RankCountryImports of Lenses (excl. of 9001.30-9001.50), prisms, mirrors & oth. optical elements, ... in USD (2010)
1China$3,677,450,362
2Japan$638,346,509
3Hong Kong$547,806,235
4Korea, South$440,144,674
5United States$352,438,999
6Germany$315,277,065
7Malaysia$190,802,003
8Thailand$178,930,949
9Singapore$156,176,370
10Netherlands$118,498,552
11Slovakia$91,846,480
12Poland$84,905,723
13Mexico$82,434,762
14United Kingdom$82,353,025
15Switzerland$74,613,197
16Czech Republic$62,480,391
17France$60,641,875
18Israel$52,732,000
19Canada$48,347,425
20Indonesia$36,129,193
21Italy$27,906,276
22Australia$24,994,350
23Belgium$24,296,606
24Austria$22,939,872
25Vietnam$22,375,050
26Sweden$21,105,350
27India$19,340,353
28Denmark$15,298,229
29New Zealand$10,775,633
30Turkey$10,447,502
31Russia$8,763,285
32Norway$7,879,746
33Spain$6,703,520
34Philippines$6,056,734
35South Africa$5,268,598
36Lithuania$5,079,179
37Finland$4,832,562
38Portugal$4,564,785
39Slovenia$4,402,001
40Belarus$4,316,800
41Brazil$4,307,548
42Ireland$3,952,624
43Hungary$3,255,000
44Mauritius$1,523,313
45Estonia$1,287,596
46Bulgaria$1,183,912
47Morocco$1,084,219
48Saudi Arabia$964,268
49Romania$767,609
50Colombia$765,974
51Argentina$587,196
52Latvia$583,247
53Ukraine$556,843
54Qatar$547,237
55Ecuador$538,378
56Chile$468,116
57Pakistan$413,057
58Greece$395,599
59Tunisia$315,615
60Peru$264,635
61Dominican Republic$251,332
62Luxembourg$241,224
63Egypt$183,483
64Iran$170,823
65Armenia$146,162
66Nicaragua$139,378
67Bolivia$133,691
68Syria$131,273
69Nigeria$129,909
70Paraguay$128,130
71Panama$127,613
72Croatia$108,659
73Nepal$107,625
74Bahrain$99,785
75Serbia$89,198
76Aruba$87,146
77Venezuela$81,371
78Cyprus$78,277
79Algeria$71,607
80Fiji$67,072
81Kenya$65,937
82Guatemala$61,670
83Costa Rica$57,221
84El Salvador$54,649
85Oman$45,202
86Jordan$43,379
87Yemen$42,151
88Tanzania$41,467
89Lebanon$40,399
90Botswana$39,437
91Ethiopia$33,768
92Bosnia and Herzegovina$33,656
93Macau$31,972
94Iceland$31,556
95Mali$25,875
96Kyrgyzstan$25,298
97Mozambique$22,404
98Malawi$22,321
99Bermuda$20,845
100Malta$18,677
101Cote d'Ivoire$17,700
102Zambia$14,911
103Ghana$12,357
104New Caledonia$10,262
105Uganda$8,740
106Zimbabwe$8,734
107French Polynesia$6,979
108Azerbaijan$6,688
109Jamaica$6,417
110Barbados$5,575
111Bahamas, The$5,424
112Cameroon$4,541
113Trinidad and Tobago$4,120
114Bhutan$3,675
115Sri Lanka$3,524
116Senegal$3,007
117Albania$2,710
118Moldova$1,899
119Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,890
120Guyana$1,611
121Cape Verde$1,538
122Benin$1,370
123Mauritania$1,361
124Madagascar$1,278
125Georgia$1,176
126Belize$794
127Sao Tome and Principe$783
128Samoa$781
129Gambia, The$540
130Tonga$239
131Dominica$234
132Antigua and Barbuda$148
133Montenegro$136
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,613$972$11,317$17,233$260,543$2,710$43,553
Algeria$79,317$28,033$43,627$120,057$131,764$71,607$75,761
Anguilla $139$7,826    
Antigua and Barbuda $190$5,816 $131$148$92
Argentina$457,190$307,374$348,092$466,024$646,495$587,196$1,054,298
Armenia$16,133$122,989$65,736$41,627$50,838$146,162$135,271
