RankCountryImports of Syringes, with/without needles in USD (2010)
1France$459,122,523
2Germany$436,470,009
3Belgium$397,287,323
4United States$326,321,481
5Italy$203,483,472
6United Kingdom$187,691,069
7Netherlands$157,928,245
8Canada$133,769,829
9China$112,160,297
10Spain$102,335,506
11Switzerland$93,825,808
12Russia$84,612,076
13Japan$69,096,657
14Austria$53,213,558
15Australia$46,310,685
16Brazil$43,444,762
17Mexico$40,829,451
18Denmark$38,764,532
19Ireland$35,044,046
20Hong Kong$34,598,562
21Saudi Arabia$34,297,643
22Sweden$31,971,276
23Israel$28,925,000
24Turkey$26,922,100
25Hungary$24,116,000
26Greece$23,862,313
27Singapore$22,811,056
28Ukraine$22,442,371
29Czech Republic$21,818,710
30India$21,503,790
31Iran$21,234,028
32Indonesia$18,599,651
33Poland$18,062,256
34Romania$15,025,134
35Korea, South$13,345,343
36Colombia$13,326,163
37Malaysia$13,221,638
38Portugal$12,938,427
39South Africa$12,877,381
40Argentina$12,850,170
41Costa Rica$12,592,403
42Thailand$11,072,619
43Azerbaijan$10,744,561
44Venezuela$10,582,450
45Chile$10,556,748
46Finland$10,453,090
47Norway$9,856,218
48Pakistan$9,558,350
49Panama$8,948,600
50Vietnam$6,853,090
51New Zealand$6,766,247
52Dominican Republic$6,731,015
53Peru$6,101,137
54Ecuador$6,092,380
55Slovakia$6,075,333
56Nigeria$5,723,290
57Guatemala$5,616,261
58Egypt$5,253,206
59Philippines$5,218,428
60Ethiopia$4,354,085
61Morocco$3,824,096
62Kenya$3,704,269
63Algeria$3,618,294
64Uganda$3,492,545
65El Salvador$3,310,711
66Lebanon$3,119,840
67Belarus$3,111,800
68Qatar$2,892,453
69Bulgaria$2,868,831
70Latvia$2,865,973
71Yemen$2,625,870
72Croatia$2,603,600
73Mali$2,532,279
74Kyrgyzstan$2,317,456
75Georgia$2,274,691
76Syria$2,241,762
77Nicaragua$2,230,869
78Moldova$2,230,415
79Slovenia$2,155,104
80Serbia$2,116,068
81Lithuania$2,092,817
82Burkina Faso$2,070,751
83Jordan$2,015,989
84Bolivia$2,013,869
85Paraguay$1,975,975
86Zimbabwe$1,957,266
87Sri Lanka$1,830,286
88Tanzania$1,824,057
89Luxembourg$1,787,010
90Tunisia$1,764,470
91Cote d'Ivoire$1,628,102
92Malawi$1,545,005
93Oman$1,539,553
94Estonia$1,322,330
95Ghana$1,288,432
96Cameroon$1,284,162
97Armenia$1,269,278
98Madagascar$1,196,320
99Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,134,605
100Cambodia$854,871
101Nepal$823,258
102Albania$802,750
103Guyana$700,070
104Cyprus$691,080
105Botswana$628,827
106Niger$586,113
107Jamaica$571,580
108Mauritius$560,612
109Senegal$553,993
110Barbados$523,987
111Trinidad and Tobago$520,019
112New Caledonia$510,986
113Iceland$492,272
114Bahrain$481,131
115Zambia$457,708
116Burundi$449,364
117Macau$403,400
118Suriname$361,937
119Bahamas, The$359,238
120French Polynesia$353,038
121Fiji$315,661
122Togo$307,572
123Malta$280,811
124Maldives$269,153
125Benin$211,749
126Belize$179,933
127Mozambique$171,237
128Montenegro$169,591
129Samoa$149,049
130Bhutan$140,995
131Cape Verde$131,144
132Aruba$122,582
133Gambia, The$111,194
134Antigua and Barbuda$92,477
135Bermuda$80,141
136Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$77,683
137Dominica$49,768
138Mauritania$20,833
139Sao Tome and Principe$13,485
140Tonga$1,108
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$857,157$957,925$552,803$1,029,177$717,854$802,750$1,072,114
Algeria$2,165,728$3,231,997$3,418,459$3,839,573$3,560,116$3,618,294$2,807,420
Antigua and Barbuda$90,139$57,220$38,360 $110,283$92,477$158,204
Argentina$8,726,467$10,532,936$11,676,308$13,791,335$14,048,284$12,850,170$19,701,787
Armenia$588,714$903,951$1,011,935$1,220,753$909,231$1,269,278$883,003
Aruba    $185,113$122,582$116,081
Australia$30,954,224$30,486,596$34,438,512$35,512,550$44,342,364$46,310,685$50,714,832
Austria$37,770,598$46,787,619$34,348,894$41,373,099$40,685,508$53,213,558 
Azerbaijan$1,177,599$1,138,028$2,131,166$2,255,181$3,103,952$10,744,561$5,657,325
Bahamas, The$246,919$380,402$320,761$292,420$345,534$359,238$400,912
Bahrain$239,869$112,457$214,771$564,555$595,003$481,131$507,359
Bangladesh$5,493,054$2,583,630$3,289,826    
Barbados$517,089$800,716$362,436$429,840$524,670$523,987$450,049
Belarus$4,870,500$5,605,900$5,249,700$3,291,800$3,752,600$3,111,800$3,183,400
Belgium$332,169,760$353,779,309$439,561,319$492,224,808$414,878,290$397,287,323$537,360,306
Belize$150,822$136,224$180,207$103,356$188,435$179,933 
Benin$578,029$181,198   $211,749 
Bermuda     $80,141 
Bhutan$91,009$117,439$81,573$98,459$116,681$140,995 
Bolivia$1,675,508$2,186,825$2,272,031$1,755,920$1,816,738$2,013,869$2,561,903
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,089,980$940,060$1,176,097$1,165,623$1,111,892$1,134,605$1,345,278
Botswana$763,708$582,877$405,436$983,727$508,398$628,827$449,590
Brazil$7,209,347$13,759,585$23,365,075$24,633,537$33,332,919$43,444,762$71,587,958
Brunei $363,690     
Bulgaria$1,115,847$2,022,061$2,454,914$2,833,410$3,628,662$2,868,831$2,906,232
Burkina Faso$829,088 $1,656,297$1,886,738$1,759,600$2,070,751 
Burundi$329,900$1,226,409$134,585$409,055$92,189$449,364 
Cambodia$1,135,569$1,290,382$682,889$591,641$665,991$854,871 
Cameroon$1,272,548$714,419$1,413,188$1,181,947$2,361,168$1,284,162 
Canada$69,682,904$82,169,667$83,340,948$97,768,886$116,285,686$133,769,829$144,828,696
Cape Verde$118,254$114,322$149,075$159,897$111,220$131,144$297,491
Central African Republic$205,490 $99,937$323,790$472,373  
Chile$6,850,148$7,737,070$8,437,295$8,576,074$8,492,806$10,556,748$15,312,524
China$37,596,310$50,441,927$59,486,976$82,636,684$101,650,180$112,160,297$126,399,862
Colombia$6,746,063$7,546,849$9,285,798$9,303,196$9,526,362$13,326,163$12,414,786
Comoros$33,570$20,440$26,876    
Costa Rica$1,635,588$2,653,387$2,333,524$4,825,993$5,349,113$12,592,403$15,183,648
Cote d'Ivoire$1,434,035$1,165,280$1,655,238$2,660,029$3,338,755$1,628,102$2,088,065
Croatia$1,793,404$1,677,869$1,932,009$2,634,970$2,209,506$2,603,600$3,365,521
Cuba$4,976,952$2,426,351     
Cyprus$489,722$607,235$669,348$562,957$678,045$691,080$625,042
