RankCountryImports of Wirewound variable electrical resistors, incl. rheostats & potentiometers ( ... in USD (2010)
1United States$37,466,623
2Thailand$35,484,441
3China$16,532,128
4Malaysia$10,286,919
5Hong Kong$9,566,017
6Vietnam$8,326,880
7Brazil$6,401,632
8India$6,270,712
9Mexico$5,675,303
10Canada$5,390,708
11Korea, South$4,888,476
12France$4,172,600
13Spain$3,701,589
14Singapore$3,326,073
15Italy$3,075,597
16Germany$2,648,396
17United Kingdom$2,533,263
18Indonesia$2,441,517
19Japan$1,967,764
20Hungary$1,698,000
21Philippines$1,534,677
22Poland$1,501,285
23Austria$1,486,811
24Netherlands$1,307,208
25Saudi Arabia$1,231,202
26Chile$1,181,570
27Romania$1,098,301
28Belgium$1,041,234
29Switzerland$1,004,813
30Algeria$916,897
31Iran$732,304
32Australia$729,718
33South Africa$703,780
34Russia$681,109
35Egypt$651,943
36Morocco$648,442
37Israel$578,000
38Argentina$508,635
39Turkey$438,185
40Sweden$396,660
41Denmark$378,503
42Venezuela$344,291
43Bulgaria$329,519
44Luxembourg$285,208
45Costa Rica$261,142
46Colombia$250,281
47Finland$247,075
48Portugal$220,560
49Ukraine$213,116
50Slovakia$196,320
51Pakistan$191,159
52Dominican Republic$189,509
53Ghana$187,740
54New Zealand$186,658
55Czech Republic$168,077
56Norway$167,845
57Peru$163,668
58Mauritius$104,975
59Belarus$93,900
60Sri Lanka$92,415
61Croatia$87,622
62Samoa$83,619
63Syria$83,390
64Slovenia$81,404
65Ecuador$75,721
66Zimbabwe$75,009
67Fiji$70,914
68Estonia$70,051
69Nigeria$61,104
70Paraguay$58,843
71Guatemala$57,655
72Mali$54,151
73Ireland$52,812
74Lithuania$51,650
75Serbia$46,896
76El Salvador$46,216
77Senegal$41,389
78Tanzania$40,208
79Qatar$38,862
80Latvia$38,829
81Tunisia$37,264
82Zambia$35,575
83Mauritania$35,157
84Kenya$32,602
85Nicaragua$30,523
86Iceland$24,791
87Panama$23,074
88Moldova$22,366
89Cote d'Ivoire$20,182
90Oman$19,704
91Bahamas, The$18,332
92Bolivia$17,432
93Bosnia and Herzegovina$16,833
94Malta$14,491
95Guyana$13,526
96Botswana$13,484
97Greece$12,246
98Trinidad and Tobago$12,224
99Armenia$11,775
100French Polynesia$10,774
101Madagascar$9,758
102Ethiopia$9,208
103Albania$8,774
104Barbados$8,739
105Macau$7,935
106Cameroon$7,359
107New Caledonia$6,298
108Jamaica$6,036
109Georgia$6,035
110Azerbaijan$5,033
111Gambia, The$4,859
112Suriname$4,719
113Bahrain$4,689
114Mozambique$4,491
115Lebanon$4,020
116Yemen$3,591
117Cape Verde$3,358
118Niger$3,257
119Jordan$1,761
120Dominica$1,671
121Malawi$1,525
122Burkina Faso$1,395
123Nepal$1,351
124Belize$1,284
125Cambodia$1,140
126Bhutan$987
127Bermuda$900
128Kyrgyzstan$856
129Aruba$571
130Uganda$353
131Montenegro$278
132Benin$233
133Cyprus$167
134Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$71
135Tonga$28
136Antigua and Barbuda$25
137Maldives$3
Country2005200620072008200920102011
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