| Rank | Country | Imports of Artificial filament yarn (other than sewing thread) in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | India | $143,915,342 |  | | 2 | Korea, South | $143,770,428 | | | 3 | Italy | $143,622,361 | | | 4 | China | $109,851,666 | | | 5 | Pakistan | $96,509,688 | | | 6 | Luxembourg | $69,514,956 | | | 7 | Poland | $60,281,153 | | | 8 | Germany | $55,959,458 | | | 9 | Turkey | $52,307,934 | | | 10 | France | $42,221,727 | | | 11 | Hong Kong | $40,008,719 | | | 12 | Egypt | $37,270,529 | | | 13 | Morocco | $35,017,780 | | | 14 | Japan | $33,694,613 | | | 15 | United States | $24,955,212 | | | 16 | Indonesia | $16,486,234 | | | 17 | Mexico | $14,757,070 | | | 18 | Spain | $14,488,399 | | | 19 | United Kingdom | $13,642,792 | | | 20 | Brazil | $12,968,496 | | | 21 | Vietnam | $11,672,340 | | | 22 | Portugal | $11,043,802 | | | 23 | Thailand | $8,540,027 | | | 24 | Canada | $7,525,393 | | | 25 | Czech Republic | $6,284,592 | | | 26 | Netherlands | $6,180,734 | | | 27 | Romania | $6,008,540 | | | 28 | Iran | $5,250,157 | | | 29 | Tunisia | $5,026,102 | | | 30 | Russia | $4,835,247 | | | 31 | Ukraine | $4,526,030 | | | 32 | Algeria | $4,257,590 | | | 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | $3,918,394 | | | 34 | Austria | $3,778,261 | | | 35 | Ethiopia | $3,743,273 | | | 36 | Syria | $3,656,287 | | | 37 | Lithuania | $3,412,302 | | | 38 | Peru | $3,368,145 | | | 39 | Nigeria | $2,989,259 | | | 40 | Burkina Faso | $2,838,068 | | | 41 | Belgium | $2,522,372 | | | 42 | Greece | $2,439,711 | | | 43 | Senegal | $2,290,884 | | | 44 | Switzerland | $2,222,407 | | | 45 | Mauritius | $2,106,574 | | | 46 | Macau | $2,040,172 | | | 47 | Lebanon | $1,879,853 | | | 48 | Saudi Arabia | $1,814,668 | | | 49 | Sri Lanka | $1,724,872 | | | 50 | Madagascar | $1,633,205 | | | 51 | Chile | $1,598,532 | | | 52 | Slovakia | $1,328,575 | | | 53 | Mozambique | $1,313,778 | | | 54 | Hungary | $1,224,000 | | | 55 | Malaysia | $1,111,695 | | | 56 | Sweden | $1,070,746 | | | 57 | Argentina | $920,301 | | | 58 | Philippines | $870,162 | | | 59 | Australia | $798,407 | | | 60 | Guatemala | $625,629 | | | 61 | Bulgaria | $590,342 | | | 62 | Armenia | $576,507 | | | 63 | Colombia | $559,285 | | | 64 | Yemen | $547,182 | | | 65 | South Africa | $503,586 | | | 66 | Albania | $421,087 | | | 67 | Serbia | $407,164 | | | 68 | Israel | $361,000 | | | 69 | Croatia | $360,037 | | | 70 | Tanzania | $301,332 | | | 71 | Venezuela | $289,888 | | | 72 | Ireland | $259,092 | | | 73 | Bolivia | $222,993 | | | 74 | Ghana | $154,041 | | | 75 | Ecuador | $151,073 | | | 76 | Latvia | $142,002 | | | 77 | Slovenia | $126,064 | | | 78 | Belarus | $121,000 | | | 79 | New Zealand | $112,961 | | | 80 | Denmark | $110,916 | | | 81 | Dominican Republic | $70,424 | | | 82 | Finland | $58,630 | | | 83 | Bhutan | $57,570 | | | 84 | El Salvador | $45,564 | | | 85 | Norway | $44,119 | | | 86 | Fiji | $37,507 | | | 87 | Qatar | $37,461 | | | 88 | Estonia | $34,063 | | | 89 | Iceland | $28,447 | | | 90 | Nepal | $26,598 | | | 91 | Nicaragua | $21,857 | | | 92 | Moldova | $20,447 | | | 93 | Mali | $20,242 | | | 94 | Zimbabwe | $17,644 | | | 95 | Jamaica | $17,498 | | | 96 | Botswana | $11,062 | | | 97 | Jordan | $9,919 | | | 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $9,703 | | | 99 | Bahrain | $7,870 | | | 100 | Georgia | $7,207 | | | 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $6,808 | | | 102 | Kenya | $5,296 | | | 103 | Malta | $4,689 | | | 104 | Malawi | $3,970 | | | 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | $3,621 | | | 106 | Barbados | $3,599 | | | 107 | Tonga | $3,534 | | | 108 | Benin | $3,033 | | | 109 | Suriname | $2,869 | | | 110 | Singapore | $2,819 | | | 111 | Bermuda | $2,598 | | | 112 | Costa Rica | $2,569 | | | 113 | Oman | $2,211 | | | 114 | Uganda | $1,512 | | | 115 | Paraguay | $1,496 | | | 116 | Montenegro | $1,431 | | | 117 | New Caledonia | $853 | | | 118 | Zambia | $773 | | | 119 | Panama | $709 | | | 120 | Bahamas, The | $580 | | | 121 | Cameroon | $553 | | | 122 | Cambodia | $474 | | | 123 | Cape Verde | $398 | | | 124 | Kyrgyzstan | $263 | | | 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | $208 | | | 126 | Aruba | $136 | | | 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | $112 | | | 128 | French Polynesia | $56 | | | 129 | Niger | $55 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $100,307 | $30,868 | $378,843 | $574,833 | $411,947 | $421,087 | $366,356 |
| Algeria | $568,314 | $626,179 | $1,140,734 | $2,827,827 | $2,642,545 | $4,257,590 | $5,169,551 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $135 | $4,156 | | | | $208 | $7 |
| Argentina | $1,565,944 | $2,457,583 | $2,165,475 | $1,435,578 | $729,054 | $920,301 | $1,846,430 |
| Armenia | $18,237 | $48,041 | | $10,286 | $29,768 | $576,507 | $267,773 |
| Aruba | | | | | $4,568 | $136 | $2,226 |
| Australia | $2,199,595 | $1,500,514 | $1,226,278 | $1,186,355 | $645,369 | $798,407 | $609,072 |
| Austria | $4,978,640 | $3,894,347 | $5,543,933 | $5,366,286 | $3,363,670 | $3,778,261 | |
| Azerbaijan | $23 | | $11,870 | | $365 | | $14,526 |
| Bahamas, The | $36,079 | $29,076 | $177 | $738 | $10,356 | $580 | $573 |
| Bahrain | $8,125 | $12,380 | | $48,503 | $1,034 | $7,870 | $47,949 |
| Bangladesh | $11,417,757 | $15,075,923 | $12,691,024 | | | | |
| Barbados | $4,303 | $16,311 | $1,152 | $1,062 | $3,372 | $3,599 | $12,112 |
| Belarus | $198,500 | $328,300 | $144,800 | $462,500 | $65,600 | $121,000 | $2,147,900 |
| Belgium | $5,927,352 | $6,867,350 | $5,425,458 | $3,564,251 | $2,762,423 | $2,522,372 | $1,980,662 |
| Benin | | | | | | $3,033 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $2,598 | |
| Bhutan | | $80 | $10 | $2,489 | $4,743 | $57,570 | |
| Bolivia | $127,955 | $190,694 | $92,254 | $161,875 | $158,921 | $222,993 | $300,337 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $307,348 | $226,825 | $174,623 | $113,660 | $150,753 | $9,703 | $20,057 |
