| Rank | Country | Imports of Twine (excl. binder/bailer twine), cordage, ropes & cables, of sisal/oth. t ... in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $9,195,451 |  | | 2 | Vietnam | $4,301,700 |  | | 3 | Germany | $2,223,116 |  | | 4 | Indonesia | $1,992,913 |  | | 5 | France | $1,786,742 |  | | 6 | United Kingdom | $1,697,497 |  | | 7 | Nigeria | $1,599,666 |  | | 8 | Belgium | $1,585,884 |  | | 9 | Cambodia | $1,581,841 |  | | 10 | Thailand | $1,437,856 |  | | 11 | Singapore | $1,356,881 |  | | 12 | Korea, South | $1,040,107 |  | | 13 | Canada | $949,231 |  | | 14 | Turkey | $917,339 |  | | 15 | Malaysia | $860,641 |  | | 16 | China | $799,193 |  | | 17 | Yemen | $701,708 |  | | 18 | Norway | $676,423 |  | | 19 | India | $656,564 |  | | 20 | Saudi Arabia | $559,467 |  | | 21 | Italy | $553,115 |  | | 22 | Australia | $550,384 |  | | 23 | Hong Kong | $527,159 |  | | 24 | Sweden | $509,356 |  | | 25 | Peru | $503,121 |  | | 26 | Spain | $473,132 |  | | 27 | Morocco | $442,409 |  | | 28 | Austria | $415,408 |  | | 29 | Kenya | $400,521 |  | | 30 | Netherlands | $396,405 |  | | 31 | Portugal | $365,019 |  | | 32 | Finland | $354,796 |  | | 33 | Bahamas, The | $314,523 |  | | 34 | Zambia | $284,244 |  | | 35 | Panama | $268,156 |  | | 36 | Slovakia | $262,689 |  | | 37 | Greece | $260,649 |  | | 38 | Japan | $255,020 |  | | 39 | Chile | $247,927 |  | | 40 | Uganda | $245,469 |  | | 41 | Egypt | $245,118 |  | | 42 | Nepal | $225,171 |  | | 43 | Argentina | $224,159 |  | | 44 | Czech Republic | $222,224 |  | | 45 | Lebanon | $215,687 |  | | 46 | El Salvador | $209,163 |  | | 47 | South Africa | $208,683 |  | | 48 | Dominican Republic | $203,748 |  | | 49 | Poland | $196,203 |  | | 50 | Algeria | $194,107 |  | | 51 | Botswana | $182,066 |  | | 52 | Russia | $176,143 |  | | 53 | Denmark | $172,435 |  | | 54 | Philippines | $156,583 |  | | 55 | Mauritius | $148,317 |  | | 56 | New Zealand | $147,991 |  | | 57 | Malawi | $142,930 |  | | 58 | Romania | $119,964 |  | | 59 | Mauritania | $116,178 |  | | 60 | Jordan | $106,582 |  | | 61 | Venezuela | $105,618 |  | | 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | $101,135 |  | | 63 | Guyana | $85,218 |  | | 64 | Jamaica | $80,860 |  | | 65 | Zimbabwe | $78,391 |  | | 66 | Iran | $75,365 |  | | 67 | Colombia | $71,111 |  | | 68 | Switzerland | $70,561 |  | | 69 | Pakistan | $63,031 |  | | 70 | Ghana | $62,386 |  | | 71 | Paraguay | $60,625 |  | | 72 | Croatia | $59,530 |  | | 73 | Tunisia | $59,342 |  | | 74 | Senegal | $54,736 |  | | 75 | Mexico | $54,111 |  | | 76 | Fiji | $51,361 |  | | 77 | Israel | $49,000 |  | | 78 | Qatar | $48,237 |  | | 79 | Mozambique | $46,001 |  | | 80 | French Polynesia | $44,571 |  | | 81 | Ukraine | $42,814 |  | | 82 | Estonia | $42,311 |  | | 83 | Albania | $41,131 |  | | 84 | Bulgaria | $36,663 |  | | 85 | Madagascar | $36,052 |  | | 86 | Iceland | $35,850 |  | | 87 | Bhutan | $35,592 |  | | 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $33,903 |  | | 89 | Ireland | $33,549 |  | | 90 | Samoa | $31,287 |  | | 91 | Guatemala | $30,949 |  | | 92 | Oman | $30,359 |  | | 93 | Cameroon | $28,934 |  | | 94 | Tonga | $27,608 |  | | 95 | New Caledonia | $25,206 |  | | 96 | Azerbaijan | $24,695 |  | | 97 | Luxembourg | $23,930 |  | | 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $23,270 |  | | 99 | Brazil | $23,161 |  | | 100 | Sri Lanka | $21,307 |  | | 101 | Costa Rica | $20,724 |  | | 102 | Ecuador | $19,812 |  | | 103 | Cape Verde | $19,453 |  | | 104 | Hungary | $19,000 |  | | 105 | Aruba | $18,863 |  | | 106 | Ethiopia | $18,399 |  | | 107 | Nicaragua | $17,960 |  | | 108 | Mali | $17,308 |  | | 109 | Togo | $17,109 |  | | 110 | Tanzania | $16,509 |  | | 111 | Cyprus | $15,152 |  | | 112 | Latvia | $15,118 |  | | 113 | Serbia | $11,694 |  | | 114 | Bermuda | $11,040 |  | | 115 | Montenegro | $10,238 |  | | 116 | Malta | $9,563 |  | | 117 | Belarus | $9,200 |  | | 118 | Slovenia | $8,734 |  | | 119 | Gambia, The | $8,671 |  | | 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | $8,484 |  | | 121 | Niger | $8,264 |  | | 122 | Barbados | $7,744 |  | | 123 | Burkina Faso | $6,090 |  | | 124 | Dominica | $4,416 |  | | 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | $3,772 |  | | 126 | Bolivia | $3,165 |  | | 127 | Burundi | $2,660 |  | | 128 | Georgia | $2,203 |  | | 129 | Suriname | $2,059 |  | | 130 | Belize | $1,956 |  | | 131 | Lithuania | $1,885 |  | | 132 | Syria | $1,597 |  | | 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | $592 |  | | 134 | Benin | $588 |  | | 135 | Bahrain | $508 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $11,427 | $8,434 | $27,589 | $67,959 | $24,320 | $41,131 | $51,395 |
| Algeria | $27,067 | $36,989 | $183,155 | $160,592 | $157,761 | $194,107 | $223,533 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $26,972 | $3,418 | $2,802 | | $2,973 | $3,772 | $18,115 |
| Argentina | $186,221 | $125,167 | $279,143 | $228,785 | $168,812 | $224,159 | $144,149 |
| Armenia | $190 | | | | | | |
| Aruba | | | | | $9,845 | $18,863 | $47,388 |
| Australia | $564,111 | $684,162 | $682,677 | $654,374 | $495,573 | $550,384 | $1,049,128 |
| Austria | $262,347 | $140,537 | $149,002 | $222,973 | $317,949 | $415,408 | |
| Azerbaijan | | $105 | $2,643 | | $120 | $24,695 | |
| Bahamas, The | $182,837 | $195,975 | $168,640 | $248,311 | $269,935 | $314,523 | $726,779 |
| Bahrain | $16,527 | | $24,936 | $33,263 | $72,096 | $508 | $3,369 |
| Bangladesh | $10,665 | $2,613 | $3,402 | | | | |
| Barbados | $10,812 | $10,727 | $14,821 | $21,292 | $6,001 | $7,744 | $15,732 |
| Belarus | $92,800 | $61,600 | $900 | $10,800 | $2,300 | $9,200 | $38,700 |
| Belgium | $963,066 | $1,374,278 | $2,568,947 | $2,085,801 | $1,571,409 | $1,585,884 | $1,288,085 |
| Belize | $6,038 | $2,467 | $7,633 | $6,726 | $8,646 | $1,956 | |
| Benin | $760 | $147 | | | | $588 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $11,040 | |
| Bhutan | $1,419 | $13,816 | $16,642 | $16,494 | $13,589 | $35,592 | |
