US Commerce Minsitry Textile & Fashion Office disclosed on October.12 that the import of US cotton,wool, silk spinning, synthetic fiber, non-cotton fiber & fashion is increased by 4.6%.
Unit: million square meters
August
January-August
Import
2006
2005
Rate(%)
2006
2005
Rate(%)
Gross
4970.7
4752.3
4.6
34644.8
33723.1
2.7
Yarn
304.3
313.2
-2.8
2559.0
2455.7
4.2
Fabric
743.1
828.4
-10.3
6139.8
6346.1
-3.3
Fashion
2316.4
2159.3
7.3
14552.3
14601.6
-0.3
Other
1606.9
1451.4
10.7
11393.7
10319.7
10.4
Pure cotton
Gross
2071.4
1865.1
11.1
14934.1
14138.9
5.6
Yarn
81.8
76.0
7.6
767.5
768.8
-0.2
Fabric
134.8
158.0
-14.7
1188.8
1288.9
-7.8
Cloth
1276.5
1129.5
13.0
8857.7
8648.1
2.4
Other
578.3
501.6
15.3
4120.1
3433.1
20.0
Wool
Gross
55.1
59.0
-6.6
207.1
230.3
-10.1
Yarn
3.4
3.0
13.3
21.2
20.6
2.9
Fabric
2.8
2.4
16.7
20.9
21.4
-2.3
Fashion
45.2
50.6
-10.7
139.9
165.8
-15.6
Other
3.7
3.0
23.3
25.1
22.5
11.6
Synthetic fiber
Gross
2757.9
2746.0
0.4
18779.8
18649.1
0.7
Yarn
218.8
233.7
-6.4
1768.3
1663.9
6.3
Fabric
597.7
664.6
-10.1
4881.6
4997.1
-2.3
Fashion
944.6
919.9
2.7
5073.1
5288.6
-4.1
Other
996.8
927.8
7.4
7056.8
6699.5
5.3
The selected countries (areas)
China
1952.8
1700.9
14.8
11747.3
11139.5
5.5
China Taiwan
115.4
114.5
0.8
788.5
704.1
12.0
HongKong
61.6
73.1
-15.7
414.9
413.7
0.3
South-Korea
182.8
180.6
1.2
1437.9
1283.1
12.1
Canada
216.9
261.6
-17.1
1710.3
2039.3
-16.1
Mexico
308.3
341.7
-9.8
2367.0
2636.2
-10.2
South-Asia
719.3
676.9
6.3
5641.2
4966.7
13.6
EU
145.4
156.7
-7.2
1205.4
1323.2
-8.9
Turkey
65.9
72.9
-9.6
492.0
586.0
-16.0
Israel
29.0
43.4
-33.2
352.3
413.2
-14.7
