RankCountryImports of Sheets & plates of polarising mat. in USD (2010)
1China$3,353,220,368
2Korea, South$1,357,479,556
3Hong Kong$716,023,267
4Japan$431,627,080
5Poland$307,636,625
6Germany$141,899,189
7Czech Republic$83,405,825
8Mexico$76,010,682
9Slovakia$59,174,867
10United States$51,459,363
11Malaysia$32,145,498
12Singapore$29,970,978
13Turkey$13,631,608
14Italy$11,230,424
15Thailand$9,187,255
16United Kingdom$5,353,723
17Netherlands$2,813,282
18France$2,584,679
19Sweden$1,488,554
20Denmark$1,287,192
21Hungary$1,076,000
22Peru$645,120
23Australia$553,184
24Canada$543,395
25Switzerland$485,599
26Spain$287,408
27Romania$251,846
28Indonesia$231,217
29Slovenia$215,265
30Austria$140,003
31Israel$134,000
32Russia$128,605
33Norway$123,948
34Finland$113,483
35Ireland$105,952
36Lithuania$97,202
37India$95,338
38Colombia$74,967
39Belarus$64,700
40Portugal$61,817
41Belgium$58,679
42Mauritania$56,601
43Oman$55,771
44Bulgaria$52,777
45Argentina$48,864
46Egypt$41,570
47South Africa$40,033
48Cyprus$36,541
49Brazil$27,135
50Ecuador$22,299
51New Zealand$21,899
52Qatar$18,967
53Croatia$17,781
54Dominican Republic$17,630
55Philippines$16,905
56Bolivia$13,871
57Guatemala$13,771
58Paraguay$11,630
59El Salvador$11,156
60Latvia$11,025
61Azerbaijan$10,208
62Venezuela$8,778
63Aruba$8,353
64Lebanon$8,216
65Estonia$6,851
66Maldives$6,163
67Kenya$5,341
68Bahamas, The$4,834
69New Caledonia$4,561
70Iceland$4,306
71Malta$3,629
72Botswana$3,589
73Ethiopia$3,443
74Vietnam$2,610
75Bahrain$2,106
76Jamaica$1,886
77Luxembourg$1,861
78Ukraine$1,569
79Nicaragua$1,533
80Ghana$1,512
81Trinidad and Tobago$1,236
82Serbia$1,085
83Algeria$1,024
84Malawi$1,014
85French Polynesia$1,007
86Bermuda$887
87Greece$739
88Tanzania$600
89Bosnia and Herzegovina$521
90Morocco$287
91Georgia$244
92Jordan$232
93Costa Rica$216
94Chile$137
95Zambia$105
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$932  $7,486  $48
Algeria$2,703 $1,297$389$10,293$1,024$12,250
Anguilla $114     
Antigua and Barbuda$22      
Argentina$11,769$7,467$33,954$82,987$37,695$48,864$139,057
Armenia  $660   $242
Aruba    $1,388$8,353 
Australia$602,537$48,240$65,917$137,651$163,291$553,184$176,484
Austria$275,968$191,373$173,679$141,377$147,386$140,003 
Azerbaijan   $12,770$72$10,208 
Bahamas, The$3,030$112$2,076 $1,129$4,834$1,343
Bahrain$5,428 $335$8,194$499$2,106$2,091
Bangladesh $2,313     
Barbados$187$49$36,576$72,965$3,488 $539
Belarus$87,400$157,700$49,700$91,900$97,700$64,700$80,400
Belgium$860,847$322,173$270,599$166,671$80,194$58,679$135,490
Belize  $336    
Bermuda     $887 
Bhutan$8$35,416  $52  
Bolivia$716$393$219$288$232$13,871$14,482
Bosnia and Herzegovina$310$264$1,156$363$160$521$1,135
Botswana$4,355$421$5,266$23,233$2,806$3,589$20,094
Brazil$10,898$9,124$3,895$23,089$110,962$27,135$129,486
Brunei $3,177     
Bulgaria$2,166$3,355$35,228$40,543$17,975$52,777$66,294
Cameroon$2,027  $711   
Canada$212,606$552,125$327,674$639,610$608,810$543,395$506,589
