RankCountryExports of Optical fibre cables in USD (2010)
1United States$765,795,293
2China$466,290,460
3France$342,893,399
4Mexico$330,608,865
5Germany$209,886,608
6Japan$163,256,480
7Korea, South$134,516,056
8Netherlands$132,206,986
9United Kingdom$107,357,252
10Spain$105,900,090
11Poland$97,331,998
12Singapore$89,755,284
13Belgium$69,178,512
14Sweden$60,029,468
15Switzerland$59,807,601
16Norway$59,592,243
17Italy$44,033,417
18Turkey$41,538,501
19Hong Kong$39,422,278
20Denmark$30,570,266
21Austria$29,968,065
22Belarus$29,128,900
23Brazil$27,253,342
24Hungary$24,732,000
25Canada$24,614,804
26Czech Republic$22,126,110
27Costa Rica$21,875,925
28Vietnam$21,737,627
29Tunisia$17,562,467
30India$17,331,632
31Malaysia$16,089,441
32Australia$13,858,905
33Slovakia$11,865,183
34Finland$9,399,821
35Portugal$9,355,224
36Thailand$9,172,663
37Romania$6,656,672
38Indonesia$5,784,330
39Israel$5,357,000
40Saudi Arabia$5,182,940
41Iran$4,763,057
42Estonia$3,295,724
43Slovenia$3,168,247
44Latvia$3,149,536
45Ukraine$2,817,031
46South Africa$2,790,757
47Oman$2,388,068
48Lithuania$2,128,872
49Greece$1,652,474
50Ireland$1,484,830
51Russia$1,338,172
52Chile$1,137,638
53Jordan$997,404
54Pakistan$994,567
55Argentina$526,833
56Luxembourg$477,916
57Bulgaria$458,383
58Serbia$441,295
59Morocco$371,692
60El Salvador$336,341
61Philippines$325,018
62Guatemala$306,828
63Kenya$256,556
64Croatia$228,975
65Colombia$197,934
66Panama$177,886
67New Zealand$174,173
68Ghana$130,845
69Bosnia and Herzegovina$110,379
70Mauritius$74,055
71Malawi$43,028
72Peru$35,380
73Georgia$29,036
74Egypt$22,030
75Uganda$16,876
76Fiji$13,264
77Cyprus$12,034
78Senegal$11,626
79Rwanda$10,165
80Albania$9,813
81Trinidad and Tobago$7,858
82Malta$7,811
83Bahrain$7,064
84Barbados$7,020
85Ecuador$5,717
86Syria$5,584
87Zambia$3,878
88Paraguay$3,578
89Iceland$2,982
90Mozambique$2,500
91Moldova$2,373
92Ethiopia$2,349
93Kyrgyzstan$2,344
94Antigua and Barbuda$1,528
95Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,513
96Botswana$1,499
97Cote d'Ivoire$1,351
98Venezuela$1,029
99Guyana$763
100Lebanon$501
101Sri Lanka$131
102Montenegro$117
103French Polynesia$97
104Nicaragua$26
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania    $8,979$9,813 
Algeria  $5,057$196   
Antigua and Barbuda$1,169    $1,528 
Argentina$632,060$427,198$984,088$822,112$535,114$526,833$462,906
Armenia      $131
Australia$9,700,778$10,960,423$11,479,158$17,547,554$12,623,720$13,858,905$13,052,901
Austria$18,736,045$32,124,254$27,086,383$30,746,929$25,424,403$29,968,065 
Azerbaijan$7,013      
Bahamas, The $7,200$2,242$19,420$2,450  
Bahrain  $46,755$116,907$3,630$7,064$1,606
Bangladesh $35,052$58,912    
Barbados$2,380 $18,755$45$2,260$7,020 
Belarus$3,484,600$9,927,900$19,396,300$30,311,800$19,668,300$29,128,900$53,122,500
Belgium$48,209,660$53,178,399$53,805,985$81,607,786$64,215,122$69,178,512$85,520,596
Bhutan  $194    
Bolivia$1,630$6,084     
Bosnia and Herzegovina$89,222$68,490$447,447$316,749$270,426$110,379$200,198
Botswana$42$736 $17,651$362$1,499$392
Brazil$11,832,594$17,574,120$30,713,857$25,885,144$26,185,852$27,253,342$17,490,827
Brunei $417,233     
Bulgaria$76,601$214,103$115,039$2,309,202$713,537$458,383$761,093
Burkina Faso$338      
Cambodia$559 $84,404 $1,434,296  
Cameroon$67,035$9,599$248$5,816$135,870  
Canada$21,222,834$26,981,470$29,571,727$31,165,579$17,093,545$24,614,804$27,488,555
