Rank | Country | Imports of Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste in USD (2010) |
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1 | China | $235,455,009 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 2 | Belgium | $77,833,182 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 3 | France | $15,771,845 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 4 | Lithuania | $14,207,925 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 5 | United States | $12,804,810 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 6 | Netherlands | $12,328,325 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 7 | Poland | $11,074,608 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 8 | India | $9,447,137 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 9 | Tunisia | $8,608,550 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 10 | Italy | $8,474,525 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 11 | Spain | $7,041,859 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 12 | Japan | $6,344,287 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 13 | Hungary | $3,620,000 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 14 | Germany | $3,562,549 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 15 | Brazil | $3,457,906 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 16 | Turkey | $3,179,042 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 17 | Austria | $2,952,321 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 18 | Czech Republic | $2,695,562 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 19 | Slovenia | $1,641,749 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 20 | Romania | $1,576,838 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 21 | Latvia | $1,216,443 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 22 | Belarus | $1,167,300 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 23 | Russia | $957,676 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 24 | Switzerland | $903,722 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 25 | Egypt | $865,900 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 26 | Portugal | $844,648 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 27 | Denmark | $799,869 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 28 | South Africa | $792,202 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 29 | Bulgaria | $267,784 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 30 | Slovakia | $265,335 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 31 | Finland | $256,733 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 32 | Norway | $171,625 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 33 | Argentina | $164,977 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 34 | Pakistan | $162,280 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 35 | Chile | $160,112 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 36 | Sweden | $158,469 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 37 | Morocco | $156,356 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 38 | Peru | $135,720 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 39 | Malaysia | $112,901 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 40 | Indonesia | $106,201 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 41 | Canada | $103,007 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 42 | Lebanon | $87,410 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 43 | Israel | $85,000 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 44 | Thailand | $79,637 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 45 | Ukraine | $77,636 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 46 | Mexico | $61,578 