_____________________________________ | | October 5, 2012 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 8/2012 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 223: NON-WOVEN FABRICS 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 888.562 949.341 631.747 680.332 7.69 919.501 990.544 995.666 997.926 8.53 100.00 CHINA P 128.280 154.622 104.414 117.613 12.64 147.191 163.453 166.163 167.822 14.02 16.82 CANADA 92.319 100.881 67.956 79.636 17.19 95.448 110.077 112.180 112.561 17.93 11.28 JAPAN 79.580 88.651 56.618 74.542 31.66 79.633 103.331 105.883 106.574 33.83 10.68 GERMANY 86.445 96.910 67.232 64.879 -3.50 96.327 95.250 95.242 94.557 -1.84 9.48 MEXICO 63.120 68.820 44.860 50.968 13.62 66.620 73.825 74.795 74.929 12.47 7.51 ISRAEL 88.459 63.252 40.955 37.342 -8.82 62.168 60.993 60.242 59.639 -4.07 5.98 FRANCE 41.821 42.423 25.795 32.381 25.53 41.119 47.120 47.615 49.008 19.18 4.91 ITALY 33.364 43.052 26.441 27.068 2.37 38.147 44.850 43.890 43.679 14.50 4.38 INDIA 20.514 38.925 25.073 23.657 -5.65 33.564 38.741 38.415 37.509 11.75 3.76 KOR REP 21.529 31.491 20.185 25.698 27.31 28.040 36.146 37.087 37.004 31.97 3.71 U KING 28.905 32.672 22.638 17.252 -23.79 31.467 28.471 27.437 27.286 -13.29 2.73 TURKEY 15.045 19.832 12.604 16.609 31.78 16.879 22.956 22.383 23.837 41.22 2.39 LUXMBRG 28.455 25.430 20.441 17.785 -13.00 30.578 22.932 22.785 22.773 -25.52 2.28 CHINA T 15.020 18.324 11.802 11.478 -2.74 16.294 17.667 18.095 18.000 10.47 1.80 POLAND 8.441 13.402 8.479 8.860 4.48 11.505 13.825 13.981 13.782 19.79 1.38 THAILND 8.010 11.725 7.247 8.896 22.76 9.918 13.056 13.070 13.374 34.84 1.34 DENMARK 5.792 11.292 7.040 7.431 5.56 9.549 12.374 11.958 11.684 22.36 1.17 FINLAND 15.251 13.477 9.640 5.226 -45.79 17.106 10.545 9.078 9.062 -47.02 0.91 NETHLDS 9.267 11.031 7.912 5.407 -31.66 11.181 8.586 8.458 8.526 -23.74 0.85 AUSTRAL 8.456 10.677 8.249 5.288 -35.89 10.837 9.244 8.106 7.716 -28.80 0.77 SPAIN 7.230 3.661 2.288 6.166 169.52 6.162 5.441 6.738 7.539 22.35 0.76 SWEDEN 5.694 4.515 2.537 5.340 110.49 4.312 6.448 6.703 7.318 69.71 0.73 BELGIUM 6.738 5.724 4.346 4.131 -4.96 6.804 5.471 6.001 5.508 -19.04 0.55 CZECH 2.012 4.129 2.816 3.930 39.57 3.199 5.224 5.128 5.244 63.89 0.53 MALAYSA 0.483 3.138 0.673 2.539 277.24 0.756 5.107 4.994 5.004 562.00 0.50 IRELAND 5.152 4.315 2.795 2.946 5.42 5.040 4.393 4.001 4.466 -11.38 0.45 GREECE 4.524 3.506 3.239 4.073 25.76 4.560 4.515 4.660 4.341 -4.80 0.43 SLOVENI 0.293 1.622 0.692 2.613 277.64 0.716 3.670 3.704 3.543 394.70 0.36 BRAZIL 43.895 7.860 6.771 2.432 -64.09 19.887 3.670 3.629 3.520 -82.30 0.35 INDNSIA 3.191 2.205 1.606 1.715 6.81 2.682 1.997 2.250 2.314 -13.71 0.23 DOM REP 1.597 2.620 1.781 0.769 -56.82 2.409 1.814 1.787 1.609 -33.22 0.16 S ARAB 3.486 1.983 1.254 0.703 -43.98 2.005 1.170 1.360 1.431 -28.61 0.14 HG KONG 0.789 1.178 0.669 0.881 31.56 1.033 1.566 1.461 1.390 34.52 0.14 REP SAF 0.644 1.255 0.918 0.969 5.52 1.220 1.500 1.332 1.306 7.02 0.13 SWITZLD 0.997 0.920 0.721 0.673 -6.61 1.017 0.930 1.020 0.873 -14.19 0.09 AUSTRIA 0.177 0.754 0.667 0.384 -42.45 0.706 0.670 0.591 0.471 -33.37 0.05 VIETNAM 0.259 0.322 0.228 0.267 17.16 0.378 0.367 0.382 0.361 -4.59 0.04 HONDURA 0.306 0.247 0.143 0.154 7.95 0.203 0.265 0.252 0.259 27.60 0.03 ECUADOR 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.219 * 0.000 0.198 0.219 0.219 * 0.02 CHILE 0.000 0.096 0.065 0.137 111.34 0.065 0.127 0.141 0.168 158.91 0.02 EGYPT 0.021 0.046 0.046 0.104 125.20 0.046 0.121 0.141 0.104 125.20 0.01 RUSSIA 1.135 0.792 0.792 0.000 -99.95 0.792 0.790 0.790 0.000 -99.95 0.00 SIER LN 0.000 0.484 0.484 0.000 -100.00 0.484 0.153 0.021 0.000 -100.00 0.00 _WTO 888.562 949.318 631.724 680.275 7.69 919.477 990.516 995.612 997.869 8.53 99.99 _OECD 427.671 480.198 324.064 341.256 5.31 470.051 495.607 495.181 497.389 5.82 49.84 _EU15 278.816 298.760 203.012 200.469 -1.25 303.057 297.065 295.157 296.218 -2.26 29.68 _EC12 257.694 280.015 190.167 189.520 -0.34 280.933 279.401 278.786 279.367 -0.56 27.99 _W HEMI 201.754 180.870 121.817 134.604 10.50 184.942 190.332 193.341 193.657 4.71 19.41 _ASEAN 12.810 17.651 9.841 13.473 36.90 14.341 20.749 20.923 21.283 48.41 2.13 _CBI 2.052 3.010 2.023 1.040 -48.59 2.713 2.235 2.163 2.027 -25.27 0.20 _CAFTA 2.030 2.985 2.023 0.957 -52.71 2.713 2.163 2.090 1.918 -29.29 0.19 _SUB-SAH 0.781 1.740 1.403 0.971 -30.80 1.791 1.655 1.355 1.308 -27.01 0.13 _ANDEAN 0.150 0.108 0.051 0.350 592.93 0.080 0.354 0.388 0.407 409.28 0.04