RankCountryImports of Life-jackets & life-belts in USD (2010)
1United States$93,345,065
2France$25,299,370
3Qatar$18,364,715
4Saudi Arabia$16,024,287
5Spain$15,415,977
6Canada$14,513,254
7United Kingdom$11,897,978
8China$11,458,491
9Australia$10,278,294
10Norway$9,587,317
11Italy$8,259,749
12Netherlands$7,613,891
13Sweden$7,252,577
14Singapore$6,306,695
15Denmark$6,241,152
16Germany$6,229,494
17Nigeria$4,800,552
18Finland$4,599,666
19Thailand$4,129,993
20Japan$4,124,404
21Switzerland$4,020,026
22Korea, South$3,954,096
23Belgium$3,016,859
24Brazil$2,912,743
25Hong Kong$2,860,912
26Pakistan$2,404,801
27New Zealand$2,184,788
28India$2,084,305
29Malaysia$1,967,215
30Hungary$1,799,000
31Mexico$1,717,971
32Morocco$1,657,163
33Austria$1,640,836
34Estonia$1,590,519
35Greece$1,576,592
36Colombia$1,348,656
37Uganda$1,334,190
38Russia$1,264,650
39Poland$1,263,692
40Portugal$1,223,593
41Czech Republic$1,085,189
42Kyrgyzstan$1,022,894
43Turkey$963,359
44Chile$932,348
45Panama$914,503
46Indonesia$866,101
47South Africa$756,760
48Costa Rica$703,904
49Trinidad and Tobago$667,633
50Peru$666,146
51Slovakia$664,563
52Romania$636,399
53Nicaragua$611,207
54Algeria$597,691
55Croatia$594,515
56Ireland$565,276
57Belarus$524,200
58Oman$521,689
59Israel$467,000
60Azerbaijan$427,644
61Egypt$414,502
62Ukraine$385,861
63Sri Lanka$380,844
64Venezuela$368,201
65Jamaica$326,146
66Tunisia$325,884
67Zambia$315,212
68Vietnam$289,680
69Kenya$267,381
70Slovenia$265,340
71New Caledonia$252,113
72Suriname$251,312
73Latvia$243,597
74Bahrain$241,998
75Philippines$238,215
76Luxembourg$228,583
77Mozambique$222,614
78Lebanon$220,607
79Guatemala$212,985
80Argentina$203,702
81Mali$186,722
82Iran$186,323
83Maldives$186,031
84Serbia$183,578
85French Polynesia$183,028
86Ecuador$175,520
87Dominican Republic$173,861
88Jordan$170,854
89Bahamas, The$167,284
90Cameroon$164,891
91El Salvador$163,739
92Malta$160,221
93Madagascar$159,203
94Cote d'Ivoire$147,665
95Iceland$146,217
96Cyprus$142,746
97Bulgaria$124,636
98Lithuania$123,127
99Bhutan$121,513
100Fiji$120,337
101Georgia$114,382
102Zimbabwe$109,746
103Aruba$108,371
104Botswana$106,755
105Tanzania$105,790
106Paraguay$104,179
107Ethiopia$89,147
108Guyana$77,375
109Moldova$76,829
110Ghana$71,139
111Cambodia$60,670
112Burkina Faso$58,591
113Mauritania$58,115
114Montenegro$48,411
115Yemen$48,059
116Belize$47,462
117Armenia$44,843
118Bosnia and Herzegovina$43,205
119Cape Verde$41,014
120Bolivia$38,382
121Macau$38,347
122Bermuda$37,993
123Niger$36,465
124Barbados$35,068
125Samoa$21,702
126Antigua and Barbuda$21,195
127Senegal$19,477
128Mauritius$15,760
129Syria$15,642
130Togo$15,633
131Nepal$15,357
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$12,619
133Tonga$10,858
134Albania$7,281
135Benin$5,450
136Dominica$5,396
137Malawi$4,485
138Sao Tome and Principe$538
139Burundi$465
140Gambia, The$456
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$260,815$6,878$101,576$77,429$45,904$7,281$12,875
Algeria$259,475$345,561$477,234$425,228$419,543$597,691$728,669
Anguilla $2,655$8,263$5,985   
Antigua and Barbuda$27,354$31,998$60,257 $31,244$21,195$26,257
Argentina$18,904$56,690$147,265$180,773$79,596$203,702$465,963
Armenia$6,390$6,639$9,111$27,820$24,732$44,843$32,624
Aruba    $72,180$108,371$141,342
