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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | ITALY        |                         |    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          1423.897  1640.879   365.820   392.449      7.28  1470.463  1649.987  1661.253  1667.508     13.40    1.63
       1 Apparel         915.208  1101.142   239.607   263.364      9.92   948.001  1109.262  1117.450  1124.900     18.66    1.44
       2 Non-Apparel     508.688   539.737   126.213   129.085      2.28   522.463   540.725   543.802   542.608      3.86    2.27
      11 Yarns            59.362    62.319    14.940    11.564    -22.60    61.706    62.140    60.364    58.943     -4.48    3.87
      12 Fabrics         272.057   295.772    68.406    70.201      2.62   276.619   295.849   297.702   297.567      7.57    5.29
      14 Made Ups / Mis  177.268   181.646    42.867    47.320     10.39   184.138   182.736   185.736   186.098      1.06    1.11
      30 Cotton Product  410.369   452.110   125.804   130.831      4.00   421.005   455.372   456.558   457.137      8.58    0.86
      31 Cotton Apparel  255.574   286.621    84.728    88.512      4.47   262.486   289.355   288.896   290.406     10.64    0.66
      32 Cot Non-Appare  154.795   165.489    41.076    42.319      3.03   158.519   166.017   167.662   166.731      5.18    1.89
      40 Wool Products   498.218   604.420    94.576   102.205      8.07   514.543   606.273   610.173   612.050     18.95   12.48
      41 Wool Apparel    418.127   526.575    75.683    82.896      9.53   431.632   528.594   531.467   533.788     23.67   13.63
      42 Wool Non-Appar   80.091    77.845    18.892    19.309      2.21    82.911    77.679    78.706    78.262     -5.61    7.94
      60 MMF Products    444.785   500.184   115.923   126.165      8.83   459.130   502.994   508.308   510.425     11.17    1.21
      61 MMF Apparel     196.447   234.119    57.370    68.090     18.69   206.142   236.565   241.417   244.839     18.77    0.86
      62 MMF Non-Appare  248.337   266.065    58.554    58.075     -0.82   252.988   266.429   266.891   265.586      4.98    1.94
      80 S and V Produc   70.525    84.165    29.517    33.248     12.64    75.785    85.348    86.213    87.896     15.98    4.74
      81 S and V Appare   45.060    53.827    21.827    23.867      9.35    47.740    54.748    55.670    55.867     17.02    3.91
      82 S and V Non-Ap   25.465    30.338     7.691     9.381     21.98    28.045    30.600    30.543    32.029     14.21    7.52

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th    4.130     5.732     1.549     1.746     12.76     4.513     5.781     5.609     5.930     31.40    2.91
     201 Specialty Yarn    7.708     7.387     1.453     2.116     45.58     7.417     7.520     7.698     8.049      8.52    3.24
     218 Fab, Color Yar   33.548    33.181     8.024     6.951    -13.37    35.732    32.912    32.907    32.108    -10.14   26.16
     220 Spec. Weave, F   27.538    29.368     6.702     7.020      4.74    28.069    29.384    29.388    29.686      5.76   16.62
     222 Knit Fabric      29.961    31.248     6.521     6.883      5.55    29.588    31.412    31.470    31.609      6.83    5.10
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   33.364    43.052     9.069     8.744     -3.59    34.507    43.221    42.615    42.726     23.82    4.44
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa   12.485    15.215     3.302     3.316      0.40    13.061    15.062    15.195    15.228     16.60    4.95
     225 Blue Denim Fab   20.417    14.913     3.805     4.081      7.25    14.956    14.300    14.906    15.189      1.56   18.15
     229 Special Fabric   13.250    14.566     4.143     2.854    -31.13    14.132    14.650    14.359    13.277     -6.05    1.11

