RankCountryImports of Instruments & app. for meas./checking the flow/level of liquids in USD (2010)
1United States$430,691,154
2Germany$428,581,789
3China$377,022,194
4Canada$204,574,332
5United Kingdom$173,177,899
6Nigeria$171,629,404
7France$156,920,511
8Italy$128,686,119
9Korea, South$105,403,443
10Russia$93,318,425
11Netherlands$89,328,984
12Singapore$84,310,268
13Japan$83,386,656
14Mexico$79,387,613
15Australia$75,944,127
16Brazil$74,638,460
17Spain$65,107,972
18Czech Republic$64,576,606
19India$62,405,947
20Austria$56,122,907
21South Africa$53,877,427
22Turkey$53,453,853
23Belgium$52,736,904
24Sweden$51,147,447
25Thailand$51,027,319
26Switzerland$49,529,249
27Poland$45,949,179
28Denmark$45,875,278
29Malaysia$43,897,841
30Saudi Arabia$42,721,653
31Vietnam$42,538,990
32Norway$41,843,457
33Indonesia$38,534,077
34Colombia$34,380,692
35Iran$28,785,745
36Finland$23,811,650
37Hong Kong$21,954,613
38Chile$21,354,432
39Romania$18,316,701
40Israel$17,156,000
41Algeria$15,788,453
42Argentina$15,585,946
43New Zealand$13,737,911
44Portugal$13,525,156
45Venezuela$12,703,685
46Peru$12,169,299
47Egypt$11,916,491
48Oman$10,966,616
49Slovakia$10,669,775
50Ukraine$10,045,066
51Ireland$9,859,408
52Belarus$9,725,500
53Hungary$9,494,000
54Ecuador$8,711,437
55Philippines$8,340,222
56Morocco$8,078,101
57Greece$7,572,340
58Tunisia$7,505,986
59Croatia$6,767,783
60Bulgaria$6,618,085
61Serbia$6,452,560
62Qatar$5,763,213
63Bahrain$5,271,246
64Slovenia$5,265,747
65Trinidad and Tobago$4,976,692
66Lithuania$4,948,115
67Ghana$4,944,575
68Latvia$4,619,977
69Azerbaijan$3,944,184
70Luxembourg$3,444,434
71Madagascar$2,973,965
72Guatemala$2,774,511
73Kenya$2,579,137
74Bolivia$2,121,943
75Jordan$2,084,171
76Syria$2,059,993
77Estonia$2,038,736
78Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,897,340
79Ethiopia$1,792,553
80Tanzania$1,751,468
81Pakistan$1,704,980
82Lebanon$1,644,992
83Dominican Republic$1,633,002
84Costa Rica$1,556,851
85Yemen$1,443,288
86Panama$1,431,439
87Sri Lanka$1,220,988
88Zambia$1,216,011
89Cameroon$1,127,844
90Cote d'Ivoire$1,075,815
91El Salvador$1,067,474
92Botswana$1,054,642
93Niger$1,044,399
94Senegal$999,261
95Burkina Faso$982,978
96Paraguay$973,991
97Nicaragua$968,609
98Mali$961,230
99Bahamas, The$905,581
100Jamaica$833,274
101Georgia$777,038
102Iceland$745,825
103Cyprus$741,867
104Zimbabwe$739,639
105New Caledonia$701,966
106Uganda$699,290
107Armenia$682,778
108Mauritius$679,201
109Guyana$558,666
110Moldova$541,988
111Montenegro$463,617
112Malawi$454,389
113Barbados$442,945
114Albania$419,021
115Suriname$344,538
116French Polynesia$336,387
117Mozambique$331,038
118Kyrgyzstan$329,177
119Fiji$310,948
120Macau$305,167
121Maldives$273,091
122Malta$203,522
123Belize$185,227
124Benin$180,225
125Bhutan$158,969
126Togo$158,219
127Nepal$133,133
128Dominica$117,347
129Cape Verde$86,027
130Cambodia$74,790
131Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$56,644
132Aruba$54,282
