $60,759$18,656$15,973$42,521 
Burundi$453$3,450$2,586 $19,952$234 
Cambodia$615$1,199  $160  
Cameroon$331,394$405,681$390,302$527,434$640,151$390,683 
Canada$88,656,157$92,240,486$104,525,209$107,164,711$89,503,159$97,992,329$95,665,777
Cape Verde$20,952$19,094$18,547$10,790$7,766$9,048$5,372
Central African Republic  $2,155$19   
Chile$7,228,919$7,920,345$9,557,465$11,710,800$12,053,559$15,248,362$16,600,555
China$149,733,296$132,926,123$135,516,088$141,667,258$151,666,056$191,588,551$177,309,994
Colombia$18,107,550$22,268,972$26,951,995$29,658,433$27,425,446$32,788,342$32,790,459
Costa Rica$3,809,165$3,433,424$3,831,887$4,241,275$2,761,659$5,348,690$4,571,730
Cote d'Ivoire$210,666$358,264$525,722$561,996$424,405$505,969$295,217
Croatia$11,780,535$12,232,333$16,798,491$15,950,318$13,657,243$11,351,560$11,556,692
Cuba$165,834$100,441     
Cyprus$2,029,975$3,169,075$2,904,513$4,173,037$3,067,613$3,774,840$3,275,407
Czech Republic$20,478,788$26,526,356$20,655,013$21,093,881$19,144,423$21,960,409$24,734,868
Denmark$31,330,313$38,410,223$42,560,667$38,580,623$27,407,836$19,559,088$18,071,271
Djibouti    $78,032  
Dominica$250 $943$413$3,457$881 
Dominican Republic$249,220$205,557$299,820$561,101$986,349$1,167,896$940,929
East Timor$6,682      
Ecuador$6,250,417$6,947,304$8,185,623$10,102,376$10,754,548$11,016,764$12,567,040
Egypt$3,212,322$3,689,886$3,806,412$12,918,682$11,443,080$13,424,357$13,121,568
El Salvador$915,580$983,035$1,043,744$1,837,162$1,157,624$1,451,716 
Estonia$1,974,307$4,599,245$5,244,451$4,691,270$7,612,140$2,457,895$3,344,767
Ethiopia$704,197$549,182$976,609$1,444,314$1,207,099$1,625,274$1,090,748
Faroe Islands$107,021$158,343$264,457$317,332$364,600  
Fiji$480,685$507,644$552,825$511,701$493,932$474,735 
Finland$33,401,149$33,518,638$25,755,961$20,949,436$16,392,171$14,031,663$18,422,119
France$191,050,649$226,271,054$261,368,603$233,483,347$165,927,460$116,822,196$112,112,725
French Polynesia$182,967$218,661$306,554$291,044$182,834$151,639$325,711
Gabon$117,996$142,908$163,137$176,270$286,825  
Gambia, The  $55,991  $343$1,338
Georgia$32,072$232,310$576,551$1,200,276$981,846$1,306,534 
Germany$277,900,000$274,175,000$281,210,000$270,339,000$242,913,000$223,925,280$251,518,954
Ghana$23,681$6,573$25,633$35,590$98,722$108,168$173,968
Greece$17,791,392$20,589,860$30,856,935$27,532,278$22,705,736$22,878,558$20,448,385
Greenland$4,232      
Guatemala$4,644,390$5,693,106$5,589,726$5,327,472$5,468,012$6,122,243$5,661,226
Guyana$15,885$6,499$7,152$24,866$37,726$23,895$30,881
Honduras$579,330$630,315$663,405 $626,919  
Hong Kong$38,186,697$43,183,178$40,810,842$37,122,146$36,627,251$40,259,737$36,807,341
Hungary$17,617,000$21,480,000$26,970,000$21,198,000$15,311,000$12,726,000$12,642,000
Iceland$767,605$750,570$790,878$230,210$426,645$638,556$592,490
India$8,703,164$11,701,973$13,677,136$14,796,901$10,716,030$11,258,354$9,231,449
Indonesia$11,857,385$14,613,652$16,351,807$24,494,914$20,275,420$20,468,019$22,101,181
Iran$3,263,093$727,494   $6,427,571 
