RankCountryImports of Objective lenses (excl. of 9002.11), of any mat., mounted in USD (2010)
1Netherlands$1,132,050,217
2Hong Kong$512,430,284
3China$460,315,642
4Japan$304,412,508
5United States$221,235,426
6Vietnam$100,403,440
7Germany$83,914,018
8Singapore$49,361,489
9Korea, South$32,302,339
10Thailand$29,168,107
11Israel$21,933,000
12France$19,892,751
13United Kingdom$16,526,228
14Belgium$10,824,179
15Switzerland$9,911,593
16India$9,443,907
17Italy$8,984,192
18Philippines$8,862,924
19Malaysia$7,970,390
20Austria$7,948,059
21South Africa$7,247,951
22Poland$6,465,034
23Canada$5,859,791
24Mexico$5,639,531
25Spain$5,378,809
26Ireland$4,819,652
27Australia$3,525,701
28Sweden$3,288,898
29Czech Republic$2,928,292
30Denmark$2,604,322
31Portugal$1,988,412
32Norway$1,984,108
33Turkey$1,975,984
34Finland$1,796,825
35Brazil$1,733,324
36Iran$1,643,327
37Indonesia$1,609,045
38Russia$1,415,711
39Belarus$1,315,500
40Greece$1,257,722
41Hungary$1,219,000
42New Zealand$1,179,200
43Lithuania$1,080,013
44Saudi Arabia$999,468
45Uganda$978,594
46Chile$747,321
47Slovakia$724,031
48Sri Lanka$683,162
49Romania$681,543
50Antigua and Barbuda$652,716
51Slovenia$634,581
52Croatia$634,439
53Estonia$627,295
54Bulgaria$541,515
55Qatar$518,056
56Egypt$497,824
57Colombia$416,917
58Panama$365,480
59Serbia$320,786
60Latvia$320,622
61Argentina$309,685
62Peru$259,453
63Oman$245,746
64Algeria$236,767
65Luxembourg$196,321
66Ukraine$190,958
67Tunisia$167,570
68Bosnia and Herzegovina$164,254
69Botswana$128,821
70Costa Rica$128,231
71Lebanon$123,484
72Nepal$116,394
73Venezuela$113,895
74Pakistan$106,047
75Malta$98,297
76Georgia$93,148
77Iceland$90,879
78El Salvador$89,687
79Ecuador$84,723
80Moldova$80,162
81Albania$75,413
82Morocco$74,823
83Guatemala$48,247
84Kenya$41,524
85Nigeria$41,168
86New Caledonia$40,080
87Mozambique$38,990
88Cyprus$37,168
89Ghana$30,556
90Tanzania$26,496
91Mauritius$23,460
92Cote d'Ivoire$22,568
93Bahrain$19,709
94Azerbaijan$19,114
95Montenegro$17,271
96Yemen$16,492
97Paraguay$15,357
98Syria$14,225
99Zimbabwe$13,633
100Bahamas, The$11,346
101Armenia$10,544
102Bolivia$10,155
103Nicaragua$10,024
104Aruba$9,518
105Jordan$8,587
106Jamaica$7,735
107Dominican Republic$7,008
108Belize$6,979
109Zambia$6,876
110French Polynesia$6,502
111Malawi$5,636
112Niger$5,474
113Fiji$5,048
114Madagascar$4,298
115Trinidad and Tobago$3,644
116Ethiopia$3,556
117Barbados$2,703
118Kyrgyzstan$1,749
119Cameroon$1,731
120Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,140
121Guyana$885
122Bhutan$750
123Togo$707
124Gambia, The$598
125Dominica$306
126Samoa$298
127Cambodia$262
128Senegal$162
129Bermuda$159
130Maldives$138
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$7,976$7,524$7,916$21,083$27,302$75,413$66,996
Algeria$89,304$341,157$1,219,955$1,571,207$1,084,837$236,767$103,629
Anguilla   $59   
Antigua and Barbuda$222$874$1,547 $3,711$652,716$6,599
Argentina$160,154$96,142$179,792$365,986$317,090$309,685$388,289
Armenia$15,190$49,925$37,225$12,427$16,537$10,544$42,923
