Contact Lenses 2006

The World Market for Contact
Lenses: A 2006 Global Trade

Perspective
By
Professor Philip M. Parker, Ph. D.
Eli Lilly Professor of Innovation, Business and Society
INSEAD (Singapore & Fontainebleau, France)
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About the Author

Dr. Philip M. Parker is the Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Innovation, Business and Society at INSEAD where he has
taught courses on multivariate statistics and global competitive strategy since 1988. He has also taught courses at
MIT, Stanford University, Harvard University, UCLA, UCSD, and the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology. He is the author of six books on the economic convergence of nations. These books introduce the notion
of “physioeconomics” which foresees a lack of global convergence in economic behaviors due to physiological and
physiographic forces. His latest book is "Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth" (MIT Press
2000). He has also published numerous articles in academic journals, including The Rand Journal of Economics,
Marketing Science, the Journal of International Business Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change,
International Journal of Forecasting, the European Management Journal, the European Journal of Operational
Research, Journal of Marketing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and Journal of Marketing
Research. He is also on the editorial boards of several academic journals.
Dr. Parker received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
and has Masters degrees in Finance and Banking (University of Aix-Marseille) and Managerial Economics
(Wharton). His undergraduate degrees are in mathematics, biology and economics (minor in aeronautical
engineering). He has consulted and/or taught courses in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, North America
and Europe.
About this Series

This series was created for international firms who rely on foreign export markets for a substantial portion of their
business or who might be threatened by foreign trade competition. The estimates given in this report were created
using a methodology developed by and under the direct supervision of Professor Philip M. Parker, the Eli Lilly
Chaired Professor of Innovation, Business and Society, at INSEAD. The methodology, relying on historical figures
of economic growth and trade flows, estimates the market shares of some 150 countries for over 500 industrial or
product categories. The figures should be seen as market estimates, as opposed to historical records, as these are
projected for the current year of trade.
Acknowledgements
Some of the methodologies and research approaches used in this report have benefited from the R&D Committee at
INSEAD, whose research support is gratefully acknowledged. Additional editorial assistance from Tiffany
LaRochelle, ICON Group International, Inc., is also acknowledged.

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Table of Contents
1 METHODOLOGY 9
1.1 Our Approach 9
2 THE WORLD MARKET 14
2.1 Exports 14
2.1.1 The World Market: Contact Lenses Export Supplies in 2006 14
2.2 Imports 16
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Contact Lenses in 2006 16
3 EXPORTS 20
3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Contact Lenses 20
3.1.1 Executive Summary 20
3.1.2 Gabon 21
3.1.3 Senegal 21
3.1.4 South Africa 21
3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Contact Lenses 22
3.2.2 China 24
3.2.3 Hong Kong 25
3.2.4 India 25
3.2.5 Indonesia 26
3.2.6 Japan 27
3.2.7 Malaysia 27
3.2.8 Philippines 28
3.2.9 Singapore 28
3.2.10 South Korea 29
3.2.11 Taiwan 30
3.2.12 Thailand 30
3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Contact Lenses 31
3.3.2 Albania 33
3.3.3 Austria 33
3.3.4 Belgium 33
3.3.5 Bulgaria 34
3.3.6 Cyprus 34
3.3.7 Czech Republic 34
3.3.8 Denmark 34
3.3.9 Finland 35
3.3.10 France 35
3.3.11 Germany 36
3.3.12 Greece 37
3.3.13 Hungary 37
3.3.14 Iceland 37
3.3.15 Ireland 38
3.3.16 Italy 39
3.3.17 Latvia 39
3.3.18 Luxembourg 40
3.3.19 Malta 40
3.3.20 Netherlands 41
3.3.21 Norway 41
3.3.22 Poland 42

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3.3.23 Portugal 42
3.3.24 Spain 42
3.3.25 Sweden 43
3.3.26 Switzerland 43
3.3.27 United Kingdom 44
3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Contact Lenses 45
3.4.2 Argentina 47
3.4.3 Brazil 47
3.4.4 Mexico 48
3.4.5 Venezuela 48
3.5 N. America & Caribbean: Export Supplies of Contact Lenses 48
3.5.2 Barbados 50
3.5.3 Canada 50
3.5.4 Trinidad and Tobago 51
3.5.5 United States 52
3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Contact Lenses 52
3.6.2 Australia 54
3.7 The Middle East: Export Supplies of Contact Lenses 54
3.7.2 Israel 56
3.7.3 Turkey 56
3.7.4 United Arab Emirates 57
4 IMPORTS 58
4.1 Africa: Contact Lenses Imports in 2006 58
4.1.2 Algeria 60
4.1.3 Egypt 60
4.1.4 Mauritius 60
4.1.5 Morocco 61
4.1.6 South Africa 61
4.1.7 Tunisia 61
4.2 Asia: Contact Lenses Imports in 2006 62
4.2.2 Brunei 64
4.2.3 China 64
4.2.4 Hong Kong 65
4.2.5 Indonesia 65
4.2.6 Japan 66
4.2.7 Macau 66
4.2.8 Malaysia 67
4.2.9 Singapore 68
4.2.10 South Korea 69
4.2.11 Taiwan 69
4.2.12 Thailand 70
4.3 Europe: Contact Lenses Imports in 2006 70
4.3.2 Austria 73
4.3.3 Belarus 73
4.3.4 Belgium 74

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4.3.5 Croatia 74
4.3.6 Cyprus 75
4.3.7 Czech Republic 75
4.3.8 Denmark 76
4.3.9 Estonia 76
4.3.10 Finland 77
4.3.11 France 78
4.3.12 Germany 79
4.3.13 Greece 80
4.3.14 Hungary 80
4.3.15 Iceland 81
4.3.16 Ireland 81
4.3.17 Italy 82
4.3.18 Kazakhstan 82
4.3.19 Latvia 83
4.3.20 Lithuania 83
4.3.21 Netherlands 84
4.3.22 Norway 85
4.3.23 Poland 85
4.3.24 Romania 86
4.3.25 Russia 86
4.3.26 Slovakia 86
4.3.27 Slovenia 87
4.3.28 Spain 87
4.3.29 Sweden 88
4.3.30 Switzerland 89
4.3.31 United Kingdom 90
4.4 Latin America: Contact Lenses Imports in 2006 91
4.4.2 Bolivia 93
4.4.3 Brazil 93
4.4.4 Chile 93
4.4.5 Colombia 94
4.4.6 Costa Rica 94
4.4.7 Ecuador 94
4.4.8 El Salvador 95
4.4.9 Guatemala 95
4.4.10 Mexico 95
4.4.11 Nicaragua 96
4.4.12 Panama 96
4.4.13 Peru 96
4.4.14 Uruguay 96
4.4.15 Venezuela 97
4.5 N. America & Caribbean: Contact Lenses Imports in 2006 97
4.5.2 Barbados 99
4.5.3 Canada 100
4.5.4 United States 101
4.6 Oceana: Contact Lenses Imports in 2006 101
4.6.2 Australia 103
4.6.3 Fiji 103
4.6.4 French Polynesia 104

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4.6.5 New Caledonia 104

4.6.6 New Zealand 104
4.7 The Middle East: Contact Lenses Imports in 2006 105
4.7.2 Armenia 107
4.7.3 Bahrain 107
4.7.4 Iran 107
4.7.5 Israel 108
4.7.6 Jordan 108
4.7.7 Lebanon 109
4.7.8 Oman 109
4.7.9 Pakistan 109
4.7.10 Saudi Arabia 110
4.7.11 Syrian Arab Republic 110
4.7.12 Turkey 111
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1 METHODOLOGY
1.1 OUR APPROACH
This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export
managers who are concerned with the market for contact lenses. With the globalization of this
market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented
with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a
methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for contact
lenses for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various
countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators
and econometric models.
On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a
number of questions. Which countries are supplying contact lenses? What is the dollar value of
these imports? How much do the imports of contact lenses vary from one country to another? Do
exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries?
Which countries supply the most exports of contact lenses? Which countries are buying their
exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?
In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing the regional markets for imported and
exported contact lenses. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those
for each region, is based on a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and
projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world
market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both
demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across
each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for
each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain
maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the shares that countries are
likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to
prioritize markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be
combined with internal information for strategic planning purposes.
After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports, Chapter 3 details the
exports of contact lenses, for each individual country. Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of
contact lenses for all countries in the world. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage
share values by major trading partner are provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present the
complete picture for imports and exports of contact lenses to and from all major countries in the
world. Of the 150 countries considered, if a country is not reported here it is therefore estimated
to have only a negligible level of trade in contact lenses (i.e. their market shares are close or equal
to zero percent). "Contact Lenses" as a category is defined in this report following the definition
given by the United Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using the Standard

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International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that defined
"contact lenses" is 88411. For more information on this definition, please refer to the following
web site:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcs.asp?Cl=14&Lg=1&Co=884 .
This report is updated on an annual basis. To ensure that you have the most current version,
please check the web site of ICON Group at www.icongrouponline.com, or call them in the USA
at 858-546-4340.
Important Caveat. The figures should be seen as market estimates, as opposed to historical
records, as these are forecasted for the current year of trade. More importantly, in light of the fact
that unforeseeable factors might interrupt markets in achieving their reported levels, the figures
should be seen as estimates of potential. For example, "mad cow" disease, foot-and-mouth
disease, trade embargoes, labor disputes, military conflicts, acts of terrorism and other events will
certainly affect the actual trade flows recorded for a variety of industry or product categories. In
such cases, the difference between the numbers given in this report and the numbers actually
observed might be interpreted as the "net loss" or "net gain" due to these exogenous events
affecting regular trade flows that would have occurred had these events not have taken place.
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2 THE WORLD MARKET

2.1 EXPORTS
2.1.1 The World Market: Contact Lenses Export Supplies in 2006
The following tables and graphs summarize the world exporters, by region of origin, of contact
lenses for the year 2006.
World Supplies of Exported Contact Lenses: 2006
Region of Origin Rank Value (000 US$) % of World Cumulative %

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Europe 1 1,384,143 58.40 58.40
N. America & Caribbean 2 649,800 27.42 85.82
Asia 3 317,464 13.39 99.21
Oceana 4 9,453 0.40 99.61
Latin America 5 4,800 0.20 99.81
The Middle East 6 3,584 0.15 99.97
Africa 7 824 0.03 100.00
Total 2,370,068 100.00 100.00
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Source: Philip M. PARKER, Professor, INSEAD, copyright 2006, www.icongrouponline.com
N. America &
Caribbean
Asia
Oceana
Latin America
Other
Europe

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Exporters Rank Value (000 US$) % of World Cumulative %

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United States 1 647,435 27.32 27.32
Ireland 2 603,945 25.48 52.80
United Kingdom 3 396,196 16.72 69.52
Indonesia 4 255,114 10.76 80.28
Germany 5 214,903 9.07 89.35
Netherlands 6 83,651 3.53 92.88
Italy 7 37,484 1.58 94.46
Taiwan 8 17,943 0.76 95.22
Sweden 9 14,219 0.60 95.82
Singapore 10 14,125 0.60 96.41
Australia 11 9,453 0.40 96.81
Switzerland 12 9,062 0.38 97.19
France 13 8,471 0.36 97.55
Japan 14 8,373 0.35 97.90
South Korea 15 5,949 0.25 98.15
Hong Kong 16 5,455 0.23 98.38
Denmark 17 4,674 0.20 98.58
Brazil 18 4,049 0.17 98.75
Finland 19 3,943 0.17 98.92
India 20 2,940 0.12 99.04
Israel 21 2,755 0.12 99.16
China 22 2,592 0.11 99.27
Thailand 23 2,463 0.10 99.37
Spain 24 2,370 0.10 99.47
Malaysia 25 2,240 0.09 99.57
Canada 26 1,799 0.08 99.64
Luxembourg 27 1,299 0.05 99.70
Belgium 28 935 0.04 99.74
United Arab Emirates 29 806 0.03 99.77
Poland 30 757 0.03 99.80
Argentina 31 651 0.03 99.83
Barbados 32 501 0.02 99.85
Gabon 33 454 0.02 99.87
Norway 34 370 0.02 99.89
Hungary 35 365 0.02 99.90
Other 36 2,327 0.10 100.00
Total 2,370,068 100.00 100.00
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United Kingdom
Indonesia
Germany
Ireland
Other
United States
2.2 IMPORTS
2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Contact Lenses in 2006
The following tables and graphs summarize the world markets for exporters of contact lenses for
the year 2006.
The World Exporters' Market for Imported Contact Lenses: 2006
Region Rank Value (000 US$) % of World Cumulative %

