RankCountryImports of Ballasts for discharge lamps/tubes in USD (2010)
1United States$933,570,373
2Nigeria$646,761,648
3Germany$447,090,091
4Canada$142,572,265
5Mexico$135,174,664
6China$134,388,690
7Hong Kong$132,789,107
8Netherlands$129,996,946
9France$128,227,921
10United Kingdom$126,770,583
11Italy$123,501,957
12Austria$96,346,045
13Japan$82,412,848
14Poland$55,399,059
15Russia$54,947,134
16Saudi Arabia$54,852,069
17Turkey$53,044,833
18Spain$48,430,490
19India$40,510,368
20Czech Republic$37,973,685
21Sweden$35,804,868
22Thailand$32,705,080
23Switzerland$31,810,740
24Australia$29,625,937
25Belgium$29,407,903
26Finland$28,033,100
27South Africa$25,844,804
28Singapore$25,445,040
29Korea, South$24,701,110
30Malaysia$22,720,586
31Hungary$20,250,000
32Slovakia$19,952,814
33Chile$18,234,583
34Portugal$17,252,322
35Indonesia$16,130,527
36Slovenia$15,701,316
37Norway$14,838,623
38Colombia$14,208,221
39Egypt$12,972,512
40Iran$11,216,897
41Peru$10,820,790
42Denmark$10,310,509
43Brazil$10,126,392
44Vietnam$9,176,720
45Bulgaria$8,818,240
46Jordan$8,328,172
47Romania$8,198,970
48Greece$7,447,344
49Venezuela$7,087,675
50Tunisia$6,906,324
51Israel$6,805,000
52Belarus$6,398,100
53Ecuador$6,039,424
54New Zealand$5,786,789
55Lebanon$5,430,682
56Oman$5,224,456
57Paraguay$5,088,954
58Bahrain$5,074,384
59Morocco$5,025,760
60Costa Rica$4,871,105
61Argentina$4,555,423
62Ukraine$4,279,304
63Estonia$3,998,181
64Panama$3,952,294
65Croatia$3,721,488
66Philippines$3,415,587
67El Salvador$2,921,741
68Qatar$2,755,350
69Trinidad and Tobago$2,668,632
70Algeria$2,464,972
71Guatemala$2,296,301
72Lithuania$2,233,267
73Syria$2,177,924
74Dominican Republic$2,053,295
75Ireland$1,906,534
76Pakistan$1,828,415
77Serbia$1,655,250
78Sri Lanka$1,578,117
79Nicaragua$1,551,092
80Bolivia$1,279,148
81Kenya$1,144,145
82Ethiopia$1,105,482
83Mozambique$935,896
84Bosnia and Herzegovina$891,455
85Cyprus$849,273
86Luxembourg$758,017
87Zimbabwe$754,214
88Bahamas, The$672,147
89Latvia$650,400
90Jamaica$590,178
91Albania$508,031
92Iceland$477,933
93Yemen$385,572
94Zambia$374,346
95Uganda$351,351
96Georgia$287,634
97Tanzania$286,082
98Barbados$256,681
99Tonga$223,472
100Mauritius$204,233
101Moldova$201,521
102New Caledonia$171,827
103Malta$159,347
104Guyana$150,352
105Montenegro$147,138
106Nepal$137,382
107Botswana$130,205
108Macau$128,715
109Suriname$122,071
110Ghana$104,790
111Armenia$103,141
112Mali$98,986
113Bermuda$90,336
114Azerbaijan$88,822
115Cote d'Ivoire$88,603
116Malawi$88,245
117Fiji$87,366
118Aruba$85,225
119Antigua and Barbuda$74,764
120Cameroon$72,782
121French Polynesia$57,390
122Burkina Faso$52,790
123Kyrgyzstan$47,061
124Belize$40,241
125Senegal$40,024
126Madagascar$39,791
127Cambodia$38,810
128Bhutan$33,983
129Maldives$30,649
130Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$26,713
131Cape Verde$13,641
132Dominica$11,568
