RankCountryImports of Silk yarn (excl. yarn spun from silk waste) not put up for retail sale in USD (2010)
1Italy$77,505,201
2Japan$41,288,171
3India$37,991,414
4Korea, South$12,770,782
5Pakistan$12,187,754
6Germany$8,495,006
7United Kingdom$7,219,594
8Hong Kong$7,012,735
9Thailand$6,693,166
10Romania$5,363,730
11United States$4,725,122
12France$3,812,070
13Turkey$3,136,065
14China$2,903,582
15Austria$2,156,933
16Nepal$1,322,241
17Spain$1,056,330
18Indonesia$1,056,096
19Switzerland$978,517
20Czech Republic$745,621
21Brazil$734,427
22Belgium$458,258
23Malaysia$441,523
24Morocco$338,157
25Macau$318,963
26Syria$292,477
27Netherlands$281,063
28Vietnam$278,850
29Tunisia$269,864
30Mexico$227,830
31Bhutan$169,837
32Portugal$168,467
33Colombia$163,234
34Sri Lanka$133,329
35Bulgaria$132,475
36Canada$120,891
37Singapore$113,804
38Russia$113,707
39Iran$105,911
40Peru$92,350
41Ireland$77,961
42New Zealand$75,520
43Lithuania$75,341
44Lebanon$74,461
45Guatemala$74,014
46Croatia$59,634
47Australia$44,668
48Denmark$42,756
49Madagascar$42,667
50Poland$37,044
51South Africa$36,552
52Egypt$29,296
53Norway$28,032
54Cambodia$26,074
55Hungary$25,000
56Philippines$23,849
57Dominican Republic$21,530
58Belarus$21,000
59Ethiopia$17,949
60Slovenia$15,754
61Sweden$11,965
62Finland$11,101
63Oman$11,012
64Chile$10,742
65Mauritania$5,541
66Yemen$5,199
67Luxembourg$4,999
68Cameroon$4,610
69Greece$4,351
70Moldova$3,528
71Ukraine$3,114
72Venezuela$3,112
73Qatar$2,219
74Bahamas, The$1,933
75Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,814
76Bermuda$1,797
77Niger$1,728
78Iceland$1,698
79Serbia$1,614
80Cyprus$1,202
81Mauritius$1,166
82Malta$954
83Slovakia$871
84Trinidad and Tobago$866
85El Salvador$642
86Argentina$461
87Latvia$356
88Estonia$289
89New Caledonia$271
90French Polynesia$213
91Tonga$112
92Barbados$110
93Kyrgyzstan$102
94Ghana$64
95Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$51
96Bolivia$50
97Mozambique$15
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$302$5,301 $133,707$3,947  
Algeria $7$11,759$215$112  
Anguilla $17$3,335    
Antigua and Barbuda    $12  
Argentina$414 $2,860$3,802$87$461$5,938
Armenia$255      
Australia$63,141$119,065$106,039$33,775$63,151$44,668$40,103
Austria$4,014,846$3,571,751$3,345,747$3,299,764$2,320,208$2,156,933 
Bahamas, The$4,362$30  $80$1,933$192
Bahrain    $33,232  
Bangladesh$160,233$451,006$1,657,363    
Barbados     $110 
Belarus$8,400$7,500$19,000$42,300$31,700$21,000$20,000
Belgium$350,785$562,885$811,099$688,758$506,850$458,258$397,436
Bermuda     $1,797 
Bhutan$83,544$96,932$150,003$76,859$71,694$169,837 
Bolivia$1,653$150$1,017$333$861$50$6,144
Bosnia and Herzegovina$617$858 $4,389$207$1,814$333
Botswana$1,831$192$14,211$12  $52,395
Brazil$666,081$230,415$1,364,791$1,457,335$1,024,030$734,427$1,108,747
Bulgaria$22,049$13,842$31,240$78,089$59,253$132,475$223,452
Burundi $462$370    
Cambodia$601$14,974$33,423$21,343$16,384$26,074 
Cameroon  $63  $4,610 
Canada$33,360$71,815$114,809$148,000$116,129$120,891$92,169
Cape Verde  $505    
Chile$157,008$221,294$35,540$18,870$29,342$10,742$3,301
China$1,875,958$3,103,383$2,963,164$3,037,047$4,045,283$2,903,582$1,780,792
Colombia$87,730$151,619$147,804$206,876$128,149$163,234$85,239
Costa Rica $24 $57   
Cote d'Ivoire   $35   
Croatia$2,232$1,147$11,694$26,880 $59,634$68,625
Cuba$98$13,361     
Cyprus$2,192$1,515$854$4,473$1,385$1,202 
Czech Republic$85,165$83,441$52,943$907,703$430,445$745,621$989,594
Denmark$45,402$7,961$5,860$34,197$14,959$42,756$103,184
Dominican Republic $4,357$8,541$10,269$146,205$21,530 
East Timor$76      
Ecuador$3,788$8,236$40    
Egypt$161,527$54,462$108,417$159,048$149,329$29,296$28,600
El Salvador$1,062 $154 $106$642 
Estonia$7,233 $16,498$17,924$21,532$289$77,463
Ethiopia   $1,093 $17,949 
Faroe Islands$59$21 $260$296  
Finland$2,457$1,059$8,351$885$2,367$11,101$2,238
France$4,600,077$4,523,739$5,562,845$5,947,006$3,321,381$3,812,070$9,223,760
French Polynesia  $54$219$129$213$222
Gambia, The $178     
Georgia   $116   
Germany$15,334,000$18,815,000$13,821,000$16,165,000$10,216,000$8,495,006$22,441,286
Ghana   $1,243$870$64 
Greece$50,315$170,231$74,061$129,808$49,309$4,351$6,608
