RankCountryImports of Lasers (excl. laser diodes) in USD (2010)
1China$587,248,114
2United States$396,860,608
3Japan$391,990,112
4Netherlands$250,208,391
5Korea, South$243,876,346
6Germany$178,536,883
7Switzerland$149,115,452
8United Kingdom$97,738,221
9Singapore$94,790,151
10Italy$68,031,948
11Hong Kong$58,909,946
12France$54,141,738
13Israel$43,040,000
14Canada$34,898,723
15Belgium$24,444,707
16Austria$22,477,828
17Saudi Arabia$17,340,555
18Australia$16,008,518
19Sweden$15,634,473
20Turkey$13,920,738
21Malaysia$13,886,014
22Spain$13,496,003
23Poland$12,756,174
24India$12,629,159
25Mexico$9,572,537
26Brazil$8,969,589
27Norway$7,864,534
28Denmark$7,763,853
29Finland$6,810,354
30Russia$6,697,980
31Czech Republic$4,734,810
32Thailand$3,622,099
33South Africa$3,569,065
34Slovakia$3,381,364
35Belarus$3,282,000
36Ireland$2,791,523
37Greece$2,542,734
38New Zealand$2,206,824
39Portugal$1,906,907
40Romania$1,798,421
41Ukraine$1,195,952
42Estonia$1,171,038
43Colombia$1,102,189
44Argentina$1,016,845
45Slovenia$1,011,585
46Chile$944,689
47Lithuania$894,615
48Serbia$782,719
49Luxembourg$713,323
50Croatia$667,040
51Bulgaria$575,854
52Qatar$573,729
53Indonesia$470,007
54Costa Rica$340,098
55Cyprus$311,788
56Venezuela$263,402
57Philippines$243,913
58Peru$240,421
59Egypt$226,776
60Ecuador$221,674
61Macau$211,886
62Lebanon$207,613
63Bahrain$184,038
64Tunisia$174,148
65Iran$133,490
66Ethiopia$133,219
67Nigeria$124,596
68Oman$112,695
69Bosnia and Herzegovina$108,684
70Jamaica$86,882
71Latvia$84,171
72Sri Lanka$81,834
73Botswana$81,768
74Barbados$80,875
75Syria$78,805
76Vietnam$78,350
77Panama$77,995
78Tanzania$67,516
79Moldova$67,459
80Dominican Republic$66,002
81El Salvador$65,221
82Algeria$64,948
83Ghana$64,183
84Trinidad and Tobago$63,809
85Guatemala$59,694
86Jordan$57,975
87Iceland$51,270
88Sao Tome and Principe$47,767
89Armenia$47,437
90Bahamas, The$43,999
91Pakistan$40,705
92Kenya$38,380
93Albania$36,121
94Morocco$34,563
95New Caledonia$29,728
96Zambia$26,432
97Malta$25,246
98Bolivia$22,333
99Georgia$20,778
100Mauritius$19,721
101Nicaragua$18,566
102Tonga$17,872
103Cameroon$17,499
104Paraguay$15,904
105Suriname$13,611
106Cote d'Ivoire$10,990
107Niger$7,624
108Montenegro$6,923
109Guyana$5,213
110Belize$5,189
111Fiji$5,155
112Maldives$4,809
113French Polynesia$4,542
114Zimbabwe$2,392
115Senegal$1,843
116Madagascar$1,156
117Kyrgyzstan$843
118Mali$475
119Bermuda$444
120Antigua and Barbuda$390
121Bhutan$306
122Cape Verde$235
123Dominica$107
124Aruba$68
125Mozambique$62
126Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$41
127Samoa$41
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$3,487$6,278$3,387$4,106$7,002$36,121$75,210
Algeria$132,759$398,666$187,979$562,353$117,255$64,948$131,348
Anguilla $3,423$2,059$9,096   
Antigua and Barbuda$630$4,521  $404$390$417
Argentina$770,720$1,978,207$667,884$637,268$386,274$1,016,845$767,566
Armenia $34,856$164,887$4,956$487,005$47,437$15,929
Aruba    $1,915$68$651
