RankCountryImports of Microscopes (excl. optical microscopes); diffraction app. in USD (2010)
1Korea, South$216,067,138
2United States$176,627,434
3China$167,144,540
4Germany$67,081,664
5Japan$61,597,968
6France$44,297,424
7Russia$35,671,017
8Netherlands$33,095,170
9Hong Kong$24,353,926
10Poland$24,235,282
11India$23,167,598
12United Kingdom$21,548,518
13Israel$19,629,000
14Singapore$17,136,134
15Brazil$15,951,197
16Australia$15,254,127
17Malaysia$13,689,467
18Canada$12,335,242
19Ireland$9,483,021
20Switzerland$9,391,955
21Italy$9,142,728
22Romania$8,133,466
23Mexico$7,653,298
24Spain$7,475,179
25South Africa$6,749,087
26Saudi Arabia$5,796,274
27Turkey$4,772,454
28Belgium$3,769,844
29Sweden$3,386,289
30Czech Republic$2,913,928
31Thailand$2,878,586
32Finland$2,795,748
33Hungary$1,921,000
34Austria$1,528,425
35Indonesia$1,366,099
36Philippines$1,322,075
37Slovenia$1,227,527
38Iran$1,208,144
39Vietnam$1,155,720
40Norway$987,329
41Denmark$824,380
42Chile$805,846
43Lithuania$699,118
44Belarus$616,200
45Tunisia$609,129
46Pakistan$511,487
47Costa Rica$479,242
48Jamaica$447,160
49Colombia$425,096
50Portugal$424,135
51Estonia$401,094
52Ukraine$368,201
53Slovakia$353,940
54Sri Lanka$311,927
55Dominican Republic$301,538
56Qatar$280,884
57Ecuador$270,381
58Latvia$260,904
59New Zealand$230,653
60Greece$176,792
61Tanzania$172,492
62Serbia$172,331
63Bahrain$172,092
64Bolivia$169,296
65Oman$164,638
66Ethiopia$161,060
67Panama$137,521
68Azerbaijan$135,267
69Lebanon$133,707
70Malawi$117,666
71Kenya$100,165
72El Salvador$92,504
73Cape Verde$91,254
74Uganda$81,390
75Bosnia and Herzegovina$80,331
76Peru$80,132
77Jordan$80,039
78Trinidad and Tobago$77,585
79Zambia$64,928
80Ghana$63,695
81Zimbabwe$54,963
82Fiji$54,526
83Bulgaria$54,127
84Nepal$53,482
85Croatia$48,537
86Barbados$47,246
87Maldives$47,169
88Egypt$45,200
89Morocco$31,996
90Suriname$28,192
91Argentina$27,813
92Algeria$27,688
93Botswana$22,095
94Guatemala$20,174
95Paraguay$18,676
96Luxembourg$17,190
97Nicaragua$15,815
98Syria$14,248
99Aruba$13,442
100Mauritius$12,698
101Kyrgyzstan$11,620
102Venezuela$9,933
103Bahamas, The$9,889
104Guyana$9,381
105Mozambique$9,268
106Cyprus$9,022
107Cote d'Ivoire$8,886
108Cameroon$8,196
109Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$6,250
110Malta$6,226
111Cambodia$6,125
112Albania$5,039
113Antigua and Barbuda$4,170
114Nigeria$3,986
115Georgia$3,975
116Armenia$2,962
117Burundi$2,495
118Iceland$2,032
119Moldova$1,954
120Belize$1,925
121Montenegro$1,806
122Dominica$1,629
123New Caledonia$1,255
124Madagascar$1,198
125Samoa$1,089
126Bhutan$695
127Yemen$295
128Senegal$225
129French Polynesia$127
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$3,973$87,668$7,489$6,008$239,413$5,039$10,147
Algeria$307,569$120,015$409,225$178,905$213,366$27,688$549,261
Antigua and Barbuda$43,587$7,086$10,116 $3,743$4,170$4,747
Argentina$15,953$6,582$281,734$306,781$53,984$27,813$424,840
Armenia$9,764   $15,900$2,962$12,815
Aruba    $2,208$13,442$10,610
