RankCountryImports of Wire of stainless steel in USD (2010)
1Germany$236,377,645
2United States$212,086,418
3China$146,951,676
4Japan$135,149,822
5France$97,467,588
6Italy$78,666,348
7Korea, South$67,832,181
8United Kingdom$65,361,817
9Mexico$59,403,853
10Hong Kong$56,629,038
11Thailand$52,972,912
12Switzerland$50,868,437
13Belgium$49,934,407
14Vietnam$41,244,070
15Netherlands$39,950,721
16Singapore$39,947,226
17Malaysia$37,719,483
18India$31,140,129
19Brazil$30,439,906
20Turkey$30,313,602
21Sweden$29,807,802
22Indonesia$29,262,731
23South Africa$26,583,527
24Spain$26,336,464
25Canada$26,070,330
26Poland$23,923,801
27Philippines$22,815,039
28Czech Republic$20,984,341
29Russia$19,957,190
30Austria$18,943,114
31Australia$16,883,174
32Ireland$16,382,507
33Denmark$12,759,701
34Portugal$9,358,898
35Slovakia$8,903,090
36Israel$7,908,000
37Finland$7,750,951
38Iran$7,611,396
39Argentina$7,299,648
40Ukraine$6,476,449
41Slovenia$6,466,253
42Hungary$5,472,000
43Saudi Arabia$5,241,340
44Bulgaria$5,121,881
45Romania$4,938,566
46Oman$3,989,584
47Chile$3,593,253
48Norway$3,419,332
49New Zealand$3,244,196
50Botswana$3,169,335
51Qatar$2,725,361
52Syria$2,602,825
53Costa Rica$2,530,933
54Luxembourg$2,510,521
55Dominican Republic$2,310,264
56Greece$2,208,902
57Nigeria$2,175,738
58Lithuania$2,002,609
59Peru$1,847,597
60Colombia$1,813,265
61Latvia$1,713,302
62Pakistan$1,527,438
63Estonia$1,492,970
64Tunisia$1,409,782
65Belarus$1,396,800
66Croatia$1,268,104
67Serbia$1,179,417
68Bahrain$1,177,378
69Venezuela$1,143,817
70Zambia$1,009,411
71Cyprus$924,326
72Morocco$904,641
73Algeria$898,631
74Panama$705,410
75El Salvador$677,439
76Bosnia and Herzegovina$671,077
77Zimbabwe$667,194
78Egypt$619,748
79Bolivia$609,617
80Bermuda$470,633
81Uganda$407,742
82Macau$358,372
83Sri Lanka$316,566
84Kenya$279,814
85Albania$260,092
86Malawi$212,329
87Tonga$160,132
88Trinidad and Tobago$133,763
89Ecuador$129,081
90Cambodia$128,549
91Iceland$127,943
92Maldives$122,378
93Mauritius$107,347
94Ethiopia$92,471
95Jamaica$88,553
96Moldova$84,272
97Bhutan$76,670
98Aruba$69,242
99Cameroon$67,903
100Fiji$65,847
101Armenia$58,725
102Guatemala$57,437
103Paraguay$56,268
104Ghana$47,016
105Mauritania$45,508
106Jordan$45,328
107Samoa$45,093
108Lebanon$44,805
109Malta$42,466
110Tanzania$34,181
111Madagascar$32,020
112Nepal$31,455
113Kyrgyzstan$26,739
114Georgia$23,651
115Mali$20,828
116French Polynesia$20,452
117Bahamas, The$18,544
118Cote d'Ivoire$17,659
119Niger$16,100
120Nicaragua$14,683
121Gambia, The$13,664
122Antigua and Barbuda$13,568
123New Caledonia$12,239
124Burkina Faso$11,830
125Senegal$11,415
126Mozambique$9,851
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$7,930
128Belize$5,592
129Yemen$4,830
130Montenegro$3,683
131Suriname$3,420
132Barbados$2,655
133Guyana$2,396
134Benin$1,183
135Dominica$730
136Cape Verde$600
137Sao Tome and Principe$317
138Azerbaijan$95
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$120,671$54,256$77,131$32,064$421,925$260,092$224,061
Algeria$525,255$874,072$781,545$2,295,198$2,331,826$898,631$1,452,864
Anguilla $3$853$6,059   
Antigua and Barbuda$451$406$20,524 $922$13,568$9,572
Argentina$4,875,603$5,979,204$9,401,043$9,151,361$4,786,682$7,299,648$8,857,119
Armenia$6,248$4,634$15,471$17,037$5,207$58,725$10,197
Aruba    $20,350$69,242$49,463
