RankCountryImports of Sterile surgical catgut, sim. sterile suture mats. & sterile tissue adhesiv ... in USD (2010)
1Belgium$848,331,122
2Germany$303,440,761
3United States$275,480,439
4Italy$168,326,132
5United Kingdom$126,754,064
6Spain$112,296,694
7France$89,619,442
8Japan$75,663,490
9China$73,647,027
10Australia$61,776,293
11Canada$61,270,369
12Korea, South$44,388,196
13Switzerland$36,957,568
14Russia$36,609,612
15Poland$34,026,896
16Austria$28,850,312
17Venezuela$25,723,347
18Saudi Arabia$23,336,029
19Greece$21,979,084
20Dominican Republic$21,445,797
21Netherlands$20,842,413
22South Africa$20,070,448
23Turkey$19,942,332
24Sweden$19,622,918
25Czech Republic$18,114,093
26Colombia$17,520,076
27Algeria$16,838,275
28Denmark$16,460,148
29Thailand$16,388,566
30Brazil$15,593,189
31Slovenia$14,938,658
32Argentina$13,571,178
33Israel$12,149,000
34Vietnam$11,861,500
35Mexico$11,111,885
36Pakistan$10,851,153
37New Zealand$10,610,358
38Singapore$10,255,934
39Ireland$10,153,684
40Portugal$9,880,604
41Chile$9,131,043
42Slovakia$9,028,739
43Finland$8,766,748
44Croatia$8,461,032
45Norway$8,147,751
46Indonesia$8,076,551
47Panama$7,573,243
48Serbia$7,315,746
49Egypt$7,292,742
50Malaysia$6,849,142
51Luxembourg$6,838,445
52Hong Kong$6,600,124
53Ukraine$6,597,198
54India$6,073,865
55Ecuador$5,990,201
56Romania$5,304,089
57Tunisia$5,140,668
58Hungary$5,047,000
59Bulgaria$4,578,630
60Morocco$3,893,700
61Latvia$2,866,714
62Belarus$2,823,400
63Lebanon$2,804,679
64Costa Rica$2,581,548
65Jordan$2,519,615
66Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,453,999
67Kenya$2,365,646
68Iran$1,875,238
69Lithuania$1,756,548
70Sri Lanka$1,661,785
71Cyprus$1,605,287
72Philippines$1,585,564
73Syria$1,475,901
74Tanzania$1,407,128
75Oman$1,373,059
76Guatemala$1,279,373
77Bolivia$1,260,372
78Nicaragua$1,231,530
79Estonia$1,209,123
80Montenegro$1,198,739
81Malawi$1,082,408
82Jamaica$1,047,785
83Azerbaijan$1,022,683
84Georgia$993,514
85Bahrain$911,419
86El Salvador$902,493
87Paraguay$898,924
88Uganda$833,364
89Yemen$823,349
90Peru$810,528
91Albania$749,678
92Zambia$735,257
93Qatar$733,951
94Nigeria$728,165
95Iceland$664,618
96Mauritius$596,534
97Aruba$596,192
98Armenia$568,613
99Ethiopia$537,635
100New Caledonia$535,207
101Mozambique$506,729
102Kyrgyzstan$484,302
103Malta$476,769
104French Polynesia$413,890
105Barbados$368,252
106Senegal$357,661
107Cote d'Ivoire$339,522
108Burkina Faso$327,760
109Madagascar$299,601
110Belize$297,950
111Zimbabwe$275,221
112Moldova$240,264
113Benin$178,013
114Bermuda$176,826
115Bahamas, The$158,222
116Trinidad and Tobago$153,367
117Samoa$135,816
118Burundi$134,096
119Nepal$122,804
120Cape Verde$109,118
121Cambodia$100,674
122Guyana$97,394
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$73,167
124Niger$64,544
125Antigua and Barbuda$61,539
126Cameroon$60,601
127Fiji$59,875
128Dominica$57,844
129Bhutan$57,655
130Suriname$57,532
131Tonga$56,653
