RankCountryImports of Pliers (incl. cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers & sim. tools in USD (2010)
1United States$168,752,112
2Germany$75,485,255
3United Kingdom$54,754,056
4France$49,938,652
5Canada$45,182,781
6Netherlands$41,580,091
7Italy$36,669,919
8Belgium$34,596,614
9Mexico$29,756,225
10Sweden$23,943,048
11Japan$23,878,999
12Spain$23,740,932
13Brazil$21,838,659
14China$21,672,542
15Russia$20,453,811
16Australia$20,107,835
17Austria$19,625,077
18Switzerland$18,389,833
19Hong Kong$18,198,924
20Nigeria$17,428,421
21Poland$15,354,509
22Denmark$13,391,474
23Korea, South$13,247,722
24Turkey$13,237,190
25Norway$12,837,136
26Kyrgyzstan$11,826,053
27Czech Republic$11,574,993
28Finland$10,809,336
29Thailand$9,442,153
30South Africa$9,316,349
31Chile$7,609,485
32Costa Rica$7,548,671
33Greece$7,036,629
34Argentina$6,927,412
35Indonesia$6,693,846
36Saudi Arabia$5,679,740
37Romania$5,488,562
38Panama$5,232,286
39Venezuela$4,957,701
40Singapore$4,815,493
41Hungary$4,710,000
42Portugal$4,671,601
43Vietnam$4,523,120
44Ireland$4,443,230
45Colombia$4,341,766
46India$4,328,593
47Slovakia$4,318,130
48Israel$3,898,000
49New Zealand$3,647,488
50Peru$3,519,735
51Algeria$3,413,735
52Morocco$2,970,753
53Ukraine$2,782,401
54Ecuador$2,522,060
55Malaysia$2,382,431
56Slovenia$2,349,737
57Iran$2,159,929
58Croatia$1,934,914
59Tunisia$1,902,170
60Belarus$1,717,200
61Egypt$1,700,567
62Dominican Republic$1,483,713
63Syria$1,444,934
64Serbia$1,401,869
65Bulgaria$1,337,072
66Luxembourg$1,330,802
67Guatemala$1,291,269
68Paraguay$1,185,921
69Lebanon$1,091,452
70Lithuania$1,062,791
71Estonia$1,031,814
72Philippines$870,975
73Pakistan$842,962
74El Salvador$839,767
75Bosnia and Herzegovina$823,678
76Latvia$746,364
77New Caledonia$681,328
78Bolivia$577,735
79Qatar$519,586
80Oman$506,680
81Cyprus$497,228
82Trinidad and Tobago$493,337
83Cote d'Ivoire$488,268
84Iceland$452,786
85Cameroon$436,807
86Mali$435,483
87Nicaragua$412,098
88Botswana$395,355
89Sri Lanka$364,161
90Kenya$364,036
91Zimbabwe$356,899
92Jordan$351,670
93French Polynesia$346,118
94Georgia$339,921
95Tanzania$310,256
96Ghana$307,961
97Ethiopia$299,718
98Mauritius$297,702
99Bahrain$295,514
100Malta$285,341
101Mozambique$238,923
102Zambia$215,232
103Madagascar$212,010
104Montenegro$205,516
105Moldova$201,116
106Senegal$196,435
107Albania$195,443
108Jamaica$166,826
109Burkina Faso$138,963
110Mauritania$120,831
111Uganda$103,537
112Niger$102,793
113Aruba$101,412
114Barbados$98,029
115Nepal$95,200
116Malawi$92,482
117Yemen$87,185
118Armenia$85,612
119Bahamas, The$81,318
120Azerbaijan$79,060
121Suriname$77,433
122Guyana$74,699
123Belize$73,921
124Cape Verde$73,496
125Togo$63,296
126Fiji$56,329
127Bermuda$42,642
128Maldives$41,308
129Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$35,127
130Dominica$30,691
