RankCountryImports of Welded link chain of iron/steel in USD (2010)
1United States$88,540,430
2Russia$34,021,902
3Canada$26,542,864
4Germany$26,531,657
5China$22,859,962
6Vietnam$20,308,630
7Norway$19,385,103
8United Kingdom$17,528,883
9France$13,746,517
10Brazil$12,695,501
11Australia$11,198,789
12Netherlands$9,985,692
13Belgium$9,550,544
14Poland$9,271,818
15Spain$8,806,806
16Mexico$8,531,078
17Sweden$8,126,732
18Czech Republic$7,524,103
19Italy$7,061,578
20Denmark$6,834,878
21Korea, South$6,441,064
22Japan$6,382,893
23South Africa$5,692,353
24Ukraine$5,350,697
25Chile$4,850,419
26Austria$4,322,210
27Switzerland$3,975,601
28Singapore$3,965,340
29Turkey$3,761,904
30Finland$3,251,719
31Belarus$3,005,400
32Thailand$2,940,043
33Romania$2,836,409
34New Zealand$2,817,771
35Indonesia$2,514,265
36Malaysia$1,972,808
37Argentina$1,932,498
38Greece$1,819,394
39Portugal$1,729,031
40Lithuania$1,603,964
41Croatia$1,416,531
42Iran$1,359,565
43Saudi Arabia$1,265,335
44Peru$1,223,325
45Slovakia$1,178,844
46Colombia$1,153,140
47Slovenia$1,133,602
48Egypt$1,082,761
49Hungary$993,000
50Mali$971,164
51Estonia$912,382
52Ecuador$909,699
53Panama$737,542
54Dominican Republic$724,912
55Qatar$682,885
56Tunisia$679,482
57Ireland$673,519
58Nigeria$670,505
59Israel$666,000
60Morocco$643,271
61Bulgaria$526,123
62Algeria$523,709
63Serbia$511,330
64Iceland$493,883
65Bosnia and Herzegovina$481,364
66Venezuela$445,340
67Guatemala$418,920
68Montenegro$405,670
69India$373,967
70French Polynesia$367,176
71Kenya$358,971
72Hong Kong$350,632
73Sri Lanka$329,733
74Oman$287,181
75Paraguay$280,458
76Costa Rica$273,309
77Philippines$246,519
78Nicaragua$246,097
79Luxembourg$236,644
80Syria$227,921
81El Salvador$199,962
82Zimbabwe$191,574
83Guyana$188,812
84Zambia$187,978
85Bolivia$187,262
86Moldova$173,158
87Latvia$155,498
88New Caledonia$151,653
89Tanzania$144,556
90Jordan$107,673
91Malta$101,913
92Malawi$89,684
93Lebanon$89,093
94Trinidad and Tobago$86,604
95Madagascar$80,629
96Bahrain$78,839
97Niger$75,752
98Macau$70,041
99Cameroon$63,518
100Ghana$61,228
101Cote d'Ivoire$55,692
102Georgia$51,988
103Mozambique$41,522
104Ethiopia$37,851
105Pakistan$37,829
106Suriname$36,087
107Yemen$35,865
108Belize$32,915
109Mauritius$32,625
110Cyprus$31,447
111Jamaica$30,674
112Bermuda$27,078
113Benin$25,850
114Botswana$24,617
115Albania$24,312
116Senegal$18,683
117Azerbaijan$18,070
118Samoa$17,518
119Barbados$17,168
120Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$12,420
121Togo$11,756
122Burkina Faso$11,131
123Cambodia$9,353
124Aruba$7,684
125Bahamas, The$6,543
126Armenia$5,864
127Nepal$4,277
128Maldives$4,049
129Uganda$3,656
130Antigua and Barbuda$3,008
131Dominica$2,282
132Cape Verde$644
133Fiji$500
134Sao Tome and Principe$487
135Tonga$377
136Mauritania$240
137Burundi$37
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $420$12,313$42,139$16,896$24,312$15,046
Algeria$370,991$262,332$602,976$843,713$517,575$523,709$345,032
Antigua and Barbuda$10,362$1,577$1,819 $674$3,008$3,925
Argentina$987,857$1,268,988$1,878,485$2,156,892$1,272,630$1,932,498$3,132,759
Armenia$8,008$14,994$882 $190$5,864$18,077
Aruba    $14,304$7,684$13,626
