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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 Million $$$, * I/P: *
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 210.633 243.815 65.077 70.026 7.60 227.126 244.254 246.506 248.764 9.53 100.00
MEXICO 57.858 54.263 13.979 12.950 -7.36 58.912 54.014 53.720 53.234 -9.64 21.40
CHINA T 28.620 37.012 7.269 10.531 44.87 30.381 37.168 38.577 40.273 32.56 16.19
CHINA P 17.098 24.226 3.736 5.949 59.24 17.677 25.568 26.135 26.439 49.57 10.63
PORTUGL 9.363 14.585 7.944 10.194 28.33 13.284 15.960 16.452 16.835 26.73 6.77
JAPAN 10.635 13.723 2.867 4.633 61.62 10.669 14.483 14.979 15.489 45.18 6.23
FRANCE 11.774 14.011 2.931 3.242 10.61 12.231 14.212 14.069 14.322 17.10 5.76
CANADA 8.931 10.115 2.655 2.681 0.97 9.245 9.910 10.288 10.140 9.68 4.08
ITALY 7.708 7.387 1.453 2.116 45.58 7.417 7.520 7.698 8.049 8.52 3.24
COLOMB 6.485 6.785 1.434 2.170 51.30 6.557 6.872 7.188 7.520 14.69 3.02
TURKEY 6.269 7.244 2.176 1.396 -35.86 7.100 7.007 7.053 6.463 -8.96 2.60
KOR REP 4.169 5.491 0.839 1.136 35.41 4.429 5.676 5.705 5.788 30.68 2.33
INDIA 5.472 5.505 1.325 1.444 9.01 5.614 5.606 5.494 5.624 0.19 2.26
VIETNAM 5.111 5.134 1.266 1.512 19.48 4.923 5.469 5.338 5.380 9.30 2.16
THAILND 3.679 5.269 1.047 1.132 8.13 4.133 4.968 5.179 5.354 29.56 2.15
GERMANY 3.227 4.192 0.931 1.010 8.54 3.280 4.097 4.090 4.271 30.21 1.72
C RICA 4.877 4.474 2.644 2.247 -15.04 5.346 4.712 4.809 4.076 -23.75 1.64
ARAB EM 5.918 10.824 7.031 0.099 -98.59 12.949 7.122 4.819 3.893 -69.94 1.56
GUATMAL 0.856 1.163 0.365 1.030 182.27 1.088 1.276 1.610 1.827 68.03 0.73
N ZEAL 1.359 1.703 0.745 0.437 -41.30 1.512 1.452 1.283 1.395 -7.70 0.56
NETHLDS 0.390 1.154 0.174 0.086 -50.38 0.479 1.104 1.120 1.066 122.54 0.43
PHIL R 0.458 0.405 0.012 0.667 5585.24 0.367 0.526 0.790 1.060 188.42 0.43
CZECH 2.154 0.950 0.205 0.281 37.32 1.700 0.910 1.071 1.026 -39.62 0.41
ROMANIA 0.894 0.786 0.130 0.354 172.64 0.919 0.872 1.024 1.011 9.96 0.41
ISRAEL 0.783 0.679 0.368 0.490 33.11 0.720 0.679 0.803 0.801 11.23 0.32
LATVIA 0.517 0.433 0.107 0.185 72.73 0.469 0.511 0.511 0.511 8.94 0.21
AUSTRAL 1.087 0.508 0.321 0.269 -16.30 1.209 0.552 0.538 0.456 -62.28 0.18
INDNSIA 0.369 0.367 0.175 0.113 -35.39 0.381 0.337 0.281 0.305 -19.82 0.12
_WTO 210.623 243.812 65.077 70.026 7.60 227.126 244.251 246.503 248.761 9.53 100.00
_W HEMI 80.581 78.584 21.408 21.684 1.29 82.615 78.816 79.650 78.860 -4.54 31.70
_OECD 58.879 70.433 20.809 23.781 14.28 64.076 71.521 72.723 73.405 14.56 29.51
_EU15 34.580 43.835 13.784 17.525 27.14 38.554 45.440 46.199 47.576 23.40 19.13
_EC12 34.249 43.574 13.779 17.391 26.22 38.477 45.153 45.855 47.186 22.63 18.97
_ASEAN 9.903 11.345 2.552 3.460 35.61 9.994 11.456 11.749 12.254 22.62 4.93
_ANDEAN 7.016 7.309 1.574 2.336 48.36 7.120 7.451 7.745 8.070 13.35 3.24
_CBI 5.953 5.876 3.061 3.326 8.64 6.674 6.266 6.649 6.140 -8.00 2.47
_CAFTA 5.855 5.875 3.061 3.326 8.64 6.576 6.265 6.648 6.140 -6.63 2.47