RankCountryImports of Stranded wire, ropes & cables of iron/steel, not electrically insulated in USD (2010)
1United States$777,755,309
2Germany$359,923,541
3China$252,542,252
4France$207,777,718
5Canada$200,791,849
6Korea, South$197,415,267
7Singapore$187,018,541
8Japan$184,554,191
9Spain$165,921,087
10Poland$134,727,801
11Italy$131,428,573
12United Kingdom$121,564,144
13Netherlands$121,539,866
14Mexico$102,539,655
15Brazil$97,805,211
16Slovakia$92,630,818
17Australia$88,400,880
18Czech Republic$87,193,373
19Belgium$86,900,613
20Thailand$84,683,811
21Russia$68,895,005
22Vietnam$68,012,390
23South Africa$64,114,552
24Indonesia$62,367,209
25Romania$54,202,001
26Turkey$53,345,392
27Norway$49,171,557
28Malaysia$45,850,991
29Portugal$43,659,060
30Finland$42,662,016
31Austria$42,092,031
32India$40,629,392
33Chile$38,765,410
34Slovenia$36,657,705
35Argentina$35,185,353
36Luxembourg$34,484,994
37Egypt$32,844,429
38Switzerland$32,067,043
39Hong Kong$30,481,547
40Denmark$28,336,118
41Sweden$27,042,034
42Iran$26,033,057
43Algeria$24,643,690
44Ukraine$23,913,013
45Peru$23,480,421
46Israel$21,504,000
47Morocco$20,168,851
48Colombia$17,901,455
49Belarus$16,929,400
50Nigeria$16,887,155
51Serbia$16,362,656
52Qatar$16,243,956
53Hungary$15,851,000
54Saudi Arabia$14,299,751
55Greece$12,291,356
56Tunisia$11,838,154
57Ireland$11,177,166
58Panama$10,942,700
59Venezuela$10,587,510
60Bahrain$10,536,951
61Oman$10,407,585
62Philippines$10,302,822
63Azerbaijan$9,623,884
64New Zealand$9,431,000
65Ecuador$8,734,275
66Estonia$8,572,792
67Bolivia$8,397,582
68Zambia$8,033,597
69Jordan$8,022,781
70Croatia$7,909,309
71Lebanon$7,584,696
72Costa Rica$6,696,270
73Lithuania$5,821,789
74Pakistan$5,632,171
75Bulgaria$4,956,416
76Iceland$4,618,058
77Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,537,616
78Sri Lanka$3,976,536
79Latvia$3,704,020
80Yemen$3,354,878
81Georgia$3,090,017
82Syria$3,022,242
83Samoa$2,995,244
84Ethiopia$2,793,504
85Ghana$2,671,901
86Guatemala$2,596,811
87Botswana$2,336,887
88Zimbabwe$2,189,938
89Kenya$2,136,879
90Dominican Republic$2,126,980
91Nepal$1,959,900
92Trinidad and Tobago$1,946,549
93Paraguay$1,914,669
94Bahamas, The$1,793,746
95Malta$1,375,510
96Cameroon$1,342,292
97Armenia$1,286,115
98Fiji$1,261,675
99Cote d'Ivoire$1,240,240
100Jamaica$1,229,846
101El Salvador$1,107,359
102Nicaragua$1,051,399
103Montenegro$1,040,576
104Guyana$962,628
105New Caledonia$947,885
106Albania$940,442
107Mauritania$918,174
108Mali$860,802
109Cyprus$842,384
110Tanzania$730,129
111Mozambique$724,348
112Senegal$685,690
113Uganda$679,955
114Barbados$633,865
115Suriname$618,736
116Mauritius$595,794
117Moldova$582,647
118Kyrgyzstan$522,164
119Belize$494,741
120French Polynesia$459,778
121Madagascar$430,838
122Gambia, The$425,670
123Bhutan$389,278
124Niger$339,266
125Macau$333,665
126Burkina Faso$312,539
127Bermuda$286,858
128Cambodia$251,563
129Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$148,425
130Cape Verde$135,172
131Malawi$132,453
132Aruba$108,940
133Dominica$101,664
134Maldives$85,146
