RankCountryImports of Spectacle lenses of mats. other than glass, unmounted in USD (2010)
1United States$489,435,031
2France$443,675,420
3Germany$426,874,044
4Japan$224,602,432
5United Kingdom$218,626,150
6Thailand$192,175,384
7Italy$186,369,717
8Netherlands$162,608,210
9Canada$111,004,467
10China$90,531,708
11Czech Republic$88,342,261
12Hong Kong$82,056,533
13Portugal$75,115,463
14Spain$71,289,919
15Switzerland$64,356,668
16Mexico$62,644,835
17Poland$62,276,664
18Austria$60,044,503
19Korea, South$60,026,855
20Australia$56,560,648
21Sweden$55,189,456
22Ireland$49,332,450
23Russia$44,034,812
24Hungary$41,892,000
25Singapore$38,195,302
26Brazil$37,950,091
27Denmark$36,844,653
28Finland$35,552,605
29India$34,432,676
30Turkey$31,838,401
31Belgium$28,356,757
32Colombia$20,788,616
33South Africa$20,366,214
34Malaysia$17,371,606
35Norway$16,286,786
36Israel$14,682,000
37Argentina$11,404,062
38Philippines$10,224,731
39Greece$9,590,371
40Venezuela$9,509,049
41Romania$8,783,642
42Costa Rica$8,300,674
43Luxembourg$7,497,747
44Indonesia$7,349,315
45Slovenia$6,575,108
46Chile$6,533,442
47Croatia$6,352,751
48Saudi Arabia$6,203,741
49Slovakia$6,197,803
50Ecuador$5,842,900
51Morocco$5,817,558
52Ukraine$5,688,678
53Panama$5,657,180
54New Zealand$5,366,380
55Iran$4,777,417
56Peru$4,169,359
57New Caledonia$3,014,978
58Tunisia$2,746,153
59Bulgaria$2,725,188
60Lithuania$2,723,857
61Vietnam$2,563,960
62El Salvador$2,441,389
63Oman$2,419,501
64Serbia$2,382,409
65Belarus$2,266,600
66Latvia$1,770,461
67Iceland$1,733,743
68Mauritius$1,725,157
69Barbados$1,645,859
70Nicaragua$1,580,090
71Guatemala$1,513,367
72Lebanon$1,450,495
73Trinidad and Tobago$1,240,604
74Kenya$1,236,626
75Jamaica$1,125,609
76Estonia$983,759
77Cyprus$961,893
78Cote d'Ivoire$811,396
79Jordan$748,921
80Egypt$707,214
81French Polynesia$620,690
82Algeria$482,485
83Paraguay$458,531
84Maldives$433,572
85Nigeria$417,106
86Moldova$416,221
87Bosnia and Herzegovina$384,243
88Sri Lanka$377,574
89Syria$343,927
90Bolivia$336,469
91Malta$332,999
92Ethiopia$276,532
93Bahamas, The$269,017
94Suriname$225,723
95Qatar$195,338
96Georgia$180,882
97Bahrain$180,390
98Pakistan$152,035
99Madagascar$142,722
100Dominican Republic$132,311
101Malawi$120,682
102Guyana$119,817
103Aruba$115,059
104Botswana$100,905
105Dominica$83,025
106Mozambique$81,368
107Albania$80,876
108Ghana$70,078
109Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$64,015
110Belize$62,548
111Armenia$60,780
112Zimbabwe$44,364
113Macau$34,668
114Yemen$34,241
115Cameroon$30,509
116Antigua and Barbuda$27,124
117Montenegro$24,744
118Fiji$21,653
119Zambia$16,796
120Tanzania$14,239
121Cape Verde$11,043
122Mauritania$3,594
123Kyrgyzstan$3,356
124Benin$2,186
125Senegal$1,463
126Mali$1,455
127Burundi$1,366
128Uganda$1,358
129Nepal$727
130Bermuda$568
131Burkina Faso$456
132Azerbaijan$406
133Bhutan$184
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$47,640$39,354$78,150$63,856$124,007$80,876$201,069
Algeria$147,085$220,819$410,516$573,170$574,501$482,485$1,397,169
Anguilla   $20,620   
Antigua and Barbuda$6,312$23,883$9,540 $12,852$27,124$5,727
Argentina$6,133,066$7,489,125$8,127,346$10,175,472$9,549,825$11,404,062$15,698,124
Armenia$3,282$9,412$27,971$77,777$75,580$60,780$146,734
Aruba    $300,626$115,059$163,203
Australia$16,995,112$19,662,900$25,317,267$33,940,126$39,291,035$56,560,648$70,580,899
