| Rank | Country | Imports of Synthetic staple fibres, not carded/combed/othw. processed for spinning, ac ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $296,251,465 |  | | 2 | Iran | $239,204,040 | | | 3 | Turkey | $120,324,218 | | | 4 | United States | $91,378,763 | | | 5 | Indonesia | $78,842,345 | | | 6 | Italy | $45,039,228 | | | 7 | India | $29,836,464 | | | 8 | Syria | $24,700,709 | | | 9 | Pakistan | $24,074,649 | | | 10 | Saudi Arabia | $21,150,693 | | | 11 | Romania | $18,923,072 | | | 12 | Germany | $14,380,036 | | | 13 | South Africa | $13,330,856 | | | 14 | Thailand | $12,806,365 | | | 15 | United Kingdom | $11,701,663 | | | 16 | Austria | $11,615,148 | | | 17 | Mexico | $9,941,883 | | | 18 | Belgium | $9,146,707 | | | 19 | Vietnam | $7,607,220 | | | 20 | France | $7,243,729 | | | 21 | Portugal | $6,629,403 | | | 22 | Hong Kong | $6,055,081 | | | 23 | Algeria | $5,757,995 | | | 24 | Brazil | $5,507,158 | | | 25 | Morocco | $5,331,486 | | | 26 | Korea, South | $5,324,722 | | | 27 | Canada | $4,195,569 | | | 28 | Japan | $3,443,388 | | | 29 | Egypt | $3,066,638 | | | 30 | Hungary | $2,185,000 | | | 31 | Philippines | $2,158,162 | | | 32 | Guatemala | $2,153,585 | | | 33 | Sweden | $2,117,144 | | | 34 | Croatia | $2,044,553 | | | 35 | Poland | $1,851,157 | | | 36 | Nepal | $1,703,043 | | | 37 | Ukraine | $1,541,515 | | | 38 | Czech Republic | $1,533,142 | | | 39 | Belarus | $1,441,300 | | | 40 | Ecuador | $1,422,208 | | | 41 | Bulgaria | $1,322,802 | | | 42 | Zimbabwe | $1,226,161 | | | 43 | Venezuela | $1,099,886 | | | 44 | Denmark | $1,033,042 | | | 45 | Netherlands | $889,591 | | | 46 | Colombia | $833,238 | | | 47 | Jordan | $806,214 | | | 48 | Slovenia | $772,297 | | | 49 | Kenya | $730,681 | | | 50 | Zambia | $723,094 | | | 51 | Bolivia | $720,562 | | | 52 | Ethiopia | $673,642 | | | 53 | Kyrgyzstan | $647,810 | | | 54 | Qatar | $593,203 | | | 55 | Argentina | $508,163 | | | 56 | Slovakia | $410,022 | | | 57 | Greece | $388,856 | | | 58 | Tunisia | $287,897 | | | 59 | Israel | $286,000 | | | 60 | Russia | $285,016 | | | 61 | Lithuania | $244,869 | | | 62 | Chile | $235,253 | | | 63 | Botswana | $204,415 | | | 64 | Tanzania | $202,984 | | | 65 | Malaysia | $146,297 | | | 66 | Peru | $137,900 | | | 67 | Mauritius | $76,376 | | | 68 | Panama | $64,282 | | | 69 | Switzerland | $52,659 | | | 70 | Azerbaijan | $38,604 | | | 71 | Finland | $38,029 | | | 72 | Estonia | $25,969 | | | 73 | Norway | $14,573 | | | 74 | Ghana | $7,038 | | | 75 | French Polynesia | $3,731 | | | 76 | Sri Lanka | $3,040 | | | 77 | Serbia | $2,672 | | | 78 | Australia | $2,454 | | | 79 | Iceland | $2,391 | | | 80 | Latvia | $1,595 | | | 81 | New Caledonia | $1,200 | | | 82 | Ireland | $831 | | | 83 | Armenia | $460 | | | 84 | Madagascar | $202 | | | 85 | Bahamas, The | $74 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $1,533 | | | | | | |
| Algeria | $13,591,314 | $8,420,840 | $5,443,265 | $4,884,499 | $4,900,997 | $5,757,995 | $8,310,553 |
| Argentina | $546,902 | $757,973 | $853,617 | $1,094,535 | $315,264 | $508,163 | $691,005 |
| Armenia | | | | | | $460 | |
