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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _EC12        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  3/2012 in Million $  |
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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          2793.876  3161.469   726.250   781.168      7.56  2891.949  3179.315  3202.508  3216.387     11.22    3.15
       1 Apparel        1262.909  1517.778   333.737   375.947     12.65  1310.803  1533.695  1549.867  1559.988     19.01    1.99
       2 Non-Apparel    1530.966  1643.691   392.513   405.221      3.24  1581.147  1645.620  1652.640  1656.399      4.76    6.92
      11 Yarns           173.442   194.737    51.286    53.887      5.07   185.928   196.315   196.530   197.338      6.14   12.94
      12 Fabrics         793.315   857.730   204.297   206.503      1.08   816.202   856.743   858.329   859.937      5.36   15.28
      14 Made Ups / Mis  564.209   591.223   136.930   144.830      5.77   579.017   592.562   597.782   599.124      3.47    3.57
      30 Cotton Product  735.375   796.735   216.883   226.813      4.58   760.043   803.266   805.860   806.664      6.13    1.52
      31 Cotton Apparel  368.937   418.292   122.369   134.766     10.13   379.087   424.828   426.580   430.690     13.61    0.97
      32 Cot Non-Appare  366.438   378.442    94.515    92.047     -2.61   380.955   378.438   379.280   375.975     -1.31    4.26
      40 Wool Products   719.000   864.881   137.548   152.440     10.83   742.943   870.057   876.596   879.773     18.42   17.95
      41 Wool Apparel    524.932   652.535    90.160    99.698     10.58   542.830   655.686   659.624   662.072     21.97   16.90
      42 Wool Non-Appar  194.067   212.346    47.387    52.743     11.30   200.113   214.370   216.973   217.701      8.79   22.09
      60 MMF Products   1206.877  1340.146   321.897   344.475      7.01  1247.633  1343.277  1355.667  1362.724      9.22    3.22
      61 MMF Apparel     303.802   370.331    91.290   107.949     18.25   321.011   374.901   384.078   386.990     20.55    1.35
      62 MMF Non-Appare  903.075   969.815   230.607   236.526      2.57   926.623   968.376   971.588   975.734      5.30    7.12
      80 S and V Produc  132.624   159.708    49.922    57.439     15.06   141.330   162.716   164.385   167.226     18.32    9.01
      81 S and V Appare   65.238    76.620    29.918    33.535     12.09    67.874    78.280    79.585    80.236     18.21    5.61
      82 S and V Non-Ap   67.386    83.088    20.004    23.905     19.50    73.456    84.436    84.800    86.989     18.42   20.42

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th   26.926    28.710     7.213     8.201     13.70    28.008    29.148    29.389    29.698      6.03   14.57
     201 Specialty Yarn   34.249    43.574    13.779    17.391     26.22    38.477    45.153    45.855    47.186     22.63   18.97
     218 Fab, Color Yar   44.402    44.592    10.751     9.149    -14.90    47.336    44.242    44.048    42.990     -9.18   35.02
     220 Spec. Weave, F   49.826    57.280    13.734    12.830     -6.58    51.931    56.879    56.666    56.376      8.56   31.56
     222 Knit Fabric      46.073    49.899     9.985    11.257     12.74    44.425    50.372    50.371    51.171     15.18    8.25
     223 Non-Woven Fabr  257.694   280.015    68.959    64.193     -6.91   269.695   276.275   274.133   275.249      2.06   28.60
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa   32.618    33.870     8.035     8.043      0.09    33.216    33.814    33.854    33.877      1.99   11.02
     225 Blue Denim Fab   21.383    15.365     3.847     4.314     12.14    15.759    14.801    15.398    15.832      0.46   18.92
     226 Cheesecloth,Ba    1.676     2.508     0.720     0.625    -13.15     1.960     2.466     2.477     2.413     23.12    4.52
