RankCountryImports of Flat knitting machines; stitch-bonding machines in USD (2010)
1China$750,663,600
2Hong Kong$120,409,715
3Turkey$85,743,483
4Nigeria$81,427,193
5Italy$50,596,493
6India$38,107,109
7Korea, South$27,926,931
8Brazil$26,447,065
9Russia$20,997,076
10Cambodia$20,539,990
11Indonesia$19,000,352
12Romania$14,920,204
13Croatia$11,158,598
14United Kingdom$9,275,438
15Vietnam$8,921,150
16United States$8,334,997
17Germany$6,846,879
18Argentina$6,401,580
19Thailand$5,913,615
20Spain$5,651,123
21Peru$5,371,467
22Mexico$4,463,466
23Tunisia$3,942,592
24Japan$3,898,110
25Pakistan$3,728,611
26El Salvador$3,439,743
27Iran$3,086,634
28Syria$2,735,024
29Netherlands$2,707,220
30Belarus$2,619,800
31France$2,604,561
32Portugal$2,561,220
33Ecuador$2,376,772
34Poland$2,232,772
35Malaysia$2,174,270
36Singapore$2,074,433
37Sri Lanka$2,062,851
38Egypt$2,046,936
39Colombia$1,928,778
40Australia$1,915,439
41Czech Republic$1,822,147
42Canada$1,811,459
43Morocco$1,702,988
44Belgium$1,658,944
45South Africa$1,595,306
46Malta$1,503,319
47Bulgaria$1,372,768
48New Zealand$1,173,837
49Switzerland$1,091,970
50Slovakia$1,072,883
51Venezuela$943,943
52Guatemala$881,405
53Philippines$831,631
54Ukraine$677,369
55Bolivia$632,750
56Norway$516,728
57Chile$482,658
58Lebanon$462,178
59Sweden$440,347
60Kyrgyzstan$403,067
61Estonia$381,005
62Nepal$350,747
63Austria$344,131
64Serbia$338,563
65Madagascar$332,148
66Kenya$327,908
67Zimbabwe$293,601
68Greece$285,947
69Israel$271,000
70Bahrain$260,258
71Finland$251,680
72Oman$249,473
73Costa Rica$189,593
74Latvia$180,906
75Lithuania$147,642
76Jordan$135,385
77Panama$118,160
78Bosnia and Herzegovina$102,142
79Moldova$100,879
80Uganda$98,874
81Algeria$86,789
82Ghana$59,786
83Qatar$58,102
84Hungary$56,000
85Slovenia$48,356
86Mauritius$44,935
87Ethiopia$36,359
88Albania$35,779
89Zambia$25,201
90Cote d'Ivoire$18,462
91Ireland$18,355
92Burundi$16,969
93Tanzania$10,188
94Paraguay$9,629
95Botswana$8,562
96Malawi$8,369
97Cameroon$4,856
98Nicaragua$2,944
99Armenia$2,665
100Montenegro$1,807
101Luxembourg$735
102Senegal$545
103Guyana$363
104Fiji$310
105Dominican Republic$280
106Belize$45
107Georgia$30
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$169,012$119,068$40,255$101,149$21,667$35,779$90,418
Algeria$368,622$80,566$174,861$44,038$241,265$86,789$58,045
Antigua and Barbuda  $11,460    
Argentina$5,152,566$5,170,342$8,668,656$8,587,015$3,395,389$6,401,580$8,486,154
Armenia $953 $17,326 $2,665$28,920
Aruba    $872  
Australia$1,464,078$2,292,284$1,151,075$1,142,680$785,577$1,915,439$970,854
Austria$219,926$552,477$611,818$1,718,206$631,108$344,131 
Azerbaijan$13,058$5,800$24,448 $40,932 $243
Bahamas, The      $16,689
Bahrain$2,739 $340$6,971$17,089$260,258 
Bangladesh$20,243,581$22,546,306$27,286,513    
Belarus$192,200$1,911,500$1,592,300$2,889,600$919,200$2,619,800$1,650,500
Belgium$1,705,893$4,322,544$4,362,880$9,614,586$4,385,876$1,658,944$1,049,858
Belize     $45 
Bhutan$596 $968    
Bolivia$237,517$139,281$412,375$415,064$307,777$632,750$622,392
Bosnia and Herzegovina$25,783$20,569$235,001$289,191$39,535$102,142$71,317
Botswana$11,042$12,372$143,122$6,695$9,624$8,562$30,214
Brazil$8,472,045$15,153,830$13,009,922$22,220,307$19,729,108$26,447,065$36,573,850
Brunei $412     
Bulgaria$8,719,857$3,775,696$5,270,081$6,390,044$2,557,316$1,372,768$5,479,959
Burkina Faso$112 $1,959    
Burundi$495$281 $237$892,164$16,969 
Cambodia$13,982,660$5,988,208$2,483,817$2,281,411$2,399,952$20,539,990 
Cameroon$96$5,756 $2,639$4,466$4,856 
Canada$1,323,677$1,575,162$2,385,460$1,422,987$696,839$1,811,459$1,249,388
