RankCountryImports of Cotton sewing thread, put up for RS in USD (2010)
1United States$5,651,036
2Germany$4,385,288
3Guatemala$3,989,638
4Vietnam$3,667,620
5Spain$3,179,668
6Dominican Republic$3,096,431
7Italy$2,841,456
8Morocco$2,822,628
9France$2,165,829
10Tunisia$1,646,272
11United Kingdom$1,445,719
12Canada$1,219,973
13Nigeria$1,108,050
14Argentina$1,024,926
15Chile$993,729
16Russia$979,883
17Egypt$877,665
18Australia$773,283
19Japan$712,678
20Portugal$687,494
21Romania$680,144
22India$660,139
23Sri Lanka$641,408
24Senegal$633,621
25Netherlands$494,512
26Belgium$486,473
27Austria$451,030
28Korea, South$437,371
29Brazil$431,067
30Hong Kong$405,681
31Switzerland$371,737
32Indonesia$353,918
33Hungary$346,000
34Benin$324,601
35Bulgaria$321,001
36Turkey$306,124
37Denmark$285,614
38Slovakia$265,918
39Sweden$239,165
40Panama$229,519
41Algeria$226,599
42Norway$223,298
43Belarus$220,300
44Albania$205,347
45Jordan$204,400
46Czech Republic$188,915
47Singapore$182,838
48Oman$180,716
49Greece$163,847
50Mali$159,404
51Serbia$149,532
52Zimbabwe$149,451
53Saudi Arabia$146,134
54Slovenia$145,445
55New Zealand$141,314
56Botswana$137,127
57Poland$129,962
58Mexico$118,601
59Ghana$118,085
60Fiji$101,571
61China$101,292
62Bosnia and Herzegovina$93,078
63South Africa$91,561
64Paraguay$79,879
65Israel$79,000
66Nepal$74,892
67Ukraine$73,087
68Bhutan$66,068
69Madagascar$65,825
70Niger$64,768
71Moldova$63,071
72Finland$61,964
73French Polynesia$61,892
74Yemen$61,444
75Croatia$56,497
76Ecuador$55,103
77Burkina Faso$53,259
78Georgia$49,459
79Luxembourg$49,202
80Venezuela$48,623
81Costa Rica$48,201
82Tanzania$46,934
83Latvia$46,859
84Bahrain$44,970
85Thailand$44,460
86Cyprus$43,910
87Kyrgyzstan$40,548
88Maldives$39,692
89Bolivia$39,205
90Kenya$39,187
91Malaysia$39,021
92Mauritania$37,738
93Peru$36,293
94Estonia$35,719
95Lithuania$34,222
96Mozambique$30,456
97El Salvador$28,939
98Ireland$24,116
99Iceland$24,063
100Philippines$23,504
101Zambia$22,192
102Lebanon$21,838
103Mauritius$21,068
104Uganda$20,116
105Togo$17,809
106Cameroon$17,361
107Nicaragua$15,749
108Azerbaijan$15,331
109Suriname$15,090
110Aruba$13,308
111Guyana$11,505
112New Caledonia$10,719
113Ethiopia$10,404
114Pakistan$8,957
115Colombia$6,596
116Cape Verde$6,562
117Cote d'Ivoire$5,948
118Bahamas, The$5,891
119Belize$5,550
120Qatar$5,201
121Malta$4,106
122Trinidad and Tobago$4,039
123Montenegro$3,759
124Armenia$3,444
125Samoa$3,166
126Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,834
127Dominica$2,809
128Malawi$2,754
129Barbados$2,050
130Burundi$1,918
131Gambia, The$1,885
132Tonga$771
133Syria$579
134Jamaica$178
135Antigua and Barbuda$140
136Bermuda$44
137Sao Tome and Principe$22
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$77,046$92,366$151,233$73,362$112,130$205,347$88,662
Algeria$111,461$107,426$72,595$160,427$117,594$226,599$227,319
Anguilla $1,862$1,691$1,243   
Antigua and Barbuda$22$34$31 $1,268$140$2,834
Argentina$939,991$950,652$1,115,568$1,098,662$870,918$1,024,926$938,669
