| Rank | Country | Imports of Waste, parings & scrap, of polymers of ethylene in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $1,687,337,958 |  | | 2 | Hong Kong | $368,782,796 |  | | 3 | Belgium | $78,565,636 |  | | 4 | Germany | $66,697,455 |  | | 5 | Netherlands | $46,623,316 |  | | 6 | Italy | $24,296,477 |  | | 7 | United States | $23,298,873 |  | | 8 | Austria | $21,432,001 |  | | 9 | Canada | $15,949,541 |  | | 10 | Lithuania | $12,873,731 |  | | 11 | Spain | $10,452,578 |  | | 12 | Slovakia | $9,722,324 |  | | 13 | Denmark | $9,554,068 |  | | 14 | Malaysia | $8,882,499 |  | | 15 | Slovenia | $8,696,880 |  | | 16 | United Kingdom | $7,078,672 |  | | 17 | France | $6,131,654 |  | | 18 | Saudi Arabia | $5,601,074 |  | | 19 | India | $5,029,038 |  | | 20 | Portugal | $4,584,095 |  | | 21 | Greece | $4,537,984 |  | | 22 | Indonesia | $4,433,398 |  | | 23 | Sweden | $3,838,740 |  | | 24 | Latvia | $3,231,136 |  | | 25 | Czech Republic | $2,741,505 |  | | 26 | Luxembourg | $2,598,306 |  | | 27 | Mexico | $2,531,230 |  | | 28 | Poland | $2,087,675 |  | | 29 | Korea, South | $1,999,571 |  | | 30 | Croatia | $1,494,994 |  | | 31 | Ireland | $1,385,187 |  | | 32 | El Salvador | $1,304,940 |  | | 33 | Finland | $1,296,847 |  | | 34 | Estonia | $1,234,915 |  | | 35 | Albania | $1,145,295 |  | | 36 | Switzerland | $1,100,325 |  | | 37 | Chile | $1,078,242 |  | | 38 | Bulgaria | $998,024 |  | | 39 | Turkey | $995,223 |  | | 40 | Hungary | $821,000 |  | | 41 | Lebanon | $808,661 |  | | 42 | Vietnam | $783,700 |  | | 43 | Yemen | $694,215 |  | | 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | $668,110 |  | | 45 | Brazil | $581,668 |  | | 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $565,406 |  | | 47 | Pakistan | $522,548 |  | | 48 | Dominican Republic | $483,874 |  | | 49 | Romania | $447,868 |  | | 50 | Ecuador | $421,271 |  | | 51 | Morocco | $417,957 |  | | 52 | Japan | $391,844 |  | | 53 | Ukraine | $373,135 |  | | 54 | Bahrain | $297,976 |  | | 55 | Tonga | $272,512 |  | | 56 | Singapore | $249,311 |  | | 57 | Australia | $247,253 |  | | 58 | Kyrgyzstan | $180,868 |  | | 59 | Costa Rica | $177,666 |  | | 60 | Algeria | $168,031 |  | | 61 | Norway | $145,723 |  | | 62 | Ethiopia | $144,991 |  | | 63 | New Zealand | $144,533 |  | | 64 | Peru | $126,926 |  | | 65 | South Africa | $121,419 |  | | 66 | Thailand | $114,667 |  | | 67 | Israel | $111,000 |  | | 68 | Belarus | $85,900 |  | | 69 | Sri Lanka | $81,892 |  | | 70 | Georgia | $81,274 |  | | 71 | Colombia | $78,280 |  | | 72 | Paraguay | $65,807 |  | | 73 | Qatar | $53,091 |  | | 74 | Ghana | $51,052 |  | | 75 | Nigeria | $48,393 |  | | 76 | Serbia | $47,191 |  | | 77 | Argentina | $45,773 |  | | 78 | Mauritius | $45,560 |  | | 79 | Guatemala | $41,571 |  | | 80 | Bolivia | $36,291 |  | | 81 | Malawi | $33,553 |  | | 82 | Togo | $26,746 |  | | 83 | Nicaragua | $25,336 |  | | 84 | Mozambique | $24,607 |  | | 85 | Zimbabwe | $17,591 |  | | 86 | Kenya | $15,700 |  | | 87 | Tanzania | $14,110 |  | | 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | $12,485 |  | | 89 | Uganda | $11,342 |  | | 90 | Madagascar | $9,546 |  | | 91 | Panama | $9,100 |  | | 92 | Iran | $8,386 |  | | 93 | Cape Verde | $7,176 |  | | 94 | Azerbaijan | $7,126 |  | | 95 | Armenia | $5,423 |  | | 96 | Zambia | $5,080 |  | | 97 | Philippines | $5,060 |  | | 98 | Oman | $4,099 |  | | 99 | Bahamas, The | $2,641 |  | | 100 | Botswana | $1,373 |  | | 101 | Barbados | $764 |  | | 102 | Iceland | $326 |  | | 103 | Fiji | $280 |  | | 104 | Samoa | $257 |  | | 105 | Malta | $199 |  | | 106 | Bermuda | $157 |  | | 107 | Suriname | $120 |  | | 108 | Gambia, The | $33 |  | | 109 | Nepal | $19 |  | | 110 | Bhutan | $18 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $33,661 | $86,523 | $76,608 | $635,544 | $240,705 | $1,145,295 | $832,847 |
| Algeria | $7,660 | $72,600 | $239,264 | $119,488 | $216,059 | $168,031 | $701,849 |
| Argentina | | | | | | $45,773 | |
| Armenia | | $1,957 | $4,212 | $7,138 | | $5,423 | $6,991 |
| Australia | $29,171 | $242,095 | $282,521 | $128,714 | $179,144 | $247,253 | $255,881 |
| Austria | $8,923,909 | $16,241,889 | $21,220,167 | $20,135,265 | $9,131,172 | $21,432,001 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $3,077 | | $33,969 | $7,126 | |
| Bahamas, The | $588 | $2,827 | $2,901 | $1,409 | $606 | $2,641 | $13,292,461 |
| Bahrain | $75,247 | $232,327 | $324,704 | $130,476 | $474,456 | $297,976 | $415,143 |
| Bangladesh | $59,582 | $237,169 | $116,893 | | | | |
| Barbados | $2,203 | | $283 | $1,602 | $57 | $764 | $216 |
| Belarus | $28,700 | $10,600 | $100 | $40,500 | $187,300 | $85,900 | $1,764,100 |
| Belgium | $30,828,142 | $48,251,098 | $67,172,596 | $93,983,862 | $81,541,898 | $78,565,636 | $102,328,173 |
| Belize | $2 | | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $157 | |
| Bhutan | | | $469 | | | $18 | |
| Bolivia | $56,501 | $14,957 | $12,004 | $158,931 | $55,268 | $36,291 | $105,239 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $136,156 | $184,439 | $243,204 | $460,212 | $427,420 | $565,406 | $1,013,105 |
| Botswana | $15,884 | $2,122 | $589 | $4,132 | $3,964 | $1,373 | $14,876 |
| Brazil | $178,624 | $149,011 | $227,319 | $1,266,366 | $368,519 | $581,668 | $691,840 |
| Bulgaria | $548,120 | $601,963 | $189,078 | $530,826 | $243,440 | $998,024 | $983,496 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $2,563 | | $1,065 | | |
| Burundi | | | | | $933 | | |
| Cambodia | $1,042 | $83,225 | $692 | | | | |
| Cameroon | $233 | $10,284 | $54,299 | $79,148 | $117,254 | | |
| Canada | $25,883,888 | $29,688,476 | $22,344,763 | $21,302,741 | $9,795,714 | $15,949,541 | $21,403,973 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | $136 | $7,176 | |
| Chile | $413,092 | $1,382,846 | $2,018,679 | $1,367,222 | $1,234,729 | $1,078,242 | $672,361 |
| China | $482,831,344 | $691,756,912 | $1,007,082,090 | $1,326,727,705 | $1,103,890,224 | $1,687,337,958 | $2,184,901,866 |
| Colombia | $71,066 | $222,849 | $223,018 | $502,391 | $1,413 | $78,280 | $125,869 |
