RankCountryImports of Synthetic filament yarn other than sewing thread (excl. of 5402.10-5402.43) ... in USD (2010)
1China$161,398,636
2Turkey$136,582,583
3Italy$133,498,777
4Hong Kong$108,716,599
5Egypt$100,807,103
6Germany$97,019,538
7France$87,437,708
8Brazil$75,658,609
9Korea, South$70,726,208
10Indonesia$53,987,834
11Vietnam$49,756,350
12United States$48,968,390
13Pakistan$42,951,951
14India$39,885,355
15Colombia$36,058,527
16Mexico$34,112,872
17Sri Lanka$27,757,366
18El Salvador$27,715,506
19Thailand$25,430,222
20Canada$24,090,629
21Spain$23,230,469
22Guatemala$21,084,518
23Japan$17,436,802
24Argentina$16,991,363
25United Kingdom$15,644,118
26Portugal$15,294,838
27Peru$13,342,330
28Belgium$13,015,977
29Poland$12,932,728
30Israel$12,716,000
31Austria$11,776,863
32South Africa$11,273,749
33Switzerland$9,035,596
34Netherlands$9,007,274
35Greece$8,618,963
36Lithuania$8,111,204
37Ukraine$8,091,155
38Iran$7,524,838
39Serbia$7,260,861
40Syria$7,128,945
41Malaysia$6,945,557
42Czech Republic$6,753,485
43Saudi Arabia$6,477,875
44Norway$6,082,192
45Russia$5,082,759
46Chile$4,987,167
47Australia$4,130,453
48Morocco$4,021,254
49Lebanon$3,735,757
50Croatia$3,459,426
51Tunisia$3,304,994
52Singapore$2,968,898
53Slovenia$2,925,189
54Romania$2,594,503
55Ecuador$2,482,073
56Philippines$2,378,398
57Jordan$2,340,133
58Sweden$2,212,726
59Hungary$2,196,000
60Slovakia$2,151,742
61Denmark$2,068,140
62Algeria$2,066,477
63Belarus$1,736,600
64Mauritius$1,521,569
65Bulgaria$1,500,481
66Venezuela$1,461,666
67Estonia$1,279,542
68Nigeria$1,140,659
69New Zealand$1,049,289
70Finland$787,466
71Cote d'Ivoire$652,060
72Latvia$631,405
73Ireland$558,697
74Bolivia$541,006
75Ethiopia$483,382
76Bosnia and Herzegovina$473,214
77Costa Rica$418,870
78Nepal$358,456
79Tanzania$192,182
80Dominican Republic$191,649
81Malawi$188,249
82Kenya$175,936
83Cambodia$153,269
84Panama$150,271
85Iceland$144,063
86Paraguay$114,927
87Albania$101,821
88Macau$76,086
89Trinidad and Tobago$75,220
90Yemen$72,677
91Zimbabwe$61,388
92Qatar$56,773
93Cyprus$48,686
94Bahamas, The$40,750
95Moldova$36,047
96Madagascar$27,005
97Kyrgyzstan$22,058
98Armenia$14,112
99Senegal$13,131
100Montenegro$7,127
101Luxembourg$7,079
102Nicaragua$6,926
103Georgia$5,019
104Ghana$5,012
105Malta$4,583
106Mozambique$3,356
107Belize$2,517
108Guyana$1,625
109Oman$1,532
110Uganda$1,522
111Tonga$1,289
112Jamaica$1,273
113Sao Tome and Principe$984
114Cameroon$150
115Botswana$126
116Barbados$76
117Cape Verde$7
118Zambia$3
119Burundi$1
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$343$51,086$3,191$23,800$3,457$101,821$63,903
Algeria$76,359$211,701$415,367$640,835$1,264,524$2,066,477$2,785,711
Antigua and Barbuda  $250    
Argentina$8,811,719$10,021,389$18,595,658$17,350,274$13,614,770$16,991,363$18,796,686
Armenia$44$1,708$1,110$39,626$14,799$14,112$16,101