Australia$4,213,531$9,509,128$10,950,441$19,451,954$9,498,489$15,254,127$17,397,208
Austria$2,153,300$1,093,790$6,013,468$3,460,398$3,710,667$1,528,425 
Azerbaijan$16,152$35,034$1,014$32,641$695,769$135,267$774,885
Bahamas, The$6,419$22,232$14,485$6,320$11,508$9,889$48,028
Bahrain$4,035$12,798$2,838$37,439$4,091$172,092$64,488
Bangladesh$499,633$74,841$1,038,870    
Barbados$6,233$232,945$18,993$21,332$35,544$47,246$6,527
Belarus$284,900$245,300$1,969,200$187,800$12,800$616,200$300,000
Belgium$6,246,823$1,884,610$1,879,946$1,400,283$3,731,097$3,769,844$6,126,755
Belize$2,759$3,228$8,660$1,228$6,222$1,925 
Benin$1,610$941     
Bhutan$9,004$23,179$2,396$112,388$2,268$695 
Bolivia$5,500$40,367$21,866$83,141$181,269$169,296$277,862
Bosnia and Herzegovina$12,318$166,161$6,115$77,781$3,528$80,331$24,113
Botswana$269,171$113,059$53,918$30,211$40,363$22,095$119,294
Brazil$3,315,241$12,704,440$9,562,293$13,058,069$15,507,956$15,951,197$22,642,744
Brunei $1,473     
Bulgaria$23,602$552,670$42,418$300,132$959,341$54,127$26,285
Burkina Faso$1,064  $28,603$5,516  
Burundi   $2,000$7,838$2,495 
Cambodia$29,693$1,719$72,200$4,799 $6,125 
Cameroon$887 $1,929$3,574 $8,196 
Canada$9,425,392$15,337,451$12,459,522$24,738,038$23,837,571$12,335,242$24,721,975
Cape Verde$1,345$6,850 $11,556$84$91,254$3,021
Central African Republic   $460,687   
Chile$1,265,850$455,802$1,775,224$830,283$551,751$805,846$525,731
China$73,209,765$111,120,578$106,704,693$129,595,484$123,554,111$167,144,540$272,959,446
Colombia$25,844$32,351$261,934$1,306,268$580,794$425,096$1,352,754
Cook Islands$328      
Costa Rica$45,160$85,544$329,656$269,977$580,706$479,242$552,007
Cote d'Ivoire$2,151$1,151$344$390 $8,886$602
Croatia$702,634$18,900$430,575$346,006$536,785$48,537$395,738
Cuba$34,545$164,315     
Cyprus$27,903$15,823$22,274$86,080$13,563$9,022$1,968
Czech Republic$2,429,438$1,928,321$3,431,629$7,425,865$3,722,436$2,913,928$8,901,797
Denmark$2,102,261$3,183,592$9,475,508$837,288$679,876$824,380$756,006
Dominica$18,161 $11,880$2,530$4,153$1,629 
Dominican Republic$56,256$631,860$158,531$167,114$165,196$301,538$686,990
East Timor$116      
Ecuador$149,276$11,706$40,412$315,036$532,554$270,381$622,176
Egypt$6,635$137,378$1,946$208,726$34,753$45,200$17,391
El Salvador$5,002$2,213$17,022$36,577$289,963$92,504 
Estonia$12,364$623,899$200,304$63,683$16,199$401,094$173,431
Ethiopia$203,850$301,395$106,076$32,122$45,017$161,060$44,184
Faroe Islands$21,903$2,977$2,115$214   
Fiji$61,966$8,474$12,414$19,318$85,404$54,526 
Finland$3,514,221$4,499,011$350,635$2,590,243$6,764,056$2,795,748$893,337
France$17,587,798$28,600,123$39,044,225$41,903,111$31,259,563$44,297,424$41,419,957
French Polynesia $2,728$1,614  $127 
Gabon$1,206$31,819  $1,853  
Gambia, The $8,943     
Georgia$16 $116,291$65,392$1,295$3,975 
Germany$61,222,000$65,471,000$50,956,000$81,847,000$38,175,000$67,081,664$81,920,983
Ghana$75,287$102,941$113,409$179,410$343,122$63,695$87,985
Greece$162,777$493,148$1,243,042$2,208,782$234,814$176,792$701,278