| Comoros | | $26 | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $667,363 | $1,099,502 | $305,504 | $118,891 | $98,737 | $177,666 | $176,358 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $188,514 | $334,564 | $470,926 | $843,233 | $772,039 | $668,110 | $1,113,194 |
| Croatia | $331,531 | $663,284 | $950,803 | $1,171,416 | $1,005,936 | $1,494,994 | $1,657,403 |
| Cyprus | | | | | | | $6,455 |
| Czech Republic | $1,651,526 | $1,575,355 | $4,605,248 | $6,805,430 | $1,152,866 | $2,741,505 | $6,592,403 |
| Denmark | $2,365,020 | $3,984,487 | $6,165,878 | $8,838,062 | $6,250,913 | $9,554,068 | $13,167,611 |
| Dominican Republic | $1,049,369 | $663,291 | $1,068,480 | $762,084 | $571,422 | $483,874 | $723,815 |
| East Timor | $7 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $181,115 | $162,571 | $564,465 | $1,520,671 | $454,612 | $421,271 | $483,365 |
| Egypt | $188,805 | | $268,423 | $407 | $1,283 | | |
| El Salvador | $600,790 | $712,679 | $881,898 | $2,099,270 | $1,465,594 | $1,304,940 | |
| Estonia | $49,122 | $42,161 | $261,716 | $926,609 | $361,390 | $1,234,915 | $909,366 |
| Ethiopia | $16,700 | $27,620 | $48,685 | $296,583 | $15,141 | $144,991 | $450,834 |
| Faroe Islands | $1,747 | $438 | $113 | $881 | $235 | | |
| Fiji | | | | | | $280 | |
| Finland | $131,918 | $228,944 | $870,885 | $252,418 | $1,159,984 | $1,296,847 | $618,796 |
| France | $4,050,109 | $3,897,220 | $6,618,317 | $5,807,024 | $3,283,906 | $6,131,654 | $9,179,235 |
| French Polynesia | | $649 | | | | | |
| Gabon | | | $31,201 | | | | |
| Gambia, The | | $10,440 | $3,515 | $45 | | $33 | |
| Georgia | $91,085 | $147,208 | $136,787 | $156,437 | $28,500 | $81,274 | |
| Germany | $35,247,000 | $46,178,000 | $60,955,000 | $68,467,000 | $42,532,000 | $66,697,455 | $64,927,391 |
| Ghana | | $19,409 | $1,115 | $89,821 | $10,101 | $51,052 | $1,696 |
| Greece | $3,490,387 | $3,565,957 | $5,809,903 | $8,015,749 | $4,058,761 | $4,537,984 | $2,810,384 |
| Greenland | | | $1,293 | | | | |
| Grenada | | | | $227 | $145 | | |
| Guatemala | $72,492 | $113,016 | $29,244 | $23,755 | $5,408 | $41,571 | $59,040 |
| Guinea | | $20,590 | | | | | |
| Guyana | | | $5,809 | | | | |
| Honduras | $30,731 | $121,438 | $6,544 | | $8,811 | | |
| Hong Kong | $259,912,597 | $341,460,350 | $309,255,438 | $388,380,226 | $352,444,189 | $368,782,796 | $269,830,760 |
| Hungary | $720,000 | $127,000 | $780,000 | $771,000 | $1,278,000 | $821,000 | $410,000 |
| Iceland | $1,927 | $40,883 | $165,072 | $347 | $62,753 | $326 | $534 |
| India | $117,223 | $1,820,897 | $231,033 | $2,061,721 | $2,310,057 | $5,029,038 | $5,976,516 |
| Indonesia | $78,396 | $533,522 | | $78,054 | $446,276 | $4,433,398 | $4,803,941 |
| Iran | | | | | | $8,386 | |
| Ireland | $477,949 | $429,970 | $1,786,185 | $3,384,896 | $2,223,341 | $1,385,187 | $998,336 |
| Israel | $57,000 | $20,000 | $41,000 | $199,000 | $190,000 | $111,000 | $28,000 |
| Italy | $18,848,329 | $23,795,958 | $30,991,915 | $26,628,166 | $18,069,943 | $24,296,477 | $34,157,178 |
| Jamaica | | | | $5,460 | | | |
| Japan | $802,912 | $1,056,780 | $1,128,549 | $942,124 | $1,414,770 | $391,844 | $591,346 |
| Jordan | | | | | $24,124 | | |
