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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  12:  TOTAL FABRIC IMPORTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    9136.696   9447.511   8666.767   8999.740      3.84  9401.000   9757.949   9774.240   9780.484       4.04  100.00

     CHINA P  2622.667   2908.020   2629.215   2991.225     13.77  2863.348   3266.603   3296.756   3270.029      14.20   33.43

     KOR REP   870.727    903.739    830.174    848.631      2.22   904.416    912.724    921.945    922.197       1.97    9.43

     INDIA     638.752    782.384    732.131    725.938     -0.85   777.640    761.408    760.258    776.191      -0.19    7.94

     CANADA    686.423    695.629    646.745    669.693      3.55   696.616    734.179    723.763    718.577       3.15    7.35

     VIETNAM   642.815    795.224    720.228    568.070    -21.13   771.962    654.100    642.399    643.066     -16.70    6.57

     MEXICO    513.561    495.322    460.672    421.690     -8.46   498.838    457.712    454.982    456.340      -8.52    4.67

     CHINA T   403.731    387.051    357.893    387.979      8.41   388.083    415.125    421.658    417.138       7.49    4.26

     ISRAEL    414.527    308.675    280.852    260.229     -7.34   306.422    270.632    276.444    288.052      -5.99    2.95

     JAPAN     216.014    214.342    193.827    231.085     19.22   208.746    250.471    250.060    251.600      20.53    2.57

     TURKEY    163.642    226.857    213.048    236.793     11.15   221.123    261.451    250.918    250.602      13.33    2.56

     GERMANY   249.098    251.111    235.048    221.299     -5.85   256.594    233.670    236.487    237.361      -7.50    2.43

     PAKISTN   158.520    174.896    159.129    160.993      1.17   172.798    181.188    179.026    176.761       2.29    1.81

     FRANCE    161.687    134.719    123.371    150.654     22.11   137.439    164.842    162.669    162.002      17.87    1.66

     S ARAB    104.224    121.466    111.807    136.802     22.36   121.251    141.808    142.062    146.461      20.79    1.50

     ITALY     129.199    131.793    123.367    132.795      7.64   141.812    140.290    139.774    141.221      -0.42    1.44

     THAILND    97.926     99.200     93.056     89.298     -4.04   101.179     91.416     94.151     95.442      -5.67    0.98

     ARAB EM    73.594     36.603     31.449     83.780    166.40    35.013     75.288     81.859     88.934     154.00    0.91

     U KING     67.670     66.373     60.556     70.464     16.36    65.551     75.068     76.511     76.281      16.37    0.78

     LUXMBRG    86.447     70.472     67.459     66.780     -1.01    71.508     62.731     64.608     69.793      -2.40    0.71

     INDNSIA    85.706     65.959     59.844     52.422    -12.40    67.743     58.241     58.323     58.537     -13.59    0.60

     MALAYSA    15.081     40.310     31.995     37.116     16.00    33.148     58.045     54.099     45.431      37.06    0.46

     SPAIN      39.161     23.981     22.607     36.717     62.41    26.264     35.255     36.353     38.091      45.03    0.39

     GREECE     49.701     36.989     35.624     36.703      3.03    37.779     37.357     38.226     38.068       0.77    0.39

     NETHLDS    33.374     34.464     31.758     35.129     10.62    34.958     35.348     36.532     37.835       8.23    0.39

     DENMARK    18.164     40.084     37.357     32.542    -12.89    38.192     37.829     36.637     35.270      -7.65    0.36

     BELGIUM    40.989     32.884     30.976     33.032      6.64    33.435     32.044     33.465     34.940       4.50    0.36

     POLAND     33.589     41.804     38.257     29.969    -21.66    42.177     35.500     33.897     33.516     -20.54    0.34

     BRAZIL    234.674     46.562     45.080     23.207    -48.52    57.497     22.044     21.838     24.688     -57.06    0.25

     CZECH      10.098     17.904     16.268     22.357     37.43    16.993     23.418     23.787     23.993      41.19    0.25

     AUSTRAL    41.091     41.628     40.646     20.015    -50.76    43.634     22.977     21.912     20.997     -51.88    0.21

     FINLAND    55.272     42.335     39.365     17.972    -54.35    45.636     26.872     23.958     20.942     -54.11    0.21

     MALTA      34.073     27.598     26.354     18.926    -28.19    29.544     21.298     19.298     20.170     -31.73    0.21

     PORTUGL    21.382     15.598     14.612     12.960    -11.31    16.830     13.164     13.873     13.945     -17.14    0.14

