RankCountryImports of Filters (i.e., optical elements), of any mat., mounted in USD (2010)
1China$115,360,663
2Japan$88,155,330
3Mexico$87,796,849
4Thailand$74,801,686
5United States$63,992,414
6Hong Kong$63,083,309
7Netherlands$34,956,549
8Germany$26,893,344
9Korea, South$24,214,172
10United Kingdom$15,270,562
11Singapore$14,598,552
12Hungary$11,986,000
13France$11,544,900
14Canada$11,413,257
15Switzerland$8,837,791
16Belgium$7,522,300
17Qatar$6,919,433
18Spain$4,808,056
19Italy$4,579,472
20Australia$4,393,451
21Brazil$4,265,673
22Sweden$4,168,757
23Austria$3,540,127
24Saudi Arabia$3,439,738
25Vietnam$3,297,740
26Israel$3,146,000
27Russia$3,065,445
28Indonesia$2,990,728
29Malaysia$2,933,098
30Poland$2,804,537
31Finland$2,461,314
32Denmark$2,190,599
33Slovakia$1,984,493
34Norway$1,735,284
35India$1,707,448
36Czech Republic$1,560,691
37Ireland$1,505,887
38Portugal$1,441,205
39Egypt$1,071,333
40Turkey$943,928
41South Africa$846,526
42Panama$742,587
43Romania$662,714
44Philippines$570,272
45Greece$539,730
46Argentina$486,566
47Bahrain$483,554
48New Zealand$424,519
49Belarus$299,700
50Bulgaria$283,496
51Luxembourg$283,466
52Slovenia$257,823
53Chile$249,592
54Lithuania$238,545
55Botswana$184,771
56Croatia$149,007
57Tunisia$136,841
58Zambia$128,236
59Ethiopia$127,323
60Dominican Republic$118,997
61Latvia$116,365
62Iran$112,243
63Estonia$111,351
64Tanzania$110,310
65Peru$102,707
66Oman$101,233
67Iceland$90,760
68Costa Rica$87,201
69Serbia$86,556
70Malta$76,468
71Macau$72,690
72Venezuela$72,593
73Ukraine$71,960
74Nicaragua$70,199
75Nigeria$60,579
76Colombia$56,587
77Morocco$54,522
78Maldives$53,173
79Kenya$47,230
80Ecuador$40,484
81Yemen$35,820
82Pakistan$32,229
83Algeria$31,816
84Guatemala$25,695
85Malawi$25,442
86Lebanon$24,971
87Cambodia$23,699
88New Caledonia$23,576
89Cyprus$22,962
90Paraguay$22,737
91Zimbabwe$21,069
92Georgia$20,124
93French Polynesia$17,703
94Cote d'Ivoire$17,457
95Aruba$17,151
96Trinidad and Tobago$16,991
97Mauritius$14,085
98Barbados$14,051
99El Salvador$13,351
100Bermuda$13,073
101Ghana$12,604
102Bahamas, The$10,578
103Togo$10,490
104Jamaica$9,511
105Mozambique$8,643
106Sri Lanka$8,361
107Burkina Faso$8,174
108Bolivia$7,470
109Guyana$6,746
110Nepal$5,157
111Moldova$4,781
112Armenia$4,485
113Cameroon$4,146
114Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,094
115Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,909
116Gambia, The$3,587
117Syria$3,064
118Bhutan$3,041
119Senegal$2,976
120Jordan$2,939
121Antigua and Barbuda$2,217
122Azerbaijan$1,715
123Suriname$1,704
124Madagascar$1,624
125Montenegro$1,241
126Albania$1,052
127Belize$793
128Mauritania$711
129Uganda$436
130Cape Verde$299
131Fiji$49
132Mali$28
133Samoa$18
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $2,600$3,000$6,201$7,486$1,052$1,932
Algeria$89,319$69,097$81,846$163,065$37,438$31,816$54,159
Anguilla $36$2,515$537   
Antigua and Barbuda$2,208$54$950 $7,893$2,217$2,180
Argentina$318,718$361,142$476,754$638,752$415,717$486,566$757,184