Ireland$6,502,387$8,978,720$8,455,777$6,856,061$5,536,823$2,004,891$2,305,555
Israel$18,779,000$22,690,000$32,936,000$39,395,000$29,051,000$39,136,000$43,286,000
Italy$208,206,366$222,894,427$237,458,454$216,803,151$172,562,095$146,575,152$142,408,587
Jamaica$271,947$263,785$285,791$135,187$122,204$88,846 
Japan$31,872,359$38,885,087$78,730,816$80,586,971$50,754,132$40,825,659$38,320,365
Jordan$3,188,829$2,676,210$4,123,663$4,619,012$4,053,904$4,574,774$4,345,119
Kazakhstan$2,073,101$2,507,860$3,987,825$3,537,751$3,529,611  
Kenya$1,807,286$950,725$1,725,940$1,632,035$1,666,213$2,209,641 
Korea, South$111,895,273$105,466,677$124,877,506$150,641,806$116,101,074$131,832,397$147,835,720
Kuwait $4,657,273$5,418,055$9,402,166   
Kyrgyzstan$253,355$288,601$406,762$685,947$501,280$649,694$436,077
Latvia$4,013,845$6,871,301$8,141,756$10,665,196$6,868,317$7,385,097$8,146,457
Lebanon$4,892,000$5,398,493$6,736,575$7,157,410$7,325,241$7,598,150$8,067,983
Lesotho   $4,662   
Lithuania$5,078,509$5,506,403$6,675,129$7,088,393$5,572,483$7,420,195$6,960,602
Luxembourg$3,759,770$4,049,565$2,670,049$2,534,589$2,359,161$1,767,372$1,549,501
Macau$2,677$2,485 $77,209$31,317 $27,600
Macedonia$1,179,388$1,469,278$1,415,106$2,094,699$2,030,709 $1,988,309
Madagascar$419,598$319,880$334,938$379,739$221,460$260,658 
Malawi$4,743$4,296$18,269$40,309$98,430$71,477$80,676
Malaysia$26,436,855$22,089,106$22,808,438$21,713,166$29,509,171$29,096,736$40,153,302
Mali$1,208$42,573$17,947$202 $2,415 
Malta$1,515,077$1,804,290$2,100,846$1,884,546$1,582,196$1,468,654 
Mauritania$16,215$7,609     
Mauritius$329,760$271,788$243,947$211,708$293,247$187,697$237,262
Mayotte$2,325$22,309$103,862$105,683$38,672  
Mexico$44,904,166$56,486,706$61,468,335$65,790,817$58,319,103$71,938,834$76,883,084
Moldova$561,483$856,013$1,122,878$1,363,923$749,960$964,771$861,470
Montenegro $420,859$424,749$1,201,963$618,369$434,776$578,893
Morocco$2,812,422$4,142,841$5,625,626$6,530,069$6,266,254$5,759,226 
Mozambique$569$72,683$490$3,468$5,815$455$3,000
Namibia$213,664$189,832$149,878$264,077   
Nepal    $169,133$228,562 
Netherlands$21,745,529$30,387,344$56,413,431$109,577,316$56,647,199$85,541,262 
Netherlands Antilles$4,562 $5,276$2,744   
New Caledonia$276,023$283,585$315,536$460,007$417,011$479,873$464,159
New Zealand$11,243,120$13,066,966$17,186,446$14,343,900$12,057,894$13,131,958$13,263,499
Nicaragua$320,890$532,632$329,571$400,274$383,722$297,707$419,358
Niger$6,438$1,689  $8,542$10,657$34,794
Nigeria $2,373,906$4,101,060$3,976,490$4,116,231$3,591,328 
Norway$18,494,731$18,895,807$27,805,164$24,574,268$19,433,254$18,955,246$19,332,154
Oman$237,462$477,097$885,615$1,327,720$3,375,349$1,667,629 
Pakistan$2,947,854$2,726,100$2,906,801$3,619,304$3,134,568$4,732,748$4,381,663
Panama$1,190,723$1,470,695$1,555,248$2,035,850$1,666,484$1,755,057$2,012,335
Paraguay$1,704,241$2,002,651$2,578,734$3,488,338$2,789,286$4,100,142$4,631,833
Peru$11,389,079$12,578,195$12,595,120$15,267,533$13,403,208$19,040,789$20,265,864