133Benin$6,788
134Niger$2,163
135Burundi$1,062
136Sao Tome and Principe$1,038
137Samoa$800
138Mauritania$748
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$102,621$120,728$159,299$225,950$240,348$508,031$780,394
Algeria$1,684,464$1,984,927$3,280,827$2,796,551$3,820,678$2,464,972$3,264,991
Anguilla $11,584$2,919$8,809   
Antigua and Barbuda$57,004$128,757$66,574 $38,355$74,764$58,908
Argentina$4,161,892$3,649,802$3,378,197$4,744,233$3,880,912$4,555,423$8,556,905
Armenia$20,692$309,043$50,819$94,981$159,336$103,141$131,031
Aruba    $58,467$85,225$45,377
Australia$15,922,091$17,494,154$22,290,791$27,171,306$23,163,602$29,625,937$30,757,133
Austria$48,691,735$65,625,147$87,288,800$103,985,365$84,420,833$96,346,045 
Azerbaijan$15,517$1,142,956$100,810$297,328$6,800,100$88,822$51,657
Bahamas, The$380,930$183,411$263,636$353,713$181,496$672,147$360,629
Bahrain$1,511,452$941,852$1,511,556$1,985,465$1,524,077$5,074,384$1,678,755
Bangladesh$1,819,289$1,202,366$1,553,327    
Barbados$333,896$211,299$265,386$394,656$196,823$256,681$262,092
Belarus$3,272,400$3,172,100$3,866,200$5,984,800$4,510,500$6,398,100$5,861,400
Belgium$26,721,681$30,458,837$38,480,034$37,685,361$26,424,249$29,407,903$29,913,796
Belize$31,329$37,934$43,257$26,571$56,063$40,241 
Benin$18,295$27,426   $6,788 
Bermuda     $90,336 
Bhutan$1,020,720$17,468$33,632$35,095$30,484$33,983 
Bolivia$376,524$643,395$913,659$1,019,915$1,012,538$1,279,148$1,189,851
Bosnia and Herzegovina$706,188$926,735$1,652,172$1,477,928$878,494$891,455$1,231,008
Botswana$320,485$101,180$110,957$206,780$146,843$130,205$161,154
Brazil$1,925,721$3,358,211$5,496,970$7,299,582$6,345,035$10,126,392$21,325,115
Brunei $156,816     
Bulgaria$3,169,348$3,858,021$7,569,735$6,195,039$4,082,916$8,818,240$7,239,256
Burkina Faso$9,970 $12,125$28,505$42,042$52,790 
Burundi$1,330$3,755$1,864$2,434$5,401$1,062 
Cambodia$39,334$17,534$79,544$9,485$105,466$38,810 
Cameroon$62,348$73,928$107,228$143,217$129,728$72,782 
Canada$91,668,782$93,597,601$109,356,962$115,556,270$124,463,715$142,572,265$147,870,213
Cape Verde$6,009$4,371$18,232$23,713$14,177$13,641$24,399
Central African Republic$869 $3,041    
Chile$8,916,633$9,663,398$12,793,873$17,183,753$10,768,182$18,234,583$21,399,039
China$67,617,771$110,932,540$76,143,053$102,431,574$98,642,415$134,388,690$126,624,924
Colombia$8,092,444$11,634,926$13,291,753$14,065,919$11,563,765$14,208,221$17,460,236
Comoros $1,181$315    
Cook Islands$141,585      
Costa Rica$3,422,949$4,022,383$5,233,080$5,501,778$2,879,772$4,871,105$5,524,746
Cote d'Ivoire$200,201$104,411$115,496$137,883$154,921$88,603$176,794
Croatia$2,824,066$4,012,132$4,848,330$5,048,464$4,077,574$3,721,488$3,656,170
Cuba$1,290,606$389,066     
Cyprus$806,178$747,962$1,232,525$1,081,228$920,769$849,273$956,489
Czech Republic$38,749,547$27,789,933$39,231,090$54,500,266$36,583,879$37,973,685$48,668,485