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Europe 1 992,504 41.88 41.88
Asia 2 797,539 33.65 75.53
N. America & Caribbean 3 479,502 20.23 95.76
Latin America 4 34,841 1.47 97.23
The Middle East 5 26,705 1.13 98.36
Oceana 6 26,254 1.11 99.46
Africa 7 12,723 0.54 100.00
Total 2,370,068 100.00 100.00
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The World Exporters' Market for Imported Contact Lenses: 2006
N. America &
Caribbean
Latin America
Asia
The Middle East
Oceana
Africa
Europe

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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of World Cumulative %

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Japan 1 585,831 24.72 24.72
United Kingdom 2 398,620 16.82 41.54
United States 3 380,600 16.06 57.60
France 4 137,486 5.80 63.40
Singapore 5 106,860 4.51 67.91
Canada 6 98,705 4.16 72.07
Italy 7 94,674 3.99 76.06
Denmark 8 55,524 2.34 78.41
Spain 9 47,493 2.00 80.41
Sweden 10 41,655 1.76 82.17
Germany 11 35,001 1.48 83.65
Hong Kong 12 31,020 1.31 84.95
Norway 13 29,979 1.26 86.22
Netherlands 14 28,555 1.20 87.42
Belgium 15 26,838 1.13 88.56
Switzerland 16 22,375 0.94 89.50
Taiwan 17 21,313 0.90 90.40
Austria 18 20,550 0.87 91.27
South Korea 19 20,515 0.87 92.13
Australia 20 20,395 0.86 92.99
Finland 21 17,246 0.73 93.72
Mexico 22 14,058 0.59 94.31
China 23 10,532 0.44 94.76
Brazil 24 10,261 0.43 95.19
South Africa 25 9,608 0.41 95.60
Thailand 26 8,861 0.37 95.97
Malaysia 27 8,620 0.36 96.33
Saudi Arabia 28 7,847 0.33 96.66
Turkey 29 7,406 0.31 96.98
Greece 30 7,293 0.31 97.29
Israel 31 6,724 0.28 97.57
Poland 32 6,634 0.28 97.85
New Zealand 33 5,305 0.22 98.07
Czech Republic 34 4,957 0.21 98.28
Hungary 35 3,870 0.16 98.44
Other 36 36,857 1.56 100.00
Total 2,370,068 100.00 100.00
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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses: 2006
France
United States
Singapore
United Kingdom
Other
Japan

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3 EXPORTS
3.1 AFRICA: EXPORT SUPPLIES OF CONTACT LENSES
3.1.1 Executive Summary
The following tables and graphs summarize the export supplies in Africa of contact lenses:
Contact Lenses Export Supplies from Africa: 2006
Exporters Rank Value (000 US$) % of Africa Cumulative %
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Gabon 1 454 55.10 55.10
Senegal 2 213 25.85 80.95
South Africa 3 157 19.05 100.00
Total 824 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Export Supplies from Africa: 2006
Senegal
South Africa
Gabon
Contact Lenses Exports from Africa by Country of Destination: 2006

Country of Destination Rank Value (000 US$) % Share Cumulative %
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France 1 454 55.10 55.10
Mauritius 2 157 19.05 74.15
Denmark 3 151 18.33 92.48
Canada 4 62 7.52 100.00
Total 824 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Exports from Africa by Country of Destination: 2006
Mauritius
Denmark
France Canada
3.1.2 Gabon
Contact Lenses Exports from Gabon, 2006
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France 1 454 100.00 100.00
Total 454 100.00 100.00
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3.1.3 Senegal
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Denmark 1 151 70.89 70.89
Canada 2 62 29.11 100.00
Total 213 100.00 100.00
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3.1.4 South Africa

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Mauritius 1 157 100.00 100.00
Total 157 100.00 100.00
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3.2 ASIA: EXPORT SUPPLIES OF CONTACT LENSES

The following tables and graphs summarize the export supplies in Asia of contact lenses:
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Exporters Rank Value (000 US$) % of Asia Cumulative %
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Indonesia 1 255,114 80.36 80.36
Taiwan 2 17,943 5.65 86.01
Singapore 3 14,125 4.45 90.46
Japan 4 8,373 2.64 93.10
South Korea 5 5,949 1.87 94.97
Hong Kong 6 5,455 1.72 96.69
India 7 2,940 0.93 97.62
China 8 2,592 0.82 98.43
Thailand 9 2,463 0.78 99.21
Malaysia 10 2,240 0.71 99.91
Philippines 11 270 0.09 100.00
Total 317,464 100.00 100.00
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United States 1 127,552 40.18 40.18
United Kingdom 2 62,705 19.75 59.93
Japan 3 42,708 13.45 73.38
France 4 20,017 6.31 79.69
Canada 5 14,918 4.70 84.39
Spain 6 5,719 1.80 86.19
Italy 7 4,581 1.44 87.63
Singapore 8 4,124 1.30 88.93
Australia 9 3,597 1.13 90.06
Mexico 10 3,493 1.10 91.16
Germany 11 3,346 1.05 92.22
Malaysia 12 2,432 0.77 92.98
South Korea 13 2,374 0.75 93.73
Hong Kong 14 2,316 0.73 94.46
Thailand 15 1,807 0.57 95.03
Indonesia 16 1,801 0.57 95.60
China 17 1,716 0.54 96.14
South Africa 18 1,244 0.39 96.53
Czech Republic 19 1,209 0.38 96.91
Poland 20 1,116 0.35 97.26
Netherlands 21 1,071 0.34 97.60
Denmark 22 958 0.30 97.90
Taiwan 23 576 0.18 98.08
Turkey 24 545 0.17 98.26
Sweden 25 487 0.15 98.41
Other 26 5,052 1.59 100.00
Total 317,464 100.00 100.00
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Other
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3.2.2 China
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Singapore 1 896 34.57 34.57
Japan 2 737 28.43 63.00
United Kingdom 3 325 12.54 75.54
South Korea 4 179 6.91 82.45
France 5 177 6.83 89.27
Hong Kong 6 77 2.97 92.25
Colombia 7 72 2.78 95.02
Canada 8 64 2.47 97.49
Saudi Arabia 9 36 1.39 98.88
Malaysia 10 15 0.58 99.46
Germany 11 14 0.54 100.00
Total 2,592 100.00 100.00
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3.2.3 Hong Kong

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Canada 1 1,452 26.62 26.62
Singapore 2 1,018 18.66 45.28
Denmark 3 893 16.37 61.65
South Korea 4 738 13.53 75.18
Malaysia 5 613 11.24 86.42
New Zealand 6 333 6.10 92.52
United States 7 104 1.91 94.43
Australia 8 101 1.85 96.28
Germany 9 77 1.41 97.69
Indonesia 10 64 1.17 98.86
China 12 26 0.48 99.85
Thailand 13 4 0.07 99.93
Saudi Arabia 14 2 0.04 99.96
Netherlands 15 2 0.04 100.00
Total 5,455 100.00 100.00
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3.2.4 India
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United States 1 1,275 43.37 43.37
Mexico 2 526 17.89 61.26
Hong Kong 3 485 16.50 77.76
Canada 4 268 9.12 86.87
Singapore 5 190 6.46 93.33
Germany 6 95 3.23 96.56
Sweden 7 88 2.99 99.56
China 8 13 0.44 100.00
Total 2,940 100.00 100.00
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3.2.5 Indonesia
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United States 1 119,698 46.92 46.92
United Kingdom 2 56,579 22.18 69.10
Japan 3 32,855 12.88 81.98
France 4 14,888 5.84 87.81
Canada 5 10,623 4.16 91.98
Spain 6 5,683 2.23 94.20
Australia 7 3,365 1.32 95.52
Mexico 8 2,967 1.16 96.69
South Africa 9 1,244 0.49 97.17
Czech Republic 10 1,209 0.47 97.65
Poland 11 1,116 0.44 98.08
Thailand 12 917 0.36 98.44
Hungary 13 479 0.19 98.63
Turkey 14 452 0.18 98.81
Slovenia 15 336 0.13 98.94
Brazil 16 293 0.11 99.06
Taiwan 17 267 0.10 99.16
Russia 18 223 0.09 99.25
Lithuania 19 214 0.08 99.33
Chile 20 211 0.08 99.41
Saudi Arabia 21 198 0.08 99.49
Romania 22 189 0.07 99.57
Hong Kong 23 180 0.07 99.64
South Korea 24 167 0.07 99.70
Norway 25 133 0.05 99.75
Slovakia 26 133 0.05 99.81
Cyprus 27 132 0.05 99.86
New Zealand 28 98 0.04 99.90
Colombia 29 76 0.03 99.93
Lebanon 30 71 0.03 99.95
Other 31 118 0.05 100.00
Total 255,114 100.00 100.00
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3.2.6 Japan
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United Kingdom 1 3,242 38.72 38.72
Germany 2 1,675 20.00 58.72
France 3 1,578 18.85 77.57
South Korea 4 823 9.83 87.40
Malaysia 5 248 2.96 90.36
Norway 7 161 1.92 95.07
China 8 106 1.27 96.33
Switzerland 9 102 1.22 97.55
Singapore 10 81 0.97 98.52
Denmark 11 56 0.67 99.19
Ireland 12 37 0.44 99.63
Saudi Arabia 13 13 0.16 99.79
Canada 14 9 0.11 99.89
Hong Kong 15 5 0.06 99.95
Italy 16 4 0.05 100.00
Total 8,373 100.00 100.00
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3.2.7 Malaysia
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France 1 903 40.31 40.31
Singapore 2 574 25.63 65.94
Brunei 3 228 10.18 76.12
Hong Kong 4 209 9.33 85.45
Canada 5 189 8.44 93.88
Italy 6 101 4.51 98.39
Spain 7 36 1.61 100.00
Total 2,240 100.00 100.00
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3.2.8 Philippines
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France 1 211 78.15 78.15
Total 270 100.00 100.00
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3.2.9 Singapore
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United States 1 3,611 25.56 25.56
Canada 2 2,200 15.58 41.14
United Kingdom 3 2,083 14.75 55.89
Indonesia 4 1,737 12.30 68.18
Malaysia 5 1,261 8.93 77.11
Thailand 6 709 5.02 82.13
Hong Kong 7 693 4.91 87.04
South Korea 8 350 2.48 89.52
China 9 307 2.17 91.69
Taiwan 10 231 1.64 93.32
Switzerland 11 185 1.31 94.63
France 12 176 1.25 95.88
Italy 13 166 1.18 97.05
Australia 14 131 0.93 97.98
Germany 15 93 0.66 98.64
Egypt 16 68 0.48 99.12
Algeria 17 64 0.45 99.58
Netherlands 18 43 0.30 99.88
Israel 19 13 0.09 99.97
Belgium 20 4 0.03 100.00
Total 14,125 100.00 100.00
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3.2.10 South Korea

