RankCountryImports of Machines & app. for arc (incl. plasma arc) welding of metals, other than fu ... in USD (2010)
1Russia$84,409,817
2United States$77,082,180
3Canada$56,851,634
4India$56,010,147
5Thailand$46,882,960
6Turkey$37,292,493
7Nigeria$35,685,656
8Germany$32,799,573
9France$32,374,763
10Brazil$31,592,660
11Italy$30,166,224
12Indonesia$24,664,227
13Singapore$21,229,112
14South Africa$20,905,927
15China$20,282,047
16Mexico$17,706,929
17Poland$17,556,882
18Spain$16,669,205
19Chile$16,533,155
20Colombia$14,120,925
21Belgium$13,774,414
22United Kingdom$13,521,316
23Malaysia$11,417,070
24Argentina$11,115,666
25Netherlands$11,067,519
26Australia$10,856,594
27Japan$9,934,139
28Saudi Arabia$9,206,145
29Ukraine$8,823,129
30Vietnam$8,601,510
31Switzerland$8,007,288
32Peru$7,693,537
33Austria$7,451,640
34Korea, South$7,103,138
35Pakistan$6,473,628
36Romania$6,130,937
37Portugal$6,103,179
38Ecuador$5,724,801
39Belarus$5,561,800
40Egypt$4,538,729
41Sweden$4,529,661
42Algeria$4,343,424
43Venezuela$4,332,369
44Finland$4,124,262
45Qatar$3,739,667
46Morocco$3,425,676
47Costa Rica$3,295,352
48Lithuania$3,274,099
49Greece$3,189,293
50Israel$3,137,000
51New Zealand$3,102,869
52Slovakia$2,885,165
53Czech Republic$2,845,685
54Norway$2,701,842
55Denmark$2,539,269
56Tunisia$2,499,043
57Oman$2,280,442
58Bolivia$2,172,238
59Hong Kong$1,849,519
60Philippines$1,732,309
61Croatia$1,678,741
62Guatemala$1,665,821
63Slovenia$1,548,242
64Hungary$1,527,000
65Jordan$1,496,336
66Trinidad and Tobago$1,403,058
67Ireland$1,356,440
68New Caledonia$1,352,085
69Serbia$1,331,547
70Paraguay$1,315,836
71Bulgaria$1,151,223
72Kenya$1,041,084
73Azerbaijan$1,011,078
74El Salvador$952,830
75Iran$925,285
76Sri Lanka$848,247
77Bahrain$824,826
78Yemen$796,019
79Dominican Republic$678,634
80Ethiopia$634,018
81Cote d'Ivoire$607,103
82Lebanon$592,946
83Panama$581,298
84Estonia$534,958
85Moldova$531,238
86Luxembourg$530,091
87Nicaragua$491,427
88Latvia$480,103
89Niger$459,620
90Botswana$448,104
91Bosnia and Herzegovina$406,668
92Mali$403,306
93Cameroon$384,901
94Cyprus$350,264
95Mauritius$343,882
96Ghana$332,321
97Zimbabwe$319,963
98Armenia$289,198
99Syria$284,244
100Georgia$282,648
101Zambia$257,093
102Jamaica$254,771
103Senegal$247,515
104Uganda$219,703
105Tanzania$214,452
106Guyana$213,431
107Malta$180,196
108Malawi$176,223
109Madagascar$166,174
110French Polynesia$159,627
111Albania$151,362
112Burkina Faso$146,964
113Montenegro$144,707
114Mozambique$138,792
115Kyrgyzstan$135,126
116Nepal$129,882
117Barbados$85,243
118Iceland$83,252
119Bahamas, The$80,262
120Belize$76,425
121Cambodia$72,427
122Mauritania$65,595
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$51,210
124Suriname$48,602
125Benin$44,162
126Aruba$34,165
127Fiji$28,948
128Togo$22,326
129Antigua and Barbuda$17,260
