RankCountryImports of Silk yarn & yarn spun from silk waste, put up for RS; silk-worm gut in USD (2010)
1United States$2,518,351
2India$2,457,348
3Germany$2,041,610
4Korea, South$937,780
5United Kingdom$851,852
6Switzerland$812,297
7Italy$759,257
8Vietnam$542,830
9Hong Kong$428,998
10France$398,968
11Canada$255,742
12Malaysia$230,276
13Bhutan$221,227
14Austria$193,765
15Tunisia$164,288
16China$160,591
17Indonesia$151,325
18Sweden$139,548
19Turkey$134,701
20Thailand$130,526
21Belgium$116,884
22Spain$112,025
23Nepal$108,430
24Denmark$102,674
25Singapore$90,191
26Australia$86,608
27Russia$79,695
28Algeria$71,802
29Bulgaria$65,497
30New Zealand$63,246
31Romania$50,335
32Norway$34,391
33Portugal$32,402
34Poland$30,414
35South Africa$28,495
36Nigeria$26,757
37Belarus$26,600
38Croatia$26,384
39Netherlands$25,190
40Greece$24,797
41Estonia$24,656
42Finland$24,006
43Oman$20,671
44Japan$18,664
45Pakistan$16,410
46Hungary$14,000
47Lebanon$13,491
48Ireland$13,378
49Mexico$13,344
50Slovenia$11,397
51Czech Republic$11,020
52Mauritius$10,048
53Egypt$8,268
54Bahrain$7,339
55Slovakia$7,119
56Iceland$6,511
57Argentina$6,167
58Luxembourg$6,084
59Maldives$6,024
60Cote d'Ivoire$5,224
61Yemen$4,952
62Morocco$4,572
63Ethiopia$4,465
64Dominican Republic$3,969
65Lithuania$3,951
66Serbia$3,753
67Bolivia$3,317
68Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,222
69Tanzania$3,183
70French Polynesia$3,166
71Israel$3,000
72Burkina Faso$2,981
73El Salvador$2,495
74Brazil$2,137
75Madagascar$1,716
76Sri Lanka$1,592
77Latvia$1,519
78Chile$1,207
79Ukraine$917
80Moldova$867
81Costa Rica$756
82Albania$739
83New Caledonia$698
84Mozambique$458
85Bahamas, The$455
86Venezuela$439
87Botswana$384
88Zimbabwe$311
89Peru$209
90Bermuda$172
91Georgia$155
92Guyana$112
93Tonga$63
94Cape Verde$61
95Cyprus$56
96Montenegro$10
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania    $5,903$739$52
Algeria$47,235$40,452$39,115$14,122$18,135$71,802$60,132
Antigua and Barbuda  $69    
Argentina$152$57$2,141$4,533$1,890$6,167$3,650
Armenia$5  $1,707  $120
Australia$140,078$108,766$75,129$62,950$91,833$86,608$92,982
Austria$368,800$426,098$270,001$164,882$89,074$193,765 
Azerbaijan $40    $15,078
Bahamas, The$930  $14$340$455$2,290
Bahrain$17,170$9,327$27,769$10,016$3,830$7,339 
Bangladesh$561,768$735,341$477,246    
Barbados$1,100 $350$10,258$19  
Belarus$10,300$4,700$35,200$27,200$20,800$26,600$35,900
Belgium$58,714$25,223$68,236$58,247$47,010$116,884$36,731
Bermuda     $172 
Bhutan$138,203$77,051$121,186$62,279$123,010$221,227 
Bolivia$3,027  $237$7$3,317$2,291
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,482$3,923$8,317$1,778$2,898$3,222$2,368
Botswana $139 $4,167$1,750$384$19,934
Brazil$760$136$3,465$861$1,718$2,137$80,016
Brunei $73,846     
Bulgaria$24,472$64,138$42,737$81,136$188,266$65,497$501,843
Burkina Faso$224 $165$904$549$2,981 
Burundi   $71$7  
Cambodia  $97$89   
Cameroon$2,218 $1,098    
Canada$208,461$235,420$249,821$218,399$160,807$255,742$194,069
Cape Verde $10,118   $61 
Chile$3,808$2,427$16,754$853$69,805$1,207$2,013
China$364,792$262,215$479,304$428,993$165,740$160,591$256,913
Colombia $220$71,684 $9,292  
Cook Islands$262      
Costa Rica$2,222$5,381   $756$1,165
Cote d'Ivoire $480  $883$5,224$4,806
Croatia$40,031$52,263$59,991$58,474$5,059$26,384$9,306
Cyprus$740$1,338$1,158$2,713$113$56$36
Czech Republic$3,702$10,071$7,620$8,636$3,615$11,020$1,840
Denmark$229,910$226,881$137,853$167,866$64,503$102,674$63,903
Dominican Republic$10,329$753$20$73$102$3,969$617
East Timor$7      
Ecuador $631  $260 $780
Egypt$60,090$12,034$18,780$20,802$333,321$8,268$29,123
El Salvador$62$186$81$1,325$1,860$2,495 
Estonia$19,396$2,705$2,473$8,935$3,310$24,656$7,959
Ethiopia   $4,753 $4,465$39,183
Faroe Islands$1,399$2,092$10,022$726$2,073  
Finland$39,314$39,161$24,300$48,361$21,020$24,006$24,048
France$3,444,148$1,807,989$500,972$288,804$370,584$398,968$393,773
French Polynesia$2,184$3,215$2,026$2,268$2,751$3,166$1,044
Gambia, The $356     
Georgia$6,184$203$40$47$24$155 
