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| | May 1, 2018
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 3/2018 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Kg., 13.60 M2 per Kg..
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 3/2018
Country 2016 2017 3/2017 3/2018 % Change 3/2017 1/2018 2/2018 3/2018 % Change % Share
WORLD 223583916 245063624 54488184 61443586 12.76 227736316 245811963 247787933 252019026 10.66 100.00
CHINA P 69105416 83707212 18032256 22445215 24.47 72869636 84629534 86803834 88120171 20.93 34.97
VIETNAM 51962165 49079999 10539235 9203080 -12.68 50096210 48396016 47158305 47743844 -4.70 18.94
KOR REP 23148250 32743073 8067795 8224265 1.94 25143364 32639127 32284871 32899543 30.85 13.05
CANADA 15822076 16890973 3776744 4859987 28.68 15716724 17397573 17525393 17974216 14.36 7.13
CHINA T 15889902 15127713 2870758 2813664 -1.99 15674024 15115677 15246292 15070619 -3.85 5.98
MEXICO 12968179 10463738 2528262 3999057 58.17 11996422 10711009 11236330 11934533 -0.52 4.74
JAPAN 6420788 7180381 1693282 1755979 3.70 6522930 7075099 7092398 7243078 11.04 2.87
GERMANY 5319251 5555443 1496731 1288109 -13.94 5934502 5606448 5507044 5346821 -9.90 2.12
INDIA 4191762 5166024 1041893 1075280 3.20 4477166 5063388 5156409 5199411 16.13 2.06
CAMBOD 1226945 1612796 368169 733917 99.34 1314129 1661973 1793513 1978544 50.56 0.79
INDNSIA 2276610 1973252 412686 413702 0.25 1988633 2003196 1949678 1974268 -0.72 0.78
ITALY 1093907 1946552 426155 432789 1.56 1284905 1991344 2004221 1953186 52.01 0.78
COLOMB 512216 1366688 256205 604260 135.85 685624 1400617 1593518 1714743 150.10 0.68
TURKEY 982016 1443073 278697 372496 33.66 1077283 1450397 1487305 1536872 42.66 0.61
U KING 708902 1038703 176289 310001 75.85 755851 1039775 1138570 1172415 55.11 0.47
SPAIN 1756526 1225021 351144 283797 -19.18 1669112 1142044 1153407 1157674 -30.64 0.46
PORTUGL 449582 918826 210588 211431 0.40 532991 909444 928518 919669 72.55 0.36
THAILND 694734 777854 224803 277472 23.43 740820 782217 764265 830523 12.11 0.33
N ZEAL 874896 889463 260138 134634 -48.25 957649 836485 789428 763959 -20.23 0.30
NETHLDS 704666 583138 180387 232982 29.16 667674 597689 621009 635733 -4.78 0.25
REP SAF 683993 506215 81975 186578 127.60 655374 587530 590834 610818 -6.80 0.24
AUSTRAL 444782 595876 131980 91091 -30.98 478923 583034 566814 554987 15.88 0.22
SWITZLD 429013 551694 144236 141026 -2.23 472946 552302 547627 548484 15.97 0.22
ISRAEL 106256 382572 117726 206308 75.24 201024 394009 419007 471154 134.38 0.19
CZECH 221837 334753 90025 210525 133.85 238169 327408 372238 455253 91.15 0.18
PERU 387415 420251 141377 175087 23.84 449504 400478 449563 453961 0.99 0.18
FRANCE 177850 330351 62797 65740 4.69 198629 321737 331365 333294 67.80 0.13
ARAB EM 23569 120039 64 158145 247001.6 23614 139893 201861 278120 1077.78 0.11
LUXMBRG 654411 220445 51076 97152 90.21 542161 216933 219413 266521 -50.84 0.11
BELGIUM 198566 215305 36601 50648 38.38 188359 225601 226457 229352 21.76 0.09
HG KONG 74007 145565 6895 77944 1030.44 66145 189584 218605 216614 227.48 0.09
PHIL R 208561 198644 41148 34594 -15.93 189514 178739 172440 192090 1.36 0.08
SLOVAK 162880 180635 55660 41902 -24.72 190819 169030 166809 166877 -12.55 0.07
SWEDEN 2733232 170546 54470 43122 -20.83 2783978 156758 158512 159198 -94.28 0.06
AUSTRIA 125789 154051 37659 31332 -16.80 126309 155296 157919 147724 16.95 0.06
ROMANIA 64924 94812 21137 36535 72.85 72770 97084 95053 110210 51.45 0.04
SALVADR 75219 85399 20190 19218 -4.81 78986 83562 84152 84427 6.89 0.03
LITHUAN 27954 69870 17049 28593 67.71 42775 83067 78199 81414 90.33 0.03
DOM REP 29477 94137 40540 1976 -95.13 64814 65714 64990 55573 -14.26 0.02
PAKISTN 74776 113833 71750 5848 -91.85 143930 46396 43578 47931 -66.70 0.02
MALAYSA 79866 40491 12837 14864 15.79 73623 31066 30904 42518 -42.25 0.02
_WTO 223583280 245045544 54486341 61442350 12.77 227733928 245793503 247770188 252001553 10.66 99.99
_OECD 56036202 65977007 15864130 17111923 7.87 58941124 66333434 66205618 67224800 14.05 26.67
_ASEAN 56451670 53684926 11600643 10677629 -7.96 54406795 53054765 51870657 52761912 -3.02 20.94
_W HEMI 29891134 29390964 6782596 9671106 42.59 29084619 30123490 31018210 32279474 10.98 12.81
_NAFTA 28790255 27354711 6305006 8859044 40.51 27713146 28108582 28761723 29908749 7.92 11.87
_EU28 14483258 13159087 3298164 3395330 2.95 15321506 13174610 13295302 13256253 -13.48 5.26
_EU27 14483258 13159008 3298164 3395330 2.95 15321506 13174531 13295223 13256174 -13.48 5.26
_SUB-SAHA 687090 523098 82101 186578 127.25 658473 604413 607597 627575 -4.69 0.25
_CAFTA 145283 204938 75570 27869 -63.12 190605 169501 168907 157237 -17.51 0.06