RankCountryImports of Synthetic staple fibres, not carded/combed/othw. processed for spinning, of ... in USD (2010)
1United States$541,879,383
2Germany$324,886,279
3Vietnam$306,677,170
4China$217,578,120
5Pakistan$193,078,230
6Italy$176,815,522
7United Kingdom$159,251,277
8France$143,217,735
9Turkey$125,915,405
10Mexico$124,424,899
11Belgium$109,575,016
12Indonesia$105,485,587
13Spain$101,396,317
14Russia$89,550,079
15Poland$87,345,073
16Israel$75,824,000
17Canada$69,850,781
18Iran$67,847,138
19Thailand$61,107,482
20Brazil$53,215,894
21Japan$42,622,756
22Syria$42,547,752
23Netherlands$37,171,909
24Australia$37,015,853
25Peru$34,653,478
26Malaysia$29,571,102
27Czech Republic$28,045,243
28Philippines$27,937,294
29Morocco$27,614,726
30Ukraine$27,396,796
31India$27,062,720
32Colombia$24,321,257
33Egypt$23,770,319
34Ecuador$23,276,045
35Estonia$21,771,689
36South Africa$20,725,359
37Portugal$18,834,605
38Chile$18,058,370
39Slovenia$17,976,182
40New Zealand$17,677,147
41Hong Kong$16,897,248
42Saudi Arabia$16,707,488
43Finland$14,919,926
44Argentina$11,619,010
45Sweden$11,563,664
46Bulgaria$11,393,039
47Romania$10,504,275
48Guatemala$10,421,258
49Lithuania$9,688,770
50El Salvador$9,591,567
51Serbia$8,696,043
52Switzerland$8,453,197
53Korea, South$8,184,928
54Nepal$7,507,409
55Slovakia$6,849,464
56Greece$6,836,285
57Austria$6,817,060
58Denmark$6,770,321
59Norway$6,235,328
60Algeria$6,079,251
61Belarus$6,001,200
62Hungary$5,103,000
63Bahrain$4,419,226
64Singapore$3,773,537
65Ireland$3,765,131
66Venezuela$3,752,985
67Lebanon$3,313,112
68Croatia$3,121,134
69Kenya$2,795,523
70Tunisia$2,518,589
71Ethiopia$1,686,939
72Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,391,912
73Sri Lanka$1,325,911
74Nigeria$1,275,413
75Jordan$769,090
76Moldova$684,889
77Qatar$625,695
78Dominican Republic$623,149
79Tanzania$606,980
80Uganda$602,229
81Bolivia$563,436
82Azerbaijan$489,909
83Oman$287,441
84Cyprus$259,083
85Costa Rica$256,957
86Yemen$236,566
87Albania$224,947
88Zimbabwe$220,634
89Georgia$197,468
90Mauritius$184,944
91Paraguay$138,086
92Armenia$100,557
93Benin$84,634
94Montenegro$73,130
95Madagascar$59,979
96Cambodia$51,088
97Zambia$47,945
98Ghana$30,271
99Trinidad and Tobago$30,172
100Latvia$27,457
101New Caledonia$13,960
102Botswana$11,474
103Iceland$6,488
104Senegal$4,880
105Luxembourg$3,684
106Kyrgyzstan$3,226
107Maldives$2,916
108Malta$2,239
109Barbados$1,663
110Nicaragua$472
111Belize$434
112Bahamas, The$354
113Antigua and Barbuda$330
114Dominica$136
115Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$123
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $2,881$125,646$103,103$121,845$224,947$312,209
Algeria$3,971,673$4,723,990$5,879,166$5,069,680$5,385,277$6,079,251$8,948,495
Antigua and Barbuda $385   $330 
Argentina$9,404,520$12,382,511$22,528,726$31,378,976$12,285,266$11,619,010$22,188,477
Armenia    $7,851$100,557$78,839
Aruba    $543 $759
Australia$39,318,891$44,579,902$47,327,753$50,381,976$53,172,340$37,015,853$51,049,134