| Australia | $406,632 | $136,023 | $180,206 | $97,607 | $31,526 | $2,454 | $10,530 |
| Austria | $13,003,575 | $13,943,103 | $16,920,780 | $15,427,730 | $7,858,288 | $11,615,148 | |
| Azerbaijan | $127,543 | | | | | $38,604 | |
| Bahamas, The | | | | | | $74 | $31 |
| Bahrain | $886 | | | | | | $2,017 |
| Bangladesh | $3,934,194 | $13,563,734 | $24,013,329 | | | | |
| Barbados | $3,453 | | | | | | |
| Belarus | $1,319,300 | $1,717,200 | $1,648,400 | $1,497,700 | $646,300 | $1,441,300 | $2,252,800 |
| Belgium | $6,404,354 | $6,287,627 | $9,815,456 | $8,444,612 | $9,033,784 | $9,146,707 | $6,745,529 |
| Bolivia | $1,011,791 | $1,126,475 | $750,342 | $1,323,183 | $1,789,021 | $720,562 | $341,784 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | $4,677 | $12,609 | | | | $1,196 |
| Botswana | $870,247 | $498,336 | $545,889 | $1,546,285 | $170,056 | $204,415 | $5,462 |
| Brazil | $12,096,758 | $5,405,686 | $4,420,397 | $7,080,705 | $7,039,013 | $5,507,158 | $4,683,813 |
| Bulgaria | $8,548,414 | $11,263,373 | $14,339,961 | $6,378,850 | $780,136 | $1,322,802 | $2,290,026 |
| Cameroon | | | | $30,011 | | | |
| Canada | $21,921,243 | $16,643,310 | $9,214,381 | $5,045,675 | $4,007,029 | $4,195,569 | $5,476,477 |
| Chile | $1,819,482 | $1,298,599 | $1,562,317 | $494,893 | $369,419 | $235,253 | $354,867 |
| China | $445,791,031 | $401,425,863 | $349,432,420 | $204,524,985 | $200,604,902 | $296,251,465 | $427,593,256 |
| Colombia | $2,333,193 | $3,683,959 | $3,855,505 | $4,998,481 | $2,336,175 | $833,238 | $397,440 |
| Costa Rica | $5,228 | | $3,258 | | | | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | | $81 | | |
| Croatia | $1,075,513 | $1,450,708 | $1,550,574 | $2,001,221 | $2,075,149 | $2,044,553 | $1,955,165 |
| Cuba | $1,942,530 | $1,862,219 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $14,628 | | | | $13,148 | | |
| Czech Republic | $2,637,439 | $1,887,610 | $1,711,423 | $2,199,272 | $924,159 | $1,533,142 | $2,444,590 |
| Denmark | $982,458 | $723,546 | $1,103,508 | $2,129,094 | $1,048,073 | $1,033,042 | $834,652 |
| Dominican Republic | $158 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $2,426,219 | $2,169,615 | $1,483,982 | $2,245,047 | $1,409,464 | $1,422,208 | $1,712,500 |
| Egypt | $7,917,610 | $7,620,785 | $14,895,428 | $3,780,853 | $3,542,320 | $3,066,638 | $1,012,051 |
| El Salvador | $103,407 | $31,343 | $72,528 | $6,240 | $1,699 | | |
| Estonia | $11,314 | $19,175 | $682 | $75,686 | $79,603 | $25,969 | $121,481 |
| Ethiopia | $405,098 | $414,372 | | $11,637 | $492,278 | $673,642 | $236,258 |
| Fiji | | | $1,808 | | | | |
| Finland | $58,653 | $76,515 | $69,716 | $9,196 | $8,900 | $38,029 | $107,159 |
| France | $7,171,989 | $6,488,671 | $7,683,396 | $8,783,474 | $3,929,306 | $7,243,729 | $9,823,465 |
| French Polynesia | $6,033 | $23,930 | $21,140 | $1,583 | $1,694 | $3,731 | $897 |
| Germany | $15,534,000 | $16,051,000 | $14,602,000 | $13,356,000 | $8,294,000 | $14,380,036 | $12,798,375 |
| Ghana | | $437 | | $353 | | $7,038 | $85,293 |
| Greece | $1,199,781 | $966,580 | $1,527,789 | $702,880 | $330,279 | $388,856 | $418,560 |
| Guatemala | $464,979 | $100,116 | $1,335,269 | $1,969,211 | $1,173,284 | $2,153,585 | $6,315,768 |
