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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | GERMANY      |                         |    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           266.471   286.363    66.116    69.655      5.35   272.912   287.398   288.642   289.902      6.23    0.28
       1 Apparel          24.694    26.974     5.665     5.509     -2.74    25.671    27.104    27.287    26.819      4.47    0.03
       2 Non-Apparel     241.776   259.389    60.451    64.145      6.11   247.241   260.295   261.356   263.083      6.41    1.10
      11 Yarns            44.899    46.562    10.572    10.973      3.79    45.504    46.636    46.892    46.963      3.21    3.08
      12 Fabrics         160.882   176.427    40.973    43.744      6.76   165.663   176.482   177.705   179.197      8.17    3.19
      14 Made Ups / Mis   35.995    36.400     8.906     9.429      5.87    36.074    37.176    36.759    36.923      2.35    0.22
      30 Cotton Product   30.458    34.158    10.111     8.545    -15.49    33.929    34.353    33.684    32.592     -3.94    0.06
      31 Cotton Apparel    5.058     6.313     2.164     2.257      4.31     5.548     6.581     6.716     6.406     15.46    0.01
      32 Cot Non-Appare   25.400    27.845     7.948     6.288    -20.88    28.381    27.772    26.968    26.186     -7.74    0.30
      40 Wool Products    21.619    21.749     3.457     5.289     53.00    20.381    23.446    23.888    23.582     15.70    0.48
      41 Wool Apparel      4.923     4.991     0.683     0.454    -33.55     5.181     4.901     4.978     4.762     -8.10    0.12
      42 Wool Non-Appar   16.697    16.759     2.774     4.835     74.32    15.200    18.545    18.910    18.820     23.82    1.91
      60 MMF Products    210.615   225.733    51.292    54.543      6.34   214.540   224.997   226.374   228.984      6.73    0.54
      61 MMF Apparel      13.789    14.557     2.400     2.463      2.64    13.941    14.511    14.514    14.621      4.87    0.05
      62 MMF Non-Appare  196.826   211.176    48.893    52.080      6.52   200.599   210.486   211.860   214.363      6.86    1.56
      80 S and V Produc    3.779     4.723     1.256     1.278      1.76     4.062     4.602     4.696     4.745     16.83    0.26
      81 S and V Appare    0.925     1.113     0.418     0.335    -19.83     1.000     1.110     1.078     1.031      3.02    0.07
      82 S and V Non-Ap    2.853     3.610     0.838     0.942     12.53     3.061     3.492     3.618     3.715     21.34    0.87

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th   11.117    10.707     2.420     2.312     -4.45    10.953    10.638    10.788    10.599     -3.23    5.20
     201 Specialty Yarn    3.227     4.192     0.931     1.010      8.54     3.280     4.097     4.090     4.271     30.21    1.72
     222 Knit Fabric       5.478     9.666     1.926     2.179     13.11     6.302     9.833     9.753     9.919     57.41    1.60
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   86.445    96.910    22.746    22.874      0.56    90.244    95.663    96.102    97.038      7.53   10.08
     229 Special Fabric   24.604    24.012     5.163     6.537     26.60    24.098    24.030    25.311    25.385      5.34    2.13

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin    2.261     3.888     0.966     0.997      3.21     2.865     3.912     3.808     3.919     36.79    1.21
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    1.677     1.464     0.375     0.279    -25.52     1.544     1.573     1.291     1.368    -11.37    1.26
     317 Twill Fabric      1.607     2.337     0.523     0.902     72.55     1.958     2.799     2.923     2.716     38.68    2.79
     360 Pillowcases       0.297     0.287     0.060     0.027    -55.08     0.333     0.274     0.281     0.254    -23.74    0.08
     361 Cotton Sheets     1.383     1.166     0.243     0.085    -65.21     1.524     1.116     1.083     1.007    -33.90    0.07
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu    8.066     8.222     2.968     1.227    -58.66     9.237     7.572     7.060     6.481    -29.84    0.20

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        5.971     6.042     1.021     1.252     22.61     6.019     6.335     6.484     6.273      4.23    4.74
     410 Wool Woven Fab    0.627     1.928     0.121     0.312    157.36     0.649     1.969     1.994     2.119    226.27    2.13
     414 Oth Wool Fabri    4.269     5.519     1.019     1.385     35.93     4.343     5.676     5.838     5.885     35.50    8.08
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.280     0.357     0.038     0.020    -46.40     0.309     0.333     0.333     0.339      9.82    0.09
     459 Oth.Wool Appar    1.938     1.812     0.136     0.065    -52.51     1.940     1.802     1.769     1.741    -10.28    0.48
     465 Floor Covering    5.620     2.995     0.566     1.845    226.21     4.001     4.297     4.324     4.275      6.86    0.66

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     3.611     3.192     0.890     0.570    -35.93     3.652     3.047     2.911     2.872    -21.34    0.81
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    2.265     2.356     0.155     0.911    485.92     2.087     2.934     3.038     3.112     49.10    2.72
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   18.303    19.590     5.070     4.883     -3.69    19.100    19.142    19.108    19.403      1.58   10.62
     620 Oth Synth Fila    8.079     6.243     1.734     2.230     28.64     7.529     6.536     6.497     6.739    -10.49    1.31
     622 Glass Fabric      4.754     4.723     1.095     1.048     -4.22     4.914     4.681     4.702     4.676     -4.83    4.05
     659 Oth. MMF App.     8.643     8.427     0.681     0.959     40.89     8.491     8.446     8.485     8.705      2.52    0.24
     666 Other Furnishi    2.733     1.957     0.501     0.669     33.64     2.707     2.003     2.014     2.125    -21.48    0.07
     669 Other MMF Manu    5.812     5.099     1.216     0.881    -27.58     5.009     4.933     5.016     4.764     -4.90    0.42

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     800 S/V Yarns         0.102     0.026     0.003     0.010    188.51     0.090     0.027     0.036     0.033    -63.74    0.62
     899 Other S/V Manu    1.165     2.122     0.496     0.502      1.22     1.391     1.981     2.102     2.128     52.97    1.30