Australia$11,795,472$11,628,037$19,061,307$18,268,803$15,480,116$11,198,789$14,057,427
Austria$3,763,573$3,338,360$3,740,513$3,542,376$3,946,685$4,322,210 
Azerbaijan$34,921$21,026$29,540$22,477$69,648$18,070$83,690
Bahamas, The$37,094$8,717$29,868$9,767$27,274$6,543$9,414
Bahrain$82,066$43,332$47,096$142,481$119,573$78,839$92,468
Bangladesh$16,876$36,561$1,512    
Barbados$19,752$59,574$4,600$16,417$4,263$17,168$7,666
Belarus$2,099,700$2,790,100$2,418,600$4,712,000$2,078,100$3,005,400$3,575,600
Belgium$6,794,296$12,518,678$14,229,160$16,643,517$12,989,566$9,550,544$12,081,051
Belize$8,945$12,230$9,644$8,511$28,096$32,915 
Benin$1,517$255   $25,850 
Bermuda     $27,078 
Bhutan$2,103$448  $1,873  
Bolivia$125,346$289,662$149,062$259,067$96,452$187,262$168,498
Bosnia and Herzegovina$517,146$692,009$775,637$732,708$480,241$481,364$611,516
Botswana$60,237$141,680$49,445$56,773$69,293$24,617$407,824
Brazil$1,692,514$1,944,589$3,624,111$11,889,596$4,028,687$12,695,501$12,018,222
Brunei $258,404     
Bulgaria$878,595$1,697,210$1,856,097$2,697,932$1,139,684$526,123$926,428
Burkina Faso$1,219 $35,321$46,603$19,677$11,131 
Burundi $2,022   $37 
Cambodia$7,595 $7,552 $4,786$9,353 
Cameroon$38,897$107,014$191,259$159,095$84,546$63,518 
Canada$27,318,721$27,169,391$27,119,666$29,777,979$18,728,597$26,542,864$33,158,964
Cape Verde$1,589$2,475$15,759$39,886$179$644$913
Chile$2,327,494$3,264,093$4,353,064$4,619,285$3,584,806$4,850,419$11,560,522
China$8,266,250$9,763,159$10,469,102$24,796,449$14,574,871$22,859,962$37,041,614
Colombia$813,267$722,570$760,613$914,939$890,447$1,153,140$1,574,161
Comoros$13      
Costa Rica$222,015$226,806$259,320$343,529$236,023$273,309$409,143
Cote d'Ivoire$62,571$106,959$177,090$56,691$153,297$55,692$108,100
Croatia$842,215$1,199,158$1,193,071$1,751,523$903,737$1,416,531$988,093
Cuba$283,665$74,683     
Cyprus$10,844$52,905$48,030$3,471$43,365$31,447$35,105
Czech Republic$6,008,529$8,085,279$8,742,216$9,634,170$7,184,023$7,524,103$10,839,587
Denmark$5,871,738$6,600,588$8,403,417$9,838,315$6,250,559$6,834,878$7,417,429
Dominica$794$43$5,055$9,112$9,685$2,282 
Dominican Republic$314,569$464,202$644,330$286,428$351,401$724,912$675,968
Ecuador$498,965$631,050$875,664$1,174,295$1,001,002$909,699$1,793,034
Egypt$393,561$430,854$482,640$1,582,631$965,522$1,082,761$1,690,257
El Salvador$110,334$174,014$339,423$229,193$186,582$199,962 
Estonia$364,112$481,403$553,055$951,456$305,199$912,382$1,069,481
Ethiopia$18,085$30,684$42,242$10,762$6,996$37,851$66,911
Faroe Islands$721,607$711,856$1,055,038$836,975$619,548  
Fiji$20,961$15,586$9,395$6,276$1,988$500 
Finland$1,673,718$2,943,599$3,649,304$3,825,361$2,596,840$3,251,719$3,335,035
France$10,917,251$14,045,813$18,061,059$19,330,717$13,563,114$13,746,517$13,179,583
French Polynesia$166,637$35,362$188,724$256,090$57,163$367,176$76,415
Gabon$72,168$123,002$97,981$959,519$207,942  
Gambia, The   $43,133  $10,833
Georgia$82,764$5,853$193,977$1,033,904$64,062$51,988 
Germany$19,847,000$21,846,000$27,404,000$32,897,000$20,592,000$26,531,657$35,521,575
Ghana$97,483$119,498$25,670$33,146$41,198$61,228$101,941
Greece$2,235,845$2,280,901$3,114,992$4,770,108$2,453,419$1,819,394$1,162,175
