RankCountryImports of Knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos & sim. arts. ... in USD (2010)
1Malaysia$24,378,248
2United States$11,819,523
3Singapore$10,713,698
4Germany$8,447,311
5India$8,258,580
6China$7,993,190
7Thailand$5,134,658
8Korea, South$5,017,805
9Indonesia$4,054,099
10France$3,181,144
11Spain$3,065,134
12United Kingdom$3,027,163
13Canada$2,852,940
14Italy$2,309,424
15Norway$2,268,788
16Hong Kong$1,941,955
17Mexico$1,515,171
18Turkey$1,455,792
19Vietnam$1,408,860
20Sweden$1,343,580
21Russia$1,284,287
22Japan$1,258,719
23Switzerland$1,076,103
24Brazil$1,030,313
25Belgium$1,008,488
26Denmark$945,505
27South Africa$850,182
28Austria$841,758
29Netherlands$808,719
30Hungary$781,000
31Costa Rica$767,041
32Australia$741,485
33Saudi Arabia$708,801
34Poland$651,911
35Chile$642,350
36Panama$610,953
37Dominican Republic$548,451
38Ireland$545,255
39Pakistan$524,198
40Egypt$427,537
41Finland$415,891
42Colombia$404,740
43Czech Republic$396,270
44Romania$393,968
45Algeria$357,777
46El Salvador$331,561
47New Zealand$310,220
48Iran$293,689
49Argentina$286,341
50Israel$273,000
51Portugal$250,269
52Qatar$231,591
53Slovakia$207,295
54Morocco$199,382
55Belarus$197,800
56Greece$182,713
57Peru$175,534
58Estonia$174,623
59Oman$173,961
60Sri Lanka$164,995
61Syria$162,259
62Tanzania$160,127
63Ethiopia$157,039
64Iceland$143,069
65Nigeria$135,447
66Philippines$127,823
67Ecuador$124,611
68Paraguay$121,845
69Bulgaria$117,657
70Lithuania$100,688
71Croatia$99,781
72Guatemala$97,702
73Lebanon$89,821
74Guyana$87,159
75Latvia$79,536
76Ukraine$79,224
77Jamaica$74,701
78Kenya$71,951
79Mauritius$69,639
80Venezuela$64,604
81Luxembourg$63,282
82Tunisia$62,123
83Botswana$58,800
84Fiji$56,816
85Albania$54,940
86Nepal$53,463
87Zambia$52,038
88Bahamas, The$51,384
89Zimbabwe$50,396
90Mali$49,879
91Slovenia$49,437
92Senegal$43,209
93Aruba$42,665
94Ghana$40,206
95Cote d'Ivoire$37,066
96Serbia$35,819
97Georgia$33,765
98Samoa$32,579
99Bolivia$30,127
100Malawi$29,043
101Bosnia and Herzegovina$26,967
102Bahrain$25,473
103Trinidad and Tobago$24,660
104New Caledonia$23,861
105Cameroon$22,578
106Mozambique$20,718
107French Polynesia$20,656
108Suriname$19,230
109Cyprus$18,144
110Malta$17,617
111Yemen$17,083
112Barbados$15,025
113Jordan$13,034
114Madagascar$12,927
115Nicaragua$12,330
116Moldova$11,934
117Uganda$11,900
118Mauritania$10,503
119Dominica$9,997
120Bermuda$9,894
121Togo$9,683
122Cambodia$9,674
123Armenia$8,254
124Macau$7,968
125Kyrgyzstan$6,300
126Belize$6,212
127Gambia, The$4,145
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,299
129Benin$3,153
130Maldives$2,345
131Tonga$1,927
132Montenegro$1,777
133Burkina Faso$1,366
134Cape Verde$1,340
135Burundi$1,307
136Antigua and Barbuda$1,022
137Bhutan$557
138Azerbaijan$464
139Niger$179
140Sao Tome and Principe$27
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$16,158$17,969$37,530$42,807$74,578$54,940$17,521
Algeria$35,621$188,102$134,348$227,919$296,998$357,777$321,348
Anguilla $927$1,990$1,594   
Antigua and Barbuda$7,262$4,139$1,911 $14,007$1,022$1,247