Australia$16,291,498$14,647,629$18,241,162$16,733,003$13,823,118$16,008,518$23,593,812
Austria$14,343,140$17,954,788$15,396,501$22,451,839$18,920,721$22,477,828 
Azerbaijan $188$116,835$139$47,584 $183,810
Bahamas, The$68,709$172,755$28,266$29,756$19,529$43,999$10,620
Bahrain$76,659 $2,005$156,595$1,079,931$184,038$750,947
Bangladesh$115,053$281,180$41,337    
Barbados$449$66,355$37,729$60,139$9,649$80,875$1,175
Belarus$555,300$683,400$853,600$1,816,700$1,432,200$3,282,000$5,638,000
Belgium$29,613,506$21,939,250$21,109,022$25,089,791$20,910,195$24,444,707$26,122,350
Belize$1,739$10,092$128$4,951$253$5,189 
Benin $623     
Bermuda     $444 
Bhutan$305 $434 $504$306 
Bolivia$6,161$10,359$12,939$6,288$15,216$22,333$52,357
Bosnia and Herzegovina$45,296$149,438$44,411$129,891$47,327$108,684$37,980
Botswana$14,196$36,645$75,693$444,107$122,968$81,768$83,072
Brazil$3,079,392$3,593,305$4,069,769$6,420,005$6,097,114$8,969,589$10,637,295
Brunei $2,082     
Bulgaria$1,986,485$2,214,070$910,043$836,851$725,997$575,854$694,948
Burkina Faso$564 $9,283$8,032$1,847  
Cambodia $424,568 $501   
Cameroon$1,515$1,070$9,991$15,588$12,933$17,499 
Canada$21,164,090$32,993,989$34,044,101$38,055,656$43,686,285$34,898,723$59,521,634
Cape Verde$176$106$1,200$4,445$338$235$17,008
Chile$829,696$825,313$767,932$1,516,963$688,623$944,689$1,046,889
China$110,423,360$156,056,653$246,608,017$287,961,358$285,668,430$587,248,114$684,095,239
Colombia$418,900$406,987$1,364,979$698,078$831,904$1,102,189$1,490,648
Costa Rica$362,838$122,761$446,101$360,250$283,668$340,098$525,682
Cote d'Ivoire$11,349$36,329$4,360$30,081$119,820$10,990$7,826
Croatia$813,198$256,793$1,053,019$554,469$737,915$667,040$611,246
Cuba$85,512$51,932     
Cyprus$379,860$506,028$844,395$706,395$814,232$311,788$497,376
Czech Republic$2,922,402$5,195,187$5,844,984$5,680,733$3,244,741$4,734,810$6,244,617
Denmark$7,448,823$8,938,886$9,588,998$9,354,384$6,695,488$7,763,853$9,825,292
Dominica$304 $27$63$845$107 
Dominican Republic $7,690$4,930$56,829$35,873$66,002$33,792
East Timor$60      
Ecuador$49,025$102,035$275,239$257,292$260,293$221,674$178,016
Egypt$308,778$41,679$2,076$139,333$97,324$226,776$116,395
El Salvador$63,502$164,177$73,371$54,589$38,874$65,221 
Estonia$629,836$1,082,555$299,904$205,218$190,447$1,171,038$326,452
Ethiopia$85,138$1,972$907$3,966$3,220$133,219$47,775
Faroe Islands$11,430$47,296$109,160$65,612$21,481  
Fiji$23,199$11,844$862$2,148$9,860$5,155 
Finland$9,444,884$8,575,632$13,021,572$11,112,455$6,303,238$6,810,354$7,689,411
France$45,086,231$57,828,020$80,309,195$61,339,919$54,860,380$54,141,738$72,477,968
French Polynesia$6,657$4,698$8,931$17,321$128,903$4,542$10,504
Gabon $164,312$1,446$3,850$8,579  
Gambia, The$140   $113  
Georgia$19,327$25,420$18,073$6,615$353,839$20,778 
Germany$165,431,000$170,804,000$163,208,000$165,747,000$146,372,000$178,536,883$322,295,714
Ghana$11,553$27,379$109,347$32,113$6,208$64,183$52,885