Cape Verde  $377    
Chile$94,177$67,124$86,270$861,699$918,224$1,137,638$752,213
China$131,383,802$227,851,043$341,849,527$454,396,142$421,158,805$466,290,460$596,922,216
Colombia$130,020$47,251$190,566$97,715$418,844$197,934$246,448
Costa Rica$4,916,844$8,241,643$8,227,577$12,062,502$8,242,711$21,875,925$43,828,803
Cote d'Ivoire  $4,995  $1,351 
Croatia$63,318$296,672$307,612$1,320,061$1,355,969$228,975$367,766
Cuba$17,034$39,446     
Cyprus$200 $181 $814$12,034$6,919
Czech Republic$18,293,179$11,346,874$11,392,887$14,961,953$13,774,025$22,126,110$29,744,850
Denmark$31,683,347$28,342,513$40,668,232$39,234,935$32,133,532$30,570,266$37,302,748
Djibouti    $253,827  
Dominican Republic$50,044 $1,151$692,728  $18,751
Ecuador  $6$76,673$82,869$5,717$909
Egypt $549,081 $561,101 $22,030$1,601,064
El Salvador$155,948$28,760$48,536$43,381$206,179$336,341 
Estonia$2,830,619$2,915,002$4,309,358$6,526,318$4,212,046$3,295,724$6,477,736
Ethiopia  $251  $2,349 
Faroe Islands  $3,856    
Fiji$8,744$823$11,699$2,332,763$83,693$13,264 
Finland$15,971,592$19,329,763$9,138,561$6,072,126$7,297,332$9,399,821$11,325,338
France$119,356,427$131,989,015$236,106,049$364,074,914$445,512,079$342,893,399$247,826,201
French Polynesia   $9 $97 
Gabon  $101,663    
Georgia $5,339  $2,173$29,036 
Germany$231,553,000$256,338,000$281,068,000$290,409,000$295,409,000$209,886,608$240,741,688
Ghana     $130,845 
Greece$2,383,470$2,136,548$2,754,396$4,737,773$2,526,178$1,652,474$803,766
Grenada   $33   
Guatemala$42,174$33,036$172,424$277,369$378,330$306,828$396,351
Guyana $191$14,832 $225$763$8
Honduras$4,698$84$65,372 $38,284  
Hong Kong$16,981,837$23,504,296$29,746,722$34,974,514$31,400,697$39,422,278$41,899,029
Hungary$1,807,000$2,882,000$4,474,000$9,631,000$8,500,000$24,732,000$211,136,000
Iceland $213$5,594$129$4,369$2,982 
India$23,311,412$40,794,013$31,089,242$35,965,614$50,885,226$17,331,632$27,873,868
Indonesia$2,762,543$4,411,359$18,556,721$7,942,406$5,438,984$5,784,330$19,738,864
Iran$102,300$819,114   $4,763,057 
Ireland$4,643,995$3,888,594$8,193,306$7,002,025$3,416,621$1,484,830$3,661,375
Israel$5,558,000$1,489,000$3,475,000$20,035,000$2,186,000$5,357,000$9,270,000
Italy$54,287,404$35,915,404$51,302,282$70,329,028$54,085,942$44,033,417$51,924,228
Jamaica$628$148,153$10,256$16,722$17,855  
Japan$228,485,057$156,787,362$189,342,862$386,733,451$435,763,943$163,256,480$234,402,169
Jordan$31,214$81,751$8,346$94,187$607,270$997,404$239,630
Kazakhstan$9$10,321$4,961$145,345$141,574  
Kenya$1,466$261,468$41,698$34,197$116,346$256,556 
Korea, South$47,932,501$68,511,529$80,983,998$125,957,430$118,208,400$134,516,056$159,643,943
Kuwait $1,127$95,977$75,122$30,683  
Kyrgyzstan $231   $2,344$535
Latvia$2,454,114$6,193,331$7,195,409$8,687,737$4,392,271$3,149,536$1,830,476
Lebanon $2,845$236,041$9,871$49,767$501$20,945
Lithuania$13,123$100,114$466,544$908,956$462,323$2,128,872$2,795,483
Luxembourg$438,250$122,756$356,772$1,600,528$1,435,889$477,916$495,719
Macau$18,716$1,425 $8,207$72,679  
Macedonia $19,527$90,470 $67,780 $17,338
Madagascar $4,067  $300  
Malawi$2,319  $90$100$43,028 
Malaysia$5,736,406$10,095,247$5,353,645$5,663,315$9,075,267$16,089,441$12,614,568
Maldives$10      
Malta$4,468$74,231$109,991$33,753$196,942$7,811 
Mauritius$351$975$84,573$190,900$84,259$74,055$94,595
