RankCountryImports of Musical instrument strings in USD (2010)
1Japan$22,339,378
2United States$22,288,417
3Germany$16,592,554
4Canada$8,184,495
5France$8,027,086
6United Kingdom$6,708,889
7Italy$5,371,139
8Korea, South$4,753,761
9China$4,666,605
10Australia$4,229,531
11Brazil$3,808,278
12Spain$3,602,821
13Mexico$2,660,563
14Indonesia$2,555,613
15Belgium$2,192,320
16Hong Kong$2,103,916
17Austria$1,883,336
18Switzerland$1,867,968
19Singapore$1,728,051
20Sweden$1,479,093
21Poland$1,372,906
22Russia$1,240,521
23Chile$1,179,705
24Norway$1,108,977
25Turkey$1,100,512
26Argentina$1,089,843
27Czech Republic$1,048,133
28Thailand$990,608
29Finland$943,658
30Israel$843,000
31New Zealand$836,265
32South Africa$727,682
33Slovenia$726,506
34Portugal$679,541
35Greece$642,956
36Ireland$634,064
37Netherlands$604,551
38Denmark$465,531
39Ukraine$446,980
40Romania$423,247
41Colombia$388,153
42Croatia$358,580
43Peru$356,596
44Ecuador$349,437
45Venezuela$333,396
46Slovakia$327,929
47Serbia$322,283
48India$287,751
49Malaysia$284,728
50Costa Rica$272,164
51El Salvador$268,508
52Guatemala$195,075
53Hungary$181,000
54Belarus$170,700
55Bahrain$127,592
56Bulgaria$111,946
57Vietnam$111,220
58Estonia$109,379
59Iceland$107,434
60Algeria$101,306
61Dominican Republic$99,441
62Bosnia and Herzegovina$96,623
63Paraguay$91,146
64Nicaragua$81,433
65Lithuania$70,386
66Luxembourg$56,647
67Iran$55,184
68Nigeria$52,135
69New Caledonia$49,756
70Latvia$45,670
71Ethiopia$43,078
72Cyprus$36,798
73Bolivia$34,112
74Panama$33,860
75Tunisia$33,087
76French Polynesia$31,762
77Fiji$30,999
78Lebanon$26,846
79Malta$26,346
80Trinidad and Tobago$25,162
81Egypt$23,782
82Morocco$19,969
83Georgia$18,517
84Philippines$17,372
85Jamaica$16,756
86Albania$15,013
87Sri Lanka$14,875
88Oman$14,694
89Montenegro$14,554
90Cape Verde$13,878
91Bahamas, The$13,134
92Armenia$12,789
93Jordan$12,110
94Moldova$10,809
95Maldives$10,343
96Botswana$9,938
97Mauritius$9,101
98Barbados$8,953
99Samoa$7,732
100Tanzania$7,638
101Aruba$6,553
102Qatar$6,436
103Zimbabwe$4,773
104Tonga$4,464
105Ghana$4,195
106Kenya$3,669
107Belize$2,708
108Bermuda$2,418
109Suriname$2,392
110Nepal$2,312
111Syria$1,879
112Dominica$1,853
113Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,837
114Bhutan$1,745
115Antigua and Barbuda$1,712
116Guyana$1,189
117Uganda$798
118Mozambique$735
119Cote d'Ivoire$165
120Zambia$145
121Malawi$117
122Pakistan$74
123Gambia, The$22
124Cambodia$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$789$1,951$5,497$5,410$4,772$15,013$4,680
Algeria$21,747$11,363$65,979$26,203$10,970$101,306$18,225
Antigua and Barbuda$1,896$1,525$280 $634$1,712$884
Argentina$341,224$689,039$557,848$872,904$850,804$1,089,843$1,666,313
Armenia$2,410$72$135$14,100$2,377$12,789$7,277
Aruba    $16,891$6,553$21,458
Australia$3,694,069$4,044,119$3,919,221$4,768,379$4,697,842$4,229,531$4,408,916
Austria$1,560,223$902,257$1,230,867$2,246,313$2,177,705$1,883,336 
Bahamas, The$8,059$3,272$6,745$30,196$9,674$13,134$9,050
Bahrain$14,162 $6,093$71,566$12,739$127,592$15,975
Bangladesh $535$4,333    
Barbados$10,881$13,981$9,163$10,909$6,979$8,953$11,886
Belarus$43,200$44,400$108,800$120,300$176,300$170,700$170,400
Belgium$1,253,758$1,182,564$1,412,315$1,828,510$1,896,677$2,192,320$2,133,235
Belize$4,215$3,421$1,491$4,397$5,068$2,708 
Bermuda     $2,418 
Bhutan$205$1,189$150$301$654$1,745 
Bolivia$24,263$31,314$21,212$45,370$51,485$34,112$46,485
Bosnia and Herzegovina$38,011$65,465$47,321$112,451$57,241$96,623$99,875
Botswana$6,622$6,844$4,919$4,409$2,789$9,938$18,935
Brazil$1,169,275$1,589,015$1,891,511$2,964,156$2,421,517$3,808,278$4,435,943
