RankCountryImports of Butt welding fittings of stainless steel in USD (2010)
1Germany$63,654,250
2United States$61,450,477
3Netherlands$43,517,039
4Japan$32,067,064
5United Kingdom$28,638,382
6France$25,732,801
7Italy$19,748,258
8Spain$18,876,086
9Denmark$18,856,946
10Qatar$17,121,228
11Belgium$17,066,368
12China$16,932,553
13Algeria$16,892,991
14Switzerland$15,649,121
15Canada$14,843,890
16Russia$13,992,268
17Madagascar$12,335,516
18Australia$12,081,042
19Austria$11,885,004
20Sweden$11,309,056
21Singapore$11,056,422
22Mexico$10,547,127
23Norway$10,201,669
24Brazil$10,114,267
25Turkey$9,763,329
26Malaysia$9,729,030
27Finland$9,375,478
28Thailand$8,069,763
29Poland$7,667,127
30Czech Republic$6,974,299
31Saudi Arabia$6,107,741
32Indonesia$5,701,358
33Argentina$5,268,653
34Armenia$5,024,945
35Oman$3,682,845
36Portugal$3,507,124
37Iran$3,209,514
38Romania$3,157,346
39South Africa$3,075,992
40Slovenia$2,923,366
41Chile$2,856,652
42Ukraine$2,771,560
43Korea, South$2,769,308
44Hungary$2,593,000
45Nigeria$2,549,334
46Hong Kong$2,428,008
47Colombia$2,210,572
48Bulgaria$2,091,988
49India$2,072,163
50Belarus$1,980,900
51Greece$1,862,167
52Estonia$1,179,573
53Ireland$1,173,236
54Israel$1,113,000
55Philippines$1,035,762
56Slovakia$951,369
57Croatia$930,703
58Vietnam$905,150
59Serbia$900,545
60New Zealand$848,754
61Egypt$784,212
62Lithuania$760,056
63Luxembourg$738,017
64Guatemala$651,239
65Ecuador$578,425
66Tunisia$564,438
67Bosnia and Herzegovina$534,239
68Azerbaijan$528,388
69Trinidad and Tobago$458,104
70Bahrain$421,931
71Peru$419,270
72Georgia$347,337
73Pakistan$321,946
74Venezuela$285,352
75Latvia$252,713
76Ghana$216,391
77Syria$212,661
78Paraguay$189,410
79Iceland$179,666
80Barbados$162,295
81Panama$156,221
82Montenegro$124,389
83Kenya$123,521
84Yemen$107,115
85Morocco$99,390
86Bahamas, The$92,611
87Bolivia$90,060
88Tanzania$85,135
89Moldova$75,976
90Zambia$67,222
91Albania$67,049
92Cameroon$63,554
93Aruba$63,544
94Cyprus$59,564
95Botswana$55,323
96Cote d'Ivoire$55,216
97Costa Rica$53,179
98New Caledonia$41,194
99Senegal$38,247
100Uganda$37,083
101Dominican Republic$35,604
102El Salvador$33,854
103Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$32,878
104Zimbabwe$30,098
105Burkina Faso$29,964
106Jamaica$29,863
107Lebanon$27,105
108Suriname$26,511
109Mauritius$26,420
110Macau$16,667
111Belize$15,506
112Togo$13,737
113Malta$13,736
114Nicaragua$11,427
115Sri Lanka$10,689
116Jordan$8,742
117Antigua and Barbuda$8,379
118Ethiopia$7,822
119French Polynesia$7,647
120Benin$7,487
121Fiji$7,267
122Mozambique$7,170
123Mali$6,297
124Bhutan$5,001
125Kyrgyzstan$4,203
126Niger$3,860
127Sao Tome and Principe$3,285
128Guyana$2,761
129Burundi$2,216
130Samoa$1,536
131Cambodia$858
132Cape Verde$824
133Tonga$404
134Nepal$283
135Malawi$244
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$11,172$26,170$32,387$55,033$287,086$67,049$96,117
Algeria$1,034,799$1,991,406$687,781$2,092,009$2,867,388$16,892,991$4,462,292
Anguilla $2,249$7,880$2,109   
Antigua and Barbuda$8,865$3,032$6,799 $3,422$8,379 
Argentina$1,734,579$2,050,314$3,283,638$3,344,582$2,192,069$5,268,653$4,165,142
Armenia$3,295$49,289$201,813$291,247$405,436$5,024,945$63,610
