Trade Balance Report: Trade Balance
 09/11/08
                           Textile & Apparel Trade Balance Report
                                    Flow:  Trade Balance
                                    Type:  Value
                                    (Millions of Dollars)
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 |                 Time Period|           |           |                       |  Percent  |
 |Partner                     |           |           |    January-July       |   change  |
 |  SITC rev 3 Commodity      |           |           |                       |           |
 |                            |           |           |_______________________|           |
 |                            |           |           |           |           | YTD  7/07-|
 |                            |    2006   |    2007   |    2007   |    2008   |    YTD    |
 |                            |           |           |           |           |    7/08   |
 |____________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
 |                            |           |           |           |           |           |
 |World                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       -38 |       194 |         1 |       369 |  27130.65 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       864 |       257 |       245 |       231 |     -5.73 |
 |  Made-up ..................|   -15,675 |   -16,703 |    -9,591 |    -9,457 |     -1.40 |
 |  Apparel ..................|   -69,986 |   -72,717 |   -40,739 |   -39,198 |     -3.78 |
 |  Total ....................|   -84,835 |   -88,970 |   -50,083 |   -48,055 |     -4.05 |
 |Canada                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        49 |        34 |        16 |        65 |    312.83 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       249 |       233 |       142 |       211 |     48.57 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       851 |       939 |       514 |       614 |     19.43 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       -45 |       230 |       108 |       361 |    233.96 |
 |  Total ....................|     1,104 |     1,436 |       780 |     1,251 |     60.39 |
 |Mexico                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       211 |       139 |        82 |        72 |    -12.38 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     2,274 |     2,000 |     1,218 |     1,139 |     -6.47 |
 |  Made-up ..................|      -553 |      -588 |      -349 |      -268 |    -23.18 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    -4,508 |    -3,969 |    -2,350 |    -2,067 |    -12.07 |
 |  Total ....................|    -2,575 |    -2,419 |    -1,400 |    -1,124 |    -19.69 |
 |India                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       -64 |       -75 |       -45 |       -51 |     13.92 |
 |  Fabric ...................|      -295 |      -290 |      -165 |      -178 |      8.23 |
 |  Made-up ..................|    -1,850 |    -1,914 |    -1,067 |    -1,124 |      5.40 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    -3,226 |    -3,208 |    -2,055 |    -2,011 |     -2.10 |
 |  Total ....................|    -5,435 |    -5,487 |    -3,331 |    -3,365 |      1.02 |
 |Pakistan                    |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|      -108 |       -40 |       -28 |        -1 |    -96.90 |
 |  Fabric ...................|      -251 |      -158 |       -99 |       -63 |    -37.08 |
 |  Made-up ..................|    -1,513 |    -1,487 |      -872 |      -845 |     -3.17 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    -1,425 |    -1,509 |      -838 |      -825 |     -1.57 |
 |  Total ....................|    -3,297 |    -3,194 |    -1,837 |    -1,733 |     -5.69 |
 |China                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       -96 |       -55 |       -33 |       -53 |     60.93 |
 |  Fabric ...................|      -815 |      -899 |      -518 |      -584 |     12.70 |
 |  Made-up ..................|    -9,892 |   -11,013 |    -6,261 |    -6,479 |      3.48 |
 |  Apparel ..................|   -20,626 |   -24,724 |   -13,200 |   -12,514 |     -5.20 |
 |  Total ....................|   -31,429 |   -36,691 |   -20,013 |   -19,631 |     -1.91 |
 |Korea, South                |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|      -246 |      -247 |      -159 |      -126 |    -20.69 |
 |  Fabric ...................|      -588 |      -565 |      -338 |      -305 |     -9.92 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       -91 |       -48 |       -30 |       -24 |    -19.14 |
 |  Apparel ..................|      -882 |      -572 |      -337 |      -246 |    -27.05 |
 |  Total ....................|    -1,806 |    -1,432 |      -864 |      -701 |    -18.90 |
 |Hong Kong                   |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        71 |        75 |        43 |        58 |     35.55 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       188 |       164 |        94 |        91 |     -2.44 |
 |  Made-up ..................|       -42 |       -43 |       -27 |       -10 |    -62.88 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    -2,791 |    -2,002 |      -968 |      -894 |     -7.61 |
 |  Total ....................|    -2,575 |    -1,805 |      -858 |      -755 |    -12.07 |
 |Taiwan                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|      -133 |      -169 |      -108 |       -86 |    -20.65 |
 |  Fabric ...................|      -354 |      -356 |      -198 |      -184 |     -7.08 |
 |  Made-up ..................|      -150 |      -157 |       -87 |       -96 |     10.39 |
 |  Apparel ..................|      -998 |      -851 |      -470 |      -406 |    -13.52 |
 |  Total ....................|    -1,635 |    -1,534 |      -863 |      -772 |    -10.52 |
 |Japan                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       -95 |      -124 |       -79 |       -74 |     -5.76 |
 |  Fabric ...................|      -237 |      -293 |      -163 |      -170 |      3.99 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        95 |        85 |        50 |        37 |    -25.50 |
 |  Apparel ..................|       187 |       132 |        79 |        77 |     -3.27 |
 |  Total ....................|       -51 |      -200 |      -113 |      -130 |     15.29 |
 |_EU15                       |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|      -306 |      -253 |      -166 |      -127 |    -23.27 |
 |  Fabric ...................|      -794 |      -935 |      -541 |      -501 |     -7.43 |
 |  Made-up ..................|      -825 |      -782 |      -479 |      -371 |    -22.55 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    -1,754 |    -1,869 |    -1,064 |    -1,013 |     -4.74 |
 |  Total ....................|    -3,680 |    -3,838 |    -2,250 |    -2,012 |    -10.55 |
 |_ASEAN                      |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|      -108 |      -140 |       -82 |       -89 |      8.63 |
 |  Fabric ...................|       -55 |       -22 |       -14 |         1 |   -106.94 |
 |  Made-up ..................|      -530 |      -522 |      -308 |      -316 |      2.37 |
 |  Apparel ..................|   -13,872 |   -15,258 |    -8,621 |    -8,970 |      4.04 |
 |  Total ....................|   -14,566 |   -15,942 |    -9,026 |    -9,373 |      3.85 |
 |_CBI                        |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|       874 |     1,072 |       595 |       773 |     29.95 |
 |  Fabric ...................|     1,638 |     1,531 |       910 |       872 |     -4.27 |
 |  Made-up ..................|        -4 |        -3 |        -0 |       -20 |   5067.53 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    -7,750 |    -7,614 |    -4,315 |    -4,431 |      2.69 |
 |  Total ....................|    -5,243 |    -5,014 |    -2,810 |    -2,806 |     -0.15 |
 |_LDDC exc. Haiti            |           |           |           |           |           |
 |  Yarn .....................|        -1 |         4 |        -1 |         7 |   -887.53 |
 |  Fabric ...................|         7 |         3 |         1 |         3 |    282.34 |
 |  Made-up ..................|      -142 |      -149 |       -95 |      -106 |     11.31 |
 |  Apparel ..................|    -5,713 |    -6,205 |    -3,519 |    -3,632 |      3.21 |
 |  Total ....................|    -5,849 |    -6,347 |    -3,615 |    -3,729 |      3.16 |
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   Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.