RankCountryImports of Coated electrodes of base metal, for elec. arc-welding in USD (2010)
1Indonesia$62,319,159
2China$50,583,549
3Italy$49,678,648
4Nigeria$47,257,409
5Singapore$46,483,659
6United States$45,272,000
7Czech Republic$43,099,420
8Saudi Arabia$31,331,506
9France$29,684,046
10Russia$28,521,662
11Belgium$26,883,499
12United Kingdom$25,842,308
13Spain$24,001,791
14Netherlands$23,248,684
15Germany$21,850,925
16Canada$21,718,219
17India$21,403,654
18Korea, South$18,560,101
19Algeria$17,102,665
20Malaysia$15,580,753
21Australia$15,543,674
22Thailand$15,489,267
23Sweden$14,589,884
24South Africa$12,949,729
25Vietnam$12,668,260
26Mexico$11,386,608
27Belarus$11,340,900
28Iran$9,740,595
29Hong Kong$9,641,937
30Chile$9,396,741
31Ecuador$9,063,600
32Poland$8,739,366
33Pakistan$8,341,986
34Syria$7,804,284
35Austria$7,749,818
36Bolivia$7,641,949
37Slovakia$7,598,458
38Venezuela$7,531,292
39Qatar$7,190,651
40Argentina$7,130,024
41Romania$7,100,548
42Egypt$6,681,663
43Costa Rica$6,595,412
44Peru$6,386,764
45Oman$6,187,810
46Portugal$5,839,085
47Norway$5,809,931
48Serbia$5,785,640
49Philippines$5,735,933
50Finland$5,704,262
51Japan$5,546,515
52Panama$5,299,471
53Turkey$5,155,778
54Sri Lanka$4,596,367
55Brazil$4,523,929
56Hungary$4,412,000
57Greece$4,264,455
58Ethiopia$3,967,885
59Switzerland$3,967,406
60Guatemala$3,552,106
61Ghana$3,353,498
62Armenia$3,319,563
63Nepal$3,207,458
64Georgia$3,162,116
65El Salvador$3,087,252
66Nicaragua$3,027,856
67Azerbaijan$3,020,978
68Croatia$3,007,849
69Denmark$2,953,357
70Lithuania$2,945,772
71Kenya$2,910,275
72Morocco$2,886,150
73Colombia$2,792,474
74Ukraine$2,635,212
75Tunisia$2,520,540
76Paraguay$2,466,669
77Trinidad and Tobago$2,378,983
78Bulgaria$2,347,935
79Moldova$2,255,495
80Yemen$2,241,814
81Jordan$2,189,108
82Lebanon$2,139,390
83Tanzania$2,116,541
84Kyrgyzstan$2,043,328
85Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,935,666
86Dominican Republic$1,730,472
87Zambia$1,687,188
88Bahrain$1,657,772
89Latvia$1,621,960
90Ireland$1,598,999
91Mali$1,557,934
92Estonia$1,528,833
93Malawi$1,451,735
94Israel$1,434,000
95Mozambique$1,293,172
96Cameroon$1,193,483
97Senegal$1,182,840
98Cote d'Ivoire$1,145,531
99Niger$1,040,267
100Albania$1,032,971
101Guyana$1,030,662
102Uganda$987,816
103Madagascar$863,650
104New Zealand$837,872
105Mauritius$823,547
106Jamaica$718,109
107New Caledonia$714,455
108Zimbabwe$693,219
109Slovenia$617,604
110Luxembourg$593,178
111Mauritania$499,346
112Botswana$472,526
113Suriname$467,513
114Bhutan$462,025
115French Polynesia$394,094
116Burkina Faso$386,255
117Iceland$378,519
118Cyprus$357,006
119Montenegro$349,431
120Belize$328,635
121Malta$197,548
122Cape Verde$195,326
123Barbados$181,095
124Burundi$144,909
125Bahamas, The$133,608
126Macau$110,795
127Togo$95,876
128Maldives$70,283
129Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$67,702
130Fiji$57,791
131Benin$42,855
132Sao Tome and Principe$28,723
133Dominica$26,810
