RankCountryImports of Cotton sewing thread, not put up for retail sale, cont. 85%/more by wt. of ... in USD (2010)
1United States$7,049,243
2Dominican Republic$4,795,542
3China$4,783,129
4Singapore$4,228,979
5Italy$3,234,875
6Spain$3,180,065
7Slovakia$3,060,389
8Hong Kong$2,880,484
9Germany$2,673,569
10Indonesia$2,428,360
11Romania$2,386,062
12Egypt$2,352,097
13Vietnam$2,324,840
14United Kingdom$2,214,039
15Tunisia$2,135,149
16Turkey$1,916,451
17Mexico$1,631,637
18Thailand$1,366,364
19Hungary$999,000
20Bulgaria$941,365
21Guatemala$701,176
22Morocco$686,910
23Brazil$632,811
24Malaysia$631,146
25France$560,677
26Colombia$548,762
27Poland$524,025
28El Salvador$510,848
29Sri Lanka$496,598
30Ecuador$492,116
31Canada$484,566
32Botswana$470,360
33India$413,929
34Russia$388,010
35Korea, South$356,460
36Portugal$314,514
37Albania$303,478
38Austria$274,971
39Greece$254,910
40Kenya$229,628
41Mali$220,213
42Gambia, The$202,968
43Switzerland$172,704
44Chile$157,144
45Netherlands$140,532
46Nigeria$139,418
47Lithuania$133,248
48Ukraine$131,872
49Belgium$122,363
50South Africa$122,112
51Jamaica$117,792
52Japan$112,404
53Israel$106,000
54Iran$84,904
55Australia$76,734
56Belarus$64,600
57Norway$63,618
58Denmark$60,171
59Moldova$58,628
60Oman$58,627
61Sweden$57,739
62Lebanon$53,101
63Tanzania$46,941
64Cameroon$46,759
65Costa Rica$43,192
66Philippines$43,067
67Mauritania$42,145
68Czech Republic$38,795
69Argentina$37,770
70Jordan$35,637
71Georgia$34,462
72Venezuela$33,874
73Panama$31,832
74Serbia$31,160
75New Zealand$31,144
76French Polynesia$29,681
77Bahamas, The$28,673
78Bolivia$28,102
79Peru$27,991
80Croatia$25,171
81Ireland$23,264
82Mauritius$22,880
83Madagascar$21,785
84Senegal$21,690
85Fiji$21,142
86Zimbabwe$20,137
87Ghana$14,541
88Uganda$13,709
89Cambodia$11,717
90Bosnia and Herzegovina$11,389
91Zambia$10,086
92Syria$9,095
93Cyprus$8,236
94Slovenia$7,024
95Qatar$6,901
96Estonia$6,653
97Nepal$6,238
98Paraguay$4,635
99Barbados$3,956
100Bahrain$3,651
101Finland$3,501
102Luxembourg$3,496
103Bhutan$2,864
104Burundi$2,734
105Iceland$2,555
106Armenia$2,332
107Latvia$1,991
108Malta$1,934
109Pakistan$1,702
110Ethiopia$967
111Niger$868
112Tonga$559
113Montenegro$511
114Mozambique$392
115Cote d'Ivoire$389
116New Caledonia$386
117Cape Verde$382
118Yemen$360
119Antigua and Barbuda$265
120Nicaragua$207
121Trinidad and Tobago$206
122Malawi$203
123Bermuda$164
124Kyrgyzstan$70
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$65
126Sao Tome and Principe$54
127Dominica$25
128Algeria$2
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$128,021$155,746$180,401$509,698$384,074$303,478$461,548
Algeria$203,078$591$115,161$25,643$14,147$2$19,097
Antigua and Barbuda$33 $148 $240$265$644
Argentina$56,501$113,593$74,599$29,471$12,934$37,770$43,271
Armenia $77 $2,901$35,334$2,332 
Australia$66,640$49,155$93,726$120,222$57,242$76,734$63,655
Austria$314,096$505,834$359,868$580,626$271,712$274,971 
Azerbaijan $103     
Bahamas, The$5,345$649$32,376$1,149$12,020$28,673$11,965
Bahrain$29,141$132,822$7,394$82,393$5,515$3,651$11,442
Bangladesh$810,466$1,011,611$546,127    
Barbados$15,296$18,546$4,784$10,105$7,853$3,956$10,897
Belarus$158,900$173,400$132,600$94,200$42,700$64,600$46,800
Belgium$248,003$231,886$244,663$198,233$141,412$122,363$267,036
Belize$80      
Bermuda     $164 
Bhutan$818$114$5,024$7$3,305$2,864 
Bolivia$130$5,072$9,127$2,248$9,103$28,102$10,908
Bosnia and Herzegovina$114,637$38,185$145,371$113,479$9,742$11,389$18,932
Botswana$57,110$59,856$114,292$69,456$1,361,040$470,360$407,911
Brazil$1,903$9,022$6,193$454,901$544,431$632,811$1,580,046
Brunei $700     
Bulgaria$1,535,508$942,196$1,232,758$993,807$718,067$941,365$1,017,678
