RankCountryImports of Silk in USD (2010)
1India$372,967,400
2Italy$326,403,843
3Hong Kong$223,769,230
4United States$162,356,273
5Japan$149,311,414
6China$124,434,981
7Korea, South$112,154,459
8France$89,134,317
9Germany$75,053,350
10Vietnam$66,247,490
11United Kingdom$64,375,505
12Romania$57,631,387
13Spain$55,598,861
14Pakistan$40,913,558
15Turkey$39,864,949
16Tunisia$33,329,649
17Madagascar$23,667,541
18Morocco$19,433,638
19Malaysia$18,293,720
20Portugal$17,115,461
21Switzerland$17,036,912
22Singapore$16,824,824
23Australia$15,222,650
24Austria$14,551,680
25Canada$14,366,371
26Thailand$14,141,111
27Brazil$13,932,383
28Belgium$12,904,680
29Bulgaria$12,372,152
30Poland$11,897,183
31Lebanon$8,583,815
32Mexico$8,540,279
33Saudi Arabia$7,996,543
34Indonesia$6,845,401
35Greece$6,098,778
36Netherlands$5,426,372
37Sri Lanka$4,819,237
38Hungary$4,802,000
39South Africa$4,760,375
40Nepal$4,284,278
41Slovenia$4,115,536
42Lithuania$4,097,228
43New Zealand$3,612,047
44Russia$3,544,384
45Oman$3,390,048
46Croatia$3,359,127
47Slovakia$3,161,833
48Nigeria$2,859,828
49Serbia$2,622,422
50Argentina$2,581,956
51Ukraine$2,567,071
52Iran$2,401,656
53Peru$2,379,355
54Czech Republic$2,089,612
55Israel$2,012,000
56Norway$1,870,418
57Qatar$1,674,897
58Denmark$1,569,755
59Chile$1,384,252
60Finland$1,375,091
61Philippines$1,256,676
62Sweden$1,228,939
63Belarus$1,220,300
64Ireland$1,211,685
65Bahrain$1,133,880
66Moldova$949,813
67Colombia$929,473
68Luxembourg$928,968
69Latvia$807,163
70Cyprus$569,921
71Mauritius$518,669
72Panama$494,985
73Egypt$478,491
74Bhutan$459,872
75Bosnia and Herzegovina$416,638
76Estonia$402,601
77Jordan$380,587
78Syria$330,592
79Macau$318,963
80Dominican Republic$239,952
81Guatemala$237,049
82Albania$234,817
83Algeria$211,048
84Cambodia$208,686
85Kenya$189,538
86Senegal$165,402
87Costa Rica$161,652
88Botswana$144,404
89Malta$138,114
90Ghana$131,333
91Paraguay$115,426
92Georgia$106,891
93El Salvador$99,259
94Ecuador$96,431
95Fiji$95,864
96Iceland$90,090
97Tanzania$75,976
98Mozambique$62,474
99Guyana$59,965
100Venezuela$59,813
101Mali$58,815
102Ethiopia$55,398
103Bolivia$50,204
104Jamaica$48,445
105Trinidad and Tobago$45,714
106Zambia$42,205
107Zimbabwe$38,689
108Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$35,716
109Montenegro$35,136
110Yemen$33,925
111Azerbaijan$32,497
112Benin$25,142
113Malawi$24,097
114Maldives$23,662
115Bermuda$21,780
116Barbados$18,658
117Tonga$18,486
118Bahamas, The$15,500
119Niger$14,867
120Cote d'Ivoire$13,591
121Cape Verde$13,349
122Armenia$13,077
123Uganda$10,661
124Antigua and Barbuda$10,384
125French Polynesia$9,874
126Nicaragua$7,224
127Cameroon$6,697
128Mauritania$6,172
129New Caledonia$5,708
130Gambia, The$3,269
131Burkina Faso$2,981
132Togo$2,021
133Dominica$1,953
134Kyrgyzstan$1,560
135Aruba$835
136Suriname$826
137Sao Tome and Principe$546
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Afghanistan   $71,600   
Albania$56,631$16,556$93,367$251,106$45,879$234,817$126,299
Algeria$137,629$115,129$105,681$61,482$61,280$211,048$285,965
Anguilla $20$3,436$51   
Antigua and Barbuda$775$2,154$6,020 $1,244$10,384$5,578
Argentina$1,706,612$1,910,877$1,829,799$2,275,518$1,890,820$2,581,956$3,199,770
Armenia$3,343$6,003$14,340$22,845$57,646$13,077$52,013
Aruba$657   $2,455$835$3,581
Australia$19,230,254$19,123,902$17,038,032$16,874,693$13,730,052$15,222,650$15,939,196
Austria$10,297,303$10,650,430$11,120,485$29,595,759$17,884,618$14,551,680 
