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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 $$$

                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    4770.139   5490.425   5021.733   5281.479      5.17  5420.119   5734.232   5750.954   5750.171       6.09  100.00

     CHINA P  1141.011   1433.157   1293.820   1484.783     14.76  1395.624   1618.485   1629.577   1624.119      16.37   28.24

     KOR REP   460.265    536.800    491.014    507.648      3.39   530.230    550.845    554.554    553.433       4.38    9.62

     CANADA    411.135    429.372    397.791    399.389      0.40   428.355    436.589    432.240    430.969       0.61    7.49

     JAPAN     273.999    308.225    279.711    333.726     19.31   301.665    358.046    360.388    362.240      20.08    6.30

     CHINA T   261.840    285.943    265.216    286.753      8.12   285.130    305.362    310.971    307.480       7.84    5.35

     ITALY     272.057    295.772    267.791    274.002      2.32   297.366    303.101    303.737    301.983       1.55    5.25

     INDIA     235.284    312.231    290.984    279.551     -3.93   309.210    299.483    299.300    300.797      -2.72    5.23

     MEXICO    251.712    270.333    249.155    256.898      3.11   270.158    277.711    278.727    278.076       2.93    4.84

     GERMANY   160.882    176.427    163.304    170.111      4.17   176.417    178.960    180.636    183.235       3.86    3.19

     VIETNAM   147.538    219.147    197.431    160.814    -18.55   209.855    185.775    183.022    182.531     -13.02    3.17

     TURKEY    108.799    137.042    126.482    136.400      7.84   133.163    146.798    146.417    146.960      10.36    2.56

     PAKISTN   107.642    153.420    140.552    124.645    -11.32   149.992    141.932    139.011    137.513      -8.32    2.39

     ISRAEL    157.972    110.606    100.473     91.748     -8.68   109.997     97.601     99.603    101.882      -7.38    1.77

     U KING     86.133    100.238     92.988     92.293     -0.75    99.810     99.009    100.203     99.543      -0.27    1.73

     FRANCE     88.948     89.883     80.970     88.515      9.32    89.294     97.103     96.390     97.428       9.11    1.69

     INDNSIA    59.862     63.375     58.783     54.518     -7.26    63.906     59.362     59.410     59.109      -7.51    1.03

     BELGIUM    51.879     54.792     51.059     54.950      7.62    54.981     56.523     58.140     58.683       6.73    1.02

     THAILND    47.573     59.333     55.356     53.746     -2.91    59.921     56.741     57.334     57.723      -3.67    1.00

     ARAB EM    32.433     38.924     34.575     47.506     37.40    37.810     49.453     50.176     51.855      37.15    0.90

     SWITZLD    40.227     43.320     39.562     39.598      0.09    43.101     44.380     43.833     43.356       0.59    0.75

     S ARAB     22.346     30.246     27.798     33.551     20.70    29.654     35.828     35.324     36.000      21.40    0.63

     NETHLDS    30.243     35.295     32.590     31.475     -3.42    34.880     32.846     32.784     34.180      -2.01    0.59

     SPAIN      24.737     25.599     23.585     30.295     28.45    26.110     30.471     31.369     32.308      23.74    0.56

     LUXMBRG    30.419     28.017     26.661     26.605     -0.21    28.252     25.552     26.151     27.961      -1.03    0.49

     POLAND     10.604     15.456     14.174     14.108     -0.46    15.386     15.764     15.180     15.390       0.03    0.27

     BRAZIL     57.495     20.517     19.658     13.718    -30.22    23.077     14.048     13.965     14.577     -36.83    0.25

     DENMARK     9.890     14.841     13.658     12.540     -8.18    14.341     14.545     14.144     13.723      -4.31    0.24

     MALAYSA     8.312     14.714     13.055     11.200    -14.21    13.793     14.555     13.869     12.858      -6.77    0.22

     GREECE     15.117     14.589     13.719     11.504    -16.15    14.346     12.712     12.437     12.373     -13.75    0.22

     N ZEAL      8.940     10.949     10.381     10.626      2.37    11.301     11.256     10.692     11.195      -0.93    0.19

     PORTUGL    13.538     11.396     10.511      9.996     -4.90    11.600     10.380     10.671     10.881      -6.20    0.19

     AUSTRAL    11.923     14.562     14.040      9.755    -30.52    15.114     10.827     10.517     10.277     -32.01    0.18

     SWEDEN      8.953      6.660      6.134      9.742     58.82     6.634      9.530      9.789     10.268      54.76    0.18

