RankCountryExports of Tubular metal needles & needles for sutures in USD (2010)
1United States$270,368,201
2Japan$212,103,640
3Mexico$175,759,701
4Belgium$144,526,643
5Germany$113,573,800
6China$106,400,635
7Denmark$103,335,219
8France$65,029,358
9Switzerland$56,196,185
10Brazil$47,601,552
11Thailand$33,003,641
12Korea, South$32,966,861
13United Kingdom$27,981,987
14Spain$27,547,709
15Singapore$26,735,206
16Italy$22,880,271
17India$21,899,563
18Sweden$14,742,497
19Netherlands$14,703,518
20Czech Republic$7,068,640
21Vietnam$6,963,551
22Ireland$5,741,364
23Canada$4,781,145
24Malaysia$4,729,206
25Poland$3,933,245
26Dominican Republic$3,061,055
27Hungary$2,288,000
28Israel$2,143,000
29Austria$1,903,211
30Guatemala$1,773,540
31Hong Kong$1,640,205
32Slovakia$1,616,872
33Mauritius$934,207
34Turkey$883,678
35Finland$842,630
36Estonia$796,834
37South Africa$782,854
38Philippines$743,602
39Russia$741,867
40Australia$735,364
41Tunisia$704,182
42Slovenia$544,730
43Romania$466,312
44Lithuania$346,119
45Argentina$321,668
46Portugal$271,046
47Costa Rica$244,567
48Panama$165,762
49Colombia$145,744
50Greece$118,455
51Serbia$98,785
52Barbados$71,115
53Kenya$58,368
54New Zealand$47,134
55Latvia$35,316
56Iran$31,995
57Norway$28,240
58Croatia$18,286
59Algeria$14,422
60Luxembourg$13,727
61Chile$11,689
62Bosnia and Herzegovina$8,754
63Jamaica$8,404
64Ukraine$7,371
65Bulgaria$6,895
66Georgia$6,749
67Mali$5,993
68Trinidad and Tobago$5,905
69Indonesia$5,598
70Peru$5,066
71Moldova$4,851
72French Polynesia$3,264
73El Salvador$1,794
74Egypt$1,334
75Armenia$1,122
76Niger$749
77New Caledonia$665
78Lebanon$558
79Nicaragua$484
80Uganda$440
81Botswana$417
82Syria$413
83Morocco$318
84Belarus$100
85Madagascar$50
86Sri Lanka$11
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$263,595$159,054$39,178   $2,536
Algeria$513$2,879$4,299$1,015$6,505$14,422$32,253
Argentina$124,967$123,865$71,317$111,221$124,786$321,668$357,848
Armenia   $1,420$64$1,122 
Aruba    $277 $517
Australia$4,044,198$5,041,893$8,879,374$11,484,102$5,443,118$735,364$6,640,583
Austria$413,109$1,168,072$2,263,161$3,639,585$4,803,202$1,903,211 
Barbados$38,418$61,808$48$71,580$69,477$71,115$75,555
Belarus$6,500$1,300$19,800$3,800$7,500$100$28,800
Belgium$75,654,318$80,171,423$92,805,662$145,036,622$144,819,705$144,526,643$164,814,908
Bosnia and Herzegovina$435$1,312$3,166$4,973 $8,754$3,639
Botswana$6,676   $426$417$2,212
Brazil$32,061,605$34,687,499$38,837,672$41,503,933$44,613,278$47,601,552$45,361,920
Brunei $1,246     
Bulgaria$25,340$47,693$31,600$8,536$3,385$6,895$9,884
Cameroon$19   $21  
Canada$219,238$330,445$557,534$341,712$1,336,844$4,781,145$6,514,602
Chile$28,388$49,750$67,287$62,509$61,401$11,689$109,001
China$48,766,867$64,748,458$74,793,508$94,704,810$98,776,891$106,400,635$128,763,866
Colombia$817,416$592,015$1,038,813$704,554$332,161$145,744$156,910
Costa Rica$24,622$89,381$6,819$61,069$85,008$244,567$1,457,458
Cote d'Ivoire$2,653 $72    
Croatia$26,649$57,381$23,329$48,738$31,081$18,286$30,907
Cuba$1,622,096$546,167     
Cyprus$47  $2,295  $120,324
Czech Republic$6,180,675$7,174,662$8,438,962$7,611,603$6,511,058$7,068,640$8,121,884
Denmark$70,854,213$70,421,269$87,204,411$126,777,240$113,406,642$103,335,219$119,710,407
Djibouti    $9,917  
Dominican Republic $93,823$1,550,813$1,636,914$2,030,110$3,061,055$549,310
Ecuador $2,764$9,490$6,305$3,915 $30,337
Egypt $766$3,537$47,379$6,680$1,334$22,473
El Salvador$3,278$10,981$336,069$9,172$14,662$1,794 
Estonia$27,321$9,422$425$1,042$131,225$796,834$257,791
Ethiopia      $28
Finland$834,545$492,338$989,221$997,033$1,115,820$842,630$594,116
France$51,176,928$56,175,234$62,566,786$67,839,121$62,700,239$65,029,358$72,328,381
French Polynesia  $1,009$857 $3,264 
Georgia  $1,011$1,800$9,538$6,749 
Germany$66,444,000$78,586,000$82,196,000$107,034,000$112,735,000$113,573,800$129,166,747
Ghana      $73
Greece$4,309$10,958$22,463$24,710$85,505$118,455$267,476
Guatemala$62,228$57,715$570,593$319,913$845,215$1,773,540$3,308,996
Guyana    $38  