Azerbaijan$524,979$1,328,269$2,375,657$3,631,021$883$32,497$649,979
Bahamas, The$51,909$32,292$76,342$140,719$21,524$15,500$22,733
Bahrain$409,850$307,845$424,952$571,946$904,971$1,133,880$1,230,448
Bangladesh$9,376,960$6,127,149$9,118,218    
Barbados$33,169$41,515$55,532$64,958$18,002$18,658$32,403
Belarus$272,400$488,300$764,700$1,392,700$1,295,200$1,220,300$1,397,900
Belgium$17,218,409$18,405,522$20,837,388$23,086,108$15,868,294$12,904,680$11,910,266
Belize    $480  
Benin $24,433   $25,142 
Bermuda     $21,780 
Bhutan$345,599$282,467$311,171$178,370$272,838$459,872 
Bolivia$24,251$5,702$25,546$47,438$124,725$50,204$96,539
Bosnia and Herzegovina$356,940$365,605$370,860$364,832$212,873$416,638$356,963
Botswana$315,472$142,201$63,118$151,498$107,131$144,404$192,662
Brazil$6,680,762$5,182,738$7,831,624$12,701,907$11,160,771$13,932,383$19,549,796
Brunei $2,591,109     
Bulgaria$9,399,155$9,304,344$12,314,958$14,235,483$11,999,045$12,372,152$14,132,235
Burkina Faso$2,750 $2,560$1,482$878$2,981 
Burundi $462$370$4,972$23,458  
Cambodia$128,597$127,286$208,457$341,589$697,568$208,686 
Cameroon$9,787$10,184$5,857$272$7,227$6,697 
Canada$22,737,720$20,225,604$20,624,408$18,318,759$12,523,398$14,366,371$14,888,481
Cape Verde$17,279$19,348$5,931$11,438$9,057$13,349$9,295
Central African Republic   $638   
Chile$1,520,182$1,654,009$935,418$1,167,012$1,078,705$1,384,252$1,056,494
China$136,173,363$127,024,940$110,841,927$116,648,718$108,999,621$124,434,981$112,136,554
Colombia$1,980,895$1,849,913$1,897,606$1,881,958$1,407,673$929,473$1,308,009
Cook Islands$1,015 $1,108    
Costa Rica$961,253$42,915$66,772$25,055$98,784$161,652$105,280
Cote d'Ivoire$5,921$3,355$1,296$15,485$18,079$13,591$5,967
Croatia$4,884,769$4,656,265$6,727,224$6,482,326$3,923,101$3,359,127$3,772,600
Cuba$68,607$13,884     
Cyprus$911,512$898,610$1,103,015$1,326,018$835,005$569,921$686,632
Czech Republic$1,988,420$2,089,434$1,777,599$2,764,483$1,939,149$2,089,612$2,378,017
Denmark$2,320,820$2,327,660$2,209,064$2,359,917$1,587,638$1,569,755$1,344,078
Dominica  $4,601$6,498$2,796$1,953 
Dominican Republic$97,375$69,632$35,868$203,469$426,746$239,952$52,173
East Timor$6,775      
Ecuador$143,322$141,975$84,599$76,040$81,559$96,431$35,400
Egypt$818,639$478,198$483,360$857,412$1,528,838$478,491$301,255
El Salvador$113,864$123,218$141,683$84,321$64,912$99,259 
Estonia$922,384$526,288$772,117$524,144$442,128$402,601$518,072
Ethiopia$4,597$3,513$307$16,489$5,756$55,398$53,254
Faroe Islands$8,914$11,907$18,282$5,203$6,880  
Fiji$52,750$32,571$72,787$61,986$184,472$95,864 
Finland$1,976,104$2,128,962$2,418,333$2,499,580$1,387,497$1,375,091$1,192,996
France$107,910,818$112,942,802$119,589,494$131,872,943$87,938,167$89,134,317$113,776,869
French Polynesia$25,484$24,656$13,680$14,601$7,866$9,874$4,504
Gabon$2,945$50,057$945$11,402$684  
Gambia, The$6,330$4,667$81$453$8,985$3,269$404
Georgia$98,152$284,978$165,017$53,495$135,161$106,891 
Germany$107,110,000$115,017,000$110,214,000$109,774,000$70,395,000$75,053,350$103,426,607
Ghana$97,501$93,742$79,491$112,485$43,433$131,333$253,453
Greece$16,795,334$14,308,066$15,391,359$15,522,106$11,733,540$6,098,778$4,108,752
Greenland$4,051$2,220$686    
Grenada$1,102$7,017$3,711$2,988$1,377  
Guatemala$59,462$65,688$114,655$108,340$108,713$237,049$275,027
Guinea$423 $4,429$7,801   
Guinea-Bissau$5,625      
Guyana$9,768$17,893$86$993$2,853$59,965$43,591
