RankCountryImports of Lightning arresters, voltage limiters & surge suppressors, for a voltage >1 ... in USD (2010)
1United States$49,132,660
2Germany$41,270,731
3France$32,597,443
4Korea, South$29,313,867
5China$29,017,290
6Canada$26,996,259
7Iran$26,908,418
8Hong Kong$21,184,702
9Italy$19,564,478
10Mexico$15,847,163
11Czech Republic$15,182,345
12Saudi Arabia$14,142,418
13South Africa$11,855,551
14India$10,994,232
15Australia$10,844,905
16Peru$10,780,153
17Brazil$10,496,380
18United Kingdom$9,707,864
19Vietnam$8,709,970
20Thailand$8,618,187
21Sweden$8,351,288
22Austria$8,236,314
23Poland$8,160,811
24Spain$8,071,302
25Indonesia$8,009,695
26Nigeria$7,841,438
27Turkey$7,816,375
28Romania$6,903,464
29Algeria$6,338,371
30Switzerland$5,911,492
31Finland$5,778,645
32Malaysia$5,624,581
33Denmark$5,552,375
34Japan$5,526,972
35Russia$5,306,622
36Syria$5,104,735
37Colombia$4,514,662
38Venezuela$4,419,647
39Belgium$4,392,064
40Argentina$3,964,173
41Netherlands$3,693,592
42Ghana$3,655,287
43Israel$3,515,000
44Egypt$3,423,212
45Portugal$3,409,074
46Chile$3,160,393
47Norway$3,104,506
48Kenya$2,847,665
49Hungary$2,711,000
50Sri Lanka$2,685,786
51Greece$2,576,434
52Philippines$2,517,320
53Ecuador$2,302,203
54Slovakia$2,245,649
55Jordan$2,161,417
56Bahrain$2,036,849
57Costa Rica$2,011,348
58Paraguay$1,991,866
59Guatemala$1,976,596
60Ukraine$1,967,546
61Belarus$1,958,000
62Ireland$1,642,548
63Serbia$1,628,696
64New Zealand$1,496,438
65Pakistan$1,394,532
66Estonia$1,336,318
67Ethiopia$1,303,394
68Kyrgyzstan$1,303,152
69Bulgaria$1,288,445
70Latvia$1,268,154
71Iceland$1,247,647
72Morocco$1,235,688
73Lithuania$1,191,573
74Tunisia$1,101,478
75Singapore$1,064,385
76Dominican Republic$960,985
77Senegal$951,296
78Croatia$898,429
79Oman$873,999
80Albania$865,426
81Uganda$836,327
82Panama$828,867
83Cote d'Ivoire$826,563
84El Salvador$813,580
85Nicaragua$794,087
86Zambia$779,930
87Azerbaijan$775,947
88Bolivia$730,452
89Qatar$727,006
90Georgia$645,248
91Jamaica$620,361
92Mali$603,105
93Botswana$546,393
94Slovenia$542,248
95Armenia$527,549
96Bosnia and Herzegovina$521,054
97Montenegro$515,170
98Mozambique$491,031
99Lebanon$424,154
100Zimbabwe$387,400
101Burkina Faso$369,670
102Cameroon$352,571
103Maldives$351,162
104Tanzania$312,440
105Guyana$312,235
106Barbados$264,231
107Cyprus$262,670
108Malawi$253,824
109Mauritius$243,824
110Moldova$243,476
111French Polynesia$237,816
112Madagascar$191,827
113Fiji$191,306
114Cambodia$189,334
115Nepal$177,904
116Trinidad and Tobago$175,211
117Bhutan$165,257
118Yemen$160,705
119Bahamas, The$153,812
120Samoa$147,801
121New Caledonia$133,629
122Burundi$125,268
123Luxembourg$111,856
124Benin$88,369
125Niger$79,486
126Suriname$67,686
127Malta$62,043
128Belize$54,344
129Tonga$38,057
130Togo$35,567
131Cape Verde$25,924
