RankCountryImports of Sinkers, needles & oth.arts. used in forming stitches in USD (2010)
1Hong Kong$185,885,893
2China$140,048,351
3Turkey$40,398,871
4Japan$35,372,211
5Italy$29,816,125
6Brazil$29,135,595
7United States$26,607,461
8Korea, South$18,205,677
9Czech Republic$12,345,420
10Portugal$10,978,395
11Indonesia$10,401,457
12India$9,043,742
13Thailand$7,645,123
14Mexico$7,427,105
15Pakistan$5,436,074
16Vietnam$4,972,550
17United Kingdom$4,637,599
18Argentina$4,115,374
19Malaysia$3,669,441
20Peru$3,354,014
21Germany$3,122,696
22France$3,092,337
23Sri Lanka$2,922,905
24Colombia$2,703,779
25Russia$2,202,873
26Poland$2,027,327
27South Africa$1,809,741
28Spain$1,785,269
29Iran$1,745,006
30Egypt$1,742,948
31Morocco$1,713,619
32Belarus$1,576,500
33Romania$1,521,689
34Switzerland$1,415,397
35Tunisia$1,390,972
36El Salvador$1,298,597
37Guatemala$1,197,971
38Venezuela$1,127,273
39Austria$1,036,177
40Greece$983,917
41Croatia$920,197
42Canada$914,588
43Sweden$910,468
44Slovakia$871,347
45Mauritius$862,556
46Ecuador$824,806
47Israel$811,000
48Netherlands$795,461
49Bulgaria$713,359
50Lithuania$562,739
51Slovenia$516,076
52Singapore$476,714
53Serbia$441,581
54Chile$424,605
55Belgium$406,115
56Australia$387,955
57Ethiopia$357,036
58Ukraine$317,437
59Kenya$309,092
60Hungary$265,000
61Finland$225,786
62Bosnia and Herzegovina$193,839
63Philippines$190,261
64New Zealand$180,829
65Dominican Republic$179,006
66Madagascar$157,514
67Saudi Arabia$153,334
68Norway$152,657
69Nepal$134,170
70Lebanon$111,526
71Denmark$108,240
72Algeria$105,986
73Syria$97,410
74Tanzania$96,200
75Estonia$93,964
76Latvia$78,558
77Zimbabwe$67,289
78Bolivia$65,285
79Moldova$58,035
80Azerbaijan$50,063
81Nigeria$49,427
82Ireland$48,537
83Malta$41,552
84Costa Rica$34,078
85Cote d'Ivoire$32,762
86Luxembourg$18,702
87Qatar$13,967
88Cambodia$11,683
89Zambia$11,464
90Paraguay$8,104
91Botswana$8,050
92Ghana$7,513
93Iceland$6,835
94Burkina Faso$6,558
95Armenia$5,247
96Uganda$4,218
97Kyrgyzstan$3,863
98Fiji$2,826
99Malawi$2,230
100Jordan$1,775
101Bahrain$1,706
102Cyprus$1,691
103Bahamas, The$1,538
104Cameroon$1,503
105Panama$865
106Barbados$824
107Georgia$320
108Nicaragua$228
109Montenegro$129
110New Caledonia$97
111Bhutan$7
112Jamaica$4
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,739$888 $424  $418
Algeria$400,026$348,867$208,040$310,356$279,076$105,986$227,709
Antigua and Barbuda    $54  
Argentina$3,931,164$4,003,713$5,396,276$4,380,511$3,766,530$4,115,374$4,562,121
Armenia   $155 $5,247$9,576
Australia$1,656,970$1,476,309$1,301,322$1,133,035$586,498$387,955$374,675
Austria$997,679$937,191$740,489$1,002,530$756,908$1,036,177 
Azerbaijan$3,034$56,097$185,990$49,217$37,196$50,063$210,761
Bahamas, The$4,425$4,975$1,671$113 $1,538$102
Bahrain  $1,641$5,191$5,162$1,706$16,064
Bangladesh$1,228,925$1,153,408$1,103,166    
Barbados$1,078 $110$89$104$824$199
Belarus$1,269,200$1,180,200$1,562,100$1,493,400$1,224,100$1,576,500$1,606,900
Belgium$1,259,235$1,120,026$742,053$845,035$688,818$406,115$434,649
Belize $90$12    
Benin$948      
Bhutan$101$341$197$55 $7 
Bolivia$59,353$53,105$45,196$108,512$45,347$65,285$47,929
Bosnia and Herzegovina$61,392$92,225$102,524$132,266$62,628$193,839$190,226
Botswana$9,616$11,707$14,783$8,960$3,290$8,050$7,179
Brazil$9,340,286$11,591,615$19,097,081$21,771,286$20,000,357$29,135,595$25,938,068
Bulgaria$1,232,664$1,550,154$1,798,992$1,337,355$840,199$713,359$772,167
Burkina Faso$132 $5,803$2,917$2,450$6,558 
Burundi$1,131      
