RankCountryImports of Sewing machine needles in USD (2010)
1Hong Kong$47,451,137
2Germany$31,350,175
3Singapore$15,624,048
4United States$14,646,941
5Japan$10,408,188
6India$9,171,054
7Turkey$8,642,573
8Mexico$8,072,840
9Brazil$5,835,244
10China$4,984,222
11Vietnam$4,736,100
12Italy$3,927,310
13Korea, South$3,617,219
14Nigeria$3,128,012
15Tunisia$2,302,531
16Indonesia$2,224,710
17Czech Republic$2,116,178
18Morocco$2,047,947
19Poland$1,994,196
20Pakistan$1,980,152
21Russia$1,822,241
22Guatemala$1,715,594
23Sri Lanka$1,712,185
24Thailand$1,559,687
25Argentina$1,539,877
26Colombia$1,532,035
27Peru$1,446,462
28Romania$1,325,294
29South Africa$1,288,981
30Egypt$1,176,605
31Iran$1,039,536
32Belgium$1,008,508
33United Kingdom$980,204
34Venezuela$945,823
35Canada$945,497
36Spain$868,528
37El Salvador$793,839
38Switzerland$747,637
39Ecuador$694,279
40Australia$630,633
41Chile$598,179
42France$593,813
43Cambodia$554,823
44Belarus$534,600
45Bulgaria$499,099
46Ghana$455,043
47Austria$403,031
48Ethiopia$380,699
49Sweden$370,086
50Croatia$337,377
51Syria$291,069
52Philippines$286,286
53Malaysia$276,407
54Jordan$271,869
55Serbia$259,878
56Ukraine$239,979
57Mauritius$234,526
58Greece$213,524
59Moldova$200,229
60Finland$192,417
61Dominican Republic$188,547
62Lithuania$186,992
63Bosnia and Herzegovina$179,971
64Slovakia$175,154
65New Zealand$169,263
66Paraguay$167,545
67Israel$164,000
68Bolivia$154,276
69Costa Rica$151,885
70Denmark$148,643
71Kenya$146,182
72Slovenia$146,070
73Norway$131,350
74Malawi$119,559
75Madagascar$119,201
76Estonia$113,448
77Hungary$107,000
78Albania$103,798
79Portugal$94,207
80Fiji$83,845
81Algeria$79,105
82Panama$64,098
83Lebanon$56,094
84Zimbabwe$52,918
85Macau$52,176
86Cote d'Ivoire$42,721
87Georgia$38,289
88Yemen$35,853
89Iceland$25,647
90Nepal$22,099
91Netherlands$21,212
92Latvia$20,995
93Nicaragua$18,534
94Mozambique$12,849
95Uganda$12,808
96Tanzania$12,483
97Barbados$12,391
98Oman$12,099
99Luxembourg$10,113
100Malta$9,709
101Senegal$9,115
102New Caledonia$8,668
103French Polynesia$8,189
104Burkina Faso$7,568
105Botswana$7,213
106Maldives$6,079
107Bahamas, The$5,963
108Cameroon$5,719
109Benin$5,444
110Bhutan$4,635
111Mali$4,457
112Guyana$4,212
113Jamaica$4,195
114Zambia$3,658
115Suriname$3,624
116Trinidad and Tobago$3,191
117Cyprus$2,760
118Armenia$2,494
119Qatar$2,434
120Ireland$1,229
121Niger$1,102
122Samoa$1,008
123Aruba$942
124Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$809
125Tonga$676
126Bahrain$563
127Gambia, The$264
128Belize$257
129Dominica$245
130Bermuda$144
131Cape Verde$61
132Sao Tome and Principe$52
133Burundi$24
134Montenegro$14
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$65,551$93,505$162,174$110,198$97,290$103,798$107,211
Algeria$77,116$194,587$177,491$81,446$412,401$79,105$76,729
Anguilla $83$18$726   
Antigua and Barbuda$969$178$541 $336 $920
Argentina$1,057,267$1,469,443$1,486,008$1,711,383$1,184,205$1,539,877$1,738,726
Armenia$156$101$288$3,738$2,347$2,494$9,216
Aruba    $303$942$503
