RankCountryExports of Hand sharpening/polishing stones in USD (2010)
1China$18,938,495
2United States$12,112,916
3Japan$11,333,818
4Germany$5,284,166
5Hong Kong$2,919,001
6Netherlands$2,033,239
7Italy$1,984,198
8Korea, South$1,466,620
9Mexico$1,268,640
10France$1,113,471
11Brazil$1,042,067
12Spain$948,654
13Switzerland$722,649
14Malaysia$684,877
15Turkey$672,870
16Singapore$580,386
17United Kingdom$468,392
18Thailand$458,062
19India$452,186
20Sweden$397,513
21Slovenia$382,856
22Saudi Arabia$339,467
23Belgium$337,871
24Syria$332,538
25South Africa$254,142
26Czech Republic$248,337
27El Salvador$181,666
28Poland$156,168
29Panama$141,405
30Austria$135,060
31Israel$120,000
32Canada$107,873
33Philippines$93,136
34Oman$90,159
35Russia$85,731
36Denmark$79,918
37Vietnam$58,015
38Australia$55,773
39Ukraine$55,650
40New Zealand$53,887
41Jordan$46,908
42Portugal$43,441
43Norway$41,636
44Kenya$41,158
45Greece$35,574
46Hungary$33,000
47Finland$27,174
48Romania$25,747
49Serbia$21,697
50Colombia$20,497
51Argentina$20,334
52Lebanon$19,253
53Chile$15,527
54Indonesia$10,830
55Slovakia$10,657
56Armenia$8,521
57Latvia$7,335
58Lithuania$6,823
59Morocco$6,102
60Benin$5,759
61Madagascar$5,699
62Estonia$4,517
63Croatia$4,227
64Yemen$4,211
65Guatemala$4,052
66Sri Lanka$2,798
67Peru$2,458
68Ireland$2,097
69Pakistan$2,021
70Trinidad and Tobago$1,422
71Dominican Republic$525
72Bulgaria$376
73Ecuador$339
74Belarus$300
75Luxembourg$292
76Uganda$291
77Botswana$254
78Iceland$216
79Costa Rica$175
80Tunisia$150
81Barbados$90
82Bosnia and Herzegovina$83
83Samoa$2
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$5,441 $604   $7,221
Antigua and Barbuda      $11
Argentina$9,378$16,291$14,406$18,920$5,651$20,334$14,489
Armenia     $8,521$13,822
Australia$160,362$73,623$143,013$179,935$32,437$55,773$219,772
Austria$159,668$159,273$159,128$139,243$169,452$135,060 
Barbados $4 $2 $90 
Belarus$500$100   $300$400
Belgium$741,622$102,328$289,511$959,642$1,086,271$337,871$760,171
Benin     $5,759 
Bolivia$1,160$9    $1,695
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,798$178$954$1,479 $83$1,200
Botswana$785$13$7$79 $254$310
Brazil$413,727$463,321$641,789$969,202$725,838$1,042,067$1,109,425
Brunei $1     
Bulgaria$39,912$1,093$2,708 $190$376$323
Cameroon $397     
Canada$41,019$78,733$148,803$558,949$136,648$107,873$188,943
Cape Verde$251$707$831    
Chile$22,853$30,032$6,224$30,688$1,736$15,527$172,205
China$5,824,870$6,622,507$7,788,240$10,024,499$13,258,733$18,938,495$30,813,048
Colombia$25,338$18,357$34,568$34,008$25,135$20,497$20,111
Costa Rica$415,072$644,784$583,548$662,660$144,613$175$2
Cote d'Ivoire   $27$1,225 $2,386
Croatia$3,717$6,557$6,888$14,854$11,335$4,227$4,350
Czech Republic$1,256,923$706,093$215,711$211,196$106,375$248,337$551,393
Denmark$32,576$82,841$230,516$118,266$64,179$79,918$77,599
Dominican Republic $2,699$2,457$48,029$2,979$525$100
Ecuador   $1,176$171$339$358
Egypt$63,263$29,108$22,100 $28,028 $28,262
El Salvador$50,289$80,110$79,368$138,483$153,414$181,666 
Estonia$1,592$9,397$7,628$2,830$8,847$4,517$11,538
Ethiopia      $645
Fiji$15$43$438    
Finland$15,667$7,488$31,201$24,849$13,172$27,174$21,002
France$474,056$503,392$1,004,450$1,557,723$1,112,849$1,113,471$1,278,609
Germany$2,946,000$2,853,000$3,660,000$4,662,000$5,147,000$5,284,166$7,093,939
Ghana$1,554$100  $99  
Greece$51,867$69,616$30,996$45,274$40,337$35,574$77,973
Guatemala$2,474$4,509$6,143$4,470$2,684$4,052$16
Honduras$849$15$54 $15  
Hong Kong$1,430,159$3,011,486$2,542,075$3,276,752$2,528,531$2,919,001$2,187,527
