RankCountryImports of Compound optical microscopes (excl. stereoscopic), for photomicrography/cin ... in USD (2010)
1China$102,981,676
2Japan$27,456,778
3United States$18,997,412
4Russia$4,806,014
5Indonesia$4,561,741
6Brazil$4,105,767
7Italy$3,398,973
8United Kingdom$2,865,134
9France$2,803,383
10Korea, South$2,550,020
11Singapore$2,191,075
12Australia$1,577,659
13Switzerland$1,377,484
14Belarus$1,281,200
15Germany$1,171,177
16Canada$1,105,707
17Malaysia$1,055,484
18Norway$987,315
19Austria$946,229
20Netherlands$886,939
21Spain$883,498
22Colombia$844,511
23Philippines$842,461
24Hong Kong$726,610
25Vietnam$653,700
26Ukraine$609,905
27Israel$601,000
28Argentina$534,424
29India$480,190
30Mexico$432,023
31Romania$317,824
32Thailand$310,490
33Poland$305,377
34Belgium$236,751
35Pakistan$226,476
36Denmark$151,912
37Portugal$143,781
38Czech Republic$128,858
39Panama$118,926
40Malawi$117,321
41New Zealand$114,555
42Ghana$112,761
43Tunisia$105,180
44Ethiopia$103,068
45Algeria$101,051
46Turkey$94,904
47Senegal$76,322
48Morocco$69,345
49Finland$68,765
50Oman$65,904
51South Africa$65,074
52Bulgaria$63,687
53Serbia$58,178
54Peru$48,698
55Ireland$47,692
56Botswana$42,157
57Hungary$42,000
58Lebanon$38,319
59Sweden$34,783
60Chile$34,422
61Bosnia and Herzegovina$31,652
62Egypt$31,353
63Slovakia$31,159
64Nepal$28,109
65Iran$26,272
66Malta$23,670
67Tanzania$23,140
68Zimbabwe$21,431
69Qatar$20,186
70Kenya$19,776
71Niger$18,618
72Estonia$18,191
73Armenia$16,861
74Bahrain$16,534
75Venezuela$15,496
76Ecuador$15,110
77Croatia$14,295
78Zambia$13,557
79Latvia$12,805
80Greece$12,798
81Mali$11,584
82Costa Rica$10,680
83Luxembourg$10,636
84Lithuania$10,177
85Iceland$9,763
86Belize$9,079
87Kyrgyzstan$7,924
88Slovenia$6,555
89Cyprus$6,232
90Moldova$5,516
91Albania$5,132
92Mauritius$4,355
93Madagascar$3,649
94Paraguay$3,580
95Mozambique$3,264
96Syria$3,243
97Trinidad and Tobago$3,047
98Montenegro$2,995
99Bolivia$2,253
100Nigeria$1,996
101Dominican Republic$1,900
102Jamaica$1,816
103Cameroon$1,780
104Jordan$1,746
105Cambodia$1,698
106Azerbaijan$961
107El Salvador$902
108Uganda$898
109Sri Lanka$883
110Nicaragua$633
111Burundi$262
112Guatemala$233
113Georgia$68
114Cote d'Ivoire$14
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$9,396   $2,301$5,132$11,902
Algeria$43,666$53,888$104,386$279,519$163,503$101,051$256,215
Antigua and Barbuda    $114 $3,129
Argentina$115,837$397,936$475,331$407,205$285,314$534,424$1,219,401
Armenia$357$1,074 $210$450$16,861$57,384
Australia$135,786$630,708$757,369$1,177,418$2,676,691$1,577,659$2,026,021
Austria$257,792$276,583$435,725$1,048,263$1,017,415$946,229 
Azerbaijan  $14,067 $253,521$961$26,646
Bahamas, The$295$44$2,477    
Bahrain$779 $2,473  $16,534 
Bangladesh$56,138$65,297$37,915    
Barbados$6,142  $2,676$1,390 $24,746
Belarus$157,600$131,600$127,300$1,860,900$636,500$1,281,200$404,800
Belgium$102,039$481,643$144,878$234,134$317,367$236,751$229,268
Belize   $4,735$11,107$9,079 
Bhutan$58,736$2,941$5,480$1,254   
Bolivia$103,106$7,819$56,811$13,628$22,024$2,253$26,850
Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,587$225,234$24,846$74,265$65,264$31,652$10,605
Botswana$2,290 $47,121$42,312$828$42,157$237
Brazil$2,314,555$4,033,598$3,233,339$4,313,653$3,961,626$4,105,767$7,441,564