Australia$14,610,755$15,132,994$22,688,588$23,641,731$11,354,125$16,883,174$17,848,975
Austria$13,470,377$15,435,176$23,184,187$24,920,021$14,267,469$18,943,114 
Azerbaijan$118,667$818,096$120,986$587,540$84,650$95$489,294
Bahamas, The$57,832$8,593$17,521$6,239$44,477$18,544$21,597
Bahrain$107,420$102,524$271,146$1,358,692$554,717$1,177,378$2,252,106
Bangladesh$295,117$171,460$259,873    
Barbados$2,874$650$15,482$7,352$24,028$2,655$15,560
Belarus$415,400$498,400$987,500$1,421,000$765,200$1,396,800$1,302,900
Belgium$33,367,424$48,007,423$73,749,384$60,945,702$35,232,537$49,934,407$70,316,706
Belize$21,824$8,276$5,950$6,732$2,152$5,592 
Benin$88$5,532   $1,183 
Bermuda     $470,633 
Bhutan$130,658$78,935$72,448$55,579$78,858$76,670 
Bolivia$85,561$62,959$350,685$875,766$579,810$609,617$526,848
Bosnia and Herzegovina$249,114$558,452$1,261,884$1,406,280$437,901$671,077$601,221
Botswana$147,503$191,449$397,143$1,079,049$1,162,371$3,169,335$2,415,129
Brazil$11,425,785$13,032,001$18,625,667$21,213,774$17,243,489$30,439,906$32,261,891
Brunei $211,106     
Bulgaria$2,303,150$2,572,791$4,594,591$4,767,244$3,361,242$5,121,881$6,794,681
Burkina Faso$524 $3,166$882 $11,830 
Burundi$198$100$8,599$13,874$4,814  
Cambodia$1,341$2,993$826$21,347$83,624$128,549 
Cameroon$8,766$11,907$8,925$1,701$74,756$67,903 
Canada$19,752,023$18,505,572$30,703,644$21,200,523$12,884,823$26,070,330$33,968,882
Cape Verde$7 $2,756$1,739$178$600$67
Central African Republic $207     
Chile$1,754,852$1,971,929$2,434,568$3,123,753$1,405,917$3,593,253$5,814,340
China$98,086,281$120,350,062$157,768,579$157,723,637$107,620,593$146,951,676$169,120,168
Colombia$1,112,263$1,150,294$1,866,335$2,004,963$1,201,439$1,813,265$2,770,708
Comoros$134$1,109$2,949    
Cook Islands$1,070 $1,397    
Costa Rica$56,144$146,499$218,321$234,561$206,474$2,530,933$8,483,888
Cote d'Ivoire$4,424$9,711$1,989$29,419$15,791$17,659$10,133
Croatia$1,388,602$1,704,331$1,616,515$1,884,078$814,564$1,268,104$1,556,728
Cuba$121,195$56,175     
Cyprus$38,069$27,758$103,832$43,031$646,368$924,326$980,427
Czech Republic$20,666,316$24,412,733$28,541,893$27,894,351$17,339,684$20,984,341$30,094,346
Denmark$8,980,403$15,340,008$18,787,120$15,199,048$8,616,908$12,759,701$15,845,377
Dominica $8,669$72 $748$730 
Dominican Republic$26,591$56,198$37,898$180,785$1,309,225$2,310,264$2,540,062
East Timor$20,687      
Ecuador$128,701$151,496$258,986$430,354$136,703$129,081$155,438
Egypt$240,598$443,362$270,325$734,399$478,665$619,748$740,045
El Salvador$513,682$712,021$697,351$836,868$323,836$677,439 
Estonia$419,742$420,065$1,747,962$704,975$395,483$1,492,970$1,498,730
Ethiopia$80,747$145,281$619,862$194,732$118,750$92,471$673,254
Faroe Islands$5,020$9,788$11,917$9,197$6,139  
Fiji$28,313$42,931$28,154$19,001$40,589$65,847 
Finland$7,966,804$9,861,831$13,956,113$10,788,475$4,217,923$7,750,951$10,489,813
France$106,177,545$92,887,936$137,672,514$117,752,488$63,683,622$97,467,588$129,570,942
French Polynesia$4,889$7,460$4,187$35,082$6,624$20,452$8,985
Gabon$47,592$48,634$2,932$69,776$68,372  
Gambia, The$24,445$7,268$379,292$1,450$188$13,664$35,114
Georgia$34,923$71,210$30,570$103,011$46,055$23,651 
Germany$187,105,000$228,494,000$348,690,000$299,727,000$143,959,000$236,377,645$296,476,909
Ghana$96,950$170,460$115,200$162,156$112,783$47,016$1,337,022
Greece$1,924,655$1,611,176$2,709,219$2,945,292$2,341,421$2,208,902$1,965,614
