RankCountryImports of Cotton yarn (excl. sewing thread) cont. 85%/more by wt. of cotton, put up f ... in USD (2010)
1United States$30,636,731
2Italy$20,465,222
3Germany$17,441,789
4Dominican Republic$16,708,925
5Guatemala$15,577,943
6Portugal$3,910,996
7Vietnam$3,792,910
8France$3,377,314
9Korea, South$3,215,998
10United Kingdom$3,136,979
11Japan$3,023,457
12Sweden$2,951,785
13Switzerland$2,790,940
14Denmark$2,614,997
15Spain$2,568,551
16South Africa$2,383,100
17Russia$2,032,328
18Bulgaria$1,940,302
19Austria$1,762,635
20Canada$1,674,897
21Norway$1,662,751
22Greece$1,646,677
23Australia$1,537,840
24Mexico$1,408,121
25Turkey$1,357,204
26Belgium$1,188,353
27Poland$1,162,054
28Indonesia$1,097,407
29Chile$1,013,851
30Egypt$1,013,793
31China$975,571
32Ukraine$974,969
33Romania$935,143
34Colombia$934,020
35Israel$848,000
36Finland$806,612
37Tunisia$780,207
38Hungary$762,000
39Argentina$713,772
40Czech Republic$692,701
41Paraguay$620,800
42Morocco$568,581
43Singapore$551,041
44Estonia$539,562
45Ireland$534,142
46Slovenia$504,409
47Panama$423,552
48Netherlands$422,920
49Lithuania$419,464
50Hong Kong$407,416
51Nepal$387,087
52Saudi Arabia$380,800
53Sri Lanka$361,854
54Slovakia$350,581
55Bhutan$323,765
56Bosnia and Herzegovina$305,780
57New Zealand$291,762
58India$285,216
59Thailand$253,068
60Serbia$231,338
61Nigeria$223,311
62Ecuador$212,127
63Jordan$199,399
64Iceland$189,636
65Venezuela$171,889
66Peru$167,908
67Syria$153,693
68Costa Rica$138,069
69Belarus$138,000
70Jamaica$133,803
71Lebanon$131,559
72Mauritius$130,289
73El Salvador$127,904
74Cyprus$127,504
75Latvia$121,843
76Kyrgyzstan$119,078
77Brazil$112,626
78Croatia$108,734
79Luxembourg$103,734
80Moldova$88,770
81Senegal$76,027
82Bolivia$75,353
83Cote d'Ivoire$72,223
84Malta$55,089
85Mali$51,081
86Malaysia$49,520
87Madagascar$42,238
88Burkina Faso$42,111
89Armenia$41,241
90Guyana$35,202
91Albania$34,018
92Fiji$32,799
93Uganda$28,688
94Cambodia$25,171
95Iran$23,592
96Cameroon$22,409
97Botswana$20,150
98Philippines$18,700
99Algeria$17,378
100New Caledonia$17,116
101Suriname$15,960
102Pakistan$11,302
103Oman$9,834
104Qatar$9,099
105French Polynesia$8,901
106Zambia$8,271
107Georgia$8,100
108Montenegro$6,445
109Barbados$6,265
110Bermuda$4,963
111Belize$3,524
112Zimbabwe$2,768
113Bahrain$1,713
114Kenya$1,534
115Aruba$1,403
116Cape Verde$1,063
117Bahamas, The$945
118Benin$430
119Burundi$429
120Ghana$300
121Niger$62
122Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$33
123Tonga$27
124Ethiopia$24
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $13,112$42,436$17,316$66,554$34,018$8,212
Algeria$27,771$15,065$19,356$339$2,117$17,378$7,967
Antigua and Barbuda    $943 $416
Argentina$429,771$369,037$520,831$518,447$531,919$713,772$568,096
Armenia$37,550$30 $1,246$89,697$41,241 
Aruba    $219$1,403$2,705
Australia$2,566,321$2,259,262$1,649,752$1,760,000$1,916,557$1,537,840$1,620,068