     IRELAND     9.472     10.882      9.632      8.737     -9.29    10.721     10.268     10.106      9.987      -6.85    0.17

     CZECH       3.832      7.233      6.480      9.169     41.50     6.914      9.645      9.934      9.923      43.51    0.17

     FINLAND    16.881     15.191     14.059      7.434    -47.13    16.133     10.274      9.656      8.566     -46.90    0.15

     CHILE       6.888      7.911      7.231      7.495      3.65     7.651      8.456      8.211      8.176       6.85    0.14

     REP SAF     4.327      7.204      6.841      7.492      9.53     7.241      8.220      7.900      7.856       8.50    0.14

     AUSTRIA     5.983      7.761      7.181      6.519     -9.22     7.624      6.920      6.946      7.099      -6.89    0.12

     SALVADR     4.741      5.728      5.279      6.620     25.40     5.707      7.414      7.346      7.069      23.85    0.12

     HG KONG     6.640      7.008      6.348      6.192     -2.45     6.709      7.008      6.638      6.853       2.14    0.12

     PERU        5.979      6.321      5.827      5.996      2.91     6.293      6.547      6.564      6.490       3.14    0.11

     ARGENT      5.540      8.002      7.568      4.380    -42.13     8.118      5.183      5.085      4.814     -40.70    0.08

     MALTA       5.815      5.194      4.943      4.180    -15.44     5.509      4.526      4.251      4.431     -19.57    0.08

     TURKMEN     2.815      3.765      3.478      3.903     12.20     4.073      4.089      4.193      4.189       2.86    0.07

     SLOVENI     0.310      1.649      1.284      3.154    145.57     1.307      3.682      3.774      3.519     169.31    0.06

     EGYPT       1.610      1.650      1.449      3.156    117.81     1.552      3.175      3.173      3.358     116.29    0.06

     COLOMB      3.044      2.613      2.396      2.673     11.56     2.671      2.648      2.787      2.889       8.17    0.05

     HONDURA     0.502      1.394      1.176      2.620    122.70     1.192      2.991      2.685      2.837     138.07    0.05

     HUNGARY     0.039      1.395      1.271      2.147     68.84     1.274      2.743      2.756      2.270      78.13    0.04

     BAHRAIN    14.518      2.887      2.615      1.981    -24.25     3.508      2.427      2.208      2.253     -35.79    0.04

     GUATMAL     1.581      1.187      1.128      2.023     79.36     1.205      1.760      1.807      2.082      72.71    0.04

     DOM REP     2.153      3.010      2.783      1.299    -53.32     2.950      1.720      1.668      1.526     -48.29    0.03

     PHIL R      2.365      1.822      1.631      1.136    -30.36     1.746      1.371      1.325      1.327     -23.97    0.02

     CAMBOD      0.722      0.951      0.951      0.975      2.55     1.072      0.996      0.940      0.975      -9.01    0.02

     RUSSIA      1.581      1.262      1.259      0.578    -54.06     1.279      0.573      0.587      0.582     -54.53    0.01

     SIER LN     0.000      0.485      0.485      0.025    -94.94     0.485      0.026      0.026      0.025     -94.94    0.00


     _WTO     4764.942   5483.441   5015.285   5275.231      5.18  5412.815   5727.075   5744.123   5743.387       6.11   99.88

     _OECD    1881.523   2085.167   1916.591   1965.851      2.57  2075.014   2129.629   2131.767   2134.427       2.86   37.12

     _EU15     825.133    887.342    813.842    834.716      2.56   888.510    898.193    903.159    908.216       2.22   15.79

     _EC12     793.315    857.730    786.469    811.022      3.12   858.118    871.469    876.769    882.284       2.82   15.34

     _W HEMI   752.648    757.866    701.409    704.603      0.46   758.850    766.585    762.535    761.060       0.29   13.24

     _ASEAN    266.818    359.880    327.731    282.619    -13.76   350.849    319.022    316.128    314.768     -10.28    5.47

     _CBI        9.755     12.448     11.436     13.714     19.93    12.160     15.096     14.634     14.727      21.11    0.26

     _CAFTA      9.506     12.241     11.231     13.606     21.14    11.948     14.940     14.498     14.615      22.32    0.25

     _ANDEAN     9.057      8.959      8.246      8.938      8.39     8.991      9.435      9.599      9.650       7.33    0.17

     _SUB-SAH    5.183      8.173      7.750      7.858      1.38     8.207      8.641      8.318      8.280       0.89    0.14