| Rank | Country | Imports of Yarn other than sewing thread, of synth. staple fibres, cont. 85%/more by w ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Italy | $65,379,300 |  | | 2 | Korea, South | $25,670,195 | | | 3 | United Kingdom | $19,465,976 | | | 4 | Romania | $16,961,064 | | | 5 | Ukraine | $15,015,277 | | | 6 | Morocco | $12,911,430 | | | 7 | China | $12,530,550 | | | 8 | France | $10,652,855 | | | 9 | United States | $9,365,291 | | | 10 | Hong Kong | $6,558,796 | | | 11 | Japan | $6,234,852 | | | 12 | Spain | $6,120,384 | | | 13 | Venezuela | $4,899,046 | | | 14 | Germany | $4,855,614 | | | 15 | Turkey | $4,484,531 | | | 16 | Syria | $4,399,203 | | | 17 | Pakistan | $4,183,014 | | | 18 | South Africa | $4,029,168 | | | 19 | Mexico | $3,548,059 | | | 20 | Belgium | $3,499,441 | | | 21 | Portugal | $3,489,664 | | | 22 | Malaysia | $3,368,514 | | | 23 | Algeria | $2,810,978 | | | 24 | Tunisia | $2,591,737 | | | 25 | Russia | $2,491,114 | | | 26 | El Salvador | $2,404,463 | | | 27 | Poland | $2,091,727 | | | 28 | Colombia | $1,595,942 | | | 29 | Thailand | $1,589,555 | | | 30 | Sri Lanka | $1,520,973 | | | 31 | Argentina | $1,501,028 | | | 32 | Greece | $1,308,379 | | | 33 | Lebanon | $1,284,891 | | | 34 | Ethiopia | $1,198,372 | | | 35 | Hungary | $998,000 | | | 36 | Bulgaria | $880,192 | | | 37 | Brazil | $877,111 | | | 38 | Chile | $810,776 | | | 39 | Nigeria | $683,957 | | | 40 | Vietnam | $628,560 | | | 41 | Serbia | $567,576 | | | 42 | Zambia | $557,918 | | | 43 | Czech Republic | $539,144 | | | 44 | India | $512,353 | | | 45 | Ecuador | $498,878 | | | 46 | Philippines | $483,864 | | | 47 | Sweden | $440,208 | | | 48 | Guatemala | $380,466 | | | 49 | Indonesia | $354,816 | | | 50 | Israel | $332,000 | | | 51 | Slovakia | $298,956 | | | 52 | Canada | $292,957 | | | 53 | Jordan | $258,787 | | | 54 | Dominican Republic | $250,946 | | | 55 | Austria | $216,501 | | | 56 | Netherlands | $200,191 | | | 57 | Slovenia | $196,315 | | | 58 | Egypt | $187,934 | | | 59 | Zimbabwe | $179,410 | | | 60 | Switzerland | $146,447 | | | 61 | Saudi Arabia | $142,667 | | | 62 | Iran | $109,197 | | | 63 | Mali | $95,656 | | | 64 | Denmark | $77,664 | | | 65 | Panama | $75,007 | | | 66 | Costa Rica | $72,929 | | | 67 | Norway | $71,978 | | | 68 | Croatia | $63,463 | | | 69 | Bolivia | $51,414 | | | 70 | Australia | $50,592 | | | 71 | New Zealand | $49,243 | | | 72 | Lithuania | $44,169 | | | 73 | Azerbaijan | $35,476 | | | 74 | Cyprus | $29,630 | | | 75 | Moldova | $18,543 | | | 76 | Singapore | $18,491 | | | 77 | Mauritius | $14,638 | | | 78 | Peru | $13,995 | | | 79 | Finland | $11,672 | | | 80 | Albania | $5,093 | | | 81 | Georgia | $3,956 | | | 82 | Belarus | $600 | | | 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | $420 | | | 84 | Nepal | $351 | | | 85 | Botswana | $219 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $19,220 | $232,107 | $154,362 | $27,234 | $4,499 | $5,093 | $52,492 |
| Algeria | $982,249 | $1,396,428 | $1,255,738 | $1,757,055 | $3,235,672 | $2,810,978 | $3,124,866 |
