RankCountryImports of Railway/tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood, not impregnated in USD (2010)
1China$9,207,848
2Canada$8,923,671
3Japan$7,455,422
4Italy$7,423,400
5Belgium$7,346,687
6France$5,946,088
7Netherlands$5,150,612
8United Kingdom$4,889,536
9Mauritania$3,134,120
10Mexico$2,711,322
11Egypt$2,488,035
12Germany$2,338,379
13Latvia$2,140,698
14Spain$1,252,683
15Brazil$1,245,862
16Switzerland$1,233,677
17Denmark$1,224,286
18Czech Republic$1,140,976
19Korea, South$1,088,422
20New Zealand$916,416
21Georgia$462,348
22Austria$431,914
23Poland$419,642
24Finland$399,529
25Ukraine$298,034
26Sweden$268,382
27United States$253,123
28Norway$248,155
29Iran$191,457
30Bulgaria$168,832
31Slovenia$155,864
32Israel$143,000
33Hong Kong$130,725
34Bosnia and Herzegovina$120,263
35South Africa$119,669
36Lithuania$112,604
37Luxembourg$77,582
38Serbia$75,444
39Samoa$68,862
40Romania$52,503
41Azerbaijan$41,160
42Algeria$35,409
43Estonia$31,847
44Ireland$24,382
45Hungary$23,000
46Zambia$19,531
47Indonesia$17,785
48Zimbabwe$14,510
49Slovakia$11,691
50Botswana$6,092
51Kyrgyzstan$5,130
52Syria$5,076
53Ethiopia$2,921
54Jamaica$1,773
55Oman$1,469
56Qatar$1,013
57Singapore$847
58Bahamas, The$341
59Gambia, The$241
60Tanzania$167
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$158$72,090 $4,912$1,305 $18,150
Algeria $185,796$321,569$1,180,536$786,476$35,409$218,988
Antigua and Barbuda  $6,120    
Argentina$74,374$4,164$629 $134,518  
Austria$716,289$247,098$1,076,983$1,707,911$1,105,734$431,914 
Azerbaijan   $14,901$46,187$41,160 
Bahamas, The$46,116  $4,708 $341 
Bahrain $16,364$13,109    
Belarus $398,900$1,538,400$1,752,200$4,900  
Belgium$3,368,187$3,824,222$10,515,901$13,805,439$8,987,609$7,346,687$9,139,932
Bosnia and Herzegovina $81,671$31,283 $7,265$120,263$428,973
Botswana$26,420$8,645$21,075$33,382 $6,092$108,547
Brazil$231,700$997,500$3,298,451$2,603,191$2,040,000$1,245,862$2,810,349
Bulgaria$19,681$68,162 $46,885$97,385$168,832$51,627
Cambodia $915     
Canada$13,890,166$19,391,090$8,344,462$6,603,970$9,773,407$8,923,671$14,751,408
Chile$1,479,232$515,657     
China$9,021,199$9,199,152$6,729,536$15,346,793$8,345,702$9,207,848$8,651,008
Colombia$34,038$89,602$398,048 $357,372  
Comoros$43$27$1,117    
Costa Rica   $9,117   
Croatia      $11,464
Cuba$203,426$4,495     
Cyprus  $8,611    
Czech Republic$1,316,183$1,563,293$2,678,367$5,293,335$1,237,727$1,140,976$4,012,929
Denmark$526,849$505,885$1,246,070$1,426,928$1,038,769$1,224,286$1,126,784
Dominican Republic    $40,456  
East Timor$582      
Egypt $1,542,572 $1,180,041$2,080,764$2,488,035$240,256
Estonia$52,150$20,026$23,799 $110,911$31,847 
Ethiopia     $2,921$164
Finland$578,475$1,148,288$1,654,059$2,349,205$1,816,936$399,529$557,989
France$3,786,323$6,621,759$8,012,802$12,657,280$3,890,443$5,946,088$4,981,304
Gabon $217,310$81,130    
Gambia, The   $816$17,970$241 
Georgia  $120,591$15,400$1,547,717$462,348 
Germany$2,624,000$1,623,000$3,177,000$8,108,000$4,057,000$2,338,379$1,695,443
Greece  $7,950$65,833   
Guinea   $1,020   
Hong Kong   $5,798 $130,725$37,447
Hungary   $184,000 $23,000$56,000
Iceland$64,703$46,197     
Indonesia   $135,390$655$17,785 
Iran$9,937    $191,457 
Ireland$709,251$1,633,301$1,079,922$1,278,224$78,507$24,382$26,177
Israel$289,000$50,000$98,000$143,000$86,000$143,000$160,000
Italy$5,764,137$6,668,586$6,961,401$10,344,713$6,703,652$7,423,400$6,375,927
Jamaica$301,988$516,981$57,688  $1,773 
Japan$8,360,494$10,480,372$8,766,574$8,723,501$7,278,527$7,455,422$8,130,230
Kazakhstan$5,794,187$6,092,010$7,889,156$10,869,582$11,779,993  
Korea, South   $986,231$984,308$1,088,422$1,551,998
Kuwait $2,948$61,616$1,663   
Kyrgyzstan     $5,130$23,887
Latvia$55,209$55,448$5,913$882,307$1,337,205$2,140,698$1,286,053
Lebanon    $1,378  
Lithuania$1,482,506$946,078$988,240$508,949$260,128$112,604$260,367
Luxembourg$33,636$11,317$14,258$28,851$73,643$77,582$228,218
Macedonia $94,019     
Madagascar $10,047     
Malawi $26    $32
Malaysia$4,488$137,471 $18,769$23,798  
Mauritania$3,972$129,401$9,686  $3,134,120$3,846,629
Mexico $322,770$7,653,517$6,472,337$639,133$2,711,322$6,752,713
Moldova   $9,358   
Mongolia$9,906      
Morocco$522,884$707,321$381,403$383,297$654,067  
Mozambique    $6,431 $3,000
Namibia$8,827$1,533$24,171$110,301   
Netherlands$29,836$37,689$429,600$975,448$2,542,854$5,150,612 
Netherlands Antilles$90      
New Zealand$1,553,915$764,284$979,859$1,829,965$5,153,451$916,416$1,550,406
Niger$215$67     
Norway  $39,618$124,265$576,954$248,155$65,656
Oman$15,319    $1,469 
Panama   $203,351$49,603  
Peru   $50,176   
Poland$92,398$379$86,340$483,819$37,654$419,642$1,059,064
Portugal      $14,484
Qatar$48,560 $2,171$89,200 $1,013 
Romania $1,922   $52,503 
Rwanda $501$575    
Saint Kitts and Nevis$36,554 $24,687    
Samoa     $68,862$1,309
Saudi Arabia$1,533,201$55,303$311    
Serbia$396,270$507,861$439,927$702,962$361,305$75,444$324,238
Singapore   $38,288 $847 
Slovakia    $8,841$11,691$75,703
Slovenia$2,949$55,104$177,223$68,965$54,876$155,864$222,389
South Africa$126,565$956,579$642,636$985,989$1,619,690$119,669$333,477
Spain$303,120$2,032,345$994,870$1,361,943$1,258,230$1,252,683 
Sri Lanka $192     
Sudan $24,818 $300   
Suriname    $13,367  
Swaziland$12,418$81,330$3,100    
Sweden$113,188$61,681$326,464$578,384$66,123$268,382$32,839
Switzerland$2,292,665$2,019,179$1,729,237$1,958,735$1,708,699$1,233,677$894,725
Syria$1,394,533$1,532,663   $5,076 
Tanzania    $1,309$167$2,176
Tonga   $991   
Tunisia$25,001$1,812     
Turkey      $14,130
Uganda  $3    
Ukraine$8,962,690$4,543,893$1,643,420$3,799,070$1,197,581$298,034$337,736
United Arab Emirates  $12,783$3,092   
United Kingdom$2,456,498$4,504,117$7,249,959$11,796,304$4,080,425$4,889,536$7,584,088
United States$12,559,120$7,387,667$5,462,517$5,842,712$3,947,360$253,123$245,292
Uruguay$285,475$654,407$772,040$5,644$205,811  
Venezuela$68,612$48,226 $81,410   
Zambia    $84$19,531 
Zimbabwe$4,253$2,776$8,980$2,089$514$14,510