130Macau$16,074
131Samoa$16,074
132Burundi$15,586
133Dominica$12,618
134Maldives$6,107
135Tonga$2,108
136Gambia, The$2,035
137Sao Tome and Principe$1,053
138Bermuda$650
139Cape Verde$599
140Bhutan$577
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$83,404$79,011$176,612$255,677$261,768$151,362$170,771
Algeria$2,368,959$2,585,444$4,001,511$4,390,918$4,717,574$4,343,424$6,313,140
Antigua and Barbuda$17,592$10,155$47,566 $15,123$17,260$23,418
Argentina$3,065,356$6,200,297$7,263,269$11,415,660$9,561,309$11,115,666$16,468,950
Armenia$237,137$202,189$169,465$572,463$185,298$289,198$179,084
Aruba    $31,327$34,165$37,447
Australia$23,433,287$22,210,442$18,026,552$18,737,187$8,822,301$10,856,594$11,696,626
Austria$4,686,557$5,304,379$8,111,579$9,012,022$8,290,115$7,451,640 
Azerbaijan$203,774$390,753$504,545$1,081,465$684,041$1,011,078$626,873
Bahamas, The$96,847$47,767$81,373$69,807$76,988$80,262$257,159
Bahrain$367,720$505,919$2,507,682$1,958,965$798,611$824,826$1,515,665
Bangladesh$270,989$146,028$259,928    
Barbados$133,572$222,984$201,952$140,059$173,160$85,243$130,183
Belarus$2,390,500$3,831,000$4,587,800$7,208,800$3,763,600$5,561,800$4,601,400
Belgium$11,925,923$12,547,514$19,386,428$17,840,307$10,034,924$13,774,414$20,854,289
Belize$45,007$67,834$121,881$114,660$76,951$76,425 
Benin$20,298$9,775   $44,162 
Bermuda     $650 
Bhutan$1,063$3,291$65,181$2,377$2,916$577 
Bolivia$621,747$922,166$1,541,346$1,873,084$1,381,343$2,172,238$3,436,220
Bosnia and Herzegovina$464,494$530,370$849,858$898,537$412,932$406,668$455,824
Botswana$487,406$588,012$844,271$634,483$360,740$448,104$398,385
Brazil$10,636,642$15,137,656$21,228,130$26,521,655$20,396,095$31,592,660$47,145,511
Brunei $5,873     
Bulgaria$1,511,423$2,235,861$2,989,126$2,601,471$1,127,431$1,151,223$1,383,786
Burkina Faso$51,718 $23,481$180,211$166,162$146,964 
Burundi$17,990$38,668$16,554$22,138$78,082$15,586 
Cambodia$8,077$30,427$18,382$60,954$20,516$72,427 
Cameroon$121,581$164,929$301,986$978,402$478,911$384,901 
Canada$30,881,704$39,208,364$69,797,907$69,389,722$43,407,363$56,851,634$68,502,412
Cape Verde$2,285$6,973$12,622$19,993$12,040$599$13,116
Central African Republic$7,051      
Chile$9,377,768$13,609,497$11,387,235$15,730,114$9,391,047$16,533,155$18,287,801
China$31,048,457$15,571,392$16,483,613$19,040,263$13,436,199$20,282,047$28,576,458
Colombia$2,656,750$4,369,551$8,468,558$10,515,800$8,903,594$14,120,925$19,026,719
Comoros$65$183$56    
Costa Rica$1,655,539$2,353,530$3,336,981$3,564,364$2,187,409$3,295,352$3,936,639
Cote d'Ivoire$242,418$200,270$497,320$683,403$176,205$607,103$350,043
Croatia$1,642,944$2,727,190$2,917,138$3,290,076$3,131,714$1,678,741$1,753,121
Cuba$701,901$625,102     
Cyprus$358,614$419,070$555,667$803,717$425,960$350,264$521,620
