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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2020
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2020 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         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     289.171    289.660    203.264    159.455    -21.55   302.005    251.948    247.490    245.851     -18.59  100.00

     CHINA P    63.523     53.021     34.395     38.544     12.06    58.336     53.372     56.560     57.169      -2.00   23.25

     MEXICO     59.521     63.075     43.501     36.711    -15.61    65.188     57.773     57.165     56.285     -13.66   22.89

     CHINA T    53.548     58.612     41.526     18.058    -56.51    61.125     41.327     36.100     35.143     -42.51   14.29

     PORTUGL    15.991     19.217     17.532     18.467      5.33    18.485     19.603     19.705     20.151       9.02    8.20

     INDIA       9.358     12.400      7.147      6.132    -14.20    10.997     11.077     11.009     11.385       3.53    4.63

     VIETNAM     7.739     10.073      7.484      6.067    -18.93    10.384      8.786      8.467      8.656     -16.64    3.52

     FRANCE     12.343     12.996      9.525      4.949    -48.04    13.515     10.517      9.557      8.420     -37.70    3.42

     TURKEY     13.135      8.913      6.412      5.911     -7.82    11.473      8.431      8.106      8.411     -26.68    3.42

     CANADA      7.271      8.032      4.719      4.766      0.99     7.454      7.897      8.260      8.079       8.39    3.29

     ITALY       5.207      6.980      5.319      2.234    -58.00     6.608      4.533      4.232      3.895     -41.05    1.58

     JAPAN       3.980      3.249      2.226      1.911    -14.18     3.665      2.996      2.956      2.933     -19.97    1.19

     KOR REP     2.632      2.319      1.718      2.101     22.26     2.638      2.385      2.488      2.702       2.43    1.10

     HUNGARY     1.374      3.279      2.002      1.140    -43.05     2.746      2.565      2.417      2.417     -11.97    0.98

     THAILND     3.705      2.900      1.875      1.335    -28.79     3.001      2.809      2.526      2.361     -21.34    0.96

     ISRAEL      4.213      3.496      2.479      1.222    -50.72     3.714      2.034      2.175      2.238     -39.73    0.91

     PHIL R      2.796      2.655      1.823      1.076    -41.00     2.844      2.248      2.042      1.908     -32.94    0.78

     GERMANY     3.266      1.728      1.127      1.284     13.93     2.260      1.638      1.792      1.885     -16.61    0.77

     POLAND      1.536      2.178      1.528      0.810    -47.02     2.248      1.509      1.636      1.460     -35.07    0.59

     C RICA      1.887      2.290      1.622      0.764    -52.91     2.206      1.483      1.445      1.432     -35.11    0.58

     CZECH       5.781      3.037      2.500      0.857    -65.73     3.563      1.596      1.412      1.394     -60.88    0.57

     U KING      1.763      1.620      1.019      0.787    -22.79     1.359      1.318      1.374      1.388       2.12    0.56

     INDNSIA     1.325      0.814      0.515      0.475     -7.93     0.964      0.838      0.816      0.773     -19.77    0.31

     LATVIA      1.139      1.106      1.040      0.143    -86.25     1.612      0.473      0.396      0.208     -87.08    0.08

     BRAZIL      0.898      1.235      1.227      0.086    -92.97     1.339      0.142      0.115      0.094     -92.97    0.04


     _WTO      289.158    289.333    203.089    159.116    -21.65   301.829    251.438    246.952    245.360     -18.71   99.80

     _W HEMI    71.480     75.501     51.590     42.577    -17.47    77.246     67.858     67.590     66.488     -13.93   27.04

     _USMCA     66.791     71.107     48.219     41.477    -13.98    72.642     65.671     65.425     64.364     -11.40   26.18

     _OECD      72.266     72.263     54.646     44.844    -17.94    74.040     64.216     63.230     62.461     -15.64   25.41

     _EU27      50.787     54.443     43.304     33.041    -23.70    54.616     46.345     45.131     44.180     -19.11   17.97

     _EU28      50.787     54.443     43.304     33.041    -23.70    54.616     46.345     45.131     44.180     -19.11   17.97

     _EU27_20   49.025     52.823     42.284     32.254    -23.72    53.257     45.027     43.757     42.792     -19.65   17.41

     _ASEAN     15.605     16.451     11.705      8.965    -23.41    17.208     14.683     13.864     13.711     -20.32    5.58

     _CAFTA      3.248      2.739      1.874      0.855    -54.38     2.702      1.729      1.695      1.721     -36.31    0.70