Austria$9,350,975$7,735,143$8,909,937$7,978,780$5,395,709$6,817,060 
Azerbaijan  $4,520$345$3,733$489,909$787,634
Bahamas, The $6,552$49  $354 
Bahrain$939$4,691$1,435,428$6,379,146$3,458,287$4,419,226$4,027,127
Bangladesh$37,188,497$43,533,958$51,890,515    
Barbados$9,062 $8,334$4,494 $1,663 
Belarus$3,765,900$4,521,800$6,029,600$6,324,600$4,457,800$6,001,200$7,050,400
Belgium$86,977,391$91,029,667$111,668,495$112,821,417$79,819,882$109,575,016$156,356,540
Belize     $434 
Benin     $84,634 
Bhutan   $46   
Bolivia$685,088$692,313$892,361$1,132,300$370,619$563,436$673,753
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,188,499$1,194,298$1,728,348$2,508,425$1,110,352$1,391,912$2,159,197
Botswana$784$1,450$51$24,105$24,799$11,474$131
Brazil$43,719,210$40,130,482$43,017,523$61,806,304$39,161,800$53,215,894$79,908,332
Bulgaria$8,525,419$9,572,223$11,693,965$13,176,157$9,483,563$11,393,039$12,320,705
Burundi $65,444     
Cambodia  $5,642$22,958$1,791$51,088 
Cameroon $10,687 $311   
Canada$77,695,700$74,740,293$79,745,242$67,879,317$54,539,867$69,850,781$78,299,991
Cape Verde $227$1,895    
Chile$13,029,626$11,962,333$17,045,841$16,626,690$14,009,392$18,058,370$21,780,877
China$402,540,051$321,909,155$274,785,916$218,629,246$194,933,529$217,578,120$231,511,843
Colombia$6,997,727$10,011,689$10,458,330$15,993,150$17,260,804$24,321,257$41,019,535
Comoros  $25    
Costa Rica$83,815$98,769$103,960$246,105$78,944$256,957$385,586
Cote d'Ivoire $1,885$3,036   $5,285
Croatia$2,880,991$3,552,306$4,401,817$4,826,325$3,033,575$3,121,134$4,098,285
Cuba$270,396$165,329     
Cyprus$398,794$512,690$436,159$550,846$370,043$259,083$301,050
Czech Republic$32,218,615$32,626,469$42,213,596$37,950,693$23,688,825$28,045,243$43,252,122
Denmark$6,637,752$6,841,698$6,637,028$7,914,007$5,835,201$6,770,321$8,341,207
Djibouti    $1,341  
Dominica     $136 
Dominican Republic $51,107$109,926$364,837$311,521$623,149$665,538
Ecuador$17,777,234$17,816,499$20,795,767$25,326,601$17,631,517$23,276,045$31,921,113
Egypt$29,666,837$24,454,935$23,414,785$26,156,798$25,358,906$23,770,319$26,059,876
El Salvador$5,425,177$6,943,615$6,810,310$9,449,197$7,435,300$9,591,567 
Estonia$24,053,750$20,875,416$24,859,494$19,137,005$17,599,277$21,771,689$33,191,909
Ethiopia$988,959$319,899$671,203$205,619$267,254$1,686,939$1,928,422
Faroe Islands $3,716$58 $378  
Fiji$24,706 $11,468$40,097$17,511  
Finland$15,232,172$13,045,232$14,935,471$16,156,387$12,001,596$14,919,926$17,700,666
France$134,295,626$129,138,111$140,438,152$137,031,632$112,933,881$143,217,735$175,678,612
Gabon$8,842$3,583 $96,143$5,165  
Gambia, The $10,511     
Georgia  $37,792$116,472$73,935$197,468 
Germany$251,050,000$271,491,000$324,030,000$325,828,000$244,680,000$324,886,279$466,232,783
Ghana$8,596$427$90$1,625$23$30,271$127,625
Greece$8,828,087$8,914,693$12,576,252$11,795,488$7,528,924$6,836,285$5,846,268
Greenland  $538    
Guatemala$5,757,191$1,665,137$7,119,136$4,941,437$3,376,629$10,421,258$12,205,172
Guinea   $7,560   
Guyana$3,107      
Honduras$281,291$360,800$238,018 $175,975  
Hong Kong$76,481,919$49,820,082$29,490,754$20,199,298$16,288,232$16,897,248$20,177,939
Hungary$4,686,000$4,196,000$6,504,000$4,420,000$2,962,000$5,103,000$8,003,000
Iceland$5,608$5,307$3,874$3,302$178$6,488$8,922
India$14,114,582$15,488,867$20,586,876$18,086,845$18,232,477$27,062,720$83,926,971
Indonesia$51,625,923$26,082,655$43,571,187$70,843,930$52,587,022$105,485,587$219,534,866
Iran$54,164,602$6,602,607   $67,847,138 
Ireland$8,004,776$6,759,644$8,821,882$3,734,671$3,214,777$3,765,131$5,633,991
Israel$32,935,000$34,580,000$46,670,000$56,914,000$47,009,000$75,824,000$81,443,000
Italy$196,003,159$195,918,533$218,724,244$193,101,436$140,426,559$176,815,522$216,288,234
Japan$15,004,245$17,157,558$21,935,267$38,253,769$29,483,952$42,622,756$59,350,276
Jordan$582,365$776,608$864,006$1,351,442$768,131$769,090$1,457,955
Kazakhstan$280,891$310,396$441,416$235,461$801,337  
Kenya$3,001,708$2,027,035$2,639,368$2,618,076$2,559,927$2,795,523 
Korea, South$4,916,420$5,395,415$7,651,411$8,631,670$5,575,943$8,184,928$13,162,145
Kuwait $3,033,797$5,249,947$4,762,103   
Kyrgyzstan$52,273$17,777$22,800$17,995$28,688$3,226$73,785
Latvia$169,707$34,553$245,786$54,141$18,097$27,457$69,490
Lebanon$2,033,000$1,190,687$2,802,450$2,723,522$3,049,379$3,313,112$3,365,616
Lithuania$8,417,833$7,992,574$8,721,079$9,185,476$6,141,351$9,688,770$15,669,095
Luxembourg$642$39$55$363$633$3,684$6,605
Macau$119$2,609  $38,048  
Macedonia$769,568$1,435,935$3,008,593$4,623,185$3,021,653 $4,973,934
Madagascar$69,929$111,371$148,663$152,271$111,466$59,979 
Malawi    $90,404 $32,970
Malaysia$33,848,823$39,885,408$28,996,029$23,794,897$19,912,291$29,571,102$43,920,920
Maldives$5,961$2,488$241$336$7,259$2,916$2,864
Malta$6,238$1,045$1,967$9,451$3,170$2,239 
Mauritius$92,115$66,658$181,095$303,911$116,768$184,944$184,134
Mayotte $16,062     
Mexico$131,376,802$169,629,359$155,142,956$153,014,672$97,810,079$124,424,899$178,463,587
Moldova$430,346$450,790$469,020$483,140$430,823$684,889$2,174,333
Montenegro $42,038$61,150$76,541$47,429$73,130$62,670
Morocco$22,315,898$25,012,242$31,861,181$33,832,371$28,783,002$27,614,726 
Mozambique    $9,574 $1,000
Namibia$1,816$1,640$1,057$17,687   
Nepal    $15,889,245$7,507,409 
Netherlands$23,913,618$20,725,154$21,040,774$28,240,847$30,406,843$37,171,909 
Netherlands Antilles   $1,113   
New Caledonia$1,162 $1,204$4,644$3,784$13,960 
New Zealand$7,490,128$7,456,156$9,219,515$10,475,898$14,060,177$17,677,147$20,901,398
Nicaragua$430 $525  $472 
Niger $15,192  $1,615  
Nigeria $5,264,038$13,020,286$3,471,582$3,231,744$1,275,413 
Norway$5,012,052$6,702,172$6,185,930$6,165,438$4,857,275$6,235,328$6,343,780
Oman$520,187$535,716$1,000,806$1,014,651$770,970$287,441 
Pakistan$47,139,176$71,101,778$75,918,662$111,866,391$128,207,528$193,078,230$255,134,009