Denmark$15,643,726$14,734,124$16,548,199$13,854,952$10,777,790$10,310,509$9,800,936
Dominica$6,451$7,654$18,295$7,941$6,895$11,568 
Dominican Republic$1,193,385$3,078,426$3,850,051$5,440,750$2,360,769$2,053,295$3,146,558
East Timor$7,646      
Ecuador$3,102,225$3,729,198$4,243,955$7,299,091$5,136,413$6,039,424$9,129,910
Egypt$4,899,010$4,556,085$4,348,585$7,881,452$7,428,352$12,972,512$13,957,413
El Salvador$3,253,724$3,504,472$3,689,414$2,472,114$1,782,173$2,921,741 
Estonia$2,246,189$1,745,265$3,691,053$4,005,418$3,628,103$3,998,181$4,831,453
Ethiopia$393,679$500,907$365,375$987,947$969,314$1,105,482$1,434,614
Faroe Islands$26,961$36,582$49,177$41,401$28,260  
Fiji$33,827$45,405$34,323$68,680$69,367$87,366 
Finland$22,021,868$34,732,430$49,731,032$53,077,217$30,029,423$28,033,100$31,395,101
France$103,120,367$101,017,608$146,776,473$174,576,160$128,387,392$128,227,921$136,132,905
French Polynesia$104,954$101,649$108,326$115,835$57,991$57,390$111,915
Gabon$94,927$107,558$90,379$91,995$56,589  
Gambia, The$2,273$1,176 $2,628  $1,053
Georgia$364,530$168,451$594,539$356,335$350,565$287,634 
Germany$303,075,000$354,768,000$422,266,000$495,103,000$345,802,000$447,090,091$548,235,774
Ghana$286,017$167,809$226,316$197,423$106,890$104,790$321,288
Greece$6,148,619$6,545,856$9,756,767$12,491,255$8,136,902$7,447,344$9,832,779
Greenland$16,915$9,475$40,018    
Grenada$39,177$19,834$29,224$14,339$11,372  
Guatemala$2,794,053$2,588,195$3,149,037$2,510,182$1,903,058$2,296,301$2,926,348
Guinea$514$14,890$107,621$1,418   
Guinea-Bissau$117      
Guyana$95,326$115,097$229,704$203,077$120,526$150,352$196,805
Honduras$1,219,352$1,613,471$1,938,809 $1,350,390  
Hong Kong$114,471,355$125,930,114$138,402,526$187,891,853$155,055,597$132,789,107$69,121,888
Hungary$25,178,000$32,142,000$31,789,000$25,539,000$16,284,000$20,250,000$30,277,000
Iceland$492,973$688,003$1,294,533$893,401$680,998$477,933$505,768
India$5,505,956$12,139,591$25,924,129$28,388,575$26,207,680$40,510,368$35,744,054
Indonesia$6,751,591$8,125,913$10,892,636$17,423,504$14,805,238$16,130,527$21,596,935
Iran$6,480,383$567,680   $11,216,897 
Ireland$3,064,819$1,991,832$2,614,359$3,095,163$1,852,467$1,906,534$2,075,211
Israel$3,156,000$3,872,000$6,785,000$6,994,000$5,915,000$6,805,000$8,551,000
Italy$82,909,284$100,506,627$128,512,179$133,057,959$98,952,982$123,501,957$128,531,703
Jamaica$845,445$627,447$901,324$890,810$732,479$590,178 
Japan$91,127,189$100,607,262$90,830,116$89,110,061$71,046,505$82,412,848$90,908,795
Jordan$1,561,615$1,529,877$1,825,019$3,261,018$2,747,899$8,328,172$1,809,214
Kazakhstan$1,226,141$730,021$1,622,828$1,176,583$1,181,621  
Kenya$471,505$801,498$819,682$808,298$900,910$1,144,145 
Kiribati$5,535   $6,415  
Korea, South$34,921,380$34,090,927$32,474,299$30,333,128$32,070,786$24,701,110$33,345,791
Kuwait $5,209,221$7,041,223$11,611,467   
