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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  4/2012 in Million $  |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  4/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011     4/2011    4/2012  % Change    4/2011    2/2012    3/2012    4/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total           344.693   387.270   122.738   149.957     22.18   350.563   404.959   409.069   414.489     18.24    0.41
       1 Apparel          30.416    32.989    11.814    11.810     -0.03    32.276    33.768    33.522    32.985      2.20    0.04
       2 Non-Apparel     314.277   354.281   110.924   138.147     24.54   318.287   371.191   375.546   381.504     19.86    1.58
      11 Yarns            24.863    30.069     8.671    11.145     28.54    25.414    31.969    32.169    32.544     28.06    2.15
      12 Fabrics         273.999   308.225    96.927   121.933     25.80   277.863   323.182   327.366   333.231     19.93    5.87
      14 Made Ups / Mis   15.415    15.987     5.326     5.069     -4.84    15.011    16.040    16.011    15.729      4.78    0.09
      30 Cotton Product   81.880    91.936    29.612    31.226      5.45    83.115    95.681    95.291    93.550     12.55    0.18
      31 Cotton Apparel   15.989    16.666     7.063     6.315    -10.59    16.812    16.641    16.304    15.918     -5.32    0.04
      32 Cot Non-Appare   65.891    75.269    22.549    24.911     10.48    66.303    79.040    78.988    77.632     17.09    0.88
      40 Wool Products     9.199    10.498     1.846     2.525     36.75     9.733    11.097    11.383    11.176     14.83    0.23
      41 Wool Apparel      6.505     6.566     1.074     1.263     17.56     6.693     6.961     6.931     6.755      0.93    0.17
      42 Wool Non-Appar    2.694     3.932     0.772     1.262     63.43     3.040     4.136     4.452     4.421     45.42    0.44
      60 MMF Products    251.100   281.502    89.764   115.025     28.14   254.696   294.912   299.403   306.763     20.44    0.72
      61 MMF Apparel       6.814     8.018     2.671     3.522     31.88     7.125     8.568     8.878     8.869     24.48    0.03
      62 MMF Non-Appare  244.286   273.484    87.093   111.503     28.03   247.571   286.344   290.525   297.894     20.33    2.16
      80 S and V Produc    2.514     3.335     1.516     1.181    -22.07     3.020     3.269     2.991     3.001     -0.63    0.16
      81 S and V Appare    1.108     1.739     1.006     0.710    -29.40     1.647     1.598     1.410     1.443    -12.35    0.10
      82 S and V Non-Ap    1.406     1.596     0.510     0.471     -7.62     1.373     1.671     1.582     1.557     13.42    0.36

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarn   10.635    13.723     3.611     5.831     61.48    10.927    14.979    15.489    15.943     45.91    6.37
     218 Fab, Color Yar    5.212     5.544     2.244     3.022     34.66     5.945     6.142     6.524     6.322      6.33    5.18
     222 Knit Fabric      20.908    17.518     5.691     6.740     18.43    20.618    18.087    18.485    18.567     -9.95    2.90
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   79.580    88.651    26.614    36.360     36.62    75.531    92.755    95.134    98.396     30.27   10.16
     225 Blue Denim Fab   14.365    15.700     3.698     4.293     16.07    11.909    16.704    16.096    16.294     36.83   19.47
     229 Special Fabric   73.572    88.616    30.267    39.998     32.15    79.944    93.682    95.208    98.346     23.02    8.18

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin   23.475    23.356     7.213     8.455     17.21    22.643    24.415    24.415    24.597      8.63    7.51
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    4.431     3.630     1.276     0.833    -34.68     4.242     3.581     3.559     3.188    -24.86    2.96
     315 Printcloth Fab    2.573     4.526     1.565     1.561     -0.30     3.155     4.783     4.717     4.522     43.31    7.76
     317 Twill Fabric      6.270    10.382     1.761     3.051     73.21     6.294    11.570    11.587    11.672     85.45   11.95
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.783     0.784     0.396     0.602     51.86     0.982     0.708     1.231     0.990      0.76    2.43

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.025     1.299     0.153     0.477    210.73     1.028     1.432     1.585     1.623     57.76    1.20
     410 Wool Woven Fab    0.783     0.865     0.154     0.225     46.44     0.836     0.888     0.935     0.936     11.99    0.93
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.463     0.767     0.128     0.289    125.58     0.540     0.940     0.956     0.928     71.86    0.23

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     0.958     1.338     0.506     0.514      1.49     0.986     1.328     1.378     1.345     36.37    0.38
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    0.737     1.118     0.467     0.154    -66.97     0.939     1.021     0.964     0.805    -14.20    0.71
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    8.617     7.663     2.666     2.429     -8.89     8.404     7.586     7.406     7.426    -11.64    4.03
     618 Wov Artif Fila    3.659     4.770     1.342     1.818     35.42     3.923     4.822     4.946     5.245     33.70   16.45
     619 Poly Fil Fab      7.476     9.397     3.625     2.066    -43.01     8.897     9.077     8.097     7.838    -11.90    4.16
     620 Oth Synth Fila   13.371    12.529     4.487     4.920      9.64    13.528    12.954    13.111    12.962     -4.19    2.51
     622 Glass Fabric      4.918     6.893     1.871     3.061     63.57     5.505     7.452     7.853     8.083     46.83    6.89
     669 Other MMF Manu    7.135     6.441     2.231     1.965    -11.94     6.746     6.212     6.226     6.175     -8.46    0.55