RankCountryImports of Staples in strips (e.g., for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal ... in USD (2010)
1United States$78,707,657
2Germany$28,713,703
3Netherlands$22,593,754
4Canada$19,391,367
5France$16,164,186
6Mexico$14,913,759
7United Kingdom$14,277,124
8Russia$13,088,616
9Belgium$11,780,811
10Italy$9,260,956
11Sweden$7,411,464
12Japan$7,163,246
13China$7,013,392
14Poland$6,245,970
15Austria$6,002,563
16Australia$5,804,023
17Czech Republic$5,462,776
18Spain$5,254,193
19Brazil$4,782,881
20Turkey$3,973,911
21Thailand$3,914,093
22Switzerland$3,799,963
23South Africa$3,667,257
24Indonesia$3,200,880
25Ukraine$3,176,082
26Romania$3,053,393
27Denmark$2,985,181
28Korea, South$2,886,656
29Chile$2,830,846
30Nigeria$2,500,745
31Finland$2,356,941
32Singapore$2,323,735
33Malaysia$2,175,451
34Hong Kong$2,060,709
35Norway$1,986,250
36Portugal$1,834,594
37Hungary$1,717,000
38Belarus$1,698,300
39Panama$1,647,563
40Morocco$1,573,386
41Ecuador$1,531,514
42Peru$1,519,294
43Egypt$1,508,097
44New Zealand$1,500,146
45Argentina$1,388,251
46Tunisia$1,154,933
47Lithuania$1,132,587
48Israel$1,131,000
49Greece$1,100,041
50Guatemala$1,051,693
51Colombia$1,039,617
52Venezuela$1,014,557
53Saudi Arabia$1,010,668
54Slovakia$937,654
55Paraguay$884,313
56Bosnia and Herzegovina$866,190
57Jordan$861,216
58Lebanon$840,439
59Syria$809,549
60Algeria$755,518
61Bulgaria$749,141
62Dominican Republic$719,214
63Slovenia$718,413
64Iran$664,711
65Moldova$624,945
66Estonia$618,169
67India$615,691
68Pakistan$594,145
69El Salvador$592,311
70Croatia$541,839
71Vietnam$529,860
72Costa Rica$525,080
73Sri Lanka$456,629
74Latvia$419,338
75Kenya$327,379
76Mali$324,468
77Nicaragua$323,094
78Ireland$321,209
79Serbia$309,239
80Jamaica$271,985
81Georgia$253,807
82Philippines$250,892
83Luxembourg$220,073
84Armenia$217,910
85Albania$190,564
86Bolivia$181,213
87Botswana$174,484
88Zimbabwe$166,740
89French Polynesia$158,522
90Ethiopia$145,249
91Cyprus$136,619
92Cote d'Ivoire$131,833
93Nepal$111,743
94Cameroon$106,911
95Qatar$104,161
96Fiji$104,153
97Oman$102,840
98Iceland$80,243
99Mauritius$77,482
100New Caledonia$76,828
101Trinidad and Tobago$75,469
102Bahrain$75,467
103Tanzania$75,007
104Bahamas, The$65,933
105Uganda$60,510
106Montenegro$59,080
107Barbados$57,968
108Senegal$54,980
109Suriname$54,942
110Malta$50,175
111Guyana$47,598
112Maldives$45,683
113Aruba$45,389
114Ghana$44,798
115Malawi$41,605
116Mozambique$40,512
117Burkina Faso$33,057
118Madagascar$30,219
119Zambia$28,851
120Azerbaijan$25,225
121Belize$22,167
122Cape Verde$19,384
123Tonga$14,342
124Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$12,424
125Antigua and Barbuda$12,416
126Bermuda$11,725
127Dominica$10,497
128Macau$9,356
129Samoa$8,509
130Yemen$6,983
131Burundi$4,990
132Niger$4,846
133Benin$4,815
134Sao Tome and Principe$4,219
135Kyrgyzstan$3,896
136Togo$3,017
137Bhutan$2,075
138Cambodia$1,414
139Gambia, The$249
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$62,043$108,789$134,978$165,583$166,083$190,564$295,237
Algeria$229,448$195,575$168,328$200,978$715,076$755,518$560,734
Anguilla $4,141$7,747$4,030   
Antigua and Barbuda$10,976$12,180$11,711 $13,752$12,416$8,283
Argentina$739,075$760,385$961,339$1,259,963$1,021,790$1,388,251$965,082
Armenia$24,015$75,004$46,542$165,185$202,529$217,910$304,229
