RankCountryImports of Synthetic staple fibres, not carded/combed/othw. processed for spinning, of ... in USD (2010)
1Germany$122,872,867
2United States$80,456,326
3China$75,831,646
4Italy$71,817,971
5Canada$34,773,614
6Japan$19,672,471
7Mexico$18,719,445
8France$18,573,902
9United Kingdom$15,152,894
10Austria$14,918,534
11Netherlands$14,210,917
12Brazil$12,971,557
13Slovakia$12,272,273
14Spain$8,557,814
15India$7,988,846
16Korea, South$7,094,606
17Turkey$6,723,467
18Sweden$6,354,770
19Finland$4,345,391
20Switzerland$4,325,082
21Czech Republic$4,110,505
22Thailand$3,227,355
23Indonesia$2,965,967
24New Zealand$2,884,613
25Luxembourg$2,317,962
26Israel$2,166,000
27Portugal$2,135,674
28Hong Kong$1,983,555
29Vietnam$1,752,780
30Belgium$1,722,705
31Slovenia$1,636,697
32Australia$1,520,478
33Lithuania$1,454,424
34Pakistan$1,427,565
35Russia$1,254,323
36South Africa$1,224,269
37Argentina$1,190,043
38Bulgaria$1,188,851
39Colombia$1,140,266
40Ukraine$841,581
41Denmark$763,871
42Malaysia$657,450
43Romania$626,776
44Hungary$602,000
45Singapore$540,616
46Poland$523,159
47Tunisia$429,965
48Ireland$308,791
49Mauritius$275,391
50Oman$250,323
51Egypt$242,364
52Moldova$233,471
53Bahrain$221,674
54Syria$179,506
55Ecuador$170,825
56Norway$162,147
57Belarus$100,000
58Estonia$86,416
59Nigeria$80,721
60Bosnia and Herzegovina$73,352
61Costa Rica$72,012
62Dominican Republic$68,889
63Qatar$62,079
64Chile$58,273
65Aruba$56,942
66Peru$51,651
67Iran$51,484
68Sri Lanka$38,624
69Croatia$34,143
70Zimbabwe$24,408
71Morocco$17,173
72Greece$16,586
73Panama$13,766
74Botswana$6,179
75Latvia$5,930
76Philippines$5,899
77El Salvador$5,270
78Kyrgyzstan$4,489
79Montenegro$4,270
80Guatemala$4,226
81Paraguay$3,978
82Algeria$3,958
83Nepal$3,534
84Ghana$2,843
85Kenya$2,310
86Bahamas, The$1,311
87Samoa$1,184
88Serbia$981
89Bolivia$831
90Venezuela$538
91Fiji$478
92Senegal$405
93Zambia$145
94Tanzania$100
95Nicaragua$45
96Uganda$40
97New Caledonia$22
98Antigua and Barbuda$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$406$3,054 $784$1,559  
Algeria     $3,958$621,229
Antigua and Barbuda $94$702 $64$5$80
Argentina$1,613,126$1,346,526$1,014,933$1,296,887$947,181$1,190,043$1,457,211
Aruba    $6,307$56,942$3,870
Australia$3,986,600$3,396,332$3,599,239$3,572,115$1,206,335$1,520,478$2,446,687
Austria$18,486,278$16,268,078$15,151,187$11,628,396$12,623,764$14,918,534 
Azerbaijan      $386
Bahamas, The$28   $293$1,311$3,710
Bahrain    $14,958$221,674$81,469
Bangladesh$743,373$74,509$43,214    
Barbados $6,552$1,841 $871  
Belarus$454,600$466,200$156,400$65,100$65,300$100,000 
Belgium$5,640,364$5,850,362$7,512,818$5,579,107$2,931,069$1,722,705$2,447,241
Bhutan$53   $22  
Bolivia$9,439$2,202 $342$3,473$831$5,762
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,805$3,254$42,551$11,057$2,144$73,352$157,732
Botswana$2,190$7,350$23,589$538$93$6,179$316,443
Brazil$8,143,132$9,103,705$8,961,914$8,722,539$6,520,933$12,971,557$14,427,158
Bulgaria$562,263$451,410$592,413$853,832$828,984$1,188,851$1,964,235
Cambodia$1,406$10,239 $11,955   
