RankCountryImports of Iron/steel wool; pot scourers & scouring/polishing pads, gloves and the lik ... in USD (2010)
1United States$21,742,259
2France$11,294,385
3Germany$10,714,147
4United Kingdom$9,710,567
5Japan$8,607,813
6Canada$8,036,779
7Russia$7,287,937
8Italy$6,437,246
9Spain$6,195,114
10Netherlands$5,458,191
11India$5,181,880
12Turkey$4,541,658
13Saudi Arabia$3,797,338
14Ireland$3,793,858
15Austria$3,431,824
16Hong Kong$3,036,823
17Mexico$2,937,574
18Ukraine$2,910,134
19Nigeria$2,846,776
20Poland$2,493,597
21Belgium$2,467,988
22Venezuela$2,370,325
23Indonesia$2,074,796
24Pakistan$2,008,902
25Thailand$1,999,638
26Brazil$1,778,757
27Australia$1,584,303
28Korea, South$1,575,045
29Malaysia$1,492,582
30Romania$1,462,890
31Czech Republic$1,391,900
32Greece$1,338,049
33Argentina$1,317,442
34Hungary$1,300,000
35Portugal$1,292,003
36Denmark$1,288,561
37Paraguay$1,250,305
38Lebanon$1,056,358
39South Africa$996,795
40Sweden$978,363
41Colombia$937,701
42Kenya$920,897
43Switzerland$919,903
44Israel$855,000
45Cameroon$843,040
46Chile$837,871
47Singapore$700,814
48Egypt$695,689
49New Zealand$695,079
50Botswana$655,010
51Croatia$627,717
52Dominican Republic$590,265
53Finland$586,533
54Jordan$584,254
55Norway$538,594
56Belarus$523,500
57Slovenia$508,018
58Slovakia$485,067
59Bosnia and Herzegovina$478,123
60Bolivia$465,695
61Ghana$436,816
62Algeria$385,960
63Iran$378,160
64Serbia$373,466
65Peru$369,944
66Bahrain$335,868
67Ecuador$334,708
68Philippines$333,852
69Georgia$315,833
70Qatar$315,389
71Bulgaria$313,629
72Vietnam$303,970
73Uganda$296,867
74Malawi$244,757
75Morocco$241,500
76Mauritius$234,133
77Oman$229,475
78Cyprus$218,217
79Cote d'Ivoire$214,524
80Tanzania$214,318
81Lithuania$213,653
82Moldova$206,779
83Zambia$197,765
84Estonia$193,473
85Costa Rica$191,993
86Bahamas, The$188,766
87Nepal$186,686
88El Salvador$183,700
89Madagascar$181,225
90Sri Lanka$178,736
91Panama$171,624
92Armenia$169,037
93Jamaica$166,324
94Malta$159,162
95Yemen$152,840
96Barbados$149,379
97Tunisia$149,150
98Suriname$142,455
99Latvia$136,768
100Zimbabwe$135,305
101Ethiopia$134,810
102Luxembourg$125,453
103Albania$124,929
104Cape Verde$122,302
105Iceland$109,323
106Nicaragua$108,973
107Guatemala$106,459
108China$106,139
109Montenegro$87,559
110Guyana$85,923
111Mali$83,574
112Trinidad and Tobago$82,964
113French Polynesia$72,209
114Kyrgyzstan$69,534
115New Caledonia$60,738
116Maldives$53,730
117Belize$47,831
118Mozambique$44,554
119Dominica$42,644
120Antigua and Barbuda$41,008
121Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$38,845
122Sao Tome and Principe$35,567
123Syria$34,611
124Benin$33,671
125Aruba$32,612
126Senegal$27,877
127Bermuda$27,363
128Burkina Faso$26,762
129Macau$23,516
130Bhutan$21,772
131Fiji$17,669
132Samoa$13,588
133Gambia, The$11,605
134Niger$10,883
135Tonga$7,390
136Azerbaijan$5,427
137Cambodia$3,881
138Mauritania$3,384
139Togo$2,645
140Burundi$408
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$174,233$96,917$151,421$171,328$153,835$124,929$138,256
Algeria$129,647$126,077$159,823$263,755$223,539$385,960$442,247
Anguilla $9,570$14,737$9,311   
Antigua and Barbuda$66,271$75,951$51,586 $56,566$41,008$42,030
Argentina$630,319$730,469$947,522$1,215,002$1,071,888$1,317,442$1,509,526
Armenia$81,404$84,162$55,667$82,934$78,735$169,037$89,317