Czech Republic$12,429,495$13,383,571$22,874,053$27,248,455$21,421,106$21,818,710$23,642,218
Denmark$9,692,636$17,374,824$20,822,808$25,786,166$33,820,108$38,764,532$51,279,922
Djibouti    $16,605  
Dominica$363,678$93,005$119,628$47,190$71,658$49,768 
Dominican Republic$22,579,616$42,962,534$71,605,515$63,879,163$9,086,471$6,731,015$6,796,521
East Timor$20,154      
Ecuador$2,866,360$3,737,175$3,524,530$4,628,710$5,189,113$6,092,380$5,569,046
Egypt$1,729,800$1,388,886$1,182,068$5,362,275$6,947,821$5,253,206$5,522,523
El Salvador$3,322,494$3,240,240$2,256,192$3,381,409$2,922,685$3,310,711 
Estonia$624,322$836,523$738,638$1,135,886$1,207,862$1,322,330$1,237,869
Ethiopia$4,113,787$4,134,830$4,261,963$4,069,821$5,471,122$4,354,085$3,273,523
Faroe Islands$47,220$22,030$28,198$28,131$34,545  
Fiji$585,464$182,425$147,326$1,722,698$107,256$315,661 
Finland$10,534,757$9,098,983$9,441,208$9,211,422$8,700,882$10,453,090$13,349,397
France$248,712,747$287,472,731$364,365,640$445,981,249$448,762,520$459,122,523$492,894,427
French Polynesia$206,580$196,162$281,925$356,373$379,514$353,038$382,255
Gabon$368,851$245,403$403,027$251,060$427,029  
Gambia, The$35,916$12,399$7,272$4,259$31,617$111,194$43,498
Georgia$1,980,641$1,771,353$1,789,932$2,243,231$2,017,013$2,274,691 
Germany$310,654,000$371,262,000$372,633,000$433,610,000$447,687,000$436,470,009$510,716,203
Ghana$1,245,924$1,231,501$1,314,104$884,517$1,054,568$1,288,432$1,649,511
Greece$15,480,179$17,413,579$19,289,481$27,903,733$26,573,397$23,862,313$20,686,809
Greenland$1,020$18,872$2,054    
Grenada$41,130$27,317$73,769$45,781$83,487  
Guatemala$3,744,033$3,969,038$5,079,000$5,341,237$4,247,812$5,616,261$5,516,137
Guinea$374,657$424,253$54,460$151,085   
Guyana$266,233$201,802$256,715$688,195$212,554$700,070$1,104,189
Honduras$2,513,529$2,805,483$2,942,753 $3,517,766  
Hong Kong$2,099,340$3,076,998$3,679,588$16,313,221$40,805,669$34,598,562$40,743,377
Hungary$16,490,000$15,351,000$21,712,000$25,653,000$28,318,000$24,116,000$21,203,000
Iceland$339,367$501,454$480,223$596,099$622,347$492,272$902,210
India$14,730,290$28,004,675$28,584,463$13,246,642$16,057,364$21,503,790$26,010,824
Indonesia$9,255,899$10,398,386$13,447,919$14,824,466$13,718,341$18,599,651$16,555,135
Iran$2,319,921$1,578,104   $21,234,028 
Ireland$41,536,527$43,543,826$36,952,422$46,801,890$35,426,541$35,044,046$38,993,920
Israel$15,008,000$15,001,000$20,994,000$26,490,000$23,651,000$28,925,000$28,685,000
Italy$109,114,510$119,078,148$138,312,047$169,701,397$209,509,154$203,483,472$202,979,415
Jamaica$475,113$741,427$3,493,559$932,565$1,307,685$571,580 
Japan$56,540,619$49,542,994$55,449,815$49,682,330$56,513,964$69,096,657$77,606,058
Jordan$1,803,650$1,921,500$2,146,223$3,360,435$2,984,424$2,015,989$2,597,154
Kazakhstan$7,726,323$7,690,511$9,400,364$18,919,950$10,527,915  
Kenya$3,476,242$5,732,790$4,778,013$5,146,950$2,621,627$3,704,269 
Kiribati$33,108      
