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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    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           344.693   387.270    88.541   110.340     24.62   347.536   393.558   404.959   409.069     17.71    0.40
       1 Apparel          30.416    32.989     9.928    10.462      5.38    31.481    32.293    33.768    33.522      6.48    0.04
       2 Non-Apparel     314.277   354.281    78.613    99.878     27.05   316.055   361.265   371.191   375.546     18.82    1.57
      11 Yarns            24.863    30.069     6.524     8.624     32.18    25.352    31.211    31.969    32.169     26.89    2.11
      12 Fabrics         273.999   308.225    68.147    87.288     28.09   275.509   314.207   323.182   327.366     18.82    5.82
      14 Made Ups / Mis   15.415    15.987     3.941     3.966      0.62    15.194    15.847    16.040    16.011      5.38    0.10
      30 Cotton Product   81.880    91.936    20.154    23.510     16.65    80.975    92.722    95.681    95.291     17.68    0.18
      31 Cotton Apparel   15.989    16.666     5.998     5.636     -6.04    16.578    15.971    16.641    16.304     -1.66    0.04
      32 Cot Non-Appare   65.891    75.269    14.156    17.874     26.27    64.396    76.750    79.040    78.988     22.66    0.89
      40 Wool Products     9.199    10.498     1.272     2.157     69.60     9.369    10.587    11.097    11.383     21.49    0.23
      41 Wool Apparel      6.505     6.566     0.862     1.227     42.36     6.545     6.569     6.961     6.931      5.90    0.18
      42 Wool Non-Appar    2.694     3.932     0.410     0.930    126.88     2.825     4.018     4.136     4.452     57.60    0.45
      60 MMF Products    251.100   281.502    65.831    83.733     27.19   254.309   287.000   294.912   299.403     17.73    0.71
      61 MMF Apparel       6.814     8.018     2.213     3.074     38.88     6.843     8.092     8.568     8.878     29.75    0.03
      62 MMF Non-Appare  244.286   273.484    63.617    80.659     26.79   247.467   278.908   286.344   290.525     17.40    2.12
      80 S and V Produc    2.514     3.335     1.284     0.941    -26.77     2.883     3.250     3.269     2.991      3.76    0.16
      81 S and V Appare    1.108     1.739     0.855     0.525    -38.52     1.516     1.661     1.598     1.410     -6.99    0.10
      82 S and V Non-Ap    1.406     1.596     0.430     0.415     -3.38     1.367     1.589     1.671     1.582     15.67    0.37

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarn   10.635    13.723     2.867     4.633     61.62    10.669    14.483    14.979    15.489     45.18    6.23
     218 Fab, Color Yar    5.212     5.544     1.357     2.337     72.23     5.440     6.211     6.142     6.524     19.93    5.31
     222 Knit Fabric      20.908    17.518     3.775     4.742     25.64    20.757    17.342    18.087    18.485    -10.94    2.98
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   79.580    88.651    18.480    24.963     35.08    76.997    90.716    92.755    95.134     23.56    9.88
     225 Blue Denim Fab   14.365    15.700     2.204     2.600     17.99    12.452    15.831    16.704    16.096     29.26   19.23
     229 Special Fabric   73.572    88.616    22.703    29.295     29.04    77.672    90.833    93.682    95.208     22.58    7.99

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin   23.475    23.356     4.852     5.912     21.84    22.458    23.679    24.415    24.415      8.71    7.55
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    4.431     3.630     0.696     0.625    -10.22     4.323     3.647     3.581     3.559    -17.66    3.28
     315 Printcloth Fab    2.573     4.526     0.873     1.063     21.82     2.932     4.752     4.783     4.717     60.86    8.10
     317 Twill Fabric      6.270    10.382     1.194     2.399    100.82     6.195    10.585    11.570    11.587     87.02   11.88
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.783     0.784     0.138     0.585    324.41     0.762     0.759     0.708     1.231     61.47    2.95

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.025     1.299     0.124     0.411    229.91     1.078     1.344     1.432     1.585     46.99    1.20
     410 Wool Woven Fab    0.783     0.865     0.050     0.121    141.36     0.753     0.880     0.888     0.935     24.23    0.94
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.463     0.767     0.100     0.289    189.15     0.514     0.758     0.940     0.956     86.12    0.24

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     0.958     1.338     0.348     0.388     11.53     0.984     1.422     1.328     1.378     39.95    0.39
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    0.737     1.118     0.291     0.137    -53.06     0.827     0.995     1.021     0.964     16.53    0.84
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    8.617     7.663     1.945     1.688    -13.22     8.762     7.776     7.586     7.406    -15.48    4.05
     618 Wov Artif Fila    3.659     4.770     0.984     1.160     17.91     3.855     4.678     4.822     4.946     28.29   16.15
     619 Poly Fil Fab      7.476     9.397     2.975     1.674    -43.73     8.662     9.222     9.077     8.097     -6.53    4.40
     620 Oth Synth Fila   13.371    12.529     3.153     3.735     18.44    13.345    12.783    12.954    13.111     -1.75    2.54
     622 Glass Fabric      4.918     6.893     1.336     2.296     71.85     5.355     7.042     7.452     7.853     46.64    6.80
     669 Other MMF Manu    7.135     6.441     1.761     1.545    -12.24     7.098     6.384     6.212     6.226    -12.28    0.55