RankCountryImports of Cored wire of base metal, for elec. arc-welding in USD (2010)
1China$123,009,105
2United States$55,504,547
3Canada$41,077,036
4Japan$37,912,219
5Mexico$37,141,052
6Singapore$34,392,013
7Korea, South$32,279,681
8Sweden$28,554,100
9Brazil$25,591,869
10Germany$23,729,577
11Australia$21,966,979
12Thailand$21,938,907
13Italy$21,767,388
14India$21,646,714
15Netherlands$20,028,391
16Russia$19,481,936
17France$15,537,235
18Vietnam$13,221,550
19Indonesia$13,045,594
20Spain$13,024,633
21Romania$12,669,018
22Poland$12,358,306
23Belgium$10,835,771
24United Kingdom$9,821,367
25Turkey$9,307,566
26South Africa$9,122,756
27Malaysia$8,783,164
28Hong Kong$8,686,482
29Chile$8,618,488
30Finland$8,350,515
31Saudi Arabia$7,948,010
32Norway$7,877,229
33Czech Republic$7,224,864
34Portugal$6,288,003
35Argentina$6,158,787
36Croatia$5,151,233
37Austria$4,508,724
38Colombia$4,497,382
39Peru$3,914,683
40Egypt$3,528,080
41Denmark$3,369,700
42Slovakia$3,284,119
43New Zealand$2,921,254
44Ukraine$2,757,360
45Algeria$2,142,539
46Qatar$2,108,726
47Hungary$2,056,000
48Serbia$1,903,001
49Lithuania$1,795,752
50Switzerland$1,611,419
51Venezuela$1,498,035
52Ecuador$1,415,021
53Iran$1,348,068
54Israel$1,319,000
55Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,296,190
56Greece$1,174,286
57Philippines$1,152,110
58Slovenia$1,104,587
59Dominican Republic$1,078,353
60Bulgaria$1,026,362
61Oman$1,023,009
62Nigeria$1,011,211
63Guatemala$938,757
64Estonia$897,517
65Belarus$889,300
66Ireland$865,499
67Costa Rica$690,282
68Latvia$659,213
69Panama$608,972
70Bahrain$533,398
71Azerbaijan$507,250
72Sri Lanka$470,240
73Luxembourg$428,433
74Paraguay$386,900
75Jordan$342,204
76Morocco$329,895
77Pakistan$305,940
78Kenya$298,002
79Tunisia$260,647
80New Caledonia$239,609
81Uganda$228,607
82El Salvador$223,224
83Cambodia$218,898
84Trinidad and Tobago$216,496
85Iceland$209,719
86Moldova$199,710
87Bahamas, The$193,900
88Bolivia$191,375
89Mali$170,979
90Yemen$170,492
91Syria$169,795
92Cote d'Ivoire$161,643
93Ghana$153,108
94Kyrgyzstan$141,915
95Cyprus$126,499
96Armenia$124,228
97Bhutan$107,386
98Zimbabwe$103,243
99Guyana$99,709
100Tanzania$97,052
101Malta$92,959
102Zambia$87,306
103Burkina Faso$86,240
104Ethiopia$85,969
105Nicaragua$80,366
106Fiji$76,358
107Macau$68,367
108Belize$62,596
109Lebanon$61,448
110Georgia$55,734
111Niger$54,483
112Malawi$51,171
113Jamaica$50,498
114Suriname$49,689
115Samoa$44,522
116Botswana$42,271
117Nepal$41,706
118Albania$40,013
119Mauritius$39,351
120Mauritania$38,940
121Montenegro$38,862
122Senegal$32,352
123Madagascar$25,397
124Tonga$21,712
125Mozambique$19,613
126Barbados$19,110
127Cameroon$13,987
128Antigua and Barbuda$13,169
129Aruba$5,263
130Dominica$4,640
131Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,902
132Togo$3,103
133Burundi$2,299
134French Polynesia$1,968
135Benin$1,350
136Cape Verde$1,290
137Maldives$1,180
138Bermuda$966
139Sao Tome and Principe$149
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$135,377$76,452$202,911$250,624$149,137$40,013$58,432
Algeria$737,265$1,935,072$2,154,225$2,900,853$1,598,585$2,142,539$2,306,990
Anguilla $4,112$5,369$17,157   
Antigua and Barbuda$4,765$5,714$19,060 $36,391$13,169$12,965
Argentina$2,667,976$3,763,962$3,906,405$6,678,344$3,288,323$6,158,787$9,239,721
Armenia$21,524$18,822$35,048$69,702$59,776$124,228$63,127
