RankCountryImports of Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles & cables (excl. of 85.44) in USD (2010)
1China$344,314,886
2Hong Kong$255,401,058
3United States$105,041,478
4Germany$102,110,977
5United Kingdom$66,554,205
6Japan$56,379,471
7France$48,908,757
8Poland$38,792,036
9India$35,300,083
10Turkey$32,195,444
11Netherlands$32,082,282
12Russia$31,266,476
13Singapore$30,654,659
14Vietnam$30,031,650
15Korea, South$25,243,849
16Brazil$24,877,289
17Spain$21,586,899
18Switzerland$21,111,607
19Iran$20,483,331
20Sweden$20,414,847
21Australia$20,395,586
22Denmark$20,389,194
23Italy$19,064,785
24Mexico$18,776,222
25Israel$16,335,000
26Indonesia$15,988,508
27Malaysia$14,844,129
28Argentina$14,737,042
29Saudi Arabia$14,546,952
30Canada$12,723,440
31South Africa$12,661,980
32Austria$11,748,204
33Finland$9,848,928
34Belarus$9,127,700
35Belgium$7,943,145
36Portugal$7,793,483
37Thailand$6,664,646
38Cambodia$6,459,826
39Oman$5,275,543
40Romania$4,433,796
41Czech Republic$4,136,658
42Greece$3,942,895
43Egypt$3,558,319
44Norway$3,514,252
45Ukraine$3,455,989
46Estonia$3,247,969
47Macau$2,987,629
48Algeria$2,741,688
49Pakistan$2,520,839
50Philippines$2,098,683
51Tanzania$1,745,818
52Hungary$1,429,000
53Lithuania$1,374,145
54Uganda$1,068,418
55New Zealand$954,099
56Ireland$914,161
57Zimbabwe$902,913
58Serbia$869,274
59Latvia$856,156
60Morocco$762,678
61Ghana$701,979
62Venezuela$699,879
63Costa Rica$678,991
64Qatar$502,816
65Guatemala$427,854
66Zambia$397,619
67Ecuador$394,474
68Bolivia$387,140
69Ethiopia$378,400
70Slovakia$365,505
71Colombia$333,797
72Slovenia$331,691
73Bulgaria$307,099
74Yemen$305,596
75Montenegro$281,846
76Kenya$267,862
77Croatia$214,812
78Luxembourg$190,163
79Chile$180,388
80Cyprus$169,561
81Paraguay$150,431
82Panama$147,899
83Peru$122,962
84Tunisia$99,860
85Cote d'Ivoire$81,721
86Nepal$71,037
87Malta$70,825
88Mozambique$69,104
89Botswana$55,554
90Azerbaijan$55,099
91Bahrain$52,961
92Nigeria$51,667
93Lebanon$51,294
94Burkina Faso$38,223
95Kyrgyzstan$35,280
96Iceland$34,498
97Bosnia and Herzegovina$28,435
98El Salvador$24,569
99New Caledonia$23,156
100Suriname$22,987
101Sri Lanka$22,216
102Dominican Republic$17,098
103Albania$13,920
104Senegal$13,417
105Bermuda$11,775
106French Polynesia$11,146
107Cameroon$6,594
108Niger$6,247
109Bahamas, The$5,175
110Syria$4,460
111Maldives$4,456
112Bhutan$3,119
113Moldova$2,981
114Madagascar$2,793
115Trinidad and Tobago$2,605
116Fiji$2,541
117Malawi$2,352
118Benin$2,136
119Georgia$1,845
120Mauritius$1,707
121Cape Verde$1,681
122Jordan$1,365
123Jamaica$1,161
124Belize$525
125Nicaragua$460
126Antigua and Barbuda$261
127Dominica$219
128Barbados$181
129Aruba$159
130Armenia$125
131Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$80
132Samoa$69
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$502,648$95,351$325,467$222,815$48,481$13,920$96,715
Algeria$34,642$2,565,464$4,595,269$1,133,270$1,743,849$2,741,688$1,324,084
Anguilla $3,708     
Antigua and Barbuda$33 $201 $44$261 
Argentina$5,055,280$7,987,337$12,766,788$9,948,283$6,314,117$14,737,042$24,702,815
Armenia $534$6,802 $2,102$125$16,264
