RankCountryImports of Cotton linters in USD (2010)
1China$140,153,828
2Japan$16,780,333
3Malaysia$14,274,668
4Italy$12,634,898
5Zimbabwe$8,685,969
6United States$7,213,700
7Spain$6,963,020
8Finland$6,598,804
9Switzerland$2,060,850
10Belgium$1,449,829
11France$1,261,854
12Sweden$776,068
13Bolivia$583,195
14Germany$475,625
15Argentina$427,092
16Iran$406,969
17Thailand$395,540
18Greece$245,865
19Saudi Arabia$191,200
20Czech Republic$181,482
21Portugal$165,997
22Philippines$163,510
23United Kingdom$154,744
24Poland$68,983
25Georgia$59,871
26Hong Kong$58,088
27Singapore$54,739
28Kyrgyzstan$52,893
29Canada$41,389
30Colombia$34,762
31Norway$33,557
32Bhutan$29,669
33Mexico$21,371
34Slovakia$19,296
35Korea, South$18,580
36Guatemala$17,179
37Vietnam$15,100
38Chile$14,958
39Botswana$14,586
40Cambodia$13,932
41Ecuador$11,313
42Nepal$10,775
43Australia$8,710
44Netherlands$7,955
45Tunisia$5,374
46Luxembourg$3,819
47Oman$3,782
48Lebanon$3,483
49Kenya$3,315
50Denmark$2,418
51Slovenia$845
52Mozambique$813
53Indonesia$808
54Croatia$339
55Malawi$246
56Brazil$236
57Ireland$194
58Tanzania$130
59South Africa$113
60New Caledonia$85
61Burundi$74
62Trinidad and Tobago$56
63New Zealand$53
64Ghana$36
65Venezuela$33
66Belize$17
67Bahamas, The$16
68Lithuania$14
69Austria$13
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania      $89
Algeria    $52  
Anguilla   $17   
Argentina$779,315$772,460$1,719,624$1,309,861$908,666$427,092$222,013
Armenia    $18,000  
Australia$56,999$3,227$16,862$19,396$4,891$8,710$3,454
Austria$31,363 $3,175 $21$13 
Azerbaijan$32,331$8,435    $5,242
Bahamas, The$23    $16 
Bahrain   $8,867$538  
Bangladesh  $17,399    
Belgium$57,329$77,096$197,792$142,240$663,182$1,449,829$106,653
Belize     $17 
Bhutan$2,282$9,992$2,583$6,422$14,368$29,669 
Bolivia$91,766$456,013$348,135$962,784$676,795$583,195$817,994
Botswana$384$2,004$53,145$6,342$50,755$14,586$7,266
Brazil$709,163$613,985$316,027$225,894$11,200$236$634
Brunei $898     
Bulgaria$25,268$28,155$150,122$51,081$17,966  
Burundi     $74 
Cambodia   $7,171 $13,932 
Cameroon  $428 $106  
Canada$321,901$260,800$167,726$113,137$68,258$41,389$76,744
Chile $10,109 $670$6,308$14,958$21,398
China$25,164,342$52,769,217$45,842,712$39,504,723$62,076,111$140,153,828$154,277,958
Colombia$42,575$44,761$64,328$70,901 $34,762$15,263
Cote d'Ivoire    $138  
Croatia     $339$2,847
Czech Republic$2,951  $2,390$54,376$181,482$251,744
Denmark$90,581  $2,317 $2,418$4,723
East Timor$7,390      
Ecuador$62,516$59,377$26,638$10,131$73,155$11,313 
Egypt    $42,346 $3,839
Estonia   $4,122   
Ethiopia$51     $429,804
Faroe Islands $403     
Finland$3,616,416$2,672,089$3,598,873$4,559,356$3,433,739$6,598,804$32,898
France$823,709$1,083,538$2,279,764$2,481,357$967,406$1,261,854$1,184,103
French Polynesia  $163$208   
Gambia, The      $2,903
Georgia$113,153$120,295$168,384$107,753$102,140$59,871 
Germany$15,768,000$385,000$210,000$255,000$249,000$475,625$416,958
Ghana$4$1$17$379$430$36$523
Greece $2,166$12,885$15,864$106,487$245,865$20,473
Grenada $29  $68  
Guatemala$11,286$1,573$25,454$18,598 $17,179$37,426
Guyana    $29  
Honduras$21,922$17,747$27,433 $10,472  
