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  ______________                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _EC12        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through 11/2012 in Million $  |
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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          2793.876  3161.475  2895.854  3019.220      4.26  3129.624  3239.975  3250.694  3284.841      4.96    3.27
       1 Apparel        1262.909  1517.784  1388.095  1461.345      5.28  1493.667  1562.005  1570.854  1591.034      6.52    2.08
       2 Non-Apparel    1530.966  1643.691  1507.759  1557.875      3.32  1635.957  1677.970  1679.840  1693.807      3.54    7.04
      11 Yarns           173.442   194.737   180.356   186.502      3.41   192.224   199.097   198.761   200.883      4.50   13.86
      12 Fabrics         793.315   857.730   786.469   811.022      3.12   858.118   871.469   876.769   882.284      2.82   15.34
      14 Made Ups / Mis  564.209   591.223   540.934   560.351      3.59   585.614   607.404   604.310   610.640      4.27    3.62
      30 Cotton Product  735.375   796.731   722.914   738.723      2.19   792.989   797.440   795.259   812.541      2.47    1.61
      31 Cotton Apparel  368.937   418.289   373.626   391.348      4.74   408.608   424.235   426.497   436.011      6.71    1.04
      32 Cot Non-Appare  366.438   378.442   349.288   347.376     -0.55   384.381   373.205   368.762   376.530     -2.04    4.36
      40 Wool Products   719.000   864.881   803.859   843.746      4.96   854.051   891.447   901.309   904.768      5.94   19.06
      41 Wool Apparel    524.932   652.535   611.086   625.354      2.33   644.677   660.011   664.148   666.802      3.43   17.88
      42 Wool Non-Appar  194.067   212.346   192.772   218.392     13.29   209.374   231.437   237.161   237.966     13.66   23.39
      60 MMF Products   1206.877  1340.154  1226.364  1280.423      4.41  1325.688  1380.621  1381.336  1394.214      5.17    3.20
      61 MMF Apparel     303.802   370.340   335.665   370.225     10.30   364.972   396.520   397.966   404.899     10.94    1.37
      62 MMF Non-Appare  903.075   969.815   890.699   910.199      2.19   960.716   984.101   983.371   989.314      2.98    7.09
      80 S and V Produc  132.624   159.708   142.717   156.328      9.54   156.896   170.467   172.789   173.319     10.47    9.67
      81 S and V Appare   65.238    76.620    67.718    74.419      9.90    75.410    81.240    82.243    83.322     10.49    6.21
      82 S and V Non-Ap   67.386    83.088    74.999    81.908      9.21    81.486    89.227    90.547    89.997     10.45   19.92

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th   26.926    28.710    26.109    29.285     12.17    28.050    31.900    31.529    31.886     13.68   15.07
     201 Specialty Yarn   34.249    43.574    39.650    42.539      7.29    42.311    47.167    47.106    46.463      9.81   18.97
     218 Fab, Color Yar   44.402    44.592    41.958    38.054     -9.30    49.990    41.478    41.164    40.688    -18.61   34.14
     220 Spec. Weave, F   49.826    57.280    52.211    52.229      0.03    56.530    56.694    56.157    57.298      1.36   31.49
     222 Knit Fabric      46.073    49.899    45.554    45.595      0.09    49.543    49.775    49.508    49.940      0.80    7.59
     223 Non-Woven Fabr  257.694   280.015   256.461   265.112      3.37   276.484   284.991   285.805   288.666      4.41   28.48
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa   32.618    33.870    31.307    29.864     -4.61    34.187    32.433    32.424    32.427     -5.15   10.47
     225 Blue Denim Fab   21.383    15.365    13.995    11.769    -15.91    14.893    14.180    13.577    13.138    -11.78   16.85
     226 Cheesecloth,Ba    1.676     2.508     2.259     2.245     -0.62     2.501     2.566     2.477     2.494     -0.30    5.28
     229 Special Fabric   82.514    88.721    81.698    86.603      6.00    89.458    91.064    92.891    93.626      4.66    7.60
     239 Baby Garm / Ac    5.459     8.654     7.930     6.238    -21.34     8.225     6.919     6.792     6.962    -15.36    0.30

Cotton:
     300 Carded Cot. Ya    1.949     2.653     2.405     3.390     40.93     2.603     3.662     3.611     3.637     39.75    6.92
     313 Cotton Sheetin    5.078     8.175     7.464     6.986     -6.41     7.977     7.540     7.689     7.696     -3.52    2.38
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    5.144     6.107     5.462     5.489      0.50     5.926     6.223     6.179     6.134      3.51    6.67
     317 Twill Fabric      8.050     9.830     8.902    11.488     29.05     9.738    11.249    11.596    12.416     27.49   12.37
     326 Sateen Fabric     3.664     3.014     2.649     3.272     23.52     3.321     3.557     3.552     3.637      9.53    8.95
     332 Cotton Hosiery    5.625     6.643     6.084     7.221     18.68     6.543     7.369     7.588     7.780     18.90    0.98
     333 Suit-Typ Coat,   12.458    14.467    12.699    15.900     25.21    13.866    16.826    17.163    17.668     27.42   14.95
     334 Oth. Coats, MB   14.806    19.969    17.648    17.382     -1.50    18.709    19.688    19.863    19.703      5.32    2.06
     335 W/G Cot. Coats   30.159    34.770    29.774    37.755     26.80    33.236    41.060    40.998    42.751     28.63    3.86
     336 Cotton Dresses   28.948    37.949    32.574    43.663     34.04    36.175    48.055    48.493    49.038     35.56    4.40
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   23.078    31.472    27.595    32.514     17.83    30.443    34.002    34.353    36.391     19.54    0.61
     339 W/G Knit Blous   27.719    32.332    29.157    28.011     -3.93    32.109    30.152    30.234    31.187     -2.87    0.46
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   61.320    72.064    65.900    66.300      0.61    71.252    71.075    71.019    72.465      1.70    2.53
     342 Cotton Skirts     7.752     8.838     7.786     8.097      3.99     8.477     9.178     9.010     9.149      7.92    1.78
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse   46.914    54.388    49.748    38.772    -22.06    54.358    43.306    42.930    43.413    -20.14    0.74
     348 W/G Slacks, et   49.942    37.595    33.812    32.526     -3.80    37.305    34.458    35.097    36.309     -2.67    0.55
     350 Dress. Gown et    1.303     1.573     1.493     1.532      2.64     1.626     1.859     1.703     1.612     -0.84    0.48
     351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ    2.773     2.932     2.704     2.524     -6.68     2.855     2.820     2.904     2.752     -3.62    0.37
     352 Cotton Underwe    3.036     3.461     3.092     4.063     31.38     3.402     4.343     4.461     4.431     30.26    0.17
     359 Oth. Cot. App.   15.943    17.704    15.966    18.121     13.50    17.526    19.716    19.998    19.859     13.31    1.86
     360 Pillowcases      15.232    13.944    13.267    11.568    -12.81    14.860    11.642    11.326    12.245    -17.60    3.65
     361 Cotton Sheets    63.124    53.988    51.235    49.909     -2.59    56.699    50.267    48.819    52.662     -7.12    3.72
     362 Bedsprds/Quilt   46.436    45.091    41.780    36.542    -12.54    45.471    40.062    39.579    39.853    -12.36    4.89
     363 Pile Towels       8.881     9.477     8.648    11.233     29.89     9.276    11.500    11.551    12.062     30.04    0.83
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu   85.474   101.791    93.360    96.354      3.21   100.916   104.213   104.026   104.786      3.83    3.17

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns       37.990    42.208    39.517    45.670     15.57    41.947    44.754    46.867    48.361     15.29   33.30
     410 Wool Woven Fab   42.733    49.117    44.559    53.047     19.05    48.873    56.713    58.574    57.604     17.87   53.63
