A comparison of shipments in square yards to major markets: Supplementary exports in December 1957: Tapestry and upholstered fabrics, 898,059 square yards, $637,364; plushes, 38,594 square yards, $51,097; pile fabrics, 238,788 square yards, $163,306; belts and belting, 12,717 pounds, $38,629; narrow fabrics, $88,679; blankets, 112,206 units, $138,778; tufted spreads, 27,146 units, $103,775; plain bedspreads, 19,713 units, $59,020; sheets and cases, 22,502 dozen, $269,413; terry towels, $395,916, plain towels, $132,423; new bags, 508,907 pounds, $438,021; reclaimed bags, 137,948 pounds, $64,823; bleached carded yarn, 196,373 pounds, $149,206; mercerized yarn, 181,060 pounds, $248,932; combed gray yarn, $982,633 pounds, $857,875; finished combed yarn, 319,954 pounds, $354,621; sewing thread, 48,987 pounds, $83,919; industrial thread, 164,783 pounds, $253,266. United States exports of cotton cloth, duck, and tire fabric in square yards NORTH AMERICA United States exports of cotton cloth, duck, and tire fabric in square yards—Con. December 1957 exports listed as "all others" amounted to 1,320,286 square yards. Also included in the total for that month were these specific shipments: Paraguay, 43,393 square yards; Iceland, 20,990; Ceylon, 1,319; Ethiopia, 45,758; Mozambique, 6,391; Rhodesia, 21,840; Angola, 1,994; Jordan, 1,488; Kuwait, 2,999; Libya, 4,800; Burma, 4,238; Somaliland, 15,794. December 1957 exports of cotton remnants amounted to 1,750,422 pounds, valued at $936,813. The breakdown: Canada, 63,293 pounds; Mexico, 19,025; Guatemala, 5,377; Honduras, 3,865; Nicaragua, 4,073; Costa Rica, 1,655; Bahrein, 2,000; Cuba, 156,450; Jamaica, 7,823; Haiti, 103,208; Dominican Republic, 55,986; Trinidad, 2,590; Netherlands Antilles, 1,166; Venezuela, 36,597; Surinam, 2,928; Peru, 2,500; Sweden, 266; France, 14,332; West Germany, 11,471; Syria, 4,441; Lebanon, 81,062; Iran, 11,310; Thailand, 85,689; Vietnam, 2,275; Philippines, 872,212; Morocco, 130,522; Spanish Africa, 1,132; Liberia, 2,092; Belgian Congo, 11,912; Ethiopia, 1,250. Com Shipments of cotton fabrics by commodity numbers (square yards) 3034.00 3036.00 3037.00 3039. 10 3039.50 3040.00 3041. 10 3041.20 3042. 10 3042. 20 3043.00 3045. 10 3046. 10 3047. 10 3048.00 Sheetings not over 40 inches.. Sheetings over 40 inches.... Osnaburgs (all widths). Tobacco cloth.. Gray print cloth above 36 by 32s. Carded goods, except fine carded, n. e. s. Sheetings over 40 inches, dyed and printed... 3049. 10 Carded broadcloth, dyed.. 3049.20 Carded broadcloth, printed. Cheesecloth and gauze, bleached. Print cloth, dyed in piece.. Print cloth, printed.. Flannels, bleached or colored. Napped fabrics in piece n. e. s.. Derims.. Suitings, twill, coverts, and cottonades. Colored yarn fabrics, n. e. s. Carded goods except fine carded n. e. s. 3052. 20 3055. 10 3055.90 3057.00 3053.00 3060.00 Chambrays, cheviots and shirtings. 3061.00 3062.00 Duck and awning material, colored. 3064.00 3067.00 Voiles, organdies, lawns, batistes. Combed piques... 2, 637, 890 15, 610, 705 3,366, 480 5,863, 154 12,035, 132 1,824, 134 3,064, 070 25, 341, 269 57,009 2,460, 014 38,868,390 169,009 3, 355, 279 2, 554, 565 1,062, 120 2,812,920 9, 232, 667 2. 303,744 3,987, 178 2,977,858 79, 402, 383 11,609, 752 7, 213, 194 7,797, 415 2,838, 616 19, 156, 369 3,248, 804 5, 606, 145 3, 514, 411 6,864, 238 24,060, 396 6, 387, 815 2,030,586 4,382,594 6,628, 417 10, 189, 608 15, 330, 192 4,882, 976 15, 430, 416 82,529,264 7, 181, 706 1,011, 480 28, 137, 241 3.487.186 17, 695, 317 6, 103, 336 2,823, 195 4, 275, 796 11, 178, 090 2,294, 640 3,600, 822 29,765, 608 47, 120 2, 153, 992 30,913, 960 115, 372 2, 644, 898 Total.. 553,386, 473 511, 613, 449 TEXTILE EXPORT ASSOCIATION, JOHN W. MURRAY, Secretary-Treasurer. |