134Aruba$20,823
135Bermuda$20,206
136Cambodia$18,437
137Antigua and Barbuda$14,709
138Tonga$13,996
139Samoa$4,995
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$524,717$706,215$1,006,531$1,121,554$1,000,223$1,032,971$1,095,286
Algeria$3,710,018$4,237,715$3,956,600$9,432,623$11,416,611$17,102,665$11,634,317
Anguilla $6,929$6,285$40,561   
Antigua and Barbuda$35,455$38,133$38,920 $39,563$14,709$9,308
Argentina$5,722,244$5,959,817$7,596,696$9,175,984$5,767,232$7,130,024$10,108,677
Armenia$1,358,773$1,963,157$1,398,159$2,932,014$3,401,462$3,319,563$2,204,848
Aruba    $42,992$20,823$125,703
Australia$12,701,460$12,582,739$14,869,390$18,694,171$13,717,221$15,543,674$17,031,663
Austria$5,031,297$6,182,604$8,175,012$9,081,671$5,295,580$7,749,818 
Azerbaijan$4,442,603$3,044,267$1,477,970$2,560,240$1,535,453$3,020,978$3,872,130
Bahamas, The$345,773$328,857$361,481$549,106$2,914,950$133,608$428,690
Bahrain$2,732,341$2,382,562$3,634,645$6,655,577$3,936,334$1,657,772$3,721,942
Bangladesh$694,491$709,101$571,467    
Barbados$187,810$290,461$269,760$234,242$166,324$181,095$184,431
Belarus$7,009,200$8,466,400$10,059,000$15,144,800$11,032,200$11,340,900$9,303,300
Belgium$22,774,401$22,250,727$23,157,838$25,595,180$21,056,074$26,883,499$40,357,376
Belize$206,806$223,156$347,433$373,427$260,006$328,635 
Benin$188,070$60,677   $42,855 
Bermuda     $20,206 
Bhutan$561,531$289,795$281,699$277,694$185,424$462,025 
Bolivia$3,111,861$3,571,411$4,301,066$6,759,353$5,980,876$7,641,949$8,769,078
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,371,034$2,185,677$2,975,680$2,960,041$1,841,943$1,935,666$2,212,510
Botswana$268,935$238,663$291,362$359,673$351,873$472,526$699,833
Brazil$1,871,202$2,283,155$2,417,929$3,884,293$2,911,780$4,523,929$7,108,885
Brunei $9,136     
Bulgaria$3,215,498$3,532,339$4,316,330$4,322,801$3,269,890$2,347,935$2,414,637
Burkina Faso$195,465 $229,162$209,975$998,198$386,255 
Burundi$27,698$48,337$89,880$89,940$91,170$144,909 
Cambodia$333,168$104,811$99,839$58,494$76,694$18,437 
Cameroon$955,574$1,139,779$2,108,257$2,178,708$1,390,699$1,193,483 
Canada$23,858,267$25,064,316$26,620,968$29,829,287$19,490,154$21,718,219$26,599,373
Cape Verde$156,304$177,232$192,365$246,525$192,979$195,326$322,785
Central African Republic$96,582 $30,072$51,874$71,835  
Chile$6,420,707$6,219,653$6,173,695$8,761,734$6,450,570$9,396,741$10,047,315
China$18,659,245$26,849,400$40,704,445$53,460,503$35,342,888$50,583,549$79,330,450
Colombia$2,822,244$2,841,837$2,885,748$3,461,555$2,287,805$2,792,474$4,217,234
Comoros$1,214$1,226$487    
Costa Rica$4,227,011$4,990,918$5,686,344$7,038,000$4,589,146$6,595,412$7,926,177
Cote d'Ivoire$586,430$812,549$1,521,123$1,257,564$1,064,116$1,145,531$981,018
Croatia$3,935,461$4,275,853$5,071,717$5,163,443$3,039,174$3,007,849$2,575,478
Cuba$5,373,627$4,004,190     
Cyprus$159,755$324,510$418,176$820,878$212,580$357,006$307,852
