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  ______________                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through  1/2013 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  1/2013
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2011      2012     1/2012    1/2013  % Change    1/2012   11/2012   12/2012    1/2013  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total           239.157   273.303    20.755    21.553      3.85   242.551   276.835   273.303   274.101    13.01    0.51
       1 Apparel           1.604     2.459     0.125     0.158     26.33     1.588     2.392     2.459     2.492    56.85    0.01
       2 Non-Apparel     237.553   270.844    20.630    21.395      3.71   240.963   274.444   270.844   271.609    12.72    0.89
      11 Yarns            19.354    19.154     1.788     1.213    -32.15    19.541    19.252    19.154    18.579    -4.92    0.67
      12 Fabrics         214.342   248.039    18.685    19.903      6.52   217.860   251.600   248.039   249.257    14.41    2.55
      14 Made Ups / Misc   3.857     3.651     0.157     0.279     78.10     3.562     3.591     3.651     3.773     5.94    0.02
      30 Cotton Products  23.831    24.685     1.914     1.704    -10.98    24.111    24.755    24.685    24.475     1.51    0.13
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.724     1.236     0.075     0.096     27.53     0.717     1.220     1.236     1.257    75.28    0.01
      32 Cot Non-Apparel  23.107    23.449     1.839     1.608    -12.55    23.394    23.535    23.449    23.218    -0.75    0.35
      40 Wool Products     0.382     0.410     0.021     0.021     -2.11     0.385     0.429     0.410     0.410     6.31    0.13
      41 Wool Apparel      0.111     0.144     0.008     0.009     10.02     0.113     0.142     0.144     0.145    28.35    0.06
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.271     0.266     0.013     0.012     -9.33     0.272     0.287     0.266     0.265    -2.85    0.35
      60 MMF Products    214.596   247.880    18.798    19.816      5.42   217.716   251.337   247.880   248.898    14.32    0.72
      61 MMF Apparel       0.706     0.998     0.040     0.050     24.19     0.697     0.951     0.998     1.007    44.55    0.01
      62 MMF Non-Apparel 213.890   246.882    18.758    19.767      5.38   217.019   250.387   246.882   247.890    14.23    1.06
      80 S and V Product   0.349     0.328     0.022     0.013    -42.12     0.338     0.314     0.328     0.318    -5.86    0.05
      81 S and V Apparel   0.064     0.080     0.002     0.004     77.70     0.061     0.080     0.080     0.082    33.77    0.03
      82 S and V Non-App   0.285     0.247     0.020     0.008    -56.83     0.277     0.235     0.247     0.236   -14.64    0.07

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarns   5.226     6.809     0.641     0.538    -16.07     5.747     6.807     6.809     6.706    16.69    1.54
     218 Fab, Color Yarn   0.972     1.737     0.162     0.108    -33.20     1.105     1.651     1.737     1.683    52.29    4.58
     222 Knit Fabric      10.383    13.574     0.852     0.744    -12.66    10.210    13.775    13.574    13.467    31.90    0.83
     223 Non-Woven Fabri 107.081   118.769     8.846     9.490      7.28   109.221   121.907   118.769   119.414     9.33    4.05
     225 Blue Denim Fab.   2.360     2.071     0.082     0.180    119.14     2.358     2.009     2.071     2.169    -8.03    8.30
     229 Special Fabric   61.182    80.786     6.319     6.975     10.38    62.275    80.357    80.786    81.442    30.78    3.29

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheeting  10.630    11.378     0.905     0.778    -13.95    10.706    11.547    11.378    11.252     5.10    4.84
     314 Poplin,Broadcl.   1.568     1.057     0.074     0.086     15.99     1.542     1.034     1.057     1.069   -30.65    1.14
     315 Printcloth Fab.   2.140     1.561     0.267     0.205    -23.18     2.208     1.606     1.561     1.499   -32.09    3.13
     317 Twill Fabric      2.208     1.802     0.060     0.115     91.76     2.232     1.920     1.802     1.857   -16.80    2.62
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.241     0.422     0.004     0.004    -13.18     0.233     0.401     0.422     0.421    80.83    1.42

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.105     0.124     0.005     0.005     -0.14     0.109     0.123     0.124     0.124    13.48    0.39
     410 Wool Woven Fab.   0.084     0.069     0.002     0.002      1.97     0.084     0.091     0.069     0.069   -18.21    0.70
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.010     0.013     0.001     0.000    -94.92     0.010     0.013     0.013     0.012    15.78    0.04

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     0.932     1.248     0.197     0.035    -82.33     1.069     1.315     1.248     1.086     1.59    0.18
     604 Yarn>85% Synth.   1.471     0.350     0.009     0.002    -79.26     1.059     0.276     0.350     0.343   -67.61    0.14
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   10.914     9.718     0.803     0.588    -26.76    10.759     9.837     9.718     9.503   -11.68    1.10
     618 Wov Artif Filam   1.090     0.901     0.107     0.045    -58.37     1.069     0.929     0.901     0.839   -21.57    3.85
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.806     4.696     0.416     0.280    -32.69     5.915     5.046     4.696     4.560   -22.91    1.59
     620 Oth Synth Filam   3.322     2.909     0.180     0.352     95.68     3.371     3.010     2.909     3.081    -8.62    0.28
     622 Glass Fabric      2.484     3.557     0.216     0.328     51.69     2.573     3.568     3.557     3.669    42.59    4.47
     669 Other MMF Manuf   2.156     1.851     0.078     0.186    136.47     1.919     1.841     1.851     1.958     2.04    0.05