RankCountryImports of Synthetic staple fibres, not carded/combed/othw. processed for spinning (ex ... in USD (2010)
1China$64,095,093
2Germany$54,363,003
3Italy$37,632,155
4Thailand$32,017,493
5United States$24,504,354
6Belgium$22,607,379
7France$18,787,304
8Brazil$16,730,719
9Canada$13,966,623
10Czech Republic$12,578,470
11United Kingdom$12,473,080
12Nigeria$9,861,987
13Vietnam$8,067,450
14Israel$7,983,000
15Austria$7,922,979
16Spain$7,307,999
17Sweden$6,932,717
18Argentina$6,859,864
19Netherlands$6,296,077
20Japan$6,035,458
21Indonesia$5,745,937
22Turkey$5,744,928
23Poland$5,531,343
24Mexico$4,876,754
25India$4,656,896
26Colombia$4,403,490
27Peru$4,345,432
28Malaysia$3,788,991
29Qatar$3,614,931
30Sri Lanka$3,610,020
31Australia$3,549,969
32Chile$2,646,560
33Korea, South$2,175,216
34Lithuania$2,092,503
35Egypt$1,918,112
36Hungary$1,595,000
37Ukraine$1,534,840
38Morocco$1,385,876
39Philippines$1,166,098
40Iran$985,004
41South Africa$924,027
42Switzerland$873,897
43Greece$852,863
44Ireland$823,075
45Tunisia$731,381
46Kenya$671,283
47Finland$670,834
48Slovenia$560,186
49Pakistan$540,975
50Portugal$452,895
51Oman$420,643
52Mozambique$347,654
53Zimbabwe$258,464
54Cote d'Ivoire$247,760
55Saudi Arabia$176,267
56Russia$166,567
57Hong Kong$141,388
58Venezuela$137,331
59Syria$127,850
60Guyana$111,556
61Singapore$106,891
62Jordan$104,020
63Denmark$95,215
64Belarus$94,900
65Norway$86,444
66Aruba$69,821
67Ecuador$61,489
68Ghana$52,019
69Lebanon$41,825
70Azerbaijan$39,901
71Latvia$39,274
72Serbia$38,717
73Trinidad and Tobago$38,384
74Slovakia$29,320
75Algeria$26,620
76Kyrgyzstan$21,756
77Tanzania$20,499
78El Salvador$17,400
79Romania$15,650
80Nepal$12,392
81Botswana$9,372
82Panama$9,064
83Croatia$7,889
84Suriname$6,994
85Bulgaria$6,813
86Dominican Republic$5,981
87Zambia$5,224
88New Zealand$4,924
89Guatemala$4,518
90Fiji$4,278
91Moldova$4,173
92New Caledonia$2,937
93Georgia$2,887
94Albania$2,703
95Malta$1,921
96Estonia$1,902
97Bolivia$1,663
98French Polynesia$1,624
99Nicaragua$1,558
100Bahrain$1,505
101Yemen$1,476
102Costa Rica$1,224
103Cambodia$1,180
104Montenegro$1,126
105Antigua and Barbuda$845
106Mauritius$834
107Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$410
108Bosnia and Herzegovina$350
109Malawi$192
110Bahamas, The$38
111Burkina Faso$19
112Bhutan$10
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$4,684$1,211 $342$12,375$2,703 
Algeria$34,254$151,507$28,740$52,731$77,369$26,620$452
Antigua and Barbuda $37$1,758  $845$259
Argentina$3,321,590$4,573,870$4,712,016$6,976,949$5,896,466$6,859,864$9,164,788
Armenia$8,498 $7,332$69,761   
Aruba    $95,365$69,821$306,655
Australia$3,921,721$3,010,761$2,487,673$3,959,765$2,469,233$3,549,969$4,681,899
Austria$10,919,483$11,379,764$12,573,050$6,879,358$8,135,322$7,922,979 
Azerbaijan$1,702$950$500$13,100$1,055$39,901$33,192
Bahamas, The$58,034$844 $17$302$38 
Bahrain $761$48,681$91,058 $1,505$35,569
Bangladesh$1,057,189$75,079$163,989    
Barbados $8,724$11,294$233$4,421  
Belarus$180,500$108,200$17,300$54,300$113,700$94,900$3,400
Belgium$10,609,340$10,545,645$11,736,095$31,014,929$19,623,805$22,607,379$24,308,440
Benin$42,052$121,067     
Bhutan     $10 
Bolivia$1,071$617$112,120$58$527$1,663$5,482
Bosnia and Herzegovina$7,103$163,510$152,962$91,165$10,057$350 
Botswana$23,366$22,481$22,202$612$4,401$9,372$160,078