Germany$922,000$941,000$1,245,000$1,335,000$1,198,000$2,041,610$1,585,083
Ghana$2,293$863$11$5,823   
Greece$38,488$26,108$45,947$15,734$11,364$24,797$47,394
Grenada$109      
Guatemala$714$203$15 $6,330 $14,116
Guinea  $2,456    
Guyana     $112 
Honduras$2,533$5,078$19,395 $1,462  
Hong Kong$327,593$926,640$646,478$583,907$417,726$428,998$1,038,051
Hungary$63,000$31,000$245,000$405,000$101,000$14,000$9,000
Iceland$5,084$3,229$10,930$3,448$13,332$6,511$1,141
India$6,684,929$6,439,645$3,957,926$3,165,662$5,162,849$2,457,348$1,509,449
Indonesia$33,189$85,174$132,780$272,396$198,450$151,325$35,860
Ireland$54,214$13,209$46,825$15,234$2,505$13,378$13,086
Israel $3,000 $20,000$4,000$3,000$5,000
Italy$709,884$848,698$1,028,754$1,345,336$720,906$759,257$894,776
Japan$54,513$33,921$78,657$61,482$42,369$18,664$66,021
Jordan  $464   $1,907
Kazakhstan $737$2,425$2,986$29,448  
Korea, South$7,542,842$11,900,397$9,458,260$6,467,072$575,072$937,780$714,404
Kuwait $65,306$15,038$4,329   
Kyrgyzstan      $233
Latvia$8,271$8,671$621$1,142$3,343$1,519$718
Lebanon$5,000$21,890$3,846$1,879$1,178$13,491$131
Lithuania$68,767$36,357$15,280$15,931$3,639$3,951$8,621
Luxembourg$872$760$809$756$1,060$6,084$2,081
Macau $7,966$530    
Macedonia $863$726$277,216$14,731 $5,365
Madagascar$1,321$5,670$8$134$36$1,716 
Malaysia$28,518$38,251$7,302$105,323$590,953$230,276$131,838
Maldives$3,794$6,864$4,751$3,470$3,305$6,024$3,682
Mali  $1,191$271   
Malta $362$184 $1,261  
Mauritania$8,393      
Mauritius $74,560$1,898$19,654$68$10,048$29,422
Mayotte  $80 $1,165  
Mexico$53,177$28,512$34,870$26,065$37,150$13,344$55,980
Moldova $72$343$10$1,513$867$414
Mongolia $26     
Montenegro $96 $15$180$10$10
Morocco$30,964$23,471$46,410$39,086$10,845$4,572 
Mozambique$2,114$505 $375 $458 
Namibia$5,834$6,015$15,992$1,430   
Nepal    $218,377$108,430 
Netherlands$45,997$511,313$10,980$83,989$12,554$25,190 
New Caledonia$485$407$578$1,737$430$698$367
New Zealand$45,954$38,641$17,508$42,688$18,111$63,246$62,059
Nicaragua$10$426$138$60$69  
Niger   $18$52  
Nigeria     $26,757 
Norway$175,640$36,502$93,288$29,299$20,280$34,391$83,003
Oman $28,473   $20,671 
Pakistan$71,270$1,267$313$1,212$16$16,410$9,484
Panama   $23,054  $6,851
Paraguay   $72   
Peru $25$4,913$2,525$3$209$29
Philippines$165,947$3,383$40,477$57,382   
Poland$99,509$86,110$71,177$59,355$28,887$30,414$21,938
Portugal$49,168$72,666$81,811$74,735$12,740$32,402$30,275
Qatar$1,885$10,558$82    
Romania$71,819$74,521$100,293$96,954$61,759$50,335$40,535
Russia$2,147$5,618$27,913$60,814$53,059$79,695$29,290
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $7  
Samoa$293     $216
Sao Tome and Principe $22     
Saudi Arabia$90,919$273,950$36,639    
Senegal$2,206  $582   
Serbia$1,229$12,728$7,313$4,769$694$3,753$13,305
Singapore$1,662,892$308,705$528,799$745,433$280,522$90,191$44,044
Slovakia$33,757$34,483$25,372$22,738$15,339$7,119$17,818
Slovenia$17,077$15,837$12,196$8,310$3,603$11,397$3,942
South Africa$11,580$54,982$28,567$30,458$44,304$28,495$26,386
Spain$207,617$211,879$145,965$133,134$130,648$112,025 
Sri Lanka$26,311$22,603$29,147$20,084$325$1,592$260,927
Sudan $745 $5,825   
Suriname $355 $352   
Swaziland$830$3,326     
Sweden$79,567$51,219$90,371$78,206$39,647$139,548$52,573
Switzerland$169,341$313,955$421,304$580,733$650,208$812,297$746,010
Tanzania $7  $111$3,183 
Thailand$48,536$29,427$48,697$93,960$60,673$130,526$52,038
Tonga$68    $63 
Trinidad and Tobago $17,459  $3,360  
Tunisia$131,181$291,132$90,798$43,510$78,249$164,288 
Turkey$148,032$189,042$218,434$114,630$103,664$134,701$107,454
Uganda$59      
Ukraine$17,950$30,782$27,366$5,520$1,972$917$10,688
United Arab Emirates$316,184 $225,906$129,398   
United Kingdom$207,346$493,069$787,808$748,465$298,572$851,852$681,931
United States$2,089,763$2,234,120$2,288,092$2,305,297$1,846,359$2,518,351$2,473,894
Uruguay$1,288$7,537$1,932 $1,932  
Venezuela$128$3,773   $439$109
Vietnam $206,226$252,502$244,711$129,668$542,830 
Yemen $34,352$194,926$194,013$194,326$4,952$79,061
Zimbabwe$2$1   $311