133Burundi$43,915
134Tonga$41,869
135Samoa$38,273
136Antigua and Barbuda$27,334
137Bermuda$21,985
138Mauritania$15,904
139Sao Tome and Principe$1,343
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$330,319$103,241$2,283,301$909,157$539,868$419,021$267,724
Algeria$7,666,065$7,718,327$10,368,173$13,994,298$16,783,526$15,788,453$32,713,957
Antigua and Barbuda$55,818$103,573$142,051 $16,915$27,334$73,209
Argentina$12,667,339$12,932,657$18,290,716$19,857,835$13,244,844$15,585,946$23,256,076
Armenia$847,921$74,656$101,671$196,321$483,621$682,778$980,285
Aruba    $45,625$54,282$159,044
Australia$61,753,971$56,727,032$63,904,106$86,023,674$71,160,362$75,944,127$93,803,230
Austria$46,316,961$42,850,136$56,757,965$67,591,839$54,616,498$56,122,907 
Azerbaijan$1,923,408$3,532,046$1,736,015$7,867,451$1,871,221$3,944,184$6,884,790
Bahamas, The$553,175$537,399$542,325$362,848$646,241$905,581$744,761
Bahrain$949,990$460,544$803,039$2,303,946$1,722,729$5,271,246$2,499,324
Bangladesh$711,842$2,197,032$591,913    
Barbados$415,318$239,132$311,040$282,200$375,650$442,945$307,650
Belarus$5,460,500$7,692,900$9,574,900$14,471,600$9,847,000$9,725,500$7,308,900
Belgium$40,896,776$37,788,232$55,856,349$66,243,197$52,411,647$52,736,904$53,974,690
Belize$127,867$152,815$141,784$177,033$172,515$185,227 
Benin$26,990$54,296   $180,225 
Bermuda     $21,985 
Bhutan$11,290$56,843$22,434$23,762$80,548$158,969 
Bolivia$2,764,789$764,584$1,231,209$1,645,013$1,083,440$2,121,943$4,153,066
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,057,456$976,305$1,256,360$3,167,125$1,469,656$1,897,340$4,751,545
Botswana$716,855$1,271,604$1,239,686$977,200$676,031$1,054,642$2,949,610
Brazil$35,412,834$45,866,818$55,792,874$82,455,120$57,388,297$74,638,460$95,234,400
Brunei $2,698,835     
Bulgaria$3,970,818$4,987,150$4,645,605$9,807,944$4,075,876$6,618,085$7,400,346
Burkina Faso$212,289 $481,076$439,526$1,039,334$982,978 
Burundi$41,128$44,425$69,377$53,798$6,381$43,915 
Cambodia$141,425$66,282$49,992$45,716$95,450$74,790 
Cameroon$432,826$406,746$596,255$1,741,564$1,384,389$1,127,844 
Canada$135,938,965$151,782,752$165,389,170$181,291,498$143,968,102$204,574,332$251,846,256
Cape Verde$35,848$65,118$160,239$63,733$94,521$86,027$175,169
Central African Republic$23,134 $32,311$14,823$57,430  
Chile$12,696,995$14,471,887$16,730,975$20,575,149$22,672,293$21,354,432$25,472,428
China$253,138,386$259,602,139$298,566,400$401,872,871$371,335,022$377,022,194$443,595,018
Colombia$11,004,557$16,914,259$21,338,630$26,549,451$27,033,632$34,380,692$33,244,778
Comoros$2,645$321$286    
Costa Rica$1,129,017$1,226,848$1,879,921$2,187,301$764,372$1,556,851$2,416,303
Cote d'Ivoire$1,007,069$473,247$1,082,428$1,313,548$1,300,926$1,075,815$909,675
Croatia$8,474,004$8,716,979$9,287,033$11,086,305$8,211,365$6,767,783$6,281,399
Cuba$2,082,226$3,182,234     
Cyprus$782,429$795,297$1,516,453$1,537,175$1,284,929$741,867$664,075
