RankCountryImports of Braids in the piece in USD (2010)
1Afghanistan$117,764,121
2Vietnam$20,066,150
3China$14,062,976
4United States$12,406,489
5Germany$6,100,983
6France$4,351,539
7Austria$4,142,788
8Japan$3,496,729
9Pakistan$3,361,700
10Iran$3,323,410
11United Kingdom$3,273,773
12Denmark$3,184,970
13Italy$2,624,481
14Poland$2,177,223
15Mexico$2,053,532
16Romania$2,041,780
17Spain$2,033,107
18Ukraine$1,955,620
19Turkey$1,950,277
20Canada$1,922,504
21Indonesia$1,917,489
22Switzerland$1,872,726
23Russia$1,839,496
24Czech Republic$1,770,238
25Tunisia$1,681,373
26Hong Kong$1,666,872
27Korea, South$1,540,115
28Hungary$1,093,000
29Norway$953,018
30Australia$832,521
31Slovakia$814,409
32Bulgaria$777,384
33Saudi Arabia$617,601
34Belgium$616,946
35Estonia$613,010
36India$591,868
37South Africa$497,449
38Finland$460,803
39Belarus$450,900
40Morocco$449,198
41Cambodia$424,744
42Sweden$404,034
43Netherlands$373,867
44Greece$318,638
45Portugal$313,324
46Botswana$295,740
47Moldova$293,335
48Latvia$265,303
49Singapore$265,033
50Brazil$257,529
51Sri Lanka$252,305
52New Zealand$247,642
53Bosnia and Herzegovina$242,718
54Israel$240,000
55Chile$208,641
56Slovenia$205,207
57Lithuania$189,503
58Dominican Republic$184,981
59Croatia$178,780
60Lebanon$176,738
61Algeria$169,565
62Mauritius$168,187
63Thailand$156,862
64Kyrgyzstan$154,742
65Nigeria$154,454
66Colombia$153,104
67Tanzania$136,964
68Malaysia$117,324
69Jamaica$114,129
70Malawi$107,712
71Ireland$102,257
72Panama$100,085
73Argentina$97,173
74Trinidad and Tobago$86,580
75Egypt$82,412
76Peru$78,113
77Serbia$69,869
78Zimbabwe$57,711
79Philippines$54,546
80Macau$53,967
81Venezuela$52,220
82Oman$51,696
83Bahrain$46,259
84Iceland$45,644
85Malta$45,473
86Madagascar$44,585
87Georgia$39,841
88Uganda$37,463
89Armenia$31,557
90Nepal$29,643
91Albania$29,177
92Fiji$27,558
93Qatar$23,457
94Paraguay$20,288
95Guatemala$20,231
96Barbados$20,111
97Syria$18,374
98Burkina Faso$14,839
99Ecuador$14,382
100Luxembourg$13,498
101Maldives$11,415
102Kenya$8,737
103Ethiopia$8,101
104Samoa$7,023
105New Caledonia$6,513
106Costa Rica$6,369
107Cyprus$5,862
108Cameroon$4,013
109Bolivia$3,844
110Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,827
111Cote d'Ivoire$3,217
112Senegal$3,071
113Yemen$2,604
114El Salvador$2,389
115Bermuda$1,649
116Ghana$1,407
117Montenegro$1,340
118Bahamas, The$1,315
119Jordan$1,206
120French Polynesia$739
121Aruba$284
122Antigua and Barbuda$270
123Belize$213
124Dominica$148
125Azerbaijan$111
126Cape Verde$55
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Afghanistan   $69,920,153$108,603,046$117,764,121 
Albania   $348$17,923$29,177$12,080
Algeria$56,352$46,094$66,341$131,017$67,305$169,565$122,912
Antigua and Barbuda$1,463$1,553$1,144 $2,601$270$7,101
Argentina$46,857$82,974$74,583$106,629$34,761$97,173$230,448
