RankCountryImports of Equipment for scaffolding/shuttering/propping/pitpropping of iron/steel in USD (2010)
1Germany$248,514,692
2France$208,270,795
3United Kingdom$135,608,835
4Switzerland$133,769,046
5United States$131,509,137
6Saudi Arabia$115,864,145
7Spain$107,347,324
8Italy$101,695,786
9Singapore$100,518,187
10Canada$93,065,586
11Poland$92,158,508
12Austria$88,286,537
13Netherlands$82,690,859
14Algeria$68,165,057
15Romania$65,684,350
16Qatar$63,516,117
17Belgium$62,551,634
18Japan$56,377,792
19Australia$53,629,303
20Russia$53,589,985
21Sweden$52,020,210
22Vietnam$51,603,830
23Brazil$46,902,957
24Chile$46,420,798
25Nigeria$43,571,055
26Niger$40,923,187
27Norway$38,640,137
28Czech Republic$37,613,344
29Slovenia$32,565,442
30Peru$29,889,427
31Portugal$28,656,169
32Slovakia$27,326,822
33Denmark$26,590,614
34Hong Kong$23,382,605
35Luxembourg$20,713,265
36Finland$20,623,857
37Morocco$20,559,468
38Oman$18,458,510
39Mexico$17,789,296
40Korea, South$16,893,964
41Thailand$14,293,327
42Serbia$13,709,395
43Turkey$13,641,800
44New Caledonia$13,002,565
45Lebanon$12,920,275
46Egypt$12,889,452
47India$12,685,488
48China$12,581,390
49Belarus$12,381,500
50Tunisia$11,987,754
51Azerbaijan$11,420,452
52Hungary$11,136,000
53Croatia$10,942,605
54Panama$10,880,610
55Latvia$10,635,284
56Cote d'Ivoire$10,273,340
57South Africa$10,253,826
58Lithuania$9,064,785
59Indonesia$8,693,728
60Colombia$8,502,428
61Argentina$8,235,442
62Mozambique$7,967,011
63Albania$7,584,806
64Philippines$7,415,176
65Botswana$7,406,375
66Ukraine$7,053,738
67Greece$6,845,319
68Ireland$6,410,809
69Madagascar$5,635,240
70Israel$5,595,000
71Bulgaria$5,088,473
72Jordan$5,070,280
73Tanzania$4,770,652
74Mauritius$4,394,903
75New Zealand$4,334,078
76Malaysia$4,123,060
77Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,095,978
78Ecuador$4,007,302
79Venezuela$3,872,615
80Sri Lanka$3,815,915
81Kenya$3,307,841
82Dominican Republic$3,122,073
83Ethiopia$3,096,857
84Iran$3,080,268
85Syria$3,030,555
86Cyprus$2,995,759
87Senegal$2,969,730
88Georgia$2,879,020
89Trinidad and Tobago$2,867,494
90Estonia$2,798,221
91Pakistan$2,735,663
92Zambia$2,418,637
93Montenegro$2,272,199
94Mali$1,917,229
95Armenia$1,614,769
96Cambodia$1,611,005
97Malta$1,545,586
98Yemen$1,527,440
99Bahrain$1,336,471
100Uganda$1,334,604
101Jamaica$1,319,607
102Bahamas, The$1,140,780
103Zimbabwe$1,130,065
104French Polynesia$1,128,516
105Ghana$1,111,347
106Togo$992,075
107Suriname$962,519
108Malawi$946,234
109Moldova$889,243
110Mauritania$882,899
111Burkina Faso$853,771
112Nepal$842,674
113Kyrgyzstan$773,971
114Barbados$740,930
115Cameroon$732,369
116Costa Rica$671,690
117Guatemala$668,093
118Cape Verde$661,803
119Bermuda$532,808
120Bolivia$481,626
121Iceland$360,911
122Bhutan$275,596
123Aruba$261,227
124Gambia, The$250,403
125Benin$220,092
126El Salvador$194,155
127Guyana$175,674
128Nicaragua$160,516
129Maldives$157,670
130Fiji$147,885
131Paraguay$143,121
132Dominica$101,799
133Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$84,087
134Tonga$68,938
135Samoa$53,373
