RankCountryImports of Cotton sewing thread, not put up for retail sale (excl. of 5204.11) in USD (2010)
1Cambodia$6,936,036
2Dominican Republic$5,052,049
3Saudi Arabia$4,750,673
4Indonesia$4,253,683
5Vietnam$3,682,980
6Egypt$2,534,947
7Thailand$2,033,075
8Italy$1,772,246
9United Kingdom$1,538,099
10China$1,371,562
11Morocco$1,344,386
12Singapore$1,151,014
13Mauritius$1,111,883
14Romania$1,063,157
15Slovakia$1,056,411
16Hong Kong$968,350
17Bulgaria$870,275
18Poland$664,353
19Philippines$610,869
20Spain$440,117
21Guatemala$392,429
22Kenya$390,590
23Tunisia$342,022
24Russia$321,600
25Czech Republic$298,232
26Ukraine$276,362
27Albania$269,501
28France$262,444
29Panama$249,614
30India$243,995
31Botswana$221,723
32Fiji$216,672
33Jordan$210,041
34Serbia$207,975
35South Africa$201,453
36Canada$189,296
37Belgium$182,830
38Lebanon$170,893
39Malawi$169,792
40El Salvador$160,126
41Nigeria$143,937
42Belarus$138,000
43Ecuador$135,266
44Korea, South$124,587
45Mali$120,340
46Moldova$115,927
47Algeria$114,800
48Ireland$109,522
49Uganda$104,874
50Sri Lanka$102,174
51Mozambique$99,906
52Greece$97,639
53Iran$93,759
54Cote d'Ivoire$93,073
55Mexico$92,932
56Venezuela$90,734
57Qatar$86,774
58United States$83,624
59Bolivia$80,871
60Oman$73,025
61Senegal$72,476
62Croatia$69,136
63Pakistan$68,038
64Barbados$65,581
65Costa Rica$62,519
66Zimbabwe$58,337
67Nepal$53,362
68Bahamas, The$52,701
69Netherlands$49,053
70Austria$47,803
71Armenia$47,723
72Tanzania$47,584
73Mauritania$47,173
74Samoa$41,893
75Portugal$38,620
76Chile$36,850
77Norway$36,056
78Switzerland$35,410
79Israel$35,000
80Benin$34,597
81Ethiopia$32,940
82Malaysia$32,654
83Argentina$32,350
84Zambia$31,042
85Madagascar$26,071
86Jamaica$25,215
87Lithuania$22,008
88Hungary$22,000
89Denmark$21,625
90Bosnia and Herzegovina$19,745
91New Zealand$17,521
92Sweden$16,278
93Bahrain$15,811
94Malta$12,915
95Finland$12,280
96Azerbaijan$9,752
97Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$9,561
98Colombia$9,068
99Burkina Faso$8,649
100Peru$7,778
101Cape Verde$6,324
102Gambia, The$6,036
103Georgia$5,784
104Germany$5,299
105Nicaragua$5,264
106Iceland$4,571
107Aruba$4,245
108Suriname$3,964
109Luxembourg$3,338
110Australia$3,155
111Kyrgyzstan$3,138
112Trinidad and Tobago$3,032
113Cameroon$2,699
114Bhutan$2,546
115Antigua and Barbuda$2,096
116Sao Tome and Principe$2,085
117Ghana$1,993
118Latvia$1,915
119Brazil$1,871
120Yemen$1,745
121Turkey$1,731
122Cyprus$1,462
123Slovenia$1,438
124Estonia$1,395
125Guyana$1,334
126New Caledonia$583
127Paraguay$430
128Tonga$405
129Montenegro$341
130Belize$241
131French Polynesia$178
132Bermuda$99
133Burundi$37
134Niger$24
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$52,023$33,019$303,583$208,697$470,352$269,501$296,901
Algeria$129,395$60,348$56,605$44,524$54,583$114,800$3,782