Armenia$3,070$1,110$6,427$587$781$4,485$8,170
Aruba    $8,026$17,151$10,363
Australia$3,365,796$4,133,848$4,156,106$4,944,676$5,585,307$4,393,451$6,490,928
Austria$2,902,974$2,824,013$3,575,529$4,436,443$3,727,086$3,540,127 
Azerbaijan$618$9,500$14,241$7,730$13,133$1,715$7,122
Bahamas, The$169$7,454$20,708$7,812$8,162$10,578$7,692
Bahrain$52,766$46,683$253,462$421,108$619,235$483,554$357,198
Bangladesh$8,916$5,821$3,051    
Barbados$42,538$12,277$19,240$53,741$17,590$14,051$10,892
Belarus$221,200$160,700$336,400$378,100$166,100$299,700$201,900
Belgium$3,269,757$3,675,171$5,048,170$6,512,639$6,723,595$7,522,300$7,612,786
Belize$257$1,238$1,816$825$1,367$793 
Bermuda     $13,073 
Bhutan$7,356$1,813$505$20,288$1,855$3,041 
Bolivia$2,109$7,531$6,662$4,243$6,628$7,470$10,138
Bosnia and Herzegovina$29,191$11,035$5,969$12,647$5,644$4,094$7,563
Botswana$159,335$154,373$110,434$61,061$268,471$184,771$328,064
Brazil$1,591,208$782,987$1,215,851$1,330,205$1,080,163$4,265,673$4,106,366
Brunei $12,399     
Bulgaria$41,010$99,716$709,609$339,629$235,266$283,496$255,923
Burkina Faso$218 $1,606$3,301$4,129$8,174 
Burundi $263     
Cambodia $618$1,558$7,017 $23,699 
Cameroon$5,963$927$2,943$4,687$1,221$4,146 
Canada$6,754,543$8,491,803$9,983,088$10,400,371$10,112,140$11,413,257$13,662,468
Cape Verde$187$754 $438 $299$112
Chile$220,303$143,667$316,786$259,375$317,406$249,592$383,374
China$35,936,801$61,535,851$31,890,312$75,849,979$78,912,494$115,360,663$125,019,219
Colombia$91,418$76,412$186,129$209,944$134,335$56,587$113,428
Comoros  $409    
Cook Islands$671 $121    
Costa Rica$58,131$54,342$65,553$71,117$37,892$87,201$47,768
Cote d'Ivoire$15,514$10,614$17,040$23,701$72,267$17,457$150,687
Croatia$114,566$131,428$257,506$231,700$205,492$149,007$237,139
Cuba$49,232$38,972     
Cyprus$31,532$11,719$43,456$29,621$24,263$22,962$19,337
Czech Republic$2,055,517$2,112,024$2,435,368$2,227,723$1,747,677$1,560,691$1,619,538
Denmark$1,005,121$1,362,405$1,763,912$2,298,305$1,592,473$2,190,599$2,882,972
Dominica$1,126$364$2,325$40$463  
Dominican Republic$182,892$660,681$228,564$53,139$144,890$118,997$30,288
East Timor$16,105      
Ecuador$64,551$60,657$38,643$47,758$236,009$40,484$33,630
Egypt$78,185$32,827$514,079$239,625$617,485$1,071,333$3,101,390
El Salvador$29,310$16,715$19,632$13,915$15,833$13,351 
Estonia$75,382$110,990$249,618$236,893$117,243$111,351$127,270
Ethiopia$1,810$10,560$7,174$7,356$27,812$127,323$345,305
Faroe Islands$5,159$4,874$2,022$4,319$2,978  
Fiji$76$2,041$1,011$817 $49 
Finland$2,695,440$3,048,517$3,465,219$3,174,093$2,621,855$2,461,314$2,025,302
France$8,312,988$5,510,599$8,317,503$12,269,752$10,924,608$11,544,900$14,829,814
French Polynesia$6,657$5,055$23,162$12,209$15,486$17,703$22,437
Gabon$2,905$937$746$565$720  
Gambia, The $6,235 $45 $3,587$166,420
Georgia$10,590$16,233$26,370$16,539$16,070$20,124 
Germany$15,811,000$33,060,000$24,902,000$27,894,000$23,449,000$26,893,344$35,904,966
Ghana$4,057$355,348$16,324$828,650$7,916$12,604$58,226
