| Rank | Country | Imports of String musical instr. (e.g., violins, cellos) played with a bow in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $28,429,849 |  | | 2 | Japan | $17,238,242 |  | | 3 | United Kingdom | $6,901,867 |  | | 4 | Germany | $6,577,933 |  | | 5 | Korea, South | $5,270,013 |  | | 6 | Canada | $4,673,925 |  | | 7 | Hong Kong | $4,232,660 |  | | 8 | Australia | $3,899,844 |  | | 9 | France | $3,387,918 |  | | 10 | Spain | $3,150,465 |  | | 11 | Panama | $2,715,353 |  | | 12 | Singapore | $2,490,431 |  | | 13 | China | $2,218,722 |  | | 14 | Mexico | $1,952,894 |  | | 15 | Switzerland | $1,919,657 |  | | 16 | Italy | $1,865,269 |  | | 17 | Turkey | $1,756,738 |  | | 18 | Brazil | $1,705,089 |  | | 19 | Austria | $1,390,653 |  | | 20 | Belgium | $1,200,449 |  | | 21 | Thailand | $846,220 |  | | 22 | Netherlands | $754,363 |  | | 23 | Russia | $727,191 |  | | 24 | Norway | $702,213 |  | | 25 | Chile | $653,253 |  | | 26 | Argentina | $586,022 |  | | 27 | Colombia | $574,928 |  | | 28 | Indonesia | $500,249 |  | | 29 | Malaysia | $469,485 |  | | 30 | Israel | $451,000 |  | | 31 | Ireland | $439,738 |  | | 32 | Poland | $391,445 |  | | 33 | Greece | $390,216 |  | | 34 | Venezuela | $359,050 |  | | 35 | Sri Lanka | $334,983 |  | | 36 | Portugal | $326,567 |  | | 37 | New Zealand | $309,560 |  | | 38 | Finland | $307,985 |  | | 39 | South Africa | $288,626 |  | | 40 | Iran | $245,467 |  | | 41 | Sweden | $227,478 |  | | 42 | Peru | $163,562 |  | | 43 | Denmark | $151,446 |  | | 44 | Nigeria | $138,754 |  | | 45 | Egypt | $138,079 |  | | 46 | Romania | $124,585 |  | | 47 | Costa Rica | $121,182 |  | | 48 | Czech Republic | $118,844 |  | | 49 | Croatia | $114,914 |  | | 50 | Morocco | $107,849 |  | | 51 | Slovenia | $105,473 |  | | 52 | Oman | $105,423 |  | | 53 | Macau | $101,284 |  | | 54 | India | $96,849 |  | | 55 | Tunisia | $94,253 |  | | 56 | Ecuador | $87,319 |  | | 57 | Cyprus | $84,730 |  | | 58 | Nepal | $81,320 |  | | 59 | Philippines | $80,912 |  | | 60 | Ukraine | $80,143 |  | | 61 | Montenegro | $74,574 |  | | 62 | Vietnam | $73,650 |  | | 63 | Slovakia | $69,503 |  | | 64 | Iceland | $64,518 |  | | 65 | Trinidad and Tobago | $62,875 |  | | 66 | Madagascar | $54,224 |  | | 67 | Syria | $53,177 |  | | 68 | Estonia | $49,523 |  | | 69 | Serbia | $47,682 |  | | 70 | Guatemala | $46,267 |  | | 71 | Paraguay | $45,842 |  | | 72 | Hungary | $45,000 |  | | 73 | Belarus | $43,300 |  | | 74 | Bahrain | $38,854 |  | | 75 | Latvia | $33,451 |  | | 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $30,767 |  | | 77 | Qatar | $29,705 |  | | 78 | Dominican Republic | $29,207 |  | | 79 | Botswana | $25,642 |  | | 80 | Algeria | $24,009 |  | | 81 | Malta | $22,730 |  | | 82 | Bolivia | $21,377 |  | | 83 | French Polynesia | $20,692 |  | | 84 | Albania | $20,273 |  | | 85 | Lebanon | $18,865 |  | | 86 | Jamaica | $17,705 |  | | 87 | Lithuania | $16,833 |  | | 88 | Armenia | $16,617 |  | | 89 | Luxembourg | $15,667 |  | | 90 | Fiji | $14,493 |  | | 91 | Azerbaijan | $13,624 |  | | 92 | Barbados | $12,999 |  | | 93 | Mauritius | $10,387 |  | | 94 | El Salvador | $10,359 |  | | 95 | Pakistan | $9,627 |  | | 96 | Bulgaria | $9,033 |  | | 97 | Bermuda | $7,348 |  | | 98 | Mozambique | $6,299 |  | | 99 | Bahamas, The | $6,106 |  | | 100 | Kenya | $5,580 |  | | 101 | Jordan | $5,310 |  | | 102 | New Caledonia | $5,240 |  | | 103 | Georgia | $4,555 |  | | 104 | Moldova | $4,278 |  | | 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | $3,694 |  | | 106 | Samoa | $3,552 |  | | 107 | Yemen | $2,957 |  | | 108 | Nicaragua | $2,120 |  | | 109 | Zambia | $1,814 |  | | 110 | Mali | $1,722 |  | | 111 | Belize | $1,697 |  | | 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | $1,346 |  | | 113 | Aruba | $1,004 |  | | 114 | Tanzania | $833 |  | | 115 | Cape Verde | $570 |  | | 116 | Ghana | $545 |  | | 117 | Guyana | $452 |  | | 118 | Ethiopia | $420 |  | | 119 | Cameroon | $416 |  | | 120 | Senegal | $381 |  | | 121 | Bhutan | $347 |  | | 122 | Maldives | $275 |  | | 123 | Dominica | $256 |  | | 124 | Uganda | $256 |  | | 125 | Gambia, The | $238 |  | | 126 | Tonga | $154 |  | | 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $143 |  | | 128 | Zimbabwe | $123 |  | | 129 | Cambodia | $40 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $1,594 | $7,004 | $6,325 | $8,023 | $15,035 | $20,273 | $13,620 |
| Algeria | $21,617 | $32,729 | $25,250 | $135,731 | $59,507 | $24,009 | $48,307 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $1,934 | $3,110 | $690 | | $227 | $1,346 | $343 |
| Argentina | $212,145 | $254,489 | $272,872 | $424,993 | $669,902 | $586,022 | $912,843 |
| Armenia | $204 | $3,250 | | $4,483 | $272 | $16,617 | $3,487 |
| Aruba | | | | | $3,114 | $1,004 | $9,027 |
| Australia | $2,407,975 | $2,909,995 | $3,188,435 | $4,026,463 | $2,622,910 | $3,899,844 | $3,602,056 |
| Austria | $495,951 | $517,132 | $1,178,430 | $1,528,491 | $3,504,203 | $1,390,653 | |
| Azerbaijan | $77 | $965 | $30 | | | $13,624 | |
| Bahamas, The | $27 | $2,150 | $537 | $983 | $6,649 | $6,106 | $6,768 |
| Bahrain | $14,854 | | $101 | $34,386 | $94,118 | $38,854 | $1,022 |
| Bangladesh | $3,229 | $4,415 | $15,264 | | | | |
| Barbados | $40,873 | $6,899 | $4,265 | $7,051 | $4,170 | $12,999 | $20,438 |
| Belarus | $31,000 | $10,800 | $24,000 | $107,900 | $42,100 | $43,300 | $42,900 |
| Belgium | $1,222,739 | $1,150,593 | $1,396,514 | $3,684,483 | $1,232,649 | $1,200,449 | $1,184,954 |
| Belize | $3,536 | $269 | $377 | | $1,533 | $1,697 | |
| Benin | | $61 | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $7,348 | |
| Bhutan | | | | $304 | | $347 | |
| Bolivia | $6,146 | $7,347 | $21,552 | $25,480 | $20,570 | $21,377 | $29,698 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $26,409 | $30,545 | $23,104 | $45,359 | $19,466 | $30,767 | $23,039 |
| Botswana | $2,869 | $1,005 | $10,773 | $10,158 | $8,449 | $25,642 | $2,433 |
| Brazil | $542,998 | $1,024,149 | $809,680 | $1,290,525 | $1,201,819 | $1,705,089 | $1,910,288 |
| Brunei | | $1,172 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $14,855 | $16,949 | $10,007 | $14,509 | $67,532 | $9,033 | $11,519 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $105 | | | | |
| Burundi | $72 | $4,453 | $66 | | | | |
| Cambodia | | | $2,350 | | | $40 | |
| Cameroon | $164 | $633 | | $602 | $585 | $416 | |
| Canada | $3,829,017 | $5,186,820 | $5,968,637 | $5,505,335 | $3,257,318 | $4,673,925 | $4,050,122 |
| Cape Verde | $119 | $2,874 | $55 | | $9,244 | $570 | $32 |
| Chile | $187,827 | $280,560 | $439,655 | $895,619 | $437,276 | $653,253 | $972,369 |
| China | $197,618 | $239,916 | $407,479 | $521,262 | $579,737 | $2,218,722 | $664,394 |