| Botswana | $49,486 | $16,398 | $83,536 | $42,717 | $842 | $11,062 | $622 |
| Brazil | $2,485,892 | $3,226,083 | $6,888,129 | $9,000,736 | $8,635,290 | $12,968,496 | $10,940,527 |
| Brunei | | $468 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $2,555,149 | $2,975,635 | $8,676,130 | $2,843,726 | $1,184,350 | $590,342 | $365,718 |
| Burkina Faso | $1,253,088 | | $2,015,221 | $2,349,662 | $2,566,441 | $2,838,068 | |
| Burundi | $789 | | | | $289 | | |
| Cambodia | $6,562 | | $1,095 | $7,400 | | $474 | |
| Cameroon | | $3,435 | $1,623 | | $7,793 | $553 | |
| Canada | $9,194,807 | $7,244,812 | $7,168,990 | $6,386,016 | $6,124,628 | $7,525,393 | $8,773,102 |
| Cape Verde | $1,004 | $13,055 | | $58 | $284 | $398 | $136 |
| Chile | $1,682,091 | $1,119,145 | $1,086,534 | $1,325,408 | $1,575,514 | $1,598,532 | $2,189,055 |
| China | $69,601,327 | $79,289,092 | $76,293,113 | $85,696,441 | $77,090,375 | $109,851,666 | $111,593,602 |
| Colombia | $870,480 | $1,105,742 | $1,033,003 | $413,494 | $451,170 | $559,285 | $564,055 |
| Comoros | $204 | | $13 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $155,473 | $324,766 | $196,276 | $152,902 | $139 | $2,569 | $4,852 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $2,950,985 | $2,333,998 | $2,580,128 | $3,245,501 | $2,861,599 | $3,918,394 | $4,271,942 |
| Croatia | $948,669 | $463,108 | $1,076,228 | $694,536 | $295,569 | $360,037 | $441,717 |
| Cuba | $497 | $97,808 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $531,440 | $465,101 | $234,187 | $17,665 | | | $6 |
| Czech Republic | $14,490,110 | $10,421,774 | $14,860,320 | $16,385,172 | $4,790,296 | $6,284,592 | $9,363,977 |
| Denmark | $439,509 | $424,943 | $394,444 | $223,339 | $405,502 | $110,916 | $174,528 |
| Dominica | | | | $2,685 | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $232,437 | $210,368 | $66,910 | $267,943 | $185,532 | $70,424 | $48,990 |
| East Timor | $4 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $78,377 | $99,044 | $13,892 | $29,144 | $48,046 | $151,073 | $50,351 |
| Egypt | $12,174,886 | $5,736,486 | $7,695,115 | $25,697,683 | $29,310,580 | $37,270,529 | $58,446,450 |
| El Salvador | $171,257 | $345,164 | $306,448 | $660,614 | $237,119 | $45,564 | |
| Estonia | $15,110 | $52,333 | $58,875 | $79,277 | $34,370 | $34,063 | $33,136 |
| Ethiopia | $1,375,857 | $2,008,701 | $1,718,377 | $2,340,641 | $1,511,880 | $3,743,273 | $2,569,906 |
| Faroe Islands | $1,109 | | $709 | $736 | $1,980 | | |
| Fiji | $89,205 | $41,163 | $49,178 | $68,330 | $12,233 | $37,507 | |
| Finland | $202,196 | $247,794 | $161,416 | $214,805 | $54,175 | $58,630 | $48,682 |
| France | $42,790,548 | $53,186,261 | $65,144,164 | $57,156,681 | $33,402,568 | $42,221,727 | $29,288,118 |
| French Polynesia | $208 | $92 | $4,022 | $1,014 | $250 | $56 | $2,061 |
| Gabon | $8,602 | $26,544 | $56,757 | $87,316 | $21,667 | | |
| Gambia, The | $35 | $1,425 | $646 | | $75 | | |