Australia$7,340,673$9,884,940$9,818,695$10,916,401$9,351,895$10,278,294$12,413,008
Austria$1,454,958$1,791,953$1,764,298$1,670,098$2,999,381$1,640,836 
Azerbaijan$1,209,071$474,116$385,859$504,488$180,168$427,644$908,937
Bahamas, The$50,670$60,106$262,213$60,337$105,528$167,284$186,082
Bahrain$21,346$36,715$77,468$242,226$301,970$241,998$234,542
Bangladesh$16,929$11,729$21,163    
Barbados$78,871$61,178$92,984$98,504$38,394$35,068$50,304
Belarus$199,100$205,200$390,500$537,300$344,100$524,200$298,400
Belgium$2,839,841$2,673,718$1,488,235$2,104,015$3,429,871$3,016,859$3,528,292
Belize$36,260$42,832$66,716$30,764$67,562$47,462 
Benin$156$169   $5,450 
Bermuda     $37,993 
Bhutan$12,073$2,742$2,527$1,304$1,645$121,513 
Bolivia$473,773$60,705$16,740$25,368$39,861$38,382$45,727
Bosnia and Herzegovina$67,596$12,566$29,021$40,594$45,593$43,205$35,770
Botswana$28,394$49,547$65,753$101,863$85,125$106,755$99,471
Brazil$785,683$930,824$1,512,664$2,453,398$2,526,250$2,912,743$4,022,082
Brunei $102,894     
Bulgaria$214,940$206,002$239,787$247,683$234,840$124,636$242,195
Burkina Faso$2,618 $9,374$1,227,907$52,298$58,591 
Burundi$291$7,296$2,064$70,046$422$465 
Cambodia$14,308$31,960$713,264$60,113$15,378$60,670 
Cameroon$140,541$68,111$198,862$860,846$244,418$164,891 
Canada$7,831,124$11,227,305$16,208,765$17,736,507$13,384,381$14,513,254$16,590,585
Cape Verde$21,823$25,664$13,007$39,412$38,500$41,014$20,810
Central African Republic$1,668 $2,175 $937  
Chile$841,646$687,653$868,477$1,085,194$918,453$932,348$1,043,861
China$4,692,737$6,071,870$8,824,196$13,767,337$10,623,890$11,458,491$13,804,339
Colombia$1,154,594$340,751$812,235$1,420,474$1,052,567$1,348,656$1,563,532
Comoros$1,541$80     
Cook Islands$2,620      
Costa Rica$460,037$385,101$901,580$1,971,597$480,970$703,904$6,025,472
Cote d'Ivoire$550,207$122,715$258,462$123,449$84,458$147,665$135,965
Croatia$595,622$658,960$760,161$716,865$387,029$594,515$458,924
Cuba$886,567$1,393,094     
Cyprus$87,940$153,638$196,187$147,659$166,626$142,746$81,655
Czech Republic$671,870$637,915$616,135$961,558$821,453$1,085,189$1,139,042
Denmark$7,022,084$5,928,831$6,731,833$8,600,175$5,614,935$6,241,152$7,913,541
Djibouti    $24,477  
Dominica$29,003$5,396$12,685$12,071$19,301$5,396 
Dominican Republic$35,122$24,475$81,427$102,310$112,131$173,861$230,783
East Timor$1,240      
Ecuador$151,489$137,042$135,077$200,925$150,937$175,520$301,351
Egypt$49,123$79,688$301,723$596,995$341,358$414,502$764,770
El Salvador$140,694$187,556$243,599$171,115$79,566$163,739 
Estonia$1,119,448$1,379,862$1,664,917$2,146,918$1,265,553$1,590,519$1,730,396
Ethiopia$179$18,933$31,609$13,343$21,050$89,147$211,739
Faroe Islands$115,505$114,250$129,315$110,487$59,269  
Fiji$132,884$82,536$117,209$399,225$113,026$120,337 
Finland$2,918,473$4,163,917$5,978,380$4,939,489$4,737,993$4,599,666$4,798,889
France$13,373,446$16,415,032$20,925,519$22,544,399$21,017,830$25,299,370$27,836,860
French Polynesia$136,471$106,752$100,985$190,225$218,753$183,028$167,381
Gabon$138,383$325,491$357,851$328,281$303,893  
Gambia, The$734$1,675$121 $564$456$843
Georgia$477,609$1,922,064$729,939$136,423$187,423$114,382 
Germany$6,495,000$7,417,000$7,167,000$7,312,000$5,833,000$6,229,494$8,359,551
