_____________________________________ | | October 5, 2012 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 8/2012 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 60: MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS Data in Million $$$ 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 35397.819 41151.828 26763.574 28957.002 8.20 39767.131 43013.580 43393.403 43345.256 9.00 100.00 CHINA P 16993.686 19509.349 12411.688 13395.914 7.93 18948.842 20370.207 20528.196 20493.575 8.15 47.28 VIETNAM 2527.543 3251.036 2093.052 2479.437 18.46 3043.995 3520.676 3619.268 3637.421 19.49 8.39 INDNSIA 1733.224 2111.673 1428.283 1536.349 7.57 2002.194 2208.379 2234.329 2219.739 10.87 5.12 MEXICO 1688.762 1871.269 1292.327 1273.337 -1.47 1863.845 1866.644 1863.056 1852.278 -0.62 4.27 CANADA 1121.926 1157.232 775.847 739.253 -4.72 1163.601 1131.251 1126.948 1120.637 -3.69 2.59 INDIA 677.318 931.192 616.380 731.916 18.74 846.792 1032.165 1039.755 1046.729 23.61 2.41 HONDURA 860.278 925.565 608.249 710.000 16.73 921.107 986.989 1012.793 1027.316 11.53 2.37 BNGLDSH 783.556 962.651 642.237 637.021 -0.81 952.520 949.193 969.764 957.435 0.52 2.21 CAMBOD 515.608 776.300 453.672 551.076 21.47 672.200 870.938 880.791 873.703 29.98 2.02 CHINA T 712.424 722.531 489.209 491.749 0.52 723.309 729.583 732.810 725.071 0.24 1.67 KOR REP 547.792 629.324 412.064 437.394 6.15 600.457 649.798 656.663 654.654 9.03 1.51 SALVADR 520.354 576.911 366.219 443.316 21.05 545.346 643.492 643.549 654.008 19.93 1.51 THAILND 685.950 656.082 451.036 436.937 -3.13 689.294 648.584 645.100 641.982 -6.86 1.48 PHIL R 500.732 621.510 417.901 437.790 4.76 593.219 637.701 649.183 641.400 8.12 1.48 JORDAN 432.656 550.871 368.558 411.143 11.55 524.423 587.557 599.200 593.456 13.16 1.37 SRI LKA 407.193 500.626 332.236 395.999 19.19 469.499 557.948 560.687 564.389 20.21 1.30 ITALY 444.785 500.184 329.998 350.128 6.10 481.389 521.391 521.871 520.314 8.09 1.20 TURKEY 354.644 440.951 303.832 348.416 14.67 412.110 480.763 483.584 485.535 17.82 1.12 GUATMAL 307.820 408.079 278.404 292.567 5.09 384.277 420.184 420.466 422.242 9.88 0.97 EGYPT 307.126 392.678 260.187 273.217 5.01 360.011 408.435 407.591 405.707 12.69 0.94 NICARAG 253.306 324.657 207.808 257.473 23.90 317.233 361.792 367.867 374.322 18.00 0.86 JAPAN 251.100 281.502 181.684 230.067 26.63 262.176 318.758 324.495 329.885 25.83 0.76 DOM REP 279.551 299.278 188.537 208.981 10.84 285.233 309.322 313.772 319.722 12.09 0.74 PAKISTN 126.356 198.599 126.677 155.961 23.12 173.542 225.971 228.717 227.883 31.31 0.53 GERMANY 210.615 225.733 152.807 154.274 0.96 223.791 227.540 226.750 227.200 1.52 0.52 ISRAEL 261.125 213.988 151.265 132.066 -12.69 219.075 198.582 197.938 194.789 -11.09 0.45 