132Antigua and Barbuda$25,732
133Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$22,437
134Bermuda$17,446
135Macau$16,781
136Aruba$11,025
137Dominica$10,581
138Gambia, The$2,785
139Sao Tome and Principe$2,344
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,702,131$566,641$367,965$545,359$793,432$865,426$531,959
Algeria$5,854,367$3,611,057$3,078,283$4,196,488$4,000,209$6,338,371$6,650,758
Anguilla $5,084$2,751$5,077   
Antigua and Barbuda$10,566$44,136$29,739 $49,967$25,732$17,457
Argentina$2,385,798$2,741,084$3,726,059$2,694,654$3,529,261$3,964,173$4,451,816
Armenia$225,417$478,586$203,115$3,066,443$715,224$527,549$83,193
Aruba    $2,052$11,025$7,677
Australia$9,853,186$8,108,678$9,349,055$11,372,583$11,046,060$10,844,905$11,148,299
Austria$7,584,878$7,132,012$8,495,702$10,246,857$9,363,736$8,236,314 
Azerbaijan$170,722$368,683$1,125,702$747,182$676,562$775,947$638,589
Bahamas, The$192,653$198,242$162,075$276,422$348,709$153,812$171,516
Bahrain$46,183$33,181$204,244$683,935$275,304$2,036,849$118,957
Bangladesh$964,034$1,422,459$2,173,253    
Barbados$165,061$146,562$169,513$233,857$287,612$264,231$341,305
Belarus$1,390,500$1,742,100$1,983,000$1,775,200$1,145,700$1,958,000$1,648,700
Belgium$2,873,982$2,756,584$3,195,331$2,879,898$2,377,698$4,392,064$3,784,315
Belize$40,164$48,727$254,732$192,961$86,297$54,344 
Benin$21,567$146,481   $88,369 
Bermuda     $17,446 
Bhutan$185,837$136,435$76,539$173,443$102,194$165,257 
Bolivia$584,057$546,683$899,406$924,569$849,294$730,452$1,092,892
Bosnia and Herzegovina$432,758$539,783$538,973$558,659$670,892$521,054$417,682
Botswana$376,137$449,050$274,342$234,610$372,511$546,393$674,694
Brazil$9,708,439$9,810,451$9,552,273$13,786,487$12,976,663$10,496,380$24,490,415
Brunei $11,707     
Bulgaria$1,707,209$1,141,292$2,952,914$2,653,391$1,286,493$1,288,445$1,541,505
Burkina Faso$106,269 $285,882$407,873$730,253$369,670 
Burundi$153,630$26,538$10,854$7,597$41,805$125,268 
Cambodia$327,780$189,931$134,270$490,988$256,929$189,334 
Cameroon$572,119$662,783$731,906$687,411$743,969$352,571 
Canada$17,612,885$20,623,665$23,040,393$22,393,490$22,725,041$26,996,259$25,174,455
Cape Verde$26,489$12,698$4,202$64,551$29,420$25,924$25,454
Central African Republic$5,984 $6,568$17,965$19,717  
Chile$1,660,737$1,913,636$2,530,535$2,947,488$8,984,530$3,160,393$3,081,136
China$12,131,166$24,611,180$16,599,258$39,383,227$52,688,011$29,017,290$21,656,169
Colombia$3,981,557$4,382,670$3,802,978$5,900,431$4,225,000$4,514,662$6,302,898
Comoros$8,860$29,615$30,503    
Costa Rica$442,423$1,957,915$1,209,348$1,485,735$1,017,132$2,011,348$2,363,399
Cote d'Ivoire$648,384$702,939$1,158,433$970,486$953,347$826,563$461,150
Croatia$2,641,618$2,414,805$1,997,786$3,535,825$1,501,461$898,429$1,155,132
