| Rank | Country | Imports of High tenacity yarn other than textured yarn/sewing thread, of polyesters, n ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $169,291,375 |  | | 2 | Germany | $124,422,954 |  | | 3 | France | $70,767,190 |  | | 4 | China | $62,349,445 |  | | 5 | Italy | $57,230,305 |  | | 6 | Czech Republic | $53,448,485 |  | | 7 | Poland | $50,903,961 |  | | 8 | Korea, South | $46,373,326 |  | | 9 | Belgium | $45,828,161 |  | | 10 | Netherlands | $42,664,570 |  | | 11 | Mexico | $39,426,005 |  | | 12 | United Kingdom | $39,382,141 |  | | 13 | Romania | $38,690,786 |  | | 14 | Spain | $35,171,758 |  | | 15 | Brazil | $34,925,915 |  | | 16 | Portugal | $34,855,690 |  | | 17 | Thailand | $33,170,472 |  | | 18 | Turkey | $29,948,494 |  | | 19 | Canada | $27,993,082 |  | | 20 | Indonesia | $25,544,741 |  | | 21 | India | $24,827,919 |  | | 22 | South Africa | $23,992,450 |  | | 23 | Vietnam | $22,808,480 |  | | 24 | Slovakia | $16,694,666 |  | | 25 | Japan | $16,059,157 |  | | 26 | Malaysia | $15,112,151 |  | | 27 | Argentina | $13,696,126 |  | | 28 | Iran | $13,569,969 |  | | 29 | Denmark | $11,521,007 |  | | 30 | Austria | $9,963,991 |  | | 31 | Sweden | $8,871,217 |  | | 32 | Australia | $8,784,232 |  | | 33 | Hungary | $8,326,000 |  | | 34 | Russia | $7,481,167 |  | | 35 | Switzerland | $6,777,900 |  | | 36 | Colombia | $6,770,637 |  | | 37 | Norway | $5,834,207 |  | | 38 | Slovenia | $5,169,301 |  | | 39 | Sri Lanka | $5,004,939 |  | | 40 | Luxembourg | $4,489,018 |  | | 41 | Greece | $3,926,810 |  | | 42 | Peru | $3,202,070 |  | | 43 | Ukraine | $2,681,604 |  | | 44 | Philippines | $2,148,758 |  | | 45 | Croatia | $1,793,132 |  | | 46 | Chile | $1,742,344 |  | | 47 | Finland | $1,682,916 |  | | 48 | Guatemala | $1,620,089 |  | | 49 | Tunisia | $1,583,349 |  | | 50 | Tanzania | $1,390,484 |  | | 51 | Saudi Arabia | $1,228,002 |  | | 52 | Serbia | $1,099,280 |  | | 53 | El Salvador | $1,087,581 |  | | 54 | Latvia | $946,410 |  | | 55 | Egypt | $934,336 |  | | 56 | Belarus | $922,600 |  | | 57 | Israel | $888,000 |  | | 58 | Pakistan | $860,856 |  | | 59 | Morocco | $820,314 |  | | 60 | Jordan | $642,345 |  | | 61 | Ireland | $631,197 |  | | 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | $588,055 |  | | 63 | New Zealand | $569,151 |  | | 64 | Nigeria | $389,110 |  | | 65 | Zimbabwe | $385,460 |  | | 66 | Bhutan | $344,462 |  | | 67 | Singapore | $342,965 |  | | 68 | Zambia | $326,659 |  | | 69 | Bahrain | $323,371 |  | | 70 | Algeria | $245,846 |  | | 71 | Estonia | $228,600 |  | | 72 | Mauritius | $221,587 |  | | 73 | Venezuela | $177,500 |  | | 74 | Bulgaria | $153,095 |  | | 75 | Oman | $152,536 |  | | 76 | Ecuador | $144,122 |  | | 77 | Dominican Republic | $142,881 |  | | 78 | Lithuania | $122,515 |  | | 79 | Nepal | $111,791 |  | | 80 | Hong Kong | $88,613 |  | | 81 | Lebanon | $80,881 |  | | 82 | Qatar | $76,896 |  | | 83 | Costa Rica | $73,525 |  | | 84 | Senegal | $53,517 |  | | 85 | Kenya | $34,977 |  | | 86 | Panama | $32,683 |  | | 87 | Paraguay | $31,792 |  | | 88 | Ethiopia | $31,167 |  | | 89 | Syria | $27,624 |  | | 90 | Moldova | $26,503 |  | | 91 | Albania | $26,044 |  | | 92 | Ghana | $16,721 |  | | 93 | Malawi | $13,635 |  | | 94 | Nicaragua | $12,902 |  | | 95 | Fiji | $12,745 |  | | 