| Kazakhstan | | | $5,295 | | | | |
| Kenya | $129,211 | $142,577 | $74,400 | $139,904 | | $15,700 | |
| Korea, South | $1,270,055 | $826,867 | $1,490,481 | $5,399,348 | $905,868 | $1,999,571 | $1,702,839 |
| Kuwait | | $79,463 | $4,229 | $187,937 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | $8,260 | $1,717 | $426,837 | $180,868 | |
| Latvia | $1,878,374 | $2,866,468 | $2,953,576 | $3,386,961 | $2,440,023 | $3,231,136 | $1,979,811 |
| Lebanon | $555,000 | $875,166 | $2,428,841 | $2,551,975 | $844,403 | $808,661 | $1,005,946 |
| Lesotho | | | | $20,692 | | | |
| Lithuania | $3,493,225 | $4,620,794 | $5,986,339 | $8,502,389 | $6,687,140 | $12,873,731 | $15,869,114 |
| Luxembourg | $2,202,587 | $3,331,174 | $2,390,361 | $3,265,438 | $2,068,264 | $2,598,306 | $2,418,107 |
| Macau | $4 | $15,463 | | $100 | | | |
| Macedonia | $91,400 | $65,469 | $100,446 | $132,564 | $305,589 | | $3,274,213 |
| Madagascar | $2,074 | | | $944 | | $9,546 | |
| Malawi | | $280 | | | $8 | $33,553 | $124,873 |
| Malaysia | $5,670,189 | $4,691,087 | $7,672,493 | $5,523,269 | $9,665,858 | $8,882,499 | $12,350,288 |
| Malta | | | | | | $199 | |
| Mauritania | $206,711 | | $4,727 | | $986 | | |
| Mauritius | $94,403 | | | | | $45,560 | |
| Mayotte | | $109 | | | $10,115 | | |
| Mexico | $11,072,813 | $3,189,028 | $2,819,488 | $4,230,154 | $1,264,571 | $2,531,230 | $2,611,450 |
| Moldova | $10,889 | | | $2,047 | | | |
| Mongolia | $30,564 | $3,526 | $3,641 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $2,573 | | | | |
| Morocco | $1,390 | $2,145 | $16,653 | $103,980 | $254,636 | $417,957 | |
| Mozambique | $17,199 | $56,252 | $31,616 | $68,067 | $102,253 | $24,607 | $109,000 |
| Namibia | $4 | $33 | $1,043 | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | | $19 | |
| Netherlands | $31,999,195 | $34,084,631 | $43,716,223 | $62,076,523 | $46,616,665 | $46,623,316 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $96 | $69 | $21 | | | | |
| New Zealand | $62,542 | $60,868 | $105,368 | $182,936 | $73,203 | $144,533 | $64,839 |
| Nicaragua | $52,780 | $165,136 | $159,094 | $42,908 | $13,211 | $25,336 | $35,785 |
| Niger | $246 | $77 | | $3,293 | | | |
| Nigeria | | | $1,839,425 | $2,119 | $141,796 | $48,393 | |
| Norway | $68,803 | $66,051 | $53,654 | $153,340 | $165,012 | $145,723 | $265,115 |
| Oman | $111,441 | $89,987 | $59,641 | $59,332 | $360,091 | $4,099 | |
| Pakistan | $103,349 | $267,870 | $610,022 | $2,906,655 | $332,458 | $522,548 | $1,536,272 |
| Panama | $1,434,292 | $259,143 | $71,325 | $228,866 | $6,867 | $9,100 | |
| Paraguay | $13,088 | $51,168 | $8,666 | $236,844 | $98,321 | $65,807 | $75,734 |
| Peru | $76,994 | $20,564 | $175,412 | $269,725 | $109,138 | $126,926 | $60,651 |
| Philippines | $63,348 | $29,294 | $65,640 | $191,514 | $65,807 | $5,060 | $69,746 |
| Poland | $505,458 | $1,182,570 | $1,182,102 | $872,640 | $826,341 | $2,087,675 | $3,156,113 |
| Portugal | $934,610 | $1,271,665 | $1,268,529 | $1,106,333 | $1,465,911 | $4,584,095 | $16,857,135 |
| Qatar | $23,271 | $88,234 | $7,488 | $301,318 | | $53,091 | |
