| Rank | Country | Imports of Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock). in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | China | $50,547,335 |  | | 2 | Germany | $47,204,781 | | | 3 | Hong Kong | $42,633,125 | | | 4 | Italy | $36,051,719 | | | 5 | France | $28,194,211 | | | 6 | Belgium | $26,204,652 | | | 7 | United States | $20,389,830 | | | 8 | Russia | $18,090,108 | | | 9 | Netherlands | $12,235,521 | | | 10 | Japan | $11,404,715 | | | 11 | Thailand | $10,816,913 | | | 12 | Spain | $9,616,397 | | | 13 | Mexico | $9,418,739 | | | 14 | Sweden | $6,782,595 | | | 15 | United Kingdom | $6,454,478 | | | 16 | Czech Republic | $6,115,753 | | | 17 | Turkey | $5,600,232 | | | 18 | Malaysia | $5,585,661 | | | 19 | Egypt | $5,355,413 | | | 20 | Canada | $4,757,332 | | | 21 | Switzerland | $4,666,833 | | | 22 | Greece | $4,014,481 | | | 23 | India | $3,985,015 | | | 24 | Slovenia | $3,796,140 | | | 25 | Portugal | $3,294,496 | | | 26 | Ukraine | $2,425,400 | | | 27 | Mauritius | $1,807,478 | | | 28 | Austria | $1,695,552 | | | 29 | Chile | $1,681,157 | | | 30 | Poland | $1,673,057 | | | 31 | Brazil | $1,622,722 | | | 32 | Pakistan | $1,129,895 | | | 33 | Saudi Arabia | $1,053,868 | | | 34 | Indonesia | $847,570 | | | 35 | Israel | $780,000 | | | 36 | Nigeria | $759,306 | | | 37 | Nepal | $750,307 | | | 38 | Nicaragua | $726,808 | | | 39 | Venezuela | $699,287 | | | 40 | Philippines | $538,812 | | | 41 | Singapore | $512,008 | | | 42 | South Africa | $469,349 | | | 43 | Guatemala | $423,106 | | | 44 | Mauritania | $402,774 | | | 45 | Romania | $353,579 | | | 46 | Norway | $296,224 | | | 47 | Qatar | $294,584 | | | 48 | Algeria | $291,793 | | | 49 | Ecuador | $241,059 | | | 50 | Kenya | $240,706 | | | 51 | El Salvador | $234,182 | | | 52 | Botswana | $218,475 | | | 53 | Colombia | $208,904 | | | 54 | Tunisia | $198,215 | | | 55 | Korea, South | $192,517 | | | 56 | Dominican Republic | $191,842 | | | 57 | Morocco | $181,121 | | | 58 | Panama | $180,995 | | | 59 | Vietnam | $175,440 | | | 60 | Sri Lanka | $158,354 | | | 61 | Oman | $158,086 | | | 62 | Serbia | $154,797 | | | 63 | Zimbabwe | $149,674 | | | 64 | Hungary | $148,000 | | | 65 | Bulgaria | $146,354 | | | 66 | Denmark | $128,312 | | | 67 | Latvia | $117,869 | | | 68 | Bahrain | $115,893 | | | 69 | Paraguay | $97,177 | | | 70 | Iran | $96,951 | | | 71 | Slovakia | $95,776 | | | 72 | Croatia | $85,631 | | | 73 | Peru | $78,864 | | | 74 | Kyrgyzstan | $73,019 | | | 75 | Lithuania | $66,076 | | | 76 | Barbados | $57,075 | | | 77 | Madagascar | $48,045 | | | 78 | Finland | $43,176 | | | 79 | Costa Rica | $36,980 | | | 80 | Syria | $36,584 | | | 81 | Georgia | $35,728 | | | 82 | Ethiopia | $30,995 | | | 83 | Bahamas, The | $27,489 | | | 84 | Fiji | $27,436 | | | 85 | Iceland | $26,256 | | | 86 | Niger | $26,162 | | | 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $25,972 | | | 88 | Australia | $24,881 | | | 89 | Cyprus | $22,158 | | | 90 | Zambia | $21,981 | | | 91 | Azerbaijan | $19,728 | | | 92 | Armenia | $18,826 | | | 93 | Malta | $18,438 | | | 94 | Mozambique | $18,419 | | | 95 | Tanzania | $17,937 | | | 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | $17,381 | | | 97 | Malawi | $17,161 | | | 98 | Maldives | $14,304 | | | 99 | Montenegro | $11,763 | | | 100 | Aruba | $10,045 | | | 101 | Bhutan | $9,889 | | | 102 | Cape Verde | $8,609 | | | 103 | Ghana | $8,157 | | | 104 | Ireland | $7,788 | | | 105 | Samoa | $4,889 | | | 106 | Uganda | $4,630 | | | 107 | Gambia, The | $4,159 | | | 108 | Lebanon | $2,813 | | | 109 | Cameroon | $2,535 | | | 110 | New Caledonia | $2,510 | | | 111 | Jamaica | $2,007 | | | 112 | Estonia | $1,838 | | | 113 | Guyana | $1,304 | | | 114 | Bolivia | $1,284 | | | 115 | Jordan | $1,202 | | | 116 | Luxembourg | $862 | | | 117 | New Zealand | $774 | | | 118 | Benin | $765 | | | 119 | Belarus | $600 | | | 120 | Senegal | $566 | | | 121 | Albania | $549 | | | 122 | Tonga | $112 | | | 123 | Dominica | $107 | | | 124 | Bermuda | $7 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $22,613 | $14,740 | $23,655 | $4,572 | $55,984 | $549 | $3,011 |
| Algeria | $1,055,338 | $334,624 | $308,518 | $253,354 | $693,993 | $291,793 | $2,013,722 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $11,263 | $8,121 | $3,465 | | $6,785 | $17,381 | $17,736 |
| Argentina | $20,040 | | | | | | |
| Armenia | $600 | $36,427 | $39,420 | $30,241 | $16,199 | $18,826 | $96,675 |
| Aruba | | | | | $15 | $10,045 | $225 |
| Australia | $21,515 | $16,632 | $76,157 | | $10,052 | $24,881 | $51,754 |
| Austria | $2,973,224 | $2,368,442 | $2,706,226 | $3,192,050 | $2,694,061 | $1,695,552 | |
| Azerbaijan | $354,076 | $103,929 | $4,173 | $2,451 | $16,359 | $19,728 | $31,879 |
| Bahamas, The | $9,618 | $22,575 | $8,300 | $12,594 | $22,960 | $27,489 | $17,096 |
| Bahrain | $405,329 | $28,476 | $65,771 | $95,122 | $475,096 | $115,893 | $166,748 |
| Bangladesh | $1,603,782 | $325,543 | $968,413 | | | | |
| Barbados | $60,150 | $29,085 | $46,365 | $83,659 | $44,832 | $57,075 | $50,649 |
| Belarus | | | $800 | | | $600 | $90,500 |
| Belgium | $7,160,160 | $8,676,897 | $9,010,798 | $10,931,579 | $17,496,192 | $26,204,652 | $68,005,648 |
| Belize | | | $268 | $529 | $12,350 | | |
| Benin | $35 | $449 | | | | $765 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $7 | |
| Bhutan | $9,508 | $11,279 | $12,733 | $9,598 | $17,561 | $9,889 | |
| Bolivia | $25,686 | $1,116 | $530 | $1,141 | $1,935 | $1,284 | $47,819 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $46,001 | $34,718 | $96,986 | $71,064 | $20,779 | $25,972 | $7,345 |
| Botswana | $56,162 | $12,267 | $87,751 | $68,607 | $45,624 | $218,475 | $140,409 |
| Brazil | $512,962 | $571,059 | $1,322,538 | $1,282,101 | $588,663 | $1,622,722 | $5,946,103 |