132Macau$42,612
133Botswana$41,859
134Ghana$21,085
135Mali$18,094
136Maldives$17,762
137Togo$10,602
138Sao Tome and Principe$9,665
139Gambia, The$306
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$656,496$491,758$468,763$736,423$611,058$749,678$482,339
Algeria$8,677,937$10,157,685$12,846,571$14,774,113$13,586,892$16,838,275$13,421,340
Anguilla $33,019$14,495$18,783   
Antigua and Barbuda$51,848$1,264$49,080 $21,509$61,539$15,100
Argentina$7,153,453$6,921,705$8,668,729$9,606,831$10,794,498$13,571,178$15,180,995
Armenia$247,081$201,400$324,074$478,519$290,880$568,613$773,149
Aruba    $650,345$596,192$646,179
Australia$36,333,936$43,849,177$52,695,118$61,158,320$59,872,561$61,776,293$76,309,288
Austria$28,377,430$28,583,474$27,495,380$29,162,553$29,218,050$28,850,312 
Azerbaijan$97,099$295,445$466,923$368,414$536,340$1,022,683$1,368,429
Bahamas, The$148,990$130,792$176,111$110,589$65,955$158,222$218,426
Bahrain$849,102$37,689$253,635$1,188,126$1,250,681$911,419$1,162,241
Bangladesh$1,877,893$973,939$3,370,940    
Barbados$297,015$200,375$60,875$248,218$342,328$368,252$353,601
Belarus$3,674,200$3,069,900$2,380,300$5,116,500$2,529,400$2,823,400$2,560,400
Belgium$105,560,925$107,857,604$249,044,988$726,686,370$955,148,018$848,331,122$893,961,649
Belize$186,457$21,269$88,188$64,291$119,980$297,950 
Benin$123,886$46,369   $178,013 
Bermuda     $176,826 
Bhutan$63,839$156,092$43,878$32,878$33,789$57,655 
Bolivia$934,839$1,062,204$691,849$1,121,625$1,087,702$1,260,372$1,656,222
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,173,891$1,985,348$2,844,369$2,643,183$2,155,198$2,453,999$1,973,767
Botswana$430,403$25,925$26,806$95,432$78,052$41,859$25,030
Brazil$8,373,249$10,593,655$12,487,890$13,253,443$13,593,917$15,593,189$19,309,276
Brunei $31,322     
Bulgaria$3,980,539$3,700,961$5,666,714$6,630,804$5,864,615$4,578,630$5,118,776
Burkina Faso$378,536 $345,825$559,855$302,882$327,760 
Burundi$60,421$16,629$27,151$14,425$20,254$134,096 
Cambodia$195,633$94,006$18,545,417$125,117$88,175$100,674 
Cameroon$86,110$57,068$78,991$122,537$74,329$60,601 
Canada$42,576,365$48,830,956$57,508,733$56,838,278$63,720,812$61,270,369$63,663,407
Cape Verde$311,561$315,972$287,658$259,618$209,706$109,118$198,056
Central African Republic$7,848 $3,283$30,524$2,113  
Chile$5,991,553$5,919,692$8,247,861$8,282,012$8,501,900$9,131,043$10,964,734
China$24,393,183$26,924,624$34,732,736$48,323,832$51,643,113$73,647,027$115,733,268
Colombia$7,450,105$7,979,743$13,169,166$14,818,040$16,035,824$17,520,076$22,521,452
Comoros$28,061$201$21,952    
Cook Islands$17,266      
Costa Rica$1,038,099$2,273,116$2,898,950$4,007,069$2,783,535$2,581,548$4,071,956
Cote d'Ivoire$207,469$160,775$287,156$242,851$853,482$339,522$421,071
Croatia$6,363,351$6,861,715$7,968,693$8,971,978$8,862,367$8,461,032$9,445,588
Cuba$2,093,500$3,068,900     
Cyprus$1,252,068$1,568,665$1,788,529$2,060,616$1,934,895$1,605,287$1,354,516
