| Rank | Country | Imports of Man-made filament yarn (other than sewing thread), put up for retail sale. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $15,792,083 |  | | 2 | Australia | $3,923,005 | | | 3 | Germany | $3,791,751 | | | 4 | Spain | $3,722,537 | | | 5 | Italy | $3,041,099 | | | 6 | Netherlands | $3,000,215 | | | 7 | Morocco | $2,809,916 | | | 8 | Japan | $1,982,053 | | | 9 | France | $1,935,196 | | | 10 | Belgium | $1,875,273 | | | 11 | Thailand | $1,678,859 | | | 12 | United Kingdom | $1,437,396 | | | 13 | Brazil | $1,344,921 | | | 14 | Guatemala | $1,344,538 | | | 15 | Mexico | $1,237,852 | | | 16 | Sweden | $1,197,772 | | | 17 | Canada | $1,061,860 | | | 18 | Korea, South | $990,428 | | | 19 | Albania | $925,320 | | | 20 | Vietnam | $913,320 | | | 21 | Ukraine | $851,031 | | | 22 | Norway | $810,520 | | | 23 | Paraguay | $801,563 | | | 24 | Hungary | $694,000 | | | 25 | India | $579,426 | | | 26 | Ghana | $539,192 | | | 27 | Austria | $500,617 | | | 28 | Indonesia | $460,787 | | | 29 | Denmark | $440,676 | | | 30 | South Africa | $401,056 | | | 31 | Switzerland | $383,435 | | | 32 | Sri Lanka | $339,616 | | | 33 | Ireland | $324,095 | | | 34 | Burkina Faso | $322,785 | | | 35 | Greece | $307,850 | | | 36 | Egypt | $305,592 | | | 37 | New Zealand | $300,414 | | | 38 | Portugal | $296,858 | | | 39 | Costa Rica | $289,430 | | | 40 | Singapore | $268,328 | | | 41 | Bulgaria | $262,750 | | | 42 | Poland | $255,469 | | | 43 | Nigeria | $242,990 | | | 44 | Bolivia | $223,984 | | | 45 | Venezuela | $215,036 | | | 46 | Syria | $190,724 | | | 47 | Iceland | $182,727 | | | 48 | Turkey | $173,245 | | | 49 | China | $159,603 | | | 50 | Chile | $143,416 | | | 51 | Fiji | $139,456 | | | 52 | Romania | $137,416 | | | 53 | Panama | $132,037 | | | 54 | Czech Republic | $126,737 | | | 55 | Colombia | $124,165 | | | 56 | Russia | $109,718 | | | 57 | Finland | $103,663 | | | 58 | Philippines | $97,513 | | | 59 | Algeria | $74,000 | | | 60 | Argentina | $70,174 | | | 61 | Estonia | $69,518 | | | 62 | Lithuania | $65,960 | | | 63 | Israel | $64,000 | | | 64 | Jamaica | $60,875 | | | 65 | Tunisia | $59,019 | | | 66 | El Salvador | $54,704 | | | 67 | Peru | $52,677 | | | 68 | Mali | $51,033 | | | 69 | Mauritius | $48,247 | | | 70 | Cyprus | $43,579 | | | 71 | Lebanon | $41,115 | | | 72 | Croatia | $38,525 | | | 73 | Belarus | $37,600 | | | 74 | Yemen | $36,849 | | | 75 | Ecuador | $36,157 | | | 76 | Suriname | $33,735 | | | 77 | Slovenia | $33,376 | | | 78 | Nepal | $27,800 | | | 79 | Jordan | $27,011 | | | 80 | Latvia | $25,244 | | | 81 | Nicaragua | $23,828 | | | 82 | Serbia | $22,765 | | | 83 | Slovakia | $22,734 | | | 84 | Ethiopia | $19,700 | | | 85 | Senegal | $19,580 | | | 86 | Dominican Republic | $19,065 | | | 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $13,829 | | | 88 | Zimbabwe | $10,676 | | | 89 | Georgia | $9,864 | | | 90 | Madagascar | $9,783 | | | 91 | Cameroon | $7,571 | | | 92 | Kyrgyzstan | $7,361 | | | 93 | Qatar | $6,935 | | | 94 | French Polynesia | $6,325 | | | 95 | Cote d'Ivoire | $6,208 | | | 96 | Pakistan | $4,562 | | | 97 | Bahrain | $4,023 | | | 98 | Luxembourg | $3,383 | | | 99 | Barbados | $3,379 | | | 100 | Malaysia | $3,133 | | | 101 | Botswana | $2,871 | | | 102 | Mozambique | $2,770 | | | 103 | Malta | $2,186 | | | 104 | Bermuda | $1,878 | | | 105 | Montenegro | $1,517 | | | 106 | Kenya | $1,501 | | | 107 | New Caledonia | $1,346 | | | 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $1,226 | | | 109 | Cape Verde | $720 | | | 110 | Zambia | $680 | | | 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | $652 | | | 112 | Benin | $635 | | | 113 | Belize | $537 | | | 114 | Niger | $326 | | | 115 | Tanzania | $309 | | | 116 | Moldova | $220 | | | 117 | Tonga | $181 | | | 118 | Uganda | $168 | | | 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | $166 | | | 120 | Bahamas, The | $95 | | | 121 | Azerbaijan | $94 | | | 122 | Maldives | $90 | | | 123 | Armenia | $29 | | | 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | $27 | | | 125 | Dominica | $21 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,086,114 | $1,572,605 | $1,011,645 | $417,322 | $1,016,928 | $925,320 | $843,178 |
| Algeria | $62,039 | $18,705 | $182,315 | $167,831 | $123,837 | $74,000 | $228,500 |
| Anguilla | | $1,537 | | $450 | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $77 | $109 | | | | $652 | $54 |
| Argentina | $283,983 | $54,576 | $93,654 | $99,809 | $63,896 | $70,174 | $168,259 |
| Armenia | $6,026 | $14,235 | | $461 | $13 | $29 | $10,503 |
| Aruba | | | | | | | $3 |
| Australia | $2,048,181 | $3,281,148 | $4,951,136 | $4,380,227 | $4,736,216 | $3,923,005 | $4,399,282 |
| Austria | $132,168 | $141,606 | $88,581 | $289,793 | $507,819 | $500,617 | |
| Azerbaijan | $90 | | $20,189 | $612 | | $94 | $74 |
| Bahamas, The | $1,706 | $1,134 | $852 | $338 | $5,706 | $95 | $276 |
| Bahrain | $10,160 | $8,870 | $2,960 | $7,928 | $199 | $4,023 | $589 |
| Bangladesh | $75,925 | $223,862 | $5,140 | | | | |
| Barbados | $5,235 | $2,894 | $4,577 | $2,459 | $2,431 | $3,379 | $2,876 |
| Belarus | $19,200 | $30,100 | $31,900 | $45,500 | $37,500 | $37,600 | $31,500 |
| Belgium | $901,042 | $2,488,835 | $3,372,470 | $3,425,074 | $1,076,285 | $1,875,273 | $2,627,325 |
| Belize | $2,145 | $1,118 | $2,630 | $162 | $3,340 | $537 | |
| Benin | $997 | $1,375 | | | | $635 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $1,878 | |
| Bhutan | $66,430 | $54,801 | | | | | |
| Bolivia | $27,704 | $49,082 | $21,361 | $14,507 | $66,821 | $223,984 | $228,841 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $18,968 | $7,479 | $12,306 | $19,270 | $10,682 | $13,829 | $20,488 |
| Botswana | $94 | $94 | $911 | $894 | $2,932 | $2,871 | $387 |
| Brazil | $104,049 | $517,746 | $169 | $596,504 | $817,965 | $1,344,921 | $2,036,735 |
| Brunei | | $304 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $203,040 | $482,016 | $118,799 | $376,611 | $516,521 | $262,750 | $204,150 |
| Burkina Faso | $58,826 | | $88,449 | $148,870 | | $322,785 | |
| Burundi | | | $546 | $10 | | | |
| Cambodia | $2,739 | $9,333 | $14,974 | $112 | $20,972 | | |
| Cameroon | | $1,403 | $15,221 | $14,629 | $5,073 | $7,571 | |
| Canada | $3,683,381 | $3,982,335 | $2,752,578 | $1,542,338 | $1,121,896 | $1,061,860 | $1,507,052 |
| Cape Verde | $9,991 | $3,282 | $429 | | $5,483 | $720 | $135 |
| Central African Republic | | | | $2,692 | | | |
| Chile | $550,522 | $477,757 | $200,074 | $1,095,249 | $1,399,683 | $143,416 | $188,287 |
| China | $824,931 | $670,868 | $441,450 | $453,013 | $366,634 | $159,603 | $395,460 |
| Colombia | $918,350 | $1,469,157 | $991,609 | $135,085 | $74,529 | $124,165 | $306,886 |
| Comoros | $1,073 | | | | | | |
