RankCountryImports of Safety pins of iron/steel in USD (2010)
1United States$5,699,481
2Germany$1,486,494
3United Kingdom$1,162,489
4Indonesia$803,834
5Hong Kong$750,600
6Canada$734,389
7Japan$699,211
8Korea, South$645,826
9Iran$643,145
10France$634,903
11India$598,282
12Turkey$563,356
13Saudi Arabia$508,534
14Australia$451,231
15Singapore$440,912
16China$402,007
17Egypt$397,766
18Mexico$392,266
19Italy$359,436
20Spain$351,725
21Thailand$345,965
22South Africa$341,905
23Sweden$334,608
24Malaysia$301,793
25Belgium$294,255
26Panama$247,491
27Russia$220,886
28Netherlands$205,494
29Denmark$199,025
30Switzerland$197,740
31Brazil$197,444
32Nicaragua$174,401
33Vietnam$155,990
34New Zealand$132,142
35Austria$131,504
36Greece$130,258
37Pakistan$129,104
38Sri Lanka$126,742
39Poland$126,361
40Chile$124,584
41Nigeria$124,437
42Philippines$101,450
43Argentina$98,158
44Romania$97,075
45Finland$96,440
46Slovenia$93,161
47Norway$91,740
48Syria$91,185
49Peru$89,349
50Ethiopia$81,882
51Zambia$78,037
52Ghana$72,206
53Tunisia$66,972
54Bulgaria$66,498
55Colombia$56,554
56Maldives$56,133
57Portugal$51,836
58Ukraine$51,820
59Croatia$50,604
60Ireland$47,218
61Ecuador$46,299
62Bahrain$46,204
63El Salvador$46,180
64Lithuania$45,047
65Serbia$42,410
66Kenya$40,623
67Israel$40,000
68Tanzania$39,000
69Venezuela$38,967
70Botswana$36,829
71Zimbabwe$34,263
72Mauritius$34,227
73Qatar$33,632
74Czech Republic$33,362
75Guatemala$31,798
76Senegal$27,528
77Mali$27,397
78Morocco$26,896
79Slovakia$25,906
80Algeria$25,643
81Hungary$25,000
82Madagascar$24,395
83Oman$24,068
84Uganda$23,402
85Bahamas, The$22,942
86Fiji$22,610
87Luxembourg$21,547
88Dominican Republic$18,278
89Suriname$18,193
90Trinidad and Tobago$16,163
91Cameroon$15,659
92Iceland$15,517
93Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,126
94Malawi$13,049
95Nepal$11,546
96Jordan$11,492
97Lebanon$11,238
98Costa Rica$11,104
99Jamaica$11,016
100Latvia$10,090
101Cambodia$9,578
102Yemen$8,692
103Belarus$8,500
104Estonia$8,111
105Cyprus$7,855
106Barbados$7,287
107Moldova$6,287
108Guyana$6,251
109Mozambique$6,199
110Macau$5,235
111Cote d'Ivoire$4,700
112Samoa$4,497
113Bhutan$4,176
114Paraguay$3,898
115New Caledonia$3,678
116Georgia$2,406
117Niger$2,392
118Belize$2,204
119French Polynesia$2,063
120Azerbaijan$1,975
121Bolivia$1,748
122Armenia$1,451
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,217
124Dominica$1,085
125Aruba$1,011
126Antigua and Barbuda$639
127Malta$424
128Bermuda$413
129Benin$400
130Tonga$183
131Cape Verde$62
132Burundi$34
133Montenegro$23
134Albania$20
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$2,544$561 $100$3,044$20$120
Algeria$6,280$17,824$11,516$14,286$82,093$25,643$14,863
Anguilla $244$715$161   
Antigua and Barbuda$567$446$1,994 $1,088$639$1,580