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Japan 1 3,057 51.39 51.39
China 2 867 14.57 65.96
Singapore 3 724 12.17 78.13
Hong Kong 5 144 2.42 87.09
Lebanon 6 144 2.42 89.51
Malaysia 7 112 1.88 91.39
Italy 8 100 1.68 93.07
France 9 85 1.43 94.50
Taiwan 10 78 1.31 95.81
Germany 12 56 0.94 97.90
Netherlands 13 40 0.67 98.57
Saudi Arabia 14 36 0.61 99.18
Turkey 15 36 0.61 99.78
Switzerland 16 13 0.22 100.00
Total 5,949 100.00 100.00
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3.2.11 Taiwan
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Japan 1 5,743 32.01 32.01
Italy 2 4,121 22.97 54.97
United States 3 2,242 12.50 67.47
Germany 4 1,229 6.85 74.32
France 5 1,154 6.43 80.75
Netherlands 6 853 4.75 85.50
Hong Kong 7 523 2.91 88.42
China 8 350 1.95 90.37
Singapore 9 254 1.42 91.79
Malaysia 11 183 1.02 94.18
Thailand 12 177 0.99 95.17
Pakistan 13 165 0.92 96.09
Saudi Arabia 14 157 0.87 96.96
Israel 15 122 0.68 97.64
South Korea 16 117 0.65 98.29
Canada 17 113 0.63 98.92
Colombia 18 69 0.38 99.31
Switzerland 19 58 0.32 99.63
Turkey 20 57 0.32 99.95
Denmark 21 9 0.05 100.00
Total 17,943 100.00 100.00
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3.2.12 Thailand
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France 1 845 34.31 34.31
Sweden 2 399 16.20 50.51
Singapore 3 387 15.71 66.22
Japan 4 316 12.83 79.05
Norway 5 184 7.47 86.52
Netherlands 6 133 5.40 91.92
Germany 7 81 3.29 95.21
Italy 9 44 1.79 100.00
Total 2,463 100.00 100.00
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3.3 EUROPE: EXPORT SUPPLIES OF CONTACT LENSES

The following tables and graphs summarize the export supplies in Europe of contact lenses:
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Exporters Rank Value (000 US$) % of Europe Cumulative %
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Ireland 1 603,945 43.63 43.63
United Kingdom 2 396,196 28.62 72.26
Germany 3 214,903 15.53 87.78
Netherlands 4 83,651 6.04 93.83
Italy 5 37,484 2.71 96.53
Sweden 6 14,219 1.03 97.56
Switzerland 7 9,062 0.65 98.22
France 8 8,471 0.61 98.83
Denmark 9 4,674 0.34 99.17
Finland 10 3,943 0.28 99.45
Spain 11 2,370 0.17 99.62
Luxembourg 12 1,299 0.09 99.72
Belgium 13 935 0.07 99.78
Poland 14 757 0.05 99.84
Norway 15 370 0.03 99.87
Hungary 16 365 0.03 99.89
Portugal 17 275 0.02 99.91
Albania 18 268 0.02 99.93
Iceland 19 241 0.02 99.95
Czech Republic 20 186 0.01 99.96
Austria 21 157 0.01 99.97
Greece 22 146 0.01 99.98
Latvia 23 84 0.01 99.99
Cyprus 24 69 0.00 99.99
Bulgaria 25 55 0.00 100.00
Other 26 18 0.00 100.00
Total 1,384,143 100.00 100.00
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Italy
Other
Ireland
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Japan 1 408,435 29.51 29.51
United States 2 251,678 18.18 47.69
United Kingdom 3 137,538 9.94 57.63
France 4 102,535 7.41 65.04
Italy 5 85,304 6.16 71.20
Denmark 6 53,881 3.89 75.09
Sweden 7 39,297 2.84 77.93
Spain 8 33,345 2.41 80.34
Germany 9 29,900 2.16 82.50
Belgium 10 26,591 1.92 84.42
Hong Kong 11 20,080 1.45 85.87
Canada 12 20,027 1.45 87.32
Switzerland 13 19,878 1.44 88.75
Norway 14 17,546 1.27 90.02
Finland 15 16,699 1.21 91.23
Austria 16 13,581 0.98 92.21
Netherlands 17 12,248 0.88 93.09
Australia 18 9,466 0.68 93.78
Singapore 19 8,424 0.61 94.39
Taiwan 20 7,292 0.53 94.91
South Korea 21 6,782 0.49 95.40
Greece 22 6,767 0.49 95.89
China 23 6,286 0.45 96.35
South Africa 24 5,853 0.42 96.77
Israel 25 4,817 0.35 97.12
Other 26 39,893 2.88 100.00
Total 1,384,143 100.00 100.00
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Other
Japan
3.3.2 Albania
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France 1 268 100.00 100.00
Total 268 100.00 100.00
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3.3.3 Austria
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Germany 2 31 19.75 100.00
Total 157 100.00 100.00
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3.3.4 Belgium
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Sweden 1 478 51.12 51.12
Norway 3 142 15.19 84.49
Netherlands 4 53 5.67 90.16
France 5 47 5.03 95.19
Pakistan 6 45 4.81 100.00
Total 935 100.00 100.00
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3.3.5 Bulgaria
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United Kingdom 1 55 100.00 100.00
Total 55 100.00 100.00
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3.3.6 Cyprus
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Netherlands 1 69 100.00 100.00
Total 69 100.00 100.00
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3.3.7 Czech Republic

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Sweden 1 117 62.90 62.90
Germany 3 19 10.22 100.00
Total 186 100.00 100.00
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3.3.8 Denmark
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Norway 1 2,427 51.93 51.93
Sweden 2 1,873 40.07 92.00
Germany 3 180 3.85 95.85
Iceland 5 90 1.93 99.98
France 6 1 0.02 100.00
Total 4,674 100.00 100.00
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3.3.9 Finland
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United Kingdom 1 2,480 62.90 62.90
Sweden 2 1,051 26.65 89.55
Thailand 3 113 2.87 92.42
Estonia 4 91 2.31 94.72
Austria 6 74 1.88 98.53
Turkey 7 36 0.91 99.44
Denmark 8 18 0.46 99.90
Switzerland 9 4 0.10 100.00
Total 3,943 100.00 100.00
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3.3.10 France
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Germany 1 2,170 25.62 25.62
United Kingdom 2 1,993 23.53 49.14
Belgium 3 1,046 12.35 61.49
Netherlands 4 927 10.94 72.44
Switzerland 5 806 9.51 81.95
Austria 6 617 7.28 89.23
New Caledonia 7 153 1.81 91.04
Spain 8 148 1.75 92.79
Israel 9 112 1.32 94.11
Norway 10 110 1.30 95.41
Sweden 11 110 1.30 96.71
Morocco 12 69 0.81 97.52
Greece 13 57 0.67 98.19
Italy 14 49 0.58 98.77
Canada 15 43 0.51 99.28
Algeria 17 15 0.18 99.79
Denmark 18 11 0.13 99.92
Saudi Arabia 19 7 0.08 100.00
Total 8,471 100.00 100.00
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3.3.11 Germany
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United Kingdom 1 66,460 30.93 30.93
Italy 2 40,459 18.83 49.75
France 3 25,217 11.73 61.49
Denmark 4 12,922 6.01 67.50
Switzerland 5 10,173 4.73 72.23
Spain 6 9,396 4.37 76.61
Sweden 7 8,606 4.00 80.61
United States 8 5,485 2.55 83.16
Finland 9 5,365 2.50 85.66
Belgium 10 5,307 2.47 88.13
Canada 11 4,978 2.32 90.44
Norway 12 4,200 1.95 92.40
Austria 13 2,044 0.95 93.35
Turkey 14 1,914 0.89 94.24
Japan 15 1,910 0.89 95.13
Hong Kong 16 1,734 0.81 95.94
Singapore 17 1,533 0.71 96.65
Israel 18 1,259 0.59 97.24
Taiwan 19 1,115 0.52 97.75
Greece 20 834 0.39 98.14
Malaysia 21 657 0.31 98.45
Netherlands 22 553 0.26 98.71
Egypt 23 501 0.23 98.94
Australia 24 412 0.19 99.13
Slovenia 25 339 0.16 99.29
Brazil 26 295 0.14 99.43
Poland 27 206 0.10 99.52
Saudi Arabia 28 205 0.10 99.62
Iceland 29 193 0.09 99.71
Cyprus 30 174 0.08 99.79
Other 31 457 0.21 100.00
Total 214,903 100.00 100.00
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3.3.12 Greece
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Italy 1 94 64.38 64.38
Total 146 100.00 100.00
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3.3.13 Hungary
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Germany 2 119 32.60 65.48
France 3 93 25.48 90.96
Netherlands 4 33 9.04 100.00
Total 365 100.00 100.00
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3.3.14 Iceland
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Denmark 1 241 100.00 100.00
Total 241 100.00 100.00
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3.3.15 Ireland
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Japan 1 369,652 61.21 61.21
United States 2 108,219 17.92 79.12
United Kingdom 3 49,649 8.22 87.35
Hong Kong 4 12,345 2.04 89.39
Italy 5 10,008 1.66 91.05
China 6 5,303 0.88 91.92
Canada 7 5,273 0.87 92.80
Singapore 8 4,818 0.80 93.60
South Korea 9 4,534 0.75 94.35
Germany 10 4,451 0.74 95.08
Australia 11 3,590 0.59 95.68
Brazil 12 3,472 0.57 96.25
Austria 13 3,219 0.53 96.79
Taiwan 14 2,761 0.46 97.24
Poland 15 2,432 0.40 97.65
Malaysia 16 1,946 0.32 97.97
South Africa 17 1,578 0.26 98.23
Finland 18 1,522 0.25 98.48
Hungary 19 1,465 0.24 98.72
Thailand 20 1,465 0.24 98.97
Mexico 21 1,437 0.24 99.20
Spain 22 849 0.14 99.34
Norway 23 517 0.09 99.43
France 24 516 0.09 99.52
Sweden 25 495 0.08 99.60
Turkey 26 448 0.07 99.67
Russia 27 381 0.06 99.74
New Zealand 28 374 0.06 99.80
Cyprus 29 252 0.04 99.84
Other 31 731 0.12 100.00
Total 603,945 100.00 100.00
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3.3.16 Italy
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France 1 32,775 87.44 87.44
Japan 2 943 2.52 89.95
Germany 3 753 2.01 91.96
Switzerland 5 343 0.92 94.51
Belgium 7 276 0.74 96.06
Canada 8 270 0.72 96.78
Saudi Arabia 9 187 0.50 97.28
Norway 10 177 0.47 97.75
Sweden 11 171 0.46 98.21
Greece 12 165 0.44 98.65
Slovakia 13 93 0.25 98.90
Netherlands 14 90 0.24 99.14
Croatia 15 71 0.19 99.33
Spain 16 66 0.18 99.50
Singapore 17 57 0.15 99.66
Turkey 18 45 0.12 99.78
Austria 19 33 0.09 99.86
Israel 20 31 0.08 99.95
Egypt 21 13 0.03 99.98
Hong Kong 22 7 0.02 100.00
Total 37,484 100.00 100.00
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3.3.17 Latvia
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Estonia 1 84 100.00 100.00
Total 84 100.00 100.00
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3.3.18 Luxembourg
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Germany 1 1,042 80.22 80.22
France 2 257 19.78 100.00
Total 1,299 100.00 100.00
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3.3.19 Malta
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Italy 1 18 100.00 100.00
Total 18 100.00 100.00
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3.3.20 Netherlands
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Belgium 1 15,919 19.03 19.03
United Kingdom 2 14,890 17.80 36.83
Sweden 3 11,669 13.95 50.78
Italy 4 10,907 13.04 63.82
Spain 5 10,235 12.24 76.05
Greece 6 4,260 5.09 81.15
Germany 7 3,219 3.85 84.99
Norway 8 3,150 3.77 88.76
Switzerland 9 2,176 2.60 91.36
Malaysia 10 1,538 1.84 93.20
Hong Kong 11 1,347 1.61 94.81
Israel 13 857 1.02 96.86
Canada 14 587 0.70 97.56
Austria 15 574 0.69 98.25
Latvia 16 536 0.64 98.89
United States 17 269 0.32 99.21
Iceland 18 234 0.28 99.49
France 19 89 0.11 99.60
Australia 20 74 0.09 99.69
Cyprus 21 65 0.08 99.76
Egypt 22 64 0.08 99.84
South Korea 23 63 0.08 99.92
Denmark 24 28 0.03 99.95
Turkey 25 21 0.03 99.97
South Africa 26 20 0.02 100.00
Croatia 27 1 0.00 100.00
Total 83,651 100.00 100.00
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3.3.21 Norway
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Sweden 1 241 65.14 65.14
Denmark 2 129 34.86 100.00
Total 370 100.00 100.00
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3.3.22 Poland
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Germany 1 638 84.28 84.28
United Kingdom 2 119 15.72 100.00
Total 757 100.00 100.00
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3.3.23 Portugal
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Spain 1 275 100.00 100.00
Total 275 100.00 100.00
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3.3.24 Spain
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France 1 587 24.77 24.77
Canada 2 416 17.55 42.32
Netherlands 4 197 8.31 62.78
Turkey 5 189 7.97 70.76
Greece 6 133 5.61 76.37
Germany 7 103 4.35 80.72
Denmark 8 101 4.26 84.98
Austria 10 78 3.29 91.60
Morocco 11 77 3.25 94.85
Switzerland 12 69 2.91 97.76
Norway 13 28 1.18 98.95
Cyprus 14 25 1.05 100.00
Total 2,370 100.00 100.00
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3.3.25 Sweden
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Denmark 1 9,281 65.27 65.27
Norway 2 3,405 23.95 89.22
Finland 3 1,210 8.51 97.73
Iceland 5 95 0.67 100.00
Total 14,219 100.00 100.00
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3.3.26 Switzerland
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Austria 1 4,932 54.43 54.43
Germany 2 1,418 15.65 70.07
France 3 622 6.86 76.94
Israel 4 408 4.50 81.44
Norway 6 279 3.08 88.53
Saudi Arabia 7 227 2.50 91.04
Greece 8 160 1.77 92.81
Denmark 9 155 1.71 94.52
Latvia 11 129 1.42 97.53
Netherlands 12 69 0.76 98.29
Kazakhstan 13 63 0.70 98.98
Egypt 14 63 0.70 99.68
Australia 15 15 0.17 99.85
Canada 16 14 0.15 100.00
Total 9,062 100.00 100.00
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3.3.27 United Kingdom

