RankCountryImports of Tubular metal needles & needles for sutures in USD (2010)
1United States$405,222,628
2Japan$266,673,652
3Germany$142,964,377
4Mexico$122,694,551
5Belgium$90,311,210
6Canada$72,471,061
7France$65,625,666
8China$65,611,415
9United Kingdom$51,104,298
10Denmark$49,937,867
11Spain$46,922,064
12Italy$42,981,723
13Turkey$41,551,213
14Korea, South$31,409,993
15Netherlands$31,086,630
16Australia$28,500,866
17Russia$25,540,059
18Brazil$24,074,060
19India$23,363,028
20Dominican Republic$23,321,485
21Ireland$22,812,682
22Switzerland$21,265,449
23Sweden$20,203,508
24Venezuela$18,020,776
25Austria$17,820,033
26Malaysia$15,640,314
27Czech Republic$14,149,693
28Iran$13,541,461
29Poland$12,757,849
30Thailand$11,418,579
31Ukraine$10,523,654
32Colombia$10,331,719
33South Africa$10,182,034
34Singapore$6,989,746
35Israel$6,888,000
36Saudi Arabia$6,652,542
37Norway$6,563,597
38Argentina$6,252,646
39Chile$5,773,749
40Finland$5,438,207
41Vietnam$5,391,860
42Indonesia$5,121,387
43Algeria$5,045,808
44Portugal$4,124,998
45Egypt$4,009,213
46Greece$3,740,953
47Peru$3,570,198
48New Zealand$3,536,246
49Croatia$3,446,903
50Romania$3,415,650
51Hungary$3,386,000
52Belarus$3,246,300
53Costa Rica$3,109,184
54Pakistan$3,056,691
55Tunisia$2,853,959
56Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,710,039
57Slovakia$2,651,921
58Hong Kong$2,614,534
59Slovenia$2,213,283
60Serbia$2,095,240
61Ecuador$1,864,935
62Morocco$1,557,572
63Kenya$1,312,281
64Philippines$1,052,393
65Bulgaria$1,030,383
66Guatemala$984,425
67Lithuania$941,833
68Nigeria$918,079
69Estonia$796,887
70Malawi$759,795
71Panama$756,920
72El Salvador$720,918
73Nicaragua$692,472
74Uganda$666,856
75Jamaica$497,481
76Cambodia$494,881
77Montenegro$441,438
78French Polynesia$440,610
79Cyprus$437,160
80Iceland$417,394
81Lebanon$398,840
82Azerbaijan$393,598
83Qatar$390,700
84Ethiopia$364,163
85Mali$339,647
86Bolivia$339,044
87Jordan$310,561
88Mauritius$307,927
89Luxembourg$306,119
90Cote d'Ivoire$304,317
91Bahrain$297,297
92Yemen$287,768
93New Caledonia$280,966
94Syria$272,590
95Ghana$271,876
96Oman$269,501
97Paraguay$266,569
98Armenia$264,293
99Latvia$263,646
100Georgia$244,921
101Senegal$215,051
102Moldova$212,499
103Sri Lanka$210,526
104Nepal$205,702
105Aruba$198,433
106Barbados$192,365
107Bermuda$167,180
108Macau$165,584
109Cameroon$153,562
110Maldives$153,201
111Zambia$150,419
112Albania$145,371
113Tanzania$139,094
114Malta$136,193
115Zimbabwe$119,100
116Bahamas, The$112,493
117Belize$88,410
118Trinidad and Tobago$78,457
119Botswana$74,437
120Madagascar$58,276
121Mozambique$52,416
122Cape Verde$37,626
123Burkina Faso$34,922
124Guyana$34,014
125Kyrgyzstan$32,905
126Suriname$32,671
127Antigua and Barbuda$32,528
128Niger$32,513
129Fiji$27,860
130Burundi$20,776
131Togo$16,562
132Bhutan$13,163
133Benin$3,780
134Sao Tome and Principe$3,608
135Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,342
136Dominica$1,806
137Samoa$1,204
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$71,628$22,428$33,043$50,527$88,621$145,371$332,407
Algeria$1,987,496$2,690,504$3,577,964$3,027,025$2,927,558$5,045,808$8,862,375
Antigua and Barbuda$3,553$1,900$2,429 $12,500$32,528$15,591
Argentina$6,234,697$5,453,656$5,361,346$5,836,911$5,274,263$6,252,646$7,788,583
Armenia$139,513$217,350$299,538$364,075$189,073$264,293$240,694
Aruba    $185,000$198,433$151,108
