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  ______________                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through 11/2012 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE 11/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011    11/2011   11/2012  % Change   11/2011    9/2012   10/2012   11/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total           245.623   239.157   216.886   254.565     17.37   233.465   274.826   274.948   276.835    18.58    0.51
       1 Apparel           1.816     1.604     1.480     2.268     53.21     1.749     1.998     2.036     2.392    36.74    0.01
       2 Non-Apparel     243.807   237.553   215.406   252.297     17.13   231.715   272.828   272.912   274.444    18.44    0.91
      11 Yarns            22.231    19.354    18.049    17.947     -0.56    19.247    18.737    19.241    19.252     0.03    0.70
      12 Fabrics         216.014   214.342   193.827   231.085     19.22   208.746   250.471   250.060   251.600    20.53    2.57
      14 Made Ups / Misc   5.561     3.857     3.531     3.265     -7.52     3.722     3.620     3.610     3.591    -3.51    0.02
      30 Cotton Products  25.137    23.831    22.011    22.935      4.20    23.857    24.547    24.764    24.755     3.77    0.13
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.903     0.724     0.666     1.162     74.55     0.786     0.822     0.847     1.220    55.20    0.01
      32 Cot Non-Apparel  24.234    23.107    21.346    21.773      2.00    23.070    23.725    23.918    23.535     2.01    0.36
      40 Wool Products     0.337     0.382     0.341     0.388     13.70     0.377     0.436     0.425     0.429    13.76    0.14
      41 Wool Apparel      0.132     0.111     0.107     0.137     28.30     0.119     0.146     0.146     0.142    18.74    0.06
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.205     0.271     0.234     0.251      7.06     0.258     0.289     0.279     0.287    11.46    0.38
      60 MMF Products    219.842   214.596   194.206   230.948     18.92   208.877   249.481   249.403   251.337    20.33    0.73
      61 MMF Apparel       0.736     0.706     0.649     0.894     37.75     0.778     0.943     0.955     0.951    22.20    0.01
      62 MMF Non-Apparel 219.106   213.890   193.557   230.054     18.86   208.099   248.539   248.447   250.387    20.32    1.07
      80 S and V Product   0.307     0.349     0.328     0.294    -10.49     0.355     0.362     0.356     0.314   -11.32    0.05
      81 S and V Apparel   0.045     0.064     0.059     0.075     27.36     0.066     0.087     0.088     0.080    20.75    0.03
      82 S and V Non-App   0.261     0.285     0.269     0.219    -18.74     0.289     0.275     0.268     0.235   -18.65    0.07

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarns   4.341     5.226     4.749     6.329     33.27     5.091     6.663     6.695     6.807    33.70    1.56
     218 Fab, Color Yarn   1.124     0.972     0.895     1.573     75.86     0.970     1.521     1.589     1.651    70.16    4.50
     222 Knit Fabric      14.450    10.383     9.101    12.493     37.27    10.509    12.682    12.973    13.775    31.08    0.83
     223 Non-Woven Fabri 104.464   107.081    96.950   111.775     15.29   103.380   122.692   122.414   121.907    17.92    4.17
     225 Blue Denim Fab.   2.326     2.360     2.204     1.854    -15.91     2.355     2.224     2.221     2.009   -14.67    7.48
     229 Special Fabric   58.927    61.182    55.220    74.395     34.72    59.673    78.725    78.433    80.357    34.66    3.26

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheeting  12.619    10.630     9.808    10.726      9.35    10.626    11.499    11.679    11.547     8.67    4.86
     314 Poplin,Broadcl.   2.320     1.568     1.521     0.987    -35.12     1.764     1.040     1.044     1.034   -41.41    1.06
     315 Printcloth Fab.   1.377     2.140     2.072     1.537    -25.80     2.107     1.594     1.632     1.606   -23.78    3.08
     317 Twill Fabric      1.328     2.208     1.898     1.610    -15.18     1.962     2.307     2.135     1.920    -2.17    2.72
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.295     0.241     0.227     0.387     70.43     0.300     0.289     0.376     0.401    33.86    1.36

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.088     0.105     0.099     0.117     18.05     0.107     0.130     0.119     0.123    14.62    0.39
     410 Wool Woven Fab.   0.059     0.084     0.060     0.066     10.29     0.064     0.084     0.085     0.091    41.63    0.91
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.007     0.010     0.010     0.013     36.99     0.010     0.013     0.014     0.013    33.58    0.05

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     1.592     0.932     0.831     1.214     45.98     0.935     1.249     1.381     1.315    40.57    0.23
     604 Yarn>85% Synth.   0.501     1.471     1.459     0.264    -81.93     1.513     0.314     0.255     0.276   -81.76    0.11
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   15.056    10.914    10.248     9.171    -10.51    10.905     9.425     9.882     9.837    -9.80    1.13
     618 Wov Artif Filam   1.136     1.090     1.012     0.852    -15.86     1.143     0.982     0.927     0.929   -18.75    4.14
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.848     5.806     5.110     4.350    -14.88     5.628     5.446     5.445     5.046   -10.33    1.79
     620 Oth Synth Filam   4.687     3.322     3.031     2.719    -10.28     3.210     2.997     2.898     3.010    -6.22    0.28
     622 Glass Fabric      2.328     2.484     2.218     3.301     48.87     2.387     3.565     3.441     3.568    49.47    4.30
     669 Other MMF Manuf   3.951     2.156     1.964     1.649    -16.05     2.062     1.892     1.829     1.841   -10.75    0.05