RankCountryImports of Yarn waste (incl. thread waste), of cotton in USD (2010)
1China$26,433,238
2Hong Kong$16,827,429
3Russia$16,473,374
4Mexico$2,208,608
5Ukraine$1,831,330
6Japan$1,735,018
7Malaysia$1,149,775
8Italy$1,138,039
9United Kingdom$1,108,680
10Canada$1,067,925
11Turkey$986,547
12India$845,029
13Nigeria$759,306
14Portugal$686,321
15Indonesia$649,441
16Belgium$551,699
17Pakistan$475,476
18Spain$464,550
19Austria$391,695
20United States$369,828
21Venezuela$252,014
22Thailand$210,234
23Egypt$192,442
24Netherlands$171,024
25France$163,034
26Saudi Arabia$136,267
27Botswana$121,089
28Dominican Republic$119,541
29Germany$113,938
30Singapore$110,145
31Chile$105,613
32Denmark$99,530
33Paraguay$97,177
34Iran$96,951
35Qatar$84,749
36Switzerland$79,454
37Norway$77,987
38Serbia$71,137
39Kyrgyzstan$70,389
40Oman$67,576
41South Africa$61,888
42Guatemala$61,565
43Panama$60,840
44Korea, South$46,102
45Brazil$45,154
46Barbados$42,366
47Sweden$41,461
48Lithuania$37,624
49El Salvador$36,316
50Bahrain$32,418
51Philippines$30,776
52Nepal$24,477
53Iceland$22,156
54Greece$21,277
55Finland$20,978
56Armenia$18,731
57Tanzania$16,213
58Hungary$15,000
59Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,991
60Tunisia$14,802
61Malawi$10,201
62Slovakia$10,134
63Romania$10,043
64Bhutan$9,479
65Ireland$7,788
66Bahamas, The$7,786
67Sri Lanka$6,184
68Montenegro$5,169
69Kenya$5,062
70Zimbabwe$4,700
71Azerbaijan$4,410
72Mozambique$4,211
73Gambia, The$4,159
74Samoa$3,002
75Costa Rica$2,730
76Poland$2,558
77Ecuador$2,023
78Jamaica$2,007
79Colombia$1,237
80Cape Verde$1,166
81Luxembourg$861
82Madagascar$556
83Zambia$525
84Nicaragua$496
85Mauritius$424
86Bolivia$413
87Latvia$369
88Uganda$352
89Czech Republic$122
90Estonia$56
91Albania$54
92Lebanon$46
93Tonga$45
94Slovenia$4
95Ethiopia$1
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$151 $967$146 $54$1,158
Algeria$20,664$31,853$1,137$902$19,550  
Armenia $36,427$39,420$18,529 $18,731$96,675
Australia$529      
Austria$725,648$325,153$192,271$207,310$314,515$391,695 
Azerbaijan $2,153   $4,410$16,645
Bahamas, The$1,533$278$4,566$2,233$7,088$7,786$5,428
Bahrain$365,148$8,237$39,308$56,622$42,833$32,418$92,422
Bangladesh$1,312,669$147,285$762,054    
Barbados$47,452$25,775$23,502$58,255$43,884$42,366$50,367
Belarus      $76,500
Belgium$809,379$710,959$595,275$547,963$420,754$551,699$608,384
Belize    $12,346  
Bhutan$9,313$11,087$12,703$9,248$17,470$9,479 
Bolivia$25,157$188 $15 $413$141
Bosnia and Herzegovina$30,330$19,369$78,279$63,707$20,764$14,991$6,699
Botswana$983$8,023$61,474$49,252$6,792$121,089$115,456
Brazil$102,672$44,773$43,332$27,717$8,902$45,154$106,171
Brunei $3     
Bulgaria$11,701$775$22,448$683$14,975 $744
Cambodia$24,789$46,937$308$3,361$7,284  
Cameroon  $9,714    
Canada$509,502$402,056$627,025$505,378$296,404$1,067,925$814,451
Cape Verde$3,199$9,217$6,740$12,059$3,007$1,166$8,651