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United States 1 136,851 34.54 34.54
France 2 42,063 10.62 45.16
Japan 3 35,930 9.07 54.23
Denmark 4 30,995 7.82 62.05
Italy 5 23,769 6.00 68.05
Germany 6 15,757 3.98 72.03
Sweden 7 14,486 3.66 75.68
Spain 8 12,376 3.12 78.81
Netherlands 9 10,257 2.59 81.40
Finland 10 8,602 2.17 83.57
Canada 11 8,446 2.13 85.70
Switzerland 12 6,179 1.56 87.26
Australia 13 5,375 1.36 88.61
Hong Kong 14 4,647 1.17 89.79
South Africa 15 4,255 1.07 90.86
Belgium 16 4,043 1.02 91.88
Taiwan 17 3,416 0.86 92.74
Norway 18 3,111 0.79 93.53
South Korea 19 2,185 0.55 94.08
Israel 20 2,150 0.54 94.62
Turkey 21 2,080 0.52 95.15
Singapore 22 2,016 0.51 95.66
Austria 23 2,010 0.51 96.16
Mexico 24 1,905 0.48 96.65
Russia 25 1,642 0.41 97.06
Greece 26 1,158 0.29 97.35
Czech Republic 27 1,157 0.29 97.64
Ireland 28 1,154 0.29 97.94
Thailand 29 1,075 0.27 98.21
Poland 30 963 0.24 98.45
Other 31 6,143 1.55 100.00
Total 396,196 100.00 100.00
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3.4 LATIN AMERICA: EXPORT SUPPLIES OF CONTACT

LENSES
The following tables and graphs summarize the export supplies in Latin America of contact
lenses:
Contact Lenses Export Supplies from Latin America: 2006
Exporters Rank Value (000 US$) % of Latin Cumulative %
America
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Brazil 1 4,049 84.35 84.35
Argentina 2 651 13.56 97.92
Mexico 3 99 2.06 99.98
Venezuela 4 1 0.02 100.00
Total 4,800 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Export Supplies from Latin America: 2006
Argentina
Mexico
Venezuela
Brazil

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Contact Lenses Exports from Latin America by Country of Destination: 2006

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Netherlands 1 1,244 25.92 25.92
Mexico 2 774 16.13 42.04
Chile 3 474 9.88 51.92
Turkey 4 449 9.35 61.27
South Korea 5 348 7.25 68.52
South Africa 6 285 5.94 74.46
China 7 282 5.88 80.33
Saudi Arabia 8 249 5.19 85.52
Lebanon 9 160 3.33 88.85
Costa Rica 10 132 2.75 91.60
United States 11 121 2.52 94.13
Venezuela 12 93 1.94 96.06
Peru 13 84 1.75 97.81
Colombia 14 66 1.38 99.19
Singapore 15 18 0.38 99.56
Australia 16 11 0.23 99.79
Hong Kong 17 9 0.19 99.98
Ireland 18 1 0.02 100.00
Total 4,800 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Exports from Latin America by Country of Destination: 2006
Turkey
Chile South Korea
Mexico
Other
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3.4.2 Argentina
Contact Lenses Exports from Argentina, 2006
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Lebanon 1 160 24.58 24.58
Chile 2 144 22.12 46.70
United States 3 102 15.67 62.37
Saudi Arabia 4 85 13.06 75.42
Mexico 5 85 13.06 88.48
Turkey 6 57 8.76 97.24
South Korea 7 18 2.76 100.00
Total 651 100.00 100.00
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3.4.3 Brazil
Contact Lenses Exports from Brazil, 2006
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Netherlands 1 1,244 30.72 30.72
Mexico 2 689 17.02 47.74
Turkey 3 392 9.68 57.42
South Korea 4 330 8.15 65.57
Chile 5 311 7.68 73.25
South Africa 6 285 7.04 80.29
China 7 282 6.96 87.26
Saudi Arabia 8 164 4.05 91.31
Venezuela 9 93 2.30 93.60
Peru 10 84 2.07 95.68
Costa Rica 11 71 1.75 97.43
Colombia 12 66 1.63 99.06
Singapore 13 18 0.44 99.51
Australia 14 11 0.27 99.78
Hong Kong 15 9 0.22 100.00
Total 4,049 100.00 100.00
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3.4.4 Mexico
Contact Lenses Exports from Mexico, 2006
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Costa Rica 1 61 61.62 61.62
Chile 2 19 19.19 80.81
United States 3 19 19.19 100.00
Total 99 100.00 100.00
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3.4.5 Venezuela
Contact Lenses Exports from Venezuela, 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland 1 1 100.00 100.00
Total 1 100.00 100.00
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3.5 N. AMERICA & CARIBBEAN: EXPORT SUPPLIES OF

CONTACT LENSES
The following tables and graphs summarize the export supplies in N. America & Caribbean of
contact lenses:
Contact Lenses Export Supplies from N. America & Caribbean: 2006
Exporters Rank Value (000 US$)% of N. America & Cumulative %
Caribbean
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United States 1 647,435 99.64 99.64
Canada 2 1,799 0.28 99.91
Barbados 3 501 0.08 99.99
Trinidad and Tobago 4 65 0.01 100.00
Total 649,800 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Export Supplies from N. America & Caribbean: 2006
Canada
United States Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago
Contact Lenses Exports from N. America & Caribbean by Country of Destination:

2006
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United Kingdom 1 192,707 29.66 29.66
Japan 2 134,479 20.70 50.35
Singapore 3 93,971 14.46 64.81
Canada 4 63,698 9.80 74.62
France 5 14,022 2.16 76.77
Taiwan 6 13,445 2.07 78.84
Netherlands 7 13,192 2.03 80.87
Norway 8 11,955 1.84 82.71
South Korea 9 11,011 1.69 84.41
Hong Kong 10 8,517 1.31 85.72
Spain 11 8,429 1.30 87.02
Australia 12 7,321 1.13 88.14
Austria 13 6,829 1.05 89.19
Mexico 14 6,449 0.99 90.19
Saudi Arabia 15 6,039 0.93 91.11
Brazil 16 5,723 0.88 92.00
Italy 17 4,718 0.73 92.72
Thailand 18 4,401 0.68 93.40
China 19 2,248 0.35 93.74
South Africa 20 2,194 0.34 94.08
Colombia 21 2,086 0.32 94.40
Poland 22 1,917 0.30 94.70
Sweden 23 1,871 0.29 94.99
Chile 24 1,844 0.28 95.27
Malaysia 25 1,808 0.28 95.55
Other 26 28,926 4.45 100.00
Total 649,800 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Exports from N. America & Caribbean by Country of Destination:

2006
Singapore Canada
France
Japan
Other
United Kingdom
3.5.2 Barbados
Contact Lenses Exports from Barbados, 2006
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United States 1 346 69.06 69.06
Italy 2 155 30.94 100.00
Total 501 100.00 100.00
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3.5.3 Canada
Contact Lenses Exports from Canada, 2006
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United States 1 822 45.69 45.69
Hong Kong 2 202 11.23 56.92
Switzerland 3 167 9.28 66.20
France 4 140 7.78 73.99
Germany 5 136 7.56 81.55
Sweden 6 115 6.39 87.94
Singapore 8 52 2.89 96.22
Mexico 9 34 1.89 98.11
New Zealand 10 30 1.67 99.78
Lebanon 11 4 0.22 100.00
Total 1,799 100.00 100.00
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3.5.4 Trinidad and Tobago

Contact Lenses Exports from Trinidad and Tobago, 2006
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Barbados 1 65 100.00 100.00
Total 65 100.00 100.00
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3.5.5 United States

Contact Lenses Exports from United States, 2006
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United Kingdom 1 192,610 29.75 29.75
Japan 2 134,479 20.77 50.52
Singapore 3 93,919 14.51 65.03
Canada 4 63,698 9.84 74.87
France 5 13,882 2.14 77.01
Taiwan 6 13,445 2.08 79.09
Netherlands 7 13,192 2.04 81.12
Norway 8 11,955 1.85 82.97
South Korea 9 11,011 1.70 84.67
Spain 10 8,429 1.30 85.97
Hong Kong 11 8,315 1.28 87.26
Australia 12 7,321 1.13 88.39
Austria 13 6,829 1.05 89.44
Mexico 14 6,415 0.99 90.43
Saudi Arabia 15 6,039 0.93 91.37
Brazil 16 5,723 0.88 92.25
Italy 17 4,563 0.70 92.96
Thailand 18 4,401 0.68 93.64
China 19 2,248 0.35 93.98
South Africa 20 2,194 0.34 94.32
Colombia 21 2,086 0.32 94.64
Poland 22 1,917 0.30 94.94
Chile 23 1,844 0.28 95.22
Malaysia 24 1,808 0.28 95.50
Israel 25 1,772 0.27 95.78
Sweden 26 1,756 0.27 96.05
Turkey 27 1,679 0.26 96.31
Indonesia 28 1,666 0.26 96.57
Russia 29 1,465 0.23 96.79
Czech Republic 30 1,457 0.23 97.02
Other 31 19,317 2.98 100.00
Total 647,435 100.00 100.00
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3.6 OCEANA: EXPORT SUPPLIES OF CONTACT LENSES

