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                                          |                                     |                              December 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category, 10/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 666-B :  M-MF BLANKETS
                                           Data in Kg., 14.40 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 10/2012
   Country      2010       2011      10/2011    10/2012  % Change   10/2011     8/2012     9/2012    10/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD   113481967  100947833   81114866   81176319      0.08 103511064   99581512  100219566  101009286      -2.42  100.00

     CHINA P 105168981   94942350   76194604   76452006      0.34  97171839   94067936   94540861   95199752      -2.03   94.25

     MEXICO    3026744    2566909    1927204    1891086     -1.87   2492567    2431236    2412001    2530791       1.53    2.51

     INDIA      966197    1077692     893496    1201827     34.51   1152571    1197364    1299946    1386023      20.25    1.37

     THAILND    513201     434179     368771     383910      4.11    495781     462427     448113     449318      -9.37    0.44

     KOR REP    505049     358895     286369     298879      4.37    393647     316601     419813     371405      -5.65    0.37

     HG KONG    875324     308940     304398     261851    -13.98    520824      61481     142131     266393     -48.85    0.26

     CHINA T   1130087     230607     203099     163222    -19.63    240205     259610     260590     190730     -20.60    0.19

     HONDURA      7252     113841      85430     155684     82.24     85430     187075     186156     184095     115.49    0.18

     INDNSIA    157472     147882     129412      92109    -28.82    152206     105682     105322     110579     -27.35    0.11

     CANADA     130292      59743      52595      48556     -7.68     81672      63419      62216      55704     -31.80    0.06

     PAKISTN     58892       8430       6586      52925    703.60      7426      53117      56049      54769     637.53    0.05

     SPAIN       33868      37099      35036      40329     15.11     46736      37282      36829      42392      -9.29    0.04

     GERMANY      5884      15973      14782      31963    116.23     15589       4270      33762      33154     112.68    0.03

     VIETNAM     29776      32086      31664      23167    -26.83     33068      39986      37884      23589     -28.67    0.02

     PORTUGL      9778       3257       2783      16329    486.74      3052      10116      15795      16803     450.56    0.02

     S ARAB      44743      22024      16509      11090    -32.82     22039      16605      16605      16605     -24.66    0.02

     BNGLDSH     11749      28312      21646       6492    -70.01     27058      26490      26490      13158     -51.37    0.01

     SALVADR      1002      17203      15979      10734    -32.82     15979      11632      11763      11958     -25.16    0.01

     ITALY        3630       5323       3609       8672    140.29      5205       7034       9957      10386      99.54    0.01

     U KING       3053       1677        725       6072    737.52       757       7009       6998       7024     827.87    0.01

     TURKEY       6183      32529      26084        210    -99.19     26952       9632       9632       6655     -75.31    0.01

     PHIL R     750966     479557     473819        334    -99.93    489518     183094      62674       6072     -98.76    0.01


     _WTO    113481967  100947014   81114047   81175545      0.08 103510245   99579919  100218792  101008512      -2.42  100.00

     _W HEMI   3169057    2764303    2087261    2108535      1.02   2682311    2698118    2674830    2785577       3.85    2.76

     _ASEAN    1475177    1096438    1006400     504129    -49.91   1178788     791189     655273     594167     -49.60    0.59

     _OECD      706529     519434     426082     454926      6.77    581125     459457     599678     548278      -5.65    0.54

     _CAFTA-D     8254     131044     101409     166474     64.16    101409     198763     197975     196109      93.38    0.19

     _CBI         8254     131044     101409     166474     64.16    101409     198763     197975     196109      93.38    0.19

     _EU15       60688      66509      59674     106875     79.10     77357      69159     107203     113710      46.99    0.11

     _EU12       60642      66111      59361     106431     79.29     77044      68457     106674     113181      46.90    0.11