Czech Republic$19,681,083$39,253,518$66,670,230$80,629,011$73,176,445$64,576,606$71,072,495
Denmark$15,296,849$31,069,352$58,217,134$59,233,412$50,295,375$45,875,278$36,160,541
Djibouti    $13,487  
Dominica$4,313$9,508$20,730$39,593$5,274$117,347 
Dominican Republic$994,900$1,363,906$2,045,053$1,837,934$1,853,294$1,633,002$3,851,886
East Timor$12,919      
Ecuador$4,328,433$5,173,923$4,819,649$5,863,917$9,286,991$8,711,437$11,642,826
Egypt$676,927$2,813,911$953,480$11,387,719$8,874,702$11,916,491$8,577,473
El Salvador$606,839$1,008,836$982,360$1,164,933$946,138$1,067,474 
Estonia$1,055,047$1,494,530$3,203,018$5,244,306$3,878,092$2,038,736$2,944,641
Ethiopia$686,544$593,105$809,601$674,752$1,139,450$1,792,553$3,497,749
Faroe Islands$45,902$100,517$118,487$94,164$112,190  
Fiji$253,780$188,845$126,524$223,006$129,430$310,948 
Finland$19,628,763$24,607,290$28,104,510$33,836,679$24,279,098$23,811,650$34,285,212
France$121,243,202$140,577,407$158,501,956$176,289,829$131,921,130$156,920,511$153,017,855
French Polynesia$637,734$507,116$285,958$535,994$848,103$336,387$524,449
Gabon$1,051,631$1,542,512$1,239,445$2,355,316$2,781,892  
Gambia, The  $11,554$351,815$99,552 $781
Georgia$1,109,308$573,156$340,042$357,067$602,442$777,038 
Germany$282,159,000$323,540,000$370,249,000$450,150,000$362,268,000$428,581,789$496,741,183
Ghana$491,111$696,529$1,734,776$1,513,630$1,467,752$4,944,575$4,457,952
Greece$6,260,208$6,698,756$6,258,026$7,101,263$9,113,122$7,572,340$6,927,435
Greenland$17,679$19,899$4,484    
Grenada$21,924$46,844$78,064$36,894$39,625  
Guatemala$2,067,396$2,819,508$1,841,495$2,459,716$2,210,448$2,774,511$4,737,314
Guinea$84,241$106,242$158,676$142,426   
Guyana$707,996$130,435$107,287$443,311$677,906$558,666$186,860
Honduras$430,018$589,668$928,267 $1,037,200  
Hong Kong$14,552,205$16,469,230$21,482,549$21,489,119$18,926,526$21,954,613$28,136,712
Hungary$13,094,000$10,200,000$12,944,000$13,870,000$8,107,000$9,494,000$13,223,000
Iceland$829,502$993,831$1,552,122$1,439,067$844,449$745,825$821,443
India$27,820,312$38,048,766$64,506,653$65,028,517$71,167,826$62,405,947$72,776,426
Indonesia$15,435,106$16,346,497$18,430,944$27,856,465$35,043,569$38,534,077$38,773,741
Iran$20,787,463$5,480,586   $28,785,745 
Ireland$10,369,968$8,709,504$11,464,530$13,904,783$11,910,654$9,859,408$13,596,660
Israel$14,742,000$15,969,000$20,143,000$22,718,000$16,140,000$17,156,000$20,122,000
Italy$101,967,622$118,299,226$140,488,491$148,156,234$116,250,533$128,686,119$143,780,867
Jamaica$1,110,807$1,694,129$2,272,564$2,252,572$1,083,878$833,274 
Japan$77,042,818$85,990,441$78,867,183$85,185,300$71,369,790$83,386,656$101,266,467
Jordan$1,055,634$614,319$1,175,136$1,480,811$1,673,736$2,084,171$1,695,258
Kazakhstan$22,884,537$23,340,332$28,131,085$31,242,216$30,030,844  
Kenya$798,695$1,041,957$1,025,989$2,273,859$2,883,662$2,579,137 
Kiribati$3,973   $167  
Korea, South$72,914,674$89,108,216$93,027,156$95,190,460$101,645,131$105,403,443$121,526,637
