RankCountryImports of Optical fibre cables in USD (2010)
1United States$499,111,383
2Mexico$185,451,187
3Canada$184,743,145
4Germany$184,249,682
5Singapore$145,640,653
6United Kingdom$137,635,917
7Thailand$119,440,555
8Japan$111,527,328
9Hong Kong$109,448,352
10Netherlands$103,147,474
11China$95,369,206
12Ireland$90,751,060
13France$77,540,375
14Sweden$64,379,142
15Belgium$55,144,078
16Australia$50,398,234
17Spain$48,195,180
18Italy$48,159,142
19Norway$47,679,839
20Hungary$45,293,000
21Switzerland$44,710,494
22Saudi Arabia$43,994,988
23Vietnam$40,329,800
24Denmark$39,450,122
25Algeria$37,926,814
26Korea, South$36,587,018
27Portugal$32,694,477
28Philippines$31,439,742
29Chile$30,393,791
30Slovakia$28,455,112
31Indonesia$26,582,582
32South Africa$26,576,449
33Russia$26,337,014
34Malaysia$25,734,705
35Brazil$24,540,689
36India$24,149,941
37Romania$23,495,539
38Czech Republic$22,310,910
39Austria$22,194,841
40Poland$22,109,040
41Finland$19,597,292
42New Zealand$18,411,677
43Colombia$17,328,679
44Costa Rica$15,482,007
45Peru$14,973,733
46Ecuador$14,815,426
47Tunisia$13,807,074
48Turkey$13,786,791
49Venezuela$13,575,289
50Israel$13,361,000
51Iran$11,560,195
52Slovenia$10,839,386
53Nigeria$10,225,896
54Syria$7,587,435
55Oman$7,512,544
56Bulgaria$7,267,393
57Bahrain$7,099,619
58Cameroon$6,962,971
59Argentina$6,952,327
60Ukraine$6,151,842
61Morocco$6,119,765
62Qatar$6,118,446
63Moldova$6,034,213
64Panama$5,862,346
65Egypt$5,292,540
66Mozambique$5,240,314
67Croatia$5,089,247
68Serbia$5,085,957
69Guatemala$5,081,394
70Greece$5,037,007
71Ghana$4,944,946
72Trinidad and Tobago$4,874,073
73Luxembourg$4,280,950
74Uganda$4,259,591
75Pakistan$4,188,512
76Dominican Republic$4,101,877
77Bolivia$4,028,992
78Zimbabwe$3,793,201
79Latvia$3,771,753
80Estonia$3,657,709
81Armenia$3,576,204
82French Polynesia$3,515,315
83Albania$3,259,892
84Kenya$3,174,239
85Sri Lanka$3,114,532
86Jordan$2,961,261
87Azerbaijan$2,880,732
88Paraguay$2,813,712
89Georgia$2,778,581
90Lithuania$2,696,330
91Tanzania$2,679,518
92Belarus$2,574,100
93Jamaica$2,295,610
94Ethiopia$2,237,900
95Nepal$2,212,831
96Nicaragua$1,968,636
97Yemen$1,820,324
98El Salvador$1,798,298
99Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,496,398
100Guyana$1,477,269
101Cyprus$1,305,353
102Bhutan$1,287,251
103Mali$1,190,720
104New Caledonia$1,070,115
105Madagascar$981,223
106Botswana$979,013
107Zambia$941,740
108Mauritius$831,778
109Montenegro$722,357
110Cape Verde$680,865
111Malta$647,786
112Iceland$632,859
113Cambodia$614,236
114Kyrgyzstan$574,631
115Barbados$500,766
116Cote d'Ivoire$455,676
117Bahamas, The$418,690
118Suriname$401,465
119Malawi$301,129
120Belize$270,677
121Macau$268,797
122Maldives$245,867
123Senegal$189,291
124Fiji$170,547
125Bermuda$155,565
126Aruba$151,020
127Lebanon$137,630
128Burkina Faso$132,070
129Mauritania$107,274
130Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$90,719
131Niger$88,303
132Dominica$66,751
133Antigua and Barbuda$53,329
