RankCountryImports of Silk-worm cocoons suit. for reeling in USD (2010)
1Vietnam$918,090
2Thailand$625,632
3Hong Kong$458,794
4Iran$426,623
5China$290,455
6France$253,166
7Japan$157,041
8Poland$59,357
9Ireland$57,077
10Norway$46,369
11Pakistan$44,763
12Spain$44,526
13Nigeria$42,102
14South Africa$18,507
15Malawi$16,906
16Indonesia$16,693
17Austria$14,740
18Azerbaijan$7,794
19Botswana$6,551
20Singapore$5,464
21United Kingdom$5,359
22Ethiopia$4,467
23United States$3,809
24Cyprus$2,710
25Bermuda$2,477
26Belgium$2,411
27Canada$2,187
28Slovenia$2,182
29Qatar$2,074
30Zambia$1,818
31Oman$1,482
32Bahrain$1,266
33India$1,238
34Yemen$1,044
35Guatemala$960
36Sweden$835
37Luxembourg$821
38Tanzania$615
39Iceland$614
40Romania$524
41Switzerland$429
42Czech Republic$298
43New Zealand$157
44Cameroon$156
45Fiji$72
46Uganda$68
47Lithuania$31
48Ghana$16
49Korea, South$12
50Finland$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Afghanistan   $71,600   
Albania$18,927$28 $797   
Algeria $615     
Anguilla  $95    
Argentina $708$640    
Austria $1,394$2,404$1,584$173,747$14,740 
Azerbaijan$501,314$1,326,795$2,353,997$3,552,328 $7,794 
Bahamas, The $62 $310$210  
Bahrain   $4,894$2,487$1,266 
Bangladesh$143 $42,955    
Barbados$12$390$35$61   
Belgium$1,392$71,428$32,162$3,891$5,305$2,411$23,677
Bermuda     $2,477 
Bhutan    $8  
Bolivia$974$25$161$18$48 $122
Botswana$4,935$6,277$5,761 $1,527$6,551$494
Brazil$10,000      
Bulgaria  $1,538    
Burkina Faso    $283  
Burundi    $1,816  
Cambodia  $268$2   
Cameroon$83  $272 $156 
Canada$17$101$2,709$4,081$8,838$2,187$4,190
Cape Verde      $56
Chile      $521
China$412,024$685,900$78,960$139,860$910,629$290,455$90,240
Cyprus   $8,035$20,842$2,710 
Czech Republic  $9,510$64 $298$229
Denmark $2,007$89$2,021  $685
Dominican Republic   $2   
East Timor$24      
Egypt$8,465$2,403     
El Salvador $15     
Estonia$6,160$1,659$102$1,039   
Ethiopia$100 $80$508$10$4,467$1,547
Faroe Islands    $75  
Fiji  $3,904 $52$72 
Finland   $977 $5 
France$174,198$128,066$230,584$378,687$305,350$253,166$377,076
Gabon $89$457    
Gambia, The$5,735$3,492 $362  $101
Georgia $3,120  $291  
Germany$93,000      
Ghana$144    $16 
Greece$15 $24,699 $17,661  
Guatemala$536    $960 
Guinea-Bissau$178      
Guyana$8,449      
Honduras$92$599     
Hong Kong$71,428$122,134$111,115$165,046$182,811$458,794$306,989
Iceland $1,163$3,929$11,310$8,952$614$70
India$9,634$6,433$115,232$86,751$24,147$1,238 
Indonesia$319,564$2,023,313$30,988$2,344,226$2,375,301$16,693$29,639
Iran$315,975    $426,623 
Ireland$391,142$530,373$264,311$1,072,285$146,377$57,077$29,952
Italy$19,356 $1,146$8,161$8,216 $2,014
Japan$138,837$151,120$129,161$38,844$91,845$157,041$68,017
Korea, South$11,025$21,000$36,600$25,860$15,289$12$52,285
Kuwait $20,169     
Lebanon   $895   
Lithuania$6,795    $31 
Luxembourg$3,072$565 $6$962$821$3,373
Madagascar   $666   
Malawi    $76$16,906 
Malaysia  $17,616 $2,263  
Mayotte   $75$143  
Mexico      $41,527
Mozambique   $11,682  $10,000
Namibia$4,283$6,742$4,526$647   
Netherlands$1,243$31,407$74,116$51,572   
Netherlands Antilles$26  $91   
New Zealand  $13  $157 
Nicaragua   $115   
Niger $18     
Nigeria $7,164$21,422$883,293$64,960$42,102 
Norway$89,697$3,771$1,606$7,577$2,367$46,369$183
Oman   $6,986 $1,482 
Pakistan$121,140$145,336$115,449$38,611$247,157$44,763 
Paraguay$307,785 $468,165    
Poland $29,417 $299$119,799$59,357$126,692
Portugal $226$563$147$24,726  
Qatar   $1,682 $2,074 
Romania$1,497 $3,827 $26$524$346
Russia  $325    
Rwanda  $3 $284  
Saint Lucia   $4   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $1,365$109$104  
Saudi Arabia$7,242      
Senegal  $957    
Singapore$457$2,245$5,323$154,179$9,451$5,464$2,277
Slovakia   $2,829$850  
Slovenia $191   $2,182 
South Africa$17,257$30,095$48,501$63,124$25,953$18,507$34,343
Spain$642$1,709$7,911$92,541$12,587$44,526 
Sri Lanka   $176$22,308 $11,631
Sudan $99,157 $426   
Swaziland$65$665$4,134    
Sweden $13,858$445$14,009$395$835$5,550
Switzerland$7,681$992 $6,139$5,013$429$2,084
Tanzania $226$768$3,164,625$11,028$615$9,171
Thailand$423,779$359,287$62,078$1,731,029$161,592$625,632$1,030,797
Tonga   $2,526   
Tunisia   $10,814   
Turkey $1,510     
Uganda  $645  $68 
United Arab Emirates  $35,844$15,832   
United Kingdom$18,125$4,238$44,245$210,060$182,557$5,359$6,525
United States$12,575$38,750$24,506$2,877$1,974$3,809$7,008
Venezuela      $747
Vietnam$34,208 $34,195$174,324$561,391$918,090 
Yemen$11,472   $14,381$1,044 
Zambia$3,189$544$1,005$2,106$1,058$1,818 
Zimbabwe $1$117$90$805