Cuba$2,434,531$3,723,127     
Cyprus$629,224$526,262$606,472$1,014,652$643,590$262,670$283,388
Czech Republic$4,708,065$5,806,147$7,781,553$8,882,624$8,590,145$15,182,345$11,191,258
Denmark$4,236,703$2,239,900$4,051,091$5,452,017$4,419,387$5,552,375$5,132,815
Dominica$21,718$31,248$16,197$26,014$11,180$10,581 
Dominican Republic$242,255$407,382$933,924$1,136,311$2,277,419$960,985$1,331,692
East Timor$2,379      
Ecuador$1,189,314$1,210,855$1,657,522$5,086,253$2,460,097$2,302,203$2,848,239
Egypt$859,167$1,486,543$1,084,661$1,717,067$1,509,917$3,423,212$3,184,531
El Salvador$1,348,910$863,587$1,738,922$1,465,151$1,077,769$813,580 
Estonia$1,716,252$1,905,640$2,414,322$2,051,668$1,176,358$1,336,318$2,285,610
Ethiopia$1,021,621$602,308$905,583$1,411,740$1,675,533$1,303,394$529,775
Faroe Islands$20,241$2,111$2,602$13,555$11,102  
Fiji$86,483$121,780$111,167$354,427$292,194$191,306 
Finland$3,125,858$3,702,419$6,469,259$5,931,185$5,484,316$5,778,645$7,620,680
France$11,412,472$13,296,251$31,580,433$29,335,714$22,545,970$32,597,443$26,840,600
French Polynesia$150,930$161,251$88,011$448,493$168,324$237,816$132,606
Gabon$264,954$286,487$326,958$781,573$595,871  
Gambia, The $1,028,882$17,532 $5,414$2,785$626
Georgia$515,153$101,855$99,115$485,112$587,421$645,248 
Germany$17,947,000$19,885,000$28,645,000$39,272,000$37,501,000$41,270,731$46,897,644
Ghana$613,843$2,426,013$1,434,333$3,770,633$2,425,203$3,655,287$3,026,156
Greece$949,009$973,815$2,521,396$1,445,419$2,208,209$2,576,434$2,870,717
Grenada$1,302$27,448$3,630$23,409$9,216  
Guatemala$1,129,103$1,993,236$1,518,822$1,205,144$713,986$1,976,596$9,460,281
Guinea$22,936$86,560$256,122$208,134   
Guyana$128,760$118,080$120,471$197,443$167,357$312,235$225,282
Honduras$1,102,898$938,317$1,058,251 $692,104  
Hong Kong$14,183,711$15,545,626$23,635,255$19,451,031$19,723,505$21,184,702$21,854,036
Hungary$2,379,000$2,082,000$2,540,000$3,306,000$2,496,000$2,711,000$4,735,000
Iceland$51,617$1,103,026$114,909$282,794$414,984$1,247,647$170,424
India$8,855,396$4,225,496$9,842,917$8,984,893$8,844,971$10,994,232$16,466,501
Indonesia$2,252,909$2,185,190$2,927,962$7,600,546$7,108,290$8,009,695$14,743,634
Iran$3,343,146$380,581   $26,908,418 
Ireland$5,222,156$4,028,693$3,613,904$4,067,306$3,496,211$1,642,548$2,880,209
Israel$2,938,000$2,938,000$3,586,000$4,580,000$3,277,000$3,515,000$2,527,000
Italy$8,363,249$7,371,240$11,853,085$14,953,950$14,236,361$19,564,478$20,994,810
Jamaica$509,288$471,995$720,955$901,074$360,980$620,361 
Japan$4,574,792$7,341,055$5,700,353$5,381,775$3,360,202$5,526,972$5,612,434
Jordan$603,149$268,271$277,570$783,196$1,034,816$2,161,417$1,465,500
Kazakhstan$2,396,627$4,922,603$6,110,969$7,739,044$3,379,610  
Kenya$1,021,633$1,050,200$967,117$1,120,701$2,945,384$2,847,665 