134Benin$40,671
135Togo$40,364
136Gambia, The$13,860
137Burundi$7,750
138Samoa$1,451
139Sao Tome and Principe$505
140Tonga$151
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$553,087$182,617$958,305$3,147,657$3,632,924$3,259,892$4,659,452
Algeria$14,229,975$14,830,017$26,461,989$26,778,345$30,005,925$37,926,814$21,009,540
Anguilla $8,756$51,541$85,075   
Antigua and Barbuda$71,227$130,112$60,175 $179,858$53,329$51,079
Argentina$2,666,219$5,375,001$3,236,259$7,659,438$4,212,726$6,952,327$9,142,259
Armenia$117,227$270,320$683,995$3,859,281$4,399,944$3,576,204$2,600,415
Aruba    $85,316$151,020$516,305
Australia$23,306,586$26,506,569$34,678,128$39,660,849$38,150,190$50,398,234$93,149,804
Austria$17,601,265$26,206,812$22,969,394$25,938,886$26,561,286$22,194,841 
Azerbaijan$4,353,954$12,517,024$1,622,321$3,392,327$5,126,233$2,880,732$4,243,786
Bahamas, The$523,460$998,007$503,163$473,561$248,902$418,690$238,727
Bahrain$600,337$709,430$1,664,925$1,513,269$24,787,060$7,099,619$3,593,030
Bangladesh$4,902,976$8,627,568$14,905,118    
Barbados$289,200$243,148$215,784$805,159$590,218$500,766$1,194,399
Belarus$4,480,700$2,843,800$2,825,000$2,744,800$2,219,500$2,574,100$5,458,600
Belgium$36,795,398$42,539,528$37,452,518$56,186,846$39,806,856$55,144,078$74,653,156
Belize$209,019$26,464$79,769$844,495$168,321$270,677 
Benin$179,833$20,520   $40,671 
Bermuda     $155,565 
Bhutan$315,234$347,154$13,051$544,087$23,429$1,287,251 
Bolivia$943,126$735,115$718,551$990,460$3,272,108$4,028,992$5,760,542
Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,454,771$4,461,730$2,264,714$4,348,946$1,812,621$1,496,398$3,436,335
Botswana$644,764$771,184$1,876,538$416,110$1,084,536$979,013$2,791,860
Brazil$7,514,637$9,651,962$10,532,815$22,324,255$14,608,711$24,540,689$44,576,850
Brunei $88,676     
Bulgaria$6,159,459$9,701,807$8,684,702$13,264,677$8,317,454$7,267,393$13,554,394
Burkina Faso$29,386 $41,608$1,146,600$254,460$132,070 
Burundi$13,536$477$89,183$1,573$1,766$7,750 
Cambodia$50,502$473,597$884,959$5,026,527$598,371$614,236 
Cameroon$1,515,049$1,003,896$539,414$9,822,515$622,295$6,962,971 
Canada$92,493,891$101,361,726$112,063,461$132,183,686$129,928,767$184,743,145$267,258,107
Cape Verde$71,485$147,999$166,665$91,365$221,608$680,865$833,937
Central African Republic    $2,627  
Chile$10,078,857$9,796,567$15,349,955$20,297,999$17,256,541$30,393,791$43,714,008
China$31,767,863$45,325,144$63,221,542$89,150,691$79,608,918$95,369,206$106,908,111
Colombia$3,472,856$6,457,426$16,646,485$29,494,147$22,947,005$17,328,679$27,356,495
Comoros$6,474$8,877$69,419    
Costa Rica$2,173,598$2,301,684$6,113,947$9,844,245$6,705,450$15,482,007$17,330,841
Cote d'Ivoire$719,415$535,969$1,827,020$1,095,238$2,384,470$455,676$4,064,651
Croatia$9,270,530$9,393,191$7,583,889$17,005,836$11,325,769$5,089,247$4,016,017
Cuba$1,900,248$2,644,852     
Cyprus$423,309$422,337$1,146,502$961,704$1,281,703$1,305,353$1,606,625
