_____________________________________ | | October 31, 2017 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 9/2017 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC Data in Million $$$, * I/P: * 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 1411.537 1401.473 1044.686 1119.829 7.19 1378.250 1464.217 1458.258 1476.616 7.14 100.00 CHINA P 370.858 391.298 291.465 320.392 9.92 381.956 417.739 415.763 420.225 10.02 28.46 VIETNAM 195.505 167.142 125.820 116.510 -7.40 173.810 163.508 152.936 157.832 -9.19 10.69 CHINA T 163.746 153.815 115.517 118.798 2.84 150.556 154.474 153.749 157.096 4.34 10.64 KOR REP 129.072 126.827 96.386 115.397 19.72 127.192 142.891 144.488 145.838 14.66 9.88 JAPAN 111.135 125.121 88.505 91.089 2.92 117.098 127.447 127.703 127.706 9.06 8.65 CANADA 93.126 87.694 64.995 70.865 9.03 86.262 91.278 92.622 93.564 8.46 6.34 MEXICO 89.116 93.887 73.846 68.238 -7.59 93.887 91.367 89.951 88.279 -5.97 5.98 GERMANY 27.493 36.628 25.776 39.291 52.43 31.867 45.573 48.272 50.143 57.35 3.40 INDIA 22.452 28.232 20.385 22.739 11.54 26.880 30.128 30.509 30.585 13.79 2.07 SWITZLD 25.966 27.792 19.763 22.464 13.66 25.869 31.269 31.146 30.493 17.88 2.07 ITALY 20.595 21.132 16.574 21.281 28.40 21.555 24.743 24.993 25.838 19.87 1.75 TURKEY 15.643 15.240 10.282 17.128 66.58 14.272 18.921 20.525 22.086 54.74 1.50 U KING 17.520 15.977 12.225 13.083 7.02 15.787 16.348 16.490 16.836 6.64 1.14 FRANCE 15.592 11.976 9.096 10.548 15.96 12.858 13.074 13.661 13.427 4.42 0.91 N ZEAL 10.292 9.385 7.001 8.519 21.67 9.669 11.412 11.136 10.903 12.76 0.74 THAILND 8.298 7.880 6.584 6.446 -2.09 8.830 7.557 7.930 7.743 -12.31 0.52 INDNSIA 3.100 8.543 6.239 5.107 -18.15 7.147 7.546 7.371 7.410 3.68 0.50 SPAIN 10.421 12.042 8.386 2.757 -67.12 11.419 7.262 6.803 6.413 -43.84 0.43 BELGIUM 4.849 4.612 3.166 3.826 20.86 4.610 4.804 5.096 5.272 14.37 0.36 AUSTRAL 5.773 4.592 3.404 4.045 18.82 5.118 5.062 4.992 5.233 2.24 0.35 NETHLDS 6.216 6.199 4.683 3.689 -21.21 6.518 5.728 5.402 5.206 -20.13 0.35 COLOMB 2.411 2.217 1.241 3.627 192.29 1.855 3.802 4.018 4.603 148.13 0.31 CAMBOD 3.312 3.896 2.934 3.366 14.70 4.139 3.994 4.307 4.328 4.56 0.29 PORTUGL 5.269 2.573 1.955 3.390 73.44 3.134 3.580 4.042 4.009 27.90 0.27 ROMANIA 1.438 2.296 1.505 3.190 112.06 1.910 3.671 3.851 3.982 108.43 0.27 PERU 2.619 2.828 2.305 2.813 22.07 2.559 3.000 2.846 3.336 30.36 0.23 ISRAEL 21.901 1.795 1.463 2.692 84.09 2.019 2.673 2.836 3.025 49.79 0.20 AUSTRIA 2.876 2.709 2.187 2.280 4.26 3.016 2.819 2.829 2.802 -7.09 0.19 SWEDEN 0.499 0.519 0.415 2.296 453.40 0.561 2.246 2.263 2.401 328.07 0.16 LUXMBRG 2.035 5.772 4.558 0.912 -79.99 5.100 2.967 2.440 2.126 -58.32 0.14 REP SAF 3.466 2.849 2.111 1.252 -40.69 2.688 2.270 2.140 1.990 -25.95 0.13 CZECH 2.253 2.188 1.783 1.481 -16.92 2.225 1.774 1.809 1.886 -15.21 0.13 SALVADR 1.416 1.400 1.069 1.224 14.55 1.530 1.480 1.549 1.555 1.63 0.11 PHIL R 1.972 1.463 1.321 1.232 -6.73 1.544 1.491 1.421 1.374 -11.01 0.09 DOM REP 0.225 1.417 1.115 1.058 -5.12 1.200 1.190 1.156 1.360 13.40 0.09 SLOVAK 1.953 2.759 2.125 0.503 -76.32 2.778 1.528 1.403 1.137 -59.07 0.08 HG KONG 1.703 0.943 0.753 0.877 16.49 1.295 1.017 0.937 1.067 -17.58 0.07 PAKISTN 0.845 0.517 0.410 0.498 21.57 0.644 0.563 0.616 0.605 -5.97 0.04 LITHUAN 0.196 0.299 0.167 0.351 109.78 0.268 0.472 0.444 0.483 80.26 0.03 ARAB EM 0.119 0.087 0.020 0.289 1364.43 0.078 0.220 0.321 0.357 357.36 0.02 EGYPT 1.520 0.538 0.532 0.026 -95.07 0.847 0.032 0.035 0.032 -96.22 0.00 _WTO 1411.507 1401.399 1044.617 1119.707 7.19 1378.168 1464.090 1458.129 1476.489 7.13 99.99 _OECD 398.643 396.815 294.726 344.881 17.02 389.404 434.027 441.350 446.969 14.78 30.27 _W HEMI 189.975 190.933 145.671 148.977 2.27 188.761 193.455 193.516 194.239 2.90 13.15 _NAFTA 182.242 181.581 138.840 139.103 0.19 180.149 182.645 182.573 181.843 0.94 12.31 _ASEAN 212.490 189.458 143.212 132.877 -7.22 195.839 184.610 174.412 179.124 -8.54 12.13 _EU28 121.483 129.307 95.941 110.177 14.84 125.189 137.985 141.217 143.543 14.66 9.72 _EU27 121.483 129.307 95.941 110.176 14.84 125.189 137.985 141.216 143.542 14.66 9.72 _CAFTA 2.278 3.832 2.923 2.869 -1.84 3.734 3.601 3.587 3.778 1.19 0.26 _SUB-SAH 3.494 2.903 2.151 1.294 -39.85 2.730 2.291 2.164 2.046 -25.07 0.14