| Rank | Country | Imports of Yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibres, not put up for ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Brazil | $259,332,081 |  | | 2 | Turkey | $241,167,298 | | | 3 | Italy | $163,409,346 | | | 4 | Hong Kong | $102,958,406 | | | 5 | United States | $102,925,217 | | | 6 | China | $92,079,144 | | | 7 | Korea, South | $84,683,762 | | | 8 | Japan | $51,645,177 | | | 9 | Portugal | $47,081,827 | | | 10 | Belgium | $44,546,623 | | | 11 | Germany | $41,835,122 | | | 12 | France | $30,541,629 | | | 13 | United Kingdom | $30,536,698 | | | 14 | Greece | $25,921,086 | | | 15 | Spain | $22,090,968 | | | 16 | Morocco | $17,221,099 | | | 17 | Austria | $13,188,149 | | | 18 | Poland | $13,126,750 | | | 19 | Argentina | $12,887,070 | | | 20 | Tunisia | $10,346,485 | | | 21 | Romania | $9,172,549 | | | 22 | Syria | $8,766,901 | | | 23 | Iran | $8,724,590 | | | 24 | Vietnam | $8,093,440 | | | 25 | Canada | $7,159,511 | | | 26 | Czech Republic | $7,068,733 | | | 27 | Mexico | $5,663,229 | | | 28 | Egypt | $5,080,944 | | | 29 | Sri Lanka | $4,794,611 | | | 30 | Colombia | $4,330,416 | | | 31 | Slovakia | $4,092,672 | | | 32 | Peru | $3,953,637 | | | 33 | Bulgaria | $3,861,144 | | | 34 | Croatia | $3,716,583 | | | 35 | Indonesia | $3,254,900 | | | 36 | India | $3,192,723 | | | 37 | South Africa | $2,904,762 | | | 38 | Israel | $2,731,000 | | | 39 | Pakistan | $2,643,141 | | | 40 | Lithuania | $2,550,054 | | | 41 | Netherlands | $2,468,582 | | | 42 | Hungary | $2,441,000 | | | 43 | Finland | $2,329,339 | | | 44 | Denmark | $2,202,069 | | | 45 | Botswana | $2,196,020 | | | 46 | Australia | $1,990,138 | | | 47 | Belarus | $1,863,300 | | | 48 | Philippines | $1,511,280 | | | 49 | Albania | $1,452,625 | | | 50 | Guatemala | $1,360,222 | | | 51 | Russia | $1,286,205 | | | 52 | Saudi Arabia | $1,263,202 | | | 53 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,219,911 | | | 54 | Thailand | $1,121,714 | | | 55 | Venezuela | $830,473 | | | 56 | Switzerland | $826,772 | | | 57 | Madagascar | $767,537 | | | 58 | Malaysia | $674,484 | | | 59 | New Zealand | $667,272 | | | 60 | Singapore | $622,185 | | | 61 | Chile | $469,768 | | | 62 | Lebanon | $433,864 | | | 63 | Cambodia | $409,830 | | | 64 | Latvia | $394,339 | | | 65 | Slovenia | $389,114 | | | 66 | Moldova | $387,319 | | | 67 | Serbia | $350,276 | | | 68 | Ukraine | $343,284 | | | 69 | Estonia | $283,592 | | | 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | $195,155 | | | 71 | Macau | $180,135 | | | 72 | Norway | $162,687 | | | 73 | Cote d'Ivoire | $159,296 | | | 74 | Sweden | $155,965 | | | 75 | Mauritius | $108,196 | | | 76 | Panama | $103,377 | | | 77 | Nepal | $98,965 | | | 78 | Ecuador | $92,663 | | | 79 | Dominican Republic | $82,408 | | | 80 | Algeria | $75,950 | | | 81 | Jamaica | $74,880 | | | 82 | Zimbabwe | $69,726 | | | 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $68,519 | | | 84 | Fiji | $58,611 | | | 85 | Iceland | $53,858 | | | 86 | Jordan | $50,829 | | | 87 | Malawi | $45,431 | | | 88 | Kenya | $40,858 | | | 89 | Mali | $35,693 | | | 90 | Zambia | $35,002 | | | 91 | Oman | $28,289 | | | 92 | Luxembourg | $17,569 | | | 93 | Georgia | $15,704 | | | 94 | Uganda | $9,683 | | | 95 | Armenia | $8,802 | | | 96 | Dominica | $6,259 | | | 97 | Nicaragua | $6,090 | | | 98 | Montenegro | $4,511 | | | 99 | Bolivia | $3,914 | | | 100 | Bahamas, The | $3,523 | | | 101 | Aruba | $3,433 | | | 102 | Nigeria | $3,327 | | | 103 | Ireland | $3,226 | | | 104 | Guyana | $3,135 | | | 105 | Qatar | $2,904 | | | 106 | Costa Rica | $2,255 | | | 107 | Barbados | $2,215 | | | 108 | Bahrain | $1,464 | | | 109 | Paraguay | $1,390 | | | 110 | Niger | $1,166 | | | 111 | Tanzania | $803 | | | 112 | Mozambique | $648 | | | 113 | Cape Verde | $554 | | | 114 | Cyprus | $529 | | | 115 | El Salvador | $352 | | | 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | $291 | | | 117 | Burundi | $196 | | | 118 | Belize | $106 | | | 119 | French Polynesia | $84 | | | 120 | Burkina Faso | $51 | | | 121 | Bermuda | $44 | | | 122 | Ethiopia | $9 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $16,748 | $4,318 | $1,851 | $13,463 | $4,346 | $1,452,625 | $2,498,078 |
| Algeria | $1,180,437 | $1,041,899 | $4,805,700 | $2,924,312 | $57,949 | $75,950 | $163,047 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $93 | $4,942 | $20,390 | | $157 | | $1 |
| Argentina | $13,075,029 | $26,159,156 | $35,566,479 | $17,672,552 | $12,905,912 | $12,887,070 | $14,580,466 |
| Armenia | $2,509 | | | $64 | $6,920 | $8,802 | $38,443 |
| Aruba | | | | | $18,494 | $3,433 | $1,420 |
| Australia | $2,288,492 | $2,697,444 | $3,444,066 | $3,039,981 | $1,749,903 | $1,990,138 | $1,384,945 |
| Austria | $16,445,359 | $21,062,015 | $25,138,360 | $24,783,545 | $13,229,557 | $13,188,149 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | | | | | $138 |
| Bahamas, The | $10,230 | $4,114 | $3,713 | $5,993 | $6,811 | $3,523 | $2,989 |
| Bahrain | $1,511 | | $1,069 | $14,391 | $22,359 | $1,464 | $42,966 |
| Bangladesh | $2,727,755 | $364,438 | $2,182,481 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,432 | $1,213 | | | $809 | $2,215 | |
| Belarus | $817,900 | $1,087,200 | $761,600 | $1,118,000 | $727,000 | $1,863,300 | $2,100,300 |
| Belgium | $52,390,505 | $62,319,447 | $82,188,195 | $62,069,670 | $37,983,300 | $44,546,623 | $46,352,063 |
| Belize | | | | | | $106 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $44 | |
| Bhutan | $78 | $189 | | $16,148 | | | |
| Bolivia | $20,451 | $39,408 | $46,636 | $34,753 | $13,858 | $3,914 | $1,881 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $69,086 | $61,497 | $58,280 | $30,274 | $60,460 | $68,519 | $14,050 |
| Botswana | $920,062 | $1,881,802 | $3,358,331 | $3,269,523 | $2,884,156 | $2,196,020 | $1,639,937 |
| Brazil | $28,249,406 | $90,636,981 | $212,859,415 | $174,284,920 | $292,751,566 | $259,332,081 | $274,511,900 |
| Brunei | | $428 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $4,323,576 | $7,268,338 | $7,928,563 | $3,545,995 | $4,954,907 | $3,861,144 | $4,516,279 |
| Burkina Faso | $463 | | $638 | | $1,140 | $51 | |
| Burundi | $227 | $522 | | $1,212 | $13,696 | $196 | |
| Cambodia | | | $66,527 | $32,413 | $18,347 | $409,830 | |
| Cameroon | | $93 | | $16,137 | $35,642 | | |
| Canada | $3,529,055 | $5,310,533 | $5,612,898 | $5,731,693 | $5,102,040 | $7,159,511 | $6,287,909 |
| Cape Verde | $1,995 | | $4,377 | | $179 | $554 | $369 |
| Chile | $473,300 | $668,565 | $946,131 | $781,237 | $547,350 | $469,768 | $684,696 |
| China | $87,923,343 | $95,576,320 | $94,753,575 | $68,584,687 | $75,828,568 | $92,079,144 | $87,124,992 |
| Colombia | $698,098 | $1,884,027 | $3,054,328 | $1,847,568 | $1,876,965 | $4,330,416 | $12,718,995 |