| Cook Islands | $957 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $72,871 | $44,419 | $51,204 | $32,083 | $89,650 | $289,430 | $276,348 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $22,112 | $40,282 | $20,136 | $12,346 | $1,610 | $6,208 | $328 |
| Croatia | $24,582 | $47,895 | $17,368 | $28,513 | $9,605 | $38,525 | $15,195 |
| Cuba | $14,763 | $3,602 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $9,573 | $1,575 | $2,054 | $82,779 | $42,498 | $43,579 | $14,281 |
| Czech Republic | $120,182 | $198,597 | $256,034 | $174,864 | $155,145 | $126,737 | $336,738 |
| Denmark | $1,353,788 | $756,348 | $654,012 | $369,812 | $519,287 | $440,676 | $725,144 |
| Dominica | $6 | | | $11 | | $21 | |
| Dominican Republic | $77,103 | $140,630 | $97,939 | $5,183 | $4,879 | $19,065 | $40,977 |
| East Timor | $3,594 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $27,237 | $39,443 | $40,050 | $7,083 | $73,925 | $36,157 | $23,696 |
| Egypt | $396,418 | $1,692,057 | $303,230 | $706,088 | $201,463 | $305,592 | $337,273 |
| El Salvador | | | $111,128 | $44,051 | $42,612 | $54,704 | |
| Estonia | $42,570 | $45,871 | $65,697 | $64,300 | $34,756 | $69,518 | $44,115 |
| Ethiopia | $1,988 | | $971 | | $25,923 | $19,700 | $13,960 |
| Faroe Islands | $3,145 | $750 | $309 | $4,698 | $2,393 | | |
| Fiji | $87,435 | $72,941 | $17,166 | $438,970 | $316,716 | $139,456 | |
| Finland | $121,884 | $133,623 | $128,035 | $246,607 | $155,606 | $103,663 | $117,213 |
| France | $2,634,126 | $3,668,710 | $6,025,386 | $3,530,482 | $1,884,845 | $1,935,196 | $2,703,540 |
| French Polynesia | $11,546 | $12,453 | $15,867 | $10,631 | $8,207 | $6,325 | $5,005 |
| Gabon | $11,549 | $293 | $6,672 | $1,878 | $333 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | $263 | | $2,934 |
| Georgia | $20,956 | $13,496 | $24,045 | $2,902 | $12,472 | $9,864 | |
| Germany | $6,697,000 | $4,544,000 | $2,499,000 | $3,157,000 | $3,182,000 | $3,791,751 | $2,954,213 |
| Ghana | $370,736 | $201,152 | $286,286 | $729,106 | $262,005 | $539,192 | $1,551,835 |
| Greece | $318,283 | $359,578 | $379,870 | $354,417 | $469,934 | $307,850 | $182,341 |
| Greenland | $1,051 | $383 | $1,614 | | | | |
| Grenada | $834 | | $2,070 | $9,315 | $9,911 | | |
| Guatemala | $1,059,542 | $585,864 | $484,236 | $2,164,977 | $642,603 | $1,344,538 | $1,449,803 |
| Guinea | $8,830 | $10,940 | $5,914 | $955 | | | |
| Guyana | $22,846 | | | | $496 | | $10 |
| Honduras | $21,994 | $28,801 | $50,773 | | $8,678 | | |
| Hong Kong | $3,641,448 | $4,630,877 | | | | | |
| Hungary | $307,000 | $376,000 | $306,000 | $27,000 | | $694,000 | $827,000 |
| Iceland | $163,292 | $139,675 | $175,986 | $139,535 | $116,802 | $182,727 | $161,005 |
| India | $565,093 | $1,636,048 | $976,195 | $672,121 | $728,714 | $579,426 | $1,021,550 |
| Indonesia | $64,980 | $416,707 | $1,081,836 | $2,706,262 | $565,171 | $460,787 | $374,092 |
| Iran | $200,799 | $126,446 | | | | | |
| Ireland | $103,381 | $81,841 | $40,872 | $290,011 | $255,032 | $324,095 | $292,166 |
| Israel | $225,000 | $121,000 | $65,000 | $78,000 | $44,000 | $64,000 | $95,000 |
| Italy | $935,205 | $942,396 | $623,008 | $1,042,680 | $1,720,497 | $3,041,099 | $3,825,880 |
| Jamaica | $30,352 | $62,584 | | $34,142 | $122,854 | $60,875 | |
| Japan | $516,841 | $673,456 | $1,135,389 | $1,124,271 | $1,594,001 | $1,982,053 | $3,951,460 |