The following tables and graphs summarize the export supplies in Oceana of contact lenses:

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Contact Lenses Export Supplies from Oceana: 2006

Exporters Rank Value (000 US$) % of Oceana Cumulative %
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Australia 1 9,453 100.00 100.00
Total 9,453 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Exports from Oceana by Country of Destination: 2006

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United Kingdom 1 5,596 59.20 59.20
New Zealand 2 2,973 31.45 90.65
Singapore 3 323 3.42 94.07
Japan 4 209 2.21 96.28
Hong Kong 5 98 1.04 97.31
Fiji 6 87 0.92 98.23
Malaysia 7 79 0.84 99.07
South Africa 9 32 0.34 99.93
Ireland 10 7 0.07 100.00
Total 9,453 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Exports from Oceana by Country of Destination: 2006
New Zealand
Singapore
Japan
Hong Kong
Other
United Kingdom

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3.6.2 Australia
Contact Lenses Exports from Australia, 2006
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United Kingdom 1 5,596 59.20 59.20
New Zealand 2 2,973 31.45 90.65
Singapore 3 323 3.42 94.07
Japan 4 209 2.21 96.28
Hong Kong 5 98 1.04 97.31
Fiji 6 87 0.92 98.23
Malaysia 7 79 0.84 99.07
South Africa 9 32 0.34 99.93
Ireland 10 7 0.07 100.00
Total 9,453 100.00 100.00
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3.7 THE MIDDLE EAST: EXPORT SUPPLIES OF

CONTACT LENSES
The following tables and graphs summarize the export supplies in The Middle East of contact
lenses:
Contact Lenses Export Supplies from The Middle East: 2006
Exporters Rank Value (000 US$) % of The Middle Cumulative %
East
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Israel 1 2,755 76.87 76.87
Turkey 3 23 0.64 100.00
Total 3,584 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Export Supplies from The Middle East: 2006
United Arab Emirates
Turkey
Israel
Contact Lenses Exports from The Middle East by Country of Destination: 2006
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Netherlands 1 800 22.32 22.32
Iran 2 609 16.99 39.31
Switzerland 3 528 14.73 54.05
France 4 458 12.78 66.82
Germany 5 303 8.45 75.28
Belgium 6 178 4.97 80.25
Bahrain 7 145 4.05 84.29
Austria 8 140 3.91 88.20
Greece 9 125 3.49 91.69
Italy 11 71 1.98 95.73
Brazil 12 64 1.79 97.52
Egypt 13 37 1.03 98.55
Saudi Arabia 15 15 0.42 99.86
Romania 16 5 0.14 100.00
Total 3,584 100.00 100.00
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Contact Lenses Exports from The Middle East by Country of Destination: 2006
France
Switzerland Germany
Iran
Other
Netherlands
3.7.2 Israel
Contact Lenses Exports from Israel, 2006
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Netherlands 1 777 28.20 28.20
Switzerland 2 528 19.17 47.37
France 3 458 16.62 63.99
Germany 4 303 11.00 74.99
Belgium 5 178 6.46 81.45
Austria 6 140 5.08 86.53
Greece 7 125 4.54 91.07
Italy 9 71 2.58 96.33
Brazil 10 64 2.32 98.66
Romania 12 5 0.18 100.00
Total 2,755 100.00 100.00
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3.7.3 Turkey
Contact Lenses Exports from Turkey, 2006
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Netherlands 1 23 100.00 100.00
Total 23 100.00 100.00
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3.7.4 United Arab Emirates

Contact Lenses Exports from United Arab Emirates, 2006
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Iran 1 609 75.56 75.56
Bahrain 2 145 17.99 93.55
Egypt 3 37 4.59 98.14
Saudi Arabia 4 15 1.86 100.00
Total 806 100.00 100.00
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4 IMPORTS
4.1 AFRICA: CONTACT LENSES IMPORTS IN 2006
The following tables and graphs summarize the exporters' markets in Africa for imported contact
lenses:
Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Africa: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of Africa Cumulative %

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South Africa 1 9,608 75.52 75.52
Egypt 2 1,302 10.23 85.75
Morocco 3 882 6.93 92.68
Algeria 4 395 3.10 95.79
Tunisia 5 379 2.98 98.77
Mauritius 6 157 1.23 100.00
Total 12,723 100.00 100.00
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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Africa: 2006
Egypt
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Other
South Africa

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Competition in Africa for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006
Country of Origin Rank Value (000 US$) % Share Cumulative %

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United Kingdom 1 5,019 39.45 39.45
United States 2 3,338 26.24 65.68
Ireland 3 1,657 13.02 78.71
Indonesia 4 1,244 9.78 88.49
Germany 5 501 3.94 92.42
Brazil 6 285 2.24 94.66
South Africa 7 157 1.23 95.90
Singapore 8 132 1.04 96.93
France 10 84 0.66 98.26
Spain 11 77 0.61 98.86
Switzerland 12 63 0.50 99.36
Australia 14 32 0.25 99.90
Italy 15 13 0.10 100.00
Total 12,723 100.00 100.00
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Competition in Africa for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006
Ireland
Indonesia
United States
Germany
Other
United Kingdom

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4.1.2 Algeria
Imported Contact Lenses in Algeria, 2006
(Structure of Foreign Import Competition)

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United States 1 260 65.82 65.82
Singapore 2 64 16.20 82.03
France 4 15 3.80 100.00
Total 395 100.00 100.00
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4.1.3 Egypt
Imported Contact Lenses in Egypt, 2006

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Germany 1 501 38.48 38.48
United States 3 259 19.89 81.18
Singapore 4 68 5.22 86.41
Italy 8 13 1.00 100.00
Total 1,302 100.00 100.00
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4.1.4 Mauritius
Imported Contact Lenses in Mauritius, 2006

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South Africa 1 157 100.00 100.00
Total 157 100.00 100.00
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4.1.5 Morocco
Imported Contact Lenses in Morocco, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 511 57.94 57.94
Spain 3 77 8.73 92.18
France 4 69 7.82 100.00
Total 882 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.1.6 South Africa

Imported Contact Lenses in South Africa, 2006

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United Kingdom 1 4,255 44.29 44.29
United States 2 2,194 22.84 67.12
Ireland 3 1,578 16.42 83.54
Indonesia 4 1,244 12.95 96.49
Brazil 5 285 2.97 99.46
Australia 6 32 0.33 99.79
Netherlands 7 20 0.21 100.00
Total 9,608 100.00 100.00
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4.1.7 Tunisia
Imported Contact Lenses in Tunisia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 2 114 30.08 79.16
Ireland 3 79 20.84 100.00
Total 379 100.00 100.00
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4.2 ASIA: CONTACT LENSES IMPORTS IN 2006

The following tables and graphs summarize the exporters' markets in Asia for imported contact
lenses:
Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Asia: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of Asia Cumulative %

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Japan 1 585,831 73.45 73.45
Singapore 2 106,860 13.40 86.85
Hong Kong 3 31,020 3.89 90.74
Taiwan 4 21,313 2.67 93.42
South Korea 5 20,515 2.57 95.99
China 6 10,532 1.32 97.31
Thailand 7 8,861 1.11 98.42
Malaysia 8 8,620 1.08 99.50
Indonesia 9 3,467 0.43 99.93
Macau 10 292 0.04 99.97
Brunei 11 228 0.03 100.00
Total 797,539 100.00 100.00
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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Asia: 2006
Singapore
Hong Kong
Taiwan
South Korea
Other
Japan

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Competition in Asia for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006

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Ireland 1 402,824 50.51 50.51
United States 2 271,584 34.05 84.56
United Kingdom 3 50,385 6.32 90.88
Indonesia 4 34,433 4.32 95.20
Taiwan 5 7,347 0.92 96.12
Germany 6 6,976 0.87 96.99
Singapore 7 5,288 0.66 97.66
South Korea 8 4,982 0.62 98.28
Netherlands 9 2,948 0.37 98.65
Hong Kong 10 2,463 0.31 98.96
China 11 1,904 0.24 99.20
Japan 12 1,263 0.16 99.36
Malaysia 13 1,011 0.13 99.48
Italy 14 1,007 0.13 99.61
Australia 15 709 0.09 99.70
Thailand 16 703 0.09 99.79
India 17 688 0.09 99.87
Brazil 18 639 0.08 99.95
Canada 19 254 0.03 99.98
Finland 20 113 0.01 100.00
Argentina 21 18 0.00 100.00
Total 797,539 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Competition in Asia for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006
United States
United Kingdom
Indonesia
Taiwan
Other
Ireland

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4.2.2 Brunei
Imported Contact Lenses in Brunei, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Malaysia 1 228 100.00 100.00
Total 228 100.00 100.00
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4.2.3 China
Imported Contact Lenses in China, 2006

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Ireland 1 5,303 50.35 50.35
United States 2 2,248 21.34 71.70
South Korea 4 867 8.23 89.00
Taiwan 5 350 3.32 92.33
Singapore 6 307 2.91 95.24
Brazil 7 282 2.68 97.92
Japan 8 106 1.01 98.93
Indonesia 9 47 0.45 99.37
Germany 10 27 0.26 99.63
Hong Kong 11 26 0.25 99.88
India 12 13 0.12 100.00
Total 10,532 100.00 100.00
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4.2.4 Hong Kong

Imported Contact Lenses in Hong Kong, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland 1 12,345 39.80 39.80
United States 2 8,315 26.81 66.60
United Kingdom 3 4,647 14.98 81.58
Germany 4 1,734 5.59 87.17
Netherlands 5 1,347 4.34 91.52
Singapore 6 693 2.23 93.75
Taiwan 7 523 1.69 95.44
India 8 485 1.56 97.00
Malaysia 9 209 0.67 97.67
Canada 10 202 0.65 98.32
Indonesia 11 180 0.58 98.90
South Korea 12 144 0.46 99.37
Australia 13 98 0.32 99.68
China 14 77 0.25 99.93
Brazil 15 9 0.03 99.96
Italy 16 7 0.02 99.98
Japan 17 5 0.02 100.00
Total 31,020 100.00 100.00
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4.2.5 Indonesia
Imported Contact Lenses in Indonesia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Singapore 1 1,737 50.10 50.10
United States 2 1,666 48.05 98.15
Hong Kong 3 64 1.85 100.00
Total 3,467 100.00 100.00
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4.2.6 Japan
Imported Contact Lenses in Japan, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland 1 369,652 63.10 63.10
United States 2 134,479 22.96 86.05
United Kingdom 3 35,930 6.13 92.19
Indonesia 4 32,855 5.61 97.80
Taiwan 5 5,743 0.98 98.78
South Korea 6 3,057 0.52 99.30
Germany 7 1,910 0.33 99.62
Italy 8 943 0.16 99.78
China 9 737 0.13 99.91
Thailand 10 316 0.05 99.96
Australia 11 209 0.04 100.00
Total 585,831 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.2.7 Macau
Imported Contact Lenses in Macau, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 292 100.00 100.00
Total 292 100.00 100.00
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4.2.8 Malaysia
Imported Contact Lenses in Malaysia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland 1 1,946 22.58 22.58
United States 2 1,808 20.97 43.55
Netherlands 3 1,538 17.84 61.39
Singapore 4 1,261 14.63 76.02
Germany 5 657 7.62 83.64
Hong Kong 6 613 7.11 90.75
Japan 7 248 2.88 93.63
Taiwan 8 183 2.12 95.75
South Korea 10 112 1.30 98.91
Australia 11 79 0.92 99.83
China 12 15 0.17 100.00
Total 8,620 100.00 100.00
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4.2.9 Singapore
Imported Contact Lenses in Singapore, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 93,919 87.89 87.89
Ireland 2 4,818 4.51 92.40
United Kingdom 3 2,016 1.89 94.29
Germany 4 1,533 1.43 95.72
Hong Kong 5 1,018 0.95 96.67
China 6 896 0.84 97.51
South Korea 7 724 0.68 98.19
Malaysia 8 574 0.54 98.73
Thailand 9 387 0.36 99.09
Australia 10 323 0.30 99.39
Taiwan 11 254 0.24 99.63
India 12 190 0.18 99.81
Japan 13 81 0.08 99.88
Italy 14 57 0.05 99.93
Canada 15 52 0.05 99.98
Brazil 16 18 0.02 100.00
Total 106,860 100.00 100.00
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4.2.10 South Korea