Austria$3,281,734$2,875,893$3,393,432$3,325,791$1,826,133$1,762,635 
Azerbaijan$7,501     $1,805
Bahamas, The$1,967$1,442$184$89$260$945$15
Bahrain $1,114$1,612$7,441$1,486$1,713$3,814
Bangladesh$2,216,247$3,418,802$6,462,334    
Barbados$2,956$5,809$11,188$4,750$5,669$6,265$3,282
Belarus$71,400$77,700$70,500$91,800$85,700$138,000$205,800
Belgium$2,019,578$1,617,327$1,754,435$1,564,512$1,523,583$1,188,353$2,735,254
Belize$5,932$1,009$11,772$54$4,709$3,524 
Benin$14,347    $430 
Bermuda     $4,963 
Bhutan$256,136$238,969$295,459$360,248$335,287$323,765 
Bolivia$8,456$14,660$21,961$17,155$13,412$75,353$109,570
Bosnia and Herzegovina$358,966$268,813$341,658$375,951$263,545$305,780$147,195
Botswana$981$1,023$911$12,051$51,833$20,150$7,808
Brazil$55,319$71,173$43,407$57,298$16,038$112,626$178,784
Bulgaria$588,496$787,927$696,948$1,365,082$1,842,798$1,940,302$1,296,033
Burkina Faso$73,285 $167,257$200,844$157,740$42,111 
Burundi$31$669$76$118$18,867$429 
Cambodia$32,305$3,880$129,825$7,152$39,825$25,171 
Cameroon$102,533$114,183$80,069$63,071$72,932$22,409 
Canada$2,523,896$1,930,035$2,246,010$1,902,527$1,551,837$1,674,897$1,967,651
Cape Verde$14,802$14,640$9,246$9,805$1,787$1,063$1,043
Central African Republic$2,277      
Chile$637,292$857,535$851,507$987,919$681,448$1,013,851$509,035
China$451,328$748,199$346,961$1,037,620$544,758$975,571$2,661,812
Colombia$657,858$1,179,392$810,094$965,508$860,234$934,020$1,350,402
Comoros$76$110     
Costa Rica$3,961,649$122,017$289,843$1,621,373$218,951$138,069$199,426
Cote d'Ivoire$243,535$306,707$381,441$323,347$414,502$72,223$101
Croatia$44,058$130,947$136,211$149,920$39,701$108,734$165,394
Cuba$1,786$15,567     
Cyprus$208,901$131,688$305,338$328,617$90,545$127,504$225,213
Czech Republic$341,913$484,964$482,549$380,095$617,372$692,701$1,131,769
Denmark$1,851,406$2,033,047$2,237,372$2,183,227$2,346,229$2,614,997$2,137,586
Djibouti    $22,924  
Dominica $140 $620$19  
Dominican Republic$64,941$19,573,573$71,413,757$89,489,237$90,480,766$16,708,925$133,677,636
Ecuador$193,008$191,344$179,055$221,387$205,042$212,127$266,244
Egypt$34,617$105,170$40,174$255,407$287,816$1,013,793$4,404,299
El Salvador$86,506$100,453$102,464$133,235$177,082$127,904 
Estonia$98,261$146,552$195,263$259,336$216,162$539,562$780,839
Ethiopia   $10 $24$33,467
Faroe Islands$44,697$46,430$44,899$43,863$42,056  
Fiji $48,959$314$31,965$111$32,799 
Finland$660,626$618,392$723,140$1,678,255$1,088,684$806,612$682,569
France$5,193,595$5,015,913$7,008,114$5,341,402$3,997,316$3,377,314$3,820,855
French Polynesia$26,837$16,851$26,915$11,734$15,019$8,901$32,520
Gabon$595$3,466$10,742$26,614$10,070  
Georgia$3,298$4,625$9,989$10,062$8,595$8,100 
Germany$9,714,000$10,010,000$9,567,000$17,016,000$17,894,000$17,441,789$20,386,010
Ghana$41,798$80,860$112,402$78,556$100,340$300$15,198
