RankCountryImports of Monoculars & oth. optical telescopes; oth. astronomical instr. (excl. instr ... in USD (2010)
1United States$97,291,085
2Germany$23,040,650
3United Kingdom$21,939,699
4Canada$14,124,119
5Norway$10,868,383
6Australia$10,723,340
7Italy$10,609,074
8South Africa$9,838,012
9India$9,340,549
10France$9,110,000
11Thailand$7,649,944
12Spain$6,597,701
13Japan$6,545,714
14Hong Kong$6,270,210
15Lithuania$6,185,114
16Mexico$5,385,139
17Poland$4,891,869
18Switzerland$4,553,023
19Russia$4,081,254
20Israel$3,746,000
21Saudi Arabia$3,565,338
22Belgium$3,517,661
23Morocco$3,236,176
24Korea, South$3,233,990
25Iran$3,229,798
26Netherlands$3,172,565
27Finland$2,659,783
28Austria$2,614,306
29Portugal$2,606,114
30Brazil$2,529,761
31New Zealand$2,443,927
32Sweden$2,286,048
33Slovakia$2,011,985
34Malaysia$1,931,042
35Czech Republic$1,921,744
36Vietnam$1,446,260
37China$1,287,605
38Denmark$1,048,962
39Indonesia$1,035,445
40Qatar$1,024,313
41Greece$985,883
42Singapore$972,037
43Argentina$963,647
44Ireland$937,972
45Hungary$887,000
46Turkey$874,538
47Chile$859,759
48Azerbaijan$634,635
49Ukraine$529,229
50Slovenia$472,251
51Peru$461,693
52Oman$435,111
53Croatia$312,748
54Belarus$289,200
55Colombia$286,289
56Pakistan$230,038
57Paraguay$181,926
58Romania$172,741
59Nigeria$163,993
60Luxembourg$163,725
61Panama$156,728
62Montenegro$155,225
63Costa Rica$133,363
64Burkina Faso$127,813
65Venezuela$113,545
66Bahrain$107,177
67Georgia$103,343
68Macau$100,050
69Ecuador$99,472
70Serbia$89,285
71Egypt$86,081
72Bulgaria$81,319
73Lebanon$79,566
74Iceland$77,162
75Bosnia and Herzegovina$71,307
76Kenya$65,259
77Algeria$57,735
78Latvia$57,063
79Guyana$54,181
80Tanzania$53,545
81Malta$53,513
82Cyprus$51,292
83Uganda$49,658
84Dominican Republic$47,118
85Trinidad and Tobago$39,159
86Tunisia$32,403
87Mauritius$31,019
88El Salvador$28,994
89Botswana$27,359
90Estonia$26,721
91Ethiopia$23,251
92Philippines$22,307
93Cote d'Ivoire$21,727
94Bolivia$21,388
95Guatemala$20,743
96Yemen$20,395
97New Caledonia$18,622
98Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$18,197
99Armenia$16,892
100Mauritania$16,363
101Albania$14,753
102Belize$12,978
103Moldova$12,240
104Barbados$10,528
105Maldives$9,462
106Kyrgyzstan$9,246
107Aruba$9,017
108Nicaragua$8,600
109Fiji$6,725
110French Polynesia$6,230
111Bahamas, The$6,086
112Sri Lanka$5,614
113Ghana$5,591
114Zimbabwe$4,637
115Burundi$3,621
116Jordan$3,431
117Suriname$3,312
118Cameroon$3,205
119Jamaica$2,995
120Mozambique$2,662
121Bermuda$2,621
122Senegal$2,240
123Antigua and Barbuda$1,687
124Malawi$1,545
125Madagascar$1,532
126Cape Verde$1,177
127Zambia$1,033
128Tonga$861
129Cambodia$781
130Dominica$761
131Nepal$520
132Sao Tome and Principe$312
133Samoa$298
134Benin$224
135Niger$21
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$40,081$302$468$4,696$1,811$14,753$1,266
Algeria$4,175$2,427,891$2,639,825$12,169,091$676,693$57,735$16,219,625
Anguilla $1,316$149$53   
Antigua and Barbuda$1,396$876$11,976 $3,079$1,687$533
Argentina$312,424$438,914$735,847$734,489$694,590$963,647$1,376,378
