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| | May 21, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 3/2012 Data |
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Category 12: TOTAL FABRIC IMPORTS
Data in Million $$$
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 4770.139 5489.424 1227.324 1363.947 11.13 4913.975 5543.857 5582.837 5626.047 14.49 100.00
CHINA P 1141.011 1433.126 285.289 373.003 30.75 1191.879 1475.132 1485.445 1520.841 27.60 27.03
KOR REP 460.265 536.702 123.769 134.768 8.89 474.764 541.009 544.664 547.701 15.36 9.74
CANADA 411.135 429.372 107.105 113.622 6.08 419.744 430.880 435.602 435.889 3.85 7.75
JAPAN 273.999 308.225 68.147 87.288 28.09 275.509 314.207 323.182 327.366 18.82 5.82
INDIA 235.284 312.231 71.467 78.410 9.71 258.330 318.680 322.887 319.174 23.55 5.67
ITALY 272.057 295.772 68.406 70.201 2.62 276.619 295.849 297.702 297.567 7.57 5.29
CHINA T 261.840 285.943 58.277 66.770 14.57 268.708 289.046 290.277 294.436 9.57 5.23
MEXICO 251.712 270.333 63.207 68.802 8.85 256.285 271.246 271.792 275.928 7.66 4.90
VIETNAM 147.538 219.147 44.057 35.030 -20.49 161.538 214.843 210.920 210.121 30.08 3.73
GERMANY 160.882 176.427 40.973 43.744 6.76 165.663 176.482 177.705 179.197 8.17 3.19
PAKISTN 107.642 153.420 30.488 37.107 21.71 113.146 155.923 161.220 160.038 41.44 2.84
TURKEY 108.799 137.042 30.745 34.476 12.13 112.481 136.760 141.565 140.773 25.15 2.50
U KING 86.133 100.238 25.257 22.917 -9.26 91.601 98.809 98.375 97.898 6.87 1.74
ISRAEL 157.972 109.733 37.725 20.858 -44.71 133.971 102.076 98.307 92.866 -30.68 1.65
FRANCE 88.948 89.883 19.924 21.594 8.38 88.040 90.386 91.292 91.554 3.99 1.63
INDNSIA 59.862 63.375 15.051 15.391 2.26 60.689 63.239 64.329 63.715 4.98 1.13
THAILND 47.573 59.333 14.674 12.420 -15.36 52.532 58.369 58.195 57.079 8.66 1.01
BELGIUM 51.879 54.792 12.901 14.719 14.09 54.277 55.713 57.122 56.610 4.30 1.01
SWITZLD 40.227 43.320 10.035 12.462 24.18 41.731 44.223 44.910 45.747 9.62 0.81
ARAB EM 32.433 38.924 7.698 10.975 42.56 34.965 39.745 40.484 42.201 20.70 0.75
NETHLDS 30.243 35.295 8.419 7.087 -15.81 33.134 34.447 33.751 33.964 2.50 0.60
S ARAB 22.346 30.246 6.421 8.738 36.10 24.084 31.754 31.957 32.564 35.21 0.58
SPAIN 24.737 25.599 6.229 8.613 38.27 25.893 26.420 26.697 27.983 8.07 0.50
LUXMBRG 30.419 28.017 11.089 6.332 -42.90 34.297 26.502 23.201 23.260 -32.18 0.41
POLAND 10.604 15.456 3.253 3.865 18.84 11.898 15.658 15.953 16.069 35.06 0.29
BRAZIL 57.495 20.517 8.963 3.629 -59.51 50.393 18.263 15.764 15.184 -69.87 0.27
GREECE 15.117 14.589 2.733 3.300 20.76 14.447 14.888 14.912 15.156 4.91 0.27
MALAYSA 8.312 14.714 3.257 3.631 11.49 10.002 14.156 14.712 15.088 50.85 0.27
DENMARK 9.890 14.841 3.115 3.177 2.00 10.951 14.976 15.416 14.903 36.08 0.26
FINLAND 16.881 15.191 4.316 3.077 -28.72 18.357 14.467 14.982 13.952 -24.00 0.25