Australia$15,134,209$15,435,908$18,086,825$26,465,999$30,014,601$28,500,866$33,574,384
Austria$11,582,714$18,757,856$33,582,428$32,809,852$31,668,293$17,820,033 
Azerbaijan$12,430$29,338$184,100$91,254$75,947$393,598$85,751
Bahamas, The$45,960$24,677$116,181$67,117$65,444$112,493$113,954
Bahrain$49,580$9,495$53,973$135,452$270,402$297,297$354,522
Bangladesh$1,805,256$3,007,754$3,045,566    
Barbados$124,770$84,055$35,467$115,891$119,525$192,365$138,423
Belarus$1,909,400$1,997,400$2,347,600$3,114,800$2,935,100$3,246,300$3,867,100
Belgium$44,700,188$47,274,795$49,094,171$82,247,053$95,000,063$90,311,210$104,442,983
Belize$28,570$25,980$35,884$9,669$36,232$88,410 
Benin$1,912$9,958   $3,780 
Bermuda     $167,180 
Bhutan$89,946$3,531$110,895$37,666$220,607$13,163 
Bolivia$254,629$212,426$296,734$561,987$308,978$339,044$318,252
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,939,799$1,793,034$2,411,804$3,153,497$2,989,491$2,710,039$3,297,213
Botswana$267,981$101,368$240,922$133,406$129,481$74,437$168,417
Brazil$13,980,960$17,232,065$21,731,059$23,007,709$24,582,758$24,074,060$28,608,072
Brunei $80,732     
Bulgaria$1,508,190$1,657,236$1,299,804$1,239,454$1,158,346$1,030,383$1,218,890
Burkina Faso$167,854 $34,291$46,275$84,623$34,922 
Burundi$3,109$18,693$8,298$2,968$20,887$20,776 
Cambodia$17,831$28,786$26,122$627,994$222,314$494,881 
Cameroon$90,018$135,710$236,486$90,393$201,000$153,562 
Canada$27,599,952$35,656,732$48,636,259$49,556,280$61,518,099$72,471,061$76,211,017
Cape Verde$29,036$26,557$13,498$29,799$24,754$37,626$37,588
Chile$3,810,120$3,916,710$4,339,395$5,136,569$4,050,859$5,773,749$6,081,035
China$28,304,451$30,855,332$38,089,801$51,483,670$54,484,897$65,611,415$81,079,314
Colombia$5,294,335$7,260,081$7,366,205$7,744,746$8,218,346$10,331,719$8,727,561
Comoros$391$9,100     
Costa Rica$1,063,282$1,321,475$1,100,480$2,198,974$1,857,279$3,109,184$4,522,812
Cote d'Ivoire$149,923$176,094$260,492$372,388$882,602$304,317$121,849
Croatia$2,796,705$2,444,877$3,162,176$3,535,901$3,314,005$3,446,903$3,811,535
Cuba$1,032,648$739,642     
Cyprus$423,410$507,023$475,641$464,147$289,409$437,160$291,280
Czech Republic$12,241,087$12,502,080$13,005,778$13,565,383$12,491,167$14,149,693$17,585,323
Denmark$28,455,675$26,569,041$31,713,907$38,441,406$44,736,243$49,937,867$62,668,673
Dominica$3,804$6,255$13,219$18,397$28,334$1,806 
Dominican Republic$478,698$7,918,411$11,666,859$5,237,647$6,145,565$23,321,485$54,277,584
Ecuador$657,608$870,201$1,072,247$1,547,183$1,518,925$1,864,935$2,181,249
Egypt$1,892,726$1,596,453$2,068,312$4,344,899$5,266,597$4,009,213$4,454,442
El Salvador$514,663$611,255$328,048$636,343$631,314$720,918 
Estonia$483,415$401,574$350,345$374,799$450,637$796,887$514,843
Ethiopia$113,703$267,175$525,679$751,877$400,803$364,163$255,462
Faroe Islands$5,248$3,042$8,396$6,363$9,704  
Fiji$10,796$26,678$13,584$27,011$19,655$27,860 
Finland$3,046,141$2,861,229$4,443,090$4,523,532$4,384,709$5,438,207$5,865,741
France$45,610,070$42,780,280$49,318,948$67,854,219$63,462,937$65,625,666$79,874,786
French Polynesia$418,256$502,713$464,888$556,395$597,793$440,610$432,509
Gabon$61,929$79,429$128,211$136,119$142,122  
Gambia, The$46,058  $16,809   
Georgia$174,596$233,754$184,645$202,016$291,274$244,921 
Germany$98,838,000$96,174,000$116,445,000$151,422,000$150,009,000$142,964,377$148,053,168
Ghana$382,478$97,870$64,846$450,621$627,393$271,876$1,083,350