131Cambodia$27,231
132Benin$26,316
133Samoa$21,373
134Antigua and Barbuda$18,906
135Bhutan$18,239
136Macau$10,838
137Sao Tome and Principe$5,919
138Burundi$4,662
139Tonga$4,092
140Gambia, The$315
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$122,472$170,305$164,655$126,198$249,734$195,443$156,296
Algeria$2,353,724$1,881,074$1,920,678$3,251,234$2,475,405$3,413,735$3,543,272
Anguilla $23,731$32,734$21,017   
Antigua and Barbuda$23,166$34,476$38,013 $28,635$18,906$19,184
Argentina$3,699,275$4,422,103$5,365,673$7,784,956$4,716,581$6,927,412$13,711,673
Armenia$42,778$30,713$77,373$150,904$61,158$85,612$121,855
Aruba    $100,441$101,412$124,426
Australia$17,407,999$16,816,196$16,768,266$22,230,678$18,134,537$20,107,835$21,681,684
Austria$15,785,759$16,599,173$19,868,621$23,151,292$17,164,632$19,625,077 
Azerbaijan$75,191$63,734$227,902$177,658$60,190$79,060$164,671
Bahamas, The$114,163$158,494$119,308$103,950$84,150$81,318$92,998
Bahrain$285,837$181,040$272,625$504,669$493,800$295,514$435,374
Bangladesh$467,343$438,794$500,774    
Barbados$115,273$121,379$110,999$127,135$107,201$98,029$112,952
Belarus$538,400$731,400$971,700$1,781,000$1,051,100$1,717,200$1,579,600
Belgium$25,239,233$26,416,146$35,731,070$39,305,584$37,085,706$34,596,614$39,915,016
Belize$69,953$73,808$105,211$89,035$105,281$73,921 
Benin$12,836$20,559   $26,316 
Bermuda     $42,642 
Bhutan$8,847$16,628$24,045$14,941$19,609$18,239 
Bolivia$185,931$314,105$320,613$490,119$467,995$577,735$957,341
Bosnia and Herzegovina$821,843$853,092$1,058,904$1,421,874$800,203$823,678$738,234
Botswana$221,744$204,904$344,421$341,593$385,992$395,355$716,081
Brazil$6,938,882$8,755,181$13,135,843$18,145,259$12,203,357$21,838,659$27,050,389
Brunei $121,857     
Bulgaria$1,572,472$1,907,180$2,899,370$3,494,078$1,582,600$1,337,072$1,603,408
Burkina Faso$36,611 $138,752$311,436$156,187$138,963 
Burundi$172$1,366$3,015$6,666$680$4,662 
Cambodia$7,500$24,947$61,138$43,589$10,192$27,231 
Cameroon$152,661$147,321$238,823$307,598$199,032$436,807 
Canada$44,079,056$45,978,432$48,572,972$46,508,228$41,138,036$45,182,781$52,901,018
Cape Verde$38,230$41,566$41,487$91,508$50,785$73,496$76,751
Central African Republic$15,252 $1,498$10,847   
Chile$3,187,359$3,983,418$4,206,597$6,971,070$5,456,478$7,609,485$10,462,143
China$10,662,956$12,899,578$17,435,749$18,523,900$14,464,124$21,672,542$27,086,346
Colombia$2,295,315$3,204,484$4,628,687$5,781,331$3,534,451$4,341,766$6,187,910
Comoros$1,260$1,582$767    
Costa Rica$1,161,401$1,552,977$1,887,072$2,171,993$1,526,701$7,548,671$6,517,964
Cote d'Ivoire$327,211$265,874$366,268$490,385$343,685$488,268$444,407
Croatia$2,614,039$3,057,413$3,438,234$3,865,429$2,319,371$1,934,914$2,131,325
Cuba$1,223,670$1,415,443     
Cyprus$409,722$488,248$710,212$657,111$454,745$497,228$583,999