Greece$2,639,934$1,878,330$1,871,756$1,687,221$1,697,965$2,542,734$765,115
Greenland$81,691$916$1,604    
Grenada$493 $11,679$6$50  
Guatemala$19,409$21,230$25,180$48,481$33,466$59,694$140,372
Guinea $4,817     
Guyana$12$303 $686$59$5,213 
Honduras$6,223$37,496$139,044 $11,307  
Hong Kong$8,857,173$10,409,194$36,459,237$63,134,494$71,854,428$58,909,946$50,076,803
Iceland$171,507$570,701$481,378$150,968$42,082$51,270$182,416
India$6,073,353$5,089,846$10,327,310$9,304,008$11,833,235$12,629,159$22,072,251
Indonesia$395,716$390,534$110,558$1,158,887$155,763$470,007$816,404
Iran$359,714$2,130   $133,490 
Ireland$6,221,969$17,188,432$8,654,166$3,586,945$2,816,569$2,791,523$2,952,067
Israel$24,350,000$36,713,000$52,172,000$43,643,000$22,606,000$43,040,000$54,577,000
Italy$55,649,172$53,479,207$69,312,398$70,007,626$54,089,762$68,031,948$84,025,757
Jamaica$13,654$69,741$93,655$58,316$54,698$86,882 
Japan$345,509,191$376,069,097$379,011,291$365,350,788$248,439,066$391,990,112$421,270,705
Jordan$407,836$30,557$318,455$111,260$25,751$57,975$36,194
Kazakhstan$9,912$65,885$66,266$113,557$9,212,448  
Kenya$18,197$48,620$234,758$64,055$45,518$38,380 
Kiribati$946   $12  
Korea, South$69,272,083$132,236,332$136,291,879$152,125,030$129,632,608$243,876,346$305,508,290
Kuwait $346,325$576,176$729,430   
Kyrgyzstan$4,216  $24,055$12,456$843$3,676
Latvia$196,406$893,247$416,415$4,053,419$208,883$84,171$703,899
Lebanon$30,000$144,498$44,350$71,293$93,550$207,613$93,404
Lithuania$718,258$272,655$656,362$1,260,611$1,047,463$894,615$2,156,505
Luxembourg$1,553,700$230,498$739,005$530,914$504,889$713,323$536,374
Macau$45,094 $51,229$459,463$14,866$211,886$70,963
Macedonia$45,519$70,141$84,805$299,769$29,376 $119,846
Madagascar$92$4,879$10,830$4,691$1,261$1,156 
Malawi$751 $909$681  $5,325
Malaysia$11,915,265$13,598,559$13,204,760$19,365,262$15,359,216$13,886,014$13,428,364
Maldives$1,874$9,367$9,236$4,012$4,141$4,809$23,955
Mali   $18,207 $475 
Malta$6,583$17,341$33,417$46,942$228,392$25,246 
Mauritania      $981
Mauritius$211$47,234$21,668$11,175$38,404$19,721$11,211
Mayotte$611$13,747$289$8,986$151  
Mexico$12,670,313$10,580,417$10,510,582$19,420,695$29,270,351$9,572,537$15,505,095
Moldova$6,260$1,199$10,542$113,214$7,471$67,459$11,322
Mongolia $37     
Montenegro $692 $5,794$40,966$6,923$39,575
Montserrat   $4,671   
Morocco$242,564$194,579$85,046$295,578$119,142$34,563 
Mozambique$68$1,050$98,682$27,011$18$62$29,000
Namibia$4,645$83,871$408,511$9,769   
Nepal    $2,372  
Netherlands$168,092,741$105,603,183$62,298,809$233,326,627$43,467,041$250,208,391 
Netherlands Antilles$599$151$34,887$1,212   
New Caledonia$6,664$10,432$11,332$8,377$10,545$29,728$32,577
New Zealand$2,089,241$3,064,123$2,784,634$2,845,360$2,344,838$2,206,824$2,643,792
Nicaragua$26,180$11,907$16,690$24,783$6,310$18,566$14,647
Niger$1,017 $30,262  $7,624$1,567
Nigeria $1,325$17,075$320,289$9,230$124,596 
Norway$8,719,072$7,517,677$5,663,679$6,613,926$5,085,112$7,864,534$13,646,156
