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                                          |                                     |                               October 3, 2022
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2022 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  8/2022
   Country      2020       2021       8/2021     8/2022  % Change    8/2021     6/2022     7/2022     8/2022   % Change % Share


     WORLD    247631510 307789833  205650121  197844479     -3.80 297974716  300203877  300477446  299984191       0.67  100.00

     VIETNAM   44356930  78125729   50264404   46516532     -7.46  67322428   75352053   74706907   74377857      10.48   24.79

     CHINA P   53332077  56054993   35891942   38937615      8.49  55826139   58196091   58802843   59100666       5.87   19.70

     KOR REP   40879221  42784576   29966299   29304543     -2.21  44846079   41927738   41990764   42122820      -6.07   14.04

     CHINA T   15667380  17951134   10763633   13346135     23.99  16603755   19462357   19582457   20533636      23.67    6.84

     MEXICO    17286782  18644561   12621442   11265364    -10.74  19116148   17309022   17544705   17288483      -9.56    5.76

     CANADA     7141482  14321237    9452663    9068581     -4.06  11914863   14211388   14154579   13937155      16.97    4.65

     INDIA     10521046  11662722    7545546    9349970     23.91  11525493   12939242   13592782   13467146      16.85    4.49

     CAMBOD    16821458  15476590   12413266    7037168    -43.31  19208057   11153875   10935448   10100492     -47.42    3.37

     JAPAN      5826628   9401191    6358440    5386724    -15.28   8654423    8786918    8583060    8429475      -2.60    2.81

     GERMANY    3597279   4361273    2908514    3055495      5.05   4021571    4431778    4479781    4508254      12.10    1.50

     COLOMB     3587902   5024752    3680545    3013764    -18.12   5125537    4737777    4441702    4357971     -14.98    1.45

     ARAB EM    2031588   3502898    2296131    2081225     -9.36   2850345    3386367    3228692    3287992      15.35    1.10

     TURKEY     1836308   2760286    1921275    2260463     17.65   2505414    2906800    2924635    3099474      23.71    1.03

     INDNSIA    1531743   2600678    1672551    2082910     24.53   2305936    3101677    3103787    3011037      30.58    1.00

     U KING     1289593   1921291    1289689    2155606     67.14   1725514    2617153    2756295    2787208      61.53    0.93

     ITALY      1530113   2427089    1673599    1554298     -7.13   2122234    2385959    2425570    2307788       8.74    0.77

     THAILND    2009032   1914446    1289102    1212637     -5.93   2035548    1780108    1734893    1837981      -9.71    0.61

     PORTUGL    1171038   1999458    1344704     944228    -29.78   1561865    1698922    1605454    1598982       2.38    0.53

     BNGLDSH    1086944   1666472    1037133     763894    -26.35   1712532    1631511    1670256    1393233     -18.64    0.46

     SPAIN      1193599   1703682    1299774     888756    -31.62   1697414    1459010    1398882    1292664     -23.85    0.43

     N ZEAL     1003515    958564     574970     690598     20.11    971996    1124448    1078806    1074192      10.51    0.36

     REP SAF     591208    978334     657150     610763     -7.06    874201     863014     926326     931947       6.61    0.31

     DOM REP    1486201    565186     294512     643773    118.59   1176632     830860     852861     914447     -22.28    0.30

     CZECH      1023389    853663     613905     666190      8.52    860763     735649     812146     905948       5.25    0.30

     PERU        566684    656983     421806     630442     49.46    606297     854452     823921     865619      42.77    0.29

     BURMA      3212721   2550695    2275044     360466    -84.16   3931333     409282     524646     636117     -83.82    0.21

     PHIL R      378441    423524     279313     472068     69.01    434910     597906     592915     616279      41.70    0.21

     LUXMBRG     450350    503044     353936     435667     23.09    570841     551157     548848     584775       2.44    0.19

     NETHLDS    1393184    397312     263189     365096     38.72    390576     466993     500635     499219      27.82    0.17

     FRANCE      319292    364998     230285     359499     56.11    329344     508836     512455     494212      50.06    0.16

     SWITZLD     264418    386338     226626     195696    -13.65    326628     394911     371888     355408       8.81    0.12

     ISRAEL      388236    738672     642385     240401    -62.58    725295     374098     332186     336688     -53.58    0.11

     AUSTRAL     472142    529230     405590     208069    -48.70    583548     371767     347401     331709     -43.16    0.11

     BELGIUM     294244    338468     208022     187958     -9.65    286830     324068     317664     318404      11.01    0.11

     POLAND      250641    372629     243623     177094    -27.31    350003     290281     315273     306100     -12.54    0.10

     ROMANIA     133960    155304     100530     139246     38.51    154467     180913     186083     194020      25.61    0.06

     MALTA       234904     33757      25412     172862    580.24     59046     149291     181207     181207     206.89    0.06

     AUSTRIA     111982    242284     180020     113905    -36.73    218287     193482     194483     176169     -19.29    0.06

     HG KONG      10581    132933     127186     164240     29.13    129522     198339     170794     169987      31.24    0.06

     SWEDEN       82281    196705     136032     105096    -22.74    164622     176741     154826     165769       0.70    0.06

     SALVADR     130386    203441     124149      66977    -46.05    185835     163473     150891     146269     -21.29    0.05

     SLOVAK      259152    166379     126630      93325    -26.30    168313     150548     146476     133074     -20.94    0.04

     PAKISTN      96921    124838      59440      59600      0.27     78773     123256     114860     124998      58.68    0.04

     MALAYSA    1408796   1111341    1085943      83597    -92.30   1274235     115449      69097     108995     -91.45    0.04

     LITHUAN      45813     63462      53993      72210     33.74     71394     100874      97822      81679      14.41    0.03

     GUATMAL      21700     85694      53522      45833    -14.37     59878      89733      79264      78005      30.27    0.03


     _WTO     247611964 307780257  205649273  197831383     -3.80 297954352  300191468  300455427  299962367       0.67   99.99

     _ASEAN    69720366 102218181   69285912   57783634    -16.60  96519399   92536117   91695569   90715903      -6.01   30.24

     _OECD     64450515  77606923   53391373   52808853     -1.09  75604365   76933430   77044690   77024403       1.88   25.68

     _W HEMI   30302858  39582120   26710166   24851904     -6.96  38270121   38313185   38181009   37723858      -1.43   12.58

     _USMCA    24428264  32965798   22074105   20333945     -7.88  31031011   31520410   31699284   31225638       0.63   10.41

     _EU28     13488685  16229686   11120722   11553926      3.90  14858342   16543786   16760483   16662890      12.15    5.55

     _EU27     13488685  16229416   11120452   11553923      3.90  14858072   16543783   16760480   16662887      12.15    5.55

     _EU27_202 12199092  14308395    9831033    9398320     -4.40  13132828   13926633   14004188   13875682       5.66    4.63

     _CAFTA     1669077    889720     501914     823493     64.07   1456592    1158955    1158045    1211299     -16.84    0.40

     _SUB-SAHA   611546    980138     658694     621855     -5.59    895651     865279     937891     943299       5.32    0.31