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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | ARGENT       |                         |    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            10.495    11.841     1.819     1.940      6.62     9.596    12.015    12.047    11.962     24.65    0.01
       1 Apparel           1.751     2.254     0.268     0.346     28.75     1.640     2.354     2.327     2.331     42.13    0.00
       2 Non-Apparel       8.745     9.587     1.551     1.594      2.79     7.956     9.660     9.720     9.630     21.05    0.04
      11 Yarns             1.809     0.824     0.184     0.151    -17.88     1.582     0.779     0.853     0.791    -49.99    0.05
      12 Fabrics           5.540     8.002     1.132     1.309     15.60     5.155     8.157     8.159     8.179     58.66    0.15
      14 Made Ups / Mis    1.396     0.761     0.235     0.134    -42.72     1.219     0.724     0.708     0.660    -45.82    0.00
      30 Cotton Product    1.288     1.853     0.174     0.278     59.44     1.185     1.932     1.942     1.956     65.08    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.965     1.717     0.143     0.211     47.42     0.924     1.793     1.768     1.785     93.11    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Appare    0.322     0.136     0.031     0.067    114.41     0.261     0.138     0.174     0.172    -34.16    0.00
      40 Wool Products     2.545     1.277     0.311     0.262    -15.81     2.366     1.261     1.335     1.228    -48.09    0.03
      41 Wool Apparel      0.104     0.078     0.005     0.059   1213.17     0.105     0.130     0.133     0.133     26.31    0.00
      42 Wool Non-Appar    2.441     1.199     0.307     0.203    -33.85     2.260     1.131     1.202     1.095    -51.55    0.11
      60 MMF Products      6.645     8.688     1.330     1.397      5.08     6.029     8.801     8.750     8.755     45.22    0.02
      61 MMF Apparel       0.673     0.441     0.118     0.075    -36.29     0.602     0.414     0.410     0.398    -33.95    0.00
      62 MMF Non-Appare    5.972     8.247     1.212     1.322      9.10     5.427     8.386     8.339     8.358     54.00    0.06
      80 S and V Produc    0.018     0.023     0.004     0.003    -32.17     0.016     0.021     0.020     0.022     33.78    0.00
      81 S and V Appare    0.009     0.018     0.003     0.001    -81.68     0.009     0.017     0.016     0.016     84.58    0.00
      82 S and V Non-Ap    0.009     0.005     0.001     0.002     97.21     0.008     0.004     0.004     0.006    -23.60    0.00

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     222 Knit Fabric       2.134     1.948     0.341     0.432     26.54     1.796     1.976     1.932     2.038     13.50    0.33
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa    2.693     3.658     0.630     0.705     11.94     2.653     3.795     3.802     3.733     40.71    1.21
     229 Special Fabric    0.008     1.670     0.000     0.000       *       0.008     1.670     1.670     1.670  21566.17    0.14

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.623     0.611     0.133     0.101    -24.39     1.440     0.564     0.630     0.578    -59.87    0.44