RankCountryImports of Used/new rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope & cables & worn out arts. of twin ... in USD (2010)
1United States$51,875,590
2China$24,267,553
3Poland$17,101,134
4Nigeria$16,152,795
5Italy$9,716,781
6Spain$8,631,788
7Hong Kong$7,987,619
8Mexico$7,347,204
9Japan$7,018,232
10Netherlands$6,062,741
11France$5,577,605
12Germany$5,437,228
13United Kingdom$4,743,346
14Belgium$3,060,784
15Australia$2,850,309
16India$2,588,762
17Portugal$2,386,313
18Brazil$2,340,417
19Switzerland$2,334,004
20Sweden$1,784,205
21Egypt$1,643,732
22Russia$1,588,209
23Indonesia$1,386,529
24Turkey$1,109,344
25Norway$1,107,557
26Canada$1,052,612
27Slovenia$933,859
28Saudi Arabia$885,334
29New Zealand$867,515
30Austria$843,845
31Singapore$822,979
32Korea, South$703,514
33Belarus$561,100
34Morocco$546,760
35Chile$536,502
36Lithuania$509,082
37Denmark$506,146
38South Africa$420,368
39Ghana$415,449
40Nepal$385,970
41Finland$383,302
42Croatia$377,879
43Senegal$252,124
44Uganda$244,314
45Mali$238,036
46Ukraine$237,298
47Greece$227,901
48Cameroon$217,606
49Thailand$202,606
50Kenya$200,770
51Guatemala$191,357
52Dominican Republic$188,283
53Malaysia$163,901
54Luxembourg$155,589
55Venezuela$117,325
56Togo$113,207
57Estonia$112,696
58Tanzania$106,486
59El Salvador$102,417
60Costa Rica$101,782
61Latvia$99,413
62Serbia$94,385
63Trinidad and Tobago$88,689
64Bahamas, The$87,652
65Panama$78,934
66Slovakia$73,323
67Ireland$63,645
68Nicaragua$63,574
69Mauritania$60,806
70Ecuador$55,757
71Peru$52,306
72Cote d'Ivoire$52,289
73Botswana$48,401
74Pakistan$47,695
75Yemen$46,021
76Hungary$45,000
77Georgia$44,498
78Bosnia and Herzegovina$41,503
79Samoa$38,774
80Tunisia$34,961
81Malawi$34,495
82Azerbaijan$34,068
83Czech Republic$33,845
84Burundi$30,138
85Zambia$29,753
86Jamaica$28,617
87Bulgaria$24,041
88Madagascar$23,659
89Barbados$22,507
90Romania$21,922
91French Polynesia$21,548
92Montenegro$19,662
93Suriname$18,947
94Burkina Faso$18,006
95Mozambique$16,140
96Philippines$14,617
97Oman$14,153
98Albania$12,714
99Gambia, The$11,903
100Qatar$11,265
101Bolivia$11,036
102Antigua and Barbuda$10,236
103Colombia$9,698
104Algeria$9,679
105Zimbabwe$9,169
106Belize$8,825
107Bermuda$8,282
108New Caledonia$8,157
109Guyana$7,747
110Moldova$5,910
111Cambodia$5,545
112Malta$5,537
113Cyprus$5,434
114Israel$4,000
115Argentina$2,436
116Niger$1,953
117Tonga$1,913
118Iceland$1,701
119Benin$1,070
120Mauritius$1,031
121Cape Verde$832
122Sao Tome and Principe$763
123Armenia$753
124Fiji$693
125Bahrain$639
126Sri Lanka$612
127Aruba$406
128Bhutan$168
129Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$88
130Dominica$37
131Kyrgyzstan$24
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$15,977$226,188$222,401$306,939$101,573$12,714$51,303
Algeria$9,260$11,242$45,696$19,300$45,350$9,679$1,093
Antigua and Barbuda$15,376$1,907$12,397 $15,348$10,236$1,658
