RankCountryImports of Flax yarn, single in USD (2010)
1Italy$78,397,778
2Belgium$23,768,599
3France$21,853,131
4Korea, South$15,480,682
5Turkey$12,853,419
6Hong Kong$12,492,654
7Portugal$11,153,550
8Japan$8,481,371
9Spain$6,413,518
10United Kingdom$6,294,711
11India$5,965,259
12Germany$5,133,835
13Czech Republic$4,737,217
14Lithuania$3,206,731
15Brazil$2,762,177
16Austria$2,728,684
17China$1,739,837
18Hungary$1,212,000
19Switzerland$1,063,678
20Russia$1,003,008
21United States$921,338
22Tunisia$867,685
23Finland$782,955
24Romania$664,249
25Sweden$657,390
26Thailand$600,791
27Greece$437,355
28Poland$424,553
29Ireland$337,583
30Pakistan$336,267
31Chile$310,937
32South Africa$310,321
33Iran$280,961
34Morocco$244,654
35Mexico$224,794
36Norway$189,543
37Mauritius$155,519
38Canada$136,362
39Serbia$131,232
40Madagascar$125,697
41Egypt$115,693
42Croatia$98,326
43Netherlands$95,455
44Latvia$83,421
45Indonesia$82,967
46New Zealand$44,035
47Vietnam$41,910
48Australia$41,132
49Estonia$37,097
50Argentina$29,720
51Slovakia$26,108
52Israel$26,000
53Bulgaria$18,727
54Belarus$17,300
55Peru$16,110
56Ukraine$15,282
57Denmark$13,549
58Luxembourg$12,572
59Philippines$11,073
60Guatemala$7,891
61Bahrain$5,343
62Malaysia$5,286
63Lebanon$4,558
64Nepal$4,507
65Albania$4,139
66Cameroon$4,098
67Qatar$3,499
68Algeria$2,254
69Mauritania$2,220
70Iceland$1,853
71Nigeria$1,675
72Jordan$1,127
73Cyprus$783
74Malta$623
75Moldova$489
76Kyrgyzstan$338
77Barbados$325
78Malawi$306
79Dominican Republic$265
80Tonga$219
81Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$206
82Bahamas, The$162
83Niger$156
84Mozambique$128
85New Caledonia$126
86El Salvador$85
87Bosnia and Herzegovina$72
88French Polynesia$28
89Venezuela$8
90Cape Verde$6
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$5,281$8,162$5,609$29,705$2,652$4,139$694
Algeria $37,972 $1,017$25$2,254$624
Antigua and Barbuda      $1,829
Argentina$23,360$46,938$59,149$48,769$75,931$29,720 
Armenia$1,659  $10,787  $864
Australia$22,072$9,990$15,050$36,758$19,637$41,132$83,714
Austria$9,100,119$3,775,958$3,520,266$3,698,241$2,796,489$2,728,684 
Azerbaijan$2,146  $76   
Bahamas, The $42  $81$162$94
Bahrain$516  $723 $5,343 
Bangladesh$3,780 $1,797    
Barbados     $325 
Belarus  $1,800$900$600$17,300$82,600
Belgium$30,775,459$30,648,450$36,521,075$25,370,776$15,383,044$23,768,599$21,439,511
Bhutan$281 $247 $372  
Bolivia$16,526$1,363     
Bosnia and Herzegovina  $3$8,665$266$72$381
Botswana    $643 $11
Brazil$35,408$161,355$937,430$2,808,889$1,410,444$2,762,177$3,474,255
Bulgaria$3,020,971$3,720,820$4,578,485$322,107$2,820$18,727$92,550
Burundi    $6  
Cameroon$84$184$48  $4,098 
Canada$222,574$203,237$244,702$107,857$82,315$136,362$72,266
Cape Verde $11$171$540 $6$9
Central African Republic   $154   
Chile$99,839$399,179$223,769$345,826$166,253$310,937$491,746
China$2,374,912$1,327,050$1,200,330$566,964$1,440,185$1,739,837$2,350,650
Colombia$5,730 $39,418$4,945   
Costa Rica   $2,424   
Cote d'Ivoire$569      
Croatia$2,589$22,887$111,955$142,570$305,990$98,326$51,485
Cyprus$290$314$416$706$435$783$2,741
Czech Republic$6,082,917$4,585,596$6,599,868$5,391,068$3,168,823$4,737,217$5,059,171
Denmark$248,397$226,274$123,172$25,561$27,201$13,549$26,205
Dominican Republic     $265 
Ecuador$2      
Egypt$288,876$624,456$85,429$566,682$217,031$115,693$31,519
El Salvador     $85 
Estonia$5,431,337$2,947,346$3,630,633$3,832,786$114,117$37,097$169,391
Faroe Islands $9$112$1,600$75  
Finland$578,406$578,885$563,091$911,955$699,543$782,955$682,277
France$41,596,045$33,973,867$43,434,933$33,791,548$16,358,459$21,853,131$26,004,353
French Polynesia$624$333$815 $852$28$547
Gabon$194 $5,655    
Germany$6,181,000$5,143,000$5,685,000$6,334,000$4,727,000$5,133,835$6,665,023
Ghana$6,178      
Greece$1,132,157$840,908$624,432$383,760$332,382$437,355$297,143
Greenland $135     
Grenada$28      
Guatemala$84,116$27,981$213,498 $15$7,891$18,331
Guinea   $921   
Guinea-Bissau$141      
Guyana   $295   
Honduras  $85 $118  
