Trade Balance Report: Trade Balance
12/11/08
Textile & Apparel Trade Balance Report
Flow: Trade Balance
Type: Value
(Millions of Dollars)
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| Time Period| | | | Percent |
|Partner | | | January-October | change |
| SITC rev 3 Commodity | | | | |
| | | |_______________________| |
| | | | | | YTD 10/07-|
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | 2008 | YTD |
| | | | | | 10/08 |
|____________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
|World | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| -38 | 194 | 126 | 533 | 323.86 |
| Fabric ...................| 864 | 257 | 357 | 430 | 20.40 |
| Made-up ..................| -15,675 | -16,703 | -14,042 | -13,790 | -1.79 |
| Apparel ..................| -69,986 | -72,717 | -62,166 | -60,176 | -3.20 |
| Total ....................| -84,835 | -88,970 | -75,725 | -73,003 | -3.59 |
|FTA Total | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 1,183 | 1,294 | 1,084 | 1,358 | 25.28 |
| Fabric ...................| 4,151 | 3,769 | 3,259 | 3,214 | -1.38 |
| Made-up ..................| 308 | 372 | 297 | 561 | 88.46 |
| Apparel ..................| -12,213 | -11,116 | -9,384 | -8,605 | -8.29 |
| Total ....................| -6,571 | -5,682 | -4,744 | -3,473 | -26.78 |
|_CAFTA | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 861 | 1,058 | 879 | 1,107 | 25.89 |
| Fabric ...................| 1,559 | 1,462 | 1,256 | 1,175 | -6.45 |
| Made-up ..................| -57 | -59 | -46 | -68 | 48.05 |
| Apparel ..................| -7,425 | -7,202 | -6,040 | -6,121 | 1.35 |
| Total ....................| -5,062 | -4,741 | -3,950 | -3,907 | -1.09 |
|NAFTA | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 260 | 173 | 152 | 192 | 26.59 |
| Fabric ...................| 2,523 | 2,233 | 1,942 | 1,956 | 0.73 |
| Made-up ..................| 298 | 351 | 280 | 534 | 90.71 |
| Apparel ..................| -4,552 | -3,739 | -3,201 | -2,394 | -25.22 |
| Total ....................| -1,471 | -982 | -827 | 288 | -134.86 |
|Canada | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 49 | 34 | 23 | 83 | 263.13 |
| Fabric ...................| 249 | 233 | 212 | 301 | 42.25 |
| Made-up ..................| 851 | 939 | 776 | 904 | 16.52 |
| Apparel ..................| -45 | 230 | 178 | 563 | 216.00 |
| Total ....................| 1,104 | 1,436 | 1,189 | 1,852 | 55.78 |
|Mexico | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 211 | 139 | 129 | 109 | -15.54 |
| Fabric ...................| 2,274 | 2,000 | 1,730 | 1,655 | -4.35 |
| Made-up ..................| -553 | -588 | -496 | -370 | -25.40 |
| Apparel ..................| -4,508 | -3,969 | -3,379 | -2,957 | -12.50 |
| Total ....................| -2,575 | -2,419 | -2,016 | -1,563 | -22.47 |
|Guatemala | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 68 | 81 | 65 | 57 | -13.02 |
| Fabric ...................| 117 | 115 | 99 | 97 | -2.01 |
| Made-up ..................| 7 | 12 | 11 | 5 | -55.78 |
| Apparel ..................| -1,616 | -1,371 | -1,175 | -1,163 | -1.05 |
| Total ....................| -1,424 | -1,163 | -1,000 | -1,005 | 0.45 |
|El Salvador | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 113 | 119 | 101 | 117 | 16.28 |
| Fabric ...................| 300 | 296 | 248 | 259 | 4.20 |
| Made-up ..................| -11 | -8 | -7 | -20 | 212.07 |
| Apparel ..................| -1,259 | -1,369 | -1,140 | -1,254 | 10.03 |
| Total ....................| -857 | -963 | -797 | -899 | 12.71 |
|Honduras | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 487 | 610 | 502 | 710 | 41.51 |
| Fabric ...................| 524 | 567 | 487 | 486 | -0.28 |
| Made-up ..................| 11 | 5 | 5 | -3 | -165.40 |
| Apparel ..................| -2,163 | -2,310 | -1,905 | -2,119 | 11.25 |
| Total ....................| -1,141 | -1,128 | -911 | -927 | 1.74 |
|Nicaragua | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | -20.62 |
| Fabric ...................| 57 | 64 | 54 | 67 | 24.87 |
| Made-up ..................| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.32 |
| Apparel ..................| -862 | -958 | -804 | -793 | -1.29 |
| Total ....................| -793 | -881 | -739 | -716 | -3.05 |
|Costa Rica | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 27 | 28 | 24 | 14 | -42.80 |
| Fabric ...................| 83 | 92 | 77 | 53 | -31.36 |
| Made-up ..................| -4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 482.22 |
| Apparel ..................| -331 | -343 | -290 | -209 | -27.79 |
| Total ....................| -225 | -220 | -186 | -130 | -30.14 |
|Dominican Republic | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 154 | 209 | 178 | 202 | 13.34 |
| Fabric ...................| 478 | 328 | 291 | 214 | -26.55 |
| Made-up ..................| -62 | -74 | -60 | -64 | 7.16 |
| Apparel ..................| -1,193 | -851 | -726 | -582 | -19.83 |
| Total ....................| -623 | -387 | -317 | -231 | -27.17 |
|Chile | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 155.17 |
| Fabric ...................| 11 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 266.40 |
| Made-up ..................| 19 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 35.29 |
| Apparel ..................| 3 | 25 | 19 | 40 | 112.51 |
| Total ....................| 38 | 56 | 45 | 88 | 96.55 |
|Singapore | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 28 | 24 | 20 | 14 | -30.13 |
| Fabric ...................| 21 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 32.76 |
| Made-up ..................| 25 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 38.68 |
| Apparel ..................| -131 | -135 | -109 | -83 | -23.56 |
| Total ....................| -56 | -61 | -48 | -14 | -70.18 |
|Australia | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 28 | 33 | 28 | 34 | 23.18 |
| Fabric ...................| 36 | 43 | 35 | 41 | 16.92 |
| Made-up ..................| 24 | 34 | 27 | 44 | 61.73 |
| Apparel ..................| -7 | 26 | 21 | 34 | 62.52 |
| Total ....................| 81 | 137 | 112 | 154 | 38.06 |
|Morocco | | | | | |
| Yarn .....................| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -45.16 |
| Fabric ...................| 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | -121.94 |
| Made-up ..................| -1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -23.72 |
| Apparel ..................| -102 | -90 | -74 | -81 | 10.18 |
| Total ....................| -101 | -90 | -74 | -82 | 10.56 |
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Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel.