RankCountryImports of Propelling/sliding pencils in USD (2010)
1United States$91,134,093
2Turkey$17,562,013
3Japan$15,506,525
4Germany$13,724,230
5Korea, South$12,045,991
6Mexico$9,664,514
7France$8,160,959
8Canada$6,428,964
9United Kingdom$5,653,752
10Brazil$4,941,576
11Sweden$4,850,773
12Slovakia$4,543,327
13Spain$3,687,438
14Italy$3,242,604
15Thailand$2,744,481
16Malaysia$2,735,666
17Hong Kong$2,624,070
18Denmark$2,477,401
19Singapore$2,027,856
20Australia$1,935,726
21Belgium$1,915,158
22Iran$1,871,362
23Netherlands$1,865,357
24Chile$1,751,975
25Switzerland$1,683,346
26Finland$1,657,315
27Austria$1,582,325
28Israel$1,394,000
29Russia$1,374,838
30South Africa$1,268,416
31Portugal$1,213,378
32Colombia$987,104
33China$982,947
34Egypt$979,982
35Ecuador$822,340
36Czech Republic$759,495
37Poland$758,438
38Argentina$744,073
39Venezuela$713,648
40Croatia$673,971
41Norway$612,856
42Indonesia$612,178
43Romania$585,805
44Saudi Arabia$577,601
45Panama$565,227
46Peru$485,160
47Hungary$456,000
48India$439,624
49Slovenia$332,559
50Serbia$273,770
51Tunisia$268,816
52Greece$268,210
53Oman$227,441
54Bosnia and Herzegovina$224,893
55New Zealand$203,070
56Bulgaria$194,413
57Costa Rica$185,025
58Guatemala$183,088
59Ukraine$182,071
60Nicaragua$179,451
61Mali$161,416
62Philippines$157,395
63Morocco$141,146
64Belarus$139,500
65Estonia$125,458
66Paraguay$121,781
67Qatar$117,370
68Latvia$106,933
69Vietnam$105,860
70Jordan$100,111
71Ireland$90,132
72Burkina Faso$86,003
73Iceland$75,154
74Cyprus$75,023
75Luxembourg$74,642
76El Salvador$72,821
77Bolivia$70,682
78Albania$60,341
79Mauritius$49,181
80Lebanon$48,157
81Syria$44,600
82Nepal$36,995
83Trinidad and Tobago$36,383
84Dominican Republic$35,840
85New Caledonia$32,777
86Aruba$31,159
87Cote d'Ivoire$30,308
88Lithuania$30,138
89Algeria$29,994
90Pakistan$29,275
91Senegal$26,726
92Bahrain$26,244
93Yemen$25,641
94Madagascar$24,979
95Malta$24,518
96Cameroon$22,882
97Montenegro$22,546
98Bermuda$20,471
99Fiji$17,693
100Jamaica$13,798
101Mozambique$13,178
102Georgia$11,863
103Ethiopia$11,724
104Barbados$10,672
105French Polynesia$10,488
106Armenia$10,157
107Sao Tome and Principe$10,026
108Botswana$9,691
109Macau$9,688
110Zimbabwe$9,322
111Moldova$9,304
112Sri Lanka$9,056
113Cape Verde$8,521
114Kenya$7,137
115Benin$6,806
116Zambia$6,274
117Azerbaijan$5,378
118Tanzania$4,095
119Belize$3,531
120Uganda$2,655
121Ghana$2,288
122Malawi$977
123Niger$752
124Suriname$742
125Bhutan$659
126Kyrgyzstan$415
127Antigua and Barbuda$405
128Tonga$304
129Burundi$255
130Bahamas, The$227
131Gambia, The$184
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$157
133Guyana$138
134Maldives$105
135Dominica$72
136Nigeria$8
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$36,548$50,174$39,895$20,612$36,560$60,341$32,744
Algeria$10,799$38,690$23,848$20,962$22,151$29,994$28,117
Anguilla $4 $29   
Antigua and Barbuda$37$391$317 $234$405$230
Argentina$657,316$715,953$900,970$856,936$635,330$744,073$955,587