Hungary$14,000  $21,000$20,000$33,000$13,000
Iceland     $216$636
India$369,873$138,127$526,754$1,274,117$560,249$452,186$993,623
Indonesia$637,011$793,217$345,166$278,785$112,474$10,830$25,633
Iran$27,410$41,384     
Ireland  $13,357$303$615$2,097$270
Israel$25,000$19,000$13,000$133,000$152,000$120,000$401,000
Italy$3,514,511$2,623,014$2,844,440$2,681,500$1,476,270$1,984,198$2,324,026
Jamaica    $26,562  
Japan$6,267,940$6,458,005$6,841,898$8,137,179$7,758,859$11,333,818$11,899,444
Jordan$75,233$6,378$6,885$23,803$25,710$46,908 
Kazakhstan$14  $133$50  
Kenya$3,148$102,948$12,664$56,846$42,875$41,158 
Korea, South$1,315,945$599,917$1,420,251$1,494,287$1,127,006$1,466,620$1,471,934
Kuwait $6,262$18$71,070$6,434  
Latvia$1,031$4,744$8,670$3,529$4,047$7,335$12,757
Lebanon$12,000$19,593$32,857$22,706$6,197$19,253$14,873
Lithuania$3,672$2,897$18,529$10,713$23,959$6,823$16,537
Luxembourg$41$211$107$152$1,367$292$257
Macau   $308$225  
Macedonia  $2,353 $143  
Madagascar$670$220 $72$4,322$5,699 
Malawi      $762
Malaysia$96,267$209,364$199,609$420,849$566,932$684,877$201,875
Maldives$20      
Mauritius$79$151$492$1,280$624 $325
Mexico$264,571$237,066$254,341$1,266,033$2,199,645$1,268,640$254,229
Moldova   $167   
Mongolia $274     
Montenegro  $14    
Morocco$2,880$5,321$924$5,130$9,803$6,102 
Mozambique$320$6$7$15   
Namibia$236$688$61,132$114,412   
Netherlands$480,056$2,072,964$1,021,382$922,461$512,069$2,033,239 
New Caledonia $28     
New Zealand$24,972$13,248$24,027$53,149$14,362$53,887$39,267
Nicaragua  $1,349$157$184 $148
Nigeria $553     
Norway$18,733$20,878$32,370$19,449$45,388$41,636$31,538
Oman  $21,849$88,770$332,419$90,159 
Pakistan$94,008 $24,087$43,102$51,563$2,021$14,054
Panama $86,804$69,429$78,259$64,893$141,405$200,086
Paraguay$850      
Peru$438$238$10,321$1,336$92$2,458$4,205
Philippines$49,177$115,863$240,748$292,887$61,122$93,136$31,399
Poland$109,380$158,047$120,818$274,696$139,026$156,168$175,812
Portugal$18,321$10,827$133,616$26,696$51,909$43,441$96,625
Romania$82,324$73,319$21,874$4,201$9,250$25,747$11,625
Russia$54,391$143,553$139,696$179,794$88,795$85,731$58,657
Saint Lucia   $11   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $201    
Samoa     $2 
Saudi Arabia$240,901$259,508$188,361  $339,467 
Senegal$1,527      
Serbia$42,387$18,378$16,554$26,654$17,119$21,697$41,442
Singapore$1,209,782$525,674$407,195$597,151$374,943$580,386$579,926
Slovakia$3,524$44,925$6,102$5,463$5,455$10,657$19,417
Slovenia$841,913$611,313$626,154$614,714$299,267$382,856$37,501
South Africa$84,411$53,270$84,518$111,056$66,266$254,142$207,661
Spain$2,246,600$1,476,489$1,901,831$1,222,780$654,103$948,654 
Sri Lanka$4,371$15,726$3,328$719$5,342$2,798$2,418
Sweden$422,018$626,183$410,109$344,447$297,719$397,513$481,541
Switzerland$334,377$381,403$471,569$576,659$457,729$722,649$1,412,532
Syria$30,033$35,925   $332,538 
Tanzania      $1,307
Thailand$252,025$240,126$566,534$344,852$416,389$458,062$775,745
Trinidad and Tobago$474$1,815$50$475$203$1,422 
Tunisia $6,094$2,379$1,919$206$150 
Turkey$499,181$608,458$594,826$759,648$776,258$672,870$774,342
Uganda$360 $57  $291 
Ukraine$41,672$48,619$43,332$41,460$35,777$55,650$68,286
United Arab Emirates$11,448 $83,798$77,683   
United Kingdom$1,362,890$805,217$806,738$912,271$554,154$468,392$725,749
United States$10,174,460$10,432,705$9,247,716$9,515,056$8,552,212$12,112,916$12,035,038
Uruguay   $18   
Venezuela$3,238$4,314 $894   
Vietnam$151,553$213,823$68,484$561,152$189,681$58,015 
Yemen$3,435$14,485$4,699$11,664$2,791$4,211 
Zambia $214$208$2,444$467