Argentina$112,337$82,097$265,608$345,499$223,734$286,341$307,051
Armenia$259$210$2,487$6,809$12,297$8,254$8,699
Aruba    $29,922$42,665$5,292
Australia$402,559$246,189$814,227$868,295$823,118$741,485$982,481
Austria$466,846$336,666$799,743$893,862$925,857$841,758 
Azerbaijan$15,252$33,955$1,777$37,291$867$464$3,207
Bahamas, The$61,549$38,117$114,831$62,105$135,147$51,384$51,325
Bahrain$8,952$15,543$10,037$30,660$6,923$25,473$352,248
Bangladesh$54,198$39,961$117,189    
Barbados$38,182$46,648$44,840$49,213$27,880$15,025$32,597
Belarus$16,300$25,400$33,900$137,200$158,000$197,800$185,100
Belgium$592,008$790,431$1,393,859$1,551,579$1,197,752$1,008,488$1,075,559
Belize$2,600$1,348$2,181$1,541$5,720$6,212 
Benin$193$56   $3,153 
Bermuda     $9,894 
Bhutan$1,350$322$408$1,019$382$557 
Bolivia$17,797$10,301$19,194$41,483$30,578$30,127$72,575
Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,647$16,149$23,557$40,265$36,960$26,967$48,131
Botswana$29,343$64,597$47,833$85,599$57,588$58,800$64,603
Brazil$137,466$196,975$620,569$1,138,709$646,778$1,030,313$1,599,810
Brunei $39,304     
Bulgaria$78,047$77,529$264,407$194,952$119,973$117,657$68,898
Burkina Faso$2,015 $1,899$3,758$2,594$1,366 
Burundi$19$1,619$78$130$79$1,307 
Cambodia$9,267$8,969$9,685$2,134$6,942$9,674 
Cameroon$2,347$13$2,501$1,401$1,528$22,578 
Canada$4,430,403$3,209,931$3,070,821$3,527,678$2,955,367$2,852,940$3,078,059
Cape Verde$56$271$1,145$1,240$1,985$1,340$6,777
Chile$51,961$34,443$198,117$550,985$563,637$642,350$813,559
China$6,259,380$7,469,724$6,399,530$6,195,892$5,523,537$7,993,190$7,828,567
Colombia$118,449$169,358$357,776$389,578$170,397$404,740$553,879
Comoros $245$173    
Cook Islands$11,425      
Costa Rica$73,401$102,549$369,339$448,545$261,544$767,041$928,468
Cote d'Ivoire$7,989$7,067$9,354$22,425$37,095$37,066$51,627
Croatia$40,825$36,421$119,927$123,147$108,654$99,781$118,779
Cuba$16,534$35,215     
Cyprus$12,920$17,040$28,349$59,629$32,207$18,144$19,272
Czech Republic$217,454$251,678$350,675$503,334$350,074$396,270$552,812
Denmark$541,014$422,188$983,277$945,642$846,152$945,505$972,081
Djibouti    $11,462  
Dominica$2,279$2,692$4,186$4,829$2,119$9,997 
Dominican Republic$24,456$118,017$1,123,420$419,561$1,234,236$548,451$1,100,118
East Timor$240      
Ecuador$27,008$18,631$113,675$123,140$104,927$124,611$165,429
Egypt$925,405$619,672$1,128,725$279,734$214,744$427,537$354,623
El Salvador$51,113$52,779$42,057$70,614$692,779$331,561 
Estonia$40,911$643,453$113,385$111,738$80,591$174,623$259,895
Ethiopia$128,942$61,270$36,260$215,975$137,923$157,039$144,604
Faroe Islands$15,834$20,524$34,507$27,523$48,837  
Fiji$37,575$48,090$64,380$44,219$33,531$56,816 
Finland$170,070$215,720$319,503$384,095$437,216$415,891$624,175
France$1,479,441$1,368,547$4,061,302$5,054,071$3,436,581$3,181,144$2,563,006
French Polynesia$9,986$2,459$12,398$17,879$23,687$20,656$36,734
Gabon$639$801$493$11,615$148  
Gambia, The$105$36$40  $4,145$996
Georgia$13,159$21,208$36,518$6,630$18,745$33,765 
Germany$2,276,000$2,768,000$5,388,000$6,169,000$7,725,000$8,447,311$7,009,752