Australia$786,918$505,277$682,798$971,175$623,977$630,633$737,755
Austria$418,199$424,828$479,609$443,341$426,711$403,031 
Azerbaijan  $63    
Bahamas, The$4,515$7,081$5,795$4,333$2,177$5,963$9,205
Bahrain$2,777$2,479$4,037$25,383$1,475$563$8,113
Bangladesh$1,256,143$1,593,159$1,239,057    
Barbados$11,344$11,196$6,652$10,527$15,265$12,391$5,627
Belarus$392,600$527,300$452,100$536,500$457,200$534,600$597,000
Belgium$1,091,135$1,164,734$1,160,370$1,204,535$821,358$1,008,508$904,072
Belize$365$1,312$431$8,900$335$257 
Benin     $5,444 
Bermuda     $144 
Bhutan$1,028$1,279$495$735$1,915$4,635 
Bolivia$155,932$125,235$92,542$108,616$113,353$154,276$118,885
Bosnia and Herzegovina$94,271$146,402$151,407$184,900$215,801$179,971$230,437
Botswana$17,908$14,850$21,060$8,914$9,184$7,213$30,963
Brazil$1,483,997$1,727,327$3,511,508$4,669,485$4,730,827$5,835,244$5,167,460
Brunei $51,812     
Bulgaria$987,129$1,031,597$971,775$757,216$359,808$499,099$659,039
Burkina Faso$170 $1,230$119$643$7,568 
Burundi     $24 
Cambodia$146,793$564,118$638,727$461,225$245,125$554,823 
Cameroon$308$1,229$3,431$8,372$23,151$5,719 
Canada$1,296,919$1,042,262$1,072,319$935,471$796,980$945,497$789,332
Cape Verde$2,426$2,970$5,950$1,986$560$61$226
Central African Republic  $4,096$8,334   
Chile$389,597$385,321$345,817$508,187$489,874$598,179$436,420
China$4,138,819$4,493,154$4,200,101$3,545,060$2,636,431$4,984,222$5,146,357
Colombia$1,202,673$1,682,897$1,944,491$1,720,862$1,326,961$1,532,035$1,877,889
Comoros$224 $579    
Costa Rica$291,027$268,267$257,191$198,695$105,498$151,885$230,518
Cote d'Ivoire$16,166$12,590$20,870$12,318$13,391$42,721$138,530
Croatia$438,686$473,640$499,782$505,122$318,892$337,377$409,925
Cuba$127,045$145,419     
Cyprus$13,518$12,369$14,082$12,225$5,053$2,760$9,931
Czech Republic$10,129,319$7,520,524$8,771,928$4,060,581$2,478,005$2,116,178$2,814,973
Denmark$540,375$396,637$254,575$214,568$173,751$148,643$208,747
Djibouti    $902  
Dominica$1,097 $31$110$915$245 
Dominican Republic$58,647$785,268$151,200$340,355$185,943$188,547$871,617
East Timor$41      
Ecuador$180,390$264,972$336,873$487,132$536,837$694,279$638,137
Egypt$667,535$486,874$430,250$1,601,705$1,027,291$1,176,605$1,035,464
El Salvador$919,428$810,940$1,095,516$939,354$634,833$793,839 
Estonia$179,616$176,391$196,199$173,081$96,450$113,448$134,534
Ethiopia$152,172$72,089$39,663$323,295$72,927$380,699$754,974
Faroe Islands$3,244$2,532$1,925$7,903$2,702  
Fiji$43,211$35,082$45,803$60,421$40,257$83,845 
Finland$239,450$244,256$280,919$265,873$222,622$192,417$202,756
France$1,193,258$865,072$1,251,743$1,055,019$566,286$593,813$403,513
French Polynesia$10,922$11,493$8,133$8,069$6,684$8,189$8,250
Gabon$1,918$3,381$12,765$2,161$1,210  
Gambia, The$1,469$1,105$5,050$6,343$2,256$264$728
Georgia$4,093$7,181$17,657$19,617$21,022$38,289 
Germany$59,773,000$68,109,000$69,146,000$60,934,000$29,834,000$31,350,175$32,472,083
Ghana$62,328$51,539$72,746$125,151$187,887$455,043$88,245
Greece$442,250$302,546$464,824$458,532$276,826$213,524$288,669