Greece$3,396,979$3,738,570$4,210,956$4,675,119$5,324,126$3,740,953$4,094,708
Greenland$3,398$174$360    
Grenada$17,557$15,435$11,719$10,972$20,051  
Guatemala$385,460$346,915$881,222$967,578$971,231$984,425$1,792,317
Guinea$2,661  $9,771   
Guyana$817$2,784$5,314$18,939$13,459$34,014$12,851
Honduras$216,901$297,168$345,647 $640,071  
Hong Kong$2,707,389$2,407,624$1,815,967$1,862,229$2,175,664$2,614,534$2,445,763
Hungary$2,539,000$2,927,000$2,668,000$3,473,000$2,817,000$3,386,000$3,732,000
Iceland$394,882$404,167$521,205$596,314$439,555$417,394$473,225
India$15,471,996$14,310,461$22,593,188$22,673,891$20,284,420$23,363,028$36,118,274
Indonesia$4,793,263$2,397,384$3,071,407$5,336,033$5,616,178$5,121,387$5,881,409
Iran$12,059,605$1,422,161   $13,541,461 
Ireland$12,289,804$14,989,746$15,988,751$25,590,700$22,937,245$22,812,682$15,101,087
Israel$3,526,000$3,831,000$4,870,000$5,921,000$6,271,000$6,888,000$8,470,000
Italy$31,307,675$32,411,064$32,703,936$38,364,113$39,225,120$42,981,723$52,272,984
Jamaica$412,581$1,316,940$303,746$259,653$332,893$497,481 
Japan$188,606,514$193,628,109$204,395,613$230,762,927$246,072,266$266,673,652$290,143,755
Jordan$158,047$283,812$253,267$289,709$317,607$310,561$342,117
Kazakhstan$393,623$717,791$1,162,106$1,198,408$1,335,304  
Kenya$686,858$1,119,128$608,617$1,028,129$767,744$1,312,281 
Kiribati$15,076      
Korea, South$13,197,644$18,244,158$23,853,776$26,585,796$26,027,584$31,409,993$31,873,045
Kuwait $1,007,324$2,199,451$1,795,024   
Kyrgyzstan$86,916$77,845$231,633$10,239$54,618$32,905$93,472
Latvia$351,443$407,487$626,969$565,665$277,480$263,646$278,048
Lebanon$258,000$278,360$242,971$226,790$363,260$398,840$468,982
Lesotho   $1,494   
Lithuania$906,171$838,188$1,210,697$1,326,121$932,447$941,833$984,034
Luxembourg$137,432$251,604$425,174$408,785$373,284$306,119$600,703
Macau$252,096$311,797$153,392$261,161$178,985$165,584$212,482
Macedonia$414,436$305,002$394,173$539,383$523,132 $594,575
Madagascar$94,139$118,031$160,955$86,201$58,639$58,276 
Malawi$18,211$98,740$46,809$224,296$192,035$759,795$83,838
Malaysia$5,510,042$15,842,513$17,775,145$17,539,588$11,763,027$15,640,314$9,342,544
Maldives$36,487$86,163$35,165$67,460$223,167$153,201$290,898
Mali$8,714$90,317$34,490$43,494 $339,647 
Malta$70,195$109,150$124,400$205,820$128,437$136,193 
Mauritania      $3,994
Mauritius$87,134$216,314$215,411$192,241$272,136$307,927$379,787
Mayotte$14,891$28,520$26,680$37,660$45,891  
Mexico$115,231,506$122,760,207$126,550,014$122,786,427$125,521,152$122,694,551$139,829,066
Moldova$78,499$145,451$163,182$208,157$185,841$212,499$193,695
Mongolia$138,679$121,537$128,160    
Montenegro $178,080$249,201$343,422$485,043$441,438$434,254
Montserrat$22,507$9,362$34$9,483   
Morocco$787,439$1,120,287$1,068,937$1,556,188$1,341,151$1,557,572 
Mozambique$419,018$388,702$646,388$140,934$269,441$52,416$46,000
Namibia$112,069$74,517$99,130$127,309   
Nepal    $185,608$205,702 
Netherlands$22,549,860$17,466,316$25,655,196$35,474,194$25,358,796$31,086,630 
Netherlands Antilles$393,512$284,754$253,628$230,290   
New Caledonia$257,016$265,463$314,415$461,505$303,760$280,966$309,799
New Zealand$2,739,229$2,828,533$5,940,131$6,153,057$4,433,366$3,536,246$3,827,494
Nicaragua$334,390$625,088$481,869$508,455$397,968$692,472$1,842,944
Niger$27,528$47,170$67,714$91,992$30,439$32,513$72,096
Nigeria $3,187,189$2,665,459$914,440$739,453$918,079 
