RankCountryImports of Cotton waste other than yarn waste (incl. thread waste) & garnetted stock in USD (2010)
1Germany$45,799,104
2Italy$30,577,357
3France$26,659,309
4Hong Kong$25,574,251
5China$24,114,097
6Belgium$23,986,595
7United States$18,662,151
8Netherlands$12,064,497
9Thailand$9,522,472
10Japan$9,456,733
11Mexico$7,026,973
12Sweden$6,736,821
13Spain$6,235,615
14Egypt$4,720,532
15Switzerland$4,585,581
16United Kingdom$4,388,157
17Turkey$4,358,895
18Malaysia$4,163,247
19Slovenia$3,796,136
20Canada$3,689,407
21Greece$3,617,987
22India$3,129,820
23Portugal$2,194,739
24Mauritius$1,806,243
25Brazil$1,577,568
26Austria$1,303,685
27Poland$1,230,591
28Chile$929,499
29Saudi Arabia$917,601
30Israel$780,000
31Nicaragua$681,693
32Pakistan$651,858
33Ukraine$594,070
34Nepal$521,771
35Philippines$478,482
36Russia$436,551
37Czech Republic$430,555
38Mauritania$402,774
39Singapore$401,863
40South Africa$393,919
41Guatemala$361,541
42Venezuela$271,584
43Ecuador$239,036
44Kenya$233,838
45Norway$211,584
46Qatar$203,686
47Indonesia$189,795
48El Salvador$186,408
49Vietnam$175,440
50Korea, South$146,415
51Zimbabwe$139,388
52Hungary$133,000
53Sri Lanka$132,071
54Latvia$117,500
55Bulgaria$103,132
56Morocco$98,271
57Botswana$97,368
58Romania$94,515
59Oman$90,250
60Slovakia$85,277
61Croatia$85,269
62Serbia$83,660
63Peru$78,864
64Tunisia$67,536
65Madagascar$47,017
66Colombia$46,273
67Bahrain$39,050
68Syria$36,584
69Georgia$35,728
70Costa Rica$34,250
71Dominican Republic$32,641
72Lithuania$28,452
73Niger$26,162
74Australia$24,881
75Cyprus$22,158
76Finland$21,062
77Bahamas, The$19,536
78Zambia$18,483
79Malta$18,438
80Panama$18,008
81Antigua and Barbuda$17,381
82Azerbaijan$15,318
83Barbados$14,709
84Maldives$14,304
85Fiji$12,383
86Mozambique$12,358
87Denmark$10,661
88Aruba$10,045
89Ghana$7,951
90Cape Verde$7,108
91Malawi$6,823
92Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,370
93Iceland$4,100
94Uganda$3,843
95Lebanon$2,767
96Kyrgyzstan$2,630
97New Caledonia$2,373
98Samoa$1,729
99Estonia$1,703
100Tanzania$1,318
101Guyana$1,304
102Algeria$1,083
103Jordan$972
104Bolivia$871
105New Zealand$774
106Benin$765
107Belarus$600
108Senegal$566
109Ethiopia$525
110Albania$495
111Bhutan$410
112Cameroon$385
113Dominica$107
114Tonga$67
115Bermuda$7
116Luxembourg$1
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$3,558$13,633$22,688$4,426$55,984$495$70
Algeria$919,699$41,991$122,713$13,906$450,846$1,083$1,634,914
Antigua and Barbuda$11,263$8,121$3,465 $6,785$17,381$17,736
Argentina$20,040      
Armenia$600  $11,712$16,199  
Aruba    $15$10,045$225
Australia$20,986$16,632$20,020 $10,052$24,881$40,242
Austria$2,183,680$2,033,198$2,510,380$2,976,352$2,334,229$1,303,685 
Azerbaijan$45,743 $4,173$2,451$16,359$15,318$11,748
Bahamas, The$7,908$12,711$3,590$10,361$15,858$19,536$11,597
Bahrain$40,181$20,239$26,463$38,500$386,579$39,050$67,181
Bangladesh$139,776$61,604$6,114    
Barbados$12,683$3,238$22,863$25,404$893$14,709$282
Belarus  $800  $600 
Belgium$6,259,133$7,482,603$8,337,854$10,330,978$17,039,151$23,986,595$67,119,691
Belize  $268$529$4  
Benin$35$449   $765 
Bermuda     $7 
Bhutan$113$192$30$350$91$410 
Bolivia$332$896$530$1,113$1,929$871$47,678
Bosnia and Herzegovina$15,671$15,309$18,666$7,357$15$4,370$195
Botswana$2,946$3,680$24,295$18,592$33,853$97,368$23,081
Brazil$410,107$526,286$1,279,206$1,254,381$579,761$1,577,568$5,600,192
Brunei $1,722     
Bulgaria$314,344$17,562$182,349$19,836$6,851$103,132$13,664
Burkina Faso$1,454 $1,435$243$107  
Burundi $3,525 $6,019   
Cambodia$1,605$36,172$19,106$1,338   