Czech Republic$15,166,471$16,545,788$18,726,770$19,791,735$19,931,998$18,114,093$18,385,378
Denmark$13,220,440$15,244,972$17,485,037$20,492,445$18,203,165$16,460,148$16,713,911
Djibouti    $214,592  
Dominica$29,838$16,525$42,024$23,762$50,544$57,844 
Dominican Republic$1,809,655$10,591,175$9,930,934$11,025,881$10,121,543$21,445,797$21,399,830
East Timor$32,236      
Ecuador$2,416,102$2,588,719$2,758,853$4,652,375$3,254,386$5,990,201$6,401,945
Egypt$6,787,838$5,000,105$4,634,324$8,365,017$7,931,166$7,292,742$9,073,363
El Salvador$1,374,839$831,468$682,736$1,021,591$1,105,695$902,493 
Estonia$1,133,610$1,441,509$1,302,345$1,896,887$1,179,842$1,209,123$1,194,273
Ethiopia$349,894$435,514$250,473$1,670,145$222,249$537,635$176,175
Faroe Islands$103,568$85,811$114,659$105,526$107,112  
Fiji$104,134$153,163$96,273$50,930$41,402$59,875 
Finland$9,253,970$9,213,343$8,950,330$12,293,398$8,120,556$8,766,748$11,954,622
France$211,390,779$183,174,377$108,203,025$64,525,605$73,754,636$89,619,442$120,038,286
French Polynesia$351,164$417,730$480,217$596,010$493,678$413,890$560,116
Gabon$343,544$431,399$604,518$382,288$186,810  
Gambia, The$26,229$1,183,338$1,235,193$16,447$2,009,904$306$89,535
Georgia$740,314$407,148$971,826$718,256$831,543$993,514 
Germany$261,906,000$346,114,000$347,408,000$268,573,000$305,901,000$303,440,761$326,541,797
Ghana$248,134$118,152$243,855$1,295,871$176,974$21,085$181,068
Greece$28,489,999$33,584,222$40,404,221$38,092,015$31,353,691$21,979,084$14,662,773
Greenland$1,404$1,171$3,196    
Grenada$58,054$60,498$46,523$66,543$62,120  
Guatemala$1,452,095$1,127,824$1,430,363$1,097,138$1,250,123$1,279,373$1,277,389
Guinea $7,771$2,122$3,737   
Guinea-Bissau$9,670      
Guyana$226,101$37,737$229,005$98,148$70,840$97,394$69,457
Honduras$1,589,739$1,299,905$5,333,585 $1,131,289  
Hong Kong$4,000,087$3,869,749$6,684,252$5,928,493$6,093,586$6,600,124$5,168,692
Hungary$7,198,000$7,338,000$8,884,000$8,218,000$6,105,000$5,047,000$5,922,000
Iceland$423,192$609,668$1,136,295$699,198$557,177$664,618$521,819
India$3,573,249$3,783,268$4,249,577$4,432,625$6,418,105$6,073,865$8,372,953
Indonesia$3,827,418$4,865,102$4,985,824$4,499,659$6,818,609$8,076,551$10,781,603
Iran$2,008,831$106,086   $1,875,238 
Ireland$8,875,811$9,327,385$8,786,123$10,377,582$12,014,925$10,153,684$10,033,785
Israel$8,620,000$8,213,000$8,658,000$10,220,000$9,034,000$12,149,000$13,207,000
Italy$176,723,087$191,136,168$191,267,629$187,049,143$183,604,052$168,326,132$141,035,702
Jamaica$777,616$699,037$949,860$979,730$2,013,025$1,047,785 
Japan$56,723,108$60,833,978$57,447,452$71,059,298$81,367,855$75,663,490$95,699,960
Jordan$2,457,742$1,264,349$2,111,376$2,320,643$2,284,406$2,519,615$2,553,541
Kazakhstan$2,574,887$3,465,842$3,706,456$4,643,746$3,257,562  
Kenya$1,423,342$1,483,231$1,226,185$2,069,146$1,996,023$2,365,646 
Kiribati$785,034   $1,954  
