RankCountryImports of Synthetic filament tow, of nylon/oth. polyamides in USD (2010)
1Japan$26,131,000
2Saudi Arabia$13,405,083
3Turkey$8,707,331
4Germany$8,392,992
5Spain$7,535,794
6United Kingdom$6,156,831
7China$5,960,811
8India$4,679,967
9Italy$4,621,684
10Switzerland$3,964,081
11Hong Kong$2,285,631
12Belgium$2,178,729
13Ireland$2,083,530
14Indonesia$2,038,546
15United States$1,947,619
16France$1,566,713
17Thailand$1,372,095
18Israel$1,361,000
19Korea, South$1,105,450
20Venezuela$503,107
21Costa Rica$352,623
22Netherlands$334,094
23Romania$250,735
24Portugal$249,955
25Qatar$246,422
26Brazil$242,282
27Poland$222,310
28Argentina$181,999
29Denmark$148,656
30Malaysia$136,705
31Sri Lanka$121,697
32Czech Republic$115,187
33Madagascar$88,403
34Peru$85,237
35Panama$69,532
36Canada$66,906
37Greece$56,620
38Russia$50,115
39Sweden$49,809
40Mexico$46,681
41Yemen$40,019
42Nicaragua$39,672
43Zambia$38,407
44Bulgaria$30,075
45El Salvador$28,393
46French Polynesia$28,258
47Norway$26,919
48Ethiopia$25,569
49Uganda$24,056
50Vietnam$23,270
51Tunisia$22,089
52Australia$19,494
53South Africa$17,719
54Chile$17,683
55Colombia$15,315
56Finland$14,817
57Ecuador$14,614
58Morocco$14,062
59Zimbabwe$13,812
60Luxembourg$13,337
61Kenya$13,113
62Malta$12,544
63Slovakia$12,528
64Mozambique$12,197
65Suriname$12,037
66Belarus$11,700
67Austria$10,802
68Dominican Republic$10,601
69Mauritius$10,201
70Botswana$8,653
71Nigeria$7,949
72Bahrain$5,141
73Lithuania$5,039
74Mauritania$4,734
75Serbia$4,115
76Cameroon$4,061
77Cote d'Ivoire$3,531
78Guatemala$3,501
79New Caledonia$3,495
80Hungary$3,000
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,471
82Tanzania$2,069
83Iran$1,843
84Ukraine$1,690
85Slovenia$1,628
86Trinidad and Tobago$1,527
87Croatia$1,467
88Iceland$1,107
89Burkina Faso$991
90Aruba$798
91Bolivia$499
92Philippines$462
93New Zealand$336
94Nepal$293
95Cape Verde$231
96Algeria$215
97Ghana$195
98Albania$182
99Bhutan$175
100Burundi$115
101Senegal$83
102Armenia$81
103Bahamas, The$30
104Benin$22
105Montenegro$13
106Estonia$10
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$4,296$3,199$5,686$6,897$2,287$182$78
Algeria$244$3,467$2,437$3,930$113,645$215$13,623
Antigua and Barbuda$405   $17  
Argentina$190,123$26,610$62,174$147,587$32,771$181,999$241,914
Armenia    $5,889$81$543
Aruba    $420$798$964
Australia$6,996 $3,390$9,013$1,432$19,494$7,570
Austria$5,720$2,379$8,990$10,449$8,218$10,802 
Azerbaijan      $525
Bahamas, The$981$131$32$68$3,249$30$31
Bahrain$2,524 $11,668$8,455 $5,141 
Bangladesh$1,507,567$174,917$708,661    
Barbados$1,324 $1,839 $5,935 $509
Belarus$6,000  $28,400$5,200$11,700$2,000
Belgium$4,904,273$6,290,330$6,362,643$6,645,229$1,587,934$2,178,729$2,691,809
Belize  $1,100    
Benin     $22 
Bhutan $608$9$200$183$175 
Bolivia$951$5$1,010$1,975$362$499$192
Bosnia and Herzegovina$495$21,979$64$426$73$2,471$784
Botswana$171,482$337,881$31,457$6,118$5,864$8,653$13,603
Brazil$82,193$111,128$109,340$355,280$41,411$242,282$264,018
Bulgaria$36,365$34,827$142,829$150,665$24,284$30,075$27,571
Burkina Faso   $235$2,713$991 
Burundi$3 $548  $115 
