| Rank | Country | Imports of Flax yarn. in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Italy | $79,262,052 |  | | 2 | India | $35,172,476 | | | 3 | Belgium | $27,074,681 | | | 4 | Hong Kong | $24,991,245 | | | 5 | France | $24,292,008 | | | 6 | Korea, South | $15,743,471 | | | 7 | Turkey | $13,488,878 | | | 8 | Portugal | $12,333,261 | | | 9 | Japan | $8,713,958 | | | 10 | United Kingdom | $7,475,467 | | | 11 | Germany | $6,967,442 | | | 12 | Spain | $6,885,620 | | | 13 | China | $6,465,849 | | | 14 | Saudi Arabia | $5,501,874 | | | 15 | Czech Republic | $5,035,652 | | | 16 | Lithuania | $3,369,601 | | | 17 | Brazil | $3,228,135 | | | 18 | Austria | $3,058,029 | | | 19 | United States | $2,745,673 | | | 20 | Sweden | $2,287,717 | | | 21 | Switzerland | $1,333,340 | | | 22 | Hungary | $1,237,000 | | | 23 | Tunisia | $1,195,264 | | | 24 | Russia | $1,004,759 | | | 25 | Romania | $923,680 | | | 26 | Finland | $893,268 | | | 27 | Thailand | $851,301 | | | 28 | Poland | $475,848 | | | 29 | Greece | $473,018 | | | 30 | Ireland | $438,167 | | | 31 | South Africa | $417,361 | | | 32 | Norway | $400,235 | | | 33 | Jordan | $395,585 | | | 34 | Iran | $376,660 | | | 35 | Mexico | $371,383 | | | 36 | Pakistan | $343,032 | | | 37 | Chile | $312,042 | | | 38 | Vietnam | $307,340 | | | 39 | Argentina | $283,803 | | | 40 | Canada | $281,226 | | | 41 | Morocco | $271,055 | | | 42 | Madagascar | $244,282 | | | 43 | Mauritius | $187,667 | | | 44 | New Zealand | $177,590 | | | 45 | Serbia | $161,709 | | | 46 | Egypt | $157,746 | | | 47 | Moldova | $136,814 | | | 48 | Netherlands | $128,599 | | | 49 | Croatia | $117,385 | | | 50 | Australia | $114,093 | | | 51 | Latvia | $93,623 | | | 52 | Indonesia | $87,022 | | | 53 | Slovakia | $83,238 | | | 54 | Guatemala | $81,940 | | | 55 | Denmark | $81,292 | | | 56 | Bulgaria | $80,863 | | | 57 | Estonia | $54,509 | | | 58 | Israel | $40,000 | | | 59 | Syria | $39,604 | | | 60 | Bahrain | $31,742 | | | 61 | Peru | $30,113 | | | 62 | Ukraine | $28,272 | | | 63 | Panama | $26,460 | | | 64 | Belarus | $26,200 | | | 65 | Armenia | $23,059 | | | 66 | Slovenia | $17,859 | | | 67 | Albania | $16,535 | | | 68 | Nepal | $15,518 | | | 69 | Luxembourg | $15,056 | | | 70 | Philippines | $11,073 | | | 71 | Lebanon | $8,146 | | | 72 | Tanzania | $6,393 | | | 73 | Singapore | $5,638 | | | 74 | Iceland | $5,607 | | | 75 | Malaysia | $5,286 | | | 76 | Qatar | $4,542 | | | 77 | Cameroon | $4,098 | | | 78 | Venezuela | $3,682 | | | 79 | Bolivia | $3,535 | | | 80 | Algeria | $3,360 | | | 81 | Mauritania | $2,220 | | | 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2,086 | | | 83 | Nigeria | $1,675 | | | 84 | Botswana | $1,576 | | | 85 | Mozambique | $1,090 | | | 86 | Colombia | $970 | | | 87 | Cape Verde | $899 | | | 88 | Kenya | $821 | | | 89 | Cyprus | $783 | | | 90 | Malta | $623 | | | 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | $408 | | | 92 | Kyrgyzstan | $338 | | | 93 | Barbados | $325 | | | 94 | Malawi | $306 | | | 95 | Dominican Republic | $265 | | | 96 | Tonga | $219 | | | 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $206 | | | 98 | New Caledonia | $186 | | | 99 | Bahamas, The | $162 | | | 100 | Georgia | $159 | | | 101 | Niger | $156 | | | 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | $89 | | | 103 | El Salvador | $85 | | | 104 | French Polynesia | $28 | | | 105 | Azerbaijan | $25 | | | 106 | Nicaragua | $4 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $10,387 | $12,122 | $13,098 | $34,810 | $9,609 | $16,535 | $9,914 |