Argentina$110,427$69,636$32,400$2,639$4,973$2,436 
Armenia$74$217 $3,663$4,097$753$15,148
Aruba     $406$1,392
Australia$1,479,554$1,654,172$2,036,899$2,713,838$2,343,916$2,850,309$3,589,155
Austria$1,070,240$1,908,607$2,140,400$1,692,142$965,510$843,845 
Azerbaijan$15,354$8,296$6,868$20,268$83,287$34,068$19,045
Bahamas, The$106,254$133,635$283,250$136,750$142,247$87,652$123,752
Bahrain$30,707$48,144$39,654$23,008$5,359$639$10,575
Bangladesh$13,868$7,289$14,875    
Barbados$1,183$18,284$6,116$17,701$14,645$22,507$3,873
Belarus$34,300$132,900$249,900$424,900$355,300$561,100$686,500
Belgium$5,633,886$4,720,627$4,810,046$7,648,039$8,606,930$3,060,784$4,173,649
Belize$2,513 $3,816$156$147$8,825 
Benin $415   $1,070 
Bermuda     $8,282 
Bhutan$56 $279$308$178$168 
Bolivia$1,046$8,291$10,581$25,938$10,275$11,036$100,410
Bosnia and Herzegovina$15,900$32,182$28,284$40,656$21,736$41,503$64,503
Botswana$26,180$22,768$22,916$31,619$30,291$48,401$31,257
Brazil$960,298$1,147,818$913,398$1,524,701$1,887,650$2,340,417$3,267,521
Brunei $17,908     
Bulgaria$117,090$36,439$172,002$266,054$5,851$24,041$53,937
Burkina Faso$4,025 $159$11,538$19,838$18,006 
Burundi$87 $476 $2,403$30,138 
Cambodia$3,140$5,471$24,147$6,966$3,466$5,545 
Cameroon$73,747$63,993$52,821$59,878$177,712$217,606 
Canada$1,161,654$876,999$996,365$1,108,125$1,021,145$1,052,612$849,687
Cape Verde$306,712$1,488$90,629$13,662$21,956$832$4,488
Central African Republic$712  $2,169   
Chile$298,319$212,492$627,140$334,158$226,812$536,502$502,572
China$4,837,859$3,981,162$8,596,265$8,458,575$9,106,162$24,267,553$76,679,476
Colombia$9,910$17$13,291$506$6$9,698 
Comoros$738$1,383$2,136    
Costa Rica$12,039$10,407$52,453$62,977$42,081$101,782$162,340
Cote d'Ivoire$63,167$25,246$2,636$31,332$36,411$52,289$3,408
Croatia$330,358$316,483$387,205$590,619$359,855$377,879$321,739
Cuba$173,163$61,223     
Cyprus$13,068$20,319$32,288$26,230$23,782$5,434$5,533
Czech Republic$464,466$460,861$608,448$681,413$173,501$33,845$416,885
Denmark$1,511,979$1,173,279$1,368,048$1,481,617$508,474$506,146$747,372
Dominica$20 $243$321$808$37 
Dominican Republic$73,829$51,126$256,877$312,067$22,586$188,283$450,236
East Timor$813      
Ecuador$16,305$1,312$1,986$13,012$23,950$55,757$80,636
Egypt$257,364$590,914$631,734$1,677,163$2,122,403$1,643,732$2,141,567
El Salvador$22,800$1,407$56,965$140,999$74,633$102,417 
Estonia$126,953$24,521$108,219$29,050$79$112,696$83,517
Ethiopia$1,750$803$2,737 $409  
Faroe Islands$14,890$14,117$15,788$16,383$5,940  
Fiji$4,048$2,392$205$4,480$2,896$693 
Finland$417,776$500,082$527,313$494,955$387,893$383,302$381,191
France$10,791,579$10,448,669$11,184,708$13,040,387$7,395,034$5,577,605$6,044,353
French Polynesia$53,257$22,463$34,315$23,710$46,703$21,548$14,309
Gabon$113,826$110,318$124,206$170,389$115,014  
Gambia, The$140$4,097$2,787 $113$11,903$327
Georgia$13,850$47,112$92,449$95,848$54,822$44,498 
