RankCountryImports of Flax, raw/retted in USD (2010)
1Belgium$3,791,547
2Italy$1,557,031
3Hungary$433,000
4United States$373,649
5France$210,751
6India$185,822
7Egypt$114,990
8Malaysia$108,942
9Switzerland$101,190
10Canada$85,948
11Germany$72,867
12Tunisia$68,940
13Netherlands$63,637
14Mexico$54,401
15Lithuania$40,500
16Colombia$40,136
17Jamaica$39,579
18Indonesia$30,114
19Argentina$26,500
20Denmark$23,971
21Finland$17,702
22Spain$17,329
23Syria$17,118
24Pakistan$16,044
25United Kingdom$15,201
26Latvia$15,150
27Romania$10,946
28Portugal$8,180
29Jordan$7,989
30Japan$7,459
31Iceland$6,606
32Ireland$6,494
33Russia$3,873
34China$3,100
35Belarus$2,400
36Niger$2,315
37Madagascar$1,816
38Qatar$1,612
39Mozambique$1,337
40New Caledonia$1,331
41Lebanon$1,218
42Austria$1,207
43Cape Verde$1,071
44Cote d'Ivoire$1,064
45Slovenia$908
46Estonia$592
47Dominican Republic$532
48Bhutan$357
49Poland$339
50French Polynesia$290
51Malta$252
52Malawi$84
53Bahamas, The$69
54Belize$49
55Tanzania$37
56Ethiopia$26
57Korea, South$17
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,451$54,343     
Algeria$53      
Anguilla $972     
Argentina$96,167$21,083$33,000 $14,360$26,500 
Austria$126,608$1,428$32,261$30,120$349$1,207 
Bahamas, The    $92$69 
Bahrain $8,391$10,766    
Bangladesh$228,224$46,908$339,899    
Barbados   $20$25  
Belarus $200$1,200$8,600$1,100$2,400$700
Belgium$7,872,339$8,727,243$7,360,483$6,882,956$6,077,117$3,791,547$3,364,916
Belize  $124  $49 
Bhutan$255$463 $626 $357 
Bolivia   $50   
Bosnia and Herzegovina$152      
Botswana$1,556 $1,017$5,571  $807
Brazil$162,890$196,668$8,555 $452,839  
Bulgaria$979$4,713$644$836   
Burkina Faso  $99$109$98  
Burundi    $6,552  
Cambodia $5,110  $1,443  
Cameroon$1,304$87$332$384$952  
Canada$68,263$92,945$82,122$281,110$192,525$85,948$70,045
Cape Verde$113 $4$6$123$1,071$419
Chile  $2,275    
China$3,225,506$1,159,755$572,274$226,681 $3,100$14,188
Colombia$24,854$35,693$20,870$20,938$17,958$40,136$89,700
Cote d'Ivoire$120   $238$1,064 
Croatia $2,448$7,254$423  $682
Czech Republic$160,415$56,273$195,057$160,637$185,945 $52
Denmark$25,332$317$36,004$13,877$3,791$23,971 
Dominican Republic $500   $532 
East Timor$27      
Ecuador   $752   
Egypt$356,204$31,522$980,777$1,042,582$420,665$114,990$10,336
Estonia$60$1,046$2,551$706 $592$999
Ethiopia $529 $45 $26$6,165
Faroe Islands$1,967$83$243    
Fiji$1,474  $1,393   
Finland$51$873$3,830$52,056$64,785$17,702$87,841
France$2,130,195$1,462,713$105,684$391,948$69,398$210,751$38,960
French Polynesia$520$55$87$153$453$290$42
Gabon$22,817$12,781$16,727$2,079$3,841  
Gambia, The$3,182 $4,242$13,502   
Georgia$32,539$299,254$57,765    
Germany$125,000$19,000  $6,000$72,867$83,487
Ghana$700$5 $23,000   
Greece$28,752$60,525$41,158 $3,426  
