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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 225:  BLUE DENIM FABRIC
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     30771121  23615573    5268694    7622752     44.68  27634700   24616309   25230353   25969631      -6.03  100.00

     CHINA P   11147240   8739831    1387756    2911760    109.82  10187637    9594165    9782770   10263835       0.75   39.52

     MEXICO     3711119   4311971    1446307    1501921      3.85   4501784    4325234    4169436    4367585      -2.98   16.82

     CHINA T    4042545   3418743     988823    1340976     35.61   3749963    3680275    3980685    3770896       0.56   14.52

     ITALY      4496834   2891247     758021     832956      9.89   3197367    2756827    2881229    2966182      -7.23   11.42

     JAPAN      2325791   2359829     376176     346871     -7.79   2022535    2358222    2460964    2330524      15.23    8.97

     TURKEY     1918073   1261054     251518     357437     42.11   1508221    1228930    1228538    1366973      -9.37    5.26

     BAHRAIN    1500870         0          0          0       *     1121340          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      30768873  23615573    5268694    7622752     44.68  27632452   24616309   25230353   25969631      -6.02  100.00

     _OECD      6605705   4243113    1013900    1240304     22.33   4851563    4089694    4214372    4469517      -7.87   17.21

     _W HEMI    3718199   4375600    1446307    1507835      4.25   4508598    4388863    4238979    4437128      -1.59   17.09

     _EU15      4672493   2959957     761894     882867     15.88   3336596    2838662    2964141    3080930      -7.66   11.86

     _EC12      4672493   2955401     761872     882867     15.88   3336574    2834128    2959607    3076396      -7.80   11.85