Aruba    $11$159$71
Australia$12,192,111$16,790,197$16,450,644$16,750,795$16,376,965$20,395,586$19,212,902
Austria$11,144,977$12,265,558$13,017,657$14,740,328$12,238,567$11,748,204 
Azerbaijan$464,630$953,919$34,990$74,890$50$55,099 
Bahamas, The$3,586$756$102$482$11,339$5,175$6,906
Bahrain$9,295 $5,548$201,321$68,560$52,961$44,485
Bangladesh$38,502$50,074$64,932    
Barbados$4,896$4,634$21,058$3,166$963$181$178
Belarus$1,524,200$3,248,000$6,601,600$8,267,200$5,592,100$9,127,700$17,078,900
Belgium$7,044,907$12,018,720$14,150,963$16,611,064$14,140,801$7,943,145$10,578,550
Belize$1,483$903  $318$525 
Benin     $2,136 
Bermuda     $11,775 
Bhutan$4,576$166,342$12,546$18,213$31,100$3,119 
Bolivia$9,292$1,821$25,111$210,969$6,227$387,140$457,905
Bosnia and Herzegovina$124,207$86,417$28,993$126,747$213,434$28,435$12,395
Botswana$26,908$68,426$596,586$29,925$128,656$55,554$73,305
Brazil$9,121,882$7,580,069$12,923,098$15,947,605$15,080,810$24,877,289$44,561,446
Brunei $44,388     
Bulgaria$2,026,082$318,361$1,098,854$5,905,343$212,404$307,099$218,643
Burkina Faso$4,074 $3,997$1,022$11,638$38,223 
Burundi    $36,770  
Cambodia$547$5,203$4,945,266$15,354,266$11,559,018$6,459,826 
Cameroon$2,625$36,072$1,415$150,541$34,502$6,594 
Canada$9,139,547$9,620,627$9,217,024$8,514,745$8,951,864$12,723,440$16,643,592
Cape Verde$29,546$7,071$1,948 $478$1,681$375
Chile$452,192$212,447$845,827$355,752$537,270$180,388$527,856
China$108,426,344$138,344,916$157,241,975$198,221,646$475,855,317$344,314,886$335,859,801
Colombia$2,415,038$6,476,497$8,773,562$6,871,204$3,549,474$333,797$2,457,188
Comoros $38,989$1,117    
Costa Rica$1,157,050$1,645,084$538,621$359,428$746,043$678,991$316,273
Cote d'Ivoire$4,644$18,057$20,502$38,289$40,988$81,721$17,353
Croatia$550,957$492,651$1,656,896$725,819$493,775$214,812$239,434
Cuba$51,357$70,406     
Cyprus$2,046$36,123$43,878$9,306$14,432$169,561$305,028
Czech Republic$9,669,236$8,091,735$6,525,190$6,370,843$3,882,489$4,136,658$7,014,300
Denmark$19,614,524$23,522,090$25,667,684$26,354,115$17,897,473$20,389,194$18,228,790
Djibouti    $141,449  
Dominica$51 $161  $219 
Dominican Republic$8,886$62,323$67,241$13,671$227,401$17,098$81,443
East Timor$41,646      
Ecuador$14,847$17,669$23,970$50,490$530,467$394,474$929,064
Egypt$265,799$1,389,482$397,723$4,694,184$362,428$3,558,319$3,044,629
El Salvador$14,615$44,249$38,784$42,921$34,683$24,569 
Estonia$1,158,721$4,184,415$1,707,809$3,551,209$1,379,425$3,247,969$9,327,817
Ethiopia$2,875$1,181$30,545$3,915$5,092$378,400$306,911
Faroe Islands$488$1,835$637$4,516$1,873  
Fiji$22,859$313$39$3,817$5,138$2,541 
Finland$6,106,185$10,793,283$3,091,495$6,182,081$7,099,652$9,848,928$11,128,934
France$37,353,075$33,520,615$66,741,783$62,683,742$43,902,462$48,908,757$62,930,005
French Polynesia$5,513$13,398$33,454$4,607$6,399$11,146$39,483
Gabon$18,031$15,315$19,171$57,807$447,640  
Gambia, The$699$1,817$472,852$997  $105
Georgia$2,032$75,719$2,847$4,403$2,291$1,845 
Germany$123,586,000$124,175,000$106,045,000$116,373,000$89,889,000$102,110,977$119,450,693
Ghana$28,371$37,963$5,140$1,055,023$2,048,037$701,979$28,077