     HG KONG     7.171     10.177      9.102     11.279     23.92     9.653     12.136     11.667     12.354      27.98    0.13

     SWEDEN     10.675      8.217      7.590     10.313     35.88     8.088     10.362     10.374     10.941      35.27    0.11

     HUNGARY     0.011      6.725      6.147      9.981     62.39     6.147     13.406     13.108     10.560      71.79    0.11

     N ZEAL      7.487      8.129      7.834      9.148     16.78     8.557      9.060      8.821      9.444      10.36    0.10

     REP SAF     8.495     11.025     10.477      8.803    -15.98    11.859     10.336      9.378      9.351     -21.15    0.10

     SWITZLD     9.785      8.765      8.073      8.110      0.45     9.213      8.868      8.850      8.802      -4.46    0.09

     EGYPT       2.398      2.106      1.841      6.386    246.93     1.972      6.194      6.484      6.651     237.33    0.07

     CHILE       2.371      4.838      4.380      6.192     41.35     4.527      7.302      7.072      6.650      46.88    0.07

     TURKMEN     4.922      4.462      4.043      6.195     53.22     5.035      6.271      6.529      6.614      31.36    0.07

     SALVADR     3.454      5.117      4.667      5.593     19.86     5.015      5.858      6.031      6.043      20.50    0.06

     DOM REP     5.085      7.542      7.130      5.616    -21.24     7.516      6.446      6.506      6.027     -19.81    0.06

     PERU        4.622      5.046      4.779      5.488     14.83     5.079      5.646      5.644      5.755      13.31    0.06

     HONDURA     1.625      3.253      2.754      5.117     85.82     2.819      6.011      5.292      5.617      99.28    0.06

     CAMBOD      4.080      4.780      4.780      4.965      3.87     5.583      4.674      4.625      4.966     -11.05    0.05

     SLOVENI     0.382      3.086      2.636      4.013     52.21     2.666      4.610      4.770      4.462      67.37    0.05

     GUATMAL     3.953      2.172      2.112      3.797     79.77     2.309      3.339      3.358      3.856      67.00    0.04

     IRELAND     4.601      7.628      7.250      3.156    -56.47     7.644      3.512      3.435      3.534     -53.76    0.04

     AUSTRIA     1.824      4.048      3.908      3.233    -17.26     4.031      3.057      3.023      3.373     -16.31    0.03

     BAHRAIN    16.606      2.733      2.470      2.496      1.04     3.573      2.808      2.687      2.759     -22.78    0.03

     PHIL R      2.306      2.768      2.327      1.675    -28.02     2.491      2.189      2.196      2.116     -15.06    0.02

     ARGENT      3.273      7.413      7.265      1.851    -74.53     7.660      2.106      2.066      1.999     -73.90    0.02

     COLOMB      2.731      1.820      1.653      1.668      0.88     1.830      1.639      1.761      1.835       0.27    0.02

     RUSSIA      5.392      2.936      2.935      0.186    -93.66     2.945      0.189      0.190      0.188     -93.62    0.00

     SIER LN     0.000      2.223      2.223      0.009    -99.61     2.223      0.009      0.009      0.009     -99.61    0.00


     _WTO     9129.711   9440.826   8660.891   8992.073      3.82  9394.072   9749.518   9765.785   9772.008       4.02   99.91

     _OECD    2792.588   2853.157   2649.226   2719.809      2.66  2875.925   2934.734   2924.465   2923.740       1.66   29.89

     _W HEMI  1463.946   1275.905   1188.385   1151.920     -3.07  1290.892   1254.314   1240.324   1239.439      -3.99   12.67

     _EU15     969.245    900.695    840.848    863.751      2.72   925.761    911.402    915.926    923.597      -0.23    9.44

     _EC12     901.473    846.095    789.986    832.233      5.35   868.006    871.111    878.571    888.341       2.34    9.08

     _ASEAN    848.515   1008.513    912.499    753.609    -17.41   982.378    868.730    855.852    849.623     -13.51    8.69

     _CBI       15.297     19.051     17.588     21.207     20.57    18.620     22.763     22.274     22.670      21.75    0.23

     _CAFTA     14.803     18.719     17.261     20.962     21.44    18.273     22.473     21.989     22.419      22.69    0.23

     _SUB-SAH    9.066     13.833     12.989      8.928    -31.26    14.418     10.801      9.844      9.772     -32.22    0.10

     _ANDEAN     7.377      6.918      6.484      8.059     24.29     6.961      8.187      8.307      8.493      22.01    0.09