| Bolivia | $1,195 | $38,205 | $8,744 | $18,499 | $3,405 | $3,165 | $14,328 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $9,131 | $15,189 | $6,652 | $21,385 | $13,666 | $23,270 | $56,798 |
| Botswana | $87,155 | $93,237 | $80,878 | $52,463 | $85,404 | $182,066 | $567,702 |
| Brazil | $26,460 | $36,308 | $65,555 | $77,335 | $74,200 | $23,161 | $142,647 |
| Brunei | | $85,215 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $3,363 | $3,428 | $6,887 | $22,015 | $8,441 | $36,663 | $28,725 |
| Burkina Faso | $1,634 | | $15,427 | $3,963 | $2,328 | $6,090 | |
| Burundi | $246 | $254 | $1,302 | $460 | | $2,660 | |
| Cambodia | $513,607 | $712,745 | $522,371 | $498,502 | $713,698 | $1,581,841 | |
| Cameroon | $5,348 | $23,770 | $17,401 | $3,413 | $86,424 | $28,934 | |
| Canada | $1,514,163 | $881,510 | $894,600 | $954,574 | $883,632 | $949,231 | $979,052 |
| Cape Verde | $15,329 | $7,430 | $23,865 | $18,179 | $11,028 | $19,453 | $43,780 |
| Central African Republic | | | | | $2,599 | | |
| Chile | $147,397 | $91,216 | $97,811 | $151,644 | $239,809 | $247,927 | $365,800 |
| China | $129,363 | $76,729 | $301,975 | $493,176 | $403,414 | $799,193 | $426,107 |
| Colombia | $1,034 | $2,232 | $30,512 | $61,430 | $63,504 | $71,111 | $60,231 |
| Comoros | $264 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $41,006 | $212,634 | $361,743 | $191,186 | $33,605 | $20,724 | $23,729 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $46,916 | $23,956 | $23,682 | $32,029 | $71,251 | $101,135 | $13,163 |
| Croatia | $332,643 | $352,823 | $324,376 | $136,396 | $103,259 | $59,530 | $66,586 |
| Cuba | $22,507 | $66,765 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $36,222 | $12,941 | $51,082 | $833 | $7,454 | $15,152 | $2,989 |
| Czech Republic | $203,638 | $313,799 | $206,121 | $226,094 | $165,946 | $222,224 | $347,636 |
| Denmark | $350,357 | $224,611 | $167,521 | $190,438 | $142,846 | $172,435 | $167,965 |
| Dominica | $2,564 | $53 | $233 | $7,266 | $5,659 | $4,416 | |
| Dominican Republic | $16,134 | $34,561 | $106,688 | $213,548 | $211,941 | $203,748 | $285,667 |
| East Timor | $1,578 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $83,792 | $82,993 | $51,626 | $149,899 | $19,171 | $19,812 | $85,717 |
| Egypt | $56,780 | $49,605 | $86,313 | $174,353 | $638,159 | $245,118 | $209,667 |
| El Salvador | $98,916 | $90,179 | $175,349 | $174,680 | $177,843 | $209,163 | |
| Estonia | $35,365 | $34,900 | $41,229 | $35,020 | $18,981 | $42,311 | $36,579 |
| Ethiopia | $29,547 | $92,925 | $30,901 | $116,365 | $43,733 | $18,399 | $34,456 |
| Faroe Islands | $55,536 | $247,561 | $88,860 | $43,161 | $19,026 | | |
| Fiji | $35,850 | $54,132 | $56,032 | $43,033 | $35,509 | $51,361 | |
| Finland | $81,559 | $240,813 | $264,359 | $299,251 | $315,792 | $354,796 | $266,454 |
| France | $1,042,701 | $1,160,126 | $1,707,421 | $1,712,195 | $1,775,197 | $1,786,742 | $1,584,834 |
| French Polynesia | $55,858 | $51,232 | $30,327 | $97,597 | $76,211 | $44,571 | $51,425 |
