RankCountryImports of Sewing thread of man-made filaments, whether or not put up for RS, of synth ... in USD (2010)
1Mexico$80,730,079
2Germany$76,217,903
3China$70,689,796
4Italy$40,010,049
5United States$37,942,874
6Hong Kong$36,481,873
7Poland$32,704,997
8Vietnam$32,267,610
9Romania$28,540,222
10Indonesia$24,636,590
11Turkey$19,492,068
12Tunisia$17,611,014
13Egypt$16,155,127
14France$15,217,796
15Hungary$15,063,000
16United Kingdom$14,115,551
17Ukraine$13,282,945
18Canada$11,913,839
19Spain$11,736,360
20Russia$11,475,808
21Thailand$11,328,570
22Costa Rica$11,049,742
23Guatemala$8,716,603
24Austria$8,515,441
25Bulgaria$8,465,919
26Portugal$8,161,331
27Switzerland$7,993,416
28Korea, South$7,927,084
29Netherlands$7,828,665
30India$7,778,384
31Australia$7,480,211
32Japan$6,878,438
33Czech Republic$6,672,551
34Jordan$6,593,699
35Belgium$6,590,052
36Pakistan$6,353,197
37Morocco$6,154,336
38El Salvador$5,701,028
39Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,562,674
40South Africa$5,031,079
41Belarus$4,954,300
42Nigeria$4,844,465
43Serbia$4,829,000
44Colombia$4,501,331
45Slovakia$4,500,542
46Chile$4,491,370
47Croatia$4,050,335
48Argentina$3,966,314
49Lithuania$3,702,959
50Sweden$3,499,541
51Malaysia$3,224,758
52Panama$3,116,410
53Brazil$3,011,337
54Denmark$2,905,420
55Latvia$2,754,938
56Estonia$2,726,467
57Moldova$2,605,623
58Finland$2,476,356
59Saudi Arabia$2,399,203
60Norway$2,215,503
61Kenya$2,167,036
62Sri Lanka$2,144,383
63Ecuador$2,128,439
64Yemen$2,046,002
65Madagascar$2,016,573
66Venezuela$1,997,759
67Albania$1,973,166
68Peru$1,941,235
69Slovenia$1,906,005
70Ethiopia$1,901,619
71Singapore$1,865,081
72Mauritius$1,724,394
73Ghana$1,720,665
74New Zealand$1,716,754
75Greece$1,567,299
76Dominican Republic$1,448,724
77Philippines$1,339,401
78Iran$1,313,267
79Cambodia$1,291,461
80Ireland$1,264,646
81Algeria$1,200,612
82Paraguay$931,286
83Bolivia$752,783
84Israel$723,000
85Bahrain$552,634
86Luxembourg$471,945
87Zimbabwe$469,819
88Cote d'Ivoire$388,113
89Guyana$323,019
90Tanzania$308,791
91Nicaragua$299,698
92Armenia$269,767
93Lebanon$248,701
94Jamaica$246,569
95Syria$246,279
96Malta$219,880
97Oman$217,998
98Mali$213,171
99Georgia$209,300
100Fiji$180,433
101Kyrgyzstan$175,031
102Macau$139,200
103Cyprus$131,335
104Iceland$121,547
105Nepal$97,683
106Cameroon$86,247
107Uganda$78,497
108Senegal$77,566
109Qatar$65,157
110Suriname$64,231
111Bahamas, The$52,130
112Trinidad and Tobago$50,488
113Botswana$45,146
114New Caledonia$44,354
115Barbados$43,576
116French Polynesia$36,490
117Mozambique$33,861
118Malawi$31,658
119Benin$22,626
120Montenegro$13,628
121Zambia$12,124
122Togo$10,917
123Maldives$8,972
124Bermuda$8,629
125Burundi$7,131
126Samoa$5,958
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$5,851
