RankCountryImports of Machines & app. for arc (incl. plasma arc) welding of metals, fully/partly ... in USD (2010)
1Russia$208,582,767
2China$137,774,143
3United States$103,177,962
4Germany$55,898,516
5Mexico$46,036,495
6Australia$42,500,819
7France$38,539,554
8Austria$30,722,295
9Canada$30,458,570
10Poland$30,103,426
11Italy$27,223,574
12Brazil$27,141,072
13Netherlands$26,617,463
14Korea, South$21,916,083
15Thailand$18,823,343
16Switzerland$18,425,190
17United Kingdom$18,378,889
18Czech Republic$18,355,698
19Belgium$17,103,016
20Sweden$15,402,683
21Algeria$14,419,097
22Indonesia$11,323,464
23Malaysia$11,053,235
24Argentina$11,030,242
25Spain$11,012,853
26Turkey$10,443,831
27India$10,385,133
28Japan$9,871,923
29Norway$8,419,165
30Chile$8,060,327
31Vietnam$7,953,720
32Hong Kong$7,860,592
33Hungary$7,217,000
34Belarus$7,084,100
35Singapore$6,892,589
36Slovakia$6,577,398
37South Africa$6,055,889
38Saudi Arabia$6,054,941
39Venezuela$5,855,129
40Portugal$5,393,758
41Romania$5,098,945
42Ukraine$4,590,709
43New Zealand$4,257,206
44Qatar$3,991,761
45Denmark$3,636,580
46Colombia$3,316,610
47Finland$3,084,903
48Slovenia$2,814,789
49Iran$2,565,614
50Bulgaria$2,552,506
51Israel$2,413,000
52Croatia$2,309,852
53Egypt$2,162,871
54Azerbaijan$2,113,804
55Lithuania$1,914,191
56Peru$1,781,112
57Morocco$1,549,137
58Philippines$1,523,996
59Greece$1,383,118
60Serbia$1,334,338
61Latvia$1,093,949
62Oman$991,279
63Tunisia$983,742
64Ireland$963,556
65Ecuador$957,289
66Paraguay$796,051
67Estonia$776,410
68Trinidad and Tobago$754,595
69Bosnia and Herzegovina$684,142
70Luxembourg$465,167
71Jordan$430,238
72Ghana$426,033
73Kenya$392,857
74Lebanon$389,751
75Cyprus$340,323
76Georgia$337,699
77Costa Rica$328,603
78Nigeria$307,348
79Cameroon$267,712
80Panama$259,270
81Iceland$252,180
82Bolivia$228,879
83Bahrain$228,080
84Zambia$207,695
85Ethiopia$166,860
86Sri Lanka$139,142
87Suriname$137,634
88Dominican Republic$137,624
89Albania$128,234
90Moldova$111,413
91Zimbabwe$109,060
92Pakistan$103,805
93Botswana$98,161
94Montenegro$95,592
95Madagascar$87,334
96Fiji$71,519
97Guyana$68,163
98Cote d'Ivoire$65,821
99Mauritius$63,901
100Kyrgyzstan$60,270
101Nepal$59,758
102Mauritania$58,400
103Uganda$51,075
104Senegal$50,483
105Tanzania$50,451
106New Caledonia$49,022
107Nicaragua$47,292
108Burkina Faso$46,448
109Macau$39,254
110Jamaica$36,698
111Mozambique$32,125
112Bahamas, The$31,224
113Bhutan$28,886
114Guatemala$28,537
115Cape Verde$24,936
116Samoa$24,483
117Togo$22,652
118Armenia$17,130
119French Polynesia$13,241
120Antigua and Barbuda$10,900
121El Salvador$10,650
122Syria$10,501
123Maldives$9,365
124Belize$7,903
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$6,802
126Burundi$6,453
127Barbados$4,916
128Malta$4,874
129Mali$4,032
130Benin$2,342
131Bermuda$931
132Niger$636
133Tonga$391
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$3,645$4,943$207,550$39,809$414,160$128,234$155,593
Algeria$4,124,926$2,848,984$8,524,427$8,905,304$5,664,597$14,419,097$6,040,667
Antigua and Barbuda$3,883$10,627$23,069 $35,515$10,900$9,855
Argentina$6,369,089$7,651,214$10,590,592$25,163,575$16,098,069$11,030,242$21,987,996
Armenia$328$39,213 $13,159$25,354$17,130$38,415
Aruba    $4,088  
Australia$48,382,801$26,465,343$33,274,554$31,465,281$18,260,232$42,500,819$44,213,820