Ghana$20,428$20,915$28,817$102,975$97,284$71,139$356,222
Greece$992,450$767,576$1,106,888$2,301,993$912,915$1,576,592$759,572
Greenland$51,328$59,357$50,889    
Grenada$2,597$7,421$8,312$5,546$5,892  
Guatemala$182,206$244,975$417,930$211,011$144,741$212,985$336,091
Guinea$26,279$3,743$134,684$39,620   
Guyana$41,490$54,485$93,835$56,345$99,100$77,375$113,942
Honduras$180,184$175,019$1,444,643 $244,179  
Hong Kong$11,921,057$10,645,552$8,460,484$6,951,790$3,105,083$2,860,912$3,614,097
Hungary$1,170,000$1,163,000$1,299,000$1,334,000$982,000$1,799,000$2,304,000
Iceland$136,107$191,783$302,453$319,869$80,322$146,217$268,486
India$381,758$808,724$1,748,209$1,302,953$1,032,777$2,084,305$1,605,017
Indonesia$54,238$94,744$205,363$277,497$370,550$866,101$807,743
Iran$192,127$47,219   $186,323 
Ireland$997,900$1,098,765$1,287,144$801,712$1,075,779$565,276$818,999
Israel$392,000$477,000$597,000$519,000$541,000$467,000$344,000
Italy$7,268,762$8,131,316$8,526,218$11,347,678$7,389,314$8,259,749$9,653,543
Jamaica$140,549$189,016$214,193$231,351$201,881$326,146 
Japan$4,298,576$5,345,905$5,392,728$6,307,539$5,084,924$4,124,404$5,211,840
Jordan$27,879$236,491$160,026$71,348$76,569$170,854$130,511
Kazakhstan$1,395,943$1,221,825$2,001,745$1,794,246$1,972,854  
Kenya$71,812$131,157$234,908$86,034$589,697$267,381 
Kiribati$1,867   $2,294  
Korea, South$2,109,050$1,640,928$3,953,550$4,736,807$2,716,371$3,954,096$3,236,138
Kuwait $731,791$457,138$282,176   
Kyrgyzstan$31,408$44,070$32,881$47,767$35,299$1,022,894$167,727
Latvia$220,105$372,705$390,790$598,857$287,701$243,597$371,958
Lebanon$108,000$103,893$164,428$379,308$204,142$220,607$152,017
Lesotho   $43,582   
Lithuania$147,528$284,944$287,244$317,383$136,542$123,127$181,679
Luxembourg$167,630$162,747$208,240$332,634$223,694$228,583$377,327
Macau$32,636$84,490$115,230$87,771$76,768$38,347$73,778
Macedonia$15,992$8,601$10,800$73,447$279,578 $33,859
Madagascar$207,647$801,052$324,809$348,349$263,395$159,203 
Malawi$12,485$2,326$6,720$3,220$30,672$4,485$37,507
Malaysia$731,996$631,403$2,458,158$1,909,573$1,614,381$1,967,215$2,578,514
Maldives$212,831$449,900$233,584$400,575$181,777$186,031$274,831
Mali$10,026$19,510$9,645$112,423 $186,722 
Malta$236,422$177,229$200,155$246,786$195,064$160,221 
Mauritania $1,623$27,988$376,157$7,890$58,115$12,672
Mauritius$7,314$32,511$54,367$27,162$17,762$15,760$14,953
Mayotte$35,858$20,339$44,750$54,045$42,938  
Mexico$1,836,982$1,914,615$2,445,932$2,357,912$2,200,999$1,717,971$2,847,059
Moldova$50,579$46,887$114,375$95,506$65,172$76,829$112,566
Mongolia$55,703$100,007$224,182    
Montenegro $20,768$15,510$32,378$32,033$48,411$46,806
Montserrat$5,304$684$1,074 $867  
Morocco$197,286$555,991$526,270$451,895$3,166,567$1,657,163 
Mozambique$135,999$69,483$94,348$179,224$168,925$222,614$359,000
Namibia$88,801$118,103$148,275$154,540   
Nepal    $29,086$15,357 
Netherlands$4,753,882$6,233,752$7,063,002$7,085,998$6,427,576$7,613,891 
Netherlands Antilles$87,544$129,971$105,380$146,350   
New Caledonia$261,991$148,077$293,386$243,284$205,525$252,113$296,316
New Zealand$1,857,798$1,694,930$1,779,631$2,715,594$2,001,436$2,184,788$3,283,164
Nicaragua$326,600$163,861$241,385$262,981$193,971$611,207$327,162
Niger$3,939$62,523$45,650$12,171$32,113$36,465$41,105