Armenia$3,754$2,805$6,814$17,087$13,407$10,157$9,378
Aruba    $9,163$31,159$19,270
Australia$1,612,784$2,005,415$2,207,125$2,826,555$1,909,546$1,935,726$1,980,076
Austria$1,132,236$1,163,914$1,298,549$1,423,185$1,222,045$1,582,325 
Azerbaijan$27$2,293$4,486$2,957$37,733$5,378$10,360
Bahamas, The$1,787$1,371$1,109$462$724$227$264
Bahrain$52,271$5,181$24,138$28,340$67,868$26,244$24,234
Bangladesh$6,269$16,283$16,111    
Barbados$9,552$8,100$7,668$10,021$3,550$10,672$6,812
Belarus$57,900$89,900$131,900$131,100$121,800$139,500$179,800
Belgium$1,536,840$1,427,211$1,785,888$2,210,190$1,821,251$1,915,158$1,566,594
Belize$321$375$731$1,840$3,171$3,531 
Benin$1,668$1,950   $6,806 
Bermuda     $20,471 
Bhutan$166$51$5$136$5$659 
Bolivia$36,542$30,144$24,230$36,052$27,023$70,682$46,225
Bosnia and Herzegovina$178,399$208,185$245,218$223,543$189,561$224,893$242,631
Botswana$21,298$6,993$4,381$6,357$7,103$9,691$26,675
Brazil$2,097,341$2,642,881$2,894,189$3,716,626$3,794,704$4,941,576$5,804,593
Brunei $7,994     
Bulgaria$162,246$166,180$208,689$195,097$111,261$194,413$81,437
Burkina Faso$4,876 $7,627$22,917$7,810$86,003 
Burundi$119$50$632$60$35,680$255 
Cambodia$489$6,271$1,713    
Cameroon$24,557$13,825$32,632$9,645$8,600$22,882 
Canada$5,288,122$5,948,299$6,134,060$5,862,266$5,707,833$6,428,964$6,781,207
Cape Verde$9,361$5,125$7,663$13,090$10,738$8,521$20,421
Chile$958,090$1,372,630$1,366,145$1,675,165$1,379,774$1,751,975$2,143,796
China$896,084$619,082$657,655$1,057,684$1,052,303$982,947$848,571
Colombia$1,018,819$942,288$915,450$1,085,168$947,387$987,104$1,375,382
Costa Rica$171,147$159,218$256,916$334,543$140,928$185,025$213,938
Cote d'Ivoire$22,790$27,514$22,715$28,160$30,867$30,308$10,235
Croatia$425,559$613,884$701,313$703,210$646,032$673,971$591,651
Cuba$326,809$285,369     
Cyprus$119,550$95,246$104,189$110,494$110,449$75,023$55,446
Czech Republic$1,114,304$1,069,318$1,013,430$1,355,986$1,299,239$759,495$803,784
Denmark$1,723,479$2,362,992$3,388,146$2,913,239$2,290,367$2,477,401$2,119,425
Dominica$108$18$11$61$123$72 
Dominican Republic$43,366$49,081$106,501$109,799$181,341$35,840$92,363
East Timor$3,096      
Ecuador$542,545$448,007$579,552$706,445$607,738$822,340$754,202
Egypt$267,979$141,752$289,171$809,976$630,400$979,982$990,129
El Salvador$149,684$127,181$142,655$108,028$59,294$72,821 
Estonia$58,297$45,134$46,576$50,931$61,252$125,458$134,563
Ethiopia$12,208$10,389$15,728$20,228$6,021$11,724$20,902
Faroe Islands$11,606$17,006$35,847$18,536$16,767  
Fiji$14,776$27,976$22,110$21,042$8,782$17,693 
Finland$1,229,049$1,463,660$1,682,852$1,357,249$1,448,777$1,657,315$1,647,713
France$7,211,806$9,528,352$11,504,506$11,326,718$8,105,668$8,160,959$10,425,952
French Polynesia$10,714$9,628$8,605$13,270$9,838$10,488$10,047
Gabon$22,588$10,204$51,269$17,076$2,422  
Gambia, The   $136 $184 
Georgia$18,145$30,943$15,437$36,332$29,141$11,863 
Germany$11,534,000$12,945,000$14,031,000$16,617,000$14,126,000$13,724,230$17,958,932
