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| | May 21, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 3/2012 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 3/2012
Country 2010 2011 3/2011 3/2012 % Change 3/2011 1/2012 2/2012 3/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 62274033 68046550 19739041 21025233 6.52 66711462 68172403 68665337 69332742 3.93 100.00
CHINA T 13828723 17857439 3502262 5327221 52.11 14477204 18034109 18722963 19682398 35.95 28.39
MEXICO 20818352 19022518 4909052 4588268 -6.53 21100448 18942525 18790892 18701734 -11.37 26.97
PORTUGL 4315059 6513739 3715686 4449158 19.74 6043519 7024833 7156843 7247211 19.92 10.45
CHINA P 4004426 5225193 805774 1180983 46.57 4079630 5446813 5544349 5600402 37.28 8.08
CANADA 1990252 2233685 662703 593357 -10.46 2127596 2145678 2218691 2164339 1.73 3.12
INDIA 2099200 1866344 513159 497509 -3.05 2144458 1864794 1798006 1850694 -13.70 2.67
C RICA 2309897 1915502 1165080 1014861 -12.89 2417936 2030107 2072524 1765283 -26.99 2.55
VIETNAM 1954400 1739119 539918 562969 4.27 1889423 1837413 1759227 1762170 -6.74 2.54
KOR REP 1315669 1440255 256256 282731 10.33 1378777 1489411 1451682 1466730 6.38 2.12
THAILND 1012982 1268025 271689 291281 7.21 1106364 1181672 1232551 1287617 16.38 1.86
ARAB EM 1314429 2490808 1502807 27585 -98.16 2817236 1703158 1213822 1015586 -63.95 1.46
JAPAN 667840 804067 173711 231104 33.04 654951 884118 892770 861460 31.53 1.24
TURKEY 875416 890472 257927 143216 -44.47 935693 851247 843628 775761 -17.09 1.12
GUATMAL 384955 471989 166446 437519 162.86 481913 503437 652816 743062 54.19 1.07
ITALY 553508 594715 150951 160859 6.56 584609 580033 583457 604623 3.42 0.87
N ZEAL 639278 711063 251045 143569 -42.81 609710 596114 579720 603587 -1.00 0.87
FRANCE 670334 546924 154274 113256 -26.59 693254 533880 499026 505906 -27.02 0.73
COLOMB 375857 323778 76525 101692 32.89 378793 326337 336844 348945 -7.88 0.50
CZECH 1104984 323900 77233 95778 24.01 843313 306650 358996 342445 -59.39 0.49
PHIL R 129426 117003 921 195785 21157.87 97490 148740 226867 311867 219.90 0.45
ISRAEL 216862 223362 119700 155610 30.00 196912 223362 259272 259272 31.67 0.37
GERMANY 151865 196051 76445 82319 7.68 171898 193160 167674 201925 17.47 0.29
NETHLDS 64382 178763 26397 17057 -35.38 75716 173646 177687 169423 123.76 0.24
LATVIA 212813 142843 37136 47931 29.07 180135 159480 159480 153638 -14.71 0.22
AUSTRAL 346016 151376 111606 101956 -8.65 397563 168942 167837 141726 -64.35 0.20
ROMANIA 140248 108500 18737 45565 143.18 143808 119757 139819 135328 -5.90 0.20
INDNSIA 211593 215524 107689 20310 -81.14 223066 197994 161938 128145 -42.55 0.18
_WTO 62273121 68045732 19739041 21025233 6.52 66711462 68171585 68664519 69331924 3.93 100.00
_W HEMI 26102362 24189794 7020783 6793989 -3.23 26690608 24203445 24310731 23963000 -10.22 34.56
_OECD 12286212 13975655 5769036 6222907 7.87 14075372 14256957 14405387 14429526 2.52 20.81
_EU15 5986160 8180196 4145541 4857872 17.18 7756025 8655023 8739920 8892527 14.65 12.83
_EC12 5950000 8147189 4144941 4853183 17.09 7742545 8620980 8704094 8855431 14.37 12.77
_ASEAN 3354049 3367071 928995 1077717 16.01 3346435 3391580 3407963 3515793 5.06 5.07
_CBI 2765702 2479749 1348157 1468933 8.96 2957092 2639302 2814541 2600525 -12.06 3.75
_CAFTA 2753252 2479503 1348157 1468933 8.96 2944642 2639056 2814295 2600279 -11.69 3.75
_ANDEAN 459296 395504 93517 119407 27.68 463453 405810 413247 421394 -9.08 0.61