Cameroon   $3,574$6,034  
Canada$33,387,654$31,891,053$36,145,225$29,266,838$21,004,859$34,773,614$31,069,210
Chile$47,676$25,137 $32,049$67,976$58,273$68,430
China$44,311,180$53,306,575$57,225,935$66,289,214$51,986,050$75,831,646$96,014,135
Colombia$736,385$749,774$693,517$872,625$896,098$1,140,266$3,032,787
Costa Rica$54,285$60,616$25,172  $72,012$173,365
Croatia$229$178$906 $1,117$34,143$14,224
Cuba$7,815      
Cyprus$25,838$1,100$92    
Czech Republic$3,122,844$3,852,714$3,615,593$3,199,833$2,211,139$4,110,505$8,950,621
Denmark$1,780,834$2,202,770$1,787,777$2,326,563$830,817$763,871$1,033,061
Dominican Republic$147$1,693 $17,472$53$68,889$33,529
East Timor$73      
Ecuador$3,783$43,014$23,242$38,166$51,775$170,825$65,926
Egypt$793$308 $551,991$12,703$242,364$753,836
El Salvador$961$664$1,812$14,293$10,837$5,270 
Estonia$121,489$215,328$226,418$2,888,002$23,771$86,416$194,056
Ethiopia$30$79,114$184    
Faroe Islands$3,316$568$108$804$324  
Fiji $2,786$960$94 $478 
Finland$1,635,203$1,473,685$1,599,471$4,254,023$3,005,066$4,345,391$4,828,523
France$22,640,791$23,181,179$24,336,244$25,946,687$16,369,562$18,573,902$20,748,938
French Polynesia$1,456$42,287 $1,948$15  
Gambia, The  $121   $100
Germany$114,368,000$106,038,000$132,988,000$147,982,000$88,359,000$122,872,867$138,022,132
Ghana$79$92  $1,856$2,843$9,705
Greece$104,180$270,991$323,986$44,418$11,956$16,586$32,196
Guatemala$1,717$2,236$12,816$36,375$29,127$4,226$14,695
Guinea$39,537$21,140$16,779$35,460   
Guyana$2,910 $57 $1,767  
Honduras  $95 $10,946  
Hong Kong$13,569,044$5,841,955$3,206,803$3,856,803$5,024,537$1,983,555$7,019,267
Hungary $297,000$436,000 $319,000$602,000$381,000
Iceland$427$297  $119  
India$2,570,261$3,302,986$1,102,637$4,245,837$4,029,084$7,988,846$10,114,832
Indonesia$2,006,226$1,752,738$1,628,558$3,224,847$1,950,886$2,965,967$4,506,054
Iran$997,209    $51,484 
Ireland$557,872$370,183$240,963$363,681$200,453$308,791$232,814
Israel$120,000$239,000$331,000$978,000$2,387,000$2,166,000$73,000
Italy$86,187,544$93,964,686$95,636,062$86,400,569$53,017,745$71,817,971$79,531,466
Jamaica $1,236 $8$47  
Japan$17,307,362$18,278,122$13,531,502$16,029,199$12,998,423$19,672,471$23,243,426
Jordan$2,347     $2,421
Kazakhstan$91,227$44,610     
Kenya$148,157 $19,940$14,568 $2,310 
Korea, South$8,856,344$7,827,347$8,314,797$7,740,520$7,945,973$7,094,606$9,788,297
Kuwait $6,937$101,533    
Kyrgyzstan$8,589$7,639  $3,356$4,489 
Latvia$3,571 $6,242$1,528 $5,930$284
Lebanon $275    $18,524
Lithuania$763,764$1,006,050$932,099$944,158$857,260$1,454,424$2,445,362
Luxembourg$15,974$10,620$9,395$641,052$4,911,989$2,317,962 
Macau$348,599$154,396     
Macedonia$34,367$124,922$181,711$45,172$10,784  
Madagascar  $32$2,468$2,016  
Malawi      $113
Malaysia$543,034$431,482$336,251$650,554$383,820$657,450$1,238,617
Malta$74,624  $1,663   
Mauritius$127,025$75,256$32,202$128,804$290,180$275,391$719,505
Mexico$12,203,736$12,748,805$17,587,084$15,982,087$12,624,734$18,719,445$19,529,232
Moldova$257,059$372,915$433,867$488,724$261,251$233,471$83,592
