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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 670-F :  --FLATGOODS ONLY
                                           Data in Kg.,  3.70 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     4891868    4797883    3139432    3080114     -1.89   4867790    4721802    4799939    4738565      -2.65  100.00

     CHINA P   4595849    4566281    2989593    2872365     -3.92   4611577    4448599    4522469    4449053      -3.52   93.89

     VIETNAM     42028      44316      30848      53937     74.85     43415      72335      68636      67405      55.26    1.42

     HG KONG     72933      36823      26805      37761     40.87     39883      36781      41328      47779      19.80    1.01

     CHINA T     41138      27046      19832      20713      4.44     31922      31278      29341      27927     -12.51    0.59

     INDIA       15068      12665       6384      21282    233.36     11103      22378      24764      27563     148.25    0.58

     ITALY       35982      23951      15509      16522      6.53     28773      24864      25098      24964     -13.24    0.53

     PHIL R      44693      13246       8572      13523     57.76     42342      15234      16885      18197     -57.02    0.38


     _WTO      4891868    4797883    3139432    3080114     -1.89   4867790    4721802    4799939    4738565      -2.65  100.00

     _ASEAN      95808      78318      52298      79273     51.58    103998     106238     104605     105293       1.25    2.22

     _OECD       49578      57810      34297      32020     -6.64     52109      54837      54052      55533       6.57    1.17

     _EU15       42153      36367      22018      19089    -13.30     37599      33963      33524      33438     -11.07    0.71

     _EU12       42055      36331      22017      19042    -13.51     37532      33884      33442      33356     -11.13    0.70