Chile$285,169$171,646$167,373$219,893$65,179$105,613$325,838
China$9,537,424$13,782,703$19,832,347$16,091,811$14,247,001$26,433,238$32,009,271
Colombia$34,889$64,194$4,728$8,993$21,605$1,237$41,088
Comoros$194$82     
Cook Islands$3,038      
Costa Rica $2,042   $2,730 
Cote d'Ivoire   $1,952   
Croatia$4,966$10,468$5,069$12,616$2,974  
Cuba$712$21,949     
Cyprus$389$5,101$22,015$8,419$2,370 $149
Czech Republic$207,047$359,051$368,898$177,394$2,638$122$1,308
Denmark$193,879$106,442$98,915$112,935$117,558$99,530$96,202
Dominica    $6  
Dominican Republic$121,433$429,937$261,591$265,854$93,497$119,541$144,796
East Timor$49      
Ecuador$53,749$163,696$108,264$70,323$45,290$2,023$19,822
Egypt$4,625$895,098$215,780$464,707$140,687$192,442$178,904
El Salvador$9,439$291$48,938$24,128$15,372$36,316 
Estonia$44$86$81$15,546$50$56$26
Ethiopia$1$30$5,143$366$161$1 
Faroe Islands$206$402$5,577$568$472  
Fiji$2,075$5,207     
Finland$16,368$19,799$26,382$45,615$21,435$20,978$1,524
France$268,763$185,821$107,057$167,978$70,786$163,034$205,931
French Polynesia $26$16    
Gabon $2,539     
Gambia, The     $4,159$4,877
Georgia$103,738$21,880 $344$820  
Germany$313,000$286,000$329,000$151,000$47,000$113,938$346,231
Ghana$1,454$53$1,204$356$16  
Greece$278,127$116,083$129,261$48,917$54,596$21,277$27,223
Greenland  $5    
Grenada$2,768 $1,705    
Guatemala$449,727$158,240$981,957$728,522$156,069$61,565$14,674
Guinea   $268   
Guinea-Bissau$246      
Honduras $13,193$9,073 $6,279,007  
Hong Kong$12,210,539$21,497,820$20,139,663$10,585,674$9,786,965$16,827,429$18,817,466
Hungary $1,000   $15,000$6,000
Iceland$39,137$50,107$51,599$16,771$17,427$22,156$25,385
India$473,966$301,255$123,392$429,871$557,435$845,029$49,298
Indonesia$2,255,610$2,290,490$2,622,493$2,048,278$1,304,610$649,441$583
Iran     $96,951 
Ireland$28,396$14,787$1,423$7,511$762$7,788$793
Israel$14,000$9,000     
Italy$1,392,336$1,686,701$963,194$865,801$782,337$1,138,039$1,808,862
Jamaica     $2,007 
Japan$2,182,731$1,104,115$759,368$1,581,204$1,885,420$1,735,018$1,343,267
Jordan$17,034$31,326$22,787$47,088  $27,530
Kazakhstan$35,379$117,743$194,207$6,948$121,864  
Kenya$5,878$6,604$28,609$40,379$9,791$5,062 
Kiribati$373   $50,937  
Korea, South$219,024$112,445$264,091$362,060$13,607$46,102$162,540
Kuwait $13,039$48,347$29,590   
Kyrgyzstan$18,181 $9,697$31,990$13,044$70,389$95
Latvia$3,299$274$578$2,681$983$369 
Lebanon   $111,752$1,907$46$562
Lesotho   $5,554   
Lithuania$25,196$52,531$111,703$164,244$83,146$37,624$50,512
Luxembourg$944$1,106$2,664$2,346$955$861$3,843
Macau   $258   
Macedonia$4,789$8,255$39,857$20,519$18,373  
Madagascar $1,633$2,138 $484$556 
Malawi$2,918$1,635$1,076$7,895$896$10,201$25,470
Malaysia$1,453,995$971,633$877,400$475,081$668,120$1,149,775$1,144,639
Mali   $2,461   
Malta$36,565$15,308$38,095$3,836   
Mauritania $32,931  $64,927  
Mauritius$68,656$58,274$86,839$157,498$93,798$424 