Czech Republic$9,777,327$13,584,834$19,449,193$21,286,514$12,615,762$22,310,910$24,726,666
Denmark$20,757,426$53,587,675$63,089,744$71,683,491$44,922,609$39,450,122$40,857,039
Djibouti    $54,153  
Dominica$76,813$37,173$180,950$85,940$69,844$66,751 
Dominican Republic$849,439$830,248$1,827,541$3,152,237$3,007,437$4,101,877$5,938,403
East Timor$1,378      
Ecuador$6,497,341$3,915,227$16,202,275$13,556,321$10,080,833$14,815,426$18,421,300
Egypt$7,103,294$6,600,572$3,573,851$9,722,015$3,905,147$5,292,540$2,451,973
El Salvador$1,987,664$2,799,997$3,348,272$6,186,340$2,144,314$1,798,298 
Estonia$3,606,219$2,333,573$2,602,253$3,351,783$1,487,930$3,657,709$4,691,911
Ethiopia$10,755,474$624,933$5,744,820$13,789,893$8,142,566$2,237,900$5,054,591
Faroe Islands$47,089$43,132$49,587$65,223$49,827  
Fiji$201,330$722,422$3,545,478$1,167,685$1,328,427$170,547 
Finland$9,356,121$8,919,059$24,207,328$14,572,863$17,451,278$19,597,292$27,173,377
France$44,734,102$51,846,590$85,968,117$115,381,642$84,115,734$77,540,375$98,018,976
French Polynesia$57,106$217,962$116,183$335,002$399,858$3,515,315$335,316
Gabon$253,831$348,834$330,208$1,580,085$1,759,500  
Gambia, The   $91 $13,860$24,428
Georgia$593,009$1,377,942$3,957,957$2,219,019$1,733,511$2,778,581 
Germany$95,542,000$108,555,000$144,106,000$167,360,000$156,179,000$184,249,682$200,549,690
Ghana$638,259$275,195$1,496,363$1,583,972$6,391,625$4,944,946$6,674,613
Greece$2,230,250$2,964,179$9,044,204$9,042,355$6,552,805$5,037,007$1,867,562
Greenland$6,363$41,084$39,434    
Grenada$294,543$43,839$38,577$82,960$3,487  
Guatemala$3,264,267$4,005,596$4,515,434$5,353,967$6,306,525$5,081,394$6,419,625
Guinea$22,626$7,735$25,341$3,004,347   
Guyana$436,443$233,270$180,545$59,457$87,685$1,477,269$261,551
Honduras$2,274,866$4,261,472$4,450,148 $4,093,963  
Hong Kong$40,477,382$55,286,007$35,995,608$55,395,713$80,236,932$109,448,352$85,259,662
Hungary$10,483,000$14,202,000$24,127,000$23,926,000$33,785,000$45,293,000$72,512,000
Iceland$1,842,915$3,242,830$2,510,243$2,977,390$1,354,070$632,859$541,606
India$18,484,361$20,954,559$116,101,717$145,759,904$34,361,011$24,149,941$33,856,778
Indonesia$13,582,379$12,555,617$9,784,217$76,581,685$21,298,485$26,582,582$38,585,036
Iran$4,507,122$1,404,330   $11,560,195 
Ireland$12,642,505$15,537,409$31,886,059$67,659,424$57,948,566$90,751,060$69,608,225
Israel$4,262,000$5,512,000$8,557,000$7,413,000$9,318,000$13,361,000$17,855,000
Italy$28,509,642$31,415,504$35,507,293$41,830,369$36,984,384$48,159,142$51,535,012
Jamaica$319,041$791,932$2,575,040$2,999,710$712,964$2,295,610 
Japan$76,934,072$75,510,955$90,274,210$106,336,235$85,115,930$111,527,328$100,711,327
Jordan$665,097$1,812,719$2,916,714$2,490,313$7,263,543$2,961,261$4,269,676
Kazakhstan$14,353,139$8,860,803$14,586,016$27,178,808$9,989,517  
Kenya$840,461$446,124$2,172,489$4,990,570$4,506,728$3,174,239 
Kiribati$72,408   $42,990  
Korea, South$11,295,602$16,336,302$18,191,036$25,151,196$24,475,797$36,587,018$38,978,730