AUSTRAL 11.923 14.562 2.365 1.266 -46.47 11.554 13.767 13.302 13.463 16.52 0.24
N ZEAL 8.940 10.949 2.228 2.391 7.30 9.779 10.946 10.729 11.112 13.63 0.20
IRELAND 9.472 10.882 2.097 2.213 5.53 10.059 11.224 10.997 10.998 9.33 0.20
PORTUGL 13.538 11.396 3.153 2.605 -17.40 11.222 11.048 11.159 10.847 -3.34 0.19
ARGENT 5.540 8.002 1.132 1.309 15.60 5.155 8.157 8.159 8.179 58.66 0.15
CHILE 6.888 7.911 1.896 2.121 11.88 7.164 8.212 8.367 8.137 13.58 0.14
AUSTRIA 5.983 7.761 1.924 2.038 5.91 6.556 7.446 7.738 7.875 20.11 0.14
CZECH 3.832 7.233 1.999 2.481 24.11 5.006 7.541 7.482 7.716 54.11 0.14
REP SAF 4.327 7.204 1.891 2.315 22.44 5.812 7.764 7.600 7.629 31.25 0.14
SWEDEN 8.953 6.660 1.434 2.018 40.75 8.671 6.798 7.277 7.244 -16.46 0.13
HG KONG 6.640 7.008 1.402 1.504 7.28 6.712 6.991 7.060 7.110 5.93 0.13
SALVADR 4.741 5.728 1.006 2.122 110.91 4.793 6.108 6.087 6.844 42.80 0.12
PERU 5.979 6.321 1.361 1.475 8.37 6.471 6.618 6.670 6.435 -0.56 0.11
MALTA 5.815 5.194 1.255 1.179 -5.99 5.199 4.973 5.155 5.119 -1.53 0.09
TURKMEN 2.815 3.765 0.620 0.870 40.24 3.156 4.124 3.991 4.014 27.19 0.07
BAHRAIN 14.518 2.887 0.778 1.036 33.25 11.953 3.119 2.982 3.146 -73.69 0.06
EGYPT 1.610 1.650 0.339 1.215 258.41 1.493 1.997 2.330 2.526 69.22 0.04
DOM REP 2.153 3.010 0.819 0.320 -60.97 2.568 2.823 2.672 2.510 -2.26 0.04
COLOMB 3.044 2.613 0.809 0.559 -30.87 3.151 2.618 2.539 2.363 -25.00 0.04
SLOVENI 0.310 1.649 0.128 0.433 238.72 0.300 1.711 1.806 1.954 551.63 0.03
PHIL R 2.365 1.822 0.406 0.288 -28.98 2.358 1.771 1.724 1.705 -27.70 0.03
HONDURA 0.502 1.394 0.069 0.275 298.89 0.399 1.514 1.505 1.600 301.31 0.03
HUNGARY 0.039 1.395 0.041 0.111 168.53 0.069 1.479 1.487 1.465 2020.89 0.03
RUSSIA 1.581 1.262 0.169 0.198 17.29 1.058 1.138 1.167 1.291 22.08 0.02
GUATMAL 1.581 1.187 0.303 0.335 10.56 1.551 1.265 1.214 1.219 -21.41 0.02
CAMBOD 0.722 0.951 0.141 0.181 28.39 0.814 1.068 1.075 0.991 21.83 0.02
SIER LN 0.000 0.485 0.071 0.000 -100.00 0.071 0.485 0.451 0.414 481.72 0.01
_WTO 4763.256 5481.176 1225.583 1362.273 11.15 4906.607 5535.513 5574.637 5617.866 14.50 99.85
_OECD 1881.523 2085.070 494.082 519.964 5.24 1937.799 2089.304 2105.697 2110.952 8.94 37.52
_EU15 825.133 887.342 211.971 213.635 0.79 849.787 885.454 888.326 889.007 4.62 15.80
_EC12 793.315 857.730 204.297 206.503 1.08 816.202 856.743 858.329 859.937 5.36 15.28
_W HEMI 752.648 757.866 187.066 194.781 4.12 759.381 759.163 761.856 765.581 0.82 13.61
_ASEAN 266.818 359.880 77.743 67.071 -13.73 288.408 354.072 351.509 349.208 21.08 6.21
_CBI 9.755 12.448 2.518 3.249 29.00 10.112 12.846 12.677 13.179 30.33 0.23
_CAFTA 9.506 12.241 2.460 3.230 31.33 9.881 12.655 12.494 13.011 31.68 0.23
_ANDEAN 9.057 8.959 2.176 2.042 -6.16 9.657 9.261 9.237 8.825 -8.62 0.16
_SUB-SAH 5.183 8.173 1.999 2.448 22.48 6.623 8.718 8.552 8.622 30.18 0.15