| Romania | $1,278 | $108,603 | $111,186 | $349,356 | $207,519 | $447,868 | $712,129 |
| Russia | $12,468 | $3,496 | $10,893 | $3,317 | $107 | | $2,080 |
| Rwanda | | $4,429 | $36 | $224 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $50 | | $101 | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | | | $2,657 | | |
| Samoa | | $407 | | | | $257 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $346,561 | $491,387 | $1,835,983 | | | $5,601,074 | |
| Senegal | $244 | | $57 | | | | |
| Serbia | $55,542 | $174,537 | $123,271 | $189,908 | $6,776 | $47,191 | $189,506 |
| Seychelles | | | | $7,397 | | | |
| Singapore | $277,044 | $988,646 | $1,278,115 | $981,725 | $364,395 | $249,311 | $126,689 |
| Slovakia | $1,439,221 | $1,403,241 | $1,453,256 | $2,504,331 | $44,225,920 | $9,722,324 | $9,127,945 |
| Slovenia | $1,663,625 | $2,731,631 | $4,023,587 | $5,723,001 | $5,141,343 | $8,696,880 | $12,822,960 |
| South Africa | $64,778 | $16,963 | $6,302 | $61,172 | $41,278 | $121,419 | $159,830 |
| Spain | $8,768,362 | $12,261,792 | $18,943,444 | $20,220,573 | $8,539,500 | $10,452,578 | |
| Sri Lanka | $414,305 | $56,417 | $336,138 | $121,210 | $233,478 | $81,892 | $270,321 |
| Sudan | $77,527 | $1,441 | | | $1,806 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $120 | $644 |
| Swaziland | $8,987 | $5,826 | $19,205 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,154,190 | $3,005,098 | $5,533,113 | $3,592,538 | $2,957,870 | $3,838,740 | $6,192,054 |
| Switzerland | $2,730,565 | $3,404,408 | $3,834,321 | $5,468,709 | $1,951,333 | $1,100,325 | $1,687,729 |
| Tanzania | $32,881 | $36,586 | $39,111 | $161,603 | $102,987 | $14,110 | $182,423 |
| Thailand | $152,695 | $2,402 | $171,864 | $1,240,591 | $114,226 | $114,667 | $1,129,435 |
| Togo | | | | | | $26,746 | $116,440 |
| Tonga | | | | $101,556 | $108,231 | $272,512 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $24,435 | $89,192 | $61,497 | $53,556 | | $12,485 | |
| Tunisia | | $5,385 | $20,257 | | $14,097 | | |
| Turkey | $12,539 | $2,395 | $6,735 | $7,562 | $191,628 | $995,223 | $1,558,608 |
| Uganda | $18,884 | $22,736 | $24,090 | $4,855 | $1,050 | $11,342 | |
| Ukraine | $41,142 | $204,926 | $5,573,245 | $464,510 | $109,268 | $373,135 | $259,967 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,604,035 | | $3,941,900 | $3,126,179 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $7,240,558 | $8,997,260 | $10,733,124 | $5,084,954 | $3,410,299 | $7,078,672 | $27,278,318 |
| United States | $28,940,133 | $49,380,410 | $30,461,567 | $22,372,498 | $17,339,137 | $23,298,873 | $29,798,161 |
| Uruguay | $378,468 | $271,501 | $159,209 | $101,924 | $127,688 | | |
| Vietnam | $2,183,809 | $981,263 | $2,220,881 | $2,236,379 | $625,051 | $783,700 | |
| Yemen | $1,067,603 | $1,025,566 | $570,479 | $591,214 | $400,975 | $694,215 | $405,224 |
| Zambia | $179 | $199 | $17,196 | $15,378 | $12,813 | $5,080 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $38,802 | $264,722 | $60,253 | $38,693 | $17,591 | |
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