Burkina Faso  $4,013    
Burundi $102 $10,921$20$2,734 
Cambodia$6,739$9,398$1,231,099$47,020$34,724$11,717 
Cameroon$510$480$162,516$209,504$53,435$46,759 
Canada$744,957$623,723$640,113$682,129$427,157$484,566$346,583
Cape Verde$7,271$5,792$7,265$1,406$1,079$382$3,199
Central African Republic$242      
Chile$69,315$100,879$140,839$278,994$166,555$157,144$441,937
China$1,990,383$2,291,231$2,477,783$2,451,557$3,173,880$4,783,129$3,921,430
Colombia$769,657$590,905$1,158,299$468,139$307,256$548,762$502,391
Comoros$361 $18    
Cook Islands$34,652      
Costa Rica$60,000$69,202$14,556$21,920$35,089$43,192$115,752
Cote d'Ivoire$12,601$15,024$59,623$578$4,363$389 
Croatia$283,738$261,011$127,834$58,686$17,493$25,171$39,308
Cuba$440,162$331,351     
Cyprus$13,557$12,157 $58,138$601$8,236$19,176
Czech Republic$102,475$523,158$116,228$289,152$507,319$38,795$68,442
Denmark$152,568$111,646$73,654$8,933$15,964$60,171$152,255
Dominica   $40$27$25 
Dominican Republic$7,689,524$3,712,818$1,299,155$1,362,013$1,297,790$4,795,542$3,723,539
East Timor$395      
Ecuador$34,019$70,328$66,944$324,063$358,403$492,116$81,008
Egypt$113,581$61,398$10,059$1,241,765$376,688$2,352,097$3,116,023
El Salvador$148,122$219,741$280,391$286,197$209,211$510,848 
Estonia$17,212$6,014$5,969$6,945$4,329$6,653$6,623
Ethiopia$5,421$43,750$9,004$9,447$3,837$967$146
Faroe Islands$188$200$327$1,178$337  
Fiji$9,572$16,465$43,879$364,515$12,208$21,142 
Finland$7,564$27,013$68,311$159,768$51,566$3,501$3,016
France$1,493,128$1,127,482$879,789$599,710$893,844$560,677$1,879,816
French Polynesia$39,215$35,279$25,807$57,890$27,098$29,681$11,250
Gabon$12,198$5,384$6,786$5,184$5,449  
Gambia, The$18,850$98,303$46,861$63,657$179,892$202,968$194,794
Georgia$72 $10,332$15,499$25,339$34,462 
Germany$1,558,000$2,605,000$2,658,000$2,795,000$2,592,000$2,673,569$3,281,348
Ghana$1,862$1,734$64,613$32,455$2,908$14,541$21,004
Greece$535,316$256,415$388,017$198,960$149,610$254,910$174,580
Greenland$518$1,692$1,168    
Grenada  $7    
Guatemala$1,272,181$349,107$595,190$348,906$301,927$701,176$1,055,934
Guinea $894$9,698$12,423   
Guyana$32 $20,888    
Honduras$9,587$7,403$2,494 $3,376  
Hong Kong$3,750,899$4,334,294$3,398,296$3,293,084$1,804,777$2,880,484$3,152,611
Hungary$600,000$96,000$233,000$266,000$890,000$999,000$1,369,000
Iceland$11,064$2,561$15,067$11,577$3,170$2,555$4,898
India$189,245$132,096$310,338$938,187$345,569$413,929$505,303
Indonesia$144,563$98,318$84,792$2,082,053$1,831,158$2,428,360$5,277,245
Iran$12,381    $84,904 
Ireland$859,664$50,851$56,108$27,107$56,861$23,264$12,948
Israel$102,000$67,000$16,000$4,000$79,000$106,000$192,000
Italy$3,014,041$3,565,321$3,902,214$3,667,198$2,528,517$3,234,875$4,770,592
Jamaica$8,098$11,669$11,858$4,125$10$117,792 
Japan$409,862$36,509$81,354$160,263$86,818$112,404$107,451
Jordan$431,905$1,033,874$548,286$252,694$167,070$35,637$3,980
Kazakhstan$302 $6,483$10,448$18,296  
Kenya$182,477$468,806$49,103$616,978$220,993$229,628 
Kiribati$33      
Korea, South$673,299$1,601,859$2,605,322$659,844$486,978$356,460$321,468
Kuwait $37,001$39,589$32,551   
Kyrgyzstan $2,054$386$280 $70$4,500
Latvia$202,396$43,966$125,806$51,246$8,495$1,991$1,095,303
Lebanon$78,000$22,944$72,214$88,291$95,191$53,101$15,769
Lesotho   $104,961   
Lithuania$126,362$90,986$77,226$116,697$76,017$133,248$152,001
Luxembourg$1,066$1,901$1,896$1,905$3,968$3,496$8,737
Macau$382,935$570,712$575,432$245,757$184,236 $87,466
Macedonia$31,141$53,304$40,945$61,201$49,030 $66,057
Madagascar$206,049$5,273$73,493$28,238$25,521$21,785 
Malawi $752$434$108 $203$702
Malaysia$576,850$451,725$419,955$454,386$506,219$631,146$639,627
