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US Commerce Dept Says Jul Textile & Apparel Imports -4.4%

Published: 11 Sep 2008 23:01:11 PST

WASHINGTON --U.S. imports of cotton, wool, silk blends, man-made fiber, and non-cotton vegetable fiber textiles and apparel decreased 4.4% in July to 4,582.1 million square meters equivalent from the previous year, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Textiles and Apparel reported Thursday.

In millions of square meters equivalent. Source: U.S. Commerce Department.


                      --Jul--                  ---Jan-Jul--

TOTAL IMPORTS     2008     2007  % Chg        2008     2007  % Chg

 Total          4582.1   4791.1    -4.4    28960.2  30498.9    -5.0

  yarn           259.1    280.0    -7.5     1712.1   2028.3   -15.6

  fabric         694.6    756.7    -8.2     4750.8   5114.9    -7.1

  apparel       2138.1   2156.3    -0.8    12633.5  13069.9    -3.3

  misc          1490.3   1598.1    -6.7     9863.8  10285.8    -4.1

COTTON

 Total          1967.0   2040.2    -3.6    12559.0  13173.6    -4.7

  yarn            45.2     53.6   -15.7      292.0    395.3   -26.1

  fabric         116.7    125.8    -7.2      746.5    873.4   -14.5

  apparel       1280.9   1274.4     0.5     7959.3   8193.5    -2.9

  misc           524.2    586.4   -10.6     3561.2   3711.4    -4.0

WOOL

 Total            42.7     43.0    -0.7      152.6    158.5    -3.7

  yarn             2.8      3.5   -20.0       17.2     18.5    -7.0

  fabric           2.2      2.6   -15.4       16.2     17.6    -8.0

  apparel         34.9     33.7     3.6      100.4    102.4    -2.0

  misc             2.8      3.2   -12.5       18.8     20.0    -6.0

MAN-MADE

 Total          2499.1   2638.3    -5.3    15707.6  16594.6    -5.3

  yarn           210.7    221.2    -4.7     1399.4   1603.5   -12.7

  fabric         563.0    620.8    -9.3     3893.4   4166.3    -6.6

  apparel        784.0    811.5    -3.4     4259.7   4414.6    -3.5

  misc           941.4    984.8    -4.4     6155.1   6410.2    -4.0

SELECTED COUNTRIES

 China          1958.7   2057.7    -4.8    11464.5  11837.7    -3.2

 Taiwan           90.0    103.6   -13.1      607.8    659.1    -7.8

 Hong Kong        30.9     38.2   -19.1      196.2    227.0   -13.6

 S Korea         166.6    171.1    -2.6      984.9   1184.1   -16.8

 Canada          120.1    167.7   -28.4      831.3   1213.8   -31.5

 Mexico          247.4    265.3    -6.7     1603.0   1828.0   -12.3

 South Asia      639.1    628.1     1.8     4524.9   4722.5    -4.2

 EU 15           121.2    158.7   -23.6      816.1   1011.3   -19.3

 Turkey           45.9     62.9   -27.0      310.6    376.3   -17.5

 Israel           47.8     41.0    16.6      327.1    265.5    23.2



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