Panama  $6,422    
Paraguay$47,537$86,348$107,704$160,166$69,848$138,086$119,628
Peru$16,848,722$18,938,443$21,700,512$26,562,398$19,678,895$34,653,478$52,614,268
Philippines$30,397,866$23,161,085$25,257,094$19,622,088$18,807,067$27,937,294$26,301,004
Poland$50,704,602$53,893,774$72,958,269$83,474,847$63,465,323$87,345,073$99,168,783
Portugal$14,326,575$13,492,149$18,858,052$18,515,131$11,796,135$18,834,605$23,089,940
Qatar$558,239$1,212,307$816,864$1,191,855 $625,695 
Romania$10,015,485$7,229,613$6,910,207$8,792,148$7,064,972$10,504,275$14,516,818
Russia$34,987,592$39,366,028$45,775,805$51,490,635$46,229,796$89,550,079$132,911,836
Rwanda$142,931$300,055$98,387$248,870$108,247 $232,263
Saint Kitts and Nevis$24,831      
Saint Lucia $51,621 $438   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $6$411$123 
Saudi Arabia$8,792,280$6,766,561$16,793,337$13,325,083$6,092,252$16,707,488 
Senegal $157 $9,345$1,503$4,880$957
Serbia$4,798,077$5,745,036$8,774,887$10,052,438$6,040,067$8,696,043$8,967,902
Seychelles $616     
Singapore$2,180,873$6,426,059$5,008,941$5,584,482$2,868,969$3,773,537$5,417,848
Slovakia$3,052,088$5,747,624$9,976,751$11,403,214$6,353,450$6,849,464$10,664,640
Slovenia$10,021,220$12,777,071$15,315,381$17,533,047$14,194,469$17,976,182$31,198,305
South Africa$13,044,516$16,201,820$19,331,637$19,372,529$17,056,753$20,725,359$21,016,677
Spain$118,099,195$110,871,870$127,154,634$108,057,462$91,265,671$101,396,317 
Sri Lanka$3,497,784$907,329$1,395,897$1,092,152$780,788$1,325,911$1,870,183
Swaziland$231,730$282,268$227,054    
Sweden$11,607,336$13,477,903$17,006,972$13,602,567$9,899,962$11,563,664$14,570,900
Switzerland$4,222,101$3,942,961$5,529,202$7,006,197$6,182,017$8,453,197$6,717,342
Syria$45,728,087$35,252,667$42,025,088$86,603,476 $42,547,752 
Tanzania$329,749$374,545$480,599$519,709$286,561$606,980$1,171,887
Thailand$33,938,616$36,264,520$43,656,616$53,184,399$38,312,433$61,107,482$99,656,473
Trinidad and Tobago  $36,424$24,150$27,968$30,172 
Tunisia$6,167,481$1,832,194$2,412,754$6,772,004$1,982,921$2,518,589 
Turkey$85,107,300$85,027,019$110,075,205$97,510,874$93,866,935$125,915,405$194,204,919
Uganda$357,428$702,237$1,233,441$613,783$503,019$602,229 
Ukraine$17,835,249$20,130,786$19,708,046$21,915,090$15,738,323$27,396,796$38,848,339
United Arab Emirates$10,072,388 $11,238,441$14,217,424   
United Kingdom$156,099,281$155,457,331$184,631,167$168,222,294$129,666,025$159,251,277$200,521,244
United States$473,780,816$502,266,292$550,879,962$597,762,846$395,524,677$541,879,383$631,272,302
Uruguay$1,382,315$1,414,506$1,500,511$1,943,405$929,844  
Venezuela$3,939,969$4,097,504$4,962,908$8,048,126$7,274,282$3,752,985$1,913,593
Vietnam$179,482,037$163,055,651$194,102,501$207,491,552$215,000,960$306,677,170 
Yemen$24,670$59,643 $30,682$370,883$236,566$536,262
Zambia $11,280 $93,189$625$47,945 
Zimbabwe$138,143$258,542$347,053$136,735$113,020$220,634