Cotton:
     317 Twill Fabric      5.201     5.314     1.350     1.594     18.09     5.870     5.509     5.714     5.558     -5.31    5.70
     326 Sateen Fabric     2.918     1.967     0.423     0.615     45.60     2.883     2.056     2.082     2.160    -25.09    5.17
     332 Cotton Hosiery    3.538     4.104     1.190     1.384     16.23     3.779     4.192     4.162     4.297     13.69    0.51
     333 Suit-Typ Coat,   10.289    11.278     4.055     4.678     15.37    10.608    11.312    11.481    11.901     12.19   10.19
     335 W/G Cot. Coats   17.189    21.100     7.741     7.097     -8.31    19.547    21.136    21.132    20.457      4.66    1.63
     336 Cotton Dresses   18.012    23.975     9.111    12.225     34.18    19.532    25.250    26.069    27.088     38.69    2.31
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   49.364    57.274    13.178    13.817      4.85    50.564    57.746    57.997    57.913     14.53    1.93
     342 Cotton Skirts     4.642     6.230     2.404     2.603      8.28     5.119     6.457     6.408     6.429     25.59    1.21
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse   43.415    50.228     9.551    10.166      6.44    43.419    50.065    50.179    50.843     17.10    0.86
     348 W/G Slacks, et   40.911    30.844    10.009     8.067    -19.40    38.675    30.077    28.812    28.902    -25.27    0.44
     359 Oth. Cot. App.    8.390     8.580     2.668     3.551     33.08     8.511     9.224     9.362     9.463     11.18    0.80
     360 Pillowcases       4.160     3.850     0.955     0.910     -4.76     4.290     3.866     3.787     3.804    -11.33    1.13
     361 Cotton Sheets    14.628    14.068     2.977     3.266      9.70    14.733    14.656    14.477    14.357     -2.55    1.01
     362 Bedsprds/Quilt   14.209    13.713     3.471     3.382     -2.57    14.523    13.724    13.473    13.624     -6.19    1.51
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu   29.347    43.600    11.226    13.417     19.52    33.751    44.203    46.167    45.792     35.68    1.38

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns       24.344    26.670     7.912     4.211    -46.77    26.288    26.045    24.516    22.969    -12.62   17.34
     410 Wool Woven Fab   34.168    36.898     8.283    11.785     42.27    34.361    37.137    39.475    40.400     17.57   40.53
     414 Oth Wool Fabri    4.118     4.958     0.850     1.252     47.25     4.261     5.180     5.270     5.359     25.77    7.36
     431 Wool Glov/Mitn    0.826     0.956     0.047     0.046     -2.99     0.827     0.941     0.954     0.955     15.42    3.90
     432 Wool Hosiery      3.621     3.932     0.369     0.544     47.34     3.609     4.024     4.017     4.107     13.80   13.99
     433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB   50.008    70.700    15.086    19.078     26.46    54.719    72.314    74.088    74.691     36.50   18.36
     434 Oth. Coats, M/   13.416    20.049     1.519     1.596      5.09    13.998    20.114    20.060    20.127     43.79    8.74
     435 W/G Coats, Woo   51.267    63.022     5.661     5.307     -6.25    52.695    62.657    62.256    62.668     18.93   11.32
     436 Wool Dresses     26.301    35.089     2.920     2.580    -11.64    27.294    34.726    34.568    34.749     27.31   25.32
     438 K Shirts,Blous   33.732    40.274     3.491     3.822      9.50    34.147    40.707    40.702    40.606     18.91   10.20
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    1.523     1.887     0.167     0.189     13.32     1.452     1.904     1.901     1.909     31.43   13.57
     442 Wool Skirts       5.840     7.240     0.565     0.635     12.34     5.959     7.234     7.171     7.310     22.66   13.22
     443 Wool Suits,M/B   90.271   102.881    24.860    24.607     -1.02    92.489   103.117   102.733   102.628     10.96   21.18
     444 Wool Suits,W/G    1.943     2.231     0.596     0.396    -33.57     2.224     2.105     2.210     2.031     -8.70    9.21
     445 Wool Sweater,M   22.690    26.238     2.296     3.156     37.44    22.753    26.524    26.960    27.097     19.09   13.82
     446 Wool Sweater,W   35.169    52.054     3.973     4.193      5.54    35.792    51.888    52.134    52.274     46.05    8.81
     447 Wool Trousers,   30.005    33.150     7.474     8.599     15.06    31.096    32.698    33.352    34.276     10.23   11.41
     448 Wool Slacks,W/   11.708    15.245     1.750     1.340    -23.46    12.096    14.954    14.913    14.834     22.64   13.93
     459 Oth.Wool Appar   39.338    50.832     4.857     6.776     39.50    40.012    51.901    52.671    52.751     31.84   14.61
     464 Wool Blankets    13.123     4.599     0.877     1.036     18.12    13.483     4.727     4.781     4.758    -64.71   20.91
     465 Floor Covering    3.447     3.978     0.850     0.787     -7.48     3.631     3.896     3.908     3.914      7.78    0.60