Cambodia$187,757$245,905$675,870$65,668$82,915$11,683 
Cameroon$265 $5,585$1,316$1,243$1,503 
Canada$8,753,280$4,648,609$2,892,550$1,047,239$703,525$914,588$707,323
Chile$357,305$491,936$424,040$384,128$275,679$424,605$542,768
China$35,814,410$46,454,864$54,715,977$48,517,928$71,425,299$140,048,351$140,153,085
Colombia$2,964,012$3,544,483$3,902,607$3,248,891$2,070,578$2,703,779$2,653,243
Costa Rica$43,224$63,440$20,841$14,210$34,475$34,078$89,715
Cote d'Ivoire$19,991$23,937$52,521$61,957$118,971$32,762$30,986
Croatia$481,022$526,806$764,833$757,912$929,725$920,197$838,675
Cyprus$6,000$4,411$9,992$4,650$2,392$1,691$1,255
Czech Republic$4,947,154$9,477,651$14,820,312$15,405,997$12,819,761$12,345,420$17,237,328
Denmark$115,099$102,277$134,826$318,914$111,528$108,240$97,305
Dominica $294     
Dominican Republic$6,865$246,857$168,074$205,970$159,589$179,006$207,697
East Timor$116      
Ecuador$541,169$529,179$451,086$779,185$802,746$824,806$1,075,010
Egypt$532,472$1,111,981$318,900$1,404,428$1,078,763$1,742,948$1,723,124
El Salvador$946,936$1,120,211$1,232,823$1,478,138$1,213,593$1,298,597 
Estonia$59,895$113,378$160,690$62,979$57,628$93,964$69,421
Ethiopia$19,907$106,585$98,243$273,339$47,723$357,036$207,539
Faroe Islands$2,313$950$1,390$1,491$193  
Fiji$10,088$13,142$4,255$1,610$4,703$2,826 
Finland$459,042$437,471$399,025$535,558$137,509$225,786$353,621
France$4,750,634$4,591,538$5,135,989$4,514,774$3,328,320$3,092,337$2,394,643
French Polynesia  $74    
Georgia  $2,639$530$13,558$320 
Germany$58,787,000$66,476,000$91,324,000$111,824,000$83,557,000$3,122,696 
Ghana$877$6,928$4,927$1,794$3,297$7,513$1,310
Greece$2,493,457$2,420,074$3,106,002$2,440,160$1,142,670$983,917$690,241
Grenada    $7  
Guatemala$1,439,547$504,866$1,040,772$1,333,448$852,825$1,197,971$1,027,078
Guyana  $254$45  $20
Honduras$3,462$3,525$15,486 $4,238  
Hong Kong$102,666,204$115,663,031$127,997,289$107,728,591$129,436,336$185,885,893$171,648,570
Hungary$610,000$661,000$477,000$469,000$198,000$265,000$538,000
Iceland$2,225$3,829$2,092$24,830$9,127$6,835$4,883
India$6,556,421$9,967,319$10,592,055$13,744,147$7,295,226$9,043,742$13,181,112
Indonesia$4,261,611$5,033,366$1,593,529$1,566,116$8,164,448$10,401,457$10,649,739
Iran$1,174,594$334,648   $1,745,006 
Ireland$50,825$46,962$102,486$34,611$28,492$48,537$50,800
Israel$1,953,000$2,068,000$1,575,000$1,039,000$832,000$811,000$658,000
Italy$24,788,204$27,323,620$33,914,978$25,691,152$20,257,095$29,816,125$34,999,658
Jamaica$106$568$1,446$268$40$4 
Japan$22,676,288$27,044,380$38,940,431$42,380,650$28,801,605$35,372,211$37,461,646
Jordan$374$1,700$8,118$4,984$4,331$1,775$14,123
Kazakhstan$10,953$11,139$4,119$12,762$4,792  
Kenya$243,280$220,898$232,790$345,094$318,240$309,092 
Kiribati    $1,875  
Korea, South$12,318,529$14,062,094$16,443,806$17,211,271$16,892,631$18,205,677$26,565,366
Kuwait $134$3,778$42,020   
Kyrgyzstan$2,393$1,141$7,980$1,569$7,161$3,863$680
Latvia$331,416$176,221$119,256$156,655$105,738$78,558$157,327
Lebanon$116,000$119,459$165,555$137,931$149,019$111,526$76,036
Lithuania$469,205$558,544$535,464$440,239$342,791$562,739$529,430
Luxembourg$65,946$75,220$152,658$82,993$33,489$18,702$14,571
Macau$11,208$1,611$1,187$586$5,172 $19,507
Macedonia$92,398$65,737$65,199$57,408$73,148 $142,255
Madagascar$56,213$54,047$88,409$118,408$112,983$157,514 
Malawi$461$146   $2,230$3
Malaysia$1,744,389$3,241,633$3,180,291$2,873,283$2,112,160$3,669,441$2,603,367
Mali$273$902$2,515$6,271   
Malta$100    $41,552 
Mauritania      $7,029
