RankCountryImports of Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dim. exceeds 1mm; rods, sticks & ... in USD (2010)
1Germany$162,802,839
2France$126,765,921
3United States$97,459,465
4United Kingdom$79,006,946
5Italy$71,401,746
6Poland$59,422,715
7China$57,553,001
8Belgium$54,801,016
9Austria$47,340,508
10Spain$46,792,001
11Czech Republic$40,175,389
12Switzerland$39,451,032
13Japan$38,720,922
14Mexico$38,157,471
15Romania$34,348,764
16Canada$34,155,275
17Netherlands$27,670,123
18Turkey$26,152,862
19Russia$24,821,590
20Thailand$22,127,444
21Slovakia$21,895,983
22Denmark$17,325,426
23Korea, South$16,254,958
24Ukraine$15,459,039
25Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,777,835
26Hong Kong$14,719,722
27Norway$14,322,620
28Portugal$14,241,443
29Sweden$13,647,417
30Nigeria$13,521,998
31Iran$13,237,683
32South Africa$12,595,305
33Hungary$11,961,000
34Slovenia$11,535,466
35Malaysia$11,020,541
36Vietnam$11,016,990
37Greece$10,925,254
38Australia$10,382,612
39Singapore$9,880,607
40Brazil$9,733,851
41Indonesia$8,844,401
42Finland$7,899,869
43India$7,183,704
44Croatia$6,602,213
45Belarus$6,452,900
46Ireland$6,395,230
47Serbia$6,139,584
48Bulgaria$5,902,608
49Lithuania$5,206,031
50Israel$4,484,000
51Chile$3,998,610
52Azerbaijan$3,963,582
53Armenia$3,619,785
54Saudi Arabia$3,156,004
55Morocco$3,118,028
56Estonia$2,989,032
57Luxembourg$2,867,538
58Tunisia$2,866,105
59Argentina$2,794,336
60Syria$2,675,866
61Egypt$2,672,506
62New Zealand$2,541,682
63Kyrgyzstan$2,074,566
64Sri Lanka$2,020,689
65Costa Rica$1,851,226
66Colombia$1,775,173
67Moldova$1,721,540
68Algeria$1,679,714
69Oman$1,678,295
70Latvia$1,612,071
71Venezuela$1,454,789
72Cyprus$1,454,211
73Peru$1,442,159
74Lebanon$1,398,021
75Kenya$1,374,834
76Dominican Republic$1,362,360
77Qatar$1,330,088
78Barbados$1,210,658
79Ecuador$1,192,481
80Guatemala$1,176,029
81Mauritius$1,084,103
82Philippines$1,075,966
83Pakistan$1,052,594
84Fiji$1,020,176
85Jordan$871,624
86New Caledonia$803,582
87Cote d'Ivoire$793,114
88Panama$722,371
89Trinidad and Tobago$664,256
90Paraguay$590,577
91French Polynesia$506,678
92Montenegro$428,842
93Georgia$418,650
94Bolivia$377,709
95Malta$353,226
96Nicaragua$348,448
97El Salvador$324,034
98Zambia$306,813
99Albania$290,627
100Jamaica$290,398
101Bahrain$269,758
102Ethiopia$253,696
103Botswana$214,684
104Iceland$210,876
105Senegal$196,993
106Malawi$196,269
107Aruba$166,802
108Samoa$146,717
109Tanzania$134,195
110Yemen$124,031
111Bahamas, The$72,878
112Cameroon$70,987
113Mali$67,367
114Mozambique$66,864
115Guyana$65,888
116Zimbabwe$59,206
117Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$56,526
118Burundi$55,623
119Suriname$51,654
120Bermuda$47,199
121Belize$46,531
122Ghana$46,047
123Bhutan$35,643
124Maldives$33,122
125Niger$30,054
126Cape Verde$28,408
127Cambodia$21,248
128Uganda$18,047
129Dominica$15,806
130Benin$14,518
131Burkina Faso$13,327
132Madagascar$12,204
133Sao Tome and Principe$7,454
134Nepal$3,870
135Gambia, The$1,115
136Antigua and Barbuda$785
137Tonga$178
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$257,772$412,828$504,817$1,401,073$384,412$290,627$405,527
Algeria$1,605,458$1,580,011$1,966,083$1,833,938$1,579,229$1,679,714$2,098,785
Antigua and Barbuda $409$9,866 $1,616$785$2,376
Argentina$1,303,137$1,353,059$2,219,401$2,028,319$1,746,517$2,794,336$4,308,521
Armenia$1,398,916$1,703,366$2,412,269$7,635,419$2,708,144$3,619,785$3,645,426
Aruba    $177,355$166,802$86,081