Greenland$1,883$3,296$329    
Grenada$2,257$3,391$225$395$1,640  
Guatemala$1,880,693$1,120,051$2,891,862$2,115,353$1,358,471$1,715,594$1,445,101
Guinea$237$2,003$121$6,684   
Guyana$3,485$1,085$1,090$3,477$5,814$4,212$5,334
Honduras$10,678$26,407$31,800 $15,282  
Hong Kong$39,839,688$45,252,355$48,731,814$44,012,668$35,162,461$47,451,137$50,335,216
Hungary$400,000$332,000$255,000$218,000$132,000$107,000$146,000
Iceland$27,153$15,580$24,010$15,641$23,486$25,647$22,693
India$7,447,301$8,366,174$8,031,830$8,187,344$7,791,671$9,171,054$11,138,842
Indonesia$214,625$443,363$460,816$1,397,479$1,076,224$2,224,710$1,736,469
Iran$605,964$771,582   $1,039,536 
Ireland$22,308$17,887$53,825$26,871$9,533$1,229$1,296
Israel$195,000$251,000$269,000$275,000$188,000$164,000$159,000
Italy$5,245,084$4,830,959$4,581,026$4,609,593$3,703,293$3,927,310$3,871,589
Jamaica$76,039$19,661$20,190$8,099$17,255$4,195 
Japan$8,371,763$9,514,135$10,923,702$10,399,081$8,108,861$10,408,188$15,611,106
Jordan$113,394$89,983$220,558$183,771$210,260$271,869$338,513
Kazakhstan$7,019$14,747$23,651$32,805$19,399  
Kenya$199,172$214,034$149,343$236,716$146,670$146,182 
Kiribati$57   $32  
Korea, South$3,312,502$3,663,705$4,064,611$4,338,220$3,432,935$3,617,219$3,885,146
Kuwait $15,139$17,939$14,103   
Kyrgyzstan$3,003$227$3,933$213  $1,502
Latvia$121,232$83,883$85,423$48,532$18,030$20,995$107,221
Lebanon$108,000$94,568$116,115$84,276$84,657$56,094$44,772
Lesotho   $21,049   
Lithuania$253,270$233,297$280,233$232,981$152,126$186,992$243,212
Luxembourg$19,786$31,439$15,322$19,931$11,348$10,113$10,135
Macau$967,609$146,100$223,010$183,200$57,907$52,176$96,277
Macedonia$160,598$215,832$287,278$323,766$215,406 $223,696
Madagascar$231,253$263,754$475,713$326,735$254,587$119,201 
Malawi$9,846$10,582$20,615$1,386$46,118$119,559$86,467
Malaysia$256,574$247,783$317,479$1,378,937$437,405$276,407$272,678
Maldives$5,267$5,761$5,369$7,191$5,435$6,079$3,252
Mali $3,011$20,833$1,283 $4,457 
Malta$6,714$21,316$11,603$12,018$5,246$9,709 
Mauritania $4,912$705    
Mauritius$385,711$463,709$515,235$461,744$268,865$234,526$299,769
Mayotte$2,033$8$87$1,168$152  
Mexico$10,241,533$9,785,065$9,729,143$8,391,503$5,702,423$8,072,840$8,321,377
Moldova$181,144$266,820$284,985$276,572$149,229$200,229$244,815
Mongolia$5,374$8,888$19,339    
Montenegro $137$30,283$18,197$46$14$337
Montserrat  $133$39$56  
Morocco$1,999,511$2,002,203$2,023,149$2,325,455$1,651,089$2,047,947 
Mozambique$8,620$12,902$7,791$14,130$6,040$12,849$14,000
Namibia$7,992$7,801$6,621$6,371   
Nepal    $74,157$22,099 
Netherlands$825,465$136,937$90,587$75,148$27,897$21,212 
Netherlands Antilles$4,427$5,349$2,217$5,729   
New Caledonia$4,054$3,603$10,962$7,855$7,720$8,668$6,867
New Zealand$231,016$177,349$220,378$185,747$189,780$169,263$154,731
Nicaragua$6,410$8,926$12,426$8,948$12,882$18,534$26,340
Niger$6 $106  $1,102$21
Nigeria $70,765$200,359$537,826$1,330,739$3,128,012 
Norway$129,893$91,982$332,759$229,237$107,188$131,350$119,650
