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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | CHINA T      |                         |    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           877.103   878.900   205.062   212.503      3.63   887.672   880.678   880.718   886.340     -0.15    0.87
       1 Apparel         469.367   435.997   112.409   104.140     -7.36   472.102   433.869   430.882   427.728     -9.40    0.55
       2 Non-Apparel     407.735   442.903    92.653   108.363     16.96   415.570   446.810   449.836   458.613     10.36    1.92
      11 Yarns            49.534    60.505    13.925    17.050     22.44    54.162    59.936    62.057    63.630     17.48    4.17
      12 Fabrics         261.840   285.943    58.277    66.770     14.57   268.708   289.046   290.277   294.436      9.57    5.23
      14 Made Ups / Mis   96.361    96.455    20.451    24.543     20.01    92.700    97.828    97.502   100.547      8.46    0.60
      30 Cotton Product  153.373   141.264    35.381    33.832     -4.38   152.066   141.337   141.251   139.715     -8.12    0.26
      31 Cotton Apparel  113.699   103.716    26.699    21.359    -20.00   114.037   102.665   100.833    98.376    -13.73    0.22
      32 Cot Non-Appare   39.674    37.548     8.682    12.473     43.66    38.029    38.673    40.417    41.339      8.70    0.47
      40 Wool Products     5.316     6.364     0.766     0.546    -28.80     5.654     6.135     6.242     6.144      8.66    0.13
      41 Wool Apparel      4.553     5.193     0.409     0.337    -17.62     4.627     5.054     5.113     5.121     10.67    0.13
      42 Wool Non-Appar    0.762     1.172     0.357     0.209    -41.61     1.027     1.082     1.128     1.023     -0.38    0.10
      60 MMF Products    712.424   722.531   166.998   175.741      5.24   723.247   724.144   723.824   731.275      1.11    1.73
      61 MMF Apparel     347.134   322.004    84.353    80.782     -4.23   349.295   320.825   319.065   318.433     -8.84    1.11
      62 MMF Non-Appare  365.290   400.527    82.645    94.959     14.90   373.951   403.319   404.759   412.842     10.40    3.01
      80 S and V Produc    5.990     8.740     1.917     2.384     24.34     6.705     9.062     9.402     9.207     37.31    0.50
      81 S and V Appare    3.981     5.084     0.948     1.661     75.25     4.143     5.325     5.871     5.798     39.94    0.41
      82 S and V Non-Ap    2.008     3.656     0.969     0.722    -25.45     2.562     3.737     3.531     3.409     33.06    0.80

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th    1.301     2.006     0.483     0.596     23.46     1.595     2.026     2.186     2.119     32.83    1.04
     201 Specialty Yarn   28.620    37.012     7.269    10.531     44.87    30.381    37.168    38.577    40.273     32.56   16.19
     218 Fab, Color Yar    3.729     4.012     1.068     1.167      9.29     3.838     3.982     4.093     4.111      7.12    3.35
     219 Duck Fabric       1.170     0.901     0.303     0.025    -91.81     1.096     0.784     0.741     0.623    -43.14    1.06
     220 Spec. Weave, F    6.323     5.915     1.533     1.378    -10.11     6.526     5.717     5.613     5.760    -11.74    3.22
     222 Knit Fabric      36.298    38.703     8.078     8.574      6.14    37.701    38.795    38.777    39.199      3.97    6.32
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   15.020    18.324     4.028     3.607    -10.45    14.448    18.315    18.059    17.903     23.91    1.86
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa   16.093    15.175     2.533     2.275    -10.21    15.893    15.285    15.079    14.916     -6.15    4.85
     225 Blue Denim Fab    6.858     6.986     1.801     2.725     51.26     6.475     7.622     8.251     7.909     22.14    9.45
     229 Special Fabric  117.392   132.779    24.492    27.731     13.23   123.374   133.992   134.276   136.018     10.25   11.42
     239 Baby Garm / Ac    5.244     5.478     1.105     1.277     15.56     5.553     5.725     5.500     5.650      1.74    0.22