| Brunei | | $1,725 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $340,544 | $138,391 | $204,797 | $20,519 | $22,077 | $146,354 | $171,174 |
| Burkina Faso | $1,454 | | $1,435 | $243 | $107 | | |
| Burundi | | $3,525 | | $6,019 | | | |
| Cambodia | $26,394 | $83,109 | $22,404 | $4,901 | $7,284 | | |
| Cameroon | | | $25,638 | $95,731 | $12,979 | $2,535 | |
| Canada | $4,915,139 | $3,454,569 | $2,899,829 | $3,227,085 | $2,478,762 | $4,757,332 | $6,105,518 |
| Cape Verde | $36,034 | $53,656 | $36,774 | $35,370 | $21,641 | $8,609 | $14,791 |
| Central African Republic | | | | | $788 | | |
| Chile | $1,181,800 | $1,072,742 | $1,312,374 | $1,571,980 | $1,566,600 | $1,681,157 | $2,580,852 |
| China | $24,248,487 | $53,465,916 | $55,719,176 | $32,829,356 | $34,655,746 | $50,547,335 | $55,601,208 |
| Colombia | $84,607 | $581,986 | $301,867 | $81,637 | $98,404 | $208,904 | $1,206,648 |
| Comoros | $242 | $82 | | | | | |
| Cook Islands | $3,038 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $4,328 | $2,507 | $28 | $4,016 | $16,092 | $36,980 | $6,546 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $203 | $101 | $150 | $2,614 | $281 | | $74 |
| Croatia | $61,286 | $56,264 | $28,854 | $40,778 | $45,396 | $85,631 | $18,777 |
| Cuba | $455,924 | $431,045 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $40,909 | $42,691 | $51,300 | $19,512 | $41,586 | $22,158 | $149 |
| Czech Republic | $6,017,891 | $4,719,811 | $5,836,703 | $6,174,230 | $3,989,392 | $6,115,753 | $7,623,241 |
| Denmark | $840,426 | $198,116 | $217,044 | $139,772 | $154,685 | $128,312 | $189,199 |
| Dominica | | | | $8 | $6 | $107 | |
| Dominican Republic | $6,284,889 | $9,093,011 | $9,827,653 | $10,229,094 | $1,660,932 | $191,842 | $282,795 |
| East Timor | $436 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $74,802 | $205,817 | $155,215 | $276,042 | $291,487 | $241,059 | $928,105 |
| Egypt | $2,865,945 | $2,471,516 | $2,410,517 | $6,221,568 | $5,020,394 | $5,355,413 | $3,094,042 |
| El Salvador | $191,624 | $153,320 | $280,920 | $404,621 | $231,230 | $234,182 | |
| Estonia | $4,465 | $309 | $191 | $16,063 | $3,854 | $1,838 | $4,054 |
| Ethiopia | $553 | $2,034 | $132,280 | $1,385 | $765 | $30,995 | $20,632 |
| Faroe Islands | $676 | $481 | $6,699 | $1,026 | $589 | | |
| Fiji | $45,022 | $16,088 | $2,155 | $174,105 | $6,335 | $27,436 | |
| Finland | $265,217 | $154,676 | $48,773 | $67,189 | $44,966 | $43,176 | $27,540 |
| France | $23,822,850 | $21,276,512 | $29,326,746 | $33,389,286 | $29,148,481 | $28,194,211 | $51,628,846 |
| French Polynesia | | $508 | $207 | $161 | $150 | | $24 |
| Gabon | $1,522 | $3,985 | $2,392 | $1,790 | $606 | | |
| Gambia, The | | $15,214 | $444 | $13,230 | | $4,159 | $4,877 |
| Georgia | $119,546 | $64,197 | $54,469 | $224,583 | $32,339 | $35,728 | |
| Germany | $39,022,000 | $38,087,000 | $40,230,000 | $51,791,000 | $36,028,000 | $47,204,781 | $94,306,750 |
