_____________________________________ | | November 5, 2012 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 9/2012 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 60: MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS Data in Million $$$ 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 35397.819 41151.828 31026.519 33197.359 7.00 40270.861 43393.485 43345.328 43322.669 7.58 100.00 CHINA P 16993.686 19509.349 14650.747 15647.317 6.80 19145.967 20528.246 20493.614 20505.918 7.10 47.33 VIETNAM 2527.543 3251.036 2436.139 2812.958 15.47 3123.264 3619.268 3637.421 3627.855 16.16 8.37 INDNSIA 1733.224 2111.673 1630.869 1706.331 4.63 2042.574 2234.372 2219.781 2187.135 7.08 5.05 MEXICO 1688.762 1871.269 1448.626 1415.850 -2.26 1873.474 1863.056 1852.278 1838.493 -1.87 4.24 CANADA 1121.926 1157.232 880.778 838.099 -4.85 1166.304 1126.948 1120.637 1114.553 -4.44 2.57 INDIA 677.318 931.192 700.383 814.221 16.25 876.104 1039.732 1046.706 1045.030 19.28 2.41 HONDURA 860.278 925.565 695.517 812.305 16.79 929.182 1012.793 1027.316 1042.353 12.18 2.41 BNGLDSH 783.556 962.651 742.399 731.698 -1.44 956.166 969.764 957.435 951.950 -0.44 2.20 CAMBOD 515.608 776.300 546.490 639.593 17.04 702.811 880.791 873.703 869.402 23.70 2.01 CHINA T 712.424 722.531 553.873 556.884 0.54 724.879 732.810 725.071 725.543 0.09 1.67 SALVADR 520.354 576.911 421.255 512.620 21.69 545.942 643.549 654.008 668.277 22.41 1.54 KOR REP 547.792 629.324 470.222 488.008 3.78 609.050 656.663 654.654 647.110 6.25 1.49 THAILND 685.950 656.082 509.728 497.986 -2.30 682.661 645.100 641.982 644.340 -5.61 1.49 PHIL R 500.732 621.510 474.537 495.246 4.36 600.997 649.183 641.400 642.219 6.86 1.48 JORDAN 432.656 550.871 426.823 478.745 12.16 539.381 599.200 593.456 602.793 11.76 1.39 SRI LKA 407.193 500.626 380.576 445.783 17.13 479.418 560.687 564.389 565.833 18.03 1.31 ITALY 444.785 500.184 362.910 381.600 5.15 488.310 521.884 520.326 518.874 6.26 1.20 TURKEY 354.644 440.951 338.572 384.686 13.62 420.665 483.584 485.535 487.065 15.78 1.12 GUATMAL 307.820 408.079 313.967 328.404 4.60 391.422 420.466 422.242 422.516 7.94 0.98 EGYPT 307.126 392.678 298.196 310.884 4.26 372.274 407.591 405.707 405.366 8.89 0.94 NICARAG 253.306 324.657 238.888 287.195 20.22 318.092 367.867 374.322 372.963 17.25 0.86 JAPAN 251.100 281.502 203.192 253.919 24.97 265.452 324.495 329.885 332.228 25.16 0.77 DOM REP 279.551 299.278 217.662 238.004 9.35 289.092 313.772 319.722 319.620 10.56 0.74 GERMANY 210.615 225.733 172.018 172.795 0.45 225.466 226.750 227.200 226.510 0.46 0.52 PAKISTN 126.356 198.599 145.616 172.878 18.72 181.939 228.717 227.883 225.861 24.14 0.52 ISRAEL 261.125 213.988 164.917 147.918 -10.31 217.821 197.938 194.789 196.989 -9.56 0.45 