Greenland$2,705$117     
Grenada$6,225 $247$5,697$2,994  
Guatemala$23,445$1,981$19,517$10,863$24,120$20,174$267,715
Guinea$15,596$3,674$12,430$2,389   
Guyana$463$83$41,793$2,403$3,811$9,381$246,149
Honduras$3,368$20,779$47,878 $7,270  
Hong Kong$20,899,426$15,535,573$17,119,968$17,877,705$16,416,126$24,353,926$25,157,983
Hungary$1,227,000 $1,189,000$969,000$368,000$1,921,000$857,000
Iceland$67,227$7,598$3,686$29,866$35,902$2,032$17,674
India$16,177,752$19,790,198$30,361,034$33,035,110$22,963,976$23,167,598$33,146,274
Indonesia$594,183$44,501$61,633$517,390$2,611,696$1,366,099$1,418,868
Iran$136,549$24,087   $1,208,144 
Ireland$3,919,493$4,411,909$4,240,769$3,723,094$11,453,131$9,483,021$9,345,626
Israel$10,838,000$7,556,000$13,410,000$9,284,000$4,468,000$19,629,000$30,866,000
Italy$12,327,514$10,684,296$12,747,984$15,174,187$15,322,155$9,142,728$14,541,278
Jamaica$61,060$11,347$23,159$19,233$206,598$447,160 
Japan$70,537,533$75,444,084$65,599,490$46,403,516$38,711,062$61,597,968$82,902,568
Jordan$1,128$563$14,955$493$573,488$80,039$1,127
Kazakhstan$74,531$874,469$2,919,419$5,339,479$40,399  
Kenya$138,623$214,106$234,195$167,093$284,718$100,165 
Korea, South$165,253,586$180,977,229$57,113,350$142,774,572$75,516,060$216,067,138$218,451,400
Kuwait $102,938$80,950$915   
Kyrgyzstan$1,603 $26,345$4,380$44,716$11,620$52,212
Latvia$129,131$1,346,442$155,342$4,712$47,824$260,904$546,614
Lebanon$4,000$109$400$153$4,901$133,707$145,198
Lesotho   $14,168   
Lithuania$324,566$1,089,999$403,584$1,248,925$314,420$699,118$2,368,026
Luxembourg$774$16,180$360,743$74,620$1,601,024$17,190$1,130
Macau $6,249$7,209$15,842$3,098  
Macedonia$7,716$5,140$120,374$6,292$29,629 $1,348,343
Madagascar$107,511$12,488$115,594$8,143$445$1,198 
Malawi$40,306$151,889$66,346$200,220$16,053$117,666$103,620
Malaysia$5,423,374$9,918,308$10,382,483$5,704,021$5,229,216$13,689,467$12,377,726
Maldives$13,137$207,565$17,922$17,219$10,251$47,169$12,322
Mali$5,995$2,076 $3,868   
Malta$15,915$253,070$31,864$269$4,589$6,226 
Mauritania      $28,700
Mauritius$18,117$61,298$27,088$8,643$869$12,698$7,603
Mayotte $3,539     
Mexico$5,831,650$6,460,035$9,008,219$9,965,350$4,780,375$7,653,298$11,256,467
Moldova$153$3,076 $572 $1,954$111
Mongolia$37,740$34,133$10,057    
Montenegro $81,557$10,866$23,758$86,977$1,806$85,440
Montserrat $13,182     
Morocco$2,925$290,366$68,615$39,423$3,614$31,996 
Mozambique$40,072$46,450$22,487$22,427$8,368$9,268$72,000
Namibia$5,171$14,665$8,015$6,699   
Nepal    $72,968$53,482 
Netherlands$4,552,488$7,408,391$12,174,277$18,381,747$15,096,714$33,095,170 
Netherlands Antilles$7,321$59,922$4,988$863   
New Caledonia$3,265$1,018$333 $421$1,255$1,979
New Zealand$95,328$1,119,172$1,286,749$1,028,744$429,960$230,653$693,414
Nicaragua$6,810$40,274$11,368$2,435$33,420$15,815$21,491
Niger$19   $7,073  
Nigeria $62,223$9,314$38,867$29,863$3,986 
Norway$1,450,589$1,263,733$1,701,023$1,089,349$2,814,362$987,329$946,124