| Ghana | $3,442 | $853 | $8,451 | $22,123 | $9,655 | $8,157 | $4,869 |
| Greece | $544,883 | $1,148,040 | $1,820,336 | $2,067,183 | $1,608,369 | $4,014,481 | $3,232,363 |
| Greenland | $137 | $171 | $134 | | | | |
| Grenada | $5,376 | $251 | $3,182 | $2,462 | $723 | | |
| Guatemala | $709,100 | $167,541 | $981,957 | $728,522 | $331,363 | $423,106 | $389,896 |
| Guinea | $8,994 | $22 | $5 | $7,843 | | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $397 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | $2,325 | $3,877 | $4,437 | $2,030 | $3,589 | $1,304 | $2,858 |
| Honduras | $78,267 | $24,513 | $26,449 | | $6,286,688 | | |
| Hong Kong | $23,579,284 | $48,440,381 | $42,183,032 | $20,842,902 | $17,542,780 | $42,633,125 | $38,170,045 |
| Hungary | $859,000 | $1,090,000 | $1,807,000 | $3,143,000 | $231,000 | $148,000 | $524,000 |
| Iceland | $42,603 | $53,273 | $58,173 | $19,047 | $19,095 | $26,256 | $25,385 |
| India | $4,982,281 | $4,369,958 | $4,265,670 | $3,376,180 | $5,092,676 | $3,985,015 | $2,963,226 |
| Indonesia | $3,961,982 | $3,388,718 | $2,768,964 | $5,145,599 | $3,696,293 | $847,570 | $92,677 |
| Iran | | | | | | $96,951 | |
| Ireland | $28,396 | $30,003 | $39,940 | $10,046 | $39,796 | $7,788 | $5,897 |
| Israel | $537,000 | $811,000 | $609,000 | $689,000 | $604,000 | $780,000 | $1,342,000 |
| Italy | $35,724,299 | $49,810,352 | $55,386,620 | $48,292,058 | $26,392,458 | $36,051,719 | $74,630,790 |
| Jamaica | $4,082 | $2,012 | $1,238 | $2,807 | | $2,007 | |
| Japan | $6,946,289 | $7,829,152 | $5,317,907 | $9,402,902 | $8,731,175 | $11,404,715 | $19,963,123 |
| Jordan | $17,034 | $32,736 | $35,120 | $64,522 | $44,082 | $1,202 | $66,692 |
| Kazakhstan | $56,531 | $152,794 | $207,734 | $8,803 | $121,915 | | |
| Kenya | $70,990 | $161,277 | $107,061 | $225,146 | $231,453 | $240,706 | |
| Kiribati | $3,407 | | | | $50,937 | | |
| Korea, South | $3,594,042 | $1,087,238 | $1,402,560 | $908,557 | $237,481 | $192,517 | $171,395 |
| Kuwait | | $524,160 | $377,111 | $29,590 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $24,814 | | $12,483 | $38,537 | $13,044 | $73,019 | $8,600 |
| Latvia | $17,895 | $21,007 | $11,024 | $3,280 | $2,234 | $117,869 | $347,624 |
| Lebanon | | $3,563 | $841 | $111,932 | $19,019 | $2,813 | $10,292 |
| Lesotho | | | | $100,756 | | | |
| Lithuania | $374,486 | $195,071 | $286,035 | $171,221 | $97,614 | $66,076 | $79,850 |
| Luxembourg | $3,796 | $6,689 | $6,985 | $2,703 | $1,027 | $862 | $6,332 |
| Macau | | | $1,493 | $772 | $1,259 | | |
| Macedonia | $51,202 | $20,975 | $71,124 | $92,501 | $134,806 | | $134,600 |
| Madagascar | $47,157 | $3,424 | $43,343 | $2,929 | $11,086 | $48,045 | |
| Malawi | $22,627 | $6,807 | $1,857 | $9,687 | $2,317 | $17,161 | $187,340 |
| Malaysia | $2,290,350 | $1,881,437 | $2,160,483 | $3,252,499 | $2,081,355 | $5,585,661 | $11,370,573 |
| Maldives | $167 | $839 | $112 | $16,166 | $13,995 | $14,304 | $20,728 |
