_____________________________________ | | October 5, 2012 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 8/2012 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS Data in Million $$$, * I/P: * 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 210.633 243.815 166.056 170.399 2.62 239.991 250.223 248.875 248.159 3.40 100.00 MEXICO 57.858 54.263 37.838 34.331 -9.27 56.437 51.831 51.134 50.755 -10.07 20.45 CHINA T 28.620 37.012 22.153 24.104 8.81 34.822 40.104 39.756 38.962 11.89 15.70 CHINA P 17.098 24.226 15.269 20.010 31.05 21.843 27.473 28.280 28.967 32.62 11.67 PORTUGL 9.363 14.585 12.095 14.928 23.43 13.118 16.640 16.998 17.419 32.79 7.02 JAPAN 10.635 13.723 8.540 11.311 32.46 12.507 16.438 16.271 16.495 31.89 6.65 FRANCE 11.774 14.011 8.643 9.612 11.22 12.723 15.380 15.427 14.980 17.74 6.04 CANADA 8.931 10.115 6.223 7.341 17.98 9.564 9.978 10.146 11.233 17.45 4.53 ITALY 7.708 7.387 5.634 6.945 23.26 8.186 8.916 8.674 8.697 6.24 3.50 COLOMB 6.485 6.785 4.223 5.363 26.97 6.383 7.991 7.827 7.924 24.14 3.19 INDIA 5.472 5.505 3.617 3.756 3.86 5.650 5.994 5.848 5.645 -0.09 2.27 VIETNAM 5.111 5.134 3.304 3.658 10.71 5.311 5.524 5.739 5.488 3.33 2.21 KOR REP 4.169 5.491 3.586 3.489 -2.71 5.306 5.430 5.681 5.394 1.66 2.17 TURKEY 6.269 7.244 6.054 3.588 -40.74 7.653 5.769 5.146 4.777 -37.57 1.93 THAILND 3.679 5.269 3.356 2.728 -18.73 4.648 5.149 4.957 4.640 -0.17 1.87 GERMANY 3.227 4.192 2.721 2.030 -25.41 3.948 3.875 3.608 3.500 -11.34 1.41 C RICA 4.877 4.474 4.094 2.697 -34.12 4.582 3.519 3.194 3.077 -32.85 1.24 GUATMAL 0.856 1.163 0.849 2.427 185.81 1.054 2.465 2.507 2.741 160.13 1.10 PHIL R 0.458 0.405 0.051 2.011 3861.96 0.084 1.888 2.114 2.365 2719.44 0.95 ARAB EM 5.918 10.824 9.025 0.104 -98.85 14.928 3.038 2.453 1.903 -87.25 0.77 N ZEAL 1.359 1.703 1.638 1.520 -7.20 1.718 1.644 1.501 1.585 -7.75 0.64 ROMANIA 0.894 0.786 0.467 0.937 100.43 0.844 1.372 1.373 1.256 48.86 0.51 CZECH 2.154 0.950 0.641 0.697 8.71 0.800 0.925 0.905 1.005 25.63 0.41 INDNSIA 0.369 0.367 0.291 0.812 178.88 0.322 0.504 0.777 0.888 175.85 0.36 ISRAEL 0.783 0.679 0.679 0.787 15.85 0.844 0.787 0.787 0.787 -6.74 0.32 LATVIA 0.517 0.433 0.284 0.292 2.70 0.475 0.502 0.555 0.441 -7.22 0.18 NETHLDS 0.390 1.154 0.987 0.231 -76.56 1.141 0.437 0.426 0.398 -65.11 0.16 AUSTRAL 1.087 0.508 0.505 0.320 -36.73 0.581 0.296 0.323 0.323 -44.47 0.13 _WTO 210.633 243.812 166.053 170.399 2.62 239.988 250.223 248.875 248.159 3.40 100.00 _W HEMI 80.581 78.584 54.472 53.652 -1.50 79.534 77.886 76.796 77.764 -2.23 31.34 _OECD 58.879 70.433 50.429 53.045 5.19 67.249 72.962 72.613 73.048 8.62 29.44 _EU15 34.580 43.835 31.536 35.743 13.34 41.282 48.309 48.282 48.042 16.38 19.36 _EC12 34.249 43.574 31.466 35.148 11.70 41.147 47.718 47.535 47.256 14.85 19.04 _ASEAN 9.903 11.345 7.145 9.351 30.88 10.590 13.203 13.735 13.551 27.96 5.46 _ANDEAN 7.016 7.309 4.634 5.785 24.83 6.873 8.707 8.509 8.460 23.09 3.41 _CBI 5.953 5.876 5.121 5.261 2.73 5.873 6.232 5.880 6.015 2.43 2.42 _CAFTA 5.855 5.875 5.121 5.261 2.74 5.870 6.232 5.880 6.015 2.47 2.42