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $10,847 |  | | 97 | Mauritania | $9,864 |  | | 98 | Jamaica | $9,304 |  | | 99 | Georgia | $9,197 |  | | 100 | Montenegro | $6,307 |  | | 101 | Iceland | $4,190 |  | | 102 | Mozambique | $3,298 |  | | 103 | New Caledonia | $3,123 |  | | 104 | Madagascar | $1,311 |  | | 105 | French Polynesia | $1,239 |  | | 106 | Bolivia | $931 |  | | 107 | Cyprus | $865 |  | | 108 | Malta | $742 |  | | 109 | Botswana | $457 |  | | 110 | Yemen | $333 |  | | 111 | Burundi | $159 |  | | 112 | Bahamas, The | $58 |  | | 113 | Bermuda | $54 |  | | 114 | Azerbaijan | $3 |  | | 115 | Armenia | $1 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,088 | $282 | $66,006 | $91,154 | $37,610 | $26,044 | $4,495 |
| Algeria | $145,411 | $250,097 | $313,934 | $190,916 | $682,973 | $245,846 | $233,683 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | $30 | | | | | |
| Argentina | $12,694,318 | $15,246,466 | $15,081,443 | $13,783,471 | $7,748,542 | $13,696,126 | $15,913,726 |
| Armenia | | | $35 | $3,943 | $3,768 | $1 | $651 |
| Aruba | | | | | $872 | | |
| Australia | $11,288,020 | $10,220,549 | $8,518,650 | $10,904,233 | $7,328,428 | $8,784,232 | $9,172,245 |
| Austria | $7,735,975 | $10,178,296 | $13,917,194 | $11,972,568 | $7,127,535 | $9,963,991 | |
| Azerbaijan | $2,534 | | $2,520 | | | $3 | $1 |
| Bahamas, The | $118 | $663 | | | | $58 | |
| Bahrain | $1,699 | | $9,487 | $37,912 | $1,482 | $323,371 | $294,009 |
| Bangladesh | $4,967,891 | $4,444,220 | $7,994,466 | | | | |
| Barbados | $3,350 | $7,619 | $2,954 | $1,309 | $466 | | |
| Belarus | $77,700 | $447,400 | $780,400 | $760,100 | $630,900 | $922,600 | $2,739,800 |
| Belgium | $54,903,234 | $54,627,045 | $64,516,740 | $57,474,347 | $28,864,202 | $45,828,161 | $55,222,731 |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $54 | |
| Bhutan | $4,565 | $119,324 | $566,620 | $455,311 | $436,411 | $344,462 | |
| Bolivia | $18,151 | $89,455 | $317 | | $53 | $931 | $4,632 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,919 | $3,716 | $33,282 | $29,852 | $10,097 | $10,847 | $102,429 |
| Botswana | $12,523 | $36,709 | $25,666 | $29,079 | $18,969 | $457 | $296 |
| Brazil | $21,589,269 | $28,723,164 | $29,587,558 | $33,137,152 | $24,620,212 | $34,925,915 | $47,904,906 |
| Brunei | | $173 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $314,344 | $351,614 | $1,675,010 | $754,332 | $143,889 | $153,095 | $267,978 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | $80 | | | |
| Burundi | | | | | $382 | $159 | |
| Cambodia | $27,587 | | | $6,226 | | | |
| Cameroon | $1,322 | | $6,358 | $222 | | | |
| Canada | $39,891,034 | $35,771,074 | $30,785,797 | $29,999,953 | $17,288,166 | $27,993,082 | $37,685,118 |
| Cape Verde | $203 | $31 | | | | | $56 |
| Chile | $559,673 | $948,897 | $523,149 | $1,656,386 | $778,331 | $1,742,344 | $1,659,488 |
| China | $44,146,348 | $46,281,506 | $67,606,449 | $73,997,673 | $55,424,104 | $62,349,445 | $68,239,477 |
| Colombia | $3,884,945 | $3,763,345 | $3,237,729 | $4,500,187 | $2,867,713 | $6,770,637 | $8,447,363 |
| Costa Rica | $316,427 | $326,420 | $168,292 | $155,566 | $113,045 | $73,525 | $510,952 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $163,348 | $187,567 | $232,993 | $729,570 | $398,322 | $588,055 | $204,698 |
