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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 Million $$$, * I/P: *
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 1001.014 1182.189 463.665 493.358 6.40 1085.239 1191.534 1202.324 1211.883 11.67 100.00
CHINA P 145.374 206.560 68.425 101.185 47.88 166.254 223.975 229.805 239.320 43.95 19.75
VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 74.176 58.125 -21.64 160.917 191.959 193.119 186.496 15.90 15.39
CANADA 129.689 134.483 55.340 61.334 10.83 136.436 136.649 137.810 140.477 2.96 11.59
CHINA T 117.392 132.779 43.017 49.020 13.95 127.433 136.018 138.162 138.782 8.91 11.45
KOR REP 100.103 119.171 49.933 49.211 -1.45 108.818 118.684 118.568 118.449 8.85 9.77
JAPAN 73.572 88.616 37.118 49.701 33.90 80.785 95.208 98.346 101.199 25.27 8.35
MEXICO 72.097 73.418 32.336 29.531 -8.67 76.874 72.671 71.744 70.613 -8.14 5.83
ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 27.549 15.127 -45.09 50.831 28.653 27.650 28.757 -43.43 2.37
SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 11.045 12.008 8.72 24.863 27.521 27.418 26.701 7.39 2.20
GERMANY 24.604 24.012 9.485 11.128 17.32 25.135 25.385 26.009 25.655 2.07 2.12
INDIA 20.243 18.071 7.848 6.302 -19.69 19.771 17.033 16.903 16.526 -16.41 1.36
U KING 12.717 13.996 5.758 6.637 15.27 13.887 14.559 14.201 14.875 7.11 1.23
ITALY 13.250 14.566 6.494 5.156 -20.60 13.840 13.277 13.056 13.228 -4.42 1.09
FRANCE 10.263 10.876 4.113 4.538 10.36 10.227 11.163 11.377 11.302 10.51 0.93
TURKEY 4.851 7.916 2.273 3.373 48.41 5.723 8.792 8.649 9.017 57.54 0.74
THAILND 5.084 7.999 2.291 2.841 24.04 6.051 8.796 8.702 8.550 41.31 0.71
NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 2.469 2.858 15.74 6.507 7.492 7.795 7.625 17.18 0.63
SPAIN 5.026 5.427 2.431 3.266 34.34 5.101 6.020 6.320 6.262 22.76 0.52
N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 2.419 3.020 24.83 5.149 5.836 5.959 6.081 18.10 0.50
PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 3.641 2.800 -23.08 5.314 5.166 4.781 4.806 -9.55 0.40
INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 2.577 1.221 -52.62 5.228 5.422 4.856 4.636 -11.32 0.38
BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 1.753 1.852 5.68 4.048 4.026 4.046 4.105 1.41 0.34
PERU 1.502 1.926 1.059 1.253 18.40 2.245 2.271 2.109 2.121 -5.53 0.18
ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.111 1.595 1342.66 0.766 1.726 1.619 1.859 142.64 0.15
BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 0.249 0.429 72.14 0.901 1.598 1.784 1.840 104.19 0.15
MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 0.833 0.674 -19.14 1.522 1.715 1.710 1.740 14.32 0.14
AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 0.865 0.811 -6.27 1.882 1.765 1.709 1.713 -9.01 0.14
ARGENT 0.008 1.670 0.000 0.004 924.39 0.008 1.670 1.669 1.674 20518.48 0.14
AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 0.604 0.825 36.55 1.329 1.373 1.364 1.518 14.17 0.13
LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 1.312 0.340 -74.11 2.445 1.505 1.350 1.509 -38.29 0.12
HG KONG 0.836 1.484 0.585 0.541 -7.40 1.155 1.399 1.396 1.440 24.69 0.12
CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.361 0.599 65.95 0.645 1.017 1.049 1.328 105.83 0.11
NORWAY 0.430 1.194 0.864 0.882 2.04 1.097 1.264 1.264 1.212 10.53 0.10
PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.203 0.437 115.22 0.439 1.041 1.103 1.073 144.59 0.09
EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.066 0.955 1338.97 0.218 0.667 0.674 1.057 385.27 0.09
SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.287 0.274 -4.56 0.983 0.850 0.862 0.829 -15.70 0.07
CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.372 0.370 -0.44 0.948 0.853 0.913 0.818 -13.66 0.07
PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.181 0.267 47.87 0.459 0.693 0.751 0.755 64.58 0.06
SLOVAK 0.260 0.446 0.308 0.388 25.85 0.505 0.535 0.372 0.525 3.95 0.04
REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.227 0.149 -87.82 3.402 0.429 0.388 0.344 -89.90 0.03
POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.453 0.140 -69.09 1.076 0.537 0.378 0.343 -68.10 0.03
_WTO 1000.885 1182.157 463.652 493.324 6.40 1085.167 1191.499 1202.288 1211.829 11.67 100.00
_OECD 350.989 388.526 162.111 171.664 5.89 375.108 393.616 394.878 398.079 6.12 32.85
_W HEMI 207.350 214.983 89.709 93.392 4.11 218.867 216.838 217.123 218.666 -0.09 18.04
_ASEAN 149.182 220.023 80.441 63.602 -20.93 175.169 209.625 210.239 203.184 15.99 16.77
_EU15 85.531 91.353 38.814 40.148 3.44 89.893 91.774 92.172 92.687 3.11 7.65
_EC12 82.514 88.721 37.610 38.858 3.32 86.891 89.160 89.501 89.969 3.54 7.42
_ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 1.336 1.362 2.00 2.967 2.584 2.449 2.426 -18.26 0.20
_CBI 1.350 1.275 0.444 0.358 -19.41 1.444 1.226 1.227 1.189 -17.66 0.10
_CAFTA 1.210 1.172 0.379 0.357 -5.79 1.306 1.166 1.174 1.150 -11.92 0.09
_SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.231 0.167 -86.40 3.446 0.469 0.430 0.386 -88.81 0.03