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| | June 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 4/2012 Data |
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Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS
Data in Kg., 6.50 M2 per Kg..
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 4/2012
Country 2010 2011 4/2011 4/2012 % Change 4/2011 2/2012 3/2012 4/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 62274033 68046550 25877280 27072903 4.62 67759778 68665337 69332742 69242173 2.19 100.00
CHINA T 13828723 17857439 5101587 7289151 42.88 15242865 18722963 19682398 20045003 31.50 28.95
MEXICO 20818352 19022518 6675325 6164677 -7.65 21159597 18790892 18701734 18511870 -12.51 26.73
PORTUGL 4315059 6513739 4516905 4882932 8.10 6330314 7156843 7247211 6879766 8.68 9.94
CHINA P 4004426 5225193 1163108 1646288 41.54 4149637 5544349 5600402 5708373 37.56 8.24
CANADA 1990252 2233685 789802 728904 -7.71 2177093 2218691 2164339 2172787 -0.20 3.14
INDIA 2099200 1866344 628439 684452 8.91 2120937 1798006 1850694 1922357 -9.36 2.78
VIETNAM 1954400 1739119 667846 797952 19.48 1794478 1759227 1762170 1869225 4.17 2.70
C RICA 2309897 1915502 1363573 1078122 -20.93 2337269 2072524 1765283 1630051 -30.26 2.35
KOR REP 1315669 1440255 422095 413825 -1.96 1469707 1451682 1466730 1431985 -2.57 2.07
THAILND 1012982 1268025 370748 361951 -2.37 1126846 1232551 1287617 1259228 11.75 1.82
ARAB EM 1314429 2490808 1538775 27859 -98.19 2853204 1213822 1015586 979892 -65.66 1.42
JAPAN 667840 804067 260741 343992 31.93 693019 892770 861460 887318 28.04 1.28
GUATMAL 384955 471989 211990 574523 171.01 491093 652816 743062 834522 69.93 1.21
TURKEY 875416 890472 362238 180335 -50.22 925578 843628 775761 708569 -23.45 1.02
ITALY 553508 594715 198135 215284 8.66 592936 583457 604623 611864 3.19 0.88
FRANCE 670334 546924 178558 151020 -15.42 663161 499026 505906 519386 -21.68 0.75
N ZEAL 639278 711063 503900 258328 -48.73 702357 579720 603587 465491 -33.72 0.67
PHIL R 129426 117003 3200 288318 8909.94 86345 226867 311867 402121 365.71 0.58
COLOMB 375857 323778 98268 136348 38.75 371346 336844 348945 361858 -2.56 0.52
CZECH 1104984 323900 90677 112874 24.48 754426 358996 342445 346097 -54.12 0.50
ISRAEL 216862 223362 160020 195510 22.18 197332 259272 259272 258852 31.18 0.37
GERMANY 151865 196051 84798 87512 3.20 175766 167674 201925 198765 13.09 0.29
NETHLDS 64382 178763 31609 25987 -17.79 75321 177687 169423 173141 129.87 0.25
LATVIA 212813 142843 46984 63369 34.87 165098 159480 153638 159228 -3.56 0.23
ROMANIA 140248 108500 18737 55913 198.41 133873 139819 135328 145676 8.82 0.21
INDNSIA 211593 215524 143088 50538 -64.68 258436 161938 128145 122974 -52.42 0.18
AUSTRAL 346016 151376 130944 101956 -22.14 251625 167837 141726 122388 -51.36 0.18
_WTO 62273121 68045732 25877280 27072903 4.62 67759778 68664519 69331924 69241355 2.19 100.00
_W HEMI 26102362 24189794 9187585 8751737 -4.74 26724618 24310731 23963000 23753946 -11.12 34.31
_OECD 12286212 13975655 7356292 7223793 -1.80 14328267 14405387 14429526 13843156 -3.39 19.99
_EU15 5986160 8180196 5047747 5414412 7.26 8021086 8739920 8892527 8546861 6.55 12.34
_EC12 5950000 8147189 5041860 5407688 7.26 8002671 8704094 8855431 8513017 6.38 12.29
_ASEAN 3354049 3367071 1193831 1507543 26.28 3294806 3407963 3515793 3680783 11.71 5.32
_CBI 2765702 2479749 1592194 1671722 4.99 2885475 2814541 2600525 2559277 -11.30 3.70
_CAFTA 2753252 2479503 1592194 1671722 4.99 2873025 2814295 2600279 2559031 -10.93 3.70
_ANDEAN 459296 395504 115639 154826 33.89 456166 413247 421394 434691 -4.71 0.63