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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 225:  BLUE DENIM 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      82.233     77.495     43.455     49.970     14.99    69.635     83.204     83.469     84.011      20.64  100.00

     CHINA P    18.362     19.872     11.619     12.989     11.79    18.810     21.066     20.971     21.242      12.93   25.28

     JAPAN      14.365     15.700      8.059      8.759      8.68    13.328     16.852     16.568     16.400      23.05   19.52

     ITALY      20.417     14.913      8.461      8.093     -4.35    12.044     15.234     15.429     14.545      20.76   17.31

     MEXICO      6.940     10.149      6.081      8.694     42.97     9.705     11.122     11.825     12.762      31.51   15.19

     TURKEY      8.507      7.357      3.765      5.357     42.27     5.964      8.366      8.551      8.949      50.04   10.65

     CHINA T     6.858      6.986      4.145      4.500      8.57     6.615      7.841      7.397      7.341      10.97    8.74


     _WTO       82.218     77.495     43.455     49.970     14.99    69.620     83.203     83.468     84.011      20.67  100.00

     _OECD      29.934     22.931     12.507     14.044     12.29    18.509     24.415     24.848     24.469      32.20   29.13

     _EC12      21.383     15.365      8.698      8.681     -0.20    12.486     15.875     16.123     15.347      22.91   18.27

     _EU15      21.383     15.396      8.729      8.681     -0.56    12.517     15.875     16.123     15.347      22.61   18.27

     _W HEMI     6.951     10.373      6.123      8.836     44.30     9.755     11.486     12.191     13.086      34.14   15.58