RankCountryImports of Wirewound variable electrical resistors, incl. rheostats & potentiometers ( ... in USD (2010)
1United States$21,945,275
2China$21,457,318
3United Kingdom$13,028,012
4Germany$10,568,413
5Mexico$7,800,509
6Italy$6,220,962
7Brazil$5,065,427
8Czech Republic$4,488,588
9France$3,069,804
10Canada$2,598,339
11Netherlands$2,528,241
12Hong Kong$2,217,356
13Japan$2,164,258
14Singapore$1,969,733
15Malaysia$1,916,576
16India$1,875,857
17Denmark$1,654,502
18Argentina$1,402,449
19Russia$1,345,605
20Poland$1,302,112
21Sweden$1,294,189
22Hungary$1,258,000
23Switzerland$1,256,172
24Spain$1,229,741
25Austria$1,204,382
26Ukraine$961,540
27Norway$960,432
28Chile$951,201
29Turkey$880,778
30Australia$873,613
31Estonia$795,078
32Belgium$769,854
33Slovakia$681,232
34Venezuela$641,106
35Costa Rica$604,038
36Nigeria$582,743
37Dominican Republic$577,127
38Romania$562,494
39Korea, South$540,461
40Colombia$406,567
41Thailand$387,808
42Finland$304,628
43Vietnam$297,120
44Indonesia$260,261
45South Africa$249,662
46Pakistan$243,038
47Peru$225,975
48Slovenia$184,910
49Moldova$184,823
50New Zealand$152,688
51Portugal$126,441
52Belarus$112,700
53Lithuania$109,162
54Israel$108,000
55Egypt$105,265
56Tunisia$98,997
57Ecuador$70,408
58Bulgaria$66,409
59Macau$59,442
60Croatia$57,127
61Morocco$53,278
62Ireland$38,191
63Luxembourg$37,299
64Botswana$33,423
65Serbia$30,773
66Iran$25,064
67Bolivia$23,459
68Iceland$22,076
69Greece$21,640
70Kenya$18,409
71Malta$17,008
72Guatemala$15,560
73Qatar$11,584
74Panama$10,123
75Algeria$10,102
76Paraguay$9,854
77Zambia$8,796
78Latvia$7,461
79Sri Lanka$6,118
80French Polynesia$5,418
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,106
82New Caledonia$4,980
83Oman$4,453
84El Salvador$4,350
85Lebanon$3,325
86Madagascar$3,325
87Mauritius$3,261
88Albania$3,158
89Cote d'Ivoire$3,007
90Cyprus$2,959
91Montenegro$2,561
92Ghana$2,349
93Senegal$2,338
94Uganda$2,076
95Cameroon$2,051
96Nicaragua$1,853
97Georgia$1,542
98Mozambique$1,423
99Philippines$1,104
100Jordan$1,082
101Barbados$949
102Armenia$858
103Ethiopia$737
104Tanzania$628
105Aruba$590
106Guyana$558
107Bhutan$465
108Bahamas, The$412
109Azerbaijan$231
110Kyrgyzstan$209
111Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$136
112Fiji$129
113Bahrain$121
114Jamaica$94
115Tonga$79
116Niger$55
117Trinidad and Tobago$39
118Nepal$27
119Cape Verde$26
120Bermuda$25
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$171$471$6,338$10,453 $3,158$77
Algeria$279,031$35,283$15,899$42,275$9,417$10,102$28,342
Antigua and Barbuda$101$98$578 $236  
Argentina$502,620$636,382$774,340$734,396$592,175$1,402,449$1,071,288
Armenia$882$432$1,087$439$178$858$3,206
Aruba     $590$951
Australia$1,709,136$1,316,304$1,908,748$2,417,776$1,099,752$873,613$754,728
Austria$1,426,005$1,387,812$1,376,602$1,453,404$882,720$1,204,382 
Azerbaijan$320$3,130$2,077$7,244$3,070$231$3,222
Bahamas, The  $21$161$6,450$412$413
Bahrain$8,173$10,537$2,652$6,210$2,952$121$5,759
Bangladesh$389$726$2,509    
Barbados$6,141$997$166$1,394$565$949$952
Belarus$86,600$122,900$128,200$215,900$65,500$112,700$184,400
Belgium$908,955$914,099$894,185$815,980$608,604$769,854$795,871
Belize$152$415 $41$30  
Benin$5,187      
Bermuda     $25 
Bhutan $5,144$283$416$281$465 
Bolivia$11,871$453,237$19,973$20,972$22,729$23,459$28,877
Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,739$5,529$8,404$10,531$6,333$5,106$3,598
Botswana$186$3,171$58 $17,479$33,423$45