Cape Verde$282      
Chile$7,091$5,875  $5,235$137$7,182
China$945,498,858$1,166,863,107$1,617,002,589$2,221,524,650$2,588,965,724$3,353,220,368$3,781,560,537
Colombia$6,923$19,867$76,037$61,068$49,846$74,967$145,849
Costa Rica$273$46$1,442$1,393$1,513$216$1,087
Cote d'Ivoire  $381    
Croatia$6,283$3,586$7,086$1,426$10,302$17,781$189,726
Cuba$1,202$1,501     
Cyprus $1,382 $39,862$86,513$36,541 
Czech Republic$4,144,002$4,725,481$28,811,408$69,454,582$111,967,714$83,405,825$53,043,391
Denmark$1,194,632$1,364,325$1,687,087$1,813,571$1,670,232$1,287,192$1,601,983
Dominica$55 $295$54   
Dominican Republic$14,338$6,879$30,433$55,598$60,900$17,630$12,222
East Timor$1,309      
Ecuador  $3,875$5,148$12,885$22,299$41,909
Egypt$3,197$513$13,713$3,774$349,766$41,570$12,271
El Salvador$25,018$11,897$66,596$68,503$18,684$11,156 
Estonia$27,064$18,932$23,508$8,851$6,618$6,851$7,461
Ethiopia$48 $21,161 $3,877$3,443$1,747
Faroe Islands$856$95$1,147$98$1,159  
Fiji$231 $2,247    
Finland$283,850$450,706$669,074$252,731$106,235$113,483$157,952
France$2,143,882$3,786,732$4,306,984$4,701,907$899,396$2,584,679$3,468,824
French Polynesia$208    $1,007$639
Gabon  $171    
Gambia, The   $136   
Georgia   $11,838$20$244 
Germany$9,755,000$13,900,000$148,041,000$87,606,000$64,481,000$141,899,189$76,868,773
Ghana$24,842$17,177$1,693$197$2,126$1,512$20,709
Greece$3,208$45,404$16,770$13,340$1,035$739$8,838
Greenland  $6,203    
Grenada$537      
Guatemala$4,947$9,796$68,836$152,350$5,524$13,771$5,790
Guinea $73     
Guyana   $330  $32
Honduras    $728  
Hong Kong$261,666,718$297,965,179$338,715,058$494,546,815$472,520,776$716,023,267$896,211,126
Hungary$314,000$299,000$323,000$358,000$345,000$1,076,000$1,586,000
Iceland$28,146$4,710$12,624$1,370$2,938$4,306$1,772
India$21,024$4,039$32,938$41,912$297,713$95,338$324,407
Indonesia$7,258$4,708$96,819$10,346,517$1,050,617$231,217$189,871
Ireland$43,872$91,317$220,218$155,677$129,367$105,952$61,988
Israel$104,000$181,000$145,000$400,000$67,000$134,000$145,000
Italy$5,528,561$5,023,153$4,206,127$3,431,038$7,649,609$11,230,424$17,449,829
Jamaica     $1,886 
Japan$358,538,638$273,193,448$200,782,393$246,146,758$169,989,080$431,627,080$283,022,984
Jordan$561$629  $1,683$232$5,686
Kazakhstan $1,289$19,194$148$11,468  
Kenya$600$2,411$6,531$30$51$5,341 
Korea, South$1,024,314,453$1,228,113,698$1,060,708,641$910,570,738$1,072,226,657$1,357,479,556$1,674,571,304
Kuwait $243,959$25,788$22,847   
Kyrgyzstan    $53  
Latvia$11,124$37,384$7,433$6,259$1,883$11,025$44,459
Lebanon     $8,216$422
Lesotho   $5,736   
Lithuania$8,320$9,140$20,840$18,291$44,936$97,202$55,355
Luxembourg$24,557$5,641$6,255$2,170$7,804$1,861$17,446
Macau    $9,393  
Macedonia$25$546$1,573$355$1,128 $543
Madagascar$59$92     
Malawi $3,815$13$401$598$1,014$17,269
Malaysia$847,194$356,716$223,501$162,015$89,782,265$32,145,498$11,863,007
Maldives   $24$3$6,163$466
Malta$280    $3,629 
Mauritania    $232$56,601$188,338