128Aruba$5,199
129Antigua and Barbuda$4,914
130Belize$4,285
131Dominica$2,848
132Cape Verde$2,280
133Gambia, The$982
134Burkina Faso$905
135Bhutan$343
136Tonga$262
137Sao Tome and Principe$65
138Azerbaijan$25
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$483,190$584,890$634,460$733,446$1,768,950$1,973,166$2,725,204
Algeria$526,347$955,215$813,966$904,955$969,535$1,200,612$1,557,130
Anguilla $23$189$151   
Antigua and Barbuda$4,660$7,657$8,559 $5,910$4,914$3,591
Argentina$3,596,235$3,782,626$3,520,647$3,708,289$2,796,800$3,966,314$4,178,503
Armenia$43,912$69,180$74,074$366,572$218,482$269,767$501,470
Aruba    $1,478$5,199$477
Australia$5,053,509$6,500,619$7,872,799$7,899,896$6,784,509$7,480,211$7,741,936
Austria$7,598,027$7,810,828$9,874,118$9,144,323$7,889,579$8,515,441 
Azerbaijan$358,796$2,512,423$1,144,503$119,699$3,632$25$2,729
Bahamas, The$9,331$20,752$21,509$19,110$22,749$52,130$26,945
Bahrain$2,453,291$997,913$679,847$1,149,586$994,627$552,634$788,251
Bangladesh$15,996,636$37,321,077$48,280,727    
Barbados$63,670$64,962$66,152$49,980$31,579$43,576$49,635
Belarus$3,810,200$4,838,500$5,922,200$6,122,000$3,759,300$4,954,300$5,128,600
Belgium$9,553,218$7,658,128$9,004,493$10,492,012$7,686,579$6,590,052$6,099,432
Belize$18,518$21,524$14,541$2,132$14,849$4,285 
Benin$148$439   $22,626 
Bermuda     $8,629 
Bhutan$1,498$1,135$608$1,208$1,050$343 
Bolivia$313,604$478,502$867,787$770,047$465,150$752,783$1,166,417
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,590,201$5,351,618$6,609,682$6,792,370$5,271,601$5,562,674$5,948,613
Botswana$54,783$68,254$243,916$67,182$32,875$45,146$58,483
Brazil$1,378,923$1,167,794$2,704,127$2,317,275$1,728,709$3,011,337$4,925,674
Brunei $370,869     
Bulgaria$11,607,956$12,962,921$14,678,997$11,885,521$7,622,608$8,465,919$10,450,753
Burkina Faso$21,031 $50,191$27,052$8,228$905 
Burundi$139$7,832$2,118$38,958$9,842$7,131 
Cambodia$876,475$717,607$865,907$831,228$368,702$1,291,461 
Cameroon$89,980$79,345$194,253$264,543$59,493$86,247 
Canada$13,525,474$13,105,424$13,992,377$14,111,374$11,406,803$11,913,839$13,056,475
Cape Verde$499$4,751$1,761$2,137$1,679$2,280$2,052
Central African Republic$1,923 $1,227$1,787$9,790  
Chile$2,997,850$3,130,792$3,722,103$3,617,845$3,684,779$4,491,370$4,841,752
China$83,605,465$84,911,543$81,491,616$73,998,852$58,841,844$70,689,796$70,496,821
Colombia$5,614,489$5,656,138$6,524,020$4,758,390$3,646,268$4,501,331$5,268,061
Comoros$2,355$410$1,644    
Cook Islands$226      
Costa Rica$1,491,901$645,435$1,490,173$1,981,865$1,663,248$11,049,742$14,118,167
Cote d'Ivoire$194,470$385,075$369,628$333,155$513,230$388,113$681,622
Croatia$4,131,058$4,300,834$5,333,282$5,538,692$4,296,908$4,050,335$4,592,438
Cuba$408,951$592,300     