Greece$1,380,643$1,947,545$2,325,818$2,277,897$1,120,899$1,646,677$1,203,013
Greenland$39,714$55,543$56,388    
Grenada$734 $29$143$11,628  
Guatemala$10,593,202$606,649$11,521,163$13,697,310$11,828,603$15,577,943$16,078,904
Guinea$3,366$275 $133   
Guyana$16,000$26,083 $42,013$30,368$35,202 
Honduras$9,494$28,026$25,292 $14,472  
Hong Kong$598,532$757,769$769,838$690,577$418,536$407,416$707,446
Hungary$1,710,000 $1,644,000$2,966,000$992,000$762,000$934,000
Iceland$131,232$167,081$243,811$141,044$181,933$189,636$131,900
India$186,037$550,995$351,821$3,872$449,971$285,216$10,003
Indonesia$3,545$1,468,519$1,519,866$1,520,238$751,955$1,097,407$1,356,918
Iran     $23,592 
Ireland$1,284,541$1,184,055$1,605,219$1,154,964$813,102$534,142$635,719
Israel$895,000$776,000$970,000$967,000$749,000$848,000$915,000
Italy$8,761,798$6,785,122$3,989,004$5,495,834$4,570,894$20,465,222$13,462,608
Jamaica$3,809$5,133$784$12,041$35,436$133,803 
Japan$1,276,989$1,629,547$2,368,570$2,459,538$2,331,494$3,023,457$3,325,866
Jordan$41,501$24,546$26,752$153,590$193,644$199,399$257,989
Kazakhstan$44,375$5,382$18,634$25,556$41,805  
Kenya$12,397$65$97,864 $100$1,534 
Kiribati$15,100      
Korea, South$2,480,384$2,706,795$3,046,922$3,190,406$3,650,219$3,215,998$2,765,200
Kuwait $125,355$55,840$39,766   
Kyrgyzstan   $144,939$75,074$119,078$71,660
Latvia$48,289$70,076$90,963$136,666$114,261$121,843$138,824
Lebanon$144,000$106,700$116,927$128,015$113,644$131,559$109,410
Lesotho   $59,235   
Lithuania$95,103$303,981$329,027$311,419$289,061$419,464$458,157
Luxembourg$85,660$129,752$93,928$72,320$63,434$103,734$114,284
Macau$3,631$1,290$1,906$321   
Macedonia$70,881$3,595$14,308$65,480$12,225 $42,048
Madagascar$309,625$1,108,507$1,931,963$2,342,823$507,985$42,238 
Malawi$3,863$4,604$1,879$55   
Malaysia$1,659,516$1,195,775$4,376,187$2,448,634$156,585$49,520$1,313,121
Mali$4,246$8,973$9,700$36,879 $51,081 
Malta$128,569$156,255$54,181$72,801$100,305$55,089 
Mauritania$3,064$23 $12,417$4,648  
Mauritius$133,492$98,156$190,673$205,935$132,338$130,289$386,908
Mayotte$4,244$3,338$3,557$6,500$7,707  
Mexico$1,678,391$1,558,240$1,792,677$1,789,955$1,439,593$1,408,121$1,001,153
Moldova$7,868$11,050$27,051$17,770$37,771$88,770$88,424
Mongolia$9,544$22,643$6,901    
Montenegro $1,972$3,562$3,267 $6,445$3,030
Montserrat$188 $538    
Morocco$230,849$249,949$374,414$604,733$454,045$568,581 
Mozambique$64$507$41,805$29$226  
Namibia$8,335$8,822$9,149$4,771   
Nepal    $365,038$387,087 
Netherlands$857,787$849,258$3,049,746$719,062$495,180$422,920 
Netherlands Antilles$1,345 $116$77   
New Caledonia$21,653$26,874$19,939$24,326$16,496$17,116$17,363
New Zealand$298,159$278,517$245,216$333,050$292,309$291,762$247,840
Nicaragua$48,450$1$98$1,296$5 $55
Niger$577 $1,354$425$495$62$350
Nigeria   $17,730 $223,311 
Norway$1,620,205$1,820,488$1,915,665$2,596,058$4,575,082$1,662,751$2,525,136