| Gabon | $25,398 | $44,188 | $104,575 | $79,179 | $22,167 | | |
| Gambia, The | $105 | $5,416 | | $181 | $38 | $8,671 | $23,578 |
| Georgia | $3,806 | $39 | $111 | $162 | | $2,203 | |
| Germany | $3,056,000 | $3,118,000 | $3,894,000 | $3,142,000 | $2,543,000 | $2,223,116 | $3,115,505 |
| Ghana | $2,885 | $1,704 | $51,041 | $49,020 | $7,337 | $62,386 | $35,244 |
| Greece | $161,306 | $171,047 | $341,428 | $268,871 | $386,786 | $260,649 | $292,825 |
| Greenland | $24 | $666 | $124 | | | | |
| Grenada | $651 | $305 | $191 | $1,078 | $1,144 | | |
| Guatemala | $144,526 | $56,211 | $67,689 | $44,846 | $29,339 | $30,949 | $47,166 |
| Guinea | $33,004 | $11,073 | $8,078 | $38,688 | | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $805 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | $1,787 | $8 | $38,605 | $16,160 | $45,466 | $85,218 | $20,477 |
| Honduras | $12,111 | $18,088 | $16,625 | | $9,174 | | |
| Hong Kong | $402,958 | $405,890 | $244,874 | $82,340 | $111,187 | $527,159 | $424,455 |
| Hungary | $22,000 | $14,000 | $36,000 | $18,000 | $13,000 | $19,000 | $29,000 |
| Iceland | $10,269 | $9,832 | $29,293 | $12,336 | $35,917 | $35,850 | $16,395 |
| India | $42,020 | $19,350 | $94,308 | $573,646 | $983,901 | $656,564 | $591,528 |
| Indonesia | $208,962 | $245,171 | $626,340 | $2,104,484 | $1,650,671 | $1,992,913 | $4,014,346 |
| Iran | $390,989 | $37,854 | | | | $75,365 | |
| Ireland | $213,575 | $175,034 | $621,503 | $482,088 | $101,997 | $33,549 | $115,917 |
| Israel | $257,000 | $165,000 | $50,000 | $77,000 | $110,000 | $49,000 | $60,000 |
| Italy | $677,500 | $504,766 | $454,965 | $454,228 | $326,700 | $553,115 | $621,188 |
| Jamaica | $6,533 | $12,093 | $55,056 | $115,389 | $19,096 | $80,860 | |
| Japan | $185,560 | $220,132 | $226,135 | $371,731 | $398,720 | $255,020 | $438,132 |
| Jordan | $82,309 | $176,295 | $305,638 | $131,196 | $288,728 | $106,582 | $139,618 |
| Kazakhstan | $930 | $6,477 | $67,255 | $12,881 | $183,501 | | |
| Kenya | $144,481 | $60,388 | $72,429 | $92,908 | $159,507 | $400,521 | |
| Kiribati | $12,794 | | | | $8,621 | | |
| Korea, South | $656,339 | $343,017 | $453,752 | $821,261 | $723,304 | $1,040,107 | $1,506,210 |
| Kuwait | | $102,703 | $165,380 | $48,979 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | $5,022 | $741 | | |
| Latvia | $7,093 | $7,600 | $15,625 | $6,456 | $3,801 | $15,118 | $17,444 |
| Lebanon | $172,000 | $104,231 | $186,418 | $329,050 | $215,665 | $215,687 | $171,131 |
| Lesotho | | | | $4,519 | | | |
| Lithuania | $54,049 | $11,485 | $11,878 | $42,564 | $20,559 | $1,885 | $3,657 |
| Luxembourg | $27,518 | $20,863 | $22,951 | $35,648 | $30,668 | $23,930 | $25,728 |
| Macau | $2,097 | $779 | $353 | $2,354 | $671 | | $11,916 |
| Macedonia | $685 | $1,827 | | $216 | $3,239 | | $531 |
| Madagascar | $7,343 | $7,103 | $15,271 | $27,050 | $11,471 | $36,052 | |
| Malawi | $3,689 | $47,964 | $24,728 | $123,614 | $99,515 | $142,930 | $117,221 |
| Malaysia | $183,056 | $222,257 | $434,058 | $787,236 | $1,044,660 | $860,641 | $479,795 |