Armenia$4,944$5,299$1,660$23,193$7,763$16,892$51,770
Aruba    $16,397$9,017$4,882
Australia$7,668,524$11,932,708$12,064,071$10,029,844$10,401,042$10,723,340$13,644,018
Austria$1,951,814$1,845,113$2,105,990$1,660,636$2,458,705$2,614,306 
Azerbaijan$6,010$333$9,059,238$88,763$628,222$634,635$31,044
Bahamas, The$6,576$14,315$7,939$10,329$7,474$6,086$13,802
Bahrain$72,505$1,593$1,322$11,638$70,447$107,177$64,831
Bangladesh$8,005$5,983$21,274    
Barbados$23,273$5,139$5,189$8,627$20,210$10,528$10,093
Belarus$59,700$103,500$25,700$51,200$694,100$289,200$434,700
Belgium$3,855,329$3,283,106$3,266,306$4,419,440$4,292,368$3,517,661$5,180,338
Belize$2,078$3,697$4,074$3,337$16,875$12,978 
Benin $139   $224 
Bermuda     $2,621 
Bhutan $43 $2,466$1  
Bolivia$16,643$138,114$300,387$62,710$10,634$21,388$37,521
Bosnia and Herzegovina$21,731$41,662$26,918$25,555$49,909$71,307$38,599
Botswana$20,990$67,257$16,019$47,663$44,926$27,359$72,023
Brazil$380,739$787,141$560,969$1,339,833$1,434,682$2,529,761$1,340,792
Brunei $10,073     
Bulgaria$55,028$73,558$252,296$281,471$246,598$81,319$232,215
Burkina Faso$4,415 $3,566 $13,461$127,813 
Burundi$5,601$2,525   $3,621 
Cambodia$21,413$3,331   $781 
Cameroon$6,170$878$21,535$14,885$15,597$3,205 
Canada$20,633,216$15,230,373$13,469,854$13,358,012$13,448,487$14,124,119$13,810,263
Cape Verde$1,679 $1,049$517$959$1,177$147
Chile$263,529$327,296$662,557$633,635$620,203$859,759$1,017,178
China$3,466,986$2,012,758$1,892,934$1,071,169$1,916,683$1,287,605$3,316,756
Colombia$205,342$216,013$314,825$475,448$295,363$286,289$551,436
Comoros $54     
Cook Islands$269,158      
Costa Rica$123,500$149,138$217,185$176,608$83,163$133,363$189,410
Cote d'Ivoire$6,391,556$2,021,278$79,379$4,358$48,229$21,727$44,031
Croatia$265,864$200,268$370,561$360,993$392,727$312,748$391,997
Cuba$1,874$446     
Cyprus$312,525$443,708$249,461$163,688$95,044$51,292$44,487
Czech Republic$904,520$1,250,134$1,899,821$1,417,819$1,534,296$1,921,744$2,437,631
Denmark$1,690,321$1,970,119$1,441,400$1,538,099$1,331,306$1,048,962$1,138,621
Dominica$2,672 $3,217$2,989$1,564$761 
Dominican Republic$17,090$146,370$9,685$21,912$18,234$47,118$26,335
East Timor$47      
Ecuador$61,452$81,447$97,008$97,088$40,223$99,472$119,510
Egypt$2,449$2,189$4,082$301,370$43,896$86,081$33,594
El Salvador$26,918$37,996$31,023$25,245$17,084$28,994 
Estonia$71,115$95,827$291,594$851,527$227,278$26,721$136,466
Ethiopia$6,505$8,131$11,261$6,554$15,557$23,251$25,277
Faroe Islands$5,079$5,280$3,748$2,949$1,747  
Fiji$4,839$4,817$1,124$7,336$2,100$6,725 
Finland$893,534$1,034,633$1,422,344$2,678,072$4,227,534$2,659,783$2,440,959
France$8,396,354$11,149,264$10,433,937$7,812,445$7,451,940$9,110,000$10,363,338
French Polynesia$7,489$25,628$19,857$11,542$11,435$6,230$9,970
Gabon$3,279$44$4,049$11,449$9,244  
Gambia, The $4,953 $136   
Georgia$1,366,893$2,590,601$14,216$1,186,593$191,678$103,343 
Germany$24,703,000$26,101,000$22,222,000$23,500,000$21,571,000$23,040,650$31,740,536
Ghana$1,102$93,116$6,425$6,625$25,521$5,591$121,496
