RankCountryImports of Instruments for meas. length, for use in the hand (e.g., meas. rods & tapes ... in USD (2010)
1United States$119,408,104
2Germany$53,084,513
3Japan$38,835,005
4Singapore$34,356,788
5France$33,616,735
6Belgium$26,244,932
7Canada$25,285,049
8China$23,177,988
9United Kingdom$21,386,841
10Mexico$21,047,447
11Netherlands$20,317,409
12Italy$19,833,855
13Russia$17,930,502
14Sweden$17,703,339
15Austria$17,504,886
16Switzerland$16,509,276
17Nigeria$15,652,905
18Korea, South$15,059,367
19Poland$13,793,827
20Australia$13,744,230
21Brazil$13,026,385
22Turkey$11,884,124
23Spain$11,504,650
24Thailand$11,252,049
25Norway$8,194,196
26Vietnam$7,192,000
27Indonesia$7,084,746
28Saudi Arabia$6,732,275
29Denmark$6,207,069
30India$5,756,651
31Czech Republic$5,653,700
32South Africa$5,373,317
33Chile$5,204,150
34Hong Kong$4,936,731
35Finland$4,800,129
36Portugal$3,763,700
37Peru$3,719,697
38Colombia$3,216,485
39Malaysia$3,094,464
40New Zealand$3,022,038
41Romania$3,011,381
42Belarus$2,696,300
43Iran$2,529,531
44Ecuador$2,453,972
45Slovakia$2,366,768
46Suriname$2,357,217
47Israel$2,129,000
48Ireland$2,095,062
49Hungary$2,052,000
50Slovenia$2,022,358
51Venezuela$1,898,330
52Argentina$1,864,783
53Ukraine$1,591,502
54Qatar$1,505,176
55Greece$1,503,737
56Costa Rica$1,386,005
57Panama$1,351,970
58Algeria$1,317,647
59Dominican Republic$1,153,055
60Egypt$1,140,041
61Guatemala$1,130,801
62Lithuania$1,094,846
63Syria$1,040,597
64Croatia$989,042
65Lebanon$956,490
66Uganda$915,273
67Pakistan$895,676
68Estonia$798,743
69Tunisia$772,166
70Tanzania$744,106
71Luxembourg$736,561
72Nepal$698,125
73Cote d'Ivoire$682,353
74Paraguay$672,284
75Ethiopia$663,194
76Bulgaria$634,029
77Morocco$603,275
78Kenya$592,028
79Serbia$575,582
80Jordan$556,979
81Sri Lanka$520,181
82Cameroon$489,538
83Latvia$471,619
84El Salvador$447,197
85New Caledonia$438,374
86Bosnia and Herzegovina$401,974
87Bahrain$371,090
88Georgia$360,591
89Trinidad and Tobago$359,431
90Nicaragua$359,360
91Bolivia$348,746
92Cyprus$329,705
93Madagascar$325,801
94Zimbabwe$307,778
95Armenia$297,457
96Ghana$275,262
97Oman$269,941
98Moldova$258,058
99Botswana$257,943
100Mali$254,157
101Jamaica$245,985
102Mozambique$240,979
103Iceland$239,452
104Senegal$225,445
105Zambia$212,958
106Burkina Faso$211,001
107Azerbaijan$208,846
108Philippines$180,749
109Mauritius$164,204
110French Polynesia$159,068
111Barbados$157,522
112Albania$146,973
113Montenegro$138,349
114Guyana$133,095
115Niger$126,676
116Bahamas, The$119,520
117Malta$116,484
118Malawi$106,127
119Fiji$96,860
120Aruba$86,519
121Maldives$76,232
122Dominica$72,854
123Belize$64,044
124Antigua and Barbuda$61,886
125Cambodia$45,560
126Kyrgyzstan$39,927
127Bermuda$39,722
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$38,197
129Cape Verde$36,772