| Argentina | $4,978,716 | $2,107,756 | $4,797,482 | $3,844,458 | $990,410 | $1,501,028 | $3,325,124 |
| Australia | $871,849 | $1,570,501 | $763,351 | $417,718 | $346,298 | $50,592 | $210,914 |
| Austria | $651,550 | $1,120,220 | $1,497,239 | $1,286,523 | $838,642 | $216,501 | |
| Azerbaijan | | | | | | $35,476 | |
| Bahamas, The | | | | $123 | | | |
| Bahrain | | | | $205 | | | |
| Bangladesh | $23,410,810 | $28,921,841 | $18,764,597 | | | | |
| Belarus | $199,900 | $324,000 | $241,600 | $7,700 | | $600 | |
| Belgium | $4,414,056 | $5,358,455 | $4,212,261 | $4,013,361 | $3,395,297 | $3,499,441 | $4,094,360 |
| Bolivia | $74,015 | $32,132 | $52,313 | $111,319 | $64,953 | $51,414 | $107,790 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,409 | $10 | $6,347 | | $3,084 | | $155,967 |
| Botswana | $2,077 | | $196 | | $1,457 | $219 | |
| Brazil | $2,300,834 | $458,385 | $478,753 | $338,863 | $336,819 | $877,111 | $432,506 |
| Bulgaria | $907,027 | $665,776 | $1,089,458 | $682,581 | $483,859 | $880,192 | $506,028 |
| Canada | $1,754,764 | $1,563,604 | $1,146,767 | $1,080,744 | $360,748 | $292,957 | $235,529 |
| Chile | $301,769 | $447,827 | $848,797 | $1,506,291 | $1,091,959 | $810,776 | $415,679 |
| China | $7,525,891 | $12,091,482 | $9,782,754 | $10,777,350 | $15,424,403 | $12,530,550 | $10,417,915 |
| Colombia | $482,023 | $547,650 | $846,090 | $1,029,774 | $828,359 | $1,595,942 | $2,322,279 |
| Costa Rica | $9,166 | $6,706 | $39,893 | $313,815 | $94,558 | $72,929 | $135,285 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | $1,578 | | $420 | |
| Croatia | $163,739 | $702,325 | $1,487,445 | $616,435 | $619,484 | $63,463 | $80,492 |
| Cuba | | $7,200 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $49,944 | $129,434 | $6,193 | $70,918 | $73,769 | $29,630 | $63,596 |
| Czech Republic | $2,725,365 | $3,456,494 | $3,169,896 | $2,168,420 | $1,037,565 | $539,144 | $723,430 |
| Denmark | $16,966 | $28,462 | $62,532 | $94,625 | $37,471 | $77,664 | $73,606 |
| Dominican Republic | $479,619 | $438,225 | $292,345 | $312,255 | $388,303 | $250,946 | $172,281 |
| Ecuador | $544,156 | $519,778 | $359,207 | $509,535 | $167,745 | $498,878 | $468,004 |
| Egypt | $43,200 | $170,483 | $378,655 | $319,931 | $495,150 | $187,934 | $62,627 |
| El Salvador | $1,804,695 | $2,083,666 | $874,496 | $2,082,966 | $1,707,758 | $2,404,463 | |
| Estonia | $9,586 | $7,272 | $6,530 | $2,123 | | | $3,598 |
| Ethiopia | $148,070 | $311,431 | $239,350 | $360,230 | $377,114 | $1,198,372 | $11,533 |
| Fiji | $2,599 | | | $36,515 | | | |
| Finland | $73,957 | $113,020 | $98,948 | $26,753 | $43,250 | $11,672 | $56,185 |
| France | $27,191,097 | $24,591,159 | $20,333,961 | $19,242,307 | $10,921,832 | $10,652,855 | $9,404,646 |
| French Polynesia | $1,040 | $114 | | | | | $401 |
| Georgia | | | | | | $3,956 | |
| Germany | $6,623,000 | $6,453,000 | $6,405,000 | $6,843,000 | $5,010,000 | $4,855,614 | $4,797,685 |
| Ghana | $3,992 | $8,845 | | | $26 | | |
| Greece | $4,698,864 | $4,914,799 | $4,174,183 | $2,942,497 | $2,919,500 | $1,308,379 | $1,517,696 |