Oman$1,893$309$22,967$25,259$41,113$164,638 
Pakistan$777,347$1,407,620$355,071$940,748$386,766$511,487$60,984
Panama$189,114$63,206$108,588$26,110$54,074$137,521$42,374
Paraguay$3,435$8,387$93,804$22,713$29,626$18,676$14,712
Peru$15,659$22,349$351,611$1,289,598$1,138,784$80,132$146,829
Philippines$595,572$3,194,858$3,794,257$2,488,251$529,510$1,322,075$1,295,324
Poland$5,367,565$3,489,970$6,615,586$8,735,961$10,482,395$24,235,282$19,884,539
Portugal$522,340$1,315,131$620,121$2,587,852$173,076$424,135$146,263
Qatar$323,697$41,347$525,143$222,497 $280,884 
Romania$1,440,362$3,263,650$2,111,988$6,550,297$1,846,336$8,133,466$3,313,002
Russia$11,435,302$28,459,895$51,214,457$50,929,243$42,519,649$35,671,017$39,640,465
Rwanda $2,835$37,099$1,871$2,848 $14,918
Saint Kitts and Nevis$55,023$29,084$31,868$31,132   
Saint Lucia$185$14,621$13,677$2,009   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $119$6,271$2,104$9,580$6,250 
Samoa    $2,925$1,089$4,415
Saudi Arabia$904,335$780,635$1,748,303  $5,796,274 
Senegal$513$13,728$29,581$75 $225$686
Serbia$70,486$21,893$885,259$251,996$481,739$172,331$719,793
Seychelles$46 $2,214$13,571   
Singapore$12,539,627$15,083,458$6,887,631$16,352,854$15,290,204$17,136,134$14,210,898
Slovakia$927,394$914,339$274,829$1,036,779$394,768$353,940$2,427,656
Slovenia$783,477$577,775$1,710,241$603,370$1,415,466$1,227,527$871,658
South Africa$4,133,779$9,008,773$12,035,957$7,889,714$4,514,627$6,749,087$8,707,519
Spain$3,998,087$4,868,933$4,138,169$4,124,653$7,990,558$7,475,179 
Sri Lanka$449,894$162,729$305,107$287,972$886,584$311,927$257,877
Sudan$260,781$45,777$527,033$55,537$22,729  
Suriname    $138,037$28,192$13,923
Swaziland$10,295$23,753$51,578    
Sweden$1,933,574$6,653,631$8,035,011$4,138,593$2,262,660$3,386,289$11,578,246
Switzerland$2,660,058$7,315,989$6,828,004$17,060,552$11,098,275$9,391,955$27,031,004
Syria$61,169$88,906   $14,248 
Tanzania$58,177$43,899$165,359$255,538$102,860$172,492$378,744
Thailand$1,349,458$4,811,737$1,343,395$3,598,304$1,400,113$2,878,586$5,200,005
Togo  $1,046    
Tonga   $151$160  
Trinidad and Tobago$60,286$67,619$15,597$481,928$269,126$77,585 
Tunisia$134,634$100,233$124,744$509,962$118,536$609,129 
Turkey$3,118,272$5,217,228$8,326,044$6,367,518$2,480,843$4,772,454$3,661,310
Uganda$45,700$128,700$276,454$160,353$82,413$81,390 
Ukraine$811,466$2,414,856$4,552,079$2,406,120$1,528,990$368,201$184,325
United Arab Emirates$754,169 $827,617$1,493,647   
United Kingdom$17,473,382$25,227,748$27,300,352$29,435,162$34,959,372$21,548,518$20,230,293
United States$136,674,899$158,404,742$191,188,693$191,505,405$168,041,038$176,627,434$201,060,637
Uruguay$9,126$24,648$22,553$12,174$24,883  
Vanuatu  $558,931    
Venezuela$102,720$33,882$163,008$726,668$1,818,287$9,933$44,518
Vietnam$1,247,602$888,842$1,182,035$1,089,229$911,439$1,155,720 
Yemen$105 $13,438$15,711$4,432$295 
Zambia$35,613$20,233$149,865$20,210$42,097$64,928 
Zimbabwe$9,556$4,814$20,839$995$94,766$54,963