MALAYSA 153.993 183.658 124.223 113.590 -8.56 176.674 184.427 179.096 173.025 -2.07 0.40 FRANCE 147.200 163.661 107.363 114.372 6.53 159.216 167.576 168.607 170.670 7.19 0.39 HAITI 87.289 112.240 73.509 85.188 15.89 109.636 119.578 121.453 123.919 13.03 0.29 LESOTHO 76.367 110.921 71.407 70.196 -1.69 102.846 117.713 112.487 109.711 6.68 0.25 U KING 91.457 106.230 70.721 72.586 2.64 101.098 108.011 107.963 108.095 6.92 0.25 BELGIUM 100.894 106.812 76.713 76.357 -0.46 106.454 109.379 108.226 106.457 0.00 0.25 COLOMB 111.370 105.232 73.896 72.080 -2.46 114.092 103.712 103.393 103.417 -9.36 0.24 KENYA 35.336 71.974 41.964 50.677 20.76 58.709 77.668 78.634 80.687 37.44 0.19 HG KONG 67.959 72.859 47.018 52.235 11.10 73.564 79.528 78.273 78.077 6.13 0.18 PERU 64.633 84.146 59.681 51.244 -14.14 80.476 78.196 76.419 75.709 -5.92 0.17 NETHLDS 64.965 75.032 51.181 47.008 -8.15 71.640 71.237 70.533 70.858 -1.09 0.16 PORTUGL 45.184 52.188 36.796 47.991 30.43 47.689 60.451 61.680 63.384 32.91 0.15 ARAB EM 40.312 51.910 35.452 36.490 2.93 56.179 52.140 52.277 52.948 -5.75 0.12 MOROC 27.234 43.692 30.977 37.536 21.17 41.509 50.456 51.083 50.251 21.06 0.12 SPAIN 35.216 41.368 28.078 34.553 23.06 41.095 46.366 47.907 47.842 16.42 0.11 C RICA 60.970 54.294 36.921 29.955 -18.87 55.349 48.541 47.079 47.328 -14.49 0.11 ROMANIA 27.386 34.225 21.653 29.922 38.18 31.266 38.992 40.714 42.493 35.91 0.10 SWITZLD 40.903 44.080 29.543 27.222 -7.86 44.374 42.940 41.784 41.759 -5.89 0.10 BAHRAIN 39.356 35.998 24.233 29.374 21.22 36.665 38.589 40.450 41.139 12.20 0.09 S ARAB 31.478 35.418 23.582 29.191 23.78 35.516 39.366 39.654 41.026 15.51 0.09 POLAND 26.477 38.978 26.760 22.447 -16.12 36.259 34.330 34.348 34.666 -4.39 0.08 TUNISIA 25.842 25.972 18.053 21.524 19.23 25.482 28.420 29.003 29.443 15.55 0.07 SWAZLND 49.168 40.275 29.977 18.942 -36.81 49.046 31.179 30.772 29.240 -40.38 0.07 BULGAR 19.775 25.209 15.650 18.070 15.46 22.760 27.579 28.733 27.629 21.39 0.06 SINGAPR 49.715 34.486 24.805 16.454 -33.67 39.782 30.519 28.035 26.135 -34.31 0.06 LUXMBRG 30.481 28.027 22.337 18.555 -16.93 33.201 24.331 24.279 24.244 -26.98 0.06 AUSTRAL 21.504 24.506 17.349 13.717 -20.93 24.001 22.316 21.329 20.874 -13.03 0.05 BRAZIL 63.025 25.502 18.828 12.711 -32.49 38.453 19.896 19.962 19.385 -49.59 0.04 DENMARK 12.972 17.157 10.497 11.874 13.12 15.741 18.693 18.571 18.534 17.74 0.04 AUSTRIA 13.681 17.829 11.546 12.207 5.73 16.548 18.691 18.153 18.491 11.74 0.04 HUNGARY 9.073 12.975 8.127 11.363 39.82 11.434 14.577 15.357 16.211 41.78 0.04 CZECH 9.341 12.019 8.016 12.019 49.94 10.387 15.073 15.565 16.022 54.25 0.04 LATVIA 10.661 13.220 8.268 10.690 29.29 11.882 14.838 15.782 15.641 31.64 0.04 GREECE 16.995 17.255 12.872 10.416 -19.07 16.532 16.306 