Aruba    $289$5,263$1,639
Australia$12,824,783$16,004,852$20,041,205$24,606,538$16,185,988$21,966,979$23,554,141
Austria$4,082,337$4,344,720$5,179,561$5,928,139$4,424,828$4,508,724 
Azerbaijan$1,957,082$604,169$170,357$406,198$307,969$507,250$1,629,022
Bahamas, The$183,886$139,508$144,582$454,831$291,910$193,900$226,482
Bahrain$728,661$826,086$780,451$1,190,368$801,562$533,398$795,151
Bangladesh$3,140$67,453$39,656    
Barbados$13,629$21,057$14,227$29,273$18,206$19,110$16,512
Belarus$1,602,600$2,009,700$1,064,600$1,704,000$707,300$889,300$984,400
Belgium$8,494,037$12,647,988$17,703,543$24,294,554$10,153,076$10,835,771$13,658,720
Belize$16,651$6,555$5,490$14,982$18,105$62,596 
Benin $320   $1,350 
Bermuda     $966 
Bhutan$17,319$27,528$57,386$55,784$101,445$107,386 
Bolivia$74,216$132,177$227,042$309,587$68,259$191,375$631,312
Bosnia and Herzegovina$627,300$569,865$952,478$1,414,669$1,193,048$1,296,190$1,558,147
Botswana$30,533$45,295$43,495$33,672$37,871$42,271$241,410
Brazil$8,748,137$10,152,503$16,580,873$22,518,798$17,261,320$25,591,869$29,595,155
Brunei $18,559     
Bulgaria$985,542$1,274,828$2,354,681$2,147,475$1,059,386$1,026,362$1,348,913
Burkina Faso$5,354  $52,751$57,557$86,240 
Burundi$2,209 $2,737 $281$2,299 
Cambodia$70,760$283,812$166,586$640,202$187,458$218,898 
Cameroon$47,613$78,637$104,009$32,493$92,757$13,987 
Canada$28,827,343$30,321,759$33,899,661$39,312,227$32,672,367$41,077,036$50,234,504
Cape Verde$3,840$2,132$2,137$48$1,272$1,290$1,557
Chile$5,625,691$4,680,409$6,401,738$6,455,989$6,948,980$8,618,488$8,971,405
China$71,806,461$96,435,829$94,707,804$122,590,341$104,208,147$123,009,105$127,360,224
Colombia$1,354,560$1,959,053$2,562,334$2,983,263$2,767,892$4,497,382$5,579,792
Comoros $4,648$3,340    
Costa Rica$225,874$235,670$557,251$567,482$328,863$690,282$734,652
Cote d'Ivoire$34,503$41,722$41,263$63,718$99,529$161,643$256,965
Croatia$5,873,773$6,375,087$8,533,348$8,413,375$6,054,824$5,151,233$4,405,033
Cuba$314,876$360,873     
Cyprus$16,857$66,599$71,492$108,426$155,137$126,499$60,625
Czech Republic$4,223,624$4,425,218$5,721,711$4,268,934$3,300,236$7,224,864$31,446,157
Denmark$4,452,539$6,548,085$6,367,849$5,111,064$3,913,691$3,369,700$4,111,973
Dominica$4,765$2,478$16,104$7,370$3,958$4,640 
Dominican Republic$79,900$195,199$538,949$663,116$623,505$1,078,353$1,124,738
East Timor$461      
Ecuador$455,353$807,774$463,683$1,175,244$1,096,743$1,415,021$2,223,308
Egypt$604,280$629,495$1,833,464$3,067,839$5,254,674$3,528,080$2,199,586
El Salvador$183,659$176,895$157,604$88,941$225,469$223,224 
Estonia$1,532,579$1,332,261$1,458,974$1,680,487$1,198,715$897,517$1,133,764
Ethiopia$12,132$57,261$56,323$52,026$218,627$85,969$232,513
Faroe Islands$7,483$20,503$75,783$65,792$30,957  
Fiji$75,926$38,804$42,807$72,058$76,767$76,358 
Finland$11,157,266$12,533,260$16,467,133$15,469,587$8,362,593$8,350,515$11,835,851
France$12,557,203$16,251,810$15,889,724$16,663,700$13,059,286$15,537,235$19,709,543
French Polynesia$9,674$12,622$11,958$46,209$15,441$1,968$35,367
Gabon$41,604$17,407$80,265$6,921$36,097  
Gambia, The  $889   $308
Georgia$213,391$167,268$66,053$83,602$53,959$55,734 
Germany$37,428,000$44,977,000$43,985,000$46,746,000$29,681,000$23,729,577$31,652,899
Ghana$47,373$391,441$278,224$88,936$106,187$153,108$264,202
