RankCountryImports of Synthetic filament tow (excl. of 5501.10-5501.30) in USD (2010)
1Canada$7,739,328
2Kenya$3,814,127
3Germany$3,638,067
4South Africa$2,628,055
5Hong Kong$2,220,358
6Indonesia$1,901,448
7United States$1,710,635
8Cameroon$1,639,223
9Romania$1,587,703
10Tanzania$1,377,492
11Singapore$1,292,679
12Sri Lanka$1,038,372
13New Zealand$886,193
14Belgium$770,279
15France$685,271
16China$674,647
17Czech Republic$487,677
18Chile$460,893
19Zimbabwe$433,987
20United Kingdom$384,942
21Ireland$383,012
22Egypt$340,504
23Spain$313,248
24Italy$234,606
25Saudi Arabia$207,200
26Malawi$203,974
27Thailand$190,496
28Bolivia$169,718
29India$160,494
30Pakistan$150,176
31Nigeria$147,817
32Israel$108,000
33Uganda$101,459
34Vietnam$100,680
35Brazil$96,027
36Botswana$92,196
37Malaysia$89,453
38Ecuador$62,976
39Bosnia and Herzegovina$61,371
40Sweden$60,243
41Cote d'Ivoire$54,604
42Slovakia$49,224
43Costa Rica$48,299
44Ghana$47,578
45Japan$38,013
46Portugal$35,441
47Senegal$33,155
48Korea, South$31,559
49Bulgaria$30,107
50Denmark$29,146
51Fiji$28,332
52Mexico$21,835
53Lithuania$20,457
54Venezuela$20,382
55Yemen$19,860
56Lebanon$18,676
57Luxembourg$18,042
58Mali$16,807
59Qatar$16,519
60Guatemala$14,303
61Switzerland$14,139
62Algeria$13,306
63Finland$13,292
64Mozambique$12,156
65Zambia$11,168
66Slovenia$11,088
67Norway$10,786
68Panama$9,456
69Croatia$9,132
70El Salvador$9,042
71Cambodia$7,918
72Russia$7,467
73Netherlands$6,629
74Poland$5,067
75Oman$4,161
76Montenegro$4,106
77Bermuda$4,053
78Malta$3,947
79Colombia$3,727
80Mauritius$2,782
81Nepal$1,774
82Nicaragua$1,463
83Azerbaijan$1,404
84Moldova$1,285
85Bahrain$1,117
86Estonia$997
87Suriname$695
88Ethiopia$629
89Sao Tome and Principe$438
90Argentina$401
91Madagascar$345
92Bahamas, The$210
93Turkey$190
94Serbia$165
95Belarus$100
96Paraguay$100
97Antigua and Barbuda$63
98Cape Verde$47
99Dominican Republic$32
100Morocco$29
101Austria$28
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$10,970$9,211$70,273$7,267$2,706  
Algeria$738$321$3,581$8,576$3,796$13,306$435,760
Antigua and Barbuda$173$1,793   $63$80
Argentina$400$9,973$1,382$1,439$3,275$401$92
Armenia $749 $690   
Aruba    $574  
Australia$444 $3,531 $1,018  
Austria$2,373$21,983$62,872$25,403$7,956$28 
Azerbaijan$51$11,995$11,297$39,107$22,760$1,404$2,278
Bahamas, The$664 $116$5,465$885$210 
Bahrain   $70,306 $1,117$21,537
Bangladesh$1,518,765$1,355,965$4,153,313    
Barbados  $472 $416 $1,305
Belarus$3,100$300$500$12,400 $100$200
Belgium$16,545,556$243,809$252,533$332,869$919,465$770,279$300,635
Belize$510$2,197$2,125$3,062   
Benin $440     
Bermuda     $4,053 
Bhutan    $95  
Bolivia$7,355$7,966$138,544$18,099$26,620$169,718$3,037
Bosnia and Herzegovina$263,053$90,499$116,980$127,167$48,738$61,371$60,386
Botswana$289,683$272,067$30,048$343$465,847$92,196$510,058
Brazil$19,123$16,809$90,871$287,621$239,552$96,027$24,930
Brunei $6,875     
Bulgaria$65,074$29,184$70,826$169,777$113,535$30,107$41,905
Burkina Faso  $8,516$85$6,083  
Burundi$105  $40   
