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| | June 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 4/2012 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Kg., 13.60 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 167969439 181082526 58719106 56548123 -3.70 173747907 177892783 177461107 178911543 2.97 100.00
VIETNAM 44889699 54761287 16138718 12017425 -25.54 46892351 51404467 50616571 50639994 7.99 28.30
CHINA P 23206558 32762402 8072168 12420657 53.87 25048778 34562591 35897282 37110891 48.15 20.74
CANADA 22782561 20888995 7629763 8158475 6.93 23698487 21304472 21274704 21417707 -9.62 11.97
KOR REP 21880101 21228196 7438561 6747049 -9.30 21924997 20818274 20599308 20536684 -6.33 11.48
CHINA T 12748196 12246291 3461438 3859300 11.49 13088096 12187461 12369237 12644153 -3.39 7.07
MEXICO 12025449 11294728 3988017 3533106 -11.41 12424618 11029743 11013650 10839817 -12.76 6.06
JAPAN 4332893 4498673 1595497 2156327 35.15 4531444 4717911 4849487 5059503 11.65 2.83
ISRAEL 10867104 8133469 5352668 2059040 -61.53 10631256 6187305 5141441 4839841 -54.48 2.71
INDIA 3605150 2803283 926091 980276 5.85 3181348 2803485 2788224 2857468 -10.18 1.60
GERMANY 2304470 1768060 545311 682735 25.20 2299084 1832620 1877910 1905484 -17.12 1.07
TURKEY 591150 1083177 203097 311969 53.61 699259 1193864 1177369 1192049 70.47 0.67
NETHLDS 539566 736625 173400 285987 64.93 601611 775002 802793 849212 41.16 0.47
PORTUGL 1001073 1056398 624658 402301 -35.60 1051820 941405 906518 834041 -20.70 0.47
SPAIN 618112 657796 230456 354094 53.65 560568 677051 744187 781434 39.40 0.44
ITALY 812538 877903 348412 236002 -32.26 908147 882141 762094 765493 -15.71 0.43
THAILND 522898 657748 140543 242990 72.89 554622 705116 755240 760195 37.07 0.42
U KING 584493 633806 201218 304290 51.22 612790 665519 704619 736878 20.25 0.41
N ZEAL 474357 518817 160015 252754 57.96 496626 545928 605047 611556 23.14 0.34
SWITZLD 501684 453018 155970 152082 -2.49 514035 456445 453573 449130 -12.63 0.25
INDNSIA 514585 514474 197024 93067 -52.76 548254 467094 453314 410517 -25.12 0.23
CAMBOD 288702 341891 81560 116554 42.91 349907 385787 350297 376885 7.71 0.21
ARGENT 411 343636 10 0 -100.00 421 343636 343636 343626 81521.38 0.19
FRANCE 344900 325705 100201 113666 13.44 325946 331944 339430 339170 4.06 0.19
BRAZIL 115938 243340 25798 60298 133.73 129096 229523 240901 277840 115.22 0.16
PERU 208763 281725 137217 122102 -11.02 305466 324971 319224 266610 -12.72 0.15
ARAB EM 228883 60110 19448 212894 994.68 149538 230438 272954 253556 69.56 0.14
MALAYSA 76447 198574 37676 62901 66.95 108319 227409 224237 223799 106.61 0.13
BELGIUM 247724 200231 68156 67222 -1.37 217043 202609 200034 199297 -8.18 0.11
LUXMBRG 261239 304384 168082 23436 -86.06 340793 215025 178234 159738 -53.13 0.09
PAKISTN 41509 110980 11278 40212 256.55 45915 131203 129624 139914 204.72 0.08
PHIL R 38632 108560 21167 26822 26.72 49279 109397 105393 114215 131.77 0.06
HG KONG 82176 101012 33041 26308 -20.38 92362 105396 90427 94279 2.08 0.05
AUSTRAL 89189 64583 8294 35690 330.31 34567 67233 89958 91979 166.09 0.05
EGYPT 6225 3854 890 85629 9521.24 4673 88656 88573 88593 1795.85 0.05
NORWAY 26280 74366 31899 45754 43.43 47292 76737 88217 88221 86.55 0.05
CZECH 26373 77947 30194 31360 3.86 55853 85269 78638 79113 41.65 0.04
SALVADR 66546 60949 12903 30065 133.01 69914 78337 79090 78111 11.72 0.04
AUSTRIA 62120 56542 26754 33823 26.42 68782 59778 64579 63611 -7.52 0.04
REP SAF 361002 232155 200874 15389 -92.34 549928 107107 56483 46670 -91.51 0.03
POLAND 154154 43686 30636 18356 -40.08 146608 34487 26926 31406 -78.58 0.02
COLOMB 73583 30048 10687 4947 -53.71 75099 26503 23287 24308 -67.63 0.01
_WTO 167941563 181079980 58718697 56546728 -3.70 173724384 177889274 177457578 178908011 2.98 100.00
_ASEAN 46341254 56587469 16618527 12561658 -24.41 48506072 53304237 52510019 52530600 8.30 29.36
_OECD 53354938 51104759 18189599 18285829 0.53 54654529 51224505 51030760 51200989 -6.32 28.62
_W HEMI 35419397 33209582 11822226 11959250 1.16 36827059 33443530 33397372 33346606 -9.45 18.64
_EU15 6821951 6663281 2501074 2522543 0.86 7029977 6633055 6626818 6684750 -4.91 3.74
_EC12 6731882 6580565 2464889 2479168 0.58 6930071 6546773 6539764 6594844 -4.84 3.69
_ANDEAN 283109 311790 147904 127053 -14.10 381253 351491 342532 290939 -23.69 0.16
_CBI 105904 115935 30423 34816 14.44 116467 128375 125614 120328 3.32 0.07
_CAFTA 89100 99676 22723 34719 52.79 98405 116966 115555 111672 13.48 0.06
_SUB-SAHA 362188 235367 201059 16857 -91.62 551176 111590 60966 51165 -90.72 0.03