RankCountryExports of Cotton sewing thread, not put up for retail sale, cont. 85%/more by wt. of ... in USD (2010)
1China$7,106,101
2India$6,982,500
3Italy$4,644,372
4United States$4,613,545
5Tanzania$3,768,018
6Mexico$3,271,362
7Slovakia$2,965,577
8Germany$2,795,785
9Greece$2,609,837
10Singapore$2,196,492
11Egypt$2,123,954
12Hong Kong$1,830,890
13Portugal$989,737
14Spain$977,786
15Tunisia$871,937
16Japan$659,325
17Pakistan$644,644
18Netherlands$607,452
19Dominican Republic$558,837
20Romania$552,953
21United Kingdom$529,847
22Turkey$398,476
23Peru$359,644
24Denmark$353,317
25Oman$299,969
26Israel$264,000
27Brazil$251,153
28France$222,694
29Korea, South$194,568
30Czech Republic$179,013
31Poland$152,146
32Slovenia$112,575
33Belgium$106,313
34Canada$93,932
35Colombia$88,753
36Hungary$87,000
37Indonesia$82,698
38Bulgaria$67,758
39Switzerland$57,584
40Thailand$50,541
41Sweden$49,689
42Croatia$40,123
43Australia$24,962
44Costa Rica$14,494
45Kenya$12,147
46Austria$10,491
47El Salvador$10,211
48Estonia$9,826
49Ghana$9,435
50Belarus$9,300
51Chile$7,667
52Mauritius$7,443
53Finland$7,354
54Madagascar$7,041
55Nicaragua$6,242
56Ireland$6,233
57Sri Lanka$5,270
58Russia$4,948
59Malaysia$4,010
60Syria$3,366
61New Zealand$2,907
62Guatemala$2,369
63Ukraine$2,305
64South Africa$1,617
65Philippines$1,162
66Bosnia and Herzegovina$981
67Serbia$600
68Barbados$599
69New Caledonia$496
70Montenegro$487
71Uganda$210
72Lithuania$163
73Albania$138
74Cyprus$69
75Moldova$66
76Malta$40
77Fiji$33
78Jamaica$2
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$98$693   $138$136
Argentina$13,134 $114$242   
Australia$211,503$198,275$29,298$82,453$66,677$24,962$149,176
Austria$10,711$8,259$29,649$88,157$6,594$10,491 
Bangladesh$35,824$79,071$176,877    
Barbados$903  $730 $599 
Belarus$18,700$19,900$6,300$4,500$2,800$9,300$4,100
Belgium$915,192   $230,906$106,313$260,248
Bolivia $2,880 $3,264   
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,225$1,427$250$4,591$534$981$288
Botswana$2,489$34 $4,827$6,883  
Brazil$235,649$282,201$332,310$287,707$105,459$251,153$120,842
Bulgaria$81,227$55,905$51,677$112,894$78,544$67,758$156,893
Cambodia  $25,579    
Canada$352,132$130,407$63,897$12,624$14,661$93,932$40,167
Cape Verde $774     
Chile$27,958$6,706$102 $663$7,667 
China$5,360,478$6,913,481$8,754,770$11,372,495$6,521,351$7,106,101$8,555,842
Colombia$65,319$113,997$160,439$132,044$143,343$88,753$67,127
Costa Rica$18,407$4,379$173$2,008$5,694$14,494$25,473
Croatia$48,109$24,818$29,304$26,303$14,295$40,123$30,804
Cyprus  $195,984  $69 
Czech Republic$109,333$106,643$75,431$235,987$161,983$179,013$389,278
Denmark$4,368$16,520$3,152$14,577$164,933$353,317$294,292
Dominican Republic$18,712$68,659$4,981,536$309,445$1,097,018$558,837$1,542,511
Ecuador$7,346$16,550$41,326 $12,849  
Egypt$189,048  $183$981,180$2,123,954$1,863,999
El Salvador$1,581$548$4,003$3,992$22,197$10,211 
Estonia$546$271$1,706$448$1,402$9,826$6,984
Fiji    $998$33 
Finland$271$739$517$1,058$671$7,354 
France$486,499$361,538$506,341$244,869$165,330$222,694$230,957
Gambia, The    $902 $4,397
Germany$1,603,000$2,502,000$2,819,000$2,533,000$2,158,000$2,795,785$3,581,677
Ghana    $12,782$9,435$1,588
Greece$4,274,212$4,547,884$4,952,828$3,189,380$2,660,082$2,609,837$2,768,217
Guatemala$16,970$4,713$82,280$4,673$15,510$2,369$71,345
Honduras$68,645$1,997  $67,013  
