05/03/18
Textile & Apparel Trade Balance Report
Flow: General Imports
Type: Customs value
(Millions of Dollars)
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| Time Period| | | | Percent |
|Partner | | | January-March | change |
| SITC rev 3 Commodity | | | | |
| | | |_______________________| |
| | | | | | YTD 3/17-|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | YTD |
| | | | | | 3/18 |
|____________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
|World | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 3,059 | 3,063 | 748 | 767 | 2.63 |
| Fabric ...................| 8,210 | 8,204 | 1,947 | 2,073 | 6.47 |
| Made-up ..................| 22,347 | 24,461 | 5,098 | 6,103 | 19.70 |
| Apparel ..................| 83,125 | 82,670 | 19,490 | 19,850 | 1.85 |
| Total ....................| 116,741 | 118,397 | 27,283 | 28,794 | 5.54 |
|FTA Total | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 933 | 873 | 225 | 205 | -9.07 |
| Fabric ...................| 2,152 | 2,131 | 521 | 552 | 5.89 |
| Made-up ..................| 2,010 | 2,122 | 491 | 513 | 4.41 |
| Apparel ..................| 15,015 | 15,133 | 3,555 | 3,651 | 2.71 |
| Total ....................| 20,110 | 20,258 | 4,793 | 4,921 | 2.68 |
|_CAFTA-DR | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16.16 |
| Fabric ...................| 31 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 35.01 |
| Made-up ..................| 193 | 192 | 45 | 48 | 5.45 |
| Apparel ..................| 8,247 | 8,052 | 1,878 | 1,914 | 1.96 |
| Total ....................| 8,486 | 8,296 | 1,933 | 1,975 | 2.19 |
|NAFTA | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 540 | 478 | 129 | 112 | -12.94 |
| Fabric ...................| 1,302 | 1,323 | 325 | 350 | 7.57 |
| Made-up ..................| 1,536 | 1,634 | 373 | 392 | 5.03 |
| Apparel ..................| 4,139 | 4,379 | 1,026 | 1,044 | 1.75 |
| Total ....................| 7,517 | 7,814 | 1,853 | 1,898 | 2.41 |
|Canada | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 336 | 280 | 75 | 63 | -15.40 |
| Fabric ...................| 720 | 707 | 172 | 188 | 9.03 |
| Made-up ..................| 366 | 358 | 86 | 80 | -7.77 |
| Apparel ..................| 563 | 607 | 139 | 152 | 9.59 |
| Total ....................| 1,986 | 1,952 | 472 | 483 | 2.25 |
|Mexico | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 204 | 198 | 54 | 49 | -9.52 |
| Fabric ...................| 582 | 616 | 153 | 162 | 5.92 |
| Made-up ..................| 1,169 | 1,277 | 287 | 312 | 8.87 |
| Apparel ..................| 3,576 | 3,772 | 887 | 892 | 0.52 |
| Total ....................| 5,531 | 5,862 | 1,381 | 1,415 | 2.46 |
|Guatemala | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -37.74 |
| Fabric ...................| 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 47.78 |
| Made-up ..................| 21 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 8.68 |
| Apparel ..................| 1,384 | 1,340 | 346 | 347 | 0.45 |
| Total ....................| 1,412 | 1,371 | 353 | 355 | 0.61 |
|El Salvador | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 252.57 |
| Fabric ...................| 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | -27.88 |
| Made-up ..................| 34 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 27.45 |
| Apparel ..................| 1,941 | 1,916 | 444 | 438 | -1.31 |
| Total ....................| 1,986 | 1,962 | 456 | 452 | -0.75 |
|Honduras | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 49.84 |
| Fabric ...................| 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -9.89 |
| Made-up ..................| 40 | 35 | 9 | 7 | -18.06 |
| Apparel ..................| 2,623 | 2,543 | 570 | 577 | 1.19 |
| Total ....................| 2,673 | 2,589 | 580 | 586 | 0.95 |
|Nicaragua | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.96 |
| Fabric ...................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.18 |
| Made-up ..................| 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 329.52 |
| Apparel ..................| 1,472 | 1,483 | 355 | 390 | 9.86 |
| Total ....................| 1,474 | 1,487 | 356 | 392 | 10.14 |
|Costa Rica | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -85.66 |
| Fabric ...................| 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 156.74 |
| Made-up ..................| 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | -0.55 |
| Apparel ..................| 36 | 33 | 8 | 7 | -4.54 |
| Total ....................| 46 | 48 | 11 | 12 | 8.73 |
