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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _EC12        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  9/2012 in Million $  |
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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          2793.876  3161.475  2360.249  2438.633      3.32  3095.313  3257.065  3245.300  3239.859      4.67    3.22
       1 Apparel        1262.909  1517.784  1132.781  1177.002      3.90  1458.457  1589.331  1575.077  1562.005      7.10    2.04
       2 Non-Apparel    1530.966  1643.691  1227.468  1261.630      2.78  1636.857  1667.735  1670.224  1677.854      2.50    6.98
      11 Yarns           173.442   194.737   149.628   153.988      2.91   190.192   200.802   198.869   199.097      4.68   13.50
      12 Fabrics         793.315   857.730   643.424   657.163      2.14   859.077   869.113   866.883   871.469      1.44   15.20
      14 Made Ups / Mis  564.209   591.223   434.415   450.479      3.70   587.587   597.820   604.471   607.288      3.35    3.61
      30 Cotton Product  735.375   796.731   589.433   590.141      0.12   796.290   798.709   796.423   797.440      0.14    1.58
      31 Cotton Apparel  368.937   418.289   307.193   313.138      1.94   406.324   429.729   426.496   424.235      4.41    1.01
      32 Cot Non-Appare  366.438   378.442   282.240   277.003     -1.86   389.967   368.980   369.927   373.205     -4.30    4.32
      40 Wool Products   719.000   864.881   655.405   681.972      4.05   829.164   909.488   899.893   891.447      7.51   18.58
      41 Wool Apparel    524.932   652.535   498.322   505.798      1.50   621.537   679.865   669.997   660.011      6.19   17.48
      42 Wool Non-Appar  194.067   212.346   157.083   176.174     12.15   207.626   229.623   229.896   231.437     11.47   22.69
      60 MMF Products   1206.877  1340.154   996.492  1036.958      4.06  1314.184  1378.352  1378.506  1380.621      5.06    3.19
      61 MMF Apparel     303.802   370.340   270.045   296.225      9.69   355.681   397.681   397.019   396.520     11.48    1.35
      62 MMF Non-Appare  903.075   969.815   726.447   740.733      1.97   958.502   980.671   981.487   984.101      2.67    7.07
      80 S and V Produc  132.624   159.708   118.919   129.561      8.95   155.676   170.517   170.478   170.350      9.43    9.53
      81 S and V Appare   65.238    76.620    57.221    61.841      8.07    74.914    82.057    81.565    81.240      8.44    6.07
      82 S and V Non-Ap   67.386    83.088    61.698    67.720      9.76    80.762    88.461    88.914    89.110     10.34   19.85

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th   26.926    28.710    21.302    24.493     14.98    28.089    31.862    32.042    31.900     13.57   15.00
     201 Specialty Yarn   34.249    43.574    33.752    37.344     10.64    41.388    47.535    47.256    47.167     13.96   18.98
     218 Fab, Color Yar   44.402    44.592    33.751    30.636     -9.23    50.150    41.744    41.506    41.478    -17.29   34.98
     220 Spec. Weave, F   49.826    57.280    42.313    41.727     -1.39    55.993    56.717    56.496    56.694      1.25   31.40
     222 Knit Fabric      46.073    49.899    37.108    36.984     -0.33    47.679    50.617    49.869    49.775      4.40    7.52
     223 Non-Woven Fabr  257.694   280.015   210.003   214.979      2.37   280.155   278.786   279.367   284.991      1.73   28.46
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa   32.618    33.870    25.786    24.348     -5.57    35.046    33.289    32.721    32.433     -7.46   10.52
     225 Blue Denim Fab   21.383    15.365    11.498    10.313    -10.31    13.732    15.347    13.455    14.180      3.26   17.36
     226 Cheesecloth,Ba    1.676     2.508     1.858     1.917      3.15     2.362     2.509     2.571     2.566      8.62    5.55
     229 Special Fabric   82.514    88.721    66.993    69.336      3.50    89.193    90.992    91.715    91.064      2.10    7.44
