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| | September 6, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 7/2012 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Million $$$, * I/P: *
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 7/2012
Country 2010 2011 7/2011 7/2012 % Change 7/2011 5/2012 6/2012 7/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 1001.014 1182.189 672.046 716.827 6.66 1113.827 1211.883 1222.241 1226.970 10.16 100.00
CHINA P 145.374 206.560 106.308 153.844 44.72 177.325 239.320 245.408 254.096 43.29 20.71
VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 111.342 84.335 -24.26 174.198 186.496 185.231 175.540 0.77 14.31
CHINA T 117.392 132.779 72.541 79.844 10.07 128.859 138.782 138.943 140.082 8.71 11.42
CANADA 129.689 134.483 77.122 82.598 7.10 137.489 140.477 140.519 139.959 1.80 11.41
KOR REP 100.103 119.171 69.323 71.337 2.91 110.680 118.449 119.698 121.185 9.49 9.88
JAPAN 73.572 88.616 51.732 68.845 33.08 82.521 101.199 102.850 105.729 28.12 8.62
MEXICO 72.097 73.418 43.194 41.319 -4.34 75.544 70.613 70.859 71.542 -5.30 5.83
ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 33.432 20.964 -37.29 47.949 28.757 30.418 28.711 -40.12 2.34
GERMANY 24.604 24.012 13.371 15.689 17.34 23.958 25.655 25.916 26.330 9.90 2.15
SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 15.003 15.090 0.58 24.877 26.701 26.437 25.825 3.81 2.10
INDIA 20.243 18.071 10.982 9.876 -10.07 19.296 16.526 16.617 16.965 -12.08 1.38
U KING 12.717 13.996 8.197 9.297 13.41 14.428 14.875 14.821 15.095 4.63 1.23
ITALY 13.250 14.566 9.127 7.950 -12.89 14.277 13.228 13.276 13.390 -6.21 1.09
FRANCE 10.263 10.876 5.720 6.687 16.91 9.988 11.302 11.603 11.843 18.57 0.97
TURKEY 4.851 7.916 3.813 4.516 18.43 6.308 9.017 8.583 8.619 36.64 0.70
THAILND 5.084 7.999 3.912 4.487 14.69 6.473 8.550 8.439 8.574 32.47 0.70
NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 4.111 4.474 8.81 6.959 7.625 8.297 7.599 9.20 0.62
N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 3.556 4.280 20.36 5.587 6.081 6.126 6.204 11.05 0.51
SPAIN 5.026 5.427 3.431 4.045 17.90 5.459 6.262 5.899 6.042 10.67 0.49
PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 4.353 3.396 -21.99 5.601 4.806 4.849 4.689 -16.28 0.38
INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 3.886 2.063 -46.91 5.927 4.636 4.422 4.169 -29.67 0.34
BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 2.489 2.355 -5.37 4.036 4.105 3.947 3.872 -4.07 0.32
ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.112 2.635 2257.00 0.442 1.859 2.528 2.898 555.14 0.24
PERU 1.502 1.926 1.513 2.077 37.31 2.488 2.121 1.982 2.491 0.13 0.20
AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 0.657 1.581 140.74 1.259 1.518 1.718 2.221 76.43 0.18
AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 1.131 1.302 15.19 1.769 1.713 1.839 1.939 9.56 0.16
BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 0.323 0.472 46.49 0.833 1.840 1.835 1.810 117.42 0.15
MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 1.036 0.840 -18.91 1.574 1.740 1.682 1.704 8.29 0.14
CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.515 0.996 93.38 0.782 1.328 1.428 1.571 100.79 0.13
LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 1.488 0.468 -68.59 2.448 1.509 1.347 1.461 -40.33 0.12
NORWAY 0.430 1.194 0.938 1.201 28.09 1.166 1.212 1.304 1.458 25.03 0.12
HG KONG 0.836 1.484 0.866 0.703 -18.81 1.225 1.440 1.321 1.321 7.78 0.11
EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.085 1.172 1272.38 0.158 1.057 1.237 1.256 696.28 0.10
PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.324 0.505 56.08 0.550 1.073 1.076 1.021 85.60 0.08
CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.509 0.630 23.76 0.849 0.818 0.852 0.941 10.85 0.08
ARGENT 0.008 1.670 0.759 0.004 -99.45 0.759 1.674 1.287 0.915 20.57 0.07
SLOVAK 0.260 0.446 0.315 0.687 118.20 0.419 0.525 0.654 0.818 95.29 0.07
PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.312 0.413 32.45 0.534 0.755 0.787 0.769 44.00 0.06
SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.600 0.383 -36.22 1.064 0.828 0.640 0.624 -41.31 0.05
POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.512 0.265 -48.32 0.845 0.343 0.421 0.409 -51.60 0.03
REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.287 0.264 -79.53 3.402 0.344 0.396 0.398 -88.30 0.03
_WTO 1000.885 1182.158 672.019 716.792 6.66 1113.741 1211.829 1222.189 1226.931 10.16 100.00
_OECD 350.989 388.526 225.582 238.770 5.85 379.391 398.079 399.915 401.713 5.88 32.74
_W HEMI 207.350 214.983 124.127 127.552 2.76 219.492 218.666 218.241 218.407 -0.49 17.80
_ASEAN 149.182 220.023 121.028 92.872 -23.26 189.588 203.184 201.602 191.868 1.20 15.64
_EU15 85.531 91.353 54.136 56.696 4.73 90.338 92.687 93.395 93.913 3.96 7.65
_EC12 82.514 88.721 52.531 54.802 4.32 87.575 89.969 90.579 90.992 3.90 7.42
_ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 1.863 2.234 19.91 3.187 2.426 2.286 2.770 -13.08 0.23
_CBI 1.350 1.275 0.856 0.537 -37.26 1.514 1.189 0.998 0.956 -36.86 0.08
_CAFTA 1.210 1.172 0.777 0.537 -30.88 1.371 1.150 0.967 0.932 -32.03 0.08
_SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.309 0.282 -78.49 3.446 0.386 0.436 0.422 -87.76 0.03