Armenia$3,089$19,781$3,567$62,224$14,463$31,557$25,204
Aruba    $1,291$284$19
Australia$1,151,411$764,860$822,657$937,152$752,289$832,521$573,605
Austria$1,256,432$1,305,273$1,331,701$1,452,862$3,134,030$4,142,788 
Azerbaijan$1,120$195$1,973$332$525$111$2,638
Bahamas, The$23,500$2,665$8,896$6,605$4,231$1,315$2,692
Bahrain$21,832$40,375$5,620$103,651$80,461$46,259$33,027
Bangladesh$7,234$46,277$23,644    
Barbados$2,174$10,497$13,134$15,262$8,059$20,111$3,941
Belarus$342,700$283,200$453,000$496,500$255,500$450,900$578,800
Belgium$1,424,987$874,706$895,411$887,540$637,818$616,946$977,945
Belize$274$1,833$78$109$552$213 
Bermuda     $1,649 
Bhutan$1  $633   
Bolivia$8,651$11,781$2,983$4,025 $3,844$5,417
Bosnia and Herzegovina$68,608$103,656$97,613$164,319$241,916$242,718$394,696
Botswana$35,431$100,350$59,176$99,000$72,372$295,740$328,878
Brazil$292,422$957,319$182,641$89,149$452,929$257,529$301,504
Brunei $28,881     
Bulgaria$952,055$1,292,087$1,050,661$1,035,388$699,121$777,384$1,633,068
Burkina Faso   $2,811$5,117$14,839 
Cambodia$347,738$353,056$309,573$728,743$1,080,412$424,744 
Cameroon$11,128$1,009$7,477$22,107$21,162$4,013 
Canada$3,991,624$2,627,481$2,314,052$1,935,033$1,868,300$1,922,504$1,827,518
Cape Verde$2,176$1,121$5,467$928$176$55$83
Central African Republic   $1,239$7,514  
Chile$65,676$99,128$158,013$90,259$206,532$208,641$253,908
China$17,671,804$14,724,626$13,374,949$12,123,375$12,499,181$14,062,976$12,949,092
Colombia$115,598$115,126$168,262$121,552$187,300$153,104$400,881
Costa Rica$2,650$15,889$643$2,712$1,065$6,369$4,446
Cote d'Ivoire$32,440$14,160$12,677$136 $3,217$2,973
Croatia$158,476$217,553$253,590$310,378$176,587$178,780$225,143
Cuba$4,933$20     
Cyprus$61,567$32,173$22,029$55,718$13,503$5,862$22,052
Czech Republic$2,386,712$2,815,462$2,979,276$2,316,112$1,646,598$1,770,238$2,869,917
Denmark$4,699,157$4,526,196$4,739,855$4,819,543$3,311,298$3,184,970$3,736,763
Dominica$1,812$698$1,448$894$455$148 
Dominican Republic$21,795$4,365$642$64,867$108,503$184,981$441,670
Ecuador$9,066$7,857$18,200$29,450$29,635$14,382$23,435
Egypt$47,010$20,831$14,867$2,410,282$197,093$82,412$247,197
El Salvador$3,184$3,585$313$4,863$876$2,389 
Estonia$666,626$824,809$989,385$1,318,039$658,125$613,010$460,680
Ethiopia$26,014$2,736$37,604$57,164$23,317$8,101$7,877
Faroe Islands$13,494$53,729$7,168$4,764$5,382  
Fiji$30,146$31,978$35,124$16,554$31,684$27,558 
Finland$513,338$551,076$608,981$486,270$394,827$460,803$478,200
France$9,845,932$7,368,810$4,619,920$3,859,071$3,621,179$4,351,539$4,577,790
French Polynesia$7,489$1,804$2,355$7,194$540$739$389
Gabon$107$8,379$17,378$2,974$5,930  
Gambia, The$3,672$1,425$3,757$453$188 $534
Georgia$20,300$10,845$72,696$26,910$30,710$39,841 
Germany$5,416,000$7,372,000$7,166,000$6,488,000$5,948,000$6,100,983$9,501,884