Korea, South$13,761,793$12,103,696$23,928,030$24,505,500$24,540,737$29,313,867$29,596,078
Kuwait $688,750$1,663,861$1,564,457   
Kyrgyzstan $13,458$61,552$87,982$566,005$1,303,152$218,595
Latvia$2,929,728$1,379,132$1,287,940$939,699$523,701$1,268,154$932,018
Lebanon$380,000$379,639$510,424$439,029$355,969$424,154$543,711
Lesotho   $4,448   
Lithuania$1,151,120$1,532,140$1,977,824$2,533,998$933,784$1,191,573$1,626,761
Luxembourg$288,168$108,984$213,931$176,947$130,581$111,856$245,328
Macau$91,405$54,190$39,592$97,047$16,824$16,781$53,070
Macedonia$97,989$256,274$501,830$258,685$177,319 $386,887
Madagascar$286,574$227,427$369,752$380,303$304,293$191,827 
Malawi$28,273$72,758$280,442$56,685$161,558$253,824$58,134
Malaysia$3,932,299$5,203,538$5,940,997$7,859,314$5,509,420$5,624,581$6,638,663
Maldives$74,700$69,912$81,609$147,081$102,556$351,162$109,850
Mali$54,188$80,574$202,860$437,485 $603,105 
Malta$29,471$6,975$15,105$69,726$25,101$62,043 
Mauritania$521$79,075$79,978 $8,227 $4,221
Mauritius$261,237$296,247$250,410$367,188$290,738$243,824$273,989
Mayotte$24,819$12,467$20,479$48,177$40,138  
Mexico$11,115,393$12,498,083$15,382,120$15,169,442$15,417,943$15,847,163$19,145,918
Moldova$123,146$113,151$69,504$174,937$158,379$243,476$185,028
Mongolia$67,982$35,050$297,241    
Montenegro $120,533$179,707$385,933$235,025$515,170$139,596
Montserrat$1,916$6,135$7,633$9,160$9,947  
Morocco$1,349,290$1,724,166$1,111,796$1,215,513$2,487,947$1,235,688 
Mozambique$138,477$297,355$449,383$646,598$339,188$491,031$414,000
Namibia$157,696$153,392$323,332$229,147   
Nepal    $345,832$177,904 
Netherlands$4,921,710$3,734,975$4,120,313$4,606,120$3,580,640$3,693,592 
Netherlands Antilles$11,014$69,261$98,169$54,648   
New Caledonia$259,397$158,987$182,345$249,610$167,130$133,629$185,553
New Zealand$1,120,988$1,348,625$1,175,652$1,517,999$1,615,237$1,496,438$3,033,576
Nicaragua$576,900$635,075$434,305$383,636$358,666$794,087$800,738
Niger$164,567$22,617$22,728$82,939$17,325$79,486$80,618
Nigeria $7,322,841$1,830,077$4,167,939$3,226,805$7,841,438 
Norway$2,536,238$2,401,807$3,667,620$3,769,178$3,129,756$3,104,506$3,492,186
Oman$658,793$10,449,024$340,278$94,245$275,849$873,999 
Pakistan$2,010,272$2,953,321$1,836,614$2,639,933$1,396,287$1,394,532$1,020,328
Panama$388,293$390,491$476,693$896,888$958,316$828,867$1,015,765
Paraguay$297,587$550,234$369,498$571,352$777,995$1,991,866$759,077
Peru$1,385,461$1,826,541$2,272,320$3,356,563$3,345,215$10,780,153$7,635,379
Philippines$1,644,019$2,563,243$2,468,064$2,375,132$1,925,747$2,517,320$4,283,375
Poland$7,902,531$8,100,899$8,087,631$10,437,464$9,188,729$8,160,811$9,770,109
Portugal$2,771,516$2,552,450$3,520,686$3,494,658$3,597,456$3,409,074$4,553,603
Qatar$311,887$241,681$1,140,834$3,762,538 $727,006 
Romania$3,352,262$3,893,764$6,476,606$6,169,597$5,142,770$6,903,464$6,543,263
Russia$7,963,152$5,683,687$10,547,583$14,821,862$4,624,959$5,306,622$9,053,213
Rwanda$32,631$116,045$77,962$989,867$371,038 $204,394
Saint Kitts and Nevis$94,820$14,772$46,028$50,639   
Saint Lucia$9,598$27,613$21,331$907   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$7,549$14,449$18,498$18,924$14,883$22,437 
Samoa$1,853$10,682$98,094$85,904$8,644$147,801$105,991
Sao Tome and Principe   $3,676$1,001$2,344 
Saudi Arabia$6,184,583$8,047,816$6,945,390 $154,680$14,142,418 
Senegal$513,193$473,329$721,065$298,133$468,646$951,296$576,054
Serbia$1,549,545$1,760,455$2,178,760$2,497,395$1,066,981$1,628,696$1,135,683
Seychelles$1,618$16,947 $12,168   
Singapore$1,181,245$2,175,798$6,115,474$663,414$804,224$1,064,385$900,190
Slovakia$1,677,633$2,072,777$2,030,247$2,873,992$2,463,214$2,245,649$2,265,949
Slovenia$898,357$860,670$969,306$1,930,720$1,128,001$542,248$833,962
South Africa$11,291,983$13,646,882$18,332,751$17,243,283$12,365,982$11,855,551$13,655,069
Spain$11,880,911$13,009,139$13,890,136$15,520,252$8,511,223$8,071,302 
Sri Lanka$1,071,678$1,619,950$1,720,025$2,797,736$2,271,324$2,685,786$3,765,280
Sudan$290,054$17,541$1,395,809$169,752$716,532  
Suriname$219,993$134,673$198,238$112,460$101,110$67,686$39,383
Swaziland$388,257$62,976$48,750    
Sweden$3,883,757$3,196,525$4,241,207$18,113,716$13,712,685$8,351,288$14,329,156
Switzerland$2,689,507$2,863,590$4,227,898$6,291,748$6,646,202$5,911,492$6,263,062
Syria$1,129,014$519,220$686,471$315,389 $5,104,735 
Tanzania$227,127$985,470$1,046,595$1,024,955$330,412$312,440$673,112
Thailand$6,274,338$7,655,224$9,009,609$9,215,959$7,105,810$8,618,187$10,751,560
Togo$2,604 $70,414  $35,567$136,474
Tonga   $17,276$6,489$38,057 
Trinidad and Tobago$445,011$284,573$121,550$425,329$760,496$175,211 
Tunisia$747,438$1,052,132$884,265$607,396$938,912$1,101,478 
Turkey$3,353,313$2,345,453$7,346,670$7,673,202$7,504,401$7,816,375$9,790,839
Uganda$258,193$374,028$259,103$586,303$862,534$836,327 
Ukraine$4,364,505$6,467,452$3,753,625$5,211,949$1,710,691$1,967,546$2,701,637
United Arab Emirates$9,940,767 $3,657,650$9,645,382   
United Kingdom$7,032,267$5,242,541$6,981,127$7,564,333$9,683,158$9,707,864$11,985,842
United States$106,742,330$77,905,650$58,878,519$41,759,529$35,956,025$49,132,660$48,213,113
Uruguay$399,909$487,453$148,101$722,519$366,239  
Vanuatu $6,765$4,762    
Venezuela$2,910,546$3,733,882$8,084,048$5,946,482$3,665,725$4,419,647$3,914,699
Vietnam$6,499,821$5,778,089$7,903,088$6,336,429$5,593,048$8,709,970 
Wallis and Futuna $10,915     
Yemen$319,670$204,803$261,492$34,474$244,990$160,705$418,050
Zambia$248,522$502,177$759,735$660,797$528,144$779,930 
Zimbabwe$126,864$207,442$307,955$243,833$241,173$387,400