Argentina$114,387$103,030$92,277$108,660$105,857$98,158$188,776
Armenia$278$638$62 $85$1,451$327
Aruba    $2,202$1,011$1,431
Australia$417,509$379,513$427,654$572,968$565,312$451,231$403,908
Austria$109,632$96,584$111,288$137,058$91,679$131,504 
Azerbaijan$4,606$116 $437 $1,975$89
Bahamas, The$7,828$10,995$27,117$17,743$25,137$22,942$26,815
Bahrain$130,574$3,136$58,854$14,223$14,670$46,204$20,490
Bangladesh$76,650$125,755$179,872    
Barbados$11,535$9,583$11,534$5,325$9,911$7,287$10,185
Belarus$2,900$3,400$9,400$6,600$3,900$8,500$12,400
Belgium$191,184$280,854$189,828$284,049$245,349$294,255$236,678
Belize$3,666$2,867$2,853$2,663$3,159$2,204 
Benin$207$197   $400 
Bermuda     $413 
Bhutan$583$274$329$497$1,831$4,176 
Bolivia$1,165$3,065$1,877$2,869$2,328$1,748$8,331
Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,671$15,073$8,881$8,624$10,642$14,126$11,952
Botswana$33,395$55,470$43,181$66,693$58,828$36,829$70,922
Brazil$40,876$67,147$45,855$122,710$124,725$197,444$165,668
Brunei $73,870     
Bulgaria$69,883$47,855$84,826$34,183$46,578$66,498$24,126
Burkina Faso    $207  
Burundi $546$31  $34 
Cambodia$36,772$63,084$129,226$31,243$21,862$9,578 
Cameroon$2,195$3,085$7,191$888$5,238$15,659 
Canada$617,304$650,712$763,697$782,293$647,146$734,389$768,416
Cape Verde$104$365$1,547$1,025$39$62$175
Chile$26,038$33,203$53,238$118,820$142,352$124,584$155,205
China$512,316$435,077$251,899$388,439$368,377$402,007$407,279
Colombia$15,949$45,267$52,715$41,667$33,407$56,554$59,144
Comoros $96     
Costa Rica$14,653$12,795$19,353$46,623$18,236$11,104$12,065
Cote d'Ivoire$3,682$469$1,147$3,471$667$4,700$3,423
Croatia$25,904$29,260$47,128$47,572$33,901$50,604$32,888
Cuba$44,691$65,036     
Cyprus$5,537$2,068$4,310$9,479$3,313$7,855$9,757
Czech Republic$19,381$18,185$14,775$29,249$43,236$33,362$22,083
Denmark$238,313$335,279$138,035$372,492$249,288$199,025$131,241
Djibouti    $16,288  
Dominica$2,122$565$996$1,437$1,550$1,085 
Dominican Republic$7,245$280,010$398,539$135,247$27,532$18,278$32,166
East Timor$174      
Ecuador$28,019$32,080$17,362$42,218$41,889$46,299$66,660
Egypt$31,053$47,160$85,611$123,931$191,905$397,766$423,352
El Salvador$41,288$55,247$55,497$57,401$62,973$46,180 
Estonia$9,165$10,344$15,229$16,693$11,353$8,111$15,495
Ethiopia$18,674$41,134$86,127$33,216$52,592$81,882$48,646
Faroe Islands$974$1,453$837$1,398$1,204  
Fiji$10,385$11,807$14,096$7,238$23,206$22,610 
Finland$61,726$85,680$103,610$125,443$107,664$96,440$150,473
France$301,114$414,331$1,074,687$582,029$594,046$634,903$528,742
French Polynesia$3,329$3,245$4,130$3,641$9,970$2,063$3,105
Gabon$119$17$4$1$42,137  
Gambia, The$245     $145
Georgia$506$718$116$2,093$4,243$2,406 
Germany$520,000$634,000$1,067,000$1,190,000$1,156,000$1,486,494$1,470,317
