| Rank | Country | Imports of Synthetic filament yarn other than sewing thread, put up for RS in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $15,792,083 |  | | 2 | Australia | $3,923,005 |  | | 3 | Germany | $3,791,751 |  | | 4 | Spain | $3,722,537 |  | | 5 | Italy | $3,041,099 |  | | 6 | Netherlands | $3,000,215 |  | | 7 | Japan | $1,982,053 |  | | 8 | France | $1,935,196 |  | | 9 | Belgium | $1,875,273 |  | | 10 | Thailand | $1,678,859 |  | | 11 | Morocco | $1,571,647 |  | | 12 | United Kingdom | $1,437,396 |  | | 13 | Brazil | $1,344,921 |  | | 14 | Guatemala | $1,344,538 |  | | 15 | Mexico | $1,237,852 |  | | 16 | Sweden | $1,197,772 |  | | 17 | Canada | $1,061,860 |  | | 18 | Korea, South | $990,428 |  | | 19 | Albania | $925,320 |  | | 20 | Vietnam | $913,320 |  | | 21 | Ukraine | $843,351 |  | | 22 | Norway | $810,520 |  | | 23 | Paraguay | $801,563 |  | | 24 | Hungary | $694,000 |  | | 25 | India | $579,426 |  | | 26 | Ghana | $539,192 |  | | 27 | Austria | $500,617 |  | | 28 | Indonesia | $460,787 |  | | 29 | Denmark | $440,676 |  | | 30 | South Africa | $401,056 |  | | 31 | Switzerland | $383,435 |  | | 32 | Sri Lanka | $339,616 |  | | 33 | Ireland | $324,095 |  | | 34 | Burkina Faso | $322,785 |  | | 35 | Greece | $307,850 |  | | 36 | Egypt | $305,592 |  | | 37 | New Zealand | $300,414 |  | | 38 | Portugal | $296,858 |  | | 39 | Costa Rica | $289,430 |  | | 40 | Singapore | $268,328 |  | | 41 | Bulgaria | $262,750 |  | | 42 | Poland | $255,469 |  | | 43 | Nigeria | $242,990 |  | | 44 | Bolivia | $223,984 |  | | 45 | Venezuela | $199,033 |  | | 46 | Syria | $190,724 |  | | 47 | Iceland | $182,727 |  | | 48 | Turkey | $173,245 |  | | 49 | China | $159,603 |  | | 50 | Chile | $143,416 |  | | 51 | Fiji | $139,456 |  | | 52 | Romania | $137,416 |  | | 53 | Panama | $132,037 |  | | 54 | Czech Republic | $126,737 |  | | 55 | Colombia | $124,165 |  | | 56 | Russia | $109,718 |  | | 57 | Finland | $103,663 |  | | 58 | Algeria | $74,000 |  | | 59 | Philippines | $72,952 |  | | 60 | Argentina | $70,174 |  | | 61 | Estonia | $69,518 |  | | 62 | Lithuania | $65,960 |  | | 63 | Israel | $64,000 |  | | 64 | Jamaica | $60,875 |  | | 65 | Tunisia | $59,019 |  | | 66 | El Salvador | $54,704 |  | | 67 | Peru | $52,677 |  | | 68 | Mali | $51,033 |  | | 69 | Mauritius | $48,247 |  | | 70 | Cyprus | $43,579 |  | | 71 | Lebanon | $41,115 |  | | 72 | Croatia | $38,525 |  | | 73 | Belarus | $37,600 |  | | 74 | Yemen | $36,849 |  | | 75 | Ecuador | $36,157 |  | | 76 | Suriname | $33,735 |  | | 77 | Slovenia | $33,376 |  | | 78 | Nepal | $27,800 |  | | 79 | Jordan | $27,011 |  | | 80 | Latvia | $25,244 |  | | 81 | Nicaragua | $23,828 |  | | 82 | Serbia | $22,765 |  | | 83 | Slovakia | $22,734 |  | | 84 | Ethiopia | $19,700 |  | | 85 | Senegal | $19,580 |  | | 86 | Dominican Republic | $19,065 |  | | 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $13,829 |  | | 88 | Zimbabwe | $10,676 |  | | 89 | Georgia | $9,864 |  | | 90 | Madagascar | $9,783 |  | | 91 | Kyrgyzstan | $7,361 |  | | 92 | Qatar | $6,935 |  | | 93 | French Polynesia | $6,325 |  | | 94 | Cote d'Ivoire | $6,208 |  | | 95 | Cameroon | $6,021 |  | | 96 | Pakistan | $4,562 |  | | 97 | Bahrain | $4,023 |  | | 98 | Luxembourg | $3,383 |  | | 99 | Malaysia | $3,133 |  | | 100 | Botswana | $2,682 |  | | 101 | Mozambique | $2,331 |  | | 102 | Malta | $2,186 |  | | 103 | Bermuda | $1,878 |  | | 104 | Barbados | $1,752 |  | | 105 | Montenegro | $1,517 |  | | 106 | Kenya | $1,501 |  | | 107 | New Caledonia | $1,346 |  | | 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $1,226 |  | | 109 | Cape Verde | $720 |  | | 110 | Zambia | $680 |  | | 111 | Belize | $537 |  | | 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | $523 |  | | 113 | Niger | $326 |  | | 114 | Tanzania | $309 |  | | 115 | Moldova | $220 |  | | 116 | Tonga | $181 |  | | 117 | Uganda | $168 |  | | 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | $166 |  | | 119 | Bahamas, The | $95 |  | | 120 | Azerbaijan | $94 |  | | 121 | Maldives | $90 |  | | 122 | Benin | $49 |  | | 123 | Armenia | $29 |  | | 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | $27 |  | | 125 | Dominica | $21 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $822,190 | $1,271,806 | $881,013 | $398,956 | $1,016,928 | $925,320 | $843,178 |
| Algeria | $51,257 | $15,073 | $182,315 | $167,831 | $123,837 | $74,000 | $228,500 |
| Anguilla | | $1,537 | | $450 | | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $77 | $109 | | | | $523 | |
| Argentina | $259,504 | $42,648 | $93,654 | $99,809 | $63,896 | $70,174 | $168,259 |
| Armenia | $6,026 | $14,185 | | $461 | $13 | $29 | $10,503 |
| Aruba | | | | | | | $3 |
| Australia | $1,962,937 | $2,236,579 | $4,951,136 | $4,380,227 | $4,736,216 | $3,923,005 | $4,399,282 |
| Austria | $70,538 | $115,863 | $88,581 | $289,793 | $507,819 | $500,617 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | $20,189 | $612 | | $94 | $74 |
| Bahamas, The | $1,577 | $1,134 | | $42 | $5,706 | $95 | $276 |
| Bahrain | $9,301 | $8,870 | | $7,928 | $199 | $4,023 | $589 |
| Bangladesh | $14,819 | $158,417 | $5,140 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,095 | $399 | $29 | $819 | | $1,752 | $583 |
| Belarus | $16,900 | $11,900 | $30,300 | $45,500 | $37,500 | $37,600 | $31,500 |
| Belgium | $782,358 | $2,404,726 | $3,372,470 | $3,425,074 | $1,076,285 | $1,875,273 | $2,627,325 |
| Belize | $1,842 | $459 | $2,553 | | $1,872 | $537 | |
| Benin | | $23 | | | | $49 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $1,878 | |
| Bhutan | $66,430 | $54,801 | | | | | |
| Bolivia | $27,413 | $46,686 | $21,361 | $14,507 | $66,821 | $223,984 | $228,841 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,998 | $1,760 | $4,813 | $19,270 | $10,682 | $13,829 | $20,488 |
| Botswana | $94 | $82 | $86 | $894 | $1,010 | $2,682 | $362 |
| Brazil | $75,532 | $160,438 | $169 | $596,504 | $817,965 | $1,344,921 | $2,036,735 |
| Bulgaria | $143,389 | $308,784 | $118,799 | $376,611 | $516,521 | $262,750 | $204,150 |
| Burkina Faso | $27,350 | | $68,384 | $44,349 | | $322,785 | |
| Burundi | | | | $10 | | | |
| Cambodia | | $4,144 | $14,974 | $112 | $20,972 | | |
| Cameroon | | $1,403 | $3,620 | $14,073 | $5,073 | $6,021 | |
| Canada | $3,431,295 | $3,753,614 | $2,752,578 | $1,542,338 | $1,121,896 | $1,061,860 | $1,507,052 |
| Cape Verde | $266 | $980 | | | $5,483 | $720 | $135 |
| Chile | $541,816 | $435,656 | $200,074 | $1,095,249 | $1,399,683 | $143,416 | $188,287 |
| China | $405,325 | $505,003 | $441,450 | $453,013 | $366,634 | $159,603 | $395,460 |
| Colombia | $808,975 | $1,388,584 | $991,609 | $135,085 | $74,529 | $124,165 | $306,886 |