| Jordan | $118,653 | $17,711 | $8,470 | $7,195 | $35,751 | $27,011 | $96,508 |
| Kazakhstan | $4,267 | $6,758 | $21,708 | $3,439 | $9,285 | | |
| Kenya | $50,608 | | | $459 | $4,180 | $1,501 | |
| Korea, South | $4,992,077 | $5,046,085 | $1,484,802 | $757,341 | $865,309 | $990,428 | $972,241 |
| Kuwait | | $55,718 | $57,478 | $14,520 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $520 | $5,801 | $597 | $2,613 | $7,361 | $3,037 |
| Latvia | $57,181 | $67,657 | $101,479 | $48,306 | $25,302 | $25,244 | $40,799 |
| Lebanon | $39,000 | $37,599 | $1,299 | $119,189 | $67,754 | $41,115 | $1,330 |
| Lesotho | | | | $4,867 | | | |
| Lithuania | $27,117 | $52,425 | $19,331 | $21,260 | $12,309 | $65,960 | $207,525 |
| Luxembourg | $4,415 | $3,876 | $2,834 | $2,750 | $2,020 | $3,383 | $14,663 |
| Macau | $898 | $3,494 | $1,298 | $5,177 | $9,372 | | |
| Macedonia | $21,912 | $103,126 | $12,018 | $15,869 | $19,874 | | $28,957 |
| Madagascar | $808,198 | $66,719 | $75,186 | $208,861 | $30,674 | $9,783 | |
| Malawi | | | | $353 | $703 | | $829 |
| Malaysia | $17,973 | $50,539 | $16,365 | $54,029 | $21,370 | $3,133 | $103,956 |
| Maldives | $26 | $47 | | $480 | | $90 | |
| Mali | $19,047 | $642 | $62,814 | $212,779 | | $51,033 | |
| Malta | $12,500 | $4,829 | $5,881 | $1,453 | $40,857 | $2,186 | |
| Mauritius | $79,571 | $24,454 | $6,772 | $10,137 | $5,407 | $48,247 | $73,591 |
| Mayotte | | $25 | | | | | |
| Mexico | $3,385,278 | $2,496,903 | $1,128,112 | $757,829 | $1,422,024 | $1,237,852 | $1,835,220 |
| Moldova | $5 | $6,807 | $1,858 | $20,176 | $5,883 | $220 | $3,273 |
| Mongolia | $261 | | $65 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $416 | | | $6,007 | $1,517 | $471 |
| Montserrat | | $246 | $4 | | | | |
| Morocco | $125,234 | $375,104 | $746,515 | $735,917 | $1,408,891 | $2,809,916 | |
| Mozambique | $3,089 | $6,033 | $21,109 | $5,652 | $12,440 | $2,770 | |
| Namibia | $29,749 | $55,760 | $17,080 | $18,669 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $15,203 | $27,800 | |
| Netherlands | $436,352 | $331,663 | $356,856 | $453,834 | $97,641 | $3,000,215 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | $156 | $605 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $3,742 | $4,646 | $1,628 | $5,861 | $2,379 | $1,346 | $2,712 |
| New Zealand | $760,645 | $272,275 | $358,040 | $240,995 | $226,831 | $300,414 | $231,988 |
| Nicaragua | $7,580 | $9,951 | $12,342 | $15,026 | $5,815 | $23,828 | $24,878 |
| Niger | | | | | | $326 | $4,396 |
| Nigeria | | | $278,982 | $129,334 | $318,618 | $242,990 | |
| Norway | $766,565 | $854,864 | $306,351 | $359,912 | $377,142 | $810,520 | $892,895 |
| Oman | $21,540 | $26,107 | | | | | |
| Pakistan | $31,703 | $99,126 | $8,528 | $13,798 | $4,085 | $4,562 | $28,366 |
| Panama | $83,178 | $200,952 | $209,171 | $350,027 | $197,166 | $132,037 | $290,864 |
| Paraguay | $70,716 | $127,684 | $111,880 | $506,041 | $563,508 | $801,563 | $1,107,872 |
| Peru | $7,332 | $92,001 | $54,377 | $50,266 | $54,099 | $52,677 | $55,876 |
| Philippines | $368,000 | $271,836 | $123,100 | $31,215 | $12,876 | $97,513 | $8,655 |
| Poland | $432,897 | $468,221 | $425,786 | $182,366 | $800,803 | $255,469 | $104,819 |
| Portugal | $969,380 | $273,526 | $495,580 | $776,072 | $752,939 | $296,858 | $334,785 |
| Qatar | $22,755 | $22,118 | $15,453 | $8,896 | | $6,935 | |
