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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2020
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2020 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  8/2020
   Country      2018       2019       8/2019     8/2020  % Change    8/2019     6/2020     7/2020     8/2020   % Change % Share


     WORLD     219.172    195.645    123.554    139.432     12.85   200.961    204.906    207.557    211.523       5.26  100.00

     TURKEY     62.392     51.737     30.925     41.595     34.50    51.565     59.312     60.088     62.407      21.03   29.50

     CHINA P    59.328     43.293     28.044     25.335     -9.66    53.047     39.991     39.916     40.585     -23.49   19.19

     CANADA     26.416     27.394     17.122     19.407     13.34    25.994     29.340     29.896     29.678      14.18   14.03

     INDIA       8.244     12.285      7.017      9.529     35.78     9.756     12.593     13.838     14.796      51.67    7.00

     MEXICO     14.459     14.163      9.367      9.824      4.88    14.071     14.208     14.359     14.620       3.90    6.91

     GERMANY     8.737      8.810      5.033      8.669     72.24     7.916     12.120     12.127     12.446      57.23    5.88

     FRANCE      9.640      8.888      6.090      5.941     -2.45     8.849      9.352      9.491      8.739      -1.24    4.13

     ITALY       4.839      5.325      3.904      3.720     -4.71     5.671      4.793      5.072      5.141      -9.35    2.43

     JAPAN       5.713      5.965      3.707      2.018    -45.56     5.776      4.573      4.019      4.276     -25.96    2.02

     THAILND     2.586      2.895      1.977      1.944     -1.68     2.845      3.113      2.949      2.862       0.57    1.35

     U KING      2.344      2.240      1.343      1.531     14.02     2.051      2.216      2.437      2.428      18.42    1.15

     EGYPT       1.093      0.553      0.372      0.964    159.19     0.530      0.856      0.986      1.145     116.07    0.54

     VIETNAM     0.252      0.413      0.232      0.832    258.71     0.304      0.775      0.870      1.013     233.69    0.48


     _WTO      219.168    195.645    123.554    139.425     12.85   200.959    204.906    207.557    211.516       5.25  100.00

     _OECD     119.765    108.389     67.332     83.907     24.62   106.555    121.373    123.556    124.964      17.28   59.08

     _W HEMI    44.769     45.459     29.431     30.786      4.61    44.282     46.767     47.026     46.814       5.72   22.13

     _USMCA     40.875     41.557     26.489     29.231     10.35    40.065     43.548     44.255     44.299      10.57   20.94

     _EU27      31.432     30.277     19.968     23.854     19.46    29.887     33.746     34.655     34.163      14.31   16.15

     _EU28      31.442     30.277     19.968     23.854     19.46    29.889     33.746     34.655     34.163      14.30   16.15

     _EU27_20   29.098     28.037     18.625     22.323     19.85    27.839     31.530     32.218     31.734      13.99   15.00

     _ASEAN      3.246      3.747      2.505      3.301     31.75     3.620      4.426      4.402      4.542      25.46    2.15