_____________________________________ | | December 6, 2012 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 10/2012 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS Data in Million $$$, * I/P: * 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 210.633 243.815 201.985 207.282 2.62 240.116 248.159 248.500 249.112 3.75 100.00 MEXICO 57.858 54.263 46.453 43.533 -6.29 54.687 50.755 50.534 51.342 -6.12 20.61 CHINA T 28.620 37.012 29.189 29.146 -0.15 35.900 38.962 38.434 36.969 2.98 14.84 CHINA P 17.098 24.226 19.376 25.145 29.77 22.788 28.967 30.195 29.995 31.62 12.04 PORTUGL 9.363 14.585 12.711 15.571 22.51 13.321 17.419 17.442 17.446 30.97 7.00 JAPAN 10.635 13.723 10.807 14.088 30.35 12.496 16.495 16.579 17.003 36.08 6.83 FRANCE 11.774 14.011 10.790 11.601 7.52 13.078 14.980 14.884 14.822 13.33 5.95 CANADA 8.931 10.115 7.802 9.317 19.42 9.694 11.233 11.521 11.629 19.96 4.67 ITALY 7.708 7.387 6.426 8.155 26.91 7.670 8.697 8.889 9.116 18.85 3.66 COLOMB 6.485 6.785 5.481 6.597 20.35 6.743 7.924 7.915 7.900 17.17 3.17 INDIA 5.472 5.505 4.583 4.967 8.39 5.635 5.645 5.804 5.890 4.52 2.36 VIETNAM 5.111 5.134 4.068 4.771 17.28 5.100 5.488 5.665 5.837 14.45 2.34 KOR REP 4.169 5.491 4.672 4.320 -7.53 5.736 5.394 4.871 5.139 -10.41 2.06 TURKEY 6.269 7.244 6.685 4.570 -31.64 7.532 4.777 4.735 5.129 -31.91 2.06 THAILND 3.679 5.269 4.130 3.188 -22.81 4.625 4.640 4.376 4.327 -6.45 1.74 GERMANY 3.227 4.192 3.478 2.561 -26.36 4.177 3.500 3.400 3.275 -21.61 1.31 C RICA 4.877 4.474 4.239 2.718 -35.88 4.358 3.077 3.037 2.953 -32.24 1.19 GUATMAL 0.856 1.163 1.110 2.853 156.94 1.186 2.741 2.782 2.905 144.89 1.17 PHIL R 0.458 0.405 0.114 2.483 2075.05 0.136 2.365 2.626 2.773 1941.26 1.11 N ZEAL 1.359 1.703 1.703 1.608 -5.56 1.704 1.585 1.615 1.608 -5.63 0.65 ROMANIA 0.894 0.786 0.528 1.125 113.23 0.754 1.256 1.284 1.384 83.47 0.56 ARAB EM 5.918 10.824 9.594 0.104 -98.92 13.889 1.903 1.553 1.334 -90.39 0.54 INDNSIA 0.369 0.367 0.327 1.216 271.85 0.327 0.888 1.065 1.256 284.09 0.50 CZECH 2.154 0.950 0.820 0.714 -12.91 0.912 1.005 0.891 0.844 -7.51 0.34 ISRAEL 0.783 0.679 0.679 0.787 15.85 0.679 0.787 0.787 0.787 15.85 0.32 NETHLDS 0.390 1.154 1.066 0.389 -63.48 1.176 0.398 0.426 0.477 -59.42 0.19 LATVIA 0.517 0.433 0.416 0.397 -4.66 0.545 0.441 0.400 0.414 -23.98 0.17 AUSTRAL 1.087 0.508 0.506 0.320 -36.80 0.553 0.323 0.323 0.322 -41.70 0.13 _WTO 210.633 243.812 201.982 207.282 2.62 240.113 248.159 248.500 249.112 3.75 100.00 _W HEMI 80.581 78.584 66.716 66.739 0.03 78.430 77.764 77.782 78.607 0.22 31.55 _OECD 58.879 70.433 58.816 61.777 5.04 67.976 73.048 72.746 73.394 7.97 29.46 _EU15 34.580 43.835 36.304 40.496 11.55 41.487 48.042 48.092 48.028 15.77 19.28 _EC12 34.249 43.574 36.186 39.718 9.76 41.368 47.256 47.167 47.106 13.87 18.91 _ASEAN 9.903 11.345 8.788 11.860 34.96 10.403 13.551 13.909 14.417 38.59 5.79 _ANDEAN 7.016 7.309 5.935 7.098 19.59 7.274 8.460 8.450 8.472 16.48 3.40 _CBI 5.953 5.876 5.570 5.756 3.34 5.766 6.015 6.015 6.062 5.14 2.43 _CAFTA 5.855 5.875 5.569 5.756 3.35 5.765 6.015 6.015 6.062 5.14 2.43