RankCountryImports of Synthetic filament yarn other than sewing thread (excl. of 5402.61 & 5402.6 ... in USD (2010)
1China$72,225,662
2Netherlands$21,587,495
3Hong Kong$19,887,529
4India$15,551,947
5Belgium$14,292,632
6Korea, South$13,127,246
7Vietnam$13,004,490
8Mexico$10,056,925
9Thailand$8,010,791
10Russia$6,635,052
11Philippines$6,334,875
12Iran$5,488,980
13United Kingdom$5,464,302
14Algeria$5,427,586
15Italy$4,014,963
16Jordan$3,881,239
17Macau$3,711,131
18Uganda$3,082,969
19United States$2,607,185
20Indonesia$2,340,447
21Germany$2,152,898
22Sri Lanka$2,117,034
23Turkey$2,051,723
24Malaysia$1,958,243
25Chile$1,654,795
26France$1,636,963
27Kenya$1,569,860
28Japan$1,532,539
29Pakistan$1,370,513
30Morocco$1,363,923
31Egypt$1,350,896
32Spain$1,301,427
33Romania$1,215,847
34Denmark$1,175,474
35Brazil$1,090,730
36Hungary$1,000,000
37Ethiopia$894,619
38Israel$862,000
39Belarus$723,500
40Canada$674,381
41Poland$648,304
42Portugal$613,660
43Australia$610,288
44Tunisia$585,142
45Venezuela$565,936
46Switzerland$565,779
47Zimbabwe$536,718
48Syria$407,820
49New Zealand$405,108
50Serbia$327,124
51Saudi Arabia$305,334
52Ukraine$272,324
53Lithuania$269,205
54Norway$217,598
55Kyrgyzstan$207,789
56Mauritius$201,714
57Cyprus$193,750
58Czech Republic$184,725
59El Salvador$165,193
60Dominican Republic$157,161
61Armenia$155,376
62Bulgaria$142,149
63Sweden$127,304
64Paraguay$126,327
65Lebanon$114,882
66Singapore$101,150
67Greece$99,843
68Guatemala$97,466
69Ecuador$79,188
70Croatia$75,273
71Mali$74,186
72Austria$60,232
73Slovakia$60,190
74Ireland$56,820
75Estonia$55,971
76Tanzania$44,681
77Panama$43,147
78Georgia$40,442
79Albania$37,842
80South Africa$35,120
81Nigeria$33,102
82Suriname$32,781
83Nepal$32,152
84Costa Rica$32,147
85Qatar$26,871
86Colombia$24,713
87Finland$23,558
88Latvia$19,282
89Jamaica$15,180
90Bahamas, The$11,326
91Peru$10,952
92Trinidad and Tobago$10,719
93Cote d'Ivoire$9,825
94Senegal$8,723
95Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$8,145
96Moldova$6,955
97Argentina$5,230
98Iceland$5,225
99Madagascar$5,060
100Malta$4,702
101Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,678
102Barbados$4,610
103Luxembourg$3,505
104Oman$3,345
105Slovenia$3,179
106Montenegro$2,596
107Yemen$2,246
108Nicaragua$1,975
109Azerbaijan$1,793
110Malawi$1,268
111Bermuda$1,259
112Bhutan$1,049
113Cambodia$843
114Fiji$600
115Samoa$263
116French Polynesia$185
117Cape Verde$116
118Ghana$90
119Mozambique$42
120New Caledonia$25
121Antigua and Barbuda$24
122Dominica$19
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$22,260$9,246$12,315$1,370$87,493$37,842$31,743
Algeria$1,051,406$1,730,864$1,946,460$4,172,424$1,773,787$5,427,586$12,805,104
Antigua and Barbuda$237$148$10 $2,467$24$15
Argentina$77,216$35,804$9,293$494,780$524,950$5,230$50,243
Armenia$3,724$25,026$39,548$108,169$191,476$155,376$106,216
Aruba    $554 $339
Australia$791,505$1,011,663$1,178,647$899,937$863,076$610,288$422,856
Austria$107,454$432,921$394,595$250,346$220,885$60,232 
Azerbaijan$6,010$97$1,076$1,005$3,692$1,793$1,000
Bahamas, The$883$945$1,281$5,474$16,021$11,326$21,691
Bahrain$676     $9,008
Bangladesh$197,625$56,560$163,558    
Barbados$7,013$789$3,514$8,201$7,464$4,610$6,649
Belarus$136,900$248,900$505,700$974,200$858,400$723,500$855,500
Belgium$4,857,792$9,895,326$22,752,086$19,187,493$14,475,655$14,292,632$40,190,599
Belize $1,966$101$16   
Bermuda     $1,259 
Bhutan$2  $4,263 $1,049 
Bolivia$509$984$6,896$92$24,833 $22,096
Bosnia and Herzegovina$51,762$43,356$4,676$16,105$2,330$4,678$5,875
Botswana$2,641$238,362$5,598$5,046  $24