Philippines$6,424,094$4,867,915$7,595,205$6,553,221$3,870,821$5,089,714$3,843,020
Poland$46,678,872$55,049,340$54,501,640$56,229,882$35,962,454$43,098,844$41,981,727
Portugal$19,269,389$21,869,933$23,620,456$27,804,233$17,567,423$17,428,101$14,903,031
Qatar$487,657$1,201,203$1,570,997$2,551,278 $4,806,880 
Romania$8,754,033$9,841,727$13,143,865$17,748,047$13,132,368$12,957,797$13,932,274
Russia$9,082,071$14,447,563$21,939,744$27,553,047$54,165,646$67,725,817$60,939,659
Rwanda$8,217$2,963$6,158$59,084$4,274 $31,341
Saint Kitts and Nevis$4,776$1,771$519    
Saint Lucia$105,175$128,670$145,956$150,346   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $416 $9 
Samoa$17,159$68,750$6,268$17,411$28,023$11,406$7,553
Sao Tome and Principe$871 $81    
Saudi Arabia$7,061,588$6,562,980$7,683,796  $14,201,884 
Senegal$123,047$159,878$175,780$142,756$145,437$152,586$239,667
Serbia$5,690,721$7,646,455$10,860,648$8,671,941$7,712,622$7,656,200$8,148,178
Seychelles$2,839$26,060$9,102$8,420   
Singapore$38,321,898$22,276,533$23,952,983$20,320,530$16,675,170$19,951,383$19,695,111
Slovakia$8,992,926$9,240,672$12,186,175$11,734,531$9,175,951$8,844,525$9,429,374
Slovenia$10,204,134$10,677,986$14,855,577$12,881,782$9,241,788$9,250,521$8,554,631
South Africa$24,808,509$31,342,564$32,829,579$43,289,804$29,732,272$35,579,014$34,080,862
Spain$84,676,099$104,898,467$106,483,812$79,579,373$60,837,366$78,125,445 
Sri Lanka$2,800,640$3,833,658$4,011,881$4,889,521$3,845,211$4,934,570$6,357,748
Sudan$39,276$101$34,350 $45,812  
Suriname$41,993$28,991$38,701$86,882$74,142$42,696$51,088
Swaziland$1,325$3,143$3,290    
Sweden$56,548,626$60,964,266$58,736,884$61,785,319$45,718,566$27,579,493$26,078,997
Switzerland$42,160,895$46,163,761$54,825,075$52,174,161$31,624,132$26,706,446$28,678,838
Syria$659,990$591,992$1,019,061$997,174 $1,311,977 
Tanzania$78,824$81,279$39,989$308,405$278,914$637,869$717,301
Thailand$22,653,019$25,302,013$26,586,738$34,787,990$31,611,775$35,375,744$35,704,155
Togo$95      
Tonga     $582 
Trinidad and Tobago$638,598$668,368$758,628$958,676$1,214,061$1,124,572 
Tunisia$2,369,930$2,565,273$3,466,785$3,803,111$4,023,852$4,048,750 
Turkey$67,677,246$73,455,743$92,816,433$87,253,450$77,702,915$89,309,782$103,911,970
Uganda$28,648$134,896$220,565$190,734$107,176$238,592 
Ukraine$5,938,826$7,617,666$9,144,546$14,792,027$13,485,772$15,643,925$15,937,037
United Arab Emirates$10,291,856 $18,453,755$24,824,491   
United Kingdom$215,605,565$229,396,546$227,990,586$194,738,858$130,050,648$111,568,784$106,356,095
United States$172,199,595$158,135,304$183,202,964$176,715,453$140,240,165$177,984,594$161,464,312
Uruguay$1,897,568$2,417,054$2,764,474$3,019,860$3,278,944  
Vanuatu $2,599$11,856    
Venezuela$7,591,392$6,311,342$8,276,357$9,552,533$8,931,818$9,487,874$6,746,671
Vietnam$4,543,483$4,919,862$2,609,136$2,828,823$1,774,101$2,650,590 
Yemen$520,912$106,341$157,167$418,606$721,378$364,997$528,744
Zambia$58,466$34,393$54,328$108,331$92,700$86,792 
Zimbabwe$177,052$171,264$198,407$189,768$197,807$227,290