Armenia$354$1,076$1,001$13,011$27,771$3,444$11,985
Aruba    $11,040$13,308$3,878
Australia$801,359$750,772$605,920$793,384$1,112,622$773,283$710,380
Austria$1,085,741$969,206$1,066,536$944,520$528,593$451,030 
Azerbaijan$2,799$18,713$3$5,618$10,053$15,331$23,119
Bahamas, The$12,200$9,285$20,632$10,766$19,059$5,891$10,267
Bahrain$95,508$113,960$110,005$86,659$104,179$44,970$5,722
Bangladesh$90,200$24,224$261,460    
Barbados$14,707$12,632$17,185$11,803$19,848$2,050$4,372
Belarus$50,700$60,300$90,100$168,200$150,000$220,300$197,900
Belgium$486,641$370,325$220,640$261,077$191,542$486,473$985,617
Belize$1,092$516$42$1,007$2,142$5,550 
Benin$35,061$59,204   $324,601 
Bermuda     $44 
Bhutan$21,494$22,493$27,056$31,086$38,462$66,068 
Bolivia$41,750$60,912$35,502$52,267$41,528$39,205$34,099
Bosnia and Herzegovina$307,927$344,482$185,100$77,024$149,154$93,078$64,149
Botswana$72,733$80,688$93,433$141,308$162,816$137,127$132,239
Brazil$62,765$28,936$61,748$113,755$170,769$431,067$216,809
Brunei $47,007     
Bulgaria$103,330$204,670$647,934$404,448$202,838$321,001$412,714
Burkina Faso$10,968 $35,248$51,528$77,946$53,259 
Burundi$6,816$4,740$6,753$254$288$1,918 
Cambodia$51,205 $80,219$17,498$1,631  
Cameroon$16,138$6,131$6,819$13,196$17,391$17,361 
Canada$1,396,239$1,414,747$1,393,724$1,273,390$1,013,849$1,219,973$1,212,534
Cape Verde$14,901$23,201$21,074$18,580$14,412$6,562$15,003
Central African Republic  $546$422   
Chile$496,826$683,991$852,584$983,168$730,581$993,729$837,839
China$592,894$721,852$989,253$771,977$351,301$101,292$140,657
Colombia$15,891$217$35,419$29,763$16,259$6,596$5,431
Comoros$1,050$1,880     
Costa Rica$49,894$25,674$157,016$101,934$8,007$48,201$25,528
Cote d'Ivoire$7,537$46,964$21,714$20,862$2,046$5,948$48,283
Croatia$54,833$66,552$75,130$116,950$71,503$56,497$26,609
Cuba$9,656$16,147     
Cyprus$21,071$44,042$269,987$27,922$48,337$43,910$69,026
Czech Republic$206,632$178,933$250,365$252,327$180,793$188,915$81,353
Denmark$157,153$117,198$170,080$156,589$204,074$285,614$92,864
Dominica$989$987$2,471$693$3,970$2,809 
Dominican Republic$3,468$40,401$10,564$1,184$3,671,247$3,096,431$768,127
East Timor$748      
Ecuador$47,290$47,478$70,569$37,693$52,553$55,103$33,338
Egypt$633,386$20,209$5,104$176,431$557,753$877,665$242,082
El Salvador$191,642$68,002$24,603$8,675$24,256$28,939 
Estonia$9,105$4,249$8,906$6,156$17,183$35,719$88,428
Ethiopia$9,511$165$4,580$3,498$23,171$10,404$1,620
Faroe Islands$4,603$5,396$5,369$5,403$2,360  
Fiji$26,510$23,028$25,338$70,991$81,390$101,571 
Finland$86,120$129,731$216,514$102,625$45,617$61,964$122,168
France$1,520,502$1,794,178$2,110,944$1,584,002$1,489,278$2,165,829$2,293,069
French Polynesia$48,992$40,650$49,633$48,006$53,089$61,892$63,385
Gabon$67,561$37,730$11,464$15,583$7,638  
Gambia, The$10,002$1,318$727$227$38$1,885$256
Georgia$6,145$8,028$20,107$17,674$19,800$49,459 
Germany$5,325,000$4,517,000$3,801,000$4,633,000$3,965,000$4,385,288$5,236,639