     239 Baby Garm / Ac    5.459     8.654     7.196     5.461    -24.11     8.418     7.416     7.358     6.919    -17.81    0.29

Cotton:
     300 Carded Cot. Ya    1.949     2.653     1.885     2.893     53.53     2.391     3.504     3.666     3.662     53.14    6.55
     313 Cotton Sheetin    5.078     8.175     6.366     5.732     -9.97     8.045     7.734     7.564     7.540     -6.27    2.35
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    5.144     6.107     4.488     4.605      2.60     5.729     6.299     6.086     6.223      8.63    6.70
     317 Twill Fabric      8.050     9.830     7.316     8.735     19.40    10.574    10.986    11.009    11.249      6.38   11.37
     326 Sateen Fabric     3.664     3.014     2.080     2.622     26.09     3.563     3.588     3.531     3.557     -0.17    8.67
     332 Cotton Hosiery    5.625     6.643     5.040     5.766     14.40     6.460     7.475     7.352     7.369     14.08    0.92
     333 Suit-Typ Coat,   12.458    14.467    10.893    13.253     21.66    13.788    16.235    16.737    16.826     22.03   14.56
     334 Oth. Coats, MB   14.806    19.969    14.221    13.939     -1.98    18.204    20.727    19.853    19.688      8.15    1.98
     335 W/G Cot. Coats   30.159    34.770    23.534    29.825     26.73    32.720    39.486    40.577    41.060     25.49    3.61
     336 Cotton Dresses   28.948    37.949    24.959    35.064     40.49    34.188    46.457    47.255    48.055     40.56    4.29
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   23.078    31.472    22.566    25.096     11.21    29.306    34.496    34.433    34.002     16.02    0.56
     339 W/G Knit Blous   27.719    32.332    24.463    22.283     -8.91    31.177    30.445    30.436    30.152     -3.29    0.44
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   61.320    72.064    53.824    52.834     -1.84    70.606    73.123    71.917    71.075      0.66    2.47
     342 Cotton Skirts     7.752     8.838     5.995     6.335      5.67     8.267     9.300     9.190     9.178     11.03    1.77
     345 Cotton Sweater    8.648    10.209     7.425     7.490      0.87    10.015    10.590    10.429    10.273      2.58    1.21
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse   46.914    54.388    42.250    31.168    -26.23    54.918    47.562    44.857    43.306    -21.14    0.74
     348 W/G Slacks, et   49.942    37.595    28.735    25.598    -10.92    38.955    34.439    34.229    34.458    -11.54    0.53
     351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ    2.773     2.932     2.169     2.057     -5.17     3.044     3.073     3.023     2.820     -7.37    0.38
     352 Cotton Underwe    3.036     3.461     2.631     3.513     33.52     3.551     4.274     4.427     4.343     22.30    0.17
     359 Oth. Cot. App.   15.943    17.704    12.909    14.920     15.58    17.521    19.426    19.425    19.716     12.53    1.81
     360 Pillowcases      15.232    13.944    10.987     8.685    -20.95    15.795    11.542    11.825    11.642    -26.29    3.51
     361 Cotton Sheets    63.124    53.988    40.137    36.416     -9.27    61.083    47.516    48.087    50.267    -17.71    3.57
     362 Bedsprds/Quilt   46.436    45.091    34.785    29.756    -14.46    47.148    40.567    40.832    40.062    -15.03    4.85
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu   85.474   101.791    75.289    77.711      3.22   100.353   102.679   104.317   104.213      3.85    3.16

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns       37.990    42.208    33.638    36.185      7.57    42.964    43.268    42.873    44.754      4.17   31.36
     410 Wool Woven Fab   42.733    49.117    36.864    44.463     20.61    48.246    55.568    56.647    56.716     17.56   52.67
     414 Oth Wool Fabri   32.611    38.032    28.603    30.830      7.79    37.994    40.605    40.918    40.259      5.96   53.81
