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| | November 5, 2012
| MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT |
| U.S. General Imports |
| By Category, 9/2012 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 9/2012
Country 2010 2011 9/2011 9/2012 % Change 9/2011 7/2012 8/2012 9/2012 % Change % Share
WORLD 167969439 181082526 136175427 135788893 -0.28 178026574 182071088 180404945 180695992 1.50 100.00
VIETNAM 44889699 54761287 39975497 29115771 -27.17 52083668 46141596 43917877 43901561 -15.71 24.30
CHINA P 23206558 32762402 23104672 33683385 45.79 29355552 42310936 42844802 43341115 47.64 23.99
CANADA 22782561 20888995 15797303 16861063 6.73 22075110 22153945 22141606 21952755 -0.55 12.15
KOR REP 21880101 21228196 16488427 16329546 -0.96 21523552 21473957 21464774 21069315 -2.11 11.66
CHINA T 12748196 12246291 9575828 10800730 12.79 12431321 12841754 13022231 13471193 8.36 7.46
MEXICO 12025449 11294728 8869593 7416358 -16.38 11853223 10626294 10360422 9841493 -16.97 5.45
JAPAN 4332893 4498673 3265814 4555763 39.50 4267924 5491618 5696903 5788622 35.63 3.20
ISRAEL 10867104 8133469 7351385 4419694 -39.88 8963572 4901447 4950146 5201778 -41.97 2.88
INDIA 3605150 2803283 2119474 2450036 15.60 2920719 2971371 3036599 3133845 7.30 1.73
GERMANY 2304470 1768060 1340031 1476236 10.16 1793420 1924252 1933959 1904265 6.18 1.05
TURKEY 591150 1083177 742017 656084 -11.58 993713 1087287 1027754 997244 0.36 0.55
U KING 584493 633806 453223 803081 77.19 628031 942620 955065 983664 56.63 0.54
PORTUGL 1001073 1056398 911996 732318 -19.70 1100903 819263 841164 876720 -20.36 0.49
NETHLDS 539566 736625 592122 725366 22.50 777006 835035 833340 869869 11.95 0.48
THAILND 522898 657748 464942 603856 29.88 581843 756554 726302 796662 36.92 0.44
ITALY 812538 877903 649941 533951 -17.85 814321 754189 770602 761913 -6.44 0.42
SPAIN 618112 657796 539930 541739 0.34 695376 698995 670782 659605 -5.14 0.37
N ZEAL 474357 518817 422172 531450 25.88 544888 607918 635002 628095 15.27 0.35
ARAB EM 228883 60110 19854 517168 2504.86 39092 459834 539205 557424 1325.93 0.31
SWITZLD 501684 453018 335977 302538 -9.95 503915 403030 425686 419579 -16.74 0.23
INDNSIA 514585 514474 414965 272963 -34.22 553771 399183 359858 372472 -32.74 0.21
FRANCE 344900 325705 215239 252128 17.14 302438 354611 355461 362594 19.89 0.20
PERU 208763 281725 245832 307766 25.19 288368 298794 328906 343659 19.17 0.19
CAMBOD 288702 341891 305244 293240 -3.93 380647 343435 356868 329887 -13.34 0.18
LUXMBRG 261239 304384 215972 104375 -51.67 293072 178577 191746 192787 -34.22 0.11
BELGIUM 247724 200231 149633 137412 -8.17 202053 182633 192281 188010 -6.95 0.10
MALAYSA 76447 198574 118606 106058 -10.58 153814 213937 211588 186026 20.94 0.10
EGYPT 6225 3854 2525 183360 7161.78 3792 184939 184675 184689 4770.49 0.10
AUSTRAL 89189 64583 35745 134095 275.14 50714 153372 153634 162933 221.28 0.09
PAKISTN 41509 110980 73239 95945 31.00 96096 124045 131402 133686 39.12 0.07
BRAZIL 115938 243340 201442 88504 -56.06 220197 283331 198285 130402 -40.78 0.07
CZECH 26373 77947 51873 92960 79.21 67083 108547 112839 119034 77.44 0.07
PHIL R 38632 108560 67710 74135 9.49 83383 104716 109607 114985 37.90 0.06
NORWAY 26280 74366 60655 82787 36.49 67686 93486 97599 96498 42.57 0.05
SLOVAK 30541 36697 35457 82881 133.75 38697 84325 79787 84121 117.38 0.05
AUSTRIA 62120 56542 44786 61198 36.65 58965 71806 71950 72954 23.72 0.04
HG KONG 82176 101012 83511 51356 -38.50 104603 81656 63437 68857 -34.17 0.04
SALVADR 66546 60949 52163 52663 0.96 82001 72551 56295 61449 -25.06 0.03
REP SAF 361002 232155 224836 36546 -83.75 368951 44169 51387 43865 -88.11 0.02
POLAND 154154 43686 39227 28264 -27.95 73937 31215 34194 32723 -55.74 0.02
ARGENT 411 343636 343618 29 -99.99 343618 187941 47 47 -99.99 0.00
_WTO 167941564 181080026 136173052 135786369 -0.28 178001697 182069329 180402253 180693343 1.51 100.00
_OECD 53354938 51104759 39123311 40453046 3.40 52616423 52958173 52993488 52434494 -0.35 29.02
_ASEAN 46341254 56587469 41351337 30468027 -26.32 53841501 47963842 45685245 45704159 -15.11 25.29
_W HEMI 35419397 33209582 25589801 24815849 -3.02 34988387 33736565 33198939 32435630 -7.30 17.95
_EU15 6821951 6663281 5148847 5415300 5.18 6709445 6817902 6872966 6929734 3.28 3.84
_EC12 6731882 6580565 5081555 5334516 4.98 6623734 6719021 6773246 6833526 3.17 3.78
_ANDEAN 283109 311790 271346 327885 20.84 321331 316577 346634 368329 14.63 0.20
_CBI 105904 115935 95392 75321 -21.04 133490 111801 95437 95864 -28.19 0.05
_CAFTA 89100 99676 79133 75224 -4.94 111670 108104 94070 95767 -14.24 0.05
_SUB-SAHA 362188 235367 227562 38438 -83.11 371781 46647 53691 46243 -87.56 0.03