Cameroon  $15,532$95,731$12,910$385 
Canada$4,405,557$2,684,328$1,787,776$2,696,968$2,163,588$3,689,407$5,286,356
Cape Verde$32,835$44,439$29,683$23,311$18,634$7,108$5,914
Chile$452,147$367,737$495,419$635,648$865,959$929,499$1,241,021
China$12,848,424$34,523,050$35,407,460$16,678,354$20,408,745$24,114,097$23,377,232
Colombia$42,211$517,792$297,136$72,644$76,799$46,273$855,123
Comoros$35      
Costa Rica $321 $201$16,092$34,250$6,122
Cote d'Ivoire$203$101$150$662$281 $74
Croatia$51,283$42,820$20,081$28,162$37,685$85,269$1,517
Cuba$421,291$395,378     
Cyprus$33,378$37,590$29,285$11,093$39,216$22,158 
Czech Republic$3,091,203$1,769,967$1,683,217$1,514,063$326,831$430,555$249,009
Denmark$624,798$78,553$109,043$25,756$37,127$10,661$92,959
Dominica   $8 $107 
Dominican Republic$3,885,893$7,612,218$9,459,259$9,730,581$1,513,591$32,641$94,171
East Timor$327      
Ecuador$21,052$42,121$46,951$205,719$246,197$239,036$851,759
Egypt$2,861,320$1,576,418$2,194,737$5,694,550$4,289,642$4,720,532$1,752,352
El Salvador$161,633$152,922$231,974$354,374$192,301$186,408 
Estonia$1,872$223$110$517$3,804$1,703$4,015
Ethiopia$552$2,004$127,137$910$604$525$1,149
Faroe Islands$39   $117  
Fiji$40,772$6,919 $169,583$656$12,383 
Finland$247,107$91,329$21,487$20,488$22,705$21,062$25,063
France$22,082,112$19,400,724$27,217,175$31,525,321$27,234,488$26,659,309$49,117,323
French Polynesia $482$131$161$56  
Gabon$1,522$1,446$2,392$1,790$606  
Gambia, The $178     
Georgia$12,492$17,542$40,328$180,874$19,899$35,728 
Germany$37,154,000$35,840,000$36,767,000$48,751,000$34,231,000$45,799,104$91,981,306
Ghana$1,782$614$7,190$21,624$9,354$7,951$4,869
Greece$216,755$904,362$1,564,924$1,823,029$1,469,996$3,617,987$2,896,834
Greenland$137$171$116    
Grenada$2,608$251$1,477$2,451$723  
Guatemala$247,543$9,301  $175,294$361,541$375,222
Guinea$8,994$22$5$7,236   
Guinea-Bissau$151      
Guyana$2,325$3,877$4,437$2,030$3,589$1,304$2,858
Honduras$78,233$9,230$9,545 $7,356  
Hong Kong$10,889,413$26,554,190$21,987,527$10,109,342$7,723,224$25,574,251$19,352,579
Hungary$857,000$1,088,000$1,807,000$3,143,000$231,000$133,000$518,000
Iceland $417$1,676$1,945$1,668$4,100 
India$4,508,315$4,052,358$4,142,278$2,939,518$4,535,241$3,129,820$2,913,928
Indonesia$1,653,857$1,085,922$144,597$2,247,267$2,369,450$189,795$89,370
Ireland $15,216$38,517$2,535$39,034 $1,645
Israel$523,000$802,000$609,000$689,000$604,000$780,000$1,342,000
Italy$27,194,677$42,124,788$46,074,292$41,807,078$22,363,658$30,577,357$64,761,628
Jamaica$3,628$2,012$1,238$2,807   
Japan$4,755,623$6,506,634$4,317,813$7,494,074$6,772,860$9,456,733$18,449,172
Jordan $1,410$2,299$17,434$39,979$972$39,162
Kazakhstan$21,152$7,728$13,527$1,855$51  
Kenya$51,886$149,717$77,196$184,767$184,664$233,838 
Kiribati$3,034      
Korea, South$3,375,018$974,793$1,138,469$546,497$223,874$146,415$8,855
Kuwait $500,130$324,725    
Kyrgyzstan$6,633 $2,786$6,547 $2,630$8,505
Latvia$1,625$20,733$10,446$599$1,251$117,500$347,624
Lebanon $3,563$841$180$17,109$2,767$9,730
Lesotho   $95,202   
Lithuania$349,290$124,434$174,332$6,977$14,468$28,452$29,338
Luxembourg$2,852$4,862$4,321$333$54$1 
Macau  $1,493$514$1,259  
Macedonia$46,413$11,356$31,093$60,305$116,433 $134,600
Madagascar$31,459$72$41,141$2,929$10,602$47,017 
Malawi$19,709$5,172$781$1,792$1,421$6,823$161,870
Malaysia$836,355$904,895$1,277,777$2,769,552$1,407,862$4,163,247$9,835,878
Maldives$167$839$112$16,166$13,995$14,304$20,728
Mali $3,794$570$1,422   
Malta$6,991$49,909$25,335$19,612$15,195$18,438 
