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  ______________                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | ARGENT       |                         |    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             5.162     7.913     6.685     1.530    -77.11     7.980     6.542     5.429     2.758   -65.43    0.01
       1 Apparel           0.225     0.199     0.128     0.086    -32.67     0.202     0.149     0.147     0.158   -21.96    0.00
       2 Non-Apparel       4.937     7.714     6.557     1.444    -77.98     7.778     6.394     5.282     2.601   -66.56    0.01
      11 Yarns             0.641     0.229     0.120     0.111     -7.92     0.221     0.261     0.251     0.219    -0.69    0.01
      12 Fabrics           3.273     7.413     6.397     1.305    -79.60     7.501     6.074     4.972     2.321   -69.06    0.02
      14 Made Ups / Misc   1.023     0.072     0.040     0.028    -28.69     0.056     0.059     0.060     0.060     7.97    0.00
      30 Cotton Products   1.088     0.165     0.110     0.075    -32.37     0.159     0.140     0.132     0.129   -18.75    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.085     0.116     0.070     0.039    -44.33     0.101     0.087     0.086     0.085   -15.96    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   1.003     0.049     0.040     0.035    -11.39     0.058     0.053     0.046     0.044   -23.61    0.00
      40 Wool Products     0.570     0.163     0.055     0.052     -6.20     0.149     0.156     0.153     0.160     7.62    0.05
      41 Wool Apparel      0.004     0.003     0.002     0.003     61.53     0.005     0.005     0.005     0.005    -8.41    0.00
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.566     0.160     0.053     0.049     -8.40     0.144     0.151     0.148     0.155     8.17    0.20
      60 MMF Products      3.495     7.580     6.518     1.399    -78.53     7.668     6.239     5.137     2.462   -67.89    0.01
      61 MMF Apparel       0.134     0.076     0.054     0.043    -20.92     0.094     0.053     0.053     0.065   -31.28    0.00
      62 MMF Non-Apparel   3.361     7.504     6.463     1.356    -79.02     7.574     6.186     5.084     2.397   -68.35    0.01
      80 S and V Product   0.009     0.005     0.002     0.005    115.12     0.004     0.007     0.007     0.008    71.42    0.00
      81 S and V Apparel   0.002     0.004     0.001     0.001    -19.52     0.002     0.003     0.003     0.004    85.37    0.00
      82 S and V Non-App   0.007     0.001     0.001     0.004    321.69     0.002     0.004     0.004     0.004    60.57    0.00

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     222 Knit Fabric       1.993     1.577     0.955     0.812    -14.94     1.733     1.504     1.461     1.434   -17.26    0.09
     229 Special Fabric    0.006     4.673     4.673     0.000    -99.99     4.673     3.570     2.556     0.001   -99.99    0.00

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.533     0.140     0.041     0.036    -13.57     0.122     0.131     0.128     0.134    10.00    0.44