Norway$6,877,051$5,773,052$9,578,795$10,362,833$7,116,203$6,563,597$6,537,106
Oman$179,919$64,541$116,822$267,992$274,107$269,501 
Pakistan$3,477,950$3,166,940$7,231,090$2,392,703$3,256,028$3,056,691$2,733,907
Panama$189,573$524,616$1,612,789$1,279,304$667,758$756,920$769,421
Paraguay$170,908$209,160$229,761$215,030$379,379$266,569$329,568
Peru$2,169,163$1,646,274$1,976,172$2,506,728$3,114,708$3,570,198$4,217,058
Philippines$226,527$268,803$839,477$1,212,972$959,172$1,052,393$1,069,200
Poland$7,293,639$8,518,896$11,966,459$15,192,884$13,310,268$12,757,849$15,746,200
Portugal$1,939,373$2,287,646$2,156,356$3,265,824$2,589,891$4,124,998$4,013,079
Qatar$183,084$177,791$530,704$388,388 $390,700 
Romania$1,223,700$1,639,270$2,967,277$3,655,055$2,814,357$3,415,650$3,843,620
Russia$10,743,311$10,014,211$13,707,221$19,788,493$21,226,220$25,540,059$30,434,172
Rwanda$27,390$8,797$100,071$14,164$130,665 $17,205
Saint Kitts and Nevis$8,659$31,066$30,250$16,246   
Saint Lucia$31,550$53,358$30,673$45,576   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$420$2,703$785$99,395$63,045$3,342 
Samoa     $1,204$4,835
Sao Tome and Principe$945$2,081 $78$2,014$3,608 
Saudi Arabia$3,351,993$3,833,800$3,513,788  $6,652,542 
Senegal$29,065$81,707$220,263$137,188$139,763$215,051$229,428
Serbia$2,781,622$3,008,895$3,641,170$4,117,811$2,514,013$2,095,240$6,440,563
Seychelles$18,877$2,379$4,479$24,403   
Singapore$6,575,262$7,188,554$9,312,916$8,479,558$4,902,242$6,989,746$7,462,681
Slovakia$1,036,002$1,283,322$1,586,216$3,510,534$1,800,880$2,651,921$3,252,101
Slovenia$840,867$1,220,622$1,909,466$2,242,776$2,322,751$2,213,283$2,529,639
South Africa$6,601,298$6,828,516$7,277,201$7,324,395$8,884,393$10,182,034$11,210,596
Spain$29,865,315$29,205,285$32,356,731$33,031,213$39,718,184$46,922,064 
Sri Lanka$466,234$589,194$910,979$948,343$551,791$210,526$286,736
Sudan$106,964$81,936$70,981$25,433$232,600  
Suriname     $32,671$43,571
Swaziland$52,582$61,063$41,862    
Sweden$7,207,334$9,533,466$11,990,117$16,668,910$18,183,211$20,203,508$22,705,072
Switzerland$17,239,222$17,682,369$18,926,303$25,839,565$21,411,870$21,265,449$26,691,791
Syria$609,005$410,143$433,067$467,578 $272,590 
Tanzania$109,966$72,783$246,604$265,851$226,953$139,094$216,197
Thailand$8,265,411$8,124,916$7,386,752$9,056,667$11,970,225$11,418,579$12,837,251
Togo  $941  $16,562$41,827
Tonga    $761  
Trinidad and Tobago$63,976$141,584$161,948$69,468$95,219$78,457 
Tunisia$1,081,220$1,435,430$1,749,025$2,281,108$2,389,379$2,853,959 
Turkey$17,038,773$18,868,847$31,322,490$37,536,754$34,138,151$41,551,213$44,725,325
Uganda$215,012$270,639$1,681,725$381,286$418,766$666,856 
Ukraine$5,689,260$4,681,845$5,133,406$5,077,103$6,089,612$10,523,654$8,692,298
United Arab Emirates$957,446 $1,384,144$2,060,932   
United Kingdom$51,911,451$53,948,884$67,935,186$71,017,924$56,495,617$51,104,298$50,917,796
United States$212,270,844$261,711,018$342,153,069$367,193,672$370,881,469$405,222,628$449,149,329
Uruguay$450,211$485,180$469,278$532,217$699,001  
Vanuatu $886$205    
Venezuela$1,866,836$1,614,833$2,448,562$2,987,600$2,825,359$18,020,776$12,272,945
Vietnam$4,324,331$4,097,159$5,140,667$17,379,694$5,267,165$5,391,860 
Yemen$335,062$181,039$388,988$772,984$544,739$287,768$430,084
Zambia$447,963$101,519$518,453$96,018$147,541$150,419 
Zimbabwe$93,254$27,560$162,815$101,975$107,083$119,100