RankCountryImports of Ball point pens in USD (2010)
1United States$558,718,905
2Germany$175,620,865
3France$148,925,237
4United Kingdom$142,626,091
5Mexico$114,289,815
6Hong Kong$91,982,700
7Italy$89,831,772
8Spain$75,582,953
9Japan$65,315,953
10Canada$64,292,505
11Netherlands$51,004,982
12Switzerland$50,822,623
13Australia$46,869,244
14Russia$45,880,050
15Korea, South$39,090,244
16Slovakia$34,063,326
17Poland$33,461,662
18Belgium$32,190,765
19Singapore$29,123,175
20Turkey$27,861,619
21Austria$26,831,160
22China$24,014,736
23Saudi Arabia$23,290,429
24Argentina$22,335,545
25Thailand$19,683,031
26South Africa$18,156,776
27Portugal$17,878,723
28Czech Republic$17,815,071
29Chile$17,326,201
30Brazil$16,401,103
31Ireland$15,691,190
32Sweden$15,568,526
33Greece$14,319,766
34Colombia$14,209,266
35Malaysia$14,178,475
36India$13,770,204
37Israel$13,487,000
38Denmark$12,555,406
39Norway$12,483,888
40Panama$9,376,469
41Romania$9,252,887
42Peru$9,055,908
43Estonia$7,838,171
44Qatar$7,360,551
45Iran$7,314,211
46Finland$7,281,003
47New Zealand$6,699,787
48Philippines$6,399,309
49Hungary$6,396,000
50Ukraine$6,127,717
51Ethiopia$6,088,469
52Ecuador$5,793,332
53Indonesia$5,729,261
54Morocco$5,407,854
55Slovenia$5,348,127
56Guatemala$4,969,061
57Venezuela$4,884,840
58Macau$4,476,635
59Lebanon$4,018,406
60Algeria$3,936,423
61Belarus$3,799,000
62Croatia$3,763,011
63Bahrain$3,741,443
64Egypt$3,277,791
65Costa Rica$3,112,770
66Bulgaria$3,014,843
67Jordan$2,947,701
68Nigeria$2,907,703
69El Salvador$2,817,489
70Lithuania$2,787,365
71Uganda$2,658,715
72Luxembourg$2,628,059
73Vietnam$2,524,310
74Serbia$2,455,733
75Dominican Republic$2,443,491
76Nicaragua$2,396,292
77Latvia$2,167,045
78Paraguay$2,158,032
79Tunisia$2,153,403
80Cyprus$2,010,936
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,892,733
82Oman$1,492,310
83Mauritius$1,485,443
84Zimbabwe$1,422,685
85Bolivia$1,317,854
86Tanzania$1,307,559
87Yemen$1,284,992
88Pakistan$1,247,165
89Trinidad and Tobago$1,216,015
90Botswana$1,206,445
91Zambia$1,183,684
92Jamaica$1,100,386
93Cote d'Ivoire$1,084,020
94Georgia$1,080,164
95Syria$1,067,776
96Mozambique$989,646
97Madagascar$979,836
98Bahamas, The$841,086
99Fiji$829,970
100Kenya$824,400
101Nepal$729,616
102Malawi$719,576
103French Polynesia$716,587
104Moldova$642,733
105Barbados$631,825
106New Caledonia$626,979
107Armenia$613,804
108Albania$593,683
109Malta$593,518
110Mali$580,347
111Montenegro$547,059
112Ghana$532,807
113Iceland$499,621
114Cameroon$497,321
115Burkina Faso$432,346
116Senegal$393,077
117Suriname$359,370
118Maldives$332,913
119Bermuda$313,214
120Belize$300,168
121Azerbaijan$229,592
122Sri Lanka$223,313
123Kyrgyzstan$179,711
124Cambodia$171,635
125Cape Verde$154,864
126Guyana$154,619
127Samoa$128,993
128Antigua and Barbuda$115,659
129Bhutan$113,913
130Benin$111,761
131Aruba$100,969
132Niger$99,008
133Dominica$93,886
134Burundi$92,595
135Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$76,153