Aruba    $71,624$87,146$48,614
Australia$33,992,977$36,241,894$32,254,501$37,213,695$26,501,422$24,994,350$26,046,839
Austria$9,763,025$9,766,007$14,187,737$22,132,871$21,673,924$22,939,872 
Azerbaijan$8,031$114$1,351$16,921$11,825$6,688$15
Bahamas, The$2,734$17,831$16,827$18,822$5,723$5,424$590
Bahrain$79,471$7,229$46,417$17,396$85,568$99,785$48,100
Bangladesh$59,165$1,556,349$115,038    
Barbados$4,712$5,173$77,513$11,701$4,392$5,575$15,661
Belarus$2,125,700$2,540,400$3,526,100$5,374,700$5,139,300$4,316,800$8,604,900
Belgium$28,421,617$24,228,201$24,713,934$25,040,291$20,489,185$24,296,606$33,064,387
Belize$619$614$1,917$12,448$14,977$794 
Benin     $1,370 
Bermuda     $20,845 
Bhutan$14,127$38$970$767$6,198$3,675 
Bolivia$37,897$29,164$60,323$39,149$77,359$133,691$179,632
Bosnia and Herzegovina$10,586$6,563$22,537$30,959$15,546$33,656$36,183
Botswana$86,483$229,751$108,881$93,439$54,680$39,437$60,882
Brazil$1,725,645$2,036,350$2,979,562$3,767,822$3,209,424$4,307,548$5,706,717
Brunei $641     
Bulgaria$389,963$525,679$478,206$1,721,328$587,800$1,183,912$2,093,449
Burkina Faso$1,659 $228    
Burundi $871$7,380    
Cameroon$528$2,551$130$169$1,646$4,541 
Canada$25,621,205$30,315,231$36,218,015$42,682,963$35,757,971$48,347,425$53,720,531
Cape Verde   $370$15$1,538$249
Central African Republic$1,158      
Chile$126,651$218,036$123,499$264,918$263,293$468,116$557,571
China$2,179,732,427$2,806,842,161$3,433,705,928$3,806,567,698$3,213,182,717$3,677,450,362$3,528,673,659
Colombia$106,646$144,955$274,115$263,668$266,051$765,974$697,286
Comoros $152     
Cook Islands$1,631      
Costa Rica$312,159$920,841$22,384$52,561$55,372$57,221$37,811
Cote d'Ivoire$3,738$5,662$22,203$21,447$68,534$17,700$14,030
Croatia$111,922$96,321$118,015$212,210$197,558$108,659$165,425
Cuba$473,969$2,073,795     
Cyprus$26,449$83,578$618,996$71,443$102,646$78,277$64,207
Czech Republic$8,292,160$9,363,608$35,104,620$157,107,755$117,868,031$62,480,391$69,954,199
Denmark$14,621,448$16,060,456$14,121,037$13,736,223$9,146,380$15,298,229$21,755,589
Dominica$297 $716$29$37$234 
Dominican Republic$55,414$49,527$42,857$187,525$64,264$251,332$446,781
East Timor$1,467      
Ecuador$71,888$69,621$107,490$210,068$468,307$538,378$226,363
Egypt$628,376$472,268$1,461,421$104,405$299,359$183,483$82,080
El Salvador$35,655$68,220$28,576$54,208$553,189$54,649 
Estonia$113,285$562,476$548,355$1,013,178$1,315,231$1,287,596$2,247,783
Ethiopia$2,450$28,540$4,424$6,646$31,268$33,768$71,962
Faroe Islands$3,483$779$5,959$5,604$7,440  
Fiji$40,725$61,739$39,029$199,274$74,746$67,072 
Finland$2,500,892$3,218,198$3,387,697$5,376,856$5,098,938$4,832,562$7,754,966
France$56,772,443$55,085,903$68,229,601$68,807,567$57,154,673$60,641,875$82,756,428
French Polynesia$11,234$9,519$4,885$6,912$7,066$6,979$6,380
Gabon$20,931$8,591$9,361$8,711$4,655  
Gambia, The$560$12,969$121$3,262$113$540$2,593
Georgia$393$7,506$4,052$12,061$644$1,176 
Germany$216,768,000$253,646,000$292,474,000$284,745,000$205,996,000$315,277,065$396,365,145
Ghana$37,891$5,954$3,259$5,866$5,730$12,357$37,562