Mauritius$1,481,217$1,316,923$1,777,015$1,404,318$852,786$862,556$983,480
Mexico$9,737,475$10,170,992$8,826,949$8,697,125$6,151,628$7,427,105$8,256,715
Moldova$41,744$52,249$76,057$74,448$81,522$58,035$52,829
Mongolia$132,369$12,304$81,296    
Montenegro  $2,090 $36$129 
Morocco$1,486,277$1,713,136$1,888,816$2,466,936$2,030,688$1,713,619 
Mozambique$6 $14,337$1,043   
Namibia$35,605$1,241$8,724$10,124   
Nepal    $91,469$134,170 
Netherlands$1,297,869$910,816$1,948,982$851,675$843,898$795,461 
Netherlands Antilles $1,639 $61   
New Caledonia   $143$160$97$9
New Zealand$260,672$217,673$227,293$209,085$128,137$180,829$207,672
Nicaragua$220$44$91$104$687$228$232
Niger      $136
Nigeria $65,119$143,890$80,662$50,214$49,427 
Norway$69,377$70,137$104,460$188,354$103,909$152,657$122,370
Oman$213,685 $11,456$6,796$4,835  
Pakistan$4,164,357$5,300,037$5,556,762$4,172,927$4,774,085$5,436,074$4,300,091
Panama$444 $919$8,121$10,149$865$67,918
Paraguay$6,081 $5,139$3,495$25$8,104$12,868
Peru$2,574,972$2,989,160$4,326,259$4,572,831$3,194,860$3,354,014$3,908,114
Philippines$152,951$260,901$213,473$205,502$100,793$190,261$235,258
Poland$4,533,044$4,318,104$4,063,210$3,315,837$2,239,328$2,027,327$2,542,874
Portugal$2,213,919$2,064,081$2,968,204$683,252$1,562,209$10,978,395$11,501,579
Qatar$373  $24,231 $13,967 
Romania$2,371,865$2,097,831$2,122,203$1,814,342$1,368,402$1,521,689$2,580,382
Russia$649,937$968,003$1,256,498$1,753,985$928,360$2,202,873$2,247,533
Rwanda   $62$4,209 $186
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $109$29   
Saint Lucia$48 $1,940$11   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $2,344$3   
Saudi Arabia$156,622$196,166$386,375  $153,334 
Senegal$783$156$1,855   $2,722
Serbia$320,273$320,245$439,758$451,053$333,214$441,581$607,018
Seychelles$1,042$81$83$156   
Singapore$698,358$3,599,543$1,999,330$572,555$1,008,017$476,714$12,661,639
Slovakia$575,050$644,010$741,393$780,267$639,488$871,347$942,380
Slovenia$755,725$618,373$824,134$702,509$551,329$516,076$605,885
South Africa$2,303,298$2,612,145$2,931,500$3,167,190$1,908,906$1,809,741$2,118,468
Spain$7,249,065$6,485,109$6,401,708$4,906,891$2,224,585$1,785,269 
Sri Lanka$1,454,607$2,091,161$2,085,566$2,382,003$2,221,460$2,922,905$3,094,516
Sudan$40,220 $10,000 $120  
Suriname      $459
Swaziland$293$3,076$8,615    
Sweden$312,774$325,929$345,161$342,073$2,471,829$910,468$232,647
Switzerland$2,517,621$1,644,066$2,763,778$1,574,482$880,593$1,415,397$2,219,186
Syria $67,391$98,501$132,498 $97,410 
Tanzania$97,502$7,168$90,924$147,351$36,212$96,200$63,265
Thailand$5,996,958$6,813,814$7,253,891$8,440,273$6,644,326$7,645,123$8,770,427
Trinidad and Tobago $2,738$1,104$380$21  
Tunisia$993,432$1,136,332$1,217,682$1,269,312$1,276,898$1,390,972 
Turkey$34,638,640$33,512,832$38,085,173$35,673,064$31,641,752$40,398,871$38,867,111
Uganda$13,563$5,474$25,073$6,210$12,629$4,218 
Ukraine$475,187$580,649$443,095$368,788$282,986$317,437$324,515
United Arab Emirates$42,093 $72,695$290,976   
United Kingdom$3,494,688$4,210,037$5,168,292$4,286,319$3,043,761$4,637,599$4,432,558
United States$36,313,928$32,753,600$35,616,903$30,631,268$17,668,207$26,607,461$26,231,051
Uruguay$214,185$201,027$164,656$248,485$162,949  
Vanuatu $22     
Venezuela$903,152$684,917$866,339$1,413,249$1,617,581$1,127,273$2,333,367
Vietnam$1,616,444$2,341,719$3,269,108$4,996,224$16,110,854$4,972,550 
Yemen   $7,556  $545
Zambia$3,085$29,545$6,464$395$1,820$11,464 
Zimbabwe$99,245$114,516$137,308$58,720$59,161$67,289