RankCountryImports of Instruments & appls. used in medical/surgical/veterinary sciences, incl. ot ... in USD (2010)
1United States$7,151,976,065
2Germany$3,068,322,715
3Belgium$2,088,009,029
4France$1,830,314,697
5United Kingdom$1,718,118,218
6Italy$1,553,073,644
7Japan$1,481,099,724
8Netherlands$1,470,703,304
9Spain$1,062,099,823
10Mexico$1,020,266,364
11Australia$987,436,809
12Canada$984,050,640
13China$953,320,844
14Russia$815,873,909
15Switzerland$764,711,782
16Singapore$698,642,237
17Korea, South$594,773,969
18India$446,735,846
19Venezuela$405,250,589
20Austria$399,420,509
21Sweden$386,096,907
22Turkey$365,655,467
23Hong Kong$361,925,522
24Poland$348,579,272
25Brazil$345,187,371
26South Africa$321,330,278
27Ireland$293,482,084
28Malaysia$269,625,151
29Denmark$257,419,471
30Greece$256,514,159
31Saudi Arabia$200,979,718
32Portugal$190,272,905
33Czech Republic$189,471,197
34New Zealand$188,106,670
35Finland$187,624,615
36Norway$151,051,576
37Colombia$140,396,927
38Thailand$132,734,876
39Ukraine$131,641,676
40Vietnam$129,624,720
41Israel$127,249,000
42Egypt$110,208,634
43Chile$86,537,260
44Afghanistan$85,734,462
45Romania$78,258,071
46Hungary$75,169,000
47Argentina$65,864,820
48Dominican Republic$63,970,494
49Indonesia$63,031,107
50Slovenia$60,444,254
51Pakistan$59,570,802
52Slovakia$56,259,556
53Philippines$53,861,519
54Belarus$50,096,900
55Peru$46,475,777
56Iran$46,398,593
57Ecuador$44,467,534
58Algeria$43,247,528
59Lebanon$40,697,578
60Lithuania$38,838,246
61Azerbaijan$35,728,631
62Croatia$35,547,475
63Jordan$34,284,030
64Luxembourg$33,877,928
65Tunisia$33,165,678
66Qatar$32,059,840
67Ghana$30,552,295
68Nigeria$28,919,966
69Morocco$28,160,359
70Bulgaria$27,911,333
71Ethiopia$27,865,420
72Serbia$27,624,192
73Estonia$27,524,617
74Cyprus$25,693,292
75Panama$24,971,303
76Kenya$22,957,548
77Costa Rica$22,717,448
78Syria$21,973,248
79Botswana$21,754,660
80Yemen$19,686,422
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$19,272,474
82Latvia$18,135,898
83Sri Lanka$17,066,572
84Oman$16,881,492
85Bahrain$16,301,395
86Uganda$15,297,138
87Albania$13,884,978
88Malta$13,292,449
89Guatemala$12,589,778
90Nepal$11,902,167
91Georgia$10,768,512
92Macau$10,652,102
93Togo$10,374,183
94Senegal$9,899,538
95Mauritius$9,034,707
96New Caledonia$8,919,150
97French Polynesia$8,878,753
98El Salvador$8,500,093
99Iceland$8,323,431
100Paraguay$8,206,831
101Bolivia$7,870,451
102Zimbabwe$7,681,607
103Cambodia$7,588,553
104Tanzania$7,397,975
105Cote d'Ivoire$7,123,076
106Fiji$7,008,274
107Moldova$6,564,382
108Kyrgyzstan$6,499,248
109Barbados$6,465,604
110Armenia$6,324,242
111Mali$5,922,602
112Jamaica$5,910,179
113Burkina Faso$5,446,404
114Nicaragua$5,178,827
115Burundi$4,992,396
116Cameroon$4,853,764
117Suriname$4,574,099
118Trinidad and Tobago$4,373,664
119Montenegro$4,045,584
120Mozambique$3,461,248
121Malawi$2,939,173
122Zambia$2,712,586
123Guyana$2,482,869
124Bahamas, The$2,303,098
125Niger$2,104,400
126Maldives$2,100,217
127Cape Verde$1,416,016
128Benin$1,166,414
129Madagascar$1,071,163
130Aruba$658,397
131Belize$554,821
132Antigua and Barbuda$544,702
133Dominica$449,958
134Bermuda$403,680
135Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$332,065
136Sao Tome and Principe$273,097
137Samoa$219,744
138Bhutan$173,115
139Mauritania$172,984