Czech Republic$6,280,817$9,199,174$7,717,348$8,785,757$2,743,369$2,845,685$7,697,780
Denmark$2,548,088$4,252,294$4,901,351$4,837,482$2,088,737$2,539,269$2,187,580
Djibouti    $16,225  
Dominica$11,970$3,596$66,350$9,124$60,523$12,618 
Dominican Republic$125,858$290,745$360,650$645,784$566,926$678,634$810,102
Ecuador$3,156,653$4,060,195$4,510,766$4,947,323$4,089,719$5,724,801$8,148,644
Egypt$1,453,688$1,424,371$1,591,684$10,722,940$3,602,797$4,538,729$3,250,790
El Salvador$906,654$1,086,103$1,279,642$1,146,538$707,738$952,830 
Estonia$1,494,178$1,388,615$1,745,964$1,272,493$601,564$534,958$947,918
Ethiopia$283,855$323,266$242,866$173,799$252,857$634,018$468,200
Faroe Islands$43,270$19,661$36,285$13,432$15,236  
Fiji$62,090$70,467$51,159$23,195$22,753$28,948 
Finland$2,525,992$3,363,622$5,074,073$5,237,805$4,103,025$4,124,262$5,510,815
France$15,616,870$19,457,224$28,532,054$29,167,737$20,885,974$32,374,763$40,881,475
French Polynesia$327,760$202,723$314,394$342,915$180,745$159,627$256,969
Gabon$442,625$309,618$957,573$887,459$150,951  
Gambia, The$629 $6,787$1,767$263$2,035$565
Georgia$133,137$95,994$297,221$554,674$166,223$282,648 
Germany$18,210,000$28,873,000$32,915,000$36,673,000$25,698,000$32,799,573$37,767,828
Ghana$714,630$306,301$403,568$733,076$320,655$332,321$893,032
Greece$4,411,784$4,546,600$15,398,395$6,677,510$3,914,680$3,189,293$2,100,747
Greenland$22,827$45,835$41,191    
Grenada$53,724$11,737$15,799$10,197$69,552  
Guatemala$1,620,304$1,947,616$2,069,068$1,555,432$1,426,823$1,665,821$2,255,780
Guinea$9,509$90,094$89,941$29,520   
Guinea-Bissau$162      
Guyana$55,995$89,799$202,064$185,731$248,623$213,431$334,760
Honduras$371,652$804,977$1,290,854 $267,837  
Hong Kong$4,946,077$7,100,252$7,179,209$3,811,906$2,425,734$1,849,519$2,469,281
Hungary$41,140,000$10,678,000$59,785,000$5,967,000$39,554,000$1,527,000$2,444,000
Iceland$174,182$373,428$335,345$124,729$55,112$83,252$228,943
India$7,228,393$9,614,559$23,317,921$35,588,153$36,449,487$56,010,147$35,215,587
Indonesia$5,882,387$4,831,016$6,467,488$16,863,634$14,119,322$24,664,227$26,680,637
Iran$718,254$31,312   $925,285 
Ireland$1,853,852$3,310,483$3,735,149$4,757,344$1,629,591$1,356,440$1,533,917
Israel$2,017,000$3,307,000$4,546,000$3,311,000$3,064,000$3,137,000$3,833,000
Italy$28,497,903$36,340,944$44,969,420$37,558,208$27,736,077$30,166,224$33,764,141
Jamaica$461,347$954,626$674,230$482,171$243,738$254,771 
Japan$14,020,918$14,876,205$17,577,517$17,017,236$7,135,909$9,934,139$8,265,223
Jordan$435,754$695,879$705,731$1,046,913$745,750$1,496,336$896,490
Kazakhstan$3,976,862$8,067,848$7,197,199$9,470,696$5,738,406  
Kenya$374,284$480,945$527,532$895,239$448,214$1,041,084 
Kiribati$144   $1,627  
Korea, South$4,789,335$2,871,616$13,510,546$6,693,897$6,723,808$7,103,138$6,232,195
