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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 222:  KNIT FABRIC
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  7/2012
   Country      2010       2011       7/2011     7/2012  % Change    7/2011     5/2012     6/2012     7/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     491.155    581.811    350.552    429.606     22.55   544.349    648.386    656.781    660.865      21.40  100.00

     CHINA P   148.226    206.073    119.989    194.588     62.17   177.819    266.204    276.015    280.673      57.84   42.47

     KOR REP   119.720    141.617     84.682     95.915     13.27   129.316    152.798    153.102    152.850      18.20   23.13

     CHINA T    36.298     38.703     22.707     22.612     -0.42    38.561     39.626     39.348     38.608       0.12    5.84

     CANADA     32.605     33.287     18.457     21.414     16.02    31.961     35.384     36.219     36.245      13.40    5.48

     ITALY      29.961     31.248     19.292     19.483      0.99    30.326     32.185     31.633     31.439       3.67    4.76

     INDIA      29.391     37.708     29.075     13.693    -52.91    41.397     25.666     23.257     22.326     -46.07    3.38

     JAPAN      20.908     17.518     10.013     11.339     13.24    20.213     18.281     18.818     18.844      -6.77    2.85

     TURKEY      9.706      8.655      6.005     11.330     88.67     8.649     12.184     13.397     13.980      61.64    2.12

     MEXICO     19.548     19.308     13.417      7.306    -45.54    21.528     15.037     13.316     13.197     -38.70    2.00

     GERMANY     5.478      9.666      6.361      4.924    -22.59     8.800      8.864      8.444      8.230      -6.48    1.25

     FRANCE      5.942      6.263      2.863      4.126     44.11     5.333      6.882      7.335      7.526      41.11    1.14

     INDNSIA     8.527      5.576      3.753      4.484     19.48     6.973      6.469      6.370      6.307      -9.54    0.95

     VIETNAM     3.268      4.783      2.755      3.152     14.43     4.233      5.253      5.164      5.180      22.37    0.78

     THAILND     2.239      2.432      1.273      1.586     24.58     2.232      2.533      2.541      2.744      22.93    0.42

     SALVADR     0.600      1.684      0.562      1.258    124.05     0.881      2.496      2.553      2.381     170.18    0.36

     HONDURA     0.148      1.095      0.135      1.391    933.51     0.178      1.766      1.867      2.352    1221.50    0.36

     BRAZIL      2.838      2.593      1.834      1.284    -30.01     2.898      2.023      2.048      2.042     -29.53    0.31

     ARGENT      2.134      1.948      0.972      0.937     -3.56     1.944      1.959      1.966      1.913      -1.61    0.29

     U KING      1.118      1.459      0.831      0.882      6.14     1.234      1.363      1.352      1.510      22.39    0.23

     HG KONG     0.642      1.409      0.746      0.680     -8.84     1.128      1.414      1.441      1.343      19.05    0.20

     EGYPT       0.691      0.829      0.406      0.781     92.22     0.651      1.164      1.179      1.204      85.08    0.18

     REP SAF     0.626      0.874      0.566      0.844     49.31     0.853      1.160      1.166      1.153      35.09    0.17

     BELGIUM     0.440      0.097      0.053      0.483    805.67     0.356      0.358      0.528      0.527      47.95    0.08


     _WTO      491.154    581.747    350.540    429.602     22.55   544.337    648.329    656.725    660.809      21.40   99.99

     _OECD     211.886    237.001    141.035    162.348     15.11   220.504    255.225    257.559    258.314      17.15   39.09

     _W HEMI    59.436     61.081     36.051     34.506     -4.28    60.687     59.882     59.231     59.537      -1.90    9.01

     _EU15      47.568     50.846     30.479     31.209      2.39    48.261     51.623     51.419     51.575       6.87    7.80

     _EC12      46.073     49.899     30.112     30.829      2.38    47.138     50.757     50.522     50.617       7.38    7.66

     _ASEAN     14.384     12.905      7.803      9.276     18.88    13.535     14.403     14.225     14.378       6.23    2.18

     _CBI        1.215      3.162      0.951      3.037    219.27     1.589      4.629      4.857      5.248     230.33    0.79

     _CAFTA      1.165      3.138      0.935      3.037    224.69     1.525      4.619      4.848      5.240     243.63    0.79

     _SUB-SAH    0.685      0.939      0.573      0.858     49.57     0.898      1.230      1.236      1.223      36.13    0.19