Imported Contact Lenses in South Korea, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 11,011 53.67 53.67
Ireland 2 4,534 22.10 75.77
United Kingdom 3 2,185 10.65 86.42
Japan 4 823 4.01 90.44
Hong Kong 5 738 3.60 94.03
Singapore 6 350 1.71 95.74
Brazil 7 330 1.61 97.35
China 8 179 0.87 98.22
Indonesia 9 167 0.81 99.03
Taiwan 10 117 0.57 99.61
Netherlands 11 63 0.31 99.91
Argentina 12 18 0.09 100.00
Total 20,515 100.00 100.00
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4.2.11 Taiwan
Imported Contact Lenses in Taiwan, 2006

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United States 1 13,445 63.08 63.08
United Kingdom 2 3,416 16.03 79.11
Ireland 3 2,761 12.95 92.07
Germany 4 1,115 5.23 97.30
Indonesia 5 267 1.25 98.55
Singapore 6 231 1.08 99.63
South Korea 7 78 0.37 100.00
Total 21,313 100.00 100.00
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4.2.12 Thailand
Imported Contact Lenses in Thailand, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 4,401 49.67 49.67
Ireland 2 1,465 16.53 66.20
United Kingdom 3 1,075 12.13 78.33
Indonesia 4 917 10.35 88.68
Singapore 5 709 8.00 96.68
Taiwan 6 177 2.00 98.68
Finland 7 113 1.28 99.95
Hong Kong 8 4 0.05 100.00
Total 8,861 100.00 100.00
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4.3 EUROPE: CONTACT LENSES IMPORTS IN 2006

The following tables and graphs summarize the exporters' markets in Europe for imported contact
lenses:

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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Europe: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of Europe Cumulative %

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United Kingdom 1 398,620 40.16 40.16
France 2 137,486 13.85 54.02
Italy 3 94,674 9.54 63.55
Denmark 4 55,524 5.59 69.15
Spain 5 47,493 4.79 73.93
Sweden 6 41,655 4.20 78.13
Germany 7 35,001 3.53 81.66
Norway 8 29,979 3.02 84.68
Netherlands 9 28,555 2.88 87.56
Belgium 10 26,838 2.70 90.26
Switzerland 11 22,375 2.25 92.51
Austria 12 20,550 2.07 94.58
Finland 13 17,246 1.74 96.32
Greece 14 7,293 0.73 97.06
Poland 15 6,634 0.67 97.72
Czech Republic 16 4,957 0.50 98.22
Hungary 17 3,870 0.39 98.61
Russia 18 3,711 0.37 98.99
Ireland 19 2,530 0.25 99.24
Cyprus 20 1,188 0.12 99.36
Slovenia 21 1,144 0.12 99.48
Slovakia 22 1,002 0.10 99.58
Iceland 23 934 0.09 99.67
Latvia 24 761 0.08 99.75
Lithuania 25 757 0.08 99.83
Other 26 1,727 0.17 100.00
Total 992,504 100.00 100.00
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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Europe: 2006
Italy Denmark
France
Spain
Other
United Kingdom
Competition in Europe for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 267,261 26.93 26.93
Germany 2 192,620 19.41 46.34
United Kingdom 3 181,508 18.29 64.62
Indonesia 4 81,385 8.20 72.82
Netherlands 5 78,811 7.94 80.76
Ireland 6 76,528 7.71 88.47
Italy 7 35,624 3.59 92.06
Sweden 8 14,219 1.43 93.50
France 9 8,044 0.81 94.31
Switzerland 10 7,971 0.80 95.11
Taiwan 11 7,671 0.77 95.88
Japan 12 6,855 0.69 96.57
Australia 13 5,603 0.56 97.14
Denmark 14 4,674 0.47 97.61
Finland 15 3,718 0.37 97.98
Singapore 16 2,750 0.28 98.26
Israel 17 2,659 0.27 98.53
Thailand 18 1,760 0.18 98.71
Spain 19 1,609 0.16 98.87
Luxembourg 20 1,299 0.13 99.00
Brazil 21 1,244 0.13 99.12
Malaysia 22 1,040 0.10 99.23
Hong Kong 23 1,000 0.10 99.33
Belgium 24 890 0.09 99.42
Poland 25 757 0.08 99.50
Other 26 5,004 0.50 100.00
Total 992,504 100.00 100.00
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Competition in Europe for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006
United Kingdom Indonesia

Netherlands
Germany
Other
United States
4.3.2 Austria
Imported Contact Lenses in Austria, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 6,829 33.23 33.23
Switzerland 2 4,932 24.00 57.23
Ireland 3 3,219 15.66 72.90
Germany 4 2,044 9.95 82.84
United Kingdom 5 2,010 9.78 92.62
France 6 617 3.00 95.63
Netherlands 7 574 2.79 98.42
Israel 8 140 0.68 99.10
Spain 9 78 0.38 99.48
Finland 10 74 0.36 99.84
Italy 11 33 0.16 100.00
Total 20,550 100.00 100.00
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4.3.3 Belarus
Imported Contact Lenses in Belarus, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 114 100.00 100.00
Total 114 100.00 100.00
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4.3.4 Belgium
Imported Contact Lenses in Belgium, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Netherlands 1 15,919 59.32 59.32
Germany 2 5,307 19.77 79.09
United Kingdom 3 4,043 15.06 94.15
France 4 1,046 3.90 98.05
Italy 5 276 1.03 99.08
Israel 6 178 0.66 99.74
Singapore 8 4 0.01 100.00
Total 26,838 100.00 100.00
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4.3.5 Croatia
Imported Contact Lenses in Croatia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 331 46.16 46.16
Ireland 2 166 23.15 69.32
Italy 4 71 9.90 99.86
Total 717 100.00 100.00
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4.3.6 Cyprus
Imported Contact Lenses in Cyprus, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 363 30.56 30.56
Ireland 2 252 21.21 51.77
Germany 4 174 14.65 81.31
Indonesia 5 132 11.11 92.42
Spain 7 25 2.10 100.00
Total 1,188 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.7 Czech Republic

Imported Contact Lenses in Czech Republic, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 1,457 29.39 29.39
Indonesia 2 1,209 24.39 53.78
United Kingdom 3 1,157 23.34 77.12
Netherlands 4 859 17.33 94.45
Ireland 5 243 4.90 99.35
Germany 6 32 0.65 100.00
Total 4,957 100.00 100.00
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4.3.8 Denmark
Imported Contact Lenses in Denmark, 2006

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United Kingdom 1 30,995 55.82 55.82
Germany 2 12,922 23.27 79.10
Sweden 3 9,281 16.72 95.81
Hong Kong 4 893 1.61 97.42
Iceland 6 241 0.43 98.81
Switzerland 7 155 0.28 99.09
Senegal 8 151 0.27 99.37
Norway 9 129 0.23 99.60
Spain 10 101 0.18 99.78
Japan 11 56 0.10 99.88
Netherlands 12 28 0.05 99.93
Finland 13 18 0.03 99.96
France 14 11 0.02 99.98
Taiwan 15 9 0.02 100.00
Total 55,524 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.9 Estonia
Imported Contact Lenses in Estonia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Finland 2 91 29.74 72.55
Latvia 3 84 27.45 100.00
Total 306 100.00 100.00
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4.3.10 Finland
Imported Contact Lenses in Finland, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 8,602 49.88 49.88
Germany 2 5,365 31.11 80.99
Ireland 3 1,522 8.83 89.81
Sweden 4 1,210 7.02 96.83
United States 5 547 3.17 100.00
Total 17,246 100.00 100.00
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4.3.11 France
Imported Contact Lenses in France, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 42,063 30.59 30.59
Italy 2 32,775 23.84 54.43
Germany 3 25,217 18.34 72.77
Indonesia 4 14,888 10.83 83.60
United States 5 13,882 10.10 93.70
Japan 6 1,578 1.15 94.85
Taiwan 7 1,154 0.84 95.69
Malaysia 8 903 0.66 96.34
Thailand 9 845 0.61 96.96
Switzerland 10 622 0.45 97.41
Spain 11 587 0.43 97.84
Ireland 12 516 0.38 98.21
Israel 13 458 0.33 98.55
Gabon 14 454 0.33 98.88
Albania 15 268 0.19 99.07
Luxembourg 16 257 0.19 99.26
Philippines 17 211 0.15 99.41
China 18 177 0.13 99.54
Singapore 19 176 0.13 99.67
Canada 20 140 0.10 99.77
Hungary 21 93 0.07 99.84
Netherlands 22 89 0.06 99.90
South Korea 23 85 0.06 99.97
Belgium 24 47 0.03 100.00
Denmark 25 1 0.00 100.00
Total 137,486 100.00 100.00
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4.3.12 Germany
Imported Contact Lenses in Germany, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 15,757 45.02 45.02
Ireland 2 4,451 12.72 57.74
Netherlands 3 3,219 9.20 66.93
France 4 2,170 6.20 73.13
Japan 5 1,675 4.79 77.92
Switzerland 6 1,418 4.05 81.97
United States 7 1,316 3.76 85.73
Taiwan 8 1,229 3.51 89.24
Luxembourg 9 1,042 2.98 92.22
Italy 10 753 2.15 94.37
Poland 11 638 1.82 96.19
Israel 12 303 0.87 97.06
Denmark 13 180 0.51 97.57
Canada 14 136 0.39 97.96
Hungary 15 119 0.34 98.30
Spain 16 103 0.29 98.59
India 17 95 0.27 98.87
Singapore 18 93 0.27 99.13
Thailand 19 81 0.23 99.36
Hong Kong 20 77 0.22 99.58
South Korea 21 56 0.16 99.74
Austria 22 31 0.09 99.83
Indonesia 23 26 0.07 99.91
China 25 14 0.04 100.00
Total 35,001 100.00 100.00
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4.3.13 Greece
Imported Contact Lenses in Greece, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Netherlands 1 4,260 58.41 58.41
United Kingdom 2 1,158 15.88 74.29
Germany 3 834 11.44 85.73
Italy 5 165 2.26 93.49
Switzerland 6 160 2.19 95.68
Spain 7 133 1.82 97.50
Israel 8 125 1.71 99.22
France 9 57 0.78 100.00
Total 7,293 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.14 Hungary
Imported Contact Lenses in Hungary, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland 1 1,465 37.86 37.86
United States 2 1,048 27.08 64.94
Indonesia 4 479 12.38 99.07
Germany 5 36 0.93 100.00
Total 3,870 100.00 100.00
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4.3.15 Iceland
Imported Contact Lenses in Iceland, 2006

