RankCountryImports of Synthetic filament tow, of polyesters in USD (2010)
1France$13,673,615
2Iran$7,293,028
3Italy$6,732,331
4Germany$5,565,739
5Turkey$5,032,926
6Portugal$4,100,034
7India$3,774,825
8China$3,756,535
9Brazil$3,538,661
10Spain$3,059,945
11United Kingdom$2,565,230
12Bulgaria$2,241,642
13Mexico$2,167,735
14Indonesia$2,159,318
15Czech Republic$1,904,454
16United States$1,525,441
17Switzerland$1,459,536
18Belgium$1,167,400
19Poland$1,117,810
20Thailand$1,099,124
21Ukraine$994,904
22Guatemala$770,958
23Peru$705,954
24South Africa$595,151
25Philippines$521,042
26Greece$517,190
27Egypt$487,539
28Saudi Arabia$486,134
29Ecuador$474,680
30Hong Kong$407,454
31Sri Lanka$354,676
32Zimbabwe$310,954
33Denmark$306,657
34Jordan$297,279
35Pakistan$238,512
36Tunisia$219,937
37Morocco$190,490
38Qatar$154,013
39Ireland$117,219
40Malaysia$92,495
41Colombia$91,082
42Belarus$87,900
43Canada$82,851
44Romania$81,246
45Sweden$68,313
46Japan$65,939
47Russia$55,742
48Korea, South$46,259
49Lithuania$45,752
50Netherlands$35,796
51Finland$35,698
52Luxembourg$29,110
53Ghana$28,641
54Chile$28,532
55Yemen$22,718
56Serbia$21,873
57New Zealand$21,239
58Oman$19,628
59Vietnam$16,310
60Kyrgyzstan$13,955
61Argentina$13,672
62Uganda$12,550
63Panama$11,897
64Norway$9,780
65Bosnia and Herzegovina$8,443
66Nepal$7,948
67Australia$6,674
68Costa Rica$5,954
69Iceland$4,476
70Fiji$4,240
71Samoa$3,492
72Botswana$3,005
73Nicaragua$2,086
74Cameroon$1,233
75Barbados$1,169
76Estonia$1,146
77Bolivia$1,092
78Kenya$1,087
79Burkina Faso$1,066
80Israel$1,000
81Montenegro$994
82Latvia$895
83Venezuela$593
84Croatia$465
85Suriname$302
86Guyana$254
87Mauritania$222
88El Salvador$176
89Austria$138
90Sao Tome and Principe$1
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $969$2,290$31,853$1,224  
Algeria$153 $3,792$746$9,561 $115,025
Antigua and Barbuda$49$1,151     
Argentina  $875$11,711$1,314$13,672$16,991
Australia$250,021$98,067$125,237$172,909$2,899$6,674 
Austria$45,055$46,890$11,444$3,882$2,142$138 
Azerbaijan   $2,225   
Bahamas, The$35      
Bahrain  $44,420$342,715   
Bangladesh$1,622,534$702,363$154,300    
Barbados   $487 $1,169$9,770
Belarus$326,700$523,800$539,200$313,700$116,500$87,900$2,400
Belgium$87,738$193,072$1,361,264$952,566$1,135,100$1,167,400$1,052,434
Benin$57      
Bolivia$122,896$60,055$31,160$250,682$45,135$1,092$43,841
Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,550$307$21$4,047$5,913$8,443$7,617
Botswana$1,169 $16,003$8,092$1,055$3,005 
Brazil$144,924$44,030$95,243$494,182$548,028$3,538,661$70,413
Brunei $175,601     
Bulgaria$1,782,276$2,071,960$3,212,069$3,388,602$1,174,445$2,241,642$2,365,591
Burkina Faso    $2,521$1,066 
Cambodia $32,319$2,060 $25,728  
Cameroon$43,090$36,110$27,936$1,311$50,708$1,233 
