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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | AUSTRAL      |                         |    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            52.370    51.845    45.458    24.381    -46.37    56.212    37.938    35.355    30.768   -45.26    0.06
       1 Apparel           0.534     0.588     0.477     0.357    -25.15     0.573     0.467     0.472     0.468   -18.38    0.00
       2 Non-Apparel      51.836    51.257    44.982    24.024    -46.59    55.638    37.471    34.883    30.300   -45.54    0.10
      11 Yarns             9.533     8.556     6.792     4.521    -33.44     8.428     7.545     7.221     6.285   -25.43    0.22
      12 Fabrics          41.091    41.628    37.438    18.787    -49.82    46.138    28.786    26.587    22.977   -50.20    0.24
      14 Made Ups / Misc   1.211     1.073     0.751     0.716     -4.76     1.073     1.141     1.075     1.038    -3.29    0.01
      30 Cotton Products   1.048     0.278     0.218     0.200     -8.08     0.305     0.290     0.289     0.261   -14.49    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    0.179     0.089     0.068     0.071      3.41     0.108     0.095     0.099     0.092   -15.08    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   0.868     0.189     0.149     0.129    -13.34     0.197     0.195     0.190     0.169   -14.17    0.00
      40 Wool Products     0.805     1.278     1.005     0.372    -62.99     1.205     0.915     0.683     0.645   -46.48    0.21
      41 Wool Apparel      0.010     0.013     0.009     0.008    -11.11     0.012     0.012     0.012     0.012     1.68    0.01
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.795     1.265     0.996     0.364    -63.46     1.194     0.903     0.671     0.633   -46.95    0.83
      60 MMF Products     50.447    50.232    44.183    23.765    -46.21    54.629    36.674    34.331    29.814   -45.42    0.09
      61 MMF Apparel       0.315     0.462     0.377     0.256    -32.10     0.421     0.338     0.338     0.341   -18.84    0.00
      62 MMF Non-Apparel  50.132    49.769    43.806    23.509    -46.33    54.208    36.335    33.993    29.472   -45.63    0.13
      80 S and V Product   0.071     0.057     0.052     0.043    -17.20     0.072     0.059     0.051     0.048   -33.88    0.01
      81 S and V Apparel   0.030     0.023     0.022     0.022     -0.70     0.033     0.022     0.022     0.023   -30.35    0.01
      82 S and V Non-App   0.041     0.034     0.030     0.021    -29.43     0.039     0.038     0.029     0.025   -36.87    0.01

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarns   2.249     0.984     0.984     0.787    -20.04     1.008     0.787     0.787     0.787   -21.92    0.18
     223 Non-Woven Fabri  38.981    40.096    36.482    16.330    -55.24    44.785    25.904    23.650    19.944   -55.47    0.69
     229 Special Fabric    1.213     0.878     0.486     1.824    275.14     0.690     2.086     2.089     2.216   221.28    0.09

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.348     0.825     0.666     0.154    -76.85     0.734     0.539     0.332     0.313   -57.27    1.03
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.001     0.001     0.001     0.000    -53.57     0.001     0.002     0.001     0.001   -24.72    0.00
     465 Floor Coverings   0.401     0.421     0.314     0.194    -38.25     0.435     0.347     0.323     0.301   -30.68    1.42

Man-Made Fiber:
     603 Yarn>85% artif.   6.207     6.674     5.070     3.572    -29.54     6.345     6.209     6.094     5.176   -18.42    4.43