| Mali | $1,756 | $16,978 | $6,114 | $20,217 | | $17,308 | |
| Malta | $34,794 | $33,306 | $19,955 | $42,370 | $3,537 | $9,563 | |
| Mauritania | $1,307 | $19,213 | $18,036 | $28,667 | | $116,178 | $153,058 |
| Mauritius | $37,562 | $26,289 | $96,124 | $28,073 | $108,612 | $148,317 | $170,369 |
| Mayotte | $993 | $1,222 | $374 | $1,485 | $1,914 | | |
| Mexico | $48,246 | $88,035 | $48,941 | $49,115 | $79,529 | $54,111 | $91,579 |
| Moldova | $15 | $6 | $465 | $4,121 | $21,885 | | $733 |
| Mongolia | $18,572 | $6,870 | $2,612 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $23,870 | $996 | $281 | $1,781 | $10,238 | $32,863 |
| Montserrat | $176 | $123 | | $18 | $1,514 | | |
| Morocco | $235,578 | $250,303 | $123,864 | $122,983 | $246,091 | $442,409 | |
| Mozambique | $29,915 | $30,480 | $49,117 | $177,627 | $104,717 | $46,001 | $40,000 |
| Namibia | $50,941 | $66,296 | $217,336 | $217,150 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $213,711 | $225,171 | |
| Netherlands | $1,219,550 | $994,988 | $554,499 | $623,285 | $305,477 | $396,405 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $43,309 | $48,898 | $65,988 | $39,110 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $23,722 | $18,722 | $11,628 | $20,613 | $14,203 | $25,206 | $18,312 |
| New Zealand | $94,067 | $105,744 | $202,680 | $145,086 | $81,658 | $147,991 | $91,369 |
| Nicaragua | $4,090 | $11,545 | $10,379 | $5,349 | $12,556 | $17,960 | $9,515 |
| Niger | $42 | $3,234 | $83 | $1,145 | $3,038 | $8,264 | $803 |
| Nigeria | | $107,242 | $9,486 | $185,439 | $1,274,759 | $1,599,666 | |
| Norway | $55,549 | $605,698 | $1,753,371 | $1,576,503 | $793,055 | $676,423 | $507,224 |
| Oman | $55,235 | $49 | $90,528 | $24,484 | $53,464 | $30,359 | |
| Pakistan | $38,457 | $16,225 | $18,362 | $61,783 | $61,331 | $63,031 | $118,074 |
| Panama | $55,329 | $156,105 | $124,607 | $205,770 | $253,594 | $268,156 | $174,260 |
| Paraguay | $62,743 | $8,828 | $23,807 | $54,792 | $20,608 | $60,625 | $33,519 |
| Peru | $211,671 | $318,175 | $521,248 | $275,413 | $327,026 | $503,121 | $483,723 |
| Philippines | $153,225 | $292,415 | $65,138 | $75,446 | $49,113 | $156,583 | $29,367 |
| Poland | $462,137 | $706,743 | $549,287 | $494,197 | $115,370 | $196,203 | $452,537 |
| Portugal | $212,741 | $169,201 | $173,683 | $196,785 | $170,036 | $365,019 | $323,316 |
| Qatar | | $1,092 | $30,833 | $266 | | $48,237 | |
| Romania | $42,949 | $23,171 | $34,548 | $76,203 | $121,383 | $119,964 | $46,749 |
| Russia | $149,662 | $21,804 | $251,626 | $113,780 | $120,327 | $176,143 | $114,350 |
| Rwanda | $294 | $11,771 | $18,911 | $46,642 | $742,753 | | $48,304 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $199 | $218 | $149 | $481 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | $18,483 | $2,095 | $472 | $2,046 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $3,183 | $8,690 | $8,538 | $1,532 | $54,403 | $33,903 | |
