US Imports of Knit Apparel by Country

Rank

Source Country

2002

2003

2004

2004

%

2004/03

±%

   1

China         

2,618.891

3,199.377

4,102.976

13.0

28.2

2

Mexico     

3,135.027

2,928.520

2,708.185

8.6

-7.5

3

Honduras 

1,800.936

1,887.417

2,013.307

6.4

6.7

4

Hong Kong   

1,949.797

1,801.382

1,866.825

5.9

3.6

5

El Salvador 

1,258.721

1,318.043

1,363.989

4.3

3.5

6

Guatemala 

978.173

1,076.515

1,261.318

4.0

17.2

7

Vietnam       

436.993

1,097.588

1,084.029

3.4

-1.2

8

Korea, South

1,133.149

1,015.421

983.232

3.1

-3.2

9

Taiwan        

1,008.084

1,030.528

977.087

3.1

-5.2

10

Thailand     

940.120

900.094

938.389

3.0

4.3

11

Domonican Rep.

774.611

857.782

889.424

2.8

3.7

12

Pakistan

627.714

782.279

857.462

2.7

9.6

13

Macau     

715.409

750.172

821.911

2.6

9.6

14

Canada      

806.237

757.515

708.972

2.3

-6.4

15

India         

571.657

577.866

679.507

2.2

17.6

16

Philippines

769.078

728.765

674.862

2.1

-7.4

17

Jordan           

275.205

392.625

662.303

2.1

68.7

18

Cambodia 

439.823

505.847

641.735

2.0

26.9

19

Peru             

364.932

473.608

636.461

2.0

34.4

20

Indonesia     

584.905

600.749

631.308

2.0

5.1

21

Turkey      

684.510

732.134

593.957

1.9

-18.9

22

Bangladesh

494.802

499.306

499.240

1.6

0.0

23

Sri Lanka

401.670

401.757

451.405

1.4

12.4

24

Malaysia

431.955

410.703

436.050

1.4

6.2

25

Italy           

447.246

440.818

433.526

1.4

-1.7

Other Countries

4,174.31

4,554.92

4,664.89

14.8

7.0

Total Imports       

27,823.952

29,721.699

31,382.351

100.0

6.3