| Rank | Country | Imports of Wirewound variable electrical resistors, incl. rheostats & potentiometers ( ... in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | United States | $37,466,623 |  | | 2 | Thailand | $35,484,441 |  | | 3 | China | $16,532,128 |  | | 4 | Malaysia | $10,286,919 |  | | 5 | Hong Kong | $9,566,017 |  | | 6 | Vietnam | $8,326,880 |  | | 7 | Brazil | $6,401,632 |  | | 8 | India | $6,270,712 |  | | 9 | Mexico | $5,675,303 |  | | 10 | Canada | $5,390,708 |  | | 11 | Korea, South | $4,888,476 |  | | 12 | France | $4,172,600 |  | | 13 | Spain | $3,701,589 |  | | 14 | Singapore | $3,326,073 |  | | 15 | Italy | $3,075,597 |  | | 16 | Germany | $2,648,396 |  | | 17 | United Kingdom | $2,533,263 |  | | 18 | Indonesia | $2,441,517 |  | | 19 | Japan | $1,967,764 |  | | 20 | Hungary | $1,698,000 |  | | 21 | Philippines | $1,534,677 |  | | 22 | Poland | $1,501,285 |  | | 23 | Austria | $1,486,811 |  | | 24 | Netherlands | $1,307,208 |  | | 25 | Saudi Arabia | $1,231,202 |  | | 26 | Chile | $1,181,570 |  | | 27 | Romania | $1,098,301 |  | | 28 | Belgium | $1,041,234 |  | | 29 | Switzerland | $1,004,813 |  | | 30 | Algeria | $916,897 |  | | 31 | Iran | $732,304 |  | | 32 | Australia | $729,718 |  | | 33 | South Africa | $703,780 |  | | 34 | Russia | $681,109 |  | | 35 | Egypt | $651,943 |  | | 36 | Morocco | $648,442 |  | | 37 | Israel | $578,000 |  | | 38 | Argentina | $508,635 |  | | 39 | Turkey | $438,185 |  | | 40 | Sweden | $396,660 |  | | 41 | Denmark | $378,503 |  | | 42 | Venezuela | $344,291 |  | | 43 | Bulgaria | $329,519 |  | | 44 | Luxembourg | $285,208 |  | | 45 | Costa Rica | $261,142 |  | | 46 | Colombia | $250,281 |  | | 47 | Finland | $247,075 |  | | 48 | Portugal | $220,560 |  | | 49 | Ukraine | $213,116 |  | | 50 | Slovakia | $196,320 |  | | 51 | Pakistan | $191,159 |  | | 52 | Dominican Republic | $189,509 |  | | 53 | Ghana | $187,740 |  | | 54 | New Zealand | $186,658 |  | | 55 | Czech Republic | $168,077 |  | | 56 | Norway | $167,845 |  | | 57 | Peru | $163,668 |  | | 58 | Mauritius | $104,975 |  | | 59 | Belarus | $93,900 |  | | 60 | Sri Lanka | $92,415 |  | | 61 | Croatia | $87,622 |  | | 62 | Samoa | $83,619 |  | | 63 | Syria | $83,390 |  | | 64 | Slovenia | $81,404 |  | | 65 | Ecuador | $75,721 |  | | 66 | Zimbabwe | $75,009 |  | | 67 | Fiji | $70,914 |  | | 68 | Estonia | $70,051 |  | | 69 | Nigeria | $61,104 |  | | 70 | Paraguay | $58,843 |  | | 71 | Guatemala | $57,655 |  | | 72 | Mali | $54,151 |  | | 73 | Ireland | $52,812 |  | | 74 | Lithuania | $51,650 |  | | 75 | Serbia | $46,896 |  | | 76 | El Salvador | $46,216 |  | | 77 | Senegal | $41,389 |  | | 78 | Tanzania | $40,208 |  | | 79 | Qatar | $38,862 |  | | 80 | Latvia | $38,829 |  | | 81 | Tunisia | $37,264 |  | | 82 | Zambia | $35,575 |  | | 83 | Mauritania | $35,157 |  | | 84 | Kenya | $32,602 |  | | 85 | Nicaragua | $30,523 |  | | 86 | Iceland | $24,791 |  | | 87 | Panama | $23,074 |  | | 88 | Moldova | $22,366 |  | | 89 | Cote d'Ivoire | $20,182 |  | | 90 | Oman | $19,704 |  | | 91 | Bahamas, The | $18,332 |  | | 92 | Bolivia | $17,432 |  | | 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $16,833 |  | | 94 | Malta | $14,491 |  | | 95 | Guyana | $13,526 |  | | 96 | Botswana | $13,484 |  | | 97 | Greece | $12,246 |  | | 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | $12,224 |  | | 99 | Armenia | $11,775 |  | | 100 | French Polynesia | $10,774 |  | | 101 | Madagascar | $9,758 |  | | 102 | Ethiopia | $9,208 |  | | 103 | Albania | $8,774 |  | | 104 | Barbados | $8,739 |  | | 105 | Macau | $7,935 |  | | 106 | Cameroon | $7,359 |  | | 107 | New Caledonia | $6,298 |  | | 108 | Jamaica | $6,036 |  | | 109 | Georgia | $6,035 |  | | 110 | Azerbaijan | $5,033 |  | | 111 | Gambia, The | $4,859 |  | | 112 | Suriname | $4,719 |  | | 113 | Bahrain | $4,689 |  | | 114 | Mozambique | $4,491 |  | | 115 | Lebanon | $4,020 |  | | 116 | Yemen | $3,591 |  | | 117 | Cape Verde | $3,358 |  | | 118 | Niger | $3,257 |  | | 119 | Jordan | $1,761 |  | | 120 | Dominica | $1,671 |  | | 121 | Malawi | $1,525 |  | | 122 | Burkina Faso | $1,395 |  | | 123 | Nepal | $1,351 |  | | 124 | Belize | $1,284 |  | | 125 | Cambodia | $1,140 |  | | 126 | Bhutan | $987 |  | | 127 | Bermuda | $900 |  | | 128 | Kyrgyzstan | $856 |  | | 129 | Aruba | $571 |  | | 130 | Uganda | $353 |  | | 131 | Montenegro | $278 |  | | 132 | Benin | $233 |  | | 133 | Cyprus | $167 |  | | 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $71 |  | | 135 | Tonga | $28 |  | | 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | $25 |  | | 137 | Maldives | $3 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,032 | $6,410 | $2,958 | $35,290 | $18,675 | $8,774 | $2,387 |
| Algeria | $405,466 | $374,695 | $381,705 | $854,273 | $1,050,107 | $916,897 | $1,106,455 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $689 | $53 | $2,073 | | $300 | $25 | $123 |
| Argentina | $386,256 | $566,342 | $653,112 | $913,097 | $362,019 | $508,635 | $652,265 |
| Armenia | | $18,512 | $7,417 | $14,511 | $43,459 | $11,775 | $9,463 |
| Aruba | | | | | $6,841 | $571 | $1,566 |
| Australia | $562,165 | $468,655 | $594,916 | $686,458 | $555,704 | $729,718 | $1,450,477 |
| Austria | $1,414,916 | $1,483,140 | $2,054,840 | $1,717,537 | $1,111,442 | $1,486,811 | |
| Azerbaijan | $296 | $1,812 | $3,928 | $4,468 | $11,865 | $5,033 | $526 |
| Bahamas, The | $19,680 | $16,142 | $2,254 | $4,476 | $10,907 | $18,332 | $6,400 |
| Bahrain | $2,197 | $6,872 | $26,186 | $1,455 | $2,923 | $4,689 | $2,011 |
| Bangladesh | $10,663 | $14,460 | $1,517 | | | | |
| Barbados | $34,759 | $11,013 | $59,382 | $47,523 | $18,242 | $8,739 | $1,098 |
| Belarus | $122,400 | $72,600 | $159,500 | $412,400 | $209,300 | $93,900 | $184,800 |
| Belgium | $1,704,931 | $1,050,459 | $2,726,630 | $1,994,082 | $1,692,697 | $1,041,234 | $774,647 |
| Belize | $45 | $657 | $536 | $118 | $541 | $1,284 | |
| Benin | $306 | | | | | $233 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $900 | |
| Bhutan | $177 | $797 | | $69 | $15 | $987 | |
| Bolivia | $5,180 | $6,889 | $12,108 | $82,483 | $10,081 | $17,432 | $27,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $13,934 | $60,000 | $33,579 | $30,078 | $17,228 | $16,833 | $41,848 |
| Botswana | $1,227 | $2,585 | $427 | $9,216 | $6,416 | $13,484 | $2,948 |
| Brazil | $2,263,340 | $2,522,015 | $3,367,179 | $4,234,030 | $3,455,903 | $6,401,632 | $5,563,280 |
| Brunei | | $153 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $45,697 | $60,094 | $347,583 | $187,015 | $190,909 | $329,519 | $195,439 |
| Burkina Faso | $396 | | | $2,936 | $442 | $1,395 | |
| Burundi | $8 | $413 | $607 | $698 | $6,940 | | |
| Cambodia | | | | | | $1,140 | |
| Cameroon | $4,879 | $6,171 | $44,903 | $25,174 | $14,561 | $7,359 | |
| Canada | $3,919,469 | $5,739,841 | $5,703,405 | $4,823,070 | $4,140,251 | $5,390,708 | $4,901,285 |
| Cape Verde | $9,368 | $6,657 | $3,653 | $5,856 | $6,331 | $3,358 | $12,232 |
| Central African Republic | | | $3,495 | | | | |
| Chile | $359,940 | $462,082 | $1,024,852 | $1,338,239 | $790,131 | $1,181,570 | $881,037 |
| China | $5,589,264 | $8,157,383 | $7,661,070 | $8,752,727 | $17,819,614 | $16,532,128 | $11,598,120 |
| Colombia | $172,780 | $171,344 | $341,600 | $274,492 | $231,572 | $250,281 | $390,214 |
| Comoros | | $9 | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $105,789 | $90,388 | $147,237 | $88,886 | $182,783 | $261,142 | $288,279 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $4,655 | $1,726 | $20,931 | $35,693 | $10,375 | $20,182 | $5,429 |
| Croatia | $126,202 | $161,887 | $187,933 | $182,291 | $224,683 | $87,622 | $106,622 |
| Cuba | $78,976 | $124,308 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $4,117 | $1,701 | $833 | $129,048 | $1,976 | $167 | $2,543 |
| Czech Republic | $892,980 | $801,989 | $738,199 | $939,573 | $226,358 | $168,077 | $319,290 |
| Denmark | $90,091 | $400,235 | $338,696 | $169,376 | $169,949 | $378,503 | $606,078 |
| Djibouti | | | | | $68,856 | | |
| Dominica | | | $379 | $17 | $188 | $1,671 | |
| Dominican Republic | $59,817 | $105,685 | $118,795 | $143,301 | $76,429 | $189,509 | $97,872 |
| East Timor | $26 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $24,384 | $61,800 | $33,346 | $67,648 | $97,898 | $75,721 | $106,263 |
| Egypt | $284,055 | $54,318 | $80,074 | $907,344 | $184,129 | $651,943 | $126,673 |
| El Salvador | $7,924 | $59,956 | $47,944 | $41,289 | $17,874 | $46,216 | |
| Estonia | $175,549 | $101,169 | $35,947 | $32,578 | $56,120 | $70,051 | $129,319 |
| Ethiopia | $21,417 | $1,629 | $5,730 | $34,495 | $29,722 | $9,208 | $1,692,968 |
| Faroe Islands | $4,378 | $4,882 | $17,236 | $7,954 | $5,746 | | |
| Fiji | $16,586 | $1,180 | $2 | $431 | $1,191 | $70,914 | |
| Finland | $328,087 | $523,981 | $771,455 | $349,032 | $165,444 | $247,075 | $233,228 |
| France | $2,422,599 | $4,266,351 | $6,140,678 | $5,983,843 | $2,644,058 | $4,172,600 | $3,539,787 |
| French Polynesia | $7,593 | $11,467 | $20,693 | $20,947 | $6,183 | $10,774 | $4,800 |