Canada$307,406$927,360$233,992$220,815$106,322$82,851$100,296
Cape Verde$355$117  $1,290  
Chile$583,540$605,043$508,784$82,209$7,049$28,532$34,863
China$16,930,583$15,922,477$15,195,117$12,433,655$5,477,731$3,756,535$1,561,264
Colombia$327$9,327$4,798 $2,006$91,082 
Costa Rica$143,342$144,325$36,475$7,442$8,544$5,954$69,163
Cote d'Ivoire  $415    
Croatia $32,662$31,329$108 $465$1,435
Cyprus$4,109$13,524     
Czech Republic$4,230,836$3,800,629$4,723,119$3,031,901$1,550,119$1,904,454$1,361,554
Denmark$37,444$32,625$80,249$232,112$192,327$306,657$302,290
Dominican Republic $6$2,242$4,100$350 $1,856
East Timor$234      
Ecuador$521,882$344,948$428,383$517,407$344,871$474,680$504,503
Egypt$279,827$418,577$276,239$2,085,657$528,073$487,539$494,616
El Salvador$39,534$14,190$1,585,541$168,393$38,552$176 
Estonia$32,615 $64,329$140,863$1,252$1,146$320
Ethiopia$549$265     
Faroe Islands$24,903$47,803$2,599$39,460$2,074  
Fiji$334,622$2,222   $4,240 
Finland$128,301$33,461$68,455$129,773$12,276$35,698$32,943
France$13,699,445$12,217,735$13,203,693$11,310,510$8,576,185$13,673,615$21,096,795
Georgia   $105   
Germany$5,805,000$8,537,000$12,640,000$7,911,000$4,948,000$5,565,739$7,217,176
Ghana$55$349 $169$5,131$28,641$342
Greece$97,895$64,623$69,035$277,759$51,798$517,190$77,877
Guatemala$2,269,712$972,961$654,581$843,147$781,836$770,958$1,046,388
Guyana$3,368    $254$8,064
Hong Kong$480,770$651,318$868,382$485,216$307,883$407,454$746,064
Iceland     $4,476$391
India$2,291,309$2,430,523$4,210,782$4,459,568$3,420,544$3,774,825$4,389,844
Indonesia$2,946,980$1,398,005$897,488$1,341,007$666,834$2,159,318$5,233,799
Iran$5,429,398    $7,293,028 
Ireland$11,227$40,809$79,100$18,914$593,367$117,219$16,597
Israel $71,000$20,000$126,000$53,000$1,000$1,000
Italy$4,609,504$8,900,866$9,584,265$6,802,066$4,550,802$6,732,331$9,819,064
Jamaica$1,604   $1,051  
Japan$119,651$121,876$175,521$66,852$52,509$65,939$4,694,991
Jordan$18,231$73,439$91,430$110,044$311,855$297,279$372,620
Kazakhstan $49$130$325$186  
Kenya$17,434$3,430$3,125 $9,380$1,087 
Korea, South$9,562$53,054$93,866$44,728$204,997$46,259$22,048
Kuwait $94,357$33,365    
Kyrgyzstan$171,696$11,312$25,955$38,198$10,696$13,955 
Latvia$967  $12,961$34,253$895$1,913
Lebanon  $2,653    
Lithuania$817,267$888,212$659,864$479,209$264,057$45,752$28,892
Luxembourg$46,921$53,492$50,900$69,454$41,049$29,110$49,947
Macau$52,231$60,544$7,139$98,975   
Macedonia $11,615$23,213 $3,864  
Madagascar $959 $2,301$482  
Malaysia$342,513$715,300$786,234$531,043$80,698$92,495$323,086
Mauritania     $222 
Mauritius $1,366$294,353$20,100$163,673 $5,222
Mayotte   $464   
Mexico$3,312,875$3,094,192$4,091,859$2,455,848$1,819,467$2,167,735$3,410,743
Moldova$36,172$1,688$4,657$6,279  $550
