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  ______________                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  7/2012 in Million $  |
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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           344.693   387.270   216.934   265.283     22.29   356.456   420.544   426.666   435.619     22.21    0.43
       1 Apparel          30.416    32.989    18.856    21.376     13.36    32.076    32.802    32.533    35.508     10.70    0.05
       2 Non-Apparel     314.277   354.281   198.078   243.908     23.14   324.380   387.743   394.134   400.111     23.35    1.66
      11 Yarns            24.863    30.069    16.648    19.369     16.34    27.243    32.798    33.373    32.790     20.36    2.21
      12 Fabrics         273.999   308.225   172.730   215.300     24.65   282.614   339.124   344.796   350.795     24.12    6.09
      14 Made Ups / Mis   15.415    15.987     8.700     9.238      6.19    14.522    15.820    15.965    16.525     13.79    0.10
      30 Cotton Product   81.880    91.936    52.933    56.544      6.82    84.949    94.598    93.861    95.547     12.48    0.19
      31 Cotton Apparel   15.989    16.666    10.477    10.139     -3.23    16.976    15.703    15.261    16.328     -3.82    0.04
      32 Cot Non-Appare   65.891    75.269    42.456    46.406      9.30    67.974    78.894    78.600    79.219     16.54    0.91
      40 Wool Products     9.199    10.498     4.936     6.985     41.51     9.240    11.325    11.107    12.547     35.79    0.25
      41 Wool Apparel      6.505     6.566     2.612     4.374     67.48     5.861     6.810     6.872     8.328     42.10    0.21
      42 Wool Non-Appar    2.694     3.932     2.325     2.611     12.33     3.379     4.515     4.236     4.218     24.84    0.41
      60 MMF Products    251.100   281.502   157.064   200.057     27.37   259.200   311.719   318.758   324.495     25.19    0.75
      61 MMF Apparel       6.814     8.018     4.576     6.006     31.25     7.532     8.900     9.001     9.447     25.44    0.03
      62 MMF Non-Appare  244.286   273.484   152.487   194.050     27.26   251.668   302.819   309.756   315.047     25.18    2.26
      80 S and V Produc    2.514     3.335     2.002     1.697    -15.22     3.067     2.903     2.940     3.031     -1.19    0.17
      81 S and V Appare    1.108     1.739     1.191     0.857    -28.09     1.708     1.388     1.398     1.404    -17.76    0.10
      82 S and V Non-Ap    1.406     1.596     0.811     0.841      3.71     1.360     1.515     1.542     1.626     19.61    0.37

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th    2.564     4.618     2.208     2.725     23.40     3.069     5.143     5.123     5.135     67.30    2.47
     201 Specialty Yarn   10.635    13.723     7.276     9.823     35.01    12.200    16.045    16.438    16.271     33.37    6.54
     218 Fab, Color Yar    5.212     5.544     3.564     5.429     52.33     5.600     6.782     6.969     7.408     32.29    6.22
     222 Knit Fabric      20.908    17.518    10.013    11.339     13.24    20.213    18.281    18.818    18.844     -6.77    2.85
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   79.580    88.651    46.840    64.072     36.79    75.426    99.626   103.331   105.883     40.38   10.63
     225 Blue Denim Fab   14.365    15.700     8.059     8.759      8.68    13.328    16.852    16.568    16.400     23.05   19.52
     229 Special Fabric   73.572    88.616    51.732    68.845     33.08    82.521   101.199   102.850   105.729     28.12    8.62

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin   23.475    23.356    14.143    15.617     10.42    22.809    25.434    25.204    24.830      8.86    7.60
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    4.431     3.630     2.562     1.475    -42.42     4.387     2.943     2.535     2.543    -42.02    2.56
     315 Printcloth Fab    2.573     4.526     2.749     2.349    -14.55     3.517     4.195     4.201     4.126     17.34    7.44
     317 Twill Fabric      6.270    10.382     4.245     5.781     36.20     6.475    11.968    12.031    11.919     84.08   11.77
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.783     0.784     0.537     1.217    126.52     0.923     1.174     1.322     1.464     58.59    3.64

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.025     1.299     0.596     0.828     38.95     1.010     1.546     1.627     1.531     51.67    1.10
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.463     0.767     0.284     0.734    158.54     0.534     1.015     1.017     1.217    128.13    0.31

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     0.958     1.338     0.829     0.939     13.19     1.149     1.369     1.427     1.447     25.97    0.44
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    0.737     1.118     0.749     0.317    -57.72     1.062     0.812     0.739     0.686    -35.40    0.61
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    8.617     7.663     4.796     4.556     -5.01     8.411     7.571     7.718     7.423    -11.75    3.81
     618 Wov Artif Fila    3.659     4.770     2.394     2.954     23.42     4.073     5.103     5.178     5.330     30.86   15.65
     619 Poly Fil Fab      7.476     9.397     5.831     3.953    -32.21     9.315     7.828     7.630     7.519    -19.27    3.86
     620 Oth Synth Fila   13.371    12.529     7.622     9.067     18.95    13.149    13.167    13.528    13.974      6.28    2.66
     622 Glass Fabric      4.918     6.893     3.444     4.799     39.34     5.979     8.078     8.092     8.248     37.96    6.68
     669 Other MMF Manu    7.135     6.441     3.514     3.660      4.16     6.203     6.276     6.546     6.588      6.21    0.58