Greece$657,029$842,628$861,232$842,448$564,012$985,883$1,110,415
Greenland$10,361$30,858$6,886    
Grenada$1,345$3,190$1,534$2,385$718  
Guatemala$101,912$371,697$89,222$33,953$27,960$20,743$28,379
Guinea  $563$147   
Guyana$979$1,478$685$8,340$10,646$54,181$31,239
Honduras$14,027$5,525$120,466 $32,302  
Hong Kong$2,155,921$3,981,832$6,436,183$5,100,495$5,155,876$6,270,210$7,664,258
Hungary$450,000$333,000$2,525,000$1,129,000$4,909,000$887,000$1,880,000
Iceland$118,164$108,071$167,696$129,540$85,260$77,162$129,962
India$1,145,176$1,492,306$1,226,446$7,533,224$2,094,008$9,340,549$1,084,850
Indonesia$121,994$2,584,884$3,159,474$4,435,426$819,177$1,035,445$6,832,244
Iran$1,471,455$1,424,204   $3,229,798 
Ireland$1,025,444$1,232,223$1,279,193$1,598,506$851,932$937,972$929,711
Israel$2,347,000$1,910,000$965,000$1,030,000$2,083,000$3,746,000$3,499,000
Italy$8,354,951$8,454,629$7,236,982$5,906,984$7,146,411$10,609,074$9,141,474
Jamaica$51,292$84,754$51,049$60,924$56,047$2,995 
Japan$10,425,712$7,931,226$6,388,994$5,976,390$6,474,516$6,545,714$7,914,549
Jordan$2,333$2,949$6,903$13,890$39,666$3,431$1,006
Kazakhstan$426,189$153,319$1,953,729$1,269,732$1,589,276  
Kenya$4,840$28,045$46,922$7,036$735,326$65,259 
Kiribati$917      
Korea, South$2,462,191$3,193,054$2,397,759$4,722,558$6,685,381$3,233,990$2,533,300
Kuwait $99,904$158,884$82,151   
Kyrgyzstan$5,518$3,397$101,242$985$172,337$9,246$564
Latvia$89,461$1,154,253$4,540,590$130,883$66,861$57,063$91,214
Lebanon$85,000$43,478$85,723$73,261$102,618$79,566$23,931
Lithuania$1,673,047$1,297,193$2,514,078$5,057,350$6,768,515$6,185,114$5,717,363
Luxembourg$179,693$151,377$176,694$164,249$216,624$163,725$173,507
Macau$13,403$15,991$8,555$6,596$8,042$100,050$181,520
Macedonia$666,371$1,046,368$1,131,770$4,097,630$6,099 $7,302
Madagascar$7,877$2,607$2,029$11,469$2,375$1,532 
Malawi$1,421$1,571$3,045$1,726$9,409$1,545$3,191
Malaysia$122,463$527,865$1,346,862$650,793$1,537,321$1,931,042$937,836
Maldives$5,835$35,265$37,552$37,200$13,720$9,462$21,577
Mali$43,662$4,732 $937   
Malta$60,739$7,495$11,459$26,812$14,663$53,513 
Mauritania$22,210$3,304 $1,640$18,015$16,363$484
Mauritius$52,586$24,222$18,397$22,148$22,839$31,019$34,163
Mayotte$7,609$520$2,713$49$480  
Mexico$7,299,312$6,132,763$9,696,578$4,132,993$6,411,998$5,385,139$4,124,242
Moldova$275$934$2,987$14,476$42,462$12,240$7,437
Mongolia$46,137$120,606$45,562    
Montenegro $2,123$5,132$12,535$10,289$155,225$19,757
Montserrat$8$583$207 $16,490  
Morocco$25,147$21,647$16,855$34,616$955,380$3,236,176 
Mozambique$4,217$10,372$12,400$24,253$25,131$2,662$2,000
Namibia$729,459$50,594$422,160$35,846   
Nepal    $166,730$520 
Netherlands$8,728,296$5,647,061$4,289,134$4,640,010$7,841,978$3,172,565 
Netherlands Antilles$172,306$89,477$78,930$56,130   
New Caledonia$14,830$57,072$12,721$132,054$72,803$18,622$41,509
New Zealand$996,963$1,332,255$1,676,901$1,533,679$3,152,465$2,443,927$1,100,982
Nicaragua$8,260$5,911$4,293$4,144$27,885$8,600$5,079
Niger $10$33$6,446$43$21 