Guatemala$10,170$5,959$6,816$6,055$17,566$74,014$42,463
Guyana $7 $985   
Hong Kong$5,071,614$4,533,346$7,766,288$7,955,024$6,170,068$7,012,735$5,239,858
Hungary$45,000$22,000$50,000$12,000$21,000$25,000$22,000
Iceland$450$999$809$863$1,215$1,698$6,686
India$32,860,842$38,328,580$18,108,364$24,066,291$33,827,471$37,991,414$20,974,492
Indonesia$911,464$898,248$566,729$1,870,349$805,384$1,056,096$895,105
Iran$199,738$73,184   $105,911 
Ireland$607,179$178,010$133,121$49,575$228,618$77,961$70,018
Israel$56,000$25,000$29,000$1,000  $1,000
Italy$64,598,389$82,333,393$100,199,605$110,322,232$61,948,629$77,505,201$113,268,096
Japan$52,813,488$66,714,559$37,070,806$44,774,602$31,874,353$41,288,171$62,182,389
Jordan $4,769     
Kazakhstan$605$416$222 $201  
Kenya  $2,425$244   
Korea, South$10,592,643$15,542,119$12,534,917$12,163,920$10,154,808$12,770,782$13,297,633
Kuwait $2,903$2,478$51,913   
Kyrgyzstan$1,305    $102 
Latvia$62 $72,792$15,049$13,991$356$13,916
Lebanon$94,000$97,992$102,977$39,224$63,760$74,461$77,844
Lithuania$8,692$73,674$76,239$21,816$20,367$75,341$14,389
Luxembourg$1,146$187$63$3$287$4,999$892
Macau$596,156$549,865$216,648$267,427$99,021$318,963 
Macedonia$1,253$2,111$7,541$3,483$7,689 $11,060
Madagascar$347,215$16,341$31,321$37,309$39,613$42,667 
Malaysia$82,099$61,915$76,159$53,328$270,870$441,523$298,169
Malta $33$133 $116$954 
Mauritania     $5,541 
Mauritius $3,562$68,958$93,607$13,011$1,166$54,164
Mexico$356,082$211,794$397,307$257,320$231,544$227,830$455,699
Moldova$8   $1,077$3,528$3,476
Mongolia$38,422      
Morocco$198,083$110,135$184,718$245,836$187,468$338,157 
Mozambique   $80 $15 
Namibia$742$1,049$2,450$3,748   
Nepal    $1,382,049$1,322,241 
Netherlands$24,863$30,151$8,235$800,103$94,851$281,063 
Netherlands Antilles   $166   
New Caledonia$27$64$6$61$89$271 
New Zealand$9,016$20,846$26,047$23,377$46,977$75,520$65,061
Nicaragua$2,030 $4   $5,281
Niger $19   $1,728 
Norway$15,900$33,926$21,751$27,094$29,126$28,032$96,669
Oman     $11,012 
Pakistan$2,885,766$3,468,391$5,175,234$10,539,534$10,877,853$12,187,754$7,367,102
Panama$1,925     $1,342
Paraguay$395$7,675 $26,523   
Peru$337,996$445,460$648,382$206,783$60,561$92,350$228,062
Philippines$45,062$131,458$149,189$133,092$21,977$23,849$14,260
Poland$87,804$102,265$147,806$45,652$127,002$37,044$39,241
Portugal$18,021$257,934$95,189$225,131$7,674$168,467$17,451
Qatar  $2,219  $2,219 
Romania$7,030,229$9,639,200$13,584,871$14,075,557$5,371,444$5,363,730$6,954,264
Russia$33,240$58,138$156,212$67,001$43,901$113,707$76,330
Rwanda   $176  $67
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $765    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $389$51 
Saudi Arabia$234,204$5,530$6,239    
Senegal $807$725    
Serbia$6,592$3,947$6,693$20,087$3,125$1,614$2,609
Seychelles$51  $7   
Singapore$402,163$334,465$526,190$1,120,347$371,740$113,804$121,694
Slovakia  $36,526$103,617$81$871 
Slovenia$33,508$25,826$78,460$24,690$17,005$15,754$10,163
South Africa$172,742$114,065$515,125$349,251$219,381$36,552$91,222
Spain$1,652,191$1,557,712$1,395,127$1,645,402$1,074,487$1,056,330 
Sri Lanka$114,457$90,165$119,695$25,636$29,736$133,329$24,916
Suriname  $791    
Swaziland $515$8,150    
Sweden$12,859$5,978$1,187$42,798$1,054$11,965$9,096
Switzerland$1,769,939$1,397,614$1,783,774$1,468,649$748,437$978,517$1,149,246
Syria   $58,062 $292,477 
Tanzania   $7,952   
Thailand$9,968,336$6,482,116$5,004,396$7,734,446$2,510,696$6,693,166$9,328,791
Tonga   $564 $112 
Trinidad and Tobago     $866 
Tunisia$225,061$289,214$329,943$552,296$181,714$269,864 
Turkey$1,629,834$1,381,242$4,183,094$3,960,283$2,598,980$3,136,065$1,587,698
Uganda$313      
Ukraine $361$381$211$8,232$3,114$11,997
United Arab Emirates$210,002 $237,862$125,522   
United Kingdom$8,107,357$5,753,952$6,105,987$6,520,854$5,850,584$7,219,594$7,949,088
United States$5,960,984$5,283,886$5,290,143$5,556,673$5,028,726$4,725,122$5,999,308
Uruguay$40,534$17,622$89,724$72,965$20,625  
Venezuela  $3,231$7,000$9,131$3,112$751
Vietnam$1,104,080$1,849,473$736,971$647,677$55,973$278,850 
Yemen$32,054 $304$6,365$9,887$5,199$1,803
Zambia    $19