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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 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 1001.014 1182.091 273.836 283.157 3.40 1052.213 1182.665 1188.423 1191.412 13.23 100.00
CHINA P 145.374 206.560 37.229 54.644 46.78 154.542 212.527 217.111 223.975 44.93 18.80
VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 41.142 30.554 -25.74 150.125 197.739 193.164 191.959 27.87 16.11
CANADA 129.689 134.483 35.396 37.562 6.12 136.927 134.446 136.315 136.649 -0.20 11.47
CHINA T 117.392 132.779 24.492 27.731 13.23 123.374 133.992 134.276 136.018 10.25 11.42
KOR REP 100.103 119.073 28.425 27.914 -1.80 105.053 120.137 119.826 118.562 12.86 9.95
JAPAN 73.572 88.616 22.703 29.295 29.04 77.672 90.833 93.682 95.208 22.58 7.99
MEXICO 72.097 73.418 19.054 18.308 -3.92 74.480 72.977 72.955 72.671 -2.43 6.10
ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 21.221 8.695 -59.02 57.340 35.224 32.921 28.653 -50.03 2.40
SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 6.197 7.980 28.78 24.650 26.396 27.126 27.521 11.65 2.31
GERMANY 24.604 24.012 5.163 6.537 26.60 24.098 24.030 25.311 25.385 5.34 2.13
INDIA 20.243 18.071 4.539 3.500 -22.87 20.033 17.760 17.644 17.033 -14.98 1.43
U KING 12.717 13.996 3.189 3.752 17.66 13.354 14.242 14.429 14.559 9.03 1.22
ITALY 13.250 14.566 4.143 2.854 -31.13 14.132 14.650 14.359 13.277 -6.05 1.11
FRANCE 10.263 10.876 2.424 2.710 11.83 10.243 11.077 11.294 11.163 8.97 0.94
THAILND 5.084 7.999 1.249 2.046 63.80 5.559 8.366 8.443 8.796 58.22 0.74
TURKEY 4.851 7.916 1.169 2.044 74.92 5.183 8.542 9.018 8.792 69.64 0.74
NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 1.436 1.691 17.78 6.094 7.024 7.361 7.492 22.94 0.63
SPAIN 5.026 5.427 1.549 2.142 38.29 5.132 5.407 5.487 6.020 17.30 0.51
N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 1.332 1.688 26.75 4.977 5.595 5.476 5.836 17.27 0.49
INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 1.459 0.889 -39.08 4.957 5.677 5.421 5.422 9.38 0.46
PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 2.210 1.730 -21.72 4.433 5.333 5.307 5.166 16.55 0.43
BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 1.059 1.080 1.99 4.247 4.257 4.101 4.026 -5.19 0.34
PERU 1.502 1.926 0.440 0.785 78.20 1.742 2.274 2.285 2.271 30.34 0.19
AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 0.550 0.548 -0.40 1.956 1.711 1.740 1.765 -9.80 0.15
ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.000 1.352 * 0.992 0.646 1.453 1.726 73.99 0.14
MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 0.687 0.503 -26.87 1.568 1.712 1.736 1.715 9.40 0.14
ARGENT 0.008 1.670 0.000 0.000 * 0.008 1.670 1.670 1.670 21566.17 0.14
BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 0.200 0.138 -31.17 1.458 1.555 1.514 1.598 9.62 0.13
LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 1.157 0.181 -84.39 2.432 2.191 1.799 1.505 -38.10 0.13
HG KONG 0.836 1.484 0.385 0.300 -22.01 1.035 1.500 1.491 1.399 35.13 0.12
AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 0.243 0.319 31.51 1.127 1.273 1.235 1.373 21.82 0.12
NORWAY 0.430 1.194 0.541 0.610 12.85 0.773 1.039 1.083 1.264 63.44 0.11
PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.100 0.303 201.19 0.344 0.906 1.051 1.041 202.95 0.09
CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.236 0.164 -30.83 0.525 0.998 1.058 1.017 93.75 0.09
CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.141 0.175 23.83 0.743 0.935 0.942 0.853 14.81 0.07
SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.132 0.140 6.25 0.912 0.832 0.834 0.850 -6.83 0.07
PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.133 0.157 18.48 0.489 0.694 0.677 0.693 41.64 0.06
EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.030 0.529 1650.81 0.224 0.386 0.663 0.667 197.55 0.06
POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.150 0.031 -79.12 1.030 0.595 0.595 0.537 -47.83 0.05
REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.067 0.074 -93.07 3.409 0.969 0.698 0.429 -87.43 0.04
COLOMB 0.755 0.472 0.220 0.059 -73.22 0.847 0.419 0.388 0.311 -63.30 0.03
_WTO 1000.885 1182.060 273.824 283.141 3.40 1052.142 1182.643 1188.388 1191.377 13.23 100.00
_OECD 350.989 388.428 96.868 101.933 5.23 368.016 390.471 394.542 393.494 6.92 33.03
_W HEMI 207.350 214.983 55.539 57.395 3.34 217.232 214.798 216.793 216.838 -0.18 18.20
_ASEAN 149.182 220.023 44.821 34.423 -23.20 163.486 215.321 210.570 209.625 28.22 17.59
_EU15 85.531 91.353 23.179 23.599 1.82 87.678 91.305 92.658 91.774 4.67 7.70
_EC12 82.514 88.721 22.417 22.856 1.96 84.506 88.735 90.004 89.160 5.51 7.48
_ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 0.660 0.844 27.99 2.591 2.694 2.674 2.584 -0.29 0.22
_CBI 1.350 1.275 0.226 0.177 -21.64 1.376 1.254 1.228 1.226 -10.85 0.10
_CAFTA 1.210 1.172 0.183 0.177 -3.11 1.234 1.168 1.157 1.166 -5.49 0.10
_SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.068 0.088 -91.80 3.451 0.997 0.738 0.469 -86.40 0.04