| Samoa | | | | | $504 | $31,287 | $64,467 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | $11,357 | $385 | $5,485 | $1,449 | $592 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $394,802 | $279,605 | $369,025 | | $190,950 | $559,467 | |
| Senegal | $30,277 | $27,588 | $4,421 | $68,450 | $81,468 | $54,736 | $63,494 |
| Serbia | $28,368 | $68,067 | $151,432 | $113,536 | $9,392 | $11,694 | $37,687 |
| Seychelles | $29,233 | $33,825 | $67,966 | $11,282 | | | |
| Singapore | $589,079 | $812,211 | $1,046,582 | $5,945,713 | $3,158,419 | $1,356,881 | $1,719,856 |
| Slovakia | $61,226 | $87,734 | $154,351 | $56,928 | $103,283 | $262,689 | $188,192 |
| Slovenia | $8,079 | $11,358 | $21,510 | $13,424 | $7,406 | $8,734 | $11,231 |
| South Africa | $630,083 | $527,875 | $457,089 | $413,100 | $335,744 | $208,683 | $267,180 |
| Spain | $456,173 | $758,523 | $1,328,390 | $876,824 | $473,791 | $473,132 | |
| Sri Lanka | $295,296 | $130,840 | $75,440 | $107,036 | $54,374 | $21,307 | $61,147 |
| Sudan | | $80,649 | $9,037 | $31,382 | $158,117 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $2,059 | $41,624 |
| Swaziland | $5,257 | $30,407 | $34,357 | | | | |
| Sweden | $273,929 | $186,265 | $191,872 | $372,401 | $321,130 | $509,356 | $324,226 |
| Switzerland | $154,352 | $142,676 | $134,477 | $128,546 | $56,971 | $70,561 | $117,495 |
| Syria | | | | $157,677 | | $1,597 | |
| Tanzania | $86,620 | $41,526 | $5,441 | $30,226 | $32,890 | $16,509 | $161,455 |
| Thailand | $905,509 | $1,116,175 | $1,309,719 | $1,416,507 | $1,272,873 | $1,437,856 | $943,625 |
| Togo | | | | | | $17,109 | $42,828 |
| Tonga | | | | $11,982 | $21,533 | $27,608 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $11,429 | $4,546 | $18,036 | $46,730 | $34,052 | $8,484 | |
| Tunisia | $137,955 | $46,783 | $100,948 | $139,997 | $65,092 | $59,342 | |
| Turkey | $372,463 | $576,456 | $592,227 | $648,396 | $481,414 | $917,339 | $1,318,878 |
| Uganda | $117,682 | $94,368 | $66,463 | $297,411 | $214,967 | $245,469 | |
| Ukraine | $45,567 | $60,190 | $66,168 | $62,770 | $70,522 | $42,814 | $11,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | $107,443 | | $481,500 | $628,678 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $1,263,115 | $2,390,757 | $1,597,771 | $955,529 | $1,730,830 | $1,697,497 | $3,116,657 |
| United States | $11,527,896 | $11,668,257 | $8,361,855 | $7,945,741 | $6,237,488 | $9,195,451 | $8,396,504 |
| Uruguay | $6,483 | $4,709 | $14,769 | $41,101 | $2,041 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $2,138 | $4,842 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $177,723 | $316,209 | $384,068 | $234,451 | $171,563 | $105,618 | $124,683 |
| Vietnam | $1,724,234 | $2,947,298 | $3,838,504 | $3,788,791 | $3,191,797 | $4,301,700 | |
| Yemen | $45,970 | $58,773 | $91,497 | $343,565 | $531,296 | $701,708 | $612,018 |
| Zambia | $34,482 | $26,429 | $68,686 | $289,153 | $154,339 | $284,244 | |
| Zimbabwe | $20,085 | $26,794 | $57,119 | $36,537 | $8,799 | $78,391 | |
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