Czech Republic$10,627,087$13,469,125$18,011,236$17,938,853$14,328,251$43,099,420$108,893,302
Denmark$7,520,948$7,417,612$5,807,215$5,388,392$4,749,387$2,953,357$2,666,583
Djibouti    $18,388  
Dominica$253$14,809$32,163$25,087$12,690$26,810 
Dominican Republic$780,925$1,430,948$1,918,742$1,865,383$995,301$1,730,472$2,850,652
East Timor$4,631      
Ecuador$4,954,321$5,643,918$6,654,296$9,866,961$7,969,694$9,063,600$10,866,707
Egypt$1,339,381$2,128,207$3,046,633$6,786,652$6,989,555$6,681,663$12,332,157
El Salvador$2,191,785$2,745,607$3,097,575$4,087,434$2,462,977$3,087,252 
Estonia$1,725,569$1,429,260$1,928,163$2,312,825$1,199,732$1,528,833$2,357,201
Ethiopia$1,431,192$3,214,827$3,203,143$3,342,082$6,221,180$3,967,885$3,202,241
Faroe Islands$164,523$196,095$133,759$181,100$100,501  
Fiji$197,733$104,845$138,940$148,862$114,651$57,791 
Finland$8,054,293$7,000,696$8,043,804$7,943,694$4,324,224$5,704,262$7,340,820
France$27,602,952$27,612,007$31,130,244$34,515,032$27,202,565$29,684,046$32,500,919
French Polynesia$345,235$311,574$320,587$516,694$372,442$394,094$341,267
Gabon$1,064,009$1,195,537$1,730,453$2,021,672$1,350,595  
Gambia, The$10,701$6,556$9,089$4,032$1,579 $97
Georgia$1,295,466$1,175,444$2,772,888$3,304,486$2,980,502$3,162,116 
Germany$30,806,000$34,253,000$28,356,000$37,662,000$21,625,000$21,850,925$19,842,091
Ghana$1,509,719$2,054,051$2,084,739$2,415,177$2,772,942$3,353,498$3,447,019
Greece$5,556,004$6,252,336$7,750,716$7,783,269$5,134,056$4,264,455$3,556,910
Greenland$48,446$27,594$33,785    
Grenada$24,812$40,540$61,995$24,098$41,963  
Guatemala$2,120,168$2,542,849$2,784,784$3,351,617$3,233,003$3,552,106$4,307,127
Guinea$503,140$364,667$2,448,817$963,098   
Guinea-Bissau$1,492      
Guyana$598,595$620,809$784,134$860,543$943,846$1,030,662$1,252,127
Honduras$1,896,043$2,539,664$3,105,712 $2,500,444  
Hong Kong$7,823,282$9,192,291$9,768,488$12,508,733$7,834,132$9,641,937$10,851,257
Hungary$6,521,000$7,348,000$8,157,000$7,619,000$4,674,000$4,412,000$7,838,000
Iceland$537,454$662,143$746,675$3,501,117$360,556$378,519$391,880
India$10,095,930$14,677,355$17,933,379$20,082,266$21,817,146$21,403,654$23,389,725
Indonesia$13,492,489$12,804,188$20,692,423$53,189,460$38,248,949$62,319,159$52,220,722
Iran$14,700,195$5,757,338   $9,740,595 
Ireland$2,321,311$2,320,619$2,511,172$3,188,036$1,616,831$1,598,999$1,208,564
Israel$1,861,000$1,670,000$1,349,000$1,400,000$1,200,000$1,434,000$1,581,000
Italy$37,926,229$43,785,159$50,467,285$53,167,020$37,867,489$49,678,648$43,017,993
Jamaica$795,485$1,098,691$950,880$1,132,156$628,997$718,109 
Japan$5,027,591$6,480,262$5,680,299$5,605,770$4,077,019$5,546,515$6,088,367
Jordan$1,479,133$1,493,578$1,145,149$2,157,396$2,432,582$2,189,108$2,243,154
Kazakhstan$12,396,400$11,947,394$17,925,713$32,861,904$24,777,616  
Kenya$1,236,019$1,810,676$2,476,266$1,802,639$2,495,139$2,910,275 
Kiribati$1,166   $5,152  
Korea, South$15,373,642$14,620,574$16,894,256$21,769,683$16,116,843$18,560,101$21,800,596