136Antigua and Barbuda$52,370
137Sao Tome and Principe$48,450
138Belize$30,027
139Burundi$18,354
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,396,546$1,486,425$5,142,396$3,941,146$14,076,934$7,584,806$3,917,783
Algeria$29,995,476$22,697,960$26,477,274$60,425,394$63,195,946$68,165,057$49,843,830
Anguilla $561,289$2,290,133$311,823   
Antigua and Barbuda$429,840$994,764$154,472 $162,995$52,370$20,884
Argentina$4,802,989$9,378,501$12,233,139$10,157,242$4,738,515$8,235,442$22,558,822
Armenia$1,070,228$1,539,037$1,938,848$5,472,955$7,658,302$1,614,769$1,460,603
Aruba    $172,542$261,227$961,821
Australia$57,726,405$47,977,456$60,817,648$86,893,969$54,897,931$53,629,303$77,346,506
Austria$129,478,859$138,716,741$151,436,343$134,980,344$103,807,924$88,286,537 
Azerbaijan$977,085$3,274,364$2,480,092$4,034,237$5,899,430$11,420,452$8,298,859
Bahamas, The$1,449,760$1,621,234$698,247$1,699,695$768,529$1,140,780$11,378,203
Bahrain$3,265,803$2,581,461$7,079,350$13,585,953$8,483,067$1,336,471$3,937,196
Bangladesh$191,855$231,379$95,238    
Barbados$1,420,485$2,302,019$2,785,493$2,537,092$491,711$740,930$569,898
Belarus$4,158,900$5,195,700$10,474,600$18,290,300$9,255,700$12,381,500$8,218,000
Belgium$74,686,521$94,321,763$130,543,929$150,681,054$72,971,502$62,551,634$75,079,394
Belize$68,087$176,910$419,127$235,814$63,531$30,027 
Benin$48,485$43,861   $220,092 
Bermuda     $532,808 
Bhutan$42,078$69,152$66,354$72,192$31,459$275,596 
Bolivia$96,065$629,463$2,308,551$88,278$230,222$481,626$2,031,411
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,088,695$4,786,696$7,126,005$13,394,826$7,445,967$4,095,978$6,493,612
Botswana$3,557,906$4,259,222$5,837,383$9,511,961$7,023,875$7,406,375$7,710,698
Brazil$1,016,636$4,051,893$6,341,525$26,833,531$22,082,030$46,902,957$80,635,860
Brunei $2,175,981     
Bulgaria$21,019,928$27,396,357$41,562,013$45,923,885$12,388,656$5,088,473$5,834,850
Burkina Faso$867,355 $240,202$1,114,915$609,239$853,771 
Burundi$35,608$26,204$5,138$14,007$54,938$18,354 
Cambodia$8,757,815$461,345$1,325,570$2,625,872$2,662,239$1,611,005 
Cameroon$435,667$471,639$1,270,794$4,283,463$2,566,356$732,369 
Canada$61,146,629$90,080,071$115,667,875$87,930,081$49,829,345$93,065,586$104,769,045
Cape Verde$753,617$1,964,710$3,000,078$4,354,028$2,016,824$661,803$1,200,236
Central African Republic$5,464   $7,364  
Chile$40,708,125$34,624,449$43,317,244$51,408,879$24,359,755$46,420,798$82,378,284
China$21,645,519$6,443,985$7,912,825$12,483,149$10,064,857$12,581,390$17,744,372
Colombia$1,360,442$1,322,264$4,217,426$9,582,044$8,357,098$8,502,428$21,001,699
Comoros$55,332$63,064$99,254    
Costa Rica$1,193,247$1,516,412$3,128,318$5,889,716$1,502,043$671,690$3,418,918
Cote d'Ivoire$29,177$122,591$463,120$1,256,325$8,834,258$10,273,340$865,270
Croatia$16,236,010$20,537,507$28,348,677$33,478,576$12,804,087$10,942,605$7,463,751
Cuba$245,173$66,834     
Cyprus$5,813,422$4,854,083$5,314,132$9,736,701$2,441,244$2,995,759$3,238,178
Czech Republic$43,404,688$58,016,441$64,311,227$98,672,413$46,869,728$37,613,344$64,711,459