Aruba    $17,965$32,612$60,038
Australia$1,367,542$1,520,935$1,316,458$2,013,123$1,836,940$1,584,303$1,884,217
Austria$2,470,661$2,653,082$4,257,374$5,510,837$3,161,610$3,431,824 
Azerbaijan$26,722$29,269$10,560$19,681$6,573$5,427$32,944
Bahamas, The$173,442$199,439 $238,124$136,455$188,766$156,342
Bahrain$131,816$200,500$223,409$498,504$332,500$335,868$316,804
Bangladesh$602,779$623,904$556,113    
Barbados$94,538$79,664$92,205$92,434$142,266$149,379$147,838
Belarus$69,300$131,300$158,200$287,600$358,200$523,500$455,000
Belgium$2,225,616$2,197,898$2,580,539$3,056,055$2,854,508$2,467,988$2,802,757
Belize$72,030$85,230$103,177$52,265$49,826$47,831 
Benin$7,798$18,392   $33,671 
Bermuda     $27,363 
Bhutan$6,870$11,647$18,473$9,880$10,438$21,772 
Bolivia$324,570$432,533$547,601$765,763$328,224$465,695$571,853
Bosnia and Herzegovina$338,237$369,823$470,842$459,176$455,946$478,123$484,387
Botswana$693,800$798,794$577,447$443,254$680,129$655,010$669,825
Brazil$641,675$937,210$1,337,652$1,273,302$1,217,521$1,778,757$1,695,920
Brunei $146,754     
Bulgaria$303,531$317,558$357,942$370,561$302,634$313,629$275,198
Burkina Faso$12,188 $17,468$24,215$13,282$26,762 
Burundi$545$422$59 $2,652$408 
Cambodia$5,783$4,926$13,380$2,173$7,013$3,881 
Cameroon$27,712$83,014$47,266$123,797$355,960$843,040 
Canada$6,714,796$8,159,878$8,930,745$9,246,329$7,775,595$8,036,779$8,680,677
Cape Verde$111,628$106,216$129,283$108,339$106,246$122,302$114,576
Central African Republic$832      
Chile$633,388$466,784$410,758$668,673$497,445$837,871$691,990
China$186,270$362,528$127,619$57,196$44,330$106,139$124,490
Colombia$640,246$554,525$490,269$737,961$454,930$937,701$1,259,201
Comoros$6,541$34,405$54,477    
Costa Rica$158,131$152,752$194,886$144,220$113,756$191,993$218,117
Cote d'Ivoire$148,000$105,045$213,191$184,602$110,507$214,524$159,677
Croatia$563,544$562,910$648,730$611,249$600,006$627,717$611,540
Cuba$898,157$607,549     
Cyprus$390,035$226,595$493,998$194,790$257,796$218,217$195,033
Czech Republic$1,266,689$1,483,693$1,856,072$2,142,138$1,679,473$1,391,900$1,198,253
Denmark$1,139,169$678,825$1,432,430$1,574,982$1,122,871$1,288,561$1,688,051
Djibouti    $300,036  
Dominica$38,885$17,104$21,364$49,764$32,501$42,644 
Dominican Republic$424,263$419,744$580,053$544,092$1,057,417$590,265$697,869
East Timor$1,534      
Ecuador$190,383$163,257$190,539$329,308$259,477$334,708$218,706
Egypt$199,773$375,952$405,312$474,248$432,645$695,689$783,510
El Salvador$87,511$89,921$100,652$131,861$86,691$183,700 
Estonia$92,991$111,737$183,803$196,494$204,638$193,473$158,756
Ethiopia$195,528$172,429$200,053$142,384$105,116$134,810$192,569
Faroe Islands$16,629$22,655$23,218$28,558$28,438  
Fiji$13,281$17,610$67,992 $38,340$17,669 
Finland$438,615$432,845$497,843$488,339$499,535$586,533$552,503
France$9,458,963$10,275,403$12,174,299$11,088,013$9,868,373$11,294,385$11,824,335
French Polynesia$62,203$55,638$64,215$73,308$73,008$72,209$166,310
Gabon$116,254$100,356$99,708$63,146$91,850  
Gambia, The $214$40,721$9,786$4,925$11,605$1,187
Georgia$51,871$142,972$228,032$324,423$310,300$315,833 
Germany$6,965,000$7,881,000$11,025,000$14,266,000$10,679,000$10,714,147$12,272,500
Ghana$111,952$159,833$209,847$279,831$283,857$436,816$715,884