Greece$297,462$176,487$631,418$1,221,561$800,517$539,730$674,668
Greenland$12,741$15,968$4,974    
Grenada$568$249$41$62   
Guatemala$67,541$50,393$37,858$31,246$7,839$25,695$34,854
Guinea   $471   
Guinea-Bissau$518      
Guyana$845$29,023$306$45$389$6,746$443
Honduras$1,807$1,794$1,771 $4,984  
Hong Kong$7,442,204$11,340,655$20,221,304$21,827,948$36,712,646$63,083,309$39,732,469
Hungary$4,956,000$783,000$2,205,000$971,000$42,600,000$11,986,000$821,000
Iceland$56,390$90,085$165,146$73,698$70,862$90,760$89,905
India$2,458,560$1,347,127$2,079,882$1,538,901$2,304,103$1,707,448$2,590,648
Indonesia$77,422$137,597$65,624$4,069,362$1,293,945$2,990,728$1,660,479
Iran$26,220$31,527   $112,243 
Ireland$653,760$2,414,952$1,104,663$1,195,337$927,139$1,505,887$1,287,328
Israel$3,242,000$3,479,000$3,492,000$4,758,000$3,083,000$3,146,000$5,014,000
Italy$6,258,899$6,144,234$4,317,110$5,068,170$3,623,365$4,579,472$4,605,278
Jamaica$9,893$4,057$4,373$6,227$3,659$9,511 
Japan$49,981,138$65,597,305$75,686,239$88,151,113$51,719,506$88,155,330$125,137,596
Jordan$5,028$14,355 $10,740$2,144$2,939$11,208
Kazakhstan$141,220$149,110$206,966$1,184,011$327,004  
Kenya$20,938$25,118$14,639$11,543$16,892$47,230 
Korea, South$109,469,629$113,458,706$92,194,741$34,952,759$23,143,549$24,214,172$44,888,571
Kuwait $22,255$1,427,339$122,731   
Kyrgyzstan$1,629$4,882 $849$3,370 $3
Latvia$46,752$140,806$112,588$129,082$27,836$116,365$133,708
Lebanon$28,000$10,879$82,756$27,374$56,722$24,971$129,616
Lesotho   $17,294   
Lithuania$57,533$138,145$206,386$656,573$311,342$238,545$342,239
Luxembourg$147,216$212,814$224,468$331,571$337,046$283,466$681,760
Macau$1,226$1,584$6,974$12,945$18,398$72,690$94,339
Macedonia$4,822$14,867$14,806$30,356$9,927 $13,824
Madagascar$5,248$4,507$4,159$16,939$12,728$1,624 
Malawi$2,546$151$1,846$116,173$4,637$25,442$2,694
Malaysia$398,666$974,148$931,204$1,013,657$1,384,466$2,933,098$7,576,815
Maldives$2,863$1,602$746$1,768$2,672$53,173$15,826
Mali$297$1,104$24$135 $28 
Malta$2,589$56,720$26,657$55,654$63,657$76,468 
Mauritania $57$3,669$1,816 $711$14,593
Mauritius$6,644$5,875$6,774$5,431$18,137$14,085$20,264
Mayotte$292$3,824$21 $3,139  
Mexico$29,313,093$39,559,570$40,961,963$46,730,151$63,677,368$87,796,849$61,789,729
Moldova$526$1,718$1,378$5,855$8,025$4,781$1,054
Mongolia$861$40$765    
Montenegro $2,581$5,350$9,651$2,223$1,241$28,249
Montserrat$336  $30$60  
Morocco$76,582$49,586$32,451$106,172$80,079$54,522 
Mozambique$60$919 $1,577$16$8,643 
Namibia$62,510$159,342$289,587$298,579   
Nepal    $1,068$5,157 
Netherlands$25,649,083$37,837,194$27,509,474$23,549,265$15,351,975$34,956,549 
Netherlands Antilles$1,631$4,953$3,546$2,155   
New Caledonia$8,021$10,327$8,753$12,827$14,067$23,576$42,194
New Zealand$521,702$359,878$455,632$387,903$412,912$424,519$738,709
Nicaragua$10,980$9,748$9,073$12,479$8,176$70,199$48,929
Niger$1,669$187$3,460$286$565 $1,992
Nigeria $16,444$3,729 $27$60,579 