Greece$1,785,137$1,503,502$2,436,896$2,461,750$1,986,244$1,174,286$1,090,302
Grenada$9,485$14,468$8,604$12,937$5,613  
Guatemala$587,603$928,563$1,433,256$817,299$815,881$938,757$1,018,876
Guinea$148,755$14,631$152,999$29,077   
Guyana$108,849$83,989$95,861$25,539$42,023$99,709$41,488
Honduras$63,098$95,509$128,198 $105,437  
Hong Kong$5,086,531$6,549,394$6,348,687$9,299,056$6,601,314$8,686,482$6,175,670
Hungary$2,670,000$3,910,000$5,247,000$4,345,000$1,721,000$2,056,000$2,899,000
Iceland$248,618$205,115$222,563$245,934$154,139$209,719$194,828
India$8,576,454$10,272,125$13,637,458$15,837,397$17,594,230$21,646,714$29,832,763
Indonesia$5,768,864$7,450,747$11,293,297$15,724,051$12,356,555$13,045,594$19,204,573
Iran$1,295,549$597,708   $1,348,068 
Ireland$573,638$1,003,908$1,778,045$1,347,111$683,890$865,499$1,186,864
Israel$1,476,000$2,120,000$1,743,000$1,935,000$1,339,000$1,319,000$1,638,000
Italy$12,734,586$18,720,354$25,931,375$28,756,306$18,698,686$21,767,388$24,740,382
Jamaica$55,249$15,917$27,413$61,657$48,230$50,498 
Japan$18,389,062$20,086,933$23,332,270$31,761,930$33,244,889$37,912,219$46,697,685
Jordan$556,672$592,106$279,405$630,975$779,129$342,204$809,103
Kazakhstan$1,771,215$2,289,453$3,290,959$7,007,694$2,386,727  
Kenya$237,516$333,454$288,620$239,283$469,361$298,002 
Kiribati$218   $734  
Korea, South$22,116,248$31,391,860$52,751,409$59,374,839$44,093,052$32,279,681$37,213,598
Kuwait $1,272,893$5,328,526$3,460,917   
Kyrgyzstan$910$9,057$4,997$7,713$30,242$141,915$108,133
Latvia$752,391$552,864$667,458$460,789$264,603$659,213$752,865
Lebanon$23,000$56,485$36,953$134,178$54,257$61,448$87,963
Lesotho   $1,091   
Lithuania$1,634,782$3,431,552$3,568,300$3,540,322$2,313,160$1,795,752$2,079,819
Luxembourg$327,656$410,238$529,242$684,846$402,035$428,433$601,721
Macau$195,004$278,909$234,653$224,708$68,878$68,367$74,755
Macedonia$424,648$309,165$338,990$416,287$306,344 $140,393
Madagascar$16,978$9,417$583$2,950$110,822$25,397 
Malawi$11,422$8,145$31,036$11,433$17,428$51,171$32,723
Malaysia$4,075,055$7,186,195$10,814,519$12,519,685$8,894,793$8,783,164$10,053,406
Maldives$3,241$1,903$1,608$1,949$1,587$1,180$3,559
Mali$142,284$5,340$362  $170,979 
Malta$121,327$171,803$235,379$184,527$391,717$92,959 
Mauritania $7,980   $38,940$29,133
Mauritius$58,105$39,166$127,665$90,630$60,474$39,351$59,924
Mayotte$23,361$15,529$27,254$89,388$10,047  
Mexico$24,981,542$30,342,219$40,047,489$42,898,943$23,118,575$37,141,052$54,027,142
Moldova$75,968$57,447$126,843$149,768$133,592$199,710$277,687
Mongolia$16,503$135,761$26,946    
Montenegro $113,827$70,070$111,888$68,537$38,862$41,341
Montserrat$180$1$67$10   
Morocco$112,253$344,768$719,315$915,842$547,480$329,895 
Mozambique$18,780$26,740$30,266$25,064$87,752$19,613$44,000
Namibia$12,974$25,138$11,611$47,636   
Nepal    $33,298$41,706 
Netherlands$19,413,342$15,645,940$16,854,580$19,447,078$20,856,145$20,028,391 
Netherlands Antilles$19,375$19,821$112,593$370,254   
New Caledonia$77,397$101,250$265,865$206,445$138,235$239,609$149,506
New Zealand$1,566,773$1,987,277$2,901,366$4,374,209$2,605,843$2,921,254$4,348,090
Nicaragua$86,280$54,215$118,351$55,558$52,329$80,366$126,074
Niger$9,538$11,616$25$13,779$29,602$54,483$92,586
Nigeria $283,033$907,599$546,756$882,209$1,011,211 
Norway$10,623,471$11,990,060$17,513,729$23,621,951$12,169,521$7,877,229$9,606,861