     229 Special Fabric   82.514    88.721    22.417    22.856      1.96    84.506    88.735    90.004    89.160      5.51    7.48
     239 Baby Garm / Ac    5.459     8.654     2.070     2.493     20.45     5.484     8.996     9.043     9.077     65.52    0.36

Cotton:
     300 Carded Cot. Ya    1.949     2.653     0.588     0.876     48.94     2.177     2.777     2.851     2.941     35.08    3.90
     313 Cotton Sheetin    5.078     8.175     2.334     1.882    -19.38     6.507     8.087     7.683     7.722     18.68    2.39
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    5.144     6.107     1.595     1.615      1.29     5.354     6.447     6.149     6.127     14.44    5.65
     317 Twill Fabric      8.050     9.830     2.341     2.971     26.89     9.412    10.642    10.791    10.460     11.13   10.73
     326 Sateen Fabric     3.664     3.014     0.781     0.931     19.26     3.917     3.072     3.029     3.165    -19.20    7.58
     332 Cotton Hosiery    5.625     6.643     1.807     2.153     19.14     6.004     6.892     6.958     6.989     16.41    0.83
     333 Suit-Typ Coat,   12.458    14.467     5.017     5.808     15.76    13.134    14.571    14.750    15.258     16.17   13.07
     334 Oth. Coats, MB   14.806    19.969     4.253     4.904     15.30    15.500    20.133    20.180    20.619     33.03    1.84
     335 W/G Cot. Coats   30.159    34.770    11.946    13.967     16.92    32.160    35.618    36.510    36.792     14.40    2.93
     336 Cotton Dresses   28.948    37.949    14.067    18.632     32.45    31.430    39.986    40.891    42.514     35.26    3.63
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   23.078    31.472     8.454     9.699     14.74    25.024    32.195    32.699    32.718     30.74    0.50
     339 W/G Knit Blous   27.719    32.332    11.076    10.114     -8.69    28.078    32.091    31.637    31.369     11.72    0.42
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   61.320    72.064    16.778    18.382      9.56    63.210    73.195    73.753    73.668     16.54    2.46
     342 Cotton Skirts     7.752     8.838     3.498     3.653      4.44     8.055     8.992     9.013     8.993     11.65    1.69
     345 Cotton Sweater    8.648    10.209     5.116     5.463      6.80     9.554    10.752    10.611    10.556     10.49    1.13
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse   46.914    54.388    10.931    11.725      7.26    47.280    54.415    54.519    55.182     16.71    0.93
     348 W/G Slacks, et   49.942    37.595    12.459    10.464    -16.01    47.239    36.745    35.717    35.601    -24.64    0.54
     351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ    2.773     2.932     0.724     0.866     19.64     2.708     3.057     2.944     3.074     13.51    0.38
     359 Oth. Cot. App.   15.943    17.708     4.825     6.568     36.13    16.081    18.486    18.988    19.451     20.95    1.65
     360 Pillowcases      15.232    13.944     3.046     2.498    -17.99    15.914    13.638    13.427    13.395    -15.83    3.97
     361 Cotton Sheets    63.124    53.988    11.158    10.968     -1.70    65.250    54.037    53.779    53.798    -17.55    3.78
     362 Bedsprds/Quilt   46.436    45.091    12.730     9.140    -28.20    48.100    43.789    42.628    41.500    -13.72    4.60
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu   85.474   101.791    27.489    28.760      4.62    92.229   102.003   104.008   103.062     11.75    3.12

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns       37.990    42.208    11.232     8.426    -24.98    40.809    41.855    40.841    39.401     -3.45   29.75
     410 Wool Woven Fab   42.733    49.132    10.258    14.550     41.85    43.161    49.709    52.087    53.425     23.78   53.60
     414 Oth Wool Fabri   32.611    38.016     8.605     9.348      8.63    33.941    38.546    38.703    38.759     14.20   53.24