Kuwait $7,174,812$6,548,701$1,589,410   
Kyrgyzstan$8,692$126,663$109,248$122,858$75,897$135,126$98,186
Latvia$744,132$931,498$1,368,703$911,181$314,619$480,103$605,843
Lebanon$399,000$321,164$410,619$585,036$327,725$592,946$729,136
Lesotho   $6,424   
Lithuania$1,672,700$4,390,130$6,174,555$6,589,135$1,444,027$3,274,099$4,155,985
Luxembourg$619,138$626,250$923,667$1,138,010$924,047$530,091$635,009
Macau$93,146$165,139$112,015$105,376$16,217$16,074$16,400
Macedonia$175,211$242,221$400,472$596,603$537,939 $302,127
Madagascar$190,458$190,248$138,953$1,172,390$299,030$166,174 
Malawi$35,009$74,837$50,190$81,969$112,478$176,223$70,614
Malaysia$14,714,353$14,111,692$18,367,852$17,690,162$10,842,227$11,417,070$13,862,718
Maldives$11,041$30,951$66,096$77,768$9,613$6,107$27,260
Mali$18,399$60,606$151,171$125,943 $403,306 
Malta$240,896$434,954$418,058$371,136$234,225$180,196 
Mauritania$779 $32,087$5,921$1,338$65,595$68,903
Mauritius$135,241$188,131$243,484$223,054$286,675$343,882$346,255
Mayotte$49,408$12,498$51,190$119,706$18,713  
Mexico$17,091,187$21,047,548$26,897,181$23,992,750$13,917,800$17,706,929$31,692,376
Moldova$176,428$277,785$604,556$694,188$210,956$531,238$663,597
Mongolia$117,758$29,543$322,635    
Montenegro $187,602$353,603$447,238$184,168$144,707$164,314
Montserrat$5,354$217$2,473 $1,024  
Morocco$1,160,490$1,645,680$2,409,696$5,122,193$4,159,158$3,425,676 
Mozambique$112,873$121,296$369,135$115,451$157,864$138,792$106,000
Namibia$3,133,163$1,637,181$2,480,211$2,605,185   
Nepal    $129,704$129,882 
Netherlands$8,948,337$11,184,824$20,060,793$31,367,586$10,323,457$11,067,519 
Netherlands Antilles$59,764$15,262$39,597$231,542   
New Caledonia$331,544$494,192$361,512$1,155,269$751,575$1,352,085$1,316,019
New Zealand$5,328,930$6,139,620$5,030,937$4,223,304$3,223,674$3,102,869$3,195,182
Nicaragua$477,920$372,942$611,233$576,875$285,425$491,427$947,429
Niger$21,664$58,251$77,322$57,854$725,577$459,620$38,608
Nigeria $1,683,660$3,538,214$4,768,563$10,781,516$35,685,656 
Norway$2,794,835$2,987,317$5,149,430$6,624,015$3,370,071$2,701,842$3,429,385
Oman$1,740,460$2,725,108$4,329,927$3,660,717$725,881$2,280,442 
Pakistan$5,194,822$6,145,763$3,796,785$5,363,601$5,661,912$6,473,628$4,259,762
Panama$137,438$229,981$871,163$1,146,162$920,322$581,298$1,217,913
Paraguay$257,690$682,064$696,449$1,632,160$1,248,435$1,315,836$2,249,195
Peru$2,858,336$3,493,543$5,366,763$7,387,277$3,780,828$7,693,537$15,187,810
Philippines$2,448,391$1,403,790$1,341,790$4,032,925$1,408,564$1,732,309$2,402,262
Poland$8,161,681$10,824,159$16,621,266$27,284,436$16,393,056$17,556,882$17,224,983
Portugal$4,294,393$5,348,442$7,573,225$9,622,928$6,885,461$6,103,179$5,085,272
Qatar$1,783,665$4,602,618$7,014,142$4,575,827 $3,739,667 