Nigeria $205,758$480,444$728,327$1,291,112$4,800,552 
Norway$10,132,508$10,270,658$14,962,501$11,000,074$7,722,085$9,587,317$11,700,292
Oman$24,759$145,508$311,901$72,536$403,043$521,689 
Pakistan$162,890$123,842$390,199$1,225,641$584,985$2,404,801$326,666
Panama$137,117$432,515$396,426$690,514$548,458$914,503$1,466,003
Paraguay$4,866$31,718$104,337$88,627$137,786$104,179$257,408
Peru$223,777$247,093$271,071$561,249$362,982$666,146$534,255
Philippines$480,521$89,034$115,047$185,890$198,968$238,215$238,714
Poland$702,817$1,024,389$1,419,830$1,701,557$1,025,254$1,263,692$4,220,536
Portugal$1,383,229$1,051,744$1,682,807$1,374,027$973,580$1,223,593$1,196,946
Qatar$259,636$454,097$442,404$742,060 $18,364,715 
Romania$993,776$986,995$2,948,356$2,986,551$601,098$636,399$643,773
Russia$684,500$1,204,861$2,014,996$1,435,054$1,522,984$1,264,650$2,108,920
Rwanda$2,764$2,103$2,051$9,074$6,131 $18,723
Saint Kitts and Nevis$860$2,434$3,956$4,659   
Saint Lucia$22,764$16,861$22,560$22,061   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$7,224$20,411$33,182$16,259$14,689$12,619 
Samoa$12,734$10,747$9,563$2,669$651$21,702$800
Sao Tome and Principe$140$3,550$15 $1,965$538 
Saudi Arabia$6,235,157$2,888,125$15,426,242  $16,024,287 
Senegal$481,408$37,613$115,227$56,486$56,346$19,477$84,857
Serbia$44,698$71,831$152,325$200,399$680,199$183,578$82,128
Seychelles$65,798$47,796$60,390$40,539   
Singapore$2,084,086$3,371,112$3,337,319$6,110,229$5,559,636$6,306,695$6,589,573
Slovakia$433,754$601,235$787,018$870,618$783,118$664,563$697,332
Slovenia$183,280$280,591$436,788$608,862$351,904$265,340$293,329
South Africa$650,709$908,971$885,269$1,203,430$502,640$756,760$1,788,335
Spain$10,678,514$12,113,653$16,254,812$18,818,944$10,150,682$15,415,977 
Sri Lanka$89,561$111,425$88,990$76,309$105,807$380,844$365,481
Sudan$352,056$324$193,525$155$58,850  
Suriname$76,041$54,549$29,768$73,316$213,580$251,312$239,741
Swaziland$9,453$13,335$8,947    
Sweden$5,607,029$7,874,202$8,802,349$6,504,317$4,790,338$7,252,577$8,491,546
Switzerland$1,450,881$1,540,767$3,007,567$2,194,777$2,543,888$4,020,026$3,214,099
Syria $3,420   $15,642 
Tanzania$79,564$52,409$37,699$82,508$127,668$105,790$244,169
Thailand$687,252$2,120,616$1,441,319$3,397,134$2,134,561$4,129,993$4,853,648
Togo     $15,633 
Tonga   $4,443$2,329$10,858 
Trinidad and Tobago$747,366$465,801$782,912$651,160$721,943$667,633 
Tunisia$557,054$339,055$435,348$329,574$854,984$325,884 
Turkey$353,046$470,407$584,251$1,030,911$700,522$963,359$1,200,933
Uganda$42,815$21,142$320,353$354,239$29,221$1,334,190 
Ukraine$237,677$314,616$516,044$327,930$179,274$385,861$423,855
United Arab Emirates$8,293,946 $10,319,394$9,636,980   
United Kingdom$7,031,847$6,897,496$8,982,378$11,312,026$11,009,287$11,897,978$9,618,376
United States$64,744,089$68,887,902$91,300,378$95,829,265$75,244,698$93,345,065$100,765,398
Uruguay$19,690$80,131$91,653$100,188$130,084  
Vanuatu $28,573$6,490    
Venezuela$395,125$662,625$1,067,737$976,333$545,050$368,201$435,563
Vietnam$104,699$300,218$300,892$177,830$2,395,734$289,680 
Wallis and Futuna$2,865$7,198     
Yemen$40,922$9,879$157,605$529,199$20,813$48,059$15,728
Zambia$104,447$51,075$147,350$297,130$17,967$315,212 
Zimbabwe$5,293$43,572$91,391$112,592$92,205$109,746