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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     110.570    124.865    116.387    110.685     -4.90   129.243    118.584    119.431    119.164      -7.80  100.00

     ITALY      33.548     33.181     31.269     27.739    -11.29    38.276     30.934     30.342     29.651     -22.53   24.88

     CHINA P    20.873     22.859     20.859     23.252     11.47    22.367     25.026     25.586     25.252      12.90   21.19

     INDIA       9.242     13.136     12.369     10.881    -12.03    13.037     11.338     11.571     11.648     -10.66    9.77

     TURKEY     13.628     18.132     17.202      9.296    -45.96    18.020     10.224     10.010     10.226     -43.25    8.58

     JAPAN       5.212      5.544      5.192      8.623     66.08     5.617      8.081      8.602      8.974      59.78    7.53

     MEXICO      3.875      6.067      5.325      8.133     52.74     5.872      8.585      8.999      8.875      51.13    7.45

     CHINA T     3.729      4.012      3.718      2.989    -19.61     3.910      3.310      3.199      3.283     -16.03    2.76

     SPAIN       3.071      3.414      3.359      3.205     -4.60     3.844      3.153      3.257      3.259     -15.21    2.74

     PAKISTN     2.027      2.108      1.799      2.172     20.79     1.821      2.570      2.483      2.482      36.27    2.08

     THAILND     1.088      2.191      2.109      1.068    -49.37     2.222      1.328      1.165      1.149     -48.27    0.96


     _WTO      110.542    124.827    116.363    110.621     -4.93   129.219    118.521    119.356    119.086      -7.84   99.93

     _OECD      61.246     65.706     61.946     50.933    -17.78    71.084     55.385     54.898     54.693     -23.06   45.90

     _EU15      45.091     45.042     42.388     39.162     -7.61    50.506     42.603     42.293     41.816     -17.21   35.09

     _EC12      44.402     44.592     41.958     38.054     -9.30    49.990     41.478     41.164     40.688     -18.61   34.14

     _W HEMI     5.968      8.317      7.351     10.076     37.06     8.083     10.715     11.117     11.042      36.60    9.27

     _ASEAN      1.221      2.276      2.188      1.383    -36.80     2.301      1.625      1.462      1.471     -36.08    1.23