Antigua and Barbuda$219$133$247 $306$2,096$268
Argentina$65,938$59,040$59,645$57,248$35,030$32,350$49,581
Armenia$53,768$48,837$116,636$118,597$78,458$47,723$42,719
Aruba    $5,947$4,245$109
Australia$5,675$1,734$17,177$3,054$7,522$3,155$8,712
Austria$168,219$60,410$51,802$58,850$51,609$47,803 
Azerbaijan$17    $9,752 
Bahamas, The$27,622$34,398$26,591$8,769$20,060$52,701$33,189
Bahrain$382,180$136,739$80,186$35,947$35,879$15,811$121,619
Bangladesh$8,591,690$4,339,323$7,167,404    
Barbados$35,842$39,919$52,318$36,415$20,318$65,581$62,075
Belarus$121,200$273,100$136,700$181,200$81,600$138,000$191,500
Belgium$182,682$319,600$155,200$128,419$167,701$182,830$98,680
Belize$423$241$479$1 $241 
Benin     $34,597 
Bermuda     $99 
Bhutan$1,660$2,644$321$1,355$198$2,546 
Bolivia$11,290$11,819$8,192$51,175$36,675$80,871$11,685
Bosnia and Herzegovina$59,068$193,991$174,590$120,161$40,229$19,745$49,346
Botswana$148,822$158,901$138,572$89,534$106,208$221,723$378,062
Brazil$29,557$10,045$1,625$2,095$5,917$1,871$5,043
Brunei $857,484     
Bulgaria$1,634,080$1,853,542$1,032,659$1,087,682$941,730$870,275$835,272
Burkina Faso$198 $2,245$3,098 $8,649 
Burundi$217$34$1,081$242$264$37 
Cambodia$911,464$1,549,026$962,069$1,432,796$3,384,091$6,936,036 
Cameroon $10,406$2,410$67,121$398$2,699 
Canada$59,701$50,667$125,549$136,702$148,397$189,296$141,712
Cape Verde$3,633$5,974$7,695$653$1,400$6,324$1,264
Central African Republic  $353$3,459   
Chile$20,018$35,674$85,962$83,508$66,622$36,850$93,960
China$1,555,385$1,658,320$1,703,985$1,778,434$1,684,009$1,371,562$1,225,178
Colombia$15,101$4,047$457$8,533$467$9,068$41
Comoros$134 $738    
Costa Rica$1,122,622$692,349$146,690$76,451$199,125$62,519$276,997
Cote d'Ivoire$6,149 $4,746$46,769$220,638$93,073$314,046
Croatia$36,377$33,266$104,996$130,706$76,057$69,136$118,473
Cuba$80,585$31,105     
Cyprus$88,043$52,630$36,127$918$7,240$1,462$415
Czech Republic$103,705$190,625$212,549$171,781$142,645$298,232$122,426
Denmark$29,375$52,377$53,477$95,717$7,881$21,625$16,958
Dominican Republic$1,142,064$3,926,926$1,190,791$2,281,370$4,259,485$5,052,049$6,901,157
Ecuador$7,643$11,711$17,767$13,594$8,433$135,266$488
Egypt$11,190$155,258$69,881$799,160$774,380$2,534,947$10,798,565
El Salvador$128,857$135,269$184,307$234,213$87,837$160,126 
Estonia$20,002$4,726$68,600$30,475$22,358$1,395$649
Ethiopia$46$1,060$4,228$2,138$9,306$32,940$259
Faroe Islands$6,274$5,348$2,445$5,322$3,208  
Fiji$366,361$1,265,993$1,182,542$251,800$271,537$216,672 
Finland$5,751$9,619$19,962$2,017$7,171$12,280$4,441
France$462,870$1,308,281$1,662,128$1,197,947$1,260,265$262,444$353,422
French Polynesia$1,352$2,473$204$1,438$1,435$178$3,527
Gabon$984$7,885$4,375$2,890   
Gambia, The$43,610 $208,734$167,548$21,768$6,036$82,282
Georgia$2,250$231 $238$417$5,784 
Germany$72,000$106,000$53,000$282,000$156,000$5,299$7,085