| Georgia | $13,935 | $10,769 | $3,159 | $14,171 | $4,682 | $7,207 | |
| Germany | $62,340,000 | $73,070,000 | $81,051,000 | $86,879,000 | $47,909,000 | $55,959,458 | $59,518,180 |
| Ghana | $398,980 | $481,028 | $642,358 | $403,271 | $335,443 | $154,041 | $122,744 |
| Greece | $3,423,073 | $4,845,378 | $8,312,460 | $8,704,409 | $5,119,917 | $2,439,711 | $2,270,389 |
| Grenada | $255 | $217 | $586 | $205 | $634 | | |
| Guatemala | $1,187,401 | $465,599 | $2,352,904 | $932,547 | $597,385 | $625,629 | $610,796 |
| Guinea | | | | $2,401 | | | |
| Guyana | $5,422 | $999 | | | | | |
| Honduras | $31,296 | | $58,551 | | $61,767 | | |
| Hong Kong | $60,122,847 | $56,413,898 | $61,333,320 | $43,168,100 | $31,193,809 | $40,008,719 | $36,922,721 |
| Hungary | $963,000 | $362,000 | $241,000 | $2,754,000 | $1,003,000 | $1,224,000 | $3,452,000 |
| Iceland | $1,287 | $1,296 | $18,739 | $9,239 | $2,037 | $28,447 | $7,713 |
| India | $43,802,018 | $48,597,383 | $47,035,930 | $84,555,696 | $114,499,553 | $143,915,342 | $153,103,114 |
| Indonesia | $69,761,636 | $84,459,080 | $70,700,915 | $68,785,901 | $19,033,075 | $16,486,234 | $13,720,330 |
| Iran | $7,230,961 | $3,113,491 | | | | $5,250,157 | |
| Ireland | $364,898 | $398,213 | $222,852 | $140,469 | $36,988 | $259,092 | $39,347 |
| Israel | $2,113,000 | $1,493,000 | $1,240,000 | $863,000 | $734,000 | $361,000 | $488,000 |
| Italy | $125,727,766 | $151,059,083 | $219,519,254 | $171,136,170 | $121,323,124 | $143,622,361 | $190,161,656 |
| Jamaica | $9,449 | $6,183 | $3,065 | $6,431 | $4,954 | $17,498 | |
| Japan | $40,528,227 | $40,785,628 | $42,912,997 | $41,026,627 | $27,012,154 | $33,694,613 | $45,290,419 |
| Jordan | $149,320 | $269,283 | $25,223 | $71,496 | $95,711 | $9,919 | $165,653 |
| Kazakhstan | $531 | $23,628 | $4,923 | $17,552 | $10,696 | | |
| Kenya | $504,841 | $34,774 | $121,909 | $41,240 | $24,380 | $5,296 | |
| Kiribati | | | | | $62 | | |
| Korea, South | $128,097,439 | $111,480,999 | $118,281,281 | $106,863,870 | $91,477,307 | $143,770,428 | $152,443,790 |
| Kuwait | | $1,034,208 | $436,522 | $339,689 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $8,282 | $17,065 | $1,721 | $8,930 | | $263 | $8,824 |
| Latvia | $229,194 | $369,769 | $347,626 | $224,158 | $98,963 | $142,002 | $220,834 |
| Lebanon | $1,176,000 | $874,483 | $1,583,399 | $571,687 | $1,196,780 | $1,879,853 | $895,964 |
| Lithuania | $3,447,012 | $2,656,454 | $3,554,158 | $3,672,948 | $2,395,173 | $3,412,302 | $4,457,113 |
| Luxembourg | $126,433,504 | $125,957,793 | $106,791,863 | $114,254,464 | $67,117,042 | $69,514,956 | $76,822,670 |
| Macau | $2,599,041 | $1,715,899 | $2,238,589 | $2,497,214 | $2,146,763 | $2,040,172 | $1,959,507 |
| Macedonia | $145,048 | $158,713 | $312,578 | $166,387 | $72,607 | | $90,880 |
| Madagascar | $627,475 | $1,689,355 | $2,746,726 | $2,833,200 | $3,159,895 | $1,633,205 | |
| Malawi | $59,559 | $82,031 | $449 | $515 | | $3,970 | $1,087 |