Kuwait $6,083,185$2,145,821$8,600,278   
Kyrgyzstan$1,095,322$1,745,791$957,706$1,087,668$1,842,195$2,043,328$2,713,639
Latvia$2,405,936$2,332,014$2,793,508$2,548,111$1,404,308$1,621,960$2,112,512
Lebanon$1,482,000$1,445,348$1,708,303$2,300,117$1,972,980$2,139,390$2,267,032
Lesotho   $38,674   
Lithuania$3,894,022$4,224,550$5,755,019$4,402,578$2,418,539$2,945,772$3,955,374
Luxembourg$864,578$1,018,409$938,979$1,262,893$1,045,224$593,178$699,494
Macau$202,288$154,753$159,119$115,270$31,682$110,795$134,904
Macedonia$1,079,010$975,330$1,403,258$1,535,195$1,197,547 $1,272,718
Madagascar$509,227$503,934$533,716$1,520,472$895,078$863,650 
Malawi$724,068$914,015$778,744$510,673$1,227,480$1,451,735$1,201,194
Malaysia$6,913,924$9,295,134$14,554,468$27,147,281$17,131,549$15,580,753$19,674,906
Maldives$13,980$23,393$22,337$48,750$25,150$70,283$242,992
Mali$376,309$443,582$447,130$811,172 $1,557,934 
Malta$485,338$550,610$593,913$581,447$129,843$197,548 
Mauritania$111,078$46,764$2,480$186,924$150,199$499,346$430,224
Mauritius$654,393$690,271$689,056$727,909$899,125$823,547$817,573
Mayotte$100,851$78,207$142,076$185,160$92,994  
Mexico$14,939,146$18,001,183$16,227,045$18,843,240$9,828,284$11,386,608$10,010,746
Moldova$2,262,821$2,436,744$3,025,893$3,210,219$1,878,627$2,255,495$2,623,086
Mongolia$413,239$865,259$1,242,891    
Montenegro $148,054$282,763$383,759$222,531$349,431$271,660
Montserrat$203$86$1,100$539$1,132  
Morocco$1,491,380$1,760,961$2,224,032$4,132,011$4,430,539$2,886,150 
Mozambique$1,052,087$825,667$941,580$1,377,120$1,839,936$1,293,172$2,145,000
Namibia$116,850$40,977$51,719$65,521   
Nepal    $3,013,544$3,207,458 
Netherlands$17,781,060$21,509,084$27,063,404$32,322,405$26,665,792$23,248,684 
Netherlands Antilles$203,068$245,722$334,922$238,087   
New Caledonia$477,631$583,324$1,003,811$1,115,324$649,071$714,455$791,858
New Zealand$1,085,190$1,034,687$1,080,152$940,748$884,226$837,872$977,833
Nicaragua$1,902,690$2,189,422$2,424,751$2,751,763$2,718,565$3,027,856$3,939,516
Niger$259,580$543,841$614,021$369,593$677,131$1,040,267$525,335
Nigeria $9,026,998$15,651,766$12,440,967$32,971,872$47,257,409 
Norway$6,232,324$7,330,308$9,005,499$10,508,840$7,526,235$5,809,931$6,613,616
Oman$3,174,418$5,092,000$6,917,804$9,179,250$5,773,563$6,187,810 
Pakistan$5,756,061$6,222,938$7,635,427$8,449,572$8,728,523$8,341,986$9,918,907
Panama$2,274,535$3,139,616$4,246,778$4,999,927$5,155,837$5,299,471$6,099,234
Paraguay$1,276,975$1,523,087$1,766,946$2,747,236$2,003,647$2,466,669$3,167,275
Peru$3,133,730$4,103,262$5,502,445$8,772,821$6,386,506$6,386,764$7,623,071
Philippines$1,758,322$3,626,618$3,586,680$3,881,452$2,463,864$5,735,933$5,813,134
Poland$8,429,202$8,869,124$11,014,295$14,145,847$9,345,652$8,739,366$10,799,008
Portugal$4,834,160$5,782,147$6,597,274$6,972,359$4,309,687$5,839,085$4,814,871
Qatar$4,938,651$7,972,796$13,185,214$20,782,640 $7,190,651 
Romania$14,218,364$12,975,958$14,952,858$15,755,304$7,460,112$7,100,548$7,736,284
