_____________________________________ | | May 1, 2018 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 3/2018 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC 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 1405.689 1536.523 345.580 369.402 6.89 1433.754 1533.214 1543.007 1560.345 8.83 100.00 CHINA P 391.172 446.707 100.923 109.887 8.88 410.340 447.268 452.189 455.671 11.05 29.20 KOR REP 126.827 161.067 40.824 37.450 -8.27 134.138 158.840 156.911 157.693 17.56 10.11 VIETNAM 167.141 160.878 33.873 28.913 -14.64 161.352 158.178 154.059 155.918 -3.37 9.99 CHINA T 153.699 150.402 25.137 24.647 -1.95 151.704 149.887 151.636 149.913 -1.18 9.61 JAPAN 125.121 123.655 31.417 31.024 -1.25 126.151 120.889 121.477 123.261 -2.29 7.90 CANADA 87.692 97.541 20.973 29.336 39.88 86.117 100.559 102.382 105.905 22.98 6.79 MEXICO 93.887 91.583 22.400 28.122 25.54 91.723 91.639 94.315 97.305 6.09 6.24 GERMANY 41.102 53.375 12.690 15.769 24.26 45.643 54.409 55.088 56.453 23.68 3.62 ITALY 21.132 30.430 6.651 8.242 23.93 23.233 31.511 32.949 32.022 37.83 2.05 INDIA 28.232 30.945 5.811 5.898 1.50 29.528 31.025 31.001 31.032 5.09 1.99 SWITZLD 27.792 29.736 8.285 7.328 -11.54 29.768 29.380 29.080 28.779 -3.32 1.84 TURKEY 15.240 22.843 4.445 6.039 35.85 17.100 23.086 22.894 24.436 42.90 1.57 U KING 15.977 17.870 3.830 4.665 21.82 15.841 17.935 18.472 18.706 18.08 1.20 FRANCE 11.976 13.596 2.819 3.122 10.78 11.808 13.422 13.767 13.900 17.72 0.89 SPAIN 12.042 9.259 2.457 2.154 -12.33 11.519 8.709 8.903 8.956 -22.25 0.57 THAILND 7.880 8.535 2.072 2.153 3.88 7.503 8.674 8.400 8.615 14.82 0.55 N ZEAL 9.385 9.679 2.796 1.384 -50.50 10.426 8.995 8.634 8.267 -20.71 0.53 INDNSIA 8.543 7.217 1.567 1.678 7.05 7.577 7.372 7.166 7.328 -3.29 0.47 COLOMB 2.217 4.968 0.874 2.386 173.03 2.658 5.126 5.930 6.481 143.80 0.42 BELGIUM 4.612 5.311 0.929 1.315 41.59 4.459 5.623 5.676 5.698 27.77 0.37 CAMBOD 3.896 4.770 1.143 2.029 77.51 4.100 4.893 5.204 5.656 37.94 0.36 NETHLDS 6.199 5.687 1.687 1.575 -6.65 6.318 5.673 5.626 5.575 -11.77 0.36 AUSTRAL 4.592 5.509 1.244 0.885 -28.90 4.826 5.448 5.256 5.150 6.71 0.33 PORTUGL 2.573 4.674 0.932 1.173 25.87 2.896 4.729 4.901 4.915 69.70 0.31 ROMANIA 2.296 3.959 0.848 1.263 48.89 2.664 3.973 3.989 4.373 64.15 0.28 ISRAEL 1.795 3.745 1.069 1.604 50.04 2.459 3.928 4.140 4.280 74.06 0.27 PERU 2.828 3.254 1.105 1.224 10.78 3.336 3.099 3.381 3.373 1.13 0.22 SWEDEN 0.519 3.239 0.891 0.950 6.63 1.218 3.113 3.193 3.298 170.66 0.21 SLOVAK 2.759 3.160 0.959 0.770 -19.71 3.165 3.068 2.969 2.971 -6.14 0.19 AUSTRIA 2.709 2.922 0.771 0.758 -1.70 2.686 2.955 3.081 2.909 8.33 0.19 LUXMBRG 5.772 2.052 0.395 0.939 137.49 4.743 2.021 2.166 2.595 -45.29 0.17 REP SAF 2.849 2.127 0.378 0.748 97.88 2.710 2.428 2.431 2.497 -7.88 0.16 CZECH 2.188 1.982 0.485 0.911 87.65 1.755 2.009 2.107 2.408 37.20 0.15 HG KONG 0.943 1.320 0.119 0.493 315.13 0.878 1.577 1.729 1.694 93.03 0.11 SALVADR 1.400 1.608 0.361 0.394 9.29 1.405 1.592 1.621 1.641 16.78 0.11 PHIL R 1.463 1.336 0.294 0.163 -44.62 1.340 1.190 1.137 1.205 -10.06 0.08 DOM REP 1.417 1.151 0.432 0.019 -95.63 1.325 0.946 0.912 0.738 -44.31 0.05 ARAB EM 0.087 0.335 0.011 0.364 3303.83 0.088 0.385 0.518 0.688 685.24 0.04 LITHUAN 0.299 0.493 0.101 0.153 50.84 0.369 0.570 0.548 0.544 47.31 0.03 PAKISTN 0.517 0.635 0.286 0.060 -79.19 0.775 0.380 0.366 0.408 -47.36 0.03 MALAYSA 0.464 0.320 0.106 0.160 51.62 0.478 0.259 0.257 0.375 -21.54 0.02 _WTO 1405.628 1536.365 345.498 369.387 6.91 1433.632 1533.073 1542.903 1560.254 8.83 99.99 _OECD 401.286 479.248 113.478 124.244 9.49 417.095 480.859 483.502 490.013 17.48 31.40 _W HEMI 190.931 201.743 46.685 61.668 32.09 188.241 204.441 209.893 216.726 15.13 13.89 _NAFTA 181.579 189.125 43.373 57.458 32.48 177.840 192.198 196.698 203.210 14.27 13.02 _ASEAN 189.457 183.118 39.106 35.095 -10.26 182.458 180.614 176.271 179.107 -1.84 11.48 _EU28 133.780 159.527 36.793 43.982 19.54 139.807 161.201 164.903 166.717 19.25 10.68 _EU27 133.780 159.526 36.793 43.982 19.54 139.807 161.200 164.902 166.716 19.25 10.68 _CAFTA 3.832 3.512 1.261 0.497 -60.56 3.980 3.133 2.998 2.748 -30.95 0.18 _SUB-SAH 2.903 2.219 0.383 0.748 95.17 2.764 2.520 2.520 2.583 -6.53 0.17