Aruba    $76,704$63,544$55,427
Australia$9,991,250$8,713,754$17,609,350$23,039,485$16,526,420$12,081,042$8,648,631
Austria$10,449,893$14,261,537$19,573,599$21,660,445$22,281,541$11,885,004 
Azerbaijan$780,450$1,819,009$332,395$2,616,093$681,023$528,388$1,365,842
Bahamas, The$127,631$90,101$239,927$56,482$204,285$92,611$472,575
Bahrain$185,939$94,423$1,203,410$627,188$634,635$421,931$1,043,052
Bangladesh$101,880$41,618$36,571    
Barbados$14,188$8,201$10,983$58,937$5,957$162,295$3,041
Belarus$658,600$432,800$646,400$2,271,500$2,484,500$1,980,900$2,844,700
Belgium$11,034,589$17,200,115$24,442,801$33,214,010$24,572,570$17,066,368$20,034,425
Belize$702$372 $11 $15,506 
Benin     $7,487 
Bhutan$389$955$1,860$871$28$5,001 
Bolivia$42,932$14,157$79,255$94,493$103,509$90,060$133,552
Bosnia and Herzegovina$388,430$328,852$365,903$623,312$551,569$534,239$683,237
Botswana$79,660$45,606$22,164$129,377$73,148$55,323$154,593
Brazil$2,260,198$3,403,819$4,314,952$13,043,394$8,413,604$10,114,267$10,542,645
Brunei $65,479     
Bulgaria$937,159$1,063,818$3,195,853$3,901,048$2,090,789$2,091,988$1,855,013
Burkina Faso  $2,877$7,635$3,332$29,964 
Burundi     $2,216 
Cambodia$1,177$41,807$43,200$7,872 $858 
Cameroon$15,521$19,415$143,210$65,203$37,304$63,554 
Canada$12,953,642$16,677,707$29,167,160$32,397,780$12,441,144$14,843,890$23,343,111
Cape Verde$354 $169$4,622$1,362$824$16,221
Central African Republic$655 $786    
Chile$5,979,984$5,295,938$3,108,718$12,038,969$4,987,431$2,856,652$5,019,073
China$11,575,142$11,442,686$7,835,128$8,039,934$24,530,217$16,932,553$27,428,148
Colombia$1,437,490$898,343$1,572,563$2,555,568$1,385,279$2,210,572$2,218,628
Comoros$69      
Costa Rica$72,524$111,978$134,699$119,060$85,646$53,179$108,458
Cote d'Ivoire$24,368$35,819$243,595$31,736$20,693$55,216$42,341
Croatia$720,000$1,007,015$1,000,678$1,481,683$973,520$930,703$1,294,744
Cuba$114,845$158,573     
Cyprus$153,158$262,161$259,188$257,899$165,100$59,564$863,190
Czech Republic$3,529,183$5,657,064$8,267,741$8,226,029$7,337,966$6,974,299$9,447,833
Denmark$24,999,915$21,605,275$20,955,034$22,725,290$15,950,379$18,856,946$29,787,310
Djibouti    $1,800  
Dominica$1,593$2,081  $4,113  
Dominican Republic$122,908$168,325$98,908$43,711$190,908$35,604$121,605
East Timor$87,375      
Ecuador$199,298$215,489$456,225$315,560$1,100,957$578,425$535,044
Egypt$508,544$322,428$205,382$957,585$720,701$784,212$839,912
El Salvador$30,382$62,221$40,852$103,556$47,943$33,854 
Estonia$721,650$803,109$1,122,609$983,326$2,444,165$1,179,573$1,922,965
Ethiopia$20,640$17,490$35,914$14,265$115,708$7,822$231,672
Faroe Islands$69,366$68,374$38,143$46,267$15,686  
Fiji$79$1,842$2,341$1,865$6,556$7,267 
Finland$11,105,117$10,823,124$16,414,985$13,648,348$9,085,667$9,375,478$11,813,780
France$15,112,939$16,796,718$26,717,576$24,809,153$21,484,183$25,732,801$25,575,794
French Polynesia$26,629$54,214$11,019$51,650$4,884$7,647$18,706
Gabon$1,364 $40,447$39,613$70,563  
Gambia, The   $1,540  $277
Georgia$44,048$52,358$140,795$142,136$282,133$347,337 
Germany$59,422,000$77,156,000$102,146,000$118,980,000$73,529,000$63,654,250$94,586,706
Ghana$18$13,948$3,632$20,091$302,597$216,391$77,936