| Croatia | $777,186 | $933,359 | $2,286,866 | $2,510,891 | $1,626,150 | $1,793,132 | $2,779,725 |
| Cuba | $5,624 | $1,543 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $15,088 | | $35,050 | | | $865 | |
| Czech Republic | $79,659,687 | $89,089,445 | $98,012,958 | $88,104,379 | $40,680,247 | $53,448,485 | $71,849,006 |
| Denmark | $3,491,119 | $3,928,950 | $5,855,072 | $5,727,564 | $6,801,651 | $11,521,007 | $13,406,907 |
| Dominican Republic | $388,659 | $453,287 | $569,069 | $776,653 | $2,018,915 | $142,881 | $34,026 |
| Ecuador | $170,748 | $74,056 | $38,536 | $201,460 | $129,535 | $144,122 | $287,717 |
| Egypt | $489,796 | $163,018 | $495,643 | $1,650,325 | $1,428,823 | $934,336 | $3,604,733 |
| El Salvador | $414,262 | $722,924 | $752,119 | $682,018 | $606,253 | $1,087,581 | |
| Estonia | $416,891 | $280,467 | $208,416 | $295,842 | $103,201 | $228,600 | $574,608 |
| Ethiopia | $33,829 | $2,616 | $43,525 | $103,545 | | $31,167 | $9,903 |
| Faroe Islands | $101,376 | $64,160 | $199,136 | $169,944 | $62,105 | | |
| Fiji | $19,620 | $12,002 | $18,001 | $24,912 | $3,409 | $12,745 | |
| Finland | $1,522,609 | $1,269,439 | $1,535,635 | $1,761,804 | $1,055,646 | $1,682,916 | $2,511,074 |
| France | $79,221,616 | $76,116,329 | $84,244,225 | $82,564,071 | $50,275,959 | $70,767,190 | $83,808,346 |
| French Polynesia | | $443 | $537 | $2,674 | $1,670 | $1,239 | $1,690 |
| Gabon | $2,175 | $9,968 | $1,740 | $3,559 | $4,951 | | |
| Georgia | $16,154 | $39,313 | $7,587 | $11,440 | $47,214 | $9,197 | |
| Germany | $94,853,000 | $95,149,000 | $133,789,000 | $131,767,000 | $96,039,000 | $124,422,954 | $149,604,432 |
| Ghana | $15,274 | $16,432 | $18,614 | $24,477 | $37,878 | $16,721 | $25,461 |
| Greece | $5,302,557 | $5,001,547 | $5,717,015 | $5,149,808 | $4,415,583 | $3,926,810 | $4,208,450 |
| Greenland | | | $956 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $135,117 | $59,697 | $3,363,191 | $5,025,519 | $3,689,456 | $1,620,089 | $1,649,343 |
| Guinea | | | $159 | $426 | | | |
| Guyana | | | | | | | $171 |
| Honduras | $62,916 | $54,975 | $190,745 | | $110,617 | | |
| Hong Kong | | $699,455 | $242,948 | $353,064 | $267,023 | $88,613 | $287,015 |
| Hungary | $8,901,000 | $11,506,000 | $16,300,000 | $16,248,000 | $13,924,000 | $8,326,000 | $5,676,000 |
| Iceland | | | $6,389 | $1,283 | $6,101 | $4,190 | $5,693 |
| India | $18,169,985 | $28,794,171 | $31,787,316 | $37,498,478 | $23,035,835 | $24,827,919 | $37,616,097 |
| Indonesia | $21,634,416 | $21,193,619 | $18,879,910 | $31,213,576 | $15,452,099 | $25,544,741 | $32,889,217 |
| Iran | $2,284,201 | $50,913 | | | | $13,569,969 | |
| Ireland | $7,228,670 | $7,970,163 | $15,155,802 | $15,247,745 | $6,109,915 | $631,197 | $301,640 |
| Israel | $1,429,000 | $592,000 | $779,000 | $1,011,000 | $653,000 | $888,000 | $669,000 |
| Italy | $62,343,550 | $68,349,575 | $73,785,903 | $68,599,171 | $37,690,008 | $57,230,305 | $61,952,731 |
| Jamaica | $7,260 | $10,123 | $7,033 | $5,006 | $5,085 | $9,304 | |
| Japan | $2,492,064 | $3,610,733 | $5,201,680 | $9,232,624 | $6,803,225 | $16,059,157 | $21,937,270 |
| Jordan | $3,468,558 | $3,767,876 | $1,815,033 | $2,043,868 | $763,935 | $642,345 | $811,186 |
| Kazakhstan | $44,687 | $2,802 | $26,486 | $46,788 | $11,250 | | |
| Kenya | $169,487 | $17,176 | $11,244 | $40,983 | $11,597 | $34,977 | |
