July 13 2010
US Commerce Dept Says May Textile And Apparel Imports +20.7%
U.S. imports of cotton, wool, silk blends,
man-made fiber, and non-cotton vegetable fiber textiles and apparel
increased 20.7% in May to 4,567.2 million square meters equivalent
from the previous year, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of
Textiles and Apparel reported Tuesday.
In millions of square meters equivalent. Source: U.S. Commerce
Department.
--May-- ---Jan-May--
TOTAL IMPORTS 2010 2009 % Chg 2010 2009 % Chg
Total 4567.2 3782.4 20.7 20699.8 17906.5 15.6
yarn 263.7 206.3 27.8 1211.3 978.6 23.8
fabric 785.2 633.2 24.0 3692.1 3112.6 18.6
apparel 1866.6 1575.9 18.4 8846.1 7815.5 13.2
misc 1651.7 1367.0 20.8 6950.3 5999.8 15.8
COTTON
Total 1825.4 1567.8 16.4 8640.9 7574.3 14.1
yarn 41.7 30.8 35.4 191.8 121.3 58.1
fabric 105.9 84.1 25.9 478.8 394.8 21.3
apparel 1135.4 980.3 15.8 5491.8 4877.8 12.6
misc 542.4 472.6 14.8 2478.5 2180.4 13.7
WOOL
Total 14.8 14.4 2.8 66.0 61.4 7.5
yarn 1.8 2.1 -14.3 9.7 8.9 9.0
fabric 1.4 1.1 27.3 7.1 6.2 14.5
apparel 9.6 9.5 1.1 39.6 37.2 6.5
misc 2.0 1.7 17.6 9.6 9.1 5.5
MAN-MADE
Total 2683.0 2155.1 24.5 11764.4 10012.8 17.5
yarn 219.8 173.1 27.0 1008.1 846.5 19.1
fabric 676.0 545.4 23.9 3193.4 2699.6 18.3
apparel 695.0 558.9 24.4 3163.4 2731.4 15.8
misc 1092.2 877.7 24.4 4399.5 3735.3 17.8
SELECTED COUNTRIES
China 2162.4 1681.6 28.6 8884.4 7250.3 22.5
Taiwan 67.6 59.5 13.6 320.0 283.5 12.9
Hong Kong 5.6 6.0 -6.7 29.9 38.8 -22.9
S Korea 122.3 123.6 -1.1 569.6 637.8 -10.7
Canada 115.7 94.0 23.1 543.0 500.6 8.5
Mexico 213.5 177.8 20.1 1026.1 850.7 91.1
CAFTA 277.6 229.3 21.1 1190.0 1058.3 12.4
Source: Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex
