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Top Top 15 Countries for US Imports of Socks Annual + Year-To-Date Data from Jan – Jun

Quantity Description

 Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 YTD 2003 YTD

Percent Change
YTD2002 - YTD2003

 

In 1,000 Units of Quantity
dozen pairs Mexico 12,345 17,486 21,700 24,515 26,078 12,555 12,277 -2.2%
  Korea 4,719 7,675 10,489 13,605 20,647 8,728 10,774 23.4%
  Taiwan 6,159 7,861 10,010 11,506 13,234 5,617 4,928 -12.3%
  Costa Rica 1,002 3,710 7,724 11,538 11,826 6,223 5,284 15.1%
  Pakistan 79 776 2,790 5,170 10,521 4,243 6,767 59.5%
  Canada 4,251 7,561 7,844 6,087 7,877 3,814 3,453 -9.5%
  Honduras 445 997 2,374 3,067 6,981 2,712 3,716 37.0%
  China 512 458 500 888 5,822 1,379 7,770 463.6%
  Dominican Rep 5,510 6,195 6,586 5,083 5,784 2,536 3,352 32.2%
  Turkey 794 841 1,867 2,874 4,303 2,371 2,434 2.7%
  Columbia 569 977 1,153 1,039 1,773 692 1,323 91.3%
  Philippines 495 859 814 1,115 1,334 346 348 0.5%
  Thailand 398 627 899 775 1,146 428 409 -4.4%
  India 138 249 334 427 943 434 555 28.0%
  Guatemala 8 11 75 215 483 176 402 128.0%
Subtotal Dozen Pairs   37,423 56,283 75,158 87,904 118,751 52,254 63,793 22.1%
                   
All Other:   1,673 1,963 2,581 2,126 2,489 1,037 1,910 84.3%

Note: This Import Data Was Used for the China Quota Petition and is from the USITC (United States International Trade Commission)