Australia$6,570,192$5,144,680$4,969,408$4,428,363$4,070,583$4,130,453$3,768,563
Austria$12,602,878$9,779,220$11,226,982$12,907,721$8,636,562$11,776,863 
Azerbaijan$336      
Bahamas, The$159$418$12$372$6,616$40,750$5,770
Bahrain   $4,082  $12,743
Bangladesh$3,969,336$2,716,692$6,725,864    
Barbados  $185$163 $76$1,042
Belarus$524,500$631,300$675,500$1,194,000$1,300,200$1,736,600$2,163,700
Belgium$21,977,293$20,879,590$20,877,710$19,918,814$12,670,415$13,015,977$27,187,916
Belize     $2,517 
Bhutan  $93$366   
Bolivia$74,697$101,769$240,044$265,175$116,874$541,006$587,490
Bosnia and Herzegovina$76,159$169,625$288,626$205,294$157,903$473,214$298,158
Botswana$157$2,880$17,386$8,748$272$126$2,622
Brazil$27,155,153$42,144,431$6,993,788$72,880,914$73,949,321$75,658,609$56,503,382
Brunei $354     
Bulgaria$2,111,799$3,804,333$7,715,809$3,423,290$1,911,269$1,500,481$1,940,032
Burundi$18 $592$77$14,815$1 
Cambodia  $24,967$226,556$33,033$153,269 
Cameroon   $94,929$46,710$150 
Canada$28,672,414$22,713,351$8,210,825$11,156,096$27,090,634$24,090,629$17,739,585
Cape Verde  $2,292$49 $7 
Chile$2,597,325$3,007,710$3,199,212$3,649,387$3,601,442$4,987,167$5,408,422
China$168,634,995$100,260,639$125,375,953$114,830,536$122,813,620$161,398,636$212,696,031
Colombia$20,474,142$21,652,720$35,882,691$35,712,423$26,523,796$36,058,527$35,444,790
Costa Rica$105,070$146,244$175,556$268,323$704,366$418,870$232,930
Cote d'Ivoire$122,103$408,987$358,298$289,215$452,878$652,060$1,072,700
Croatia$2,737,404$4,051,075$3,579,075$2,838,255$2,742,832$3,459,426$3,704,459
Cuba$7,881      
Cyprus$2,874$21,712$124,096$10,814$57,550$48,686$115,406
Czech Republic$4,382,893$5,144,691$6,563,057$7,028,051$3,451,142$6,753,485$6,910,325
Denmark$5,579,484$4,575,321$2,001,037$3,834,769$2,105,182$2,068,140$4,007,017
Dominica   $135   
Dominican Republic $1,099$70,634$78,716$126,421$191,649$103,089
East Timor$746      
Ecuador$1,297,158$1,036,014$1,707,118$2,218,203$1,706,716$2,482,073$2,426,799
Egypt$83,856,419$75,287,992$97,402,056$136,676,745$108,950,448$100,807,103$152,647,825
El Salvador$751,081$734,778$11,908,737$12,636,774$20,458,677$27,715,506 
Estonia$2,836,880$1,585,265$1,642,798$1,363,625$602,494$1,279,542$1,137,685
Ethiopia $1,930$83,263$352,354$336,266$483,382$710,884
Faroe Islands$3,862$6,340$332$188   
Fiji$5,568$4,469$305$12,136$2,039  
Finland$736,887$656,468$929,498$1,066,903$877,701$787,466$746,079
France$58,691,112$55,722,466$96,095,980$100,499,392$63,730,812$87,437,708$153,127,778
French Polynesia $884$1,725$915   
Gabon$14,916   $429  
Georgia   $110$5,702$5,019 
Germany$74,040,000$75,325,000$100,368,000$111,822,000$71,402,000$97,019,538$116,727,829
Ghana$131$3,740  $9,751$5,012$151,628
Greece$9,154,813$9,262,903$14,126,208$13,737,188$7,576,194$8,618,963$6,932,248
Greenland$1,393$4,045$379    
Grenada   $1,869   