Germany$9,911,000$10,837,000$12,818,000$15,315,000$14,683,000$5,437,228$9,690,822
Ghana$45,472$8,523$11,962$7,971$105,477$415,449$155,587
Greece$294,392$276,189$482,465$341,039$324,761$227,901$473,928
Greenland$7,480$14,761$11,969    
Grenada$50 $131$187$169  
Guatemala$2,224,554$1,798,099$515,306$529,282$185,246$191,357$401,657
Guinea$13,553$1,994$6,801$8,819   
Guyana$1,316$12,085$1,137 $13,236$7,747$17,915
Honduras$1,194,568$1,870,366$785,550 $458,597  
Hong Kong$5,835,098$4,911,303$5,504,594$5,605,589$7,803,044$7,987,619$8,953,445
Hungary$478,000$427,000$540,000$190,000$50,000$45,000$41,000
Iceland$1,873 $1,711$1,180$1,722$1,701$111
India$562,265$1,122,102$2,865,973$2,626,135$2,477,983$2,588,762$2,028,142
Indonesia$254,758$111,650$17,646$70,310$639,883$1,386,529$5,791,003
Ireland$315,253$150,700$550,674$327,380$91,179$63,645$139,317
Israel$63,000  $114,000$85,000$4,000$2,000
Italy$11,274,544$11,952,440$13,010,341$12,549,825$7,001,947$9,716,781$21,485,122
Jamaica$6,662$10,989$21,487$13,358$17,689$28,617 
Japan$5,464,075$6,578,182$6,742,826$7,717,731$6,439,736$7,018,232$10,794,510
Jordan   $586$1,949 $1,492
Kazakhstan$109,070$83,048$107,185$186,357$91,024  
Kenya$523,329$401,440$243,955$320,870$228,366$200,770 
Kiribati$996   $17  
Korea, South$143,952$33,622$130,824$128,745$80,418$703,514$915,829
Kuwait $175,702$51,068$58,727   
Kyrgyzstan$146 $185$1,413 $24 
Latvia$6,275$38,239$116,370$651,503$164,498$99,413$174,999
Lebanon $196$4,064$861$85  
Lesotho   $20,092   
Lithuania$201,415$330,441$348,073$751,852$566,368$509,082$347,358
Luxembourg$375,882$352,047$391,287$401,626$285,213$155,589$207,648
Macau$1,304$90 $1,239$4,512  
Macedonia$3,985$31,674$24,862$19,950  $757
Madagascar$268,429$12,620$44,673$2,285$40,022$23,659 
Malawi$32,993$38,765$167,669$50,401$92,130$34,495$20,459
Malaysia$126,248$42,795$129,870$200,112$85,641$163,901$331,037
Mali$2,920$36,229$28,180$67,410 $238,036 
Malta$7,993$15,821$3,943$4,839$10,933$5,537 
Mauritania$668$1,650$22,387$33,495$27,664$60,806$92,568
Mauritius    $951$1,031$960
Mayotte$11,624$5,278$7,353$3,409$860  
Mexico$6,853,266$6,450,354$5,007,232$6,373,037$6,245,602$7,347,204$9,463,329
Moldova$20,228$18,276$9,246$19,861$24,030$5,910$1,102
Mongolia $967$31,877    
Montenegro $31,088$44,728$44,813 $19,662$12,740
Montserrat$7 $1    
Morocco$287,197$560,723$496,469$923,773$890,601$546,760 
Mozambique$9,735$6,504$28,239$17,569$19,829$16,140$39,000
Namibia$44,778$51,337$91,618$79,030   
Nepal    $465,556$385,970 
Netherlands$6,976,670$5,871,938$6,545,561$7,869,893$5,437,216$6,062,741 
Netherlands Antilles$1,766$710$613$17,980   
New Caledonia$80,395$75,714$97,492$168,123$110,445$8,157$47,587
New Zealand$518,864$869,910$1,308,936$1,293,850$1,090,933$867,515$1,458,532
Nicaragua$644,520$90,155$246,645$286,078$64,190$63,574$74,830
Niger$43,104$171,080$47,041$4,812$343$1,953$448
Nigeria  $18,882,225$14,949,074$98,025,132$16,152,795 