Greece$731,219$875,416$1,319,204$1,266,905$1,325,767$1,338,049$1,224,153
Greenland$17,408$34,867$32,012    
Grenada$41,502$39,981$35,130$42,980$38,369  
Guatemala$107,396$150,409$81,792$89,542$91,522$106,459$147,349
Guinea$36,061$4,785$74,054$6,250   
Guinea-Bissau$2,406      
Guyana$43,385$22,066$43,446$50,274$52,137$85,923$181,820
Honduras$25,432$31,726$42,601 $83,463  
Hong Kong$4,367,363$4,577,347$3,945,406$4,141,905$2,263,883$3,036,823$3,181,972
Hungary$711,000$807,000$1,048,000$1,495,000$1,112,000$1,300,000$1,517,000
Iceland$173,505$381,477$188,951$184,818$125,088$109,323$107,325
India$811,684$1,391,186$1,790,072$2,728,155$3,450,364$5,181,880$5,064,944
Indonesia$436,283$897,227$851,625$1,382,206$1,418,572$2,074,796$2,171,825
Iran$201,423$48,890   $378,160 
Ireland$599,210$1,107,789$1,277,054$3,101,003$2,906,628$3,793,858$4,272,257
Israel$599,000$640,000$657,000$743,000$634,000$855,000$768,000
Italy$4,908,954$7,151,041$8,965,026$9,480,117$7,125,732$6,437,246$6,793,477
Jamaica$143,597$185,528$136,837$181,547$163,607$166,324 
Japan$10,258,749$9,466,920$9,318,456$10,935,923$7,137,453$8,607,813$8,310,873
Jordan$265,075$405,396$711,842$469,472$489,980$584,254$950,097
Kazakhstan$252,897$147,457$201,520$225,481$215,755  
Kenya$521,853$536,797$769,413$1,716,016$1,622,178$920,897 
Kiribati$7,119   $8,051  
Korea, South$1,323,127$2,810,515$2,958,508$2,398,968$1,772,408$1,575,045$1,558,236
Kuwait $1,533,629$673,296$1,127,888   
Kyrgyzstan$2,531$12,398$7,308$520,003$452,448$69,534$21,560
Latvia$79,155$125,203$138,578$172,907$120,381$136,768$252,486
Lebanon$718,000$611,440$856,065$1,035,651$984,918$1,056,358$1,175,232
Lesotho   $1,141,672   
Lithuania$121,588$179,799$196,455$245,468$196,919$213,653$400,891
Luxembourg$646,031$313,464$452,771$282,707$143,330$125,453$144,033
Macau$9,706$12,815$33,070$33,220$29,313$23,516$29,862
Macedonia$83,360$72,289$82,560$124,319$125,660 $145,621
Madagascar$65,202$82,464$191,081$132,774$121,946$181,225 
Malawi$31,584$49,208$22,920$61,720$316,918$244,757$112,390
Malaysia$414,724$389,522$412,172$9,660,258$537,786$1,492,582$1,846,793
Maldives$26,792$29,043$52,178$34,610$52,178$53,730$49,338
Mali$59,636$71,541$3,263$20,938 $83,574 
Malta$123,625$109,987$126,277$169,839$104,968$159,162 
Mauritania $28,321   $3,384$7,812
Mauritius$109,129$163,920$148,748$248,033$154,026$234,133$254,358
Mayotte$37,628$48,643$63,828$68,786$68,545  
Mexico$3,963,419$2,887,687$2,550,003$2,404,885$2,150,995$2,937,574$2,172,914
Moldova$60,637$72,347$88,344$193,128$210,262$206,779$226,214
Mongolia$388$1,369$5,866    
Montenegro $45,976$64,465$103,141$101,668$87,559$76,932
Montserrat$1,751$3,001$2,854$4,294$5,971  
Morocco$124,041$299,556$235,699$266,469$467,388$241,500 
Mozambique$34,609$40,124$31,134$41,096$88,790$44,554$109,000
Namibia$244,022$361,434$571,555$953,845   
Nepal    $287,871$186,686 
Netherlands$1,834,919$2,699,785$5,259,507$7,449,949$5,776,170$5,458,191 
Netherlands Antilles$56,578$84,326$136,264$124,553   
New Caledonia$63,223$59,113$53,176$50,773$62,107$60,738$54,429
New Zealand$404,268$401,993$441,327$536,012$697,828$695,079$652,086
Nicaragua$45,950$41,274$48,977$70,636$44,947$108,973$121,800
Niger$21,474$2,775$13,274$11,384$41,864$10,883$8,846
Nigeria $4,167,428$2,021,961$1,412,920$2,864,059$2,846,776 