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 47 | Qatar | $55,904 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 48 | Ireland | $50,610 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 49 | Korea, South | $50,422 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 50 | Philippines | $45,515 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 51 | Colombia | $40,136 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 52 | Jamaica | $39,579 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $37,653 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 54 | Mauritius | $37,080 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 55 | Estonia | $36,463 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 56 | United Kingdom | $34,925 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 57 | Serbia | $32,574 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 58 | Cote d'Ivoire | $30,234 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 59 | Greece | $24,687 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 60 | Luxembourg | $22,061 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 61 | Australia | $18,978 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 62 | Moldova | $17,537 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 63 | Syria | $17,118 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 64 | Iceland | $16,146 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 65 | Albania | $13,297 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 66 | Oman | $12,866 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 67 | Jordan | $12,074 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 68 | New Zealand | $9,973 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 69 | Cape Verde | $9,959 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 70 | Hong Kong | $7,264 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 71 | New Caledonia | $7,206 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 72 | Montenegro | $6,474 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 73 | Burkina Faso | $5,776 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 74 | Croatia | $5,538 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 75 | Nepal | $5,304 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 76 | Zimbabwe | $3,125 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 77 | Dominican Republic | $3,044 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 78 | Madagascar | $2,776 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 79 | Panama | $2,705 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 80 | Mozambique | $2,604 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 81 | Niger | $2,510 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 82 | French Polynesia | $2,485 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 83 | Malta | $1,471 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 84 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,344 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 85 | Sao Tome and Principe | $932 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 86 | Malawi | $524 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 87 | Bhutan | $357 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 88 | Azerbaijan | $301 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 89 | Algeria | $276 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 90 | Georgia | $233 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 91 | Bahamas, The | $156 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | $110 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 93 | Bolivia | $107 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 94 | Belize | $97 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 95 | Ethiopia | $43 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 96 | Tanzania | $37 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 97 | Benin | $30 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 98 | Paraguay | $15 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 99 | Botswana | $13 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 100 | Costa Rica | $9 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 101 | Venezuela | $7 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 102 | El Salvador | $3 | ![](/img/g.gif) | 103 | Singapore | $3 | ![](/img/g.gif) |
Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Albania | $1,709 | $56,302 | $5,945 | $10,907 | $1,700 | $13,297 | $2,426 |
Algeria | $6,551 | $10,059 | $8,175 | | $4,512 | $276 | $2,364 |
Anguilla | | $972 | | | | | |
Argentina | $153,833 | $106,654 | $125,614 | $144,452 | $111,893 | $164,977 | $108,677 |
Armenia | $22 | | | $88 | $18 | | $127 |
Aruba | | | | | $34 | | |
Australia | $9,418 | $26,316 | $32,012 | $30,473 | $30,400 | $18,978 | $22,578 |
Austria | $3,224,570 | $163,005 | $849,237 | $286,337 | $189,988 | $2,952,321 | |
Azerbaijan | | $817 | $1,661 | $40 | $113 | $301 | $3,349 |
Bahamas, The | $13 | $393 | $24 | $324 | $299 | $156 | $244 |
Bahrain | | $8,391 | $10,766 | | | | $2,112 |
Bangladesh | $244,177 | $46,908 | $339,899 | | | | |
Barbados | | $89 | $14 | $142 | $25 | | $2,055 |
Belarus | $150,400 | $121,400 | $1,494,200 | $3,930,800 | $118,900 | $1,167,300 | $3,131,500 |
Belgium | $89,506,497 | $83,377,401 | $89,548,230 | $61,348,963 | $60,511,350 | $77,833,182 | $83,295,191 |
Belize | $777 | $123 | $263 | $356 | | $97 | |
Benin | | $929 | | | | $30 | |
Bhutan | $255 | $463 | | $626 | $14 | $357 | |
Bolivia | | $183 | $4 | $50 | | $107 | $132 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $11,710 | $11,350 | $9,095 | $14,353 | $10,104 | $37,653 | $13,134 |
Botswana | $2,448 | $1,945 | $1,682 | $5,810 | $286 | $13 | $1,020 |
Brazil | $2,023,551 | $2,091,593 | $2,280,902 | $2,699,098 | $3,136,993 | $3,457,906 | $2,868,684 |
Bulgaria | $248,474 | $165,430 | $32,792 | $5,337 | $105,259 | $267,784 | $42,307 |
Burkina Faso | | | $99 | $109 | $98 | $5,776 | |
Burundi | | | | | $7,740 | | |
Cambodia | | $5,110 | | | $1,443 | | |
Cameroon | $1,304 | $87 | $9,051 | $5,336 | $1,173 | | |
Canada | $291,728 | $153,176 | $130,077 | $309,161 | $198,095 | $103,007 | $91,788 |
Cape Verde | $2,065 | $975 | $299 | $1,086 | $184 | $9,959 | $1,364 |
Chile | $540,478 | $313,809 | $162,789 | $104,892 | $77,719 | $160,112 | $319,167 |
China | $227,892,623 | $228,326,438 | $256,572,821 | $196,090,015 | $156,596,730 | $235,455,009 | $347,976,673 |
Colombia | $54,668 | $88,885 | $65,139 | $20,938 | $29,273 | $40,136 | $89,700 |
Costa Rica | | | | | $48 | $9 | $47 |
Cote d'Ivoire | $3,103 | $2,297 | $1,071 | $2,679 | $1,431 | $30,234 | $88,434 |
Croatia | $14,586 | $9,661 | $11,635 | $7,791 | $4,852 | $5,538 | $2,791 |
Cuba | $103 | $371 | | | | | |
Cyprus | $3,489 | | | | | | |
Czech Republic | $7,173,593 | $4,094,538 | $5,010,706 | $3,211,505 | $2,349,404 | $2,695,562 | $4,555,440 |
Denmark | $624,882 | $693,951 | $1,129,380 | $1,122,907 | $933,523 | $799,869 | $728,254 |
Dominican Republic | | $511 | | $1,000 | | $3,044 | $8 |
East Timor | $27 | | | | | | |
Ecuador | $400 | $1,530 | $367 | $3,350 | $8,887 | | $1,830 |
Egypt | $671,093 | $257,547 | $1,057,565 | $1,836,508 | $689,565 | $865,900 | $1,043,326 |
El Salvador | $9 | $1 | | $567 | $170 | $3 | |
Estonia | $5,543,721 | $4,822,474 | $3,164,855 | $1,685,581 | $30,049 | $36,463 | $69,047 |
Ethiopia | | $4,217 | | $16,698 | | $43 | $6,165 |
