| Rank | Country | Imports of Synthetic staple fibres, not carded/combed/othw. processed for spinning, of ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $541,879,383 |  | | 2 | Germany | $324,886,279 |  | | 3 | Vietnam | $306,677,170 |  | | 4 | China | $217,578,120 |  | | 5 | Pakistan | $193,078,230 |  | | 6 | Italy | $176,815,522 |  | | 7 | United Kingdom | $159,251,277 |  | | 8 | France | $143,217,735 |  | | 9 | Turkey | $125,915,405 |  | | 10 | Mexico | $124,424,899 |  | | 11 | Belgium | $109,575,016 |  | | 12 | Indonesia | $105,485,587 |  | | 13 | Spain | $101,396,317 |  | | 14 | Russia | $89,550,079 |  | | 15 | Poland | $87,345,073 |  | | 16 | Israel | $75,824,000 |  | | 17 | Canada | $69,850,781 |  | | 18 | Iran | $67,847,138 |  | | 19 | Thailand | $61,107,482 |  | | 20 | Brazil | $53,215,894 |  | | 21 | Japan | $42,622,756 |  | | 22 | Syria | $42,547,752 |  | | 23 | Netherlands | $37,171,909 |  | | 24 | Australia | $37,015,853 |  | | 25 | Peru | $34,653,478 |  | | 26 | Malaysia | $29,571,102 |  | | 27 | Czech Republic | $28,045,243 |  | | 28 | Philippines | $27,937,294 |  | | 29 | Morocco | $27,614,726 |  | | 30 | Ukraine | $27,396,796 |  | | 31 | India | $27,062,720 |  | | 32 | Colombia | $24,321,257 |  | | 33 | Egypt | $23,770,319 |  | | 34 | Ecuador | $23,276,045 |  | | 35 | Estonia | $21,771,689 |  | | 36 | South Africa | $20,725,359 |  | | 37 | Portugal | $18,834,605 |  | | 38 | Chile | $18,058,370 |  | | 39 | Slovenia | $17,976,182 |  | | 40 | New Zealand | $17,677,147 |  | | 41 | Hong Kong | $16,897,248 |  | | 42 | Saudi Arabia | $16,707,488 |  | | 43 | Finland | $14,919,926 |  | | 44 | Argentina | $11,619,010 |  | | 45 | Sweden | $11,563,664 |  | | 46 | Bulgaria | $11,393,039 |  | | 47 | Romania | $10,504,275 |  | | 48 | Guatemala | $10,421,258 |  | | 49 | Lithuania | $9,688,770 |  | | 50 | El Salvador | $9,591,567 |  | | 51 | Serbia | $8,696,043 |  | | 52 | Switzerland | $8,453,197 |  | | 53 | Korea, South | $8,184,928 |  | | 54 | Nepal | $7,507,409 |  | | 55 | Slovakia | $6,849,464 |  | | 56 | Greece | $6,836,285 |  | | 57 | Austria | $6,817,060 |  | | 58 | Denmark | $6,770,321 |  | | 59 | Norway | $6,235,328 |  | | 60 | Algeria | $6,079,251 |  | | 61 | Belarus | $6,001,200 |  | | 62 | Hungary | $5,103,000 |  | | 63 | Bahrain | $4,419,226 |  | | 64 | Singapore | $3,773,537 |  | | 65 | Ireland | $3,765,131 |  | | 66 | Venezuela | $3,752,985 |  | | 67 | Lebanon | $3,313,112 |  | | 68 | Croatia | $3,121,134 |  | | 69 | Kenya | $2,795,523 |  | | 70 | Tunisia | $2,518,589 |  | | 71 | Ethiopia | $1,686,939 |  | | 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,391,912 |  | | 73 | Sri Lanka | $1,325,911 |  | | 74 | Nigeria | $1,275,413 |  | | 75 | Jordan | $769,090 |  | | 76 | Moldova | $684,889 |  | | 77 | Qatar | $625,695 |  | | 78 | Dominican Republic | $623,149 |  | | 79 | Tanzania | $606,980 |  | | 80 | Uganda | $602,229 |  | | 81 | Bolivia | $563,436 |  | | 82 | Azerbaijan | $489,909 |  | | 83 | Oman | $287,441 |  | | 84 | Cyprus | $259,083 |  | | 85 | Costa Rica | $256,957 |  | | 86 | Yemen | $236,566 |  | | 87 | Albania | $224,947 |  | | 88 | Zimbabwe | $220,634 |  | | 89 | Georgia | $197,468 |  | | 90 | Mauritius | $184,944 |  | | 91 | Paraguay | $138,086 |  | | 92 | Armenia | $100,557 |  | | 93 | Benin | $84,634 |  | | 94 | Montenegro | $73,130 |  | | 95 | Madagascar | $59,979 |  | | 96 | Cambodia | $51,088 |  | | 97 | Zambia | $47,945 |  | | 98 | Ghana | $30,271 |  | | 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | $30,172 |  | | 100 | Latvia | $27,457 |  | | 101 | New Caledonia | $13,960 |  | | 102 | Botswana | $11,474 |  | | 103 | Iceland | $6,488 |  | | 104 | Senegal | $4,880 |  | | 105 | Luxembourg | $3,684 |  | | 106 | Kyrgyzstan | $3,226 |  | | 107 | Maldives | $2,916 |  | | 108 | Malta | $2,239 |  | | 109 | Barbados | $1,663 |  | | 110 | Nicaragua | $472 |  | | 111 | Belize | $434 |  | | 112 | Bahamas, The | $354 |  | | 113 | Antigua and Barbuda | $330 |  | | 114 | Dominica | $136 |  | | 115 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $123 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 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 | |
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