| Cook Islands | $957 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $43,038 | $21,095 | $51,204 | $32,083 | $89,650 | $289,430 | $276,348 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $17,783 | $16,392 | $3,045 | $12,346 | $1,610 | $6,208 | $328 |
| Croatia | $5,915 | $8,798 | $17,368 | $28,513 | $9,605 | $38,525 | $15,195 |
| Cuba | $14,763 | $3,064 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $9,272 | $1,400 | $2,054 | $82,779 | $42,498 | $43,579 | $14,281 |
| Czech Republic | $71,255 | $9,672 | $256,034 | $174,864 | $155,145 | $126,737 | $336,738 |
| Denmark | $1,344,211 | $745,262 | $654,012 | $369,812 | $519,287 | $440,676 | $725,144 |
| Dominica | | | | | | $21 | |
| Dominican Republic | $76,822 | $139,687 | $97,939 | $5,183 | $4,879 | $19,065 | $40,977 |
| East Timor | $1,336 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $25,574 | $36,876 | $37,851 | $7,083 | $73,925 | $36,157 | $23,696 |
| Egypt | $140,817 | $171,504 | $276,677 | $706,088 | $201,463 | $305,592 | $337,273 |
| El Salvador | | | $111,128 | $44,051 | $42,612 | $54,704 | |
| Estonia | $4,734 | $9,829 | $65,697 | $64,300 | $34,756 | $69,518 | $44,115 |
| Ethiopia | | | $971 | | $25,923 | $19,700 | $13,960 |
| Faroe Islands | $2,299 | $662 | $309 | $4,698 | $2,393 | | |
| Fiji | $60,209 | $36,781 | $17,166 | $438,970 | $316,716 | $139,456 | |
| Finland | $112,638 | $129,968 | $128,035 | $246,607 | $155,606 | $103,663 | $117,213 |
| France | $2,123,974 | $2,678,083 | $6,025,386 | $3,530,482 | $1,884,845 | $1,935,196 | $2,703,540 |
| French Polynesia | $3,017 | $2,681 | $4,058 | $3,479 | $8,207 | $6,325 | $5,005 |
| Gabon | $2,078 | | $1,173 | $1,531 | | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | | | $2,934 |
| Georgia | $7,471 | $1,971 | $7,587 | $2,300 | $12,472 | $9,864 | |
| Germany | $6,542,000 | $4,409,000 | $2,499,000 | $3,157,000 | $3,182,000 | $3,791,751 | $2,954,213 |
| Ghana | $295,603 | $179,721 | $254,268 | $673,944 | $193,054 | $539,192 | $1,551,835 |
| Greece | $220,016 | $246,825 | $379,870 | $354,417 | $469,934 | $307,850 | $182,341 |
| Greenland | $1,051 | $383 | $1,614 | | | | |
| Grenada | | | | $1,000 | $9,911 | | |
| Guatemala | $75,260 | $48,677 | $484,236 | $2,164,977 | $642,603 | $1,344,538 | $1,449,803 |
| Guinea | | $10,940 | $5,167 | | | | |
| Guyana | $3,219 | | | | $496 | | $10 |
| Honduras | $19,323 | $23,500 | $50,773 | | $8,678 | | |
| Hong Kong | $2,547,736 | $3,940,602 | | | | | |
| Hungary | $258,000 | $364,000 | $306,000 | $27,000 | | $694,000 | $827,000 |
| Iceland | $137,688 | $123,706 | $175,986 | $139,535 | $116,802 | $182,727 | $161,005 |
| India | $347,109 | $1,337,629 | $798,187 | $554,954 | $728,714 | $579,426 | $1,021,550 |
| Indonesia | $52,880 | $413,225 | $1,081,836 | $2,706,262 | $565,171 | $460,787 | $374,092 |
| Iran | $47,926 | $27,397 | | | | | |
| Ireland | $87,507 | $79,386 | $40,872 | $290,011 | $255,032 | $324,095 | $292,166 |
| Israel | $54,000 | $91,000 | $65,000 | $78,000 | $44,000 | $64,000 | $95,000 |
| Italy | $790,975 | $726,114 | $623,008 | $1,042,680 | $1,720,497 | $3,041,099 | $3,825,880 |
| Jamaica | $30,293 | $31,410 | | $34,142 | $122,854 | $60,875 | |
| Japan | $501,795 | $664,445 | $1,135,389 | $1,124,271 | $1,594,001 | $1,982,053 | $3,951,460 |