Cyprus$269,786$376,102$281,417$362,149$140,809$131,335$175,738
Czech Republic$14,311,570$35,868,959$12,388,749$11,535,648$6,955,536$6,672,551$10,104,179
Denmark$8,703,011$9,570,871$10,003,158$10,105,024$3,270,427$2,905,420$2,855,401
Dominica$2,013$2,516$816$2,498$2,691$2,848 
Dominican Republic$1,394,931$3,184,684$5,324,289$2,048,399$1,473,473$1,448,724$1,635,887
East Timor$3,724      
Ecuador$1,283,413$1,087,309$1,450,362$1,635,603$1,898,527$2,128,439$2,414,995
Egypt$1,135,061$1,189,384$947,750$7,647,759$9,225,232$16,155,127$14,606,511
El Salvador$9,295,510$8,641,760$7,721,414$4,637,199$3,954,791$5,701,028 
Estonia$4,014,948$4,302,309$4,261,617$3,192,239$2,031,503$2,726,467$3,348,594
Ethiopia$453,943$483,768$512,069$657,161$578,062$1,901,619$4,154,017
Faroe Islands$8,569$10,143$20,048$8,074$11,347  
Fiji$273,963$197,840$251,762$146,446$128,387$180,433 
Finland$3,471,117$3,288,579$3,462,514$3,012,127$1,968,118$2,476,356$2,505,277
France$16,639,662$22,459,239$24,938,783$17,796,813$14,365,353$15,217,796$15,686,932
French Polynesia$18,723$20,088$26,526$25,836$11,827$36,490$24,303
Gabon$55,855$17,160$39,619$30,347$29,775  
Gambia, The  $2,303  $982$331
Georgia$797,990$733,775$892,612$1,169,888$192,063$209,300 
Germany$58,998,000$85,722,000$78,956,000$91,795,000$61,912,000$76,217,903$85,102,203
Ghana$533,190$871,004$1,045,357$1,676,002$1,351,438$1,720,665$2,485,564
Greece$2,430,331$3,388,868$3,729,459$3,325,676$2,339,020$1,567,299$1,621,104
Greenland$4,039$23,343$18,909    
Grenada$252$11$811$369$2,897  
Guatemala$10,242,054$2,796,582$10,147,961$9,822,393$7,384,650$8,716,603$11,582,239
Guinea$14,499$17,787$7,444$70,387   
Guinea-Bissau$949      
Guyana$145,397$266,074$80,379$301,547$200,242$323,019$296,979
Honduras$269,030$430,062$375,103 $397,738  
Hong Kong$39,770,920$36,300,602$35,393,301$34,232,375$29,571,233$36,481,873$33,647,097
Hungary$11,453,000$11,376,000$11,686,000$14,550,000$9,986,000$15,063,000$14,606,000
Iceland$135,952$115,443$218,256$148,731$117,047$121,547$93,340
India$2,586,988$2,565,809$4,837,977$5,482,703$5,635,349$7,778,384$8,937,156
Indonesia$4,348,114$3,927,742$2,649,169$10,486,414$15,675,546$24,636,590$29,076,911
Iran$681,580$1,298,178   $1,313,267 
Ireland$3,614,567$3,388,683$2,658,175$1,492,054$1,193,973$1,264,646$1,117,458
Israel$590,000$272,000$475,000$633,000$514,000$723,000$618,000
Italy$37,307,071$40,092,951$43,958,846$40,347,694$30,111,773$40,010,049$46,618,599
Jamaica$366,448$263,810$223,484$196,980$139,300$246,569 
Japan$6,021,036$5,392,510$6,377,235$6,265,846$6,171,339$6,878,438$7,339,165
Jordan$3,267,741$3,864,135$5,576,155$3,967,258$6,364,904$6,593,699$7,355,771
Kazakhstan$434,938$558,947$679,048$924,253$557,769  
Kenya$1,525,103$2,277,207$2,396,486$2,242,582$1,288,203$2,167,036 
Kiribati    $1,816  