Ghana$1,809$548$1,604$1,992$3,089$2,288$6,701
Greece$455,447$585,358$620,719$671,459$466,500$268,210$285,318
Greenland$3,152$3,929$3,795    
Grenada$980$893$3,144$5,499$3,415  
Guatemala$265,952$272,131$312,113$316,246$240,049$183,088$238,537
Guinea  $657$641   
Guyana$100$273$37$327 $138$242
Honduras$210,241$232,705$344,888 $141,417  
Hong Kong$2,693,940$2,506,963$3,316,980$3,487,673$2,460,791$2,624,070$3,204,139
Hungary$711,000$687,000$690,000$668,000$896,000$456,000$654,000
Iceland$139,968$132,650$136,923$104,116$54,437$75,154$60,103
India$355,804$266,262$254,110$360,441$387,575$439,624$370,188
Indonesia$334,664$501,728$668,115$676,460$817,079$612,178$1,058,327
Iran$1,152,891$601,611   $1,871,362 
Ireland$186,542$167,611$255,565$217,053$90,074$90,132$137,969
Israel$1,207,000$815,000$1,211,000$1,252,000$1,158,000$1,394,000$1,297,000
Italy$4,201,925$4,310,395$4,099,822$4,517,582$2,948,586$3,242,604$3,180,780
Jamaica$15,733$27,211$18,236$33,904$36,989$13,798 
Japan$10,761,396$12,838,312$13,692,372$14,251,148$14,673,025$15,506,525$15,162,249
Jordan$44,143$35,533$108,337$89,320$131,911$100,111$118,572
Kazakhstan$47,373$74,452$169,984$62,129$90,317  
Kenya$8,573$8,684$20,717$9,424$18,064$7,137 
Kiribati$241      
Korea, South$5,183,617$7,421,848$9,699,025$9,986,220$8,561,669$12,045,991$12,605,259
Kuwait $249,658$388,396$633,295   
Kyrgyzstan$309$958$674$207$498$415$1,330
Latvia$74,319$98,841$118,801$112,449$63,300$106,933$64,334
Lebanon$82,000$56,063$101,039$88,713$108,394$48,157$136,670
Lithuania$74,607$133,338$103,006$91,691$78,340$30,138$52,329
Luxembourg$65,927$85,090$83,939$125,813$81,494$74,642$114,518
Macau$11,414$6,121$2,058$4,612$4,933$9,688 
Macedonia$23,651$35,547$29,848$24,187$32,307 $26,641
Madagascar$26,316$18,678$15,982$18,481$5,114$24,979 
Malawi$463$463$1,524$2,400$56,621$977$638
Malaysia$1,321,670$1,628,375$4,637,997$2,789,357$2,477,872$2,735,666$2,732,642
Maldives$3,751$1,869$1,148$307$2,011$105$3,521
Mali $613   $161,416 
Malta$7,528$12,156$4,945$36,358$7,345$24,518 
Mauritania  $3,961 $724  
Mauritius$50,137$49,037$46,169$41,099$51,610$49,181$33,958
Mayotte$4,308$3,934$11,435$4,593$5,693  
Mexico$12,011,928$8,962,044$9,652,491$7,555,759$6,341,547$9,664,514$9,150,591
Moldova$5,651$9,851$28,439$19,180$7,577$9,304$14,880
Mongolia$931$2,663$3,412    
Montenegro $28,452$49,241$43,198$34,310$22,546$28,651
Montserrat$139$27     
Morocco$1,032,229$699,137$1,230,146$119,013$116,641$141,146 
Mozambique$9,457$6,174$72,715$12,537$11,588$13,178$33,000
Namibia$10,201$9,904$8,914$10,248   
Nepal    $16,829$36,995 
Netherlands$2,606,927$1,535,197$1,892,709$2,241,173$1,693,376$1,865,357 
Netherlands Antilles$709$382$38$98   
New Caledonia$26,723$21,670$27,491$23,528$27,871$32,777$36,655
New Zealand$248,893$368,848$314,918$379,269$317,087$203,070$367,382
Nicaragua$182,410$187,134$198,413$208,376$145,383$179,451$220,076
Niger$3,626$2,587$2,650$8,117$5,110$752$1,166
Nigeria $2,063$669$16,208 $8 
Norway$690,848$789,562$881,645$541,323$616,746$612,856$903,538