Korea, South$20,172,934$23,876,257$28,176,872$30,071,738$32,601,125$44,388,196$59,607,653
Kuwait $2,686,245$2,948,460$3,275,564   
Kyrgyzstan$787,876$371,404$391,105$423,563$463,330$484,302$431,689
Latvia$1,134,167$1,446,102$1,853,131$2,222,330$1,636,692$2,866,714$3,156,610
Lebanon$2,835,000$2,761,178$2,373,116$2,069,597$1,708,985$2,804,679$4,105,032
Lesotho   $299,213   
Lithuania$1,925,907$1,831,115$2,295,173$2,489,010$2,229,906$1,756,548$2,268,848
Luxembourg$5,199,103$5,374,833$6,198,400$6,743,254$8,213,090$6,838,445$7,926,759
Macau$47,209$47,043$54,757$71,533$104,176$42,612$76,422
Macedonia$1,399,078$582,081$986,946$924,598$1,492,128 $1,646,965
Madagascar$133,099$230,916$535,763$426,562$294,596$299,601 
Malawi$711,072$1,106,222$964,878$554,840$767,512$1,082,408$1,198,325
Malaysia$3,449,080$4,175,173$5,495,428$6,418,181$10,258,747$6,849,142$8,955,867
Maldives$89,275$90,294$129,455$249,442$88,441$17,762$11,360
Mali$114,645$656,723$461,021$420,694 $18,094 
Malta$364,276$521,340$464,169$557,193$442,193$476,769 
Mauritania$99,205$4,049$57,893 $18,384 $63,954
Mauritius$638,213$634,151$2,538,739$757,598$846,144$596,534$820,715
Mayotte$7,162$15,410$4,338$13,587$60,552  
Mexico$14,343,691$12,110,246$10,650,505$10,723,288$11,796,079$11,111,885$14,388,959
Moldova$131,638$137,580$157,351$1,106,508$274,257$240,264$385,715
Mongolia$16,483$30,558$66,639    
Montenegro $1,206,071$1,182,758$1,727,232$1,610,305$1,198,739$973,001
Montserrat$824$66$3,010$32$1,197  
Morocco$2,015,072$2,199,121$2,171,991$2,616,011$4,626,336$3,893,700 
Mozambique$1,016,143$633,504$776,983$39,182$4,095$506,729$654,000
Namibia$177,654$156,947$109,296$185,415   
Nepal    $222,134$122,804 
Netherlands$90,525,151$46,623,744$16,112,045$20,200,030$18,776,389$20,842,413 
Netherlands Antilles$378,563$282,594$595,621$373,922   
New Caledonia$428,513$403,532$427,866$555,575$575,707$535,207$516,612
New Zealand$6,088,862$6,857,328$10,249,188$10,756,679$11,442,724$10,610,358$8,778,697
Nicaragua$500,220$1,820,194$609,161$1,200,698$812,141$1,231,530$2,182,643
Niger$100,087$115,361$101,069$169,122$120,741$64,544$498,613
Nigeria $5,324,243$463,619$276,772$736,505$728,165 
Norway$8,604,373$7,722,337$8,864,551$8,708,157$7,532,747$8,147,751$11,861,598
Oman$367,290$591,363$1,483,896$1,242,386$3,337,916$1,373,059 
Pakistan$4,472,835$5,128,842$4,897,270$5,615,048$20,392,376$10,851,153$9,998,727
Panama$1,048,344$1,899,786$3,839,684$4,122,101$4,794,632$7,573,243$9,588,539
Paraguay$796,024$693,390$1,034,352$992,195$1,025,188$898,924$1,473,214
Peru$924,648$763,100$712,889$946,097$848,403$810,528$976,518
Philippines$3,110,085$3,786,183$3,440,697$2,453,754$1,692,394$1,585,564$3,117,666
Poland$25,330,224$28,859,324$28,460,490$34,002,537$28,827,331$34,026,896$39,613,685
Portugal$11,209,320$10,841,584$14,615,119$7,584,786$6,071,796$9,880,604$13,569,678
Qatar$94,462$17,724$421,017$863,791 $733,951 
