_____________________________________ | | October 31, 2017 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 9/2017 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 800: SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN Data in Kg., 8.50 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 544902 520938 376210 498309 32.46 528097 569444 597307 643037 21.76 100.00 CHINA P 188500 183133 126185 231530 83.48 194673 226287 237562 288478 48.19 44.86 ROMANIA 122509 138495 91720 135841 48.10 117741 168424 179747 182616 55.10 28.40 ITALY 55263 56300 48381 32770 -32.27 68325 44332 41350 40689 -40.45 6.33 FRANCE 28942 53897 36263 22742 -37.29 44567 38469 41985 40376 -9.40 6.28 HUNGARY 40874 37798 36162 20964 -42.03 43977 27663 26200 22600 -48.61 3.51 TURKEY 9882 12387 6419 9231 43.81 12087 14499 15239 15199 25.75 2.36 JAPAN 15819 198 165 10039 5984.24 3359 9748 9706 10072 199.85 1.57 LITHUAN 4523 6160 6160 6051 -1.77 10655 6110 12161 6051 -43.21 0.94 _WTO 544902 520938 376210 498309 32.46 528097 569444 597307 643037 21.76 100.00 _EU27 294364 310047 230721 230693 -0.01 300095 303066 318438 310019 3.31 48.21 _EU28 294364 310047 230721 230693 -0.01 300095 303066 318438 310019 3.31 48.21 _OECD 177429 178136 139260 98066 -29.58 183959 143422 142160 136942 -25.56 21.30