RankCountryImports of Yarn spun from silk waste, not put up for retail sale in USD (2010)
1Hong Kong$19,539,272
2Italy$15,686,745
3Japan$15,205,223
4Pakistan$9,391,786
5Korea, South$4,387,912
6India$3,597,964
7China$2,737,365
8Germany$2,537,108
9Nepal$2,518,243
10France$1,703,237
11United Kingdom$1,414,144
12United States$1,080,182
13Thailand$1,015,906
14Turkey$850,881
15Austria$650,477
16Spain$491,894
17Netherlands$356,632
18Portugal$325,396
19Romania$317,615
20Saudi Arabia$277,334
21Vietnam$211,200
22Indonesia$173,778
23Iran$143,564
24Switzerland$132,659
25Canada$121,481
26Philippines$85,185
27Norway$78,071
28Ireland$78,022
29Finland$65,205
30South Africa$62,734
31Denmark$58,918
32Czech Republic$52,236
33Mexico$43,889
34Malaysia$36,888
35Oman$32,416
36Croatia$30,914
37Bhutan$30,403
38Mali$29,965
39Egypt$29,028
40Poland$27,347
41Syria$24,779
42Bulgaria$24,043
43Lithuania$23,719
44Guatemala$16,543
45Belgium$13,462
46Russia$11,220
47Yemen$11,105
48Greece$9,365
49Australia$8,569
50Slovakia$7,890
51Hungary$7,000
52Bahrain$5,046
53Iceland$4,367
54Ethiopia$2,953
55Israel$2,000
56Sweden$1,809
57Singapore$1,257
58Qatar$1,190
59Panama$692
60Latvia$428
61Zambia$322
62Argentina$295
63Antigua and Barbuda$245
64Luxembourg$106
65New Zealand$80
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$12,836      
Algeria $5     
Anguilla $3$6$51   
Antigua and Barbuda     $245 
Argentina$1,423$5,897$19,349$7,846 $295 
Australia$9,116$34,112$12,555$26,065$12,363$8,569$4,972
Austria$316,109$460,418$568,507$772,276$507,684$650,477 
Bahamas, The   $21$4  
Bahrain   $532$8,608$5,046$22,365
Bangladesh$760      
Barbados $2,616     
Belarus$900     $6,200
Belgium$398,799$381,679$559,353$441,167$59,740$13,462$96,635
Bhutan$53,953$10,268$214$12,252$3,945$30,403 
Bosnia and Herzegovina    $79  
Botswana$11,663$50 $2,203$1,534 $159
Brazil$39,288$75,689$11,455$3,580$252 $13,136
Bulgaria$10,123$100,029$39,302$67,302$41,535$24,043$54,603
Cambodia   $296   
Cameroon    $1,139  
Canada$28,266$13,268$49,819$113,707$56,952$121,481$119,985
Chile $8,239$35,088   $1,587
China$8,897,450$6,556,608$6,277,326$4,587,567$2,863,127$2,737,365$2,688,981
Cook Islands  $1,108    
Costa Rica$3,002$56     
Croatia$3,356$28,690$61,267$117,792$36,678$30,914$8,772
Czech Republic$645$41,895$94,738$100,170$135,765$52,236$20,588
Denmark$17,288$25,970$62,490$85,705$48,963$58,918$4,297
Egypt$337$177,854$6,019$715$176,028$29,028$17,071
El Salvador   $46   
Estonia$183$149$1,616   $625
Ethiopia  $127$5,347$3,262$2,953 
Faroe Islands$123   $98  
Finland$49,695$76,003$58,628$65,223$56,330$65,205$92,947
France$1,995,814$2,593,962$2,348,391$1,813,866$1,288,024$1,703,237$3,104,270
French Polynesia      $215
Gambia, The    $8,985  
Germany$4,121,000$6,015,000$5,919,000$5,497,000$2,486,000$2,537,108$4,281,356
Ghana   $1,344$2,130 $74,711
Greece$5,246$5,068$72,453$260,534$13,012$9,365$1,494
Grenada $796     
Guatemala$15,370$14,824$9,947$4,216$12,211$16,543$27,961
Guinea   $391   
Guyana $17,403     
Honduras $601     
Hong Kong$45,302,190$43,855,964$45,746,629$35,410,950$18,918,384$19,539,272$16,418,931
Hungary$29,000$28,000$24,000$12,000 $7,000 