| Algeria | | $38,905 | $1,637 | $2,696 | $2,281 | $3,360 | $4,532 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | | | $1,829 |
| Argentina | $280,079 | $256,367 | $263,681 | $298,122 | $262,795 | $283,803 | $315,575 |
| Armenia | $1,659 | | $2,104 | $35,885 | $26,456 | $23,059 | $20,905 |
| Australia | $136,190 | $84,236 | $70,850 | $125,068 | $93,425 | $114,093 | $166,848 |
| Austria | $9,533,958 | $4,153,865 | $4,178,147 | $4,257,142 | $3,284,248 | $3,058,029 | |
| Azerbaijan | $2,146 | | | $76 | | $25 | $584 |
| Bahamas, The | | $42 | | $130 | $81 | $162 | $94 |
| Bahrain | $2,271 | | | $14,593 | $4,123 | $31,742 | $10,376 |
| Bangladesh | $3,780 | | $1,797 | | | | |
| Barbados | $487 | | | | $18 | $325 | |
| Belarus | $9,900 | $6,600 | $26,600 | $32,700 | $10,100 | $26,200 | $92,000 |
| Belgium | $32,550,638 | $33,734,855 | $39,554,315 | $29,415,360 | $18,455,454 | $27,074,681 | $24,928,217 |
| Bhutan | $281 | $563 | $247 | | $429 | | |
| Bolivia | $40,865 | $15,452 | $6,180 | $7,769 | $7,028 | $3,535 | $7,585 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | $1,585 | $1,843 | $45,017 | $495 | $2,086 | $612 |
| Botswana | | $3 | $8,628 | | $1,142 | $1,576 | $232 |
| Brazil | $53,473 | $178,052 | $954,865 | $2,886,639 | $1,634,544 | $3,228,135 | $4,254,392 |
| Bulgaria | $3,021,165 | $3,753,393 | $4,608,452 | $346,911 | $57,496 | $80,863 | $220,180 |
| Burundi | | | | | $6 | | |
| Cameroon | $84 | $3,177 | $48 | | | $4,098 | |
| Canada | $370,829 | $336,389 | $372,234 | $208,268 | $228,391 | $281,226 | $276,759 |
| Cape Verde | $1,933 | $823 | $171 | $540 | $404 | $899 | $10 |
| Central African Republic | | | | $154 | | | |
| Chile | $141,005 | $426,881 | $247,628 | $371,411 | $168,748 | $312,042 | $523,138 |
| China | $7,258,175 | $4,783,285 | $4,330,462 | $3,974,726 | $5,102,058 | $6,465,849 | $9,421,319 |
| Colombia | $5,730 | | $46,333 | $5,182 | $854 | $970 | $6,504 |
| Costa Rica | $128 | | | $2,424 | | | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $569 | | | | | | |
| Croatia | $15,858 | $62,714 | $150,189 | $184,854 | $322,536 | $117,385 | $66,327 |
| Cuba | $766 | | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $2,852 | $314 | $416 | $706 | $435 | $783 | $2,741 |
| Czech Republic | $6,394,837 | $5,199,779 | $7,446,297 | $5,994,802 | $3,493,599 | $5,035,652 | $6,502,643 |
| Denmark | $316,579 | $413,615 | $334,109 | $245,054 | $96,673 | $81,292 | $81,618 |
| Djibouti | | | | | $5,583 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $3,957 | | $2,085 | | $10,672 | $265 | $7,603 |
| Ecuador | $270 | $147 | $56 | | | | |
| Egypt | $450,366 | $654,045 | $174,631 | $941,072 | $416,804 | $157,746 | $136,701 |
| El Salvador | | | | | | $85 | |
| Estonia | $5,688,208 | $3,001,360 | $3,698,321 | $3,927,173 | $158,795 | $54,509 | $229,228 |
| Ethiopia | | | | | | | $73 |
| Faroe Islands | $65 | $609 | $816 | $2,122 | $1,333 | | |
| Finland | $690,300 | $692,102 | $657,457 | $1,038,051 | $808,580 | $893,268 | $792,517 |
| France | $43,705,088 | $36,267,753 | $46,189,591 | $37,068,590 | $18,545,879 | $24,292,008 | $28,001,049 |
| French Polynesia | $1,144 | $341 | $964 | $14,850 | $852 | $28 | $547 |
| Gabon | $194 | | $5,655 | | | | |
| Georgia | $26,969 | | $29 | $41,626 | $289 | $159 | |
| Germany | $7,745,000 | $7,449,000 | $9,154,000 | $8,623,000 | $6,423,000 | $6,967,442 | $8,354,464 |
| Ghana | $6,219 | $4 | | | $73 | | |
| Greece | $1,487,017 | $1,112,747 | $820,380 | $456,309 | $361,519 | $473,018 | $407,844 |
| Greenland | $6 | $238 | | | | | |