Greece$2,833,816$1,849,483$2,472,677$2,763,144$1,848,296$1,862,167$1,837,453
Greenland$6,133$5,425     
Grenada$25,567$48,177$62,278$51,630$19,087  
Guatemala$150,683$44,601$88,961$109,305$118,258$651,239$210,078
Guinea $4,975 $5,479   
Guinea-Bissau$1,264      
Guyana$564    $2,761$11,737
Honduras$4,499$8,372$35,851 $4,236  
Hong Kong$917,966$1,197,998$1,646,712$3,534,264$2,584,813$2,428,008$2,133,276
Hungary$4,791,000$3,708,000$4,110,000$5,912,000$3,804,000$2,593,000$4,403,000
Iceland$819,730$991,843$690,174$468,119$180,211$179,666$294,949
India$692,302$1,519,167$2,698,071$3,799,939$1,139,326$2,072,163$2,580,707
Indonesia$3,379,755$2,700,517$6,959,805$9,165,694$5,147,144$5,701,358$12,617,101
Iran$1,537,522$368,546   $3,209,514 
Ireland$3,704,131$3,673,958$4,797,673$4,828,926$2,083,813$1,173,236$1,674,903
Israel$131,000$1,271,000$3,811,000$1,753,000$2,411,000$1,113,000$3,306,000
Italy$15,179,598$18,326,655$30,630,346$37,287,175$20,110,546$19,748,258$32,324,519
Jamaica$6,519$24,902$19,707$27,860$8,189$29,863 
Japan$37,502,609$44,961,131$66,244,033$32,666,466$17,741,776$32,067,064$48,682,395
Jordan$282,269$19,269$98,272$1,884$206,373$8,742$25,654
Kazakhstan$2,059,729$6,095,124$2,465,230$6,890,951$7,955,394  
Kenya$39,429$92,965$217,983$191,229$102,395$123,521 
Korea, South$814,451$1,104,073$3,433,603$2,277,727$1,468,927$2,769,308$3,002,004
Kuwait $4,999,405 $2,271,222   
Kyrgyzstan$35,905$28,223$37,017$92,387$59,649$4,203$41,798
Latvia$215,219$296,632$336,934$632,799$119,079$252,713$598,114
Lebanon$52,000$11,026$84,536$47,738$128,144$27,105$135,533
Lithuania$1,194,406$1,096,214$4,127,724$2,717,673$759,851$760,056$1,443,912
Luxembourg$592,929$739,059$1,405,876$1,895,725$695,172$738,017$1,449,148
Macau$33,435$63,768$77,572$31,415$26,057$16,667 
Macedonia$40,054$49,088$299,657$236,220$175,974 $243,952
Madagascar$11,311$8,345$4,545$332,663$5,116,977$12,335,516 
Malawi$16,774$304$6,319$7,412 $244$2,116
Malaysia$2,632,638$5,033,857$3,734,377$6,665,799$9,603,575$9,729,030$7,677,337
Mali$13,367$12,521 $269 $6,297 
Malta$73,175$70,861$567,025$138,758$33,540$13,736 
Mauritania$8,492     $12,587
Mauritius$2,657$48,079$163$1,387$11,486$26,420$19,786
Mayotte$14,029$14,092$18,676$13,565$8,297  
Mexico$6,352,437$13,567,625$14,915,712$14,851,366$11,437,810$10,547,127$10,489,779
Moldova$112,240$107,710$95,613$93,467$25,302$75,976$103,701
Mongolia$32,046$50,693$158,633    
Montenegro $129,059$121,417$242,295$198,095$124,389$81,443
Montserrat  $39    
Morocco$268,772$68,728$175,780$271,231$234,008$99,390 
Mozambique$1,958$8,486$53,223$16,783$10,520$7,170$11,000
Namibia$89,390$8,839$36,503$49,388   
Nepal    $914$283 
Netherlands$25,891,501$29,440,096$51,772,931$60,877,105$35,433,966$43,517,039 
Netherlands Antilles$43,121$15,375$56,220$30,005   
New Caledonia$4,966$35,036$5,411$52,469$33,278$41,194$26,309
New Zealand$1,508,440$1,306,308$1,816,961$3,319,278$1,454,312$848,754$1,803,570
Nicaragua$60,010$34,043$49,434$23,131$49,537$11,427$20,459
Niger  $88$4,389$536,751$3,860$188,190
Nigeria $694,034$2,019,995$4,979,382$2,233,382$2,549,334 
Norway$9,727,916$11,318,802$15,375,540$19,212,028$11,013,655$10,201,669$13,141,217