Brazil$834,791$747,632$1,611,074$1,035,101$1,138,738$1,090,730$1,662,433
Brunei $32,086     
Bulgaria$156,780$153,409$281,219$295,291$130,400$142,149$131,822
Burkina Faso   $142   
Burundi$72      
Cambodia $32,610$17,472$22,593$3,164$843 
Cameroon$2,041 $1,192$11,330$1,727  
Canada$390,239$225,703$275,986$214,388$661,982$674,381$678,725
Cape Verde$450  $209$1,454$116$50
Chile$28,993 $122,271$133,261$851,422$1,654,795$1,984,121
China$41,353,342$56,807,621$59,348,736$58,883,398$56,236,778$72,225,662$68,160,449
Colombia$69,783 $35,221$535,563$159,280$24,713$5,933
Costa Rica$33,653$158,683$62,692$1,667,383$1,459,934$32,147$442,092
Cote d'Ivoire$1,338$3,510$2,441$2,343$8,084$9,825$17,217
Croatia$217,715$43,657$145,630$204,833$128,765$75,273$101,170
Cuba$6      
Cyprus$84,694$218,159$191,683 $26$193,750$64,098
Czech Republic$168,620$180,370$213,261$396,369$79,991$184,725$280,433
Denmark$519,979$456,755$821,613$1,293,011$1,032,379$1,175,474$1,454,833
Dominica     $19 
Dominican Republic$149,713$119,769$320,013$269,013$280,186$157,161$104,201
Ecuador$540,367$534,563$658,438$161,369$26,031$79,188$75,225
Egypt$1,289,214$668,522$894,203$4,580,323$4,364,274$1,350,896$2,682,350
El Salvador$27,972$48,848$35,570$85,485$1,000,864$165,193 
Estonia$8,098$9,265$20,206$4,000$3,218$55,971$188,703
Ethiopia$2,990$23,375$61,986$68,434$178,457$894,619$1,880,041
Faroe Islands$1,424$2,746$3,089$4,037$1,808  
Fiji$21,845$95$16,453$57,412$2,834$600 
Finland$83,894$73,427$73,016$58,671$102,269$23,558$264,398
France$2,955,148$3,496,701$3,208,964$2,652,282$1,653,057$1,636,963$2,933,125
French Polynesia$208$2,085$773$287 $185$1,840
Gabon    $3,111  
Georgia$20$58,595$98,001$16,032$7,126$40,442 
Germany$4,021,000$3,533,000$5,715,000$3,834,000$1,898,000$2,152,898$2,578,163
Ghana$1,737$14,544$733$554$15,674$90$175
Greece$134,562$343,156$209,213$130,729$63,240$99,843$191,951
Greenland $697$469    
Grenada$3,129$1,689$420$59$2,661  
Guatemala$32,642$85,030$27,206$24,561$14,946$97,466$38,326
Guinea   $966   
Guyana $10,803$34,980    
Honduras$39,710$53,401$20,386 $380  
Hong Kong$16,396,871$13,738,132$19,928,713$22,562,688$21,079,487$19,887,529$11,915,911
Hungary$223,000$640,000$874,000$933,000$612,000$1,000,000$1,261,000
Iceland$6,313$1,109 $146$2,816$5,225$106
India$19,805,614$16,923,127$31,800,681$27,223,900$16,563,548$15,551,947$11,316,708
Indonesia$379,369$1,479,520$729,968$4,483,876$2,195,721$2,340,447$2,461,844
Iran$823,913    $5,488,980 
Ireland$102,996$139,581$272,057$466,789$249,307$56,820$18,749
Israel$2,333,000$1,636,000$3,950,000$7,292,000$1,094,000$862,000$775,000
Italy$2,937,518$5,341,128$4,379,937$4,775,712$2,170,548$4,014,963$7,038,139
Jamaica$66,846$19,614$39,343$23,499$6,641$15,180 
Japan$1,420,699$1,943,679$1,594,364$1,461,167$838,791$1,532,539$1,570,552
Jordan$2,358,081$4,824,962$4,610,432$5,177,872$4,737,303$3,881,239$5,290,504
Kazakhstan$26,526$27,461$49,889$7,899$182,442  
Kenya$236,125$391,959$289,534$520,126$546,846$1,569,860 
Korea, South$9,952,757$15,211,348$21,056,171$23,547,853$12,348,100$13,127,246$8,196,152
Kuwait $50,602$177,479$203,417   
Kyrgyzstan$9,167$14,577$11,330$57,514$83,926$207,789$480,374
Latvia$14,398$3,528$27,904$1,132,801$22,035$19,282$35,328
Lebanon$10,000$12,500$69,923 $82,578$114,882$1,738
Lithuania$197,386$91,293$113,433$101,116$61,580$269,205$8,660
Luxembourg$57,661 $30$83$22$3,505$758
Macau$12,423,907$15,779,430$10,445,531$8,515,513$3,850,955$3,711,131 
Macedonia$10,527$7,122$19,580$1,489$4,606 $59,004
Madagascar$89,668$65,032$109,443$118,441$24,002$5,060 
Malawi$2,186$48$18,907$2,603$19,677$1,268$10,374