130Benin$35,467
131Yemen$34,107
132Togo$29,105
133Bhutan$25,682
134Samoa$15,719
135Sao Tome and Principe$10,139
136Burundi$7,544
137Tonga$6,809
138Mauritania$2,889
139Gambia, The$515
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$27,102$55,021$55,677$84,799$95,955$146,973$109,313
Algeria$1,225,479$724,887$1,076,977$1,506,729$1,446,258$1,317,647$2,016,090
Anguilla $16,036$28,661$23,858   
Antigua and Barbuda$29,785$57,333$70,173 $47,631$61,886$19,387
Argentina$1,817,312$2,142,712$2,042,900$2,482,827$2,385,055$1,864,783$3,582,074
Armenia$25,824$35,050$30,198$125,417$152,046$297,457$128,361
Aruba    $55,558$86,519$122,808
Australia$10,165,906$9,829,879$12,186,102$13,679,196$10,504,252$13,744,230$16,798,424
Austria$12,665,233$13,445,377$15,198,606$18,345,692$15,352,795$17,504,886 
Azerbaijan$210,516$119,504$82,167$162,460$95,779$208,846$506,939
Bahamas, The$152,992$150,979$139,835$141,477$159,749$119,520$89,763
Bahrain$276,143$141,596$197,813$372,579$187,006$371,090$327,988
Bangladesh$397,440$368,284$589,913    
Barbados$148,128$180,867$126,223$137,107$192,895$157,522$139,404
Belarus$874,200$1,188,400$1,648,400$2,464,600$1,557,500$2,696,300$1,975,300
Belgium$19,761,296$21,756,080$24,588,884$29,184,018$21,285,285$26,244,932$31,146,698
Belize$63,448$60,936$91,595$81,420$64,671$64,044 
Benin$87,303$41,339   $35,467 
Bermuda     $39,722 
Bhutan$18,153$18,383$41,049$16,890$19,419$25,682 
Bolivia$120,901$145,604$185,010$253,838$224,056$348,746$461,362
Bosnia and Herzegovina$314,907$427,759$530,693$823,201$439,348$401,974$562,377
Botswana$206,789$272,906$318,548$377,431$328,740$257,943$414,825
Brazil$3,770,559$4,242,361$8,219,062$9,776,484$8,351,787$13,026,385$16,996,692
Brunei $47,864     
Bulgaria$869,187$883,814$1,465,302$1,668,752$903,059$634,029$791,842
Burkina Faso$61,716 $203,716$182,842$394,382$211,001 
Burundi$49,465$25,059$30,451$40,018$6,326$7,544 
Cambodia$80,927$31,165$46,723$61,257$37,737$45,560 
Cameroon$80,578$243,329$291,129$518,225$405,821$489,538 
Canada$23,778,083$23,166,335$24,784,983$28,701,360$21,863,731$25,285,049$30,286,267
Cape Verde$19,617$39,515$30,734$112,481$67,405$36,772$92,664
Central African Republic$6,146 $4,793$4,628$10,963  
Chile$1,901,295$2,114,386$2,661,590$4,669,972$3,916,754$5,204,150$6,871,553
China$16,147,171$16,398,359$19,269,859$25,030,370$17,577,603$23,177,988$35,277,472
Colombia$1,421,058$1,751,266$2,563,301$3,134,148$2,225,393$3,216,485$3,655,918
Comoros$4,257$525     
Cook Islands$13,137      
Costa Rica$1,296,117$1,064,065$1,731,656$1,460,697$1,114,698$1,386,005$1,813,367
Cote d'Ivoire$204,409$191,844$218,271$575,376$253,812$682,353$289,865
Croatia$1,281,153$1,582,492$1,806,846$2,108,405$1,339,810$989,042$1,251,198
Cuba$362,543$706,892     
Cyprus$277,984$426,083$492,478$550,886$365,853$329,705$338,843