Mexico$5,522,319$4,526,702$3,623,136$3,021,820$2,307,424$2,208,608$2,670,238
Moldova$180,412$86,660     
Mongolia$16,863$68,396$7,969    
Montenegro $14,161$10,404$12,477$6,315$5,169$5,415
Morocco$35,521$19$1,262$418   
Mozambique$11,988$4,716$8,881$14,928$3,430$4,211$2,000
Namibia$19,334$3,767$5,307$4,574   
Nepal    $59,869$24,477 
Netherlands$201,394$227,390$247,054$279,962$270,605$171,024 
Netherlands Antilles$4      
New Caledonia $202$19    
New Zealand $1,296$746    
Nicaragua$1,330$4,314$9,619$8,729$2,024$496$324
Niger      $114
Nigeria     $759,306 
Norway$102,890$218,364$172,530$193,204$70,321$77,987$90,563
Oman$26,068$40,494$29,524$130,681$30,653$67,576 
Pakistan$201,673$214,714$258,958$635,752$325,799$475,476$321,752
Panama$16,967$50,059$44,536$106,916$219,079$60,840$38,076
Paraguay$6,745$21,248$79,328$56,185$87,811$97,177$127,489
Peru$47$8 $11,180$1 $1,166,393
Philippines$250,367$351,887$91,960$21,651$9,110$30,776$41,547
Poland$1,079$46,146$119,521$186,125$235,356$2,558$199,606
Portugal$1,174,109$1,788,234$1,869,318$497,337$184,986$686,321$607,857
Qatar$11,423$125,400$106,981$128,086 $84,749 
Romania$328$188$4,190$3,254$7,266$10,043$6,226
Russia$2,878,658$4,121,507$7,649,955$8,638,381$10,671,426$16,473,374$27,539,719
Rwanda$690$1,692$84$1,252$735 $84
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$12  $333   
Samoa    $14,133$3,002$4,635
Saudi Arabia$6,413$252,116$21,941  $136,267 
Senegal$100,235$60,453 $29  $212
Serbia$200,129$202,580$252,014$193,978$14,136$71,137$118,453
Seychelles$845$919$2,322$44   
Singapore$71,896$119,755$85,964$118,726$94,119$110,145$83,535
Slovakia$910$4,705$5,207$1,032$418$10,134$7,475
Slovenia$13$113$4,419$89$571$4 
South Africa$140,399$434,223$101,164$55,639$61,505$61,888$398,466
Spain$5,574,731$5,479,704$2,533,399$1,296,395$435,805$464,550 
Sri Lanka$51,818$9,406$9,209 $1,403$6,184$43,908
Sudan$60,546      
Swaziland$172,701$151,634$16,758    
Sweden$49,963$39,671$40,214$25,094$23,709$41,461$55,348
Switzerland$205,885$222,022$204,888$258,611$87,061$79,454$48,468
Syria $17,761     
Tanzania$866$971  $880$16,213$96
Thailand$822,732$182,868$427,040$788,235$254,118$210,234$536,416
Togo  $234    
Tonga   $99 $45 
Trinidad and Tobago$32$5,607 $14   
Tunisia $21$3,277$127$26,406$14,802 
Turkey$249,718$371,014$90,989$124,253$495,542$986,547$3,148,839
Uganda$148$2,299$10,283$581$810$352 
Ukraine$104,892$722,547$1,155,786$2,660,480$3,060,494$1,831,330$4,761,445
United Arab Emirates$113,331 $175,595$233,773   
United Kingdom$656,924$583,199$967,069$840,086$887,228$1,108,680$1,145,192
United States$1,334,213$1,535,306$2,708,968$3,556,293$510,261$369,828$825,930
Uruguay$100,987$75,555$76,839$148,869$74,162  
Vanuatu  $6    
Venezuela$178,242$134,022$152,546$167,946$380,137$252,014 
Vietnam$141,194 $101 $128,434  
Yemen $4,510     
Zambia$494$69 $4,200$510$525 
Zimbabwe$32,862 $359 $72$4,700