     431 Wool Glov/Mitn    1.196     1.547     0.120     0.111     -7.36     1.247     1.527     1.597     1.538     23.36    6.28
     432 Wool Hosiery      5.458     5.893     0.683     0.867     26.95     5.511     5.954     5.988     6.077     10.26   20.70
     433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB   55.020    76.262    15.989    20.317     27.07    59.841    78.083    80.157    80.590     34.67   19.81
     434 Oth. Coats, M/   15.863    22.803     1.730     1.879      8.62    16.493    22.867    22.842    22.953     39.17    9.97
     435 W/G Coats, Woo   70.752    89.625     7.745     7.191     -7.14    72.766    89.249    88.697    89.072     22.41   16.09
     436 Wool Dresses     34.616    44.040     3.393     3.970     17.00    35.672    43.813    44.033    44.616     25.07   32.51
     438 K Shirts,Blous   39.423    46.359     4.336     4.473      3.16    40.157    46.749    46.637    46.496     15.79   11.68
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    2.234     2.604     0.208     0.294     41.10     2.121     2.654     2.656     2.689     26.80   19.12
     442 Wool Skirts       8.523    10.480     0.732     0.964     31.73     8.669    10.514    10.496    10.712     23.57   19.37
     443 Wool Suits,M/B   97.186   109.806    27.474    26.451     -3.72   100.657   109.993   109.416   108.784      8.07   22.45
     444 Wool Suits,W/G    2.214     2.415     0.629     0.433    -31.15     2.518     2.291     2.396     2.219    -11.88   10.07
     445 Wool Sweater,M   30.231    36.567     2.825     4.297     52.11    30.363    37.323    37.877    38.039     25.28   19.40
     446 Wool Sweater,W   46.943    66.932     5.258     5.645      7.35    47.741    66.883    67.310    67.318     41.01   11.35
     447 Wool Trousers,   33.719    39.111     9.102    10.145     11.45    35.689    38.887    39.544    40.154     12.51   13.37
     448 Wool Slacks,W/   14.132    18.493     2.089     1.727    -17.33    14.617    18.167    18.193    18.131     24.04   17.02
     459 Oth.Wool Appar   66.673    78.512     7.755    10.881     40.30    67.988    79.654    80.737    81.638     20.08   22.61
     464 Wool Blankets    15.461     7.216     1.370     1.678     22.46    15.794     7.486     7.554     7.523    -52.36   33.07
     465 Floor Covering   63.917    74.139    15.607    18.346     17.55    64.968    75.208    76.189    76.878     18.33   11.87

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn    24.234    24.583     5.217     3.549    -31.97    25.234    23.646    23.052    22.915     -9.19    6.46
     603 Yarn>85% artif    2.444     2.421     0.601     0.652      8.43     2.643     2.437     2.487     2.471     -6.50    3.72
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    4.358     4.003     0.483     1.197    147.86     4.374     4.589     4.646     4.717      7.86    4.12
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   36.608    42.171    11.324    12.317      8.77    39.596    42.211    42.625    43.165      9.01   23.62
     607 Oth Stpl Fib Y    1.825     1.484     0.261     0.169    -35.38     1.654     1.446     1.437     1.392    -15.85    2.75
     618 Wov Artif Fila    4.836     7.104     1.448     1.764     21.79     5.302     7.240     7.393     7.420     39.94   24.23
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.191     5.255     1.092     1.468     34.44     4.713     5.480     5.396     5.631     19.49    3.06
     620 Oth Synth Fila   51.274    52.839    12.729    12.415     -2.47    53.113    52.981    52.801    52.525     -1.11   10.18
     622 Glass Fabric     15.981    16.206     3.741     3.435     -8.16    16.115    16.113    16.141    15.901     -1.32   13.76
     629 Oth Stap/Fil F   18.535    19.959     4.515     4.284     -5.11    18.710    20.060    20.055    19.728      5.44   19.14