Ghana$26,301$5,625$34,085$1,523$25,241$1,993$6,166
Greece$229,925$418,707$197,783$304,141$94,801$97,639$115,999
Grenada$8,758$16,909$10,837$4,531$2,601  
Guatemala$1,996,915$752,810$771,687$842,596$741,579$392,429$499,040
Guinea$24,639$12,282$3,261$27,666   
Guinea-Bissau$2,786      
Guyana$3,497$1,624$151$4,839$138$1,334$21,356
Honduras$11,141$43,405$29,483 $72,862  
Hong Kong$1,835,502$1,460,815$1,247,221$656,248$816,980$968,350$692,840
Hungary$150,000$183,000$35,000$60,000$40,000$22,000$19,000
Iceland$3,893$4,634$5,385$9,081$10,382$4,571$2,567
India$94,744$255,361$398,126$69,233$75,762$243,995$37,541
Indonesia$286,648$627,428$547,417$6,020,340$4,790,533$4,253,683$4,886,135
Iran$37,378$1,023   $93,759 
Ireland$41,703$76,127$217,655$173,932$91,686$109,522$109,296
Israel$3,000$33,000$66,000$13,000$39,000$35,000$123,000
Italy$2,325,027$3,969,608$2,174,088$1,864,247$1,539,190$1,772,246$1,722,397
Jamaica$26,137$270,529$35,525$24,671$81,084$25,215 
Japan$80,873$16,922$7,479$5,814  $18,775
Jordan $13,564$42,697$82,874$28,769$210,041$43,514
Kazakhstan$33,689$58,720$29,195$124,836$108,950  
Kenya$271,011$397,252$476,083$433,859$308,511$390,590 
Kiribati$4,403   $7,072  
Korea, South$276,823$162,656$199,355$220,529$238,313$124,587$151,847
Kuwait $180,959$189,035$241,829   
Kyrgyzstan   $2,412 $3,138$4,223
Latvia$74,964$13,050$9,156$10,933$4,453$1,915$16,644
Lebanon$66,000$16,774$164,281$61,103$63,540$170,893$79,829
Lesotho   $641,599   
Lithuania$189,351$206,499$218,799$50,288$16,057$22,008$16,346
Luxembourg$4,519$3,426$4,779$3,923$3,776$3,338$8,028
Macau$9,614$3,252$5,482$12,780$5,184  
Macedonia$787,968$582,154$710,502$690,588$370,685 $58,301
Madagascar$120,524$25,316$1,225$4,992$102,854$26,071 
Malawi$7,237$34,510$16,031$32,958$6,248$169,792$139,137
Malaysia$220,273$186,055$52,300$30,716$20,419$32,654$105,655
Mali $12,149$5,978$91,928 $120,340 
Malta$33,923$3,409$3,609$99$3,840$12,915 
Mauritania  $7,610$5,087$18,014$47,173$14,091
Mauritius$52,745$49,563$136,753$243,963$656,200$1,111,883$1,076,952
Mayotte$9$359$5,354$189$1,190  
Mexico$950,750$393,564$139,686$264,275$168,972$92,932$414,082
Moldova$237,053$169,329$166,958$179,062$104,680$115,927$115,580
Mongolia$872,941$598,088$414,522    
Montenegro $4,957$1,173$2,417$955$341$802
Montserrat $505 $17   
Morocco$642,582$293,740$63,270$56,779$82,788$1,344,386 
Mozambique$104,633$163,163$144,291$110,110$75,854$99,906$160,000
Namibia$22,624$13,714$28,070$22,285   
Nepal    $39,819$53,362 
Netherlands$88,265$45,227$130,390$35,364$37,662$49,053 
Netherlands Antilles$484$322$882$2,638   
New Caledonia$6,792$2,149$2,046$894$2,406$583$405
New Zealand$71,360$43,120$30,858$22,673$6,404$17,521$2,224
Nicaragua$9,420$347$7,663$8,746$10,063$5,264$7,054
Niger$141$60$9,364$394$26,224$24$616