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin    0.842     0.473     0.130     0.145     11.37     0.750     0.515     0.509     0.488    -34.92    0.15
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    1.002     1.770     0.494     0.684     38.37     1.222     1.857     1.812     1.960     60.30    1.81
     317 Twill Fabric      4.593     3.534     0.896     2.620    192.41     4.317     3.802     4.268     5.258     21.81    5.39
     326 Sateen Fabric     1.151     0.540     0.107     0.128     19.68     0.904     0.539     0.522     0.562    -37.85    1.34
     331 Cot.Glove/Mitt    0.505     1.077     0.153     0.340    123.02     0.535     1.218     1.281     1.265    136.47    1.08
     332 Cotton Hosiery   14.202    13.606     2.595     2.381     -8.26    14.029    13.510    13.482    13.391     -4.55    1.60
     335 W/G Cot. Coats    2.022     1.826     0.685     0.627     -8.50     2.193     2.140     1.840     1.768    -19.40    0.14
     336 Cotton Dresses    2.526     1.118     0.496     0.258    -47.97     2.046     0.993     0.944     0.880    -56.99    0.08
     339 W/G Knit Blous   33.601    26.983     7.555     5.614    -25.69    33.519    26.383    25.809    25.042    -25.29    0.33
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M    4.171     3.305     0.888     0.603    -32.08     4.164     3.104     2.832     3.020    -27.47    0.10
     342 Cotton Skirts     1.679     0.821     0.242     0.157    -35.35     1.235     0.794     0.759     0.736    -40.45    0.14
     345 Cotton Sweater    3.988     5.437     0.837     0.646    -22.78     4.596     5.293     5.324     5.247     14.16    0.56
     348 W/G Slacks, et   20.985    18.689     6.462     3.948    -38.91    21.925    18.193    17.523    16.175    -26.23    0.25
     352 Cotton Underwe    1.311     1.094     0.314     0.308     -2.11     1.364     1.040     1.038     1.088    -20.26    0.04
     359 Oth. Cot. App.   14.693    17.602     3.660     3.422     -6.50    15.330    17.641    17.365    17.364     13.27    1.47
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu   11.780    11.489     1.622     3.065     88.93    10.375    11.769    12.490    12.932     24.64    0.39

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.682     1.077     0.344     0.192    -44.18     0.934     0.974     1.031     0.925     -0.99    0.70
     432 Wool Hosiery      0.485     1.222     0.122     0.019    -84.48     0.598     1.125     1.107     1.120     87.33    3.81
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.403     0.531     0.013     0.013     -1.76     0.364     0.538     0.538     0.530     45.74    0.13
     445 Wool Sweater,M    0.616     0.541     0.111     0.119      7.13     0.533     0.521     0.588     0.548      2.91    0.28
     446 Wool Sweater,W    1.018     0.785     0.011     0.077    582.16     1.028     0.775     0.775     0.851    -17.27    0.14
     459 Oth.Wool Appar    1.597     1.454     0.065     0.017    -73.89     1.640     1.454     1.438     1.406    -14.32    0.39