Honduras$18,563$39,403$48,527 $13,954  
Hong Kong$227,675,351$247,487,816$276,721,601$261,090,763$195,107,663$223,769,230$159,419,806
Hungary$7,168,000$6,789,000$5,570,000$4,437,000$4,435,000$4,802,000$4,071,000
Iceland$111,418$128,879$133,942$81,748$74,953$90,090$95,318
India$413,639,676$351,484,472$395,093,126$370,874,679$393,437,787$372,967,400$349,072,806
Indonesia$2,154,282$3,652,248$1,033,198$13,085,977$7,158,575$6,845,401$9,466,522
Iran$2,095,111$933,494   $2,401,656 
Ireland$3,394,544$4,072,483$3,835,041$4,287,053$1,617,137$1,211,685$869,928
Israel$3,220,000$2,897,000$2,972,000$2,451,000$1,158,000$2,012,000$2,131,000
Italy$305,150,830$381,750,029$401,021,012$420,851,670$252,068,876$326,403,843$441,610,300
Jamaica$87,063$26,260$44,392$44,128$46,454$48,445 
Japan$200,486,415$224,289,268$157,226,657$165,755,767$119,564,191$149,311,414$184,401,983
Jordan$421,642$420,106$345,594$246,878$363,951$380,587$221,371
Kazakhstan$300,677$168,210$335,724$46,859$251,144  
Kenya$60,813$73,401$20,414$44,262$25,165$189,538 
Kiribati$8,658      
Korea, South$164,365,531$183,157,358$158,737,070$143,556,843$100,571,806$112,154,459$124,121,133
Kuwait $1,754,929$1,064,085$2,216,914   
Kyrgyzstan$38,665$67,113$4,166$4,984 $1,560$8,851
Latvia$964,646$1,070,454$1,142,646$1,067,545$631,297$807,163$1,070,271
Lebanon$10,503,000$10,022,903$9,594,060$10,504,969$8,620,860$8,583,815$7,248,257
Lesotho   $855,194   
Lithuania$3,261,742$2,220,175$2,562,870$3,818,916$4,109,628$4,097,228$4,701,202
Luxembourg$207,172$279,902$197,375$203,149$507,488$928,968$557,274
Macau$1,498,364$1,126,531$899,669$631,422$491,968$318,963 
Macedonia$1,606,584$1,662,750$2,108,422$3,594,873$4,091,868 $3,527,312
Madagascar$15,894,820$19,529,022$28,553,934$25,832,466$20,995,462$23,667,541 
Malawi$1,343$89,709$706$44,873$3,753$24,097$609,094
Malaysia$11,813,221$12,530,043$13,826,661$18,697,726$14,986,899$18,293,720$18,215,543
Maldives$38,295$52,879$11,778$22,402$16,670$23,662$44,664
Mali$31,333$94,077$36,134$51,946 $58,815 
Malta$76,523$89,921$163,058$192,151$148,168$138,114 
Mauritania$8,402 $439  $6,172$1,853
Mauritius$619,539$511,893$1,233,835$1,280,146$696,926$518,669$393,033
Mayotte$18,631$7,187$4,816$8,814$5,142  
Mexico$11,956,008$14,718,130$12,831,577$12,240,360$7,134,091$8,540,279$7,763,101
Moldova$135,178$217,688$598,869$403,163$452,633$949,813$768,819
Mongolia$46,527$8,575$69,426    
Montenegro $19,458$53,478$73,653$37,702$35,136$24,675
Morocco$25,992,532$35,118,418$42,743,502$68,321,614$33,805,647$19,433,638 
Mozambique$21,308$5,595$25,324$33,256$61,278$62,474$70,000
Namibia$251,482$180,724$294,837$256,695   
Nepal    $4,743,548$4,284,278 
Netherlands$7,492,584$10,026,515$10,547,837$13,271,695$7,164,069$5,426,372 
Netherlands Antilles$19,774$18,875$24,330$23,820   
New Caledonia$10,318$7,929$5,507$10,858$23,247$5,708$2,293
New Zealand$4,912,063$4,832,807$4,710,790$3,962,478$3,230,722$3,612,047$3,744,033
Nicaragua$9,460$2,578$1,042$6,833$3,953$7,224$20,169
Niger$1,902$5,762$26,350$23,026$19,077$14,867$3,422
Nigeria $23,776$88,759$902,622$666,545$2,859,828 
Norway$2,681,062$2,442,572$2,654,154$2,472,439$1,760,906$1,870,418$1,968,035
Oman$1,839,952$2,123,385$1,387,727$1,236,852$1,154,331$3,390,048 
Pakistan$10,732,481$20,507,871$28,601,333$34,305,137$32,053,450$40,913,558$35,625,263
Panama$58,314$115,660$79,218$108,141$111,170$494,985$252,224
Paraguay$343,200$38,263$479,579$114,737$242,397$115,426$128,320
