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| | October 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 8/2012 Data |
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Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS
Data in Kg., 6.50 M2 per Kg..
Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 8/2012
Country 2010 2011 8/2011 8/2012 % Change 8/2011 6/2012 7/2012 8/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 62274033 68046550 47243481 47551571 0.65 68519074 69145859 68642062 68354640 -0.24 100.00
CHINA T 13828723 17857439 10859624 12027124 10.75 17139051 19585756 19393089 19024939 11.00 27.83
MEXICO 20818352 19022518 13391774 12469930 -6.88 20220638 18359353 18061498 18100674 -10.48 26.48
PORTUGL 4315059 6513739 5486942 6468699 17.89 5872315 7163840 7331858 7495496 27.64 10.97
CHINA P 4004426 5225193 3270738 3970769 21.40 4723021 5812961 5897497 5925224 25.45 8.67
CANADA 1990252 2233685 1358907 1344269 -1.08 2137835 2064017 2112124 2219047 3.80 3.25
INDIA 2099200 1866344 1272896 1436560 12.86 2044810 2055388 2043242 2030008 -0.72 2.97
VIETNAM 1954400 1739119 1177985 1266771 7.54 1878750 1849717 1893763 1827905 -2.71 2.67
C RICA 2309897 1915502 1759390 1203286 -31.61 1987556 1534667 1405378 1359398 -31.60 1.99
KOR REP 1315669 1440255 958114 803869 -16.10 1447181 1311505 1353105 1286010 -11.14 1.88
THAILND 1012982 1268025 814682 692959 -14.94 1193570 1233081 1210533 1146302 -3.96 1.68
GUATMAL 384955 471989 351450 1005932 186.22 439739 1004496 1015601 1126471 156.17 1.65
JAPAN 667840 804067 481151 678467 41.01 715243 1024655 976261 1001383 40.01 1.46
PHIL R 129426 117003 13396 593019 4326.84 17802 558365 631093 696626 3813.19 1.02
FRANCE 670334 546924 346836 404543 16.64 610458 580022 608308 604631 -0.95 0.88
ITALY 553508 594715 468212 476438 1.76 648108 627783 595981 602941 -6.97 0.88
N ZEAL 639278 711063 689609 576709 -16.37 728705 641954 568259 598163 -17.91 0.88
ARAB EM 1314429 2490808 2019698 28847 -98.57 3328666 792625 644719 499957 -84.98 0.73
TURKEY 875416 890472 770769 321835 -58.24 1043777 624421 501816 441538 -57.70 0.65
COLOMB 375857 323778 209100 245892 17.60 330033 369531 358509 360570 9.25 0.53
CZECH 1104984 323900 217876 215968 -0.88 279301 318893 310212 321992 15.28 0.47
ISRAEL 216862 223362 223362 255366 14.33 238684 255366 255366 255366 6.99 0.37
INDNSIA 211593 215524 178439 168582 -5.52 195399 129418 182951 205667 5.25 0.30
GERMANY 151865 196051 152865 139489 -8.75 200225 196589 201498 182675 -8.77 0.27
ROMANIA 140248 108500 65138 124069 90.47 125830 184267 184299 167431 33.06 0.24
LATVIA 212813 142843 93695 80718 -13.85 163097 149605 166428 129866 -20.37 0.19
AUSTRAL 346016 151376 151360 121033 -20.04 158317 102220 121049 121049 -23.54 0.18
NETHLDS 64382 178763 159697 41638 -73.93 183268 64844 66293 60704 -66.88 0.09
_WTO 62274033 68045732 47242663 47551571 0.65 68518256 69145859 68642062 68354640 -0.24 100.00
_W HEMI 26102362 24189794 17231709 16429570 -4.66 25325762 23590881 23173454 23387655 -7.65 34.22
_OECD 12286212 13975655 10858182 11066899 1.92 13501855 13929918 14017313 14184372 5.05 20.75
_EU15 5986160 8180196 6690786 7658575 14.46 7677434 8822126 9003975 9147985 19.15 13.38
_EC12 5950000 8147189 6683412 7626713 14.11 7657742 8778422 8949420 9090490 18.71 13.30
_ASEAN 3354049 3367071 2208204 2745450 24.33 3321613 3793922 3943639 3904317 17.54 5.71
_CBI 2765702 2479749 2177702 2257926 3.68 2522025 2630989 2484402 2559973 1.50 3.75
_CAFTA 2753252 2479503 2177456 2257926 3.70 2521679 2630989 2484402 2559973 1.52 3.75
_ANDEAN 459296 395504 267303 298640 11.72 400336 468092 447007 426841 6.62 0.62