| Gabon | $13,471 | $71,504 | $44,600 | $3,912 | $9,039 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | $91 | | $4,859 | |
| Georgia | $1,729 | $127 | $6,829 | $2,215 | $791 | $6,035 | |
| Germany | $1,711,000 | $2,392,000 | $1,910,000 | $1,972,000 | $1,565,000 | $2,648,396 | $2,176,277 |
| Ghana | $4,430 | $75,154 | $52,623 | $94,824 | $14,481 | $187,740 | $6,532 |
| Greece | $45,607 | $36,768 | $49,572 | $24,379 | $23,361 | $12,246 | $100,368 |
| Grenada | $124 | $226 | $1,132 | $702 | $93 | | |
| Guatemala | $20,585 | $34,352 | $70,496 | $38,187 | $34,914 | $57,655 | $78,228 |
| Guinea | $273 | $7,602 | $12,514 | $1,103 | | | |
| Guyana | $2,562 | $4,064 | $914 | $9,585 | $332 | $13,526 | $3,201 |
| Honduras | $16,656 | $19,406 | $10,550 | | $18,384 | | |
| Hong Kong | $2,431,852 | $12,253,733 | $47,764,189 | $21,024,015 | $12,804,020 | $9,566,017 | $7,059,092 |
| Hungary | $173,000 | $98,000 | $107,000 | $215,000 | $230,000 | $1,698,000 | $1,827,000 |
| Iceland | $44,842 | $45,250 | $91,970 | $24,676 | $28,765 | $24,791 | $20,828 |
| India | $5,270,124 | $5,124,988 | $9,097,638 | $5,809,828 | $7,473,924 | $6,270,712 | $6,838,409 |
| Indonesia | $507,282 | $327,413 | $200,342 | $1,204,916 | $2,362,081 | $2,441,517 | $3,696,005 |
| Iran | $567,352 | $104,882 | | | | $732,304 | |
| Ireland | $1,611,405 | $2,727,528 | $10,099,082 | $7,539,466 | $89,004 | $52,812 | $72,274 |
| Israel | $341,000 | $466,000 | $487,000 | $491,000 | $592,000 | $578,000 | $783,000 |
| Italy | $3,589,540 | $4,577,931 | $6,315,883 | $4,947,523 | $3,020,853 | $3,075,597 | $2,663,826 |
| Jamaica | $6,983 | $8,203 | $5,464 | $5,035 | $4,769 | $6,036 | |
| Japan | $2,584,387 | $2,322,884 | $3,354,499 | $1,898,388 | $1,855,806 | $1,967,764 | $2,649,122 |
| Jordan | $611 | $76,116 | $25,009 | $13,662 | $756 | $1,761 | $3,054 |
| Kazakhstan | $312,019 | $181,037 | $497,792 | $574,882 | $303,069 | | |
| Kenya | $5,709 | $5,076 | $36,212 | $66,821 | $23,871 | $32,602 | |
| Korea, South | $4,360,005 | $4,822,398 | $4,124,709 | $3,180,859 | $3,711,632 | $4,888,476 | $7,512,047 |
| Kuwait | | $219,539 | $120,042 | $144,921 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $2,379 | | $19,278 | $45 | $5,876 | $856 | $3,069 |
| Latvia | $65,093 | $215,187 | $152,085 | $60,630 | $14,802 | $38,829 | $22,496 |
| Lebanon | $11,000 | $15,596 | $32,028 | $28,095 | $16,958 | $4,020 | $5,824 |
| Lithuania | $18,711 | $108,985 | $130,654 | $42,365 | $21,200 | $51,650 | $147,699 |
| Luxembourg | $91,059 | $83,207 | $66,269 | $104,801 | $157,800 | $285,208 | $715,936 |
| Macau | $6,774 | $750 | | $11,819 | | $7,935 | $4,183 |
| Macedonia | $19,690 | $42,786 | $26,143 | $34,739 | $5,269 | | $15,648 |
| Madagascar | $18,772 | $12,697 | $5,583 | $7,475 | $3,308 | $9,758 | |
| Malawi | $1,590 | $2,668 | $3,773 | $23,587 | $3,152 | $1,525 | $13,071 |
| Malaysia | $12,327,756 | $8,193,071 | $7,140,082 | $8,465,587 | $7,655,837 | $10,286,919 | $12,085,478 |
