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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | NICARAG      |                         |    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          1018.195  1357.839   272.094   347.965     27.88  1069.554  1402.788  1428.624  1433.710     34.05    1.40
       1 Apparel        1017.483  1356.920   271.809   347.811     27.96  1068.913  1401.834  1427.628  1432.921     34.05    1.83
       2 Non-Apparel       0.712     0.919     0.285     0.154    -45.91     0.641     0.955     0.996     0.788     23.01    0.00
      11 Yarns             0.003     0.002     0.001     0.001    -17.22     0.004     0.002     0.002     0.002    -40.15    0.00
      12 Fabrics           0.378     0.768     0.256     0.107    -58.33     0.416     0.789     0.833     0.619     48.63    0.01
      14 Made Ups / Mis    0.331     0.148     0.028     0.047     66.62     0.221     0.164     0.161     0.167    -24.27    0.00
      30 Cotton Product  764.806  1032.817   205.862   263.361     27.93   790.991  1070.290  1091.775  1090.316     37.84    2.05
      31 Cotton Apparel  764.334  1032.261   205.763   263.275     27.95   790.658  1069.739  1091.171  1089.773     37.83    2.46
      32 Cot Non-Appare    0.473     0.556     0.099     0.086    -12.86     0.333     0.551     0.604     0.543     63.28    0.01
      40 Wool Products     0.019     0.019     0.001     0.012   1360.92     0.019     0.018     0.018     0.030     54.58    0.00
      41 Wool Apparel      0.019     0.019     0.001     0.012   1360.92     0.019     0.018     0.018     0.030     54.58    0.00
      60 MMF Products    253.306   324.657    66.231    84.584     27.71   278.485   332.134   336.483   343.010     23.17    0.81
      61 MMF Apparel     253.068   324.294    66.045    84.515     27.97   278.178   331.730   336.091   342.765     23.22    1.20
      62 MMF Non-Appare    0.238     0.363     0.186     0.068    -63.45     0.308     0.404     0.392     0.245    -20.41    0.00
      80 S and V Produc    0.062     0.347     0.001     0.009    701.03     0.058     0.347     0.348     0.354    509.70    0.02
      81 S and V Appare    0.061     0.347     0.001     0.009    701.03     0.058     0.347     0.348     0.354    513.50    0.02
      82 S and V Non-Ap    0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -100.00    0.00

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     237 Playsuit,Sunsu    0.059     0.752     0.010     0.000    -95.65     0.052     0.751     0.742     0.742   1323.84    0.76
     239 Baby Garm / Ac    4.496     8.228     0.760     1.678    120.82     4.943     8.597     8.843     9.146     85.04    0.36

Cotton:
     334 Oth. Coats, MB    0.019     1.928     0.023     0.105    359.46     0.040     1.928     1.980     2.011   4919.96    0.18
     336 Cotton Dresses    2.388     1.080     0.358     0.183    -48.95     2.730     1.070     1.008     0.904    -66.87    0.08
     338 Knit Shirts,MB  162.889   268.320    53.134    52.929     -0.39   175.576   270.617   271.533   268.115     52.71    4.07
     339 W/G Knit Blous  291.716   325.730    69.165   112.754     63.02   282.016   352.146   365.305   369.319     30.96    4.94
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   27.770    44.659     6.861     8.375     22.07    29.869    46.144    46.605    46.173     54.59    1.54
     341 W/G N-Knt Blou    1.500     2.451     0.441     0.595     35.09     1.490     2.603     2.615     2.606     74.85    0.20
     342 Cotton Skirts     1.160     2.028     0.023     0.289   1132.32     1.139     2.053     2.148     2.293    101.36    0.43
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse  146.264   218.936    41.568    59.679     43.57   161.456   228.247   235.066   237.047     46.82    3.99
     348 W/G Slacks, et   78.352    83.116    20.606    18.306    -11.16    78.790    80.256    81.632    80.817      2.57    1.23
     350 Dress. Gown et    0.037     3.380     0.778     1.942    149.58     0.804     4.005     4.183     4.544    465.35    1.25
     351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ    2.303     0.758     0.076     0.828    993.81     1.759     0.904     1.102     1.510    -14.12    0.19
     352 Cotton Underwe   46.085    71.614    11.882     5.693    -52.09    50.800    71.223    69.264    65.425     28.79    2.49

Man-Made Fiber:
     634 Other Coats, M   23.000    24.220     1.225     3.823    211.98    22.606    25.374    26.237    26.818     18.63    1.59
     635 Coats, W/G        9.346     9.832     0.831     2.585    211.22     8.849    10.740    11.467    11.586     30.93    0.61
     638 Knit Shirts, M   74.267   115.424    22.835    27.699     21.30    85.500   115.823   115.586   120.288     40.69    5.15
     639 Knit Blouses,W   41.130    47.589     9.545    14.605     53.01    43.268    50.854    51.929    52.650     21.68    1.54
     640 N-K Shirts, MB   12.740    10.954     3.765     2.140    -43.16    14.091    10.794    10.180     9.329    -33.79    2.02
     641 N-K Blouses, W    1.685     3.197     0.291     0.684    135.32     1.524     3.247     3.466     3.591    135.62    0.31
     647 Trousers,etc M   36.808    40.133    10.790    14.364     33.12    42.217    40.930    42.665    43.707      3.53    2.14
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   13.818    22.358     4.535     4.513     -0.49    15.179    22.784    22.344    22.336     47.15    1.23
     649 Bras/Ot Bod Su   18.844    19.273     4.947     4.758     -3.81    19.719    19.094    19.521    19.085     -3.21    0.99
     651 Nightwear/PJs     0.044     1.929     0.806     0.000   -100.00     0.843     1.927     1.341     1.124     33.30    0.15
     652 M-MF Underwear    8.342     8.462     1.403     2.593     84.80     7.770     8.328     9.109     9.652     24.22    1.16
     659 Oth. MMF App.    10.779    17.815     4.326     6.398     47.90    13.720    18.559    19.339    19.887     44.95    0.54