Australia$11,896,323$12,259,223$11,287,083$14,343,758$8,675,447$10,382,612$16,456,837
Austria$32,180,347$35,536,584$41,738,656$53,468,034$51,929,554$47,340,508 
Azerbaijan$31,447$122,770$97,343$284,661$565,088$3,963,582$5,920,333
Bahamas, The$101,875$75,599$245,075$105,711$12,891$72,878$17,734
Bahrain$175,372$11,306$108,949$285,994$373,976$269,758$236,959
Bangladesh$535,256$160,406$402,654    
Barbados$696,453$647,950$1,223,408$1,248,726$1,321,471$1,210,658$996,314
Belarus$2,363,900$3,337,100$3,960,800$5,068,000$4,461,600$6,452,900$7,765,700
Belgium$41,865,338$46,134,730$52,356,354$66,107,713$48,439,405$54,801,016$58,692,789
Belize$43,463$34,493$54,051$58,984$55,205$46,531 
Benin$3,438$2,930   $14,518 
Bermuda     $47,199 
Bhutan$19,707$16,146$15,777$30,148$13,449$35,643 
Bolivia$178,668$137,735$205,451$219,854$250,105$377,709$474,881
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,150,821$8,368,904$9,179,501$11,164,686$10,558,608$14,777,835$17,648,688
Botswana$98,338$92,288$46,114$67,474$131,345$214,684$250,183
Brazil$3,970,474$5,303,423$6,122,679$7,651,278$6,604,026$9,733,851$11,533,153
Brunei $234,105     
Bulgaria$4,599,165$5,415,678$8,388,476$10,611,486$5,894,316$5,902,608$6,082,962
Burkina Faso$33,344 $101,404$4,768$8,288$13,327 
Burundi$391$41$249$56$12,220$55,623 
Cambodia$23,826$11,663$31,227$18,706$51,391$21,248 
Cameroon$13,366$30,189$25,811$21,375$31,553$70,987 
Canada$19,618,298$21,866,517$21,938,186$24,659,917$24,153,681$34,155,275$38,663,213
Cape Verde$11,921$12,687$3,790$53,645$10,398$28,408$21,098
Chile$2,757,052$3,589,394$3,820,716$4,446,277$3,262,883$3,998,610$4,623,943
China$20,334,927$23,368,156$27,492,441$32,827,938$33,210,983$57,553,001$69,946,250
Colombia$1,206,283$1,316,537$1,752,885$1,667,799$1,499,094$1,775,173$2,515,772
Cook Islands$1,886      
Costa Rica$1,599,726$1,589,980$1,744,149$1,659,696$856,654$1,851,226$2,250,271
Cote d'Ivoire$28,317$25,279$47,999$88,609$250,687$793,114$63,774
Croatia$6,596,733$7,521,352$8,432,180$8,716,949$5,295,765$6,602,213$6,037,260
Cuba$398,568$226,118     
Cyprus$749,467$709,808$478,229$633,622$1,006,946$1,454,211$1,370,637
Czech Republic$30,556,815$33,905,032$40,831,631$33,679,733$27,889,008$40,175,389$54,934,477
Denmark$17,654,778$21,552,149$27,856,228$28,510,383$17,366,472$17,325,426$23,190,910
Djibouti    $16,835  
Dominica$17,495$26,009$47,010$20,141$30,338$15,806 
Dominican Republic$1,231,948$1,359,469$1,729,787$1,294,647$799,670$1,362,360$1,800,644
East Timor$168      
Ecuador$626,470$532,502$596,304$1,324,659$989,151$1,192,481$1,934,277
Egypt$1,118,008$832,696$1,241,994$3,492,826$2,028,510$2,672,506$2,363,473
El Salvador$522,702$408,496$314,074$511,359$353,973$324,034 
Estonia$2,771,269$3,018,934$4,137,415$3,830,529$2,420,235$2,989,032$4,605,223
Ethiopia$18,772$110,692$364,622$241,573$263,993$253,696$109,046
Faroe Islands$41,280$71,934$50,629$115,663$55,356  
Fiji$562,953$763,658$664,351$746,031$771,872$1,020,176 
Finland$5,142,278$5,628,183$6,539,105$7,384,361$5,291,964$7,899,869$8,546,316
France$80,460,912$89,039,682$100,935,504$116,259,842$119,382,328$126,765,921$142,565,466
French Polynesia$541,829$588,013$432,381$570,922$347,653$506,678$555,480
Gabon$53,403$35,226$102,880$56,356$38,911  
Gambia, The$420 $121  $1,115$5,693
Georgia$260,686$407,213$604,029$587,125$302,071$418,650 
Germany$103,145,000$109,476,000$129,691,000$155,534,000$137,967,000$162,802,839$197,196,623
Ghana$55,013$118,914$76,368$156,481$72,507$46,047$229,307