Austria$40,103,869$43,192,894$54,244,279$72,080,031$62,091,359$60,044,503 
Azerbaijan$174,245$16,344$27,622$5,766$92,093$406$105,106
Bahamas, The$2,289$2,816$586$6,794$200,271$269,017$286,328
Bahrain$182,298$10,588$5,479$235,407$62,342$180,390$395,517
Bangladesh$145,763$155,707$157,033    
Barbados$708,126$956,539$1,217,400$1,646,829$1,661,850$1,645,859$1,773,662
Belarus$378,200$472,600$1,002,200$1,521,900$1,495,400$2,266,600$3,101,700
Belgium$30,842,600$30,857,722$31,802,330$23,798,562$24,445,139$28,356,757$30,267,923
Belize$10,882$1,498$15,337$2,757$14,694$62,548 
Benin $250   $2,186 
Bermuda     $568 
Bhutan$596 $5$459$1,008$184 
Bolivia$331,734$251,116$288,702$460,428$305,102$336,469$498,065
Bosnia and Herzegovina$259,808$302,641$412,480$540,264$413,067$384,243$787,033
Botswana$89,196$96,789$117,470$64,075$76,588$100,905$89,338
Brazil$20,714,581$23,038,149$24,642,948$31,879,462$30,249,808$37,950,091$45,705,615
Brunei $44,039     
Bulgaria$1,623,466$2,056,593$2,770,087$3,606,718$3,167,964$2,725,188$3,051,889
Burkina Faso$1,229   $5,564$456 
Burundi$742  $1,530$34$1,366 
Cambodia$1,077$1,654$4,360    
Cameroon$459$1,441$756$27,372$127,626$30,509 
Canada$73,366,531$89,868,752$98,705,896$104,363,613$113,075,399$111,004,467$115,533,907
Cape Verde$4,381$35,983$1,954$4,615$24,266$11,043$9,018
Chile$3,706,610$5,515,263$6,213,012$7,947,454$5,727,667$6,533,442$10,216,644
China$30,533,195$43,048,686$54,551,813$61,980,844$71,374,563$90,531,708$124,317,317
Colombia$8,214,225$12,074,582$15,189,599$19,049,939$15,630,631$20,788,616$25,363,293
Costa Rica$4,364,898$3,967,146$5,286,917$6,776,102$4,630,135$8,300,674$7,918,776
Cote d'Ivoire$449,556$1,058,957$957,934$1,180,958$825,932$811,396$531,031
Croatia$4,531,068$5,117,798$6,996,751$8,091,141$7,248,757$6,352,751$6,634,318
Cuba$6,726,469$419,649     
Cyprus$2,842,566$2,313,387$3,084,293$1,301,660$1,417,378$961,893$632,495
Czech Republic$91,651,468$76,956,819$96,699,948$93,397,482$78,217,102$88,342,261$50,868,661
Denmark$28,430,097$28,540,947$34,104,346$37,002,383$36,877,351$36,844,653$38,869,222
Dominica$2,139$50$40,644$70,025$115,660$83,025 
Dominican Republic$10,938$10,142$39,215$13,215$50,502$132,311$203,098
East Timor$2,751      
Ecuador$2,621,911$3,188,431$3,725,039$4,736,484$4,532,942$5,842,900$7,183,306
Egypt$813,810$619,797$257,498$1,058,101$876,613$707,214$1,393,185
El Salvador$1,124,753$1,532,386$1,872,118$2,036,259$1,879,393$2,441,389 
Estonia$2,037,243$2,177,616$2,133,427$1,995,545$1,262,667$983,759$1,051,707
Ethiopia$92,149$235,185$83,973$90,769$219,846$276,532$202,917
Faroe Islands$85,399$95,312$136,488$180,934$103,526  
Fiji$34,583$47,069$24,840$25,802$25,351$21,653 
Finland$24,253,157$31,092,004$33,959,820$34,162,986$35,452,570$35,552,605$37,390,595
France$243,863,815$262,360,520$308,134,655$425,893,158$402,797,555$443,675,420$510,511,266
French Polynesia$571,786$553,041$556,911$613,856$570,710$620,690$672,125
Gabon$199$53$87,048$564,081$803,292  
Gambia, The   $317$113  
Georgia$65,921$155,217$172,462$176,832$166,176$180,882 
Germany$271,834,000$320,273,000$398,999,000$446,350,000$447,305,000$426,874,044$469,976,459
Ghana$106,342$85,527$25,537$44,183$20,512$70,078$172,839
Greece$8,134,318$9,155,303$11,013,251$10,802,509$10,427,941$9,590,371$7,973,348
Greenland$548$3,025     