Ghana$786,600$556,162$630,520$276,030$193,759$118,085$48,823
Greece$256,585$297,036$233,909$187,444$175,959$163,847$186,338
Greenland$204,951$110,000$115,870    
Grenada$655$849$711$913$1,219  
Guatemala$4,191,712$708,783$7,791,976$2,618,570$738,222$3,989,638$1,629,548
Guinea$48,307$76,835$44,585$156,200   
Guinea-Bissau$8,266      
Guyana$365$6,718$958$127$896$11,505$964
Honduras$13,474$23,196$43,339 $49,241  
Hong Kong$436,724$675,972$815,348$524,962$388,932$405,681$331,640
Hungary$367,000$142,000$192,000$224,000$191,000$346,000$152,000
Iceland$13,560$9,533$12,499$5,637$24,730$24,063$10,423
India$429,740$938,951$199,208$755,991$630,529$660,139$315,905
Indonesia$55,000$33,802$55,379$419,572$225,485$353,918$487,377
Iran$1,422$37,363     
Ireland$125,321$55,111$34,458$14,871$11,780$24,116$25,643
Israel$47,000$14,000$25,000$80,000$137,000$79,000$123,000
Italy$2,304,014$3,571,623$4,098,708$2,941,664$3,513,884$2,841,456$2,141,613
Jamaica$30,469$6,912$50,287$23,962$66,026$178 
Japan$963,915$938,713$654,362$801,245$559,644$712,678$661,448
Jordan$15,299$110,731$139,507$115,572$191,372$204,400$105,492
Kazakhstan$135,166$304,196$233,222$32,546$50,179  
Kenya$39,983$34,316$56,357$19,364$94,640$39,187 
Kiribati$865   $3,439  
Korea, South$146,109$244,500$129,907$166,107$234,112$437,371$392,681
Kuwait $85,217$133,594$162,758   
Kyrgyzstan $20$183 $70,018$40,548$30,187
Latvia$29,043$7,435$18,505$5,257$31,678$46,859$43,894
Lebanon$31,000$12,736$58,813$52,549$29,527$21,838$25,110
Lesotho   $106,679   
Lithuania$51,259$32,904$25,912$30,902$32,214$34,222$37,450
Luxembourg$51,928$67,016$34,951$40,573$50,966$49,202$60,021
Macau$15,080$19,035$16,321$43,476$21,779  
Macedonia$163,926$118,187$336,678$237,821$212,516 $67,976
Madagascar$51,969$66,006$141,504$87,812$86,047$65,825 
Malawi$3,067$17,100$2,683$10,398$125,172$2,754$8,792
Malaysia$13,521$30,975$40,397$16,707$32,549$39,021$96,169
Maldives$44,092$48,521$47,302$32,401$41,940$39,692$29,809
Mali$83,862$58,913$36,925$160,136 $159,404 
Malta$22,356$17,109$41,139$29,990$3,581$4,106 
Mauritania    $48,809$37,738$62,421
Mauritius$124,794$104,907$78,906$80,780$36,423$21,068$47,535
Mayotte$4,018$1,496$5,369$6,163$5,721  
Mexico$792,909$150,260$313,936$153,245$170,005$118,601$106,005
Moldova$5,872$9,957$23,127$41,005$52,145$63,071$104,461
Mongolia$50 $197    
Montenegro $1,621$2,113$7,106$2,036$3,759$958
Montserrat$289$1,153$687$6$600  
Morocco$1,507,945$1,421,685$1,855,630$1,728,393$1,806,928$2,822,628 
Mozambique$12,708$26,822$93,120$28,286$40,113$30,456$41,000
Namibia$54,337$76,399$90,715$61,246   
Nepal    $127,711$74,892 
Netherlands$1,065,397$396,990$484,501$540,770$348,718$494,512 
Netherlands Antilles$3,986$3,468$915$4,984   
New Caledonia$15,704$8,189$10,763$14,173$10,516$10,719$33,866
New Zealand$112,541$110,082$112,791$124,267$191,268$141,314$190,750
Nicaragua$5,910$4,716$20,700$6,519$23,390$15,749$4,238
Niger$32,470$79,198$115,348$81,199$100,818$64,768$76,191
Nigeria $36  $191,827$1,108,050 