Romania$4,755,397$5,125,692$7,637,349$8,412,669$5,757,533$5,304,089$5,688,553
Russia$14,555,690$19,664,108$25,249,728$32,344,083$29,785,386$36,609,612$41,803,096
Rwanda$56,557$65,354$59,189$154,785$916,345 $511,542
Saint Kitts and Nevis$34,290$30,324$21,374$10,629   
Saint Lucia$93,630$89,504$38,842$46,663   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,366$746$2,381$3,094$101,656$73,167 
Samoa$8,051$18,484$88,439$94,842$70,794$135,816$94,694
Sao Tome and Principe$22,495   $2,165$9,665 
Saudi Arabia$16,788,312$15,874,528$16,677,353  $23,336,029 
Senegal$251,018$134,187$297,177$399,004$879,490$357,661$1,492,638
Serbia$7,022,971$8,593,087$9,828,459$9,532,939$8,785,220$7,315,746$7,710,210
Seychelles$18,437$77,624$284,379$93,215   
Singapore$7,238,595$8,494,186$13,478,140$6,545,025$6,481,979$10,255,934$23,692,415
Slovakia$5,899,652$6,996,847$7,611,011$11,928,095$8,274,006$9,028,739$9,575,486
Slovenia$11,176,730$11,068,998$13,996,761$16,722,110$16,096,391$14,938,658$15,892,120
South Africa$13,661,568$16,808,262$17,808,648$19,077,631$17,031,481$20,070,448$26,433,652
Spain$76,388,408$84,651,338$97,470,993$100,150,626$97,827,741$112,296,694 
Sri Lanka$2,732,149$2,847,313$3,209,303$2,863,756$1,763,300$1,661,785$3,480,467
Sudan$638,718$1,230,368$294,357$221,441$395,238  
Suriname$44,607$72,981$162,536$127,790$178,180$57,532$173,790
Swaziland$66,025$36,062$370,909    
Sweden$33,502,597$33,827,357$44,124,077$30,100,595$20,233,804$19,622,918$22,797,268
Switzerland$26,097,125$32,591,412$33,536,402$42,460,385$38,498,861$36,957,568$37,829,785
Syria$676,228$637,556$1,297,198$1,409,036 $1,475,901 
Tanzania$595,840$845,394$680,051$1,054,169$941,125$1,407,128$3,265,916
Thailand$9,736,747$9,960,421$12,869,590$12,657,876$14,280,687$16,388,566$19,502,150
Togo$5,172 $21,257  $10,602$15,407
Tonga   $30,579$262,788$56,653 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,071,240$557,257$411,886$585,823$695,966$153,367 
Tunisia$4,821,446$4,118,617$4,031,674$2,440,441$3,653,084$5,140,668 
Turkey$25,495,775$29,048,076$42,010,073$26,903,417$18,288,751$19,942,332$25,127,293
Uganda$367,718$315,192$381,308$573,240$611,721$833,364 
Ukraine$3,641,963$5,179,879$6,228,786$7,555,710$5,707,679$6,597,198$8,128,137
United Arab Emirates$3,594,251 $2,972,871$4,481,573   
United Kingdom$59,564,825$85,868,425$92,435,738$113,234,050$130,016,956$126,754,064$120,123,332
United States$102,487,056$104,298,886$120,647,122$137,439,268$225,614,072$275,480,439$313,325,680
Uruguay$1,226,451$1,037,893$1,252,095$1,531,270$1,635,426  
Vanuatu $8,733$1,670    
Venezuela$10,346,438$9,239,702$10,697,874$16,918,037$18,562,361$25,723,347$28,370,142
Vietnam$6,525,141$7,858,930$9,975,848$11,484,841$11,711,975$11,861,500 
Wallis and Futuna$334,305$247,636     
Yemen$131,566$405,318$1,760,371$1,033,549$493,151$823,349$1,521,800
Zambia  $352,914$272,585$238,029$735,257 
Zimbabwe$715,278$183,265$199,482$168,704$131,636$275,221