140Gambia, The$68,140
141Tonga$4,862
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Afghanistan   $44,070,337$55,616,159$85,734,462 
Albania$4,874,835$5,531,942$7,015,319$11,567,143$13,293,079$13,884,978$9,177,178
Algeria$28,021,313$59,543,842$59,432,118$47,836,797$49,454,114$43,247,528$45,294,880
Anguilla $299,721$312,242$450,855   
Antigua and Barbuda$134,755$446,263$136,396 $493,579$544,702$860,047
Argentina$28,660,826$32,621,286$42,951,419$54,028,416$54,933,542$65,864,820$94,559,083
Armenia$3,118,220$6,656,551$8,449,763$7,129,256$6,165,800$6,324,242$7,571,651
Aruba    $1,512,718$658,397$614,195
Australia$512,844,867$589,840,670$667,429,618$820,648,173$867,442,586$987,436,809$1,136,034,405
Austria$314,394,339$325,775,886$387,582,195$422,670,217$389,247,296$399,420,509 
Azerbaijan$10,267,815$13,256,048$20,366,209$40,072,097$52,996,706$35,728,631$31,160,137
Bahamas, The$1,828,653$1,127,101$1,677,643$2,581,490$2,005,363$2,303,098$3,495,684
Bahrain$11,208,928$5,951,365$12,366,868$20,349,516$18,138,600$16,301,395$19,368,531
Bangladesh$8,436,671$10,260,892$14,761,352    
Barbados$2,908,577$5,841,717$4,233,330$3,485,890$4,543,041$6,465,604$5,544,291
Belarus$37,869,900$41,272,300$49,711,600$71,452,200$42,656,600$50,096,900$64,775,900
Belgium$1,050,580,172$1,071,093,892$1,420,324,476$1,806,401,215$2,062,417,507$2,088,009,029$2,538,363,052
Belize$284,669$167,398$361,527$251,291$665,797$554,821 
Benin$1,852,875$339,823   $1,166,414 
Bermuda     $403,680 
Bhutan$50,459$198,859$116,928$285,924$166,089$173,115 
Bolivia$5,163,296$7,361,809$6,181,906$4,493,504$7,187,694$7,870,451$11,661,672
Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,514,038$12,142,242$15,585,203$29,193,494$16,601,798$19,272,474$15,303,861
Botswana$7,789,018$9,470,214$10,259,219$11,497,814$26,649,039$21,754,660$13,317,163
Brazil$96,158,609$127,814,562$186,756,223$257,632,376$263,008,935$345,187,371$403,337,158
Brunei $4,106,970     
Bulgaria$26,758,116$25,274,443$35,159,082$40,986,103$43,694,830$27,911,333$33,042,558
Burkina Faso$2,095,140 $3,104,274$3,646,419$4,184,113$5,446,404 
Burundi$573,451$2,868,683$2,788,358$2,131,746$1,491,639$4,992,396 
Cambodia$4,171,430$3,826,304$3,704,191$3,757,753$6,018,740$7,588,553 
Cameroon$2,229,744$1,320,272$1,465,589$4,099,650$2,989,852$4,853,764 
Canada$671,957,811$703,312,908$795,760,136$893,211,299$933,146,853$984,050,640$1,107,033,289
Cape Verde$669,631$532,409$577,450$222,162$523,938$1,416,016$473,183
Central African Republic$450,937 $804,190$2,056,157$1,798,706  
Chile$41,721,520$56,156,159$62,503,668$70,331,488$71,352,896$86,537,260$124,226,196
China$383,161,133$378,385,527$429,436,725$586,231,120$745,155,192$953,320,844$1,203,136,572
Colombia$61,675,039$85,386,188$110,545,762$123,295,918$114,701,587$140,396,927$190,800,320
Comoros$62,433$85,204$106,573    
Cook Islands$103,394      
Costa Rica$9,988,865$21,064,658$19,853,855$19,044,564$15,859,806$22,717,448$36,413,000
Cote d'Ivoire$3,807,682$5,708,255$5,771,073$7,393,192$9,213,818$7,123,076$5,052,025
Croatia$30,601,302$35,073,500$42,629,871$35,170,533$37,042,569$35,547,475$38,456,828
Cuba$34,527,160$34,507,497     
Cyprus$17,643,705$27,876,909$28,587,783$27,982,041$24,082,641$25,693,292$33,706,346
Czech Republic$114,520,126$139,090,434$175,769,532$212,997,774$205,258,606$189,471,197$229,998,233