Romania$6,423,602$8,335,529$17,294,870$15,250,430$5,715,223$6,130,937$7,482,710
Russia$16,047,968$25,224,442$34,483,359$57,120,671$45,230,769$84,409,817$105,055,182
Rwanda$1,811$7,976$5,915$2,496$38,485 $9,257
Saint Kitts and Nevis$9,038$65,699$2,832$34,458   
Saint Lucia$14,884$66,024$131,100$60,860   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$10,759$8,525$14,476$290$10,746$51,210 
Samoa     $16,074$2,303
Sao Tome and Principe $232$111$8,154$315$1,053 
Saudi Arabia$9,164,551$21,682,665$23,497,678  $9,206,145 
Senegal$45,913$153,167$226,788$557,795$582,555$247,515$265,506
Serbia$1,698,088$1,621,564$4,272,920$4,104,041$1,567,886$1,331,547$1,901,314
Seychelles$31,544$59,291$10,372$7,268   
Singapore$16,888,127$29,513,589$26,009,495$35,956,342$20,170,355$21,229,112$18,674,274
Slovakia$1,939,796$3,120,693$3,935,013$3,783,743$3,718,855$2,885,165$5,310,686
Slovenia$834,007$2,386,644$3,402,908$3,946,303$1,659,785$1,548,242$2,239,045
South Africa$12,018,753$16,199,249$25,070,579$26,980,850$10,228,421$20,905,927$26,560,442
Spain$12,692,435$21,540,163$22,598,711$27,479,984$16,426,852$16,669,205 
Sri Lanka$804,550$633,802$800,786$1,151,908$679,930$848,247$1,038,292
Sudan$50,180$233,245$406,154$44,416$315,735  
Suriname     $48,602$76,621
Swaziland$21,327$16,705$14,098    
Sweden$3,166,721$4,402,287$6,084,984$8,523,504$4,845,528$4,529,661$5,776,404
Switzerland$7,102,125$7,472,511$8,822,055$9,985,788$7,136,371$8,007,288$8,258,572
Syria$1,149,209$233,359$288,341$354,174 $284,244 
Tanzania$70,542$139,015$202,261$256,463$492,450$214,452$365,130
Thailand$25,243,807$20,885,567$24,269,932$26,681,658$27,032,742$46,882,960$57,485,853
Togo$19,851 $1,770  $22,326$61,237
Tonga   $14,242$487$2,108 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,545,449$1,532,015$1,856,754$3,259,886$2,035,893$1,403,058 
Tunisia$839,780$1,186,058$2,160,229$3,698,941$2,529,068$2,499,043 
Turkey$13,371,297$15,908,606$22,157,432$23,949,675$11,848,197$37,292,493$46,285,417
Uganda$98,961$46,276$120,085$1,836,166$149,432$219,703 
Ukraine$1,945,962$3,423,475$5,791,119$12,224,933$3,134,470$8,823,129$11,052,054
United Arab Emirates$16,169,409 $20,342,797$21,901,645   
United Kingdom$30,675,441$26,093,334$27,757,764$29,104,309$12,708,193$13,521,316$19,155,137
United States$50,164,700$75,002,323$79,103,052$77,183,779$67,270,861$77,082,180$101,108,338
Uruguay$442,382$745,584$1,002,098$1,732,863$886,159  
Vanuatu $1,529$6,596    
Venezuela$5,675,127$9,274,588$12,662,470$14,599,159$8,876,533$4,332,369$5,898,155
Vietnam$2,855,655$5,876,251$9,211,218$11,537,976$7,751,133$8,601,510 
Wallis and Futuna$23,420$2,173     
Yemen$27,550$63,093$263,809$119,941$257,516$796,019$63,441
Zambia$294,455$284,484$463,895$300,071$146,651$257,093 
Zimbabwe$32,412$89,256$249,157$167,353$121,132$319,963