Aruba    $17,945$9,518$812
Australia$3,862,956$3,371,337$3,480,430$4,796,239$3,017,173$3,525,701$4,394,158
Austria$4,171,613$4,751,356$5,563,122$5,119,766$6,008,881$7,948,059 
Azerbaijan$508$7,363$28,603$34,537$31,107$19,114$7,707
Bahamas, The$17,773$35,790$41,344$40,285$8,797$11,346$10,764
Bahrain$120,816$1,003$5,157$46,944$12,001$19,709$144,359
Bangladesh$7,139$53,803$15,996    
Barbados$19,826$6,037$18,873$39,362$8,716$2,703$2,905
Belarus$167,500$586,600$685,000$1,223,200$880,900$1,315,500$873,400
Belgium$7,445,882$6,028,981$5,841,265$5,517,784$7,002,036$10,824,179$7,969,679
Belize$398$6$962$74,222$7,046$6,979 
Benin$6,918$1,123     
Bermuda     $159 
Bhutan$172  $6,852$6,105$750 
Bolivia$7,522$7,384$5,797$20,127$10,024$10,155$50,311
Bosnia and Herzegovina$225,153$244,410$343,577$249,479$168,912$164,254$156,020
Botswana$13,341$14,010$40,524$57,674$150,590$128,821$156,463
Brazil$622,459$939,354$1,323,084$1,800,814$1,668,809$1,733,324$2,426,326
Brunei $3,724     
Bulgaria$267,509$351,824$443,352$644,734$665,886$541,515$520,209
Burkina Faso   $33,899$1,786  
Burundi$257      
Cambodia$181  $45,694$5,243$262 
Cameroon$2,422 $6,557$22$10,186$1,731 
Canada$4,660,403$6,470,294$8,775,920$7,648,349$5,887,550$5,859,791$7,210,327
Cape Verde$4,836 $5,816   $1,525
Chile$730,159$970,724$1,332,642$1,042,369$936,797$747,321$1,060,636
China$298,328,968$259,334,464$290,078,778$459,225,337$336,125,018$460,315,642$624,510,406
Colombia$114,413$365,783$299,095$307,774$350,902$416,917$423,527
Comoros$171      
Cook Islands$242 $187    
Costa Rica$63,049$75,986$94,929$157,245$80,871$128,231$139,623
Cote d'Ivoire$2,130$8,513$7,965$7,378$6,696$22,568$583
Croatia$1,446,001$1,094,105$1,205,133$1,002,615$655,972$634,439$627,731
Cuba$23,180$20,041     
Cyprus$237,828$180,354$22,747$33,434$65,114$37,168$49,315
Czech Republic$3,117,738$3,333,759$4,432,302$3,916,430$3,224,717$2,928,292$3,480,940
Denmark$4,891,647$5,187,368$11,249,670$5,130,982$1,718,236$2,604,322$2,156,099
Dominica$144$1,297$970$988$269$306 
Dominican Republic$2,135$4,778$22,986$5,983$21,840$7,008$11,853
Ecuador$75,275$43,278$24,237$48,042$103,393$84,723$107,954
Egypt$207,585$34,948$20,399$80,272$1,183,173$497,824$130,270
El Salvador$84,390$99,612$81,321$34,937$43,978$89,687 
Estonia$323,715$297,214$109,470$152,920$101,426$627,295$369,698
Ethiopia$2,799$8,504$13,271$57,202$56,218$3,556$43,648
Faroe Islands $129$819$126$4,810  
Fiji$2,117$968$39,641$11,834$2,654$5,048 
Finland$2,660,721$1,564,002$2,093,997$2,535,828$1,274,325$1,796,825$1,435,680
France$12,380,516$11,117,876$14,474,651$23,468,277$18,405,695$19,892,751$25,211,240
French Polynesia$8,217$9,095$35,469$92,861$26,911$6,502$31,236
Gabon$5,396$2,525$19,425$1,554$6,915  
Gambia, The $285  $2,970$598$604
Georgia$13,222$114,897$113,103$196,633$131,390$93,148 
Germany$66,352,000$84,807,000$72,347,000$88,309,000$67,454,000$83,914,018$99,261,796
Ghana$117,014$45,863$34,371$19,653$22,016$30,556$88,582
Greece$537,353$473,331$1,036,834$1,760,814$3,079,775$1,257,722$863,307
