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                                          |                                     |                               October 3, 2022
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2022 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     252.514    253.990    174.815    233.076     33.33   267.902    293.281    303.429    312.252      16.55  100.00

     CHINA P    69.687     68.056     47.162     37.819    -19.81    78.324     58.563     59.344     58.713     -25.04   18.80

     MEXICO     56.967     21.942     18.303     53.832    194.12    38.558     46.009     51.798     57.471      49.05   18.41

     CHINA T    28.298     39.511     25.593     37.069     44.84    35.832     45.744     46.250     50.987      42.29   16.33

     PORTUGL    20.967     25.607     20.351     27.214     33.72    22.852     33.185     33.118     32.470      42.09   10.40

     INDIA      10.226     13.448      7.752     16.621    114.40    11.846     19.596     21.341     22.316      88.39    7.15

     VIETNAM     8.382     10.796      7.176      9.024     25.74     9.491     13.007     13.194     12.644      33.21    4.05

     CANADA      7.560     12.082      7.372      7.917      7.40    10.166     12.853     12.709     12.627      24.21    4.04

     FRANCE      6.644      7.886      3.512      5.972     70.06     5.207     10.656     11.256     10.347      98.71    3.31

     TURKEY     10.687     12.643      9.717      6.232    -35.87    14.493      9.691      9.149      9.158     -36.81    2.93

     ITALY       3.273      4.539      3.259      3.765     15.53     4.298      5.018      4.779      5.045      17.38    1.62

     HUNGARY     2.375      2.835      1.800      3.451     91.73     3.045      4.614      4.686      4.486      47.32    1.44

     ISRAEL      1.931      2.233      1.295      3.259    151.64     2.004      3.652      3.794      4.197     109.43    1.34

     JAPAN       2.779      3.756      2.232      2.512     12.55     3.100      3.772      3.711      4.036      30.19    1.29

     KOR REP     3.535      4.331      2.891      2.557    -11.55     4.325      3.725      4.189      3.997      -7.58    1.28

     THAILND     1.902      2.310      1.587      1.412    -11.07     2.154      2.192      2.448      2.134      -0.93    0.68

     PERU        0.364      1.181      0.400      1.347    236.77     0.605      1.996      2.207      2.128     251.55    0.68

     PHIL R      1.553      1.712      1.256      1.635     30.25     1.733      1.909      1.996      2.092      20.72    0.67

     C RICA      0.890      1.138      0.105      1.059    906.88     0.231      2.096      2.096      2.092     804.78    0.67

     LATVIA      0.543      1.286      1.038      1.623     56.35     1.438      1.803      1.882      1.871      30.11    0.60

     ESTONIA     2.125      3.414      2.809      1.164    -58.55     4.070      1.740      2.052      1.769     -56.53    0.57

     CZECH       1.310      1.810      1.015      0.655    -35.53     1.469      1.540      1.395      1.449      -1.33    0.46

     SPAIN       0.225      0.224      0.121      0.739    510.93     0.240      0.860      0.806      0.841     249.90    0.27

     INDNSIA     0.615      0.821      0.481      0.340    -29.37     0.621      0.811      0.772      0.680       9.48    0.22

     U KING      1.207      0.735      0.579      0.447    -22.79     0.999      0.615      0.590      0.603     -39.67    0.19

     PAKISTN     0.243      0.408      0.263      0.378     43.30     0.360      0.532      0.528      0.522      44.96    0.17

     POLAND      1.615      0.161      0.156      0.012    -92.08     0.962      0.015      0.016      0.017     -98.23    0.01


     _WTO      252.007    253.623    174.680    232.548     33.13   267.599    292.739    302.831    311.491      16.40   99.76

     _OECD      64.258     77.745     54.445     61.974     13.83    73.868     86.502     86.616     85.274      15.44   27.31

     _W HEMI    66.185     39.245     28.372     64.936    128.87    51.980     64.668     70.530     75.809      45.84   24.28

     _USMCA     64.527     34.023     25.674     61.749    140.51    48.724     58.861     64.507     70.098      43.87   22.45

     _EU27      45.190     53.209     38.184     48.036     25.80    50.343     63.696     64.461     63.062      25.26   20.20

     _EU28      45.190     53.209     38.184     48.036     25.80    50.343     63.696     64.461     63.062      25.26   20.20

     _EU27_20   43.983     52.474     37.604     47.589     26.55    49.344     63.080     63.872     62.459      26.58   20.00

     _ASEAN     12.465     15.835     10.624     12.422     16.93    14.123     18.050     18.541     17.634      24.85    5.65

     _CAFTA      1.146      3.991      2.285      1.769    -22.59     2.576      3.729      3.714      3.475      34.90    1.11