# HS 540220 (Not Sewing Thread) global trade data overview...

Reported global trade in (not sewing thread), high tenacity yarn of polyesters (including synthetic monofilament of less than 67 decitex), not put up for retail sale reached $1.6B in 2024, with five-year annual growth of -0.6%.

## Annual trade evidence

| Year | Global trade | Year-on-year growth | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | $1.6B | +3.9% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | $1.7B | +7.3% | -1% |
| 2015 | $1.5B | -12% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | $1.4B | -2.6% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | $1.6B | +11.6% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | $1.9B | +19.2% | +9% |
| 2019 | $1.7B | -13.6% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | $1.3B | -23.1% | -7.5% |
| 2021 | $1.8B | +41% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | $1.9B | +7.4% | +5.2% |
| 2023 | $1.6B | -15.5% | +8.6% |
| 2024 | $1.6B | -1.4% | -3.6% |

## Leading buyer markets

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | $208.1M | -4% | 30 |
| Germany | $101.3M | -1.8% | 47 |
| Republic of Korea | $89.3M | +6.5% | 18 |
| India | $73.5M | +1.4% | 21 |
| Turkey | $68.2M | +4% | 39 |
| Mexico | $64.6M | +5.2% | 24 |
| Viet Nam | $60.1M | +1.7% | 20 |
| China | $55.1M | +1.4% | 29 |
| France | $53.3M | -4.4% | 32 |
| Japan | $51.4M | -1.3% | 15 |
| Russia | $47.5M | +2.1% | 10 |
| Belgium | $47.4M | +0.2% | 23 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._