Hong Kong$5,167,738$5,967,928$4,341,771$2,845,370$1,321,719$1,830,890$2,383,513
Hungary$805,000$682,000$762,000$1,987,000 $87,000$100,000
India$20,009,123$22,543,437$12,227,000$4,419,969$4,178,848$6,982,500$15,805,256
Indonesia$10,111,407$7,698,124$8,133,084$5,237,757$485,748$82,698$123,999
Ireland$4,222 $25,213$4,280$167,529$6,233 
Israel$4,348,000$10,698,000$12,868,000$8,327,000 $264,000 
Italy$4,424,158$4,303,983$5,429,227$4,071,868$4,157,588$4,644,372$6,577,895
Jamaica     $2 
Japan$1,712,226$840,708$699,038$858,166$620,881$659,325$916,238
Jordan$10,023     $8,227
Kenya$416$11$22,287$21,877$27,159$12,147 
Korea, South$182,800$76,624$54,483$58,565$201,641$194,568$428,775
Kuwait   $6,300$595  
Latvia $136$23$22,172$3,848 $1,110,903
Lebanon $33,820     
Lesotho   $18   
Lithuania$60,630$6,221$5,632$15,392$2,403$163$4,619
Luxembourg  $4    
Macau$368,332$328,680$284,484$586,224$480,571  
Macedonia$89,746$87,004$8,795 $1,751 $3,893
Madagascar$613 $19,009$42,204$14,991$7,041 
Malaysia$109,780$43,935$15,484$165,596$92,249$4,010$40,022
Malta$321,696$6,340   $40 
Mauritius$65,664$252$18,549$113,799$31,107$7,443$10,843
Mexico$404,486$605,141$864,705$564,764$1,937,985$3,271,362$2,214,574
Moldova$658$106$481  $66 
Mongolia$2,784      
Montenegro  $52  $487 
Morocco$3,092 $130    
Namibia$2,434$2,263$10,397$1,594   
Netherlands$335,790$713,602$68,641$110,518$763,220$607,452 
New Caledonia   $31 $496 
New Zealand$17,909$21,311$7,088$10,990$4,492$2,907$1,083
Nicaragua     $6,242 
Niger   $2,001   
Nigeria  $500,654$43,129   
Norway$21,047 $3,024$5,247$274 $268
Oman $1,675,503$3,150,509$1,325,756$338,094$299,969 
Pakistan$110,324$693,459$2,474,453$5,447,548$2,170,308$644,644$3,905,986
Panama  $14,702    
Peru$266,083$247,790$459,982$249,549$237,575$359,644$384,665
Philippines$1,765,807$2,233,175$2,048,088$875,790$12,573$1,162$8,990
Poland$33,032$30,094$68,560$371,372$227,285$152,146$46,168
Portugal$682,715$412,646$495,133$455,239$446,046$989,737$619,911
Romania$384,410$256,812$396,273$291,678$446,098$552,953$1,357,858
Russia$12,399$17,819$5,942$3,829$4,445$4,948$20,792
Saudi Arabia$25,282 $153    
Serbia$24,295$13,786$1,565$207$505$600$36
Singapore$1,147,332$1,769,439$1,054,137$1,148,996$832,542$2,196,492$193,108
Slovakia$5,553$3,088  $5,004,565$2,965,577$3,643,004
Slovenia$2,334$128 $117$8,933$112,575$858,881
South Africa$14,112$184,362$62,613$84,776$38,772$1,617$246,750
Spain$2,964,129$2,827,850$2,785,758$2,117,190$1,263,690$977,786 
Sri Lanka$15,036$39,761$8,998$14,630$140,611$5,270$32,493
Swaziland$4,340$835$226,107    
Sweden$7,770$22,543$28,626$78,528$37,461$49,689$10,485
Switzerland$13,579$46,719$25,211$13,208$10,177$57,584$20,475
Syria $3,730   $3,366 
Tanzania$422  $2,971,397$3,973,531$3,768,018 
Thailand$1,386,407$240,259$156,344$94,773$6,477$50,541$693,027
Tunisia$78,930$31,315$59,484$57,929$19,248$871,937 
Turkey$587,287$1,178,172$2,269,956$2,115,687$226,956$398,476$685,898
Uganda $3,408$651$890 $210 
Ukraine $1 $12,850$13,630$2,305$15,946
United Arab Emirates$500,897 $348,678$241,416   
United Kingdom$1,111,331$864,971$806,334$562,459$344,782$529,847$454,722
United States$12,170,599$13,893,760$7,718,759$4,675,508$3,361,165$4,613,545$3,322,009
Uruguay   $22,401$928  
Venezuela $69     
Vietnam$61,447$206,943$1,382    
Yemen    $3,100  
Zambia$100,354$33,104$13 $81  
Zimbabwe  $20,000 $222,597