Korea, South$3,374,021$3,567,590$6,436,431$7,887,974$7,755,753$13,345,343$17,097,039
Kuwait $9,190,522$4,023,781$3,318,492   
Kyrgyzstan$946,852$1,550,487$1,839,257$2,486,011$1,734,483$2,317,456$2,036,570
Latvia$1,461,665$1,901,604$2,069,492$2,447,869$2,013,933$2,865,973$3,277,541
Lebanon$1,846,000$2,419,839$2,646,770$2,835,841$2,806,902$3,119,840$3,627,883
Lesotho   $24,493   
Lithuania$1,845,014$1,821,392$2,293,040$3,301,128$2,533,522$2,092,817$2,652,814
Luxembourg$1,498,533$1,587,427$1,807,690$2,082,846$1,808,715$1,787,010$2,300,233
Macau$209,638$104,892$128,634$252,202$252,539$403,400$291,453
Macedonia$1,086,447$797,311$647,298$807,069$826,946 $860,388
Madagascar$790,307$790,016$895,548$940,155$613,360$1,196,320 
Malawi$418,614$1,278,340$437,445$437,669$541,788$1,545,005$1,263,374
Malaysia$9,189,543$6,871,722$6,572,434$6,284,446$6,733,330$13,221,638$5,427,283
Maldives$193,409$199,167$219,438$211,200$202,782$269,153$181,290
Mali$309,023$1,178,075$1,931,128$2,385,691 $2,532,279 
Malta$392,986$348,892$445,723$743,394$342,811$280,811 
Mauritania$175,138$224,723$40,827$151,599$72,063$20,833$222,935
Mauritius$458,677$773,979$559,456$265,579$257,751$560,612$414,586
Mayotte$26,307$68,692$111,812$181,389$186,085  
Mexico$31,312,580$33,638,806$34,363,679$37,033,059$39,779,735$40,829,451$45,460,634
Moldova$1,463,165$1,591,233$1,748,298$2,126,988$2,161,566$2,230,415$2,039,832
Mongolia$77,885$297,550$496,908    
Montenegro $195,432$172,001$214,745$272,698$169,591$176,978
Montserrat$6,974$2,231$7,920$3,580$963  
Morocco$2,479,689$3,188,873$3,626,969$3,940,646$4,237,558$3,824,096 
Mozambique$3,070,734$1,700,136$638,041$1,591,625$431,686$171,237$327,000
Namibia$329,976$547,360$390,319$685,361   
Nepal    $1,108,772$823,258 
Netherlands$78,409,216$103,447,375$122,290,406$112,972,229$151,392,571$157,928,245 
Netherlands Antilles$222,723$219,436$294,342$363,239   
New Caledonia$189,019$271,968$308,101$369,995$610,862$510,986$634,296
New Zealand$5,301,576$5,207,356$6,311,176$6,562,373$6,450,349$6,766,247$8,219,801
Nicaragua$7,840,270$2,211,717$1,727,164$1,948,803$2,297,569$2,230,869$11,814,511
Niger$299,677$545,923$450,769$590,153$368,741$586,113$322,897
Nigeria $26,225,412$22,183,551$9,040,730$5,355,201$5,723,290 
Norway$9,347,184$7,297,615$7,707,860$6,493,192$9,326,704$9,856,218$13,527,009
Oman$752,726$1,538,036$1,527,503$2,484,886$1,433,881$1,539,553 
Pakistan$3,678,410$5,739,345$7,808,426$9,250,457$7,613,063$9,558,350$19,657,747
Panama$615,364$854,437$1,347,325$6,937,228$6,873,733$8,948,600$9,851,428
Paraguay$1,217,783$1,245,704$1,111,328$1,527,756$1,599,131$1,975,975$2,784,295
Peru$6,367,813$5,928,508$6,517,084$7,045,184$5,954,022$6,101,137$6,640,597
Philippines$2,257,790$3,234,913$3,071,229$4,175,478$4,814,921$5,218,428$9,589,490
Poland$11,230,894$12,628,884$14,088,043$19,556,232$21,253,252$18,062,256$21,894,867
Portugal$9,786,416$11,444,745$9,127,271$9,753,448$11,506,546$12,938,427$12,015,653
Qatar$2,608,091$3,863,539$3,385,166$2,699,709 $2,892,453 
