_____________________________________
| | March 5, 2013
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 1/2013 Data |
|_____________________________________|
Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
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 1182.189 1231.254 94.851 103.899 9.54 1182.762 1231.463 1231.254 1240.301 4.86 100.00
CHINA P 206.560 259.077 20.188 23.046 14.15 212.527 261.217 259.077 261.934 23.25 21.12
VIETNAM 202.547 161.830 7.195 17.155 138.45 197.739 164.126 161.830 171.791 -13.12 13.85
CHINA T 132.779 146.485 12.436 9.010 -27.55 133.992 141.724 146.485 143.059 6.77 11.53
CANADA 134.483 128.039 11.952 9.317 -22.05 134.446 131.859 128.039 125.404 -6.73 10.11
KOR REP 119.171 121.081 10.634 9.025 -15.13 120.234 120.642 121.081 119.473 -0.63 9.63
JAPAN 88.616 117.160 9.027 10.435 15.60 90.833 116.653 117.160 118.568 30.53 9.56
MEXICO 73.418 68.798 5.851 5.353 -8.51 72.977 67.517 68.798 68.300 -6.41 5.51
ISRAEL 41.179 35.227 1.834 4.670 154.62 35.224 34.371 35.227 38.062 8.06 3.07
GERMANY 24.012 26.830 1.481 2.361 59.41 24.030 26.230 26.830 27.710 15.31 2.23
SWITZLD 25.738 24.882 2.092 1.959 -6.35 26.396 25.672 24.882 24.750 -6.24 2.00
INDIA 18.071 17.251 1.216 0.990 -18.54 17.760 17.656 17.251 17.026 -4.14 1.37
U KING 13.996 15.198 1.066 1.328 24.57 14.242 15.061 15.198 15.460 8.55 1.25
ITALY 14.566 14.582 1.227 1.430 16.53 14.650 14.076 14.582 14.785 0.92 1.19
FRANCE 10.876 12.062 0.830 0.904 8.88 11.077 12.359 12.062 12.136 9.56 0.98
THAILND 7.999 9.573 0.874 1.720 96.71 8.366 9.097 9.573 10.419 24.54 0.84
NETHLDS 7.237 7.284 0.493 0.479 -2.69 7.024 7.540 7.284 7.271 3.51 0.59
N ZEAL 5.480 7.151 0.714 0.461 -35.40 5.595 7.029 7.151 6.898 23.29 0.56
SPAIN 5.427 6.840 0.669 0.430 -35.75 5.407 6.699 6.840 6.601 22.08 0.53
TURKEY 7.916 7.013 1.141 0.632 -44.58 8.542 7.371 7.013 6.504 -23.85 0.52
PORTUGL 5.647 5.431 0.529 0.267 -49.53 5.333 5.386 5.431 5.169 -3.06 0.42
ARAB EM 0.375 4.156 0.271 0.328 20.97 0.646 4.078 4.156 4.213 552.58 0.34
BELGIUM 4.005 4.099 0.463 0.294 -36.61 4.257 4.156 4.099 3.929 -7.70 0.32
INDNSIA 5.992 3.357 0.189 0.142 -24.79 5.677 3.490 3.357 3.310 -41.69 0.27
PERU 1.926 2.889 0.373 0.398 6.63 2.274 2.899 2.889 2.914 28.17 0.23
AUSTRAL 1.297 2.739 0.099 0.228 131.37 1.273 2.580 2.739 2.869 125.37 0.23
CZECH 1.090 2.058 0.027 0.427 1468.11 0.998 2.044 2.058 2.457 146.30 0.20
AUSTRIA 1.767 2.044 0.144 0.091 -36.66 1.711 2.056 2.044 1.991 16.37 0.16
NORWAY 1.194 1.500 0.381 0.165 -56.58 1.039 1.323 1.500 1.284 23.64 0.10
PAKISTN 0.839 1.162 0.067 0.153 128.80 0.906 1.155 1.162 1.248 37.82 0.10
SLOVAK 0.446 1.254 0.069 0.040 -42.89 0.442 1.239 1.254 1.225 176.99 0.10
LUXMBRG 2.481 1.141 0.000 0.020 * 2.191 1.341 1.141 1.161 -47.00 0.09
EGYPT 0.168 1.282 0.232 0.044 -81.19 0.386 1.257 1.282 1.094 183.54 0.09
HG KONG 1.484 1.104 0.069 0.032 -53.68 1.500 1.163 1.104 1.067 -28.91 0.09
BRAZIL 1.661 0.962 0.006 0.073 1054.63 1.555 0.847 0.962 1.029 -33.85 0.08
MALAYSA 1.900 1.023 0.178 0.057 -68.21 1.712 1.125 1.023 0.902 -47.33 0.07
CAMBOD 0.820 0.928 0.140 0.034 -75.56 0.935 0.928 0.928 0.822 -12.05 0.07
PHIL R 0.668 0.785 0.058 0.044 -24.99 0.694 0.912 0.785 0.770 10.95 0.06
SALVADR 0.842 0.744 0.042 0.012 -70.30 0.832 0.699 0.744 0.714 -14.16 0.06
REP SAF 1.422 0.408 0.055 0.121 118.15 0.969 0.408 0.408 0.473 -51.18 0.04
ARGENT 1.670 0.004 0.000 0.000 * 1.670 0.004 0.004 0.004 -99.75 0.00
_WTO 1182.158 1231.203 94.850 103.899 9.54 1182.741 1231.412 1231.203 1240.252 4.86 100.00
_OECD 388.526 393.053 34.052 29.941 -12.07 390.569 396.209 393.053 388.942 -0.42 31.36
_W HEMI 214.983 202.717 18.386 15.196 -17.35 214.798 205.088 202.717 199.528 -7.11 16.09
_ASEAN 220.023 177.606 8.734 19.152 119.27 215.321 179.797 177.606 188.023 -12.68 15.16
_EU 93.840 101.885 7.109 8.232 15.80 93.633 101.083 101.885 103.008 10.01 8.31
_ANDEAN 2.399 3.184 0.397 0.420 5.84 2.694 3.207 3.184 3.207 19.05 0.26
_CAFTA 1.172 1.300 0.051 0.033 -35.95 1.168 1.260 1.300 1.282 9.72 0.10
_SUB-SAH 1.449 0.468 0.055 0.126 126.86 0.997 0.464 0.468 0.538 -46.02 0.04