| Hong Kong | $11,118,694 | $9,755,695 | $9,104,253 | $6,968,072 | $5,999,138 | $6,055,081 | $7,594,758 |
| Hungary | $1,210,000 | $1,345,000 | $676,000 | $682,000 | $490,000 | $2,185,000 | $2,380,000 |
| Iceland | $1,635 | $1,779 | $2,889 | $390 | $4,820 | $2,391 | $1,057 |
| India | $10,799,702 | $16,910,089 | $9,927,685 | $16,657,233 | $13,204,012 | $29,836,464 | $33,825,568 |
| Indonesia | $69,452,145 | $56,204,562 | $69,091,740 | $84,638,160 | $57,453,195 | $78,842,345 | $88,955,581 |
| Iran | $145,834,781 | $73,634,492 | | | | $239,204,040 | |
| Ireland | $18,053 | $8,933 | $1,639 | $403 | $17,835 | $831 | $1,090 |
| Israel | $640,000 | $510,000 | $620,000 | $463,000 | $174,000 | $286,000 | $59,000 |
| Italy | $45,960,436 | $47,441,741 | $47,327,607 | $38,763,342 | $28,063,299 | $45,039,228 | $47,783,447 |
| Jamaica | | $29 | | | | | |
| Japan | $297,485 | $369,678 | $1,093,011 | $3,571,873 | $2,565,667 | $3,443,388 | $4,299,082 |
| Jordan | $180,041 | $94,411 | $410,005 | $577,662 | $455,043 | $806,214 | $303,223 |
| Kazakhstan | $89,777 | $57,470 | $112,590 | $108,237 | $224,885 | | |
| Kenya | $768,757 | $539,274 | $620,109 | $801,307 | $639,961 | $730,681 | |
| Korea, South | $17,852,427 | $14,337,849 | $9,743,202 | $5,422,719 | $6,318,974 | $5,324,722 | $9,104,399 |
| Kuwait | | | $1,357 | | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $398,910 | $577,704 | $1,000,918 | $577,553 | $347,469 | $647,810 | $1,072,032 |
| Latvia | | | | $755 | | $1,595 | $5,677 |
| Lebanon | $3,000 | | | | | | $5,394 |
| Lithuania | $144,167 | $218,118 | $162,647 | $168,982 | $21,204 | $244,869 | $50,347 |
| Luxembourg | $2,172 | | | $13,000 | $153 | | |
| Macau | $95,006 | $70,544 | $33,389 | $180,204 | $19,491 | | |
| Macedonia | $86,697 | $424,565 | $111,530 | $101,165 | $111,984 | | $108,550 |
| Madagascar | | | | | $30,027 | $202 | |
| Malaysia | $222,452 | $267,422 | $626,777 | $994,003 | $97,773 | $146,297 | $180,830 |
| Malta | $652 | | | | | | |
| Mauritius | $135,102 | $116,489 | $56,098 | $35,293 | $68,368 | $76,376 | $161,856 |
| Mayotte | | $9 | | | | | |
| Mexico | $4,706,859 | $9,421,436 | $10,981,698 | $13,821,211 | $6,070,345 | $9,941,883 | $14,545,478 |
| Moldova | $456 | | | | $1,036 | | $142 |
| Montenegro | | $3,592 | $2,260 | | | | |
| Morocco | $6,950,229 | $6,143,033 | $7,089,376 | $5,941,183 | $5,129,338 | $5,331,486 | |
| Mozambique | $14,029 | | | | | | |
| Namibia | | $447 | | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $5,022,756 | $1,703,043 | |
| Netherlands | $3,064,414 | $1,815,351 | $3,730,517 | $4,622,328 | $2,262,484 | $889,591 | |
| New Caledonia | | | | $775 | $3,285 | $1,200 | $3,078 |
| New Zealand | $57,156 | $213,494 | $39,375 | $3,676 | $127 | | |
| Nigeria | | $452,663 | $617,553 | $65,705 | $252,017 | | |
| Norway | $82,154 | $22,268 | $172,465 | $58,790 | $21,742 | $14,573 | $71,227 |
| Oman | $320,726 | $444,970 | $326,723 | $8,388 | | | |
| Pakistan | $8,643,434 | $18,293,183 | $13,770,024 | $12,822,371 | $19,684,468 | $24,074,649 | $31,563,484 |
| Panama | | | $10,604 | | | $64,282 | $173,093 |