FRANCE 147.200 163.661 118.293 126.075 6.58 160.294 168.607 170.670 171.444 6.96 0.40 MALAYSA 153.993 183.658 140.108 126.870 -9.45 178.355 179.096 173.025 170.420 -4.45 0.39 HAITI 87.289 112.240 84.431 97.404 15.37 111.489 121.453 123.919 125.213 12.31 0.29 LESOTHO 76.367 110.921 82.088 86.265 5.09 100.729 112.487 109.711 115.099 14.27 0.27 U KING 91.457 106.230 79.640 83.210 4.48 102.957 107.963 108.095 109.800 6.65 0.25 BELGIUM 100.894 106.812 82.277 81.550 -0.88 104.634 108.226 106.457 106.085 1.39 0.24 COLOMB 111.370 105.232 82.680 79.268 -4.13 111.593 103.393 103.417 101.821 -8.76 0.24 HG KONG 67.959 72.859 54.192 60.168 11.03 73.342 78.273 78.077 78.835 7.49 0.18 KENYA 35.336 71.974 53.655 58.597 9.21 68.008 78.634 80.687 76.916 13.10 0.18 PERU 64.633 84.146 64.905 57.239 -11.81 80.964 76.419 75.709 76.480 -5.54 0.18 NETHLDS 64.965 75.032 56.210 52.664 -6.31 71.065 70.533 70.858 71.486 0.59 0.17 PORTUGL 45.184 52.188 39.709 51.855 30.59 48.748 61.680 63.384 64.334 31.97 0.15 ARAB EM 40.312 51.910 39.459 40.860 3.55 56.492 52.277 52.948 53.311 -5.63 0.12 MOROC 27.234 43.692 34.876 42.433 21.67 42.681 51.083 50.251 51.248 20.07 0.12 SPAIN 35.216 41.368 31.239 37.357 19.59 41.551 47.907 47.842 47.486 14.28 0.11 C RICA 60.970 54.294 41.391 32.583 -21.28 55.443 47.079 47.328 45.486 -17.96 0.10 ROMANIA 27.386 34.225 25.256 34.827 37.89 32.712 40.714 42.493 43.795 33.88 0.10 BAHRAIN 39.356 35.998 27.730 33.520 20.88 37.409 40.450 41.139 41.787 11.70 0.10 SWITZLD 40.903 44.080 33.135 30.664 -7.46 45.265 41.784 41.759 41.609 -8.08 0.10 S ARAB 31.478 35.418 25.903 31.209 20.48 35.467 39.654 41.026 40.723 14.82 0.09 POLAND 26.477 38.978 29.875 25.556 -14.46 36.776 34.348 34.666 34.658 -5.76 0.08 SWAZLND 49.168 40.275 34.246 23.490 -31.41 47.073 30.772 29.240 29.518 -37.29 0.07 TUNISIA 25.842 25.972 20.166 23.363 15.85 25.857 29.003 29.443 29.169 12.81 0.07 BULGAR 19.775 25.209 18.651 20.701 10.99 24.013 28.733 27.629 27.260 13.52 0.06 LUXMBRG 30.481 28.027 23.308 20.845 -10.57 31.570 24.279 24.244 25.564 -19.03 0.06 SINGAPR 49.715 34.486 27.644 18.358 -33.59 38.451 28.035 26.135 25.200 -34.46 0.06 BRAZIL 63.025 25.502 20.324 14.353 -29.38 35.368 19.962 19.385 19.532 -44.78 0.05 AUSTRAL 21.504 24.506 20.027 14.356 -28.32 25.326 21.329 20.874 18.834 -25.63 0.04 AUSTRIA 13.681 17.829 13.033 13.252 1.68 16.606 18.153 18.491 18.049 8.69 0.04 DENMARK 12.972 17.157 12.528 13.373 6.75 16.206 18.571 18.534 18.002 11.08 0.04 HUNGARY 9.073 12.975 9.305 12.751 37.03 11.941 15.357 16.211 16.420 37.51 0.04 CZECH 9.341 12.019 9.148 13.544 48.05 10.870 15.565 16.022 16.415 51.02 0.04 LATVIA 10.661 13.220 9.327 12.202 30.81 12.003 15.782 15.641 16.094 34.08 0.04 GREECE 16.995 17.255 13.750 11.002 -19.98 16.852 16.238 