Denmark$186,313,447$216,540,410$255,135,119$287,132,860$270,281,178$257,419,471$306,879,527
Djibouti    $420,751  
Dominica$277,198$102,803$184,385$120,688$139,464$449,958 
Dominican Republic$28,764,665$35,838,000$67,524,559$68,116,883$41,934,571$63,970,494$67,878,149
East Timor$11,223      
Ecuador$12,326,945$16,134,260$21,525,565$34,373,100$39,734,830$44,467,534$85,722,129
Egypt$75,394,960$76,343,762$90,691,905$111,915,173$107,490,273$110,208,634$112,134,653
El Salvador$7,478,008$10,777,705$8,505,552$13,818,670$8,973,138$8,500,093 
Estonia$14,263,345$20,272,164$18,646,054$23,066,422$26,393,282$27,524,617$30,348,410
Ethiopia$9,398,127$12,385,877$19,257,383$14,713,403$24,610,178$27,865,420$25,898,344
Faroe Islands$1,469,938$1,847,797$1,672,055$2,433,409$2,732,173  
Fiji$2,719,100$2,476,112$2,949,467$3,220,271$4,256,875$7,008,274 
Finland$140,391,221$151,293,754$183,216,392$196,560,242$192,985,631$187,624,615$186,467,663
France$1,325,999,307$1,452,189,162$1,688,728,940$1,988,187,559$1,780,820,748$1,830,314,697$1,958,430,126
French Polynesia$8,272,544$8,466,307$8,995,407$10,857,087$12,694,458$8,878,753$8,344,821
Gabon$3,095,360$3,546,389$9,189,113$10,427,507$4,692,436  
Gambia, The$3,190,724$950,319$2,178,554$602,050$983,974$68,140$161,249
Georgia$9,466,638$9,751,858$16,137,746$13,885,162$12,125,517$10,768,512 
Germany$2,109,564,000$2,458,879,000$2,663,400,000$3,105,514,000$2,968,264,000$3,068,322,715$3,508,682,825
Ghana$6,656,480$16,347,821$22,714,383$7,620,563$13,446,343$30,552,295$14,049,718
Greece$216,894,999$246,200,370$281,746,352$350,112,408$310,706,640$256,514,159$208,378,234
Greenland$250,732$185,489$279,535    
Grenada$666,757$766,024$1,269,394$585,500$1,525,202  
Guatemala$9,619,364$11,826,691$11,195,342$10,153,618$10,250,793$12,589,778$10,755,588
Guinea$1,802,510$1,764,618$4,784,389$2,771,648   
Guinea-Bissau$6,545      
Guyana$879,353$1,390,741$1,174,311$2,364,291$1,082,552$2,482,869$2,573,958
Honduras$2,468,234$3,971,563$2,781,902 $3,947,079  
Hong Kong$455,483,948$291,107,589$321,892,376$376,250,403$299,457,590$361,925,522$378,563,693
Hungary$63,345,000$62,126,000$88,923,000$94,269,000$71,722,000$75,169,000$79,919,000
Iceland$9,891,061$10,381,850$13,160,819$12,231,531$8,307,451$8,323,431$8,265,240
India$260,978,642$296,443,317$347,934,894$398,772,758$358,182,678$446,735,846$468,458,507
Indonesia$12,762,656$17,681,402$26,398,183$67,691,719$58,833,131$63,031,107$84,969,293
Iran$14,958,686$6,245,050   $46,398,593 
Ireland$228,723,057$268,381,095$312,951,987$298,591,461$322,544,774$293,482,084$275,590,390
Israel$73,929,000$85,381,000$100,166,000$110,764,000$104,958,000$127,249,000$136,618,000
Italy$1,347,418,384$1,413,837,258$1,531,593,740$1,636,761,998$1,544,772,493$1,553,073,644$1,414,198,270
Jamaica$10,912,843$10,063,764$8,792,579$6,366,850$6,417,698$5,910,179 
Japan$1,159,810,638$1,187,526,803$1,160,189,856$1,277,746,178$1,298,728,307$1,481,099,724$1,750,135,339
Jordan$28,086,365$30,969,611$36,509,818$38,817,272$40,575,371$34,284,030$44,116,280
Kazakhstan$25,823,417$37,695,935$64,275,709$73,769,060$66,144,831  
Kenya$8,243,421$16,368,338$18,243,594$20,007,540$19,818,918$22,957,548 
Korea, South$373,199,757$460,607,472$565,293,092$579,703,026$518,261,396$594,773,969$689,013,902