Malaysia$1,684,258$1,607,764$1,393,879$1,679,856$952,216$1,958,243$958,566
Mali$605 $10,010$4,429 $74,186 
Malta  $1,001$5,395$14,297$4,702 
Mauritius$17,501$5,302$29,117$36,019$53,185$201,714$42,999
Mayotte    $10  
Mexico$3,260,281$5,848,447$8,543,730$14,308,712$12,467,521$10,056,925$11,590,875
Moldova$28,830$31,468$88,888$82,268$26,140$6,955$910,127
Montenegro $1,289$307$513$4,932$2,596$4,530
Montserrat    $284  
Morocco$41,309$37,973$93,438$292,002$1,075,310$1,363,923 
Mozambique$2,770 $608$20,669$1,266$42$2,000
Namibia$607$15,887$1,046$6   
Nepal    $80,535$32,152 
Netherlands$3,242,187$5,463,642$8,491,798$1,930,268$10,499,211$21,587,495 
Netherlands Antilles$1,813$1,621$2,784$5,174   
New Caledonia$4,031$35 $530$166$25$5,997
New Zealand$355,012$303,592$337,149$308,269$289,764$405,108$215,231
Nicaragua$4,700$11,993$21,129$253$103$1,975$55
Nigeria $204,946$4,269,044$21,740$22,591$33,102 
Norway$432,366$741,935$1,425,792$1,563,901$837,882$217,598$10,242
Oman$7,638$360,374$384,122$231,181$58,814$3,345 
Pakistan$257,353$1,174,164$1,147,208$1,210,433$921,046$1,370,513$603,944
Panama$20,038$23,471$22,609$19,666$5,046$43,147$53,962
Paraguay$7,362$14,325$7,410$85,650$23,448$126,327$157,841
Peru$1,069$48,254$645$5,736$4,862$10,952$7,943
Philippines$556,046$358,902$226,189$1,905,401$1,406,710$6,334,875$23,470,557
Poland$517,803$569,992$912,706$1,428,939$766,160$648,304$938,224
Portugal$781,118$550,282$830,825$539,501$192,147$613,660$548,806
Qatar$9,295$56,854$5,320$2,647 $26,871 
Romania$2,402,909$880,115$1,562,201$1,142,750$1,597,073$1,215,847$1,134,394
Russia$586,630$1,149,647$1,411,246$1,515,016$1,586,811$6,635,052$6,095,264
Rwanda  $3,609$8,456  $26,087
Saint Kitts and Nevis$18 $591    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $7$220$8,145 
Samoa     $263 
Sao Tome and Principe $325$16 $34  
Saudi Arabia$4,821,112$3,444,421$1,191,473  $305,334 
Senegal$7,303 $1,041 $4,887$8,723$535
Serbia$71,667$264,095$148,144$121,056$201,265$327,124$1,223,453
Singapore$2,351,176$485,918$499,149$5,519,645$209,181$101,150$117,968
Slovakia$299,844$97,758$349,789$406,601$35,658$60,190$269,260
Slovenia$1,227$49,387$23,542$4,519$4,868$3,179$3,094
South Africa$89,882$171,667$85,703$388,473$101,403$35,120$101,473
Spain$2,189,287$1,799,020$1,883,225$1,778,540$891,116$1,301,427 
Sri Lanka$3,955,604$4,916,745$3,822,852$437,994$389,818$2,117,034$2,587,689
Sudan $83,237     
Suriname     $32,781$2,711
Swaziland$6,581$122$324    
Sweden$73,271$61,817$152,102$138,400$91,940$127,304$281,983
Switzerland$248,480$518,721$1,198,487$4,404,106$15,300,065$565,779$558,709
Syria$91,331    $407,820 
Tanzania$34,031$170,647$78,383$47,220$51,559$44,681$3,533
Thailand$4,564,121$5,662,946$6,300,995$5,284,419$4,253,200$8,010,791$13,131,273
Togo$3,018      
Tonga    $48  
Trinidad and Tobago$6,115$50,813$1,944$16,311$47,021$10,719 
Tunisia$206$20,559$131,117$230,363$441,209$585,142 
Turkey$517,122$765,287$481,779$619,743$979,081$2,051,723$1,084,320
Uganda$2,641$1,726,199$2,018,449$1,643,064$2,382,434$3,082,969 
Ukraine$138,656$80,406$4,374,978$1,666,000$484,276$272,324$375,459
United Arab Emirates$155,287 $186,482$811,878   
United Kingdom$9,440,051$8,470,305$6,103,903$6,340,099$3,636,414$5,464,302$9,801,714
United States$2,717,548$2,910,556$1,336,637$2,840,791$2,213,068$2,607,185$4,359,633
Uruguay$3,141$7,458$18,692$1,152$1,594  
Venezuela$10,390$15,998$8,287$38,296$380,357$565,936$58,796
Vietnam$402,075$951,391$13,108,408$13,045,806$9,576,473$13,004,490 
Yemen$44,746$14,048  $28,469$2,246 
Zambia$7,785$5,462$505 $11,892  
Zimbabwe$7,992$47,312$107,221$34,191$57,003$536,718