135Antigua and Barbuda$64,061
136Tonga$44,183
137Benin$19,776
138Burundi$10,263
139Togo$8,844
140Sao Tome and Principe$4,087
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,129,766$755,538$1,591,161$6,255,444$1,624,807$940,442$1,407,371
Algeria$12,185,160$18,975,200$20,108,650$34,629,730$25,700,050$24,643,690$15,577,415
Anguilla $91,590$159,192$157,314   
Antigua and Barbuda$110,033$201,479$183,980 $92,157$64,061$64,617
Argentina$25,107,189$26,241,035$30,093,462$31,246,977$31,560,359$35,185,353$35,521,433
Armenia$572,494$666,387$913,004$963,122$834,045$1,286,115$963,871
Aruba    $62,068$108,940$280,926
Australia$62,345,393$66,063,658$77,700,957$137,870,905$94,074,345$88,400,880$103,232,258
Austria$44,506,709$54,124,004$59,809,244$68,244,797$47,574,324$42,092,031 
Azerbaijan$6,535,023$4,841,872$7,951,388$10,624,860$6,026,344$9,623,884$7,841,065
Bahamas, The$1,586,832$2,323,080$3,977,796$2,341,978$2,095,340$1,793,746$1,936,006
Bahrain$1,516,258$1,224,798$3,707,215$10,727,732$13,428,347$10,536,951$16,783,420
Bangladesh$2,005,179$2,837,390$2,346,327    
Barbados$492,912$1,205,300$752,695$846,825$728,203$633,865$741,671
Belarus$6,046,100$8,789,200$9,914,800$17,563,900$10,501,500$16,929,400$19,542,100
Belgium$55,992,643$54,918,873$80,403,291$100,296,086$86,033,849$86,900,613$110,823,166
Belize$205,514$331,716$299,358$505,579$522,994$494,741 
Benin$27,867$13,225   $19,776 
Bermuda     $286,858 
Bhutan$249,781$189,634$98,931$182,267$68,645$389,278 
Bolivia$1,781,029$2,784,093$4,618,756$5,324,012$7,312,606$8,397,582$8,303,466
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,794,193$2,634,807$4,720,193$5,664,741$4,539,955$4,537,616$6,206,187
Botswana$3,541,088$2,218,314$1,899,244$3,503,719$2,367,739$2,336,887$4,569,264
Brazil$28,390,979$35,522,028$48,492,630$76,052,068$70,525,558$97,805,211$129,769,775
Brunei $679,701     
Bulgaria$4,223,267$4,677,586$6,114,835$9,318,819$3,144,758$4,956,416$6,558,348
Burkina Faso$32,597 $82,091$56,733$95,117$312,539 
Burundi$3,895$21,561$6,496$75,691$59,282$10,263 
Cambodia$13,732$599,844$233,375$733,168$51,842$251,563 
Cameroon$738,419$1,276,906$2,771,196$2,527,957$1,438,970$1,342,292 
Canada$144,491,099$153,896,145$146,127,781$191,811,419$160,539,124$200,791,849$232,803,106
Cape Verde$67,905$61,889$117,531$141,916$107,968$135,172$273,598
Central African Republic$29,588 $47,240$189,903$6,474  
Chile$19,182,847$20,048,641$23,941,989$37,618,673$25,239,850$38,765,410$45,646,192
China$168,041,451$186,106,631$182,699,534$225,996,412$260,090,015$252,542,252$290,964,167
Colombia$6,475,699$7,211,639$10,125,569$14,245,238$14,006,415$17,901,455$28,790,832
Comoros$2,415 $797    
Costa Rica$3,024,517$3,257,108$4,340,669$7,095,398$4,135,837$6,696,270$8,432,577
Cote d'Ivoire$1,787,572$1,518,265$1,694,689$2,244,820$2,222,729$1,240,240$872,490
Croatia$8,546,629$8,387,507$9,693,386$13,294,282$8,766,713$7,909,309$8,339,639
Cuba$4,211,631$6,582,694     
Cyprus$578,777$1,083,166$1,575,574$848,468$983,057$842,384$1,429,274