Aruba    $37,999$45,389$53,486
Australia$3,593,163$3,843,579$3,651,736$5,121,203$4,788,706$5,804,023$5,687,601
Austria$3,772,123$3,856,461$4,688,126$6,051,370$5,142,928$6,002,563 
Azerbaijan$3,379$3,735$18,538$30,080$49,061$25,225$23,298
Bahamas, The$74,326$76,205$79,685$61,189$58,313$65,933$72,842
Bahrain$51,606$77,492$42,827$24,093$108,955$75,467$48,250
Bangladesh$510,458$319,653$347,241    
Barbados$60,053$70,053$71,101$75,554$52,878$57,968$58,139
Belarus$539,100$1,087,900$1,217,600$1,635,500$1,277,900$1,698,300$2,460,600
Belgium$11,181,087$11,336,490$13,494,719$13,282,760$12,431,835$11,780,811$12,751,156
Belize$18,751$20,177$21,691$20,203$23,781$22,167 
Benin$11,432$5,396   $4,815 
Bermuda     $11,725 
Bhutan$9,616$5,265$3,821$2,805$1,719$2,075 
Bolivia$64,675$100,499$92,076$166,604$151,480$181,213$176,444
Bosnia and Herzegovina$638,335$626,654$961,779$1,208,203$707,598$866,190$857,197
Botswana$100,756$89,800$141,595$105,600$139,920$174,484$106,648
Brazil$1,159,082$1,430,007$1,616,886$2,495,975$3,658,367$4,782,881$5,385,888
Brunei $116,524     
Bulgaria$488,022$750,091$912,603$968,363$484,330$749,141$1,038,854
Burkina Faso$34,479 $6,659$37,924$17,019$33,057 
Burundi$3,660$3,128$1,311$4,570$1,175$4,990 
Cambodia$21,550$16,635$5,330$19,828$997$1,414 
Cameroon$25,857$49,855$60,559$75,775$59,390$106,911 
Canada$16,707,454$18,772,288$18,716,941$19,288,132$16,373,306$19,391,367$19,531,768
Cape Verde$14,727$11,082$13,717$11,808$11,743$19,384$10,670
Central African Republic$862 $999$823   
Chile$1,620,747$1,811,650$1,913,276$3,053,898$2,388,009$2,830,846$3,757,600
China$4,179,413$5,055,184$4,994,242$4,813,626$5,224,209$7,013,392$8,020,269
Colombia$140,268$293,581$770,617$1,013,721$779,277$1,039,617$1,362,994
Comoros$155$707$2,052    
Costa Rica$242,768$311,856$821,292$439,784$321,423$525,080$566,421
Cote d'Ivoire$71,223$76,858$125,471$84,439$85,238$131,833$59,198
Croatia$500,707$601,730$728,897$801,282$586,653$541,839$643,460
Cuba$268,289$429,582     
Cyprus$180,951$104,794$235,784$247,094$127,588$136,619$177,062
Czech Republic$2,280,682$2,867,658$3,782,007$4,699,026$3,618,304$5,462,776$5,687,948
Denmark$4,713,839$6,244,973$5,117,065$4,207,589$2,827,223$2,985,181$3,273,812
Djibouti    $101,344  
Dominica$8,857$18,087$17,979$10,810$13,825$10,497 
Dominican Republic$780,354$1,038,105$746,245$1,055,018$1,432,803$719,214$844,096
East Timor$1,513      
Ecuador$951,153$967,676$959,453$1,219,890$1,371,802$1,531,514$1,530,945
Egypt$574,711$489,509$641,568$1,934,559$1,061,533$1,508,097$1,789,967
El Salvador$633,065$521,727$742,081$673,903$587,854$592,311 
Estonia$869,639$1,029,813$876,896$734,186$916,807$618,169$1,194,581
Ethiopia$168,899$272,074$157,081$215,938$187,564$145,249$140,036
Faroe Islands$10,425$17,341$31,760$28,042$22,838  
Fiji$115,517$139,734$130,582$162,715$110,032$104,153 
Finland$2,102,480$2,472,475$2,899,909$3,171,668$2,116,269$2,356,941$2,532,581
France$11,336,571$16,165,178$17,908,709$19,793,393$15,579,815$16,164,186$17,007,395
French Polynesia$155,507$107,471$139,112$153,358$135,040$158,522$129,930
Gabon$74,777$102,619$66,236$146,867$60,762  
Gambia, The$420 $1,656$272$1,955$249$420
Georgia$37,381$123,529$164,263$222,818$234,012$253,807 
Germany$19,299,000$21,982,000$19,716,000$25,596,000$19,002,000$28,713,703$34,525,230
