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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _SUB-SAHARA  |                         |    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           231.670   237.636    57.249    58.944      2.96   235.193   237.386   240.758   239.331     1.76    0.45
       1 Apparel         220.353   221.937    51.978    53.774      3.46   219.900   220.772   225.147   223.734     1.74    0.95
       2 Non-Apparel      11.317    15.699     5.271     5.170     -1.93    15.293    16.615    15.610    15.597     1.99    0.05
      11 Yarns             0.445     0.482     0.061     0.141    130.17     0.380     0.567     0.541     0.562    47.87    0.02
      12 Fabrics           9.066    13.833     4.915     4.462     -9.20    13.117    14.569    13.662    13.381     2.01    0.14
      14 Made Ups / Misc   1.807     1.383     0.296     0.566     91.63     1.796     1.478     1.407     1.654    -7.88    0.01
      30 Cotton Products 145.222   129.619    32.797    33.399      1.84   141.115   127.350   130.901   130.221    -7.72    0.69
      31 Cotton Apparel  144.272   129.095    32.666    33.097      1.32   140.185   126.868   130.430   129.526    -7.60    1.06
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   0.950     0.524     0.131     0.301    130.30     0.930     0.482     0.471     0.695   -25.30    0.01
      40 Wool Products     1.008     0.793     0.091     0.172     89.24     0.945     0.876     0.862     0.875    -7.49    0.26
      41 Wool Apparel      0.485     0.266     0.023     0.027     18.08     0.488     0.268     0.272     0.271   -44.56    0.10
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.523     0.527     0.068     0.145    113.52     0.457     0.608     0.590     0.604    32.07    0.82
      60 MMF Products     84.657   106.768    24.308    25.188      3.62    92.444   108.574   108.405   107.648    16.45    0.32
      61 MMF Apparel      75.441    92.510    19.272    20.629      7.04    79.089    93.565    94.373    93.867    18.69    0.87
      62 MMF Non-Apparel   9.217    14.258     5.036     4.559     -9.46    13.355    15.008    14.032    13.781     3.19    0.06
      80 S and V Product   0.782     0.456     0.054     0.185    242.85     0.689     0.586     0.590     0.587   -14.75    0.09
      81 S and V Apparel   0.154     0.066     0.017     0.021     21.41     0.139     0.070     0.073     0.070   -49.46    0.02
      82 S and V Non-App   0.628     0.390     0.037     0.164    346.72     0.550     0.516     0.517     0.517    -6.01    0.16

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     222 Knit Fabric       0.710     1.285     0.424     0.570     34.30     1.099     1.546     1.553     1.431    30.20    0.09
     223 Non-Woven Fabri   2.382     8.134     1.948     3.423     75.70     3.811     9.360     9.191     9.609   152.16    0.34
     229 Special Fabric    4.926     3.201     2.492     0.120    -95.17     7.271     2.261     1.518     0.829   -88.60    0.03
     237 Playsuit,Sunsui   0.850     0.476     0.181     0.097    -46.18     0.972     0.409     0.406     0.393   -59.58    0.90
     239 Baby Garm / Acc   8.334     7.479     1.708     2.030     18.86     8.324     7.374     7.733     7.801    -6.28    1.02

Cotton:
     335 W/G Cot. Coats    1.187     0.758     0.006     0.064   1004.76     0.976     0.788     0.788     0.816   -16.36    0.21
     336 Cotton Dresses    0.574     1.119     0.518     0.136    -73.63     1.008     1.195     0.914     0.738   -26.73    0.12
     338 Knit Shirts,MB    9.276     6.650     1.819     1.786     -1.84     8.547     6.644     6.805     6.616   -22.59    0.60
     339 W/G Knit Blouse  14.038    10.430     3.399     2.115    -37.76    13.463     9.896     9.731     9.146   -32.07    0.78
     340 N-Knt Shirts,MB  15.415    19.491     4.213     4.889     16.02    16.570    19.339    20.010    20.166    21.71    3.07
     341 W/G N-Knt Blous   0.588     0.934     0.276     0.178    -35.44     0.743     0.887     0.871     0.836    12.49    0.39
     342 Cotton Skirts     0.830     0.756     0.413     0.486     17.66     1.099     0.638     0.692     0.829   -24.58    0.62
     347 Cot.M/B Trouser  35.575    29.650     7.765     6.433    -17.16    34.682    28.479    28.704    28.318   -18.35    2.66
     348 W/G Slacks, etc  54.293    44.956    11.401    13.038     14.35    49.842    44.846    46.785    46.592    -6.52    3.09
     352 Cotton Underwea   0.071     0.170     0.000     0.524  517718.2     0.062     0.328     0.580     0.694  1014.78    0.04
     359 Oth. Cot. App.    3.054     6.563     1.108     1.260     13.71     3.970     6.362     6.611     6.715    69.12    1.26

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.425     0.448     0.050     0.132    166.83     0.361     0.536     0.514     0.531    47.02    1.85
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.272     0.030     0.000     0.000    -16.67     0.272     0.030     0.030     0.030   -88.95    0.11
     440 NK Shirts,Blous   0.000     0.006     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.006     0.006     0.006  2150.00    0.65
     445 Wool Sweater,MB   0.034     0.045     0.000     0.000    120.00     0.034     0.045     0.045     0.045    31.87    0.73
     446 Wool Sweater,WG   0.011     0.031     0.000     0.001   3550.00     0.011     0.031     0.031     0.031   198.12    0.12

Man-Made Fiber:
     620 Oth Synth Filam   0.533     0.944     0.008     0.316   3629.62     0.519     1.133     1.153     1.251   141.33    0.12
     632 Hosiery           0.753     0.611     0.160     0.120    -25.27     0.797     0.599     0.631     0.571   -28.38    0.10
     634 Other Coats, MB   1.223     1.612     0.095     0.064    -32.36     1.284     1.628     1.634     1.581    23.16    0.39
     635 Coats, W/G        2.737     4.183     0.387     0.122    -68.59     2.431     4.028     3.969     3.918    61.17    0.76
     636 Dresses           0.699     1.929     0.585     0.248    -57.69     1.104     1.922     1.814     1.592    44.16    0.13
     638 Knit Shirts, MB  14.640    20.657     5.219     7.874     50.88    15.946    21.697    22.678    23.312    46.19    2.86
     639 Knit Blouses,WG  17.844    19.083     5.183     4.212    -18.75    20.383    18.683    18.436    18.111   -11.15    2.02
     640 N-K Shirts, MB    1.386     1.735     0.345     0.119    -65.39     0.920     1.577     1.599     1.510    64.08    1.11
     641 N-K Blouses, WG   0.683     0.478     0.097     0.181     87.78     0.618     0.536     0.484     0.563    -8.97    0.24
     647 Trousers,etc MB  12.319    13.171     3.193     2.691    -15.73    12.367    13.466    13.505    12.668     2.44    2.35
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   11.836    13.115     2.500     3.065     22.62    12.270    13.460    13.545    13.681    11.50    3.24
     650 Dress Gown,Robe   0.600     0.242     0.000     0.000    700.00     0.589     0.242     0.242     0.243   -58.82    0.09
     652 M-MF Underwear    3.181     2.427     0.043     0.007    -82.75     3.156     2.391     2.391     2.391   -24.22    0.36
     659 Oth. MMF App.     5.911    11.276     1.031     1.630     58.15     5.455    11.383    11.519    11.875   117.69    0.47