RankCountryImports of Waste (incl. noils, yarn waste & garnetted stock) of synth. fibres in USD (2010)
1China$46,606,997
2Germany$36,016,334
3Korea, South$26,268,821
4Italy$22,661,385
5India$13,193,049
6United States$13,051,660
7Turkey$8,873,762
8Japan$8,656,277
9Belgium$7,744,185
10France$7,136,365
11Mexico$6,474,296
12Canada$5,405,187
13Morocco$5,118,151
14Egypt$4,862,794
15United Kingdom$3,582,351
16Portugal$2,834,419
17Netherlands$2,513,658
18Spain$2,500,729
19Thailand$2,493,120
20Ireland$1,982,141
21Ukraine$1,933,394
22Hong Kong$1,760,225
23Lithuania$1,480,398
24Brazil$1,370,048
25Denmark$1,360,059
26Australia$1,164,795
27Saudi Arabia$965,335
28Albania$796,266
29Poland$734,510
30Dominican Republic$681,653
31Indonesia$666,050
32Sweden$563,477
33South Africa$489,282
34Slovenia$454,493
35Syria$437,108
36Bolivia$389,956
37Kenya$383,770
38Czech Republic$343,809
39Colombia$339,778
40Tunisia$334,669
41Mozambique$310,066
42Algeria$307,120
43Greece$293,493
44Chile$234,407
45Austria$218,855
46Georgia$167,101
47Romania$164,917
48Ecuador$145,806
49Switzerland$140,143
50Bulgaria$133,106
51Vietnam$127,370
52Pakistan$111,549
53Azerbaijan$81,040
54Finland$70,234
55Nigeria$62,832
56Jordan$56,308
57Paraguay$52,825
58Estonia$48,931
59Russia$47,877
60Malaysia$47,311
61Barbados$34,227
62Malta$32,214
63Tanzania$31,409
64Botswana$30,482
65Guatemala$30,274
66Croatia$28,079
67Belarus$27,900
68Mauritania$27,749
69Jamaica$25,656
70Luxembourg$24,434
71Hungary$19,000
72Zimbabwe$18,570
73Mauritius$16,750
74Qatar$15,434
75Bosnia and Herzegovina$10,651
76Israel$10,000
77Senegal$8,470
78Montenegro$7,221
79Norway$6,743
80Panama$6,163
81Cambodia$6,055
82Nicaragua$5,975
83Nepal$4,839
84Singapore$3,067
85Bahrain$2,451
86New Zealand$2,041
87Tonga$2,011
88Niger$1,847
89Burkina Faso$942
90Philippines$740
91Latvia$688
92El Salvador$677
93Iceland$585
94Bahamas, The$368
95Slovakia$359
96Costa Rica$165
97New Caledonia$74
98Sri Lanka$67
99Uganda$30
100Ethiopia$21
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$382,504$327,678$409,590$472,744$859,647$796,266$601,460
Algeria$685,947$532,477$817,975$330,894$187,134$307,120$367,727
Antigua and Barbuda$78 $84    
Argentina$399,846$280,564$161,543    
Armenia  $10$3,404$2,881 $1
Australia$245,329$864,435$1,567,380$2,165,510$1,029,073$1,164,795$1,238,895
Austria$212,631$101,872$55,521$32,783$212,451$218,855 
Azerbaijan $452,860$2,000 $3,501$81,040 
Bahamas, The$37$551$15,183$16,516$9,202$368 
Bahrain$9,894$3,862$8,465  $2,451$3,183
Bangladesh$139$16,074$119,390    
Barbados$25,757$10,284$15,157$70,375$27,129$34,227$29,059
Belarus$77,200$126,300$127,000$79,100$64,400$27,900$31,300
Belgium$11,056,698$12,743,939$12,999,957$12,392,602$8,267,078$7,744,185$14,720,996
Belize$12,874$297$1,765    
Benin$2,972      
Bhutan$204      
Bolivia$148,152$166,727$582,341$367,994$52,986$389,956$1,137,252
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,543$12,378$565$1,102$19,150$10,651$52
Botswana$4,809$2,529$305,883$5,739$112,959$30,482$60,524
Brazil$441,118$385,130$435,346$748,825$689,595$1,370,048$1,670,471