Mexico$155,910,255$253,837,127$246,892,690$349,646,752$246,322,181$330,608,865$380,830,142
Moldova   $3,013$1,392,202$2,373$6,601
Mongolia  $1,708    
Montenegro $126 $483$259$117$278
Morocco$1,970,847$482,893$747,276$817,656$35,119$371,692 
Mozambique$767$104 $53,200$1,717$2,500 
Namibia$86$640$588$14,265   
Netherlands$80,631,944$82,502,695$147,315,108$141,977,957$110,631,945$132,206,986 
Netherlands Antilles$692$838$4,303$308,983   
New Caledonia $2,015$1,381$3,756$875,132 $1,449
New Zealand$45,562$714,826$214,684$95,091$130,694$174,173$161,048
Nicaragua$31,870$60,743$1,680$8,166$7,610$26$27,585
Niger    $317  
Nigeria  $472,941    
Norway$15,403,927$17,087,096$31,587,703$38,218,850$39,863,116$59,592,243$213,776,244
Oman$501,680$921,142$2,092,835$2,441,937$37,264,357$2,388,068 
Pakistan$4,134 $21,458$388,508$217,881$994,567$618,410
Panama $48,346$122,479$93,847$110,400$177,886$567,892
Paraguay$300 $1,800$2,530$449$3,578$210,102
Peru$2,985$4,421$731,684$452,756$12,049$35,380$25,436
Philippines $26,512 $75,387$553,144$325,018$2,778
Poland$20,595,724$28,772,307$66,397,627$119,038,422$80,356,252$97,331,998$100,266,807
Portugal$1,340,991$4,000,227$2,213,500$4,454,885$3,555,682$9,355,224$9,097,496
Qatar$7,445$3,722$830,179$23,455$69,660  
Romania$281,005$303,749$5,740,515$5,123,754$746,389$6,656,672$7,449,389
Russia$2,001,314$2,518,712$2,473,291$1,993,273$6,615,200$1,338,172$35,113,230
Rwanda   $16,845 $10,165 
Saint Kitts and Nevis $130 $74   
Saint Lucia $864     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $5,312$336$3,700$1,513 
Samoa$5,657,830$9,293     
Saudi Arabia$1,577,294$2,572,488$3,254,811  $5,182,940 
Senegal$571$61,064$1,815 $85$11,626$2,296
Serbia$18,808$124,321$151,116$1,647,965$165,356$441,295$506,640
Singapore$29,909,454$34,780,605$40,855,871$92,471,441$70,028,463$89,755,284$68,959,234
Slovakia$4,653,497$5,227,041$8,817,892$9,798,042$10,111,875$11,865,183$25,990,980
Slovenia$1,093,104$1,145,127$1,325,874$2,173,511$1,442,108$3,168,247$4,113,431
South Africa$1,854,435$2,098,691$3,166,734$4,739,686$1,585,084$2,790,757$2,226,021
Spain$35,829,781$54,343,964$59,301,761$94,350,761$90,001,615$105,900,090 
Sri Lanka$19,122$1,882$14,642$1,526$318$131 
Suriname  $54   $560
Swaziland$4,148$4,944$246    
Sweden$22,195,211$27,512,676$59,837,158$68,019,635$57,167,102$60,029,468$94,672,365
Switzerland$25,911,305$35,276,586$55,818,950$70,682,722$54,457,806$59,807,601$83,624,031
Syria     $5,584 
Tanzania$3,262$12,359$103,848$11,630$3,841 $24
Thailand$20,802,785$7,420,603$16,127,451$19,855,794$13,104,638$9,172,663$11,161,550
Trinidad and Tobago$1,600$54,953$8,397$68,743$1,406$7,858 
Tunisia$60,277,422$54,731,136$38,134,459$3,462,967$9,453,949$17,562,467 
Turkey$23,019,679$28,542,301$43,211,036$57,408,465$44,105,692$41,538,501$53,231,246
Uganda$4,758$135 $30,831$8,902$16,876 
Ukraine$399,581$283,574$897,553$2,746,230$1,198,860$2,817,031$2,679,395
United Arab Emirates$2,520,772 $1,798,034$2,548,787   
United Kingdom$69,260,493$76,347,415$104,387,239$109,881,571$76,848,821$107,357,252$106,200,751
United States$304,411,466$413,825,320$438,299,544$600,034,430$579,715,912$765,795,293$755,894,210
Uruguay$3,000$2,179$2,403$3,116$1,653  
Venezuela$15,439  $366$112,167$1,029$1,925
Vietnam$17,441,020$21,071,985$2,472,917$5,824,697$12,007,317$21,737,627 
Zambia $146$217,464$5,582$6,074$3,878 
Zimbabwe$520  $2,808$395