Cambodia   $42,198$8,708$7,918 
Cameroon$229,461$133,428$139,413$412,564$619,398$1,639,223 
Canada$4,169,267$5,995,079$6,657,973$6,383,011$5,971,193$7,739,328$6,736,911
Cape Verde   $87$698$47 
Chile $68$3,477$65,637$264,961$460,893$338,744
China$548,652$997,119$2,137,097$1,258,802$1,210,632$674,647$956,302
Colombia$5,661$4,424$24,361$5,129$16,751$3,727 
Costa Rica $12,154$18,690$308 $48,299$700
Cote d'Ivoire $4,446$33,272$11,315$3,711$54,604$2,468
Croatia$21,154$21,465$19,375$19,412$28,005$9,132$7,570
Cuba$3,023$286     
Cyprus$207$186     
Czech Republic$10,236$2,511$12,555$11,563$416,937$487,677$70,418
Denmark$20,551$26,780$24,417$58,718$17,517$29,146$20,469
Dominica    $28  
Dominican Republic$212$104$46,708$7,017$4,282$32$45,833
East Timor$4,768      
Ecuador$5,895$4,159$24,881$87,061$17,526$62,976$73,097
Egypt$260,360$45,579$16,585$112,420$305,495$340,504 
El Salvador$58,107$45,054$67,376$1,686$71,830$9,042 
Estonia$444$219$1,481$608 $997$278
Ethiopia $93,318$39,356  $629 
Faroe Islands$1,191,362$801,313$967,585$709,909$245,184  
Fiji$55,224  $12,518$2,081$28,332 
Finland$27,489$25,934$39,582$24,087$15,024$13,292$9,631
France$185,397$488,408$281,368$1,480,858$470,517$685,271$1,008,784
French Polynesia$104$110 $2,357$83  
Gabon$10,854$1,401  $5,227  
Gambia, The $5,309    $112
Georgia $180$2,018$301   
Germany$130,000$2,542,000$3,067,000$2,943,000$2,900,000$3,638,067$3,234,516
Ghana $70,761$16,011$75,137$66,577$47,578$582,613
Greece$26,155$15,110$116,776$378,929$447,619 $28,499
Guatemala$8,954$25,329$3,177$4,481$32,876$14,303$2,742
Guinea$2,344  $3,378   
Guinea-Bissau$94      
Guyana$504$8,596  $29,350  
Honduras$861$1,018$6,229 $23,710  
Hong Kong$1,998,832$6,322,926$3,499,812$2,866,244$2,130,110$2,220,358$1,442,006
Hungary$46,000$17,000    $5,000
Iceland$5,555$842$5,540$1,241$3,150 $170
India$142,517$75,314$86,787$59,283$250,527$160,494$781,593
Indonesia$708,136$684,249$620,350$2,107,509$1,571,120$1,901,448$2,939,956
Iran$390,859      
Ireland$141$1,435,039$932,394$1,250,855$481,561$383,012$373,422
Israel$97,000$125,000$64,000$53,000$32,000$108,000$40,000
Italy$194,701$159,982$352,899$452,829$175,693$234,606$1,335,577
Jamaica$2,248  $1,050   
Japan $10,972  $2,208$38,013$206,513
Jordan $10,948$8,035 $16,106  
Kazakhstan$23,883$124,958$3,989$15,503$4,102  
Kenya$1,574,196$1,393,963$1,648,685$2,104,721$2,490,074$3,814,127 
Korea, South$7,157$17,047$4,013$157,414$20,378$31,559$7,187
Kuwait $18,269$55,374    
Kyrgyzstan$22,944$12,574$360 $4,315 $1,187
Latvia $1,822$734$21,871$4,433 $186
Lebanon   $8,554$48,806$18,676 
Lesotho   $29,921   
Lithuania$310  $5,439$90,092$20,457$1,259
Luxembourg$13,325$113,983$135,399$48,224$26,052$18,042$22,330
Macau $367 $2,957$1,071  
Macedonia $61 $307$2,146 $22,643
Madagascar$1,034$154 $41,044$1,126$345 
Malawi$10,260 $142,603$519,997$196,262$203,974$313,960
Malaysia$2,275,730$98,640$88,229$82,980$30,916$89,453$233,588
Mali $3,408   $16,807 
Malta $82,487$252  $3,947 
Mauritania  $27,096$11,851   
Mauritius$11,156$1,761$21,713$66,109$4,852$2,782$2,081