Brazil$2,221,482$2,567,429$3,155,964$4,169,808$4,275,089$5,065,427$5,936,491
Brunei $285     
Bulgaria$174,509$121,103$139,594$98,352$47,481$66,409$73,895
Burkina Faso$579 $4,562$1,393   
Cameroon$663$3,441$11,024$24,938$90$2,051 
Canada$1,998,117$2,367,703$3,752,088$2,598,149$2,337,890$2,598,339$2,420,218
Cape Verde$502$50$7$6,074 $26$63
Chile$199,815$343,633$424,982$480,564$478,303$951,201$1,851,772
China$14,149,975$25,166,455$25,758,485$27,375,472$16,847,855$21,457,318$22,688,475
Colombia$413,486$281,866$296,911$322,676$324,363$406,567$411,415
Comoros $633     
Costa Rica$98,240$17,787$34,077$17,127$7,191$604,038$789,594
Cote d'Ivoire$104$916$77$3,895$2,088$3,007$358
Croatia$59,681$86,184$76,651$82,500$84,473$57,127$64,069
Cuba$8,302$8,735     
Cyprus$5,468$9,061$13,583$5,886$3,911$2,959$36,660
Czech Republic$2,515,660$2,008,226$4,513,558$5,556,703$3,822,451$4,488,588$5,513,811
Denmark$1,636,844$2,526,101$2,488,695$3,810,318$2,298,593$1,654,502$1,579,361
Dominica$109$57$106$878   
Dominican Republic$68,245$199,217$57,661$292,096$558,218$577,127$340,744
Ecuador$47,125$37,204$61,410$83,400$65,818$70,408$111,313
Egypt$71,958$13,849$7,232$15,667$22,083$105,265$77,449
El Salvador$13,634$3,772$5,751$3,688$4,715$4,350 
Estonia$143,011$164,126$441,651$373,423$457,463$795,078$929,584
Ethiopia$11,153 $210 $9,367$737$724
Faroe Islands$2,316$607$46$2,518$1,366  
Fiji$76   $5,394$129 
Finland$1,214,859$669,004$803,717$688,712$570,171$304,628$360,914
France$2,596,798$3,096,181$3,269,355$3,325,667$2,660,713$3,069,804$3,463,258
French Polynesia$3,433$3,536$11,545$5,361$4,408$5,418$1,794
Gabon $159$1,626$560$16,522  
Gambia, The $356$1,252 $188  
Georgia$626$3,110$1,655$18,065$985$1,542 
Germany$6,529,000$7,519,000$5,928,000$5,282,000$5,905,000$10,568,413$10,622,121
Ghana$198$280$234$1,910$1,637$2,349$16,152
Greece$120,647$41,944$48,281$103,703$85,625$21,640$61,748
Grenada  $175    
Guatemala$18,013$4,969$6,226$16,733$10,952$15,560$8,491
Guyana$12   $405$558$13
Honduras$3,906$9,424$1,180 $3,985  
Hong Kong$711,520$1,407,447$1,365,353$3,064,562$2,350,062$2,217,356$2,641,231
Hungary$1,136,000$1,066,000$1,844,000$1,492,000$868,000$1,258,000$1,273,000
Iceland$38,083$60,643$46,675$37,383$14,754$22,076$17,378
India$1,446,404$903,589$1,394,275$1,481,599$1,520,747$1,875,857$1,942,727
Indonesia$33,143$10,584$22,442$762,159$264,794$260,261$213,313
Iran$141,896$137,569   $25,064 
Ireland$520,034$401,536$203,321$197,346$68,107$38,191$67,915
Israel$118,000$58,000$104,000$153,000$116,000$108,000$141,000
Italy$2,997,352$4,089,719$5,784,234$6,361,448$5,873,463$6,220,962$4,543,608
Jamaica$1,283$4,442$222$3,279$571$94 
Japan$2,681,057$3,075,309$6,458,011$3,817,646$1,883,330$2,164,258$2,361,768
Jordan $403$6,670$12,574$4,492$1,082$2,028
Kazakhstan$19,902$50,993$78,373$65,128$60,932  
Kenya$1,785$3,104$1,415$9,156$6,815$18,409 
Korea, South$317,907$382,891$648,769$2,045,221$896,467$540,461$831,152
Kuwait $17,697$10,626$14,896   
Kyrgyzstan$4,357$251$2,342$6,226$1,490$209$1,801
Latvia$14,993$23,166$23,732$19,526$4,550$7,461$27,841
Lebanon $3,351$4,102$3,543$7,560$3,325$4,362
Lithuania$50,007$51,925$69,590$101,644$92,967$109,162$105,405
Luxembourg$31,535$9,322$8,028$34,375$72,008$37,299$18,389
Macau$150    $59,442 
Macedonia$498$940$18,952$14,993$24,039 $2,381
Madagascar$477$167$403$473$3,440$3,325 
Malawi  $140    
Malaysia$4,605,178$6,844,375$6,389,869$3,973,943$1,876,907$1,916,576$1,092,656
Maldives$70$389$20,444$522  $9,436