Czech Republic$75,587,873$81,804,845$90,183,158$107,178,464$84,148,273$87,193,373$107,445,406
Denmark$39,439,901$35,550,329$47,463,189$55,240,031$30,902,400$28,336,118$39,872,212
Dominica$48,606$71,593$29,655$56,385$88,404$101,664 
Dominican Republic$1,586,173$2,838,351$2,972,917$3,324,169$2,211,866$2,126,980$3,443,234
East Timor$12,843      
Ecuador$4,457,111$4,017,698$4,199,343$6,639,985$5,692,808$8,734,275$10,116,334
Egypt$3,706,182$2,522,928$3,036,881$75,122,574$31,628,458$32,844,429$29,571,321
El Salvador$1,076,114$863,998$1,036,971$1,666,517$2,231,805$1,107,359 
Estonia$7,683,855$8,748,688$10,866,461$9,568,820$7,839,771$8,572,792$7,149,913
Ethiopia$486,590$785,250$1,012,865$806,634$4,757,489$2,793,504$2,339,684
Faroe Islands$1,890,388$2,129,997$2,662,123$2,415,578$1,057,383  
Fiji$507,381$798,893$435,157$595,658$335,052$1,261,675 
Finland$23,402,185$31,699,842$38,100,680$57,436,715$19,208,887$42,662,016$50,241,827
France$192,034,869$193,677,034$228,754,659$284,062,368$180,861,875$207,777,718$225,451,297
French Polynesia$363,335$331,454$336,546$581,081$362,411$459,778$356,803
Gabon$2,334,141$3,028,135$2,804,318$3,740,894$3,214,473  
Gambia, The$125,759$8,266$13,574$6,932$6,542$425,670$14,195
Georgia$747,162$937,990$1,751,448$1,649,999$1,173,370$3,090,017 
Germany$300,685,000$346,668,000$417,667,000$512,105,000$379,766,000$359,923,541$463,936,341
Ghana$1,164,717$2,092,500$4,529,157$3,952,075$1,713,399$2,671,901$4,586,058
Greece$11,211,316$16,103,305$28,513,091$24,511,446$20,726,208$12,291,356$12,681,671
Greenland$836,473$373,728$337,200    
Grenada$339,922$159,069$184,291$198,838$105,695  
Guatemala$1,297,628$2,111,394$1,846,208$2,184,785$1,833,198$2,596,811$3,013,284
Guinea$318,693$203,414$61,493$26,639   
Guinea-Bissau$84      
Guyana$575,944$1,208,305$1,139,380$1,029,195$1,356,394$962,628$1,482,075
Honduras$1,114,541$1,902,544$1,470,163 $1,422,912  
Hong Kong$32,696,151$32,784,487$33,968,166$51,613,831$34,146,850$30,481,547$42,081,108
Hungary$30,482,000$24,467,000$19,151,000$22,625,000$13,772,000$15,851,000$25,465,000
Iceland$8,482,294$6,969,128$9,014,404$7,400,190$5,564,389$4,618,058$4,957,383
India$9,681,490$10,938,812$21,498,173$37,666,128$26,844,998$40,629,392$52,722,507
Indonesia$18,060,761$19,926,132$30,921,908$69,056,388$71,113,683$62,367,209$53,906,431
Iran$13,251,431$9,168,502   $26,033,057 
Ireland$23,007,739$13,941,839$21,395,721$18,250,610$11,486,484$11,177,166$28,303,403
Israel$21,462,000$20,230,000$21,516,000$26,797,000$15,629,000$21,504,000$26,938,000
Italy$118,677,870$139,472,215$145,004,921$179,342,349$111,842,913$131,428,573$170,053,734
Jamaica$1,287,957$2,201,494$4,016,660$3,500,783$2,002,922$1,229,846 
Japan$115,966,942$121,524,016$136,851,500$181,414,044$162,379,723$184,554,191$249,740,573
Jordan$1,189,633$1,581,934$2,283,724$2,853,430$8,749,741$8,022,781$2,769,564
Kazakhstan$16,784,336$22,119,800$31,465,510$41,612,366$51,691,006  
Kenya$1,380,625$1,088,949$2,822,399$1,516,557$1,473,382$2,136,879 
Kiribati$17,091   $4,651  
Korea, South$87,263,348$94,829,931$155,583,106$226,968,075$152,910,503$197,415,267$275,900,547