| Grenada | $28 | | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $150,077 | $27,986 | $213,498 | $131,139 | $49,418 | $81,940 | $166,143 |
| Guinea | | | | $921 | | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $141 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | $1,852 | $1,736 | | $3,103 | | | |
| Honduras | $77 | | $85 | | $118 | | |
| Hong Kong | $17,065,104 | $22,998,887 | $21,654,717 | $16,543,760 | $15,582,908 | $24,991,245 | $28,803,395 |
| Hungary | $3,233,000 | $1,440,000 | $1,581,000 | $1,959,000 | $959,000 | $1,237,000 | $1,056,000 |
| Iceland | $12,092 | $4,608 | $4,680 | $5,260 | $4,694 | $5,607 | $10,242 |
| India | $11,905,268 | $20,646,437 | $12,513,096 | $7,531,794 | $29,712,812 | $35,172,476 | $63,024,072 |
| Indonesia | $13,849 | $8,403 | $420,894 | $1,019,804 | $214,468 | $87,022 | $385,629 |
| Iran | $483 | $4,212 | | | | $376,660 | |
| Ireland | $530,333 | $497,300 | $336,614 | $85,926 | $254,080 | $438,167 | $428,258 |
| Israel | $315,000 | $140,000 | $72,000 | $58,000 | $25,000 | $40,000 | $27,000 |
| Italy | $105,406,288 | $94,877,532 | $94,700,025 | $85,140,377 | $49,368,056 | $79,262,052 | $96,638,514 |
| Japan | $12,422,223 | $10,936,087 | $9,250,375 | $10,413,211 | $8,069,172 | $8,713,958 | $15,617,423 |
| Jordan | | $1,345 | $1,063 | $72,859 | $266,862 | $395,585 | $4,194 |
| Kazakhstan | $61,202 | $60,906 | $69,161 | $36,797 | $14,641 | | |
| Kenya | $28 | $13,076 | | | $177 | $821 | |
| Korea, South | $14,468,673 | $19,353,395 | $21,114,552 | $6,735,828 | $10,835,536 | $15,743,471 | $17,736,842 |
| Kuwait | | $19,570 | $33,192 | $2,269 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $53 | | $9,658 | $1 | $338 | |
| Latvia | $307,767 | $264,940 | $217,544 | $166,804 | $67,029 | $93,623 | $257,847 |
| Lebanon | $28,000 | $22,587 | $36,531 | $35,198 | $3,622 | $8,146 | $4,405 |
| Lesotho | | | | $26,291 | | | |
| Lithuania | $5,073,301 | $3,474,259 | $2,873,852 | $3,979,819 | $2,629,485 | $3,369,601 | $5,558,451 |
| Luxembourg | $22,136 | $22,534 | $9,527 | $11,680 | $57,434 | $15,056 | $21,076 |
| Macau | $523,433 | $831,973 | $434,758 | $698,743 | $300,483 | | $649,295 |
| Macedonia | $16,742 | $41,796 | $69,442 | $81,499 | $65,314 | | $2,343 |
| Madagascar | $61,827 | $128,885 | $66,575 | $464,904 | $201,008 | $244,282 | |
| Malawi | | | | | $185 | $306 | $57 |
| Malaysia | $5,561 | $6,061 | $9,684 | $8,773 | | $5,286 | $88,035 |
| Mali | | $3,825 | | | | | |
| Malta | $1,779 | $7,157 | $7,609 | $14,970 | | $623 | |
| Mauritania | $7,149 | | | $137 | | $2,220 | |
| Mauritius | $333,724 | $346,624 | $529,310 | $60,578 | $9,179 | $187,667 | $460,928 |
| Mayotte | $61 | $91 | $58 | | | | |
| Mexico | $129,580 | $68,297 | $228,440 | $629,220 | $444,167 | $371,383 | $535,129 |
| Moldova | $34,003 | $45,752 | $15,798 | $702 | | $136,814 | $9,632 |
| Mongolia | $61,191 | $49,036 | $9,587 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $17 | | | | |
| Morocco | $98,457 | $145,709 | $282,498 | $911,762 | $175,327 | $271,055 | |
| Mozambique | $290 | $135 | $280 | $3,226 | $204 | $1,090 | $3,000 |
| Namibia | $1,419 | | | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $55,739 | $15,518 | |
| Netherlands | $436,353 | $742,473 | $1,063,705 | $259,333 | $207,837 | $128,599 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | | | | $54 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $47 | $101 | $4 | $29 | $96 | $186 | $166 |
| New Zealand | $130,212 | $146,909 | $90,937 | $201,389 | $156,100 | $177,590 | $120,625 |
| Nicaragua | | | | | $17 | $4 | |
| Niger | | $5 | | | $215 | $156 | $126 |
