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  ______________                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _EC12        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  8/2012 in Million $  |
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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          2793.876  3161.475  2114.336  2198.159      3.96  3061.778  3246.631  3257.062  3245.297      5.99    3.21
       1 Apparel        1262.909  1517.784   999.015  1056.308      5.73  1429.143  1579.341  1589.331  1575.077     10.21    2.05
       2 Non-Apparel    1530.966  1643.691  1115.321  1141.851      2.38  1632.635  1667.290  1667.731  1670.220      2.30    6.93
      11 Yarns           173.442   194.737   136.445   140.576      3.03   189.119   202.898   200.802   198.869      5.16   13.41
      12 Fabrics         793.315   857.730   587.465   596.614      1.56   857.816   866.991   869.109   866.880      1.06   15.08
      14 Made Ups / Mis  564.209   591.223   391.412   404.660      3.38   585.701   597.401   597.820   604.471      3.20    3.58
      30 Cotton Product  735.375   796.731   537.633   537.330     -0.06   791.377   800.697   798.714   796.429      0.64    1.56
      31 Cotton Apparel  368.937   418.289   282.174   290.381      2.91   400.742   429.371   429.729   426.496      6.43    1.01
      32 Cot Non-Appare  366.438   378.442   255.459   246.949     -3.33   390.635   371.326   368.986   369.933     -5.30    4.25
      40 Wool Products   719.000   864.881   563.812   598.828      6.21   811.819   898.834   909.491   899.896     10.85   18.49
      41 Wool Apparel    524.932   652.535   421.281   438.743      4.14   605.962   672.184   679.865   669.997     10.57   17.42
      42 Wool Non-Appar  194.067   212.346   142.531   160.085     12.32   205.857   226.650   229.626   229.899     11.68   22.48
      60 MMF Products   1206.877  1340.154   903.871   942.210      4.24  1304.920  1377.639  1378.339  1378.494      5.64    3.18
      61 MMF Apparel     303.802   370.340   242.663   269.342     10.99   348.926   395.846   397.681   397.019     13.78    1.35
      62 MMF Non-Appare  903.075   969.815   661.208   672.868      1.76   955.994   981.793   980.659   981.475      2.67    7.03
      80 S and V Produc  132.624   159.708   109.021   119.791      9.88   153.662   169.461   170.517   170.478     10.94    9.48
      81 S and V Appare   65.238    76.620    52.898    57.842      9.35    73.513    81.940    82.057    81.565     10.95    6.03
      82 S and V Non-Ap   67.386    83.088    56.123    61.949     10.38    80.148    87.521    88.461    88.914     10.94   19.99

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th   26.926    28.710    19.272    22.604     17.29    28.056    31.664    31.862    32.042     14.20   15.24
     201 Specialty Yarn   34.249    43.574    31.466    35.148     11.70    41.147    47.718    47.535    47.256     14.85   19.04
     218 Fab, Color Yar   44.402    44.592    31.520    28.434     -9.79    50.883    40.997    41.744    41.506    -18.43   34.84
     220 Spec. Weave, F   49.826    57.280    39.279    38.483     -2.03    55.965    56.118    56.704    56.484      0.93   31.15
     222 Knit Fabric      46.073    49.899    34.570    34.539     -0.09    47.934    50.522    50.617    49.869      4.04    7.54
     223 Non-Woven Fabr  257.694   280.015   190.167   189.520     -0.34   280.933   279.401   278.786   279.367     -0.56   27.99
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa   32.618    33.870    23.266    22.122     -4.91    34.555    33.306    33.295    32.726     -5.29   10.53
     225 Blue Denim Fab   21.383    15.365    10.903     8.993    -17.52    13.398    16.123    15.347    13.455      0.43   16.54
     226 Cheesecloth,Ba    1.676     2.508     1.666     1.729      3.80     2.250     2.437     2.509     2.571     14.26    5.35