Ghana$34,848$5,003$14,661$8,392$25,463$40,206$44,690
Greece$94,443$51,919$356,550$287,215$196,018$182,713$368,935
Greenland$22,446$29,938$30,373    
Grenada$68,027$1,493$58,621$6,459$5,439  
Guatemala$56,918$24,149$94,286$49,947$80,372$97,702$118,561
Guinea$6,206$648$755$11,970   
Guyana$88,782$26,898$72,963$81,818$75,855$87,159$20,701
Honduras$48,961$47,619$53,549 $34,301  
Hong Kong$604,243$884,972$1,330,057$1,618,066$1,324,888$1,941,955$919,149
Hungary$390,000$349,000$1,318,000$1,677,000$1,237,000$781,000$806,000
Iceland$62,526$75,682$42,531$52,675$218,491$143,069$67,740
India$1,602,824$2,740,765$6,028,422$5,643,513$7,598,084$8,258,580$9,109,494
Indonesia$2,352,557$1,578,666   $4,054,099$4,581,106
Iran$125,314$26,848   $293,689 
Ireland$380,416$711,466$674,663$745,846$750,015$545,255$491,259
Israel$92,000$73,000$157,000$185,000$157,000$273,000$286,000
Italy$1,013,586$1,248,737$2,702,549$2,831,429$2,278,049$2,309,424$2,420,964
Jamaica$84,948$83,073$78,342$61,138$63,622$74,701 
Japan$341,961$450,126$1,125,205$1,087,852$1,058,784$1,258,719$1,628,472
Jordan$1,519 $13,107$11,114$19,093$13,034$10,872
Kazakhstan$5,935$6,528$11,253$21,264$24,322  
Kenya$141,928$127,561$157,700$126,955$135,859$71,951 
Kiribati$3,248   $369  
Korea, South$4,248,054$4,449,447$6,676,432$5,398,043$4,329,165$5,017,805$6,020,359
Kuwait $407,549$209,088$304,015   
Kyrgyzstan$53$130$1,264$7,563$4,663$6,300$1,073
Latvia$31,474$106,860$140,734$115,337$75,131$79,536$102,615
Lebanon$23,000$30,668$58,511$78,704$99,829$89,821$91,234
Lesotho   $5,244   
Lithuania$48,581$46,099$110,693$105,803$101,118$100,688$94,006
Luxembourg$32,734$31,330$70,511$110,466$52,128$63,282$71,531
Macau$1,511 $7,502$5,139$4,255$7,968 
Macedonia$19,951$19,999$40,956$51,670$40,851 $50,438
Madagascar$8,630$14,206$111,426$75,124$11,473$12,927 
Malawi$9,722$2,112$47,111$329,848$31,079$29,043$468,625
Malaysia$14,485,641$16,319,720$13,534,838$15,946,671$13,359,651$24,378,248$22,490,333
Maldives$848$1,032$941$7,581$4,291$2,345$5,700
Mali$10,508$4,959$299$116,113 $49,879 
Malta$25,668$21,791$17,759$25,704$28,490$17,617 
Mauritania   $19,149$1,742$10,503 
Mauritius$24,302$45,974$66,572$75,650$86,900$69,639$158,135
Mayotte$402$327$1,075$2,953$1,864  
Mexico$269,780$360,692$1,060,600$1,444,394$2,454,912$1,515,171$1,116,699
Moldova$1,194$2,549$8,104$3,819$8,851$11,934$20,493
Mongolia$38,245$31,767$1,820    
Montenegro $556$2,239$7,107$1,364$1,777$9,270
Montserrat$1,476$421$145$228$2,478  
Morocco$96,820$63,913$106,599$143,220$160,675$199,382 
Mozambique$10,188$12,109$22,993$14,350$11,274$20,718$17,000
Namibia$59,028$33,065$48,213$66,280   
Nepal    $33,044$53,463 
Netherlands$345,601$364,327$533,911$605,603$613,744$808,719 
Netherlands Antilles$26,389$6,682$24,390$27,993   
New Caledonia$4,136$5,394$3,171$22,605$15,983$23,861$21,486
New Zealand$223,741$258,372$484,428$311,631$305,343$310,220$335,829
Nicaragua$2,080$10,756$52,780$14,572$9,109$12,330$18,521
Niger$3,768$2,710$635$677$11,499$179$1
Nigeria $17,841$60,648$56,661$78,234$135,447 
