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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 670-F :  --FLATGOODS ONLY
                                           Data in Kg.,  3.70 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     4891868    4797883    4114678    4011729     -2.50   4807885    4738565    4819602    4694934      -2.35  100.00

     CHINA P   4595849    4566281    3927956    3748855     -4.56   4582729    4449053    4522934    4387180      -4.27   93.44

     VIETNAM     42028      44316      38160      66413     74.04     44999      67405      66319      72569      61.27    1.55

     HG KONG     72933      36823      29720      40589     36.57     37990      47779      48488      47692      25.54    1.02

     CHINA T     41138      27046      23215      28871     24.36     26220      27927      31885      32702      24.72    0.70

     INDIA       15068      12665       8754      26768    205.78     11947      27563      28024      30679     156.79    0.65

     ITALY       35982      23951      19938      23526     18.00     26054      24964      24582      27539       5.70    0.59


     _WTO      4891868    4797883    4114678    4011729     -2.50   4807885    4738565    4819602    4694934      -2.35  100.00

     _ASEAN      95808      78318      65239     102758     57.51     77582     105293     106965     115837      49.31    2.47

     _OECD       49578      57810      45932      42208     -8.11     53592      55533      54466      54086       0.92    1.15

     _EU15       42153      36367      26879      26204     -2.51     33578      33438      32910      35692       6.30    0.76

     _EU12       42055      36331      26843      26128     -2.66     33477      33356      32799      35616       6.39    0.76