| Mali | | $3,794 | $570 | $3,883 | | | |
| Malta | $55,384 | $87,914 | $71,627 | $23,448 | $15,195 | $18,438 | |
| Mauritania | | $74,538 | $67,752 | $359,140 | $349,487 | $402,774 | $351,733 |
| Mauritius | $70,135 | $59,916 | $196,208 | $252,660 | $116,322 | $1,807,478 | $1,948,238 |
| Mayotte | $20 | | $204 | | | | |
| Mexico | $8,462,106 | $7,089,478 | $5,662,197 | $5,354,439 | $4,694,766 | $9,418,739 | $11,596,396 |
| Moldova | $180,460 | $86,660 | | $5,711 | $23 | | |
| Mongolia | $16,966 | $68,479 | $7,973 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $31,362 | $43,254 | $51,012 | $8,069 | $11,763 | $11,585 |
| Montserrat | | | $78 | | | | |
| Morocco | $419,371 | $293,620 | $368,385 | $150,387 | $220,174 | $181,121 | |
| Mozambique | $24,922 | $14,618 | $20,663 | $29,784 | $9,464 | $18,419 | $173,000 |
| Namibia | $42,334 | $35,798 | $22,541 | $20,932 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $476,256 | $750,307 | |
| Netherlands | $5,484,866 | $7,971,213 | $9,964,515 | $12,085,538 | $11,849,448 | $12,235,521 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $370 | $151 | $2,164 | $1,222 | | | |
| New Caledonia | | $289 | $94 | $481 | $2,305 | $2,510 | $99 |
| New Zealand | $768 | $1,296 | $756 | $1,120 | $985 | $774 | $20 |
| Nicaragua | $819,920 | $927,960 | $788,255 | $621,593 | $729,297 | $726,808 | $657,152 |
| Niger | $57 | $206 | $190 | $175 | $32 | $26,162 | $39,431 |
| Nigeria | | $2,729 | | $18,797 | $10,193 | $759,306 | |
| Norway | $271,332 | $416,179 | $958,959 | $451,683 | $350,059 | $296,224 | $341,711 |
| Oman | $74,503 | $53,906 | $75,097 | $1,077,873 | $94,934 | $158,086 | |
| Pakistan | $246,738 | $268,508 | $529,224 | $1,125,863 | $755,126 | $1,129,895 | $2,183,296 |
| Panama | $268,948 | $267,600 | $134,063 | $246,400 | $401,957 | $180,995 | $152,312 |
| Paraguay | $6,745 | $284,968 | $251,471 | $146,807 | $87,811 | $97,177 | $142,954 |
| Peru | $92,289 | $48,656 | $26,509 | $64,499 | $6,609 | $78,864 | $1,474,201 |
| Philippines | $1,182,067 | $1,882,703 | $1,015,227 | $642,867 | $725,638 | $538,812 | $842,658 |
| Poland | $1,847,768 | $1,695,286 | $2,018,738 | $2,774,806 | $3,089,906 | $1,673,057 | $3,600,945 |
| Portugal | $2,830,231 | $3,808,997 | $4,465,927 | $2,061,141 | $945,292 | $3,294,496 | $7,349,320 |
| Qatar | $158,286 | $518,681 | $416,131 | $280,783 | | $294,584 | |
| Romania | $257,672 | $270,609 | $361,785 | $312,104 | $221,620 | $353,579 | $80,694 |
| Russia | $4,879,455 | $6,990,652 | $9,963,705 | $11,546,763 | $11,977,740 | $18,090,108 | $30,813,421 |
| Rwanda | $1,956 | $1,749 | $93 | $28,439 | $28,023 | | $3,420 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | $17 | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $12 | $126 | | $678 | $207 | | |
