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| | July 6, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 5/2012 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 5/2012
Country 2010 2011 5/2011 5/2012 % Change 5/2011 3/2012 4/2012 5/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 167969439 181082526 74352464 74320827 -0.04 175859440 177461107 178911543 181050889 2.95 100.00
VIETNAM 44889699 54761287 21213430 15244977 -28.14 48905515 50616571 50639994 48792834 -0.23 26.95
CHINA P 23206558 32762402 10841621 18227774 68.13 26134764 35897282 37110891 40148555 53.62 22.18
CANADA 22782561 20888995 9168003 10259111 11.90 23300695 21274704 21417707 21980103 -5.67 12.14
KOR REP 21880101 21228196 9422451 8815327 -6.44 21850627 20599308 20536684 20621072 -5.63 11.39
CHINA T 12748196 12246291 4596613 5060662 10.10 13245714 12369237 12644153 12710340 -4.04 7.02
MEXICO 12025449 11294728 5055704 4356782 -13.82 12607217 11013650 10839817 10595806 -15.95 5.85
JAPAN 4332893 4498673 1990598 2723145 36.80 4510826 4849487 5059503 5231220 15.97 2.89
ISRAEL 10867104 8133469 5682955 2567622 -54.82 9761689 5141441 4839841 5018136 -48.59 2.77
INDIA 3605150 2803283 1196582 1186737 -0.82 3175661 2788224 2857468 2793438 -12.04 1.54
GERMANY 2304470 1768060 730946 869909 19.01 2366511 1877910 1905484 1907023 -19.42 1.05
TURKEY 591150 1083177 295306 404041 36.82 748760 1177369 1192049 1191912 59.18 0.66
PORTUGL 1001073 1056398 733205 533339 -27.26 1064215 906518 834041 856532 -19.52 0.47
U KING 584493 633806 233397 450958 93.21 600006 704619 736878 851367 41.89 0.47
NETHLDS 539566 736625 252776 355601 40.68 663496 802793 849212 839450 26.52 0.46
THAILND 522898 657748 177583 291287 64.03 549592 755240 760195 771452 40.37 0.43
ITALY 812538 877903 401003 290449 -27.57 783958 762094 765493 767349 -2.12 0.42
SPAIN 618112 657796 307086 405134 31.93 567162 744187 781434 755844 33.27 0.42
N ZEAL 474357 518817 237255 308749 30.13 529520 605047 611556 590311 11.48 0.33
SWITZLD 501684 453018 209023 178094 -14.80 533473 453573 449130 422089 -20.88 0.23
INDNSIA 514585 514474 225105 122694 -45.49 528045 453314 410517 412063 -21.96 0.23
FRANCE 344900 325705 119559 145408 21.62 315614 339430 339170 351554 11.39 0.19
ARGENT 411 343636 10 29 190.00 421 343636 343626 343655 81528.27 0.19
CAMBOD 288702 341891 163259 142720 -12.58 420360 350297 376885 321352 -23.55 0.18
ARAB EM 228883 60110 19728 253633 1185.65 149568 272954 253556 294015 96.58 0.16
BRAZIL 115938 243340 26944 69857 159.27 97272 240901 277840 286253 194.28 0.16
PERU 208763 281725 170232 150449 -11.62 330068 319224 266610 261942 -20.64 0.14
MALAYSA 76447 198574 50145 75834 51.23 110021 224237 223799 224263 103.84 0.12
BELGIUM 247724 200231 90601 85571 -5.55 227925 200034 199297 195201 -14.36 0.11
LUXMBRG 261239 304384 168082 44483 -73.53 322226 178234 159738 180785 -43.89 0.10
EGYPT 6225 3854 1403 153100 10812.33 4818 88573 88593 155551 3128.54 0.09
PAKISTN 41509 110980 23207 48410 108.60 57652 129624 139914 136183 136.22 0.08
PHIL R 38632 108560 22263 28787 29.30 42852 105393 114215 115084 168.56 0.06
AUSTRAL 89189 64583 14808 59206 299.82 38428 89958 91979 108981 183.60 0.06
CZECH 26373 77947 30230 50063 65.61 55851 78638 79113 97780 75.07 0.05
HG KONG 82176 101012 34408 29632 -13.88 92392 90427 94279 96236 4.16 0.05
NORWAY 26280 74366 55699 64572 15.93 71092 88217 88221 83239 17.09 0.05
SALVADR 66546 60949 18367 32338 76.07 73863 79090 78111 74920 1.43 0.04
AUSTRIA 62120 56542 29813 37223 24.85 63254 64579 63611 63952 1.10 0.04
SLOVAK 30541 36697 17754 43583 145.48 42205 46277 46680 62526 48.15 0.03
REP SAF 361002 232155 208185 15645 -92.49 540494 56483 46670 39615 -92.67 0.02
POLAND 154154 43686 33096 18369 -44.50 108529 26926 31406 28959 -73.32 0.02
_WTO 167941563 181079980 74352044 74319268 -0.04 175835906 177457578 178908011 181047204 2.96 100.00
_OECD 53354938 51104759 22548669 23410268 3.82 54258477 51030760 51200989 51966358 -4.22 28.70
_ASEAN 46341254 56587469 21853631 15908263 -27.21 50559713 52510019 52530600 50642101 0.16 27.97
_W HEMI 35419397 33209582 14474892 14928987 3.14 36551601 33397372 33346606 33663677 -7.90 18.59
_EU15 6821951 6663281 3082668 3240641 5.12 7015850 6626818 6684750 6821254 -2.77 3.77
_EC12 6731882 6580565 3042575 3191598 4.90 6924160 6539764 6594844 6729588 -2.81 3.72
_ANDEAN 283109 311790 183402 156116 -14.88 383620 342532 290939 284504 -25.84 0.16
_CBI 105904 115935 40518 41520 2.47 121548 125614 120328 116937 -3.79 0.06
_CAFTA 89100 99676 29629 41423 39.81 101933 115555 111672 111470 9.36 0.06
_SUB-SAHA 362188 235367 208453 17257 -91.72 541825 60966 51165 44171 -91.85 0.02