Nigeria $1,996$27$1,093$1,305$163,993 
Norway$3,605,866$4,105,941$7,971,685$6,430,237$7,003,589$10,868,383$4,018,383
Oman$7,678$34,551$119,027$227,246$38,299$435,111 
Pakistan$40,846$44,405$1,887,511$424,700$241,642$230,038$46,701
Panama$23,571$176,604$286,925$314,988$334,581$156,728$444,015
Paraguay$4,435$21,593$24,814$74,626$42,532$181,926$43,848
Peru$51,375$89,088$60,644$138,184$67,043$461,693$171,075
Philippines$10,498$31,041$498,749$18,845$80,720$22,307$20,178
Poland$2,643,093$2,766,881$4,128,556$5,277,370$4,930,330$4,891,869$8,470,114
Portugal$650,574$801,692$703,458$864,526$2,747,124$2,606,114$873,076
Qatar$271,973$401,678$3,314,474$1,586,875 $1,024,313 
Romania$76,121$488,393$252,812$381,984$347,735$172,741$420,233
Russia$737,415$1,487,352$2,179,589$4,468,037$2,201,803$4,081,254$4,881,628
Rwanda $1,778$238,195$633$1,683 $21,020
Saint Kitts and Nevis$366$1,474$5,699$1,421   
Saint Lucia$6,660$1,151$4,061$2,707   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$546$188$3,822$6,922$2,793$18,197 
Samoa     $298$548
Sao Tome and Principe$1,013 $1,926  $312 
Saudi Arabia$662,012$959,100$712,318  $3,565,338 
Senegal$11,531$156,537$4,392$4,181$394$2,240$5,370
Serbia$48,669$61,147$91,569$193,943$238,230$89,285$108,382
Seychelles$1,220$132,509$10,269$9,586   
Singapore$309,059$2,096,078$1,105,943$2,516,734$423,701$972,037$5,199,427
Slovakia$506,541$315,164$2,157,645$498,596$336,247$2,011,985$890,676
Slovenia$397,623$1,194,557$2,827,834$483,249$638,065$472,251$273,308
South Africa$1,253,058$1,337,822$3,501,854$4,514,225$3,138,220$9,838,012$10,707,054
Spain$11,986,052$11,757,556$10,270,987$8,941,736$7,197,758$6,597,701 
Sri Lanka$13,603$20,714$13,104$14,462$3,471$5,614$105,183
Sudan$29,276$4,446$1,160$173,130$3,546  
Suriname$2,480$2,617$2,595$284$416$3,312$1,110
Swaziland$1,608$2,039$2,622    
Sweden$12,484,577$2,563,416$4,607,143$3,652,424$3,738,434$2,286,048$2,650,236
Switzerland$6,276,510$3,927,670$3,736,881$4,312,932$4,189,966$4,553,023$5,376,130
Tanzania$46,944$7,009$44,046$69,776$27,359$53,545$25,719
Thailand$1,095,063$1,344,781$1,194,199$2,769,463$2,881,374$7,649,944$6,826,468
Togo$1,030 $459    
Tonga   $166$11$861 
Trinidad and Tobago$36,844$86,055$16,889$104,947$176,051$39,159 
Tunisia$20,338$169,162$8,796$31,901$4,519$32,403 
Turkey$442,117$1,747,710$4,489,228$1,151,021$12,181,511$874,538$1,420,196
Uganda$173$5,719$43,543$10,087$1,442,167$49,658 
Ukraine$56,936$310,781$566,983$617,148$665,730$529,229$1,038,289
United Arab Emirates$512,018 $495,674$1,636,350   
United Kingdom$17,659,934$22,792,705$26,073,212$52,034,445$19,193,366$21,939,699$24,741,223
United States$96,169,288$95,579,776$95,172,604$87,357,563$75,573,918$97,291,085$91,080,342
Uruguay$25,188$19,807$32,173$47,809$135,698  
Vanuatu $87$155    
Venezuela$76,615$110,435$100,509$253,875$224,834$113,545$197,089
Vietnam$278,650$418,780$1,114,461$1,263,267$554,224$1,446,260 
Yemen$4,890$11,450$19,275$29,629$569$20,395$6,006
Zambia$19,327$1,245$68,600$5,757$10,663$1,033 
Zimbabwe$6,948$7,748$22,609$7,040$13$4,637