Peru$1,324,821$1,896,844$1,346,109$1,531,101$1,367,244$2,379,355$2,343,761
Philippines$3,142,426$2,769,602$1,956,207$1,587,036$1,825,142$1,256,676$1,636,986
Poland$16,692,684$18,902,671$17,784,593$25,708,052$17,137,534$11,897,183$8,755,205
Portugal$13,816,969$14,830,594$16,704,544$16,510,221$13,723,473$17,115,461$24,840,064
Qatar$665,021$6,320,987$712,508$365,606 $1,674,897 
Romania$46,958,951$65,951,861$77,157,241$91,809,745$42,478,239$57,631,387$92,504,084
Russia$1,909,960$966,168$1,758,249$2,557,429$4,545,094$3,544,384$7,779,241
Rwanda$181$44,569$3,427$136,374$20,246 $38,356
Saint Kitts and Nevis$6,000$22$924$273   
Saint Lucia$3,890$2,871$1,158$9,454   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$17,013$3,459$5,381$78,726$14,193$35,716 
Samoa$4,780$9,346  $2,150 $216
Sao Tome and Principe $22  $148$546 
Saudi Arabia$12,618,839$15,126,828$10,729,818  $7,996,543 
Senegal$165,413$1,296,141$939,240$926,553$5,625,380$165,402$120,143
Serbia$1,213,911$2,045,632$2,547,199$2,231,173$1,468,633$2,622,422$2,114,524
Seychelles$23,862$43,456$26,449$51,768   
Singapore$30,588,619$31,628,011$22,951,299$27,229,340$21,711,243$16,824,824$16,910,475
Slovakia$4,076,402$3,053,617$3,252,306$4,215,561$3,452,806$3,161,833$4,926,990
Slovenia$10,616,909$9,142,265$10,677,835$11,598,145$5,273,032$4,115,536$4,931,363
South Africa$7,717,598$6,640,171$6,943,837$5,691,311$4,364,466$4,760,375$4,953,943
Spain$91,311,003$101,181,065$106,477,161$139,391,990$76,959,749$55,598,861 
Sri Lanka$4,391,917$3,828,804$7,632,156$8,555,196$5,412,117$4,819,237$9,558,317
Sudan $100,312$16,319$12,205$2,765  
Suriname $355$791$352 $826 
Swaziland$272,359$384,915$159,547    
Sweden$2,051,451$1,986,823$2,070,669$1,871,242$1,129,090$1,228,939$998,887
Switzerland$18,986,076$21,591,081$24,244,088$29,431,247$18,403,588$17,036,912$18,007,330
Syria $9,524 $135,229 $330,592 
Tanzania$43,779$9,026$14,521$3,221,270$124,820$75,976$59,331
Thailand$22,163,119$20,788,472$15,809,973$20,603,325$8,560,229$14,141,111$18,110,949
Togo$29,740 $20,003  $2,021 
Tonga$68 $429$8,342$21,005$18,486 
Trinidad and Tobago$239,143$118,095$145,010$76,977$160,923$45,714 
Tunisia$5,907,815$6,371,500$7,888,267$11,829,920$21,138,588$33,329,649 
Turkey$29,207,491$30,634,380$39,479,898$44,539,002$32,764,595$39,864,949$44,647,119
Uganda$428$5,641$7,206$130,507$29,453$10,661 
Ukraine$1,777,240$1,329,813$1,434,361$1,951,887$2,089,318$2,567,071$2,289,089
United Arab Emirates$31,664,236 $49,297,815$51,387,627   
United Kingdom$77,280,293$81,637,472$93,582,912$88,712,157$59,771,667$64,375,505$66,366,019
United States$316,232,086$305,414,469$294,890,914$254,919,574$149,068,407$162,356,273$185,374,422
Uruguay$2,109,079$2,201,583$2,144,018$964,061$498,648  
Vanuatu $5,675$29,869    
Venezuela$312,157$302,259$507,101$591,646$228,567$59,813$89,236
Vietnam$53,338,605$76,468,727$58,135,840$40,007,246$38,102,473$66,247,490 
Yemen$144,801$87,482$503,827$372,645$464,546$33,925$173,883
Zambia$9,004$9,158$131,091$41,851$50,394$42,205 
Zimbabwe$754$11,289$25,640$19,225$57,880$38,689 
Chapter
01 - Live animals
02 - Meat and edible meat offal
03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey;
05 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified
06 - Live trees and other plants;
07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
09 - Coffee, tea, matF and spices
10 - Cereals
11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin
12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
13 - Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
14 - Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products nes
15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils
16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans
17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
20 - Preparations of vegetables, fruit or nuts
21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations
22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
23 - Residues and waste from the food industries
24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials
26 - Ores, slag and ash
27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation
28 - Inorganic chemicals
29 - Organic chemicals
30 - Pharmaceutical products
31 - Fertilizers
32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts
33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents
35 - Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches
37 - Photographic or cinematographic goods
38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
39 - Plastics and articles thereof
40 - Rubber and articles thereof
41 - Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather
42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness
43 - Fur skins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
45 - Cork and articles of cork
46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials
47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material
48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing indu ...
50 - Silk
51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
52 - Cotton
53 - Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn
54 - Man-made filaments
55 - Man-made staple fibers
56 - Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cabl ...
57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings
58 - Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; ...
59 - Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics
60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articl ...
64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
65 - Headgear and parts thereof
66 - Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding-crops
67 - Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down
68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69 - Ceramic products
70 - Glass and glassware
71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones
72 - Iron and steel
73 - Articles of iron or steel
74 - Copper and articles thereof
75 - Nickel and articles thereof
76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
77 - (Reserved for possible future use)
78 - Lead and articles thereof
79 - Zinc and articles thereof
80 - Tin and articles thereof
81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal
83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal
84 - Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and r ...
86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof
87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock
88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, med ...
91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof
92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, cushions and similar stuffed furnishing
95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
99 - Commodities not specified according to kind