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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | GERMANY      |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through  3/2012 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  3/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011     3/2011    3/2012  % Change    3/2011    1/2012    2/2012    3/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total           319.212   318.491    84.957    73.813    -13.12   333.149   311.754   308.634   307.347    -7.74    0.57
       1 Apparel           3.851     4.059     0.498     0.529      6.19     3.938     4.123     4.032     4.089     3.85    0.02
       2 Non-Apparel     315.362   314.432    84.458    73.284    -13.23   329.211   307.631   304.602   303.258    -7.88    1.02
      11 Yarns            53.125    50.111    13.734    13.923      1.38    54.162    48.864    48.523    50.300    -7.13    1.80
      12 Fabrics         249.098   251.110    66.853    57.089    -14.61   261.614   246.447   244.058   241.345    -7.75    2.53
      14 Made Ups / Misc  13.139    13.211     3.871     2.273    -41.30    13.436    12.320    12.022    11.612   -13.57    0.07
      30 Cotton Products  11.317    12.409     3.569     3.453     -3.28    12.963    12.363    12.611    12.292    -5.17    0.07
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.370     0.543     0.145     0.187     28.82     0.431     0.577     0.589     0.585    35.79    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Apparel  10.947    11.866     3.424     3.266     -4.64    12.532    11.786    12.022    11.707    -6.58    0.18
      40 Wool Products     2.213     2.538     0.528     0.470    -10.88     2.356     2.577     2.595     2.480     5.27    0.74
      41 Wool Apparel      0.192     0.223     0.036     0.021    -42.05     0.208     0.225     0.226     0.208    -0.21    0.08
      42 Wool Non-Appare   2.022     2.315     0.491     0.449     -8.57     2.148     2.352     2.369     2.273     5.80    3.08
      60 MMF Products    304.569   301.635    80.453    69.324    -13.83   316.477   295.031   291.540   290.506    -8.21    0.86
      61 MMF Apparel       3.229     3.198     0.285     0.299      5.12     3.223     3.222     3.123     3.212    -0.33    0.03
      62 MMF Non-Apparel 301.340   298.437    80.169    69.025    -13.90   313.254   291.809   288.417   287.293    -8.29    1.26
      80 S and V Product   1.113     1.909     0.406     0.566     39.41     1.354     1.784     1.887     2.069    52.82    0.33
      81 S and V Apparel   0.060     0.095     0.032     0.022    -31.83     0.076     0.099     0.093     0.084    11.25    0.03
      82 S and V Non-App   1.053     1.814     0.374     0.544     45.54     1.278     1.684     1.794     1.984    55.30    0.61

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Thr   2.547     2.678     0.569     0.500    -12.08     2.587     2.610     2.662     2.610     0.88    2.10
     201 Specialty Yarns   0.987     1.274     0.497     0.535      7.68     1.117     1.256     1.090     1.313    17.47    0.29
     222 Knit Fabric       3.599     7.082     1.190     1.395     17.28     4.134     7.320     7.301     7.287    76.28    0.45
     223 Non-Woven Fabri 203.360   208.800    57.097    45.835    -19.72   215.345   204.179   200.579   197.538    -8.27    7.01
     229 Special Fabric   31.341    24.046     5.511     7.005     27.11    30.487    23.471    24.924    25.540   -16.23    1.06

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheeting   0.779     1.328     0.381     0.428     12.48     1.027     1.351     1.330     1.376    33.97    0.58
     314 Poplin,Broadcl.   0.966     0.592     0.083     0.151     81.64     0.764     0.677     0.621     0.660   -13.61    0.56
     317 Twill Fabric      1.079     0.984     0.212     0.452    113.34     1.200     1.209     1.266     1.224     2.01    1.69
     360 Pillowcases       0.036     0.034     0.010     0.003    -68.31     0.043     0.031     0.031     0.027   -36.97    0.02
     361 Cotton Sheets     0.380     0.296     0.065     0.020    -68.92     0.417     0.281     0.273     0.251   -39.82    0.03
     369 Oth. Cot. Manuf   3.921     4.110     1.657     0.513    -69.06     4.783     3.560     3.274     2.965   -38.01    0.10

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.360     1.230     0.248     0.266      7.05     1.379     1.295     1.327     1.248    -9.49    4.35
     410 Wool Woven Fab.   0.036     0.160     0.013     0.025     95.29     0.045     0.167     0.167     0.173   280.44    1.50
     414 Oth Wool Fabric   0.494     0.834     0.213     0.135    -36.57     0.601     0.796     0.779     0.756    25.82    9.55
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.007     0.012     0.002     0.001    -65.65     0.008     0.011     0.010     0.011    26.03    0.04
     459 Oth.Wool Appare   0.076     0.099     0.007     0.005    -21.95     0.076     0.102     0.101     0.098    29.76    0.42
     465 Floor Coverings   0.100     0.076     0.014     0.020     37.94     0.092     0.081     0.083     0.081   -11.60    0.39

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     3.835     2.940     0.861     0.486    -43.50     3.616     2.776     2.617     2.565   -29.07    0.43
     604 Yarn>85% Synth.   2.527     0.906     0.133     0.411    210.25     1.975     0.979     1.097     1.185   -40.02    0.54
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   41.407    40.657    11.334    11.699      3.22    43.003    39.572    39.332    41.022    -4.61    4.79
     620 Oth Synth Filam   2.035     2.373     0.680     0.438    -35.61     2.236     2.386     2.339     2.131    -4.68    0.21
     622 Glass Fabric      2.903     2.567     0.812     0.405    -50.16     3.119     2.447     2.326     2.160   -30.76    2.57
     659 Oth. MMF App.     3.012     2.942     0.192     0.229     19.39     2.962     2.963     2.867     2.979     0.58    0.12
     666 Other Furnishin   1.234     0.877     0.329     0.200    -39.29     1.344     0.880     0.728     0.748   -44.35    0.01
     669 Other MMF Manuf   5.952     5.304     1.318     0.736    -44.18     4.994     5.072     5.092     4.721    -5.46    0.12

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     800 S/V Yarns         0.121     0.014     0.001     0.003    395.08     0.119     0.014     0.016     0.016   -86.84    0.30
     899 Other S/V Manuf   0.827     1.706     0.347     0.497     42.98     1.051     1.574     1.667     1.855    76.61    0.96