Norway$901,754$449,993$1,912,995$2,122,969$1,817,305$2,268,788$1,949,247
Oman$10,484$7,844$32,549$268,018$263,480$173,961 
Pakistan$300,944$580,468$306,310$460,749$517,752$524,198$592,303
Panama$21,479$18,885$260,718$666,332$283,491$610,953$643,923
Paraguay$7,192$21,675$54,471$66,628$95,900$121,845$124,742
Peru$63,808$92,308$102,980$158,640$106,359$175,534$187,608
Philippines$59,049$79,823$182,468$75,143$259,187$127,823$102,871
Poland$677,149$508,755$765,928$939,727$708,496$651,911$654,844
Portugal$307,707$324,365$437,102$447,469$263,139$250,269$545,687
Qatar$40,891$259,040$1,681,056$313,406 $231,591 
Romania$206,523$288,149$597,964$539,223$351,510$393,968$507,671
Russia$209,319$162,027$414,217$500,930$636,880$1,284,287$1,310,989
Rwanda$886$181$10,704$7,268$8,387 $3,484
Saint Kitts and Nevis$30,708$33,812$11,377$17,673   
Saint Lucia$5,069$10,609$7,276$2,159   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,497$1,493$8,301$1,582$3,492$3,299 
Samoa$7,195$37,056$1,352$5,642$6,299$32,579$6,779
Sao Tome and Principe   $105$26$27 
Saudi Arabia$357,773$483,686$1,113,257  $708,801 
Senegal$108,068$4,161$22,496$15,126$17,611$43,209$44,293
Serbia$15,585$45,165$171,482$139,309$27,230$35,819$44,670
Seychelles$13,419$13,006$18,272$8,647   
Singapore$635,286$1,499,907$2,859,765$4,241,517$8,503,427$10,713,698$12,573,645
Slovakia$85,429$308,172$262,264$176,608$174,036$207,295$362,596
Slovenia$48,612$41,730$55,399$70,163$37,907$49,437$91,740
South Africa$357,638$347,036$811,904$918,918$685,687$850,182$886,872
Spain$2,470,050$2,822,257$3,519,733$4,015,954$3,044,180$3,065,134 
Sri Lanka$111,107$175,580$164,007$187,303$164,335$164,995$187,896
Sudan$7,429$34,144$50,154$12,350$150,484  
Suriname$1,804$19,392$29,083$2,126$3,352$19,230$13,684
Swaziland$77,727$37,742$33,701    
Sweden$241,379$326,473$1,434,511$2,664,538$1,343,924$1,343,580$1,338,685
Switzerland$369,243$474,568$720,784$1,116,644$1,005,494$1,076,103$1,133,881
Syria $14,940$102,052$73,395 $162,259 
Tanzania$27,674$14,519$20,342$37,583$85,404$160,127$275,530
Thailand$2,718,018$3,456,412$2,825,365$4,325,717$3,793,967$5,134,658$6,511,253
Togo  $537  $9,683 
Tonga   $491$2,167$1,927 
Trinidad and Tobago$33,407$53,730$79,528$61,961$41,442$24,660 
Tunisia$7,513$14,268$49,605$97,194$57,058$62,123 
Turkey$899,702$788,701$1,253,312$1,649,257$1,168,666$1,455,792$1,298,080
Uganda$4,903$7,380$15,243$24,340$23,458$11,900 
Ukraine$26,756$88,173$97,604$71,800$58,772$79,224$174,510
United Arab Emirates$302,535 $635,419$796,475   
United Kingdom$2,101,440$2,160,128$3,060,027$3,073,719$3,435,783$3,027,163$3,318,960
United States$6,351,436$6,511,922$11,848,327$10,025,670$10,870,147$11,819,523$18,764,948
Uruguay$26,196$29,742$51,870$49,622$39,273  
Vanuatu $4,981$4,327    
Venezuela$108,222$81,692$117,352$381,387$328,453$64,604$105,528
Vietnam$799,152$1,380,841$1,181,460$1,510,656$698,374$1,408,860 
Yemen$3,906$6,034$500$4,838$15,035$17,083$29,207
Zambia$15,342$33,170$54,752$29,506$25,866$52,038 
Zimbabwe$17,748$59,099$100,682$31,389$40,009$50,396