Ghana$9,724$18,637$27,604$12,375$27,941$72,206$33,353
Greece$80,655$134,059$112,616$133,072$94,729$130,258$109,471
Greenland$417$403$395    
Grenada$1,741$1,350$1,666$2,757$1,101  
Guatemala$42,441$43,044$10,432$16,555$36,937$31,798$26,492
Guinea$7,748 $30,673    
Guyana$3,885$3,209$3,533$23,044$5,357$6,251$4,405
Honduras$38,942$59,376$105,056 $126,700  
Hong Kong$1,957,845$2,012,536$1,773,168$973,290$671,926$750,600$709,488
Hungary$25,000$31,000$20,000$77,000$11,000$25,000$31,000
Iceland$12,534$6,898$12,326$11,958$19,087$15,517$12,746
India$66,981$55,497$362,547$313,221$368,205$598,282$628,480
Indonesia$461,402$227,033$295,238$569,054$497,843$803,834$683,936
Iran$168,239$314,601   $643,145 
Ireland$57,720$259,035$343,370$90,048$70,053$47,218$48,408
Israel$43,000$60,000$34,000$44,000$46,000$40,000$51,000
Italy$362,153$469,718$595,150$323,428$424,591$359,436$274,612
Jamaica$6,126$13,976$33,206$38,340$19,560$11,016 
Japan$419,681$534,117$661,619$655,605$604,104$699,211$724,781
Jordan$34,978$24,724$8,313$12,001$31,518$11,492$16,266
Kazakhstan$313$584$368$2,708$2,501  
Kenya$11,995$10,692$22,637$25,138$24,417$40,623 
Kiribati$706   $191  
Korea, South$295,127$151,337$124,199$348,993$270,000$645,826$797,592
Kuwait $91,819$250,288$129,091   
Kyrgyzstan $54$146$770$21 $339
Latvia$11,136$9,280$14,104$10,207$6,703$10,090$12,784
Lebanon$15,000$4,244$9,226$10,282$14,188$11,238$21,830
Lithuania$29,399$24,116$20,182$23,879$17,833$45,047$44,500
Luxembourg$14,601$12,945$17,420$22,194$15,963$21,547$13,980
Macau$9,316$1,134$815$2,295$2,010$5,235$6,321
Macedonia$21,436$18,024$24,848$42,448$16,482 $21,223
Madagascar$16,210$15,138$14,584$26,847$8,198$24,395 
Malawi$10,606$18,969$6,225$9,267$25,126$13,049$23,600
Malaysia$2,046,605$1,082,840$269,290$253,201$296,629$301,793$700,587
Maldives$12,197$17,758$32,930$25,672$34,806$56,133$47,123
Mali$3,510$172 $2,319 $27,397 
Malta$2,903$2,451$1,432$3,656$10,477$424 
Mauritania      $2,374
Mauritius$44,954$53,896$29,478$48,195$52,855$34,227$32,083
Mayotte$130$362$387$1,708$979  
Mexico$438,349$484,698$308,000$355,676$569,111$392,266$707,364
Moldova$6,100$11,971$2,241$1,179$4,040$6,287$4,694
Mongolia  $462    
Montenegro $134$204 $4$23$366
Montserrat$12$97$105$61$95  
Morocco$110,912$126,927$112,242$41,478$93,505$26,896 
Mozambique$3,315$4,288$23,027$5,469$28,726$6,199$12,000
Namibia$23,178$25,869$122,515$121,447   
Nepal    $7,691$11,546 
Netherlands$262,309$121,861$275,877$658,649$167,385$205,494 
Netherlands Antilles$2,004$3,383$3,138$3,532   
New Caledonia$6,272$3,577$6,291$7,787$2,818$3,678$4,749
New Zealand$97,565$99,437$138,658$130,143$121,244$132,142$131,499
Nicaragua$128,540$112,990$179,498$116,979$78,080$174,401$136,496
Niger $487$106  $2,392$22,593
Nigeria $6,259$27,540$70,680$68,030$124,437 
