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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2020
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2020 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      86.269     98.258     67.512     53.305    -21.04    96.547     91.184     86.410     84.051     -12.94  100.00

     INDNSIA    31.340     30.283     20.973     13.726    -34.56    30.179     24.963     23.340     23.035     -23.67   27.41

     INDIA      15.584     14.265      9.602      8.017    -16.51    15.658     13.656     13.140     12.679     -19.03   15.08

     CANADA     12.535     12.821      9.191      8.207    -10.72    13.101     11.240     11.092     11.836      -9.66   14.08

     PAKISTN     1.054     11.002      6.863      5.939    -13.47     7.220     11.824     11.413     10.077      39.58   11.99

     TURKEY      3.741      4.206      2.495      3.746     50.17     3.829      5.946      5.630      5.457      42.54    6.49

     SPAIN       3.059      4.126      3.341      3.945     18.09     4.564      4.867      4.563      4.730       3.65    5.63

     ITALY       1.173      3.121      1.605      1.454     -9.45     2.192      3.198      2.792      2.969      35.45    3.53

     ROMANIA     2.386      2.970      2.240      1.829    -18.35     2.787      2.552      2.710      2.559      -8.18    3.04

     VIETNAM     0.998      3.116      2.046      1.424    -30.38     2.396      2.497      2.371      2.495       4.11    2.97

     AUSTRAL     1.037      2.542      2.092      0.915    -56.27     2.092      2.472      1.819      1.365     -34.75    1.62

     THAILND     0.700      1.314      0.908      0.630    -30.57     1.098      1.146      0.963      1.036      -5.62    1.23

     KOR REP     0.268      1.151      0.866      0.671    -22.47     1.040      1.335      1.251      0.957      -7.99    1.14

     CHINA P     5.648      1.992      1.569      0.324    -79.38     3.399      1.136      1.052      0.746     -78.04    0.89

     MEXICO      0.549      0.895      0.681      0.464    -31.82     0.907      0.934      0.858      0.678     -25.19    0.81

     GUATMAL     1.937      1.210      1.024      0.381    -62.82     2.038      0.645      0.606      0.566     -72.22    0.67

     CHINA T     0.220      0.259      0.168      0.271     61.39     0.302      0.324      0.345      0.362      19.83    0.43

     HONDURA     0.002      0.145      0.000      0.157       *       0.002      0.303      0.303      0.303   18879.11    0.36

     MALAYSA     0.667      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       0.444      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO       86.269     98.258     67.512     53.305    -21.04    96.547     91.184     86.410     84.051     -12.94  100.00

     _OECD      24.244     30.040     21.025     19.816     -5.75    29.260     30.558     28.652     28.831      -1.46   34.30

     _ASEAN     34.085     34.773     23.986     15.780    -34.21    34.341     28.606     26.674     26.566     -22.64   31.61

     _W HEMI    15.023     15.211     10.914      9.225    -15.47    16.065     13.250     12.991     13.522     -15.83   16.09

     _USMCA     13.084     13.716      9.873      8.671    -12.17    14.008     12.174     11.951     12.514     -10.67   14.89

     _EU27       8.816     12.304      8.638      8.091     -6.33    11.840     12.089     11.541     11.757      -0.70   13.99

     _EU28       8.816     12.304      8.638      8.091     -6.33    11.840     12.089     11.541     11.757      -0.70   13.99

     _EU27_20    8.533     12.122      8.512      7.950     -6.60    11.593     11.895     11.345     11.560      -0.28   13.75

     _CAFTA      1.940      1.433      1.027      0.542    -47.20     2.042      1.028      0.988      0.948     -53.56    1.13