| Korea, South | $11,816,822 | $28,905,179 | $29,301,782 | $67,286,916 | $30,769,764 | $46,373,326 | $60,593,211 |
| Kuwait | | $163,614 | $291,516 | $12,768 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $1,776 | | $968 | | | | |
| Latvia | $455,376 | $789,524 | $767,241 | $585,482 | $482,594 | $946,410 | $1,065,377 |
| Lebanon | $49,000 | $6,268 | $17,006 | $16,251 | $2,255 | $80,881 | $61,834 |
| Lithuania | $366,736 | $337,623 | $502,502 | $236,857 | $212,934 | $122,515 | $312,529 |
| Luxembourg | $43,667,449 | $29,134,610 | $14,673,185 | $10,802,201 | $928,877 | $4,489,018 | $6,286,978 |
| Macau | | | | $107 | | | |
| Macedonia | $1,424,733 | $1,180,526 | $533,921 | $286,913 | $248,785 | | $31,391 |
| Madagascar | $119,397 | $64,339 | $121,655 | $25,851 | $5,640 | $1,311 | |
| Malawi | $194,072 | $107,789 | $143,448 | $54,775 | $107,234 | $13,635 | $106,240 |
| Malaysia | $11,918,184 | $9,046,177 | $13,894,335 | $22,881,460 | $12,833,187 | $15,112,151 | $15,423,382 |
| Mali | | $7,242 | $65,533 | $3,815 | | | |
| Malta | $2,634 | $15,747 | $9,470 | $14,682 | $793 | $742 | |
| Mauritania | | | | $13,659 | $11,621 | $9,864 | |
| Mauritius | $59,632 | $36,211 | $623,162 | $164,059 | $110,118 | $221,587 | $797,216 |
| Mayotte | | | | $189 | | | |
| Mexico | $26,379,011 | $24,992,630 | $40,013,379 | $35,772,103 | $25,331,785 | $39,426,005 | $46,157,961 |
| Moldova | $42,799 | $79,986 | $45,317 | $66,541 | $37,047 | $26,503 | $42,331 |
| Montenegro | | $25,941 | $46,226 | $53,565 | $22,229 | $6,307 | $31,614 |
| Morocco | $557,174 | $769,212 | $1,456,713 | $588,123 | $1,178,309 | $820,314 | |
| Mozambique | $441 | $880 | $734 | $136 | $398 | $3,298 | $3,000 |
| Namibia | $3,323 | $454 | $1,029 | $3,198 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $150,672 | $111,791 | |
| Netherlands | $67,695,578 | $46,764,450 | $62,738,016 | $31,874,465 | $35,947,279 | $42,664,570 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $342 | $9 | $1,348 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $219 | $1,408 | $3,124 | $4,510 | $517 | $3,123 | $9,931 |
| New Zealand | $856,351 | $614,596 | $809,314 | $958,058 | $725,935 | $569,151 | $1,012,598 |
| Nicaragua | $6,950 | $13,661 | $32,953 | $27,494 | $7,038 | $12,902 | $904 |
| Niger | $13 | | $30 | | $2,589 | | |
| Nigeria | | $4,951 | $250,598 | $469,245 | $940,236 | $389,110 | |
| Norway | $7,179,877 | $13,501,931 | $17,123,318 | $14,796,896 | $5,754,273 | $5,834,207 | $12,654,633 |
| Oman | $12,970 | $301,501 | $26,018 | $22,926 | $1,160 | $152,536 | |
| Pakistan | $424,461 | $251,440 | $261,787 | $411,987 | $1,259,049 | $860,856 | $732,178 |
| Panama | $8,749 | $13,613 | $586 | $55,241 | $23,106 | $32,683 | $21,251 |
| Paraguay | $1,221 | $295 | $37,467 | $68,151 | $27 | $31,792 | $68,331 |
| Peru | $1,863,408 | $1,815,257 | $1,964,943 | $2,972,961 | $1,131,267 | $3,202,070 | $7,266,504 |
| Philippines | $3,398,762 | $3,420,714 | $2,172,755 | $1,976,811 | $548,008 | $2,148,758 | $2,596,510 |
| Poland | $13,934,643 | $33,211,949 | $43,058,152 | $38,820,579 | $40,497,450 | $50,903,961 | $74,244,229 |
| Portugal | $35,026,391 | $43,851,463 | $48,644,274 | $50,498,064 | $30,576,475 | $34,855,690 | $49,302,608 |
| Qatar | $67,850 | $941 | $5,514 | $118,085 | | $76,896 | |