Honduras$855$390$275    
Hong Kong$2,266,868$1,671,038$1,667,251$1,681,840$1,652,213$1,640,205$1,343,094
Hungary$5,084,000$3,610,000$2,980,000$2,798,000$2,713,000$2,288,000$2,512,000
Iceland   $4,154  $87
India$9,424,400$13,958,897$9,394,877$13,528,583$18,039,741$21,899,563$27,191,141
Indonesia$430,587$279,935  $316,558$5,598$47,243
Iran$285,448$53,818   $31,995 
Ireland$1,533,425$935,365$1,067,656$5,609,150$5,609,133$5,741,364$6,679,132
Israel   $462,000$1,924,000$2,143,000$8,046,000
Italy$8,950,431$12,759,872$14,655,333$19,289,341$18,382,570$22,880,271$24,980,211
Jamaica     $8,404 
Japan$182,418,815$178,502,357$189,689,398$211,961,577$184,836,540$212,103,640$231,846,934
Jordan$350,580$57,210$64,777$127,081$99,384 $9,246
Kazakhstan  $16,403 $24,000  
Kenya$32,537$26,056$95,368$40,084$36,422$58,368 
Korea, South$23,410,355$21,550,763$23,322,620$25,534,095$28,363,092$32,966,861$41,951,655
Kuwait $39,107$3,571$2,248   
Kyrgyzstan$30      
Latvia$95,994$126,191$157,237$161,610$734,582$35,316$27,604
Lebanon$2,000    $558$42,678
Lithuania$43,637$30,485$95,257$62,265$154,206$346,119$610,843
Luxembourg$14,728$115,446$129,659$76,457$8,094$13,727$36,854
Macau$1,710$343$355$22$100  
Macedonia$16,186$577$1,359 $24,716  
Madagascar    $19$50 
Malaysia$4,762,877$2,874,864$6,163,420$8,104,644$4,566,037$4,729,206$5,457,123
Mali     $5,993 
Mauritius$81$94,032$1,008$287,187$573,835$934,207$2,172,759
Mayotte   $33   
Mexico$86,069,198$123,417,161$139,074,112$145,572,899$157,440,043$175,759,701$182,065,208
Moldova$4,090$3,693$2,361$265$428$4,851 
Montenegro   $134  $4,252
Morocco$22,078$192$1,067$7,533 $318 
Mozambique  $50    
Namibia$423$230$86$310   
Netherlands$11,789,969$11,097,265$10,167,142$10,698,191$13,877,479$14,703,518 
New Caledonia$324$1,957$5,019$2,597$305,525$665$5,556
New Zealand$112,214$33,501$60,222$12,392$29,862$47,134$10,142
Nicaragua$1,190$178$7,491$473,202$12,345$484$10,411
Niger $299  $2,222$749 
Norway$62,091$20,110$17,514$36,090$42,606$28,240$36,425
Pakistan$1,118$38,108$24,952    
Panama $449,947$324,880$601,774$136,536$165,762$328,573
Paraguay      $2,342
Peru$44,853$10,704$24,406$20,988$56,750$5,066$57,298
Philippines  $248,823$62,360$371,080$743,602$4,420,339
Poland$2,532,650$2,526,136$2,697,157$3,227,688$3,645,185$3,933,245$3,781,915
Portugal$142,580$215,815$66,840$243,924$428,205$271,046$943,326
Qatar   $29,568   
Romania$9,011$297,966$61,866$40,249$133,762$466,312$572,341
Russia$1,049,955$644,095$726,535$756,660$727,159$741,867$197,664
Saint Lucia $594     
Saudi Arabia$68,993$98,993$320    
Serbia$3,691$57,081$106,243$218,366$143,402$98,785$114,173
Singapore$25,078,218$34,594,958$70,101,520$36,624,409$26,835,310$26,735,206$29,874,748
Slovakia$292,411$429,544$539,313 $1,284,667$1,616,872$1,958,715
Slovenia$439,453$455,320$555,888$512,344$503,935$544,730$603,071
South Africa$348,927$300,456$953,103$565,577$253,032$782,854$1,503,325
Spain$19,773,478$18,449,100$20,267,413$18,811,078$29,932,313$27,547,709 
Sri Lanka$34  $16,482 $11 
Swaziland $207     
Sweden$5,049,214$3,178,582$6,166,759$6,765,148$8,909,608$14,742,497$11,459,687
Switzerland$31,404,757$35,154,898$44,027,288$53,585,359$53,277,922$56,196,185$62,251,618
Syria     $413 
Thailand$13,064,868$14,203,866$19,076,802$24,956,359$29,933,943$33,003,641$36,076,062
Trinidad and Tobago$406$171$167$213$1,527$5,905 
Tunisia$22,865$228,776$225,937$386,970$507,751$704,182 
Turkey$96,942$165,899$2,448,073$1,471,040$1,729,529$883,678$1,232,888
Uganda$16,506$1,766 $50,202$562$440 
Ukraine$7,729$24,847$9,055$1,510$3,621$7,371$15,469
United Arab Emirates$152,179 $84,899$33,414   
United Kingdom$13,977,637$12,328,209$16,227,122$24,934,899$20,626,836$27,981,987$29,273,988
United States$125,948,037$163,672,097$170,243,400$183,174,685$240,820,784$270,368,201$294,923,690
Uruguay$41,156$44,568$55,688$22,064$45,625  
Venezuela$8,980  $334   
Vietnam$1,657,882$1,344,300$1,224,670$1,376,759$3,178,198$6,963,551 
Yemen   $60,462$3,548  
Zambia $153 $44$150  
Zimbabwe   $2