Greece$1,703,485$3,985,925$5,742,627$5,285,864$4,112,635$3,942,895$2,831,821
Greenland$1,522$902     
Grenada$292$8,870$105$280   
Guatemala$664,061$1,885,105$661,448$1,265,415$378,091$427,854$1,805,739
Guinea   $701   
Guyana $242$792 $178 $291
Honduras$9,581$70,610$8,869 $457,022  
Hong Kong$45,138,210$75,641,597$141,485,323$177,315,116$141,482,490$255,401,058$93,036,907
Hungary$1,753,000$1,150,000$2,298,000$2,445,000$3,749,000$1,429,000$1,847,000
Iceland$83,854$114,057$138,222$32,911$21,183$34,498$162,119
India$8,651,486$27,086,202$77,907,928$65,233,697$38,209,281$35,300,083$42,742,654
Indonesia$7,131,574$6,829,438$9,277,020$26,935,517$18,182,927$15,988,508$20,719,148
Iran$13,419,978$3,700,518   $20,483,331 
Ireland$1,498,847$2,472,556$2,887,081$3,062,328$1,179,291$914,161$563,261
Israel$14,005,000$19,263,000$20,352,000$22,162,000$15,270,000$16,335,000$17,721,000
Italy$17,750,203$22,306,008$27,964,555$19,698,382$19,306,207$19,064,785$21,534,515
Jamaica$3,043$47,447$5,923$7,861$391$1,161 
Japan$69,496,867$60,771,226$47,365,850$48,689,647$43,469,410$56,379,471$69,790,935
Jordan$34,295$24,482$30,010$27,517$17,994$1,365$44,975
Kazakhstan$633,791$402,962$1,253,974$657,211$435,325  
Kenya$5,313$856,070$1,903,157$175,492$192,563$267,862 
Korea, South$26,423,877$28,287,867$23,026,118$21,719,503$25,918,066$25,243,849$26,939,483
Kuwait $430,248$461,107$2,812,038   
Kyrgyzstan$7,773$1,745$3,181 $384$35,280$260
Latvia$103,077$61,532$55,229$1,598,339$778,483$856,156$1,406,843
Lebanon$31,000$53,464$124,553$176,773$27,370$51,294$72,211
Lesotho   $8,159   
Lithuania$88,978$122,993$117,687$160,967$229,351$1,374,145$1,663,539
Luxembourg$87,818$176,050$353,550$311,280$194,767$190,163$280,389
Macau$1,695,500$839,180$479,299$806,328$411,560$2,987,629$1,761,906
Macedonia$11,422$29,653$32,167$2,825$83,809 $179,156
Madagascar$3,487$1,618$13,725$7,565$18,500$2,793 
Malawi$847 $7,251$6,377$653,195$2,352$1,559
Malaysia$7,599,885$9,394,643$9,886,012$14,984,144$15,079,714$14,844,129$20,448,846
Maldives$45,069$12,030$1,519$13,875$2,752$4,456$3,869,635
Mali$23,917$21,380 $126,285   
Malta$55,299$40,514$4,557$450$73,582$70,825 
Mauritania $8,313  $10,707 $1,847
Mauritius$29,457$417$5,378$2,301$10,427$1,707$3,492
Mayotte$839$467$1,646$1,666$1,259  
Mexico$10,457,513$8,494,244$10,188,297$13,202,321$7,640,500$18,776,222$32,834,475
Moldova$26,185$40,985$934$2,897$519$2,981$5,327
Mongolia $550$33    
Montenegro $53,861$24,051$16,009$11,544$281,846$3,112
Morocco$320,824$79,465$345,031$462,999$729,302$762,678 
Mozambique$17,844$8,417$5,191$40,360$64,751$69,104$8,000
Namibia$57,125$48,845$26,392$61,290   
Nepal    $1,718$71,037 
Netherlands$20,665,214$25,247,828$24,960,699$32,163,269$29,275,600$32,082,282 
Netherlands Antilles$6,290$1,660$4,286$13,209   
New Caledonia$31,482$19,700$56,580$28,501$5,124$23,156$5,314
New Zealand$1,132,616$584,392$426,740$1,004,320$601,559$954,099$2,885,012
Nicaragua$4,040$6,551$9,165$66$716$460$87
Niger$2,528$91$417$1,112$23,171$6,247$3,910
Nigeria  $451,820$399,169$169,865$51,667 
Norway$2,500,805$2,022,039$2,982,170$5,708,399$1,801,226$3,514,252$4,092,790