Ghana$56,929$49,592$60,220$45,008$55,270$44,798$113,813
Greece$987,451$992,355$1,256,455$1,378,579$859,444$1,100,041$648,479
Greenland$8,389$10,561$9,251    
Grenada$9,795$15,565$16,084$9,841$9,828  
Guatemala$912,767$1,132,784$1,070,670$1,088,010$1,212,001$1,051,693$1,732,110
Guinea$912$1,051$46$2,581   
Guinea-Bissau$6      
Guyana$26,577$22,482$34,107$46,701$48,558$47,598$36,009
Honduras$427,189$418,306$591,006 $400,301  
Hong Kong$3,331,567$1,887,682$1,538,057$1,910,262$1,316,969$2,060,709$1,660,642
Hungary$1,536,000$1,756,000$2,437,000$2,552,000$1,730,000$1,717,000$2,502,000
Iceland$147,358$178,757$215,364$131,791$82,480$80,243$116,008
India$280,916$486,734$396,329$798,185$376,321$615,691$537,332
Indonesia$1,553,703$1,649,197$1,878,546$2,518,601$2,113,230$3,200,880$4,389,535
Iran$634,227$172,605   $664,711 
Ireland$945,044$1,071,743$1,132,963$969,531$461,005$321,209$650,359
Israel$1,270,000$1,051,000$1,285,000$1,475,000$882,000$1,131,000$1,336,000
Italy$6,179,862$6,380,604$7,283,871$7,406,406$6,493,326$9,260,956$10,240,626
Jamaica$276,650$232,979$250,406$286,421$338,439$271,985 
Japan$4,611,505$4,582,938$6,500,449$6,982,623$5,633,507$7,163,246$7,388,168
Jordan$216,133$528,905$506,019$871,767$785,670$861,216$1,008,316
Kazakhstan$245,999$528,504$541,029$523,352$635,385  
Kenya$224,003$169,676$253,016$214,574$409,830$327,379 
Kiribati$704   $1,153  
Korea, South$681,936$891,892$1,991,389$2,449,649$1,909,523$2,886,656$3,733,929
Kuwait $708,467$419,939$305,882   
Kyrgyzstan$9,211$6,739$631$3,568$13,792$3,896$12,170
Latvia$422,377$482,254$569,175$414,373$189,584$419,338$667,638
Lebanon$303,000$296,677$392,140$556,404$632,796$840,439$651,758
Lesotho   $9,926   
Lithuania$1,080,134$1,108,539$1,363,499$1,103,256$727,212$1,132,587$1,408,900
Luxembourg$273,091$289,025$298,788$341,475$256,727$220,073$261,424
Macau$15,478$15,283$15,339$11,390$12,571$9,356$16,086
Macedonia$113,063$179,334$293,161$386,199$253,921 $266,211
Madagascar$34,719$42,696$65,241$52,038$25,806$30,219 
Malawi$57,414$9,557$17,197$14,386$159,086$41,605$29,515
Malaysia$1,026,009$556,223$1,525,375$1,639,030$1,243,542$2,175,451$1,856,722
Maldives$9,612$16,895$55,618$39,419$28,343$45,683$46,887
Mali$2,842$24,235$1,985$485,728 $324,468 
Malta$63,871$55,187$49,096$49,145$33,269$50,175 
Mauritania   $5,443  $342
Mauritius$75,683$81,418$96,841$107,705$80,334$77,482$96,272
Mayotte$20,406$16,467$15,096$18,381$17,034  
Mexico$14,186,660$15,302,934$15,843,605$15,588,852$12,258,310$14,913,759$14,998,533
Moldova$126,749$148,809$265,267$405,442$395,462$624,945$729,007
Mongolia$2,520$6,230$8,659    
Montenegro $37,231$56,473$58,914$71,765$59,080$63,122
Montserrat$405$828$569$832$414  
Morocco$600,076$695,636$1,295,937$1,282,412$1,187,672$1,573,386 
Mozambique$43,597$31,751$45,081$17,022$52,243$40,512$22,000
Namibia$63,091$141,884$89,640$123,378   
Nepal    $65,239$111,743 
Netherlands$11,501,809$13,859,483$17,234,768$27,844,479$19,324,574$22,593,754 
Netherlands Antilles$32,206$34,106$23,307$57,588   
New Caledonia$74,158$78,645$91,454$91,913$61,655$76,828$82,707
New Zealand$1,790,310$1,600,151$1,861,815$2,139,448$1,574,820$1,500,146$2,091,290
Nicaragua$378,120$371,704$400,421$373,498$358,575$323,094$426,645
Niger$8,869$9,776$20,208$3,115$20,197$4,846$5,289
Nigeria $143,502$472,556$813,050$1,109,936$2,500,745 