Brunei $5,940     
Bulgaria$17,975$60,697$33,464$167,864$312,516$63,687$7,941
Burundi $2,488$7,094 $437$262 
Cambodia $411$14,442$4,059 $1,698 
Cameroon$658$34,326$5,004$6,273$2,207$1,780 
Canada$761,411$375,830$1,172,465$1,401,412$842,693$1,105,707$3,269,402
Cape Verde   $73,876   
Chile$33,936$32,436$51,308$37,561$9,345$34,422$43,434
China$13,460,134$23,099,462$31,852,922$57,585,426$73,694,720$102,981,676$149,132,839
Colombia$51,284$225,326$135,106$254,207$140,226$844,511$149,722
Comoros  $475    
Costa Rica$715$8,527$3,810$215,652$11,332$10,680$2,611
Cote d'Ivoire$425 $1,560$6,780$116$14$591
Croatia$123,899$101,107$113,540$10,494$35,995$14,295$6,968
Cuba $2,306     
Cyprus$17,790 $5,588 $2,434$6,232 
Czech Republic$33,972$147,118$575,020$447,712$208,712$128,858$169,227
Denmark$595,363$477,257$1,154,533$868,278$700,009$151,912$1,418,102
Dominican Republic$1,125  $6,097$4,964$1,900$14,913
Ecuador$1,518 $6,064$15,792$14,207$15,110$10,447
Egypt$44,712$11,518$35,653$694,095$50,688$31,353$74,311
El Salvador$2,912 $41,447$18,584$7,706$902 
Estonia $3,963$1,664$4,021$49,031$18,191$1,950
Ethiopia$22,150$40,102$28,615$114,434$6,463$103,068$117,630
Faroe Islands$66      
Fiji $21,910     
Finland$293,341$388,921$92,806$13,853$130,798$68,765$314,641
France$475,312$945,427$1,001,943$1,884,594$791,135$2,803,383$2,205,410
French Polynesia$312$5,494    $2,418
Gabon$81$1,103$2,381$612$12,402  
Gambia, The  $3,353    
Georgia  $1,559$713$9,705$68 
Germany$1,634,000$938,000$1,554,000$2,054,000$5,744,000$1,171,177$8,869,412
Ghana$5,242$3,644$1,065$174$183$112,761$1,109
Greece$2,880$30,558$127,239$110,418$139,447$12,798$186,544
Grenada$2,705$1,999     
Guatemala$1,289$1,124$7,684$3,027$47$233$2,098
Guyana $3,190$346$3,697$2,445 $180
Honduras$4,805$60$660 $82  
Hong Kong$481,550$505,469$1,360,315$520,630$663,650$726,610$808,823
Hungary$20,000$78,000$51,000$15,000$176,000$42,000$32,000
Iceland$26,460$9,027$32,607$3,191$1,786$9,763$4,380
India$123,126$492,793$260,166$1,054,482$1,660,619$480,190$780,047
Indonesia$1,546,284$2,163,846$2,274,763$2,248,314$2,697,040$4,561,741$1,329,040
Iran$10,970$2,722   $26,272 
Ireland$267,193$89,920$57,812$150,001$160,239$47,692$244,419
Israel$12,000$80,000$430,000$366,000$557,000$601,000$135,000
Italy$692,762$910,695$1,731,398$3,933,578$1,980,184$3,398,973$4,212,373
Jamaica$27,963$5,165$648$18,635 $1,816 
Japan$16,090,873$16,257,263$15,308,236$17,560,510$21,179,889$27,456,778$32,216,488
Jordan$877$1,753 $2,212$3,944$1,746$12,589
Kazakhstan$298,708$146,901$585,862$202,636$18,574  
Kenya $11,221$203,617$13,809$23,727$19,776 
Korea, South$3,470,260$2,202,103$1,804,435$1,931,257$920,274$2,550,020$2,794,437
Kuwait $107,334$61,514$4,623   
Kyrgyzstan$163,318$15,833 $4,197$11,079$7,924$9,524
Latvia$5,122$425,175$3,116$853$202$12,805$5,639
Lebanon$2,000 $12,904$4,274$10,245$38,319$7,131
Lithuania $10,368$136,960$4,450$125,126$10,177$9,642
Luxembourg$10,602  $42,291$3,751$10,636$135,476
Macau$8,081 $2,345 $26,014  
Macedonia$57$15,168$3,399$2,266  $30,507
Madagascar$31,312$4,696$2,089  $3,649 
Malawi$1,266  $73,983 $117,321$890
Malaysia$191,455$2,149,443$863,885$819,455$993,059$1,055,484$1,365,608
Maldives$1,698$145$3,072$33,481  $4,280
Mali     $11,584 
Malta$6,107$3,875$11,227$13,244$15,849$23,670 