Bulgaria$55,347$41,801$43,611$90,475$96,311$133,106$188,460
Burkina Faso$651 $2,118$2,282$3,900$942 
Cambodia$230$73,716$140,946$230,298$1,876$6,055 
Cameroon   $12,832   
Canada$5,575,081$5,665,675$5,907,975$7,181,672$4,473,787$5,405,187$5,030,057
Cape Verde      $1,905
Chile$58,030$33,105$99,459$136,166$292,251$234,407$227,853
China$49,088,498$38,802,686$56,757,030$52,193,063$31,856,687$46,606,997$58,744,949
Colombia$292,037$326,965$498,811$514,650$641,787$339,778$617,193
Comoros $128$890    
Costa Rica$37,682$32,894$328$25,413$9,941$165$17,672
Cote d'Ivoire$2,395  $20,080   
Croatia$11,419$1,268$43,174$227$148,911$28,079$51,092
Cyprus$3,502$9,312 $21,403$926  
Czech Republic$1,222,595$1,389,562$1,588,729$2,159,409$811,511$343,809$1,803,813
Denmark$1,223,970$1,700,548$1,740,016$2,141,175$1,398,795$1,360,059$1,274,675
Dominican Republic$163,152$470,538$453,235$574,650$640,773$681,653$1,033,141
Ecuador$93,271$9,952$146,435$452,971$55,856$145,806$130,380
Egypt$515,770$1,102,120$1,678,409$2,507,433$3,515,658$4,862,794$5,175,707
El Salvador$40,961$14,334$15,620$10,518$11,094$677 
Estonia$2,308$2,122$1,659$10,275$35,738$48,931$38,026
Ethiopia$879,399$1,219,190$1,275,041$373,456$481$21$16,541
Faroe Islands$1,389$112$62$185$183  
Fiji$311$383     
Finland$18,057$2,049$49,384$58,806$54,971$70,234$38,329
France$5,586,786$6,262,672$8,366,914$7,722,562$6,383,213$7,136,365$7,515,090
French Polynesia$2,704 $2,803   $3,955
Gabon   $2,428   
Georgia$33 $61$264$202$167,101 
Germany$25,804,000$25,653,000$35,260,000$35,552,000$19,143,000$36,016,334$45,878,605
Ghana  $3 $11  
Greece$372,273$443,256$643,540$519,596$339,618$293,493$181,820
Grenada   $157   
Guatemala$27,849$37,316$48,950$74,482$31,571$30,274$126,424
Guyana$383      
Honduras $2,382$373,841 $7,278  
Hong Kong$5,144,957$3,076,763$2,516,194$4,757,026$3,850,827$1,760,225$1,676,596
Hungary $446,000  $18,000$19,000$255,000
Iceland$863$874$157$173$1,755$585$732
India$8,969,626$8,522,053$7,173,091$7,881,826$9,515,968$13,193,049$13,767,716
Indonesia$466,455$15,938,679$16,803,756$931,036$154,264$666,050$2,565,159
Iran$164,247      
Ireland$1,635,002$1,920,675$1,754,217$2,600,010$955,849$1,982,141$1,586,663
Israel$14,000$6,000$138,000$148,000$30,000$10,000$25,000
Italy$27,388,251$30,981,744$34,468,860$28,669,665$18,627,433$22,661,385$35,050,805
Jamaica$28,492$22,772$32,545$26,718$33,460$25,656 
Japan$6,161,666$6,469,023$7,523,617$11,733,827$8,940,310$8,656,277$11,418,936
Jordan $929$1,536$534$672,355$56,308 
Kenya$1,300,733$1,303,008$1,471,536$944,184$456,962$383,770 
Kiribati$465      
Korea, South$6,631,441$7,290,737$9,755,197$14,276,164$13,722,480$26,268,821$34,221,335
Kuwait $15,353$10,573$2,157   
Kyrgyzstan$17,276$12,490$26,027$18,223$1,406 $1,297
Latvia$10,603$6,928$4,873$618$767$688$103,788
Lebanon$20,000 $2,719   $21,225
Lithuania$284,243$987,079$770,666$379,685$529,109$1,480,398$2,064,923
Luxembourg$4,306$17,308$1,831$7,371$13,722$24,434$78,503
Macedonia $5$176$22$5,913 $5,461
Madagascar$128,952$59,621 $38,420$32,711  