Cambodia $8,289$39,224$9,449$21,028  
Cameroon $48,434$2,238$50,963$24,592$4,061 
Canada$2,939,698$3,731,117$581,123$86,237$170,784$66,906$119,592
Cape Verde$1,438$166$1,011$326$2,840$231$502
Chile$4,920$6,214$6,973$4,014$2,934$17,683$48,739
China$9,243,076$9,431,600$7,750,313$7,527,547$3,373,253$5,960,811$5,319,091
Colombia$45,321$11,454$5,653$8,387$49,908$15,315$45,323
Comoros$264      
Costa Rica$111,202$99,830$31,054$51,711$41,095$352,623$99,356
Cote d'Ivoire$5,028$57$12,093$414$742$3,531 
Croatia$3,269$31,836$13,108 $708$1,467$1,690
Cuba$1,851$3,168     
Cyprus$7,729$6,721$14,380   $20,872
Czech Republic$75,053$124,357$280,114$142,955$35,558$115,187$268,810
Denmark$273,863$240,352$282,704$209,118$117,121$148,656$187,628
Dominica  $45    
Dominican Republic$249$1,171$3,149$4,927$6,246$10,601$796
East Timor$1,000      
Ecuador$28,671$145,557$8,180$21,765$25,605$14,614$74,784
Egypt$49,071$24,748$34,625$33,026$54,414  
El Salvador$29,507$8,914$9,298$10,363$27,335$28,393 
Estonia$1,076$316$772,079$283 $10$12
Ethiopia$153,533  $10,096$11,379$25,569 
Faroe Islands$224,114$321,897$378,403$235,885$231,565  
Fiji$45,910$157$48,073 $1,499  
Finland$9,066$6,528$10,280$5,983$8,830$14,817$11,886
France$2,046,829$1,569,435$3,453,273$6,137,086$3,007,702$1,566,713$1,719,802
French Polynesia  $258$1,704$4,640$28,258$2,475
Gabon $8,128$22,099$34,432$144  
Gambia, The$490$60,820 $91  $171
Georgia$94 $125 $785  
Germany$6,642,000$5,896,000$9,455,000$9,301,000$5,526,000$8,392,992$11,780,125
Ghana$1,737$534$379$706$258$195$43
Greece$9,028$25,717$36,471$1,146$5,634$56,620$87,830
Greenland$9,621$1,200$1,721    
Grenada   $1,626   
Guatemala$486,013$8,322$2,652 $4,223$3,501$1,658
Guinea$9,603      
Guyana    $495  
Honduras$17,789$20,958$15,469 $27,273  
Hong Kong$4,583,673$7,377,678$6,041,871$1,183,679$1,148,498$2,285,631$176,808
Hungary   $129,000 $3,000 
Iceland $1,771$525 $1,574$1,107$366
India$4,752,106$2,568,590$3,989,531$4,784,247$4,132,706$4,679,967$6,367,454
Indonesia$991,603$759,206$520,709$3,179,005$1,590,120$2,038,546$2,161,859
Iran$31,851$54,424   $1,843 
Ireland$472,954$1,317,836$2,748,471$2,885,278$1,398,236$2,083,530$1,867,614
Israel$1,648,000$1,756,000$1,906,000$1,719,000$794,000$1,361,000$1,535,000
Italy$7,280,461$6,547,174$6,519,410$6,761,622$3,714,699$4,621,684$5,903,671
Jamaica$529$397     
Japan$16,336,771$21,185,553$24,587,640$29,859,080$21,094,100$26,131,000$32,027,607
Jordan   $45,526$868 $394
Kazakhstan$849$1,656$1,091$15,562$3,627  
Kenya$107,744$5,237$26,429 $26,372$13,113 
Korea, South$956,292$1,044,892$1,229,809$1,017,699$970,522$1,105,450$1,130,030
Kuwait $18,276$36,484    
Kyrgyzstan $70$19$50$30,059  
Latvia$62$8,177$168 $7,262 $1,419
Lebanon   $139,125   
Lesotho   $2,019   
Lithuania$5,493$2,355$7,406$5,404$2,835$5,039$41,405
Luxembourg$16,227$10,748$34,979$16,294$17,778$13,337$36,091
Macau $644     
Macedonia$2,365$323$348 $21,679 $208
Madagascar$3,046 $3,652$4,623$13,493$88,403 
Malawi $29$36,805$3,125  $95
Malaysia$15,087$663,232$1,600,596$1,565,719$236,947$136,705$182,326
Mali$18,699$18,848     
