RankCountryImports of Silk waste (incl. cocoons unsuit. for reeling, yarn waste & garnetted stock ... in USD (2010)
1Italy$18,370,770
2China$12,754,922
3Germany$9,705,928
4Japan$3,083,149
5United Kingdom$1,379,488
6India$1,300,328
7Korea, South$1,263,672
8Switzerland$1,066,032
9Thailand$755,092
10Austria$535,741
11France$514,285
12Spain$378,519
13Romania$368,356
14United States$345,030
15Bulgaria$336,144
16Brazil$295,932
17Vietnam$239,600
18Hong Kong$206,729
19Turkey$189,871
20Portugal$108,228
21Pakistan$104,925
22Malaysia$100,143
23Qatar$96,502
24Lithuania$89,442
25Slovenia$72,456
26Australia$71,877
27New Zealand$71,734
28Canada$50,024
29Tunisia$39,323
30Czech Republic$26,644
31Netherlands$26,515
32Mexico$15,300
33Hungary$15,000
34Mali$13,664
35Poland$13,207
36Norway$9,615
37Singapore$4,750
38Israel$4,000
39Ukraine$2,815
40Belgium$2,784
41Bahrain$2,777
42Philippines$2,304
43Dominican Republic$1,504
44Malta$1,219
45Bahamas, The$585
46Sweden$557
47South Africa$418
48Cyprus$362
49Zimbabwe$350
50Senegal$306
51Bermuda$229
52Luxembourg$224
53Latvia$151
54French Polynesia$105
55Finland$72
56Greece$32
57Estonia$31
58Nepal$25
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Aruba      $102
Australia$42,551$106,048$133,935$113,462$74,496$71,877$29,232
Austria$123,388$208,651$398,375$554,523$586,363$535,741 
Azerbaijan   $5,400  $732
Bahamas, The$1,237$13,249$3,002$10,172$255$585$3,041
Bahrain$787  $346 $2,777 
Bangladesh$63      
Barbados $247$1,096    
Belgium$6,841$28,042$184,670$95,501$4,979$2,784$17,775
Bermuda     $229 
Bhutan$752  $67   
Bolivia $143 $8,123$11,416  
Bosnia and Herzegovina$73$235     
Botswana$35,591$20,313$3,425    
Brazil$17,981$313,231 $36,588$15,029$295,932$88,826
Bulgaria$205,843$255,743$557,441$484,303$251,391$336,144$760,912
Cambodia  $43,488    
Cameroon    $426  
Canada$86,493$75,246$90,532$55,713$56,701$50,024$105,918
Chile $247,788$93,210$3,360   
China$2,073,889$2,531,146$5,160,847$752,137$2,866,013$12,754,922$7,179,343
Costa Rica $55     
Croatia   $465  $135
Cyprus$1,770$5,863   $362 
Czech Republic$8,865$58,989$65,721$40,564$10,235$26,644$89,205
Denmark$6,506$11,074$32,368$213   
Dominican Republic$28  $2,145$52$1,504 
Egypt$45,916 $2,040 $238,956  
El Salvador   $1,008   
Estonia$335$7,334$48,341  $31 
Ethiopia $2,231     
Faroe Islands  $201    
Fiji  $143 $112  
Finland$28,573$128$2,061$92$3,824$72$163
France$215,259$737,007$759,006$680,752$556,571$514,285$695,713
French Polynesia     $105 
Gambia, The   $91   
Germany$4,659,000$7,588,000$10,218,000$8,132,000$5,774,000$9,705,928$11,225,220
Ghana  $42    
Greece$120$16,854$11,483$1,743$38$32 
Guatemala  $1,413    
Honduras $2,241  $360  
Hong Kong$381,394$277,465 $15,279$3,262$206,729$157,372
Hungary     $15,000$17,000
Iceland    $69  
India$2,321,307$2,506,382$926,819$268,489$1,156,609$1,300,328$1,993,672
