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| | May 21, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 3/2012 Data |
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Category 800: SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
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 4.721 5.059 1.145 1.313 14.61 4.696 5.201 5.255 5.226 11.29 100.00
CHINA P 1.059 1.741 0.295 0.243 -17.41 1.052 1.790 1.730 1.690 60.64 32.33
BELGIUM 0.779 0.751 0.146 0.329 125.12 0.761 0.752 0.852 0.934 22.68 17.87
HUNGARY 0.779 0.759 0.191 0.209 9.35 0.782 0.675 0.661 0.777 -0.67 14.87
ITALY 0.335 0.428 0.104 0.142 36.40 0.375 0.471 0.511 0.466 24.25 8.91
ROMANIA 0.162 0.138 0.035 0.003 -91.80 0.144 0.122 0.121 0.106 -26.33 2.03
FRANCE 0.263 0.124 0.055 0.013 -76.88 0.286 0.121 0.132 0.081 -71.59 1.56
LITHUAN 0.110 0.065 0.000 0.000 * 0.079 0.065 0.065 0.065 -17.90 1.25
INDNSIA 0.000 0.057 0.000 0.000 * 0.000 0.057 0.057 0.057 * 1.09
BRAZIL 0.044 0.017 0.006 0.025 285.28 0.050 0.019 0.025 0.035 -29.88 0.67
GERMANY 0.102 0.026 0.003 0.010 188.51 0.090 0.027 0.036 0.033 -63.74 0.62
MEXICO 0.001 0.012 0.000 0.003 * 0.001 0.015 0.015 0.015 1261.74 0.29
_WTO 4.720 5.059 1.145 1.313 14.61 4.695 5.201 5.255 5.226 11.31 100.00
_OECD 2.735 2.452 0.585 0.757 29.39 2.764 2.423 2.547 2.624 -5.08 50.20
_EU15 1.737 1.546 0.363 0.540 48.93 1.767 1.601 1.745 1.723 -2.47 32.97
_EC12 1.677 1.504 0.347 0.526 51.73 1.695 1.562 1.705 1.683 -0.71 32.20
_W HEMI 0.114 0.143 0.081 0.127 55.57 0.182 0.238 0.201 0.189 3.57 3.61
_ASEAN 0.014 0.063 0.000 0.000 * 0.014 0.063 0.063 0.063 359.72 1.21