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United States 1 240 25.70 25.70
Netherlands 2 234 25.05 50.75
Germany 3 193 20.66 71.41
Sweden 4 95 10.17 81.58
Denmark 5 90 9.64 91.22
Total 934 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.16 Ireland
Imported Contact Lenses in Ireland, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 1,331 52.61 52.61
United Kingdom 2 1,154 45.61 98.22
Japan 3 37 1.46 99.68
Australia 4 7 0.28 99.96
Venezuela 5 1 0.04 100.00
Total 2,530 100.00 100.00
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4.3.17 Italy
Imported Contact Lenses in Italy, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Germany 1 40,459 42.74 42.74
United Kingdom 2 23,769 25.11 67.84
Netherlands 3 10,907 11.52 79.36
Ireland 4 10,008 10.57 89.93
United States 5 4,563 4.82 94.75
Taiwan 6 4,121 4.35 99.11
Singapore 7 166 0.18 99.28
Barbados 8 155 0.16 99.44
Malaysia 9 101 0.11 99.55
South Korea 10 100 0.11 99.66
Greece 11 94 0.10 99.76
Israel 12 71 0.07 99.83
France 13 49 0.05 99.88
Indonesia 14 45 0.05 99.93
Thailand 15 44 0.05 99.98
Malta 16 18 0.02 100.00
Japan 17 4 0.00 100.00
Total 94,674 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.18 Kazakhstan
Imported Contact Lenses in Kazakhstan, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Switzerland 1 63 52.50 52.50
United States 2 57 47.50 100.00
Total 120 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4.3.19 Latvia
Imported Contact Lenses in Latvia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Netherlands 1 536 70.43 70.43
Switzerland 2 129 16.95 87.39
Total 761 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.20 Lithuania
Imported Contact Lenses in Lithuania, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 488 64.46 64.46
Indonesia 2 214 28.27 92.73
Germany 4 9 1.19 100.00
Total 757 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4.3.21 Netherlands
Imported Contact Lenses in Netherlands, 2006

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United States 1 13,192 46.20 46.20
United Kingdom 2 10,257 35.92 82.12
Brazil 3 1,244 4.36 86.48
France 4 927 3.25 89.72
Taiwan 5 853 2.99 92.71
Israel 6 777 2.72 95.43
Germany 7 553 1.94 97.37
Spain 8 197 0.69 98.06
Thailand 9 133 0.47 98.52
Italy 10 90 0.32 98.84
Switzerland 11 69 0.24 99.08
Cyprus 12 69 0.24 99.32
Belgium 13 53 0.19 99.51
Singapore 14 43 0.15 99.66
South Korea 15 40 0.14 99.80
Hungary 16 33 0.12 99.91
Turkey 17 23 0.08 99.99
Hong Kong 18 2 0.01 100.00
Total 28,555 100.00 100.00
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4.3.22 Norway
Imported Contact Lenses in Norway, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 11,955 39.88 39.88
Germany 2 4,200 14.01 53.89
Sweden 3 3,405 11.36 65.25
Netherlands 4 3,150 10.51 75.75
United Kingdom 5 3,111 10.38 86.13
Denmark 6 2,427 8.10 94.23
Ireland 7 517 1.72 95.95
Switzerland 8 279 0.93 96.88
Thailand 9 184 0.61 97.49
Italy 10 177 0.59 98.09
Japan 11 161 0.54 98.62
Belgium 12 142 0.47 99.10
Indonesia 13 133 0.44 99.54
France 14 110 0.37 99.91
Spain 15 28 0.09 100.00
Total 29,979 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.23 Poland
Imported Contact Lenses in Poland, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ireland 1 2,432 36.66 36.66
United States 2 1,917 28.90 65.56
Indonesia 3 1,116 16.82 82.38
Germany 5 206 3.11 100.00
Total 6,634 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4.3.24 Romania
Imported Contact Lenses in Romania, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Indonesia 1 189 40.21 40.21
United States 2 157 33.40 73.62
Ireland 4 51 10.85 98.94
Israel 5 5 1.06 100.00
Total 470 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.25 Russia
Imported Contact Lenses in Russia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 1,642 44.25 44.25
United States 2 1,465 39.48 83.72
Ireland 3 381 10.27 93.99
Indonesia 4 223 6.01 100.00
Total 3,711 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.26 Slovakia
Imported Contact Lenses in Slovakia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 389 38.82 38.82
Indonesia 3 133 13.27 71.66
Ireland 4 96 9.58 81.24
Germany 5 95 9.48 90.72
Italy 6 93 9.28 100.00
Total 1,002 100.00 100.00
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4.3.27 Slovenia
Imported Contact Lenses in Slovenia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 381 33.30 33.30
Germany 2 339 29.63 62.94
Indonesia 3 336 29.37 92.31
Ireland 4 88 7.69 100.00
Total 1,144 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.3.28 Spain
Imported Contact Lenses in Spain, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 12,376 26.06 26.06
Netherlands 2 10,235 21.55 47.61
Germany 3 9,396 19.78 67.39
United States 4 8,429 17.75 85.14
Indonesia 5 5,683 11.97 97.11
Ireland 6 849 1.79 98.89
Portugal 7 275 0.58 99.47
France 8 148 0.31 99.79
Italy 9 66 0.14 99.92
Malaysia 10 36 0.08 100.00
Total 47,493 100.00 100.00
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4.3.29 Sweden
Imported Contact Lenses in Sweden, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 14,486 34.78 34.78
Netherlands 2 11,669 28.01 62.79
Germany 3 8,606 20.66 83.45
Denmark 4 1,873 4.50 87.95
United States 5 1,756 4.22 92.16
Finland 6 1,051 2.52 94.68
Ireland 7 495 1.19 95.87
Belgium 8 478 1.15 97.02
Thailand 9 399 0.96 97.98
Norway 10 241 0.58 98.56
Italy 11 171 0.41 98.97
Canada 13 115 0.28 99.52
France 14 110 0.26 99.79
India 15 88 0.21 100.00
Total 41,655 100.00 100.00
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4.3.30 Switzerland
Imported Contact Lenses in Switzerland, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Germany 1 10,173 45.47 45.47
United Kingdom 2 6,179 27.62 73.08
Netherlands 3 2,176 9.73 82.81
United States 4 1,444 6.45 89.26
France 5 806 3.60 92.86
Israel 6 528 2.36 95.22
Italy 7 343 1.53 96.76
Singapore 8 185 0.83 97.58
Canada 9 167 0.75 98.33
Ireland 10 128 0.57 98.90
Japan 11 102 0.46 99.36
Spain 12 69 0.31 99.66
Taiwan 13 58 0.26 99.92
South Korea 14 13 0.06 99.98
Finland 15 4 0.02 100.00
Total 22,375 100.00 100.00
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4.3.31 United Kingdom

Imported Contact Lenses in United Kingdom, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 192,610 48.32 48.32
Germany 2 66,460 16.67 64.99
Indonesia 3 56,579 14.19 79.19
Ireland 4 49,649 12.46 91.64
Netherlands 5 14,890 3.74 95.38
Australia 6 5,596 1.40 96.78
Japan 7 3,242 0.81 97.59
Finland 8 2,480 0.62 98.22
Singapore 9 2,083 0.52 98.74
France 10 1,993 0.50 99.24
Italy 11 611 0.15 99.39
China 12 325 0.08 99.47
Spain 13 288 0.07 99.54
Taiwan 14 247 0.06 99.61
Sweden 15 228 0.06 99.66
Belgium 16 170 0.04 99.71
Switzerland 17 144 0.04 99.74
Austria 18 126 0.03 99.77
Hungary 19 120 0.03 99.80
Poland 20 119 0.03 99.83
Denmark 21 103 0.03 99.86
Canada 22 97 0.02 99.88
Thailand 23 74 0.02 99.90
Israel 24 74 0.02 99.92
South Korea 25 68 0.02 99.94
Philippines 26 59 0.01 99.95
Bulgaria 27 55 0.01 99.97
Greece 28 52 0.01 99.98
Hong Kong 30 28 0.01 100.00
Total 398,620 100.00 100.00
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4.4 LATIN AMERICA: CONTACT LENSES IMPORTS IN

2006
The following tables and graphs summarize the exporters' markets in Latin America for imported
contact lenses:
Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Latin America: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of Latin Cumulative %

America
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Mexico 1 14,058 40.35 40.35
Brazil 2 10,261 29.45 69.80
Chile 3 2,645 7.59 77.39
Colombia 4 2,561 7.35 84.74
Venezuela 5 1,455 4.18 88.92
Costa Rica 6 894 2.57 91.48
Panama 7 712 2.04 93.53
Peru 8 623 1.79 95.32
Ecuador 9 561 1.61 96.93
Guatemala 10 349 1.00 97.93
Uruguay 11 227 0.65 98.58
El Salvador 12 222 0.64 99.22
Bolivia 13 180 0.52 99.73
Nicaragua 14 93 0.27 100.00
Total 34,841 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Latin America: 2006
Chile
Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
Other
Mexico

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Competition in Latin America for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin:

2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 21,012 60.31 60.31
Ireland 2 4,909 14.09 74.40
Indonesia 3 3,547 10.18 84.58
United Kingdom 4 2,514 7.22 91.79
Brazil 5 1,314 3.77 95.57
India 6 526 1.51 97.08
Germany 7 471 1.35 98.43
Argentina 8 229 0.66 99.08
Mexico 9 80 0.23 99.31
China 10 72 0.21 99.52
Taiwan 11 69 0.20 99.72
Israel 12 64 0.18 99.90
Canada 13 34 0.10 100.00
Total 34,841 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Competition in Latin America for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin:

2006
Ireland
Indonesia
United Kingdom
Brazil
Other
United States

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4.4.2 Bolivia
Imported Contact Lenses in Bolivia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 117 65.00 65.00
Germany 2 63 35.00 100.00
Total 180 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.3 Brazil
Imported Contact Lenses in Brazil, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 5,723 55.77 55.77
Ireland 2 3,472 33.84 89.61
Germany 4 295 2.87 96.52
Indonesia 5 293 2.86 99.38
Israel 6 64 0.62 100.00
Total 10,261 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.4 Chile
Imported Contact Lenses in Chile, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 1,844 69.72 69.72
Brazil 2 311 11.76 81.47
Indonesia 3 211 7.98 89.45
Argentina 4 144 5.44 94.90
Mexico 6 19 0.72 100.00
Total 2,645 100.00 100.00
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4.4.5 Colombia
Imported Contact Lenses in Colombia, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 2,086 81.45 81.45
Germany 2 113 4.41 85.86
Indonesia 4 76 2.97 91.92
China 5 72 2.81 94.73
Taiwan 6 69 2.69 97.42
Brazil 7 66 2.58 100.00
Total 2,561 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.6 Costa Rica

Imported Contact Lenses in Costa Rica, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 762 85.23 85.23
Brazil 2 71 7.94 93.18
Mexico 3 61 6.82 100.00
Total 894 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.7 Ecuador
Imported Contact Lenses in Ecuador, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 561 100.00 100.00
Total 561 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4.4.8 El Salvador
Imported Contact Lenses in El Salvador, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 222 100.00 100.00
Total 222 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.9 Guatemala
Imported Contact Lenses in Guatemala, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 349 100.00 100.00
Total 349 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.10 Mexico
Imported Contact Lenses in Mexico, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 6,415 45.63 45.63
Indonesia 2 2,967 21.11 66.74
United Kingdom 3 1,905 13.55 80.29
Ireland 4 1,437 10.22 90.51
Brazil 5 689 4.90 95.41
India 6 526 3.74 99.15
Argentina 7 85 0.60 99.76
Canada 8 34 0.24 100.00
Total 14,058 100.00 100.00
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4.4.11 Nicaragua
Imported Contact Lenses in Nicaragua, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 93 100.00 100.00
Total 93 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.12 Panama
Imported Contact Lenses in Panama, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 712 100.00 100.00
Total 712 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.13 Peru
Imported Contact Lenses in Peru, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 539 86.52 86.52
Brazil 2 84 13.48 100.00
Total 623 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.4.14 Uruguay
Imported Contact Lenses in Uruguay, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 227 100.00 100.00
Total 227 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4.4.15 Venezuela
Imported Contact Lenses in Venezuela, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 1,362 93.61 93.61
Brazil 2 93 6.39 100.00
Total 1,455 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.5 N. AMERICA & CARIBBEAN: CONTACT LENSES

IMPORTS IN 2006
The following tables and graphs summarize the exporters' markets in N. America & Caribbean
for imported contact lenses:
Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in N. America & Caribbean: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of N. America Cumulative %