Ghana$2,671$32,505$4,431$8,970$785$1,407$2,160
Greece$994,205$1,164,042$723,679$612,895$628,632$318,638$288,018
Greenland$24,040$53,693$43,997    
Grenada$130$195$1,019$881$1,120  
Guatemala$28,365$29,067$44,445$41,738$66,299$20,231$32,726
Guyana$2,374$197$490$51$354  
Honduras$21$3,615$630 $757  
Hong Kong$2,561,874$2,587,298$2,504,115$1,817,020$1,899,185$1,666,872$1,701,806
Hungary$1,273,000$1,021,000$1,543,000$975,000$729,000$1,093,000$1,502,000
Iceland$60,429$30,829$46,918$36,418$30,386$45,644$42,997
India$402,585$995,298$612,113$703,606$596,724$591,868$527,261
Indonesia$28,816$79,604$9,213$1,226,516$3,716,733$1,917,489$1,953,162
Iran$123,806$17,858   $3,323,410 
Ireland$182,686$175,320$192,580$151,554$161,109$102,257$101,819
Israel$266,000$238,000$161,000$117,000$274,000$240,000$523,000
Italy$3,433,827$3,963,764$3,507,603$2,649,275$2,207,731$2,624,481$3,597,649
Jamaica$11,561$9,063$4,426$6,041$11,820$114,129 
Japan$1,287,162$1,953,335$1,638,853$2,795,564$3,104,271$3,496,729$4,231,931
Jordan$38,666$13,842$4,333$13,508$11,724$1,206$3,237
Kazakhstan$7,926$76,166$170,080$185,035$27,797  
Kenya$49,307$1,375,416$456,224$1,080,619$109,454$8,737 
Kiribati$55      
Korea, South$2,247,910$1,771,401$1,246,989$1,021,341$921,847$1,540,115$2,028,706
Kuwait $106,717$145,048$163,535   
Kyrgyzstan$6,019$113,075$110,553$154,417$247,845$154,742$157,431
Latvia$239,872$368,038$347,791$281,330$192,421$265,303$264,934
Lebanon$579,000$271,338$126,332$195,650$303,090$176,738$217,267
Lesotho   $41,390   
Lithuania$307,889$301,642$269,456$176,954$192,817$189,503$263,019
Luxembourg$71,626$46,942$20,604$18,897$14,648$13,498$9,901
Macau$473,776$595,886$596,078$512,236$168,228$53,967$19,719
Macedonia$143,842$180,352$217,271$226,341$231,518 $406,492
Madagascar$7,870$33,769$42,589$70,793$51,858$44,585 
Malawi$1,979$4,043$396$2,489 $107,712$13
Malaysia$94,580$71,052$97,334$102,253$92,612$117,324$197,614
Maldives$12,017$11,812$22,704$30,807$27,291$11,415$24,018
Malta$59,415$81,243$122,089$91,795$104,475$45,473 
Mauritius$112,259$89,583$62,938$60,947$31,394$168,187$149,641
Mayotte$140$70$318$512$871  
Mexico$320,447$587,830$638,090$524,210$380,785$2,053,532$2,685,933
Moldova$268,183$264,803$212,317$412,490$392,603$293,335$658,422
Mongolia $44     
Montenegro  $923$1,010$3,599$1,340$2,202
Montserrat$35$5     
Morocco$672,428$538,661$547,245$808,424$670,871$449,198 
Mozambique $114$254$580$4,332 $1,000
Namibia$231,404$221,919$230,402$202,980   
Nepal    $19,695$29,643 
Netherlands$632,774$511,313$123,527$751,478$373,826$373,867 
Netherlands Antilles  $18    
New Caledonia$5,369$1,541$1,501$1,287$2,659$6,513$3,050
New Zealand$281,877$225,566$268,815$188,530$283,757$247,642$251,606
Nicaragua $187$742$176$28  
Niger$142  $362$12  
Nigeria $59,927$48,954$75,320$274,945$154,454 
Norway$956,107$962,878$1,321,434$1,396,523$985,082$953,018$923,796