| Jordan | $63,120 | $777 | $8,470 | $7,195 | $35,751 | $27,011 | $96,508 |
| Kazakhstan | $3,702 | $6,743 | $983 | $3,439 | $9,285 | | |
| Kenya | $60 | | | $459 | $4,180 | $1,501 | |
| Korea, South | $4,977,293 | $5,004,898 | $1,484,802 | $757,341 | $865,309 | $990,428 | $972,241 |
| Kuwait | | $46,678 | $42,796 | $14,520 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | $597 | $2,613 | $7,361 | $3,037 |
| Latvia | $25,707 | $56,962 | $101,479 | $48,306 | $25,302 | $25,244 | $40,799 |
| Lebanon | $5,000 | $1,646 | $1,299 | $119,189 | $67,754 | $41,115 | $1,330 |
| Lesotho | | | | $4,124 | | | |
| Lithuania | $11,097 | $32,944 | $19,331 | $21,260 | $12,309 | $65,960 | $207,525 |
| Luxembourg | $4,161 | $3,636 | $2,834 | $2,750 | $2,020 | $3,383 | $14,663 |
| Macau | $814 | $2,369 | $1,298 | $5,177 | $9,372 | | |
| Macedonia | $203 | $103,029 | $12,018 | $15,869 | $19,874 | | $28,957 |
| Madagascar | $806,365 | $57,913 | $75,186 | $208,861 | $30,674 | $9,783 | |
| Malawi | | | | $353 | $703 | | $829 |
| Malaysia | $15,820 | $38,854 | $13,146 | $54,029 | $21,370 | $3,133 | $103,956 |
| Maldives | | | | $480 | | $90 | |
| Mali | $13,752 | $642 | $13,456 | $212,779 | | $51,033 | |
| Malta | $4,774 | $9 | $5,881 | $1,453 | $40,857 | $2,186 | |
| Mauritius | $6,938 | $8,515 | $3,198 | $10,137 | $5,407 | $48,247 | $73,591 |
| Mayotte | | $25 | | | | | |
| Mexico | $3,339,151 | $2,475,134 | $1,111,237 | $757,829 | $1,422,024 | $1,237,852 | $1,835,220 |
| Moldova | $5 | $6,645 | $1,858 | $19,595 | $5,883 | $220 | $3,273 |
| Mongolia | | | $65 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $125 | | | $6,007 | $1,517 | $471 |
| Montserrat | | $246 | | | | | |
| Morocco | $92,226 | $231,968 | $333,207 | $534,235 | $672,070 | $1,571,647 | |
| Mozambique | $118 | $4,526 | $4,545 | $5,318 | $9,721 | $2,331 | |
| Namibia | $27,035 | $54,164 | $17,080 | $18,669 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $15,203 | $27,800 | |
| Netherlands | $389,112 | $277,642 | $356,856 | $453,834 | $97,641 | $3,000,215 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | $156 | $605 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $2,637 | $4,646 | $1,600 | $5,861 | $2,379 | $1,346 | $2,712 |
| New Zealand | $633,171 | $218,082 | $358,040 | $240,995 | $226,831 | $300,414 | $231,988 |
| Nicaragua | $7,510 | $9,951 | $12,342 | $15,026 | $5,815 | $23,828 | $24,878 |
| Niger | | | | | | $326 | $4,396 |
| Nigeria | | | $63,695 | $129,334 | $318,618 | $242,990 | |
| Norway | $696,744 | $686,081 | $306,351 | $359,912 | $377,142 | $810,520 | $892,895 |
| Oman | $19,631 | $23,956 | | | | | |
| Pakistan | $31,559 | $36,671 | $1,589 | $13,798 | $4,085 | $4,562 | $28,366 |
| Panama | $75,887 | $192,127 | $208,282 | $350,027 | $197,166 | $132,037 | $290,864 |
| Paraguay | $67,264 | $125,683 | $111,880 | $506,041 | $563,508 | $801,563 | $1,107,872 |
| Peru | $7,006 | $92,001 | $45,171 | $50,266 | $54,099 | $52,677 | $55,876 |
| Philippines | $350,458 | $167,232 | $11,762 | $13,093 | $645 | $72,952 | $1,604 |
| Poland | $151,757 | $424,474 | $425,786 | $182,366 | $800,803 | $255,469 | $104,819 |
| Portugal | $869,526 | $218,638 | $495,580 | $776,072 | $752,939 | $296,858 | $334,785 |
| Qatar | $22,755 | $21,525 | $130 | $8,896 | | $6,935 | |
| Romania | $1,890,617 | $794,927 | $414,768 | $588,560 | $187,613 | $137,416 | $245,092 |