Austria$25,869,486$34,663,529$39,393,102$55,438,052$34,685,316$30,722,295 
Azerbaijan$27,898$23,325$36,546$248,139$345,714$2,113,804$759,346
Bahamas, The$80,455$80,140$132,128$49,915$17,378$31,224$99,557
Bahrain$402,478$91,729$353,566$205,026$183,765$228,080$222,214
Bangladesh$221,142$74,400$185,261    
Barbados$69,048$18,720$23,260$36,604$11,949$4,916$42,619
Belarus$1,508,700$3,279,600$5,320,100$8,210,300$6,058,400$7,084,100$10,448,900
Belgium$10,937,070$18,347,062$24,985,782$28,691,530$22,207,740$17,103,016$25,718,879
Belize$15,718$107,520$7,116$11,760$9,146$7,903 
Benin$610$10,739   $2,342 
Bermuda     $931 
Bhutan$881$977$991$36,176 $28,886 
Bolivia$105,349$113,556$174,968$283,629$67,369$228,879$167,736
Bosnia and Herzegovina$913,377$877,790$1,746,547$1,549,191$970,344$684,142$800,765
Botswana$159,508$54,122$114,520$36,238$50,089$98,161$145,178
Brazil$3,690,496$7,481,564$10,674,174$25,167,426$29,867,950$27,141,072$37,490,618
Brunei $68,661     
Bulgaria$3,085,123$4,100,966$4,987,940$5,956,077$1,867,554$2,552,506$2,293,020
Burkina Faso  $27,125$5,638$94,582$46,448 
Burundi$841  $181$1,823$6,453 
Cambodia $2,443$1,813$887   
Cameroon$53,523$44,698$97,344$184,407$99,477$267,712 
Canada$73,767,632$95,266,534$53,263,256$38,702,903$22,779,311$30,458,570$55,843,831
Cape Verde$5,549$3,441$13,399$11,241$1,691$24,936$1,323
Chile$1,607,356$2,199,456$2,457,232$11,441,912$6,239,490$8,060,327$9,901,835
China$107,724,457$120,649,992$106,266,526$131,511,868$140,192,891$137,774,143$171,626,010
Colombia$1,948,515$2,687,938$4,780,365$4,538,500$2,900,892$3,316,610$4,876,606
Comoros $59     
Costa Rica$114,831$430,651$281,097$431,950$261,843$328,603$4,382,166
Cote d'Ivoire$2,969$11,823$118,270$23,436$245,141$65,821$19,508
Croatia$5,212,311$5,751,839$5,857,798$6,631,451$3,552,776$2,309,852$3,736,136
Cuba$85,007$196,386     
Cyprus$370,351$645,593$567,401$546,562$574,093$340,323$233,109
Czech Republic$19,839,055$28,445,640$26,732,298$46,419,783$15,639,133$18,355,698$23,611,808
Denmark$5,590,695$6,996,042$9,920,658$9,058,232$4,393,526$3,636,580$5,353,643
Djibouti    $1,006  
Dominica$17,137$2,587$19,435$859$4,551  
Dominican Republic$1,871$20,435$2,433$22,494$57,735$137,624$60,573
Ecuador$392,445$440,507$625,748$1,589,225$1,611,965$957,289$1,210,979
Egypt$151,457$227,890$1,454,559$2,604,310$2,359,834$2,162,871$1,215,636
El Salvador$508,301$16,839$24,202$172,108$26,182$10,650 
Estonia$1,742,301$2,393,098$2,064,778$1,726,678$1,517,979$776,410$1,599,915
Ethiopia$129,243$457,245$29,944$45,950$228,494$166,860$334,350
Faroe Islands$41,719$54,361$53,325$19,951$17,541  
Fiji$49,745$39,046$12,181$17,162$25,618$71,519 
Finland$5,375,246$6,712,649$9,783,089$9,951,788$3,941,942$3,084,903$4,065,924
France$29,735,635$35,208,071$37,924,244$39,943,370$26,881,947$38,539,554$41,172,283
French Polynesia$109,323$28,489$36,912$89,604$38,626$13,241$24,964
Gabon$52,816$130,935$61,802$45,367$32,538  
Gambia, The$4,197$3,991$646$498$38  
Georgia$1,000$28,081$111,653$144,840$62,342$337,699 
Germany$61,513,000$68,690,000$86,605,000$94,008,000$46,101,000$55,898,516$81,513,378
Ghana$445,106$318,256$279,061$504,634$1,660,886$426,033$1,190,796
Greece$1,863,862$1,918,868$2,644,217$2,624,334$1,281,039$1,383,118$479,960