     229 Special Fabric   82.514    88.721    60.342    63.336      4.96    89.203    90.579    90.992    91.715      2.82    7.50
     239 Baby Garm / Ac    5.459     8.654     6.349     5.053    -20.41     7.883     7.815     7.416     7.358     -6.65    0.31

Cotton:
     300 Carded Cot. Ya    1.949     2.653     1.738     2.751     58.29     2.329     3.455     3.504     3.666     57.42    6.19
     313 Cotton Sheetin    5.078     8.175     5.516     4.906    -11.07     7.591     7.322     7.734     7.564     -0.36    2.33
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    5.144     6.107     4.296     4.275     -0.48     6.152     6.389     6.299     6.086     -1.07    6.32
     317 Twill Fabric      8.050     9.830     6.778     7.957     17.40    10.516    11.041    10.986    11.009      4.69   10.98
     326 Sateen Fabric     3.664     3.014     1.921     2.438     26.91     3.482     3.345     3.588     3.531      1.43    8.65
     332 Cotton Hosiery    5.625     6.643     4.607     5.315     15.38     6.332     7.233     7.475     7.352     16.11    0.92
     333 Suit-Typ Coat,   12.458    14.467     9.856    12.126     23.03    13.366    16.394    16.235    16.737     25.22   14.39
     334 Oth. Coats, MB   14.806    19.969    12.642    12.526     -0.92    18.188    20.894    20.727    19.853      9.15    1.92
     335 W/G Cot. Coats   30.159    34.770    21.472    27.280     27.05    32.287    39.377    39.486    40.577     25.68    3.46
     336 Cotton Dresses   28.948    37.949    23.569    32.874     39.48    33.863    46.071    46.457    47.255     39.55    4.20
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   23.078    31.472    20.813    23.774     14.23    28.872    33.617    34.496    34.433     19.26    0.56
     339 W/G Knit Blous   27.719    32.332    22.791    20.896     -8.32    30.496    30.558    30.445    30.436     -0.20    0.44
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   61.320    72.064    48.672    48.524     -0.30    68.929    72.606    73.123    71.917      4.33    2.47
     342 Cotton Skirts     7.752     8.838     5.711     6.063      6.16     8.168     9.192     9.300     9.190     12.52    1.77
     345 Cotton Sweater    8.648    10.209     6.933     7.153      3.18     9.872    10.536    10.590    10.429      5.64    1.17
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse   46.914    54.388    38.465    28.934    -24.78    53.711    48.759    47.562    44.857    -16.48    0.77
     348 W/G Slacks, et   49.942    37.595    27.272    23.906    -12.34    40.228    34.960    34.439    34.229    -14.91    0.53
     351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ    2.773     2.932     1.733     1.824      5.22     2.759     3.111     3.073     3.023      9.57    0.40
     352 Cotton Underwe    3.036     3.461     2.340     3.306     41.27     3.419     4.089     4.274     4.427     29.48    0.17
     359 Oth. Cot. App.   15.943    17.704    11.811    13.532     14.57    17.305    19.182    19.426    19.425     12.25    1.76
     360 Pillowcases      15.232    13.944     9.295     7.176    -22.80    15.597    12.344    11.542    11.825    -24.19    3.52
     361 Cotton Sheets    63.124    53.988    35.387    29.485    -16.68    63.206    50.158    47.516    48.087    -23.92    3.40
     362 Bedsprds/Quilt   46.436    45.091    30.770    26.511    -13.84    46.460    40.644    40.567    40.832    -12.11    4.89
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu   85.474   101.791    67.565    70.090      3.74    98.544   102.728   102.679   104.317      5.86    3.15

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns       37.990    42.208    30.914    31.580      2.15    42.938    43.230    43.268    42.873     -0.15   30.43
     410 Wool Woven Fab   42.733    49.117    34.105    41.645     22.11    47.730    55.818    55.577    56.656     18.70   53.14