Brunei $10,776     
Bulgaria$64,412$72,368$115,326$98,246$87,100$111,946$156,656
Cambodia     $5 
Cameroon$134$468 $1,306   
Canada$7,716,229$7,700,553$7,897,197$8,107,833$7,619,215$8,184,495$8,849,186
Cape Verde$6,679$3,165$9,807$6,761$2,791$13,878$2,053
Chile$376,580$587,011$600,639$887,545$707,590$1,179,705$1,282,728
China$2,711,076$3,082,623$3,914,469$7,946,856$3,064,803$4,666,605$5,865,840
Colombia$185,465$213,301$264,357$318,315$317,298$388,153$591,955
Costa Rica$154,489$167,315$148,523$278,767$90,317$272,164$321,688
Cote d'Ivoire$142$365$5,657$1,491$54$165 
Croatia$245,274$313,255$326,640$402,390$400,216$358,580$369,189
Cuba$15,260$23,745     
Cyprus$49,918$43,151$64,069$88,429$53,519$36,798$34,748
Czech Republic$823,078$959,972$1,055,530$1,272,211$1,217,749$1,048,133$1,364,366
Denmark$472,885$584,991$428,025$536,412$463,337$465,531$819,337
Dominica$949 $777$1,573$2,950$1,853 
Dominican Republic$18,542$57,007$41,975$30,149$107,035$99,441$122,841
East Timor$571      
Ecuador$127,164$149,261$227,541$282,579$264,502$349,437$307,966
Egypt$33,250$9,235$13,072$31,065$30,217$23,782$23,033
El Salvador$135,142$143,385$162,529$180,346$178,474$268,508 
Estonia$59,124$83,538$116,041$146,950$103,571$109,379$89,047
Ethiopia$5,355$4,002$17,996$166$4,510$43,078$44,845
Faroe Islands$12,852$23,039$20,674$6,557$6,570  
Fiji$45,825$18,508$24,240$33,778$16,286$30,999 
Finland$686,398$761,877$984,847$1,023,366$929,355$943,658$1,032,132
France$5,594,251$6,643,103$6,802,235$8,969,134$6,621,942$8,027,086$9,083,226
French Polynesia$26,108$34,810$53,062$63,151$55,746$31,762$65,619
Gabon$33      
Gambia, The  $323 $75$22$289
Georgia$1,567$5,224$13,240$10,597$19,376$18,517 
Germany$10,249,000$11,146,000$14,081,000$14,842,000$14,718,000$16,592,554$17,610,761
Ghana$2,075$1,300$5,686$68,359$10,759$4,195$15,471
Greece$575,287$627,576$584,261$1,005,321$717,195$642,956$630,451
Greenland$1,368$933$419    
Grenada$7$847 $27$1,469  
Guatemala$140,807$243,969$204,962$152,260$127,193$195,075$165,538
Guinea$891      
Guyana$3$141$845$44$641$1,189$383
Honduras$21,427$18,499$32,335 $55,543  
Hong Kong$1,191,327$1,689,673$2,308,061$3,026,358$2,193,361$2,103,916$2,178,111
Hungary$267,000$255,000$311,000$417,000$230,000$181,000$211,000
Iceland$126,102$122,275$56,894$64,477$99,645$107,434$105,632
India$64,003$57,248$110,744$211,810$405,363$287,751$196,200
Indonesia$2,052,289$2,238,546$2,220,675$3,916,007$2,148,896$2,555,613$2,582,033
Iran$29,517$49,373   $55,184 
Ireland$541,320$441,470$578,078$648,078$594,657$634,064$698,163
Israel$336,000$404,000$641,000$563,000$655,000$843,000$661,000
Italy$3,074,313$3,665,013$3,760,678$4,210,091$3,945,117$5,371,139$5,219,366
Jamaica$16,348$14,362$11,838$13,875$17,734$16,756 
Japan$17,993,603$19,709,593$20,177,276$23,610,174$20,350,712$22,339,378$24,099,369
Jordan$5,444$5,121$8,048$1,915$6,279$12,110$1,106
Kazakhstan$2,534$2,794$8,001$13,912$28,210  
Kenya$5,540$3,843$6,853$15,862$6,113$3,669 
Kiribati$354   $1,058  
Korea, South$2,778,122$3,231,941$4,112,319$4,177,208$3,962,500$4,753,761$5,793,416
Kuwait $77,125$49,806$85,219   
Kyrgyzstan $96 $60$100 $351
Latvia$49,108$59,705$88,270$92,416$71,140$45,670$60,158
Lebanon$27,000$32,279$27,736$21,735$39,858$26,846$23,860
Lithuania$67,911$106,982$146,055$118,964$105,895$70,386$116,662
Luxembourg$28,212$91,969$49,880$74,797$59,744$56,647$61,642
Macau$5,243$4,999$49,282$18,352$1,601 $1,433
Macedonia$10,464$13,040$13,097$35,565$29,661 $59,083
Madagascar$7,514$1,560$3,185$1,436$4  
Malawi$2,109$472$12$937$2,289$117$457,048
Malaysia$152,165$180,305$199,432$305,385$259,640$284,728$389,667