Greece$1,065,129$1,649,154$685,957$963,415$751,017$395,599$725,164
Greenland $12,747$845    
Grenada$332$14$72$5,687$257  
Guatemala$31,884$81,954$104,370$87,022$45,015$61,670$70,936
Guinea $250 $744   
Guyana$100$11,708$821$1,017$807$1,611$676,529
Honduras$10,815$11,709$13,328 $7,433  
Hong Kong$251,627,449$419,272,304$503,666,217$551,374,685$394,360,355$547,806,235$558,032,121
Hungary$2,358,000$2,130,000$2,494,000$2,792,000$2,975,000$3,255,000$4,438,000
Iceland$58,823$54,448$61,494$29,667$36,987$31,556$110,920
India$7,840,135$7,499,396$20,144,266$15,580,397$15,167,296$19,340,353$28,919,648
Indonesia$347,083$394,747$381,516$2,386,235$18,183,562$36,129,193$36,401,661
Iran$47,136$847,928   $170,823 
Ireland$1,099,045$856,692$646,695$2,296,873$1,094,915$3,952,624$4,616,197
Israel$30,304,000$34,644,000$37,767,000$51,938,000$38,843,000$52,732,000$63,995,000
Italy$18,031,275$19,478,019$24,277,397$28,610,373$18,585,039$27,906,276$28,833,417
Jamaica$43,576$35,680$16,973$13,927$2,265$6,417 
Japan$654,915,629$692,786,590$645,272,998$670,010,986$509,262,107$638,346,509$690,459,008
Jordan$14,873$928$8,901$62,641$24,738$43,379$40,448
Kazakhstan$9,103$52,362$22,779$70,219$149,515  
Kenya$11,424$10,769$18,188$71,343$17,377$65,937 
Kiribati    $891  
Korea, South$370,913,260$406,331,922$474,906,004$458,514,865$421,444,835$440,144,674$456,879,230
Kuwait $490,318$1,004,972$874,287   
Kyrgyzstan$249$543$396$402$13,242$25,298$897
Latvia$239,760$216,249$184,821$419,584$641,989$583,247$1,203,461
Lebanon$21,000$28,790$22,442$33,058$41,627$40,399$24,871
Lesotho   $63,008   
Lithuania$2,790,242$3,282,695$6,619,831$5,173,736$3,742,100$5,079,179$6,608,267
Luxembourg$273,593$358,211$560,257$456,460$248,494$241,224$93,518
Macau$2,764,842$1,343,537$1,087,804$877,639$21,619$31,972$138,140
Macedonia$226$3,347$19,615$27,460$59,605 $10,733
Madagascar$1,064$7,791$3,141$4,884$2,767$1,278 
Malawi$448$7,224$299$24,337$24,371$22,321$5,634
Malaysia$27,279,775$49,908,297$82,511,245$127,798,732$101,562,629$190,802,003$180,430,326
Mali$8,818$33,898$5,617$74 $25,875 
Malta$2,505$13,519$5,545$22,728$3,899$18,677 
Mauritania$5,349   $4,064$1,361 
Mauritius$870,143$1,728,834$1,914,612$1,654,632$1,462,097$1,523,313$1,132,181
Mayotte  $648$5,329$4,602  
Mexico$86,024,927$94,639,697$119,334,717$140,876,197$117,898,459$82,434,762$65,568,495
Moldova$87$2,578$1,690$11,312$11,117$1,899$11,327
Mongolia$1,640$3,715$1,770    
Montenegro $1,229$249$766$58,171$136$541
Montserrat$9$719     
Morocco$28,568$91,893$152,301$291,857$916,149$1,084,219 
Mozambique$7,190$2,408$17,562$8,055$72,253$22,404$160,000
Namibia$138,523$138,686$113,993$102,899   
Nepal    $58,069$107,625 
Netherlands$102,522,984$69,767,273$116,940,313$89,996,150$18,892,164$118,498,552 
Netherlands Antilles$60,046$67,438$77,796$88,829   
New Caledonia$20,029$3,924$14,647$16,200$27,294$10,262$10,521
New Zealand$1,189,719$1,325,774$2,015,509$3,528,841$6,125,106$10,775,633$4,000,197
Nicaragua$2,450$4,694$11,328$3,955$14,110$139,378$48,980
Niger$3,438$32$55$863$468 $229
Nigeria $84,272$128$81,740$63,480$129,909 