136Togo$66,921
137Tonga$55,631
138Mauritania$32,505
139Sao Tome and Principe$20,041
140Gambia, The$5,754
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$435,303$575,272$760,605$695,785$452,773$593,683$571,187
Algeria$1,278,452$1,699,513$1,640,060$2,100,644$2,788,225$3,936,423$4,548,602
Anguilla $33,236$57,770$36,434   
Antigua and Barbuda$117,716$144,280$303,981 $167,853$115,659$133,523
Argentina$13,858,165$15,202,751$17,564,458$21,518,727$17,518,731$22,335,545$29,074,532
Armenia$148,291$224,416$256,745$953,849$562,779$613,804$658,915
Aruba    $111,251$100,969$85,932
Australia$36,453,541$35,636,852$41,821,279$47,096,932$39,122,740$46,869,244$55,804,606
Austria$21,432,135$22,307,830$27,079,376$29,461,686$27,358,153$26,831,160 
Azerbaijan$133,694$96,944$116,702$225,986$122,238$229,592$276,983
Bahamas, The$609,943$778,088$851,747$808,232$728,686$841,086$877,285
Bahrain$1,549,553$809,070$1,148,291$2,332,594$2,750,718$3,741,443$1,621,256
Bangladesh$1,108,491$1,252,091$1,483,051    
Barbados$654,151$774,773$636,200$867,488$591,441$631,825$660,753
Belarus$1,179,900$1,505,300$2,074,400$2,466,800$2,275,300$3,799,000$3,104,000
Belgium$26,519,867$28,280,400$36,179,895$38,829,102$31,420,455$32,190,765$37,625,379
Belize$223,832$251,621$225,228$210,369$343,484$300,168 
Benin$128,259$149,433   $111,761 
Bermuda     $313,214 
Bhutan$84,729$82,260$104,768$93,765$71,592$113,913 
Bolivia$688,253$827,418$751,914$1,109,943$1,113,045$1,317,854$1,426,126
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,686,766$1,829,961$2,145,666$2,634,404$1,534,808$1,892,733$1,753,321
Botswana$956,153$808,001$801,068$774,087$1,308,299$1,206,445$1,647,547
Brazil$7,062,284$11,514,777$15,846,473$19,010,282$15,170,645$16,401,103$22,602,230
Brunei $569,943     
Bulgaria$3,049,176$3,512,850$4,956,998$5,248,858$5,095,548$3,014,843$2,844,185
Burkina Faso$99,281 $119,571$342,604$386,158$432,346 
Burundi$62,832$185,827$133,840$92,309$72,340$92,595 
Cambodia$486,298$549,544$910,131$900,277$356,468$171,635 
Cameroon$336,122$579,254$378,203$500,625$362,404$497,321 
Canada$55,911,534$64,172,637$72,593,467$69,366,750$56,421,217$64,292,505$69,772,389
Cape Verde$111,461$127,481$188,998$208,680$201,303$154,864$237,813
Central African Republic$14,123 $123,226$155,639$179,282  
Chile$9,439,577$10,499,453$11,899,464$17,259,918$12,842,984$17,326,201$21,153,501
China$8,497,204$8,556,744$6,828,238$13,609,733$16,864,819$24,014,736$31,030,442
Colombia$6,508,383$9,686,977$10,463,666$12,748,030$9,580,114$14,209,266$22,567,442
Comoros$24,471$16,930$20,854    
Costa Rica$2,696,754$2,840,191$3,545,279$3,997,136$1,927,481$3,112,770$3,450,854
Cote d'Ivoire$628,265$645,661$542,333$894,895$1,063,029$1,084,020$1,131,312
Croatia$4,548,882$4,965,916$6,163,855$6,400,757$4,024,652$3,763,011$4,249,261
Cuba$2,461,036$2,306,800     
Cyprus$2,060,520$2,171,053$2,551,580$2,976,302$2,343,137$2,010,936$1,727,761
Czech Republic$16,191,115$16,439,029$20,880,077$23,722,625$17,628,528$17,815,071$24,098,596