Malawi $111$81,317$565   
Malaysia$69,831$358,566$807,414$261,486$40,015$47,311$424,889
Malta $548 $41,867$36,342$32,214 
Mauritania     $27,749 
Mauritius$83$563$2,709$18,212$48$16,750$723
Mexico$4,223,811$5,601,378$5,903,184$6,508,162$4,766,508$6,474,296$7,082,204
Moldova    $5,497 $6,559
Mongolia$106      
Montenegro $4,703$6,174$3,186$7,101$7,221 
Morocco$1,675,197$1,088,215$2,105,888$2,910,602$3,947,149$5,118,151 
Mozambique$121$627$2,632$1,019$971$310,066$1,000
Namibia$36,015$19,325$26,049$28,033   
Nepal    $3,087$4,839 
Netherlands$8,306,862$7,221,203$9,357,860$8,907,227$5,381,421$2,513,658 
New Caledonia$527   $399$74$32
New Zealand  $120  $2,041$344,960
Nicaragua$720$1,991$1,189 $1,302$5,975 
Niger $14   $1,847$375
Nigeria $5,202$2,251$11,638$852$62,832 
Norway$28,896$6,493$24,471$5,120$23,334$6,743$43,510
Oman $1,821$2,661    
Pakistan$168,524$149,185$224,645$108,698$112,894$111,549$145,183
Panama$3,155$23,832$3,306$13,192$12,188$6,163 
Paraguay $101$207 $20,347$52,825$34,503
Peru$84,429$96,069$82,528$118,049$36,196 $188
Philippines  $48,705$40,570$1,171$740$7,756
Poland$898,978$765,381$766,545$1,212,661$772,018$734,510$583,292
Portugal$1,405,724$1,528,800$2,425,754$2,177,917$1,273,557$2,834,419$1,416,238
Qatar$63,962$116,180$188,944$257,566 $15,434 
Romania$23,768$9,160$231,725$91,003$54,227$164,917$157,519
Russia$7,072$38,780$48,554$59,849$60,398$47,877$112,468
Rwanda   $709$268  
Saint Lucia$4,476      
Sao Tome and Principe $439  $207  
Saudi Arabia$1,183,593$1,801,743$1,754,565  $965,335 
Senegal$7,260   $860$8,470 
Serbia$13,267$53,927$5,218$13,820$515 $2,424
Seychelles$87      
Singapore $3,580$141,527$6,935$11,831$3,067$71,230
Slovakia$156,732$269,688$549,777$454,071$15,005$359$34,466
Slovenia$107,904$42,190$24,846$133,087$50,546$454,493$369,641
South Africa$1,295,104$458,527$844,748$388,541$180,003$489,282$921,151
Spain$5,147,587$5,821,563$5,579,209$5,464,711$2,690,744$2,500,729 
Sri Lanka$24,180$454$1,004$940 $67$13,199
Swaziland$70,654$17,790$80,067    
Sweden$159,267$195,232$293,966$820,853$707,197$563,477$196,725
Switzerland$1,616,633$1,501,741$299,185$425,568$185,526$140,143$173,708
Syria$107,829$84,539$80,962$229,137 $437,108 
Tanzania$293$25,984$38,428$25,975$17,798$31,409$190,990
Thailand$3,532,710$3,134,439$2,535,128$3,110,558$1,970,770$2,493,120$5,483,685
Togo      $24,190
Tonga     $2,011 
Trinidad and Tobago$9,745      
Tunisia$176,059$154,653$197,736$384,787$204,929$334,669 
Turkey$11,491,593$9,310,005$13,782,973$11,069,880$5,640,081$8,873,762$11,052,814
Uganda$8,387$4,147$137$6,089$436$30 
Ukraine$4,554$47,948$60,946$489,140$957,119$1,933,394$2,763,788
United Arab Emirates$113,879 $227,047$452,336   
United Kingdom$10,472,945$8,787,393$10,050,214$6,331,610$4,605,392$3,582,351$3,802,850
United States$9,079,494$8,607,929$10,631,335$11,512,061$8,831,876$13,051,660$18,182,026
Uruguay   $102   
Venezuela$31,515$49,171$65$61,702$2,065  
Vietnam$163,443$384$3,212 $20,777$127,370 
Yemen   $3,001   
Zambia $1,984$6$54,713   
Zimbabwe$104,452$692,311$204,375$39,031$203,055$18,570