Norway$1,055,855$1,119,758$600,435$698,811$556,007$538,594$598,080
Oman$590,234$404,125$202,988$415,649$420,252$229,475 
Pakistan$405,051$582,786$766,060$946,918$1,180,053$2,008,902$2,220,802
Panama$82,561$174,390$118,880$335,329$227,182$171,624$339,101
Paraguay$1,539,908$1,378,052$1,330,526$1,718,572$954,897$1,250,305$1,440,572
Peru$63,806$84,949$158,146$261,250$282,851$369,944$706,132
Philippines$157,002$247,694$380,579$346,254$265,917$333,852$2,007,776
Poland$1,508,321$2,230,821$2,476,138$2,481,973$2,300,955$2,493,597$2,683,440
Portugal$1,033,713$1,083,531$1,301,183$1,870,624$1,780,352$1,292,003$1,018,309
Qatar$680,574$1,199,754$996,448$750,794 $315,389 
Romania$718,010$986,541$1,186,600$1,408,818$1,350,744$1,462,890$1,497,727
Russia$1,655,727$3,238,598$4,610,595$6,162,019$4,654,368$7,287,937$8,060,674
Rwanda$73,971$53,305$93,015$112,153$99,631 $100,475
Saint Kitts and Nevis$16,448$28,575$33,631$27,959   
Saint Lucia$45,587$63,146$70,541$78,038   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$45,552$24,676$27,847$35,390$31,950$38,845 
Samoa$22,569$17,090$64,694$22,805$5,690$13,588$11,572
Sao Tome and Principe$9,664$56,569$26,944$53,743$58,642$35,567 
Saudi Arabia$2,060,228$2,064,025$2,798,393  $3,797,338 
Senegal$18,854$38,017$37,113$54,062$64,485$27,877$48,867
Serbia$244,666$290,755$373,546$460,282$378,441$373,466$455,801
Seychelles$83,722$181,791$100,107$49,988   
Singapore$1,609,452$1,257,113$918,500$765,358$756,138$700,814$750,789
Slovakia$247,432$323,973$620,739$477,604$531,755$485,067$455,462
Slovenia$460,866$469,951$567,603$592,406$532,199$508,018$512,024
South Africa$382,716$541,675$719,647$795,576$761,895$996,795$1,275,331
Spain$5,360,187$6,162,117$7,213,682$7,927,378$4,929,599$6,195,114 
Sri Lanka$76,868$124,337$210,595$206,446$186,902$178,736$209,751
Sudan$176,659$241,605$48,980$185,673$844,405  
Suriname$96,294$115,211$89,716$129,104$143,572$142,455$137,486
Swaziland$749,604$382,792$526,648    
Sweden$707,794$771,416$1,000,017$1,242,979$931,777$978,363$1,141,343
Switzerland$630,659$707,045$816,504$909,675$917,596$919,903$1,144,633
Syria $1,285   $34,611 
Tanzania$40,396$39,860$62,205$219,824$158,315$214,318$346,651
Thailand$1,199,268$1,269,330$1,460,057$1,928,576$1,665,869$1,999,638$2,334,322
Togo$149 $4,586  $2,645$2,125
Tonga   $46,586$13,733$7,390 
Trinidad and Tobago$25,209$52,696$67,984$51,837$55,670$82,964 
Tunisia$127,087$166,982$134,413$244,006$137,029$149,150 
Turkey$2,673,128$2,859,044$2,903,624$3,625,232$5,062,121$4,541,658$5,094,406
Uganda$503,273$492,005$566,256$450,952$335,757$296,867 
Ukraine$1,006,254$955,140$1,071,825$1,701,741$1,932,713$2,910,134$2,305,951
United Arab Emirates$1,186,818 $2,223,269$2,614,228   
United Kingdom$5,162,112$8,765,451$9,733,919$9,827,450$6,150,972$9,710,567$9,924,211
United States$19,802,655$20,164,073$21,249,242$28,233,349$19,195,672$21,742,259$27,031,335
Uruguay$426,947$317,419$398,391$526,449$483,283  
Vanuatu $16,525$38,962    
Venezuela$1,184,653$1,158,746$861,721$2,749,490$1,339,542$2,370,325$955,461
Vietnam$387,440$528,958$281,414$417,871$287,025$303,970 
Wallis and Futuna$7,293$11,895     
Yemen$177,499$264,294$222,702$135,044$220,009$152,840$219,883
Zambia$101,290$134,330$144,190$224,179$141,206$197,765 
Zimbabwe$17,477$16,311$27,380$25,718$124,194$135,305