Greenland$62,398$29,431$20,884    
Grenada$31,928$7,790$395,254$10,080$8,313  
Guatemala$141,278$530,856$96,053$125,903$65,702$28,537$149,960
Guinea$33,612$6,083$73,456$9,961   
Guyana$17,389$22,928$24,497$63,137$160,162$68,163$63,400
Honduras$25,332$23,194$66,635 $13,772  
Hong Kong$8,969,916$12,032,303$15,153,201$11,689,286$2,166,891$7,860,592$10,721,843
Hungary$8,372,000$9,042,000$12,814,000$11,557,000$7,960,000$7,217,000$7,974,000
Iceland$707,076$708,094$590,148$444,420$187,123$252,180$431,722
India$2,024,678$9,289,888$4,072,404$10,434,864$13,280,725$10,385,133$28,910,051
Indonesia$7,393,320$8,184,152$6,251,172$12,750,753$11,400,449$11,323,464$11,500,291
Iran$4,330,271$692,346   $2,565,614 
Ireland$1,637,045$1,691,750$1,447,113$860,809$741,416$963,556$786,679
Israel$1,062,000$3,116,000$3,348,000$2,713,000$4,485,000$2,413,000$3,177,000
Italy$31,475,700$42,482,240$48,225,241$53,299,651$25,327,850$27,223,574$36,725,298
Jamaica$61,895$88,100$148,953$198,941$29,631$36,698 
Japan$14,262,712$16,062,480$22,192,167$19,836,346$9,577,351$9,871,923$28,909,686
Jordan$213,264$130,540$759,848$195,999$355,831$430,238$64,249
Kazakhstan$2,880,555$5,743,525$4,915,118$15,962,810$11,630,309  
Kenya$211,301$318,067$490,194$474,316$514,627$392,857 
Kiribati$144      
Korea, South$35,686,644$24,202,970$23,205,020$33,911,244$24,940,369$21,916,083$33,048,935
Kuwait $768,512$350,361$188,198   
Kyrgyzstan$6,204$393$26,259$11,428$32,615$60,270$1,850
Latvia$1,040,069$2,038,961$2,979,775$1,863,616$396,286$1,093,949$1,095,909
Lebanon$62,000$71,545$204,694$385,171$316,697$389,751$291,400
Lesotho   $6,424   
Lithuania$1,864,902$3,685,354$4,551,936$4,590,659$1,680,667$1,914,191$2,704,055
Luxembourg$814,623$875,683$480,565$587,224$348,636$465,167$819,459
Macau$52,727$137,803$131,595$83,594$28,589$39,254$81,757
Macedonia$379,884$212,486$221,546$426,976$448,718 $372,959
Madagascar$88,538$49,595$12,830$77,175$9,972$87,334 
Malawi$4,598$26,510$20,469$80,122$413 $56,897
Malaysia$5,312,848$10,322,897$13,410,855$11,314,870$14,578,647$11,053,235$12,029,423
Maldives  $1,028$3,445$3,719$9,365$1,902
Mali$2,591$9,368$3,945  $4,032 
Malta$232,473$12,673$22,147$55,198$21,541$4,874 
Mauritania   $5,156$15,284$58,400$177,581
Mauritius$103,045$155,516$45,039$99,091$39,976$63,901$54,258
Mayotte$9,991 $3,786$8,685$12,704  
Mexico$49,674,645$62,427,692$46,969,417$59,222,915$38,368,544$46,036,495$41,538,674
Moldova$114,656$286,995$240,627$397,557$104,461$111,413$380,124
Mongolia$14,740$3,186$3,671    
Montenegro $105,348$229,155$389,297$98,861$95,592$108,256
Montserrat$2,062      
Morocco$1,540,322$1,074,049$2,402,371$2,621,147$1,703,940$1,549,137 
Mozambique$569$10,575$44,599$36,498$11,524$32,125$45,000
Namibia$26,914$116,568$122,370$7,833   
Nepal    $20,087$59,758 
Netherlands$12,569,692$23,408,607$33,382,499$37,898,079$21,362,484$26,617,463 
Netherlands Antilles$28,433$79,101$65,636$43,126   
New Caledonia$136,071$140,378$472,342$93,335$240,558$49,022$162,315
New Zealand$2,088,092$2,320,261$4,525,878$5,602,703$3,040,752$4,257,206$3,483,221
Nicaragua$1,360$11,635$42,347$27,204$40,663$47,292$75,484
Niger$3,055 $17,525$1,021$1,757,664$636$58,901
Nigeria $7,942,112$12,817,971$483,916$1,627,262$307,348 