Mali  $4,362$5,744 $220,213 
Malta$85,654$6,394$3,330$2,126$20$1,934 
Mauritania   $8,692$67,402$42,145$33,927
Mauritius$13,395$30,992$131,333$259,310$30,674$22,880$328,495
Mexico$8,217,244$7,722,214$3,329,658$2,115,173$2,050,860$1,631,637$1,335,923
Moldova$98,634$160,644$91,518$27,495$27,253$58,628$71,944
Mongolia$8,892$283$2,938    
Montenegro $155$1,414$1,759$1,008$511$86
Montserrat$87$21$151$308   
Morocco$579,168$396,196$551,730$737,664$481,131$686,910 
Mozambique$18,769$1,746$28,324$2,847$11,148$392$20,000
Namibia$19,094$36,918$72,715$142,276   
Nepal    $4,134$6,238 
Netherlands$438,839$204,777$255,289$128,193$177,149$140,532 
Netherlands Antilles $175$1,940    
New Caledonia$5,112$9,522$2,334$1,026$223$386$3,508
New Zealand$18,515$50,408$123,803$140,522$67,048$31,144$17,656
Nicaragua$10$5,381$2,602$497$12$207$11
Niger$5,897$4,908$1,548$8,493$2,011$868$6,919
Nigeria   $13,915$23,796$139,418 
Norway$130,860$36,436$50,673$163,588$161,787$63,618$62,336
Oman$91,625$59,030$17,391$10,778$37,839$58,627 
Pakistan$4,087 $17,062$17,627$32,223$1,702$2,322
Panama$22,265$4,373$11,065  $31,832 
Paraguay$1,900$5,744$5,780$4,744$1,267$4,635$20,272
Peru$25,057$22,491 $36,924$9,726$27,991$114,379
Philippines$64,498$10,063$15,167$2,111$25,371$43,067$222,548
Poland$797,427$681,344$1,005,880$821,411$639,655$524,025$687,864
Portugal$440,954$737,124$1,030,295$596,066$436,401$314,514$244,769
Qatar$21,283$13,238$26,581$34,320 $6,901 
Romania$2,603,531$2,307,661$3,328,657$2,510,802$2,179,248$2,386,062$3,258,811
Russia$296,527$482,685$252,471$506,008$406,698$388,010$584,909
Rwanda  $1,038$10,933$7,092 $95,797
Saint Kitts and Nevis$236$202$841$471   
Saint Lucia$638$735$729$1,961   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $11$7$1,654$270$65 
Samoa      $9,866
Sao Tome and Principe     $54 
Saudi Arabia$62,889$26,472$160,308    
Senegal$292$3,079$2,731$14,986$2,861$21,690 
Serbia$29,764$55,498$63,253$64,932$33,296$31,160$37,198
Seychelles$1,744$578$268$1,981   
Singapore$65,661$338,950$145,031$248,834$527,592$4,228,979$241,262
Slovakia$110,930$121,856$115,625$96,975$4,394,685$3,060,389$4,336,660
Slovenia$8,718$13,680$4,065$67,561$8,087$7,024$16,757
South Africa$79,240$107,518$171,930$90,727$107,223$122,112$200,037
Spain$3,738,935$2,481,467$3,420,940$3,299,014$2,669,296$3,180,065 
Sri Lanka$719,177$689,478$1,838,997$4,296,710$1,459,934$496,598$828,114
Sudan$723$23,482$40,114 $18,422  
Suriname    $4,414 $188
Swaziland$129,246$237,739$377,349    
Sweden$75,012$67,115$18,846$69,277$62,303$57,739$39,314
Switzerland$342,785$283,389$287,694$372,261$208,520$172,704$187,066
Syria     $9,095 
Tanzania$15,505$9,386$1,774$487,557$117,767$46,941$18,560
Thailand$781,061$970,190$712,367$1,253,966$1,073,565$1,366,364$505,458
Tonga   $2,558$449$559 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,580 $99 $1,057$206 
Tunisia$2,676,649$4,535,224$5,594,427$3,645,707$1,554,450$2,135,149 
Turkey$46,658$126,484$462,253$840,519$1,112,580$1,916,451$2,810,591
Uganda$635$774$23,966$29,337$33,359$13,709 
Ukraine$589,928$625,008$599,110$563,094$289,796$131,872$166,802
United Arab Emirates$517,063 $553,041$444,649   
United Kingdom$1,767,340$1,469,921$3,783,372$3,994,787$3,791,758$2,214,039$1,217,451
United States$3,820,457$4,425,839$5,638,099$4,528,871$5,150,280$7,049,243$8,228,879
Uruguay$15,602$7,258$10,417$10,659$7,500  
Vanuatu $92$296    
Venezuela$68,808$52,303$141,221$44,446$86,458$33,874$1,200
Vietnam$628,967$742,077$1,384,657$858,028$1,916,028$2,324,840 
Wallis and Futuna$997$308     
Yemen$5,474$14,981$37,527$35,793$2,227$360$11,102
Zambia$9,956$5,798$10,410$9,082$9,878$10,086 
Zimbabwe$218,631$190,461$88,004$35,737$51,900$20,137