Norway$53,911$49,362$398,440$77,788$132,875$91,740$81,604
Oman$936$1,264$11,498$3,719$19,121$24,068 
Pakistan$92,304$59,078$85,966$56,190$87,849$129,104$130,804
Panama$25,090$134,200$168,091$187,125$64,828$247,491$338,623
Paraguay$2,326$4,238$3,656$3,079$7,056$3,898$7,121
Peru$36,945$56,798$111,780$154,774$37,912$89,349$106,909
Philippines$53,529$105,490$45,896$27,180$32,273$101,450$60,705
Poland$234,933$184,868$158,819$241,153$160,444$126,361$131,581
Portugal$67,029$49,849$74,848$78,073$56,192$51,836$197,319
Qatar$4,535$9,564$126,683$4,579 $33,632 
Romania$157,904$205,870$115,982$85,629$84,846$97,075$72,740
Russia$24,060$54,320$66,661$168,607$182,571$220,886$267,757
Rwanda$757$166$947$480$880 $339
Saint Kitts and Nevis$667$574$1,042$940   
Saint Lucia$1,235$1,873$850$973   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,176$1,695$1,593$811$4,091$1,217 
Samoa$2,472$1,017$812$2,628$2,360$4,497$1,212
Sao Tome and Principe $80$85 $37  
Saudi Arabia$1,056,772$664,555$626,439  $508,534 
Senegal$829$439$2,192$142$766$27,528$3,791
Serbia$27,477$36,185$35,126$33,975$41,662$42,410$20,231
Seychelles$4,566$4,988$1,075$5,449   
Singapore$217,368$271,783$120,434$290,813$258,530$440,912$291,966
Slovakia$13,891$17,766$19,278$19,745$26,394$25,906$19,522
Slovenia$28,422$33,592$76,659$55,692$72,647$93,161$64,322
South Africa$181,321$300,291$255,430$291,873$331,596$341,905$316,069
Spain$412,376$515,602$523,548$320,512$251,330$351,725 
Sri Lanka$84,840$76,058$108,029$90,483$129,613$126,742$185,711
Sudan$17,359$344$33,937$528$1,783  
Suriname$4,926$2,062$2,307$4,603$6,850$18,193$29,040
Swaziland$60,212$10,779$6,643    
Sweden$171,189$77,848$139,786$380,560$252,109$334,608$231,876
Switzerland$194,445$192,857$184,415$246,722$183,691$197,740$270,419
Syria $43,394 $54,523 $91,185 
Tanzania$24,774$20,385$15,301$31,437$31,757$39,000$59,590
Thailand$227,677$226,389$261,509$287,975$232,502$345,965$441,452
Tonga   $1,669$2,631$183 
Trinidad and Tobago$9,051$11,420$6,942$22,595$4,424$16,163 
Tunisia$28,319$19,139$14,569$17,643$19,682$66,972 
Turkey$276,569$332,667$482,186$629,693$294,775$563,356$512,938
Uganda$4,540$4,470$15,718$7,837$8,490$23,402 
Ukraine$13,240$32,261$15,519$31,167$11,101$51,820$19,187
United Arab Emirates$348,519 $469,202$764,786   
United Kingdom$976,694$996,768$1,236,011$1,090,359$710,634$1,162,489$1,322,833
United States$4,632,841$4,566,460$5,021,447$5,311,644$4,215,575$5,699,481$4,987,643
Uruguay$11,777$14,641$5,008$10,018$5,165  
Vanuatu $689$474    
Venezuela$21,411$45,977$43,497$46,846$47,855$38,967$24,258
Vietnam$47,863$51,853$87,549$48,472$92,862$155,990 
Yemen $78,326$2,010$5,499$71,212$8,692$3,592
Zambia$5,778$10,999$129,779$64,616$139,132$78,037 
Zimbabwe$3,178$16,992$19,588$24,055$34,052$34,263