Norway$7,544,878$13,530,969$12,542,860$13,422,906$9,742,166$8,419,165$9,938,017
Oman$88,309$147,108$963,883$621,865$360,598$991,279 
Pakistan$439,261$211,661$444,554$306,550$246,797$103,805$549,664
Panama$285,488$383,473$559,290$555,435$232,641$259,270$270,262
Paraguay$111,993$52,834$319,755$604,027$160,987$796,051$1,193,537
Peru$468,943$547,452$1,250,919$2,970,187$1,127,213$1,781,112$1,588,561
Philippines$542,805$1,618,700$2,460,902$821,197$668,840$1,523,996$796,906
Poland$17,005,533$23,370,932$29,686,322$39,012,552$34,368,534$30,103,426$25,942,859
Portugal$2,906,305$5,525,826$9,651,625$10,535,506$5,729,853$5,393,758$4,131,521
Qatar$147,616$646,371$2,146,185$2,207,339 $3,991,761 
Romania$10,181,253$13,579,895$15,525,895$17,082,207$16,230,934$5,098,945$14,587,396
Russia$32,405,240$58,064,969$111,098,326$245,038,498$316,349,417$208,582,767$149,771,904
Rwanda$3,219$1,499$990$19,043$4,578 $824
Saint Kitts and Nevis$16,848$33,072$20,047$29,753   
Saint Lucia$18,344$62,372$12,355$25,920   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$15,669$331$4,141$7,682 $6,802 
Samoa    $10,246$24,483$46,446
Saudi Arabia$2,237,583$6,102,771$5,417,319  $6,054,941 
Senegal$20,313$190,028$463,651$14,066$130,264$50,483$10,909
Serbia$1,854,069$3,369,607$4,738,927$5,721,550$2,155,644$1,334,338$1,664,081
Seychelles$2,903$85$39,686$5,966   
Singapore$9,013,825$13,807,248$10,625,566$12,629,485$26,771,839$6,892,589$6,719,136
Slovakia$4,546,687$6,382,697$11,972,075$16,448,656$12,201,744$6,577,398$9,405,959
Slovenia$3,014,541$5,565,127$4,874,985$4,730,567$1,360,114$2,814,789$3,961,471
South Africa$9,993,896$11,853,420$12,348,279$12,533,981$6,608,441$6,055,889$7,466,022
Spain$25,093,824$17,632,330$26,490,752$29,241,824$12,799,916$11,012,853 
Sri Lanka$165,769$41,203$62,174$466,558$46,903$139,142$51,450
Sudan$264,140$8,021$100$518,952$112,017  
Suriname    $4,612$137,634$75,547
Swaziland$133,843$87,850$4,652    
Sweden$13,689,461$15,959,666$19,390,008$15,910,253$9,161,548$15,402,683$15,355,024
Switzerland$11,201,828$13,641,295$17,816,939$16,608,600$12,445,867$18,425,190$16,161,821
Syria$48,844$157,645   $10,501 
Tanzania$109,947$27,490$99,336$50,836$10,451$50,451$41,073
Thailand$17,002,552$10,305,075$12,679,865$21,961,024$7,949,363$18,823,343$45,609,733
Togo     $22,652 
Tonga   $536$1,465$391 
Trinidad and Tobago$487,997$483,172$301,535$341,291$250,522$754,595 
Tunisia$680,746$553,822$1,595,138$714,506$1,308,954$983,742 
Turkey$23,203,348$52,717,432$24,779,932$21,837,540$9,461,724$10,443,831$23,321,312
Uganda$10,193$15,725$33,704$53,265$205,439$51,075 
Ukraine$2,928,487$7,089,438$8,695,066$15,795,740$2,279,352$4,590,709$11,481,170
United Arab Emirates$5,526,887 $20,786,380$19,322,952   
United Kingdom$36,436,315$35,653,969$34,690,706$32,500,421$12,286,777$18,378,889$29,288,369
United States$129,114,313$155,160,936$123,349,440$119,079,911$121,753,577$103,177,962$156,609,215
Uruguay$101,896$170,738$135,346$156,134$496,212  
Vanuatu $11,089$15,788    
Venezuela$2,650,880$3,193,555$5,141,368$6,455,766$1,722,836$5,855,129$1,244,353
Vietnam$4,434,748$8,610,986$12,350,980$17,357,463$9,965,731$7,953,720 
Yemen$20,299$9,907$186,318$124,738$14,452 $4,279
Zambia$123,311$296,662$164,470$98,725$16,949$207,695 
Zimbabwe$127,006$69,186$250,469$163,140$146,383$109,060