Mauritius$144,818$64,166$11,538$7,413   
Mayotte$130$311$451    
Mexico$4,520,623$4,836,365$20,353,473$77,827,024$47,063,137$76,010,682$53,577,997
Moldova$4,763$442$120$219$266  
Mongolia$85      
Montenegro  $150    
Montserrat $29     
Morocco $4,193$2,528$3,823$387$287 
Mozambique   $15,495$2,678  
Namibia$9,152$17,843$17,111$464   
Nepal    $1,165  
Netherlands$333,170$356,789$850,964$2,429,780$1,143,796$2,813,282 
New Caledonia$1,729$10,097$3,595$1,871$4,643$4,561$2,209
New Zealand$92,300$166,742$181,357$195,717$306,340$21,899$19,256
Nicaragua$1,160 $1,016$3,424$7,341$1,533$4,027
Niger  $508$322$852  
Nigeria $6,223,131 $10,313   
Norway$442,124$212,693$544,452$486,737$98,871$123,948$117,107
Oman$106,494$20,450$6,107$18,749$21,233$55,771 
Pakistan $2,801$1,170$887$2,615  
Panama  $224$2,987$424 $3,771
Paraguay$11,897$19,361$43,058$32,198$42,505$11,630$8,741
Peru$243,173$265,006$464,552$731,070$451,823$645,120$941,050
Philippines$6,803$957,568$17,724$227,705$205,768$16,905$53,590
Poland$59,604$363,868$121,440,415$222,762,384$141,306,714$307,636,625$148,503,191
Portugal$55,926$1,056,629$1,204,518$1,122,014$654,814$61,817$100,505
Qatar$319,490$150,636$1,005,910$203,987 $18,967 
Romania$5,345$45,874$36,128$55,113$85,314$251,846$64,046
Russia$14,804$32,577$42,275$41,267$46,113$128,605$124,495
Rwanda   $166$145  
Saint Lucia $14     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $920     
Samoa $181 $592   
Saudi Arabia$6,947$33,438$34,869    
Senegal$128      
Serbia$1,142$976$8,202$112$4,309$1,085$19,953
Seychelles $13,894$721$1,991   
Singapore$14,796,191$26,997,166$28,540,211$37,135,686$23,471,935$29,970,978$12,757,439
Slovakia$5,594$24,365$54,418$48,293,543$57,621,739$59,174,867$55,575,246
Slovenia$149,439$172,220$162,438$142,335$109,469$215,265$79,716
South Africa$7,785$2,025$14,523$13,938$12,394$40,033$63,913
Spain$284,703$496,066$171,757$1,067,022$118,995$287,408 
Sri Lanka$828     $26,589
Sudan$1,915 $3,907$36,673   
Suriname$116$236     
Swaziland$11,980$4,818$7,502    
Sweden$577,996$1,606,143$1,747,471$1,325,803$1,112,363$1,488,554$853,194
Switzerland$237,159$258,905$344,523$474,277$249,715$485,599$2,080,072
Tanzania$516$98 $267$1,625$600$18,686
Thailand$107,015$224,264$131,254$6,479,642$3,988,853$9,187,255$10,926,709
Tonga$820   $117  
Trinidad and Tobago  $1,761$7,237$12$1,236 
Tunisia  $390    
Turkey$22,289$61,304$812,688$884,718$4,293,265$13,631,608$14,380,930
Uganda$1,050 $1,878    
Ukraine$6,760$5,063$10,424$4,033$1,188$1,569$856
United Arab Emirates$1,635,645 $1,638,237$662,104   
United Kingdom$10,444,820$9,761,200$9,316,246$6,969,038$3,694,948$5,353,723$6,416,652
United States$20,150,423$24,101,115$30,745,097$40,262,413$33,796,397$51,459,363$70,523,727
Uruguay$46$360     
Venezuela$7,036$23,197$16,938$135,468$19,022$8,778$9,849
Vietnam$3,591   $4,405$2,610 
Wallis and Futuna $744     
Yemen   $16,519$87,967 $1,556
Zambia$1,549$245$482$2,247$982$105 
Zimbabwe $404$995 $472