Kyrgyzstan$20,313$29,670$30,065$32,260$22,592$47,061$72,198
Latvia$749,353$1,040,920$862,149$1,055,516$524,062$650,400$701,720
Lebanon$3,963,000$3,440,480$4,488,871$4,836,562$4,875,679$5,430,682$6,286,758
Lesotho   $91,148   
Lithuania$2,605,975$2,936,649$2,726,942$3,329,577$1,312,889$2,233,267$2,409,256
Luxembourg$728,541$1,010,789$675,637$1,126,993$1,213,382$758,017$1,111,787
Macau$1,096,351$42,550$57,078$107,038$371,669$128,715$85,623
Macedonia$781,307$1,125,982$1,496,961$1,334,536$568,618 $381,691
Madagascar$26,793$28,910$40,604$80,481$24,065$39,791 
Malawi$44,076$20,307$32,431$80,070$220,828$88,245$90,600
Malaysia$7,120,706$10,471,694$11,638,020$11,281,134$14,518,078$22,720,586$19,939,575
Maldives$25,937$38,580$41,773$44,192$38,710$30,649$71,853
Mali$114,578$15,051$25,152$379,508 $98,986 
Malta$553,163$160,626$1,116,611$333,606$140,698$159,347 
Mauritania$119,533$23,081$23,634$149,269 $748$33,359
Mauritius$152,538$227,026$207,162$280,926$224,936$204,233$242,072
Mayotte$3,618$183,050$11,424$10,786$67,865  
Mexico$192,337,457$203,279,436$196,533,330$184,852,717$116,903,562$135,174,664$152,524,121
Moldova$332,865$426,040$299,614$379,087$218,117$201,521$272,985
Mongolia$11,262$1,255$786    
Montenegro $98,993$201,723$258,592$218,490$147,138$119,388
Montserrat$4,306$188$587$594   
Morocco$2,424,594$2,018,883$4,739,876$6,019,494$3,945,891$5,025,760 
Mozambique$72,484$159,123$455,856$269,183$530,501$935,896$760,000
Namibia$147,280$699,813$183,720$101,890   
Nepal    $233,932$137,382 
Netherlands$177,525,915$172,434,486$193,668,453$167,752,046$85,804,235$129,996,946 
Netherlands Antilles$185,845$178,421$157,973$154,581   
New Caledonia$58,662$42,192$48,040$110,059$144,428$171,827$156,920
New Zealand$4,891,935$4,393,325$4,529,734$4,640,303$5,173,560$5,786,789$5,516,914
Nicaragua$810,920$985,384$894,335$1,019,087$2,021,390$1,551,092$1,411,459
Niger$1,250$4,538$85$11,127$6,528$2,163$23,393
Nigeria $1,031,478$1,523,243$8,975,287$14,640,021$646,761,648 
Norway$12,250,867$13,589,769$19,926,708$21,443,717$16,597,600$14,838,623$15,912,947
Oman$1,129,017$7,334,603$2,514,507$3,219,198$2,749,499$5,224,456 
Pakistan$2,264,662$2,120,727$2,050,936$2,256,859$1,549,416$1,828,415$1,682,891
Panama$1,630,253$2,390,840$2,928,668$3,103,265$2,945,361$3,952,294$5,549,829
Paraguay$1,258,079$2,015,521$2,785,732$4,302,359$3,409,313$5,088,954$4,766,887
Peru$4,215,622$4,778,448$7,296,443$9,217,571$7,126,227$10,820,790$9,559,846
Philippines$3,103,743$3,068,517$3,767,015$4,472,271$4,218,066$3,415,587$7,378,627
Poland$55,438,986$61,485,350$77,052,210$90,046,967$53,348,282$55,399,059$59,141,348
Portugal$11,513,758$12,853,412$22,645,078$20,811,170$17,331,086$17,252,322$16,563,786
Qatar$1,106,687$4,423,060$2,406,811$4,225,699 $2,755,350 
Romania$10,217,121$14,678,802$21,467,030$23,658,592$10,068,245$8,198,970$9,793,826