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn    16.651    16.852     2.955     1.724    -41.66    17.062    16.592    16.164    15.621     -8.45    4.40
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    2.350     2.212     0.564     1.056     87.20     2.254     2.469     2.631     2.704     19.94    1.48
     618 Wov Artif Fila    3.704     5.956     1.101     1.465     33.06     4.208     6.087     6.270     6.320     50.17   20.64
     620 Oth Synth Fila    6.613     8.556     2.421     1.520    -37.21     7.692     8.199     7.930     7.656     -0.48    1.48
     622 Glass Fabric      4.256     2.943     0.658     0.600     -8.81     4.036     3.004     2.882     2.885    -28.51    2.50
     629 Oth Stap/Fil F   11.315    11.921     2.593     2.554     -1.53    11.068    11.897    11.902    11.881      7.35   11.53
     632 Hosiery           9.046     8.253     1.868     1.708     -8.58     9.699     8.005     7.992     8.092    -16.56    0.91
     635 Coats, W/G       24.217    28.840     7.354     6.905     -6.11    25.591    28.556    28.348    28.391     10.94    1.48
     636 Dresses          48.618    61.494    15.725    22.137     40.77    51.585    63.036    65.337    67.906     31.64    2.44
     643 MMF Suits, M/B    0.827     0.961     0.301     0.237    -21.03     0.939     1.011     0.980     0.897     -4.38    1.16
     652 M-MF Underwear    3.502     3.480     0.948     0.929     -2.04     3.649     3.462     3.479     3.461     -5.17    0.42
     659 Oth. MMF App.    47.197    57.888    12.657    14.948     18.10    50.091    58.548    60.137    60.179     20.14    1.63
     665 Floor Covering    5.910     7.740     1.887     1.682    -10.84     6.658     7.385     7.585     7.535     13.17    0.75
     666 Other Furnishi    3.181     3.699     0.818     0.772     -5.63     3.373     3.728     3.624     3.653      8.28    0.12
     669 Other MMF Manu    4.385     5.780     1.294     1.144    -11.61     4.318     5.890     5.762     5.630     30.38    0.50
     670 Flat Goods, et   74.658    68.963    15.838    16.514      4.27    74.454    68.761    70.170    69.639     -6.47    2.18

Other CWM:
     758 SILK Neckwear    36.244    39.420     7.997    10.332     29.19    36.170    40.515    41.154    41.755     15.44   27.32

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     800 S/V Yarns         0.335     0.428     0.104     0.142     36.40     0.375     0.471     0.511     0.466     24.25    8.91
     810 S/V Woven Fabr   17.222    20.362     5.395     5.426      0.58    19.040    20.293    20.135    20.394      7.11   15.39
     833 S/V S-T CoatsM    5.781     8.753     4.218     4.660     10.49     7.098     9.037     9.176     9.196     29.56   30.57
     835 S/V Coats W/G     4.780     4.784     2.643     2.592     -1.94     4.928     4.981     5.026     4.732     -3.98    6.38
     836 S/V Dresses       4.258     4.722     2.206     2.079     -5.76     4.267     4.589     4.550     4.595      7.70    6.90
     840 S/V Wov Shirts    4.149     5.284     2.156     2.403     11.48     4.383     5.246     5.290     5.531     26.20    3.19
     847 S/V Trousers M    2.840     3.881     2.178     1.999     -8.22     3.380     3.987     3.804     3.702      9.54    0.63
     858 S/V Neckwear      6.202     7.417     1.852     1.369    -26.05     6.868     7.016     7.173     6.934      0.96   46.96
     859 Oth. S/V Appar    9.600    10.966     3.077     4.154     35.01     9.538    11.211    11.681    12.043     26.26    7.66
     899 Other S/V Manu    3.835     4.929     0.702     2.740    290.13     3.944     5.312     5.571     6.967     76.67    4.25