| Romania | $11,649,344 | $26,383,486 | $48,044,548 | $43,902,906 | $29,743,067 | $38,690,786 | $46,883,929 |
| Russia | $788,044 | $1,663,374 | $5,271,730 | $10,888,368 | $5,406,215 | $7,481,167 | $11,438,784 |
| Rwanda | | $796 | $69 | $2,128 | $199 | | $71 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $57 | | $189 | $80 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $101 | | | $1,060 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | $81 | | $10 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $3,958,261 | $1,573,813 | $2,078,571 | | | $1,228,002 | |
| Senegal | | | $4,199 | $12,213 | $52,577 | $53,517 | $55,895 |
| Serbia | $1,077,318 | $1,707,796 | $1,693,003 | $2,378,781 | $528,967 | $1,099,280 | $5,493,853 |
| Seychelles | $133 | | $696 | | | | |
| Singapore | $2,010,667 | $4,220,025 | $3,337,050 | $2,448,914 | $554,852 | $342,965 | $588,517 |
| Slovakia | $3,452,092 | $5,250,698 | $15,349,347 | $18,770,791 | $13,757,634 | $16,694,666 | $19,211,580 |
| Slovenia | $1,035,303 | $982,461 | $1,256,235 | $2,105,169 | $2,802,838 | $5,169,301 | $5,535,901 |
| South Africa | $11,649,891 | $10,628,831 | $9,133,687 | $23,494,923 | $19,133,071 | $23,992,450 | $27,382,970 |
| Spain | $47,422,600 | $50,720,900 | $40,236,605 | $44,547,888 | $29,145,809 | $35,171,758 | |
| Sri Lanka | $4,040,416 | $2,173,138 | $3,262,580 | $3,802,081 | $1,881,820 | $5,004,939 | $10,389,202 |
| Sudan | $6,557 | $21,177 | | $13,422 | $9,808 | | |
| Swaziland | $613 | $3,346 | $207,956 | | | | |
| Sweden | $13,127,807 | $13,090,701 | $12,428,172 | $12,328,799 | $6,700,124 | $8,871,217 | $10,351,336 |
| Switzerland | $6,999,440 | $7,223,094 | $7,836,452 | $9,043,504 | $4,125,388 | $6,777,900 | $8,961,147 |
| Syria | | $6,118,140 | $866,821 | $12,303,104 | | $27,624 | |
| Tanzania | $7,599 | $1,783 | $278 | $147 | $60,104 | $1,390,484 | $2,017,813 |
| Thailand | $19,450,760 | $23,533,580 | $21,588,102 | $27,135,315 | $16,186,389 | $33,170,472 | $33,200,962 |
| Togo | | | | | | | $4,658 |
| Tonga | | | | | $122 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $8,257 | $4,330 | $539 | | $15 | | |
| Tunisia | $429,789 | $1,182,346 | $1,448,697 | $891,438 | $1,052,932 | $1,583,349 | |
| Turkey | $28,934,314 | $28,840,040 | $29,682,542 | $27,038,489 | $18,673,755 | $29,948,494 | $53,936,472 |
| Uganda | $173 | $381 | | $19,615 | $808 | | |
| Ukraine | $1,367,789 | $1,025,124 | $2,712,690 | $2,848,090 | $1,717,457 | $2,681,604 | $3,030,226 |
| United Arab Emirates | $523,504 | | $759,629 | $1,200,957 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $67,752,608 | $55,296,009 | $77,073,590 | $61,219,405 | $32,433,565 | $39,382,141 | $52,150,898 |
| United States | $200,554,179 | $201,836,284 | $197,377,085 | $216,004,414 | $123,043,908 | $169,291,375 | $194,250,818 |
| Uruguay | $92,286 | $142,706 | $83,162 | $167,952 | $116,507 | | |
| Venezuela | $152,173 | $274,554 | $307,958 | $521,695 | $117,057 | $177,500 | $11,118 |
| Vietnam | $11,433,708 | $10,749,929 | $10,541,860 | $11,239,436 | $8,731,838 | $22,808,480 | |
| Yemen | $159,490 | $51,894 | $6,281 | $4,550 | $228,352 | $333 | $106,375 |
| Zambia | $27,875 | $37,849 | $57,610 | $132,647 | $234,000 | $326,659 | |
| Zimbabwe | $293,441 | $298,478 | $149,886 | $116,838 | $119,455 | $385,460 | |
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