Kuwait $14,562,368$11,794,824$20,423,024   
Kyrgyzstan$199,079$314,839$648,361$429,499$1,046,062$574,631$2,667,783
Latvia$1,632,066$2,125,093$2,246,180$3,887,022$5,522,781$3,771,753$2,525,216
Lebanon$56,000$394,950$213,226$319,470$411,411$137,630$1,477,632
Lesotho   $1,061   
Lithuania$2,948,942$2,903,834$7,389,073$5,106,486$2,976,403$2,696,330$2,740,896
Luxembourg$6,394,147$3,282,660$5,014,580$4,560,572$4,753,017$4,280,950$5,589,463
Macau$256,248$498,488$752,713$933,028$1,459,552$268,797$508,665
Macedonia$228,978$423,698$1,849,715$2,182,707$1,883,028 $1,307,050
Madagascar$34,162$751,986$1,764,420$2,346,966$1,900,438$981,223 
Malawi$912,149$234,338$154,425$628,364$49,868$301,129$471,488
Malaysia$12,292,875$11,009,645$12,184,940$12,673,013$20,523,125$25,734,705$165,177,458
Maldives$152,531$841,688$131,324$451,767$77,807$245,867$8,213,934
Mali$59,953$1,648,764$156,551$235,796 $1,190,720 
Malta$387,315$1,389,912$878,427$782,778$887,791$647,786 
Mauritania$15,481$89,023$252,080$49,394$87,242$107,274$1,303,540
Mauritius$353,242$172,358$419,819$1,124,434$1,251,009$831,778$595,027
Mayotte$13,007$3,506$102,743$14,377$28,533  
Mexico$183,937,820$232,978,475$189,899,675$207,916,959$161,935,226$185,451,187$237,423,195
Moldova$209,983$1,429,782$2,028,028$4,199,929$5,282,916$6,034,213$7,059,814
Mongolia$1,496,914$463,854$3,551,753    
Montenegro $421,999$411,578$3,507,502$1,757,875$722,357$625,350
Montserrat$5,804$1,399$244 $540  
Morocco$10,556,333$7,484,674$6,869,026$9,010,597$11,657,834$6,119,765 
Mozambique$340,974$744,392$1,823,360$1,500,498$1,642,508$5,240,314$10,501,000
Namibia$1,126,687$289,721$190,868$3,169,056   
Nepal    $370,529$2,212,831 
Netherlands$52,753,918$58,022,139$80,144,350$94,111,599$95,106,645$103,147,474 
Netherlands Antilles$171,571$81,534$1,781,309$290,842   
New Caledonia$388,019$853,340$394,896$3,680,677$870,076$1,070,115$760,254
New Zealand$8,205,491$8,775,045$10,492,456$16,253,252$11,953,898$18,411,677$16,754,875
Nicaragua$4,161,940$2,272,764$6,006,353$1,329,916$684,573$1,968,636$3,695,940
Niger$1,955$822,077$13,006$81,488$229,467$88,303$551,070
Nigeria $11,900,962$7,249,852$26,989,268$12,935,502$10,225,896 
Norway$26,805,608$46,495,669$59,602,292$63,621,598$43,738,356$47,679,839$60,692,018
Oman$3,998,660$1,929,935$4,410,148$1,886,217$22,506,171$7,512,544 
Pakistan$2,912,480$5,533,502$4,885,065$1,338,656$1,537,653$4,188,512$4,560,030
Panama$2,210,598$1,928,251$3,529,017$4,300,613$3,649,438$5,862,346$7,170,526
Paraguay$833,427$593,659$4,631,133$3,759,186$2,468,243$2,813,712$5,394,539
Peru$3,094,660$4,236,359$10,765,771$12,881,934$5,561,510$14,973,733$15,790,716
Philippines$11,322,098$15,582,244$23,030,931$61,087,761$35,555,311$31,439,742$26,184,522
Poland$11,742,531$17,122,761$20,507,459$28,803,006$20,943,357$22,109,040$25,539,774
Portugal$11,244,462$16,270,713$17,722,042$40,321,381$33,285,522$32,694,477$29,774,875
Qatar$1,497,564$3,543,912$1,193,141$2,863,386 $6,118,446 
