RankCountryImports of Flax tow & waste in USD (2010)
1China$20,157,817
2Belgium$16,031,181
3France$12,466,106
4United States$12,356,552
5Spain$4,982,351
6Japan$4,538,384
7Lithuania$4,151,134
8Netherlands$2,444,718
9Poland$2,241,562
10Czech Republic$2,096,851
11Germany$1,934,296
12Italy$1,875,328
13Hungary$522,000
14Switzerland$306,167
15Russia$261,740
16Slovakia$243,270
17Chile$160,112
18Austria$132,277
19Brazil$62,124
20Philippines$45,515
21Latvia$40,175
22Belarus$37,500
23Turkey$28,435
24Serbia$26,323
25Oman$12,866
26Slovenia$12,504
27Australia$9,302
28Greece$8,543
29Egypt$7,899
30Nepal$5,182
31Estonia$5,100
32Moldova$4,503
33Montenegro$4,497
34Jordan$4,085
35Malaysia$3,959
36Zimbabwe$3,125
37Panama$2,705
38Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,587
39Qatar$2,065
40Croatia$1,598
41Iceland$1,552
42Mozambique$1,259
43French Polynesia$1,255
44Indonesia$859
45Norway$786
46Sao Tome and Principe$683
47Malawi$440
48Azerbaijan$301
49Kyrgyzstan$276
50Canada$251
51Georgia$233
52Trinidad and Tobago$110
53Bolivia$107
54Cape Verde$102
55Cote d'Ivoire$66
56Romania$50
57Belize$48
58Finland$34
59Paraguay$15
60South Africa$14
61Singapore$3
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $1,822$4,014$7,972  $2,161
Algeria$5,949$9,989$8,175 $4,500 $2,364
Armenia$22   $18  
Australia  $29,845 $8,801$9,302$10,274
Austria$1,773$10,590$30,363$164,367$131,460$132,277 
Azerbaijan $817$1,661$40$113$301$2,499
Barbados $7$14   $257
Belarus$23,500$19,000$5,800$26,200$40,400$37,500$29,700
Belgium$17,297,678$16,221,178$22,842,856$19,459,859$17,017,574$16,031,181$26,334,780
Belize$777$123$139$356 $48 
Benin $929     
Bolivia     $107 
Bosnia and Herzegovina$9,077$9,774$6,643$9,341$8,051$2,587$9,960
Botswana$185$192$245    
Brazil$520,450$838,241$937,508$1,382,341$73,002$62,124 
Bulgaria $24,220$19,466   $14,099
Burundi    $867  
Cameroon  $8,719$4,952   
Canada$1,417 $3,286 $641$251$7,398
Cape Verde$1,542$800$295$879$61$102$936
Chile$76,038$102,208$160,472$102,300$77,719$160,112$319,167
China$23,110,634$28,766,405$35,848,550$19,922,515$17,856,103$20,157,817$41,658,760
Colombia$23,082$19,389$44,269 $11,315  
Costa Rica      $43
Cote d'Ivoire   $30 $66$29,898
Croatia$14,191$4,547$1,610$2,019$1,180$1,598 
Cuba$103$371     
Cyprus$3,489      
Czech Republic$3,016,978$1,994,703$1,721,629$2,256,306$1,930,434$2,096,851$3,628,181
Denmark$5,129$3,221 $805   
Dominican Republic      $8
Ecuador $687$28    
Egypt$26,325$65,981 $18,228 $7,899 
El Salvador   $567   
Estonia$1,138,869$1,085,004$1,281,544$938,976$6,221$5,100$16,198
Faroe Islands$539$1,215$644$172$1,154  
Finland$25,201$175,615$104,795$38,342$8$34$8,770
France$10,755,496$11,258,497$12,258,023$11,104,221$9,175,782$12,466,106$16,381,253
French Polynesia $1,297$1,844$1,053$822$1,255$1,849
Gabon $13,986$43$1,149   
Gambia, The $1,710     
Georgia  $332$5,021$286$233 
Germany$3,715,000$3,411,000$3,474,000$4,235,000$1,815,000$1,934,296$3,150,818