Chile$1,330,330$570,958$1,364,954$998,997$643,228$482,658$1,648,944
China$407,720,767$700,419,034$979,131,839$863,089,393$693,135,763$750,663,600$892,841,933
Colombia$4,739,154$8,385,526$13,400,091$7,311,548$1,690,850$1,928,778$5,831,684
Comoros$559      
Cook Islands$13      
Costa Rica$5,927$229,486$14,053$46,499$15,989$189,593$40,790
Cote d'Ivoire $1,089$10,255$5,313$24$18,462$7,236
Croatia$16,571$12,722,204$23,985,384$11,727,888$4,338,749$11,158,598$15,810,266
Cuba$5,102$338     
Cyprus $22,780$16,345$4,133$77,959  
Czech Republic$2,562,639$414,747$4,149,903$2,560,092$2,935,574$1,822,147$2,562,470
Denmark$153,379$73,380 $52,486$275  
Dominica$5,649      
Dominican Republic$20,166$8,611$73,000$173,592$25,440$280$44,385
East Timor$11      
Ecuador$1,714,444$1,402,039$1,918,461$2,548,228$1,182,047$2,376,772$2,890,284
Egypt$3,109,871$2,970,931$1,302,347$2,834,337$4,355,663$2,046,936$2,560,447
El Salvador$87,419$67,144$75,845$8,015,671$7,108,596$3,439,743 
Estonia$284,454$131,285$574,722$247,675$761,577$381,005$297,201
Ethiopia$3,876$113,134$713,865$116,699$9,122$36,359$598,687
Faroe Islands$5,341$5,766$10,586$6,183$20,989  
Fiji$99$31,188   $310 
Finland$2,282,063$1,565,467 $3,557,755$1,662,119$251,680$1,421,674
France$10,347,374$6,349,305$10,399,624$8,238,283$3,553,169$2,604,561$3,787,460
French Polynesia    $30  
Gabon  $178,850    
Georgia$283$1,092$13,947$10,620$94,370$30 
Germany$11,484,000$11,420,000$12,586,000$13,828,000$7,769,000$6,846,879$14,907,711
Ghana$96,071$19,740$15,492$260,342$10,454$59,786$167,153
Greece$2,061,151$2,695,733$5,118,507$3,574,990$123,571$285,947$747,507
Guatemala$226,241$248,734$66,324$1,079,000$363,385$881,405$671,778
Guinea  $828    
Guyana$36,024  $543 $363 
Honduras$10,222$4,624$1,727 $69  
Hong Kong$209,729,149$187,365,963$149,684,665$282,467,402$200,515,819$120,409,715$128,953,920
Hungary$1,714,000$618,000$1,050,000$359,000$6,405,000$56,000$2,010,000
Iceland $90,357$557 $6,157 $40,801
India$22,589,196$25,767,730$16,011,492$26,961,038$19,259,567$38,107,109$69,458,523
Indonesia$10,804,614$10,998,118$8,406,995$13,503,012$14,481,114$19,000,352$25,623,177
Iran$18,874,298$521,533   $3,086,634 
Ireland$157$329,097$594$11,078$3,498$18,355$16,390
Israel$710,000$2,093,000$412,000$5,343,000$78,000$271,000$198,000
Italy$62,423,895$59,194,581$92,410,677$86,851,510$57,600,209$50,596,493$63,949,959
Japan$4,304,591$1,726,668$2,169,414$4,184,451$1,980,867$3,898,110$3,658,769
Jordan$853,464$276,429$142,306$93,516$225,429$135,385$398,717
Kazakhstan$841,646$683,970$3,886,700$27,202$15,253  
Kenya$197,265$329,974$164,601$257,617$147,492$327,908 
Kiribati$34      
Korea, South$34,858,556$38,439,106$30,412,763$17,944,659$8,438,249$27,926,931$45,370,188
Kuwait $35,373$38,595$6,460   
Kyrgyzstan$7,164$320,840$530,087$485,240$449,123$403,067$1,500,231
Latvia$1,107,704$2,533,444$7,136,615$1,396,090$22,596$180,906$19,547
Lebanon$223,000$311,985$337,356$586,772$360,873$462,178$103,284
Lesotho   $2,433   
Lithuania$472,094$1,253,929$500,151$352,612$168,430$147,642$808,652
Luxembourg$7,776$108$1,786$5,747$497$735$1,687
Macau$5,796,091$73,260$8,088,726$271,477$12,231  
Macedonia$64,020$151,135$789,908$56,873$707,071 $665,630
Madagascar$168,187$120,108$2,874,063$1,449,101$44,389$332,148 
Malawi$5,407$1,875$2,216$2,845$1,389$8,369$9,276
Malaysia$5,666,129$3,352,129$5,451,154$440,516$1,960,332$2,174,270$1,454,902
Mali $1,701$707$21,430   
Malta$2,806,926 $12,102$2,604,174$2,439,723$1,503,319 
Mauritania  $1,576    
Mauritius$178,253$153,534$609,795$1,765,910$445,343$44,935$368,867