Iceland$1,096$884$273$44$787$4,367$870
India$2,130,660$3,262,630$4,990,091$5,087,571$3,319,719$3,597,964$2,896,877
Indonesia$89,385$26,263$18,205$238,609$258,993$173,778$576,825
Iran     $143,564 
Ireland$162,688$133,959$76,674$39,787$45,585$78,022$121,465
Israel$371,000$442,000$249,000$1,000 $2,000 
Italy$11,874,570$20,947,702$26,223,606$25,198,212$12,425,025$15,686,745$22,589,132
Japan$22,840,054$24,518,072$20,335,160$18,395,278$11,037,342$15,205,223$17,800,407
Kazakhstan  $300    
Korea, South$15,904,612$20,463,334$18,502,178$14,216,823$7,903,670$4,387,912$3,069,493
Kuwait $34,598$176$21,572   
Latvia$5,593$3,490$1,616$130$460$428 
Lebanon $8,154$5,968$39,207$46,308  
Lithuania$24,464$23,206$82,564$82$7,540$23,719$16,187
Luxembourg$40$383$147$444 $106$1,148
Macau$692$33,213 $4,747$69,739  
Macedonia$10,507     $10,490
Madagascar  $6,329$206,755   
Malaysia$27,276$23,498$49,423$80,429$40,261$36,888$32,884
Mali   $365 $29,965 
Malta $2,350     
Mauritius $87,437$57,746$294  $19,080
Mexico$150,780$120,533$138,523$186,482$32,170$43,889$44,850
Montenegro   $175   
Morocco$31$9,569$4,525$85,168$146  
Mozambique      $1,000
Namibia$12,371$52$742$3,009   
Nepal    $2,598,790$2,518,243 
Netherlands$118,101$540,208$307,445$720,535$199,467$356,632 
New Caledonia$1,662      
New Zealand$4,406$4,794$1,083$1,722$736$80$15,646
Nicaragua  $125    
Nigeria  $67,337    
Norway$92,054$71,320$54,315$38,288$17,553$78,071$56,023
Oman$231,345$458,398$283,906$187,306$48,499$32,416 
Pakistan$5,286,470$8,170,704$9,664,704$10,320,579$11,702,604$9,391,786$9,901,120
Panama$457$9,452$906$852$311$692$2,487
Peru $18,967  $1,224  
Philippines$687$15,514$1,231$27,110 $85,185$5,660
Poland$1,722$22,818$4,163$40,447$13,927$27,347$21,138
Portugal$288,944$179,866$110,624$181,006$229,866$325,396$1,019,441
Qatar  $2,248  $1,190 
Romania$15,033$16,818$146,505$56,520$85,527$317,615$370,232
Russia$427 $1,596$2,362$13,001$11,220$27,875
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $3 $132   
Saudi Arabia$6,977$27,740$1,876  $277,334 
Senegal$571   $1,835 $163
Serbia $900$797$30  $16,823
Singapore$28,776$84,235$95,587$10,878 $1,257$136
Slovakia$229$1,245 $10,168$2,302$7,890$6,057
Slovenia$1,318$261 $4,734  $554
South Africa$944$877 $22,233$18,721$62,734$128,613
Spain$566,172$416,049$1,094,364$615,741$513,213$491,894 
Sri Lanka$15$1,965$4,803   $46,796
Sudan   $4,443   
Swaziland$2$100$95    
Sweden$8,171$8,016$4,155$1,386$4,215$1,809$12,026
Switzerland$426,434$376,424$184,381$232,362$275,481$132,659$249,490
Syria     $24,779 
Thailand$1,169,621$2,551,517$912,627$1,720,669$290,718$1,015,906$485,113
Tonga  $429$31   
Tunisia$210$16,103$401$581$2,714  
Turkey$427,324$1,277,732$2,096,425$3,651,127$1,722,297$850,881$610,214
Ukraine$43  $530   
United Arab Emirates$245,150 $188,316$848,083   
United Kingdom$2,059,862$1,660,722$1,531,948$1,235,805$915,956$1,414,144$1,257,238
United States$930,370$1,201,399$1,700,580$1,507,388$1,248,887$1,080,182$1,631,153
Venezuela   $5,259$5  
Vietnam$359,306$585,204 $16,019$6,600$211,200 
Yemen$4,520 $81,445$3,826$52,675$11,105$7,182
Zambia   $765$730$322 
Zimbabwe  $1,242