_____________________________________ | | May 1, 2018 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 3/2018 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 200: YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD Data in Million $$$, * I/P: * 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 194.656 208.374 47.295 50.578 6.94 199.688 210.478 210.965 211.657 5.99 100.00 TURKEY 53.485 68.787 15.993 14.077 -11.98 58.857 67.729 66.156 66.871 13.62 31.59 CHINA P 36.510 43.592 7.511 11.029 46.84 36.966 45.013 46.507 47.110 27.44 22.26 CANADA 38.061 31.050 7.337 6.626 -9.69 36.907 31.346 30.903 30.339 -17.80 14.33 MEXICO 16.633 14.593 3.827 3.436 -10.21 16.739 14.578 14.435 14.202 -15.16 6.71 FRANCE 6.370 7.172 1.668 3.570 114.09 6.745 8.003 8.308 9.075 34.54 4.29 GERMANY 8.298 8.164 1.794 2.125 18.42 7.966 8.598 8.604 8.495 6.64 4.01 INDIA 4.386 6.639 1.472 2.177 47.87 4.755 7.123 7.249 7.343 54.44 3.47 ITALY 5.754 6.810 1.919 1.313 -31.55 5.632 6.592 6.425 6.204 10.17 2.93 JAPAN 4.749 4.772 1.316 1.476 12.18 4.641 4.787 5.103 4.932 6.27 2.33 THAILND 3.854 3.016 0.932 0.536 -42.52 3.889 2.910 2.665 2.619 -32.64 1.24 PERU 2.567 2.567 0.685 0.599 -12.58 2.335 2.398 2.373 2.481 6.26 1.17 _WTO 194.602 208.373 47.295 50.577 6.94 199.635 210.477 210.964 211.656 6.02 100.00 _OECD 118.014 127.580 30.242 29.650 -1.96 121.979 127.904 126.393 126.987 4.11 60.00 _W HEMI 59.897 49.864 12.243 11.077 -9.53 58.783 50.051 49.479 48.697 -17.16 23.01 _NAFTA 54.694 45.643 11.164 10.062 -9.87 53.646 45.924 45.338 44.541 -16.97 21.04 _EU28 28.048 28.237 6.953 8.984 29.22 27.928 29.466 30.070 30.269 8.38 14.30 _EU27 28.033 28.194 6.922 8.984 29.79 27.896 29.453 30.057 30.256 8.46 14.29 _ASEAN 4.642 3.713 1.048 0.671 -36.03 4.576 3.628 3.384 3.336 -27.10 1.58 _CAFTA 2.177 0.729 0.123 0.117 -4.80 2.161 0.757 0.737 0.724 -66.51 0.34