Greenland$39,794$69,445$133,798    
Grenada$1,155$2,659$179$3,084$1,909  
Guatemala$254,493$178,811$214,795$189,910$204,356$418,920$832,370
Guinea$120$122$511$14,804   
Guinea-Bissau$223      
Guyana$36,766$26,557$49,454$85,259$76,913$188,812$105,015
Honduras$119,095$314,234$234,988 $208,894  
Hong Kong$235,165$592,295$319,068$467,432$300,923$350,632$578,989
Hungary$2,449,000$1,144,000$1,700,000$1,215,000$830,000$993,000$1,668,000
Iceland$913,267$680,753$925,864$873,397$450,246$493,883$649,186
India$239,469$164,401$435,960$555,408$456,797$373,967$535,768
Indonesia$388,910$677,326$999,629$994,796$1,307,636$2,514,265$3,044,314
Iran$870,410$779,183   $1,359,565 
Ireland$1,156,458$776,927$859,470$775,152$617,710$673,519$832,309
Israel$537,000$762,000$787,000$847,000$690,000$666,000$1,219,000
Italy$6,909,140$6,346,872$8,665,904$6,840,116$9,346,263$7,061,578$5,857,514
Jamaica$34,490$33,188$24,980$56,972$28,639$30,674 
Japan$5,674,482$5,402,097$6,525,607$7,607,834$6,320,570$6,382,893$8,822,008
Jordan$43,893$85,040$77,625$67,376$193,959$107,673$80,154
Kazakhstan$1,914,885$1,754,941$2,731,967$2,859,592$1,553,813  
Kenya$44,757$96,583$114,055$139,442$129,638$358,971 
Korea, South$1,852,779$2,551,341$5,568,850$5,555,101$6,581,587$6,441,064$7,193,354
Kuwait $442,336$585,604$207,341   
Kyrgyzstan$27,062$92,086  $643 $25,085
Latvia$233,833$574,355$498,466$188,162$85,672$155,498$380,419
Lebanon$77,000$179,053$89,339$119,600$111,214$89,093$143,415
Lesotho   $8,873   
Lithuania$972,731$2,231,746$3,353,008$4,457,561$1,827,237$1,603,964$3,714,089
Luxembourg$135,943$196,679$273,923$285,784$243,454$236,644$402,455
Macau$54,429$60,964$85,120$74,437$49,798$70,041$83,640
Macedonia$186,039$148,375$118,192$279,469$184,474 $158,701
Madagascar$51,978$63,954$68,761$101,466$51,530$80,629 
Malawi$125$50,817$17,234$48,195$63,004$89,684$68,576
Malaysia$757,082$1,055,962$1,964,203$1,670,595$1,840,092$1,972,808$2,323,578
Maldives$6,141$21,382$11,910$3,555$9,152$4,049 
Mali$65,385$149,604$1,953$201,383 $971,164 
Malta$82,232$74,557$79,821$34,057$44,408$101,913 
Mauritania $13,597 $18,953$5,784$240$693
Mauritius$7,600$45,949$19,547$45,501$62,725$32,625$24,968
Mayotte$4,705$4,888$13,067$11,834$8,884  
Mexico$6,234,800$6,831,100$7,695,519$7,643,648$6,707,688$8,531,078$10,206,814
Moldova$34,521$78,187$143,817$88,375$131,262$173,158$220,633
Mongolia$72,976$38$11,757    
Montenegro $3,431$2,055$23,914$316,373$405,670$41,529
Montserrat  $7 $109  
Morocco$332,418$310,716$390,999$1,077,956$607,659$643,271 
Mozambique$16,807$26,788$78,320$63,087$114,251$41,522$89,000
Namibia$330,530$268,029$542,582$316,082   
Nepal     $4,277 
Netherlands$7,700,195$9,649,628$13,758,168$12,741,240$9,962,185$9,985,692 
Netherlands Antilles$13,067$11,849$10,046$10,785   
New Caledonia$9,859$39,889$115,723$111,323$156,968$151,653$187,265
New Zealand$2,947,064$3,293,170$2,761,151$3,797,624$2,711,678$2,817,771$3,552,784
Nicaragua$103,240$80,414$120,858$410,603$118,346$246,097$207,217
Niger$4,058$7,407$124,192$4,876$10,565$75,752$25,818
Nigeria $230,701$954,761$361,410$1,127,984$670,505 
Norway$4,508,159$6,505,173$7,009,671$12,211,400$14,104,152$19,385,103$17,495,930