Oman$1,088,897$752,315$2,943,620$2,282,670$1,956,336$5,275,543 
Pakistan$1,427,403$3,290,921$1,610,192$2,694,954$2,707,900$2,520,839$1,978,263
Panama$30,812$130,369$23,690$85,447$30,682$147,899$305,709
Paraguay$18,052$13,107$28,446$618,608$18,909$150,431$1,281,393
Peru$19,049$141,038$89,140$116,796$89,511$122,962$163,407
Philippines$360,692$887,298$740,717$435,143$1,137,806$2,098,683$470,170
Poland$4,590,004$7,822,685$23,300,320$37,622,890$27,107,347$38,792,036$35,128,722
Portugal$1,055,837$807,431$869,607$3,848,805$5,102,333$7,793,483$4,723,729
Qatar$192,556$54,448$408,898$247,530 $502,816 
Romania$444,969$1,080,364$1,222,903$1,503,913$3,804,795$4,433,796$4,198,075
Russia$12,910,511$17,075,608$33,440,348$37,995,720$16,589,112$31,266,476$54,261,637
Rwanda$102$47$202,881$10,856$22,577 $51,582
Saint Kitts and Nevis $113     
Saint Lucia  $233$24   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $1,436 $4,631$80 
Samoa $50 $268 $69$421
Sao Tome and Principe    $62  
Saudi Arabia$2,412,989$12,013,783$14,324,563  $14,546,952 
Senegal$102,140$8,707$45,458$12,401$20,846$13,417$14,809
Serbia$508,714$673,968$835,750$811,027$233,824$869,274$1,968,601
Seychelles$524,843 $2,455$1,201   
Singapore$47,624,420$45,621,619$69,945,440$43,362,469$22,019,865$30,654,659$27,939,546
Slovakia$454,676$1,822,940$1,254,751$820,976$344,901$365,505$342,296
Slovenia$577,124$840,651$2,579,953$1,221,602$986,423$331,691$1,245,864
South Africa$2,151,929$7,378,461$10,130,794$9,472,879$9,808,222$12,661,980$8,375,201
Spain$21,900,355$24,114,919$21,525,367$22,519,052$21,058,276$21,586,899 
Sri Lanka$2,135$3,508$1,651$1,751$19,079$22,216$33,618
Sudan$529,460$264,141$3,194 $129,828  
Suriname$131$1,019$52$1,981$7,283$22,987 
Swaziland$30,018$119,668$18,389    
Sweden$15,314,279$18,779,587$23,738,948$24,543,060$25,628,467$20,414,847$29,514,127
Switzerland$21,455,458$14,971,637$20,586,758$27,630,588$23,793,105$21,111,607$24,659,285
Syria $3,092   $4,460 
Tanzania$5,818$2,382$1,689$13,475$65,156$1,745,818$34,339
Thailand$3,205,332$5,402,449$5,396,103$7,763,086$5,274,423$6,664,646$7,905,815
Togo$55,925 $7,635   $3,380
Tonga$820  $88$305  
Trinidad and Tobago$1,988$132$34,420$30,931$1,805$2,605 
Tunisia$62,777$44,399$41,606$84,840$58,331$99,860 
Turkey$11,444,168$13,792,522$17,543,056$27,783,068$21,369,398$32,195,444$41,385,219
Uganda$415$157,092$745,812$28,015$245,515$1,068,418 
Ukraine$4,665,748$8,344,546$8,501,339$6,581,550$2,241,882$3,455,989$5,243,734
United Arab Emirates$1,499,716 $6,465,992$18,809,396   
United Kingdom$36,987,229$33,993,237$42,427,161$48,113,072$36,481,707$66,554,205$46,744,297
United States$92,750,145$97,703,508$87,198,860$103,490,603$92,732,569$105,041,478$112,680,126
Uruguay$57,932$11,755$27,255$45,276$82,963  
Vanuatu $5,328$5    
Venezuela$407,467$150,911$1,341,887$2,463,907$1,459,884$699,879$469,427
Vietnam$6,146,537$13,028,295$12,036,824$25,470,538$30,743,484$30,031,650 
Yemen$24,463$10,125$897$178,267$17,881$305,596$80,057
Zambia$12,855$121,833$2,398,035$5,535,879$402,908$397,619 
Zimbabwe$608$11,214$3,306$58$31,349$902,913