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  ______________                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _SUB-SAHARA  |                         |    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           802.968   919.468   192.565   211.342      9.75   815.582   926.874   944.686   938.245     15.04    0.92
       1 Apparel         789.497   903.215   189.172   206.943      9.39   801.254   909.647   927.704   920.986     14.94    1.18
       2 Non-Apparel      13.472    16.253     3.393     4.399     29.65    14.327    17.227    16.982    17.259     20.46    0.07
      11 Yarns             2.372     3.328     0.517     0.929     79.61     2.295     3.722     3.568     3.739     62.93    0.25
      12 Fabrics           5.183     8.173     1.999     2.448     22.48     6.623     8.718     8.552     8.622     30.18    0.15
      14 Made Ups / Mis    5.917     4.752     0.877     1.022     16.53     5.409     4.786     4.862     4.897     -9.45    0.03
      30 Cotton Product  576.628   624.408   133.841   146.944      9.79   573.338   627.389   641.092   637.510     11.19    1.20
      31 Cotton Apparel  574.694   622.829   133.594   146.452      9.63   571.565   625.798   639.453   635.687     11.22    1.43
      32 Cot Non-Appare    1.933     1.580     0.248     0.491     98.25     1.773     1.591     1.639     1.823      2.82    0.02
      40 Wool Products    11.600    11.216     1.409     2.008     42.46    11.370    11.719    11.716    11.815      3.91    0.24
      41 Wool Apparel      5.973     5.589     0.515     0.743     44.34     6.153     5.787     5.787     5.817     -5.46    0.15
      42 Wool Non-Appar    5.627     5.627     0.895     1.265     41.38     5.218     5.932     5.929     5.998     14.95    0.61
      60 MMF Products    213.195   282.821    57.052    62.039      8.74   229.514   286.677   290.728   287.808     25.40    0.68
      61 MMF Apparel     207.907   274.466    54.925    59.593      8.50   222.817   277.757   282.095   279.133     25.27    0.98
      62 MMF Non-Appare    5.288     8.356     2.127     2.446     15.01     6.697     8.920     8.633     8.675     29.54    0.06
      80 S and V Produc    1.545     1.022     0.262     0.351     34.22     1.359     1.089     1.149     1.111    -18.23    0.06
      81 S and V Appare    0.922     0.332     0.138     0.155     11.93     0.720     0.306     0.369     0.348    -51.60    0.02
      82 S and V Non-Ap    0.624     0.690     0.124     0.197     59.11     0.639     0.783     0.781     0.763     19.34    0.18

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     222 Knit Fabric       0.685     0.939     0.388     0.535     38.04     1.035     1.178     1.182     1.086      4.96    0.18
     223 Non-Woven Fabr    0.781     1.740     0.434     0.641     47.70     1.047     1.927     1.895     1.947     85.85    0.20
     229 Special Fabric    2.540     1.449     1.068     0.088    -91.80     3.451     0.997     0.738     0.469    -86.40    0.04
     237 Playsuit,Sunsu    0.959     0.526     0.214     0.131    -38.54     1.012     0.416     0.436     0.444    -56.14    0.46
     239 Baby Garm / Ac   22.099    27.801     5.426     6.802     25.36    22.145    27.844    29.212    29.177     31.75    1.15

Cotton:
     335 W/G Cot. Coats    2.920     2.177     0.065     0.194    197.58     2.351     2.258     2.245     2.306     -1.90    0.18
     336 Cotton Dresses    0.947     1.900     0.727     0.443    -39.13     1.423     2.047     1.777     1.616     13.56    0.14
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   65.508    65.789    14.108    14.739      4.47    64.481    66.125    68.121    66.419      3.01    1.01
     339 W/G Knit Blous   71.419    61.059    16.359    11.047    -32.47    69.589    59.063    57.642    55.748    -19.89    0.75
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   77.937   117.391    22.203    30.059     35.38    85.612   119.350   124.002   125.247     46.30    4.18
     341 W/G N-Knt Blou    2.325     3.660     0.979     0.749    -23.53     2.711     3.624     3.584     3.429     26.49    0.26
     342 Cotton Skirts     1.863     2.277     0.992     1.646     66.03     2.397     2.275     2.547     2.932     22.32    0.55
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse  137.679   150.558    32.554    30.386     -6.66   141.040   148.269   150.362   148.390      5.21    2.50
     348 W/G Slacks, et  186.033   179.454    38.819    46.999     21.07   173.402   184.107   187.614   187.633      8.21    2.86
     352 Cotton Underwe    0.214     0.735     0.001     0.968  97973.96     0.202     1.028     1.492     1.702    743.85    0.06
     359 Oth. Cot. App.    2.997     9.893     1.256     1.924     53.17     3.887     9.761    10.422    10.560    171.67    0.90

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        2.286     3.210     0.453     0.886     95.60     2.197     3.621     3.491     3.644     65.86    2.75
     438 K Shirts,Blous    2.703     0.448     0.002     0.001     -8.98     2.689     0.447     0.447     0.448    -83.35    0.11
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    0.004     0.327     0.000     0.008       *       0.004     0.327     0.327     0.335   9022.84    2.38
     445 Wool Sweater,M    0.713     1.125     0.000     0.003    759.69     0.705     1.124     1.127     1.127     59.97    0.57
     446 Wool Sweater,W    0.173     1.224     0.002     0.033   1702.30     0.164     1.225     1.241     1.255    665.46    0.21

Man-Made Fiber:
     620 Oth Synth Fila    0.304     3.085     0.037     1.006   2650.85     0.312     3.664     3.743     4.055   1199.38    0.79
     632 Hosiery           4.018     4.040     0.982     0.832    -15.21     4.346     3.968     4.182     3.891    -10.48    0.44
     634 Other Coats, M    3.450     3.956     0.268     0.233    -12.92     3.617     4.015     4.062     3.921      8.40    0.23
     635 Coats, W/G        5.239     9.704     0.626     0.396    -36.83     4.653     9.550     9.507     9.473    103.58    0.50
     636 Dresses           0.843     2.974     0.849     0.398    -53.07     1.490     2.954     2.855     2.524     69.31    0.09
     638 Knit Shirts, M   44.150    65.280    15.360    20.085     30.76    48.440    66.333    69.174    70.004     44.52    3.00
     639 Knit Blouses,W   52.085    63.392    15.032    13.215    -12.09    60.270    63.350    62.787    61.574      2.16    1.81
     640 N-K Shirts, MB    3.538     5.290     0.974     0.666    -31.62     2.486     4.845     5.191     4.982    100.36    1.08
     641 N-K Blouses, W    3.012     2.054     0.336     0.810    141.20     2.766     2.351     2.198     2.528     -8.59    0.22
     647 Trousers,etc M   33.269    38.316     7.840     7.652     -2.40    33.424    38.913    39.459    38.128     14.07    1.87
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   41.549    58.087    10.872    13.123     20.71    45.239    60.030    61.085    60.339     33.38    3.32
     650 Dress Gown,Rob    0.524     0.234     0.000     0.002    418.75     0.512     0.234     0.234     0.235    -54.01    0.08
     652 M-MF Underwear    8.248     7.346     0.080     0.016    -79.76     8.107     7.276     7.278     7.283    -10.17    0.88
     659 Oth. MMF App.     3.941     7.552     0.703     1.326     88.51     3.235     7.662     7.805     8.175    152.68    0.22