16.238 14.799 -10.48 0.03 SLOVENI 7.536 10.993 6.843 9.169 34.01 9.129 13.122 13.537 13.320 45.92 0.03 SWEDEN 9.676 8.395 4.591 8.269 80.10 8.094 10.841 11.353 12.073 49.17 0.03 REP SAF 8.808 11.643 8.295 8.709 4.99 12.302 12.113 12.063 12.057 -1.99 0.03 BOTSWAN 5.573 7.952 3.699 6.401 73.03 5.609 10.393 10.051 10.653 89.95 0.02 FINLAND 16.458 14.569 10.400 5.998 -42.33 18.458 11.674 10.226 10.166 -44.92 0.02 MALAWI 9.477 12.368 6.330 4.004 -36.75 11.415 11.787 11.427 10.042 -12.03 0.02 MACAU 17.611 9.799 6.876 5.988 -12.91 12.598 9.439 9.078 8.912 -29.26 0.02 SLOVAK 5.784 7.436 4.888 5.835 19.37 7.196 7.450 7.747 8.383 16.50 0.02 N ZEAL 5.917 8.306 6.229 6.254 0.41 8.121 7.872 7.916 8.332 2.60 0.02 ETHIOP 5.312 7.175 4.508 4.861 7.84 5.945 7.958 7.627 7.529 26.64 0.02 TNZANIA 1.682 5.168 3.104 5.366 72.88 4.157 7.050 7.687 7.430 78.74 0.02 ARGENT 6.645 8.688 5.902 3.371 -42.88 8.064 8.009 7.375 6.157 -23.65 0.01 IRELAND 6.115 6.508 4.507 4.095 -9.15 7.072 6.359 5.713 6.095 -13.81 0.01 MADAGAS 16.623 7.061 4.042 2.723 -32.64 5.893 6.160 5.703 5.742 -2.55 0.01 MALTA 6.003 5.615 4.109 3.949 -3.89 6.041 5.641 5.620 5.455 -9.70 0.01 UKRAINE 4.862 2.196 1.424 4.195 194.62 3.006 4.643 4.655 4.967 65.24 0.01 GUYANA 3.145 4.310 2.660 2.831 6.40 3.860 4.493 4.422 4.481 16.07 0.01 ECUADOR 5.900 6.328 4.698 2.840 -39.54 6.860 5.192 4.641 4.470 -34.83 0.01 LAOS 3.204 4.022 2.670 2.061 -22.80 4.503 3.370 3.448 3.413 -24.20 0.01 NORWAY 1.070 1.844 1.221 1.523 24.70 1.754 1.871 2.005 2.146 22.35 0.00 RUSSIA 1.258 1.624 1.007 0.833 -17.24 1.019 2.189 2.239 1.450 42.35 0.00 CHILE 1.427 0.952 0.778 0.925 18.91 1.031 1.201 1.095 1.099 6.61 0.00 BELARUS 3.530 3.783 3.532 0.079 -97.77 4.647 1.119 0.486 0.330 -92.91 0.00 SIER LN 0.017 0.510 0.508 0.056 -89.08 0.520 0.168 0.051 0.057 -89.03 0.00 _WTO 35380.617 41131.753 26749.512 28946.192 8.21 39746.987 42995.492 43376.382 43328.432 9.01 99.96 _ASEAN 6171.880 7639.925 4996.346 5574.405 11.57 7223.436 8105.599 8240.402 8217.984 13.77 18.96 _W HEMI 5438.773 5967.207 3995.965 4187.239 4.79 5900.919 6110.469 6136.261 6158.481 4.36 14.21 _OECD 3386.077 3752.186 2520.044 2588.720 2.73 3661.427 3820.425 3824.364 3820.862 4.35 8.81 _CBI 2373.533 2706.409 1763.127 2030.515 15.17 2623.104 2894.850 2931.842 2973.797 13.37 6.86 _CAFTA 2282.279 2588.784 1686.138 1942.292 15.19 2508.545 2770.321 2805.527 2844.938 13.41 6.56 _EU15 1246.692 1380.948 930.408 968.684 4.11 1348.020 1418.845 1418.072 1419.224 5.28 3.27 _EC12 1206.877 1340.154 903.871 942.210 4.24 1304.920 1377.639 1378.339 1378.494 5.64 3.18 _SUB-SAH 213.195 282.821 178.462 178.249 -0.12 262.960 291.389 285.472 282.609 7.47 0.65 _ANDEAN 182.030 195.820 138.346 126.240 -8.75 201.563 187.225 184.575 183.713 -8.86 0.42