RankCountryImports of Producer gas/water gas generators, with/without their purifiers; acetylene ... in USD (2010)
1Iran$197,316,643
2Italy$103,830,315
3Egypt$67,179,308
4Korea, South$60,643,706
5Saudi Arabia$43,504,054
6Algeria$36,913,900
7Indonesia$36,893,206
8Colombia$35,699,215
9India$31,250,089
10China$27,420,463
11Germany$21,865,499
12Sweden$20,168,308
13Mexico$19,834,729
14Russia$17,206,975
15Turkey$16,182,421
16Syria$16,097,653
17Canada$15,421,137
18Singapore$15,191,124
19Romania$10,672,872
20France$9,324,727
21Malaysia$8,989,088
22Thailand$8,950,067
23Vietnam$8,095,120
24Belgium$7,820,692
25United Kingdom$7,814,298
26Switzerland$7,429,551
27United States$7,392,165
28Philippines$7,170,901
29Norway$6,268,113
30Niger$6,243,838
31Nigeria$5,548,533
32Poland$5,306,987
33Spain$4,994,892
34Ukraine$4,969,827
35South Africa$4,948,347
36Japan$4,876,030
37Chile$3,442,146
38Qatar$3,283,237
39Brazil$2,981,117
40Belarus$2,700,700
41Tunisia$2,681,201
42Croatia$2,651,920
43Pakistan$2,595,086
44Australia$2,407,771
45Hong Kong$1,987,831
46Cote d'Ivoire$1,972,461
47Greece$1,896,637
48Lithuania$1,808,435
49Netherlands$1,752,667
50Yemen$1,637,418
51Austria$1,566,926
52Ghana$1,355,109
53New Zealand$1,193,696
54Azerbaijan$1,160,457
55Israel$1,159,000
56Bulgaria$1,141,050
57Latvia$1,035,780
58Morocco$1,003,374
59Tanzania$980,270
60Paraguay$905,988
61Ireland$890,394
62Oman$818,855
63Czech Republic$790,233
64Portugal$720,152
65Nepal$667,846
66Peru$635,789
67Ethiopia$604,565
68Maldives$569,781
69Finland$566,726
70Slovenia$492,845
71Slovakia$453,871
72Cyprus$429,881
73Venezuela$343,414
74Mozambique$335,535
75Luxembourg$322,352
76Hungary$284,000
77Cameroon$279,955
78Bolivia$274,302
79Georgia$272,639
80Costa Rica$271,690
81Armenia$262,785
82Ecuador$260,465
83Madagascar$250,812
84Panama$236,904
85New Caledonia$236,810
86Uganda$226,994
87Serbia$214,371
88Lebanon$212,636
89Argentina$209,764
90Jordan$193,173
91Bhutan$189,373
92Macau$172,104
93Guatemala$170,191
94Senegal$164,462
95Burundi$153,846
96Sri Lanka$106,471
97Zambia$104,652
98Estonia$98,395
99Bosnia and Herzegovina$97,238
100Cape Verde$91,548
101Burkina Faso$88,706
102Kenya$75,707
103Denmark$72,640
104Tonga$69,648
105El Salvador$66,923
106Mali$61,289
107Bahrain$61,216
108Cambodia$60,996
109Fiji$56,498
110Suriname$55,962
111Dominican Republic$55,315
112Kyrgyzstan$49,250
113Nicaragua$48,908
114Iceland$48,435
115Jamaica$45,336
116Montenegro$43,554
117Trinidad and Tobago$42,316
118Malta$40,572
119Moldova$39,167
120Samoa$35,552
121Togo$30,736
122Guyana$29,225
123Albania$27,432
124Bermuda$26,726
125Sao Tome and Principe$19,145
126Mauritius$18,007
127Zimbabwe$15,766
128Aruba$14,732
129Bahamas, The$13,186
130Mauritania$11,489
131Malawi$11,444
132Botswana$10,317
133Barbados$4,852
134Belize$3,027
135Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,739
136French Polynesia$1,657
137Antigua and Barbuda$1,402
138Gambia, The$1,032
139Benin$1,011
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$124,260$3,368$163,508 $50,914$27,432$46,819
Algeria$8,114,913$15,556,077$7,353,310$13,162,739$33,291,040$36,913,900$6,820,611
Anguilla $4,617$7,729$3,059   
Antigua and Barbuda$2,534$1,495$136,028  $1,402$574
Argentina$100,295$168,626$870,782$511,086$550,806$209,764$2,422,508
Armenia$137,516$14,421$109,634$753,539$114,600$262,785$365,569