Romania$24,136,205$33,283,173$47,309,980$42,684,497$19,627,185$23,495,539$29,108,316
Russia$11,730,075$9,678,601$25,477,472$27,669,693$15,721,765$26,337,014$44,356,490
Rwanda$347,786$6,065$25,781$498,966$12,468,860 $2,398,484
Saint Kitts and Nevis$40,764$39,130$41,053$104,091   
Saint Lucia$88,248$202,141$118,919$51,370   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$259,236$101,613$167,456$14,762$97,617$90,719 
Samoa$32,515$391,587$1,083$53,685$54,417$1,451$107,561
Sao Tome and Principe $302   $505 
Saudi Arabia$11,331,890$16,569,533$25,283,525  $43,994,988 
Senegal$548,493$2,254,884$2,829,805$1,236,153$1,000,700$189,291$2,134,337
Serbia$4,410,994$5,202,634$6,971,845$7,481,234$2,773,874$5,085,957$4,893,698
Seychelles$54,602$49,807$80,457$500,693   
Singapore$61,559,618$70,481,084$91,762,825$186,402,223$141,132,270$145,640,653$144,031,967
Slovakia$6,810,294$7,549,587$16,055,230$31,784,852$35,246,081$28,455,112$27,649,664
Slovenia$5,163,292$8,162,640$19,876,255$22,750,814$8,670,642$10,839,386$7,918,054
South Africa$4,556,120$5,479,520$7,775,234$14,141,140$14,484,407$26,576,449$24,766,506
Spain$26,599,744$34,957,839$88,994,995$60,130,075$38,743,607$48,195,180 
Sri Lanka$2,127,839$1,981,977$3,366,571$2,324,913$1,355,398$3,114,532$9,414,822
Sudan$1,101,127$8,711,111$195,100 $1,142,208  
Suriname$13,616$54,997$144,205$92,400$960,022$401,465$65,421
Swaziland$419,865$19,226$109,324    
Sweden$17,106,535$25,634,699$35,112,346$50,833,126$43,412,570$64,379,142$63,661,311
Switzerland$13,041,522$18,328,290$28,353,421$31,128,328$33,877,455$44,710,494$68,824,343
Syria$169,127$300,359$424,557$2,623,011 $7,587,435 
Tanzania$4,423,217$5,300,649$2,239,856$4,658,096$10,679,803$2,679,518$6,298,755
Thailand$53,340,175$83,055,758$71,729,697$88,059,099$89,111,388$119,440,555$140,838,416
Togo$649 $1,780  $40,364$140,092
Tonga   $1,681$481$151 
Trinidad and Tobago$796,854$1,813,408$4,492,858$5,960,496$4,299,058$4,874,073 
Tunisia$37,876,499$25,676,282$20,537,049$17,329,959$10,279,602$13,807,074 
Turkey$4,212,075$4,661,210$10,968,532$13,618,144$16,943,123$13,786,791$25,719,539
Uganda$276,440$1,446,641$401,307$929,625$5,067,882$4,259,591 
Ukraine$5,214,823$3,159,768$3,448,486$5,959,554$2,391,286$6,151,842$7,624,217
United Arab Emirates$21,646,151 $74,744,558$88,930,685   
United Kingdom$94,413,224$103,957,684$128,488,098$116,884,458$95,259,162$137,635,917$142,712,189
United States$323,864,089$469,421,577$466,348,344$550,755,333$399,543,896$499,111,383$579,179,321
Uruguay$304,033$923,091$2,156,262$1,085,809$1,481,669  
Vanuatu $3,713$426    
Venezuela$3,933,029$14,429,649$18,125,112$30,243,712$19,837,270$13,575,289$11,238,276
Vietnam$22,852,140$20,587,196$54,953,002$68,851,456$82,696,025$40,329,800 
Wallis and Futuna$39,401$7,999     
Yemen$19,988$2,843,507$388,391$1,129,935$1,544,197$1,820,324$529,126
Zambia$158,195$345,285$850,033$555,451$555,664$941,740 
Zimbabwe$25,238$331,543$184,840$434,333$320,531$3,793,201