_____________________________________
                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2021
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2021 Data     |
                                          |_____________________________________|

                                           Category 229:  SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
                                             Data in Kg., 13.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  1/2021
   Country      2019       2020       1/2020     1/2021  % Change    1/2020    11/2020    12/2020     1/2021   % Change % Share


     WORLD    272179153 247632226   23480103   24198510      3.06 271811933  246101938  247632226  248350633      -8.63  100.00

     CHINA P   66445942  53332100    5097647    4903174     -3.81  65221521   53710041   53332100   53137627     -18.53   21.40

     VIETNAM   68010153  44356930    5098641    4960019     -2.72  66291094   44170687   44356930   44218308     -33.30   17.80

     KOR REP   44849286  40879238    4380605    3760624    -14.15  45198675   40392780   40879238   40259257     -10.93   16.21

     MEXICO    16836415  17287374    1174931    1620876     37.95  16507277   17082162   17287374   17733319       7.43    7.14

     CAMBOD     7685479  16821458    1358856    2102810     54.75   8610142   15994114   16821458   17565412     104.01    7.07

     CHINA T   15981753  15667380    1235876    1220054     -1.28  16150075   15379608   15667380   15651558      -3.09    6.30

     INDIA      8017668  10521046     605342     650027      7.38   8098792   10311415   10521046   10565731      30.46    4.25

     CANADA     7788589   7141549     677635     555047    -18.09   7945818    7426710    7141549    7018961     -11.66    2.83

     JAPAN      5699971   5826628     478555     626263     30.87   5805341    5631684    5826628    5974336       2.91    2.41

     COLOMB     3985191   3587902     293501     558056     90.14   4029172    3556309    3587902    3852457      -4.39    1.55

     BURMA       916047   3212721     200525     789604    293.77   1111989    3199455    3212721    3801800     241.89    1.53

     GERMANY    5684446   3597296     289670     420428     45.14   5434915    3821131    3597296    3728054     -31.41    1.50

     THAILND    1318900   2009032     147968     193669     30.89   1362613    1973831    2009032    2054733      50.79    0.83

     TURKEY     1033950   1836308     146076     222608     52.39   1135991    1722006    1836308    1912840      68.39    0.77

     ARAB EM    1415470   2031588     391000     138000    -64.71   1691257    2232620    2031588    1778588       5.16    0.72

     DOM REP     147033   1486201      10773      16976     57.58    156856    1385343    1486201    1492404     851.45    0.60

     ITALY      1751137   1530113     191950     142760    -25.63   1789930    1545694    1530113    1480923     -17.26    0.60

     INDNSIA    1796603   1531743     194806      98814    -49.28   1921829    1379015    1531743    1435751     -25.29    0.58

     U KING     1584670   1289593     162510     165788      2.02   1667936    1407102    1289593    1292871     -22.49    0.52

     NETHLDS     864638   1393184     137364      25284    -81.59    964650    1539581    1393184    1281104      32.81    0.52

     MALAYSA     318865   1408796     193389      36557    -81.10    502964    1380274    1408796    1251964     148.92    0.50

     SPAIN      1085340   1193599     116855     116499     -0.30   1130931    1168405    1193599    1193243       5.51    0.48

     BNGLDSH        552   1086944         91      75918  83326.37       591     884106    1086944    1162771   196646.4    0.47

     PORTUGL    1434166   1171038     140113      66863    -52.28   1517136    1281081    1171038    1097788     -27.64    0.44

     CZECH       707365   1023389     107535     157078     46.07    783112    1026252    1023389    1072932      37.01    0.43

     N ZEAL     1133451   1003515     101297      64329    -36.49   1135999    1046169    1003515     966547     -14.92    0.39

     REP SAF     634011    591208      51643      50410     -2.39    589371     561525     591208     589975       0.10    0.24

     PERU        474197    566684      55140      39350    -28.64    503840     512871     566684     550894       9.34    0.22

     LUXMBRG     469807    450350      16414      51348    212.83    433763     439824     450350     485284      11.88    0.20

     AUSTRAL     632597    472142      82419      52117    -36.77    626827     512338     472142     441840     -29.51    0.18

     PHIL R      172350    378441      62656      67559      7.83    230774     407545     378441     383344      66.11    0.15

     ISRAEL      479336    388236      81166      28594    -64.77    462794     403654     388236     335664     -27.47    0.14

     FRANCE      458689    319292      28287      33704     19.15    461848     330164     319292     324709     -29.69    0.13

     BELGIUM     304891    294244      26074      21560    -17.31    305626     294379     294244     289730      -5.20    0.12

     SWITZLD     382256    264418      18402      23783     29.24    372182     258513     264418     269799     -27.51    0.11

     POLAND       22460    250641      20024      12572    -37.22     41913     229874     250641     243189     480.22    0.10

     MALTA       150391    234904          0          0       *      134788     234904     234904     234904      74.28    0.09

     SLOVAK      273157    259152      45067       2656    -94.11    298466     327054     259152     216741     -27.38    0.09

     AUSTRIA     183960    111982      12212      51233    319.53    187280     107532     111982     151003     -19.37    0.06

     SALVADR      59702    130386       3070      17567    472.21     57968     100758     130386     144883     149.94    0.06

     ROMANIA     126603    133960       4860       5720     17.70    121858     137771     133960     134820      10.64    0.05

     PAKISTN     131014     96921       4675       7033     50.44    125168     100208      96921      99279     -20.68    0.04

     SWEDEN      107562     82281       6505      21740    234.20    104365      87876      82281      97516      -6.56    0.04

     NORWAY       53515     48575      15093          9    -99.94     68608      61490      48575      33491     -51.18    0.01

     SRI LKA     101336     29051        392         64    -83.67    101332      30026      29051      28723     -71.65    0.01

     HG KONG     133928     10581       3810        917    -75.93    113834      11426      10581       7688     -93.25    0.00


     _WTO     272178159 247612680   23480103   24198510      3.06 271810939  246082369  247612680  248331087      -8.64   99.99

     _ASEAN    80225903  69720366    7256842    8249659     13.68  80037034   68506796   69720366   70713183     -11.65   28.47

     _OECD     70665085  64450616    6678062    5981747    -10.43  71406833   64811155   64450616   63754301     -10.72   25.67

     _W HEMI   29415357  30303517    2216799    2811188     26.81  29324371   30171542   30303517   30897906       5.37   12.44

     _USMCA    24625004  24428923    1852566    2175923     17.45  24453095   24508872   24428923   24752280       1.22    9.97

     _EU27     15390650  13488702    1310944    1313500      0.19  15530475   14141837   13488702   13491258     -13.13    5.43

     _EU28     15390701  13488702    1310944    1313500      0.19  15530526   14141837   13488702   13491258     -13.13    5.43

     _EU27_202 13806031  12199109    1148434    1147712     -0.06  13862590   12734735   12199109   12198387     -12.00    4.91

     _CAFTA      284150   1669077      14407      35590    147.03    290528    1541300    1669077    1690260     481.79    0.68

     _SUB-SAHA   636051    611546      51757      50414     -2.59    591505     582019     611546     610203       3.16    0.25