Greenland$760$951$204    
Grenada$2,568$20$14$1,491   
Guatemala$194,227$126,915$125,963$239,912$65,155$57,437$78,466
Guinea$5,402$15,455$186$629   
Guyana$23,344$947$198$10$27,572$2,396$219
Honduras$78,296$123,632$53,317 $70,034  
Hong Kong$57,074,951$58,226,151$59,333,257$59,059,469$36,636,308$56,629,038$54,437,109
Hungary$3,725,000$4,232,000$8,042,000$5,449,000$4,047,000$5,472,000$6,346,000
Iceland$352,522$260,197$400,788$189,853$115,750$127,943$141,879
India$17,514,740$18,680,408$24,419,879$35,144,867$34,970,425$31,140,129$35,388,488
Indonesia$10,336,644$10,892,800$12,163,638$27,536,714$16,114,585$29,262,731$40,921,171
Iran$4,767,905$2,222,264   $7,611,396 
Ireland$20,017,515$19,361,433$22,202,998$18,979,007$15,596,229$16,382,507$23,003,991
Israel$3,690,000$3,715,000$8,070,000$9,270,000$4,872,000$7,908,000$10,047,000
Italy$74,641,615$92,615,105$127,976,426$109,075,517$60,394,935$78,666,348$110,875,530
Jamaica$319,602$41,371$24,277$61,614$84,334$88,553 
Japan$81,958,465$89,329,821$116,648,853$123,630,614$83,276,448$135,149,822$169,754,109
Jordan$613,341$480,108$172,481$93,291$40,711$45,328$99,568
Kazakhstan$881,379$941,388$1,034,049$797,111$486,342  
Kenya$228,446$123,653$197,973$138,610$170,116$279,814 
Kiribati$14,188   $369  
Korea, South$31,712,308$51,161,685$62,803,100$56,351,348$41,790,921$67,832,181$83,999,057
Kuwait $536,930$722,806$1,126,333   
Kyrgyzstan$11,279$28,542$5,352$33,462$60,009$26,739$18,362
Latvia$385,199$564,559$1,040,347$1,272,361$574,400$1,713,302$2,705,217
Lebanon$33,000$11,755$30,209$33,099$37,168$44,805$34,550
Lesotho   $12,152   
Lithuania$671,413$452,534$801,533$1,203,195$459,652$2,002,609$974,345
Luxembourg$2,439,288$6,970,045$2,609,104$825,190$565,244$2,510,521$6,136,086
Macau$12,144$23,963$26,542$66,188$73,387$358,372$933,109
Macedonia$36,004$44,057$57,947$53,660$196,035 $463,720
Madagascar$12,488$6,416$5,205$14,612$34,649$32,020 
Malawi$3,203$1,476$26,453$16,890$74,157$212,329$64,799
Malaysia$13,247,344$14,897,957$18,489,806$24,492,476$19,493,485$37,719,483$45,022,424
Maldives$63,657$139,614$68,449$196,835$133,359$122,378$115,099
Mali$4,441$7,348$604$14,547 $20,828 
Malta$100,912$118,041$42,497$3,899$57,961$42,466 
Mauritania$392,557 $12,534$16,142$50,553$45,508 
Mauritius$36,224$76,709$154,814$131,264$122,767$107,347$95,090
Mayotte $4,844$1,711$7,134$796  
Mexico$25,969,538$36,739,241$34,193,462$39,862,977$32,492,612$59,403,853$79,585,575
Moldova$32,230$63,112$277,846$38,534$10,250$84,272$242,526
Mongolia$169,908$184,383$15,506    
Montenegro $66,325$16,400$19,427$12,378$3,683$2,440
Morocco$779,403$605,986$975,004$814,563$534,230$904,641 
Mozambique$15,261$17,974$5,171$10,252$35,961$9,851$11,000
Namibia$413,614$882,736$1,317,176$924,530   
Nepal    $11,002$31,455 
Netherlands$26,578,974$35,835,910$58,152,417$51,177,142$27,343,701$39,950,721 
Netherlands Antilles$23,065$8,935$51,293$35,954   
New Caledonia$14,544$35,785$45,660$24,669$59,018$12,239$37,936
New Zealand$3,329,264$3,209,868$5,147,540$4,099,575$2,573,537$3,244,196$3,117,344
Nicaragua$3,980$1,501$2,839$10,994$4,463$14,683$16,669
Niger$46   $93$16,100 
Nigeria $422,954$529,488$449,887$1,405,229$2,175,738 
Norway$2,735,645$3,238,516$2,880,835$3,909,475$2,000,151$3,419,332$6,136,403
Oman$1,133,212$1,033,360$2,155,724$4,681,477$4,146,712$3,989,584 