Denmark$26,069,621$40,156,430$66,212,146$77,155,114$35,023,623$26,590,614$47,739,773
Djibouti    $956,044  
Dominica$21,820$15,544$18,264$16,190$6,232$101,799 
Dominican Republic$943,368$817,397$1,094,773$1,210,201$1,609,429$3,122,073$5,479,856
East Timor$10,127      
Ecuador$1,813,851$1,788,458$1,622,889$2,033,553$2,882,346$4,007,302$4,986,593
Egypt$1,580,178$803,408$2,336,445$10,670,490$5,681,811$12,889,452$12,934,419
El Salvador$355,550$681,223$729,156$1,334,061$659,712$194,155 
Estonia$8,038,461$6,825,639$12,473,043$4,087,136$2,529,638$2,798,221$7,560,355
Ethiopia$1,864,243$2,387,418$5,253,576$3,312,902$1,801,948$3,096,857$5,239,281
Faroe Islands$365,335$1,156,205$2,131,845$1,536,507$361,783  
Fiji$1,184,642$797,149$188,768$232,502$450,141$147,885 
Finland$14,198,998$21,291,141$47,863,178$54,112,504$11,183,655$20,623,857$28,889,274
France$159,148,734$182,559,158$266,515,573$273,865,817$161,529,024$208,270,795$226,846,897
French Polynesia$2,247,723$557,526$936,327$1,267,889$674,345$1,128,516$921,759
Gabon$424,088$1,122,554$670,052$1,080,827$2,269,671  
Gambia, The$8,918$20,273$15,149$4,531$1,466$250,403$7,947
Georgia$347,972$1,590,693$6,627,873$4,962,722$1,973,242$2,879,020 
Germany$253,523,000$339,626,000$375,460,000$374,583,000$250,801,000$248,514,692$357,572,158
Ghana$6,251,201$2,109,450$1,590,934$2,070,719$1,752,974$1,111,347$5,729,963
Greece$12,480,227$16,062,745$15,678,714$16,362,927$35,193,096$6,845,319$6,060,764
Greenland$253,505$394,086$163,410    
Grenada$316,299$81,044$144,365$74,865$29,499  
Guatemala$357,203$1,060,495$1,315,860$3,713,761$1,672,163$668,093$1,411,305
Guinea$118,260$227,563$87,314$780,005   
Guinea-Bissau$172,337      
Guyana$207,889$255$81,131$60,193$74,981$175,674$85,050
Honduras$327,774$497,125$772,725 $225,864  
Hong Kong$14,524,815$23,120,487$19,613,310$22,376,732$20,318,328$23,382,605$40,870,085
Hungary$28,400,000$25,467,000$23,390,000$32,190,000$13,028,000$11,136,000$13,513,000
Iceland$4,903,207$5,215,848$6,613,056$2,805,340$60,044$360,911$714,206
India$562,707$5,639,405$3,996,185$12,489,690$7,257,974$12,685,488$24,548,008
Indonesia$1,205,857$1,501,093$2,248,082$10,697,160$7,692,910$8,693,728$12,775,289
Iran$477,592$322,387   $3,080,268 
Ireland$52,848,409$54,823,865$40,349,814$18,215,975$7,138,673$6,410,809$3,609,235
Israel$3,483,000$8,692,000$7,842,000$8,906,000$4,054,000$5,595,000$11,093,000
Italy$96,262,357$114,281,726$138,367,567$146,740,063$80,477,990$101,695,786$98,987,786
Jamaica$1,364,888$2,724,716$2,086,645$1,485,401$518,067$1,319,607 
Japan$55,712,525$71,445,822$67,345,680$71,435,308$58,401,839$56,377,792$89,748,946
Jordan$2,730,309$1,400,193$3,025,579$8,655,307$4,836,734$5,070,280$2,118,278
Kazakhstan$28,712,284$47,954,930$58,413,483$117,333,105$156,261,660  
Kenya$426,892$535,150$1,116,262$2,386,623$2,873,799$3,307,841 
Kiribati$12,496   $4,978  
Korea, South$7,844,673$7,353,918$8,054,948$10,252,738$25,608,976$16,893,964$7,752,141
Kuwait $24,783,361$31,165,616$36,250,050   