Norway$1,111,674$1,192,620$1,587,732$2,667,344$1,989,154$1,735,284$1,747,998
Oman$45,540$44,104$157,904$245,683$543,844$101,233 
Pakistan$3,008$12,278$16,915$23,978$21,715$32,229$28,172
Panama$112,560$77,244$147,908$539,496$548,489$742,587$569,905
Paraguay$3,708$14,140$4,884$26,037$27,405$22,737$12,824
Peru$230,234$117,540$161,207$106,477$105,789$102,707$132,020
Philippines$130,815$554,110$803,636$1,259,885$759,459$570,272$605,362
Poland$32,492,000$33,724,568$16,005,814$4,385,191$2,782,007$2,804,537$2,574,945
Portugal$722,514$744,159$911,148$993,022$873,541$1,441,205$1,299,658
Qatar$1,556,680$362,789$4,019,516$5,108,945 $6,919,433 
Romania$413,235$770,236$604,639$990,479$468,832$662,714$1,256,199
Russia$459,097$850,486$1,040,868$1,593,828$2,252,132$3,065,445$5,933,923
Rwanda $145$3,745$25,410$9,706 $27,596
Saint Kitts and Nevis$215$110$54$464   
Saint Lucia$963$1,470$1,694$3,851   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$474$70$2,856$1,881$63$3,909 
Samoa    $431$18$513
Saudi Arabia$1,321,732$1,265,038$1,296,286  $3,439,738 
Senegal$7,409$519$3,859$1,627$1,095$2,976$8,016
Serbia$61,920$74,860$125,087$162,472$318,029$86,556$155,576
Seychelles$4,070$11,407$12,363$70,420   
Singapore$4,039,477$3,587,171$4,311,128$17,353,532$15,323,449$14,598,552$11,986,498
Slovakia$34,420,452$45,675,068$70,260,970$80,154,016$15,940,052$1,984,493$2,487,780
Slovenia$250,036$217,218$330,337$327,273$252,695$257,823$255,260
South Africa$642,156$569,939$803,266$884,340$641,879$846,526$1,959,709
Spain$2,385,043$2,770,485$3,309,394$4,171,634$4,254,822$4,808,056 
Sri Lanka$10,301$21,332$13,257$30,551$2,536$8,361$16,506
Sudan$1,754  $2,544$7,197  
Suriname $127$31$129$1,417$1,704$612
Swaziland$816$2,696$9,625    
Sweden$1,998,138$5,548,406$4,189,715$3,691,681$3,790,858$4,168,757$4,487,825
Switzerland$4,766,727$5,495,656$11,431,833$11,420,102$8,339,558$8,837,791$6,487,320
Syria $409   $3,064 
Tanzania$21,083$3,518$5,040$50,317$61,104$110,310$82,042
Thailand$26,338,929$38,300,184$56,054,648$70,851,750$68,764,394$74,801,686$68,014,061
Togo  $16,032  $10,490$14,002
Tonga   $31$121  
Trinidad and Tobago$2,388$2,917$6,962$10,775$3,053$16,991 
Tunisia$28,232$59,354$82,229$357,079$276,743$136,841 
Turkey$30,177,864$22,563,693$4,202,854$1,552,292$672,130$943,928$1,058,057
Tuvalu$3,164$243     
Uganda$2,317$1,825$8,608$17,134$2,328$436 
Ukraine$40,133$28,674$32,236$91,860$58,987$71,960$97,561
United Arab Emirates$3,386,226 $9,887,355$6,912,185   
United Kingdom$7,089,088$10,491,135$11,068,274$9,279,634$11,336,863$15,270,562$13,980,757
United States$55,953,473$77,451,135$68,165,026$55,558,908$38,717,268$63,992,414$64,549,403
Uruguay$8,631$11,456$22,717$11,220$15,829  
Vanuatu  $399    
Venezuela$237,319$112,552$58,341$260,063$103,460$72,593$203,501
Vietnam$668,508$1,365,065$757,851$1,762,199$1,449,650$3,297,740 
Wallis and Futuna$23$527     
Yemen$203,456$100,678$241,770$1,144,828$49,945$35,820$8,368
Zambia$16,600$10,581$58,444$410,775$36,379$128,236 
Zimbabwe$5$298$7,315$11,132$9,490$21,069