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  ______________                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through  7/2012 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  7/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011     7/2011    7/2012  % Change    7/2011    5/2012    6/2012    7/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total           245.623   239.157   134.162   166.427     24.05   226.832   261.079   267.681   271.422    19.66    0.50
       1 Apparel           1.816     1.604     0.956     1.205     26.08     1.809     1.635     1.753     1.853     2.47    0.01
       2 Non-Apparel     243.807   237.553   133.206   165.222     24.03   225.023   259.443   265.929   269.569    19.80    0.89
      11 Yarns            22.231    19.354    12.375    10.532    -14.89    20.560    17.731    18.555    17.511   -14.83    0.62
      12 Fabrics         216.014   214.342   118.465   152.159     28.44   200.263   238.094   243.454   248.037    23.86    2.53
      14 Made Ups / Misc   5.561     3.857     2.367     2.531      6.92     4.200     3.619     3.919     4.021    -4.28    0.02
      30 Cotton Products  25.137    23.831    14.321    14.809      3.41    23.694    23.839    24.143    24.319     2.64    0.13
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.903     0.724     0.446     0.476      6.56     0.845     0.679     0.681     0.753   -10.91    0.01
      32 Cot Non-Apparel  24.234    23.107    13.875    14.333      3.31    22.849    23.160    23.462    23.566     3.14    0.36
      40 Wool Products     0.337     0.382     0.197     0.217     10.41     0.359     0.402     0.397     0.402    12.19    0.12
      41 Wool Apparel      0.132     0.111     0.045     0.067     48.31     0.117     0.113     0.115     0.133    13.53    0.05
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.205     0.271     0.151     0.150     -0.88     0.241     0.289     0.282     0.269    11.53    0.35
      60 MMF Products    219.842   214.596   119.464   151.241     26.60   202.507   236.534   242.827   246.373    21.66    0.72
      61 MMF Apparel       0.736     0.706     0.428     0.614     43.42     0.789     0.776     0.887     0.892    13.03    0.01
      62 MMF Non-Apparel 219.106   213.890   119.035   150.626     26.54   201.719   235.759   241.940   245.481    21.69    1.05
      80 S and V Product   0.307     0.349     0.181     0.161    -11.33     0.272     0.303     0.315     0.328    20.87    0.05
      81 S and V Apparel   0.045     0.064     0.036     0.048     33.82     0.058     0.068     0.069     0.076    31.84    0.02
      82 S and V Non-App   0.261     0.285     0.145     0.112    -22.59     0.214     0.235     0.245     0.253    17.93    0.07

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Thr   0.564     0.625     0.353     0.565     60.06     0.480     0.660     0.656     0.837    74.28    0.68
     201 Specialty Yarns   4.341     5.226     2.595     3.714     43.13     4.522     6.221     6.660     6.346    40.32    1.42
     218 Fab, Color Yarn   1.124     0.972     0.654     1.001     53.03     1.045     1.194     1.239     1.319    26.25    3.67
     222 Knit Fabric      14.450    10.383     5.997     8.343     39.12    13.121    11.965    12.551    12.729    -2.99    0.75
     223 Non-Woven Fabri 104.464   107.081    55.030    72.340     31.46    91.120   118.968   121.343   124.391    36.51    4.30
     225 Blue Denim Fab.   2.326     2.360     1.246     1.277      2.54     2.110     2.415     2.392     2.391    13.33    8.82
     229 Special Fabric   58.927    61.182    36.184    49.688     37.32    60.374    71.145    73.322    74.686    23.71    3.02

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheeting  12.619    10.630     6.601     7.240      9.67    11.129    11.067    11.467    11.268     1.25    4.72
     314 Poplin,Broadcl.   2.320     1.568     1.171     0.565    -51.72     2.076     1.129     0.943     0.962   -53.65    0.90
     315 Printcloth Fab.   1.377     2.140     1.378     0.991    -28.06     1.754     1.812     1.788     1.754    -0.02    2.96
     317 Twill Fabric      1.328     2.208     0.805     1.129     40.36     1.257     2.564     2.572     2.533   101.44    3.60
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.295     0.241     0.167     0.193     15.44     0.298     0.250     0.265     0.267   -10.27    0.92

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.088     0.105     0.050     0.062     23.61     0.086     0.119     0.125     0.117    36.69    0.39
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.007     0.010     0.003     0.009    171.26     0.006     0.013     0.013     0.015   139.76    0.06

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     1.592     0.932     0.520     0.909     74.74     0.719     1.112     1.290     1.321    83.87    0.22
     604 Yarn>85% Synth.   0.501     1.471     1.289     0.157    -87.83     1.483     0.519     0.508     0.339   -77.13    0.15
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   15.056    10.914     7.514     5.026    -33.10    13.173     8.969     9.186     8.427   -36.03    0.93
     618 Wov Artif Filam   1.136     1.090     0.647     0.613     -5.24     1.192     1.074     1.054     1.056   -11.41    4.77
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.848     5.806     3.298     3.231     -2.03     5.827     5.839     5.775     5.739    -1.51    2.13
     620 Oth Synth Filam   4.687     3.322     2.217     1.828    -17.55     3.457     2.820     2.888     2.933   -15.16    0.28
     622 Glass Fabric      2.328     2.484     1.414     2.146     51.75     2.692     3.082     3.078     3.216    19.48    3.73
     669 Other MMF Manuf   3.951     2.156     1.346     1.505     11.80     2.640     2.060     2.319     2.315   -12.32    0.06