Textile exports increased in May to 443 million pounds, up 2 percent from April but 2 percent below a year ago. Exports of all fibers, except silk, and all major end-use categories, except floor coverings, increased from the previous month.
Cotton textile exports, at 204 million pounds, were also 2 percent above a month earlier but 2 percent below a year ago. U.S. cotton textile exports to other North American countries, at 190 million pounds, were 1 percent above April and accounted for 93 percent of total shipments in May.
Overall, the May textile trade deficit was 1.1 billion pounds, with cotton accounting for 61 percent of the total. The May deficit was 237 million pounds above a year earlier.
Similarly, the deficit for the first 5 months of 2005 was 5.1 billion pounds, compared with 4.5 billion a year ago. The cotton deficit, at 3.1 billion pounds, rose 473 million pounds during January-May, compared with the corresponding period
in 2004.
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