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  ______________                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | DOM REP      |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through  8/2012 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  8/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011     8/2011    8/2012  % Change    8/2011    6/2012    7/2012    8/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total           245.980   234.965   153.610   152.304     -0.85   243.152   231.761   233.225   233.659    -3.90    0.44
       1 Apparel         236.023   222.668   145.301   145.146     -0.11   231.803   219.992   221.416   222.513    -4.01    0.95
       2 Non-Apparel       9.957    12.297     8.310     7.157    -13.87    11.348    11.769    11.809    11.145    -1.79    0.04
      11 Yarns             0.167     0.001     0.001     0.012   1618.30     0.027     0.012     0.012     0.012   -54.39    0.00
      12 Fabrics           5.085     7.542     5.099     4.264    -16.39     6.713     6.856     7.059     6.706    -0.10    0.07
      14 Made Ups / Misc   4.705     4.755     3.210     2.882    -10.22     4.609     4.901     4.738     4.427    -3.95    0.02
      30 Cotton Products 120.534   106.900    72.201    69.054     -4.36   116.775   103.510   103.533   103.753   -11.15    0.56
      31 Cotton Apparel  120.206   106.715    72.109    68.838     -4.54   116.635   103.246   103.246   103.444   -11.31    0.87
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   0.328     0.184     0.091     0.215    135.44     0.140     0.264     0.287     0.308   120.42    0.00
      40 Wool Products     6.895     7.171     5.182     4.360    -15.85     7.498     6.135     6.078     6.350   -15.31    1.99
      41 Wool Apparel      6.893     7.163     5.176     4.354    -15.87     7.489     6.128     6.071     6.342   -15.32    2.62
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.002     0.008     0.006     0.006     -5.44     0.008     0.007     0.007     0.008    -9.56    0.01
      60 MMF Products    118.074   120.472    75.977    78.664      3.54   118.456   121.696   123.199   123.159     3.97    0.36
      61 MMF Apparel     108.694   108.390    67.788    71.729      5.81   107.378   110.208   111.695   112.331     4.61    1.03
      62 MMF Non-Apparel   9.379    12.082     8.189     6.934    -15.32    11.078    11.488    11.505    10.827    -2.26    0.05
      80 S and V Product   0.476     0.422     0.251     0.226     -9.77     0.424     0.420     0.414     0.398    -6.16    0.06
      81 S and V Apparel   0.229     0.399     0.228     0.224     -1.57     0.302     0.410     0.404     0.396    31.14    0.13
      82 S and V Non-App   0.247     0.023     0.023     0.002    -92.21     0.122     0.010     0.010     0.002   -98.34    0.00

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     223 Non-Woven Fabri   4.682     7.015     4.784     4.056    -15.21     6.256     6.448     6.646     6.287     0.51    0.22

Cotton:
     333 Suit-Typ Coat,M   0.014     0.088     0.050     0.049     -2.88     0.053     0.077     0.085     0.087    65.07    0.64
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   33.846    32.218    21.330    20.096     -5.78    35.672    31.544    31.638    30.985   -13.14    2.91
     339 W/G Knit Blouse   4.824     3.754     2.729     2.014    -26.19     3.958     3.164     3.083     3.039   -23.22    0.27
     340 N-Knt Shirts,MB   2.084     2.788     1.875     1.461    -22.08     2.735     2.590     2.496     2.374   -13.21    0.38
     347 Cot.M/B Trouser  13.662     8.686     6.081     5.550     -8.74    10.718     7.882     7.810     8.154   -23.92    0.79
     348 W/G Slacks, etc   1.490     0.769     0.534     0.638     19.59     1.023     0.879     0.889     0.874   -14.59    0.06
     349 Bras, & other     0.008     0.039     0.025     0.118    373.25     0.025     0.110     0.127     0.132   424.23    0.48
     352 Cotton Underwea  60.629    54.302    36.574    36.302     -0.74    58.623    53.138    53.235    54.031    -7.83    3.06
     359 Oth. Cot. App.    1.781     3.001     2.175     1.692    -22.23     2.821     2.596     2.621     2.518   -10.74    0.50

Wool:
     434 Oth. Coats, M/B   0.698     1.357     0.892     1.082     21.20     1.169     1.567     1.487     1.546    32.29    5.88
     435 W/G Coats, Wool   5.878     5.624     4.186     3.167    -24.33     6.181     4.392     4.391     4.605   -25.49    8.54
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.001     0.028     0.028     0.000    -99.41     0.029     0.001     0.001     0.000   -98.36    0.00
     440 NK Shirts,Blous   0.011     0.009     0.005     0.012    117.28     0.009     0.011     0.015     0.015    68.06    1.54
     447 Wool Trousers,M   0.223     0.061     0.025     0.036     46.68     0.051     0.056     0.075     0.072    41.05    0.43

Man-Made Fiber:
     633 Suit-Typ Coat,M   0.985     1.134     0.641     1.124     75.27     1.148     1.569     1.479     1.617    40.87    6.95
     635 Coats, W/G        2.108     2.187     1.177     1.693     43.91     2.031     2.648     2.613     2.703    33.10    0.55
     636 Dresses           0.886     0.796     0.505     0.925     83.26     0.646     1.057     1.212     1.216    88.27    0.10
     638 Knit Shirts, MB   9.518    11.178     4.149    10.235    146.66     7.550    16.121    16.653    17.264   128.65    2.05
     639 Knit Blouses,WG   5.308     4.285     2.837     2.834     -0.12     4.630     4.138     4.254     4.281    -7.53    0.44
     640 N-K Shirts, MB    4.609     5.618     3.367     2.866    -14.88     5.104     5.319     5.215     5.117     0.26    3.95
     641 N-K Blouses, WG   1.089     1.457     1.036     0.796    -23.10     1.419     1.261     1.255     1.218   -14.16    0.44
     642 Skirts            0.373     0.616     0.443     0.457      3.15     0.563     0.654     0.666     0.630    11.79    0.42
     643 MMF Suits, M/B    2.397     2.096     1.572     1.239    -21.15     2.625     1.754     1.763     1.763   -32.83   10.79
     647 Trousers,etc MB   8.914     9.335     6.604     6.054     -8.33     9.567     8.973     8.857     8.784    -8.18    1.79
     648 Slacks,etc. WG    2.801     3.857     2.145     4.104     91.33     3.095     5.342     5.625     5.816    87.95    1.36
     649 Bras/Ot Bod Sup   6.019     6.263     4.002     3.963     -0.98     6.005     6.149     6.128     6.224     3.65    3.58
     650 Dress Gown,Robe   0.360     0.890     0.318     1.185    273.29     0.328     1.599     1.690     1.758   436.55    0.65
     652 M-MF Underwear   30.202    22.500    14.513    13.904     -4.20    25.545    20.496    21.068    21.891   -14.30    3.16
     659 Oth. MMF App.    32.143    35.385    23.946    19.876    -16.99    36.305    32.264    32.515    31.316   -13.74    1.24
     666 Other Furnishin   3.143     3.181     2.159     2.018     -6.53     3.118     3.514     3.350     3.040    -2.51    0.04

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     859 Oth. S/V Appare   0.194     0.273     0.164     0.138    -15.81     0.236     0.266     0.258     0.247     4.93    0.26