| Maldives | $6,421 | $753 | $47 | $102 | | $3 | $213 |
| Mali | $33,331 | $5,936 | $531 | $565,687 | | $54,151 | |
| Malta | $28,264 | $43,543 | $33,441 | $13,475 | $1,012 | $14,491 | |
| Mauritania | | $101,590 | $37,322 | $40,837 | $4,939 | $35,157 | $30,937 |
| Mauritius | $10,410 | $31,798 | $57,524 | $151,568 | $40,916 | $104,975 | $55,148 |
| Mayotte | | $15,686 | $2,984 | | $6 | | |
| Mexico | $4,505,177 | $4,967,204 | $4,556,432 | $4,410,142 | $3,704,944 | $5,675,303 | $3,527,880 |
| Moldova | $1,170 | $2,528 | $16,869 | $66,043 | $695 | $22,366 | $99,962 |
| Mongolia | $1,248 | $1,309 | $118,657 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $2,783 | $6,481 | $2,845 | $1,466 | $278 | $1,100 |
| Montserrat | | $59 | $16 | | | | |
| Morocco | $43,883 | $65,514 | $239,384 | $318,855 | $458,735 | $648,442 | |
| Mozambique | $17,571 | $85,804 | $8,052 | $31,558 | $6,452 | $4,491 | $17,000 |
| Namibia | $7,088 | $2,096 | $1,286 | $1,225 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $2,332 | $1,351 | |
| Netherlands | $1,755,356 | $860,564 | $996,452 | $1,038,808 | $910,852 | $1,307,208 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $3,896 | $791 | $5,153 | $2,974 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $9,001 | $26,464 | $20,114 | $16,357 | $9,505 | $6,298 | $28,341 |
| New Zealand | $121,966 | $121,271 | $192,835 | $195,205 | $74,269 | $186,658 | $129,518 |
| Nicaragua | $12,200 | $15,951 | $30,132 | $30,660 | $18,855 | $30,523 | $7,015 |
| Niger | | $753 | $460 | $7,458 | $9,132 | $3,257 | $6,895 |
| Nigeria | | $1,014 | $13,229 | $303,239 | $1,425,630 | $61,104 | |
| Norway | $273,352 | $361,732 | $285,030 | $505,237 | $780,804 | $167,845 | $331,540 |
| Oman | | $840 | $1,056 | $15,698 | $13,079 | $19,704 | |
| Pakistan | $89,845 | $100,032 | $117,490 | $109,474 | $176,888 | $191,159 | $183,189 |
| Panama | $6,031 | $21,274 | $45,131 | $37,849 | $26,198 | $23,074 | $74,964 |
| Paraguay | $11,450 | $13,941 | $33,884 | $32,866 | $58,481 | $58,843 | $160,121 |
| Peru | $214,086 | $94,493 | $142,817 | $133,215 | $94,646 | $163,668 | $147,606 |
| Philippines | $1,153,295 | $1,720,400 | $1,326,536 | $622,323 | $538,674 | $1,534,677 | $876,150 |
| Poland | $1,420,319 | $1,638,962 | $2,057,364 | $2,192,796 | $1,382,002 | $1,501,285 | $1,654,550 |
| Portugal | $92,352 | $87,584 | $124,874 | $200,968 | $146,297 | $220,560 | $120,765 |
| Qatar | $20,828 | $125,588 | $2,176 | $268,475 | | $38,862 | |
| Romania | $166,162 | $239,699 | $1,138,285 | $833,718 | $890,264 | $1,098,301 | $711,008 |
| Russia | $237,763 | $316,196 | $824,615 | $1,092,036 | $348,716 | $681,109 | $1,854,665 |
| Rwanda | $28,181 | $3,902 | $4,384 | $4,249 | $1,487 | | $2,587 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $98,678 | $458,364 | $45,794 | $88,566 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $1,226 | $2,717 | | $445 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $786 | $6 | | $254 | $1,387 | $71 | |