Czech Republic$8,130,003$6,372,370$7,612,614$10,778,143$4,943,824$5,653,700$8,018,729
Denmark$9,859,959$11,418,517$12,124,362$10,262,579$6,231,586$6,207,069$4,723,831
Djibouti    $49,969  
Dominica$25,125$16,051$31,295$33,826$27,334$72,854 
Dominican Republic$4,900,212$938,035$1,653,375$1,772,964$859,718$1,153,055$1,911,683
East Timor$825      
Ecuador$1,071,673$1,096,113$1,331,351$1,587,087$2,081,687$2,453,972$3,531,634
Egypt$928,875$603,925$462,731$893,713$751,012$1,140,041$733,542
El Salvador$421,472$407,198$482,357$557,465$344,343$447,197 
Estonia$696,230$1,048,506$1,126,732$1,062,350$611,457$798,743$946,592
Ethiopia$373,412$428,991$771,033$512,957$677,050$663,194$1,095,741
Faroe Islands$60,280$85,122$96,688$94,273$56,696  
Fiji$228,327$233,889$123,213$137,031$110,023$96,860 
Finland$4,463,360$4,753,153$5,721,949$6,374,681$4,442,280$4,800,129$5,015,815
France$28,503,805$34,287,754$37,147,395$39,356,921$28,766,793$33,616,735$35,371,430
French Polynesia$151,242$164,792$165,036$215,543$162,712$159,068$141,682
Gabon$154,653$220,709$602,779$526,251$289,254  
Gambia, The$2,973$3,029$2,828$42,136$1,241$515$399
Georgia$70,254$72,551$371,924$363,398$159,849$360,591 
Germany$54,714,000$53,782,000$66,294,000$65,438,000$40,311,000$53,084,513$74,945,097
Ghana$209,620$227,001$343,455$312,967$369,271$275,262$746,831
Greece$2,430,461$2,610,232$3,464,129$3,303,680$1,789,524$1,503,737$1,650,588
Greenland$362,623$44,629$33,981    
Grenada$69,385$49,211$49,002$40,058$29,502  
Guatemala$830,466$978,885$1,376,730$1,374,018$775,715$1,130,801$1,461,937
Guinea$6,860$20,214$14,219$96,913   
Guinea-Bissau$627      
Guyana$29,865$53,594$81,705$88,592$45,156$133,095$102,649
Honduras$295,706$440,997$567,406 $383,452  
Hong Kong$14,307,224$10,036,915$9,228,888$6,253,844$3,687,018$4,936,731$4,544,620
Hungary$3,703,000$3,538,000$3,617,000$3,906,000$2,479,000$2,052,000$2,910,000
Iceland$513,552$659,801$701,247$475,539$176,502$239,452$291,822
India$3,139,178$2,693,514$3,369,090$5,709,508$3,463,452$5,756,651$5,483,698
Indonesia$2,302,638$3,264,554$2,871,362$5,182,056$4,851,884$7,084,746$12,676,000
Iran$2,334,261$1,609,329   $2,529,531 
Ireland$2,627,983$3,998,819$3,864,950$2,476,448$1,996,722$2,095,062$2,669,778
Israel$1,611,000$1,481,000$1,871,000$2,463,000$1,440,000$2,129,000$2,206,000
Italy$24,070,501$23,908,355$29,037,830$27,986,825$16,789,220$19,833,855$24,053,766
Jamaica$340,954$395,012$356,758$347,310$224,080$245,985 
Japan$25,242,785$28,186,914$32,986,726$35,727,148$28,774,723$38,835,005$45,015,713
Jordan$268,226$430,510$366,537$491,471$470,127$556,979$612,025
Kazakhstan$1,177,288$1,288,315$1,912,348$1,634,116$1,236,760  
Kenya$337,407$269,606$350,268$498,706$612,881$592,028 
Kiribati$8,375   $6,219  
