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| | December 6, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 10/2012 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
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 1001.014 1182.189 986.090 1036.988 5.16 1154.281 1222.906 1224.070 1233.087 6.83 100.00
CHINA P 145.374 206.560 166.457 223.173 34.07 192.523 257.577 259.812 263.276 36.75 21.35
VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 165.997 128.364 -22.67 190.173 166.935 167.206 164.914 -13.28 13.37
CHINA T 117.392 132.779 116.019 126.272 8.84 133.133 139.562 139.983 143.032 7.44 11.60
CANADA 129.689 134.483 112.323 112.436 0.10 135.428 138.506 137.232 134.595 -0.61 10.92
KOR REP 100.103 119.171 100.319 102.170 1.84 116.582 120.467 117.599 121.022 3.81 9.81
JAPAN 73.572 88.616 72.729 98.679 35.68 85.339 109.714 112.874 114.566 34.25 9.29
MEXICO 72.097 73.418 62.836 56.859 -9.51 75.126 70.271 67.933 67.441 -10.23 5.47
ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 36.514 28.195 -22.78 42.989 29.222 30.632 32.860 -23.56 2.66
SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 20.748 21.304 2.68 25.296 26.709 26.991 26.294 3.95 2.13
GERMANY 24.604 24.012 19.939 22.164 11.16 24.126 27.271 26.430 26.238 8.75 2.13
INDIA 20.243 18.071 15.389 14.481 -5.90 18.398 17.037 17.299 17.163 -6.71 1.39
U KING 12.717 13.996 11.725 12.756 8.80 14.508 15.429 14.908 15.027 3.58 1.22
ITALY 13.250 14.566 12.095 11.646 -3.70 14.285 13.409 13.511 14.118 -1.16 1.14
FRANCE 10.263 10.876 8.542 9.738 14.00 10.332 11.613 11.944 12.072 16.84 0.98
THAILND 5.084 7.999 6.427 7.157 11.37 7.454 8.316 8.804 8.730 17.12 0.71
TURKEY 4.851 7.916 6.403 6.333 -1.09 7.125 8.388 8.071 7.847 10.12 0.64
NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 6.207 6.318 1.79 7.602 7.272 7.272 7.348 -3.35 0.60
N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 4.661 5.610 20.36 5.692 6.577 6.571 6.429 12.95 0.52
SPAIN 5.026 5.427 4.612 5.531 19.91 5.621 5.682 5.627 6.346 12.90 0.51
PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 4.910 4.712 -4.03 5.759 4.898 5.089 5.448 -5.39 0.44
BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 3.316 3.445 3.89 3.741 4.021 3.998 4.135 10.52 0.34
ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.112 3.352 2887.13 0.228 3.369 3.465 3.614 1483.26 0.29
INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 5.438 2.921 -46.29 6.400 3.535 3.732 3.474 -45.71 0.28
PERU 1.502 1.926 1.779 2.695 51.50 2.058 2.774 2.890 2.843 38.11 0.23
AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 0.952 2.238 135.04 1.304 2.249 2.335 2.583 98.11 0.21
AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 1.528 1.723 12.75 1.787 1.901 1.906 1.962 9.76 0.16
CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.702 1.515 115.91 0.866 1.637 1.809 1.903 119.78 0.15
NORWAY 0.430 1.194 1.064 1.262 18.63 1.170 1.509 1.502 1.393 19.03 0.11
LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 2.074 0.938 -54.77 2.346 1.437 1.461 1.346 -42.65 0.11
MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 1.570 0.997 -36.46 1.744 1.703 1.510 1.327 -23.87 0.11
EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.129 1.223 845.63 0.166 1.259 1.269 1.262 662.31 0.10
HG KONG 0.836 1.484 1.283 1.019 -20.56 1.486 1.200 1.249 1.220 -17.89 0.10
SLOVAK 0.260 0.446 0.432 1.181 173.44 0.452 1.063 1.113 1.195 164.02 0.10
PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.675 0.980 45.29 0.681 1.111 1.114 1.145 67.98 0.09
PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.469 0.696 48.39 0.625 0.790 0.862 0.895 43.13 0.07
CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.754 0.802 6.36 0.876 0.968 0.864 0.868 -0.97 0.07
BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 1.515 0.631 -58.36 1.622 1.294 0.888 0.776 -52.15 0.06
SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.726 0.589 -18.82 0.964 0.625 0.692 0.705 -26.83 0.06
REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.348 0.325 -75.90 2.047 0.444 0.398 0.399 -80.53 0.03
POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.621 0.317 -48.98 0.813 0.430 0.367 0.352 -56.63 0.03
ARGENT 0.008 1.670 1.669 0.004 -99.75 1.669 0.005 0.005 0.005 -99.69 0.00
_WTO 1000.885 1182.158 986.061 1036.939 5.16 1154.251 1222.859 1224.024 1233.036 6.83 100.00
_OECD 350.989 388.526 323.902 334.274 3.20 385.820 401.460 396.936 398.897 3.39 32.35
_W HEMI 207.350 214.983 181.709 174.143 -4.16 217.981 214.555 210.650 207.416 -4.85 16.82
_ASEAN 149.182 220.023 180.742 141.045 -21.96 207.359 182.389 183.098 180.327 -13.04 14.62
_EU15 85.531 91.353 76.081 80.876 6.30 91.465 94.645 94.129 96.148 5.12 7.80
_EC12 82.514 88.721 73.788 77.959 5.65 88.756 91.715 91.064 92.891 4.66 7.53
_ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 2.194 2.936 33.80 2.585 3.055 3.176 3.140 21.50 0.25
_CBI 1.350 1.275 1.095 0.883 -19.41 1.376 0.971 1.025 1.063 -22.76 0.09
_CAFTA 1.210 1.172 0.992 0.882 -11.03 1.247 0.963 1.025 1.062 -14.83 0.09
_SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.375 0.348 -74.73 2.080 0.467 0.424 0.422 -79.74 0.03