Russia$18,405,899$21,013,840$24,971,428$36,066,359$22,945,212$28,521,662$42,364,604
Rwanda$52,938$104,973$48,866$154,756$116,062 $167,115
Saint Kitts and Nevis$36,450$20,827$37,380$4,295   
Saint Lucia$88,435$134,468$71,428$120,162   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$63,332$54,350$60,566$55,928$49,944$67,702 
Samoa$39,091$9,611$2,834$59,741$6,245$4,995$7,418
Sao Tome and Principe$16,295$22,320$19,801$19,241$29,001$28,723 
Saudi Arabia$18,833,025$20,684,559$30,695,658$2,441,603 $31,331,506 
Senegal$757,890$949,773$1,084,189$1,487,168$1,405,551$1,182,840$1,055,317
Serbia$4,306,190$6,198,413$8,251,456$8,451,963$6,141,681$5,785,640$6,337,430
Seychelles$34,837$65,725$184,400$139,610   
Singapore$32,354,400$44,111,227$56,669,972$65,940,853$48,973,539$46,483,659$46,812,558
Slovakia$3,524,847$5,251,995$7,125,875$11,304,247$3,928,727$7,598,458$7,545,941
Slovenia$818,174$1,052,941$1,448,767$1,917,064$1,238,793$617,604$815,613
South Africa$5,490,746$5,306,239$9,489,578$10,999,129$8,727,815$12,949,729$12,840,688
Spain$23,498,448$25,304,400$34,024,376$34,151,818$24,417,930$24,001,791 
Sri Lanka$2,482,874$2,725,517$2,454,925$3,876,979$3,151,906$4,596,367$5,870,891
Sudan$5,664,749$4,479,320$905,215$908,913$3,178,360  
Suriname$235,281$141,307$278,108$223,039$389,756$467,513$511,874
Swaziland$405,496$356,010$195,063    
Sweden$4,117,635$5,033,631$6,014,943$6,432,116$4,706,170$14,589,884$15,242,632
Switzerland$3,333,442$3,213,173$4,023,495$4,461,348$3,813,235$3,967,406$3,638,008
Syria$3,579,998$4,424,619$4,360,484$6,343,236 $7,804,284 
Tanzania$1,211,771$1,205,134$1,141,377$1,434,558$2,808,970$2,116,541$3,481,112
Thailand$9,022,162$9,252,114$13,152,216$16,218,958$12,281,841$15,489,267$26,083,254
Togo$167,405 $155,300  $95,876$236,321
Tonga   $9,064$7,811$13,996 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,981,205$2,274,972$2,460,867$3,992,155$2,614,359$2,378,983 
Tunisia$952,744$1,189,238$2,096,619$2,592,346$2,520,837$2,520,540 
Turkey$4,254,720$4,457,837$5,612,183$5,421,938$3,070,834$5,155,778$4,369,714
Uganda$633,178$596,799$678,389$1,505,679$1,401,585$987,816 
Ukraine$2,561,731$3,274,073$4,525,281$7,244,250$2,251,867$2,635,212$3,460,530
United Arab Emirates$32,717,523 $57,584,059$72,282,298   
United Kingdom$27,727,932$35,193,011$36,713,137$37,985,542$20,826,997$25,842,308$38,305,029
United States$42,229,505$60,821,144$70,529,104$80,108,860$46,580,672$45,272,000$38,170,908
Uruguay$450,952$652,822$746,367$1,526,518$923,665  
Vanuatu $19,432$22,055    
Venezuela$6,080,762$6,568,278$5,794,430$13,179,855$9,348,399$7,531,292$6,898,341
Vietnam$1,312,350$5,690,621$11,929,823$10,353,587$11,038,916$12,668,260 
Wallis and Futuna$4,886$8,536     
Yemen$1,165,272$1,785,135$2,361,194$3,894,752$2,598,600$2,241,814$1,470,574
Zambia$1,493,678$1,365,022$2,055,865$1,905,914$1,152,136$1,687,188 
Zimbabwe$377,463$614,053$274,073$367,049$802,763$693,219