| Samoa | | | | | $14,133 | $4,889 | $5,997 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $3,073 | $528 | $386 | | $2,243 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $652,747 | $1,475,070 | $1,061,819 | | | $1,053,868 | |
| Senegal | $137,438 | $84,392 | $59,975 | $170,354 | $64,641 | $566 | $782 |
| Serbia | $472,805 | $323,635 | $466,125 | $325,488 | $116,348 | $154,797 | $291,216 |
| Seychelles | $52,590 | $47,149 | $16,016 | $19,915 | | | |
| Singapore | $340,401 | $388,945 | $450,181 | $436,585 | $379,415 | $512,008 | $588,458 |
| Slovakia | $27,185 | $55,383 | $64,524 | $37,354 | $32,834 | $95,776 | $147,823 |
| Slovenia | $1,061,322 | $1,675,206 | $1,969,711 | $3,121,060 | $3,116,929 | $3,796,140 | $7,867,444 |
| South Africa | $1,186,091 | $1,241,050 | $1,388,354 | $319,092 | $416,542 | $469,349 | $1,467,691 |
| Spain | $22,872,130 | $26,224,695 | $20,240,909 | $13,498,127 | $7,772,954 | $9,616,397 | |
| Sri Lanka | $153,198 | $97,247 | $550,685 | $67,122 | $108,030 | $158,354 | $108,987 |
| Sudan | $60,546 | | | | $28,141 | | |
| Swaziland | $236,382 | $182,479 | $107,854 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,827,156 | $2,724,817 | $5,591,727 | $7,035,286 | $5,834,602 | $6,782,595 | $11,096,917 |
| Switzerland | $5,372,952 | $4,315,310 | $5,071,640 | $5,980,036 | $5,284,100 | $4,666,833 | $13,317,474 |
| Syria | | $17,761 | | | | $36,584 | |
| Tanzania | $45,312 | $21,986 | $1,348 | $58,591 | $3,129 | $17,937 | $16,222 |
| Thailand | $3,882,880 | $1,442,770 | $4,183,273 | $11,219,619 | $3,197,069 | $10,816,913 | $13,241,925 |
| Togo | | | $234 | | | | $27,522 |
| Tonga | | | | $153 | $269 | $112 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $770 | $5,660 | | $36 | | | |
| Tunisia | $1,358 | $6,979 | $20,371 | $24,378 | $217,750 | $198,215 | |
| Turkey | $2,766,952 | $3,891,250 | $4,997,809 | $5,597,066 | $5,175,753 | $5,600,232 | $14,053,446 |
| Uganda | $3,261 | $14,832 | $18,681 | $10,045 | $39,454 | $4,630 | |
| Ukraine | $478,678 | $999,675 | $1,655,090 | $3,585,690 | $3,621,323 | $2,425,400 | $6,370,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | $812,192 | | $621,430 | $640,943 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $3,772,240 | $3,464,822 | $6,449,018 | $7,495,312 | $7,006,981 | $6,454,478 | $7,998,634 |
| United States | $8,706,544 | $8,282,490 | $20,153,884 | $24,115,502 | $14,202,843 | $20,389,830 | $33,079,470 |
| Uruguay | $465,470 | $394,899 | $362,886 | $528,050 | $486,904 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,310 | $3,842 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $490,249 | $775,760 | $739,865 | $738,021 | $852,675 | $699,287 | $210,204 |
| Vietnam | $975,102 | $1,643,490 | $1,718,488 | $78,934 | $799,460 | $175,440 | |
| Yemen | $14,410 | $10,031 | $995 | | | | $2,281 |
| Zambia | $1,700 | $9,962 | $58,840 | $12,854 | $25,811 | $21,981 | |
| Zimbabwe | $34,497 | $173 | $846 | $5,384 | $7,285 | $149,674 | |
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