| Guatemala | $1,173,926 | $174,579 | $1,059,739 | $904,139 | $554,200 | $380,466 | $26,398 |
| Honduras | $83,381 | $184,732 | $155,072 | | $243,083 | | |
| Hong Kong | $22,065,620 | $20,684,322 | $12,425,954 | $10,844,825 | $8,427,594 | $6,558,796 | $8,381,461 |
| Hungary | $3,807,000 | $2,214,000 | $2,021,000 | $778,000 | $2,381,000 | $998,000 | $1,255,000 |
| Iceland | | | | $293 | | | |
| India | $641,420 | $150,010 | $904,509 | $616,591 | $1,858,368 | $512,353 | $9,564,468 |
| Indonesia | $129,526 | $96,075 | $5,070 | $126,095 | $306,307 | $354,816 | $1,088,476 |
| Iran | $218,639 | $127,419 | | | | $109,197 | |
| Ireland | $285,152 | $198,812 | $22,851 | | | | |
| Israel | $1,052,000 | $791,000 | $1,317,000 | $1,786,000 | $416,000 | $332,000 | $194,000 |
| Italy | $45,859,232 | $61,301,757 | $67,230,890 | $85,232,836 | $66,673,642 | $65,379,300 | $59,365,335 |
| Japan | $4,509,436 | $4,956,313 | $4,547,752 | $5,763,714 | $4,934,932 | $6,234,852 | $7,548,253 |
| Jordan | $307,266 | $412,217 | $1,072,727 | $773,857 | $205,869 | $258,787 | $27,534 |
| Kazakhstan | | | $5,986 | $1,500 | | | |
| Kenya | $44,514 | | | | | | |
| Korea, South | $18,736,990 | $18,739,770 | $22,078,087 | $14,721,693 | $19,515,933 | $25,670,195 | $28,034,483 |
| Kuwait | | | | $141 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $9,938 | $241 | | | | $281,273 |
| Latvia | | $176 | | $29,870 | $2,242 | | $19,353 |
| Lebanon | $1,195,000 | $1,862,321 | $2,728,095 | $2,873,808 | $1,973,328 | $1,284,891 | $444,149 |
| Lithuania | $322,706 | $201,732 | $262,495 | $374,768 | $52,419 | $44,169 | $48,150 |
| Luxembourg | | | $10 | $10 | | | $13 |
| Macau | $27,256 | $75,752 | $13,318 | | $1,466 | | |
| Macedonia | $107,170 | $108,023 | $213,010 | $203,622 | $153,670 | | $68,147 |
| Madagascar | $51,629 | $155,147 | $58,170 | $314,398 | $1,283 | | |
| Malaysia | $1,265,672 | $1,283,152 | $3,225,456 | $1,606,363 | $2,892,805 | $3,368,514 | $4,158,568 |
| Mali | | | | $98,143 | | $95,656 | |
| Malta | $39,581 | $14,938 | $11,375 | | | | |
| Mauritius | $32,424 | $4,669 | $19,987 | $16,977 | $21,116 | $14,638 | $864 |
| Mexico | $10,974,300 | $13,123,730 | $10,884,254 | $6,472,190 | $2,602,063 | $3,548,059 | $2,737,269 |
| Moldova | $229,601 | $23,472 | $13,606 | $13,154 | $889 | $18,543 | $64,157 |
| Morocco | $2,545,918 | $2,393,916 | $1,930,485 | $4,149,228 | $7,378,462 | $12,911,430 | |
| Mozambique | | | | | | | $22,000 |
| Namibia | $2,460 | $72 | $1,673 | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $20,105 | $351 | |
| Netherlands | $781,954 | $389,452 | $270,387 | $307,959 | $72,533 | $200,191 | |
| New Zealand | $186,861 | $61,931 | $37,438 | $18,453 | $23,009 | $49,243 | $35,413 |
| Nicaragua | $60 | | | $39,513 | | | |
| Nigeria | | | | $2,128 | $515,620 | $683,957 | |
| Norway | $3,875 | $7,472 | $1,523 | $219 | $1,731 | $71,978 | $7,111 |
| Oman | $21,883 | | | $75,113 | | | |
| Pakistan | $514,640 | $1,254,555 | $827,771 | $1,897,359 | $2,532,079 | $4,183,014 | $3,939,156 |
| Panama | $60,728 | $40,179 | $120,770 | $104,035 | $60,605 | $75,007 | $6,804 |