Faroe Islands | $4,191 | $1,890 | $6,249 | $1,524 | $2,294 | | |
Fiji | $1,474 | | $92 | $1,393 | | | |
Finland | $412,799 | $500,535 | $376,961 | $385,863 | $292,568 | $256,733 | $250,552 |
France | $19,956,895 | $20,918,682 | $18,881,829 | $14,407,785 | $12,841,376 | $15,771,845 | $20,323,162 |
French Polynesia | $1,456 | $2,180 | $2,148 | $1,804 | $2,726 | $2,485 | $2,849 |
Gabon | $28,079 | $34,048 | $18,843 | $6,344 | $3,841 | | |
Gambia, The | $17,835 | $15,855 | $4,323 | $13,502 | | | |
Georgia | $32,539 | $311,062 | $58,954 | $5,838 | $1,817 | $233 | |
Germany | $7,968,000 | $5,819,000 | $6,007,000 | $5,918,000 | $3,214,000 | $3,562,549 | $6,318,112 |
Ghana | $700 | $65 | | $23,006 | | | |
Greece | $131,547 | $137,411 | $121,716 | $112,655 | $74,064 | $24,687 | $16,178 |
Greenland | $29 | | | | | | |
Grenada | | $20 | $6 | $1,130 | $97 | | |
Guatemala | $16 | $629 | $41 | $11,908 | $3,541 | | $21 |
Guinea | | | $5,208 | | | | |
Guinea-Bissau | $394 | | | | | | |
Guyana | | $2,973 | $1,299 | $878 | | | $1,473 |
Honduras | | $3,364 | $525 | | $1,000 | | |
Hong Kong | $10,723 | $7,783 | $5,580 | $4,124 | $13,823 | $7,264 | $32,440 |
Hungary | $2,948,000 | $3,372,000 | $4,109,000 | $3,502,000 | $851,000 | $3,620,000 | $5,322,000 |
Iceland | $15,892 | $84,266 | $113,490 | $28,327 | $10,975 | $16,146 | $24,137 |
India | $6,238,282 | $5,865,295 | $7,997,080 | $14,299,472 | $7,748,714 | $9,447,137 | $11,953,974 |
Indonesia | $29,127 | $5,751 | $49,358 | $130,908 | $92,032 | $106,201 | $100,668 |
Ireland | $226,201 | $145,688 | $159,236 | $90,752 | $30,254 | $50,610 | $32,515 |
Israel | $50,000 | $90,000 | $23,000 | $97,000 | $65,000 | $85,000 | $120,000 |
Italy | $35,839,492 | $30,079,965 | $27,904,039 | $13,351,132 | $5,870,722 | $8,474,525 | $8,411,331 |
Jamaica | $25,726 | $40,025 | $73,513 | $86,334 | $72,031 | $39,579 | |
Japan | $7,996,603 | $4,557,761 | $4,818,945 | $7,640,073 | $4,789,935 | $6,344,287 | $6,300,243 |
Jordan | $38,788 | $19,627 | $28,135 | $41,337 | $26,575 | $12,074 | $6,354 |
Kazakhstan | $84,116 | $117,939 | $103,901 | $107,599 | $62,883 | | |
Kenya | $100,822 | $13,426 | $349 | | | | |
Korea, South | $869,374 | $462,915 | $46,082 | $48,167 | $28,030 | $50,422 | $55,426 |
Kuwait | | $21,823 | $51,289 | $11,593 | | | |
Kyrgyzstan | | $4,309 | | $483 | | $1,344 | $909 |
Latvia | $1,819,098 | $1,521,691 | $1,191,796 | $1,308,597 | $1,184,047 | $1,216,443 | $1,713,979 |
Lebanon | $31,000 | $66 | $1,296 | $152 | $27,748 | $87,410 | $90,225 |
Lesotho | | | | $26,077 | | | |
Lithuania | $22,657,665 | $21,686,268 | $23,303,645 | $16,153,187 | $7,547,276 | $14,207,925 | $17,091,750 |
Luxembourg | $11,612 | $5,670 | $9,646 | $11,302 | $6,354 | $22,061 | $50,522 |
Macau | $26,195 | | $31,260 | $52,557 | $78,269 | | |
Macedonia | $101 | $2,293 | $41 | $273 | $1,386 | | $862 |
Madagascar | $3,974 | $5,188 | $4,075 | $90 | $57,791 | $2,776 | |
Malawi | | | | | | $524 | $203 |
Malaysia | $231,217 | $147,738 | $1,154,962 | $31,765 | $466,419 | $112,901 | $44,321 |
Mali | | | | $336 | | | |
Malta | $2,934 | $541 | | $121 | $19,994 | $1,471 | |
Mauritania | | | | | | | $681 |
Mauritius | $1,696 | | | $49,172 | $37,568 | $37,080 | $81,356 |
Mayotte | $98 | $3,584 | | $265 | $228 | | |
Mexico | $63,860 | $59,704 | $22,610 | $12,681 | $17,638 | $61,578 | $28,090 |
Moldova | $7,961 | $4,904 | $18,802 | $19,454 | $9,631 | $17,537 | $7,994 |
Mongolia | $2,580 | | $1,082 | | | | |
Montenegro | | $988 | $3,782 | $8,726 | $4,684 | $6,474 | $4,487 |
Morocco | $203,397 | $234,273 | $171,433 | $232,381 | $70,499 | $156,356 | |
Mozambique | $3,044 | $3,935 | $26,147 | $9,763 | | $2,604 | $4,000 |
Namibia | $1,690 | $2,276 | $1,590 | $1,591 | | | |
Nepal | | | | | $16,605 | $5,304 | |