Nigeria $19,817$38,843 $212,882$143,937 
Norway$34,732$111,134$35,000$77,826$148,795$36,056$65,211
Oman$53,326$50,856$21,056$119,402$27,217$73,025 
Pakistan$104,408$156,658$41,579$3,977$14,555$68,038$172,372
Panama$27,972$41,509$103,743$33,785$38,172$249,614$166,388
Paraguay$5,093$2$71 $1,074$430$939
Peru$164$876$25,919$2,934$2,779$7,778$6,964
Philippines$2,471,562$981,184$663,184$334,993$264,704$610,869$634,664
Poland$780,971$748,282$865,377$916,065$893,496$664,353$603,227
Portugal$311,615$299,977$299,635$289,643$62,346$38,620$39,290
Qatar$88,236$133,578$283,614$252,156 $86,774 
Romania$2,801,880$2,602,615$1,972,343$1,373,472$1,181,261$1,063,157$860,758
Russia$221,398$70,781$133,841$135,741$273,178$321,600$296,249
Rwanda$629$7,858$18,188$13,669$6,422 $6,362
Saint Kitts and Nevis$3,417$6,376$5,271$1,774   
Saint Lucia$181$853$855$113   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$5,403$3,028$8,977$4,058$11,076$9,561 
Samoa    $22,087$41,893$105,256
Sao Tome and Principe$1,188$4,530$1,268$241$4,259$2,085 
Saudi Arabia$4,353,118$4,241,602$4,089,475  $4,750,673 
Senegal$731$9,431$18,551$24,335$75,005$72,476$12,522
Serbia$67,864$131,895$141,766$83,715$108,575$207,975$214,681
Seychelles$9,694$10,025$5,231$2,302   
Singapore$1,554,564$1,389,197$1,281,451$943,694$455,905$1,151,014$467,464
Slovakia$161,187$223,967$250,882$485,858$376,206$1,056,411$523,243
Slovenia$18,215$6,599$8,821$2,662$1,124$1,438$90,157
South Africa$112,529$134,296$108,357$83,446$95,563$201,453$73,172
Spain$405,085$428,917$343,062$564,897$131,886$440,117 
Sri Lanka$981,099$354,692$531,195$371,295$281,633$102,174$136,236
Sudan $5,810$55,227$57,402$62,697  
Suriname     $3,964 
Swaziland$423,286$126,205$159,690    
Sweden$24,111$15,624$56,538$20,783$29,505$16,278$14,955
Switzerland$91,998$67,857$85,417$91,509$52,900$35,410$44,598
Tanzania$229,196$19,784$60,601$72,479$23,148$47,584$47,836
Thailand$9,821,223$3,318,475$2,266,284$1,729,127$2,532,354$2,033,075$1,188,542
Togo$2,433 $6,582   $22,774
Tonga   $1,362$362$405 
Trinidad and Tobago$4,688$6,867$14,314$6,401$10,210$3,032 
Tunisia$94,441$32,497$140,933$172,033$483,986$342,022 
Turkey$31,234$777$11,289$25,562$18,693$1,731$6,331
Uganda$6,512$21,142$38,862$77,043$11,807$104,874 
Ukraine$459,553$607,978$611,645$418,320$212,891$276,362$205,114
United Arab Emirates$133,327 $270,711$485,760   
United Kingdom$298,099$346,137$503,151$606,049$1,005,907$1,538,099$1,471,045
United States$210,572$256,903$436,735$265,237$54,703$83,624$140,142
Uruguay$1,421$3,766$2,124$4,446$1,415  
Vanuatu $127$1,061    
Venezuela$7,925$23,322$206,554$41,818$29,410$90,734$375,674
Vietnam$2,343,624$2,390,065$2,911,683$3,561,815$2,390,114$3,682,980 
Yemen $20 $14,651$1,824$1,745$15,970
Zambia$40,627$15,690$8,515$12,552$9,218$31,042 
Zimbabwe$142,104$44,281$104,646$34,167$61,679$58,337