|Dominican Republic | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -36.53 |
| Fabric ...................| 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 63.48 |
| Made-up ..................| 90 | 92 | 20 | 20 | 0.79 |
| Apparel ..................| 790 | 737 | 155 | 155 | -0.31 |
| Total ....................| 894 | 839 | 177 | 178 | 0.55 |
|Colombia | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.53 |
| Fabric ...................| 24 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8.08 |
| Made-up ..................| 45 | 45 | 13 | 12 | -5.03 |
| Apparel ..................| 202 | 202 | 48 | 58 | 20.31 |
| Total ....................| 272 | 265 | 65 | 75 | 14.71 |
|Peru | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 26 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 18.23 |
| Fabric ...................| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13.22 |
| Made-up ..................| 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 29.06 |
| Apparel ..................| 580 | 608 | 152 | 160 | 5.01 |
| Total ....................| 620 | 655 | 162 | 172 | 5.99 |
|Chile | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -55.00 |
| Fabric ...................| 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | -16.01 |
| Made-up ..................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3945.33 |
| Apparel ..................| 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | -6.40 |
| Total ....................| 21 | 22 | 5 | 4 | -9.83 |
|Israel | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 24 | 23 | 6 | 5 | -25.75 |
| Fabric ...................| 175 | 158 | 43 | 44 | 3.16 |
| Made-up ..................| 37 | 45 | 12 | 11 | -7.93 |
| Apparel ..................| 66 | 55 | 20 | 12 | -42.13 |
| Total ....................| 303 | 281 | 81 | 71 | -11.85 |
|Jordan | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
| Fabric ...................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
| Made-up ..................| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178.11 |
| Apparel ..................| 1,258 | 1,356 | 315 | 342 | 8.68 |
| Total ....................| 1,264 | 1,360 | 315 | 344 | 9.06 |
|Oman | | | | | |
| Fabric ...................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
| Made-up ..................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.00 |
| Apparel ..................| 24 | 78 | 25 | 31 | 26.85 |
| Total ....................| 24 | 79 | 25 | 31 | 26.74 |
|Bahrain | | | | | |
| Fabric ...................| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.99 |
| Made-up ..................| 83 | 81 | 23 | 20 | -11.45 |
| Apparel ..................| 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
| Total ....................| 165 | 82 | 23 | 21 | -10.86 |
|Singapore | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1420.82 |
| Fabric ...................| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -78.53 |
| Made-up ..................| 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 87.07 |
| Apparel ..................| 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | -30.95 |
| Total ....................| 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1.68 |
|Korea, South | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 324 | 328 | 81 | 77 | -4.77 |
| Fabric ...................| 586 | 555 | 133 | 135 | 1.18 |
| Made-up ..................| 90 | 91 | 19 | 19 | 4.27 |
| Apparel ..................| 251 | 236 | 53 | 50 | -5.80 |
| Total ....................| 1,251 | 1,209 | 286 | 281 | -1.60 |
|Australia | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26.25 |
| Fabric ...................| 16 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 11.37 |
| Made-up ..................| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10.99 |
| Apparel ..................| 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 5.22 |
| Total ....................| 41 | 43 | 10 | 11 | 8.98 |
|Morocco | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 692.51 |
| Fabric ...................| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -50.49 |
| Made-up ..................| 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 78.88 |
| Apparel ..................| 129 | 131 | 31 | 33 | 7.61 |
| Total ....................| 134 | 138 | 32 | 35 | 9.82 |
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Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.