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| | October 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 8/2012 Data |
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Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
Data in Kg., 13.60 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 167969439 181082526 121257203 120579622 -0.56 177140363 182739937 182071088 180404945 1.84 100.00
VIETNAM 44889699 54761287 35936145 25092735 -30.17 51476035 48605226 46141596 43917877 -14.68 24.34
CHINA P 23206558 32762402 20056499 30138899 50.27 28500149 41109055 42310936 42844802 50.33 23.75
CANADA 22782561 20888995 14036866 15289477 8.92 22456911 22093922 22153945 22141606 -1.40 12.27
KOR REP 21880101 21228196 14397316 14633894 1.64 21389590 21104545 21473957 21464774 0.35 11.90
CHINA T 12748196 12246291 8361618 9137558 9.28 12391189 12644616 12841754 13022231 5.09 7.22
MEXICO 12025449 11294728 7765136 6830830 -12.03 11884587 10599648 10626294 10360422 -12.82 5.74
JAPAN 4332893 4498673 2954465 4152695 40.56 4287565 5391308 5491618 5696903 32.87 3.16
ISRAEL 10867104 8133469 7134089 3950766 -44.62 9107126 5283395 4901447 4950146 -45.65 2.74
INDIA 3605150 2803283 1933258 2166574 12.07 2998756 2872775 2971371 3036599 1.26 1.68
GERMANY 2304470 1768060 1169840 1335739 14.18 1836580 1876718 1924252 1933959 5.30 1.07
TURKEY 591150 1083177 617278 561855 -8.98 902280 1087664 1087287 1027754 13.91 0.57
U KING 584493 633806 403939 725198 79.53 633828 892887 942620 955065 50.68 0.53
PORTUGL 1001073 1056398 898788 683554 -23.95 1112256 852808 819263 841164 -24.37 0.47
NETHLDS 539566 736625 527295 624010 18.34 771230 889264 835035 833340 8.05 0.46
ITALY 812538 877903 605228 497927 -17.73 821042 743353 754189 770602 -6.14 0.43
THAILND 522898 657748 408481 477035 16.78 590292 748933 756554 726302 23.04 0.40
SPAIN 618112 657796 500112 513098 2.60 666879 702731 698995 670782 0.59 0.37
N ZEAL 474357 518817 370569 486754 31.35 525818 612919 607918 635002 20.76 0.35
ARAB EM 228883 60110 19854 498949 2413.09 39092 399049 459834 539205 1279.32 0.30
SWITZLD 501684 453018 300631 273299 -9.09 502406 415006 403030 425686 -15.27 0.24
INDNSIA 514585 514474 396981 242365 -38.95 580391 393493 399183 359858 -38.00 0.20
CAMBOD 288702 341891 247717 262694 6.05 383123 320118 343435 356868 -6.85 0.20
FRANCE 344900 325705 204090 233846 14.58 306967 357829 354611 355461 15.80 0.20
PERU 208763 281725 245354 292535 19.23 334277 243338 298794 328906 -1.61 0.18
MALAYSA 76447 198574 88623 101637 14.68 127865 210622 213937 211588 65.48 0.12
BRAZIL 115938 243340 130455 85400 -34.54 189027 287782 283331 198285 4.90 0.11
BELGIUM 247724 200231 136819 128869 -5.81 209179 189449 182633 192281 -8.08 0.11
LUXMBRG 261239 304384 215972 103334 -52.15 311567 161886 178577 191746 -38.46 0.11
EGYPT 6225 3854 2346 183167 7707.63 3828 184701 184939 184675 4724.32 0.10
AUSTRAL 89189 64583 32443 121494 274.48 52733 121147 153372 153634 191.34 0.09
PAKISTN 41509 110980 57470 77892 35.54 90056 136691 124045 131402 45.91 0.07
CZECH 26373 77947 48933 83825 71.31 64160 97076 108547 112839 75.87 0.06
PHIL R 38632 108560 55208 56255 1.90 71669 115078 104716 109607 52.94 0.06
NORWAY 26280 74366 59470 82703 39.07 66510 85074 93486 97599 46.74 0.05
SLOVAK 30541 36697 28786 71876 149.69 41742 80533 84325 79787 91.14 0.04
AUSTRIA 62120 56542 41418 56826 37.20 59333 67899 71806 71950 21.26 0.04
HG KONG 82176 101012 81270 43695 -46.23 109747 84055 81656 63437 -42.20 0.04
SALVADR 66546 60949 51802 47148 -8.98 86411 70314 72551 56295 -34.85 0.03
REP SAF 361002 232155 217292 36524 -83.19 500167 44135 44169 51387 -89.73 0.03
POLAND 154154 43686 37558 28066 -25.27 86148 31389 31215 34194 -60.31 0.02
ARGENT 411 343636 343618 29 -99.99 343618 262489 187941 47 -99.99 0.00
_WTO 167941564 181080026 121254871 120577098 -0.56 177114927 182736533 182069329 180402253 1.86 100.00
_OECD 53354938 51104759 34632409 36521138 5.45 52822002 52460242 52958173 52993488 0.32 29.37
_ASEAN 46341254 56587469 37136949 26234725 -29.36 53233360 50398523 47963842 45685245 -14.18 25.32
_W HEMI 35419397 33209582 22631794 22621151 -0.05 35412207 33671915 33736565 33198939 -6.25 18.40
_EU15 6821951 6663281 4731127 4940812 4.43 6769896 6788988 6817902 6872966 1.52 3.81
_EC12 6731882 6580565 4674314 4866995 4.12 6686070 6694052 6719021 6773246 1.30 3.75
_ANDEAN 283109 311790 266279 301123 13.09 369545 261802 316577 346634 -6.20 0.19
_CBI 105904 115935 88127 67629 -23.26 136881 109119 111801 95437 -30.28 0.05
_CAFTA 89100 99676 73138 67532 -7.66 115083 104852 108104 94070 -18.26 0.05
_SUB-SAHA 362188 235367 220018 38342 -82.57 503430 48410 46647 53691 -89.33 0.03