Pakistan$1,329,804$965,141$776,819$1,347,072$1,490,561$1,527,438$1,247,205
Panama$128,941$194,754$205,603$632,646$274,289$705,410$771,640
Paraguay$65,182$10,185$25,416$56,063$11,867$56,268$100,456
Peru$836,422$502,152$381,828$682,939$683,832$1,847,597$1,074,525
Philippines$5,400,974$11,951,313$11,737,420$11,983,749$12,633,983$22,815,039$16,249,099
Poland$12,374,513$13,940,922$24,227,525$28,687,840$18,816,325$23,923,801$30,423,339
Portugal$5,608,615$7,554,245$11,632,215$13,072,086$6,103,174$9,358,898$13,722,701
Qatar$1,016,347$238,243$1,669,999$1,493,363 $2,725,361 
Romania$2,440,082$4,130,474$6,088,147$6,993,663$2,689,970$4,938,566$6,954,854
Russia$3,534,254$5,159,690$13,922,126$17,314,742$8,187,167$19,957,190$24,211,187
Rwanda$4,788$14,595$17,201$343,024$40,481 $629,716
Saint Kitts and Nevis$63$191$11,250    
Saint Lucia$550$1,023$1,161$1,074   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$23,899$5,519$6,192$1,076$1,501$7,930 
Samoa$18,378$7,530$33,267$27,011$40,029$45,093$71,369
Sao Tome and Principe     $317 
Saudi Arabia$3,173,604$2,537,820$3,878,680  $5,241,340 
Senegal$105,074$122,149$60,892$60,576$70,383$11,415$93,259
Serbia$949,763$1,253,172$1,855,219$1,976,413$956,090$1,179,417$1,496,547
Seychelles$6,329$25,549$20,157$37,294   
Singapore$29,503,660$42,832,293$41,983,936$38,532,339$24,132,245$39,947,226$46,092,824
Slovakia$7,342,864$9,238,722$9,412,252$10,042,417$5,838,231$8,903,090$13,989,239
Slovenia$3,242,478$4,577,986$7,276,165$7,015,180$4,382,036$6,466,253$5,158,318
South Africa$21,775,202$23,080,873$36,767,650$27,914,919$13,193,827$26,583,527$27,814,779
Spain$35,053,819$39,156,426$51,686,982$46,037,192$20,483,747$26,336,464 
Sri Lanka$340,522$548,410$361,504$269,967$212,200$316,566$475,147
Sudan$450,865$615,088$17,282$633$80,300  
Suriname$14,768$18,543$19,738$7,677$25,203$3,420$3,334
Swaziland$16,282$45,065$180,037    
Sweden$27,893,023$50,523,388$52,902,534$47,987,545$21,397,537$29,807,802$38,681,722
Switzerland$46,503,308$52,612,471$72,016,070$62,041,810$37,772,308$50,868,437$56,583,071
Syria$376,093$145,959$539,018$554,653 $2,602,825 
Tanzania$133,180$69,938$230,568$138,196$52,740$34,181$89,599
Thailand$29,258,247$30,953,896$82,355,067$48,861,398$27,824,390$52,972,912$62,961,131
Togo      $341
Tonga$5,514$2,607$2,490$1,952$1,460$160,132 
Trinidad and Tobago$91,522$90,407$216,565$532,800$394,531$133,763 
Tunisia$1,605,402$1,051,957$1,467,974$1,523,253$814,161$1,409,782 
Turkey$18,406,798$21,209,358$36,952,009$33,900,191$17,987,818$30,313,602$38,335,825
Tuvalu$214$55 $31,206   
Uganda$2,975$3,773$185,393$1,896$3,774$407,742 
Ukraine$5,112,108$4,599,793$7,945,802$10,767,593$3,361,142$6,476,449$9,825,767
United Arab Emirates$22,251,627 $37,708,872$59,597,218   
United Kingdom$58,935,886$66,607,843$99,676,741$81,463,857$41,390,961$65,361,817$84,629,706
United States$180,637,346$216,373,277$279,815,323$251,914,657$130,822,205$212,086,418$255,519,211
Uruguay$100,957$103,942$142,472$150,244$198,291  
Vanuatu $7,342$25,975    
Venezuela$1,800,285$1,284,583$4,737,589$2,423,635$1,061,875$1,143,817$815,050
Vietnam$16,052,215$28,040,699$45,371,044$27,936,631$23,473,460$41,244,070 
Yemen$28,943$7,537$5,512$378,260$32,094$4,830$2,473
Zambia$29,336$135,461$1,857,779$439,967$252,298$1,009,411 
Zimbabwe$34,667$185,491$363,967$298,283$425,705$667,194