Greece$12,234,094$10,649,908$12,364,657$14,368,499$8,157,078$10,925,254$8,740,402
Greenland$7,867$10,897$7,221    
Grenada$1,337$5,092$6,284$4,154$1,240  
Guatemala$853,084$1,073,380$1,276,544$1,521,940$766,287$1,176,029$1,385,455
Guinea $351     
Guyana$426 $33,305$77,351$206,174$65,888$117,894
Honduras$222,465$236,052$349,017 $259,904  
Hong Kong$7,162,655$8,209,775$11,179,524$11,627,586$6,084,790$14,719,722$23,828,764
Hungary$14,417,000$15,308,000$17,202,000$13,917,000$12,840,000$11,961,000$14,649,000
Iceland$373,510$504,633$566,312$363,917$223,327$210,876$378,469
India$3,318,453$5,217,893$6,113,985$6,754,001$9,566,789$7,183,704$8,758,039
Indonesia$4,615,465$3,971,902$4,935,868$9,046,253$5,758,304$8,844,401$14,772,150
Iran$2,554,393$908,062   $13,237,683 
Ireland$8,337,425$7,300,849$9,220,716$12,853,334$7,670,493$6,395,230$10,165,961
Israel$2,929,000$3,188,000$4,475,000$4,195,000$3,338,000$4,484,000$5,431,000
Italy$48,144,206$57,399,729$69,309,968$74,951,733$52,985,974$71,401,746$78,067,557
Jamaica$228,859$296,232$193,084$218,355$235,446$290,398 
Japan$32,751,307$40,006,426$39,412,202$38,575,096$23,776,114$38,720,922$41,255,244
Jordan$415,054$609,256$815,742$935,836$619,838$871,624$807,018
Kazakhstan$6,268,272$9,930,701$12,911,308$9,828,090$8,155,944  
Kenya$621,512$653,232$691,597$963,961$1,263,195$1,374,834 
Kiribati    $90  
Korea, South$5,807,821$8,691,061$11,204,610$12,092,267$9,050,871$16,254,958$19,967,740
Kuwait $557,348$754,349$744,590   
Kyrgyzstan$213,319$505,940$490,163$828,273$755,798$2,074,566$5,006,103
Latvia$1,291,784$1,801,652$2,177,391$1,652,134$1,469,115$1,612,071$2,030,768
Lebanon$654,000$648,985$714,332$994,928$1,749,590$1,398,021$1,530,122
Lesotho   $22,732   
Lithuania$2,006,082$4,072,045$5,115,252$4,553,183$2,902,675$5,206,031$6,313,237
Luxembourg$1,000,337$978,024$1,178,196$3,868,042$2,377,321$2,867,538$1,885,126
Macau$15,280$6,961$26,202$37,920$32,113  
Macedonia$565,681$616,639$542,346$722,102$511,073 $665,241
Madagascar$29,360$60,553$35,592$32,516$30,162$12,204 
Malawi$15,408$21,902$122,332$145,643$141,695$196,269$117,498
Malaysia$5,464,254$7,070,473$6,297,967$7,348,157$8,081,287$11,020,541$8,568,342
Maldives$9,949$15,905$10,936$23,610$14,898$33,122$8,877
Mali$58,782$13,815$30,518$6,287 $67,367 
Malta$562,203$336,823$349,346$416,017$408,599$353,226 
Mauritania $59,947     
Mauritius$897,076$593,145$695,691$821,623$952,853$1,084,103$1,218,219
Mayotte$30,571$15,866$77,137$98,669$7,211  
Mexico$38,896,612$37,222,025$38,252,290$34,278,024$25,293,992$38,157,471$49,116,393
Moldova$1,002,269$757,508$1,037,052$1,104,870$704,065$1,721,540$2,896,927
Mongolia$90,313$43,113$94,270    
Montenegro $451,279$860,666$788,052$386,973$428,842$309,999
Montserrat$31   $2,837  
Morocco$1,609,045$1,525,540$2,082,520$3,140,065$2,822,259$3,118,028 
Mozambique$26,267$60,088$47,053$130,694$175,579$66,864$102,000
Namibia$154,723$138,894$134,848$115,089   
Nepal    $70,517$3,870 
Netherlands$22,986,213$20,786,712$29,754,921$32,572,898$20,945,417$27,670,123 
Netherlands Antilles$35,264$4,206$8,688$5,488   
New Caledonia$714,317$782,816$612,562$1,093,134$885,554$803,582$767,698
New Zealand$1,927,075$2,077,229$2,375,021$2,600,797$2,489,424$2,541,682$3,414,372
Nicaragua$202,760$307,687$309,277$271,419$461,081$348,448$339,556
Niger$6,774$147,814$60,686$34,922$45,069$30,054$22,348
Nigeria $1,401,662$1,608,969$989,488$1,910,129$13,521,998 