Aruba    $16,608$14,732$39,547
Australia$721,430$1,851,829$8,153,435$3,203,936$8,636,485$2,407,771$14,294,940
Austria$1,002,262$204,499$382,121$6,062,023$2,116,078$1,566,926 
Azerbaijan$10,457,553$35,673,731$4,950,382$2,642,697$133,607$1,160,457$1,533,964
Bahamas, The$280,658$461,390$39,250$48,223$31,002$13,186$78,194
Bahrain$124,790$15,109$6,468$837,201$568,442$61,216$263,910
Bangladesh$1,518,101$4,595,104$1,294,231    
Barbados$2,969$428,042$375,581$187,549$8,364$4,852$440,080
Belarus$140,200$1,268,800$1,392,400$3,546,300$4,292,800$2,700,700$1,428,200
Belgium$11,626,069$13,817,733$8,803,863$11,357,756$50,678,425$7,820,692$11,936,272
Belize$16,109$16,064$13,072$11,135$1,702$3,027 
Benin     $1,011 
Bermuda     $26,726 
Bhutan  $13,164$9,430$568$189,373 
Bolivia$80,494$54,114$392,788$288,286$81,167$274,302$849,300
Bosnia and Herzegovina$133,741$81,716$93,851$213,226$32,291$97,238$17,771
Botswana$38,037$25,682$318,365$223,091$1,847,271$10,317$117,625
Brazil$1,411,893$4,265,090$3,945,903$8,444,904$2,326,157$2,981,117$8,027,629
Brunei $2,427,297     
Bulgaria$3,481,042$4,197,539$987,341$228,720$756,247$1,141,050$4,720,703
Burkina Faso$1,298,449 $2,025$778$161,815$88,706 
Burundi$3,915$13,762$101,628$106,325$30,673$153,846 
Cambodia$3,329$35,787$130,117$4,907$4,537$60,996 
Cameroon$80,017$109,691$267,608$145,335$154,332$279,955 
Canada$6,346,536$36,230,986$40,513,211$33,734,528$33,239,348$15,421,137$8,509,855
Cape Verde$10,303$1,345$2,167$22,822$1,576$91,548$157,304
Central African Republic    $21,817  
Chile$809,682$22,700,762$4,677,581$37,876,235$1,229,511$3,442,146$2,733,278
China$56,315,328$103,984,149$85,148,311$85,132,450$115,431,162$27,420,463$20,227,910
Colombia$201,301$5,536,400$2,228,059$3,077,330$3,192,568$35,699,215$9,264,079
Comoros$58$185$730    
Cook Islands$3,102      
Costa Rica$47,440$89,040$74,832$101,392$94,399$271,690$164,715
Cote d'Ivoire$461,258$1,187,708$14,049$242,446$330,655$1,972,461$246,926
Croatia$3,491,747$1,814,252$5,366,150$2,358,747$1,456,152$2,651,920$2,295,717
Cuba$13,495$215,213     
Cyprus$150,032$127,236$19,568$17,220$128,151$429,881$22,301
Czech Republic$203,266$322,771$889,447$1,148,077$1,680,908$790,233$455,099
Denmark$656,571$3,481,895$955,924$678,216$370,050$72,640$165,319
Dominica $4,569 $8,892$134,398  
Dominican Republic$839,214$96,014$220,328$476,049$327,975$55,315$639,600
East Timor$12,214      
Ecuador$1,581,079$676,727$831,932$541,068$99,049$260,465$2,096,053
Egypt$601,814$244,137$452,054$3,090,319$18,458,276$67,179,308$9,523,063
El Salvador$14,366$86,206$34,469$643,435$37,668$66,923 
Estonia$11,354$499,775$505,587$1,757,596$218,459$98,395$562,137
Ethiopia$242,089$173,955$1,252,169$1,145,689$1,053,408$604,565$1,218,998
Faroe Islands$2,840$17,890$61,149$18,773$127,716  
Fiji$34,802$4,734$5,204$24,324$36,210$56,498 
Finland$238,853$214,697$351,126$2,135,882$559,978$566,726$209,745
France$21,338,037$8,171,105$16,302,854$11,245,676$13,207,797$9,324,727$8,660,233
French Polynesia$81,238$2,194$31,599$18,140 $1,657$1,583
Gabon$50,714$301,320$701,897$7,972,410$655,524  
Gambia, The    $1,579$1,032$450
Georgia$1,258,122$12,155$74,742$337,302$20,341$272,639 
Germany$9,647,000$56,754,000$11,627,000$8,584,000$17,017,000$21,865,499$27,663,515
Ghana$286,902$422,688$1,143,759$61,509,710$2,605,666$1,355,109$398,245