Norway$1,889,921$2,004,263$2,148,255$2,467,298$1,827,279$1,986,250$2,318,014
Oman$80,419$46,138$100,088$110,237$53,298$102,840 
Pakistan$313,720$242,883$327,037$417,908$485,713$594,145$737,028
Panama$496,231$1,134,104$1,381,902$1,286,515$932,029$1,647,563$1,535,759
Paraguay$441,449$500,948$773,363$628,897$863,564$884,313$1,037,685
Peru$515,599$922,010$919,299$1,420,057$874,817$1,519,294$1,624,375
Philippines$201,274$214,203$161,426$252,169$315,420$250,892$433,625
Poland$5,365,043$4,997,880$7,155,648$9,419,278$5,333,875$6,245,970$6,826,874
Portugal$2,009,741$1,835,544$2,072,659$2,235,150$1,926,968$1,834,594$1,638,974
Qatar$73,794$141,390$72,533$132,500 $104,161 
Romania$2,746,416$3,522,000$4,820,794$4,575,336$2,393,029$3,053,393$3,706,199
Russia$4,261,877$5,441,584$6,432,485$8,343,608$6,537,898$13,088,616$12,806,155
Rwanda$9,852$7,248$10,290$11,258$23,645 $34,360
Saint Kitts and Nevis$8,278$7,090$5,480$19,578   
Saint Lucia$32,532$35,725$43,815$46,502   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$13,275$9,929$11,088$15,226$11,993$12,424 
Samoa$6,313$7,682$6,669$10,935$4,648$8,509$12,330
Sao Tome and Principe $2,311$2,533$3,614$3,600$4,219 
Saudi Arabia$776,939$502,370$777,864  $1,010,668 
Senegal$73,653$67,881$110,685$139,985$58,242$54,980$53,463
Serbia$676,600$457,541$579,722$725,858$459,945$309,239$382,383
Seychelles$13,367$21,426$25,056$56,608   
Singapore$2,699,529$2,275,166$2,739,503$2,889,886$1,601,608$2,323,735$2,666,410
Slovakia$1,011,824$1,305,522$1,430,916$1,917,632$1,148,272$937,654$1,129,909
Slovenia$454,507$444,090$684,274$826,271$649,541$718,413$745,913
South Africa$2,063,482$2,502,681$2,444,774$2,764,488$3,224,519$3,667,257$3,579,843
Spain$2,485,540$3,214,349$4,088,391$5,437,925$4,725,156$5,254,193 
Sri Lanka$235,596$193,172$202,714$297,017$266,557$456,629$507,930
Sudan$162,647$175,724$67,880$91,036$174,953  
Suriname$60,406$36,652$33,100$84,329$76,924$54,942$41,738
Swaziland$151,253$43,636$57,949    
Sweden$7,883,918$5,744,860$11,354,700$10,706,029$6,592,115$7,411,464$5,593,708
Switzerland$3,447,544$3,603,449$4,275,795$4,756,680$3,479,047$3,799,963$4,248,546
Syria$560,204$459,768$419,901$1,039,531 $809,549 
Tanzania$30,857$25,353$47,190$40,825$64,505$75,007$92,574
Thailand$2,043,337$2,294,660$2,724,687$3,765,128$3,119,230$3,914,093$3,987,575
Togo$1,161 $6,482  $3,017$3,991
Tonga   $10,876$15,705$14,342 
Trinidad and Tobago$87,627$83,140$107,964$113,889$130,312$75,469 
Tunisia$687,401$776,518$746,954$877,179$802,389$1,154,933 
Turkey$1,589,416$1,846,969$2,963,325$4,142,431$2,839,209$3,973,911$5,211,172
Uganda$38,730$28,314$80,187$50,085$46,686$60,510 
Ukraine$2,699,867$2,515,590$2,453,690$4,518,671$2,141,351$3,176,082$4,685,317
United Arab Emirates$1,730,299 $2,913,157$2,193,232   
United Kingdom$11,601,892$15,333,556$17,250,747$16,053,302$12,707,239$14,277,124$12,436,834
United States$86,177,739$77,552,339$80,133,052$87,128,986$61,877,888$78,707,657$85,767,613
Uruguay$180,174$220,095$194,576$249,175$202,113  
Vanuatu $11,960$6,548    
Venezuela$782,238$716,472$511,755$1,188,706$624,683$1,014,557$344,946
Vietnam$322,619$494,414$1,048,157$480,570$426,767$529,860 
Wallis and Futuna$310$3,960     
Yemen$68,158$121,178$120,209$7,022$9,534$6,983$1,463
Zambia$32,046$26,666$28,191$77,906$44,752$28,851 
Zimbabwe$99,945$139,567$152,187$379$72,691$166,740