Kuwait $9,473,384$5,538,880$868,526   
Kyrgyzstan$227,761$411,697$699,492$735,237$684,574$522,164$1,477,214
Latvia$3,295,259$5,639,220$6,953,126$5,218,516$4,460,422$3,704,020$5,051,517
Lebanon$3,041,000$2,704,652$3,950,512$6,712,604$5,669,303$7,584,696$7,535,114
Lesotho   $219,757   
Lithuania$4,630,296$7,999,817$7,498,146$8,040,196$4,185,381$5,821,789$6,436,733
Luxembourg$30,953,477$24,413,669$42,062,047$41,327,298$16,015,576$34,484,994$43,450,798
Macau$1,076,283$1,222,038$1,146,622$587,252$304,105$333,665$354,674
Macedonia$731,740$1,101,487$1,831,732$1,004,166$1,003,259 $1,039,716
Madagascar$209,780$345,289$946,482$2,234,608$642,139$430,838 
Malawi$111,670$78,910$96,554$180,090$155,024$132,453$148,021
Malaysia$22,078,847$28,775,914$31,829,896$27,244,100$28,998,436$45,850,991$46,767,872
Maldives$35,962$69,457$49,625$167,616$97,216$85,146$90,456
Mali$92,721$149,036$77,520$532,099 $860,802 
Malta$4,309,403$2,301,420$2,201,958$3,085,610$1,552,731$1,375,510 
Mauritania$2,192,135$301,068$52,426$383,022$959,413$918,174$633,528
Mauritius$285,417$497,351$717,690$615,615$416,101$595,794$977,331
Mayotte$35,271$36,628$65,986$66,339$41,424  
Mexico$91,054,262$94,737,039$94,405,848$102,626,004$92,003,200$102,539,655$125,362,064
Moldova$1,226,017$1,032,977$749,595$678,845$715,783$582,647$957,727
Mongolia$1,682,435$1,360,010$1,543,929    
Montenegro $568,476$980,511$972,689$711,685$1,040,576$1,036,577
Montserrat$136$25,997$9,646$43$6,908  
Morocco$16,262,118$16,285,934$21,234,354$29,032,133$26,004,159$20,168,851 
Mozambique$4,272,304$1,817,286$1,951,494$2,557,116$2,586,048$724,348$1,504,000
Namibia$3,741,046$3,726,012$3,671,612$5,322,683   
Nepal    $836,630$1,959,900 
Netherlands$82,972,893$96,449,793$122,607,459$153,643,410$117,841,684$121,539,866 
Netherlands Antilles$171,216$140,374$326,535$171,169   
New Caledonia$1,338,393$444,098$743,428$1,045,646$514,905$947,885$917,239
New Zealand$14,301,769$13,124,348$12,099,679$24,743,584$9,686,971$9,431,000$10,735,523
Nicaragua$1,009,270$527,748$461,456$798,110$1,160,871$1,051,399$1,568,519
Niger$15,426$319,822$274,977$57,535$421,446$339,266$92,022
Nigeria $6,279,772$9,742,977$30,051,627$19,341,075$16,887,155 
Norway$35,053,851$45,090,364$51,689,981$61,912,568$59,380,691$49,171,557$55,076,178
Oman$1,273,121$2,301,524$5,010,262$9,903,459$35,543,353$10,407,585 
Pakistan$2,408,847$5,421,925$5,068,770$6,192,243$5,447,311$5,632,171$4,784,015
Panama$4,583,268$8,561,426$12,429,205$24,162,041$16,903,039$10,942,700$13,580,016
Paraguay$618,398$954,069$765,603$2,819,812$1,352,181$1,914,669$2,571,190
Peru$8,278,144$9,837,653$13,359,997$17,986,841$17,003,227$23,480,421$20,637,462
Philippines$8,858,253$14,453,408$15,145,273$20,196,592$10,015,457$10,302,822$20,570,899
Poland$79,464,389$88,607,984$108,472,834$118,664,479$106,983,709$134,727,801$184,981,289
Portugal$38,650,864$41,375,235$47,154,964$49,080,365$37,463,746$43,659,060$48,917,719
Qatar$5,172,717$7,349,225$15,854,417$26,966,445 $16,243,956 