Norway$190,003$225,434$181,907$170,575$175,421$223,298$143,656
Oman$210,889$75,248$176,962$293,386$111,012$180,716 
Pakistan$208,574$21,697$17,474$191,986$28,130$8,957$23,375
Panama$352,132$284,530$286,553$198,926$116,049$229,519$316,707
Paraguay$88,310$67,556$80,622$120,853$54,986$79,879$89,790
Peru$10,005$8,705$51,096$81,431$59,739$36,293$28,981
Philippines$37,927$30,286$71,393$16,908$25,298$23,504$112,214
Poland$135,829$152,634$122,085$312,431$305,828$129,962$147,597
Portugal$325,529$181,914$123,893$128,181$223,572$687,494$2,637,939
Qatar$28,996$105,089$235,475$120,152 $5,201 
Romania$502,967$544,834$1,134,377$667,216$621,831$680,144$1,005,877
Russia$1,438,353$541,801$765,907$1,198,914$529,813$979,883$2,397,959
Rwanda$1,678$2,082$7,022$36,218$6,396 $15,220
Saint Kitts and Nevis$976$1,417$1,314$2,259   
Saint Lucia$3,054$1,991$1,780$1,698   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,211$5,087$3,596$4,597$556$2,834 
Samoa    $3,391$3,166$820
Sao Tome and Principe  $516$22 $22 
Saudi Arabia$202,319$175,046$71,317  $146,134 
Senegal$24,570$28,500$156,750$573,366$497,443$633,621$524,281
Serbia$95,397$99,046$410,680$318,540$363,261$149,532$56,200
Seychelles$5,449$1,029$9,639$3,453   
Singapore$694,627$1,485,718$529,476$616,944$303,729$182,838$163,333
Slovakia$109,978$129,978$111,284$104,527$302,833$265,918$128,423
Slovenia$118,991$200,851$200,405$237,328$76,257$145,445$52,429
South Africa$66,898$118,869$71,594$62,415$126,189$91,561$129,839
Spain$1,358,610$2,111,652$3,054,852$3,876,803$1,164,952$3,179,668 
Sri Lanka$509,065$493,227$480,514$621,276$629,893$641,408$354,021
Sudan$258,169$64,796$58,309$47,095$78,168  
Suriname$2,100$233,679$29,256$58,092$3,239$15,090$18,859
Swaziland$16,015$81,023$15,880    
Sweden$753,873$988,113$609,300$696,770$334,565$239,165$903,300
Switzerland$385,006$439,018$389,136$686,107$468,579$371,737$450,198
Syria $4,778   $579 
Tanzania$43,791$25,847$17,646$46,323$43,223$46,934$65,717
Thailand$23,514$24,253$25,195$252,331$353,019$44,460$47,877
Togo$57    $17,809$889
Tonga   $278$146$771 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,211$15,851$20,413$45,034$18,233$4,039 
Tunisia$1,159,555$1,358,405$1,261,947$967,095$809,666$1,646,272 
Turkey$168,211$208,386$170,877$77,824$63,710$306,124$402,805
Uganda$18,162$18,005$3,039$39,187$35,974$20,116 
Ukraine$135,241$167,579$226,607$162,061$102,004$73,087$36,374
United Arab Emirates$837,635 $380,735$1,073,250   
United Kingdom$1,498,114$1,181,805$1,601,750$1,249,959$1,362,640$1,445,719$1,581,062
United States$4,674,850$4,255,780$5,651,094$5,009,485$4,815,055$5,651,036$6,791,442
Uruguay$40,560$42,627$44,583$41,525$30,230  
Vanuatu $7,093$3,359    
Venezuela$50,599$107,065$41,480$5,799,022$139,050$48,623$124,525
Vietnam$2,214,143$1,818,340$2,578,279$2,382,536$2,308,046$3,667,620 
Wallis and Futuna$255$943     
Yemen$40,602$27,080$3,692$65,847$27,574$61,444$992
Zambia$26,705$17,685$7,840$10,291$9,396$22,192 
Zimbabwe$117,247$56,609$104,811$45,428$66,609$149,451