     414 Oth Wool Fabri   32.611    38.032    25.549    28.429     11.28    37.062    39.410    40.599    40.912     10.39   54.28
     431 Wool Glov/Mitn    1.196     1.547     0.983     0.760    -22.64     1.440     1.524     1.428     1.325     -8.00    5.37
     432 Wool Hosiery      5.458     5.893     3.310     3.412      3.09     5.738     6.019     5.746     5.995      4.47   23.18
     433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB   55.020    76.262    49.884    60.374     21.03    70.171    84.525    86.865    86.752     23.63   20.60
     434 Oth. Coats, M/   15.863    22.803    13.442    15.708     16.86    20.069    23.972    24.200    25.070     24.92   11.37
     435 W/G Coats, Woo   70.752    89.625    60.071    52.573    -12.48    83.599    87.413    86.507    82.127     -1.76   16.43
     436 Wool Dresses     34.616    44.040    30.629    33.769     10.25    41.024    45.445    47.233    47.179     15.00   35.20
     438 K Shirts,Blous   39.423    46.359    33.096    28.694    -13.30    48.187    44.795    45.027    41.957    -12.93   10.71
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    2.234     2.604     1.749     1.770      1.20     2.398     2.739     2.657     2.625      9.46   19.90
     442 Wool Skirts       8.523    10.480     7.771     6.414    -17.46     9.927    10.422     9.904     9.123     -8.10   16.95
     443 Wool Suits,M/B   97.186   109.806    73.444    82.694     12.59   106.461   115.286   118.302   119.056     11.83   22.78
     444 Wool Suits,W/G    2.214     2.415     1.603     1.070    -33.23     2.318     2.103     2.088     1.882    -18.79   11.50
     445 Wool Sweater,M   30.231    36.567    19.556    22.738     16.27    32.795    38.108    39.622    39.749     21.20   20.36
     446 Wool Sweater,W   46.943    66.932    39.095    35.315     -9.67    55.719    67.434    65.782    63.152     13.34   10.94
     447 Wool Trousers,   33.719    39.111    25.192    30.760     22.10    35.991    42.724    44.432    44.679     24.14   14.69
     448 Wool Slacks,W/   14.132    18.493    13.542    10.498    -22.48    17.330    17.230    16.526    15.449    -10.85   16.47
     459 Oth.Wool Appar   66.673    78.512    47.166    51.727      9.67    71.821    81.531    82.668    83.073     15.67   23.93
     464 Wool Blankets    15.461     7.216     4.230     5.438     28.56     6.650     7.982     8.134     8.424     26.68   33.80
     465 Floor Covering   63.917    74.139    46.724    51.894     11.07    69.905    78.564    80.381    79.309     13.45   11.94

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn    24.234    24.583    17.383     9.974    -42.62    24.273    20.418    19.179    17.174    -29.25    5.26
     603 Yarn>85% artif    2.444     2.421     1.740     2.076     19.29     2.553     2.683     2.651     2.756      7.97    4.16
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    4.358     4.003     2.801     2.704     -3.48     4.211     4.454     4.561     3.906     -7.25    3.52
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   36.608    42.171    28.050    30.480      8.66    39.191    44.620    43.868    44.602     13.81   22.63
     618 Wov Artif Fila    4.836     7.104     4.534     5.352     18.02     6.412     7.357     7.868     7.921     23.53   23.43
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.191     5.255     3.434     4.371     27.30     5.024     5.891     5.961     6.192     23.26    3.15
     620 Oth Synth Fila   51.274    52.839    37.930    36.358     -4.15    52.388    51.879    52.292    51.266     -2.14    9.74
     622 Glass Fabric     15.981    16.206    10.650    11.765     10.47    15.727    17.152    17.059    17.321     10.14   13.86
     629 Oth Stap/Fil F   18.535    19.959    13.674    13.717      0.31    19.936    19.323    19.999    20.001      0.33   19.75