Czech Republic$9,362,054$11,390,534$14,824,910$17,941,013$10,462,448$11,574,993$17,523,070
Denmark$11,253,786$17,727,063$20,637,283$21,544,446$12,759,850$13,391,474$15,991,858
Djibouti    $406,148  
Dominica$19,841$9,943$19,327$12,476$26,720$30,691 
Dominican Republic$576,241$789,243$1,565,627$1,310,979$1,115,097$1,483,713$1,794,185
East Timor$835      
Ecuador$1,215,832$1,544,409$1,407,307$1,896,155$2,445,682$2,522,060$2,968,739
Egypt$695,163$790,248$653,136$1,061,182$926,939$1,700,567$1,521,868
El Salvador$629,622$857,602$968,983$902,859$751,357$839,767 
Estonia$1,466,488$1,744,964$2,128,827$1,604,509$823,430$1,031,814$1,493,464
Ethiopia$239,436$666,772$412,367$378,128$357,421$299,718$284,389
Faroe Islands$101,049$116,408$145,646$157,377$86,515  
Fiji$141,401$106,996$95,126$89,319$78,099$56,329 
Finland$11,232,572$11,158,985$14,365,115$15,169,507$10,260,080$10,809,336$12,731,837
France$42,087,533$49,061,785$55,141,200$56,487,716$41,567,918$49,938,652$55,374,564
French Polynesia$379,041$337,965$361,519$458,490$379,792$346,118$358,508
Gabon$162,960$156,397$290,297$255,748$244,508  
Gambia, The$350$10,796$202$544 $315$573
Georgia$71,929$259,901$282,153$410,674$205,586$339,921 
Germany$59,231,000$70,956,000$80,458,000$88,210,000$63,239,000$75,485,255$96,645,283
Ghana$315,069$210,632$246,164$195,793$235,445$307,961$608,978
Greece$10,701,350$11,569,756$13,850,726$15,584,033$10,969,680$7,036,629$4,553,641
Greenland$42,959$61,348$64,363    
Grenada$39,547$37,498$24,467$31,711$17,680  
Guatemala$1,603,059$1,581,185$1,979,886$1,954,110$1,181,157$1,291,269$2,074,803
Guinea$16,001$564$26,928$37,461   
Guinea-Bissau$9      
Guyana$35,212$31,502$86,209$51,502$74,209$74,699$85,250
Honduras$481,467$614,171$859,222 $610,980  
Hong Kong$16,248,545$18,038,726$17,191,819$15,587,436$10,527,034$18,198,924$21,774,292
Hungary$5,345,000$6,267,000$7,344,000$7,547,000$4,731,000$4,710,000$5,423,000
Iceland$1,152,262$1,315,183$2,032,677$1,143,142$464,104$452,786$687,424
India$966,934$1,583,789$2,379,981$2,578,550$2,764,154$4,328,593$5,751,325
Indonesia$3,054,867$3,218,083$4,385,932$5,467,394$4,034,021$6,693,846$9,415,542
Iran$2,129,372$1,521,842   $2,159,929 
Ireland$5,966,251$6,597,701$7,355,590$6,980,909$5,393,807$4,443,230$3,460,609
Israel$2,584,000$2,768,000$3,379,000$3,957,000$3,235,000$3,898,000$4,340,000
Italy$34,298,034$36,585,783$42,512,876$43,847,665$30,674,570$36,669,919$38,018,221
Jamaica$290,664$338,341$309,276$330,952$181,232$166,826 
Japan$20,638,653$21,837,195$23,940,331$25,685,900$19,786,406$23,878,999$30,686,463
Jordan$239,598$313,590$739,159$445,747$451,404$351,670$260,689
Kazakhstan$861,396$1,074,704$2,084,775$1,714,332$1,745,595  
Kenya$196,610$364,027$371,620$453,998$342,380$364,036 
Kiribati$5,735   $4,325  
