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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 Million $$$, * I/P: *
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 1001.014 1182.189 363.625 383.760 5.54 1064.726 1188.545 1191.534 1202.324 12.92 100.00
CHINA P 145.374 206.560 51.025 74.270 45.56 159.150 217.111 223.975 229.805 44.39 19.11
VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 55.311 45.882 -17.05 151.434 193.164 191.959 193.119 27.53 16.06
CHINA T 117.392 132.779 31.788 37.171 16.93 124.081 134.276 136.018 138.162 11.35 11.49
CANADA 129.689 134.483 45.676 49.003 7.28 137.476 136.315 136.649 137.810 0.24 11.46
KOR REP 100.103 119.171 38.945 38.343 -1.55 107.077 119.948 118.684 118.568 10.73 9.86
JAPAN 73.572 88.616 30.267 39.998 32.15 79.944 93.682 95.208 98.346 23.02 8.18
MEXICO 72.097 73.418 25.582 23.908 -6.54 75.627 72.955 72.671 71.744 -5.13 5.97
ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 25.686 12.157 -52.67 55.679 32.921 28.653 27.650 -50.34 2.30
SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 8.059 9.739 20.84 23.552 27.126 27.521 27.418 16.41 2.28
GERMANY 24.604 24.012 6.858 8.855 29.13 24.178 25.311 25.385 26.009 7.58 2.16
INDIA 20.243 18.071 6.097 4.929 -19.16 19.766 17.644 17.033 16.903 -14.48 1.41
U KING 12.717 13.996 4.852 5.058 4.24 13.867 14.429 14.559 14.201 2.41 1.18
ITALY 13.250 14.566 5.422 3.912 -27.85 14.564 14.359 13.277 13.056 -10.35 1.09
FRANCE 10.263 10.876 3.189 3.690 15.71 10.130 11.294 11.163 11.377 12.31 0.95
THAILND 5.084 7.999 1.812 2.514 38.78 5.832 8.443 8.796 8.702 49.20 0.72
TURKEY 4.851 7.916 1.653 2.385 44.32 5.419 9.018 8.792 8.649 59.59 0.72
NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 1.769 2.328 31.58 6.043 7.361 7.492 7.795 29.00 0.65
SPAIN 5.026 5.427 1.885 2.777 47.35 5.002 5.487 6.020 6.320 26.33 0.53
N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 1.737 2.216 27.58 4.835 5.476 5.836 5.959 23.25 0.50
INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 2.136 1.000 -53.20 5.241 5.421 5.422 4.856 -7.36 0.40
PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 3.060 2.194 -28.29 5.255 5.307 5.166 4.781 -9.02 0.40
BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 1.376 1.416 2.95 3.888 4.101 4.026 4.046 4.06 0.34
PERU 1.502 1.926 0.824 1.007 22.14 2.064 2.285 2.271 2.109 2.20 0.18
BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 0.229 0.353 53.96 1.470 1.514 1.598 1.784 21.41 0.15
MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 0.732 0.542 -25.88 1.542 1.736 1.715 1.710 10.89 0.14
AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 0.759 0.701 -7.64 1.993 1.740 1.765 1.709 -14.27 0.14
ARGENT 0.008 1.670 0.000 0.000 -100.00 0.008 1.670 1.670 1.669 20466.74 0.14
ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.109 1.353 1141.85 0.765 1.453 1.726 1.619 111.50 0.13
HG KONG 0.836 1.484 0.528 0.440 -16.61 1.117 1.491 1.399 1.396 24.97 0.12
AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 0.416 0.484 16.24 1.297 1.235 1.373 1.364 5.21 0.11
LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 1.312 0.181 -86.24 2.587 1.799 1.505 1.350 -47.82 0.11
NORWAY 0.430 1.194 0.541 0.610 12.91 0.773 1.083 1.264 1.264 63.48 0.11
PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.101 0.365 261.58 0.343 1.051 1.041 1.103 221.17 0.09
CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.360 0.319 -11.19 0.645 1.058 1.017 1.049 62.71 0.09
CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.218 0.312 42.89 0.820 0.942 0.853 0.913 11.34 0.08
SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.212 0.232 9.59 0.933 0.834 0.850 0.862 -7.61 0.07
PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.154 0.237 53.95 0.477 0.677 0.693 0.751 57.43 0.06
EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.046 0.552 1091.57 0.216 0.663 0.667 0.674 212.09 0.06
REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.165 0.132 -88.69 3.455 0.698 0.429 0.388 -88.76 0.03
POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.418 0.140 -66.58 1.266 0.595 0.537 0.378 -70.13 0.03
COLOMB 0.755 0.472 0.224 0.090 -59.87 0.777 0.388 0.311 0.338 -56.56 0.03
_WTO 1000.885 1182.157 363.613 383.744 5.54 1064.655 1188.511 1191.499 1202.288 12.93 100.00
_OECD 350.989 388.526 128.704 135.057 4.94 371.503 394.664 393.616 394.878 6.29 32.84
_W HEMI 207.350 214.983 72.872 75.012 2.94 219.183 216.793 216.838 217.123 -0.94 18.06
_ASEAN 149.182 220.023 60.374 50.589 -16.21 165.393 210.570 209.625 210.239 27.11 17.49
_EU15 85.531 91.353 30.898 31.716 2.65 89.073 92.658 91.774 92.172 3.48 7.67
_EC12 82.514 88.721 29.856 30.636 2.61 85.885 90.004 89.160 89.501 4.21 7.44
_ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 1.048 1.098 4.74 2.843 2.674 2.584 2.449 -13.87 0.20
_CBI 1.350 1.275 0.332 0.283 -14.64 1.397 1.228 1.226 1.227 -12.17 0.10
_CAFTA 1.210 1.172 0.281 0.283 0.64 1.259 1.157 1.166 1.174 -6.75 0.10
_SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.168 0.149 -87.26 3.499 0.738 0.469 0.430 -87.71 0.04