Romania$6,682,131$7,041,660$8,349,332$8,598,687$18,111,441$15,025,134$10,949,642
Russia$30,757,585$41,747,163$58,967,139$76,570,627$76,348,434$84,612,076$90,515,528
Rwanda$364,908$862,327$485,789$556,445$952,080 $275,550
Saint Kitts and Nevis$32,294$43,559$41,939$41,950   
Saint Lucia$45,155$176,529$85,018$52,413   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$85,647$55,833$98,511$81,047$88,587$77,683 
Samoa    $1$149,049$122,020
Sao Tome and Principe$8,799$3$5,215$15,572$20,101$13,485 
Saudi Arabia$21,655,902$22,990,913$24,456,248$6,802,675$8,992,233$34,297,643 
Senegal$158,799$869,678$509,376$710,230$912,439$553,993$249,005
Serbia$1,857,797$2,736,844$2,634,383$2,855,318$2,192,465$2,116,068$3,041,926
Seychelles$209,803$121,281$267,026$132,960   
Singapore$13,198,620$11,895,935$12,478,800$19,050,013$19,242,452$22,811,056$27,705,068
Slovakia$3,016,333$4,585,474$7,284,970$7,821,320$6,411,822$6,075,333$9,952,988
Slovenia$1,814,744$1,911,661$1,907,487$1,943,478$2,102,814$2,155,104$3,460,192
South Africa$6,824,004$7,295,667$8,370,256$10,694,218$11,561,770$12,877,381$15,145,319
Spain$46,634,115$54,456,952$91,906,748$107,309,220$109,205,803$102,335,506 
Sri Lanka$1,574,871$1,549,834$2,375,651$3,622,084$1,646,349$1,830,286$2,576,082
Sudan$3,833,869$6,142,262$7,511,611$1,582,774$3,692,661  
Suriname    $1,555,000$361,937$360,098
Swaziland$413,048$118,232$183,204    
Sweden$33,538,362$29,628,997$28,493,445$27,932,541$31,648,133$31,971,276$37,370,480
Switzerland$39,931,345$46,549,273$56,348,220$62,908,630$77,831,744$93,825,808$105,372,907
Syria$1,798,950$1,386,391$768,873$1,833,229 $2,241,762 
Tanzania$1,453,398$2,331,610$5,450,820$3,353,274$2,134,070$1,824,057$2,067,219
Thailand$8,454,703$8,574,642$9,144,613$11,044,530$10,240,858$11,072,619$14,821,909
Togo$137,721 $273,367  $307,572$207,254
Tonga   $15$6,495$1,108 
Trinidad and Tobago$472,473$484,081$746,778$868,835$499,845$520,019 
Tunisia$991,078$1,269,772$873,341$1,638,480$1,213,270$1,764,470 
Turkey$13,438,740$16,791,539$22,534,048$25,858,715$21,055,115$26,922,100$34,817,489
Uganda$3,667,412$3,747,357$3,746,087$4,699,498$3,522,975$3,492,545 
Ukraine$10,501,392$14,779,393$17,533,222$22,717,899$19,765,783$22,442,371$19,888,301
United Arab Emirates$4,038,911 $6,975,747$6,976,215   
United Kingdom$127,210,335$144,680,838$153,955,446$186,763,465$173,420,450$187,691,069$194,100,694
United States$174,805,034$203,682,306$264,046,828$303,466,326$292,385,745$326,321,481$348,439,358
Uruguay$757,801$942,109$1,085,209$1,565,873$1,677,134  
Vanuatu $47,043$1,913    
Venezuela$8,541,859$6,047,431$7,762,174$14,934,619$11,725,253$10,582,450$9,729,529
Vietnam$2,149,509$2,787,763$2,901,526$5,070,192$5,056,603$6,853,090 
Wallis and Futuna$544$1,340     
Yemen$1,997,669$1,685,807$3,226,888$1,962,028$3,460,638$2,625,870$3,493,817
Zambia$296,778$444,898$848,703$1,170,293$1,424,697$457,708 
Zimbabwe$230,099$761,796$959,762$386,135$556,632$1,957,266