Mauritius$4,262$7,194 $12,221$13,202$4,355$2,078
Mayotte  $1,339    
Mexico$962,688$804,989$1,568,939$986,348$650,653$432,023$723,259
Moldova$3,038 $24,806$768$31,554$5,516$3,361
Mongolia  $33,422    
Montenegro $1,087 $42,679 $2,995$419
Morocco$69,271$26,727$70,088$54,428$16,785$69,345 
Mozambique$3,114$93,342$171$33,267$254$3,264$41,000
Namibia$1,268$2,734 $1,630   
Nepal    $52,021$28,109 
Netherlands$955,998$61,559$300,582$139,981$85,087$886,939 
Netherlands Antilles   $29   
New Caledonia$17,234 $2,170$4,302$1,163 $14,257
New Zealand$112,795$87,069$178,226$199,473$538,455$114,555$25,242
Nicaragua$9,230 $1,325$1,518$5,020$633$1,758
Niger $3,737$2,765$49$3,632$18,618 
Nigeria    $324$1,996 
Norway$4,779$293,984$321,793$62,324$5,970$987,315$195,015
Oman $23,636$143,009$52,200$653$65,904 
Pakistan$126,411$43,840$107,538$233,598$97,575$226,476$34,195
Panama$99,322$73,072$43,226$62,580$54,840$118,926$85,285
Paraguay $1,032$2,265$22,272$530$3,580 
Peru$33,781$38,034$70,270$76,166$105,321$48,698$81,875
Philippines$341,757$916,424$1,267,283$212,359$240,140$842,461$172,539
Poland$47,428$25,929$154,181$543,773$199,520$305,377$139,376
Portugal$45,942$110,995$355,038$46,965$31,097$143,781$17,215
Qatar$2,750$17,617$2,050$37,325 $20,186 
Romania$10,388$587,170$20,945$20,178$346,533$317,824$25,534
Russia$560,427$2,934,861$4,960,014$8,346,986$995,571$4,806,014$5,567,829
Rwanda$19  $1,172$94 $11,266
Saint Kitts and Nevis$3,645$500     
Saint Lucia  $5,589$878   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $1,884 $35,573  
Samoa    $2,854 $1,530
Saudi Arabia$372,469$253,558$85,048    
Senegal$37,603$7,951 $2,468$11,716$76,322$4,867
Serbia$24,834$184,459$320,580$81,851$22,199$58,178$47,298
Seychelles   $642   
Singapore$2,644,964$4,016,783$1,325,420$613,668$323,610$2,191,075$4,569,071
Slovakia$402,167$91,301$143,665$74,332$161,899$31,159$381,572
Slovenia$169,609$492,314$346,082$457,802$52,003$6,555$606,791
South Africa$55,914$15,497$475,810$74,119$41,676$65,074$857,033
Spain$461,456$734,966$293,084$571,979$837,230$883,498 
Sri Lanka$2,066$4,138$3,295  $883$7,950
Sudan$22,185$450$40,591$1,495$13,852  
Suriname      $210
Swaziland $1,011     
Sweden$444,715$544,121$100,165$110,535$117,756$34,783$688,845
Switzerland$597,514$484,482$1,808,330$1,511,266$1,204,360$1,377,484$2,472,005
Syria $16,597   $3,243 
Tanzania$21,820$9,902$1,789$4,786$1,031$23,140$92,913
Thailand$212,026$131,692$316,314$192,295$384,961$310,490$535,988
Togo$264      
Tonga    $7,636  
Trinidad and Tobago$38,792$1,294 $2,600$32,291$3,047 
Tunisia$46,455$44,773$76,014$98,626$393,571$105,180 
Turkey$463,483$157,701$315,194$105,765$413,192$94,904$123,824
Uganda$1,146$15,455 $2,632$797$898 
Ukraine$451,740$1,143,160$984,320$1,063,670$445,961$609,905$951,466
United Arab Emirates$71,416 $155,684$250,890   
United Kingdom$5,881,809$1,120,355$634,565$1,519,081$1,909,494$2,865,134$3,110,329
United States$35,727,304$42,427,710$41,840,097$38,961,995$28,679,681$18,997,412$19,481,965
Uruguay$1,008$12,078  $4,132  
Vanuatu  $178    
Venezuela$14,817$170,845$69,614$77,038 $15,496$26,297
Vietnam$1,155,702$244,555$1,538,310$293,397$165,122$653,700 
Yemen  $18,723 $202  
Zambia$5,503$19,470$1,165$18,255$656$13,557 
Zimbabwe$507$2,001 $7,140$9,787$21,431