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| | October 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 8/2012 Data |
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Category 620: OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
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 400.940 501.675 337.284 361.820 7.27 475.765 522.684 524.393 526.210 10.60 100.00
CHINA P 66.765 99.692 65.592 70.244 7.09 90.438 105.661 105.057 104.344 15.38 19.83
INDIA 69.963 93.350 61.717 70.316 13.93 84.456 99.812 101.356 101.950 20.71 19.37
CANADA 60.808 65.261 44.631 40.753 -8.69 65.285 63.648 62.327 61.383 -5.98 11.67
CHINA T 27.669 32.363 20.763 22.659 9.13 30.483 33.665 34.288 34.259 12.39 6.51
ARAB EM 21.770 27.143 17.946 25.020 39.42 27.292 32.589 33.223 34.217 25.37 6.50
S ARAB 18.402 27.124 18.151 22.070 21.59 25.297 30.366 29.879 31.043 22.72 5.90
TURKEY 23.563 29.656 19.321 19.155 -0.86 25.965 29.086 29.108 29.490 13.58 5.60
KOR REP 16.182 18.951 13.142 12.639 -3.82 19.312 17.698 18.206 18.448 -4.47 3.51
JAPAN 13.371 12.529 8.347 10.406 24.67 12.289 13.528 13.974 14.588 18.71 2.77
U KING 8.850 9.984 7.091 8.342 17.64 10.227 10.610 10.829 11.235 9.85 2.14
MEXICO 9.003 10.369 6.985 7.022 0.53 10.130 10.865 10.375 10.406 2.72 1.98
VIETNAM 3.895 7.780 5.173 6.919 33.76 6.433 9.626 9.773 9.526 48.08 1.81
GREECE 9.574 10.768 7.510 5.127 -31.74 9.166 9.775 9.537 8.385 -8.53 1.59
ITALY 6.613 8.556 6.098 5.168 -15.24 8.754 7.519 7.546 7.627 -12.87 1.45
BELGIUM 5.973 7.167 5.103 5.515 8.07 7.203 7.542 7.717 7.579 5.22 1.44
GERMANY 8.079 6.243 4.528 5.493 21.32 6.735 6.961 7.125 7.208 7.02 1.37
THAILND 4.012 7.028 5.609 5.271 -6.03 6.856 6.556 6.402 6.689 -2.43 1.27
NETHLDS 6.293 6.099 4.718 3.994 -15.34 6.407 5.429 5.466 5.375 -16.09 1.02
REP SAF 0.303 3.080 1.723 3.516 104.06 1.808 4.308 4.459 4.873 169.54 0.93
MALAYSA 2.066 3.701 2.690 2.335 -13.21 3.566 3.441 3.393 3.346 -6.18 0.64
HUNGARY 0.000 1.315 0.352 1.448 311.76 0.352 1.754 2.073 2.412 585.81 0.46
BRAZIL 1.619 1.261 0.950 0.419 -55.89 1.652 0.836 0.758 0.730 -55.81 0.14
INDNSIA 0.789 1.059 0.781 0.450 -42.40 1.028 0.766 0.847 0.728 -29.21 0.14
GUATMAL 0.446 0.591 0.543 0.605 11.47 0.640 0.576 0.684 0.653 1.99 0.12
N ZEAL 0.339 0.393 0.385 0.089 -76.91 0.500 0.095 0.095 0.097 -80.67 0.02
_WTO 400.921 501.570 337.231 361.712 7.26 475.710 522.539 524.248 526.051 10.58 99.97
_OECD 154.572 171.648 117.947 112.102 -4.96 166.944 167.202 166.963 165.803 -0.68 31.51
_W HEMI 73.300 78.668 54.075 49.768 -7.97 79.361 77.049 75.301 74.360 -6.30 14.13
_EU15 51.514 53.070 37.991 36.471 -4.00 52.529 52.161 52.568 51.549 -1.87 9.80
_EC12 51.274 52.839 37.930 36.358 -4.15 52.388 51.879 52.292 51.266 -2.14 9.74
_ASEAN 10.781 19.626 14.306 15.033 5.08 17.955 20.430 20.479 20.353 13.36 3.87
_SUB-SAH 0.304 3.085 1.729 3.517 103.41 1.814 4.309 4.460 4.873 168.67 0.93
_CBI 1.241 1.123 0.958 1.003 4.71 1.443 1.037 1.151 1.168 -19.07 0.22
_CAFTA 1.209 1.123 0.958 1.003 4.71 1.443 1.037 1.151 1.168 -19.07 0.22