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn    12.440    13.757     3.257     3.956     21.43    13.375    13.679    14.225    14.455      8.08    4.07
     603 Yarn>85% artif    1.752     2.959     1.593     0.197    -87.66     3.182     2.237     1.972     1.562    -50.91    2.35
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    0.835     0.393     0.110     0.169     53.67     0.708     0.427     0.472     0.452    -36.18    0.39
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    2.848     2.075     0.379     1.157    205.72     2.710     2.499     2.684     2.854      5.32    1.56
     607 Oth Stpl Fib Y    0.743     0.903     0.366     0.219    -40.04     0.885     0.692     0.677     0.757    -14.43    1.50
     617 MMF Twill/Sate    1.295     1.852     0.223     1.845    728.65     1.143     2.351     2.924     3.474    203.89   12.46
     619 Poly Fil Fab      8.230     9.408     1.790     2.392     33.62     8.252     9.844     9.779    10.010     21.30    5.44
     620 Oth Synth Fila   27.669    32.363     7.508     7.280     -3.03    28.618    32.353    31.969    32.135     12.29    6.23
     622 Glass Fabric      5.066     4.123     1.028     1.489     44.93     4.779     4.098     4.209     4.585     -4.07    3.97
     628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F    4.881     4.020     1.144     1.344     17.50     5.144     4.051     4.298     4.220    -17.96   12.99
     629 Oth Stap/Fil F    2.217     2.255     0.342     0.321     -6.10     1.968     2.270     2.219     2.234     13.53    2.17
     631 Gloves/Mittens    5.610     5.354     0.647     0.549    -15.08     5.775     5.349     5.213     5.257     -8.97    1.17
     632 Hosiery          37.010    41.567    10.322     8.243    -20.14    40.902    40.609    39.385    39.488     -3.46    4.45
     634 Other Coats, M   11.114     9.455     2.410     1.311    -45.60    11.683     9.041     8.872     8.356    -28.48    0.49
     635 Coats, W/G        4.594     4.505     0.747     0.876     17.28     3.813     4.438     4.433     4.634     21.55    0.24
     636 Dresses          22.192    16.980     4.610     4.632      0.46    22.593    17.108    17.409    17.001    -24.75    0.61
     638 Knit Shirts, M   20.145    20.427     5.381     6.350     18.02    20.770    20.793    20.899    21.397      3.02    0.92
     639 Knit Blouses,W   64.197    59.809    17.021    16.090     -5.47    64.226    59.880    57.855    58.878     -8.33    1.73
     642 Skirts            7.716     7.734     2.149     1.986     -7.58     7.750     7.870     7.826     7.571     -2.31    1.39
     646 MMF Sweaters,W    4.282     2.527     0.161     0.490    204.68     4.032     2.664     2.824     2.857    -29.16    0.71
     647 Trousers,etc M   10.062     8.256     2.211     2.172     -1.78    10.374     8.247     8.434     8.217    -20.80    0.40
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   36.722    25.761     6.079     5.087    -16.31    34.833    25.590    25.341    24.770    -28.89    1.36
     649 Bras/Ot Bod Su   10.125     5.822     2.086     2.646     26.86     9.967     6.047     5.983     6.382    -35.97    0.33
     650 Dress Gown,Rob    0.797     0.556     0.237     0.079    -66.51     0.911     0.431     0.406     0.399    -56.21    0.13
     651 Nightwear/PJs     2.414     2.191     0.469     0.147    -68.65     2.766     2.079     1.906     1.869    -32.45    0.26
     652 M-MF Underwear    4.539     3.601     0.736     0.908     23.44     4.325     3.732     3.871     3.773    -12.75    0.45
     659 Oth. MMF App.   101.933   103.753    27.932    28.204      0.97   100.492   103.139   104.864   104.025      3.52    2.81
     666 Other Furnishi   57.336    45.488    11.078    11.114      0.32    52.977    45.582    44.522    45.523    -14.07    1.49
     669 Other MMF Manu    6.635     9.140     2.027     1.566    -22.75     7.509     8.984     8.506     8.679     15.59    0.76
     670 Flat Goods, et   16.486    24.261     4.192     7.478     78.39    16.990    25.127    25.944    27.547     62.13    0.86

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     832 Hosiery Slk/Ve    0.247     0.272     0.110     0.161     47.03     0.283     0.293     0.335     0.324     14.52    5.37
     847 S/V Trousers M    1.588     2.585     0.380     0.640     68.66     1.780     2.618     2.891     2.846     59.87    0.49
     859 Oth. S/V Appar    1.086     1.187     0.229     0.440     91.89     1.217     1.206     1.350     1.398     14.81    0.89
     870 Luggage Silk/V    0.634     0.949     0.174     0.219     26.10     0.681     0.940     1.010     0.995     46.11    1.17
     899 Other S/V Manu    0.926     2.305     0.655     0.423    -35.35     1.426     2.410     2.112     2.074     45.38    1.26