Hong Kong$9,567$677 $33,984$7,472$58,088$14,944
Hungary      $217,000
Iceland$107   $273 $260
Indonesia$19,872$765$19,274$549$2,760$808$22,798
Iran$3,503    $406,969 
Ireland$37,861 $159,442$1,082$19,238$194$3,227
Israel$8,418,000$5,012,000$5,914,000$7,729,000$2,632,000 $6,000
Italy$8,105,432$10,812,868$9,545,135$13,839,481$7,250,987$12,634,898$2,871,779
Jamaica$44      
Japan$7,793,995$7,848,929$7,635,728$25,414,842$8,614,571$16,780,333$38,422,667
Kazakhstan $2,291$1,093    
Kenya$1,302$8,618$2,929  $3,315 
Korea, South$40,050  $1,468$268$18,580$58,184
Kuwait $5,616$7,084$2,165   
Kyrgyzstan  $148,830$58,736$64,138$52,893 
Latvia$372      
Lebanon    $982$3,483$955
Lesotho   $5,121   
Lithuania$124   $14$14$100
Luxembourg$12,816$17,958$12,515$23,736$12,338$3,819$6,865
Macedonia   $41,601$198,067  
Madagascar    $1,730  
Malawi$434,173$638,248  $175$246 
Malaysia   $5,722,914$52,881,447$14,274,668$30,879,802
Mali   $88   
Malta$820      
Mauritius      $3,064
Mexico$4,946$4,725$8,634$18,313$15,852$21,371$26,279
Montserrat$259$139$265 $408  
Mozambique  $1,532 $170$813$2,808,000
Namibia$2,117$2,714$1,377$2,210   
Nepal    $10,033$10,775 
Netherlands$350,574$801,518$1,394,483$2,101,192$1,061,499$7,955 
Netherlands Antilles$8  $178   
New Caledonia$3,827$1,645$15,287$16,400$44,442$85$18,141
New Zealand$271$29   $53$396
Nigeria    $3,575  
Norway     $33,557$109,950
Oman$86$205$1,956$8,205$14,393$3,782 
Pakistan$659      
Panama$119,031$25,538     
Paraguay$6,928      
Peru$1,524$6,341$7,923 $231 $198
Philippines   $55,435$46,362$163,510$370
Poland $7,477$22,684$260$38,262$68,983$54,793
Portugal $4$205,750$53,468 $165,997$104,132
Romania   $161   
Russia$2,358,184$1,832,406$2,454,684$1,378,091$793,105  
Rwanda   $317$237 $70,801
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $244    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $15   
Sao Tome and Principe $32     
Saudi Arabia$668,292$439,365$566,978  $191,200 
Senegal    $21,075  
Serbia$2,158,994$2,059,974$1,761,480$1,808,632$383,005 $3,819,692
Seychelles $223     
Singapore$381,854$1,716$6,602$14,297$22,346$54,739$36,827
Slovakia     $19,296$77,070
Slovenia$956$1,067$1,050$1,892$247$845 
South Africa$6,735 $507$5,582$237$113$120,451
Spain$4,888,647$5,029,567$5,209,462$10,214,794$4,459,333$6,963,020 
Sri Lanka$296      
Swaziland$36,204      
Sweden$2,800,233$4,777,126$9,996,463$8,626,957$295,971$776,068$168,049
Switzerland$2,393,406$1,046,058$1,592,822$2,521,620$8,334,805$2,060,850$5,287,908
Tanzania$3,468$2,290$1,817$2,474$412$130 
Thailand$4,553,975$3,614,148$4,115,463$3,181,871$2,617,351$395,540 
Tonga    $267  
Trinidad and Tobago$181$591 $126$383$56 
Tunisia    $7,889$5,374 
Turkey$332$601,729 $99,467$7,770 $3,848
Uganda $37 $533   
Ukraine$225,952$116,985$51,971 $4  
United Arab Emirates$2,449 $620$67,931   
United Kingdom$419,354$301,230$128,669$1,398,918$132,798$154,744$157,804
United States$7,248,108$2,210,627$8,222,694$9,268,797$542,134$7,213,700$1,496,434
Uruguay$6,231$5,235     
Vanuatu  $33,827    
Venezuela    $3$33$60
Vietnam$12,960 $13,640$15,300$20,275$15,100 
Zambia $1,871  $3,710  
Zimbabwe$32,285$24,781   $8,685,969