Kuwait $27,191,056$27,150,522$34,346,636   
Kyrgyzstan$6,512,048$13,805,093$11,639,722$3,187,515$5,391,454$6,499,248$4,789,353
Latvia$13,163,588$15,211,737$20,966,672$22,533,990$11,924,448$18,135,898$19,112,517
Lebanon$17,954,000$18,954,992$20,263,265$25,438,919$31,348,361$40,697,578$36,556,327
Lesotho   $342,845   
Lithuania$19,560,315$25,654,109$37,266,772$54,258,760$36,280,375$38,838,246$85,422,479
Luxembourg$23,178,203$26,156,135$28,908,125$31,260,462$30,485,447$33,877,928$33,380,391
Macau$5,674,545$3,783,776$6,657,610$6,355,653$10,904,722$10,652,102$10,770,569
Macedonia$5,557,651$5,262,447$7,330,845$18,330,380$16,203,785 $20,174,923
Madagascar$988,932$2,156,487$2,490,490$3,610,439$2,166,454$1,071,163 
Malawi$2,090,515$2,232,676$4,031,316$3,635,352$2,718,159$2,939,173$3,786,742
Malaysia$132,249,812$149,094,061$163,167,330$220,962,444$229,926,658$269,625,151$256,281,375
Maldives$1,150,158$2,052,199$1,371,654$1,898,707$1,717,391$2,100,217$4,199,439
Mali$1,268,701$2,302,006$5,331,968$7,493,766 $5,922,602 
Malta$9,251,901$12,257,612$10,956,585$9,720,153$8,969,507$13,292,449 
Mauritania$20,337$50,572$193,785$258,071$124,464$172,984$1,083,408
Mauritius$3,799,406$5,159,118$6,356,591$6,492,457$7,445,416$9,034,707$9,013,424
Mayotte$1,713,495$1,670,354$1,842,249$2,403,635$2,593,514  
Mexico$750,356,595$757,144,286$784,155,277$912,754,687$880,355,002$1,020,266,364$1,148,478,873
Moldova$3,695,136$5,145,178$5,245,006$13,602,393$4,904,770$6,564,382$7,151,546
Mongolia$457,443$698,212$707,709    
Montenegro $7,389,718$4,469,634$3,467,592$5,964,005$4,045,584$4,152,430
Montserrat$2,776$1,152$26,063$2,151$20,369  
Morocco$15,652,808$14,847,104$16,510,109$27,220,006$25,749,031$28,160,359 
Mozambique$6,405,140$6,426,567$5,278,575$6,913,710$5,085,283$3,461,248$3,095,000
Namibia$8,454,902$10,342,746$28,228,805$13,967,468   
Nepal    $14,589,845$11,902,167 
Netherlands$1,135,394,593$1,282,282,369$1,261,621,558$1,426,503,151$1,220,329,997$1,470,703,304 
Netherlands Antilles$1,705,452$1,751,929$1,759,726$3,856,610   
New Caledonia$5,763,966$7,004,447$7,878,908$9,473,921$8,720,519$8,919,150$10,717,401
New Zealand$135,501,389$138,393,962$161,207,001$202,127,140$198,314,549$188,106,670$198,613,870
Nicaragua$4,098,940$3,729,115$4,262,440$6,524,688$5,296,701$5,178,827$4,504,040
Niger$827,928$1,786,670$2,075,347$4,036,429$4,104,669$2,104,400$2,133,976
Nigeria $58,624,369$20,879,247$20,483,134$25,591,978$28,919,966 
Norway$136,083,874$149,763,236$154,652,913$162,238,641$156,863,555$151,051,576$176,330,794
Oman$16,409,023$12,116,259$15,918,516$16,257,995$17,030,481$16,881,492 
Pakistan$57,985,179$68,982,833$53,342,350$59,062,032$62,810,799$59,570,802$61,398,593
Panama$8,068,124$13,379,798$18,157,727$19,067,099$21,775,872$24,971,303$39,896,590
Paraguay$2,541,949$3,032,398$3,700,804$5,263,938$5,891,921$8,206,831$8,935,829
Peru$13,825,398$15,859,054$31,185,788$41,489,769$47,135,773$46,475,777$55,641,276
Philippines$41,181,947$38,561,362$38,445,944$42,056,917$59,731,071$53,861,519$59,884,680
Poland$179,198,837$191,358,927$233,733,418$310,297,130$309,182,527$348,579,272$325,622,122
Portugal$137,975,457$141,396,268$170,806,693$183,654,186$175,254,956$190,272,905$188,013,570
Qatar$26,025,211$19,554,723$17,556,338$20,421,484 $32,059,840 