Romania$17,364,511$20,469,839$36,226,381$47,677,022$39,017,060$54,202,001$59,175,566
Russia$32,358,376$44,894,766$62,491,218$70,416,867$43,116,492$68,895,005$107,246,203
Rwanda$7,625$17,314$35,313$620,141$113,714 $898,298
Saint Kitts and Nevis$29,316$26,989$32,810$54,980   
Saint Lucia$93,250$73,380$62,237$67,434   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$54,645$144,489$58,382$81,906$71,013$148,425 
Samoa$12,904,338$12,927,607$7,757,950$6,133,813$76,934$2,995,244$415,980
Sao Tome and Principe$2,817$1,109$6,934$1,708$6,356$4,087 
Saudi Arabia$6,221,580$6,218,918$13,901,921  $14,299,751 
Senegal$1,172,574$673,216$689,049$814,614$1,248,447$685,690$1,071,858
Serbia$7,441,882$10,892,216$19,452,207$12,431,531$11,820,698$16,362,656$25,009,105
Seychelles$428,172$104,039$105,136$172,173   
Singapore$85,248,919$97,141,645$151,128,844$190,076,808$152,999,792$187,018,541$204,298,889
Slovakia$52,993,353$53,894,664$82,324,594$87,416,078$65,188,065$92,630,818$118,283,124
Slovenia$27,282,196$30,588,495$33,867,349$39,185,835$25,142,302$36,657,705$49,604,316
South Africa$59,700,485$60,046,388$60,941,161$78,488,759$64,512,258$64,114,552$85,678,193
Spain$204,548,447$209,104,971$218,308,793$258,744,391$143,145,178$165,921,087 
Sri Lanka$1,242,576$2,708,252$2,146,056$3,020,840$4,153,733$3,976,536$4,582,680
Sudan$459,192$501,175$229,715$232,989$981,405  
Suriname$327,114$434,999$596,301$515,033$978,350$618,736$445,883
Swaziland$436,573$433,926$602,824    
Sweden$16,591,764$14,877,266$23,602,575$37,417,298$17,253,278$27,042,034$26,883,626
Switzerland$19,867,883$22,543,265$26,512,757$35,058,476$27,859,136$32,067,043$38,463,790
Syria$1,426,663$2,272,598$3,449,612$4,717,173 $3,022,242 
Tanzania$524,164$398,082$657,283$1,493,253$2,805,963$730,129$2,521,617
Thailand$30,754,592$26,697,007$32,857,951$52,485,032$54,456,934$84,683,811$99,807,773
Togo$4,889 $30,071  $8,844$231,411
Tonga   $5,587$24,595$44,183 
Trinidad and Tobago$3,212,025$4,739,567$4,540,833$6,740,605$1,786,634$1,946,549 
Tunisia$6,800,561$7,446,421$7,758,925$11,201,809$8,082,814$11,838,154 
Turkey$25,708,485$30,401,588$42,959,099$53,572,101$47,669,702$53,345,392$60,201,292
Uganda$319,773$190,210$314,266$269,695$1,467,011$679,955 
Ukraine$18,530,493$19,719,741$29,443,801$28,250,636$11,452,292$23,913,013$19,465,477
United Arab Emirates$58,049,898 $79,849,985$204,004,516   
United Kingdom$146,637,484$159,894,928$147,988,629$160,148,659$120,188,944$121,564,144$139,481,584
United States$733,893,917$800,372,499$811,339,809$990,854,937$645,611,675$777,755,309$880,087,089
Uruguay$751,388$1,365,627$1,426,067$1,973,168$1,386,986  
Vanuatu $38,558$33,294    
Venezuela$7,869,357$5,750,338$10,704,472$17,266,873$16,217,598$10,587,510$18,652,988
Vietnam$28,530,348$30,559,136$46,589,882$64,451,448$66,852,727$68,012,390 
Wallis and Futuna$184$920     
Yemen$1,533,196$4,746,566$7,201,064$5,532,549$3,860,286$3,354,878$3,704,059
Zambia$1,544,950$2,337,921$3,924,167$3,831,854$2,098,862$8,033,597 
Zimbabwe$2,048,964$2,336,424$3,084,694$1,978,570$1,887,544$2,189,938