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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    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           245.623   239.157    56.622    67.253     18.78   236.485   242.551   248.905   249.789     5.63    0.47
       1 Apparel           1.816     1.604     0.385     0.452     17.29     1.721     1.588     1.664     1.671    -2.90    0.01
       2 Non-Apparel     243.807   237.553    56.237    66.801     18.79   234.764   240.963   247.242   248.118     5.69    0.83
      11 Yarns            22.231    19.354     5.737     4.084    -28.81    21.745    19.541    19.105    17.701   -18.60    0.63
      12 Fabrics         216.014   214.342    49.100    61.957     26.18   207.566   217.860   224.907   227.199     9.46    2.38
      14 Made Ups / Misc   5.561     3.857     1.400     0.760    -45.67     5.453     3.562     3.229     3.218   -40.99    0.02
      30 Cotton Products  25.137    23.831     5.019     5.601     11.59    24.180    24.111    24.545    24.413     0.96    0.13
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.903     0.724     0.211     0.215      1.81     0.869     0.717     0.742     0.728   -16.32    0.01
      32 Cot Non-Apparel  24.234    23.107     4.808     5.386     12.02    23.311    23.394    23.803    23.685     1.61    0.36
      40 Wool Products     0.337     0.382     0.047     0.078     64.71     0.351     0.385     0.403     0.413    17.43    0.12
      41 Wool Apparel      0.132     0.111     0.014     0.021     43.58     0.131     0.113     0.119     0.118   -10.06    0.04
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.205     0.271     0.033     0.057     74.00     0.221     0.272     0.283     0.295    33.72    0.40
      60 MMF Products    219.842   214.596    51.436    61.505     19.57   211.663   217.716   223.607   224.664     6.14    0.67
      61 MMF Apparel       0.736     0.706     0.136     0.196     43.95     0.667     0.697     0.739     0.765    14.69    0.01
      62 MMF Non-Apparel 219.106   213.890    51.301    61.309     19.51   210.996   217.019   222.868   223.899     6.12    0.98
      80 S and V Product   0.307     0.349     0.119     0.069    -41.75     0.290     0.338     0.351     0.299     3.06    0.05
      81 S and V Apparel   0.045     0.064     0.024     0.021    -13.67     0.053     0.061     0.063     0.060    13.46    0.02
      82 S and V Non-App   0.261     0.285     0.095     0.049    -48.77     0.237     0.277     0.288     0.239     0.72    0.07

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarns   4.341     5.226     1.129     1.502     33.04     4.257     5.747     5.803     5.599    31.53    1.24
     218 Fab, Color Yarn   1.124     0.972     0.217     0.451    107.73     1.101     1.105     1.100     1.207     9.59    3.31
     222 Knit Fabric      14.450    10.383     2.531     3.423     35.21    14.144    10.210    10.828    11.275   -20.28    0.69
     223 Non-Woven Fabri 104.464   107.081    21.988    28.548     29.84    96.733   109.221   112.984   113.642    17.48    4.03
     225 Blue Denim Fab.   2.326     2.360     0.376     0.347     -7.79     2.023     2.358     2.461     2.331    15.23    8.97
     229 Special Fabric   58.927    61.182    16.483    21.254     28.95    60.482    62.275    64.164    65.953     9.05    2.73

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheeting  12.619    10.630     2.408     2.593      7.69    11.791    10.706    10.886    10.815    -8.28    4.58
     314 Poplin,Broadcl.   2.320     1.568     0.341     0.224    -34.41     2.221     1.542     1.482     1.451   -34.68    1.24
     315 Printcloth Fab.   1.377     2.140     0.452     0.455      0.65     1.552     2.208     2.206     2.143    38.09    3.59
     317 Twill Fabric      1.328     2.208     0.226     0.488    115.49     1.285     2.232     2.473     2.469    92.12    3.41
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.295     0.241     0.039     0.098    153.26     0.267     0.233     0.219     0.300    12.33    1.04

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.088     0.105     0.008     0.027    230.23     0.091     0.109     0.113     0.124    35.66    0.43
     410 Wool Woven Fab.   0.059     0.084     0.004     0.015    304.28     0.057     0.084     0.094     0.096    69.00    0.83
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.007     0.010     0.001     0.003    254.43     0.007     0.010     0.012     0.012    70.24    0.05

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     1.592     0.932     0.283     0.419     48.22     1.038     1.069     0.993     1.069     2.99    0.18
     604 Yarn>85% Synth.   0.501     1.471     0.657     0.070    -89.35     1.055     1.059     1.068     0.884   -16.26    0.41
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   15.056    10.914     3.496     1.806    -48.35    14.666    10.759    10.265     9.223   -37.11    1.08
     618 Wov Artif Filam   1.136     1.090     0.265     0.247     -6.84     1.194     1.069     1.090     1.071   -10.28    5.94
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.848     5.806     1.203     1.415     17.66     5.603     5.915     5.953     6.019     7.41    2.40
     620 Oth Synth Filam   4.687     3.322     1.301     0.780    -40.02     3.801     3.371     3.444     2.801   -26.31    0.27
     622 Glass Fabric      2.328     2.484     0.588     0.958     62.91     2.549     2.573     2.702     2.854    11.97    3.40
     669 Other MMF Manuf   3.951     2.156     0.883     0.350    -60.33     3.721     1.919     1.604     1.623   -56.39    0.04