| Comoros | | $520 | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $789 | $9,473 | $7,413 | $43 | $779 | $2,255 | $9,982 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | $2,987 | | $602 | | $159,296 | |
| Croatia | $471,697 | $706,562 | $1,162,584 | $2,496,352 | $4,241,058 | $3,716,583 | $6,623,611 |
| Cuba | $22,740 | $31,870 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $2,765 | $4,792 | $22,422 | $11,209 | $82,593 | $529 | $21 |
| Czech Republic | $7,919,358 | $8,745,678 | $9,709,695 | $9,060,884 | $7,581,903 | $7,068,733 | $7,757,066 |
| Denmark | $2,387,688 | $2,394,813 | $2,841,589 | $1,963,792 | $2,511,293 | $2,202,069 | $3,850,560 |
| Djibouti | | | | | $4,164 | | |
| Dominica | | | | | | $6,259 | |
| Dominican Republic | $74,817 | $668,696 | $16,568 | $7,745 | $47,068 | $82,408 | $1,467,077 |
| Ecuador | $118 | $17 | $1,400 | $40,688 | $122,771 | $92,663 | $257,847 |
| Egypt | $1,194,300 | $1,110,957 | $484,413 | $3,929,999 | $1,577,615 | $5,080,944 | $4,001,650 |
| El Salvador | $88 | $1,201 | | $4,117 | $171,000 | $352 | |
| Estonia | $102,819 | $181,184 | $86,644 | $79,342 | $62,821 | $283,592 | $345,002 |
| Ethiopia | $22 | $21,848 | | $34,127 | $270,956 | $9 | $804,823 |
| Faroe Islands | $2,943 | $1,984 | $170 | $1,458 | $7,585 | | |
| Fiji | $15,946 | $3,526 | $4,930 | $47,301 | $72,255 | $58,611 | |
| Finland | $2,554,101 | $3,094,207 | $2,529,179 | $2,504,025 | $1,623,172 | $2,329,339 | $2,213,035 |
| France | $24,909,101 | $31,849,480 | $35,768,008 | $32,932,505 | $29,209,551 | $30,541,629 | $34,121,929 |
| French Polynesia | $104 | $48 | | $128 | | $84 | |
| Gabon | $578 | | | $604 | $483 | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | | | $4,795 |
| Georgia | $410 | $27 | | $3,054 | $17,144 | $15,704 | |
| Germany | $36,489,000 | $61,595,000 | $69,946,000 | $50,002,000 | $40,901,000 | $41,835,122 | $47,506,731 |
| Ghana | $126,715 | $135 | $49 | $12,086 | $1,804 | | $2,919 |
| Greece | $28,177,828 | $33,933,106 | $54,722,620 | $36,069,846 | $30,273,021 | $25,921,086 | $21,082,371 |
| Greenland | $20,607 | $6,125 | $5,724 | | | | |
| Grenada | | $641 | | $561 | | | |
| Guatemala | $523,619 | $258,745 | $423,007 | $652,880 | $641,958 | $1,360,222 | $2,189,861 |
| Guinea | $762 | | | $1,246 | | | |
| Guyana | | $60,094 | $3,290 | $99 | | $3,135 | |
| Honduras | $2,079 | $79 | $2,142 | | $4,409 | | |
| Hong Kong | $141,785,048 | $146,951,252 | $144,473,751 | $122,228,289 | $99,839,280 | $102,958,406 | $122,655,040 |
| Hungary | $2,187,000 | $7,517,000 | $3,267,000 | $3,315,000 | $3,498,000 | $2,441,000 | $1,496,000 |
| Iceland | $2,344 | $12,161 | $4,331 | $6,314 | $18,447 | $53,858 | $584 |
| India | $4,021,765 | $3,752,940 | $5,590,942 | $3,218,089 | $2,816,558 | $3,192,723 | $3,252,008 |
| Indonesia | $940,300 | $1,581,916 | $1,980,081 | $4,903,185 | $7,821,391 | $3,254,900 | $8,825,667 |
| Iran | $1,549,633 | $1,715,067 | | | | $8,724,590 | |
| Ireland | $173,613 | $15,648 | $14,693 | $9,778 | $2,652 | $3,226 | $189 |
| Israel | $8,744,000 | $12,160,000 | $11,574,000 | $5,525,000 | $4,495,000 | $2,731,000 | $3,239,000 |
| Italy | $93,544,848 | $141,747,275 | $172,326,523 | $133,231,848 | $120,705,825 | $163,409,346 | $203,580,610 |
| Jamaica | $102,244 | $92,244 | $83,499 | $91,049 | $99,033 | $74,880 | |
| Japan | $31,841,117 | $38,957,023 | $50,612,016 | $47,203,622 | $34,331,026 | $51,645,177 | $69,259,606 |
| Jordan | $309,601 | $432,191 | $121,778 | $507,972 | $42,771 | $50,829 | $4,496 |
| Kazakhstan | | | $7,648 | $15,323 | $13,034 | | |