Korea, South$9,005,515$12,504,373$14,903,770$14,610,522$10,968,772$15,059,367$15,474,158
Kuwait $899,783$941,153$861,504   
Kyrgyzstan$29,865$54,058$64,000$60,065$57,477$39,927$61,808
Latvia$864,112$1,158,843$1,306,445$756,788$324,325$471,619$731,031
Lebanon$368,000$512,896$469,217$545,746$660,317$956,490$877,382
Lesotho   $3,853   
Lithuania$811,663$1,025,999$1,516,493$1,701,413$527,581$1,094,846$1,150,008
Luxembourg$668,137$649,077$853,550$978,185$680,373$736,561$929,832
Macau$24,049$3,058$3,430$128,811$10,516 $8,191
Macedonia$52,173$69,959$132,199$151,132$144,618 $148,513
Madagascar$93,328$120,509$146,229$254,813$558,009$325,801 
Malawi$102,037$96,909$62,445$49,875$314,030$106,127$96,586
Malaysia$8,499,673$2,003,493$3,176,179$2,940,389$2,941,682$3,094,464$2,799,048
Maldives$120,059$83,470$83,723$82,600$77,631$76,232$97,798
Mali$73,930$58,623$38,421$388,283 $254,157 
Malta$82,253$101,472$104,346$104,177$118,558$116,484 
Mauritania$3,881$8,873$2,095$10,142$30,790$2,889$47,864
Mauritius$118,586$121,634$149,923$174,002$162,827$164,204$187,373
Mayotte$86,529$98,445$90,989$136,172$88,929  
Mexico$13,531,966$17,178,211$17,570,828$18,261,859$15,093,482$21,047,447$24,594,218
Moldova$112,897$211,893$303,935$277,317$151,996$258,058$335,991
Mongolia$51,316$100,264$115,802    
Montenegro $91,664$214,314$245,528$131,567$138,349$171,324
Montserrat$2,493$5,214$2,113$4,865$2,611  
Morocco$1,033,862$895,143$991,661$867,079$829,949$603,275 
Mozambique$124,833$217,627$123,090$809,600$607,482$240,979$345,000
Namibia$243,696$204,298$228,781$256,368   
Nepal    $400,084$698,125 
Netherlands$14,372,288$15,458,751$17,120,849$19,438,237$14,372,774$20,317,409 
Netherlands Antilles$54,798$37,759$42,483$87,645   
New Caledonia$224,994$259,367$247,649$302,079$306,629$438,374$489,517
New Zealand$2,604,459$3,113,946$3,204,276$3,178,988$2,446,481$3,022,038$2,475,344
Nicaragua$237,790$306,290$279,481$308,434$357,208$359,360$490,413
Niger$39,788$48,768$185,222$90,728$265,563$126,676$307,492
Nigeria $1,856,319$2,980,935$21,165,971$9,899,403$15,652,905 
Norway$6,425,802$7,367,174$9,725,571$9,716,122$7,338,166$8,194,196$8,844,216
Oman$18,780$52,583$307,810$788,435$240,146$269,941 
Pakistan$309,055$534,922$491,562$609,306$491,257$895,676$1,238,235
Panama$232,146$1,271,885$1,979,375$1,814,129$1,145,643$1,351,970$2,336,781
Paraguay$617,452$511,113$524,697$604,371$333,416$672,284$737,392
Peru$1,215,460$1,239,594$1,882,449$2,864,414$2,138,870$3,719,697$4,045,593
Philippines$407,198$254,748$279,867$311,181$143,418$180,749$884,688
Poland$9,280,734$11,568,021$15,071,834$18,764,225$11,530,685$13,793,827$15,523,548
Portugal$3,113,955$3,075,517$3,848,822$4,646,916$3,539,300$3,763,700$3,126,482
Qatar$442,800$673,812$14,055,742$655,454 $1,505,176 
Romania$3,018,363$3,254,098$5,869,984$5,881,344$2,833,434$3,011,381$4,125,610