Russia$13,253,643$19,469,661$20,782,342$48,477,711$35,801,877$54,947,134$68,239,667
Rwanda$11,458$28,508$20,651$18,390$60,312 $23,614
Saint Kitts and Nevis$9,510$10,205$25,211$6,467   
Saint Lucia$19,027$18,969$28,001$14,511   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$19,514$3,273$10,982$4,763$21,688$26,713 
Samoa$1,584$3,417$15,502$5,593$13,612$800$538
Sao Tome and Principe $230$20$7,757$849$1,038 
Saudi Arabia$30,322,554$34,765,203$44,062,336$14,756,018$5,290,584$54,852,069 
Senegal$2,957$274,053$14,511$17,769$78,702$40,024$50,866
Serbia$1,370,927$1,853,636$3,047,804$3,794,847$1,524,861$1,655,250$2,015,945
Seychelles$10,594$9,231$25,498$14,265   
Singapore$16,069,012$13,855,013$15,554,762$25,830,634$20,533,081$25,445,040$29,090,359
Slovakia$16,887,912$23,254,811$26,866,853$23,144,209$16,478,650$19,952,814$24,871,294
Slovenia$12,402,416$11,015,010$9,194,410$9,515,249$12,000,527$15,701,316$17,268,412
South Africa$15,656,660$28,712,499$29,183,038$33,542,179$26,585,665$25,844,804$30,778,164
Spain$41,861,999$48,468,619$56,039,926$62,257,015$51,435,255$48,430,490 
Sri Lanka$681,435$822,498$874,965$1,428,052$963,978$1,578,117$1,321,673
Sudan$1,220,798$12,754,866$411,388$11,861,698$2,730,436  
Suriname$61,287$67,075$76,711$90,978$86,391$122,071$147,700
Swaziland$272,528$333,836$572,860    
Sweden$39,124,495$39,671,804$37,061,185$36,153,998$29,872,436$35,804,868$36,169,626
Switzerland$25,050,017$24,257,066$29,275,584$31,313,862$26,460,220$31,810,740$41,462,393
Syria$1,053,618$891,318$1,435,490$2,084,418 $2,177,924 
Tanzania$263,262$237,999$296,824$250,231$298,725$286,082$314,468
Thailand$13,637,091$16,892,986$19,634,544$25,346,514$17,191,880$32,705,080$42,132,391
Togo  $8,181   $2,555
Tonga   $61,524$59,899$223,472 
Trinidad and Tobago$2,057,285$2,508,542$2,571,791$2,486,064$3,199,901$2,668,632 
Tunisia$3,622,594$3,907,928$4,631,827$6,360,788$5,521,755$6,906,324 
Turkey$23,389,619$34,367,763$47,883,670$53,007,813$36,699,281$53,044,833$67,117,284
Tuvalu $20,250     
Uganda$39,024$63,665$132,653$142,934$67,778$351,351 
Ukraine$1,416,212$1,892,124$2,394,821$5,232,012$2,383,930$4,279,304$6,267,480
United Arab Emirates$16,486,547 $27,776,193$28,964,057   
United Kingdom$125,442,332$121,479,384$148,121,719$135,497,430$119,259,178$126,770,583$126,143,061
United States$770,097,866$807,780,000$877,885,059$921,825,960$772,799,227$933,570,373$942,991,678
Uruguay$1,055,832$1,044,875$1,449,408$1,829,423$1,445,011  
Vanuatu $2,770$28,406    
Venezuela$12,116,812$13,799,215$14,374,191$20,815,286$22,364,901$7,087,675$3,905,787
Vietnam$5,517,478$12,183,368$26,941,762$8,323,612$9,032,741$9,176,720 
Wallis and Futuna $1,588     
Yemen$20,169,208$3,312,304$4,147,058$693,701$1,173,705$385,572$1,021,061
Zambia$86,190$1,084,004$226,648$411,606$238,429$374,346 
Zimbabwe$90,341$322,625$434,048$222,454$633,581$754,214