Korea, South$7,238,411$7,939,183$8,800,350$12,954,145$5,671,216$7,927,084$9,929,483
Kuwait $628,774$239,909$366,989   
Kyrgyzstan$115,462$85,098$55,481$438,927$122,867$175,031$303,968
Latvia$2,858,113$3,896,715$4,980,849$2,301,514$1,365,871$2,754,938$2,506,462
Lebanon$144,000$201,293$305,909$261,171$328,198$248,701$390,010
Lesotho   $1,362   
Lithuania$6,884,762$8,050,334$6,794,155$5,000,603$3,390,789$3,702,959$4,674,202
Luxembourg$512,130$361,438$442,119$514,080$357,223$471,945$466,579
Macau$834,262$860,798$622,691$578,909$180,944$139,200$104,502
Macedonia$4,918,853$6,087,470$7,923,723$7,897,799$6,516,309 $8,106,553
Madagascar$4,663,163$5,850,151$7,058,104$69,865,243$3,726,013$2,016,573 
Malawi$144,851$67,441$186,110$119,054$65,792$31,658$89,949
Malaysia$4,380,196$1,944,903$2,461,104$2,015,851$2,487,061$3,224,758$3,744,312
Maldives$5,449$8,014$7,924$12,036$10,185$8,972$9,247
Mali$56,595$16,824$85,408$132,489 $213,171 
Malta$672,390$748,540$402,523$99,884$159,083$219,880 
Mauritania $985$23,090$16,142$39,512 $65,020
Mauritius$1,131,096$1,410,492$1,638,808$1,666,835$1,586,266$1,724,394$1,582,858
Mayotte$3,412$5,613$5,752$2,423$6,633  
Mexico$106,640,063$94,708,203$80,357,014$81,105,268$59,978,899$80,730,079$72,973,794
Moldova$2,375,507$2,639,120$3,145,260$3,250,420$2,462,542$2,605,623$3,091,135
Mongolia$430,550$349,502$338,233    
Montenegro $10,146$14,551$12,067$21,685$13,628$10,017
Montserrat$204$38 $36   
Morocco$8,824,683$10,504,756$11,654,454$10,811,856$6,049,116$6,154,336 
Mozambique$44,255$18,556$37,818$82,438$26,142$33,861$92,000
Namibia$37,431$54,682$16,046$46,431   
Nepal    $247,337$97,683 
Netherlands$8,465,987$7,964,932$22,023,500$16,030,062$7,385,854$7,828,665 
Netherlands Antilles$2,763$1,612$8,807$7,817   
New Caledonia$38,059$52,065$48,799$61,935$53,303$44,354$55,198
New Zealand$2,213,414$2,080,444$2,268,441$2,072,728$1,657,077$1,716,754$1,785,829
Nicaragua$166,900$142,821$1,723,834$290,098$209,594$299,698$406,223
Niger$268$568 $1,661$112 $4,514
Nigeria $59,363$4,442$121,926$1,868,377$4,844,465 
Norway$1,735,620$2,019,317$2,202,480$2,056,944$1,537,994$2,215,503$2,427,940
Oman$1,139,045$767,537$188,861$198,213$300,700$217,998 
Pakistan$2,838,380$4,663,643$5,221,661$4,552,042$4,746,896$6,353,197$7,756,558
Panama$662,367$1,057,453$1,900,825$1,279,975$1,035,520$3,116,410$6,060,299
Paraguay$549,066$888,924$726,071$1,218,293$628,785$931,286$1,941,860
Peru$634,442$762,825$985,216$1,511,338$1,125,268$1,941,235$1,343,305
Philippines$8,927,235$12,363,923$3,438,917$2,177,727$1,094,442$1,339,401$1,629,762
Poland$38,894,514$37,884,482$41,578,919$39,191,019$29,373,945$32,704,997$32,310,407
Portugal$10,545,203$10,257,567$12,363,756$11,345,584$8,403,467$8,161,331$11,490,529
Qatar$1,334,392$460,090$107,696$132,524 $65,157 