Malta$80,407    $12,544 
Mauritania   $25,340 $4,734$1,688
Mauritius$5,721$156,887$5,373$6,249$554$10,201$269
Mayotte $1,800$1,513    
Mexico$1,304,135$795,464$384,306$31,996$3,883$46,681$317,423
Moldova$129  $43$13  
Mongolia$7,280 $5,400    
Montenegro  $1,000$939 $13 
Morocco$8,393$51,138$16,098$2,197$6,803$14,062 
Mozambique$11,204$11,122$10,775$16,013$5,564$12,197$5,000
Namibia$3,300$5,406$1,811$14,067   
Nepal     $293 
Netherlands$72,104$7,538$248,427$767,687$301,293$334,094 
Netherlands Antilles$5,791$22,428$1,443$2,983   
New Caledonia $28$103 $764$3,495$12,781
New Zealand$124,534$82,088$566$1,490$5,272$336$133
Nicaragua$1,150$6,833$22,645$12,207$28,845$39,672$82,506
Niger$329 $10    
Nigeria $1,296$25,762 $302,147$7,949 
Norway$23,961$61,605$66,254$20,138$23,543$26,919$96,697
Oman$33,599$8,965$1,605$749$35,693  
Pakistan$74,068$3,060$145,167$22,377$35,003  
Panama$191$1,574$59,872$10,875$36,102$69,532$113,272
Paraguay$49,155$17    $1,495
Peru$2,627$8,606$70,820$16,698$2,529$85,237$41,124
Philippines $12,775 $8,005$2,885$462$36,868
Poland$2,464$583$112,617$74,340$10,865$222,310$48,596
Portugal$65,033$271,453$314,771$570,294$150,584$249,955$581,368
Qatar$17,471$43,642$63,000$233 $246,422 
Romania$85,398$70,483$206,623$191,474$113,502$250,735$91,573
Russia$5,452$2,236$5,205$7,477$1,146$50,115$275,897
Rwanda $306$8,155$78$3,818 $997
Sao Tome and Principe  $244    
Saudi Arabia$22,420,552$10,989,936$16,330,903 $524,578$13,405,083 
Senegal$4,119$15,055 $1,567 $83$16,623
Serbia$3,271$850$351$481$524$4,115$6,536
Seychelles$129$1,568$2,049$3,647   
Singapore      $254,025
Slovakia$8,124$20,633$9,713$9,680$3,182$12,528$3,523
Slovenia$1,105$1,466 $915$91,879$1,628$9,927
South Africa$79,534$17,751$73,815$27,760$11,607$17,719$19,673
Spain$5,592,221$7,038,080$8,468,390$8,519,537$5,427,385$7,535,794 
Sri Lanka$294,827$351,481$485,002$437,497$5$121,697$206,310
Sudan $1,920$411 $499  
Suriname$9,962$29,390$7,382$8,017$5,607$12,037$22,347
Swaziland$9,262$1,632$11,238    
Sweden$23,039$127,709$195,878$112,382$13,040$49,809$15,726
Switzerland$4,461,746$4,229,429$4,229,514$3,502,772$2,315,363$3,964,081$4,195,990
Tanzania$1,666$18,590$80$19,005$1,851$2,069$33,167
Thailand$832,130$916,871$1,253,532$1,125,101$653,619$1,372,095$1,273,186
Togo      $2,280
Tonga   $236   
Trinidad and Tobago$9,290    $1,527 
Tunisia$11,370$5,069$8,566$9,078$56,664$22,089 
Turkey$5,201,095$8,968,325$11,183,324$10,640,366$6,994,123$8,707,331$7,470,641
Uganda$6,266 $467 $9,606$24,056 
Ukraine$312 $1,742$1,152$763$1,690$6,375
United Arab Emirates$2,821 $9,920$330,996   
United Kingdom$5,041,471$4,672,594$4,802,297$6,373,071$4,991,842$6,156,831$4,805,158
United States$9,826,717$10,161,519$5,547,004$6,525,981$4,120,138$1,947,619$935,517
Uruguay  $10,539$6,259   
Vanuatu $123     
Venezuela$427,907$51,148$122,193$501,216$345,373$503,107$411,235
Vietnam$153,354$1,056,748$51,581$372,917$9,456$23,270 
Wallis and Futuna$76$190     
Yemen $8,174$14,352$32,933$30,622$40,019$9,002
Zambia$17,684$51,875$68,664$92,745$63,685$38,407 
Zimbabwe$22,620$2,062$34,995$732$259$13,812