Korea, South$13,907,004$15,515,455$18,359,248$17,116,063$11,059,946$13,247,722$16,188,585
Kuwait $864,176$1,078,489$1,014,153   
Kyrgyzstan$2,658,081$12,007,602$21,727,293$19,674,925$5,335,569$11,826,053$15,477,535
Latvia$993,565$1,213,705$1,754,123$1,487,043$538,154$746,364$1,063,670
Lebanon$481,000$365,120$716,232$921,715$783,854$1,091,452$1,150,563
Lesotho   $11,689   
Lithuania$1,111,393$1,447,335$1,832,426$1,807,215$709,726$1,062,791$1,395,955
Luxembourg$1,183,105$1,291,087$1,769,731$1,846,311$1,458,211$1,330,802$1,426,288
Macau$57,299$31,672$24,488$19,574$40,932$10,838$23,331
Macedonia$187,568$182,636$328,191$483,268$443,593 $357,069
Madagascar$142,563$135,254$175,528$318,170$179,544$212,010 
Malawi$21,662$33,535$25,690$50,481$293,326$92,482$108,364
Malaysia$1,131,819$1,007,212$1,215,160$2,011,801$1,797,209$2,382,431$2,821,297
Maldives$31,077$65,588$78,044$61,636$48,846$41,308$49,781
Mali$154,886$49,263$84,102$226,306 $435,483 
Malta$248,932$253,247$180,769$312,707$226,460$285,341 
Mauritania$2,365$11,236$5,737$55,550 $120,831$3,934
Mauritius$187,987$168,558$229,582$273,457$236,895$297,702$285,682
Mayotte$56,589$84,237$98,551$143,564$111,348  
Mexico$22,471,257$27,855,831$27,443,608$27,681,956$18,581,161$29,756,225$34,102,426
Moldova$110,274$122,044$243,224$285,251$170,737$201,116$280,259
Mongolia$39,580$64,375$87,619    
Montenegro $203,288$463,372$524,090$264,823$205,516$262,580
Montserrat$1,967$3,140$1,325$2,439$2,126  
Morocco$2,273,932$2,235,077$2,802,548$3,001,429$2,627,155$2,970,753 
Mozambique$87,712$131,854$127,627$179,527$205,982$238,923$290,000
Namibia$277,278$277,264$288,501$273,050   
Nepal    $435,473$95,200 
Netherlands$30,804,509$31,136,098$36,374,598$41,344,565$30,245,037$41,580,091 
Netherlands Antilles$90,690$44,234$79,502$184,089   
New Caledonia$479,469$527,540$573,493$808,308$657,872$681,328$811,102
New Zealand$2,950,095$3,120,407$3,394,016$3,427,583$3,124,461$3,647,488$4,022,059
Nicaragua$267,820$264,682$350,676$351,567$290,872$412,098$513,105
Niger$33,039$61,144$51,193$27,155$89,484$102,793$204,878
Nigeria $959,644$968,220$2,791,061$3,746,073$17,428,421 
Norway$9,004,630$11,379,257$14,762,792$15,686,594$11,381,602$12,837,136$15,761,232
Oman$161,363$333,355$536,783$369,883$432,645$506,680 
Pakistan$423,139$670,039$634,641$689,968$522,549$842,962$967,577
Panama$425,565$2,899,394$4,265,310$7,791,283$6,062,272$5,232,286$7,426,698
Paraguay$506,757$593,014$907,670$1,054,451$718,335$1,185,921$1,451,369
Peru$1,359,126$1,704,667$2,061,018$3,403,812$2,919,942$3,519,735$4,495,107
Philippines$839,284$847,459$465,306$579,144$451,041$870,975$831,174
Poland$9,345,268$11,428,165$15,983,169$20,429,490$13,033,573$15,354,509$16,324,662
Portugal$3,819,754$4,755,958$5,936,615$5,539,482$4,182,732$4,671,601$4,307,288
Qatar$240,151$487,196$762,557$813,421 $519,586 