Romania$37,955,536$37,536,948$42,087,624$34,725,522$26,599,864$28,540,222$37,007,936
Russia$6,914,575$7,235,241$7,175,381$8,202,470$6,845,591$11,475,808$13,377,191
Rwanda$8,977$6,726$39,312$24,434$13,747 $15,086
Saint Kitts and Nevis$4,604$2,721$2,070$8,994   
Saint Lucia$7,371$48,319$13,754$17,778   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,274$5,870$3,709$7,408$7,785$5,851 
Samoa    $688$5,958$18,155
Sao Tome and Principe $3,076$11 $95$65 
Saudi Arabia$1,949,590$2,883,301$2,482,458  $2,399,203 
Senegal$47,324$38,805$111,794$106,007$125,630$77,566$134,675
Serbia$3,625,413$4,183,916$5,125,882$5,451,986$4,825,486$4,829,000$5,410,034
Seychelles$5,328$11,309$1,759$2,188   
Singapore$1,575,660$1,458,900$1,414,228$2,110,673$1,724,637$1,865,081$2,584,627
Slovakia$8,758,218$8,541,506$8,189,297$7,367,963$5,311,161$4,500,542$5,624,529
Slovenia$2,883,393$3,136,505$4,561,129$8,033,627$3,440,488$1,906,005$2,127,704
South Africa$4,062,517$4,365,497$4,911,912$4,099,597$3,754,369$5,031,079$5,849,814
Spain$14,012,997$17,432,016$19,322,380$23,488,474$13,175,238$11,736,360 
Sri Lanka$1,213,046$1,424,322$1,869,214$1,716,379$1,120,028$2,144,383$2,656,145
Sudan$99,876$2,322$87,361$38,054$167,097  
Suriname$24,933$46,241$6,733$139,427$7,530$64,231$52,077
Swaziland$987,316$1,515,933$639,542    
Sweden$5,056,225$4,249,852$4,510,836$4,448,029$3,255,027$3,499,541$3,964,561
Switzerland$4,587,309$7,065,420$8,827,411$9,191,368$7,449,172$7,993,416$9,567,256
Syria$322,233$102,788 $89,022 $246,279 
Tanzania$109,553$17,199$434,319$333,643$239,447$308,791$263,182
Thailand$12,581,838$12,349,308$13,016,622$22,171,390$8,441,929$11,328,570$11,692,123
Togo$1,273 $418  $10,917$2,318
Tonga   $152 $262 
Trinidad and Tobago$58,161$45,481$40,453$41,982$52,959$50,488 
Tunisia$27,085,007$24,477,987$20,331,895$18,192,014$13,717,422$17,611,014 
Turkey$8,307,739$10,904,106$12,149,356$12,920,289$12,130,207$19,492,068$20,004,794
Uganda$46,619$110,356$22,736$40,572$37,986$78,497 
Ukraine$11,578,887$12,894,281$16,610,732$15,373,007$13,590,738$13,282,945$12,604,076
United Arab Emirates$2,445,564 $2,502,296$2,880,804   
United Kingdom$11,992,825$11,586,231$19,022,621$12,456,533$10,609,272$14,115,551$18,095,938
United States$36,896,380$46,629,866$47,184,333$42,553,727$32,954,116$37,942,874$36,821,573
Uruguay$459,270$508,061$558,679$531,507$525,004  
Vanuatu $4,278$1,328    
Venezuela$1,428,682$1,903,805$3,094,535$5,929,084$2,771,324$1,997,759$1,357,444
Vietnam$21,522,562$19,736,442$27,833,289$24,029,785$22,963,781$32,267,610 
Wallis and Futuna$272$162     
Yemen$352,465$165,548$355,541$572,118$1,732,660$2,046,002$1,989,170
Zambia$25,749$45,540$16,973$16,749$14,086$12,124 
Zimbabwe$83,346$301,523$339,749$238,882$194,095$469,819