| Colombia | $199,321 | $331,773 | $333,172 | $446,465 | $546,567 | $574,928 | $499,511 |
| Comoros | | $121 | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $15,971 | $24,699 | $133,320 | $150,843 | $122,213 | $121,182 | $83,786 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | $1,186 | $449 | $81 | $3,694 | $4,510 |
| Croatia | $288,813 | $118,924 | $111,793 | $168,865 | $212,421 | $114,914 | $116,394 |
| Cuba | $372,198 | $100,473 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $51,424 | $57,756 | $92,910 | $93,833 | $107,463 | $84,730 | $61,651 |
| Czech Republic | $91,658 | $97,370 | $62,225 | $150,806 | $66,730 | $118,844 | $94,777 |
| Denmark | $110,738 | $182,679 | $189,013 | $263,091 | $152,626 | $151,446 | $158,085 |
| Djibouti | | | | | $4,537 | | |
| Dominica | $92 | $153 | $19 | $297 | $17 | $256 | |
| Dominican Republic | $1,850 | $13,017 | $7,429 | $13,218 | $6,092 | $29,207 | $25,330 |
| East Timor | $458 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $60,411 | $91,778 | $65,656 | $107,878 | $125,397 | $87,319 | $87,117 |
| Egypt | $22,418 | | $26,426 | $49,648 | $15,089 | $138,079 | $49,120 |
| El Salvador | $15,670 | $19,929 | $20,389 | $49,154 | $4,570 | $10,359 | |
| Estonia | $13,143 | $40,917 | $19,661 | $31,756 | $9,331 | $49,523 | $32,819 |
| Ethiopia | $2,991 | $7,337 | $11,632 | $8,937 | $2,904 | $420 | $1,158 |
| Faroe Islands | $36,524 | $20,004 | $23,174 | $30,558 | $23,372 | | |
| Fiji | $3,674 | $10,170 | $8,631 | $8,138 | $1,308 | $14,493 | |
| Finland | $421,050 | $420,749 | $709,682 | $561,054 | $374,823 | $307,985 | $413,385 |
| France | $2,575,645 | $2,760,950 | $2,502,113 | $2,908,669 | $2,656,549 | $3,387,918 | $3,235,064 |
| French Polynesia | $6,761 | $2,706 | $3,075 | $5,070 | $13,633 | $20,692 | $7,749 |
| Gabon | $352 | | $848 | $5,742 | $615 | | |
| Gambia, The | | $71 | | | | $238 | $18 |
| Georgia | $895 | $139,056 | $972,448 | $1,641 | $4,631 | $4,555 | |
| Germany | $5,078,000 | $6,154,000 | $5,781,000 | $6,107,000 | $6,404,000 | $6,577,933 | $6,705,412 |
| Ghana | $89 | $23,136 | $394 | $1,696 | $10,561 | $545 | $13,329 |
| Greece | $218,199 | $277,653 | $486,977 | $576,018 | $573,846 | $390,216 | $252,822 |
| Grenada | | $776 | $27 | $2,426 | $4,031 | | |
| Guatemala | $18,210 | $2,687 | $19,903 | $34,562 | $8,820 | $46,267 | $18,626 |
| Guinea | | | $1,153 | $22 | | | |
| Guyana | $390 | | $226 | | $259 | $452 | $1,588 |
| Honduras | $1,280 | $2,634 | $7,594 | | $1,626 | | |
| Hong Kong | $1,462,437 | $3,645,475 | $1,656,825 | $1,423,834 | $1,918,194 | $4,232,660 | $2,864,509 |
| Hungary | $83,000 | $41,000 | $61,000 | $88,000 | $31,000 | $45,000 | $21,000 |
| Iceland | $136,764 | $567,390 | $147,462 | $129,221 | $42,665 | $64,518 | $57,694 |
| India | $86,695 | $79,115 | $133,712 | $162,131 | $104,719 | $96,849 | $180,682 |
| Indonesia | $818,441 | $88,207 | $166,675 | $307,910 | $295,656 | $500,249 | $449,098 |
| Iran | $421,213 | $207,637 | | | | $245,467 | |
| Ireland | $216,150 | $533,163 | $315,177 | $427,324 | $326,219 | $439,738 | $316,932 |
| Israel | $233,000 | $216,000 | $277,000 | $396,000 | $554,000 | $451,000 | $415,000 |
| Italy | $1,117,219 | $4,996,029 | $1,526,266 | $1,777,644 | $1,725,229 | $1,865,269 | $2,822,391 |
| Jamaica | $11,665 | $5,357 | $8,679 | $43,527 | $21,597 | $17,705 | |
| Japan | $17,455,991 | $21,336,665 | $18,457,087 | $28,921,312 | $16,565,284 | $17,238,242 | $18,414,573 |