Malta$133,796$189,914$97,713$187,215$35,139$17,008 
Mauritania      $1,285
Mauritius$3,046$1,815$4,318$4,437$1,720$3,261$1,336
Mayotte $1,375 $3,081$2,769  
Mexico$16,971,733$22,465,633$21,444,946$13,123,684$6,095,122$7,800,509$5,907,444
Moldova$421$29,934$20,311$38,767$123,826$184,823$276,045
Mongolia  $1,036    
Montenegro $1,138$1,027$1,178$1,098$2,561$6,656
Montserrat   $10   
Morocco$39,974$40,110$38,525$105,933$55,992$53,278 
Mozambique  $945$787 $1,423$3,000
Namibia$5,249$4,626$10,217$13,747   
Nepal    $124$27 
Netherlands$2,250,138$2,263,850$2,738,183$2,562,393$2,286,197$2,528,241 
Netherlands Antilles $1$309$724   
New Caledonia$5,500$1,881$1,496$9,566$3,453$4,980$4,571
New Zealand$186,140$255,780$219,510$200,863$131,434$152,688$147,573
Nicaragua$350$607$680$3,423$2,074$1,853$2,106
Niger $91$7,631$65 $55 
Nigeria $19,364  $24,701$582,743 
Norway$517,441$669,139$1,312,397$1,260,807$1,473,806$960,432$626,882
Oman$22,390$14,143$6,863$14,637$32,403$4,453 
Pakistan$5,796$25,945$51,406$14,828$89,370$243,038$271,428
Panama$4,044$3,871$578$8,686$5,882$10,123$3,375
Paraguay$3,628$20,927$11,096$23,217$13,865$9,854$19,169
Peru$91,883$136,752$175,460$236,809$145,016$225,975$188,354
Philippines$1,332,134$265,699$5,397$514,322$2,040$1,104$750
Poland$692,937$1,577,314$1,669,055$2,230,068$1,141,560$1,302,112$1,429,827
Portugal$60,677$91,724$93,080$154,126$67,724$126,441$130,223
Qatar$2,230$11,002$8,019  $11,584 
Romania$547,528$565,304$291,855$456,300$391,666$562,494$348,246
Russia$383,972$707,087$817,919$1,220,167$1,334,521$1,345,605$1,354,037
Rwanda    $5,079 $41
Saint Kitts and Nevis$804 $38$53   
Saint Lucia$7,690$541$1$182   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $5$136 
Saudi Arabia$96,524$563,440$127,730    
Senegal$11,298$4,305$410$1,368 $2,338 
Serbia$30,142$91,575$52,131$56,995$40,414$30,773$27,980
Seychelles  $19$865   
Singapore$2,191,617$1,974,747$2,901,258$1,564,395$1,453,296$1,969,733$3,124,711
Slovakia$709,903$636,159$675,556$1,325,821$1,980,092$681,232$659,443
Slovenia$321,691$189,089$168,445$175,169$128,169$184,910$130,967
South Africa$145,237$187,919$210,088$195,434$185,524$249,662$217,228
Spain$9,560,907$14,813,902$12,805,042$1,215,572$1,866,105$1,229,741 
Sri Lanka$3,289$4,258$13,941$1,128$1,021$6,118$9,318
Sudan$79,765$10,423$16,260$10,042$63  
Suriname    $612  
Swaziland$468$487$94    
Sweden$2,201,073$1,853,680$1,629,944$2,251,494$1,350,641$1,294,189$1,303,225
Switzerland$1,177,041$1,347,404$1,637,026$2,177,273$1,431,217$1,256,172$2,281,514
Syria $8,708     
Tanzania$859$66 $3,329$2,136$628$4,160
Thailand$1,148,219$854,658$592,980$1,061,840$440,547$387,808$428,332
Tonga     $79 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,213$1,252$8,246$5,939$2,607$39 
Tunisia$69,432$55,122$115,188$64,490$81,449$98,997 
Turkey$1,014,307$1,110,151$1,281,753$913,872$697,426$880,778$1,057,746
Uganda$29$91$1,383$14,415$3,043$2,076 
Ukraine$318,565$724,096$1,755,140$878,031$642,650$961,540$1,356,889
United Arab Emirates$36,825 $194,403$99,608   
United Kingdom$7,935,715$11,101,852$19,374,187$16,584,612$13,771,944$13,028,012$6,365,282
United States$24,891,175$27,058,025$23,420,398$22,233,976$14,981,175$21,945,275$22,895,501
Uruguay$38,694$22,803$17,390$23,188$25,312  
Venezuela$300,037$465,626$505,946$891,880$1,088,926$641,106$347,985
Vietnam$55,415$275,939$179,722$395,067$118,151$297,120 
Yemen  $5,218$10,700$38,185  
Zambia$70$89$668$2,990$24,107$8,796 
Zimbabwe $18$207$9$105