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| | April 30, 2013
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 3/2013 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Million $$$, * I/P: *
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 3/2013
Country 2011 2012 3/2012 3/2013 % Change 3/2012 1/2013 2/2013 3/2013 % Change % Share
WORLD 1182.189 1231.254 283.181 292.808 3.40 1191.534 1240.301 1241.768 1240.880 4.14 100.00
CHINA P 206.560 259.077 54.644 57.551 5.32 223.975 261.934 264.458 261.983 16.97 21.11
VIETNAM 202.547 161.830 30.554 52.979 73.40 191.959 171.791 179.080 184.255 -4.01 14.85
CHINA T 132.779 146.485 27.731 22.972 -17.16 136.018 143.059 142.907 141.725 4.20 11.42
KOR REP 119.171 121.081 27.938 25.256 -9.60 118.684 119.473 118.845 118.399 -0.24 9.54
CANADA 134.483 128.039 37.562 27.171 -27.66 136.649 125.404 120.780 117.648 -13.91 9.48
JAPAN 88.616 117.160 29.295 27.635 -5.67 95.208 118.568 117.106 115.500 21.31 9.31
MEXICO 73.418 68.798 18.308 17.771 -2.93 72.671 68.300 67.763 68.261 -6.07 5.50
ISRAEL 41.179 35.227 8.695 11.313 30.11 28.653 38.062 39.051 37.845 32.08 3.05
GERMANY 24.012 26.830 6.537 6.878 5.22 25.385 27.710 26.277 27.171 7.04 2.19
SWITZLD 25.738 24.882 7.980 7.721 -3.25 27.521 24.750 24.451 24.623 -10.53 1.98
INDIA 18.071 17.251 3.500 3.964 13.25 17.033 17.026 17.459 17.715 4.00 1.43
ITALY 14.566 14.582 2.854 4.114 44.16 13.277 14.785 15.126 15.843 19.32 1.28
U KING 13.996 15.198 3.752 3.164 -15.67 14.559 15.460 15.088 14.610 0.35 1.18
FRANCE 10.876 12.062 2.710 3.377 24.60 11.163 12.136 12.223 12.729 14.03 1.03
THAILND 7.999 9.573 2.046 3.961 93.63 8.796 10.419 10.953 11.489 30.61 0.93
NETHLDS 7.237 7.284 1.691 1.488 -12.03 7.492 7.271 7.213 7.080 -5.49 0.57
N ZEAL 5.480 7.151 1.688 1.511 -10.50 5.836 6.898 6.833 6.973 19.48 0.56
SPAIN 5.427 6.840 2.142 1.791 -16.39 6.020 6.601 6.703 6.489 7.79 0.52
TURKEY 7.916 7.013 2.044 1.520 -25.67 8.792 6.504 6.348 6.488 -26.20 0.52
PORTUGL 5.647 5.431 1.730 1.084 -37.35 5.166 5.169 4.959 4.785 -7.38 0.39
BELGIUM 4.005 4.099 1.080 1.120 3.75 4.026 3.929 3.978 4.139 2.80 0.33
ARAB EM 0.375 4.156 1.352 1.071 -20.78 1.726 4.213 3.642 3.875 124.44 0.31
CZECH 1.090 2.058 0.164 1.674 923.91 1.017 2.457 2.949 3.569 250.97 0.29
INDNSIA 5.992 3.357 0.889 0.956 7.55 5.422 3.310 3.347 3.424 -36.85 0.28
AUSTRAL 1.297 2.739 0.319 0.570 78.87 1.373 2.869 2.901 2.991 117.78 0.24
PERU 1.926 2.889 0.785 0.855 8.99 2.271 2.914 2.779 2.960 30.35 0.24
AUSTRIA 1.767 2.044 0.548 0.359 -34.41 1.765 1.991 1.904 1.855 5.12 0.15
SLOVAK 0.446 1.254 0.170 0.177 3.65 0.535 1.225 1.293 1.261 135.78 0.10
EGYPT 0.168 1.282 0.529 0.440 -16.71 0.667 1.094 0.926 1.194 78.93 0.10
PAKISTN 0.839 1.162 0.303 0.285 -5.93 1.041 1.248 1.153 1.144 9.87 0.09
NORWAY 1.194 1.500 0.610 0.165 -72.90 1.264 1.284 1.239 1.055 -16.52 0.09
LUXMBRG 2.481 1.141 0.181 0.048 -73.46 1.505 1.161 1.128 1.008 -33.00 0.08
BRAZIL 1.661 0.962 0.138 0.156 13.74 1.598 1.029 1.097 0.981 -38.65 0.08
HG KONG 1.484 1.104 0.300 0.147 -50.95 1.399 1.067 1.083 0.950 -32.05 0.08
CAMBOD 0.820 0.928 0.175 0.117 -33.22 0.853 0.822 0.828 0.870 1.94 0.07
PHIL R 0.668 0.785 0.157 0.237 50.84 0.693 0.770 0.832 0.865 24.83 0.07
SALVADR 0.842 0.744 0.140 0.213 52.48 0.850 0.714 0.755 0.817 -3.87 0.07
MALAYSA 1.900 1.023 0.503 0.122 -75.82 1.715 0.902 0.763 0.642 -62.55 0.05
ARGENT 1.670 0.004 0.000 0.007 * 1.670 0.004 0.011 0.011 -99.33 0.00
_WTO 1182.158 1231.203 283.166 292.808 3.41 1191.499 1240.252 1241.732 1240.845 4.14 100.00
_OECD 388.526 393.053 101.958 89.419 -12.30 393.616 388.942 381.866 380.514 -3.33 30.66
_ASEAN 220.023 177.606 34.423 58.375 69.58 209.625 188.023 195.812 201.557 -3.85 16.24
_W HEMI 214.983 202.717 57.395 46.349 -19.25 216.838 199.528 194.157 191.671 -11.61 15.45
_NAFTA 207.900 196.837 55.870 44.942 -19.56 209.320 193.704 188.544 185.909 -11.18 14.98
_EU 93.840 101.885 24.047 25.785 7.23 94.221 103.008 101.760 103.623 9.98 8.35
_CAFTA 1.172 1.300 0.177 0.323 82.68 1.166 1.282 1.354 1.447 24.04 0.12