| Nigeria | | | $1,293 | | | $1,675 | |
| Norway | $596,078 | $624,783 | $528,403 | $631,729 | $429,087 | $400,235 | $629,841 |
| Oman | $3,441 | $2,601 | $46,835 | $31,300 | $12,882 | | |
| Pakistan | $907,576 | $989,073 | $889,982 | $707,855 | $250,438 | $343,032 | $524,232 |
| Panama | | | | | $7,920 | $26,460 | $10,938 |
| Paraguay | | | | | $21 | | |
| Peru | $16,363 | $106,244 | $87,476 | $21,036 | $18,936 | $30,113 | $90,913 |
| Philippines | | $60,563 | $194,181 | $3,224 | | $11,073 | $69,458 |
| Poland | $13,559,673 | $5,656,362 | $1,179,528 | $1,009,229 | $1,276,694 | $475,848 | $355,470 |
| Portugal | $5,931,822 | $5,469,763 | $5,982,982 | $6,277,270 | $8,128,252 | $12,333,261 | $17,472,299 |
| Qatar | $2,713 | | $66,807 | $26,034 | | $4,542 | |
| Romania | $2,661,848 | $2,028,829 | $2,238,196 | $2,046,557 | $1,173,567 | $923,680 | $1,550,139 |
| Russia | $1,489,662 | $4,565,197 | $2,195,030 | $3,290,927 | $1,076,748 | $1,004,759 | $69,955 |
| Rwanda | | | | $103 | $17,057 | | $4,554 |
| Saint Lucia | | | $108 | $20 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | $42 | | $90 | $206 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | $123 | $43 | | | $89 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $11,606 | $4,277 | $15,687 | | | $5,501,874 | |
| Senegal | $9 | | $4 | | | | |
| Serbia | $222,581 | $168,114 | $257,441 | $209,054 | $117,329 | $161,709 | $307,551 |
| Seychelles | $657 | $40 | $84 | $33 | | | |
| Singapore | $133 | $1,457 | $17,805 | $8,844 | $2,685 | $5,638 | $4,745 |
| Slovakia | $478,255 | $385,470 | $472,403 | $291,652 | $180,950 | $83,238 | $40,499 |
| Slovenia | $39,670 | $71,346 | $132,948 | $63,041 | $42,010 | $17,859 | $20,330 |
| South Africa | $914,337 | $1,518,911 | $2,381,376 | $987,376 | $219,249 | $417,361 | $388,799 |
| Spain | $14,460,079 | $11,791,491 | $12,307,034 | $8,277,937 | $5,906,524 | $6,885,620 | |
| Sri Lanka | $492 | $335 | $10,932 | $7,266 | | | $5,283 |
| Sudan | | $118 | $147 | $510 | $919 | | |
| Swaziland | $416 | $998 | $1,004 | | | | |
| Sweden | $2,923,467 | $3,114,330 | $3,157,052 | $3,514,949 | $1,835,365 | $2,287,717 | $2,305,196 |
| Switzerland | $1,683,308 | $1,580,559 | $1,669,351 | $1,674,666 | $1,061,858 | $1,333,340 | $1,330,226 |
| Syria | $135,267 | $103,242 | $64,667 | | | $39,604 | |
| Tanzania | $25 | | | | $13 | $6,393 | $25,182 |
| Thailand | $255,460 | $232,326 | $346,572 | $588,609 | $296,286 | $851,301 | $1,007,735 |
| Tonga | | | | $242 | $7 | $219 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | | $233 | | $408 | |
| Tunisia | $2,700,230 | $882,082 | $404,039 | $563,372 | $444,903 | $1,195,264 | |
| Turkey | $10,200,321 | $12,019,814 | $20,858,572 | $14,000,134 | $10,676,980 | $13,488,878 | $21,196,175 |
| Uganda | | | | | $31 | | |
| Ukraine | $8,179 | $182,932 | $32,857 | $61,790 | $6,560 | $28,272 | $145,634 |
| United Arab Emirates | $965,113 | | $37,968 | $418,992 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $18,029,345 | $9,213,039 | $8,114,235 | $6,248,061 | $3,949,607 | $7,475,467 | $6,618,200 |
| United States | $2,364,630 | $2,602,270 | $3,087,854 | $2,442,814 | $1,471,892 | $2,745,673 | $2,570,170 |
| Uruguay | $534,301 | $253,431 | $356,724 | $306,592 | $112,941 | | |
| Venezuela | $10,244 | $10,800 | $1,755 | $1,016 | $1,596 | $3,682 | $2,211 |
| Vietnam | $46,570 | $54,474 | $128,345 | $22,647 | $28,171 | $307,340 | |
| Yemen | $270 | $133 | $218 | | | | |
| Zambia | $366 | $653 | $4,318 | $100 | $11,285 | | |
| Zimbabwe | | $4 | $459 | | | | |
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