| Malaysia | $1,087,914 | $2,198,680 | $2,053,436 | $2,366,453 | $785,541 | $1,111,695 | $2,055,861 |
| Mali | $1,248 | $10,852 | | $28,166 | | $20,242 | |
| Malta | $31,000 | $37,009 | $140,900 | $4,362 | $91 | $4,689 | |
| Mauritania | | | | | $5,711 | | |
| Mauritius | $1,101,976 | $3,033,398 | $3,768,337 | $2,642,931 | $3,367,919 | $2,106,574 | $2,683,030 |
| Mayotte | | | | $296 | $45 | | |
| Mexico | $30,462,516 | $39,050,895 | $22,431,179 | $23,720,834 | $15,576,979 | $14,757,070 | $13,820,941 |
| Moldova | $24,727 | $176,531 | $47,836 | $181,486 | $69,023 | $20,447 | $77,896 |
| Mongolia | $381,586 | $750,041 | $748,834 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $963 | | | $1,431 | |
| Montserrat | $31 | | | | | | |
| Morocco | $17,328,672 | $20,420,035 | $27,215,233 | $31,752,755 | $39,200,287 | $35,017,780 | |
| Mozambique | $892,524 | $622,974 | $921,367 | $1,081,210 | $1,068,823 | $1,313,778 | $1,623,000 |
| Namibia | $8,924 | $5,269 | $4,918 | $21,228 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $83,948 | $26,598 | |
| Netherlands | $6,914,512 | $6,618,180 | $3,062,099 | $366,897 | $2,262,484 | $6,180,734 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $1,803 | $6,433 | $5,062 | $1,202 | | | |
| New Caledonia | | $1,152 | $8,329 | $2,866 | $1,120 | $853 | $2,930 |
| New Zealand | $223,104 | $321,390 | $208,841 | $195,414 | $156,389 | $112,961 | $136,461 |
| Nicaragua | $90 | $5,914 | $83 | $2 | $122 | $21,857 | $7,551 |
| Niger | $3,796 | $95 | $1,204 | $434 | | $55 | $1,243 |
| Nigeria | | $1,174,422 | $1,663,931 | $703,574 | $3,332,763 | $2,989,259 | |
| Norway | $224,961 | $101,028 | $224,422 | $102,165 | $49,977 | $44,119 | $39,585 |
| Oman | $43,246 | $81,807 | $50,554 | $41,566 | $28,630 | $2,211 | |
| Pakistan | $26,299,960 | $42,103,917 | $43,291,199 | $49,045,595 | $63,348,322 | $96,509,688 | $112,472,855 |
| Panama | $14,138 | $38,000 | $19,519 | $27,960 | $5,734 | $709 | $5,949 |
| Paraguay | $602 | $20,016 | $3,522 | $1,580 | | $1,496 | $367 |
| Peru | $228,592 | $259,820 | $339,257 | $1,608,687 | $1,280,748 | $3,368,145 | $1,806,666 |
| Philippines | $3,612,582 | $6,665,735 | $8,760,644 | $6,059,742 | $804,398 | $870,162 | $1,942,593 |
| Poland | $37,970,244 | $49,014,905 | $58,936,416 | $66,871,879 | $38,583,098 | $60,281,153 | $64,594,975 |
| Portugal | $11,800,381 | $8,354,910 | $9,410,820 | $9,839,029 | $9,112,662 | $11,043,802 | $11,616,201 |
| Qatar | $1,793 | $23,366 | $73,598 | $52,768 | | $37,461 | |
| Romania | $7,356,385 | $5,123,362 | $7,333,723 | $7,907,654 | $6,387,374 | $6,008,540 | $7,440,234 |
| Russia | $575,079 | $132,057 | $840,016 | $1,043,068 | $2,796,714 | $4,835,247 | $9,902,612 |
| Rwanda | $260 | $45,338 | $11,055 | $18,882 | $1,870 | | $17 |
| Saint Lucia | $90 | $210 | $118 | $161 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $173 | | | $12,303 | $8,789 | $6,808 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | $356 | | $112 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $1,842,133 | $2,454,328 | $3,529,928 | | | $1,814,668 | |