14.799 14.507 -13.91 0.03 SLOVENI 7.536 10.993 8.105 10.578 30.52 9.832 13.537 13.320 13.467 36.97 0.03 REP SAF 8.808 11.643 8.885 9.656 8.67 11.649 12.063 12.057 12.414 6.56 0.03 SWEDEN 9.676 8.395 5.774 9.540 65.21 8.360 11.353 12.073 12.161 45.47 0.03 BOTSWAN 5.573 7.952 5.212 7.947 52.48 6.212 10.051 10.653 10.687 72.02 0.02 FINLAND 16.458 14.569 11.243 6.383 -43.22 18.365 10.226 10.166 9.709 -47.13 0.02 MALAWI 9.477 12.368 7.419 4.004 -46.03 10.823 11.427 10.042 8.952 -17.28 0.02 SLOVAK 5.784 7.436 5.424 6.670 22.98 7.266 7.747 8.383 8.683 19.50 0.02 MACAU 17.611 9.799 7.841 6.384 -18.57 12.322 9.078 8.912 8.343 -32.29 0.02 N ZEAL 5.917 8.306 6.908 6.762 -2.12 8.383 7.916 8.332 8.160 -2.65 0.02 MADAGAS 16.623 7.061 4.554 5.576 22.45 5.889 5.703 5.742 8.084 37.27 0.02 TNZANIA 1.682 5.168 3.646 5.885 61.38 4.540 7.687 7.430 7.406 63.14 0.02 ETHIOP 5.312 7.175 5.364 5.172 -3.58 6.450 7.627 7.529 6.984 8.27 0.02 IRELAND 6.115 6.508 4.611 4.632 0.45 6.530 5.713 6.095 6.529 -0.02 0.02 ARGENT 6.645 8.688 6.755 3.778 -44.07 8.340 7.375 6.157 5.711 -31.52 0.01 MALTA 6.003 5.615 4.655 4.277 -8.13 6.237 5.620 5.455 5.237 -16.05 0.01 UKRAINE 4.862 2.196 1.738 4.734 172.34 3.094 4.655 4.967 5.191 67.78 0.01 ECUADOR 5.900 6.328 5.196 3.514 -32.38 6.958 4.641 4.470 4.646 -33.23 0.01 GUYANA 3.145 4.310 3.054 3.071 0.58 3.954 4.422 4.481 4.328 9.47 0.01 LAOS 3.204 4.022 2.950 2.287 -22.48 4.182 3.448 3.413 3.359 -19.70 0.01 NORWAY 1.070 1.844 1.251 1.582 26.44 1.726 2.005 2.146 2.175 26.06 0.01 RUSSIA 1.258 1.624 1.009 0.838 -16.98 1.015 2.239 1.450 1.453 43.18 0.00 CHILE 1.427 0.952 0.819 0.961 17.36 1.006 1.095 1.099 1.094 8.78 0.00 BELARUS 3.530 3.783 3.753 0.080 -97.87 4.728 0.486 0.330 0.110 -97.68 0.00 SIER LN 0.017 0.510 0.508 0.056 -89.08 0.515 0.051 0.057 0.057 -88.93 0.00 _WTO 35380.617 41131.753 31010.547 33185.750 7.01 40250.520 43376.464 43328.504 43306.956 7.59 99.96 _ASEAN 6171.880 7639.925 5769.322 6300.659 9.21 7374.921 8240.445 8218.026 8171.262 10.80 18.86 _W HEMI 5438.773 5967.207 4528.205 4725.879 4.37 5931.025 6136.261 6158.481 6164.881 3.94 14.23 _OECD 3386.077 3752.186 2826.484 2882.599 1.99 3694.799 3824.377 3820.875 3808.301 3.07 8.79 _CBI 2373.533 2706.409 2017.023 2311.799 14.61 2645.557 2931.842 2973.797 3001.186 13.44 6.93 _CAFTA 2282.279 2588.784 1928.679 2211.111 14.64 2529.173 2805.527 2844.938 2871.216 13.52 6.63 _EU15 1246.692 1380.948 1026.542 1066.134 3.86 1357.514 1418.084 1419.236 1420.539 4.64 3.28 _EC12 1206.877 1340.154 996.492 1036.958 4.06 1314.184 1378.352 1378.506 1380.621 5.06 3.19 _SUB-SAH 213.195 282.821 211.109 213.627 1.19 268.781 285.472 282.609 285.339 6.16 0.66 _ANDEAN 182.030 195.820 152.853 140.104 -8.34 199.621 184.575 183.713 183.071 -8.29 0.42