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| | January 8, 2013
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 11/2012 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Million $$$, * I/P: *
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 11/2012
Country 2010 2011 11/2011 11/2012 % Change 11/2011 9/2012 10/2012 11/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 1001.014 1182.189 1082.468 1131.742 4.55 1164.535 1224.070 1233.087 1231.463 5.75 100.00
CHINA P 145.374 206.560 186.226 240.884 29.35 199.795 259.812 263.276 261.217 30.74 21.21
VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 182.695 144.273 -21.03 194.539 167.206 164.914 164.126 -15.63 13.33
CHINA T 117.392 132.779 124.478 133.423 7.19 132.779 139.983 143.032 141.724 6.74 11.51
CANADA 129.689 134.483 123.999 121.375 -2.12 134.325 137.232 134.595 131.859 -1.84 10.71
KOR REP 100.103 119.171 109.848 111.320 1.34 118.130 117.599 121.022 120.642 2.13 9.80
JAPAN 73.572 88.616 80.288 108.324 34.92 86.372 112.874 114.566 116.653 35.06 9.47
MEXICO 72.097 73.418 68.523 62.622 -8.61 74.199 67.933 67.441 67.517 -9.01 5.48
ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 37.857 31.049 -17.98 41.078 30.632 32.860 34.371 -16.33 2.79
GERMANY 24.604 24.012 22.522 24.741 9.85 24.265 26.430 26.238 26.230 8.10 2.13
SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 23.510 23.444 -0.28 25.633 26.991 26.294 25.672 0.16 2.08
INDIA 20.243 18.071 16.610 16.195 -2.50 18.048 17.299 17.163 17.656 -2.17 1.43
U KING 12.717 13.996 12.895 13.961 8.26 14.248 14.908 15.027 15.061 5.70 1.22
ITALY 13.250 14.566 13.688 13.198 -3.58 15.081 13.511 14.118 14.076 -6.67 1.14
FRANCE 10.263 10.876 9.577 11.060 15.49 10.643 11.944 12.072 12.359 16.13 1.00
THAILND 5.084 7.999 7.100 8.197 15.46 7.730 8.804 8.730 9.097 17.68 0.74
NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 6.600 6.903 4.59 7.214 7.272 7.348 7.540 4.52 0.61
TURKEY 4.851 7.916 7.147 6.602 -7.63 7.329 8.071 7.847 7.371 0.57 0.60
N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 5.080 6.629 30.50 5.524 6.571 6.429 7.029 27.25 0.57
SPAIN 5.026 5.427 5.035 6.307 25.26 5.395 5.627 6.346 6.699 24.18 0.54
PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 5.249 4.988 -4.97 6.004 5.089 5.448 5.386 -10.29 0.44
BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 3.582 3.733 4.22 3.787 3.998 4.135 4.156 9.76 0.34
ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.112 3.816 3300.93 0.113 3.465 3.614 4.078 3511.14 0.33
INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 5.743 3.241 -43.57 6.153 3.732 3.474 3.490 -43.28 0.28
PERU 1.502 1.926 1.843 2.816 52.79 1.958 2.890 2.843 2.899 48.07 0.24
AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 1.198 2.481 107.07 1.362 2.335 2.583 2.580 89.35 0.21
AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 1.621 1.910 17.87 1.732 1.906 1.962 2.056 18.75 0.17
CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.822 1.776 116.05 0.972 1.809 1.903 2.044 110.34 0.17
LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 2.095 0.954 -54.44 2.348 1.461 1.346 1.341 -42.90 0.11
NORWAY 0.430 1.194 1.194 1.323 10.73 1.301 1.502 1.393 1.323 1.69 0.11
EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.145 1.234 748.93 0.159 1.269 1.262 1.257 691.90 0.10
SLOVAK 0.260 0.446 0.443 1.236 179.19 0.448 1.113 1.195 1.239 176.87 0.10
HG KONG 0.836 1.484 1.370 1.050 -23.38 1.377 1.249 1.220 1.163 -15.50 0.09
PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.754 1.070 41.91 0.755 1.114 1.145 1.155 53.04 0.09
MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 1.782 1.006 -43.51 1.869 1.510 1.327 1.125 -39.84 0.09
CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.820 0.928 13.21 0.941 0.864 0.868 0.928 -1.40 0.08
PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.491 0.735 49.68 0.531 0.862 0.895 0.912 71.88 0.07
BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 1.625 0.811 -50.08 1.668 0.888 0.776 0.847 -49.23 0.07
SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.801 0.658 -17.85 0.976 0.692 0.705 0.699 -28.41 0.06
REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.403 0.388 -72.31 1.625 0.398 0.399 0.408 -74.92 0.03
POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.640 0.327 -48.97 0.804 0.367 0.352 0.343 -57.36 0.03
ARGENT 0.008 1.670 1.670 0.004 -99.75 1.670 0.005 0.005 0.004 -99.75 0.00
_WTO 1000.885 1182.158 1082.437 1131.691 4.55 1164.504 1224.024 1233.036 1231.412 5.75 100.00
_OECD 350.989 388.526 357.604 365.287 2.15 387.530 396.936 398.897 396.209 2.24 32.17
_W HEMI 207.350 214.983 199.399 189.505 -4.96 215.839 210.650 207.416 205.088 -4.98 16.65
_ASEAN 149.182 220.023 198.716 158.490 -20.24 211.850 183.098 180.327 179.797 -15.13 14.60
_EU15 85.531 91.353 84.127 89.797 6.74 92.111 94.129 96.148 97.024 5.33 7.88
_EC12 82.514 88.721 81.698 86.603 6.00 89.458 91.064 92.891 93.626 4.66 7.60
_ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 2.292 3.100 35.23 2.496 3.176 3.140 3.207 28.49 0.26
_CBI 1.350 1.275 1.212 1.197 -1.21 1.405 1.025 1.063 1.261 -10.28 0.10
_CAFTA 1.210 1.172 1.109 1.197 7.97 1.295 1.025 1.062 1.260 -2.66 0.10
_SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.430 0.445 -68.90 1.656 0.424 0.422 0.464 -71.99 0.04