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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    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           245.623   239.157   174.821   210.316     20.30   229.967   271.422   275.173   274.652    19.43    0.51
       1 Apparel           1.816     1.604     1.230     1.624     32.03     1.723     1.853     1.945     1.998    15.98    0.01
       2 Non-Apparel     243.807   237.553   173.590   208.691     20.22   228.244   269.569   273.229   272.654    19.46    0.90
      11 Yarns            22.231    19.354    15.470    14.240     -7.95    20.364    17.511    18.499    18.124   -11.00    0.64
      12 Fabrics         216.014   214.342   155.174   191.303     23.28   203.999   248.037   250.848   250.471    22.78    2.57
      14 Made Ups / Misc   5.561     3.857     2.947     3.149      6.87     3.882     4.021     3.882     4.059     4.58    0.02
      30 Cotton Products  25.137    23.831    18.215    18.931      3.93    23.987    24.319    24.760    24.547     2.33    0.13
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.903     0.724     0.572     0.670     17.24     0.775     0.753     0.814     0.822     6.07    0.01
      32 Cot Non-Apparel  24.234    23.107    17.643    18.261      3.50    23.212    23.566    23.946    23.725     2.21    0.36
      40 Wool Products     0.337     0.382     0.283     0.337     18.99     0.385     0.402     0.422     0.436    13.28    0.14
      41 Wool Apparel      0.132     0.111     0.091     0.126     38.59     0.124     0.133     0.143     0.146    18.18    0.06
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.205     0.271     0.192     0.210      9.68     0.261     0.269     0.279     0.289    10.95    0.38
      60 MMF Products    219.842   214.596   156.073   190.785     22.24   205.279   246.373   249.685   249.308    21.45    0.73
      61 MMF Apparel       0.736     0.706     0.523     0.760     45.33     0.764     0.892     0.906     0.943    23.35    0.01
      62 MMF Non-Apparel 219.106   213.890   155.550   190.025     22.16   204.515   245.481   248.779   248.365    21.44    1.06
      80 S and V Product   0.307     0.349     0.250     0.264      5.36     0.316     0.328     0.306     0.362    14.53    0.06
      81 S and V Apparel   0.045     0.064     0.045     0.068     52.08     0.060     0.076     0.082     0.087    45.62    0.03
      82 S and V Non-App   0.261     0.285     0.205     0.195     -4.86     0.257     0.253     0.224     0.275     7.29    0.08

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarns   4.341     5.226     3.632     5.068     39.56     4.658     6.346     6.509     6.663    43.04    1.50
     218 Fab, Color Yarn   1.124     0.972     0.780     1.329     70.24     1.049     1.319     1.427     1.521    44.99    4.22
     222 Knit Fabric      14.450    10.383     7.567     9.866     30.38    12.255    12.729    12.786    12.682     3.49    0.76
     223 Non-Woven Fabri 104.464   107.081    76.347    91.957     20.45    98.293   124.391   123.922   122.692    24.82    4.23
     225 Blue Denim Fab.   2.326     2.360     1.710     1.573     -7.96     2.231     2.391     2.379     2.224    -0.35    8.15
     229 Special Fabric   58.927    61.182    44.415    61.958     39.50    58.044    74.686    77.478    78.725    35.63    3.20

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheeting  12.619    10.630     8.260     9.129     10.52    11.029    11.268    11.442    11.499     4.26    4.87
     314 Poplin,Broadcl.   2.320     1.568     1.318     0.790    -40.07     1.871     0.962     1.005     1.040   -44.43    1.06
     315 Printcloth Fab.   1.377     2.140     1.792     1.247    -30.45     2.040     1.754     1.673     1.594   -21.84    2.87
     317 Twill Fabric      1.328     2.208     1.303     1.403      7.60     1.577     2.533     2.534     2.307    46.30    3.32
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.295     0.241     0.195     0.243     24.49     0.291     0.267     0.288     0.289    -0.69    0.96

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.088     0.105     0.072     0.096     33.87     0.098     0.117     0.119     0.130    31.98    0.43
     410 Wool Woven Fab.   0.059     0.084     0.052     0.051     -0.83     0.068     0.082     0.083     0.084    23.28    0.72
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.007     0.010     0.008     0.011     40.78     0.009     0.015     0.013     0.013    42.82    0.05

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     1.592     0.932     0.674     0.990     46.98     0.811     1.321     1.337     1.249    54.03    0.21
     604 Yarn>85% Synth.   0.501     1.471     1.378     0.221    -83.99     1.546     0.339     0.324     0.314   -79.72    0.13
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   15.056    10.914     9.199     7.097    -22.85    12.633     8.427     9.238     8.812   -30.25    0.97
     618 Wov Artif Filam   1.136     1.090     0.831     0.724    -12.96     1.229     1.056     1.009     0.982   -20.12    4.43
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.848     5.806     4.206     3.846     -8.56     5.470     5.739     5.566     5.446    -0.44    2.00
     620 Oth Synth Filam   4.687     3.322     2.600     2.276    -12.46     3.202     2.933     2.956     2.997    -6.40    0.28
     622 Glass Fabric      2.328     2.484     1.755     2.836     61.56     2.551     3.216     3.461     3.565    39.75    4.17
     669 Other MMF Manuf   3.951     2.156     1.654     1.829     10.60     2.254     2.315     2.256     2.331     3.41    0.06