Kyrgyzstan$167,445$344,702$1,328,965$2,631,855$1,177,335$773,971$2,344,788
Latvia$9,315,233$15,836,753$20,777,567$13,391,204$2,099,538$10,635,284$15,073,533
Lebanon$2,950,000$9,344,815$1,785,214$4,001,778$5,464,078$12,920,275$9,069,221
Lesotho   $740,463   
Lithuania$6,935,153$14,498,594$24,737,365$18,979,669$5,120,908$9,064,785$13,335,366
Luxembourg$7,389,658$12,469,321$10,994,142$23,881,685$19,971,304$20,713,265$21,818,133
Macau$969,237$2,767,477$1,190,146$825,760$331,927  
Macedonia$708,246$1,118,264$1,666,154$3,432,112$2,517,950 $3,387,001
Madagascar$217,735$913,624$883,215$18,845,280$447,856,257$5,635,240 
Malawi$249,080$437,593$471,378$1,033,924$734,891$946,234$3,266,757
Malaysia$5,171,123$5,127,092$6,476,789$8,252,663$3,931,893$4,123,060$6,710,873
Maldives$151,114$196,586$323,485$331,381$108,058$157,670$380,381
Mali$220,122$67,881$370,013$469,554 $1,917,229 
Malta$800,808$1,511,224$1,572,852$4,142,009$2,618,577$1,545,586 
Mauritania$151,790$216,782$261,086$1,181,422$808,807$882,899$820,332
Mauritius$798,390$903,547$3,516,752$3,845,179$2,842,251$4,394,903$5,938,843
Mayotte$426,482$966,419$2,649,381$2,237,508$620,798  
Mexico$10,001,951$15,470,595$17,483,245$18,757,385$19,168,655$17,789,296$28,566,300
Moldova$434,002$1,694,824$3,244,895$3,959,478$564,160$889,243$1,639,545
Mongolia$191,556$346,887$995,196    
Montenegro $3,187,027$9,931,127$16,227,201$5,500,010$2,272,199$2,523,767
Montserrat$1,269$6,165$2,476$7,116$2,688  
Morocco$5,003,153$4,137,941$16,626,663$17,913,323$21,066,952$20,559,468 
Mozambique$961,576$2,648,053$2,211,028$4,871,154$7,461,318$7,967,011$7,351,000
Namibia$1,715,407$1,839,828$1,854,791$3,890,775   
Nepal    $53,541$842,674 
Netherlands$70,771,180$98,213,636$142,108,263$157,875,264$76,635,733$82,690,859 
Netherlands Antilles$117,464$1,484,683$241,311$208,172   
New Caledonia$2,511,895$4,717,483$5,033,068$6,030,308$4,712,681$13,002,565$7,080,237
New Zealand$11,343,367$8,510,667$8,813,655$7,109,563$2,910,639$4,334,078$11,461,428
Nicaragua$2,050,420$440,017$298,429$351,690$188,382$160,516$324,976
Niger$92,830$35,953$620,367$120,630$35,836,494$40,923,187$1,671,131
Nigeria $9,252,601$11,372,273$25,472,100$16,454,779$43,571,055 
Norway$40,252,729$56,088,705$63,023,009$58,181,066$32,698,477$38,640,137$54,113,409
Oman$5,310,686$9,762,374$22,176,622$28,953,242$24,062,710$18,458,510 
Pakistan$178,700$280,919$902,952$2,249,576$562,391$2,735,663$771,697
Panama$1,450,782$3,482,250$14,024,681$20,673,306$12,012,521$10,880,610$17,496,422
Paraguay$1,397$17$15,050$67,221$255,543$143,121$563,048
Peru$8,083,061$9,838,421$14,399,832$43,895,710$19,368,815$29,889,427$48,981,634
Philippines$2,332,860$5,158,801$6,043,521$4,949,658$3,588,961$7,415,176$15,293,327
Poland$40,676,497$105,537,663$164,301,721$165,109,365$73,065,967$92,158,508$164,540,191
Portugal$33,564,803$35,267,790$47,672,878$50,446,691$33,699,283$28,656,169$25,296,591
Qatar$41,152,262$56,175,217$63,819,402$121,187,649 $63,516,117 
Romania$25,054,505$56,192,846$85,546,922$105,949,783$40,295,926$65,684,350$33,174,303