Mayotte $30     
Mexico$4,316,807$4,922,281$3,858,614$3,534,782$2,979,569$4,463,466$5,977,395
Moldova$283,491$478,019$312,367$273,633$98,344$100,879$457,114
Mongolia$281,014$805,255$305,777    
Montenegro   $12,556 $1,807 
Morocco$4,441,127$6,554,293$4,651,215$6,391,874$1,552,267$1,702,988 
Mozambique$96  $1,500$2,224 $2,000
Namibia$2,486$5,821$4,843$6,347   
Nepal    $604,005$350,747 
Netherlands$1,638,498$1,228,660$1,450,757$2,003,942$3,374,198$2,707,220 
Netherlands Antilles$3,153      
New Zealand$835,199$1,193,956$1,763,937$143,075$221,825$1,173,837$503,734
Nicaragua     $2,944$8,058
Niger$28$38$21    
Nigeria $1,640,991$1,553,632$5,280,315$17,475,237$81,427,193 
Norway$464,634$125,019$335,220$109,429$299,164$516,728$1,200,735
Oman$15,056$64,515$18,203$71,912$6,658$249,473 
Pakistan$4,640,229$1,802,957$1,175,428$1,380,352$1,298,400$3,728,611$4,533,650
Panama $6,803$13,227$42,016$19,015$118,160$37,405
Paraguay$35,875$203$9,184$47,969$8,340$9,629$36,368
Peru$4,481,032$2,883,542$3,386,029$4,859,092$2,315,946$5,371,467$7,391,111
Philippines$5,289,622$565,928$1,269,278$811,031$375,464$831,631$1,256,533
Poland$6,693,863$4,306,813$8,037,196$3,438,060$3,956,287$2,232,772$3,203,766
Portugal$2,239,277$2,708,240$685,166$3,760,225$2,599,270$2,561,220$1,134,432
Qatar$3,745$1,917$34,135$33,669 $58,102 
Romania$15,269,419$9,420,663$5,154,086$10,405,261$11,350,369$14,920,204$14,469,708
Russia$2,304,008$13,027,460$12,698,107$14,032,656$12,350,977$20,997,076$37,803,366
Rwanda $30$856$1,915$6,188 $9,099
Saint Kitts and Nevis$76      
Saint Lucia$221  $867   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,813      
Samoa  $7,812    
Saudi Arabia$366,479$289,490$162,272    
Senegal    $14,879$545$81
Serbia$311,319$818,790$608,332$3,354,922$718,038$338,563$899,622
Seychelles   $25   
Singapore$2,430,888$310,122$728,145$564,781$969,295$2,074,433$103,774
Slovakia$6,375,448$1,751,270$821,341$1,686,568$384,499$1,072,883$1,518,505
Slovenia$613,856$101,394$502,359$428,136$929,969$48,356$517,884
South Africa$3,195,651$3,616,218$3,848,911$1,572,060$1,675,695$1,595,306$6,527,095
Spain$13,820,886$9,980,387$6,220,278$7,300,526$5,196,937$5,651,123 
Sri Lanka$743,498$2,757,152$6,178,280$4,002,574$437,820$2,062,851$3,745,722
Sudan$38,493$169,847$29,478 $754  
Suriname  $7,947   $674
Swaziland$5,586$56,806$621,449    
Sweden$188,736$245,907$1,068,426$468,927$90,622$440,347$628,564
Switzerland$3,643,697$4,789,592$3,244,529$1,398,932$1,528,990$1,091,970$832,536
Syria$3,374,610$7,963,443$7,007,577$5,603,544 $2,735,024 
Tanzania$4,868,395$69,272$89,543$298,747$515,567$10,188$168,342
Thailand$14,536,143$10,145,361$13,044,897$12,394,528$3,897,100$5,913,615$8,805,704
Togo$5,898      
Trinidad and Tobago$23,782$26,225$101,198    
Tunisia$9,490,195$3,367,574$6,995,615$6,705,462$4,484,940$3,942,592 
Turkey$85,384,912$53,723,418$56,935,548$71,094,917$28,355,897$85,743,483$148,184,276
Uganda$499,480$38,862$46,019$547,225$71,760$98,874 
Ukraine$2,099,907$2,484,108$1,400,327$1,247,070$720,176$677,369$1,009,699
United Arab Emirates$841,903 $349,826$1,232,548   
United Kingdom$9,322,903$17,187,975$13,673,806$17,547,369$7,380,533$9,275,438$5,853,561
United States$17,366,404$26,003,729$26,209,463$30,722,922$12,079,523$8,334,997$11,474,019
Uruguay$687,154$287,596$235,062$373,279$617,314  
Venezuela$419,471$78,482$797,141$1,882,357$1,385,885$943,943$2,855,849
Vietnam$22,058,572$17,713,927$20,483,870$13,311,170$9,511,052$8,921,150 
Yemen $23,137$50,523 $4,465  
Zambia$3,277$27,901$8,407$9,602$34,433$25,201 
Zimbabwe$97,954$2,910$23,795$7,736$78,704$293,601