_____________________________________ | | November 5, 2012 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 9/2012 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 229: SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC Data in Million $$$, * I/P: * 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 1001.014 1182.189 883.729 925.610 4.74 1143.433 1226.982 1222.906 1224.070 7.05 100.00 CHINA P 145.374 206.560 149.166 202.418 35.70 189.446 254.096 257.577 259.812 37.14 21.23 VIETNAM 137.365 202.547 146.407 111.066 -24.14 185.062 175.540 166.935 167.206 -9.65 13.66 CHINA T 117.392 132.779 101.775 108.979 7.08 130.521 140.082 139.562 139.983 7.25 11.44 CANADA 129.689 134.483 99.602 102.351 2.76 136.281 139.959 138.506 137.232 0.70 11.21 KOR REP 100.103 119.171 91.907 90.335 -1.71 115.434 121.185 120.467 117.599 1.88 9.61 JAPAN 73.572 88.616 63.937 88.195 37.94 82.585 105.729 109.714 112.874 36.68 9.22 MEXICO 72.097 73.418 56.729 51.244 -9.67 75.521 71.542 70.271 67.933 -10.05 5.55 ISRAEL 60.047 41.179 36.288 25.741 -29.07 45.619 28.711 29.222 30.632 -32.85 2.50 SWITZLD 23.075 25.738 18.659 19.912 6.71 25.843 25.825 26.709 26.991 4.44 2.21 GERMANY 24.604 24.012 17.701 20.120 13.66 23.981 26.330 27.271 26.430 10.21 2.16 INDIA 20.243 18.071 13.789 13.017 -5.60 18.286 16.965 17.037 17.299 -5.40 1.41 U KING 12.717 13.996 10.841 11.754 8.42 14.915 15.095 15.429 14.908 -0.05 1.22 ITALY 13.250 14.566 11.246 10.190 -9.39 14.539 13.390 13.409 13.511 -7.07 1.10 FRANCE 10.263 10.876 7.458 8.526 14.33 10.203 11.843 11.613 11.944 17.07 0.98 THAILND 5.084 7.999 5.480 6.285 14.69 6.983 8.574 8.316 8.804 26.08 0.72 TURKEY 4.851 7.916 5.408 5.563 2.87 7.076 8.619 8.388 8.071 14.06 0.66 NETHLDS 5.288 7.237 5.599 5.635 0.64 7.504 7.599 7.272 7.272 -3.09 0.59 N ZEAL 4.431 5.480 4.304 5.394 25.34 5.600 6.204 6.577 6.571 17.34 0.54 SPAIN 5.026 5.427 4.388 4.588 4.56 5.816 6.042 5.682 5.627 -3.24 0.46 PORTUGL 4.806 5.647 4.650 4.092 -11.99 5.606 4.689 4.898 5.089 -9.22 0.42 BELGIUM 4.218 4.005 3.001 2.994 -0.24 3.830 3.872 4.021 3.998 4.40 0.33 INDNSIA 4.608 5.992 4.858 2.598 -46.51 6.204 4.169 3.535 3.732 -39.84 0.30 ARAB EM 1.211 0.375 0.112 3.202 2764.11 0.228 2.898 3.369 3.465 1420.57 0.28 PERU 1.502 1.926 1.656 2.620 58.19 1.954 2.491 2.774 2.890 47.95 0.24 AUSTRAL 1.381 1.297 0.880 1.919 117.91 1.374 2.221 2.249 2.335 69.98 0.19 AUSTRIA 1.896 1.767 1.405 1.544 9.92 1.807 1.950 1.901 1.906 5.46 0.16 CZECH 0.306 1.090 0.681 1.400 105.68 0.848 1.571 1.637 1.809 113.30 0.15 MALAYSA 0.972 1.900 1.330 0.941 -29.27 1.666 1.704 1.703 1.510 -9.35 0.12 NORWAY 0.430 1.194 0.954 1.262 32.24 1.075 1.458 1.509 1.502 39.73 0.12 LUXMBRG 1.964 2.481 1.799 0.779 -56.70 2.374 1.461 1.437 1.461 -38.46 0.12 EGYPT 0.260 0.168 0.107 1.207 1026.92 0.162 1.256 1.259 1.269 682.97 0.10 HG KONG 0.836 1.484 1.122 0.888 -20.87 1.366 1.321 1.200 1.249 -8.56 0.10 PAKISTN 0.279 0.839 0.550 0.825 50.02 0.696 1.021 1.111 1.114 60.09 0.09 SLOVAK 0.260 0.446 0.428 1.096 155.74 0.469 0.818 1.063 1.113 137.34 0.09 BRAZIL 1.401 1.661 1.344 0.571 -57.50 1.580 1.810 1.294 0.888 -43.83 0.07 CAMBOD 0.652 0.820 0.708 0.753 6.30 0.883 0.941 0.968 0.864 -2.13 0.07 PHIL R 0.414 0.668 0.413 0.607 47.07 0.586 0.769 0.790 0.862 47.10 0.07 SALVADR 0.895 0.842 0.679 0.529 -22.05 0.998 0.624 0.625 0.692 -30.70 0.06 REP SAF 2.496 1.422 1.340 0.316 -76.41 2.296 0.398 0.444 0.398 -82.67 0.03 POLAND 1.097 0.656 0.595 0.305 -48.66 0.807 0.409 0.430 0.367 -54.52 0.03 ARGENT 0.008 1.670 1.669 0.004 -99.75 1.669 0.915 0.005 0.005 -99.69 0.00 _WTO 1000.885 1182.158 883.701 925.567 4.74 1143.351 1226.943 1222.859 1224.024 7.06 100.00 _OECD 350.989 388.526 292.123 300.534 2.88 386.402 401.725 401.460 396.936 2.73 32.43 _W HEMI 207.350 214.983 162.509 158.176 -2.67 219.187 218.407 214.555 210.650 -3.90 17.21 _ASEAN 149.182 220.023 159.280 122.355 -23.18 201.468 191.868 182.389 183.098 -9.12 14.96 _EU15 85.531 91.353 69.107 71.882 4.02 91.988 93.925 94.645 94.129 2.33 7.69 _EC12 82.514 88.721 66.993 69.336 3.50 89.193 90.992 91.715 91.064 2.10 7.44 _ANDEAN 2.262 2.399 2.062 2.839 37.68 2.495 2.770 3.055 3.176 27.28 0.26 _CBI 1.350 1.275 1.027 0.777 -24.33 1.415 0.956 0.971 1.025 -27.52 0.08 _CAFTA 1.210 1.172 0.923 0.777 -15.89 1.271 0.932 0.963 1.025 -19.33 0.08 _SUB-SAH 2.540 1.449 1.364 0.339 -75.16 2.337 0.422 0.467 0.424 -81.84 0.03