Romania$44,110,337$42,462,306$89,472,270$133,660,946$74,462,108$78,258,071$92,502,296
Russia$308,885,656$437,376,377$718,787,597$984,055,319$595,665,849$815,873,909$1,076,023,860
Rwanda$2,469,207$5,147,403$4,830,169$4,977,788$10,929,020 $13,572,143
Saint Kitts and Nevis$391,802$255,717$432,890$555,988   
Saint Lucia$686,382$2,045,747$895,628$788,129   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$172,539$214,506$107,064$319,747$480,937$332,065 
Samoa$55,342$21,971$25,025$219,487$161,807$219,744$89,091
Sao Tome and Principe$19,071$2,713$22,074$58,046$64,103$273,097 
Saudi Arabia$98,335,609$106,436,307$116,926,645$2,184,536$9,566,148$200,979,718 
Senegal$11,777,465$11,185,684$9,679,144$8,952,736$7,677,907$9,899,538$13,271,161
Serbia$22,064,251$26,589,842$37,975,252$51,251,541$31,501,010$27,624,192$30,101,647
Seychelles$1,044,052$2,089,953$3,419,729$1,273,614   
Singapore$477,722,875$651,689,134$751,215,785$645,596,889$514,983,291$698,642,237$869,783,620
Slovakia$30,430,934$36,062,406$48,321,185$62,685,117$59,836,046$56,259,556$64,552,987
Slovenia$36,464,997$46,072,139$52,128,142$66,894,503$72,436,461$60,444,254$64,775,874
South Africa$213,542,081$256,828,787$268,448,477$304,421,321$283,542,004$321,330,278$390,271,036
Spain$674,037,647$803,119,643$976,162,223$1,094,298,353$1,034,965,407$1,062,099,823 
Sri Lanka$18,389,074$14,872,407$12,218,215$14,143,568$13,693,855$17,066,572$33,573,763
Sudan$21,631,729$19,179,635$69,638,467$17,387,919$29,887,510  
Suriname$529,850$1,382,880$2,189,161$1,671,804$2,947,155$4,574,099$7,381,736
Swaziland$1,681,266$1,628,642$2,635,339    
Sweden$305,200,315$334,208,357$402,149,274$405,199,728$366,946,506$386,096,907$434,110,131
Switzerland$412,436,327$479,856,825$546,985,656$705,684,772$687,699,642$764,711,782$929,144,623
Syria$18,371,392$11,712,125$8,079,912$12,249,292 $21,973,248 
Tanzania$6,720,711$6,486,327$8,758,684$11,307,558$9,658,990$7,397,975$9,741,781
Thailand$84,561,868$91,174,676$107,750,242$112,931,811$117,454,822$132,734,876$173,831,814
Togo$260,097 $260,928  $10,374,183$913,061
Tonga   $877$504$4,862 
Trinidad and Tobago$4,777,262$4,483,040$4,935,565$5,682,249$6,458,966$4,373,664 
Tunisia$21,505,732$21,869,399$32,238,886$37,145,744$38,875,864$33,165,678 
Turkey$302,143,194$311,977,493$377,730,467$387,537,688$341,421,681$365,655,467$448,004,186
Tuvalu$1,005$953     
Uganda$8,587,229$10,527,511$12,089,991$18,682,348$21,384,133$15,297,138 
Ukraine$47,931,227$77,821,088$117,370,205$154,053,744$78,843,042$131,641,676$123,715,973
United Arab Emirates$114,290,598 $196,265,198$194,578,996   
United Kingdom$1,562,719,550$1,594,847,244$1,842,223,377$2,031,786,088$1,872,524,191$1,718,118,218$1,671,308,194
United States$4,937,136,923$5,474,060,631$6,265,268,577$6,673,157,615$6,213,782,759$7,151,976,065$7,859,849,717
Uruguay$6,627,118$6,390,818$7,837,702$10,189,156$12,684,617  
Vanuatu $143,972$260,721    
Venezuela$52,256,635$55,123,132$115,197,314$191,387,305$228,856,046$405,250,589$468,132,141
Vietnam$46,855,189$103,527,426$56,691,703$81,484,874$122,070,883$129,624,720 
Wallis and Futuna$982,681$1,292,623     
Yemen$11,278,398$21,075,404$42,205,411$30,348,405$22,494,735$19,686,422$22,827,569
Zambia$2,510,282$2,799,449$4,048,899$3,163,299$4,480,639$2,712,586 
Zimbabwe$1,713,659$1,540,739$1,805,819$3,224,299$9,073,044$7,681,607