Oman$342,403$18,692$170,049$116,765$161,992$112,695 
Pakistan$22,755$41,242$282,592$371,585$291,920$40,705$147,899
Panama$17,476$29,485$101,786$51,629$220,537$77,995$72,999
Paraguay$46,622$29,092$17,284$15,909$39,165$15,904$17,315
Peru$107,853$280,780$325,357$380,361$380,441$240,421$291,049
Philippines$148,442$27,211$174,053$302,915$83,007$243,913$1,221,101
Poland$5,086,876$4,775,013$9,321,617$10,277,451$9,551,422$12,756,174$15,685,412
Portugal$2,144,556$4,229,036$5,152,434$2,806,756$1,255,388$1,906,907$1,882,336
Qatar$23,941$42,196$13,614$14,965 $573,729 
Romania$424,199$1,377,030$1,493,750$2,134,983$2,082,816$1,798,421$2,043,721
Russia$5,590,903$4,697,791$9,500,005$7,422,412$8,431,501$6,697,980$10,869,968
Rwanda  $253$13,778   
Saint Lucia$117$2,408$39$33   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$219 $147$7,150$351$41 
Samoa$1,546$2,554$2,749$243,277$9,336$41$545
Sao Tome and Principe     $47,767 
Saudi Arabia$1,857,443$1,084,783$2,581,317$485,601 $17,340,555 
Senegal$592$31,879$1,261$12,576$79,100$1,843$9,518
Serbia$165,664$921,232$1,203,043$463,734$236,144$782,719$641,697
Seychelles$269 $37$1,025   
Singapore$22,444,569$79,004,760$69,211,803$87,285,780$131,851,886$94,790,151$100,554,079
Slovakia$5,763,910$5,983,780$3,173,256$2,856,236$1,438,432$3,381,364$5,170,934
Slovenia$1,194,894$887,982$1,098,873$1,995,750$842,432$1,011,585$1,548,178
South Africa$4,216,804$8,900,061$6,078,739$5,133,236$4,728,235$3,569,065$7,478,036
Spain$18,291,813$17,630,222$21,488,674$17,144,861$14,435,389$13,496,003 
Sri Lanka$53,919$53,195$70,457$60,625$11,181$81,834$149,937
Sudan$22,504 $22,977,863$14,232$702  
Suriname$449$2,591$1,443$50,887$19,478$13,611$205,957
Swaziland$7,245$2,570$8,756    
Sweden$17,887,198$16,828,358$16,746,395$18,099,244$10,698,044$15,634,473$16,563,895
Switzerland$110,004,938$139,086,482$198,712,882$194,400,234$83,567,725$149,115,452$206,260,118
Syria $13,555$81,059  $78,805 
Tanzania$7,454$6,457$24,981$3,919$3,060$67,516$12,246
Thailand$2,176,746$2,592,560$859,792$2,636,978$1,920,347$3,622,099$3,127,051
Togo  $5,195    
Tonga $173  $50$17,872 
Trinidad and Tobago$73,332$23,359$50,745$72,810$168,252$63,809 
Tunisia$240,976$195,726$474,752$533,803$721,736$174,148 
Turkey$2,893,890$5,365,218$7,691,344$8,175,171$7,206,532$13,920,738$20,674,971
Uganda $5,271$685$124$1,502  
Ukraine$1,146,548$2,649,049$997,037$1,462,936$2,098,204$1,195,952$1,256,121
United Arab Emirates$1,071,962 $1,063,159$1,291,312   
United Kingdom$74,026,508$81,022,522$100,511,261$98,235,883$146,437,619$97,738,221$115,949,662
United States$227,622,035$248,604,518$272,266,633$283,378,631$253,810,297$396,860,608$435,713,425
Uruguay$5,775$25,643$12,419$20,450$23,901  
Vanuatu $659$494    
Venezuela$119,801$352,038$544,214$6,735,920$13,182,822$263,402$232,154
Vietnam$196,870$264,575$64,049$224,491$44,965$78,350 
Yemen$4,355$242,051 $1,200$8,244  
Zambia $1,900$19,321$2,426$24,077$26,432 
Zimbabwe $9,560$11,171$3,543$12,803$2,392