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| | November 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 9/2012 Data |
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Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS
Data in Kg., 6.50 M2 per Kg..
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 9/2012
Country 2010 2011 9/2011 9/2012 % Change 9/2011 7/2012 8/2012 9/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 62274033 68046550 52167326 52603807 0.84 68596712 68642062 68354640 68483031 -0.17 100.00
CHINA T 13828723 17857439 12389172 13392232 8.10 17297279 19393089 19024939 18860499 9.04 27.54
MEXICO 20818352 19022518 14962993 13999274 -6.44 19810316 18061498 18100674 18058799 -8.84 26.37
PORTUGL 4315059 6513739 5627500 6619765 17.63 5947646 7331858 7495496 7506004 26.20 10.96
CHINA P 4004426 5225193 3703710 4621881 24.79 4793264 5897497 5925224 6143364 28.17 8.97
CANADA 1990252 2233685 1499171 1534661 2.37 2180838 2112124 2219047 2269175 4.05 3.31
INDIA 2099200 1866344 1396619 1681858 20.42 2039100 2043242 2030008 2151583 5.52 3.14
VIETNAM 1954400 1739119 1297609 1515518 16.79 1854118 1893763 1827905 1957028 5.55 2.86
C RICA 2309897 1915502 1775545 1203286 -32.23 1941899 1405378 1359398 1343243 -30.83 1.96
KOR REP 1315669 1440255 1176741 898204 -23.67 1589930 1353105 1286010 1161718 -26.93 1.70
GUATMAL 384955 471989 400112 1073396 168.27 436334 1015601 1126471 1145273 162.48 1.67
THAILND 1012982 1268025 930143 735643 -20.91 1231540 1210533 1146302 1073525 -12.83 1.57
JAPAN 667840 804067 558733 779753 39.56 716656 976261 1001383 1025087 43.04 1.50
PHIL R 129426 117003 14274 669851 4592.81 18680 631093 696626 772580 4035.87 1.13
ITALY 553508 594715 480231 512064 6.63 639767 595981 602941 626548 -2.07 0.91
N ZEAL 639278 711063 710355 609580 -14.19 710473 568259 598163 610288 -14.10 0.89
FRANCE 670334 546924 388487 447269 15.13 565004 608308 604631 605706 7.20 0.88
TURKEY 875416 890472 827960 359945 -56.53 1062001 501816 441538 422457 -60.22 0.62
ARAB EM 1314429 2490808 2111113 28847 -98.63 3420081 644719 499957 408542 -88.05 0.60
COLOMB 375857 323778 239384 272018 13.63 329452 358509 360570 356412 8.18 0.52
CZECH 1104984 323900 258727 215968 -16.53 311853 310212 321992 281141 -9.85 0.41
ISRAEL 216862 223362 223362 255366 14.33 223362 255366 255366 255366 14.33 0.37
INDNSIA 211593 215524 178439 202265 13.35 178479 182951 205667 239350 34.11 0.35
GERMANY 151865 196051 161546 152216 -5.78 199870 201498 182675 186721 -6.58 0.27
ROMANIA 140248 108500 74306 135319 82.11 125448 184299 167431 169513 35.13 0.25
AUSTRAL 346016 151376 151360 121033 -20.04 155038 121049 121049 121049 -21.92 0.18
LATVIA 212813 142843 130493 93458 -28.38 182643 166428 129866 105808 -42.07 0.15
NETHLDS 64382 178763 164549 51359 -68.79 183903 66293 60704 65573 -64.34 0.10
_WTO 62274033 68045732 52166508 52603807 0.84 68595894 68642062 68354640 68483031 -0.16 100.00
_W HEMI 26102362 24189794 19047441 18248333 -4.20 24899836 23173454 23387655 23390686 -6.06 34.16
_OECD 12286212 13975655 11564087 11692013 1.11 13728104 14017313 14184372 14103581 2.74 20.59
_EU15 5986160 8180196 6914932 7919044 14.52 7685662 9003975 9147985 9184308 19.50 13.41
_EC12 5950000 8147189 6907320 7879070 14.07 7673172 8949420 9090490 9118939 18.84 13.32
_ASEAN 3354049 3367071 2444508 3148870 28.81 3318759 3943639 3904317 4071433 22.68 5.95
_CBI 2765702 2479749 2243076 2325390 3.67 2455939 2484402 2559973 2562063 4.32 3.74
_CAFTA 2753252 2479503 2242830 2325390 3.68 2455693 2484402 2559973 2562063 4.33 3.74
_ANDEAN 459296 395504 299771 325742 8.66 401700 447007 426841 421475 4.92 0.62