| Kenya | $20,194 | $15,422 | $40,200 | | $11,912 | $40,858 | |
| Kiribati | $3,801 | | | | | | |
| Korea, South | $43,477,708 | $56,661,367 | $66,445,191 | $65,414,296 | $64,092,945 | $84,683,762 | $102,399,916 |
| Kuwait | | $67,742 | $62,419 | $75,371 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $198 | $42,179 | $721 | $19,530 | $1,150 | $1,219,911 | $1,239,520 |
| Latvia | $210,606 | $190,169 | $127,475 | $328,143 | $180,390 | $394,339 | $585,272 |
| Lebanon | $224,000 | $646,600 | $422,119 | $412,220 | $857,907 | $433,864 | $401,254 |
| Lithuania | $1,634,832 | $2,052,835 | $2,158,798 | $2,545,411 | $1,961,510 | $2,550,054 | $2,984,534 |
| Luxembourg | $23,272 | $28,183 | $11,852 | $15,596 | $954 | $17,569 | $784,783 |
| Macau | $3,624,628 | $5,743,491 | $4,236,471 | $2,489,441 | $496,310 | $180,135 | $18,588 |
| Macedonia | $40,558 | $50,172 | $45,158 | $77,768 | $54,627 | | $83,930 |
| Madagascar | $186,879 | $695,745 | $462,434 | $399,435 | $365,592 | $767,537 | |
| Malawi | $91,579 | $120 | $968 | $22,743 | $35,319 | $45,431 | $40,621 |
| Malaysia | $7,452,498 | $8,543,523 | $8,648,095 | $6,639,666 | $1,102,719 | $674,484 | $1,024,492 |
| Mali | | | $14,380 | $138 | | $35,693 | |
| Malta | $21,109 | $4,644 | | $957 | $12,139 | | |
| Mauritania | $11,032 | | $20,509 | | | | |
| Mauritius | $324,131 | $339,635 | $942,705 | $126,527 | $96,196 | $108,196 | $253,793 |
| Mayotte | $887 | $62 | $1,021 | $121 | $137 | | |
| Mexico | $5,668,574 | $6,708,957 | $4,950,828 | $6,078,812 | $4,665,142 | $5,663,229 | $4,748,116 |
| Moldova | $703,645 | $601,636 | $719,169 | $389,516 | $331,959 | $387,319 | $827,358 |
| Mongolia | $47,227 | | $42,200 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $5,558 | $2,127 | $1,622 | | $4,511 | $2,195 |
| Morocco | $2,399,070 | $5,059,696 | $10,064,089 | $14,513,005 | $14,759,961 | $17,221,099 | |
| Mozambique | $5,775 | $334 | | $353 | $1,305 | $648 | |
| Namibia | $362 | | $2,212 | $127 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $57,395 | $98,965 | |
| Netherlands | $4,220,562 | $4,707,349 | $5,776,948 | $2,818,780 | $1,117,293 | $2,468,582 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $831 | $4,452 | $7,493 | $1,648 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $153 | $253 | $443 | | | | |
| New Zealand | $1,157,880 | $1,075,044 | $880,509 | $900,108 | $510,222 | $667,272 | $523,691 |
| Nicaragua | | $697 | $211 | $3 | $432 | $6,090 | $32 |
| Niger | $7,779 | $697 | $8,960 | | $4,432 | $1,166 | |
| Nigeria | | $9,181 | $153,949 | | $68,515 | $3,327 | |
| Norway | $765,110 | $547,134 | $511,784 | $397,132 | $191,740 | $162,687 | $221,862 |
| Oman | $48,885 | $144,947 | $21,300 | $4,414 | $71,241 | $28,289 | |
| Pakistan | $1,735,759 | $265,825 | $249,734 | $647,306 | $1,017,310 | $2,643,141 | $871,740 |
| Panama | $36,727 | $28,864 | $40,327 | $31,501 | $65,996 | $103,377 | $72,259 |
| Paraguay | $31 | $6,517 | $800 | $14,209 | $3,493 | $1,390 | $130 |
| Peru | $213,787 | $617,635 | $1,295,815 | $1,153,271 | $1,950,312 | $3,953,637 | $5,720,210 |
| Philippines | $1,575,945 | $1,696,311 | $1,377,734 | $842,242 | $1,316,368 | $1,511,280 | $4,221,697 |
| Poland | $22,801,691 | $33,910,748 | $49,569,946 | $23,889,599 | $15,117,303 | $13,126,750 | $18,486,683 |
| Portugal | $18,543,342 | $27,780,904 | $44,279,539 | $41,251,579 | $42,017,090 | $47,081,827 | $48,720,436 |
