| Rank | Country | Imports of Objective lenses (excl. of 9002.11), of any mat., mounted in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | $1,132,050,217 |  | | 2 | Hong Kong | $512,430,284 |  | | 3 | China | $460,315,642 |  | | 4 | Japan | $304,412,508 |  | | 5 | United States | $221,235,426 |  | | 6 | Vietnam | $100,403,440 |  | | 7 | Germany | $83,914,018 |  | | 8 | Singapore | $49,361,489 |  | | 9 | Korea, South | $32,302,339 |  | | 10 | Thailand | $29,168,107 |  | | 11 | Israel | $21,933,000 |  | | 12 | France | $19,892,751 |  | | 13 | United Kingdom | $16,526,228 |  | | 14 | Belgium | $10,824,179 |  | | 15 | Switzerland | $9,911,593 |  | | 16 | India | $9,443,907 |  | | 17 | Italy | $8,984,192 |  | | 18 | Philippines | $8,862,924 |  | | 19 | Malaysia | $7,970,390 |  | | 20 | Austria | $7,948,059 |  | | 21 | South Africa | $7,247,951 |  | | 22 | Poland | $6,465,034 |  | | 23 | Canada | $5,859,791 |  | | 24 | Mexico | $5,639,531 |  | | 25 | Spain | $5,378,809 |  | | 26 | Ireland | $4,819,652 |  | | 27 | Australia | $3,525,701 |  | | 28 | Sweden | $3,288,898 |  | | 29 | Czech Republic | $2,928,292 |  | | 30 | Denmark | $2,604,322 |  | | 31 | Portugal | $1,988,412 |  | | 32 | Norway | $1,984,108 |  | | 33 | Turkey | $1,975,984 |  | | 34 | Finland | $1,796,825 |  | | 35 | Brazil | $1,733,324 |  | | 36 | Iran | $1,643,327 |  | | 37 | Indonesia | $1,609,045 |  | | 38 | Russia | $1,415,711 |  | | 39 | Belarus | $1,315,500 |  | | 40 | Greece | $1,257,722 |  | | 41 | Hungary | $1,219,000 |  | | 42 | New Zealand | $1,179,200 |  | | 43 | Lithuania | $1,080,013 |  | | 44 | Saudi Arabia | $999,468 |  | | 45 | Uganda | $978,594 |  | | 46 | Chile | $747,321 |  | | 47 | Slovakia | $724,031 |  | | 48 | Sri Lanka | $683,162 |  | | 49 | Romania | $681,543 |  | | 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | $652,716 |  | | 51 | Slovenia | $634,581 |  | | 52 | Croatia | $634,439 |  | | 53 | Estonia | $627,295 |  | | 54 | Bulgaria | $541,515 |  | | 55 | Qatar | $518,056 |  | | 56 | Egypt | $497,824 |  | | 57 | Colombia | $416,917 |  | | 58 | Panama | $365,480 |  | | 59 | Serbia | $320,786 |  | | 60 | Latvia | $320,622 |  | | 61 | Argentina | $309,685 |  | | 62 | Peru | $259,453 |  | | 63 | Oman | $245,746 |  | | 64 | Algeria | $236,767 |  | | 65 | Luxembourg | $196,321 |  | | 66 | Ukraine | $190,958 |  | | 67 | Tunisia | $167,570 |  | | 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $164,254 |  | | 69 | Botswana | $128,821 |  | | 70 | Costa Rica | $128,231 |  | | 71 | Lebanon | $123,484 |  | | 72 | Nepal | $116,394 |  | | 73 | Venezuela | $113,895 |  | | 74 | Pakistan | $106,047 |  | | 75 | Malta | $98,297 |  | | 76 | Georgia | $93,148 |  | | 77 | Iceland | $90,879 |  | | 78 | El Salvador | $89,687 |  | | 79 | Ecuador | $84,723 |  | | 80 | Moldova | $80,162 |  | | 81 | Albania | $75,413 |  | | 82 | Morocco | $74,823 |  | | 83 | Guatemala | $48,247 |  | | 84 | Kenya | $41,524 |  | | 85 | Nigeria | $41,168 |  | | 86 | New Caledonia | $40,080 |  | | 87 | Mozambique | $38,990 |  | | 88 | Cyprus | $37,168 |  | | 89 | Ghana | $30,556 |  | | 90 | Tanzania | $26,496 |  | | 91 | Mauritius | $23,460 |  | | 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | $22,568 |  | | 93 | Bahrain | $19,709 |  | | 94 | Azerbaijan | $19,114 |  | | 95 | Montenegro | $17,271 |  | | 96 | Yemen | $16,492 |  | | 97 | Paraguay | $15,357 |  | | 98 | Syria | $14,225 |  | | 99 | Zimbabwe | $13,633 |  | | 100 | Bahamas, The | $11,346 |  | | 101 | Armenia | $10,544 |  | | 102 | Bolivia | $10,155 |  | | 103 | Nicaragua | $10,024 |  | | 104 | Aruba | $9,518 |  | | 105 | Jordan | $8,587 |  | | 106 | Jamaica | $7,735 |  | | 107 | Dominican Republic | $7,008 |  | | 108 | Belize | $6,979 |  | | 109 | Zambia | $6,876 |  | | 110 | French Polynesia | $6,502 |  | | 111 | Malawi | $5,636 |  | | 112 | Niger | $5,474 |  | | 113 | Fiji | $5,048 |  | | 114 | Madagascar | $4,298 |  | | 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | $3,644 |  | | 116 | Ethiopia | $3,556 |  | | 117 | Barbados | $2,703 |  | | 118 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,749 |  | | 119 | Cameroon | $1,731 |  | | 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $1,140 |  | | 121 | Guyana | $885 |  | | 122 | Bhutan | $750 |  | | 123 | Togo | $707 |  | | 124 | Gambia, The | $598 |  | | 125 | Dominica | $306 |  | | 126 | Samoa | $298 |  | | 127 | Cambodia | $262 |  | | 128 | Senegal | $162 |  | | 129 | Bermuda | $159 |  | | 130 | Maldives | $138 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 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 | |
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