Norway$7,089,381$7,741,301$10,328,106$12,685,328$10,959,323$14,322,620$14,750,853
Oman$40,767$182,010$381,696$903,493$660,986$1,678,295 
Pakistan$1,931,677$2,099,943$489,325$595,894$475,511$1,052,594$963,043
Panama$322,587$381,496$287,509$394,043$298,705$722,371$484,853
Paraguay$141,348$217,655$275,089$474,582$260,671$590,577$628,701
Peru$665,346$1,182,691$955,919$2,001,121$982,211$1,442,159$1,901,948
Philippines$1,220,237$1,481,762$1,809,299$518,038$686,780$1,075,966$6,103,531
Poland$30,000,082$34,304,074$41,997,214$56,977,308$41,207,214$59,422,715$68,533,450
Portugal$9,051,240$11,948,747$13,025,863$15,257,173$12,544,302$14,241,443$14,797,870
Qatar$404,803$885,591$750,576$1,266,634 $1,330,088 
Romania$17,231,531$28,056,094$32,226,535$37,775,692$27,587,480$34,348,764$41,501,834
Russia$9,086,395$12,966,861$20,789,818$24,454,325$17,378,166$24,821,590$31,546,236
Rwanda$7,388$15,482$11,831$27,966$63,406 $2,766
Saint Kitts and Nevis$96$5,921$1,631$357   
Saint Lucia$96,858$86,279$194,529$151,358   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$36,254$64,052$45,298$89,176$50,558$56,526 
Samoa    $1,975$146,717$595
Sao Tome and Principe $192$2,152$1,286$926$7,454 
Saudi Arabia$1,268,408$3,091,139$3,158,889  $3,156,004 
Senegal$99,440$180,260$254,844$230,110$220,840$196,993$245,388
Serbia$3,290,124$4,150,693$6,704,660$6,777,473$5,267,531$6,139,584$5,907,027
Seychelles$19,720$12,168$1,188$14,834   
Singapore$6,059,830$10,106,384$8,679,623$10,262,404$5,813,884$9,880,607$8,256,237
Slovakia$9,077,961$10,707,483$14,576,925$17,402,061$12,316,310$21,895,983$38,619,168
Slovenia$17,375,679$18,767,509$18,080,019$17,111,529$11,364,768$11,535,466$13,530,203
South Africa$7,250,201$8,786,959$11,615,342$11,423,190$11,441,168$12,595,305$14,373,735
Spain$43,296,414$71,166,469$57,066,249$59,905,544$42,434,237$46,792,001 
Sri Lanka$1,288,209$1,359,404$1,660,660$2,300,088$1,703,167$2,020,689$2,117,253
Sudan$154,643$25,658$1,809$2,278$48,486  
Suriname     $51,654$77,435
Swaziland$398,462$402,083$117,446    
Sweden$13,579,220$14,962,722$18,789,167$22,956,315$13,854,019$13,647,417$15,386,167
Switzerland$29,425,516$30,204,969$35,336,577$40,033,965$34,400,713$39,451,032$51,402,735
Syria$332,654$843,856$451,411$318,381 $2,675,866 
Tanzania$77,091$74,519$39,636$164,399$63,875$134,195$181,992
Thailand$13,844,175$19,367,031$21,210,166$18,228,947$17,102,437$22,127,444$21,729,036
Togo$945 $8,618    
Tonga   $954$20,033$178 
Trinidad and Tobago$599,334$826,862$675,982$714,880$780,127$664,256 
Tunisia$1,468,914$2,312,400$2,833,558$2,941,092$2,264,028$2,866,105 
Turkey$15,281,669$17,620,674$23,428,364$28,477,682$20,429,888$26,152,862$35,741,971
Uganda$65,615$65,421$118,442$11,220$14,234$18,047 
Ukraine$5,324,542$8,493,864$10,829,050$17,257,789$14,901,358$15,459,039$21,351,981
United Arab Emirates$2,737,100 $4,963,639$5,694,140   
United Kingdom$73,455,959$96,300,834$98,166,594$80,487,683$66,283,357$79,006,946$82,851,349
United States$89,014,601$89,126,839$96,982,457$94,140,687$66,812,200$97,459,465$107,677,593
Uruguay$307,304$356,086$415,819$437,461$392,104  
Vanuatu $1,544$9,614    
Venezuela$1,147,323$856,635$2,079,428$3,544,232$3,432,282$1,454,789$1,889,089
Vietnam$4,560,488$7,917,045$5,150,440$15,142,431$4,549,089$11,016,990 
Wallis and Futuna$11,949$7,807     
Yemen$223,023$197,283$106,224$166,071$189,635$124,031$168,875
Zambia$96,100$74,663$70,452$84,929$94,363$306,813 
Zimbabwe$53,930$143,494$68,634$21,494$23,944$59,206