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| | December 6, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 10/2012 Data |
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Category 223: NON-WOVEN FABRICS
Data in Million $$$, * I/P: *
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 10/2012
Country 2010 2011 10/2011 10/2012 % Change 10/2011 8/2012 9/2012 10/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 888.562 949.341 793.147 848.633 7.00 931.900 997.926 1001.539 1004.827 7.83 100.00
CHINA P 128.280 154.622 129.760 144.779 11.57 148.441 167.822 168.654 169.641 14.28 16.88
CANADA 92.319 100.881 85.761 96.631 12.68 98.689 112.561 112.899 111.752 13.24 11.12
JAPAN 79.580 88.651 73.097 92.106 26.01 82.861 106.574 105.786 107.660 29.93 10.71
GERMANY 86.445 96.910 81.997 82.192 0.24 96.695 94.557 95.673 97.105 0.42 9.66
MEXICO 63.120 68.820 57.773 62.894 8.86 67.479 74.929 73.593 73.941 9.58 7.36
ISRAEL 88.459 63.252 51.900 49.082 -5.43 61.771 59.639 60.594 60.434 -2.17 6.01
FRANCE 41.821 42.423 34.004 40.063 17.82 42.676 49.008 49.264 48.482 13.61 4.82
ITALY 33.364 43.052 32.828 33.649 2.50 39.324 43.679 44.379 43.873 11.57 4.37
KOR REP 21.529 31.491 25.884 32.298 24.78 30.074 37.004 37.566 37.905 26.04 3.77
INDIA 20.514 38.925 32.835 29.412 -10.43 37.040 37.509 35.907 35.502 -4.15 3.53
U KING 28.905 32.672 28.158 22.879 -18.75 32.041 27.286 28.136 27.393 -14.51 2.73
LUXMBRG 28.455 25.430 23.346 22.717 -2.69 28.112 22.773 24.068 24.801 -11.78 2.47
TURKEY 15.045 19.832 16.481 21.172 28.46 18.734 23.837 23.627 24.523 30.90 2.44
CHINA T 15.020 18.324 15.013 15.240 1.51 17.661 18.000 17.923 18.550 5.04 1.85
THAILND 8.010 11.725 9.238 11.709 26.75 10.513 13.374 13.545 14.196 35.04 1.41
POLAND 8.441 13.402 11.002 11.050 0.44 12.736 13.782 13.837 13.450 5.61 1.34
DENMARK 5.792 11.292 9.421 8.813 -6.45 10.521 11.684 11.027 10.685 1.56 1.06
NETHLDS 9.267 11.031 9.510 8.145 -14.36 11.197 8.526 9.385 9.665 -13.68 0.96
FINLAND 15.251 13.477 11.522 5.873 -49.03 15.729 9.062 8.700 7.827 -50.24 0.78
SWEDEN 5.694 4.515 3.673 6.758 84.00 4.535 7.318 7.465 7.600 67.59 0.76
SPAIN 7.230 3.661 3.261 7.173 119.97 5.071 7.539 7.810 7.573 49.35 0.75
BELGIUM 6.738 5.724 4.882 6.466 32.45 6.063 5.508 6.205 7.308 20.53 0.73
AUSTRAL 8.456 10.677 10.132 5.486 -45.86 11.352 7.716 6.463 6.031 -46.87 0.60
CZECH 2.012 4.129 3.398 4.949 45.64 3.537 5.244 5.520 5.680 60.60 0.57
MALAYSA 0.483 3.138 1.236 2.752 122.63 1.275 5.004 4.980 4.654 264.92 0.46
IRELAND 5.152 4.315 3.131 3.315 5.89 4.302 4.466 4.835 4.500 4.58 0.45
GREECE 4.524 3.506 3.506 4.419 26.04 4.328 4.341 4.208 4.419 2.10 0.44
SLOVENI 0.293 1.622 1.003 3.124 211.40 1.028 3.543 3.649 3.743 264.23 0.37
BRAZIL 43.895 7.860 7.481 3.109 -58.45 13.831 3.520 3.618 3.487 -74.79 0.35
INDNSIA 3.191 2.205 1.741 2.003 15.06 2.407 2.314 2.340 2.467 2.47 0.25
S ARAB 3.486 1.983 1.606 1.058 -34.13 1.712 1.431 1.329 1.435 -16.21 0.14
DOM REP 1.597 2.620 2.237 1.042 -53.42 2.510 1.609 1.480 1.425 -43.21 0.14
HG KONG 0.789 1.178 0.905 1.087 20.11 1.154 1.390 1.397 1.360 17.91 0.14
REP SAF 0.644 1.255 1.137 1.045 -8.15 1.353 1.306 1.317 1.163 -14.08 0.12
SWITZLD 0.997 0.920 0.748 0.797 6.62 0.925 0.873 0.949 0.970 4.84 0.10
AUSTRIA 0.177 0.754 0.745 0.484 -34.96 0.783 0.471 0.530 0.493 -36.97 0.05
VIETNAM 0.259 0.322 0.287 0.393 36.62 0.334 0.361 0.341 0.427 27.70 0.04
HONDURA 0.306 0.247 0.196 0.264 34.87 0.206 0.259 0.351 0.315 52.85 0.03
ECUADOR 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.219 * 0.000 0.219 0.219 0.219 * 0.02
CHILE 0.000 0.096 0.075 0.137 82.64 0.075 0.168 0.163 0.158 110.17 0.02
EGYPT 0.021 0.046 0.046 0.156 236.55 0.046 0.104 0.116 0.156 236.55 0.02
RUSSIA 1.135 0.792 0.792 0.000 -99.95 0.792 0.000 0.000 0.000 -99.95 0.00
SIER LN 0.000 0.484 0.484 0.000 -100.00 0.484 0.000 0.000 0.000 -100.00 0.00
_WTO 888.562 949.318 793.123 848.544 6.99 931.876 997.869 1001.450 1004.738 7.82 99.99
_OECD 427.671 480.198 403.489 425.464 5.45 477.526 497.389 502.716 502.172 5.16 49.98
_EU15 278.816 298.760 249.983 252.948 1.19 301.376 296.218 301.686 301.726 0.12 30.03
_EC12 257.694 280.015 234.043 239.834 2.47 280.330 279.367 284.991 285.805 1.95 28.44
_W HEMI 201.754 180.870 153.793 164.654 7.06 183.123 193.657 192.725 191.731 4.70 19.08
_ASEAN 12.810 17.651 12.735 17.019 33.64 15.174 21.283 21.456 21.935 44.56 2.18
_CBI 2.052 3.010 2.561 1.423 -44.43 2.845 2.027 1.980 1.873 -34.17 0.19
_CAFTA 2.030 2.985 2.550 1.340 -47.45 2.833 1.918 1.882 1.775 -37.36 0.18
_SUB-SAH 0.781 1.740 1.622 1.049 -35.32 1.874 1.308 1.319 1.167 -37.74 0.12
_ANDEAN 0.150 0.108 0.051 0.417 725.85 0.074 0.407 0.427 0.475 538.82 0.05