| Peru | $45,289 | $18,702 | $34,902 | $117,950 | $154,400 | $137,900 | $109,696 |
| Philippines | $4,060,779 | $1,582,139 | $2,059,719 | $848,441 | $1,121,412 | $2,158,162 | $1,633,772 |
| Poland | $3,644,743 | $2,987,143 | $3,410,562 | $2,468,341 | $1,598,441 | $1,851,157 | $2,934,716 |
| Portugal | $751,864 | $537,641 | $609,049 | $839,820 | $201,921 | $6,629,403 | $11,504,384 |
| Qatar | $26,538 | $14,543 | $5,458 | $2,834 | | $593,203 | |
| Romania | $17,277,016 | $20,102,456 | $21,316,154 | $15,495,452 | $8,358,571 | $18,923,072 | $20,672,010 |
| Russia | $87,403 | $67,785 | $127,698 | $172,493 | $179,067 | $285,016 | $1,046,841 |
| Rwanda | | | | $3,979 | $17 | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $16,098 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $7,005,223 | $9,931,949 | $11,812,895 | | | $21,150,693 | |
| Serbia | $85,637 | $92,707 | $82,925 | $77,736 | $2,488 | $2,672 | $16,799 |
| Singapore | | | | | | | $14,534 |
| Slovakia | $39,892 | $179,945 | $389,225 | $391,562 | $338,334 | $410,022 | $219,902 |
| Slovenia | $1,195,755 | $1,088,651 | $934,891 | $938,706 | $638,970 | $772,297 | $1,232,336 |
| South Africa | $18,440,331 | $22,821,668 | $17,743,748 | $14,201,209 | $7,923,922 | $13,330,856 | $14,795,571 |
| Spain | $19,718,121 | | | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | $23,165 | $29,140 | $3,369 | $8,258 | $7,998 | $3,040 | $5,911 |
| Sudan | | | $45,974 | | | | |
| Sweden | $1,588,518 | $1,617,691 | $1,926,135 | $2,363,107 | $2,118,955 | $2,117,144 | $2,769,720 |
| Switzerland | $109,631 | $48,600 | $43,026 | $70,664 | $68,443 | $52,659 | $65,092 |
| Syria | $16,476,418 | $20,621,351 | $20,948,315 | $56,611,888 | | $24,700,709 | |
| Tanzania | $373,074 | $598,197 | $360,822 | $447,136 | $208,203 | $202,984 | $110,862 |
| Thailand | $21,292,416 | $16,118,610 | $13,776,855 | $17,133,159 | $11,582,931 | $12,806,365 | $10,507,426 |
| Tunisia | $1,093,331 | $1,600,423 | $768,695 | $972,847 | $727,682 | $287,897 | |
| Turkey | $87,615,877 | $108,688,547 | $127,830,576 | $131,307,054 | $81,147,594 | $120,324,218 | $121,053,549 |
| Uganda | | $18,973 | $7,003 | $100,142 | $752 | | |
| Ukraine | $7,913,593 | $6,835,679 | $2,721,886 | $1,684,250 | $1,259,668 | $1,541,515 | $1,505,415 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,975,508 | | $3,621,048 | $4,022,230 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $15,083,146 | $9,463,674 | $12,453,481 | $10,715,599 | $8,664,637 | $11,701,663 | $12,652,306 |
| United States | $89,451,980 | $111,047,081 | $103,482,689 | $78,734,271 | $51,583,531 | $91,378,763 | $110,772,650 |
| Uruguay | $648,889 | $372,855 | $334,732 | $434,631 | $171,769 | | |
| Venezuela | $1,196,025 | $530,680 | $490,334 | $1,097,593 | $257,956 | $1,099,886 | $287,549 |
| Vietnam | $5,182,964 | $4,790,985 | $4,682,461 | $5,451,164 | $4,630,429 | $7,607,220 | |
| Yemen | $132,990 | $22,070 | $42,498 | $20,890 | $22,929 | | |
| Zambia | $650,873 | $421,482 | $519,844 | $607,421 | $500,291 | $723,094 | |
| Zimbabwe | $480,708 | $1,336,264 | $1,701,347 | $906,579 | $841,706 | $1,226,161 | |
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