Greece$1,074,199$1,000,455$5,572,131$2,109,440$898,856$1,896,637$529,999
Greenland  $1,727    
Grenada$10,236$1,542$97,965 $8,019  
Guatemala$927,573$636,844$1,473,425$1,334,553$85,773$170,191$942,970
Guinea$4,878$949$85$113,491   
Guyana$41,066$2,752$37$65,566$95,083$29,225$27,793
Honduras$56,342$34,651$94,085 $20,292  
Hong Kong$2,705,148$4,955,489$1,639,279$3,359,012$2,217,106$1,987,831$910,597
Hungary$1,665,000$165,000$661,000$1,644,000$192,000$284,000$569,000
Iceland$22,543$13,197$19,765$17,394$6,915$48,435$1,027,052
India$3,934,960$9,739,348$14,017,094$16,890,498$17,606,627$31,250,089$45,682,844
Indonesia$22,047,600$29,535,258$27,672,768$29,738,064$30,020,565$36,893,206$11,309,809
Iran$16,728,994$6,046,981   $197,316,643 
Ireland$1,065,564$885,443$1,410,682$1,842,634$1,106,538$890,394$100,467
Israel$4,617,000$551,000$1,772,000$3,609,000$1,497,000$1,159,000$2,044,000
Italy$26,388,874$46,463,252$88,821,717$58,498,730$81,341,020$103,830,315$119,959,800
Jamaica$144,696$189,360$113,520$409,708$38,453$45,336 
Japan$8,359,335$17,891,961$19,721,858$19,065,639$11,073,988$4,876,030$9,683,251
Jordan$1,449,147$219,952$2,785,427$20,776$178,597$193,173$193,008
Kazakhstan$12,782,924$3,148,434$2,742,767$7,493,812$1,659,877  
Kenya$242,185$177,789$1,132,786$1,166,126$910,845$75,707 
Korea, South$75,320,640$94,043,715$129,685,887$148,122,480$162,543,923$60,643,706$67,314,456
Kuwait $943,266$701,681$515,131   
Kyrgyzstan$19,088$3,792$4,319$42,593$13,207$49,250$3,422
Latvia$62,811$151,704$96,873$22,567$3,815,324$1,035,780$1,230,415
Lebanon$24,000$21,681$27,724$47,892$32,492$212,636$17,991
Lesotho   $5,788   
Lithuania$857,491$648,658$637,707$113,150$806,524$1,808,435$5,556,122
Luxembourg$35,689$24,896$14,184$3,027,699$5,251,986$322,352$39,023
Macau$16,689$39,814$18,666$5,720$27,842$172,104$185,889
Macedonia$3,201$18,692$175,071$4,545$79,143 $1,952
Madagascar$133,565$23,314$178,213$245,152$227,145$250,812 
Malawi$36,859$1,527$186,756$773,946$1,433,102$11,444$43,297
Malaysia$24,520,614$23,176,335$28,088,007$37,767,162$9,746,502$8,989,088$26,418,777
Maldives$20,012$722,849$524,023$522,253$411,168$569,781$203,473
Mali$22,757$576,525$30,400$93,402 $61,289 
Malta$18,451$79,262$74,470$40,333$1,736$40,572 
Mauritania  $27,813 $2,345$11,489$42,818
Mauritius$33,087$85,164$101,199$42,078$7,946$18,007$58,391
Mayotte   $29,099   
Mexico$15,403,770$7,979,514$8,116,879$14,941,179$44,735,826$19,834,729$14,034,051
Moldova$84,697$343,833$155,976$45,859$18,800$39,167$146,236
Mongolia$8,423$157,636     
Montenegro $3,732$32,353$14,389$2,924$43,554 
Morocco$433,857$1,206,892$818,835$775,526$455,031$1,003,374 
Mozambique$21,409$758,453$35,436$46,379$4,138,223$335,535$440,000
Namibia$83,101$70,287$251,749$435,087   
Nepal    $777,200$667,846 
Netherlands$2,391,859$4,124,427$4,059,922$2,473,984$2,792,536$1,752,667 
Netherlands Antilles$1,028,716$736,177$3,906,040$812,290   
New Caledonia$365,751$5,139$42,250$7,265$31,977$236,810$21,701
New Zealand$468,136$355,882$1,816,334$205,374$840,808$1,193,696$358,011
Nicaragua$35,150$33,132$353,082$11,906$82,242$48,908$113,429
Niger$4,205$14,064$129,464$15,548$218,792$6,243,838$121,489
Nigeria $5,834,441$21,426,973$174,880,591$10,732,444$5,548,533 
Norway$461,808,652$16,052,681$11,394,282$2,707,763$12,718,380$6,268,113$6,364,282
Oman$934,393$505,667$4,788,408$1,324,979$1,712,256$818,855 
