RankCountryExports of Instruments for meas. length, for use in the hand (e.g., meas. rods & tapes ... in USD (2010)
1China$344,116,770
2Germany$92,989,666
3United States$46,162,655
4Thailand$36,323,526
5Netherlands$29,623,225
6Sweden$25,861,030
7Singapore$24,361,153
8Belgium$21,563,908
9Czech Republic$16,840,744
10United Kingdom$16,808,865
11Switzerland$14,335,393
12Japan$13,979,296
13France$12,895,055
14Mexico$11,428,871
15Italy$10,342,443
16Austria$7,681,518
17Spain$7,049,714
18Romania$6,612,015
19Hong Kong$6,171,795
20Malaysia$4,582,077
21Korea, South$4,223,644
22Poland$4,177,670
23South Africa$2,301,702
24Canada$2,012,015
25Denmark$1,934,169
26India$1,910,917
27Slovenia$1,590,035
28Finland$1,572,079
29Dominican Republic$1,510,301
30Australia$1,221,501
31Bulgaria$1,013,256
32Turkey$971,462
33New Zealand$961,012
34Panama$960,363
35Pakistan$956,207
36Slovakia$917,444
37Tunisia$853,536
38Russia$742,601
39Ireland$724,559
40Portugal$664,375
41Israel$619,000
42Indonesia$517,105
43Brazil$499,504
44Chile$486,536
45Vietnam$483,079
46Norway$394,588
47El Salvador$344,967
48Ukraine$324,558
49Kenya$323,381
50Argentina$252,151
51Hungary$252,000
52Egypt$226,843
53Latvia$179,827
54Estonia$150,599
55Lithuania$147,643
56Belarus$132,200
57Costa Rica$112,374
58Iran$102,394
59Serbia$96,521
60Philippines$85,111
61Peru$80,198
62Croatia$79,563
63Albania$77,855
64Luxembourg$57,578
65Colombia$34,826
66Greece$30,485
67Senegal$26,155
68Jordan$18,783
69Madagascar$17,428
70Bahrain$15,436
71Trinidad and Tobago$13,197
72Zimbabwe$11,449
73Cyprus$10,910
74Oman$8,843
75Lebanon$8,402
76Bosnia and Herzegovina$8,022
77Uganda$7,716
78Algeria$6,196
79Moldova$6,172
80Botswana$6,115
81Guatemala$6,049
82Mauritius$5,364
83Tanzania$4,950
84Cameroon$4,343
85Burkina Faso$3,908
86Barbados$3,076
87Ecuador$2,607
88Bahamas, The$2,037
89Malta$1,671
90Armenia$1,400
91Zambia$1,346
92Ethiopia$1,263
93Georgia$1,220
94Iceland$1,195
95Montenegro$1,192
96Morocco$1,138
97Venezuela$900
98Mali$777
99Mozambique$629
100Azerbaijan$618
101Aruba$504
102Fiji$483
103Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$415
104Nicaragua$365
105Kyrgyzstan$359
106Sri Lanka$343
107New Caledonia$325
108Malawi$204
109Syria$198
110Suriname$172
111Cote d'Ivoire$154
112Antigua and Barbuda$130
113Samoa$79
114Jamaica$47
115Paraguay$6
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$360    $77,855$10
Algeria$766$1,197$3,612$319,040$2,092$6,196$1,191
Anguilla   $125   
Antigua and Barbuda$2,183 $278  $130$5,303
Argentina$537,463$311,181$562,452$438,942$170,974$252,151$423,490
Armenia$15,991$841$700$1,120 $1,400 
Aruba    $9,431$504$2,156
Australia$1,756,330$1,197,531$1,843,577$1,247,276$1,116,040$1,221,501$1,902,384
Austria$6,529,514$7,493,079$7,333,249$9,461,157$6,988,992$7,681,518 
Azerbaijan$7,443$407$13 $760$618$15,716
Bahamas, The $4,724$1,055$3,658$6,375$2,037$1,464
Bahrain$1,074$5,245 $5,423 $15,436$1,926
Bangladesh$205 $2,854    
Barbados$2,029$1,421$5,491$2,214$1,805$3,076$505
Belarus$71,600$74,200$97,300$80,500$80,100$132,200$314,400
Belgium$10,869,214$14,238,164$17,409,591$23,414,737$16,897,631$21,563,908$24,265,498
Belize $91     
Bolivia$4,710$2,804     
Bosnia and Herzegovina$9,183$6,832$14,624$26,204$8,995$8,022$56,399
Botswana$4,458$5,756$8,476$32,936$3,233$6,115$1,253
Brazil$1,832,033$1,933,246$2,279,371$3,152,961$635,479$499,504$670,994