Oman$1,052,325$1,189,932$1,188,845$10,551,061$5,104,611$3,682,845 
Pakistan$493,267$754,786$250,568$697,309$1,080,024$321,946$338,798
Panama$60,121$13,836$55,293$20,521$32,502$156,221$87,749
Paraguay$96,761$91,957$254,921$365,107$150,027$189,410$343,315
Peru$227,798$565,600$1,552,790$10,735,127$1,499,940$419,270$823,100
Philippines$283,721$108,913$1,959,318$3,968,268$1,603,984$1,035,762$1,184,645
Poland$10,534,280$9,144,312$12,831,861$23,282,094$11,600,592$7,667,127$11,210,226
Portugal$1,409,652$3,324,220$3,240,822$4,473,871$7,845,516$3,507,124$4,603,969
Qatar$3,513,142$4,372,070$63,337,641$28,053,913 $17,121,228 
Romania$2,328,094$2,067,287$3,237,379$3,077,483$2,374,183$3,157,346$3,369,965
Russia$7,185,062$6,162,033$8,735,509$12,351,392$21,561,311$13,992,268$15,602,665
Rwanda$24,142$28,154$15,950$1,516$5,009 $84,151
Saint Kitts and Nevis$46      
Saint Lucia$3,016$510 $5,305   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$27,329$39,040$25,623$20$49,110$32,878 
Samoa     $1,536$5,681
Sao Tome and Principe $46,652$133,624$48,339$8,037$3,285 
Saudi Arabia$2,778,535$7,771,467$30,592,694  $6,107,741 
Senegal$5,806$43,129$19,637$6,589$10,427$38,247$5,549
Serbia$1,172,860$794,930$4,040,151$1,436,678$882,187$900,545$1,945,100
Seychelles$925$1,532$1,391$51,660   
Singapore$13,023,933$11,225,549$19,466,884$17,058,059$15,200,758$11,056,422$15,966,817
Slovakia$1,726,362$2,431,532$3,237,021$1,987,693$1,688,639$951,369$2,377,159
Slovenia$2,147,281$1,171,530$2,339,569$2,472,168$1,838,610$2,923,366$3,546,399
South Africa$2,255,821$3,166,067$4,832,474$6,936,494$2,642,560$3,075,992$3,406,009
Spain$15,999,266$17,245,859$29,715,532$31,143,602$29,685,414$18,876,086 
Sri Lanka$64,602$42,726$78,744$38,098$12,277$10,689$152,344
Sudan$63,602$111,672$1,777    
Suriname$1,545$4,210$19,621$72,522$9,302$26,511$46,122
Swaziland$19,609$20,004$36,757    
Sweden$13,524,166$12,363,711$16,772,660$11,660,201$8,839,891$11,309,056$20,438,265
Switzerland$10,177,056$13,644,016$20,982,813$24,120,953$17,125,829$15,649,121$24,014,648
Syria$127,527$58,755   $212,661 
Tanzania$11,180$45,060$36,098$984$25,919$85,135$27,893
Thailand$4,144,955$3,759,304$2,539,032$11,252,782$16,333,964$8,069,763$9,758,333
Togo$15,022    $13,737$50,682
Tonga   $857$571$404 
Trinidad and Tobago$96,074$44,789$12,132$160,430$100,340$458,104 
Tunisia$355,252$283,420$446,509$361,336$425,284$564,438 
Turkey$8,576,132$9,436,879$9,669,782$9,617,268$4,997,617$9,763,329$8,038,617
Uganda$10,246$2,380$8,795$7,411$58,849$37,083 
Ukraine$1,350,859$1,664,097$2,987,311$5,529,005$2,484,847$2,771,560$2,559,510
United Arab Emirates$4,070,402 $7,689,122$16,918,133   
United Kingdom$30,684,821$38,277,075$40,314,901$60,234,696$36,358,235$28,638,382$28,372,596
United States$62,887,514$76,525,435$140,416,959$121,274,410$82,976,195$61,450,477$101,164,157
Uruguay$181,547$231,235$200,541$492,258$162,672  
Vanuatu $98     
Venezuela$656,485$1,404,500$1,214,963$5,914,531$5,326,873$285,352$1,079,692
Vietnam$1,028,508$1,083,959$947,408$870,782$980,292$905,150 
Yemen$152,849$318,626$762,077$2,015,758$190,369$107,115$31,585
Zambia$2,314$139,503$61,860$56,347$53,368$67,222 
Zimbabwe$24$7,068$2,587$886$59$30,098