| Qatar | $11,492 | $3,902 | $1,228 | $3,305 | | $2,904 | |
| Romania | $11,987,966 | $9,435,419 | $9,029,769 | $7,793,229 | $7,005,766 | $9,172,549 | $10,615,169 |
| Russia | $1,107,487 | $1,457,739 | $688,540 | $1,117,217 | $590,992 | $1,286,205 | $1,667,362 |
| Rwanda | $2,056 | $131 | $6,730 | $562 | $197 | | $23 |
| Saint Lucia | $894 | $41 | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,836 | $1,965 | $615 | $4,729 | $4,568 | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $44 | $599 | | | $106 | $291 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $386,308 | $170,869 | $145,034 | | | $1,263,202 | |
| Senegal | | | $421 | $402 | $903 | | $1,921 |
| Serbia | $259,756 | $341,018 | $510,261 | $481,841 | $373,845 | $350,276 | $689,994 |
| Seychelles | $529 | $144,367 | $306 | $154 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,082,952 | $125,092 | $540,822 | $1,482,737 | $416,490 | $622,185 | $364,669 |
| Slovakia | $3,492,341 | $2,958,584 | $4,227,684 | $4,044,225 | $28,780,079 | $4,092,672 | $4,559,914 |
| Slovenia | $1,495,753 | $2,207,350 | $2,418,743 | $1,472,127 | $638,743 | $389,114 | $582,254 |
| South Africa | $1,692,103 | $4,370,172 | $3,683,515 | $3,092,976 | $3,932,381 | $2,904,762 | $4,170,001 |
| Spain | $31,447,234 | $32,680,044 | $42,814,920 | $29,768,415 | $17,899,474 | $22,090,968 | |
| Sri Lanka | $6,940,971 | $9,506,907 | $6,949,504 | $6,861,268 | $7,591,778 | $4,794,611 | $11,806,093 |
| Sudan | $420,008 | $16,239 | $20,626 | | $263,710 | | |
| Swaziland | $11,200 | $14,033 | $1,014 | | | | |
| Sweden | $974,220 | $810,543 | $286,101 | $426,130 | $165,570 | $155,965 | $279,363 |
| Switzerland | $1,912,237 | $2,553,746 | $2,447,222 | $1,676,362 | $874,561 | $826,772 | $1,166,747 |
| Syria | $2,020,316 | $1,487,979 | $1,824,136 | $10,217,473 | | $8,766,901 | |
| Tanzania | $18,420 | $32,361 | $4,350 | $21,023 | $67,333 | $803 | $17,198 |
| Thailand | $1,041,482 | $1,043,509 | $1,327,647 | $1,716,679 | $1,529,085 | $1,121,714 | $3,439,307 |
| Togo | $4,490 | | | | | | |
| Tonga | | | | $17 | $129 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $273,198 | $254,070 | $376,042 | $303,824 | $25,826 | $195,155 | |
| Tunisia | $3,686,367 | $7,071,155 | $7,877,827 | $5,750,759 | $7,391,731 | $10,346,485 | |
| Turkey | $99,081,630 | $119,179,888 | $248,108,167 | $154,747,475 | $148,131,697 | $241,167,298 | $256,310,551 |
| Uganda | $16,738 | $23,842 | $19,935 | $4,591 | $8,634 | $9,683 | |
| Ukraine | $234,160 | $253,636 | $326,915 | $1,015,098 | $1,430,319 | $343,284 | $1,120,950 |
| United Arab Emirates | $519,752 | | $56,764 | $104,152 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $30,513,227 | $28,572,381 | $37,603,099 | $19,754,614 | $21,771,104 | $30,536,698 | $27,710,296 |
| United States | $61,500,326 | $82,327,629 | $90,963,776 | $74,428,996 | $60,511,196 | $102,925,217 | $86,085,643 |
| Uruguay | $227,761 | $244,936 | $484,205 | $789,453 | $1,040,585 | | |
| Vanuatu | | | $6 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $10,428 | $15,283 | $419,927 | $221,529 | $1,129,014 | $830,473 | $90,157 |
| Vietnam | $2,712,265 | $1,912,998 | $8,335,942 | $10,267,577 | $5,301,270 | $8,093,440 | |
| Yemen | $19,792 | | $159 | $392 | $6,454 | | |
| Zambia | $1,763 | $15,319 | $16,996 | $87,304 | $21,440 | $35,002 | |
| Zimbabwe | $211 | $3,169 | $9,214 | $13,834 | $334,219 | $69,726 | |
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