Brazil$2,857,977$5,357,309$8,633,225$14,357,566$14,482,362$16,730,719$18,669,850
Brunei $2,793     
Bulgaria$17,458$12,050$143,166$50,294 $6,813$31,392
Burkina Faso$1,404    $19 
Burundi    $17,780  
Cambodia  $13,785$8,906$3,939$1,180 
Cameroon$14,891   $2,104  
Canada$15,568,739$11,188,525$16,464,888$15,119,299$12,559,050$13,966,623$17,770,209
Cape Verde  $1,367$435$1,259  
Chile$1,528,007$1,736,120$1,921,951$2,540,401$1,564,759$2,646,560$1,114,773
China$15,616,855$24,315,445$40,963,244$53,999,873$50,514,279$64,095,093$79,628,443
Colombia$2,996,929$3,970,015$4,435,943$6,132,888$4,429,052$4,403,490$5,950,752
Costa Rica$56$1,254$5,873$13,201$123,779$1,224$3,016
Cote d'Ivoire$380,701$613,471$479,292$302,143$388,084$247,760$154,574
Croatia$1,195 $487$2,037$13,432$7,889$8,550
Cuba $40,569     
Cyprus $36,090$9,736    
Czech Republic$9,139,935$8,482,171$12,851,980$13,698,296$6,706,174$12,578,470$14,918,857
Denmark$1,485$2,158$129,815$86,631$3,658$95,215$6,046
Dominican Republic$160,052$116,598$2,282$3,809$38,014$5,981$3,442
Ecuador$2,617$99,441$5,215$68,441$78,385$61,489$5,062
Egypt$140,643$1,565,686$1,707,994$1,939,532$532,842$1,918,112$4,952,697
El Salvador$93,183 $10,609  $17,400 
Estonia$15,155$962$1,104$96 $1,902$2,191
Ethiopia$40,815$11,798$47,358$43$27,302  
Faroe Islands$27,324 $10,813$598   
Fiji$30,364  $2,998$19,233$4,278 
Finland$374,944$332,733$490,771$1,061,580$619,004$670,834$460,662
France$15,641,756$15,980,612$16,817,551$22,033,097$17,052,437$18,787,304$21,419,606
French Polynesia$12,586$10,975$21,401$1,037$1,638$1,624$846
Gambia, The      $1,950
Georgia $12$239$88 $2,887 
Germany$39,432,000$45,968,000$59,382,000$74,393,000$42,224,000$54,363,003$70,221,693
Ghana$131,039$336,114$76,227 $676$52,019$85,329
Greece$294,761$319,769$439,673$1,331,365$802,371$852,863$100,993
Guatemala$8,532$33$1,084$8,502$59,352$4,518$1,852
Guinea  $2,103    
Guyana$3,459$7 $1,335$381$111,556 
Honduras $31  $23,989  
Hong Kong $26,609$65,437$1,287,711$110,082$141,388$14,555
Hungary$372,000$397,000$837,000$714,000$99,000$1,595,000$215,000
Iceland$3,234$825 $1,069$6,083  
India$1,752,188$3,070,822$9,567,188$9,254,297$3,050,793$4,656,896$6,858,195
Indonesia$3,063,682$2,010,644$2,391,200$4,825,257$7,629,968$5,745,937$8,874,750
Iran$2,258,997$32,912   $985,004 
Ireland$4,082,505$3,756,977$3,584,569$1,153,379$1,789,358$823,075$1,608,309
Israel$435,000$1,603,000$2,842,000$7,289,000$3,906,000$7,983,000$20,549,000
Italy$24,275,297$33,671,923$36,212,752$54,490,475$35,344,809$37,632,155$38,053,298
Jamaica$26,408      
Japan$4,923,882$5,663,037$5,183,566$7,396,395$4,441,880$6,035,458$10,316,317
Jordan$4,619  $16,253$96,662$104,020 
Kazakhstan$25,410$29,245$203,361$64,082$6,945  
Kenya$1,986,500$2,048,509$2,223,933$1,814,973$432,168$671,283 
Kiribati$3,666      
Korea, South$1,837,664$2,619,936$3,299,366$1,990,871$1,966,457$2,175,216$2,574,498
Kuwait $91,640$121,198$212,972   
Kyrgyzstan$1,161$5,124$3,679$2,800$6,500$21,756$47
Latvia$198$1,048$103$27$83,590$39,274$4,134
Lebanon$290,000 $2,136$9,871$31,831$41,825$60,915
Lithuania$1,152,534$966,535$1,555,571$2,057,559$205,252$2,092,503$3,584,437
Luxembourg$5,570   $9,292 $2,613
Macau  $112,702    
Macedonia$626$12,123$1,474$3,177$3 $267
Madagascar $200$3,755    
Malawi $16,345$261,736$90,187 $192$24,712
Malaysia$332,264$2,018,379$3,699,156$5,434,694$3,656,034$3,788,991$8,701,088
Mali$5,347 $12,477    