Hong Kong$10,727,936$12,399,030$11,197,807$6,980,261$7,974,627$12,492,654$13,970,546
Hungary$2,881,000$1,399,000$1,447,000$1,928,000$928,000$1,212,000$1,012,000
Iceland$400$479$170$1,679$967$1,853$3,142
India$5,149,027$4,658,928$3,164,077$3,039,149$2,543,322$5,965,259$20,199,474
Indonesia$1,655$8,392$403,750$1,014,465$205,291$82,967$209,494
Iran     $280,961 
Ireland$477,567$482,728$303,442$63,142$175,339$337,583$407,395
Israel$263,000$109,000$23,000$6,000$22,000$26,000$16,000
Italy$103,439,641$91,796,426$92,087,242$83,751,789$48,746,302$78,397,778$95,503,492
Japan$12,095,362$10,602,876$9,029,915$10,086,186$7,912,942$8,481,371$15,037,518
Jordan $499 $3,790$1,503$1,127$4,194
Kazakhstan  $1,736$185$70  
Kenya $4,416     
Korea, South$14,271,669$19,063,034$20,588,819$6,388,927$10,403,517$15,480,682$17,427,831
Kuwait $19,180 $2,269   
Kyrgyzstan   $9,658 $338 
Latvia$174,147$181,766$154,521$100,418$21,168$83,421$245,109
Lebanon$26,000 $36,339$33,014$1,241$4,558 
Lesotho   $23,725   
Lithuania$4,345,049$3,170,131$2,611,611$3,704,972$2,518,072$3,206,731$5,412,530
Luxembourg$15,504$15,809$1,316$1,363$2,260$12,572$17,943
Macau$285,556$367,588$252,378$344,425$223,849 $335,956
Macedonia      $27
Madagascar$47,581$37,394$36,156$33,322$118,936$125,697 
Malawi     $306$57
Malaysia$5,561$6,061$9,684$6,300 $5,286$13,435
Mali $3,825     
Malta $1,636   $623 
Mauritania$7,149    $2,220 
Mauritius$147,867$281,996$452,886$4,612$6,483$155,519$411,846
Mayotte$61$83$44    
Mexico$94,111$57,248$31,164$102,531$86,732$224,794$307,730
Moldova$355 $851$702 $489$7,525
Montenegro  $17    
Morocco$75,701$113,850$268,495$836,618$115,545$244,654 
Mozambique$105$3 $246$184$128$3,000
Namibia$908      
Nepal    $566$4,507 
Netherlands$101,940$61,559$702,732$55,992$71,139$95,455 
Netherlands Antilles   $54   
New Caledonia $49 $29$96$126$166
New Zealand$72,025$27,080$51,052$31,684$31,916$44,035$54,965
Nicaragua    $17  
Niger     $156 
Nigeria     $1,675 
Norway$166,133$231,593$140,584$304,297$170,011$189,543$274,113
Oman  $44,234 $12,882  
Pakistan$747,791$972,410$887,260$707,855$179,325$336,267$518,838
Peru$7,798$102,166$76,000  $16,110$59,435
Philippines   $1,919 $11,073$8,018
Poland$13,366,555$5,587,153$895,627$930,218$1,236,371$424,553$295,564
Portugal$5,450,275$4,791,896$5,499,116$5,753,948$7,595,946$11,153,550$16,778,843
Qatar$85  $26,034 $3,499 
Romania$2,472,835$1,887,692$1,861,270$1,708,742$1,010,283$664,249$1,175,543
Russia$1,475,806$4,563,045$2,171,935$3,263,394$1,050,323$1,003,008$36,151
Rwanda   $103$17,025 $4,554
Saint Lucia  $53$20   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $13$206 
Sao Tome and Principe $123     
Saudi Arabia$11,345 $11,951    
Senegal$9 $4    
Serbia$165,201$148,064$197,038$153,123$86,780$131,232$254,058
Seychelles $40     
Slovakia$410,413$304,875$391,593$183,911$128,340$26,108$334
Slovenia$24,213$51,098$122,124$41,487$14,989  
South Africa$751,679$1,264,150$2,027,245$959,629$205,449$310,321$305,963
Spain$13,325,774$11,275,330$11,527,649$7,195,736$5,494,046$6,413,518 
Sri Lanka$333$34 $312   
Sudan $118$147$270$919  
Swaziland$416$998     
Sweden$1,834,852$1,501,530$1,355,121$1,421,559$641,469$657,390$389,595
Switzerland$1,184,676$1,209,804$1,240,958$1,279,950$875,704$1,063,678$1,060,334
Syria $74,384$64,667    
Tanzania$25   $13 $116
Thailand$206,366$150,732$305,649$521,946$184,137$600,791$635,620
Tonga   $242$7$219 
Tunisia$2,686,310$746,167$390,949$510,749$430,707$867,685 
Turkey$9,711,705$11,183,815$19,835,270$13,012,821$10,124,869$12,853,419$20,769,328
Uganda    $31  
Ukraine$3,164$177,183 $51,380$3,706$15,282$46,865
United Arab Emirates  $239    
United Kingdom$16,785,709$8,648,015$7,712,882$5,745,055$3,691,331$6,294,711$6,185,431
United States$833,120$989,054$1,363,924$803,127$300,120$921,338$671,444
Uruguay$534,301$253,255$355,998$299,428$111,971  
Venezuela$10,223   $21$8$105
Vietnam$6,347$5,250$83,196$3,247$7,343$41,910 
Yemen$270$133$218    
Zambia$366$653 $100   
Zimbabwe  $459