Mauritania $41,607$67,752$359,140$284,560$402,774$339,908
Mauritius$1,479$1,642$109,369$95,162$22,524$1,806,243$1,948,187
Mayotte$20 $204    
Mexico$2,858,696$2,452,131$1,922,882$1,895,725$2,083,700$7,026,973$8,746,424
Moldova$48   $23  
Mongolia$103$83$4    
Montenegro $7,804$7,127$7,346$849 $1,647
Montserrat  $78    
Morocco$29,549 $34,190$727$1,198$98,271 
Mozambique$12,914$9,809$11,265$14,572$4,272$12,358$170,000
Namibia$22,983$31,412$17,234$16,032   
Nepal    $158,593$521,771 
Netherlands$5,282,229$7,743,823$9,548,641$11,805,576$11,513,284$12,064,497 
Netherlands Antilles$366$151$2,164$1,222   
New Caledonia $52$39$363$2,279$2,373 
New Zealand$768  $1,120$985$774$20
Nicaragua$772,120$838,890$738,055$575,530$695,844$681,693$597,464
Niger$57$168$190$175$32$26,162$39,317
Nigeria $2,729 $18,797$10,193  
Norway$163,746$170,362$215,163$232,739$279,549$211,584$246,332
Oman$39,865$13,001$45,360$938,170$64,091$90,250 
Pakistan$45,065$53,794$263,126$266,270$401,816$651,858$1,859,105
Panama$96,780$63,635$3,759$9,564$58,265$18,008$83,128
Paraguay $263,720$172,143$90,622  $15,465
Peru$92,197$48,648$321  $78,864$307,808
Philippines$931,700$1,530,816$923,267$621,216$716,528$478,482$795,832
Poland$1,459,471$1,153,092$1,217,315$1,891,243$2,451,659$1,230,591$2,829,678
Portugal$1,291,811$2,006,131$2,513,655$1,512,437$760,306$2,194,739$6,713,472
Qatar$136,757$238,583$299,621$149,404 $203,686 
Romania$14,049$7,151$23,142$20,942$1,845$94,515$17,013
Russia$670,277$533,345$934,809$1,126,662$321,695$436,551$2,018,493
Rwanda$1,266$57$9$27,187$23,661 $3,336
Saint Kitts and Nevis $17     
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $126 $345$207  
Samoa     $1,729$1,362
Sao Tome and Principe$3,073$528$386 $2,243  
Saudi Arabia$642,741$1,222,265$1,026,193  $917,601 
Senegal$1,363$3,175$40,899$2,310$6,484$566$570
Serbia$221,745$104,672$213,025$131,412$95,625$83,660$87,593
Seychelles$51,745$45,861$13,694$19,871   
Singapore$268,505$269,190$364,217$317,859$285,296$401,863$501,948
Slovakia$3,899$50,678$59,317$36,322$32,416$85,277$140,348
Slovenia$1,040,705$1,675,093$1,965,292$3,087,310$3,116,358$3,796,136$7,867,444
South Africa$965,781$726,160$884,294$233,524$351,326$393,919$1,066,850
Spain$6,112,502$7,497,007$8,081,414$6,737,679$4,789,373$6,235,615 
Sri Lanka$93,824$87,283$541,476$62,855$106,627$132,071$65,079
Sudan    $28,141  
Swaziland$6,330$11,977$90,858    
Sweden$2,772,237$2,684,603$5,536,229$7,010,192$5,810,893$6,736,821$11,041,569
Switzerland$5,164,958$4,090,981$4,864,324$5,720,455$5,144,922$4,585,581$13,246,920
Syria     $36,584 
Tanzania$44,446$21,015$1,348$58,591$2,249$1,318$15,587
Thailand$3,059,765$1,259,902$3,756,233$10,431,384$2,932,001$9,522,472$12,646,716
Togo      $27,522
Tonga   $54$64$67 
Trinidad and Tobago$738$53 $22   
Tunisia$188$5,605$17,094$11,621$90,639$67,536 
Turkey$1,228,367$3,500,398$4,863,200$5,223,108$4,663,838$4,358,895$10,562,048
Uganda$3,039$12,533$8,388$9,457$38,040$3,843 
Ukraine$238,215$260,276$499,271$925,210$560,829$594,070$1,608,779
United Arab Emirates$652,652 $225,341$252,648   
United Kingdom$2,071,974$1,848,968$4,415,261$6,016,148$5,685,256$4,388,157$5,888,580
United States$7,219,440$6,577,428$16,024,430$18,524,078$12,134,195$18,662,151$29,454,457
Uruguay$350,071$293,051$224,324$216,053$262,862  
Vanuatu $1,310$3,836    
Venezuela$312,007$609,205$555,859$481,442$375,357$271,584$210,204
Vietnam$326,420$736,247$694,706$76,928$640,847$175,440 
Yemen$14,410$5,521    $2,281
Zambia$1,206$5,306$58,818$4,887$21,175$18,483 
Zimbabwe$1,635$173$487$1,505$6,576$139,388