Indonesia$1,003$3,872     
Ireland$6,389 $23$24,512$2,462  
Israel$10,000$20,000$13,000$12,000$7,000$4,000 
Italy$13,311,595$19,793,813$21,820,684$21,574,714$11,658,452$18,370,770$24,260,373
Japan$5,000,506$4,673,816$7,241,525$5,988,733$2,534,412$3,083,149$4,033,894
Korea, South$1,719,495$1,188,994$2,313,839$5,023,441$3,640,160$1,263,672$414,201
Kuwait $34,353$1,441    
Kyrgyzstan$630      
Latvia   $40$18$151$218
Lebanon $67     
Lesotho   $2,635   
Lithuania    $99,176$89,442$178,662
Luxembourg $397 $12$15$224$47
Macau$404      
Madagascar   $4,379   
Malawi$11   $3,068  
Malaysia$4,319$35,097$31,597$13,570$44,338$100,143$18,507
Mali     $13,664 
Malta$20    $1,219 
Mauritius$4,185  $11,101$412 $566
Mexico $2,766  $240$15,300$26,400
Morocco$2,851      
Mozambique $4,418$353    
Namibia$4,666$3,074     
Nepal     $25 
Netherlands$22,377$375,633$769,985$200,394$90,667$26,515 
Netherlands Antilles$184 $196    
New Caledonia   $887  $21
New Zealand$106,280$72,720$160,518$62,836$100,209$71,734$190,815
Nicaragua   $3,717   
Niger $263  $32  
Norway$8,647$878$13,636$553 $9,615$9,044
Oman$1,246$17,797     
Pakistan$10,132$749,117$353,052$10,951$18,158$104,925$15,923
Panama $368     
Paraguay$9,301  $6,108   
Peru$98,836$129,057$4,331$1,257   
Philippines$7,836$26,337$45,257$4,325 $2,304$2,929
Poland$4,000$61,342$200,467$179,347$19,173$13,207$38,171
Portugal$81,942$156,891$130,264$117,905$112,114$108,228$204,481
Qatar$303$449$15,320$3,816 $96,502 
Romania$4,821$16,803$73,238$102,876$261,177$368,356$336,370
Russia   $25,870$4,105  
Rwanda    $606  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,680 $840$804   
Saudi Arabia$79,229$180,530     
Senegal$327 $2,453$450 $306 
Serbia$13,348$6,493    $5,199
Seychelles$4$557     
Singapore$309,533$271,628$15,758$22,780$1,982$4,750$8,977
Slovenia$43,112$89,404$234,493$148,725$180,251$72,456$170,898
South Africa$46,814$66,685$83,909$61,184$34,609$418 
Spain$238,506$213,981$333,212$287,190$697,464$378,519 
Sri Lanka$1,242$15,345$3,925    
Sudan  $7,101 $2,765  
Swaziland$3,800$1,548$3,952    
Sweden$268$7,880$1,187$4,772$3,293$557 
Switzerland$1,679,914$1,933,231$2,160,212$2,486,408$1,226,677$1,066,032$1,310,177
Tanzania$36,088  $1,445  $494
Thailand$13,560$17,118$4,587,521$3,406,968$813,358$755,092$2,276,539
Tonga   $406   
Trinidad and Tobago   $5,844   
Tunisia$141  $11,838 $39,323 
Turkey$65,423$129,512$176,976$286,146$382,918$189,871$338,190
Ukraine $15 $8,990 $2,815 
United Arab Emirates$18,752 $68,231$7,531   
United Kingdom$504,805$821,918$2,520,476$1,724,371$1,169,411$1,379,488$859,030
United States$37,042$64,986$559,847$322,143$237,609$345,030$667,017
Uruguay$1,564,915$1,717,420$1,578,454$415,273$177,846  
Vanuatu  $132    
Venezuela$24,290  $504   
Vietnam$138,635$11,498 $8,760$141,073$239,600 
Zimbabwe $610  $15$350