| Russia | $91,035 | $125,886 | $74,694 | $65,837 | $61,201 | $109,718 | $123,086 |
| Rwanda | $384 | $3,082 | $33,932 | $2,860 | $35 | | $439 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | $4 | | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $11,674 | $4,253 | $1,247 | $26 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $173 | $304 | $633 | $1,226 | |
| Samoa | | | | $548 | | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | $238 | $3,541 | $2,738 | $743 | $244 | $166 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $388,379 | $180,680 | $89,053 | | | | |
| Senegal | $51 | $950 | $258 | $7,556 | $9,421 | $19,580 | $10,445 |
| Serbia | $40,841 | $61,980 | $63,971 | $42,871 | $36,738 | $22,765 | $12,433 |
| Seychelles | $2,714 | | | | | | |
| Singapore | $275,822 | $407,671 | $882,275 | $333,834 | $59,683 | $268,328 | $420,319 |
| Slovakia | $52,800 | $18,531 | $30,025 | $28,931 | $32,593 | $22,734 | $53,214 |
| Slovenia | $22,366 | $8,000 | $22,150 | $26,124 | $39,986 | $33,376 | $28,787 |
| South Africa | $235,636 | $111,373 | $434,645 | $165,320 | $308,123 | $401,056 | $411,310 |
| Spain | $2,025,893 | $2,498,266 | $2,779,944 | $3,529,577 | $3,603,928 | $3,722,537 | |
| Sri Lanka | $367,419 | $1,211,305 | $256,261 | $199,182 | $105,329 | $339,616 | $57,413 |
| Sudan | | $4,083 | $106,814 | $21,585 | $35,916 | | |
| Suriname | $5,620 | $15,820 | $7,116 | $7,728 | $67,363 | $33,735 | $8,658 |
| Swaziland | | | $7 | | | | |
| Sweden | $829,153 | $1,243,667 | $1,368,921 | $1,692,816 | $1,153,854 | $1,197,772 | $813,726 |
| Switzerland | $1,520,644 | $806,530 | $670,045 | $669,125 | $484,259 | $383,435 | $382,363 |
| Syria | | $2,163 | | | | $190,724 | |
| Tanzania | | | $10,337 | $8,056 | $4,711 | $309 | $1,923 |
| Thailand | $1,224,223 | $1,145,984 | $1,989,578 | $1,344,652 | $1,122,158 | $1,678,859 | $1,823,702 |
| Togo | $3,859 | | $10,700 | | | | |
| Tonga | | | | $15 | $125 | $181 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $14,037 | $11,373 | $5,955 | $24 | $216 | $27 | |
| Tunisia | $8,544 | $44,260 | $161,625 | $239,372 | $95,992 | $59,019 | |
| Turkey | $286,862 | $132,410 | $161,134 | $154,189 | $382,838 | $173,245 | $78,078 |
| Uganda | $675 | $115 | $134,444 | $874 | $189 | $168 | |
| Ukraine | $37,995 | $17,116 | $1,300 | $23,103 | $40,618 | $843,351 | $1,143,149 |
| United Arab Emirates | $352,755 | | $192,625 | $24,861 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $3,499,022 | $3,794,542 | $2,513,171 | $2,096,405 | $2,257,560 | $1,437,396 | $2,257,552 |
| United States | $42,750,063 | $10,129,360 | $8,835,278 | $10,648,636 | $11,854,305 | $15,792,083 | $22,088,164 |
| Uruguay | $17,577 | $14,270 | $8,494 | $17,263 | $22,781 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,872 | $4,865 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $84,159 | $58,996 | $186,596 | $209,927 | $436,546 | $199,033 | $48,692 |
| Vietnam | $136,935 | $437,451 | $387,884 | $840,781 | $1,381,213 | $913,320 | |
| Yemen | $49,120 | $117,481 | $10,472 | $6,176 | $24,455 | $36,849 | $176,740 |
| Zambia | $54,305 | $78,630 | | $175 | $10,160 | $680 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $5,910 | | $7,524 | $2,508 | $10,676 | |
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