Oman$332,666$61,714$40,614$20,957$20,523$12,099 
Pakistan$1,370,590$1,566,022$2,126,058$1,887,819$1,849,043$1,980,152$1,594,785
Panama$16,938$34,817$73,513$161,619$17,494$64,098$118,617
Paraguay$29,709$49,957$66,837$100,783$47,222$167,545$132,956
Peru$842,205$1,035,560$1,059,816$1,297,517$1,057,951$1,446,462$1,084,310
Philippines$492,751$520,248$510,883$362,303$238,341$286,286$567,642
Poland$2,675,966$2,579,372$3,280,142$3,085,254$1,501,694$1,994,196$2,287,314
Portugal$1,760,608$225,701$221,497$163,734$90,768$94,207$199,174
Qatar$205$1,105$66,920$34,834 $2,434 
Romania$2,929,638$2,601,072$2,525,856$1,759,157$1,350,079$1,325,294$1,758,151
Russia$293,853$359,753$472,332$836,072$780,769$1,822,241$2,086,881
Rwanda$1,761$814$1,085$59$2,538 $9,653
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,116$163$574$2,372   
Saint Lucia$1,760$2,167$2,965$1,684   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,182$569$1,150$1,997$1,336$809 
Samoa$3,153$764$1,219$344$1,039$1,008$305
Sao Tome and Principe     $52 
Saudi Arabia$240,217$125,740$93,530    
Senegal$5,480$2,982$3,669$9,383$3,781$9,115$5,925
Serbia$294,997$258,248$394,168$372,077$334,002$259,878$373,127
Seychelles$1,668$365$729$1,631   
Singapore$15,093,831$12,585,287$13,786,521$16,573,240$10,332,624$15,624,048$30,459,667
Slovakia$496,209$580,972$2,675,651$441,524$150,756$175,154$208,897
Slovenia$235,006$213,976$197,965$197,086$126,070$146,070$187,213
South Africa$1,313,754$1,277,909$1,500,903$1,067,607$981,885$1,288,981$943,845
Spain$1,498,544$1,548,499$1,611,437$1,102,464$460,229$868,528 
Sri Lanka$1,706,728$1,913,088$2,374,990$2,308,617$1,619,456$1,712,185$1,620,788
Sudan$954$782$1,118$13,200$60  
Suriname$350$1,741$7,307$622$2,118$3,624$928
Swaziland$84,043$53,400$18,117    
Sweden$799,148$789,485$802,210$801,763$374,871$370,086$190,712
Switzerland$1,389,828$1,192,211$1,565,721$2,329,524$903,074$747,637$652,125
Syria$294,059$435,197$315,001$319,870 $291,069 
Tanzania$5,142$24,295$17,973$15,685$38,066$12,483$86,373
Thailand$2,125,079$2,126,083$2,166,988$1,856,473$1,383,398$1,559,687$1,761,019
Tonga$289$1,185$340$1,245$779$676 
Trinidad and Tobago$12,814$11,751$19,319$3,974$22,808$3,191 
Tunisia$2,013,272$1,916,064$2,222,672$2,878,220$2,192,506$2,302,531 
Turkey$9,885,519$8,976,278$11,104,464$10,128,037$6,896,617$8,642,573$9,136,825
Tuvalu   $42   
Uganda$2,335$1,158$11,789$18,383$16,065$12,808 
Ukraine$241,886$235,899$331,954$304,549$146,223$239,979$351,306
United Arab Emirates$2,774,693 $948,646$1,214,134   
United Kingdom$696,877$1,013,711$933,099$741,388$581,543$980,204$1,614,679
United States$15,379,114$15,243,900$17,762,410$16,146,061$12,037,623$14,646,941$16,404,200
Uruguay$113,651$105,831$107,864$121,336$94,931  
Vanuatu $699$685    
Venezuela$447,543$417,619$792,283$781,382$756,834$945,823$1,184,114
Vietnam$6,465,500$5,871,776$5,207,170$4,692,447$4,007,024$4,736,100 
Yemen $6,982$2,121$14,460$13,437$35,853$29,640
Zambia$3,117$17,477$11,085$1,814$2,550$3,658 
Zimbabwe$69,518$89,180$114,581$59,114$34,940$52,918