Kuwait $23,940,864$16,835,694$9,990,711   
Kyrgyzstan$221,570$136,853$160,883$288,894$262,766$329,177$607,949
Latvia$1,525,765$2,933,486$2,226,388$2,336,571$1,829,169$4,619,977$4,058,960
Lebanon$1,303,000$1,607,207$1,616,505$1,779,221$1,458,944$1,644,992$3,855,854
Lesotho   $439   
Lithuania$2,539,180$2,793,288$3,796,643$3,958,267$3,071,763$4,948,115$4,764,565
Luxembourg$2,242,066$3,441,785$2,812,279$4,575,369$4,063,008$3,444,434$4,870,067
Macau$166,652$127,197$804,013$250,354$381,897$305,167$162,228
Macedonia$1,120,022$778,533$897,352$1,367,069$696,436 $1,040,158
Madagascar$237,461$255,355$155,205$666,456$534,609$2,973,965 
Malawi$489,557$37,525$443,595$358,986$214,204$454,389$728,028
Malaysia$12,014,574$17,398,228$26,154,434$48,246,422$39,175,887$43,897,841$41,903,396
Maldives$109,871$201,350$301,100$305,275$165,710$273,091$300,781
Mali$167,660$224,686$117,451$378,225 $961,230 
Malta$148,654$391,805$334,824$241,200$223,083$203,522 
Mauritania$1,989,632$317,276$21,669$122,197$289,457$15,904$114,095
Mauritius$413,722$594,665$822,068$365,885$520,166$679,201$895,433
Mayotte$49,697$105,971$114,679$223,006$116,062  
Mexico$67,581,892$78,565,885$71,282,747$76,703,753$73,586,971$79,387,613$96,830,883
Moldova$374,656$656,365$354,813$1,048,272$706,142$541,988$788,172
Mongolia$132,195$348,440$616,899    
Montenegro $232,422$423,199$602,557$520,769$463,617$2,375,325
Montserrat$1,317$224$4,732$715$1,527  
Morocco$5,994,419$6,604,680$6,077,264$8,534,760$9,103,414$8,078,101 
Mozambique$103,148$1,909,737$799,151$292,493$358,962$331,038$566,000
Namibia$374,024$466,735$816,188$1,795,263   
Nepal    $97,977$133,133 
Netherlands$67,864,649$82,826,494$101,213,947$110,066,513$86,325,918$89,328,984 
Netherlands Antilles$259,204$554,393$636,884$470,973   
New Caledonia$459,756$1,703,443$1,255,247$727,492$759,596$701,966$1,033,866
New Zealand$7,545,936$9,358,899$11,861,753$11,741,768$11,229,936$13,737,911$13,345,233
Nicaragua$197,520$206,473$527,505$428,905$517,956$968,609$739,403
Niger$469,791$444,941$435,417$313,555$352,804$1,044,399$388,705
Nigeria $3,245,575$9,145,923$13,461,070$10,234,587$171,629,404 
Norway$24,565,353$32,192,307$34,288,344$45,179,064$43,249,399$41,843,457$52,374,326
Oman$13,078,420$6,749,165$8,759,887$45,978,624$18,343,881$10,966,616 
Pakistan$2,643,771$2,657,899$3,693,654$3,804,041$3,881,903$1,704,980$978,782
Panama$397,007$643,267$1,269,273$934,801$1,069,490$1,431,439$2,202,246
Paraguay$318,720$401,503$641,230$1,132,256$693,125$973,991$2,047,061
Peru$5,445,482$6,454,450$9,255,345$12,944,259$9,690,327$12,169,299$19,762,839
Philippines$2,078,286$3,043,515$3,394,356$2,864,101$3,172,408$8,340,222$6,861,130
Poland$38,762,242$41,194,465$50,237,833$59,217,307$44,398,423$45,949,179$55,061,139
Portugal$8,835,759$9,613,615$12,370,047$12,973,464$11,852,127$13,525,156$14,563,879
Qatar$6,009,752$11,177,697$3,512,997$1,608,254 $5,763,213 