Greenland$413      
Grenada$1,448$4,288$291$111$63  
Guatemala$49,732$79,317$49,996$68,656$26,484$48,247$19,442
Guinea $723     
Guyana$1,178$219$1,409$431$320$885$93
Honduras$14,326$2,571$2,096 $2,609  
Hong Kong$320,321,393$394,398,890$415,276,245$302,827,826$311,809,589$512,430,284$480,785,152
Hungary$1,519,000$1,578,000$2,404,000$1,812,000$1,166,000$1,219,000$1,264,000
Iceland$123,977$86,861$70,739$69,298$80,195$90,879$120,902
India$13,112,774$12,782,237$12,236,077$13,166,288$10,144,400$9,443,907$11,172,792
Indonesia$35,792$39,408$38,093$548,765$1,274,971$1,609,045$1,071,904
Iran$316,266$149,380   $1,643,327 
Ireland$1,674,552$4,863,134$1,334,406$1,618,149$1,217,571$4,819,652$9,635,860
Israel$15,366,000$17,661,000$19,777,000$22,547,000$14,240,000$21,933,000$32,517,000
Italy$10,799,295$12,088,569$12,697,484$11,393,336$7,461,884$8,984,192$8,064,385
Jamaica$18,309$5,673$5,818$20,579$13,466$7,735 
Japan$175,606,869$260,539,532$287,056,463$559,644,545$217,943,855$304,412,508$294,543,544
Jordan$33,818$5,959$1,460$6,077$13,786$8,587$56,241
Kazakhstan$584,730$241,482$428,109$649,463$453,178  
Kenya$17,254$18,929$47,496$30,087$35,851$41,524 
Korea, South$31,853,606$30,823,478$36,511,733$36,795,108$26,191,745$32,302,339$34,648,425
Kuwait $256,026$1,857,340$524,180   
Kyrgyzstan$1,920  $1,796$480$1,749$430
Latvia$434,145$545,939$784,335$1,019,419$248,043$320,622$302,099
Lebanon$83,000$84,506$203,108$206,660$99,390$123,484$86,866
Lesotho   $2,670   
Lithuania$517,661$1,227,374$1,401,936$1,138,422$657,775$1,080,013$517,171
Luxembourg$251,381$232,870$217,606$659,414$336,271$196,321$282,779
Macau$4,184$8,997$9,140$2,144$10,967  
Macedonia$75,602$51,128$86,821$294,391$201,290 $153,082
Madagascar$3,063$10,422$4,988$8,786$2,480$4,298 
Malawi$60$2,196$396$2,718$25$5,636$2,703
Malaysia$11,176,158$11,744,489$11,463,796$8,010,649$9,964,766$7,970,390$11,069,645
Maldives$108$3,042$3,839$579$3,336$138$548
Mali   $5,309   
Malta$14,722$5,241$13,255$44,135$32,185$98,297 
Mauritania  $105,574    
Mauritius$8,999$7,571$9,207$13,309$47,448$23,460$63,623
Mayotte$1,111$19$1,568$98,458$11,057  
Mexico$49,147,617$66,537,193$31,438,899$10,350,818$4,866,627$5,639,531$4,522,681
Moldova$208$9,373$50,531$10,638$4,576$80,162$7,928
Mongolia$3,512$4,513$16,835    
Montenegro $29,221$28,310$31,187$16,907$17,271$35,911
Montserrat  $1,060$5,298$894  
Morocco$137,627$73,596$248,835$89,895$127,383$74,823 
Mozambique$3,016$46,830$10,999$3,500$6,100$38,990$46,000
Namibia$19,161$51,214$115,387$259,809   
Nepal    $32,025$116,394 
Netherlands$38,124,293$418,044,583$861,999,200$641,354,263$109,044,219$1,132,050,217 
Netherlands Antilles$22,401$46,024$19,513$44,945   
New Caledonia$12,289$23,086$16,431$20,444$35,729$40,080$37,381
New Zealand$774,061$469,051$536,703$562,523$654,456$1,179,200$1,000,653
Nicaragua$2,650$427,958$4,933$651,650$3,710$10,024$10,407
Niger$959$307$1,020  $5,474$318
Nigeria   $46,174$9,409$41,168 