Denmark$12,261,629$14,422,459$16,730,207$18,466,843$14,022,581$12,555,406$14,439,359
Djibouti    $39,039  
Dominica$63,870$62,798$112,123$89,405$83,574$93,886 
Dominican Republic$1,850,145$2,357,707$2,624,068$2,219,786$2,371,973$2,443,491$2,644,482
East Timor$4,643      
Ecuador$3,637,510$3,124,649$4,449,599$4,862,578$3,652,503$5,793,332$6,018,359
Egypt$1,796,770$2,322,645$4,482,438$2,351,062$2,635,402$3,277,791$3,574,361
El Salvador$2,876,047$2,734,548$3,206,232$3,226,717$2,700,525$2,817,489 
Estonia$1,657,078$1,986,780$1,822,248$1,971,449$2,819,393$7,838,171$4,364,108
Ethiopia$3,433,359$3,138,840$3,260,013$3,042,513$4,645,953$6,088,469$7,210,559
Faroe Islands$186,500$195,858$230,589$202,580$207,889  
Fiji$738,749$904,068$623,863$861,359$721,498$829,970 
Finland$8,762,329$9,367,920$10,572,116$10,892,099$7,382,479$7,281,003$8,201,884
France$132,482,720$143,403,645$173,131,703$166,856,545$148,743,166$148,925,237$169,073,515
French Polynesia$593,526$675,114$610,492$753,127$663,609$716,587$638,158
Gabon$477,258$582,486$482,044$800,327$573,133  
Gambia, The$4,057$7,696$11,836$2,673$2,857$5,754$5,222
Georgia$440,864$636,374$1,194,129$1,098,052$962,303$1,080,164 
Germany$140,640,000$155,416,000$174,477,000$192,569,000$151,299,000$175,620,865$195,231,070
Ghana$367,669$522,697$538,078$634,288$602,778$532,807$1,012,585
Greece$18,409,559$18,150,216$22,823,054$22,879,017$17,822,443$14,319,766$12,686,547
Greenland$122,479$115,400$86,076    
Grenada$95,169$103,182$115,326$139,798$105,895  
Guatemala$4,681,933$4,438,762$4,484,004$5,294,815$4,619,698$4,969,061$5,737,738
Guinea$99,130$39,470$118,984$68,404   
Guinea-Bissau$16,333      
Guyana$41,706$88,439$99,591$161,253$106,715$154,619$147,621
Honduras$2,029,350$2,515,736$2,809,253 $1,976,596  
Hong Kong$105,861,893$91,110,685$98,234,522$89,276,409$72,165,093$91,982,700$107,943,583
Hungary$7,756,000$7,901,000$8,031,000$9,523,000$6,275,000$6,396,000$7,130,000
Iceland$1,000,281$1,089,326$1,187,977$968,439$563,146$499,621$590,085
India$6,031,101$7,250,735$11,310,437$14,455,865$8,335,430$13,770,204$14,568,021
Indonesia$3,188,473$3,904,565$3,750,867$4,726,710$5,428,027$5,729,261$7,362,175
Iran$3,152,234$1,891,806   $7,314,211 
Ireland$20,106,808$19,562,459$26,034,127$24,747,510$15,740,836$15,691,190$19,061,201
Israel$11,380,000$9,777,000$12,901,000$14,932,000$11,169,000$13,487,000$15,614,000
Italy$91,940,799$96,593,547$110,642,463$108,221,459$79,411,751$89,831,772$95,749,852
Jamaica$980,695$1,275,335$1,384,029$1,190,514$1,041,375$1,100,386 
Japan$66,679,264$70,809,443$73,876,596$75,525,895$61,768,226$65,315,953$72,750,581
Jordan$2,255,010$2,162,693$3,016,758$2,639,587$2,477,811$2,947,701$3,446,016
Kazakhstan$1,765,246$2,310,203$3,190,711$2,095,582$1,569,884  
Kenya$372,173$463,433$622,331$500,012$492,831$824,400 
Kiribati$53,659   $55,024  
Korea, South$22,250,835$27,728,600$32,076,302$38,135,250$25,286,418$39,090,244$39,395,262