     632 Hosiery          10.650     9.767     2.273     2.164     -4.79    11.306     9.541     9.537     9.658    -14.57    1.09
     634 Other Coats, M   11.893    14.386     3.240     3.714     14.62    12.371    14.378    14.571    14.860     20.12    0.88
     635 Coats, W/G       39.836    49.805    13.147    12.909     -1.81    43.492    49.540    50.148    49.567     13.97    2.59
     636 Dresses          69.477    92.070    23.116    31.328     35.53    74.469    94.140    97.569   100.282     34.66    3.60
     639 Knit Blouses,W   25.115    28.922     8.104     9.378     15.72    26.329    29.662    30.146    30.196     14.69    0.89
     643 MMF Suits, M/B    0.874     1.089     0.330     0.259    -21.56     1.008     1.140     1.107     1.018      0.95    1.32
     644 MMF W/G Suits     0.552     0.744     0.165     0.059    -64.39     0.560     0.669     0.669     0.637     13.92    0.66
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   11.657    13.830     3.587     4.685     30.62    11.797    14.370    14.774    14.928     26.54    0.82
     652 M-MF Underwear    5.487     5.829     1.622     1.641      1.20     5.802     5.851     5.955     5.848      0.79    0.70
     659 Oth. MMF App.    74.907    88.183    19.039    23.836     25.20    78.382    89.002    91.949    92.979     18.62    2.51
     665 Floor Covering  125.151   137.846    30.007    33.475     11.56   124.878   137.487   139.328   141.314     13.16   14.15
     666 Other Furnishi   12.369    11.473     2.486     3.287     32.23    12.857    11.892    11.967    12.274     -4.54    0.40
     669 Other MMF Manu   22.180    25.038     5.293     5.451      3.00    21.401    25.170    25.355    25.197     17.74    2.22
     670 Flat Goods, et   86.163    81.547    18.578    19.457      4.73    86.247    81.405    82.938    82.426     -4.43    2.58

Other CWM:
     736 SILK Dresses     47.410    58.603    18.049    18.481      2.39    50.760    59.195    59.678    59.035     16.30   18.16
     758 SILK Neckwear    47.161    53.400    11.639    14.722     26.48    48.366    54.825    55.754    56.483     16.78   36.96

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     800 S/V Yarns         1.677     1.504     0.347     0.526     51.73     1.695     1.562     1.705     1.683     -0.71   32.20
     810 S/V Woven Fabr   47.244    53.546    12.897    14.309     10.94    50.641    53.948    54.142    54.957      8.52   41.48
     833 S/V S-T CoatsM    6.347     9.287     4.455     4.924     10.54     7.626     9.604     9.720     9.756     27.94   32.43
     835 S/V Coats W/G     6.653     6.227     3.457     3.429     -0.83     6.710     6.543     6.603     6.199     -7.61    8.35
     836 S/V Dresses       6.982     7.443     3.315     3.136     -5.43     7.039     7.280     7.164     7.264      3.20   10.91
     838 S/V K Shirts/B    4.756     5.523     2.512     2.872     14.34     4.992     5.773     5.674     5.883     17.85    3.98
     840 S/V Wov Shirts    6.333     6.948     2.929     3.437     17.33     5.941     6.911     7.168     7.456     25.49    4.30
     847 S/V Trousers M    4.043     5.072     2.697     2.449     -9.18     4.236     5.154     4.970     4.824     13.89    0.82
     858 S/V Neckwear      6.765     8.103     2.084     1.602    -23.14     7.532     7.731     7.818     7.621      1.18   51.60
     859 Oth. S/V Appar   17.167    20.882     5.512     7.752     40.62    17.393    21.722    22.426    23.121     32.93   14.70
     870 Luggage Silk/V    2.258     2.583     0.574     0.456    -20.45     2.262     2.537     2.532     2.465      9.01    2.90
     871 HBags FGoods S    4.836     4.034     1.360     1.026    -24.60     4.922     3.898     3.756     3.700    -24.84   11.26
     899 Other S/V Manu   11.098    21.195     4.788     7.538     57.44    13.711    22.263    22.438    23.945     74.65   14.60