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| | May 21, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 3/2012 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 3/2012
Country 2010 2011 3/2011 3/2012 % Change 3/2011 1/2012 2/2012 3/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 167969439 181012766 44617199 40978340 -8.16 173398006 178484259 177805583 177373907 2.29 100.00
VIETNAM 44889699 54761287 12202443 8057727 -33.97 47266785 52993945 51404467 50616571 7.09 28.54
CHINA P 23206558 32762402 5903632 9038512 53.10 24428620 33763306 34562591 35897282 46.95 20.24
CANADA 22782561 20888995 5891890 6277599 6.55 23695676 20811546 21304472 21274704 -10.22 11.99
KOR REP 21880101 21158436 5484012 4837684 -11.79 21868491 20921799 20731074 20512108 -6.20 11.56
CHINA T 12748196 12246291 2745916 2868862 4.48 13303242 12227183 12187461 12369237 -7.02 6.97
MEXICO 12025449 11294728 2980451 2699373 -9.43 12289141 11064310 11029743 11013650 -10.38 6.21
ISRAEL 10867104 8133469 4436156 1444128 -67.45 10797093 6785209 6187305 5141441 -52.38 2.90
JAPAN 4332893 4498673 1211996 1562810 28.95 4447194 4579074 4717911 4849487 9.05 2.73
INDIA 3605150 2803283 671847 656788 -2.24 3254057 2777075 2803485 2788224 -14.32 1.57
GERMANY 2304470 1768060 405237 515087 27.11 2241659 1725819 1832620 1877910 -16.23 1.06
TURKEY 591150 1083177 154789 248981 60.85 671402 1163486 1193864 1177369 75.36 0.66
PORTUGL 1001073 1056398 470054 320174 -31.89 901266 951882 941405 906518 0.58 0.51
NETHLDS 539566 736625 141157 207325 46.88 611737 740481 775002 802793 31.23 0.45
ITALY 812538 877903 280962 165153 -41.22 897756 891853 882141 762094 -15.11 0.43
THAILND 522898 657748 90964 188456 107.18 542093 690842 705116 755240 39.32 0.43
SPAIN 618112 657796 188610 275001 45.80 583229 649500 677051 744187 27.60 0.42
U KING 584493 633806 126718 197531 55.88 606584 637593 665519 704619 16.16 0.40
N ZEAL 474357 518817 112965 199195 76.33 497741 549104 545928 605047 21.56 0.34
SWITZLD 501684 453018 118273 118828 0.47 527238 456066 456445 453573 -13.97 0.26
INDNSIA 514585 514474 140452 79292 -43.55 543520 487160 467094 453314 -16.60 0.26
CAMBOD 288702 341891 52660 61066 15.96 321007 378473 385787 350297 9.12 0.20
ARGENT 411 343636 0 0 * 411 343636 343636 343636 83509.73 0.19
FRANCE 344900 325705 74652 88377 18.39 327380 333129 331944 339430 3.68 0.19
PERU 208763 281725 64644 102143 58.01 241663 329042 324971 319224 32.09 0.18
ARAB EM 228883 60110 0 212844 * 189998 102643 230438 272954 43.66 0.15
BRAZIL 115938 243340 21530 19091 -11.33 127454 234602 229523 240901 89.01 0.14
MALAYSA 76447 198574 33661 59324 76.24 106952 221419 227409 224237 109.66 0.13
BELGIUM 247724 200231 51175 50978 -0.38 242416 210338 202609 200034 -17.48 0.11
LUXMBRG 261239 304384 149586 23436 -84.33 322297 266400 215025 178234 -44.70 0.10
PAKISTN 41509 110980 11269 29913 165.45 45917 117440 131203 129624 182.30 0.07
PHIL R 38632 108560 19320 16153 -16.39 52233 116546 109397 105393 101.77 0.06
HG KONG 82176 101012 25423 14838 -41.64 89267 103811 105396 90427 1.30 0.05
AUSTRAL 89189 64583 2805 28180 904.63 29777 67643 67233 89958 202.11 0.05
EGYPT 6225 3854 623 85342 13598.56 5036 43570 88656 88573 1658.80 0.05
NORWAY 26280 74366 31899 45750 43.42 47292 72359 76737 88217 86.54 0.05
SALVADR 66546 60949 7954 26095 228.07 68907 58265 78337 79090 14.78 0.04
CZECH 26373 77947 19844 20535 3.48 45616 75465 85269 78638 72.39 0.04
AUSTRIA 62120 56542 16822 24859 47.78 66009 54615 59778 64579 -2.17 0.04
REP SAF 361002 232155 183177 7505 -95.90 533469 163021 107107 56483 -89.41 0.03
POLAND 154154 43686 19992 3232 -83.83 137767 32889 34487 26926 -80.46 0.02
COLOMB 73583 30048 10550 3789 -64.09 78190 28418 26503 23287 -70.22 0.01
_WTO 167941563 181010220 44616790 40976948 -8.16 173374483 178481998 177802074 177370378 2.30 100.00
_ASEAN 46341254 56587469 12541277 8463827 -32.51 48835868 54895129 53304237 52510019 7.52 29.60
_OECD 53354938 51034999 13753274 13661835 -0.66 54372423 50668021 51137305 50943560 -6.31 28.72
_W HEMI 35419397 33209582 8989797 9177587 2.09 36632992 32951623 33443530 33397372 -8.83 18.83
_EU15 6821951 6663281 1916789 1880326 -1.90 6844567 6508978 6633055 6626818 -3.18 3.74
_EC12 6731882 6580565 1891571 1850770 -2.16 6745787 6428777 6546773 6539764 -3.05 3.69
_ANDEAN 283109 311790 75194 105936 40.88 320541 357477 351491 342532 6.86 0.19
_CBI 105904 115935 20436 30115 47.36 112721 110510 128375 125614 11.44 0.07
_CAFTA 89100 99676 14236 30115 111.54 94912 96851 116966 115555 21.75 0.07
_SUB-SAHA 362188 235367 183252 8851 -95.17 534607 166233 111590 60966 -88.60 0.03