Grenada$25,848$48,067$47,592$24,450$94,832  
Guatemala$262,452$285,711$1,017,226$1,158,698$1,276,697$1,513,367$2,038,901
Guinea   $28,978   
Guyana$12,294$44,998$41,386$80,615$105,016$119,817$79,816
Honduras$751,166$1,088,564$1,168,402 $1,508,452  
Hong Kong$47,758,683$58,984,087$59,149,353$60,730,468$69,830,340$82,056,533$96,686,032
Hungary$13,174,000$16,016,000$19,215,000$42,907,000$38,269,000$41,892,000$74,872,000
Iceland$2,324,939$2,493,458$3,018,163$2,624,799$1,870,202$1,733,743$1,626,358
India$12,152,936$25,481,385$21,434,240$28,864,324$30,466,655$34,432,676$44,614,011
Indonesia$2,202,050$2,864,235$3,563,984$3,845,967$5,471,027$7,349,315$4,910,230
Iran$2,601,974$1,053,434   $4,777,417 
Ireland$33,251,671$42,071,753$47,422,384$58,951,002$43,548,413$49,332,450$45,123,542
Israel$10,797,000$13,945,000$14,229,000$15,420,000$14,563,000$14,682,000$14,695,000
Italy$132,855,529$168,039,093$195,516,988$204,419,381$172,129,536$186,369,717$204,920,614
Jamaica$1,557,037$1,359,631$1,409,429$1,293,424$1,201,428$1,125,609 
Japan$171,924,839$200,691,766$229,364,941$218,119,108$228,284,519$224,602,432$240,577,700
Jordan$360,053$394,169$498,265$490,382$337,674$748,921$976,088
Kazakhstan$106,986$320,406$100,894$412,766$357,328  
Kenya$440,467$376,990$727,923$486,195$656,255$1,236,626 
Korea, South$33,273,599$45,473,352$54,576,115$54,891,110$52,556,238$60,026,855$60,842,297
Kuwait $1,780,060$783,580$1,741,646   
Kyrgyzstan$7,233$2,270$11,461$3,904$6,664$3,356$11,987
Latvia$1,626,883$2,059,050$2,540,184$2,897,489$1,786,014$1,770,461$1,994,064
Lebanon$1,079,000$1,035,754$991,603$1,215,891$1,115,806$1,450,495$1,032,947
Lesotho   $5,052   
Lithuania$1,998,902$2,761,433$4,053,860$4,430,194$2,693,631$2,723,857$3,006,118
Luxembourg$5,848,143$6,408,001$7,313,911$7,674,960$7,412,208$7,497,747$8,413,411
Macau$95,579$215,517$519,059$447,568$260,710$34,668$91,131
Macedonia$77,473$184,073$209,019$259,780$327,618 $369,147
Madagascar$63,829$93,634$184,433$149,552$103,194$142,722 
Malawi$22,505$93,758$20,607$2,398$5,820$120,682$124,542
Malaysia$14,458,151$12,646,983$12,343,744$15,404,433$14,683,754$17,371,606$41,693,005
Maldives$41,452$39,532$152,889$218,727$341,665$433,572$419,776
Mali$11 $1,373$13,747 $1,455 
Malta$386,421$371,540$482,160$608,406$395,590$332,999 
Mauritania$1,529  $21,285$2,249$3,594$654
Mauritius$709,432$660,987$737,528$1,111,663$1,060,765$1,725,157$2,139,203
Mayotte $54$740$390$236  
Mexico$40,973,057$31,366,854$29,691,360$34,482,279$46,824,215$62,644,835$78,546,439
Moldova$48,897$84,966$144,075$246,465$230,106$416,221$387,869
Mongolia$6,665$1,886$629    
Montenegro $16,643$8,022$47,199$15,675$24,744$43,457
Morocco$2,511,093$2,727,656$3,591,689$4,561,892$5,664,343$5,817,558 
Mozambique$37,020$57,905$8,094$38,872$49,418$81,368$32,000
Namibia$974,596$456,409$405,735$213,812   
Nepal    $4,383$727 
Netherlands$83,825,708$112,323,123$113,673,708$138,407,557$134,019,425$162,608,210 
Netherlands Antilles$483$14,944$33,561$16,986   
New Caledonia$1,539,576$1,700,528$1,889,203$2,861,405$2,784,624$3,014,978$3,571,122
New Zealand$10,363,685$6,314,738$8,274,288$8,775,635$6,089,003$5,366,380$5,810,784
Nicaragua$631,870$908,234$1,194,624$1,314,124$1,403,703$1,580,090$1,937,610
Niger$12,573 $4,099$73  $1,167
Nigeria $57,795$188,040$4,525$192,414$417,106 