Malta   $23,168$1,196$1,921 
Mauritius$18,964$6,855 $16,539$62,841$834$84,428
Mexico$1,101,759$1,875,199$2,959,238$3,110,220$6,368,960$4,876,754$6,052,550
Moldova$30$15,063$21$2,980$71$4,173 
Montenegro   $748 $1,126$1,304
Morocco$1,464,619$948,279$929,289$1,049,635$920,581$1,385,876 
Mozambique$480,823$759,592$725,521$72,409$131,343$347,654$452,000
Namibia$15,980$202$1,421$45   
Nepal    $3,448$12,392 
Netherlands$3,850,097$3,860,605$4,709,126$2,285,378$1,147,981$6,296,077 
Netherlands Antilles$52,216$48,327$77,741$142,446   
New Caledonia     $2,937$3,037
New Zealand$818$116,902$988,845$3,493$32,442$4,924$9,983
Nicaragua$4,930$1,429   $1,558$3,584
Niger  $1,693    
Nigeria $19,716,270$20,256,009$19,017,023$12,369,879$9,861,987 
Norway$70,798$787,004$4,083$532,481$94,966$86,444$35,213
Oman$2,822$2,601$866$102,109$136,088$420,643 
Pakistan$1,516,541$1,418,335$1,214,585$1,042,380$684,398$540,975$464,646
Panama$3,872$4,890$9,097  $9,064$31,349
Paraguay      $1,248
Peru$993,614$1,725,350$2,557,624$3,932,971$4,434,196$4,345,432$4,306,633
Philippines$1,081,362$1,051,573$2,660,088$831,661$646,455$1,166,098$322,913
Poland$2,886,229$2,164,678$3,961,552$5,871,884$3,318,576$5,531,343$7,686,055
Portugal$1,151,192$1,509,383$2,347,054$1,950,548$501,259$452,895$450,199
Qatar$37,874$99,036$227,704$337,287 $3,614,931 
Romania$191,206$352,792$538,751$65,829$39,841$15,650$37,242
Russia$144,426$146,714$341,847$640,757$58,995$166,567$216,690
Rwanda$2,736$1,796 $362$4,501  
Saint Kitts and Nevis$26      
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $891$410 
Saudi Arabia$1,818,569$2,009,697$455,799  $176,267 
Senegal$26,282$66,759$11,399$280,990$135,786  
Serbia$391,708$185,560$7,765$23,813$41,091$38,717$3,167
Seychelles$1,006$18$3,576    
Singapore$453,965$1,165,110$24,365$85,712$66,696$106,891$208,040
Slovakia  $46,380$170,762$10,671$29,320$115,672
Slovenia$934,227$943,468$1,297,725$746,853$664,645$560,186$1,298,437
South Africa$121,834$690,429$1,509,710$3,067,978$2,792,102$924,027$3,500,859
Spain$2,993,517$8,848,918$11,030,296$11,920,055$6,837,789$7,307,999 
Sri Lanka$581,509$2,492,312$5,302,387$7,045,069$4,837,265$3,610,020$2,716,522
Sudan$4,128      
Suriname     $6,994$22,722
Swaziland$1,688$2,646$254    
Sweden$250,219$557,436$279,720$1,267,765$2,062,448$6,932,717$6,111,884
Switzerland$433,917$467,060$1,169,932$657,473$920,202$873,897$1,005,001
Syria $175,698   $127,850 
Tanzania$1,428$29,464$1,448$846$391$20,499$49,703
Thailand$1,938,234$5,708,214$14,173,600$24,082,419$21,007,411$32,017,493$39,036,183
Trinidad and Tobago$24,834$31,951$30,471$29,819$49,497$38,384 
Tunisia$24,542$227,491$107,337$7,544$73,766$731,381 
Turkey$1,325,404$1,393,616$5,153,543$7,636,342$4,541,858$5,744,928$7,669,757
Uganda$960$137$742 $219,946  
Ukraine$542,664$341,360$3,267,293$653,360$798,200$1,534,840$960,073
United Arab Emirates$165,785 $234,003$387,475   
United Kingdom$9,060,905$9,225,364$10,688,263$22,742,356$13,467,356$12,473,080$17,160,280
United States$20,131,222$21,594,065$24,058,712$29,822,172$20,362,188$24,504,354$32,981,515
Uruguay$88,795$37,544$30,586$24,074$24,841  
Venezuela$199$50,717$743$555,224$16,521$137,331$32,665
Vietnam$1,700,445$4,327,709$3,910,979$3,112,671$5,012,338$8,067,450 
Yemen $16,537$93,605 $19,630$1,476 
Zambia$32,779$817$3,495$37,810$37,980$5,224 
Zimbabwe$127,715$2,892$167,420$4,105$558,308$258,464