Norway$2,037,271$3,400,675$2,679,451$2,859,262$2,560,005$1,984,108$1,961,761
Oman$15,930$26,320$78,830$34,767$62,245$245,746 
Pakistan$108,348$52,275$65,628$82,747$142,202$106,047$77,725
Panama$42,551$357,392$371,652$1,459,332$251,997$365,480$677,354
Paraguay$12,539$5,822$13,720$18,569$19,262$15,357$40,282
Peru$127,046$154,119$192,137$282,729$283,367$259,453$378,547
Philippines$949,577$2,817,599$6,695,998$4,661,295$4,903,242$8,862,924$3,880,160
Poland$3,950,291$5,114,910$10,768,304$12,159,196$7,942,536$6,465,034$12,780,038
Portugal$818,012$915,289$1,793,397$1,609,413$1,242,496$1,988,412$1,595,010
Qatar$190,069$324,250$651,909$271,133 $518,056 
Romania$920,225$2,007,800$1,374,958$993,375$422,401$681,543$885,898
Russia$365,933$549,343$1,224,609$1,259,201$891,232$1,415,711$2,953,687
Rwanda$1,527$8,254$12,848$1,617$164 $858
Saint Kitts and Nevis$249$1,453$1,362$191   
Saint Lucia$2,073$1,685$1,268$309   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$252$1,168$623$121$1,597$1,140 
Samoa    $489$298$29,916
Saudi Arabia$3,612,883$248,799$421,898  $999,468 
Senegal $1,259$2,814$4,917$12,322$162$16,992
Serbia$292,305$486,740$586,259$698,601$820,569$320,786$463,573
Seychelles$2,290$2,433$299$1,022   
Singapore$15,284,968$15,843,256$23,957,637$16,939,826$15,332,653$49,361,489$31,647,272
Slovakia$361,268$719,710$513,138$757,577$369,181$724,031$816,784
Slovenia$1,048,188$1,418,923$715,398$855,607$661,080$634,581$664,097
South Africa$2,263,344$1,990,539$2,292,977$2,275,345$1,395,545$7,247,951$1,983,505
Spain$17,543,915$19,272,884$14,880,873$9,788,148$6,055,023$5,378,809 
Sri Lanka$554,964$619,277$993,262$1,110,443$778,836$683,162$545,627
Sudan$51,312$5,214$154,421$137,204$170,219  
Suriname$571$58$309$1,430$557  
Swaziland$1,191$8,578$1,002    
Sweden$3,022,055$3,380,480$3,832,534$4,964,064$2,387,529$3,288,898$2,565,440
Switzerland$8,396,409$12,099,392$14,143,639$12,676,018$9,100,025$9,911,593$11,560,237
Syria $3,450   $14,225 
Tanzania$3,592$35,207$6,717$27,959$30,968$26,496$28,403
Thailand$10,702,327$8,633,254$13,812,957$12,899,990$13,404,719$29,168,107$98,495,562
Togo$6,384    $707$395
Tonga   $507$728  
Trinidad and Tobago$9,865$9,656$6,432$29,471$58,038$3,644 
Tunisia$509,304$36,502$119,397$110,958$197,713$167,570 
Turkey$4,432,047$1,384,842$5,518,449$2,583,069$1,864,869$1,975,984$2,608,346
Uganda$4,480$5,478$2,317$3,954$1,352$978,594 
Ukraine$346,931$127,330$131,309$118,765$338,865$190,958$315,969
United Arab Emirates$1,128,725 $652,978$770,511   
United Kingdom$25,140,992$28,297,348$27,214,066$24,017,406$19,019,968$16,526,228$18,394,266
United States$135,432,928$153,750,246$178,279,492$229,816,034$164,457,718$221,235,426$223,838,165
Uruguay$13,737$10,405$38,886$24,854$23,275  
Vanuatu $83     
Venezuela$191,870$217,141$124,164$201,248$164,408$113,895$48,642
Vietnam$238,414$2,893,979$25,287,940$31,438,273$59,946,107$100,403,440 
Yemen$8,317$3,637$45,416$5,363$16,625$16,492$12,198
Zambia$2,182$1,897$3,429$10,194$720$6,876 
Zimbabwe$888$2,615$33,530$18,389$34,480$13,633