Mongolia $3,208$87    
Montenegro $2,564$7,288$4,003$1,783$994$27
Morocco$4,582$104,638 $356$5,692$190,490 
Mozambique$62$274    $63,000
Namibia  $1,082    
Nepal    $1,242$7,948 
Netherlands$8,702$13,819$64,509$20,629$43,241$35,796 
Netherlands Antilles  $3,927$496   
New Zealand$2,527  $22,261$5,136$21,239$9,826
Nicaragua$260$511 $3,705$90$2,086$4,068
Niger$149 $21$771$90  
Nigeria $180,175$187,095$46,140   
Norway$1,902$5,208$5,093$6,583$4,289$9,780$6,866
Oman$19,467$1,854$41,134$14,994$13,839$19,628 
Pakistan$146,969$129,600$74,514$40,463$86,055$238,512$641,321
Panama $11,362 $14,202$2,950$11,897 
Peru$381,540$689,875$1,171,895$1,422,790$589,669$705,954$963,182
Philippines$12,215 $109,655$9,928$348,176$521,042$1,183
Poland$2,371,589$2,714,696$2,456,500$621,155$759,397$1,117,810$1,083,862
Portugal$500,387$3,981,831$5,498,140$4,455,895$3,710,316$4,100,034$7,466,960
Qatar$445,893$369,137$125,530$74,172 $154,013 
Romania$174,070$134,312$77,525$122,616$34,587$81,246$34,818
Russia$6,470$655,845$11,769$14,859$23,905$55,742$25,211
Rwanda$3,807$597$793$729$993 $195
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $5,325    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $20     
Samoa    $32,204$3,492 
Sao Tome and Principe     $1 
Saudi Arabia$411,282$163,673$675,532  $486,134 
Senegal    $74 $1,535
Serbia$25,977$31,309$21,237$38,155$47$21,873 
Seychelles$2,477 $205    
Singapore      $30,281
Slovakia$641,277$390,526$284,194$14,849$1,336 $61,553
Slovenia$109,634$69,016$11,197$38,604$3,886 $240
South Africa$290,058$306,887$129,180$168,656$344,042$595,151$313,937
Spain$2,317,381$2,687,272$3,843,857$2,393,574$1,398,331$3,059,945 
Sri Lanka$530,150$435,824$384,593$351,252$126,709$354,676$481,970
Sudan$633$8,788$1,396$1,102   
Suriname     $302 
Swaziland$306 $79,086    
Sweden$51,571$127,709$158,335$75,435$24,631$68,313$176,682
Switzerland$1,184,365$642,901$1,148,722$1,671,168$799,673$1,459,536$1,771,672
Syria  $355,920    
Tanzania  $1,099 $25,290 $15,552
Thailand$681,435$1,107,355$481,752$478,929$504,270$1,099,124$549,572
Trinidad and Tobago$772$27,754$6,717    
Tunisia$6,281$56$28,435$292$612$219,937 
Turkey$208,215$176,750$366,864$778,203$137,730$5,032,926$10,938,310
Uganda$177$493 $204$86$12,550 
Ukraine$1,232,802$1,222,859$1,583,278$1,526,340$614,948$994,904$730,958
United Arab Emirates$225,604 $118,679$228,345   
United Kingdom$2,335,472$1,075,292$1,719,572$1,491,002$1,338,511$2,565,230$2,463,779
United States$2,910,139$2,729,218$1,777,658$1,428,674$1,263,411$1,525,441$5,223,653
Uruguay$188 $54    
Vanuatu $755     
Venezuela$1,420$72,395$356$5,329$18,182$593$2,893
Vietnam$33,850$59,069$102,626$4,490$15,284$16,310 
Yemen$4,705 $105,764 $20,450$22,718$15,300
Zambia   $5,389$519  
Zimbabwe   $1,519 $310,954