Kuwait $7,091,340$7,049,523$8,046,452   
Kyrgyzstan$74,703$60,943$37,706$46,019$95,327$179,711$292,851
Latvia$2,482,859$3,551,502$3,316,914$2,782,694$2,085,451$2,167,045$2,528,522
Lebanon$2,949,000$1,855,605$2,906,621$3,725,602$3,418,465$4,018,406$4,230,369
Lesotho   $214,306   
Lithuania$2,450,041$3,103,447$3,594,788$3,266,798$1,799,019$2,787,365$2,329,678
Luxembourg$2,555,236$2,754,699$3,103,619$3,439,121$2,764,551$2,628,059$2,578,143
Macau$593,498$519,962$995,338$810,793$935,455$4,476,635$1,628,294
Macedonia$469,388$590,103$610,532$959,027$836,869 $785,495
Madagascar$1,811,708$746,605$1,222,275$1,384,882$748,986$979,836 
Malawi$450,113$827,562$1,404,957$689,306$1,546,936$719,576$509,193
Malaysia$6,902,073$8,383,017$9,588,295$12,824,137$14,277,941$14,178,475$13,228,642
Maldives$282,145$365,556$381,935$465,074$361,736$332,913$342,180
Mali$14,961$38,520$32,015$288,665 $580,347 
Malta$527,587$592,907$609,396$979,845$679,076$593,518 
Mauritania$3,466$73,076$37,842$50,217$17,011$32,505$168,600
Mauritius$913,966$1,217,950$1,144,536$1,285,038$1,067,312$1,485,443$1,442,843
Mayotte$139,560$158,935$182,460$278,196$219,909  
Mexico$68,683,296$70,520,474$75,102,029$120,478,378$78,254,580$114,289,815$122,865,706
Moldova$338,325$431,988$602,189$595,734$538,484$642,733$574,645
Mongolia$71,338$58,922$68,555    
Montenegro $499,730$688,683$930,254$469,782$547,059$521,430
Montserrat$5,414$8,741$7,937$16,171$6,331  
Morocco$2,328,036$2,479,511$3,210,521$4,445,064$5,248,858$5,407,854 
Mozambique$819,682$583,417$1,449,181$1,039,930$1,143,448$989,646$1,130,000
Namibia$978,921$713,173$1,217,950$857,753   
Nepal    $748,669$729,616 
Netherlands$52,670,625$46,094,843$52,371,351$55,432,572$45,970,839$51,004,982 
Netherlands Antilles$168,416$194,876$187,599$197,304   
New Caledonia$734,789$519,261$563,522$758,410$873,378$626,979$973,438
New Zealand$7,790,125$6,362,948$6,733,668$7,172,510$5,665,588$6,699,787$7,807,556
Nicaragua$1,670,270$2,391,727$2,491,202$2,110,784$1,886,573$2,396,292$2,276,307
Niger$54,101$80,112$291,323$190,724$72,027$99,008$85,289
Nigeria $168,666$242,037$66,774$408,611$2,907,703 
Norway$12,196,281$14,153,288$15,665,777$16,733,543$11,430,646$12,483,888$13,394,245
Oman$1,494,060$1,810,070$1,978,008$3,066,002$1,910,157$1,492,310 
Pakistan$688,376$610,785$1,563,694$1,061,556$1,017,218$1,247,165$1,455,474
Panama$1,854,286$9,993,765$11,897,192$14,230,788$7,365,587$9,376,469$11,570,195
Paraguay$1,572,045$1,854,866$1,351,920$1,882,325$1,738,427$2,158,032$2,871,145
Peru$3,546,741$4,920,583$5,327,876$7,498,411$5,748,473$9,055,908$9,571,666
Philippines$3,576,722$5,349,071$5,316,170$7,324,208$6,955,587$6,399,309$9,037,434
Poland$26,050,395$29,606,389$34,754,484$43,926,635$31,713,952$33,461,662$37,569,869
Portugal$13,556,854$14,685,416$17,179,940$17,170,847$13,554,913$17,878,723$12,575,084
Qatar$3,559,174$5,030,542$5,871,537$7,245,211 $7,360,551 
Romania$9,832,803$10,850,662$12,303,744$15,119,212$10,163,522$9,252,887$11,621,392