Norway$1,344,328$1,392,202$1,855,760$2,359,185$1,968,798$1,107,557$978,717
Oman$11,810$16,221$69,602$43,704$35,072$14,153 
Pakistan$83,818$20,517$29,452$65,970$43,264$47,695$281,634
Panama$23,391$16,087$33,080$32,479$86,734$78,934$83,244
Paraguay      $12,604
Peru$21,259$10,340$5,188$40,185$47,576$52,306$8,442
Philippines $1,625$11,341$2,422$236,958$14,617$74,089
Poland$4,402,368$8,782,759$10,260,156$14,389,538$16,583,912$17,101,134$21,042,328
Portugal$2,988,026$1,615,819$1,741,976$2,818,944$2,287,196$2,386,313$3,787,269
Qatar$62,179$92,144$4,631$19,534 $11,265 
Romania$87,221$84,901$694,069$87,632$11,888$21,922$41,138
Russia$303,937$617,988$1,407,161$1,796,999$1,130,272$1,588,209$2,109,495
Rwanda $1,423$1,072$5,811$2,336 $1,117
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,691$1,774$1,190$3,920   
Saint Lucia$1,636$717$193$1,348   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,928 $1,340$1,514$571$88 
Samoa    $1,259$38,774$7,268
Sao Tome and Principe  $374 $207$763 
Saudi Arabia$507,200$766,529$770,067  $885,334 
Senegal$534,295$493,682$377,243$224,000$341,038$252,124$349,549
Serbia$63,058$99,196$126,481$129,020$97,706$94,385$205,127
Seychelles$233 $335$1,692   
Singapore$535,197$563,891$1,200,522$1,348,000$1,213,421$822,979$935,396
Slovakia$69,642$99,474$87,959$187,771$87,038$73,323$343,152
Slovenia$112,964$151,168$309,394$340,860$156,234$933,859$1,248,513
South Africa$249,639$280,122$234,455$350,789$276,411$420,368$351,789
Spain$20,799,552$22,058,782$21,691,307$18,909,703$6,940,866$8,631,788 
Sri Lanka$608$1,643$338$658$562$612$1,915
Sudan$96$44,523$1,350,696 $8,634  
Suriname    $28,147$18,947 
Swaziland$95,242$11,207$11,964    
Sweden$2,236,703$2,298,623$3,298,915$3,579,915$2,156,363$1,784,205$1,842,060
Switzerland$3,580,513$3,743,296$5,470,345$6,765,489$2,936,930$2,334,004$3,453,637
Tanzania$38,745$5,095$18,077$29,074$302,699$106,486$13,607
Thailand$373,495$111,913$140,907$161,482$101,950$202,606$261,191
Togo     $113,207$86,060
Tonga   $10,730$667$1,913 
Trinidad and Tobago$30,485$12,428$93,819$281,035$154,765$88,689 
Tunisia$105,880$73,044$730,843$110,703$19,387$34,961 
Turkey$663,602$121,659$315,675$56,826$187,071$1,109,344$3,741,666
Uganda$59,525$808,496$268,945$94,346$700,052$244,314 
Ukraine$172,796$151,049$151,256$234,250$87,547$237,298$340,929
United Arab Emirates$110,664 $282,318$665,177   
United Kingdom$7,267,488$9,665,555$12,048,179$10,855,174$4,556,353$4,743,346$5,633,861
United States$48,835,600$59,771,470$73,570,786$72,452,459$47,136,666$51,875,590$57,800,688
Uruguay$67,941$72,175$72,345$78,083$128,546  
Vanuatu $1,537$6,203    
Venezuela$23,991$313$69,485$368,776$477$117,325$45,111
Vietnam$47,734$84,751$140,279$61,999$58,095  
Wallis and Futuna$29$4,357     
Yemen$14,665$73,461$26,094$71,462$41,158$46,021$55,971
Zambia$35,086$9,796$75,551$95,412$12,822$29,753 
Zimbabwe$12$3,226$10,250$34,275$20,376$9,169