Pakistan$3,103,761$2,127,648$33,503,338$5,002,874$6,648,614$2,595,086$4,695,194
Panama$23,138$41,628$7,550$178,128$120,913$236,904$167,884
Paraguay$40,409$138,076$74,576$93,377$772,902$905,988$247,618
Peru$3,564,627$3,922,130$2,825,902$247,371$9,960,748$635,789$5,215,385
Philippines$375,259$1,799,699$1,411,026$2,397,992$10,521,103$7,170,901$2,996,442
Poland$721,468$1,112,961$9,028,445$1,397,817$6,123,900$5,306,987$5,228,882
Portugal$1,317,369$6,841,619$1,239,153$2,424,239$2,840,159$720,152$686,189
Qatar$8,806,527$32,410,125$62,635,789$37,784,707 $3,283,237 
Romania$2,235,034$6,908,810$10,842,647$6,593,473$8,396,384$10,672,872$9,751,670
Russia$29,192,712$8,777,395$9,079,643$10,324,713$4,462,910$17,206,975$25,827,597
Rwanda$61,768$154,828$14,994$7,839$766,669 $40,310
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,847 $4,364$7,155   
Saint Lucia$17,910$120$3,359    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,409 $28,882 $12,577$1,739 
Samoa$35,153$293,468$4,963$1,191$54,584$35,552$38,279
Sao Tome and Principe  $2,256$32,727$12,698$19,145 
Saudi Arabia$51,151,377$11,577,874$34,480,084  $43,504,054 
Senegal$106,189$10,537$57,641$407,325$1,494,386$164,462$452,755
Serbia$515,580$144,384$252,445$116,457$61,707$214,371$11,795,858
Seychelles$1,614$9,207$135,041$130,398   
Singapore$9,363,683$32,350,467$52,543,130$59,645,128$101,770,131$15,191,124$21,995,557
Slovakia$54,142$24,276$1,256,149$947,341$53,128$453,871$4,938,693
Slovenia$59,097$62,622$1,197,369$816,569$410,214$492,845$1,074,235
South Africa$2,182,977$13,146,270$15,128,770$22,625,268$7,346,636$4,948,347$7,123,143
Spain$16,797,086$5,754,054$25,195,751$4,843,921$3,785,253$4,994,892 
Sri Lanka$169,528$988,345$250,801$213,562$101,585$106,471$561,283
Sudan$831,098$4,142,257 $550,110$99  
Suriname$24,359$13,465$145,674$117,072$33,162$55,962$165,966
Swaziland$137,761$17,191$55,910    
Sweden$40,243,650$32,996,299$33,167,217$25,311,878$17,488,000$20,168,308$19,144,445
Switzerland$1,246,453$2,174,920$1,467,678$2,225,998$5,583,000$7,429,551$3,210,994
Syria$1,299,871$302,892$653,006$379,139 $16,097,653 
Tanzania$60,224$403,528$78,400$1,836,403$120,262$980,270$4,201,429
Thailand$7,705,436$4,825,314$12,731,408$18,310,221$6,235,430$8,950,067$5,048,345
Togo$176,968 $421,256  $30,736$721,985
Tonga   $10,132$135,253$69,648 
Trinidad and Tobago$23,451$899,570$2,567,242$1,717,282$1,177,966$42,316 
Tunisia$1,124,796$3,085,415$10,067,486$29,415,957$5,270,762$2,681,201 
Turkey$13,153,307$9,347,630$17,078,436$39,949,561$12,738,204$16,182,421$26,826,988
Uganda$225,683$70,796$105,214$967,648$104,475$226,994 
Ukraine$860,126$877,703$1,065,695$2,022,590$604,963$4,969,827$6,665,264
United Arab Emirates$6,050,379 $9,352,960$11,803,185   
United Kingdom$34,100,172$17,354,307$13,120,425$8,436,925$4,647,601$7,814,298$5,551,743
United States$18,460,206$20,006,996$24,854,107$16,896,989$36,644,905$7,392,165$11,364,506
Uruguay$436,196$546,721$336,757$711,242$273,743  
Vanuatu $623,992$13    
Venezuela$118,533$1,210,946$1,158,898$16,485,995$2,536,270$343,414$2,538,823
Vietnam$5,457,718$5,378,513$12,151,643$13,480,754$22,508,397$8,095,120 
Yemen$512,033$3,855,634$7,162$19,614$1,652,095$1,637,418$9,581,463
Zambia$23,294$1,385,288$51,807$149,772$123,694$104,652 
Zimbabwe$10,846$2,094$2,457$68,017$2,116$15,766