Grenada $20$6$1,130$97  
Guinea  $5,208    
Guinea-Bissau$324      
Guyana   $371   
Honduras $2,983     
Hong Kong $5,226  $680  
Hungary     $433,000$1,083,000
Iceland$2,708$80,137$105,123  $6,606$18,422
India$1,509,229$216,435$209,597$361,205$90,423$185,822$759,034
Indonesia$28,107$5,573$39,121$69,005$80,391$30,114$88,655
Ireland$38,650$62,384$56,706$20,170$9,024$6,494 
Israel $38,000 $33,000   
Italy$237,630$510,694$527,910$151,690$77,144$1,557,031$249,428
Jamaica$24,121$40,025$70,554$86,250$71,653$39,579 
Japan$265,753    $7,459 
Jordan$5,788$7,856 $1,498$2,299$7,989 
Kazakhstan$179$420 $263   
Kenya $13,426     
Korea, South$545,152$235,685   $17 
Kuwait $927$47,765    
Latvia$1,649$2,270$3,099$2,897$7,036$15,150$29,658
Lebanon     $1,218$27,728
Lesotho   $9,705   
Lithuania$26,274 $223 $8$40,500$20
Luxembourg$195$591$400 $8  
Madagascar$227$3,871$4,075 $32,378$1,816 
Malawi     $84 
Malaysia$45,876$82,240$42,649$16,226$42,870$108,942$44,321
Malta     $252 
Mauritania      $681
Mauritius   $34,108   
Mayotte $166 $117$228  
Mexico    $4$54,401$5,768
Moldova $226     
Montenegro  $101    
Morocco    $20,126  
Mozambique $895$525$168 $1,337 
Namibia$331      
Netherlands$42,268$38,945$129,017$327,114$132,513$63,637 
New Caledonia$994$849$6,679$1,268$1,174$1,331$104
New Zealand  $508    
Niger$471$5  $580$2,315 
Nigeria   $18,487   
Norway$57,790$61,598$68,818$8,468  $10,091
Oman$11,303 $8,861$3,233   
Pakistan$14,531$389$101,260  $16,044 
Paraguay $1,077     
Peru   $5,666   
Philippines$256,654$12,074$98,324    
Poland$2,847$9,401$72,575$33,050 $339$69,529
Portugal$28,025$49,564$59,840$17,670$25,112$8,180$116
Qatar$311$395$37,207  $1,612 
Romania  $7,454$341$6,962$10,946$153,955
Russia    $472$3,873 
Rwanda  $52,786$1,353$312  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $19    
Saudi Arabia$59,948$4,585$27,455    
Senegal  $113$395$3  
Slovakia      $2,529
Slovenia $6,266 $36$2,314$908$1,877
South Africa $382$28,325$5,593   
Spain$16,007$19,843$17,335$37,978$47,815$17,329 
Sri Lanka    $407 $2,704
Sudan$404$104,696     
Suriname    $2,844  
Swaziland$3,237$1,074$4,882    
Sweden$46,481$12,907$24,336    
Switzerland$23,426$41,379$55,370$24,171$51,510$101,190$95,670
Syria$58,033$83,435$64,611$70,304 $17,118 
Tanzania$20,865 $414  $37$1,724
Thailand$44$32,446 $1,831  $7
Tonga    $21  
Tunisia    $334$68,940 
Turkey $15,877    $1,831
Uganda  $195    
Ukraine$194$5     
United Arab Emirates$51,408 $1,201$55,228   
United Kingdom$17,623$40,582$13,673 $154$15,201 
United States$111,860$72,188$188,878$419,098$425,002$373,649$352,779
Venezuela   $10,866$4,923  
Vietnam $8,080$415$491,447$20,620  
Wallis and Futuna$668      
Yemen$316      
Zambia$240 $51$12$3,381  
Zimbabwe  $762 $161