Mayotte  $197    
Mexico$272,362$22,700$25,167$28,548$4,908$21,835$41,700
Moldova$198$548$3,144$1,636$461$1,285$953
Mongolia$24$2,823$110    
Montenegro $18,431$23,610$12,583$3,964$4,106$2,595
Morocco $1,769 $23$12$29 
Mozambique$4,851$251$3,518$6,686$46,032$12,156 
Namibia$581$13,576$45    
Nepal    $3,764$1,774 
Netherlands$842,869$1,155,794$495,481$371,319$206,441$6,629 
Netherlands Antilles$2,426$18,772$1,525$3,721   
New Caledonia$638     $172
New Zealand$330,903$474,930$478,094$606,611$780,227$886,193$1,189,794
Nicaragua$1,220$2,258$1,854$15,880$13,599$1,463$362
Niger$170     $273
Nigeria $564,325$554,268$280,424$43,769$147,817 
Norway$14,448$706,419$11,298$28,879$46,817$10,786$79,880
Oman$2,081$6,278$63,547$809 $4,161 
Pakistan$232,066$241,753$599,016  $150,176$536
Panama$151$22,200$80,377$38,968$15,424$9,456$59,817
Paraguay    $369$100 
Peru$101  $20,363  $9,318
Philippines$297,831$425,615$441,237$95,698  $29,421
Poland$3,903$230,041$27,681$31,714$2,570$5,067$9,049
Portugal$72,133$30,506$57,078$130,640$88,075$35,441$231,597
Qatar$425,197$415,661$322,327$297,600 $16,519 
Romania$62,759$245,731$524,479$2,968,996$1,130,016$1,587,703$3,879,287
Russia  $3,091$1,983 $7,467$129
Rwanda$2,236$27,388$24,809$1,855$1,173 $27
Saint Kitts and Nevis   $6,393   
Saint Lucia  $37    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $17  
Samoa    $6,870  
Sao Tome and Principe  $251  $438 
Saudi Arabia$30,983$3,994$99,864  $207,200 
Senegal$2,802$47,026$61,728$143,607$38,068$33,155$28,094
Serbia$54,632$165,247$3,839$706$212$165$385
Seychelles$35,602$8,180$1,938$21,319   
Singapore$490,169$198,259$304,125$2,254,864$204,799$1,292,679$843,604
Slovakia$20,144$173,018$132,497$5,809$8,929$49,224$89,531
Slovenia$18,592$321$2,329$9,989$9,050$11,088$3,127
South Africa$363,654$570,380$1,011,899$1,690,347$2,228,273$2,628,055$3,676,248
Spain$347,464$478,408$769,212$397,813$584,359$313,248 
Sri Lanka$18,674$1,436,599$956,799$1,472,488$1,688,778$1,038,372$2,040,861
Sudan $2,602$2,000    
Suriname     $695$1,884
Swaziland$416$4,776$72,524    
Sweden$187,932$130,970$114,262$108,380$79,426$60,243$25,593
Switzerland$5,923$82,362$27,078$30,440$26,378$14,139$97,890
Syria $34,249     
Tanzania$214,643$300,580$266,932$743,625$855,314$1,377,492$2,964,377
Thailand$107,661$52,744$39,975$143,575$1,452,588$190,496$129,413
Tonga   $177   
Trinidad and Tobago$112,719$54,602 $4,975   
Tunisia $7,019$1,694$51,621$43,729  
Turkey$117,187$23,751$3,841$34,228$1,492$190 
Uganda$1,576$514$30,162$7,663$79,552$101,459 
Ukraine$387$991$5,068$82,600   
United Arab Emirates$13,265 $166,084$1,836,692   
United Kingdom$1,958,388$883,473$867,010$1,269,221$366,666$384,942$415,006
United States$744,871$1,937,088$2,790,108$2,922,732$1,957,215$1,710,635$2,013,366
Vanuatu  $47    
Venezuela$44,362$1,357$13,237$34,474$5,449$20,382$141,419
Vietnam$666,460$590,233$432,198$1,507$38,062$100,680 
Yemen     $19,860 
Zambia$8,366$78,860$96$148 $11,168 
Zimbabwe$65,393$3,136$120,050 $255,782$433,987