Oman$52,408$65,722$31,594$29,186$17,925$51,696 
Pakistan$96,535$5,660$14,855$212,178$859,955$3,361,700$1,912,505
Panama$109,644$148,416$53,851$154,154$79,051$100,085$53,846
Paraguay$14,188$48,805$40,867$18,296$12,112$20,288$14,284
Peru$37,807$17,941$46,060$69,462$36,454$78,113$93,421
Philippines$929,076$1,902,357$177,282$211,209$214,811$54,546$45,563
Poland$2,561,797$2,411,470$3,807,079$3,548,719$1,909,061$2,177,223$2,188,626
Portugal$594,696$573,127$311,071$313,485$152,490$313,324$219,394
Qatar$28,852$111,848$79,453$143,113 $23,457 
Romania$1,940,929$1,844,506$1,830,069$2,592,936$2,278,465$2,041,780$3,003,613
Russia$1,908,148$1,893,371$2,074,197$2,270,789$1,936,069$1,839,496$1,586,497
Rwanda$44 $102$2,591$13,969 $60,342
Saint Kitts and Nevis $583 $273   
Saint Lucia$4,274$1,750$2,062$1,950   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$953$1,948$816$4,457$309$3,827 
Samoa     $7,023$504
Saudi Arabia$281,804$349,205$187,802  $617,601 
Senegal$2,479$1,997 $568$3,741$3,071$2,314
Serbia$95,946$79,520$82,779$72,066$29,684$69,869$178,621
Seychelles$3,002$3,049$17$1,626   
Singapore$473,375$589,293$540,016$281,363$366,533$265,033$407,352
Slovakia$825,300$895,583$1,085,353$1,815,327$1,529,051$814,409$1,179,082
Slovenia$785,357$486,458$342,264$272,070$194,334$205,207$422,102
South Africa$497,046$568,774$627,472$418,409$481,865$497,449$776,728
Spain$2,194,202$3,330,536$3,091,741$2,903,522$2,378,209$2,033,107 
Sri Lanka$307,275$383,579$900,437$510,905$149,669$252,305$149,028
Sudan$574$4,742$68,533$17,480$84,783  
Suriname    $7,386  
Swaziland$64,847$75,970$42,307    
Sweden$566,476$687,454$682,012$705,853$446,262$404,034$532,822
Switzerland$2,013,163$2,441,733$1,951,345$1,657,281$1,157,487$1,872,726$2,266,321
Syria $6,097   $18,374 
Tanzania$157,937$44,600$27,786$95,908$51,272$136,964$139,190
Thailand$70,470$563,496$189,320$148,982$65,305$156,862$346,645
Togo      $5,257
Tonga   $1,263   
Trinidad and Tobago$214,819$183,857$101,295$128,654$116,937$86,580 
Tunisia$813,523$952,062$1,060,679$1,389,928$1,335,567$1,681,373 
Turkey$858,877$929,635$862,495$854,725$1,555,815$1,950,277$1,863,673
Uganda$6,873$10,131$27,573$15,204$36,022$37,463 
Ukraine$2,122,036$1,974,317$1,329,042$1,996,060$1,282,502$1,955,620$1,912,586
United Arab Emirates$797,042 $797,367$818,413   
United Kingdom$6,241,023$5,754,506$4,915,765$3,422,223$2,565,242$3,273,773$3,961,746
United States$13,644,301$13,124,717$10,681,035$10,523,875$8,315,226$12,406,489$16,656,294
Uruguay$7,711$6,758$5,374$11,820$5,321  
Vanuatu $1,311$881    
Venezuela$69,078$77,153$122,912$781,968$261,629$52,220$11,157
Vietnam$19,271,561$17,370,247$21,127,502$15,052,991$13,958,387$20,066,150 
Yemen$551 $45,332$2,179$1,713$2,604 
Zambia$458$22,678$664$681$332  
Zimbabwe $21,782$46,158$7,252$13,203$57,711