Guatemala$2,286,460$889,704$7,400,062$15,376,854$21,490,240$21,084,518$32,439,179
Guyana$107,781$175$6,798$20,126$84$1,625$60
Honduras$127,898$160,778$136,380 $85,621  
Hong Kong$119,043,711$90,058,837$133,458,177$101,466,400$90,824,566$108,716,599$96,663,303
Hungary$1,482,000$626,000$1,841,000$1,180,000$4,382,000$2,196,000$4,369,000
Iceland$102,104$91,599$88,767$48,636$177,321$144,063$173,671
India$4,173,430$3,562,375$18,122,207$8,180,271$25,212,813$39,885,355$49,297,950
Indonesia$16,122,917$16,231,270$21,002,501$12,246,271$10,946,518$53,987,834$58,146,276
Iran$851,544$49,228   $7,524,838 
Ireland$1,792,983$1,512,084$2,122,900$1,173,101$1,149,963$558,697$433,296
Israel$17,127,000$10,775,000$14,316,000$10,265,000$9,116,000$12,716,000$11,614,000
Italy$139,096,211$105,460,977$146,061,485$110,492,682$94,974,635$133,498,777$137,776,213
Jamaica $9,987$41,944$200,427$4,794$1,273 
Japan$6,503,102$5,402,226$11,177,701$11,009,342$16,629,251$17,436,802$24,277,764
Jordan$187,412$34,639$73,581$847,731$1,602,456$2,340,133$1,923,516
Kazakhstan$60,208$59,160$22,504$18,625$41,451  
Kenya$150,303$96,093$381,169$507,827$361,295$175,936 
Korea, South$60,562,481$71,537,558$87,077,578$86,391,086$52,023,183$70,726,208$93,205,400
Kuwait $75,225$73,831$144,995   
Kyrgyzstan$3,699  $29,721$13,418$22,058$183,785
Latvia$820,138$460,406$3,092,876$1,551,557$910,171$631,405$498,254
Lebanon$688,000$739,463$1,942,765$4,365,802$3,540,666$3,735,757$2,989,395
Lithuania$7,219,694$6,950,426$9,018,684$9,007,025$6,232,940$8,111,204$7,889,623
Luxembourg$478$254$4,571$4,700$15,923$7,079$4,438
Macau$136,154$86,915$171,758$257,329$246,348$76,086 
Macedonia$144,183$118,929$95,667$135,247$194,467 $253,231
Madagascar$6,968$27,606$22,989$27,501$49,117$27,005 
Malawi$130,671$175,179$110,861$21,917$143,354$188,249 
Malaysia$1,989,366$2,226,360$2,843,193$2,315,133$3,497,938$6,945,557$16,862,933
Mali$1,604$1,435     
Malta   $255$38,201$4,583 
Mauritius$1,866,201$2,475,444$2,325,384$1,866,754$2,119,855$1,521,569$1,337,311
Mayotte  $18    
Mexico$22,394,953$29,185,212$24,139,234$44,101,439$33,244,057$34,112,872$37,750,959
Moldova$24,434$30,796$50,798$29,141$44,483$36,047$145,660
Mongolia $270$21,992    
Montenegro $3,406$6,633$12,574$1,236$7,127$12,340
Morocco$2,219,245$2,302,941$5,919,478$8,202,663$5,177,993$4,021,254 
Mozambique$31,394$155$184$31$8,268$3,356 
Namibia$2,916$3,150$45$12,042   
Nepal    $1,582,108$358,456 
Netherlands$53,719,861$24,485,255$39,343,365$9,714,698$8,511,517$9,007,274 
Netherlands Antilles  $437$74   
New Caledonia$104$95$81$376   
New Zealand$1,074,483$1,014,291$1,422,377$626,904$757,767$1,049,289$791,565
Nicaragua$10,510$30,011$32,167$14,848$883$6,926$38,641
Nigeria $2,981,752$677,345$60,680$4,169,643$1,140,659 
Norway$3,615,394$5,698,168$7,186,205$5,715,981$7,110,925$6,082,192$6,342,967
Oman$24,388 $17,521  $1,532 
Pakistan$23,192,531$20,313,661$21,438,863$35,273,492$31,203,442$42,951,951$38,217,944
Panama$133,352$184,334$104,896$40,303$19,309$150,271$142,182
Paraguay$34,539$11,217$69,992$109,233$74,523$114,927$166,770
Peru$10,042,382$9,860,517$8,032,266$16,502,310$10,566,810$13,342,330$11,417,218
Philippines$832,073$603,449$1,072,879$621,376$1,220,510$2,378,398$3,315,099
Poland$11,122,763$12,729,739$13,301,136$14,065,147$11,171,863$12,932,728$13,397,457
Portugal$19,669,075$20,085,951$26,285,207$19,169,270$8,282,037$15,294,838$20,947,775
Qatar$67,657$20,485$21,917$65,864 $56,773 
Romania$2,827,009$2,865,642$4,397,108$2,753,460$2,813,389$2,594,503$2,940,434
Russia$2,533,297$4,459,395$5,434,879$4,355,041$5,248,738$5,082,759$2,531,411
Rwanda$170$3,903    $761
Saint Lucia$33$74$86$23   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$41      
Sao Tome and Principe $181$25 $4,800$984 
Saudi Arabia$285,081$127,419$193,705  $6,477,875 
Senegal$967 $954$5,394$81,197$13,131$530
Serbia$1,577,166$1,818,642$4,509,205$4,869,141$6,794,184$7,260,861$9,937,063
Singapore$2,066,516$732,517$2,141,123$4,252,212$2,646,164$2,968,898$8,685,941
Slovakia$1,360,927$1,474,348$1,947,539$2,444,606$1,629,003$2,151,742$3,024,074
Slovenia$2,589,182$2,853,011$3,458,489$3,162,053$2,418,953$2,925,189$3,951,333
South Africa$6,745,762$8,618,092$11,665,531$10,036,597$9,384,140$11,273,749$6,899,294
Spain$35,848,929$34,715,123$37,054,688$33,795,030$26,675,827$23,230,469 
Sri Lanka$3,849,497$6,412,511$11,733,145$18,792,127$18,573,635$27,757,366$34,269,208
Sudan $1,565 $150$44,041  
Swaziland $32$2,258    
Sweden$2,118,827$2,649,551$2,806,993$1,541,331$1,226,826$2,212,726$2,095,521
Switzerland$5,223,620$5,949,313$9,851,024$18,261,320$7,189,431$9,035,596$9,742,932
Syria$2,011,235$1,775,178$3,687,272$9,763,885 $7,128,945 
Tanzania$118,265$90,827$301,412$361,663$281,879$192,182$58
Thailand$24,826,533$20,353,579$25,864,843$22,386,390$18,985,332$25,430,222$23,598,264
Tonga     $1,289 
Trinidad and Tobago   $91,473$10,590$75,220 
Tunisia$639,701$1,263,001$1,879,404$3,045,535$4,056,917$3,304,994 
Turkey$126,016,655$138,700,108$226,748,962$155,184,556$94,542,210$136,582,583$98,165,594
Uganda$56,207$260$1,033$689$233$1,522 
Ukraine$1,068,444$1,624,241$5,121,370$7,932,300$4,887,861$8,091,155$4,654,570
United Arab Emirates$531,160 $2,570,185$5,394,813   
United Kingdom$21,801,868$24,882,033$34,124,399$24,468,652$16,899,798$15,644,118$16,611,140
United States$79,989,302$80,350,227$86,862,158$92,036,030$49,131,808$48,968,390$57,940,318
Uruguay$322,086$234,805$516,091$863,370$567,186  
Venezuela$2,663,506$1,918,165$2,799,896$2,824,215$1,194,474$1,461,666$226,582
Vietnam$10,171,647$11,103,483$24,376,144$37,377,261$40,563,814$49,756,350 
Yemen$421,889  $4,629$34,313$72,677$478,517
Zambia  $9,834 $43$3 
Zimbabwe $12,150$5,824$14,064$11,085$61,388