Oman$67,774$169,287$386,640$284,042$121,732$227,441 
Pakistan$11,388$12,483$7,891$15,526$2,625$29,275$3,161
Panama$40,112$612,998$442,710$537,909$457,005$565,227$502,068
Paraguay$63,984$63,452$95,205$127,004$100,614$121,781$131,709
Peru$215,188$209,853$315,533$438,825$316,936$485,160$516,019
Philippines$178,702$148,240$239,258$275,711$363,469$157,395$252,091
Poland$916,304$1,062,628$1,167,915$1,534,790$1,110,250$758,438$838,553
Portugal$1,077,234$1,095,202$1,290,477$1,039,376$985,765$1,213,378$702,017
Qatar$182,008$127,255$261,565$290,841 $117,370 
Romania$570,623$558,300$960,855$1,007,775$395,585$585,805$781,699
Russia$254,371$381,825$1,005,984$1,009,696$738,497$1,374,838$1,402,565
Rwanda$1,323$1,219$2,590$345$2,705 $1,501
Saint Kitts and Nevis$447$110$2,587$97   
Saint Lucia$925$1,715$1,321$860   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$971$173$417$3,441$513$157 
Samoa$1,512$842$243$2,639   
Sao Tome and Principe$85$4,125$3,915$7,313$8,811$10,026 
Saudi Arabia$360,248$241,603$489,025  $577,601 
Senegal$8,271$18,107$10,640$37,039$25,764$26,726$12,858
Serbia$271,394$287,277$462,088$424,738$196,759$273,770$225,110
Seychelles$598$7,369$373$17   
Singapore$1,387,090$857,519$1,257,113$1,299,092$1,723,316$2,027,856$1,756,530
Slovakia$841,780$1,043,257$2,939,029$4,507,377$4,428,378$4,543,327$5,401,926
Slovenia$293,061$287,805$341,974$510,793$351,537$332,559$284,071
South Africa$1,615,055$1,906,056$1,668,554$1,708,962$1,229,103$1,268,416$1,511,723
Spain$5,715,668$5,508,705$5,080,720$4,789,921$3,405,987$3,687,438 
Sri Lanka$3,228$2,012$2,421$3,079$10,222$9,056$97,455
Sudan$54,992$14,686$30,308$104,120$364,954  
Suriname$2,163$653$1,117$2,920$1,237$742$2,177
Swaziland$3,006$4,545$3,719    
Sweden$5,562,959$5,652,883$5,189,287$5,526,591$4,358,960$4,850,773$6,501,325
Switzerland$1,924,693$1,882,260$2,404,777$2,585,838$1,933,037$1,683,346$1,553,508
Syria$108,434$183,023$68,221$140,344 $44,600 
Tanzania$1,149$2,267$2,032$1,920$1,999$4,095$12,298
Thailand$2,367,410$2,568,950$2,344,730$2,630,519$2,334,373$2,744,481$3,170,717
Togo$512 $5,482   $10,393
Tonga   $296$61$304 
Trinidad and Tobago$37,361$21,675$36,387$38,380$35,591$36,383 
Tunisia$110,141$75,819$192,249$150,473$158,478$268,816 
Turkey$11,183,779$12,507,830$12,919,748$16,758,551$11,462,616$17,562,013$21,545,455
Uganda$6,536$1,887$852$558$246$2,655 
Ukraine$89,668$111,121$161,958$140,373$76,373$182,071$176,177
United Arab Emirates$1,074,526 $1,784,150$856,814   
United Kingdom$9,228,731$7,446,583$7,593,987$7,934,891$6,888,957$5,653,752$5,965,129
United States$82,258,701$88,891,756$101,406,834$89,139,352$82,014,571$91,134,093$94,198,928
Uruguay$135,058$142,764$167,119$235,766$185,880  
Venezuela$938,322$820,030$1,863,886$1,215,499$1,257,157$713,648$507,231
Vietnam$81,389$122,346$148,877$140,799$97,512$105,860 
Yemen$19,989$24,414$18,373$27,048$32,580$25,641$72,713
Zambia$3,626$3,765$4,896$4,783$7,709$6,274 
Zimbabwe$94$1,530$5,269$4,158$6,563$9,322