| Jordan | $2,000 | $19,371 | | $5,754 | $2,510 | $5,310 | $3,986 |
| Kazakhstan | $665,415 | $187 | $128,222 | $16,785 | $4,871 | | |
| Kenya | $1,085 | $236 | $298 | $566 | $663 | $5,580 | |
| Kiribati | $225 | | | | | | |
| Korea, South | $4,814,025 | $4,900,648 | $5,061,876 | $4,733,496 | $4,617,378 | $5,270,013 | $6,050,204 |
| Kuwait | | $60,607 | $128,226 | $40,354 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $251 | $25 | $120 | $10 | $80 | | |
| Latvia | $41,196 | $32,318 | $72,735 | $46,222 | $5,742 | $33,451 | $57,835 |
| Lebanon | $30,000 | $29,033 | $19,186 | $22,579 | $53,206 | $18,865 | $26,162 |
| Lesotho | | | | $3,425 | | | |
| Lithuania | $14,755 | $44,441 | $58,179 | $82,735 | $48,863 | $16,833 | $45,180 |
| Luxembourg | $17,636 | $15,947 | $36,567 | $28,984 | $49,649 | $15,667 | $12,788 |
| Macau | $2,288 | $49,927 | $34,141 | $68,464 | $116,663 | $101,284 | $101,242 |
| Macedonia | $3,591 | $4,181 | $7,975 | $17,775 | $11,388 | | $14,823 |
| Madagascar | $2,981 | $3,615 | $52,604 | $13,186 | $16,088 | $54,224 | |
| Malawi | | $10,071 | $3,889 | | | | $600 |
| Malaysia | $109,680 | $153,304 | $155,403 | $312,892 | $288,654 | $469,485 | $552,928 |
| Maldives | $1,780 | $670 | | $60 | $350 | $275 | |
| Mali | | | $2,607 | | | $1,722 | |
| Malta | $14,048 | $23,109 | $15,502 | $32,328 | $24,035 | $22,730 | |
| Mauritius | $23,059 | $25,754 | $15,093 | $15,284 | $16,393 | $10,387 | $5,878 |
| Mayotte | | $284 | $266 | $1,259 | $1,340 | | |
| Mexico | $595,930 | $1,030,533 | $1,181,743 | $1,288,742 | $887,188 | $1,952,894 | $2,493,084 |
| Moldova | $3,102 | $8,660 | $6,900 | $7,289 | $2,672 | $4,278 | $2,147 |
| Montenegro | | $16,720 | $3,700 | $9,136 | $4,216 | $74,574 | $65,388 |
| Montserrat | | | | | $151 | | |
| Morocco | $81,501 | $60,965 | $82,869 | $88,896 | $49,667 | $107,849 | |
| Mozambique | $126 | $12 | $134 | $4,416 | $1,351 | $6,299 | |
| Namibia | $2,568 | $1,478 | $1,690 | $1,125 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $25,784 | $81,320 | |
| Netherlands | $416,462 | $518,851 | $311,563 | $589,395 | $414,277 | $754,363 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $7,846 | $7,502 | $7,970 | $17,892 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $10,277 | $1,951 | $2,382 | | $1,915 | $5,240 | $5,217 |
| New Zealand | $285,568 | $287,045 | $283,985 | $591,670 | $343,184 | $309,560 | $273,021 |
| Nicaragua | $900 | $88,064 | $1,489 | $1,934 | $2,649 | $2,120 | $1,907 |
| Niger | | | | $154 | | | |
| Nigeria | | $4,716 | $31,069 | $229,080 | $474,702 | $138,754 | |
| Norway | $400,381 | $695,681 | $675,188 | $829,784 | $481,651 | $702,213 | $946,122 |
| Oman | $23,186 | $5,763 | $47,797 | $107,618 | $42,341 | $105,423 | |
| Pakistan | $1,876 | $1,182 | $1,164 | $1,632 | $3,153 | $9,627 | $805 |
| Panama | $29,261 | $2,538,643 | $1,110,069 | $1,587,329 | $3,039,428 | $2,715,353 | $4,681,663 |
| Paraguay | $537 | $20,873 | $13,011 | $26,166 | $38,790 | $45,842 | $6,684 |
| Peru | $105,635 | $89,190 | $127,529 | $141,916 | $197,090 | $163,562 | $343,347 |
| Philippines | $91,265 | $47,685 | $35,620 | $63,853 | $73,588 | $80,912 | $69,035 |
| Poland | $208,106 | $517,704 | $480,417 | $375,140 | $395,980 | $391,445 | $408,667 |
| Portugal | $74,407 | $148,211 | $213,682 | $239,797 | $156,749 | $326,567 | $301,442 |
| Qatar | $231,988 | $47,424 | $97,124 | $71,132 | | $29,705 | |
| Romania | $80,186 | $161,928 | $108,430 | $84,840 | $79,269 | $124,585 | $154,444 |
| Russia | $333,506 | $320,866 | $583,762 | $574,920 | $558,904 | $727,191 | $638,497 |
| Rwanda | $4,181 | $2,055 | $57 | $1,802 | $1,802 | | $975 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $606 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $4,180 | $7,160 | $65 | $13,987 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $93 | $190 | $435 | $2,531 | $860 | $143 | |
| Samoa | | | | | | $3,552 | $1,674 |
| Saudi Arabia | $41,051 | $20,631 | $20,006 | | | | |
| Senegal | $3,199 | $892 | $1,692 | $2,303 | $9,476 | $381 | $962 |
| Serbia | $62,935 | $51,749 | $1,179,168 | $123,417 | $73,080 | $47,682 | $71,143 |
| Seychelles | | $4,626 | $596 | $67,962 | | | |
| Singapore | $884,178 | $637,909 | $903,734 | $1,873,098 | $1,950,898 | $2,490,431 | $4,336,343 |
| Slovakia | $52,325 | $76,661 | $98,642 | $120,308 | $103,890 | $69,503 | $104,416 |
| Slovenia | $103,311 | $122,063 | $181,155 | $165,086 | $156,038 | $105,473 | $154,872 |
| South Africa | $244,005 | $230,953 | $337,658 | $222,132 | $161,104 | $288,626 | $289,457 |
| Spain | $2,432,052 | $2,590,640 | $3,818,062 | $3,572,511 | $2,697,055 | $3,150,465 | |
| Sri Lanka | $177,165 | $221,187 | $217,303 | $259,754 | $195,780 | $334,983 | $245,972 |
| Sudan | | $3,493 | $5,787 | $122 | $61 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | $15,896 | | $633 |
| Swaziland | $25,807 | $22,824 | $16,797 | | | | |
| Sweden | $262,677 | $213,301 | $207,453 | $197,824 | $199,158 | $227,478 | $211,217 |
| Switzerland | $1,533,478 | $2,275,641 | $15,541,269 | $2,033,650 | $1,700,378 | $1,919,657 | $2,627,145 |
| Syria | | $6,990 | | | | $53,177 | |
| Tanzania | $52 | $1,171 | $144 | $1,409 | $563 | $833 | $5,693 |
| Thailand | $369,584 | $424,992 | $651,576 | $812,912 | $690,845 | $846,220 | $666,838 |
| Tonga | | | | $1,045 | $2,875 | $154 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $17,272 | $4,852 | $10,556 | $13,359 | $32,008 | $62,875 | |
| Tunisia | $33,631 | $58,037 | $77,322 | $66,506 | $95,764 | $94,253 | |
| Turkey | $601,654 | $615,470 | $873,268 | $1,165,210 | $1,245,969 | $1,756,738 | $1,657,892 |
| Uganda | $188 | $293 | $586 | $862 | $915 | $256 | |
| Ukraine | $16,291 | $132,644 | $132,345 | $200,570 | $74,934 | $80,143 | $146,784 |
| United Arab Emirates | $922,537 | | $355,582 | $612,683 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $4,451,056 | $10,150,939 | $7,144,641 | $6,762,699 | $13,705,629 | $6,901,867 | $4,834,040 |
| United States | $34,562,581 | $34,982,826 | $36,925,230 | $29,947,743 | $25,788,411 | $28,429,849 | $34,353,622 |
| Uruguay | $920 | $10,318 | $13,091 | $10,654 | $22,268 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $4,924 | $12,462 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $240,726 | $207,787 | $723,957 | $1,235,147 | $893,136 | $359,050 | $249,917 |
| Vietnam | $26,427 | $17,918 | $39,905 | $109,110 | $701,545 | $73,650 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | $2,057 | $543 | | | | | |
| Yemen | $2,062 | $1,940 | $10,618 | $2,038 | $290,971 | $2,957 | $2,328 |
| Zambia | $1,248 | $3,113 | $219 | $959 | $4,733 | $1,814 | |
| Zimbabwe | $57,557 | $253 | $3,540 | $3,134 | $384 | $123 | |
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