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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | ARGENT       |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         | Data through  9/2012 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  9/2012
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2010      2011     9/2011    9/2012  % Change    9/2011    7/2012    8/2012    9/2012  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total             5.162     7.913     7.142     1.691    -76.33     8.070     5.429     2.758     2.462   -69.49    0.00
       1 Apparel           0.225     0.199     0.135     0.094    -30.39     0.199     0.147     0.158     0.158   -20.32    0.00
       2 Non-Apparel       4.937     7.714     7.007     1.597    -77.21     7.872     5.282     2.601     2.304   -70.73    0.01
      11 Yarns             0.641     0.229     0.215     0.123    -42.80     0.248     0.251     0.219     0.137   -44.77    0.00
      12 Fabrics           3.273     7.413     6.750     1.443    -78.63     7.570     4.972     2.321     2.106   -72.18    0.02
      14 Made Ups / Misc   1.023     0.072     0.041     0.031    -25.50     0.054     0.060     0.060     0.061    13.27    0.00
      30 Cotton Products   1.088     0.165     0.114     0.083    -26.64     0.159     0.132     0.129     0.134   -15.28    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.085     0.116     0.073     0.043    -40.90     0.103     0.086     0.085     0.086   -16.78    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   1.003     0.049     0.040     0.040     -0.82     0.055     0.046     0.044     0.048   -12.48    0.00
      40 Wool Products     0.570     0.163     0.147     0.055    -62.34     0.171     0.153     0.160     0.072   -57.97    0.02
      41 Wool Apparel      0.004     0.003     0.002     0.003     40.45     0.004     0.005     0.005     0.004    11.40    0.00
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.566     0.160     0.145     0.052    -63.99     0.167     0.148     0.155     0.067   -59.62    0.09
      60 MMF Products      3.495     7.580     6.879     1.544    -77.55     7.737     5.137     2.462     2.245   -70.98    0.01
      61 MMF Apparel       0.134     0.076     0.058     0.046    -20.14     0.090     0.053     0.065     0.064   -28.17    0.00
      62 MMF Non-Apparel   3.361     7.504     6.821     1.498    -78.04     7.647     5.084     2.397     2.181   -71.48    0.01
      80 S and V Product   0.009     0.005     0.002     0.008    245.52     0.004     0.007     0.008     0.011   160.82    0.00
      81 S and V Apparel   0.002     0.004     0.001     0.001    -22.41     0.002     0.003     0.004     0.004   101.71    0.00
      82 S and V Non-App   0.007     0.001     0.001     0.007    671.83     0.002     0.004     0.004     0.007   205.65    0.00

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     222 Knit Fabric       1.993     1.577     1.212     0.890    -26.55     1.779     1.461     1.434     1.255   -29.45    0.07
     229 Special Fabric    0.006     4.673     4.673     0.000    -99.99     4.673     2.556     0.001     0.001   -99.99    0.00

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.533     0.140     0.132     0.037    -71.86     0.147     0.128     0.134     0.045   -69.40    0.15