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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 225:  BLUE DENIM FABRIC
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2012
   Country      2010       2011      12/2011    12/2012  % Change   12/2011    10/2012    11/2012    12/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     30771121  23615573   23615573   26533345     12.36  23615573   27210119   26863882   26533345      12.36  100.00

     CHINA P   11147240   8739831    8739831    9765833     11.74   8739831   10378012   10206185    9765833      11.74   36.81

     MEXICO     3711119   4311971    4311971    6568194     52.32   4311971    6205473    6564659    6568194      52.32   24.75

     CHINA T    4042545   3418743    3418743    3089328     -9.64   3418743    3159209    2986703    3089328      -9.64   11.64

     ITALY      4496834   2891247    2891247    2379246    -17.71   2891247    2545785    2457831    2379246     -17.71    8.97

     JAPAN      2325791   2359829    2359829    2070664    -12.25   2359829    2220655    2009085    2070664     -12.25    7.80

     TURKEY     1918073   1261054    1261054    1263770      0.22   1261054    1398045    1290144    1263770       0.22    4.76


     _WTO      30768873  23615573   23615573   26533280     12.36  23615573   27210054   26863817   26533280      12.36  100.00

     _W HEMI    3718199   4375600    4375600    6736297     53.95   4375600    6394118    6732762    6736297      53.95   25.39

     _OECD      6605705   4243113    4243113    3887154     -8.39   4243113    4152038    3970568    3887154      -8.39   14.65

     _EC12      4672493   2955401    2955401    2620896    -11.32   2955401    2751250    2677936    2620896     -11.32    9.88

     _EU15      4672493   2959957    2959957    2620896    -11.45   2959957    2751250    2677936    2620896     -11.45    9.88