Oman$18,125$713$30,889$111,787$185,087$287,181 
Pakistan$17,073$25,275$90,286$42,672$57,312$37,829$52,177
Panama$263,821$202,455$408,196$619,269$676,337$737,542$1,040,544
Paraguay$178,396$202,444$359,444$495,033$327,459$280,458$493,133
Peru$727,136$1,364,198$2,107,381$2,474,700$1,429,238$1,223,325$1,586,612
Philippines$250,186$282,287$535,881$345,295$149,143$246,519$561,947
Poland$5,604,372$7,227,125$12,297,775$17,127,220$8,647,095$9,271,818$11,555,576
Portugal$950,689$1,015,697$1,280,136$1,382,964$1,280,844$1,729,031$1,826,085
Qatar$176,572$123,697$104,678$139,876 $682,885 
Romania$1,710,386$2,699,285$2,619,229$3,451,799$2,119,489$2,836,409$4,336,384
Russia$6,149,193$7,935,553$12,242,239$18,802,785$8,402,200$34,021,902$21,741,979
Rwanda $6,231$1,056$88,483$19,705 $5,935
Saint Kitts and Nevis$260$847$426$1,423   
Saint Lucia$5,897$7,014$7,393$3,220   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$15,207$8,799$14,196$13,671$11,326$12,420 
Samoa     $17,518$3,817
Sao Tome and Principe   $133$64$487 
Saudi Arabia$559,250$634,503$858,369  $1,265,335 
Senegal$7,877$5,794$73,505$33,795$20,135$18,683$57,700
Serbia$234,574$368,261$571,633$579,903$643,332$511,330$552,588
Seychelles$49,114$77,062$129,797$137,958   
Singapore$3,234,980$4,052,072$2,868,324$6,991,040$3,121,413$3,965,340$2,187,311
Slovakia$1,342,827$1,446,489$1,402,371$2,254,827$1,244,952$1,178,844$2,071,409
Slovenia$1,886,661$1,738,359$1,893,821$2,146,806$1,131,672$1,133,602$1,583,216
South Africa$3,594,146$4,141,776$4,728,915$6,901,351$4,300,491$5,692,353$8,293,260
Spain$4,673,350$4,975,715$6,456,309$7,363,779$8,984,221$8,806,806 
Sri Lanka$48,182$68,186$79,825$168,984$41,811$329,733$112,405
Sudan$201,727 $4,150$15,633$4,053  
Suriname    $60,785$36,087$82,334
Swaziland$17,996$37,396$17,968    
Sweden$4,480,908$8,085,193$10,385,104$10,675,702$5,698,405$8,126,732$9,420,439
Switzerland$2,857,878$3,388,482$3,587,980$4,608,107$3,462,309$3,975,601$4,536,940
Syria$256,718$235,077$231,506$207,222 $227,921 
Tanzania$7,399$10,694$33,703$35,474$201,959$144,556$171,959
Thailand$1,388,033$1,479,367$1,620,678$1,815,229$2,074,554$2,940,043$3,568,578
Togo$95 $1,000  $11,756$8,737
Tonga   $2,788$194$377 
Trinidad and Tobago$15,588$48,270$11,320$299,625$100,231$86,604 
Tunisia$614,070$765,308$684,512$705,811$823,526$679,482 
Turkey$1,518,480$1,738,201$2,974,184$3,358,059$3,325,767$3,761,904$3,829,512
Uganda$11,202$3,853$17,814$15,129$14,286$3,656 
Ukraine$2,539,572$3,219,501$6,678,161$8,884,400$3,077,436$5,350,697$7,088,171
United Arab Emirates$2,451,786 $11,168,748$4,437,759   
United Kingdom$21,267,092$21,361,520$20,375,875$20,004,523$16,655,196$17,528,883$26,917,002
United States$90,287,783$87,391,836$97,960,482$133,370,692$79,407,885$88,540,430$127,199,119
Uruguay$130,034$126,663$131,424$230,449$156,243  
Vanuatu $8,158$720    
Venezuela$1,265,140$1,085,807$1,261,294$1,264,074$639,609$445,340$477,732
Vietnam$2,312,259$2,860,452$3,881,892$5,593,548$6,453,835$20,308,630 
Yemen$29,013$18,616$70,794$27,664$10,697$35,865$41,587
Zambia$195,499$126,633$207,108$101,510$263,155$187,978 
Zimbabwe$2,337$32,424$274,830$90,674$49,724$191,574