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  ______________                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  1/2013 in Million $  |
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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           387.270   444.220    33.450    36.671      9.63   393.558   446.876   444.220   447.441     13.69    0.44
       1 Apparel          32.989    35.715     3.465     3.651      5.37    32.293    35.358    35.715    35.901     11.17    0.05
       2 Non-Apparel     354.281   408.506    29.985    33.020     10.12   361.265   411.518   408.506   411.541     13.92    1.70
      11 Yarns            30.069    32.178     2.907     2.016    -30.65    31.211    33.012    32.178    31.287      0.24    2.15
      12 Fabrics         308.225   360.837    26.091    29.905     14.62   314.207   362.240   360.837   364.651     16.05    6.35
      14 Made Ups / Mis   15.987    15.491     0.987     1.098     11.31    15.847    16.265    15.491    15.603     -1.54    0.09
      30 Cotton Product   91.936    95.970     7.472     7.340     -1.77    92.722    95.060    95.970    95.838      3.36    0.19
      31 Cotton Apparel   16.666    17.021     1.928     1.948      1.04    15.971    16.559    17.021    17.041      6.70    0.04
      32 Cot Non-Appare   75.269    78.949     5.544     5.391     -2.75    76.750    78.501    78.949    78.797      2.67    0.91
      40 Wool Products    10.498    11.776     0.678     0.633     -6.57    10.587    11.904    11.776    11.731     10.81    0.25
      41 Wool Apparel      6.566     7.549     0.459     0.438     -4.76     6.569     7.582     7.549     7.527     14.59    0.20
      42 Wool Non-Appar    3.932     4.226     0.218     0.196    -10.37     4.018     4.323     4.226     4.204      4.63    0.41
      60 MMF Products    281.502   333.697    25.065    28.431     13.43   287.000   337.062   333.697   337.063     17.44    0.77
      61 MMF Apparel       8.018     9.862     0.993     1.110     11.78     8.092     9.914     9.862     9.978     23.31    0.03
      62 MMF Non-Appare  273.484   323.835    24.072    27.321     13.50   278.908   327.147   323.835   327.084     17.27    2.33
      80 S and V Produc    3.335     2.778     0.235     0.267     13.59     3.250     2.850     2.778     2.810    -13.54    0.16
      81 S and V Appare    1.739     1.283     0.085     0.156     83.22     1.661     1.303     1.283     1.354    -18.50    0.10
      82 S and V Non-Ap    1.596     1.495     0.150     0.111    -25.85     1.589     1.547     1.495     1.456     -8.36    0.32

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarn   13.723    16.228     1.417     0.863    -39.09    14.483    16.976    16.228    15.674      8.22    6.49
     218 Fab, Color Yar    5.544     9.600     0.888     0.590    -33.55     6.211     8.974     9.600     9.302     49.76    7.77
     222 Knit Fabric      17.518    18.931     1.199     1.123     -6.39    17.342    19.250    18.931    18.854      8.72    2.91
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   88.651   107.485     7.588     9.414     24.07    90.716   108.202   107.485   109.312     20.50   10.61
     225 Blue Denim Fab   15.700    14.080     0.567     1.140    100.85    15.831    13.725    14.080    14.652     -7.45   19.12
     229 Special Fabric   88.616   117.160     9.027    10.435     15.60    90.833   116.653   117.160   118.568     30.53    9.56

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin   23.356    25.292     1.930     1.838     -4.75    23.679    25.621    25.292    25.200      6.42    8.05
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    3.630     2.723     0.213     0.228      7.04     3.647     2.655     2.723     2.738    -24.91    3.07
     315 Printcloth Fab    4.526     3.687     0.589     0.455    -22.84     4.752     3.784     3.687     3.553    -25.24    7.81
     317 Twill Fabric     10.382     9.497     0.367     0.623     69.74    10.585     9.757     9.497     9.753     -7.86    9.68
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.784     2.789     0.012     0.014     17.31     0.759     2.573     2.789     2.791    267.59    6.67

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.299     1.638     0.064     0.082     26.89     1.344     1.641     1.638     1.655     23.10    1.13
     410 Wool Woven Fab    0.865     0.760     0.043     0.050     16.32     0.880     0.820     0.760     0.767    -12.79    0.69
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.767     1.045     0.085     0.011    -86.81     0.758     1.046     1.045     0.972     28.15    0.23

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     1.338     1.428     0.158     0.041    -74.14     1.422     1.510     1.428     1.311     -7.81    0.41
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    1.118     0.579     0.029     0.010    -64.51     0.995     0.516     0.579     0.560    -43.71    0.51
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    7.663     8.020     0.738     0.703     -4.76     7.776     7.869     8.020     7.985      2.68    4.22
     618 Wov Artif Fila    4.770     4.334     0.484     0.353    -27.23     4.678     4.469     4.334     4.202    -10.18   12.56
     619 Poly Fil Fab      9.397     6.302     0.521     0.338    -35.15     9.222     6.850     6.302     6.119    -33.65    3.05
     620 Oth Synth Fila   12.529    14.888     0.855     1.641     91.83    12.783    15.158    14.888    15.674     22.61    3.00
     622 Glass Fabric      6.893     8.073     0.482     0.743     54.11     7.042     8.241     8.073     8.334     18.36    6.66
     669 Other MMF Manu    6.441     5.884     0.427     0.545     27.58     6.384     6.392     5.884     6.002     -5.99    0.52