RankCountryImports of Artificial filament yarn other than sewing thread, put up for RS in USD (2010)
1Morocco$1,238,269
2Philippines$24,561
3Venezuela$16,003
4Ukraine$7,680
5Barbados$1,627
6Cameroon$1,550
7Benin$586
8Mozambique$439
9Botswana$189
10Antigua and Barbuda$129
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,263,924$300,799$130,632$18,366   
Algeria$10,782$3,632     
Antigua and Barbuda     $129$54
Argentina$24,479$11,928     
Armenia $50     
Australia$85,244$1,044,569     
Austria$61,630$25,743     
Azerbaijan$90      
Bahamas, The$129 $852$296   
Bahrain$859 $2,960    
Bangladesh$61,106$65,445     
Barbados$4,140$2,495$4,548$1,640$2,431$1,627$2,293
Belarus$2,300$18,200$1,600    
Belgium$118,684$84,109     
Belize$303$659$77$162$1,468  
Benin$997$1,352   $586 
Bolivia$291$2,396     
Bosnia and Herzegovina$13,970$5,719$7,493    
Botswana $12$825 $1,922$189$25
Brazil$28,517$357,308     
Brunei $304     
Bulgaria$59,651$173,232     
Burkina Faso$31,476 $20,065$104,521   
Burundi  $546    
Cambodia$2,739$5,189     
Cameroon  $11,601$556 $1,550 
Canada$252,086$228,721     
Cape Verde$9,725$2,302$429    
Central African Republic   $2,692   
Chile$8,706$42,101     
China$419,606$165,865     
Colombia$109,375$80,573     
Comoros$1,073      
Costa Rica$29,833$23,324     
Cote d'Ivoire$4,329$23,890$17,091    
Croatia$18,667$39,097     
Cuba $538     
Cyprus$301$175     
Czech Republic$48,927$188,925     
Denmark$9,577$11,086     
Dominica$6  $11   
Dominican Republic$281$943     
East Timor$2,258      
Ecuador$1,663$2,567$2,199    
Egypt$255,601$1,520,553$26,553    
Estonia$37,836$36,042     
Ethiopia$1,988      
Faroe Islands$846$88     
Fiji$27,226$36,160     
Finland$9,246$3,655     
France$510,152$990,627     
French Polynesia$8,529$9,772$11,809$7,152   
Gabon$9,471$293$5,499$347$333  
Gambia, The    $263  
Georgia$13,485$11,525$16,458$602   
Germany$155,000$135,000     
Ghana$75,133$21,431$32,018$55,162$68,951  
Greece$98,267$112,753     
Grenada$834 $2,070$8,315   
Guatemala$984,282$537,187     
Guinea$8,830 $747$955   
Guyana$19,627      
Honduras$2,671$5,301     
Hong Kong$1,093,712$690,275     
Hungary$49,000$12,000     
Iceland$25,604$15,969     
India$217,984$298,419$178,008$117,167   
Indonesia$12,100$3,482     
Iran$152,873$99,049     
Ireland$15,874$2,455     
Israel$171,000$30,000     
Italy$144,230$216,282     
Jamaica$59$31,174     
Japan$15,046$9,011     
Jordan$55,533$16,934     
Kazakhstan$565$15$20,725    
Kenya$50,548      
Korea, South$14,784$41,187     
Kuwait $9,040$14,682    
Kyrgyzstan $520$5,801    
Latvia$31,474$10,695     
Lebanon$34,000$35,953     
Lesotho   $743   
Lithuania$16,020$19,481     
Luxembourg$254$240     
Macau$84$1,125     
Macedonia$21,709$97     
Madagascar$1,833$8,806     
Malaysia$2,153$11,685$3,219    
Maldives$26$47     
Mali$5,295 $49,358    
Malta$7,726$4,820     
Mauritius$72,633$15,939$3,574    
Mexico$46,127$21,769$16,875    
Moldova $162 $581   
Mongolia$261      
Montenegro $291     
Montserrat  $4    
Morocco$33,008$143,136$413,308$201,682$736,821$1,238,269 
Mozambique$2,971$1,507$16,564$334$2,719$439 
Namibia$2,714$1,596     
Netherlands$47,240$54,021     
New Caledonia$1,105 $28    
New Zealand$127,474$54,193     
Nicaragua$70      
Nigeria  $215,287    
Norway$69,821$168,783     
Oman$1,909$2,151     
Pakistan$144$62,455$6,939    
Panama$7,291$8,825$889    
Paraguay$3,452$2,001     
Peru$326 $9,206    
Philippines$17,542$104,604$111,338$18,122$12,231$24,561$7,051
Poland$281,140$43,747     
Portugal$99,854$54,888     
Qatar $593$15,323    
Romania$36,863$92,061     
Russia$3,653$8     
Rwanda $1,053$827    
Saint Kitts and Nevis $15     
Saint Lucia$355$1,070$841$870   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $16$203    
Saudi Arabia$721,861$1,717,228     
Senegal$9,502 $283    
Serbia$10,771$17,666     
Seychelles$37$2     
Singapore$302,941$111,732     
Slovakia $25,668     
Slovenia$6,341$36,683     
South Africa$49,861$28,578     
Spain$128,977$239,958     
Sri Lanka$731,948$1,133,233$752,594    
Sudan$68,496$142,410     
Suriname$7,384$12,486$9,695$22,480$1,319  
Swaziland $587$1,710    
Sweden$426,096$210,312     
Switzerland$77,331$67,777     
Syria $5,458     
Tanzania  $11    
Thailand$974,299$372,137     
Trinidad and Tobago $3     
Tunisia$77$25,547$15,953    
Turkey$21,644$45,337     
Uganda $21     
Ukraine$311$9,467$1,861$4,596$5,646$7,680 
United Arab Emirates$78,766 $50,813    
United Kingdom$404,351$1,741,011     
United States$4,224,622$7,547,627     
Uruguay$12,445$188     
Vanuatu $8$3,959    
Venezuela$11,641$26,962$20,906$82,623$15,353$16,003$1,666
Vietnam$5,291$370,595$24,042    
Yemen$34,633$454$49,907$3,103   
Zambia$109$834     
Zimbabwe$5$2,191$16,867