Romania$4,672,916$6,509,135$8,861,744$10,245,678$5,360,871$5,488,562$5,631,442
Russia$5,089,996$7,270,094$10,168,591$15,784,489$7,960,697$20,453,811$26,844,935
Rwanda$30,375$44,697$16,129$17,177$35,288 $54,403
Saint Kitts and Nevis$19,478$26,295$32,177$31,041   
Saint Lucia$40,735$55,541$59,204$46,079   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$19,718$24,265$27,829$22,833$31,313$35,127 
Samoa$21,259$29,462$17,566$16,684$18,703$21,373$25,229
Sao Tome and Principe$35$6,659$2,835$4,186$3,836$5,919 
Saudi Arabia$2,786,575$3,630,635$4,312,613  $5,679,740 
Senegal$157,698$142,532$218,900$216,030$159,321$196,435$215,170
Serbia$1,611,052$1,913,323$2,635,942$2,988,135$1,451,546$1,401,869$1,517,648
Seychelles$39,020$60,791$47,373$75,944   
Singapore$2,447,847$2,851,142$3,239,033$4,398,620$3,465,966$4,815,493$5,003,349
Slovakia$3,434,607$3,959,647$6,063,345$5,921,889$4,780,790$4,318,130$4,488,345
Slovenia$1,536,118$1,649,858$2,304,387$2,841,055$1,917,330$2,349,737$2,698,027
South Africa$8,183,142$9,607,198$10,577,221$9,569,926$6,590,416$9,316,349$10,746,503
Spain$31,049,832$31,130,497$40,596,372$30,422,732$21,227,917$23,740,932 
Sri Lanka$380,923$381,388$316,823$324,181$260,729$364,161$660,608
Sudan$21,914$34,777$87,384$344$639,078  
Suriname$174,193$233,109$115,288$118,278$95,909$77,433$69,116
Swaziland$88,876$61,293$103,545    
Sweden$23,894,337$26,859,345$30,371,501$29,982,671$20,293,999$23,943,048$28,790,131
Switzerland$18,653,752$20,142,695$25,652,968$27,082,992$16,899,652$18,389,833$20,612,388
Syria$591,859$670,972$635,371$1,301,863 $1,444,934 
Tanzania$120,419$258,804$157,917$172,131$175,691$310,256$289,409
Thailand$7,662,659$6,833,308$7,745,380$9,354,836$6,896,317$9,442,153$13,732,537
Togo$11,616 $9,485  $63,296$13,479
Tonga   $8,437$6,168$4,092 
Trinidad and Tobago$445,872$457,194$594,569$634,647$540,701$493,337 
Tunisia$1,282,645$1,498,668$1,520,198$2,168,549$1,665,393$1,902,170 
Turkey$8,435,455$10,394,454$11,386,367$12,206,083$8,056,429$13,237,190$24,905,451
Uganda$30,272$74,917$55,013$76,049$99,074$103,537 
Ukraine$1,521,342$2,258,733$3,760,923$7,046,730$1,978,472$2,782,401$3,939,722
United Arab Emirates$7,422,002 $10,022,614$11,743,051   
United Kingdom$45,835,842$49,947,746$62,922,932$56,475,395$42,225,417$54,754,056$53,083,438
United States$142,414,585$147,439,924$165,692,618$174,718,657$137,002,462$168,752,112$192,202,378
Uruguay$507,175$582,915$806,106$1,030,552$764,570  
Vanuatu $33,630$25,787    
Venezuela$3,952,376$5,183,553$10,165,863$14,656,560$11,666,398$4,957,701$3,990,604
Vietnam$1,286,378$1,508,595$1,519,553$2,715,684$3,078,905$4,523,120 
Wallis and Futuna$476$1,077     
Yemen$35,129$210,267$36,973$78,533$23,503$87,185$72,575
Zambia$57,837$67,487$166,334$149,363$75,425$215,232 
Zimbabwe$54,413$78,126$95,721$118,289$199,587$356,899