Netherlands | $9,056,493 | $10,448,634 | $14,056,006 | $14,341,447 | $8,627,292 | $12,328,325 | |
New Caledonia | $2,481 | $2,530 | $9,325 | $4,601 | $5,023 | $7,206 | $5,968 |
New Zealand | $1,317 | $1,732 | $1,388 | $27,795 | $4,006 | $9,973 | $10,736 |
Niger | $471 | $63 | $211 | | $580 | $2,510 | |
Nigeria | | | | $18,487 | | | |
Norway | $260,383 | $178,359 | $266,443 | $145,565 | $89,247 | $171,625 | $143,161 |
Oman | $17,857 | | $9,381 | $3,394 | $10,447 | $12,866 | |
Pakistan | $28,702 | $116,488 | $219,947 | $279,529 | $236,912 | $162,280 | $86,602 |
Panama | | | | $4,951 | | $2,705 | |
Paraguay | $43 | $1,149 | | $48 | | $15 | $60 |
Peru | $48,977 | $57,997 | $128,612 | $37,743 | $35,081 | $135,720 | $96,146 |
Philippines | $257,161 | $12,074 | $98,324 | | $656 | $45,515 | $43,897 |
Poland | $18,322,403 | $18,717,585 | $21,715,496 | $7,145,491 | $6,116,219 | $11,074,608 | $12,373,319 |
Portugal | $509,165 | $531,752 | $627,533 | $512,355 | $643,199 | $844,648 | $891,505 |
Qatar | $58,382 | $41,229 | $50,925 | $167,839 | | $55,904 | |
Romania | $2,515,330 | $1,437,732 | $1,097,741 | $1,910,233 | $1,114,728 | $1,576,838 | $1,934,978 |
Russia | $9,024,816 | $5,980,614 | $2,301,534 | $2,975,991 | $1,829,803 | $957,676 | $1,178,024 |
Rwanda | | $53 | $53,980 | $1,449 | $526 | | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $127 | | $73 | | |
Sao Tome and Principe | | $379 | $448 | $81 | $144 | $932 | |
Saudi Arabia | $168,692 | $4,585 | $36,410 | | | | |
Senegal | $2,817 | | $155 | $463 | $341 | | $3,562 |
Serbia | $24,919 | $99,197 | $33,098 | $45,901 | $34,484 | $32,574 | $30,816 |
Seychelles | $106 | | | | | | |
Singapore | $523 | | | | $1,873 | $3 | |
Slovakia | $568,203 | $559,215 | $276,961 | $17,246 | $157,504 | $265,335 | $232,160 |
Slovenia | $1,302,629 | $1,538,693 | $1,804,702 | $1,312,285 | $1,339,065 | $1,641,749 | $1,345,754 |
South Africa | $664,866 | $744,793 | $305,953 | $861,753 | $458,259 | $792,202 | $1,591,071 |
Spain | $11,645,174 | $11,471,436 | $13,677,023 | $10,674,761 | $8,343,363 | $7,041,859 | |
Sri Lanka | $555 | $107,374 | $61,509 | | $105,099 | | $2,704 |
Sudan | $190,854 | $104,696 | $90 | | | | |
Suriname | | | | | $2,844 | | |
Swaziland | $16,034 | $1,079 | $5,781 | | | | |
Sweden | $114,260 | $141,567 | $267,106 | $295,889 | $113,673 | $158,469 | $106,225 |
Switzerland | $319,464 | $352,692 | $507,009 | $579,668 | $597,592 | $903,722 | $1,273,701 |
Syria | $58,033 | $83,435 | $64,611 | $70,304 | | $17,118 | |
Tanzania | $21,165 | $31 | $3,902 | | $162 | $37 | $3,415 |
Thailand | $45,684 | $100,854 | $152,493 | $70,776 | $134,987 | $79,637 | $130,981 |
Togo | | | | | | | $3,144 |
Tonga | | | | | $21 | | |
Trinidad and Tobago | $549 | $19 | $65 | $132 | | $110 | |
Tunisia | $6,560,129 | $5,196,987 | $4,494,160 | $8,830,463 | $4,537,172 | $8,608,550 | |
Turkey | $2,315,973 | $2,312,135 | $3,330,754 | $2,131,391 | $1,478,846 | $3,179,042 | $4,249,010 |
Uganda | | | $195 | | | | |
Ukraine | $230,794 | $43,590 | $84,556 | $463,620 | $87,181 | $77,636 | $309,417 |
United Arab Emirates | $161,808 | | $240,588 | $436,889 | | | |
United Kingdom | $1,996,979 | $695,507 | $859,891 | $885,890 | $251,494 | $34,925 | $63,771 |
United States | $15,673,660 | $14,056,743 | $15,186,119 | $14,981,231 | $17,614,872 | $12,804,810 | $11,492,654 |
Uruguay | $110,143 | $159,799 | $15,035 | $77,036 | $43,562 | | |
Venezuela | $10,309 | $969 | | $10,914 | $4,929 | $7 | $19,577 |
Vietnam | $625 | $1,253,552 | $415 | $491,447 | $283,815 | | |
Wallis and Futuna | $668 | | | | | | |
Yemen | $316 | | | | | | |
Zambia | $240 | $2,483 | $210 | $382 | $3,431 | | |
Zimbabwe | | | $1,624 | $80 | $161 | $3,125 | |
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