     414 Oth Wool Fabri   32.611    38.032    34.867    38.286      9.81    38.005    40.262    41.226    41.451      9.07   55.01
     431 Wool Glov/Mitn    1.196     1.547     1.518     1.343    -11.52     1.586     1.404     1.367     1.372    -13.51    5.85
     432 Wool Hosiery      5.458     5.893     5.553     6.070      9.31     5.900     6.330     6.349     6.410      8.65   22.20
     433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB   55.020    76.262    69.517    83.150     19.61    74.422    86.214    87.001    89.895     20.79   20.98
     434 Oth. Coats, M/   15.863    22.803    21.521    24.215     12.52    22.311    24.467    24.658    25.498     14.28   12.76
     435 W/G Coats, Woo   70.752    89.625    85.204    72.575    -14.82    88.162    79.846    78.177    76.996    -12.66   16.31
     436 Wool Dresses     34.616    44.040    42.286    44.473      5.17    43.623    47.089    46.533    46.227      5.97   36.78
     438 K Shirts,Blous   39.423    46.359    44.267    42.776     -3.37    46.389    42.963    44.206    44.868     -3.28   10.78
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    2.234     2.604     2.485     2.455     -1.23     2.542     2.633     2.573     2.573      1.22   19.72
     442 Wool Skirts       8.523    10.480    10.153     8.023    -20.97    10.369     8.915     8.613     8.350    -19.46   15.78
     443 Wool Suits,M/B   97.186   109.806    99.854   112.124     12.29   109.055   118.899   121.102   122.076     11.94   23.06
     444 Wool Suits,W/G    2.214     2.415     2.312     1.581    -31.60     2.554     1.751     1.760     1.684    -34.04   12.14
     445 Wool Sweater,M   30.231    36.567    34.781    39.048     12.27    36.378    39.509    40.825    40.834     12.25   21.05
     446 Wool Sweater,W   46.943    66.932    63.422    52.283    -17.56    65.876    57.348    57.604    55.793    -15.31   10.81
     447 Wool Trousers,   33.719    39.111    36.018    43.575     20.98    38.197    44.356    45.165    46.668     22.18   15.50
     448 Wool Slacks,W/   14.132    18.493    17.469    13.315    -23.78    18.255    15.020    14.478    14.339    -21.45   16.46
     459 Oth.Wool Appar   66.673    78.512    73.719    77.765      5.49    78.032    82.589    83.076    82.558      5.80   25.56
     464 Wool Blankets    15.461     7.216     6.391     7.976     24.79     6.744     8.467     8.555     8.800     30.49   35.86
     465 Floor Covering   63.917    74.139    65.938    71.409      8.30    72.171    79.283    79.783    79.610     10.31   12.16
     469 Oth. Wool Manu    1.355     1.634     1.500     2.004     33.64     1.634     1.957     2.157     2.139     30.94   20.67

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn    24.234    24.583    23.351    13.303    -43.03    24.907    16.734    14.757    14.535    -41.64    4.60
     603 Yarn>85% artif    2.444     2.421     2.261     2.462      8.90     2.455     2.762     2.685     2.622      6.82    4.06
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    4.358     4.003     3.820     3.326    -12.91     4.474     3.940     3.172     3.510    -21.54    3.18
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   36.608    42.171    39.123    42.251      7.99    40.931    43.775    44.515    45.299     10.67   23.77
     618 Wov Artif Fila    4.836     7.104     6.186     6.893     11.41     6.707     7.824     7.921     7.810     16.44   23.02
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.191     5.255     4.735     5.682     19.99     5.184     6.143     6.349     6.201     19.61    3.11
     620 Oth Synth Fila   51.274    52.839    49.017    48.823     -0.39    52.231    51.310    51.347    52.645      0.79   10.05
     622 Glass Fabric     15.981    16.206    14.999    16.670     11.14    16.321    17.665    17.701    17.877      9.54   14.47
