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| | December 6, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 10/2012 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 10/2012
Country 2010 2011 10/2011 10/2012 % Change 10/2011 8/2012 9/2012 10/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 167969439 181082526 151199085 151916969 0.47 178286571 180404945 180695706 181800410 1.97 100.00
CHINA P 23206558 32762402 25750331 37135712 44.21 29859379 42844802 43340829 44147783 47.85 24.28
VIETNAM 44889699 54761287 45334660 33681534 -25.70 52900991 43917877 43901561 43108161 -18.51 23.71
KOR REP 21880101 21228196 17947288 18572955 3.49 21537103 21464774 21069315 21853863 1.47 12.02
CANADA 22782561 20888995 17711186 18486512 4.38 21614878 22141606 21952755 21664321 0.23 11.92
CHINA T 12748196 12246291 10681241 12251741 14.70 12430435 13022231 13471193 13816791 11.15 7.60
MEXICO 12025449 11294728 9692730 8156983 -15.84 11499941 10360422 9841493 9758981 -15.14 5.37
JAPAN 4332893 4498673 3725777 4994243 34.05 4400862 5696903 5788622 5767139 31.05 3.17
ISRAEL 10867104 8133469 7389018 4851888 -34.34 8561945 4950146 5201778 5596339 -34.64 3.08
INDIA 3605150 2803283 2385545 2689913 12.76 2942811 3036599 3133845 3107651 5.60 1.71
GERMANY 2304470 1768060 1519394 1594170 4.92 1805544 1933959 1904265 1842836 2.07 1.01
U KING 584493 633806 488347 857909 75.68 607157 955065 983664 1003368 65.26 0.55
PORTUGL 1001073 1056398 946550 817654 -13.62 1119517 841164 876720 927502 -17.15 0.51
TURKEY 591150 1083177 901092 708730 -21.35 1011188 1027754 997244 890815 -11.90 0.49
NETHLDS 539566 736625 643880 777288 20.72 783015 833340 869869 870033 11.11 0.48
THAILND 522898 657748 537081 670922 24.92 607815 726302 796662 791589 30.24 0.44
ITALY 812538 877903 695699 604864 -13.06 794578 770602 761913 787068 -0.95 0.43
SPAIN 618112 657796 558484 671914 20.31 671337 670782 659605 771226 14.88 0.42
N ZEAL 474357 518817 452516 546543 20.78 550759 635002 628095 612844 11.27 0.34
ARAB EM 228883 60110 19921 543117 2626.35 39159 539205 557424 583306 1389.58 0.32
SWITZLD 501684 453018 371712 329423 -11.38 480707 425686 419579 410729 -14.56 0.23
INDNSIA 514585 514474 455382 299030 -34.33 557513 359858 372472 358122 -35.76 0.20
FRANCE 344900 325705 253033 279095 10.30 312817 355461 362594 351767 12.45 0.19
PERU 208763 281725 261384 317532 21.48 301556 328906 343659 337873 12.04 0.19
CAMBOD 288702 341891 319943 309751 -3.19 378962 356868 329887 331699 -12.47 0.18
BELGIUM 247724 200231 165423 158989 -3.89 189643 192281 188010 193797 2.19 0.11
EGYPT 6225 3854 2935 183616 6156.08 3687 184675 184689 184535 4905.02 0.10
AUSTRAL 89189 64583 39408 154178 291.24 52471 153634 162933 179353 241.81 0.10
LUXMBRG 261239 304384 252073 126165 -49.95 290244 191746 192787 178476 -38.51 0.10
MALAYSA 76447 198574 155428 114386 -26.41 174294 211588 186026 157532 -9.62 0.09
PAKISTN 41509 110980 92637 113007 21.99 93028 131402 133686 131350 41.19 0.07
CZECH 26373 77947 53670 98148 82.87 68787 112839 119034 122425 77.98 0.07
PHIL R 38632 108560 75720 86925 14.80 90905 109607 114985 119765 31.75 0.07
BRAZIL 115938 243340 223542 94753 -57.61 231191 198285 130402 114551 -50.45 0.06
SLOVAK 30541 36697 35899 94537 163.34 36930 79787 84121 95335 158.15 0.05
NORWAY 26280 74366 67708 82787 22.27 74401 97599 96498 89445 20.22 0.05
AUSTRIA 62120 56542 48414 66043 36.41 57466 71950 72954 74171 29.07 0.04
HG KONG 82176 101012 91287 62684 -31.33 110799 63437 68857 72409 -34.65 0.04
SALVADR 66546 60949 54428 55629 2.21 69990 56295 61449 62150 -11.20 0.03
REP SAF 361002 232155 224927 36660 -83.70 330297 51387 43865 43888 -86.71 0.02
POLAND 154154 43686 41647 28595 -31.34 74502 34194 32723 30634 -58.88 0.02
ARGENT 411 343636 343618 29 -99.99 343618 47 47 47 -99.99 0.00
_WTO 167941564 181080026 151196653 151914366 0.47 178284095 180402253 180693057 181797739 1.97 100.00
_OECD 53354938 51104759 43197899 45034055 4.25 52146741 52993488 52434494 52940915 1.52 29.12
_ASEAN 46341254 56587469 46882874 35164581 -24.99 54715142 45685245 45704159 44869176 -17.99 24.68
_W HEMI 35419397 33209582 28370035 27204128 -4.11 34163518 33198939 32435630 32043675 -6.20 17.63
_EU15 6821951 6663281 5610279 6007190 7.07 6675240 6872966 6929734 7060192 5.77 3.88
_EC12 6731882 6580565 5538654 5918815 6.86 6591489 6773246 6833526 6960726 5.60 3.83
_ANDEAN 283109 311790 287377 338370 17.74 333241 346634 368329 362783 8.87 0.20
_CBI 105904 115935 100434 80703 -19.65 121648 95437 95864 96204 -20.92 0.05
_CAFTA 89100 99676 84175 80606 -4.24 101727 94070 95767 96107 -5.52 0.05
_SUB-SAHA 362188 235367 228133 38552 -83.10 333552 53691 46243 45786 -86.27 0.03