| Romania | $1,927,480 | $886,988 | $414,768 | $588,560 | $187,613 | $137,416 | $245,092 |
| Russia | $94,688 | $125,894 | $74,694 | $65,837 | $61,201 | $109,718 | $123,086 |
| Rwanda | $384 | $4,135 | $34,759 | $2,860 | $35 | | $439 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | $15 | $4 | | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $12,029 | $5,323 | $2,088 | $896 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | $16 | $376 | $304 | $633 | $1,226 | |
| Samoa | | | | $548 | | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $238 | $3,541 | $2,738 | $743 | $244 | $166 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,110,240 | $1,897,908 | $89,053 | | | | |
| Senegal | $9,553 | $950 | $541 | $7,556 | $9,421 | $19,580 | $10,445 |
| Serbia | $51,612 | $79,646 | $63,971 | $42,871 | $36,738 | $22,765 | $12,433 |
| Seychelles | $2,751 | $2 | | | | | |
| Singapore | $578,763 | $519,403 | $882,275 | $333,834 | $59,683 | $268,328 | $420,319 |
| Slovakia | $52,800 | $44,199 | $30,025 | $28,931 | $32,593 | $22,734 | $53,214 |
| Slovenia | $28,707 | $44,683 | $22,150 | $26,124 | $39,986 | $33,376 | $28,787 |
| South Africa | $285,497 | $139,951 | $434,645 | $165,320 | $308,123 | $401,056 | $411,310 |
| Spain | $2,154,870 | $2,738,224 | $2,779,944 | $3,529,577 | $3,603,928 | $3,722,537 | |
| Sri Lanka | $1,099,367 | $2,344,538 | $1,008,855 | $199,182 | $105,329 | $339,616 | $57,413 |
| Sudan | $68,496 | $146,493 | $106,814 | $21,585 | $35,916 | | |
| Suriname | $13,004 | $28,306 | $16,811 | $30,208 | $68,682 | $33,735 | $8,658 |
| Swaziland | | $587 | $1,717 | | | | |
| Sweden | $1,255,249 | $1,453,979 | $1,368,921 | $1,692,816 | $1,153,854 | $1,197,772 | $813,726 |
| Switzerland | $1,597,975 | $874,307 | $670,045 | $669,125 | $484,259 | $383,435 | $382,363 |
| Syria | | $7,621 | | | | $190,724 | |
| Tanzania | | | $10,348 | $8,056 | $4,711 | $309 | $1,923 |
| Thailand | $2,198,522 | $1,518,121 | $1,989,578 | $1,344,652 | $1,122,158 | $1,678,859 | $1,823,702 |
| Togo | $3,859 | | $10,700 | | | | |
| Tonga | | | | $15 | $125 | $181 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $14,037 | $11,376 | $5,955 | $24 | $216 | $27 | |
| Tunisia | $8,621 | $69,807 | $177,578 | $239,372 | $95,992 | $59,019 | |
| Turkey | $308,506 | $177,747 | $161,134 | $154,189 | $382,838 | $173,245 | $78,078 |
| Uganda | $675 | $136 | $134,444 | $874 | $189 | $168 | |
| Ukraine | $38,306 | $26,583 | $3,161 | $27,699 | $46,264 | $851,031 | $1,143,149 |
| United Arab Emirates | $431,521 | | $243,438 | $24,861 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $3,903,373 | $5,535,553 | $2,513,171 | $2,096,405 | $2,257,560 | $1,437,396 | $2,257,552 |
| United States | $46,974,685 | $17,676,987 | $8,835,278 | $10,648,636 | $11,854,305 | $15,792,083 | $22,088,164 |
| Uruguay | $30,022 | $14,458 | $8,494 | $17,263 | $22,781 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,880 | $8,824 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $95,800 | $85,958 | $207,502 | $292,550 | $451,899 | $215,036 | $50,358 |
| Vietnam | $142,226 | $808,046 | $411,926 | $840,781 | $1,381,213 | $913,320 | |
| Yemen | $83,753 | $117,935 | $60,379 | $9,279 | $24,455 | $36,849 | $176,740 |
| Zambia | $54,414 | $79,464 | | $175 | $10,160 | $680 | |
| Zimbabwe | $5 | $8,101 | $16,867 | $7,524 | $2,508 | $10,676 | |
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