Russia$39,031,091$50,428,987$76,459,443$105,015,059$33,075,250$53,589,985$97,373,533
Rwanda$161,224$189,745$252,289$639,157$457,286 $1,019,137
Saint Kitts and Nevis$197,862$121,429$157,023$201,577   
Saint Lucia$409,972$420,004$172,441$96,401   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$42,703$201,937$111,261$99,034$416,207$84,087 
Samoa$107,946$221,964$53,536$22,028$311,066$53,373$1,247,011
Sao Tome and Principe$7,088$271,278$243,184$20,108$34,475$48,450 
Saudi Arabia$22,607,859$76,737,452$170,318,606$10,472,280$30,384,456$115,864,145 
Senegal$1,364,393$1,631,521$1,824,857$5,992,437$4,539,138$2,969,730$1,080,190
Serbia$4,693,430$7,810,341$16,802,690$22,990,255$11,967,188$13,709,395$21,988,772
Seychelles$109,348$157,397$1,072,221$1,366,604   
Singapore$34,975,228$82,841,749$53,892,888$211,210,368$163,250,561$100,518,187$152,696,496
Slovakia$21,549,956$34,290,680$49,648,175$56,685,058$40,350,835$27,326,822$38,129,701
Slovenia$12,413,172$17,421,059$26,134,075$26,336,369$10,090,073$32,565,442$15,625,639
South Africa$19,200,876$19,143,374$29,550,142$22,925,700$21,354,632$10,253,826$15,361,952
Spain$193,517,061$196,116,275$292,183,909$206,509,261$90,360,844$107,347,324 
Sri Lanka$2,646,321$3,666,830$3,650,486$3,941,361$1,567,605$3,815,915$4,623,985
Sudan$11,039,837$9,498,324$4,670,684$2,122,013$4,242,891  
Suriname$184,770$288,037$376,988$392,180$498,036$962,519$399,307
Swaziland$846,676$1,199,657$1,023,403    
Sweden$34,282,055$47,565,433$76,256,552$74,353,969$42,582,085$52,020,210$95,737,641
Switzerland$72,827,851$86,648,763$99,791,030$127,106,351$113,769,038$133,769,046$173,675,798
Syria$274,102$681,847$1,312,555$2,469,777 $3,030,555 
Tanzania$1,190,788$2,933,792$2,270,255$4,263,889$3,703,010$4,770,652$9,525,245
Thailand$7,469,827$7,737,382$7,211,534$10,207,700$14,715,117$14,293,327$21,983,970
Togo$47,721 $4,719  $992,075$425,263
Tonga$31,200$24,280$20,259$144,138$123,454$68,938 
Trinidad and Tobago$2,257,335$5,670,328$7,067,366$6,725,809$5,072,788$2,867,494 
Tunisia$1,212,629$5,659,202$9,187,043$12,768,490$12,367,576$11,987,754 
Turkey$8,102,914$8,432,143$13,190,114$16,256,304$10,698,213$13,641,800$27,684,106
Uganda$256,147$350,460$610,720$497,359$552,196$1,334,604 
Ukraine$15,099,930$29,603,532$52,636,038$47,127,550$2,609,724$7,053,738$6,793,745
United Arab Emirates$79,646,448 $173,043,849$364,066,072   
United Kingdom$194,286,319$220,161,276$339,656,497$248,226,736$94,199,271$135,608,835$145,508,069
United States$224,943,677$293,091,930$305,284,379$274,428,582$141,501,369$131,509,137$194,923,943
Uruguay$619,654$1,146,713$1,548,835$2,304,726$2,377,615  
Vanuatu $85,026$136,711    
Venezuela$1,260,674$6,336,104$3,141,176$3,443,370$7,323,498$3,872,615$4,082,567
Vietnam$27,765,282$32,246,584$31,261,678$56,866,863$57,448,529$51,603,830 
Wallis and Futuna$36,950$12,952     
Yemen$3,032,482$3,014,998$5,460,341$6,192,419$2,512,897$1,527,440$1,275,315
Zambia$1,137,721$1,638,665$3,692,413$1,572,484$1,382,572$2,418,637 
Zimbabwe$590,521$142,093$1,692,991$605,943$292,835$1,130,065