     629 Oth Stap/Fil F   18.535    19.959    18.071    17.708     -2.01    19.732    19.627    19.751    19.595     -0.69   19.73
     632 Hosiery          10.650     9.767     9.066     9.566      5.52    10.173    10.055     9.884    10.268      0.93    1.05
     634 Other Coats, M   11.893    14.389    13.012    14.128      8.58    14.324    14.954    15.554    15.505      8.24    0.95
     635 Coats, W/G       39.836    49.801    45.513    42.677     -6.23    49.827    47.018    46.692    46.964     -5.75    2.58
     636 Dresses          69.477    92.070    81.837   102.263     24.96    89.701   109.250   109.618   112.496     25.41    3.71
     639 Knit Blouses,W   25.115    28.922    26.417    29.336     11.05    29.275    31.255    31.633    31.841      8.76    0.86
     643 MMF Suits, M/B    0.874     1.089     0.913     0.914      0.08     1.005     1.056     1.084     1.090      8.43    1.53
     644 MMF W/G Suits     0.552     0.744     0.717     0.314    -56.25     0.849     0.340     0.353     0.340    -59.94    0.43
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   11.657    13.830    12.208    14.771     21.00    13.136    15.857    16.105    16.393     24.80    0.88
     652 M-MF Underwear    5.487     5.829     5.411     4.860    -10.18     5.852     5.331     5.315     5.278     -9.81    0.57
     659 Oth. MMF App.    74.907    88.193    80.524    88.984     10.51    86.841    94.948    94.787    96.654     11.30    2.61
     665 Floor Covering  125.151   137.846   126.746   122.998     -2.96   135.041   137.319   134.362   134.097     -0.70   13.05
     666 Other Furnishi   12.369    11.473    10.080    12.942     28.39    10.925    13.932    14.034    14.335     31.21    0.46
     669 Other MMF Manu   22.180    25.038    22.617    26.059     15.22    23.966    27.689    27.877    28.481     18.84    2.50
     670 Flat Goods, et   86.163    81.547    74.912    80.750      7.79    81.871    86.904    87.673    87.385      6.73    2.70

Other CWM:
     736 SILK Dresses     47.410    58.603    52.628    52.840      0.40    57.738    58.181    58.347    58.816      1.87   20.68
     758 SILK Neckwear    47.161    53.400    49.820    54.078      8.55    53.621    59.019    56.233    57.659      7.53   46.87

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     800 S/V Yarns         1.677     1.504     1.346     1.591     18.19     1.571     1.638     1.803     1.748     11.26   35.42
     810 S/V Woven Fabr   47.244    53.546    49.192    49.710      1.05    53.873    53.421    54.177    54.063      0.35   40.18
     833 S/V S-T CoatsM    6.347     9.287     7.911     8.262      4.45     8.841     9.599     9.615     9.639      9.02   33.29
     835 S/V Coats W/G     6.653     6.227     5.627     6.371     13.24     6.468     6.671     6.721     6.972      7.79   10.28
     836 S/V Dresses       6.982     7.443     6.675     7.293      9.26     7.319     7.759     7.802     8.061     10.14   12.73
     838 S/V K Shirts/B    4.756     5.523     4.942     6.845     38.49     5.743     6.813     6.884     7.425     29.29    4.83
     840 S/V Wov Shirts    6.333     6.948     6.332     6.221     -1.75     6.885     6.674     6.608     6.837     -0.70    4.12
     847 S/V Trousers M    4.043     5.072     4.348     4.168     -4.14     4.794     4.842     4.847     4.892      2.04    1.00
     858 S/V Neckwear      6.765     8.103     6.997     3.980    -43.12     7.948     5.645     5.445     5.086    -36.01   44.88
     859 Oth. S/V Appar   17.167    20.882    18.723    23.551     25.79    20.693    24.576    25.602    25.710     24.25   13.93
     870 Luggage Silk/V    2.258     2.583     2.250     2.431      8.03     2.487     2.852     2.775     2.763     11.09    3.42
     871 HBags FGoods S    4.836     4.034     3.808     7.782    104.37     4.060     7.499     7.954     8.008     97.24   21.66
     899 Other S/V Manu   11.098    21.195    18.220    20.070     10.16    19.281    23.486    23.493    23.045     19.52   12.38