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| | March 5, 2013
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 1/2013 Data |
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Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS
Data in Million $$$, * I/P: *
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 1/2013
Country 2011 2012 1/2012 1/2013 % Change 1/2012 11/2012 12/2012 1/2013 % Change % Share
WORLD 243.815 243.037 22.973 21.313 -7.23 244.254 244.983 243.037 241.376 -1.18 100.00
MEXICO 54.263 51.239 4.123 4.217 2.28 54.014 51.574 51.239 51.332 -4.96 21.27
CHINA T 37.012 32.724 3.149 1.460 -53.65 37.168 34.021 32.724 31.034 -16.50 12.86
CHINA P 24.226 31.102 2.564 2.236 -12.78 25.568 30.370 31.102 30.775 20.37 12.75
PORTUGL 14.585 18.420 3.345 5.143 53.73 15.960 17.899 18.420 20.217 26.67 8.38
JAPAN 13.723 16.228 1.417 0.863 -39.09 14.483 16.976 16.228 15.674 8.22 6.49
FRANCE 14.011 13.653 1.311 1.430 9.01 14.212 14.078 13.653 13.772 -3.10 5.71
CANADA 10.115 10.950 1.033 0.454 -56.11 9.910 11.329 10.950 10.370 4.64 4.30
ITALY 7.387 9.186 0.704 0.678 -3.57 7.520 9.039 9.186 9.161 21.81 3.80
COLOMB 6.785 8.182 0.609 0.690 13.18 6.872 8.010 8.182 8.262 20.23 3.42
INDIA 5.505 6.367 0.538 0.703 30.67 5.606 6.227 6.367 6.532 16.51 2.71
VIETNAM 5.134 5.607 0.664 0.607 -8.60 5.469 5.672 5.607 5.550 1.49 2.30
KOR REP 5.491 5.362 0.440 0.246 -43.95 5.676 5.171 5.362 5.169 -8.92 2.14
TURKEY 7.244 5.093 0.454 0.379 -16.36 7.007 5.092 5.093 5.018 -28.38 2.08
THAILND 5.269 3.723 0.250 0.168 -32.95 4.968 3.916 3.723 3.641 -26.72 1.51
GERMANY 4.192 3.193 0.114 0.033 -71.29 4.097 3.298 3.193 3.112 -24.03 1.29
PHIL R 0.405 2.951 0.122 0.237 94.89 0.526 2.943 2.951 3.066 482.59 1.27
GUATMAL 1.163 3.056 0.299 0.244 -18.48 1.276 2.966 3.056 3.000 135.15 1.24
C RICA 4.474 2.979 0.735 0.125 -83.05 4.712 2.778 2.979 2.368 -49.74 0.98
N ZEAL 1.703 1.612 0.048 0.302 529.87 1.452 1.609 1.612 1.866 28.53 0.77
INDNSIA 0.367 1.506 0.000 0.325 * 0.337 1.319 1.506 1.831 442.58 0.76
ROMANIA 0.786 1.262 0.086 0.041 -51.98 0.872 1.380 1.262 1.218 39.57 0.50
ISRAEL 0.679 0.791 0.000 0.128 * 0.679 0.787 0.791 0.919 35.24 0.38
CZECH 0.950 0.861 0.063 0.000 -99.51 0.910 0.825 0.861 0.799 -12.25 0.33
NETHLDS 1.154 0.422 0.013 0.064 389.23 1.104 0.483 0.422 0.473 -57.16 0.20
AUSTRAL 0.508 0.320 0.044 0.099 126.32 0.552 0.320 0.320 0.375 -32.09 0.16
LATVIA 0.433 0.444 0.122 0.027 -77.45 0.511 0.414 0.444 0.349 -31.69 0.14
ARAB EM 10.824 0.104 0.071 0.000 -100.00 7.122 0.631 0.104 0.032 -99.55 0.01
_WTO 243.812 243.037 22.973 21.313 -7.23 244.251 244.983 243.037 241.376 -1.18 100.00
_W HEMI 78.584 78.399 7.194 5.876 -18.32 78.816 78.645 78.399 77.081 -2.20 31.93
_OECD 70.433 72.044 7.735 9.080 17.39 71.521 72.259 72.044 73.389 2.61 30.40
_EU 46.229 50.290 5.956 7.661 28.61 47.955 50.411 50.290 51.994 8.42 21.54
_ASEAN 11.345 14.010 1.065 1.344 26.21 11.456 14.086 14.010 14.289 24.73 5.92
_ANDEAN 7.309 8.723 0.725 0.722 -0.36 7.451 8.570 8.723 8.721 17.05 3.61
_CAFTA 5.875 6.285 1.075 0.407 -62.15 6.265 5.977 6.285 5.617 -10.35 2.33