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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-H :  --HANDBAGS 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    18055828   14637389   12509397   11650007     -6.87  14878955   13943183   13821349   13777999      -7.40  100.00

     CHINA P  16969850   13719448   11785705   10819000     -8.20  13982665   12920946   12835680   12752743      -8.80   92.56

     VIETNAM    118269     202501     141725     160944     13.56    163921     219495     196358     221720      35.26    1.61

     INDNSIA    108794      99297      89214     160672     80.10    105985     155722     163209     170755      61.11    1.24

     HG KONG    372075     158712     132559     122243     -7.78    191394     158241     136309     148396     -22.47    1.08

     ITALY      191896     149101     124964     115202     -7.81    160385     134326     131386     139339     -13.12    1.01

     INDIA       37706      91376      63189      74956     18.62     68857     111350     110355     103143      49.79    0.75

     THAILND     25656      26991      23615      61901    162.13     38379      66120      69566      65277      70.09    0.47

     MEXICO      13230      28990      20526      25495     24.21     23597      31150      33064      33959      43.91    0.25

     FRANCE      38209      33265      28820      22130    -23.21     31828      26274      26708      26575     -16.50    0.19


     _WTO     18055826   14637381   12509389   11650002     -6.87  14878947   13943178   13821344   13777994      -7.40  100.00

     _ASEAN     262560     355912     276242     401433     45.32    331142     468024     454120     481103      45.29    3.49

     _OECD      257606     236954     197428     168521    -14.64    241872     205387     199573     208047     -13.98    1.51

     _EU15      241250     198848     167226     150225    -10.17    209825     177824     174107     181847     -13.33    1.32

     _EU12      238218     198848     167226     149933    -10.34    206825     177556     173839     181555     -12.22    1.32

     _W HEMI     27182      37678      27092      33651     24.21     32448      39704      42897      44237      36.33    0.32