_____________________________________ | | October 31, 2017 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 9/2017 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS Data in Kg., 6.50 M2 per Kg.. Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 9/2017 Country 2015 2016 9/2016 9/2017 % Change 9/2016 7/2017 8/2017 9/2017 % Change % Share WORLD 84807280 77765824 61453509 59624526 -2.98 80516160 76709578 75453115 75936841 -5.69 100.00 CHINA T 18838784 17454076 13616562 14061356 3.27 18387028 18708255 18066794 17898870 -2.65 23.57 MEXICO 20290956 20798178 17194752 11347958 -34.00 22354974 16548666 15619220 14951384 -33.12 19.69 CHINA P 10094605 9789345 6918402 9182577 32.73 9171650 11637257 11658920 12053520 31.42 15.87 PORTUGL 11261354 8517095 7855708 6799748 -13.44 9490745 7620613 7486862 7461135 -21.39 9.83 CZECH 2904319 1362804 918039 3364856 266.53 1237393 3140689 3445440 3809621 207.87 5.02 INDIA 3342861 3642198 2603549 2582459 -0.81 3349565 3366072 3459612 3621108 8.11 4.77 VIETNAM 3756219 2858704 2193937 2017966 -8.02 3018261 2731780 2646640 2682733 -11.12 3.53 CANADA 1810770 1796435 1365636 1166740 -14.56 1834560 1614084 1637298 1597539 -12.92 2.10 ISRAEL 681869 866901 698158 1163265 66.62 698158 1225179 1296430 1332008 90.79 1.75 INDNSIA 1217468 1333959 995961 823462 -17.32 1300018 1127602 1103272 1161460 -10.66 1.53 C RICA 817310 891808 708321 908844 28.31 882300 1088995 1092331 1092331 23.80 1.44 POLAND 523489 1057507 450141 439086 -2.46 822587 922353 904830 1046452 27.21 1.38 KOR REP 1127481 978403 716422 761729 6.32 1041099 983654 933662 1023710 -1.67 1.35 PHIL R 1273611 917162 754627 805741 6.77 1008432 970803 1008412 968276 -3.98 1.28 THAILND 754951 897577 737318 757390 2.72 974165 900321 912890 917649 -5.80 1.21 TURKEY 860599 442534 317163 594311 87.38 458570 656093 685750 719682 56.94 0.95 ITALY 560218 539321 363923 499345 37.21 514531 655581 663730 674743 31.14 0.89 FRANCE 626084 402883 294633 383440 30.14 451350 456348 494927 491690 8.94 0.65 GUATMAL 909513 760022 716970 324818 -54.70 804817 371233 347007 367870 -54.29 0.48 LATVIA 83152 51096 51096 316207 518.85 67743 151049 255652 316207 366.77 0.42 U KING 312008 209784 154426 210631 36.40 278327 242939 248991 265989 -4.43 0.35 GERMANY 341652 197115 164538 191876 16.62 270572 226340 242547 224453 -17.05 0.30 HONDURA 671886 289726 238796 161385 -32.42 375002 202499 197227 212315 -43.38 0.28 HUNGARY 418065 609146 530809 123218 -76.79 565052 257247 231654 201555 -64.33 0.27 JAPAN 605549 359339 317705 119885 -62.27 424978 223846 145137 161519 -61.99 0.21 _WTO 84799807 77758661 61448866 59624526 -2.97 80505916 76707058 75450595 75934321 -5.68 100.00 _W HEMI 24734119 24740150 20402895 13959364 -31.58 26497225 19918769 18963765 18296619 -30.95 24.09 _OECD 21006864 16343745 13292124 14792339 11.29 17177313 17071204 17285880 17843960 3.88 23.50 _NAFTA 22101726 22594613 18560388 12514698 -32.57 24189534 18162750 17256518 16548923 -31.59 21.79 _EU27 17345548 13288208 11044660 12660594 14.63 14017503 14053488 14379300 14904142 6.33 19.63 _EU28 17345548 13288208 11044660 12660594 14.63 14017503 14053488 14379300 14904142 6.33 19.63 _ASEAN 7002450 6044188 4717514 4405091 -6.62 6336547 5766724 5690152 5731765 -9.54 7.55 _CAFTA 2399388 1942013 1664508 1395711 -16.15 2062540 1663427 1637265 1673216 -18.88 2.20