Oman$22,583$8,715$6,655$6,424$11,750$9,834 
Pakistan$15,091 $1,997$214$16,301$11,302$2,084
Panama$110,123$127,526$212,695$386,762$399,126$423,552$523,133
Paraguay$357,293$417,612$414,397$478,426$473,029$620,800$605,678
Peru$63,633$65,572$104,518$286,840$127,704$167,908$69,641
Philippines$140,010$169,283$9,452$164,233$11,578$18,700$107,519
Poland$1,285,829$1,484,395$1,548,681$1,168,776$1,092,124$1,162,054$2,178,294
Portugal$3,961,665$2,540,821$1,135,814$1,131,319$1,973,588$3,910,996$2,676,134
Qatar$34,408$51,230$417$2,377 $9,099 
Romania$672,451$464,281$220,055$998,370$1,048,490$935,143$1,394,047
Russia$2,241,423$1,056,174$1,941,284$1,248,233$1,100,039$2,032,328$3,541,171
Rwanda  $27,940 $3,522 $216
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $47    
Saint Lucia$18,049$2,119$4,207$4,430   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$17,117$216$14,737 $14,086$33 
Samoa$811 $1,153    
Sao Tome and Principe    $181  
Saudi Arabia$114,954$148,601$688,133  $380,800 
Senegal$11,721$26,256$2,081$90,533$172,220$76,027$3,329
Serbia$745,274$865,276$477,258$422,481$445,563$231,338$252,193
Seychelles$329$174$1,630$86   
Singapore$11,228,406$1,949,153$527,338$478,866$647,103$551,041$2,685,729
Slovakia$433,739$652,933$432,007$582,956$444,358$350,581$416,912
Slovenia$238,042$295,113$385,490$402,452$492,342$504,409$472,732
South Africa$528,424$390,072$1,068,602$444,467$697,549$2,383,100$5,541,232
Spain$8,500,291$6,390,642$4,952,442$12,302,281$3,874,049$2,568,551 
Sri Lanka$438,421$899,058$224,907$477,350$181,262$361,854$703,102
Sudan$73,636$423,674$80,018$277,545$334,600  
Suriname$1,759$5,327$7,639$1,000$34,003$15,960 
Swaziland$15,013$67,621$76,796    
Sweden$2,047,967$2,261,941$2,637,826$3,253,698$2,749,755$2,951,785$2,883,345
Switzerland$2,089,186$2,071,633$2,332,031$2,610,450$2,125,652$2,790,940$3,094,530
Syria$167,722$50,965$69,541$132,528 $153,693 
Tanzania$45,466$61,782$118,718$30,851$37,110 $78,779
Thailand$175,857$994,185$1,276,236$795,905$482,352$253,068$358,245
Tonga   $45 $27 
Trinidad and Tobago $61 $2,143$27,223  
Tunisia$21,597$115,257$133,145$390,462$999,375$780,207 
Turkey$525,911$179,744$471,834$792,791$596,230$1,357,204$1,524,291
Uganda$148,960$52,885$271 $9,026$28,688 
Ukraine$492,516$553,668$596,948$783,800$868,932$974,969$1,161,177
United Arab Emirates$544,589 $554,966$499,655   
United Kingdom$7,136,955$5,202,411$4,679,141$4,891,448$3,034,269$3,136,979$3,873,422
United States$22,018,523$21,379,330$23,853,004$22,989,617$27,378,831$30,636,731$34,894,387
Uruguay$133,031$86,066$73,361$85,772$94,105  
Vanuatu $379     
Venezuela$469,478$537,009$541,030$666,667$455,978$171,889$445,068
Vietnam$1,354,545$1,319,322$1,806,000$2,679,298$1,636,069$3,792,910 
Wallis and Futuna $10     
Yemen$15,166$4,120$14,605$16,932$3,807  
Zambia$14,724$1,097$204,536$1,068$2,434$8,271 
Zimbabwe$7,928,488 $10,049$645$3,448$2,768