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                                          |                                     |                               October 3, 2022
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2022 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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    1.23581E9 1.53703E9  991012020  1.17689E9     18.76 1.48562E9  1.68163E9  1.71759E9   1.7229E9      15.97  100.00

     INDIA    567270755 767855850  494101129  603138736     22.07 732497530  863796550  882811483  876893457      19.71   50.90

     TURKEY   122070461 163880527   91021729  164442460     80.66 145218288  196778202  219571069  237301258      63.41   13.77

     CHINA P  136286185 193108121  132896127  114062751    -14.17 180841891  182901293  180748299  174274745      -3.63   10.12

     S ARAB    44227877  79416330   47886100   82202574     71.66  66997944  105626577  109248311  113732804      69.76    6.60

     VIETNAM  106079002 113347572   76603974   58809127    -23.23 117189232  101551529   99413610   95552725     -18.46    5.55

     MEXICO    31472312  32204627   16870167   30856692     82.91  29673634   44845793   45279886   46191152      55.66    2.68

     KOR REP   13875025  29417821   20468430   30497800     49.00  25266136   42292419   41964538   39447191      56.13    2.29

     CHINA T   36814340  34587974   23400394   26583230     13.60  33958784   36193168   36749236   37770810      11.23    2.19

     CANADA    40586781  23723067   17154196   12898869    -24.81  29837212   20871359   21170820   19467740     -34.75    1.13

     BELGIUM   23026039  16737923   12074124    9838980    -18.51  20739101   13531192   14481974   14502779     -30.07    0.84

     HUNGARY   22528449   5458131     764904    8524975   1014.52  11210630   13149388   12974685   13218202      17.91    0.77

     JAPAN      7998799   6424264    4056392    7647078     88.52   8265493    8495785    9785559   10014950      21.17    0.58

     COLOMB    16194767  14312271   11387373    4033148    -64.58  18926307    9426188    5214195    6958046     -63.24    0.40

     NETHLDS    9306087  10530495    7143622    2793262    -60.90   9977829    7398051    6749042    6180135     -38.06    0.36

     ARAB EM    8203447   9333675    6913716    3182303    -53.97   8298024    5566106    5048647    5602262     -32.49    0.33

     GREECE     7127094   4775129    3518134    4144020     17.79   5226499    4521236    4443995    5401015       3.34    0.31

     GUATMAL    5359203   3991680    2667664    1990544    -25.38   5585945    4059231    3622711    3314560     -40.66    0.19

     THAILND   14937987  12846092   11907710    2213610    -81.41  19345297    7430575    4622337    3151992     -83.71    0.18

     INDNSIA    2320816   2173401    1728618    1506185    -12.87   2183875    1904236    2012120    1950968     -10.66    0.11

     ITALY      1171378   1281336     820057    1100583     34.21   1222008    1582280    1511348    1561862      27.81    0.09

     GERMANY    3713196   1684054    1354663    1100952    -18.73   2199251    1105447    1194770    1430343     -34.96    0.08

     U KING     4068783   1956524    1338816     794180    -40.68   2864241    1393238    1459593    1411888     -50.71    0.08

     MALAYSA    2280928   1863520    1247500     792396    -36.48   2078246    1612594    1407907    1408416     -32.23    0.08

     ISRAEL      636706   1420610     811421     753930     -7.09    953171    1205556    1386714    1363119      43.01    0.08

     PORTUGL    1693710    709805     494371     580534     17.43   1220294     719453     795506     795968     -34.77    0.05


     _WTO     1.23581E9 1.53702E9  991010911  1.17687E9     18.75 1.48562E9  1.68162E9  1.71758E9  1.72289E9      15.97  100.00

     _OECD    250937989 261848651  157263914  237611372     51.09 256821050  304878518  327865130  342196109      33.24   19.86

     _ASEAN   126647963 130832696   91874783   63407387    -30.98 141260980  112950625  107923267  102365300     -27.53    5.94

     _W HEMI   96750995  75303222   48447009   50745054      4.74  84909348   80427218   76663028   77601267      -8.61    4.50

     _USMCA    72059093  55927694   34024363   43755561     28.60  59510846   65717152   66450706   65658892      10.33    3.81

     _EU28     74167525  44877288   28751444   29808374      3.68  56561641   44826760   45103515   45934218     -18.79    2.67

     _EU27     74167447  44859267   28733423   29808364      3.74  56543620   44808729   45085484   45934208     -18.76    2.67

     _EU27_202 70098742  42920764   27412628   29014194      5.84  53697400   43433522   43643922   44522330     -17.09    2.58

     _CAFTA     7696352   4254940    2849879    2096685    -26.43   5774454    4143296    3809907    3501746     -39.36    0.20