Norway$12,822,831$11,574,401$14,696,085$16,833,316$14,961,398$16,286,786$16,608,112
Oman$267,152$62,980$169,032$113,204$22,221$2,419,501 
Pakistan$130,810$87,343$127,463$86,208$164,751$152,035$187,116
Panama$844,357$2,396,706$3,246,528$5,371,771$4,797,632$5,657,180$8,071,095
Paraguay$532,757$509,714$558,447$741,838$413,580$458,531$848,330
Peru$2,323,698$2,376,543$3,297,979$3,657,434$3,784,556$4,169,359$5,224,103
Philippines$941,958$5,048,217$1,082,149$1,020,734$2,290,717$10,224,731$9,688,103
Poland$31,186,299$45,217,120$52,488,986$62,767,193$59,565,445$62,276,664$68,722,584
Portugal$59,566,846$66,994,080$84,906,898$90,318,170$78,008,174$75,115,463$84,226,189
Qatar$163,416$810,154$620,665$121,655 $195,338 
Romania$4,145,286$5,128,100$9,279,776$11,475,980$9,649,342$8,783,642$9,010,703
Russia$14,429,863$23,371,793$31,826,101$46,986,825$34,065,490$44,034,812$53,090,330
Rwanda$3,013 $7,075$36$1,582 $12
Saint Kitts and Nevis$11,550$2,295 $59,320   
Saint Lucia$44,218$59,037$25,924$36,253   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$4,954$130$10,647$1,517$37,781$64,015 
Samoa$650     $760
Saudi Arabia$3,429,489$4,018,230$4,455,796 $892,876$6,203,741 
Senegal$21,086$11,092$884$14,227$199$1,463$19,773
Serbia$1,517,165$1,537,143$2,462,411$2,929,127$2,645,460$2,382,409$2,827,939
Seychelles$21,210$26,143$24,422$30,894   
Singapore$29,844,949$30,950,658$33,945,573$41,509,249$48,438,649$38,195,302$54,173,022
Slovakia$3,113,398$4,289,186$5,279,269$9,481,598$6,125,240$6,197,803$5,791,938
Slovenia$3,833,196$5,125,764$9,798,103$10,759,076$8,093,403$6,575,108$7,487,744
South Africa$19,114,290$20,473,904$19,351,308$23,408,851$19,540,871$20,366,214$16,451,982
Spain$64,451,404$72,741,303$90,165,263$100,881,839$92,758,707$71,289,919 
Sri Lanka$220,246$221,638$166,844$268,486$363,951$377,574$733,612
Sudan$417$23,074$1,742 $4,628  
Suriname$42,720$38,999$67,737$66,329$70,644$225,723$382,671
Swaziland$41,883$168,130$2,199    
Sweden$28,139,492$37,614,332$46,001,391$49,514,712$50,134,428$55,189,456$61,021,405
Switzerland$52,119,535$58,431,794$65,963,589$71,241,344$62,730,939$64,356,668$63,177,536
Syria$272,632$559,435$309,717$427,328 $343,927 
Tanzania$759$6,473$723$319$29,598$14,239$34,499
Thailand$11,974,673$28,058,857$50,709,225$89,676,882$136,850,786$192,175,384$209,449,251
Togo$2,737      
Tonga  $201$84$157  
Trinidad and Tobago$1,161,525$868,497$1,529,970$1,481,581$1,362,325$1,240,604 
Tunisia$1,541,846$1,672,581$2,098,187$2,188,515$2,573,773$2,746,153 
Turkey$16,028,442$18,531,968$22,547,265$29,411,745$26,119,291$31,838,401$35,893,828
Uganda$1,002$8,220$14,536$8,874$12,356$1,358 
Ukraine$987,565$2,236,372$1,980,716$4,633,856$3,604,179$5,688,678$5,313,664
United Arab Emirates$3,212,455 $3,480,005$5,108,906   
United Kingdom$178,839,043$233,695,047$239,526,310$215,442,484$193,285,891$218,626,150$221,506,918
United States$343,653,134$392,796,018$448,666,419$468,889,326$461,747,135$489,435,031$541,316,207
Uruguay$1,010,684$1,324,008$1,691,559$2,325,037$2,436,640  
Vanuatu $6,750$1,673    
Venezuela$5,218,519$6,562,016$5,928,729$11,300,814$13,702,900$9,509,049$14,816,667
Vietnam$1,514,791$1,430,632$7,824,816$2,169,137$2,271,127$2,563,960 
Yemen  $25,959$9,573$51,234$34,241$65,235
Zambia$88,690$13,190$18,721$23,603$53,192$16,796 
Zimbabwe$78,656$133,329$36,617$102,524$62,832$44,364