& Caribbean
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 380,600 79.37 79.37
Canada 2 98,705 20.58 99.96
Barbados 3 197 0.04 100.00
Total 479,502 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in N. America & Caribbean: 2006
Canada
Barbados
United States

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Competition in N. America & Caribbean for Imported Contact Lenses by Country

of Origin: 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 145,297 30.30 30.30
Indonesia 2 130,321 27.18 57.48
Ireland 3 113,492 23.67 81.15
United States 4 63,826 13.31 94.46
Germany 5 10,467 2.18 96.64
Singapore 6 5,811 1.21 97.85
Taiwan 7 2,355 0.49 98.35
Hong Kong 8 1,556 0.32 98.67
India 9 1,543 0.32 98.99
Netherlands 10 856 0.18 99.17
Canada 11 822 0.17 99.34
Italy 12 577 0.12 99.46
Spain 13 495 0.10 99.57
South Korea 14 389 0.08 99.65
Switzerland 15 378 0.08 99.73
Barbados 16 346 0.07 99.80
Japan 17 242 0.05 99.85
Malaysia 18 189 0.04 99.89
Argentina 19 102 0.02 99.91
Finland 20 76 0.02 99.92
France 21 71 0.01 99.94
China 23 64 0.01 99.97
Senegal 24 62 0.01 99.98
Australia 25 49 0.01 99.99
Other 26 51 0.01 100.00
Total 479,502 100.00 100.00
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Competition in N. America & Caribbean for Imported Contact Lenses by Country

of Origin: 2006
Ireland
United States
Germany
Indonesia Other
United Kingdom
4.5.2 Barbados
Imported Contact Lenses in Barbados, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 128 64.97 64.97
Germany 3 4 2.03 100.00
Total 197 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4.5.3 Canada
Imported Contact Lenses in Canada, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United States 1 63,698 64.53 64.53
Indonesia 2 10,623 10.76 75.30
United Kingdom 3 8,446 8.56 83.85
Ireland 4 5,273 5.34 89.20
Germany 5 4,978 5.04 94.24
Singapore 6 2,200 2.23 96.47
Hong Kong 7 1,452 1.47 97.94
Netherlands 8 587 0.59 98.53
Spain 9 416 0.42 98.95
Italy 10 270 0.27 99.23
India 11 268 0.27 99.50
Malaysia 12 189 0.19 99.69
Taiwan 13 113 0.11 99.81
China 14 64 0.06 99.87
Senegal 15 62 0.06 99.93
France 16 43 0.04 99.98
Switzerland 17 14 0.01 99.99
Japan 18 9 0.01 100.00
Total 98,705 100.00 100.00
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4.5.4 United States

Imported Contact Lenses in United States, 2006

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
United Kingdom 1 136,851 35.96 35.96
Indonesia 2 119,698 31.45 67.41
Ireland 3 108,219 28.43 95.84
Germany 4 5,485 1.44 97.28
Singapore 5 3,611 0.95 98.23
Taiwan 6 2,242 0.59 98.82
India 7 1,275 0.33 99.15
Canada 8 822 0.22 99.37
South Korea 9 389 0.10 99.47
Switzerland 10 364 0.10 99.57
Barbados 11 346 0.09 99.66
Italy 12 307 0.08 99.74
Netherlands 13 269 0.07 99.81
Japan 14 233 0.06 99.87
Hong Kong 15 104 0.03 99.90
Argentina 16 102 0.03 99.93
Spain 17 79 0.02 99.95
Finland 18 76 0.02 99.97
Australia 19 49 0.01 99.98
Israel 20 32 0.01 99.99
France 21 28 0.01 100.00
Mexico 22 19 0.00 100.00
Total 380,600 100.00 100.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.6 OCEANA: CONTACT LENSES IMPORTS IN 2006

The following tables and graphs summarize the exporters' markets in Oceana for imported
contact lenses:

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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Oceana: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of Oceana Cumulative %

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Australia 1 20,395 77.68 77.68
New Zealand 2 5,305 20.21 97.89
New Caledonia 3 289 1.10 98.99
French Polynesia 4 178 0.68 99.67
Fiji 5 87 0.33 100.00
Total 26,254 100.00 100.00
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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in Oceana: 2006
New Zealand
New Caledonia
French Polynesia
Fiji
Australia
Competition in Oceana for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006

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United States 1 8,767 33.39 33.39
United Kingdom 2 5,740 21.86 55.26
Ireland 3 3,964 15.10 70.35
Indonesia 4 3,463 13.19 83.55
Australia 5 3,060 11.66 95.20
Hong Kong 6 434 1.65 96.85
Germany 7 412 1.57 98.42
France 8 153 0.58 99.01
Singapore 9 131 0.50 99.50
Netherlands 10 74 0.28 99.79
Canada 11 30 0.11 99.90
Switzerland 12 15 0.06 99.96
Brazil 13 11 0.04 100.00
Total 26,254 100.00 100.00
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Competition in Oceana for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin: 2006
Ireland
Indonesia
United Kingdom Australia
Other
United States
4.6.2 Australia
Imported Contact Lenses in Australia, 2006

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United States 1 7,321 35.90 35.90
United Kingdom 2 5,375 26.35 62.25
Ireland 3 3,590 17.60 79.85
Indonesia 4 3,365 16.50 96.35
Germany 5 412 2.02 98.37
Singapore 6 131 0.64 99.01
Hong Kong 7 101 0.50 99.51
Brazil 10 11 0.05 100.00
Total 20,395 100.00 100.00
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4.6.3 Fiji
Imported Contact Lenses in Fiji, 2006

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Australia 1 87 100.00 100.00
Total 87 100.00 100.00
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4.6.4 French Polynesia

Imported Contact Lenses in French Polynesia, 2006

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United States 1 178 100.00 100.00
Total 178 100.00 100.00
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4.6.5 New Caledonia

Imported Contact Lenses in New Caledonia, 2006

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France 1 153 52.94 52.94
United States 2 122 42.21 95.16
Total 289 100.00 100.00
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4.6.6 New Zealand

Imported Contact Lenses in New Zealand, 2006

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Australia 1 2,973 56.04 56.04
United States 2 1,146 21.60 77.64
Ireland 3 374 7.05 84.69
Hong Kong 5 333 6.28 97.59
Indonesia 6 98 1.85 99.43
Canada 7 30 0.57 100.00
Total 5,305 100.00 100.00
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4.7 THE MIDDLE EAST: CONTACT LENSES IMPORTS IN

2006
The following tables and graphs summarize the exporters' markets in The Middle East for
imported contact lenses:
Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in The Middle East: 2006
Target Market Rank Value (000 US$) % of The Middle Cumulative %

East
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Saudi Arabia 1 7,847 29.38 29.38
Turkey 2 7,406 27.73 57.12
Israel 3 6,724 25.18 82.30
Lebanon 4 1,887 7.07 89.36
Iran 5 668 2.50 91.86
Armenia 6 628 2.35 94.21
Jordan 7 601 2.25 96.47
Pakistan 8 411 1.54 98.00
Bahrain 9 297 1.11 99.12
Syrian Arab Republic 10 149 0.56 99.67
Oman 11 87 0.33 100.00
Total 26,705 100.00 100.00
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Target Markets for Imported Contact Lenses in The Middle East: 2006
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Turkey Other
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Competition in The Middle East for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin:
2006

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United States 1 11,647 43.61 43.61
United Kingdom 2 5,733 21.47 65.08
Germany 3 3,456 12.94 78.02
Netherlands 4 878 3.29 81.31
Indonesia 6 721 2.70 86.89
Switzerland 7 635 2.38 89.27
Ireland 8 571 2.14 91.41
Brazil 9 556 2.08 93.49
Taiwan 10 501 1.88 95.36
Argentina 11 302 1.13 96.50
Italy 12 263 0.98 97.48
South Korea 13 216 0.81 98.29
Spain 14 189 0.71 99.00
France 15 119 0.45 99.44
Belgium 16 45 0.17 99.61
China 17 36 0.13 99.75
Finland 18 36 0.13 99.88
Japan 19 13 0.05 99.93
Singapore 20 13 0.05 99.98
Canada 21 4 0.01 99.99
Hong Kong 22 2 0.01 100.00
Total 26,705 100.00 100.00
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Competition in The Middle East for Imported Contact Lenses by Country of Origin:
2006
Germany
United Kingdom Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Other
United States

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4.7.2 Armenia
Imported Contact Lenses in Armenia, 2006

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United States 1 628 100.00 100.00
Total 628 100.00 100.00
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4.7.3 Bahrain
Imported Contact Lenses in Bahrain, 2006

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Ireland 4 7 2.36 100.00
Total 297 100.00 100.00
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4.7.4 Iran
Imported Contact Lenses in Iran, 2006

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Germany 3 21 3.14 100.00
Total 668 100.00 100.00
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4.7.5 Israel
Imported Contact Lenses in Israel, 2006

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United Kingdom 1 2,150 31.98 31.98
United States 2 1,772 26.35 58.33
Germany 3 1,259 18.72 77.05
Netherlands 4 857 12.75 89.80
Switzerland 5 408 6.07 95.87
Taiwan 6 122 1.81 97.68
France 7 112 1.67 99.35
Italy 8 31 0.46 99.81
Singapore 9 13 0.19 100.00
Total 6,724 100.00 100.00
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4.7.6 Jordan
Imported Contact Lenses in Jordan, 2006

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United States 1 345 57.40 57.40
Germany 3 57 9.48 100.00
Total 601 100.00 100.00
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4.7.7 Lebanon
Imported Contact Lenses in Lebanon, 2006

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United States 1 1,076 57.02 57.02
Argentina 3 160 8.48 85.00
South Korea 4 144 7.63 92.63
Indonesia 5 71 3.76 96.40
Ireland 6 64 3.39 99.79
Canada 7 4 0.21 100.00
Total 1,887 100.00 100.00
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4.7.8 Oman
Imported Contact Lenses in Oman, 2006

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United Kingdom 1 87 100.00 100.00
Total 87 100.00 100.00
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4.7.9 Pakistan
Imported Contact Lenses in Pakistan, 2006

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Taiwan 1 165 40.15 40.15
Belgium 4 45 10.95 100.00
Total 411 100.00 100.00
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4.7.10 Saudi Arabia

Imported Contact Lenses in Saudi Arabia, 2006

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United States 1 6,039 76.96 76.96
Switzerland 3 227 2.89 85.26
Germany 4 205 2.61 87.87
Indonesia 5 198 2.52 90.39
Italy 6 187 2.38 92.77
Brazil 7 164 2.09 94.86
Taiwan 8 157 2.00 96.87
Argentina 9 85 1.08 97.95
Ireland 10 52 0.66 98.61
South Korea 11 36 0.46 99.07
China 12 36 0.46 99.53
Japan 14 13 0.17 99.89
France 15 7 0.09 99.97
Hong Kong 16 2 0.03 100.00
Total 7,847 100.00 100.00
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4.7.11 Syrian Arab Republic

Imported Contact Lenses in Syrian Arab Republic, 2006

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United Kingdom 1 149 100.00 100.00
Total 149 100.00 100.00
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4.7.12 Turkey
Imported Contact Lenses in Turkey, 2006

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United Kingdom 1 2,080 28.09 28.09
Germany 2 1,914 25.84 53.93
United States 3 1,679 22.67 76.60
Indonesia 4 452 6.10 82.70
Ireland 5 448 6.05 88.75
Brazil 6 392 5.29 94.05
Spain 7 189 2.55 96.60
Taiwan 8 57 0.77 97.37
Argentina 9 57 0.77 98.14
Italy 10 45 0.61 98.74
South Korea 11 36 0.49 99.23
Finland 12 36 0.49 99.72
Netherlands 13 21 0.28 100.00
Total 7,406 100.00 100.00
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