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| | October 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 8/2012 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Million $$$, * I/P: *
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 8/2012
Country 2010 2011 8/2011 8/2012 % Change 8/2011 6/2012 7/2012 8/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 1001.014 1182.189 780.748 821.465 5.22 1129.610 1222.253 1226.982 1222.906 8.26 100.00
CHINA P 145.374 206.560 127.358 178.375 40.06 183.363 245.408 254.096 257.577 40.47 21.06
VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 131.176 95.564 -27.15 180.821 185.231 175.540 166.935 -7.68 13.65
CHINA T 117.392 132.779 86.879 93.661 7.81 128.432 138.943 140.082 139.562 8.67 11.41
CANADA 129.689 134.483 88.375 92.399 4.55 136.979 140.519 139.959 138.506 1.12 11.33
KOR REP 100.103 119.171 80.153 81.449 1.62 113.238 119.698 121.185 120.467 6.38 9.85
JAPAN 73.572 88.616 57.979 79.076 36.39 81.630 102.850 105.729 109.714 34.40 8.97
MEXICO 72.097 73.418 49.942 46.795 -6.30 75.984 70.859 71.542 70.271 -7.52 5.75
ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 35.039 23.081 -34.13 46.755 30.418 28.711 29.222 -37.50 2.39
GERMANY 24.604 24.012 15.139 18.397 21.52 23.816 25.916 26.330 27.271 14.51 2.23
SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 16.456 17.427 5.90 25.101 26.437 25.825 26.709 6.41 2.18
INDIA 20.243 18.071 12.562 11.528 -8.23 18.727 16.617 16.965 17.037 -9.02 1.39
U KING 12.717 13.996 9.351 10.784 15.33 14.372 14.821 15.095 15.429 7.36 1.26
ITALY 13.250 14.566 10.432 9.275 -11.09 14.798 13.276 13.390 13.409 -9.38 1.10
FRANCE 10.263 10.876 6.937 7.675 10.62 10.287 11.603 11.843 11.613 12.89 0.95
TURKEY 4.851 7.916 4.588 5.060 10.28 6.389 8.583 8.619 8.388 31.29 0.69
THAILND 5.084 7.999 4.960 5.276 6.37 6.878 8.439 8.574 8.316 20.90 0.68
NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 4.985 5.020 0.70 7.611 8.297 7.599 7.272 -4.46 0.59
N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 3.812 4.909 28.76 5.413 6.126 6.204 6.577 21.49 0.54
SPAIN 5.026 5.427 4.106 4.361 6.21 5.831 5.899 6.042 5.682 -2.55 0.46
PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 4.570 3.821 -16.37 5.643 4.849 4.689 4.898 -13.20 0.40
BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 2.745 2.761 0.58 3.900 3.947 3.872 4.021 3.10 0.33
INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 4.724 2.267 -52.01 6.459 4.422 4.169 3.535 -45.27 0.29
ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.112 3.106 2678.22 0.228 2.528 2.898 3.369 1378.43 0.28
PERU 1.502 1.926 1.654 2.501 51.24 2.246 1.982 2.491 2.774 23.53 0.23
AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 0.833 1.785 114.37 1.421 1.718 2.221 2.249 58.26 0.18
AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 1.274 1.408 10.54 1.789 1.850 1.950 1.901 6.29 0.16
MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 1.083 0.886 -18.21 1.504 1.682 1.704 1.703 13.20 0.14
CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.608 1.155 90.01 0.777 1.428 1.571 1.637 110.75 0.13
NORWAY 0.430 1.194 0.945 1.260 33.33 1.066 1.304 1.458 1.509 41.58 0.12
LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 1.799 0.755 -58.05 2.523 1.347 1.461 1.437 -43.05 0.12
BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 0.911 0.545 -40.21 1.403 1.835 1.810 1.294 -7.73 0.11
EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.099 1.189 1106.64 0.162 1.237 1.256 1.259 676.68 0.10
HG KONG 0.836 1.484 1.080 0.796 -26.29 1.401 1.321 1.321 1.200 -14.35 0.10
PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.411 0.682 66.11 0.623 1.076 1.021 1.111 78.40 0.09
SLOVAK 0.260 0.446 0.382 1.000 161.56 0.486 0.654 0.818 1.063 118.66 0.09
CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.535 0.683 27.78 0.851 0.852 0.941 0.968 13.74 0.08
PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.347 0.469 35.05 0.543 0.787 0.769 0.790 45.45 0.06
SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.671 0.454 -32.36 1.050 0.640 0.624 0.625 -40.53 0.05
REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.293 0.316 -75.60 2.951 0.396 0.398 0.444 -84.95 0.04
POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.528 0.301 -42.95 0.821 0.421 0.409 0.430 -47.64 0.04
ARGENT 0.008 1.670 1.669 0.004 -99.75 1.669 1.287 0.915 0.005 -99.69 0.00
_WTO 1000.885 1182.158 780.720 821.421 5.21 1129.524 1222.201 1226.943 1222.859 8.26 100.00
_OECD 350.989 388.526 258.456 271.391 5.00 383.285 399.927 401.725 401.460 4.74 32.83
_W HEMI 207.350 214.983 143.901 143.474 -0.30 220.534 218.241 218.407 214.555 -2.71 17.54
_ASEAN 149.182 220.023 142.884 105.250 -26.34 197.118 201.602 191.868 182.389 -7.47 14.91
_EU15 85.531 91.353 62.143 65.436 5.30 92.015 93.406 93.925 94.645 2.86 7.74
_EC12 82.514 88.721 60.342 63.336 4.96 89.203 90.579 90.992 91.715 2.82 7.50
_ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 2.024 2.680 32.43 2.834 2.286 2.770 3.055 7.80 0.25
_CBI 1.350 1.275 0.967 0.663 -31.49 1.501 0.998 0.956 0.971 -35.30 0.08
_CAFTA 1.210 1.172 0.871 0.662 -24.00 1.351 0.967 0.932 0.963 -28.75 0.08
_SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.317 0.335 -74.58 2.996 0.436 0.422 0.467 -84.41 0.04