     632 Hosiery          10.650     9.767     6.413     6.890      7.43    10.610     9.548     9.766    10.244     -3.45    1.06
     634 Other Coats, M   11.893    14.389     9.483    10.308      8.70    13.921    15.322    15.257    15.214      9.28    0.90
     635 Coats, W/G       39.836    49.801    33.255    30.619     -7.93    49.748    49.902    49.473    47.165     -5.19    2.51
     636 Dresses          69.477    92.070    58.036    74.007     27.52    82.623   104.384   107.289   108.042     30.76    3.63
     639 Knit Blouses,W   25.115    28.922    19.419    21.609     11.28    28.328    30.758    31.340    31.112      9.83    0.87
     643 MMF Suits, M/B    0.874     1.089     0.645     0.723     12.09     0.880     1.070     1.145     1.167     32.59    1.59
     644 MMF W/G Suits     0.552     0.744     0.604     0.209    -65.37     0.826     0.500     0.381     0.349    -57.76    0.41
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   11.657    13.830     8.838    10.814     22.35    12.533    15.428    15.989    15.806     26.11    0.86
     652 M-MF Underwear    5.487     5.829     3.813     3.650     -4.26     5.747     5.786     5.613     5.666     -1.40    0.63
     659 Oth. MMF App.    74.907    88.193    57.675    64.982     12.67    82.630    95.774    94.655    95.500     15.58    2.55
     665 Floor Covering  125.151   137.846    95.734    94.892     -0.88   131.628   139.454   137.864   137.004      4.08   13.43
     666 Other Furnishi   12.369    11.473     7.158     9.021     26.03    12.356    12.907    13.219    13.336      7.93    0.43
     669 Other MMF Manu   22.180    25.038    16.729    18.906     13.01    23.094    25.287    25.588    27.215     17.85    2.35
     670 Flat Goods, et   86.163    81.547    51.442    57.460     11.70    82.163    83.960    84.633    87.565      6.57    2.71

Other CWM:
     736 SILK Dresses     47.410    58.603    39.820    39.849      0.07    55.273    59.467    59.551    58.632      6.08   19.66
     758 SILK Neckwear    47.161    53.400    33.504    39.016     16.45    50.984    58.091    57.955    58.912     15.55   44.77

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     800 S/V Yarns         1.677     1.504     1.105     1.314     18.87     1.709     1.628     1.558     1.712      0.16   34.89
     810 S/V Woven Fabr   47.244    53.546    36.489    36.440     -0.13    53.481    54.701    53.849    53.497      0.03   40.84
     833 S/V S-T CoatsM    6.347     9.287     6.438     6.839      6.23     8.347     9.820     9.732     9.688     16.07   32.81
     835 S/V Coats W/G     6.653     6.227     4.860     5.137      5.72     6.934     6.410     6.447     6.505     -6.18    9.56
     836 S/V Dresses       6.982     7.443     5.587     5.830      4.35     7.547     7.694     7.824     7.686      1.84   12.31
     838 S/V K Shirts/B    4.756     5.523     4.247     5.358     26.14     5.671     6.491     6.605     6.633     16.97    4.47
     840 S/V Wov Shirts    6.333     6.948     5.292     5.052     -4.54     6.875     7.067     6.909     6.708     -2.43    4.04
     847 S/V Trousers M    4.043     5.072     3.675     3.469     -5.61     4.533     4.892     4.949     4.866      7.33    0.95
     858 S/V Neckwear      6.765     8.103     4.752     3.182    -33.04     7.455     7.076     6.641     6.533    -12.37   49.26
     859 Oth. S/V Appar   17.167    20.882    13.331    16.724     25.45    19.825    24.066    24.440    24.275     22.45   14.01
     870 Luggage Silk/V    2.258     2.583     1.541     1.702     10.46     2.417     2.415     2.623     2.744     13.53    3.41
     871 HBags FGoods S    4.836     4.034     2.884     5.451     89.02     4.114     3.793     4.903     6.602     60.46   18.65
     899 Other S/V Manu   11.098    21.195    13.987    16.826     20.30    18.216    24.657    25.195    24.034     31.94   12.98