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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _SUB-SAHARA  |                         |    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           231.670   237.636   182.226   170.177     -6.61   242.634   231.741   229.588   225.587    -7.03    0.42
       1 Apparel         220.353   221.937   169.587   159.934     -5.69   225.883   218.629   216.531   212.284    -6.02    0.91
       2 Non-Apparel      11.317    15.699    12.639    10.243    -18.95    16.751    13.112    13.057    13.304   -20.58    0.04
      11 Yarns             0.445     0.482     0.294     0.420     42.69     0.345     0.606     0.608     0.608    76.27    0.02
      12 Fabrics           9.066    13.833    11.300     8.267    -26.84    14.813    10.907    10.733    10.801   -27.09    0.11
      14 Made Ups / Misc   1.807     1.383     1.045     1.556     48.95     1.593     1.598     1.716     1.895    18.97    0.01
      30 Cotton Products 145.222   129.619   100.073    93.992     -6.08   134.394   127.987   127.258   123.538    -8.08    0.67
      31 Cotton Apparel  144.272   129.095    99.690    93.267     -6.44   133.831   127.108   126.398   122.671    -8.34    1.04
      32 Cot Non-Apparel   0.950     0.524     0.383     0.725     89.23     0.563     0.879     0.860     0.866    53.75    0.01
      40 Wool Products     1.008     0.793     0.537     0.554      3.20     0.688     0.829     0.848     0.810    17.85    0.26
      41 Wool Apparel      0.485     0.266     0.217     0.105    -51.46     0.277     0.178     0.193     0.155   -44.27    0.07
      42 Wool Non-Appare   0.523     0.527     0.320     0.449     40.33     0.410     0.651     0.655     0.656    59.82    0.86
      60 MMF Products     84.657   106.768    81.185    75.073     -7.53   106.780   102.504   101.082   100.655    -5.74    0.29
      61 MMF Apparel      75.441    92.510    69.634    66.500     -4.50    91.666    91.280    89.878    89.376    -2.50    0.82
      62 MMF Non-Apparel   9.217    14.258    11.552     8.573    -25.79    15.114    11.224    11.204    11.279   -25.38    0.05
      80 S and V Product   0.782     0.456     0.431     0.558     29.66     0.772     0.421     0.400     0.584   -24.35    0.09
      81 S and V Apparel   0.154     0.066     0.046     0.061     32.14     0.109     0.064     0.062     0.081   -25.44    0.03
      82 S and V Non-App   0.628     0.390     0.384     0.497     29.36     0.663     0.357     0.338     0.503   -24.17    0.15

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     222 Knit Fabric       0.710     1.285     0.791     1.141     44.28     0.974     1.568     1.469     1.635    67.81    0.10
     223 Non-Woven Fabri   2.382     8.134     6.722     5.082    -24.39     7.822     6.714     6.477     6.495   -16.96    0.22
     229 Special Fabric    4.926     3.201     3.095     0.523    -83.11     5.056     0.634     0.730     0.629   -87.56    0.03
     237 Playsuit,Sunsui   0.850     0.476     0.406     0.152    -62.59     0.897     0.236     0.235     0.223   -75.19    0.49
     239 Baby Garm / Acc   8.334     7.479     5.491     5.235     -4.67     8.109     7.330     7.051     7.222   -10.94    0.99

Cotton:
     335 W/G Cot. Coats    1.187     0.758     0.548     0.327    -40.32     0.562     0.901     0.833     0.537    -4.43    0.15
     336 Cotton Dresses    0.574     1.119     1.078     0.575    -46.69     1.229     0.603     0.583     0.616   -49.86    0.11
     338 Knit Shirts,MB    9.276     6.650     4.943     4.255    -13.92     6.860     6.246     6.131     5.961   -13.10    0.56
     339 W/G Knit Blouse  14.038    10.430     8.414     4.726    -43.83    11.479     7.578     7.314     6.742   -41.27    0.60
     340 N-Knt Shirts,MB  15.415    19.491    14.281    15.507      8.58    18.717    20.797    21.721    20.717    10.68    3.26
     341 W/G N-Knt Blous   0.588     0.934     0.746     0.598    -19.84     0.951     0.726     0.753     0.786   -17.37    0.42
     342 Cotton Skirts     0.830     0.756     0.685     0.763     11.39     0.731     0.831     0.839     0.834    14.08    0.61
     347 Cot.M/B Trouser  35.575    29.650    22.662    22.455     -0.91    31.819    29.240    29.581    29.443    -7.47    2.84
     348 W/G Slacks, etc  54.293    44.956    36.177    33.591     -7.15    47.092    44.815    43.688    42.370   -10.03    2.74
     352 Cotton Underwea   0.071     0.170     0.040     0.959   2284.20     0.042     1.088     1.089     1.089  2476.53    0.06
     359 Oth. Cot. App.    3.054     6.563     4.741     4.201    -11.38     6.147     6.712     6.525     6.023    -2.01    1.20

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.425     0.448     0.266     0.399     49.91     0.315     0.581     0.583     0.581    84.40    1.91
     438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.272     0.030     0.028     0.007    -75.22     0.029     0.014     0.016     0.009   -69.37    0.04
     440 NK Shirts,Blous   0.000     0.006     0.000     0.000    200.00     0.000     0.006     0.006     0.006  3787.50    0.63
     445 Wool Sweater,MB   0.034     0.045     0.033     0.038     14.16     0.036     0.032     0.053     0.050    35.92    0.83
     446 Wool Sweater,WG   0.011     0.031     0.018     0.003    -82.95     0.028     0.025     0.017     0.016   -42.64    0.07

Man-Made Fiber:
     620 Oth Synth Filam   0.533     0.944     0.474     1.374    189.85     0.636     1.682     1.863     1.844   189.86    0.17
     632 Hosiery           0.753     0.611     0.478     0.409    -14.40     0.682     0.557     0.514     0.542   -20.44    0.08
     634 Other Coats, MB   1.223     1.612     1.197     1.392     16.33     1.676     1.283     1.740     1.807     7.84    0.48
     635 Coats, W/G        2.737     4.183     2.124     1.463    -31.11     2.980     3.969     3.885     3.522    18.22    0.72
     636 Dresses           0.699     1.929     1.784     0.700    -60.73     1.982     0.959     0.913     0.846   -57.30    0.07
     638 Knit Shirts, MB  14.640    20.657    15.542    23.015     48.08    19.648    25.831    26.558    28.130    43.17    3.31
     639 Knit Blouses,WG  17.844    19.083    13.758    11.813    -14.14    19.522    18.980    17.850    17.138   -12.21    1.76
     640 N-K Shirts, MB    1.386     1.735     1.380     0.812    -41.18     1.486     0.945     1.148     1.167   -21.47    0.90
     641 N-K Blouses, WG   0.683     0.478     0.391     0.675     72.70     0.434     0.679     0.721     0.762    75.68    0.27
     647 Trousers,etc MB  12.319    13.171    10.490     8.043    -23.33    14.077    10.598    10.280    10.724   -23.82    2.20
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   11.836    13.115    10.393    11.460     10.27    13.857    14.264    14.491    14.182     2.35    3.32
     650 Dress Gown,Robe   0.600     0.242     0.232     0.026    -88.83     0.809     0.022     0.022     0.036   -95.54    0.01
     652 M-MF Underwear    3.181     2.427     2.337     1.897    -18.82     2.476     1.780     1.735     1.988   -19.73    0.28
     659 Oth. MMF App.     5.911    11.276     8.025     3.614    -54.97     9.698     9.698     8.387     6.865   -29.21    0.27