Romania$18,126,489$14,971,254$18,709,973$18,836,429$13,525,587$18,316,701$23,096,989
Russia$47,497,122$53,561,467$74,113,461$99,607,198$71,920,452$93,318,425$123,418,837
Rwanda$13,600$15,113$60,971$3,251,367$124,989 $67,808
Saint Kitts and Nevis$60,268$26,630$101,914$35,450   
Saint Lucia$302,731$93,625$122,137$27,560   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$60,181$30,512$46,303$50,710$38,890$56,644 
Samoa$55,270$49,248$27,689$164,395$8,759$38,273$94,036
Sao Tome and Principe $944$17,332  $1,343 
Saudi Arabia$33,815,286$31,607,836$80,543,564$30,513,638$6,160,792$42,721,653 
Senegal$342,883$245,320$649,843$518,724$1,207,580$999,261$650,098
Serbia$6,483,378$4,106,689$5,895,678$6,826,810$3,067,859$6,452,560$7,163,547
Seychelles$86,796$117,491$82,684$51,165   
Singapore$29,867,508$40,588,697$50,062,862$55,422,260$59,066,723$84,310,268$108,650,689
Slovakia$7,309,795$11,703,479$13,030,315$13,553,890$9,832,153$10,669,775$11,653,228
Slovenia$4,457,106$4,668,791$5,846,151$8,486,237$4,905,004$5,265,747$6,179,309
South Africa$37,590,598$41,137,354$48,105,579$55,231,965$43,831,469$53,877,427$67,867,588
Spain$59,876,750$59,683,562$86,856,371$92,018,494$67,476,829$65,107,972 
Sri Lanka$658,227$1,078,347$1,298,852$1,204,696$940,376$1,220,988$2,004,495
Sudan$2,549,045$1,616,510$476,203$1,522,726$8,262,154  
Suriname    $1,523,824$344,538$2,046,637
Swaziland$173,956$141,865$317,840    
Sweden$39,517,237$50,848,909$62,217,134$65,441,746$46,574,736$51,147,447$58,461,052
Switzerland$41,773,431$45,414,734$50,952,744$59,662,500$46,546,227$49,529,249$59,889,335
Syria$2,037,592$2,753,523$923,670$80,883 $2,059,993 
Tanzania$537,445$771,938$1,115,258$1,270,168$2,447,324$1,751,468$1,518,399
Thailand$23,935,803$28,739,596$38,081,672$50,626,122$46,380,445$51,027,319$59,237,535
Togo$113,321 $152,252  $158,219$45,032
Tonga   $5,491$21,230$41,869 
Trinidad and Tobago$2,791,924$2,392,659$4,827,725$3,796,086$2,743,654$4,976,692 
Tunisia$5,542,301$4,238,465$5,364,655$6,128,234$5,550,381$7,505,986 
Turkey$27,358,538$37,198,171$50,396,416$65,265,250$46,457,819$53,453,853$68,465,047
Uganda$300,479$131,418$617,868$456,439$524,206$699,290 
Ukraine$7,569,918$8,774,371$11,072,926$16,343,514$8,546,779$10,045,066$16,546,118
United Arab Emirates$16,185,196 $27,005,592$33,956,915   
United Kingdom$121,795,136$135,738,888$161,441,302$153,888,643$156,801,159$173,177,899$234,723,606
United States$279,603,327$302,000,860$350,485,422$384,418,272$314,447,238$430,691,154$502,035,509
Uruguay$695,089$798,992$964,921$1,651,682$1,495,783  
Vanuatu $12,889$3,422    
Venezuela$21,975,369$22,161,888$18,203,651$26,135,873$24,737,435$12,703,685$19,666,289
Vietnam$6,655,187$9,691,183$14,314,849$17,914,736$31,301,433$42,538,990 
Wallis and Futuna$48,489$2,715     
Yemen$1,877,210$811,164$1,691,447$3,764,004$1,470,493$1,443,288$2,442,301
Zambia$706,950$577,113$1,472,047$2,031,853$731,922$1,216,011 
Zimbabwe$193,238$748,937$636,909$55$476,021$739,639