| Senegal | $2,347,302 | $1,497,139 | $2,257,532 | $2,781,000 | $2,330,181 | $2,290,884 | $2,339,371 |
| Serbia | $504,233 | $423,764 | $550,685 | $331,109 | $277,998 | $407,164 | $244,655 |
| Seychelles | $61 | $286 | $1,616 | $1,480 | | | |
| Singapore | $1,970,494 | $998,256 | $128,667 | $10,672 | $25,013 | $2,819 | $1,863,113 |
| Slovakia | $3,847,799 | $2,177,871 | $4,639,054 | $2,880,768 | $2,173,220 | $1,328,575 | $1,310,675 |
| Slovenia | $483,893 | $279,935 | $602,136 | $422,248 | $139,005 | $126,064 | $46,802 |
| South Africa | $5,886,043 | $5,963,649 | $4,543,750 | $949,230 | $642,061 | $503,586 | $557,404 |
| Spain | $22,347,430 | $24,572,420 | $31,324,449 | $18,689,049 | $10,135,322 | $14,488,399 | |
| Sri Lanka | $1,153,104 | $759,723 | $1,238,994 | $774,453 | $1,935,455 | $1,724,872 | $1,143,636 |
| Sudan | $2,415,747 | $2,690,323 | $277,705 | $81,170 | $1,935,241 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $2,869 | |
| Swaziland | $4,631 | $3,898 | $3,927 | | | | |
| Sweden | $692,659 | $1,481,015 | $982,210 | $1,032,224 | $1,219,978 | $1,070,746 | $642,748 |
| Switzerland | $3,391,076 | $3,207,727 | $3,292,594 | $3,395,346 | $1,730,806 | $2,222,407 | $1,813,458 |
| Syria | $5,079,006 | $5,417,464 | $6,267,632 | $13,677,991 | | $3,656,287 | |
| Tanzania | $1,455,918 | $508,056 | $1,789,671 | $548,648 | $819,308 | $301,332 | $85,741 |
| Thailand | $8,044,698 | $8,692,904 | $9,343,602 | $7,925,543 | $5,983,974 | $8,540,027 | $7,835,349 |
| Tonga | | | | | $2,611 | $3,534 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $22,789 | | $336 | $28,249 | $558 | $3,621 | |
| Tunisia | $2,151,549 | $2,712,138 | $3,540,293 | $3,818,863 | $2,733,437 | $5,026,102 | |
| Turkey | $62,125,495 | $64,798,943 | $93,761,333 | $66,980,771 | $46,234,510 | $52,307,934 | $65,365,926 |
| Uganda | $1,474 | $9,212 | $1,329 | $7,078 | $128 | $1,512 | |
| Ukraine | $558,725 | $610,725 | $897,690 | $623,474 | $2,096,177 | $4,526,030 | $5,256,106 |
| United Arab Emirates | $2,008,610 | | $1,453,440 | $1,844,851 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $18,893,810 | $11,516,390 | $11,763,680 | $12,931,003 | $8,266,137 | $13,642,792 | $10,089,708 |
| United States | $29,506,528 | $26,681,002 | $34,441,563 | $31,243,663 | $20,155,705 | $24,955,212 | $22,176,152 |
| Uruguay | $124,410 | $132,212 | $239,888 | $184,090 | $91,556 | | |
| Venezuela | $121,603 | $82,929 | $66,764 | $150,401 | $687,456 | $289,888 | $112,338 |
| Vietnam | $5,842,803 | $6,584,133 | $7,321,747 | $7,612,560 | $9,424,530 | $11,672,340 | |
| Yemen | $1,482,340 | $1,687,975 | $1,364,250 | $1,356,157 | $854,329 | $547,182 | $506,655 |
| Zambia | $15,244 | $1,528 | $5,926 | $9,671 | $865 | $773 | |
| Zimbabwe | $1,550 | $1,312 | $103,257 | $3,500 | $87,940 | $17,644 | |
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