Ghana   $6   
Greece$26,294$30,543$53,589$82,114$53,442$8,543$15,542
Guatemala   $11,908$2,729 $21
Guinea-Bissau$16      
Hungary   $3,502,000$667,000$522,000$171,000
Iceland$1,243$1,274$2,036$2,886$920$1,552$881
India$95,837$53,453$41,159$110,077$79,465  
Indonesia$780  $56,708$10,815$859 
Ireland$24,024$42,554$573    
Italy$2,597,886$2,186,486$2,237,081$3,317,694$1,587,644$1,875,328$1,509,628
Japan$4,727,307$2,562,981$3,257,652$5,897,785$3,267,628$4,538,384$3,463,672
Jordan$30,571$6,409$3,464$4,675$8,889$4,085 
Kazakhstan$34,760$43,306$20,209$30,463$17,928  
Kenya$100,822      
Korea, South$59,857$31,431     
Kyrgyzstan $2,725   $276$711
Latvia$208,076$237,182$335,113$209,455$53,677$40,175$145,659
Lebanon $66     
Lithuania$4,416,147$5,455,587$4,275,327$2,090,587$1,656,134$4,151,134$4,014,791
Luxembourg$991  $367$346  
Macau$26,195 $31,260$52,557   
Macedonia$101$2,212$41$144$1,336 $797
Malawi     $440$203
Malaysia$170,571$65,498$57,583$10,685$16,523$3,959 
Malta$1,756   $19,738  
Mayotte$98$3,418     
Mexico$11,005$11,310$22,610$12,659$12,613 $12,956
Moldova$569$62$3,642$825$2,698$4,503$1,024
Mongolia  $1,082    
Montenegro $988$2,951$7,929$3,627$4,497$3,526
Mozambique$3,044$3,040$25,522$3,782 $1,259$3,000
Namibia$1,359$2,276$1,340$1,591   
Nepal     $5,182 
Netherlands$294,631$364,327$1,968,198$1,894,904$860,637$2,444,718 
New Caledonia$31$30  $41  
New Zealand $587  $3,878  
Niger  $42    
Norway$47,612$60,318$62,591$44,456$5,087$786 
Oman$6,554   $10,447$12,866 
Pakistan$1,051   $551  
Panama   $4,951 $2,705 
Paraguay$43$72 $48 $15$60
Philippines    $656$45,515$43,897
Poland$2,777,004$2,911,007$4,511,945$1,549,306$984,956$2,241,562$1,843,982
Portugal$51,307$4,542$58$2,128$391 $6,481
Qatar $451 $75,578 $2,065 
Romania$61,986$257$6,470$20,019$11,853$50$68,287
Russia$940,613$283,953$105,191$162,832$146,567$261,740$354,427
Rwanda   $46   
Sao Tome and Principe $16$101$47 $683 
Saudi Arabia$48,356      
Senegal   $68   
Serbia$22,653$40,801$20,468$30,683$27,156$26,323$28,107
Singapore$523   $1,873$3 
Slovakia$362,885$515,219$243,250 $123,938$243,270$103,638
Slovenia$11,603$6,226$15,207$13,604$12,822$12,504$13,159
South Africa  $4,464$135$64$14$250
Spain$6,302,211$6,527,931$8,737,814$7,968,983$6,726,305$4,982,351 
Swaziland$11,815 $154    
Sweden  $18,252 $132  
Switzerland$28,137$49,045$81,217$160,893$180,600$306,167$707,719
Thailand$17$278$15,398$573  $33,838
Trinidad and Tobago$180$19$65$132 $110 
Tunisia $6$126$39,882   
Turkey$1,311$84,213$2,252 $364$28,435$381
Ukraine$125,600$27,800$12,388$35,580   
United Arab Emirates   $269   
United Kingdom$1,873,908$508,295$809,847$868,098$224,258  
United States$15,546,336$13,950,597$14,949,462$14,552,220$17,110,809$12,356,552$11,078,465
Uruguay$49,068$680$218$435$509  
Venezuela$10,309$969  $6 $19,000
Vietnam$625$498  $1,375  
Zambia   $370   
Zimbabwe     $3,125