Maldives$8,040$8,093$10,677$16,959$4,363$10,343$13,748
Malta$26,666$33,228$48,598$46,314$23,561$26,346 
Mauritania $82     
Mauritius$13,375$8,928$11,728$19,411$12,851$9,101$6,178
Mayotte$1,948 $764$2,107$453  
Mexico$1,544,080$1,456,684$1,750,615$1,930,148$1,821,997$2,660,563$4,459,554
Moldova $3,262$5,702$9,564$1,176$10,809$10,634
Montenegro $954$8,491$13,630$17,251$14,554$18,560
Montserrat$8$352 $143$161  
Morocco$16,595$15,644$23,548$29,045$39,304$19,969 
Mozambique$1,993$721$490$1,304$1,612$735 
Namibia$9,484$5,459$5,508$10,953   
Nepal    $5,155$2,312 
Netherlands$1,597,473$1,723,641$1,297,034$356,584$471,467$604,551 
Netherlands Antilles$2,350$6,609$5,659$993   
New Caledonia$36,508$36,979$23,271$55,174$74,649$49,756$72,210
New Zealand$671,756$697,306$640,696$739,445$722,133$836,265$450,547
Nicaragua$28,360$42,762$35,408$48,205$57,653$81,433$71,356
Nigeria $6,692$10,693$28,860$117,035$52,135 
Norway$815,818$767,883$982,496$919,074$856,053$1,108,977$1,170,160
Oman$19,602$19,620$3,771$4,109$6,427$14,694 
Pakistan$70,357$57$51$4,932$1,292$74$68
Panama$7,490$26,753$21,493$14,503$104,076$33,860$119,021
Paraguay$1,355$16,268$25,990$19,417$36,768$91,146$49,552
Peru$87,297$131,490$156,582$189,705$266,263$356,596$404,201
Philippines$19,368$32,249$33,220$27,397$61,925$17,372$47,409
Poland$949,936$918,812$1,275,920$1,102,520$1,343,222$1,372,906$1,421,368
Portugal$296,600$409,001$489,610$529,803$548,081$679,541$803,998
Qatar$8,551$12,433$26,866$5,153 $6,436 
Romania$371,364$260,676$390,789$380,758$366,198$423,247$576,416
Russia$225,699$386,998$544,820$645,343$870,526$1,240,521$1,332,667
Rwanda   $431$183 $584
Saint Kitts and Nevis$169$1,983$309$1,540   
Saint Lucia$2,197$4,715$4,119$4,475   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$431$2,912 $578$2,084$1,837 
Samoa     $7,732$974
Saudi Arabia$35,771$39,572$39,976    
Senegal      $736
Serbia$200,495$214,551$324,067$343,643$282,890$322,283$271,345
Seychelles$3,272$1,807$5,085$2,200   
Singapore$1,188,603$1,969,324$1,626,752$1,194,849$1,053,371$1,728,051$1,812,346
Slovakia$278,836$325,877$395,143$466,696$485,406$327,929$315,227
Slovenia$177,982$231,103$364,155$457,222$577,382$726,506$740,090
South Africa$502,455$628,292$599,219$616,994$518,050$727,682$704,486
Spain$2,496,649$2,653,348$3,177,997$3,494,133$3,491,618$3,602,821 
Sri Lanka$11,742$13,056$11,583$15,947$20,730$14,875$13,006
Sudan$104$660     
Suriname     $2,392 
Swaziland$11,997$2,517$6,237    
Sweden$1,574,721$1,741,867$1,891,263$2,114,019$1,890,029$1,479,093$2,037,398
Switzerland$1,302,004$1,385,451$1,677,678$2,085,711$1,701,348$1,867,968$1,805,538
Syria $1,644   $1,879 
Tanzania$2,463$1,385$2,838$2,451$14,019$7,638$32,209
Thailand$795,918$816,271$891,839$878,534$824,475$990,608$1,608,134
Tonga   $801$2,636$4,464 
Trinidad and Tobago$34,532$16,641$20,928$29,701$33,167$25,162 
Tunisia$48,988$55,000$32,470$115,138$62,479$33,087 
Turkey$595,089$692,777$794,431$843,606$903,621$1,100,512$1,305,394
Uganda$797$1,055$519$50$1,145$798 
Ukraine$112,496$76,215$107,934$433,769$177,444$446,980$354,472
United Arab Emirates$144,133 $179,281$370,953   
United Kingdom$7,745,025$6,933,908$6,943,671$7,063,729$7,551,491$6,708,889$7,446,143
United States$29,680,600$23,410,054$22,913,887$26,007,040$22,387,654$22,288,417$26,045,104
Uruguay$65,150$75,848$99,397$75,698$96,738  
Vanuatu $10,484$10,678    
Venezuela$349,821$430,641$265,808$666,006$665,626$333,396$361,406
Vietnam$68,958$102,636$105,973$147,991$113,458$111,220 
Wallis and Futuna$217$4,654     
Yemen$970  $5,578   
Zambia$513$189$1,510$801$1,341$145 
Zimbabwe $3,901$3,850$2,871$7,198$4,773