| Samoa | | | | | | $83,619 | $203,847 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | $1,826 | | $93 | $4,136 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $2,570,660 | $1,858,136 | $3,880,937 | | | $1,231,202 | |
| Senegal | $5,244 | $8,229 | $6,035 | $13,675 | $39,197 | $41,389 | $7,727 |
| Serbia | $22,358 | $61,103 | $85,476 | $78,479 | $39,163 | $46,896 | $59,080 |
| Seychelles | $3,281 | $153,080 | $76,702 | $5,438 | | | |
| Singapore | $744,952 | $2,418,748 | $3,773,861 | $3,875,379 | $6,736,482 | $3,326,073 | $2,887,644 |
| Slovakia | $180,337 | $182,411 | $127,257 | $109,041 | $271,926 | $196,320 | $381,193 |
| Slovenia | $76,918 | $127,102 | $141,442 | $104,544 | $93,263 | $81,404 | $74,564 |
| South Africa | $520,902 | $632,280 | $672,698 | $625,602 | $560,082 | $703,780 | $904,795 |
| Spain | $1,728,810 | $2,227,911 | $2,670,258 | $1,093,698 | $2,915,462 | $3,701,589 | |
| Sri Lanka | $46,163 | $45,641 | $61,790 | $28,025 | $33,730 | $92,415 | $112,713 |
| Sudan | $95,429 | $6,452 | $73,202 | $1,884 | $26,412 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $4,719 | $37,415 |
| Swaziland | $1,806 | $4,188 | $3,828 | | | | |
| Sweden | $729,762 | $1,004,552 | $547,123 | $222,301 | $220,233 | $396,660 | $349,510 |
| Switzerland | $684,106 | $607,322 | $915,704 | $1,224,245 | $579,893 | $1,004,813 | $1,051,300 |
| Syria | | $29,628 | | $156,192 | | $83,390 | |
| Tanzania | $3,224 | $1,462 | $5,283 | $22,331 | $80,601 | $40,208 | $96,416 |
| Thailand | $22,552,406 | $23,034,404 | $32,343,352 | $31,630,978 | $25,989,679 | $35,484,441 | $34,758,309 |
| Togo | $1,772 | | $16,437 | | | | |
| Tonga | | | | $5,079 | $18 | $28 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $24,408 | $19,595 | $10,080 | $1,151,366 | $7,582 | $12,224 | |
| Tunisia | $30,128 | $16,783 | $39,912 | $31,327 | $285,889 | $37,264 | |
| Turkey | $431,510 | $470,270 | $764,381 | $1,514,364 | $459,337 | $438,185 | $448,215 |
| Uganda | $63,586 | $31,331 | | $57,114 | $6,195 | $353 | |
| Ukraine | $298,365 | $359,199 | $468,490 | $492,831 | $141,607 | $213,116 | $494,571 |
| United Arab Emirates | $81,952 | | $176,607 | $3,014,181 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $1,499,069 | $2,724,030 | $2,148,951 | $2,638,749 | $2,278,434 | $2,533,263 | $4,415,675 |
| United States | $50,394,314 | $47,519,566 | $48,762,355 | $47,692,234 | $41,601,216 | $37,466,623 | $24,840,083 |
| Uruguay | $20,389 | $25,826 | $24,470 | $47,333 | $33,575 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $696 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $398,501 | $310,447 | $512,660 | $859,805 | $620,810 | $344,291 | $256,626 |
| Vietnam | $493,600 | $880,414 | $1,055,864 | $2,584,988 | $5,300,870 | $8,326,880 | |
| Yemen | $31,525 | $10,878 | $3,374 | | $1,564 | $3,591 | $9,990 |
| Zambia | $11,307 | $26,402 | $12,937 | $28,316 | $2,369 | $35,575 | |
| Zimbabwe | $9,036 | $16,928 | $16,418 | $5,792 | $122 | $75,009 | |
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