Oman$245,129$547,901$539,732$807,774$860,117$1,023,009 
Pakistan$406,060$476,269$313,644$331,775$323,071$305,940$828,221
Panama$60,407$228,650$203,240$649,017$466,605$608,972$644,233
Paraguay$199,200$322,276$202,364$626,906$312,400$386,900$582,323
Peru$1,101,244$1,788,930$3,159,773$5,246,144$3,496,377$3,914,683$4,885,539
Philippines$503,712$827,160$899,892$860,653$252,703$1,152,110$1,944,556
Poland$19,111,996$19,181,557$21,122,909$26,876,168$15,620,902$12,358,306$18,418,501
Portugal$4,810,882$7,239,018$11,361,815$11,671,952$7,529,153$6,288,003$4,312,193
Qatar$1,020,397$1,133,656$1,594,817$3,745,826 $2,108,726 
Romania$9,464,309$11,539,163$17,226,412$19,265,919$12,762,532$12,669,018$16,132,524
Russia$7,490,788$13,182,917$17,362,889$17,349,244$13,456,574$19,481,936$21,277,250
Rwanda$2,442$3,149$5,528$2,279$22,474 $5,925
Saint Kitts and Nevis$3,673$14,285$11,312$12,562   
Saint Lucia$410$8,463$23,940$5,703   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$509$7,526$1,931$255$2,674$3,902 
Samoa$30,092$37,305$12,471$43,721$31,761$44,522$80,210
Sao Tome and Principe  $2,880$533$482$149 
Saudi Arabia$4,315,167$8,091,027$10,709,545  $7,948,010 
Senegal$16,518$78,461$63,357$181,002$35,930$32,352$49,604
Serbia$1,277,320$2,040,693$3,372,585$4,687,502$2,381,545$1,903,001$3,010,959
Seychelles$30,471$66,881$2,251$15,321   
Singapore$17,610,768$21,863,867$22,155,946$42,630,350$32,357,295$34,392,013$46,110,076
Slovakia$2,114,593$3,303,241$5,601,131$7,173,743$2,647,649$3,284,119$5,729,978
Slovenia$1,219,711$1,287,298$1,638,608$2,054,852$1,308,217$1,104,587$1,304,202
South Africa$4,982,076$5,318,661$7,091,497$7,302,400$6,445,383$9,122,756$7,240,447
Spain$21,549,005$19,688,012$21,530,276$21,994,604$17,676,684$13,024,633 
Sri Lanka$700,683$682,512$920,632$595,921$427,567$470,240$527,473
Sudan$1,078,035$531,046$56,473$194,082$63,223  
Suriname$20,192$53,067$28,603$27,259$29,486$49,689$59,026
Swaziland$53,976$6,349$19,801    
Sweden$24,211,397$26,370,655$32,617,719$29,657,378$24,040,995$28,554,100$32,340,737
Switzerland$1,617,330$1,995,469$2,021,037$1,923,200$1,446,857$1,611,419$1,641,691
Syria$160,933$197,330 $74,103 $169,795 
Tanzania$46,408$55,531$43,499$65,370$160,968$97,052$241,962
Thailand$8,711,379$10,957,643$16,473,645$21,628,051$15,731,134$21,938,907$33,321,458
Togo     $3,103 
Tonga   $4,966$4,365$21,712 
Trinidad and Tobago$199,168$194,165$288,410$293,566$225,713$216,496 
Tunisia$114,818$128,507$308,269$346,001$402,606$260,647 
Turkey$7,877,999$10,898,567$20,134,427$18,311,424$9,679,676$9,307,566$11,006,990
Uganda$12,283$24,503$34,287$103,272$243,190$228,607 
Ukraine$4,449,096$6,045,832$6,218,298$8,322,570$4,506,339$2,757,360$3,721,155
United Arab Emirates$5,350,050 $16,027,121$20,261,275   
United Kingdom$14,651,824$20,278,438$19,511,735$18,594,525$10,654,306$9,821,367$8,953,617
United States$48,414,064$53,876,885$62,507,673$67,271,492$39,376,680$55,504,547$77,481,225
Uruguay$106,808$189,961$180,113$432,205$298,495  
Vanuatu $1,203$287    
Venezuela$2,412,950$2,618,157$3,006,619$4,236,212$1,907,524$1,498,035$1,248,416
Vietnam$5,011,354$8,684,202$9,588,941$12,306,768$11,016,693$13,221,550 
Yemen$43,357$89,781$210,279$183,930$131,565$170,492$89,126
Zambia$153,941$100,590$106,773$340,334$72,468$87,306 
Zimbabwe$8,434$76,105$170,343$79,543$75,839$103,243