Norway$3,884,985$5,485,737$5,654,569$7,338,668$5,431,310$7,879,746$8,601,376
Oman$204,265$1,072$164,783$54,336$72,408$45,202 
Pakistan$46,065$22,168$92,429$155,343$308,027$413,057$106,344
Panama$50,340$57,733$130,572$197,888$179,778$127,613$301,321
Paraguay$370$12,394$16,735$7,547$14,688$128,130$71,301
Peru$146,536$152,946$137,648$133,650$130,937$264,635$445,111
Philippines$4,501,837$3,540,283$5,438,830$4,702,010$3,485,969$6,056,734$2,528,600
Poland$3,327,159$5,420,089$53,948,454$109,081,158$74,167,850$84,905,723$120,565,698
Portugal$1,407,231$1,240,166$957,543$1,707,089$1,851,800$4,564,785$6,164,059
Qatar$1,520,637$1,153,628$393,150$1,270,512 $547,237 
Romania$681,896$426,126$731,233$731,120$2,144,008$767,609$1,683,110
Russia$1,109,788$2,445,414$3,158,590$4,750,231$10,151,637$8,763,285$8,436,566
Rwanda$429$13,593$7,322$26,030$9,337 $1,338
Saint Kitts and Nevis$554$254$6    
Saint Lucia$30$364$5,087$686   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$440$457$544$1,889$2,259$1,890 
Samoa$13,831$630$415$4,066 $781$8,670
Sao Tome and Principe     $783 
Saudi Arabia$806,678$1,007,436$1,834,546  $964,268 
Senegal$69,144$1,981$2,537$345$44$3,007$517
Serbia$44,026$48,877$107,302$93,043$66,043$89,198$99,497
Seychelles$2,979$410$47,843$3,538   
Singapore$86,799,999$79,094,264$118,702,043$197,536,680$136,454,855$156,176,370$132,890,790
Slovakia$319,804$777,931$3,125,321$20,774,849$95,034,659$91,846,480$134,426,130
Slovenia$3,006,603$3,410,052$3,498,429$4,713,469$3,384,594$4,402,001$5,084,810
South Africa$2,125,352$2,829,526$4,655,795$6,584,763$5,552,248$5,268,598$5,815,600
Spain$22,291,619$29,473,988$12,453,604$10,742,399$6,362,354$6,703,520 
Sri Lanka$7,798$9,449$6,864$3,072$3,544$3,524$132,533
Sudan$5,111$79,577$57,269$101,708$142,919  
Suriname$1,642$472$2,093$1,119$496  
Swaziland$143,484$90,994$35,583    
Sweden$15,015,302$13,274,792$12,124,858$15,314,165$14,521,964$21,105,350$19,250,053
Switzerland$86,139,791$82,961,916$80,173,477$83,873,917$59,860,378$74,613,197$86,646,532
Syria$141,019$25,512   $131,273 
Tanzania$47,966$13,480$17,457$113,581$7,759$41,467$91,283
Thailand$39,909,335$65,491,748$69,619,011$127,645,333$106,135,075$178,930,949$172,343,986
Tonga $9,130 $20$264$239 
Trinidad and Tobago$14,253$5,671$2,678$42,106$2,505$4,120 
Tunisia$49,802$72,919$56,256$336,360$263,211$315,615 
Turkey$1,245,727$1,790,475$2,574,576$5,777,016$5,119,631$10,447,502$12,054,301
Tuvalu$395$617     
Uganda$4,035$71,663$25,697$8,731$6,811$8,740 
Ukraine$118,364$126,254$134,561$176,460$195,056$556,843$783,696
United Arab Emirates$1,580,047 $1,900,745$3,136,882   
United Kingdom$57,886,584$63,687,723$65,570,861$78,013,303$81,197,341$82,353,025$86,605,348
United States$280,417,664$322,232,174$341,967,811$376,170,333$283,482,799$352,438,999$392,199,382
Uruguay$76,962$225,601$50,626$88,951$73,965  
Vanuatu $703$2,915    
Venezuela$225,650$194,085$209,718$463,578$308,781$81,371$192,950
Vietnam$149,393$74,707$28,677$11,341,667$9,992,261$22,375,050 
Yemen$38,494$1,858$18,275$27,187$55,282$42,151$19,179
Zambia$3,067$27,177$22,175$17,252$16,681$14,911 
Zimbabwe$296$7,455$29,439$724$3,031$8,734