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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category,  8/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 666-S :  MMF Sheets
                                           Data in Kg., 14.40 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  8/2012
   Country      2010       2011       8/2011     8/2012  % Change    8/2011     6/2012     7/2012     8/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD    32268702   38695115   24062292   30337715     26.08  36103641   45241774   45174415   44970538      24.56  100.00

     CHINA P  29863183   35012530   21971257   28587555     30.11  33130315   41535186   41666500   41628828      25.65   92.57

     PAKISTN   1840328    1862160    1180644    1060433    -10.18   1871256    1782652    1727822    1741949      -6.91    3.87

     INDIA       89831     998041     383597     364551     -4.97    428946    1196579    1122256     978995     128.23    2.18

     MEXICO     286029     375411     208618     157496    -24.51    288163     376934     373731     324289      12.54    0.72

     TURKEY      83158     319649     277673      59715    -78.49    306258     170612     108236     101691     -66.80    0.23

     VIETNAM         0      59218       5636      14809    162.76      5636      73987      68392      68391    1113.47    0.15

     THAILND     39722      37249      21738      35932     65.30     35847      50286      51112      51443      43.51    0.11

     TURKMEN         0          0          0      16200       *           0          0          0      16200        *      0.04

     BNGLDSH      9830       5395        329       8238   2403.95      9579      11001      11250      13304      38.89    0.03

     BAHRAIN       143        707        707      12809   1711.74       778      11916      12333      12809    1546.40    0.03

     CHINA T      3157       4264        307       5330   1636.16      3392       9064       8872       9287     173.79    0.02

     ITALY        9276       7243       5138       6130     19.31      8317       7645       8310       8235      -0.99    0.02

     CANADA       4408       4478       3889       7344     88.84      4375       7821       8140       7933      81.33    0.02


     _WTO     32268066   38694615   24061792   30321515     26.02  36102989   45241774   45174415   44954338      24.52   99.96

     _W HEMI    291084     382318     213587     165322    -22.60    293760     387341     383643     334053      13.72    0.74

     _ASEAN      56800      96656      27563      50741     84.09     43058     124273     119504     119834     178.31    0.27

     _OECD      106661     332412     287641      73471    -74.46    322979     186611     125386     118242     -63.39    0.26

     _EU12       16585       7891       5782       6195      7.14      9622       7983       8645       8304     -13.70    0.02

     _EU15       16585       7893       5784       6195      7.11      9624       7983       8645       8304     -13.72    0.02