Brunei $469     
Bulgaria$664,517$782,905$839,409$1,001,300$634,530$1,013,256$1,822,718
Burkina Faso     $3,908 
Cambodia $52$9    
Cameroon$3,425$11,902$16,826$1,462$2,250$4,343 
Canada$2,359,265$2,062,749$2,448,090$2,805,583$1,707,597$2,012,015$2,331,421
Cape Verde$88,065$1,480$3,321    
Chile$65,018$39,006$249,022$516,470$220,017$486,536$219,801
China$160,745,205$177,050,780$216,389,316$257,954,675$232,209,932$344,116,770$414,129,042
Colombia$44,082$73,850$51,605$121,789$56,826$34,826$56,327
Costa Rica$494,425$539,758$107,971$120,885$265,312$112,374$61,780
Cote d'Ivoire$638$510$1,112$35,592$3,525$154$2,007
Croatia$33,324$102,737$79,521$102,678$82,052$79,563$65,856
Cuba$3,754$8,565     
Cyprus $30$221 $7,111$10,910$37,904
Czech Republic$16,412,963$16,348,637$17,943,897$22,793,209$14,726,322$16,840,744$24,261,803
Denmark$1,577,720$1,315,766$1,313,485$1,758,529$2,037,842$1,934,169$2,477,223
Dominica  $6    
Dominican Republic$11,446,631$11,828,719$5,189,467$4,433,593$2,008,075$1,510,301$2,760,904
East Timor$49      
Ecuador$6,773$2$57$902$2,773$2,607$1,104
Egypt  $669  $226,843 
El Salvador$64,358$77,066$164,310$449,670$429,281$344,967 
Estonia$77,315$90,134$162,246$147,421$188,049$150,599$152,759
Ethiopia  $76$1,985$100$1,263$135
Faroe Islands    $64  
Fiji$26,552$467$880$3,410$1,508$483 
Finland$2,758,691$2,901,797$2,510,712$2,928,590$2,191,459$1,572,079$1,615,333
France$25,485,814$25,783,439$29,710,853$27,543,370$17,502,717$12,895,055$14,383,311
French Polynesia$3,637$57  $424 $208
Gabon  $1,890$6,732   
Georgia$3,211$3,934$2,723$149$292$1,220 
Germany$118,514,000$92,545,000$103,358,000$110,405,000$75,646,000$92,989,666$122,360,854
Ghana $476$502$232$1,776 $4,899
Greece$69,119$100,423$20,190$63,857$98,084$30,485$83,002
Grenada$20$2,050$5,635    
Guatemala$17,191$7,741$10,964$47,138$32,926$6,049$17,234
Guyana $418$1,634 $2,374 $63,159
Honduras$2,375$1,681$56 $1,935  
Hong Kong$15,604,168$11,288,017$11,846,711$8,487,892$4,954,275$6,171,795$5,619,251
Hungary$206,000$410,000$459,000$811,000$269,000$252,000$274,000
Iceland$2,105 $4,702$48$5,277$1,195$3,445
India$2,184,927$2,251,993$2,971,850$3,223,943$1,546,503$1,910,917$3,490,295
Indonesia$178,530$156,284$176,241$270,334$222,783$517,105$842,776
Iran $1,680   $102,394 
Ireland$258,916$282,107$333,642$275,188$962,263$724,559$305,504
Israel$3,673,000$5,085,000$5,168,000$638,000$8,000$619,000$366,000
Italy$11,453,695$14,460,978$14,667,445$14,686,713$8,726,395$10,342,443$11,873,027
Jamaica$130$60$185$223$65$47 
Japan$13,280,402$13,728,656$14,668,288$13,842,886$8,893,333$13,979,296$14,797,923
Jordan$25,316$26,615$14,833$10,741$7,621$18,783 
Kazakhstan$10,467$14,504$6,720$9,336$24,568  
Kenya$88,478$247,869$611,734$368,059$382,307$323,381 
Korea, South$12,635,766$7,029,118$8,843,392$5,149,375$2,272,050$4,223,644$4,842,297
Kuwait $1,809$1,369$4,444   
Kyrgyzstan$6,804$2,459$827$345$1,619$359$129
Latvia$64,398$55,176$90,323$48,481$88,581$179,827$128,675
Lebanon$1,000$29,593$17,351$15,127$4,460$8,402$11,220
Lithuania$69,177$79,647$114,778$258,514$153,237$147,643$354,957
Luxembourg$56,482$64,405$317,834$140,198$210,411$57,578$91,573
Macau$413$935$2,560$34,792$9,196  
Macedonia$703$343$934 $1,363 $1,010
Madagascar$8,087$174$993$1,495$13,409$17,428 
Malawi$484$1,144  $43$204$20,208
Malaysia$1,873,726$2,191,082$5,665,382$5,902,477$3,872,457$4,582,077$6,780,911