Montenegro $24,557$14,513 $8,536$4,270$593
Morocco$17,769$56,745$228,906$26,105$3,193$17,173 
Mozambique$11,274$1,874$1,065 $269  
Namibia$660$8,055$2,340$5,484   
Nepal     $3,534 
Netherlands$17,687,822$17,301,741$12,907,204$19,112,597$14,400,672$14,210,917 
Netherlands Antilles$16,015$248$5,314    
New Caledonia$47    $22 
New Zealand$2,678,887$2,051,454$1,927,408$2,010,154$824,356$2,884,613$4,635,344
Nicaragua$350$887 $1,049$17$45$1,945
Nigeria   $30,336$2,231,823$80,721 
Norway$221,151$266,266$330,749$133,803$44,512$162,147$198,228
Oman$224,515$163,397$3,932$52,596$46,023$250,323 
Pakistan$1,077,017$587,207$1,393,453$3,024,343$1,720,318$1,427,565$825,733
Panama $3,369$245$12,920 $13,766$5,339
Paraguay$123    $3,978$8,916
Peru$58,646$119,179$116,797$59,895$37,502$51,651$112,228
Philippines$214,291$53,159$128,810$95,730$14,911$5,899 
Poland$1,020,257$1,001,844$1,389,807$1,141,521$575,518$523,159$896,004
Portugal$1,654,786$2,380,724$4,597,765$2,802,612$2,653,625$2,135,674$2,273,683
Qatar$14,970$2,724$169,849$267,458 $62,079 
Romania$1,744,968$1,441,705$726,753$713,019$590,927$626,776$676,723
Russia$688,723$1,015,376$1,941,073$1,991,551$609,412$1,254,323$2,031,438
Rwanda$443$9,261 $4,952$3,896 $347
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $137    
Samoa     $1,184 
Saudi Arabia$160,375$636,619$27,206    
Senegal     $405 
Serbia$8,210$23,173$39,036$14,853$3,882$981 
Seychelles$287$8,697$7,250$789   
Singapore$805,185$1,101,476$646,852$957,568$539,706$540,616$315,173
Slovakia$435,230$661,154$760,294$781,449$1,441,069$12,272,273$16,534,323
Slovenia$959,375$1,005,446$1,310,815$2,831,137$1,011,374$1,636,697$2,578,659
South Africa$1,726,952$1,151,402$2,143,411$1,951,173$1,188,730$1,224,269$1,041,779
Spain$8,941,210$11,030,033$27,585,069$29,134,091$2,561,847$8,557,814 
Sri Lanka$1,768,215$758,565$31,119$66,470$28,568$38,624$6,283
Swaziland$881$3,622$1,640    
Sweden$1,907,587$1,501,938$1,296,506$1,345,355$1,139,628$6,354,770$3,799,904
Switzerland$2,924,142$4,062,824$3,593,749$4,449,442$3,273,431$4,325,082$6,186,730
Syria$77,407$77,441$92,345  $179,506 
Tanzania$16,332$32,318   $100$4,030
Thailand$2,208,602$2,429,065$1,484,598$3,061,205$2,463,452$3,227,355$3,708,899
Tonga   $102   
Trinidad and Tobago $1,542     
Tunisia$725,251$3,721,128$5,045,024$271,997$175,489$429,965 
Turkey$9,425,526$16,516,635$8,831,586$6,974,602$6,086,255$6,723,467$9,774,305
Uganda $82,215$189 $2,286$40 
Ukraine$430,029$424,160$658,623$866,660$1,041,254$841,581$1,080,724
United Arab Emirates$114,451 $34,061$3,247,741   
United Kingdom$30,975,487$26,386,105$31,065,133$25,903,617$12,897,206$15,152,894$14,624,538
United States$51,201,272$46,282,259$70,158,024$78,328,012$56,721,768$80,456,326$121,608,565
Uruguay$149,683$96,455$135,500$258,352$149,652  
Venezuela$110,986$55,723$984$4,203$1,645$538$841
Vietnam$66,731$217,602$236,978$1,007,708$1,537,706$1,752,780 
Yemen$32,082$51,377$13,519$1,603$10,622  
Zambia$5,001$427$23$331$530$145 
Zimbabwe$25,305$830$71,827$12,678$2,733$24,408