Russia$12,069,982$16,500,453$25,886,790$27,850,938$26,132,944$45,880,050$40,959,885
Rwanda$394,107$480,492$676,236$840,191$790,503 $903,903
Saint Kitts and Nevis$89,388$77,641$95,837$106,930   
Saint Lucia$250,771$197,834$271,300$259,463   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$81,868$88,946$96,489$111,132$106,497$76,153 
Samoa$103,369$112,989$93,439$90,899$71,245$128,993$138,654
Sao Tome and Principe$4,386$43,690$6,130$13,065$13,616$20,041 
Saudi Arabia$18,165,275$19,529,567$22,959,940  $23,290,429 
Senegal$380,993$492,658$555,181$690,729$458,098$393,077$627,324
Serbia$3,223,603$3,855,896$5,125,223$5,763,808$1,874,152$2,455,733$2,923,443
Seychelles$118,997$148,164$139,001$149,564   
Singapore$22,798,159$19,456,520$26,839,876$23,369,664$19,825,090$29,123,175$25,934,627
Slovakia$10,543,884$20,372,957$31,469,449$36,905,116$31,295,072$34,063,326$42,856,272
Slovenia$4,280,451$4,613,600$5,605,028$5,534,138$3,748,410$5,348,127$4,336,546
South Africa$14,235,567$15,921,681$18,308,507$17,613,966$13,627,181$18,156,776$19,388,864
Spain$78,418,000$80,740,844$89,688,613$90,316,956$65,364,467$75,582,953 
Sri Lanka$498,656$244,049$251,285$374,989$181,713$223,313$388,799
Sudan$2,200,168$2,537,071$781,635$852,296$3,653,184  
Suriname$294,960$257,835$278,703$357,007$394,752$359,370$434,143
Swaziland$620,786$541,203$609,692    
Sweden$15,992,470$16,437,352$17,771,787$18,099,552$14,585,979$15,568,526$18,234,823
Switzerland$32,962,769$40,705,136$47,405,109$50,815,120$38,750,225$50,822,623$55,715,476
Syria$1,039,586$974,138$976,035$1,179,130 $1,067,776 
Tanzania$454,853$584,370$561,615$1,539,932$1,442,963$1,307,559$1,115,173
Thailand$10,428,262$12,945,280$14,575,810$15,889,180$16,348,744$19,683,031$24,641,022
Togo$45,873 $57,536  $66,921$112,331
Tonga   $41,609$57,195$55,631 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,190,794$1,068,436$1,217,335$1,265,209$1,245,790$1,216,015 
Tunisia$1,361,148$1,093,801$1,207,177$1,315,218$1,387,429$2,153,403 
Turkey$23,837,596$28,332,756$30,703,696$30,397,657$21,487,423$27,861,619$35,070,331
Uganda$717,150$778,315$1,890,255$2,672,409$2,233,801$2,658,715 
Ukraine$2,832,360$3,816,428$3,721,417$6,021,623$3,431,449$6,127,717$6,338,845
United Arab Emirates$30,581,723 $35,718,964$38,961,264   
United Kingdom$142,271,974$144,808,034$168,581,147$173,536,180$135,789,692$142,626,091$138,578,519
United States$627,937,592$684,050,462$724,758,186$619,283,918$459,418,313$558,718,905$599,400,243
Uruguay$1,181,620$1,254,105$1,553,638$1,745,012$1,851,369  
Vanuatu $136,379$120,238    
Venezuela$6,979,632$7,369,081$7,154,721$10,111,109$9,165,632$4,884,840$4,336,568
Vietnam$1,555,756$1,092,201$1,199,278$1,526,330$1,512,863$2,524,310 
Wallis and Futuna$15,464$11,656     
Yemen$737,376$677,536$1,311,105$1,065,310$1,149,127$1,284,992$908,310
Zambia$532,484$678,439$491,415$643,377$575,995$1,183,684 
Zimbabwe$141,970$179,515$234,655$2,329$317,786$1,422,685