Russia$6,282,736$7,948,137$10,811,455$13,851,456$9,167,012$17,930,502$25,583,288
Rwanda$77,747$1,038,345$101,305$146,374$1,298,294 $125,479
Saint Kitts and Nevis$14,917$32,710$31,627$38,272   
Saint Lucia$70,060$72,700$77,030$68,918   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$30,956$22,381$32,690$37,302$84,224$38,197 
Samoa$32,290$21,350$11,482$27,105$25,920$15,719$20,546
Sao Tome and Principe$1,121$17,411$3,799$34,786$7,226$10,139 
Saudi Arabia$2,553,769$3,131,643$4,223,059  $6,732,275 
Senegal$80,684$86,703$203,848$250,752$82,440$225,445$88,338
Serbia$429,225$562,411$1,013,123$1,194,049$610,858$575,582$803,303
Seychelles$68,600$40,900$53,921$40,116   
Singapore$5,534,672$7,933,889$7,666,101$8,242,206$7,717,621$34,356,788$52,495,351
Slovakia$1,447,266$1,743,305$2,801,844$2,865,755$1,608,585$2,366,768$3,716,844
Slovenia$1,305,029$2,399,312$2,774,542$3,014,772$1,805,534$2,022,358$2,413,429
South Africa$4,441,421$4,700,802$5,263,892$5,190,372$2,953,445$5,373,317$6,736,454
Spain$15,938,899$18,130,150$22,585,511$17,571,726$8,886,918$11,504,650 
Sri Lanka$244,095$244,762$366,979$221,970$348,592$520,181$552,015
Sudan$1,124,726$186,012$70,674$1,083,577$194,954  
Suriname$123,697$176,109$558,242$1,432,270$2,093,737$2,357,217$2,608,964
Swaziland$81,017$44,743$59,283    
Sweden$11,477,538$14,551,880$19,920,808$20,208,491$14,225,465$17,703,339$20,369,042
Switzerland$16,368,616$13,819,756$16,596,876$18,871,510$12,844,974$16,509,276$19,748,430
Syria$370,298$554,001$443,379$822,341 $1,040,597 
Tanzania$222,036$229,941$332,588$402,098$527,098$744,106$805,223
Thailand$10,798,839$10,497,419$9,386,898$12,919,805$7,106,715$11,252,049$11,074,248
Togo$3,042 $4,211  $29,105$11,145
Tonga   $8,703$13,093$6,809 
Trinidad and Tobago$407,404$514,667$595,048$502,662$454,082$359,431 
Tunisia$394,433$719,214$962,667$773,312$839,725$772,166 
Turkey$4,965,385$10,681,716$10,050,968$10,154,832$5,765,109$11,884,124$15,052,188
Uganda$116,966$214,004$297,121$558,272$468,269$915,273 
Ukraine$865,184$903,583$1,187,628$2,565,303$753,250$1,591,502$2,089,320
United Arab Emirates$4,763,860 $6,690,957$7,254,213   
United Kingdom$23,928,402$24,902,265$24,917,843$24,040,368$17,272,562$21,386,841$25,788,511
United States$157,486,530$130,802,482$128,845,627$130,296,329$92,293,373$119,408,104$124,124,687
Uruguay$252,172$254,288$284,292$516,072$282,137  
Vanuatu $38,621$49,244    
Venezuela$1,355,758$1,772,905$1,924,637$4,342,300$2,088,164$1,898,330$1,512,072
Vietnam$5,145,718$5,214,689$4,909,848$6,771,623$6,843,514$7,192,000 
Wallis and Futuna$411$795     
Yemen$41,778$29,554$27,305$194,580$15,578$34,107$364,046
Zambia$68,110$116,512$248,857$351,715$2,352,266$212,958 
Zimbabwe$58,829$97,242$168,589$105,628$162,575$307,778