| Paraguay | $18,328 | $16,454 | $2,770 | | | | |
| Peru | $16,607 | $22,830 | $38,506 | $48,785 | $29,713 | $13,995 | $43,465 |
| Philippines | $291,774 | $265,502 | $293,298 | $158,943 | $322,034 | $483,864 | $600,158 |
| Poland | $4,873,913 | $2,714,542 | $2,152,338 | $1,722,130 | $1,540,388 | $2,091,727 | $2,399,199 |
| Portugal | $4,162,837 | $5,496,064 | $3,522,124 | $4,002,789 | $2,310,989 | $3,489,664 | $1,736,543 |
| Romania | $3,718,844 | $5,836,123 | $8,281,157 | $15,759,359 | $12,419,292 | $16,961,064 | $16,291,017 |
| Russia | $2,422,465 | $2,956,575 | $6,430,804 | $3,263,155 | $1,420,472 | $2,491,114 | $2,923,204 |
| Rwanda | | | $84 | | | | |
| Samoa | | | | | | | $89 |
| Saudi Arabia | $2,496,391 | $2,918,306 | $2,488,593 | | | $142,667 | |
| Serbia | $134,316 | $770,849 | $490,266 | $170,810 | $141,276 | $567,576 | $1,221,870 |
| Singapore | $73,992 | $14,276 | $3,131 | | $10,913 | $18,491 | $20,920 |
| Slovakia | $596,176 | $449,667 | $473,037 | $562,930 | $647,716 | $298,956 | $213,538 |
| Slovenia | $56,308 | $49,844 | $91,841 | $28,011 | $7,875 | $196,315 | |
| South Africa | $2,665,852 | $2,764,906 | $2,572,457 | $2,351,166 | $2,445,006 | $4,029,168 | $4,359,936 |
| Spain | $7,096,256 | $7,418,134 | $5,409,344 | $5,778,890 | $5,394,864 | $6,120,384 | |
| Sri Lanka | $2,138,890 | $479,510 | $783,458 | $1,085,842 | $1,610,630 | $1,520,973 | $566,266 |
| Sudan | | $14,513 | | | | | |
| Swaziland | $3,478 | $1,225 | $214 | | | | |
| Sweden | $716,501 | $727,805 | $1,417,594 | $803,764 | $492,495 | $440,208 | $557,490 |
| Switzerland | $102,026 | $190,455 | $281,205 | $313,966 | $115,992 | $146,447 | $30,763 |
| Syria | $2,883,445 | $5,009,133 | $1,990,658 | $6,452,205 | | $4,399,203 | |
| Tanzania | | $169 | | | | | $4,738 |
| Thailand | $1,794,520 | $1,440,306 | $868,534 | $1,315,000 | $978,125 | $1,589,555 | $2,940,247 |
| Tunisia | $1,070,338 | $703,958 | $819,233 | $1,050,189 | $2,306,570 | $2,591,737 | |
| Turkey | $7,518,291 | $4,742,461 | $6,314,753 | $2,688,471 | $2,391,521 | $4,484,531 | $3,783,547 |
| Uganda | | | | $23 | | | |
| Ukraine | $19,125 | $93 | $16,305 | $116,890 | $2,260,735 | $15,015,277 | $14,846,871 |
| United Arab Emirates | $85,094 | | $10,275,663 | $11,839,585 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $26,680,052 | $29,277,220 | $20,180,618 | $14,753,635 | $10,903,115 | $19,465,976 | $19,233,354 |
| United States | $28,421,851 | $28,127,922 | $19,980,347 | $8,700,395 | $7,125,158 | $9,365,291 | $9,567,512 |
| Uruguay | $145,468 | $179,170 | $258,256 | $335,237 | $230,310 | | |
| Venezuela | $8,123,363 | $10,697,025 | $13,790,531 | $20,741,466 | $12,348,961 | $4,899,046 | $120,989 |
| Vietnam | $658,888 | $1,198,631 | $1,030,987 | $816,000 | $803,304 | $628,560 | |
| Yemen | $93,648 | $126,297 | | | $5,624 | | $133,199 |
| Zambia | $1,050,517 | $487,783 | $378,058 | $909,172 | $939,668 | $557,918 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $76,885 | $404,196 | $702,407 | $598,960 | $179,410 | |
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