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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 222:  KNIT FABRIC
                                         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     491.155    581.811    527.150    603.602     14.50   571.144    661.982    662.084    658.263      15.25  100.00

     CHINA P   148.226    206.073    181.116    258.446     42.70   198.437    285.561    287.250    283.403      42.82   43.05

     KOR REP   119.720    141.617    129.743    133.043      2.54   139.681    147.936    146.103    144.917       3.75   22.01

     CANADA     32.605     33.287     30.071     35.674     18.63    32.270     37.292     37.764     38.890      20.51    5.91

     CHINA T    36.298     38.703     35.679     35.424     -0.72    38.641     38.785     38.852     38.448      -0.50    5.84

     ITALY      29.961     31.248     28.726     28.629     -0.34    31.369     30.990     30.870     31.151      -0.69    4.73

     INDIA      29.391     37.708     36.970     21.219    -42.61    38.089     21.497     22.273     21.956     -42.36    3.34

     JAPAN      20.908     17.518     15.279     17.011     11.34    17.289     18.573     18.577     19.250      11.34    2.92

     TURKEY      9.706      8.655      8.168     15.599     90.97     8.380     15.512     15.425     16.086      91.94    2.44

     MEXICO     19.548     19.308     18.277     11.593    -36.57    19.898     13.384     13.216     12.623     -36.56    1.92

     GERMANY     5.478      9.666      9.088      7.192    -20.86     9.526      8.026      7.765      7.770     -18.43    1.18

     FRANCE      5.942      6.263      5.252      6.304     20.03     5.997      7.331      7.281      7.315      21.98    1.11

     INDNSIA     8.527      5.576      5.274      5.181     -1.77     6.422      6.052      5.753      5.483     -14.63    0.83

     VIETNAM     3.268      4.783      4.091      4.086     -0.12     4.432      5.303      5.093      4.778       7.80    0.73

     THAILND     2.239      2.432      2.185      2.495     14.20     2.366      2.574      2.809      2.742      15.88    0.42

     SALVADR     0.600      1.684      1.456      2.268     55.76     1.508      2.343      2.377      2.496      65.52    0.38

     BRAZIL      2.838      2.593      2.422      2.114    -12.70     2.527      2.140      2.223      2.285      -9.57    0.35

     HONDURA     0.148      1.095      0.898      2.077    131.20     0.899      2.532      2.215      2.274     152.98    0.35

     U KING      1.118      1.459      1.315      1.508     14.61     1.362      1.424      1.574      1.651      21.18    0.25

     ARGENT      2.134      1.948      1.839      1.520    -17.34     2.072      1.643      1.602      1.629     -21.40    0.25

     HG KONG     0.642      1.409      1.297      1.204     -7.17     1.325      1.424      1.189      1.316      -0.65    0.20

     REP SAF     0.626      0.874      0.870      1.210     39.11     0.876      1.219      1.211      1.214      38.69    0.18

     EGYPT       0.691      0.829      0.703      1.020     45.06     0.736      1.172      1.139      1.146      55.77    0.17

     BELGIUM     0.440      0.097      0.094      0.490    421.05     0.111      0.504      0.503      0.493     344.26    0.07


     _WTO      491.154    581.747    527.138    603.598     14.50   571.133    661.926    662.028    658.207      15.25   99.99

     _OECD     211.886    237.001    216.665    234.450      8.21   233.326    255.286    253.789    254.786       9.20   38.71

     _W HEMI    59.436     61.081     56.082     56.627      0.97    60.422     60.760     60.839     61.626       1.99    9.36

     _EU15      47.568     50.846     46.419     46.299     -0.26    50.560     50.575     50.329     50.726       0.33    7.71

     _EC12      46.073     49.899     45.554     45.595      0.09    49.543     49.775     49.508     49.940       0.80    7.59

     _ASEAN     14.384     12.905     11.665     11.820      1.33    13.335     14.071     13.738     13.061      -2.06    1.98

     _CBI        1.215      3.162      2.706      4.988     84.34     2.839      5.465      5.198      5.444      91.79    0.83

     _CAFTA      1.165      3.138      2.686      4.988     85.75     2.818      5.458      5.195      5.441      93.06    0.83

     _SUB-SAH    0.685      0.939      0.882      1.256     42.41     0.897      1.289      1.289      1.313      46.34    0.20