Maldives$4,762      
Mali $106   $777 
Malta $211$46,150 $544$1,671 
Mauritius$3,099$1,412$695$6,862$4,287$5,364$1,685
Mayotte   $1   
Mexico$11,813,789$13,558,651$8,755,595$10,860,791$8,061,398$11,428,871$11,844,356
Moldova$24,231$11,589$228$2,589$987$6,172$38,362
Mongolia $2,444$253    
Montenegro  $340$44$1,297$1,192$604
Morocco$52,178$11,656$14,019$737$23,251$1,138 
Mozambique$12,808$198$448$578,770$1,365,262$629$1,000
Namibia$4,800$8,268$36,177$67,017   
Netherlands$10,893,284$15,444,207$20,853,212$24,187,342$19,002,352$29,623,225 
Netherlands Antilles$19,445$36,603$407$763   
New Caledonia$2,662$1,857$695,559$4,193$308,411$325$70,266
New Zealand$201,540$105,332$292,995$353,862$332,266$961,012$402,813
Nicaragua$30$15$626$1,150$1,089$365$181
Niger   $421  $819
Norway$349,260$466,796$430,913$568,457$389,730$394,588$379,387
Oman   $5,066$3,795$8,843 
Pakistan$2,145$422$104,657$16,065$37,859$956,207$48,767
Panama$240$1,408,807$1,369,890$1,547,997$1,078,420$960,363$1,354,099
Paraguay$9,606$8$614$61 $6$10
Peru$27,470$28,045$45,138$44,112$76,765$80,198$584,796
Philippines$369$1,842$2,735$15,086$20,980$85,111$308,893
Poland$2,657,719$3,550,072$4,236,434$5,395,518$2,919,612$4,177,670$5,072,083
Portugal$357,043$471,856$585,627$720,153$634,115$664,375$752,229
Qatar$602$1,153$19,568$24,935$5,877  
Romania$2,679,725$3,820,472$5,494,918$7,406,110$5,085,513$6,612,015$6,097,247
Russia$1,506,860$1,085,312$1,227,806$1,209,453$1,155,004$742,601$1,411,596
Rwanda$8$4,993     
Saint Lucia$35,219$782$1,081$3,984   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $46$415 
Samoa    $61$79 
Sao Tome and Principe  $48    
Saudi Arabia$637,240$91,631$127,598    
Senegal$1,942$1,009 $4,303$291$26,155$2,093
Serbia$110,173$99,041$158,592$128,145$103,051$96,521$106,970
Seychelles   $22   
Singapore$11,615,590$13,979,164$15,512,578$22,091,853$14,264,173$24,361,153$43,583,070
Slovakia$409,497$294,420$304,915$437,248$358,288$917,444$701,384
Slovenia$1,510,512$1,875,363$2,792,771$3,029,370$1,453,023$1,590,035$1,877,340
South Africa$373,042$1,821,495$2,068,209$2,329,127$2,048,238$2,301,702$2,682,782
Spain$5,933,016$6,606,679$7,108,007$7,960,128$7,397,477$7,049,714 
Sri Lanka$6,447$269$933$504 $343$338
Suriname$5,269$2,117$16$199$10,590$172$8,257
Swaziland$263$1,700$331    
Sweden$22,566,453$25,690,892$34,416,500$31,975,700$23,506,101$25,861,030$27,236,899
Switzerland$13,925,909$12,314,480$15,930,755$17,106,537$11,314,274$14,335,393$19,742,039
Syria $91   $198 
Tanzania$1,023$31,105$252$338$6,796$4,950$20,409
Thailand$25,081,262$26,377,395$26,893,827$34,590,462$30,480,203$36,323,526$39,821,952
Trinidad and Tobago$63,642$179,045$11,444$44,339$24,928$13,197 
Tunisia$45,827$96,941$96,565$295,314$162,211$853,536 
Turkey$633,085$526,611$1,046,944$1,073,165$927,739$971,462$1,369,490
Uganda$1,464$4,786$20,860$60$5$7,716 
Ukraine$315,418$144,725$328,117$316,108$182,663$324,558$292,995
United Arab Emirates$1,119,079 $2,108,091$4,124,113   
United Kingdom$19,303,071$23,264,864$22,845,414$22,639,186$14,430,706$16,808,865$25,348,398
United States$36,660,937$44,791,603$44,529,873$45,845,603$39,594,856$46,162,655$57,553,675
Uruguay $6$10,174$23$7,746  
Venezuela$63,514$15,126 $3,131$46,894$900$540
Vietnam$23,053$25,628$142,997$3,460,882$130,084$483,079 
Zambia$138$773$347,824$342,231$7,217$1,346 
Zimbabwe$1$21,409$5,591$7$1,000$11,449