     431 Wool Glov/Mitn    1.196     1.547     1.174     1.031    -12.19     1.504     1.428     1.325     1.404     -6.66    5.74
     432 Wool Hosiery      5.458     5.893     4.003     4.441     10.93     5.632     5.746     5.995     6.330     12.40   21.66
     433 Suit-Typ Ct,MB   55.020    76.262    58.129    68.082     17.12    73.178    86.865    86.752    86.214     17.81   20.38
     434 Oth. Coats, M/   15.863    22.803    17.720    19.383      9.39    21.761    24.200    25.070    24.467     12.44   11.70
     435 W/G Coats, Woo   70.752    89.625    71.669    61.890    -13.64    84.733    86.507    82.127    79.846     -5.77   16.57
     436 Wool Dresses     34.616    44.040    35.131    38.180      8.68    41.848    47.233    47.179    47.089     12.52   35.54
     438 K Shirts,Blous   39.423    46.359    37.279    33.882     -9.11    47.464    45.027    41.957    42.963     -9.48   10.66
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    2.234     2.604     2.053     2.083      1.44     2.327     2.657     2.625     2.633     13.14   20.52
     442 Wool Skirts       8.523    10.480     8.871     7.306    -17.64    10.157     9.904     9.123     8.915    -12.23   16.24
     443 Wool Suits,M/B   97.186   109.806    81.453    90.546     11.16   105.245   118.302   119.056   118.899     12.97   22.71
     444 Wool Suits,W/G    2.214     2.415     1.818     1.153    -36.56     2.306     2.088     1.882     1.751    -24.07   11.47
     445 Wool Sweater,M   30.231    36.567    25.900    28.841     11.36    34.429    39.622    39.749    39.509     14.75   20.58
     446 Wool Sweater,W   46.943    66.932    51.507    41.923    -18.61    62.766    65.782    63.152    57.348     -8.63   10.45
     447 Wool Trousers,   33.719    39.111    28.864    34.109     18.17    36.165    44.432    44.679    44.356     22.65   14.76
     448 Wool Slacks,W/   14.132    18.493    15.009    11.536    -23.14    17.512    16.526    15.449    15.020    -14.23   16.65
     459 Oth.Wool Appar   66.673    78.512    56.834    60.911      7.17    73.433    82.668    83.073    82.589     12.47   24.90
     464 Wool Blankets    15.461     7.216     5.248     6.500     23.84     7.183     8.134     8.424     8.467     17.87   35.24
     465 Floor Covering   63.917    74.139    51.645    56.789      9.96    69.781    80.381    79.309    79.283     13.62   12.01

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn    24.234    24.583    18.555    10.706    -42.30    24.147    19.179    17.174    16.734    -30.70    5.19
     603 Yarn>85% artif    2.444     2.421     1.845     2.186     18.48     2.487     2.651     2.756     2.762     11.04    4.16
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    4.358     4.003     2.832     2.768     -2.24     4.197     4.561     3.906     3.940     -6.13    3.56
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn   36.608    42.171    32.380    33.984      4.95    39.965    43.868    44.602    43.775      9.53   22.50
     618 Wov Artif Fila    4.836     7.104     4.864     5.584     14.80     6.378     7.868     7.921     7.824     22.67   23.07
     619 Poly Fil Fab      5.191     5.255     3.781     4.670     23.50     5.060     5.961     6.192     6.143     21.40    3.14
     620 Oth Synth Fila   51.274    52.839    40.813    39.285     -3.74    52.121    52.292    51.266    51.310     -1.55    9.77
     622 Glass Fabric     15.981    16.206    11.845    13.304     12.32    15.716    17.059    17.321    17.665     12.40   14.06
     629 Oth Stap/Fil F   18.535    19.959    14.806    14.475     -2.24    20.016    19.999    20.001    19.627     -1.94   19.74
     632 Hosiery          10.650     9.767     7.526     7.815      3.83    10.988     9.766    10.244    10.055     -8.49    1.03
     634 Other Coats, M   11.893    14.389    10.529    11.095      5.37    14.023    15.257    15.214    14.954      6.65    0.90
     635 Coats, W/G       39.836    49.801    36.775    33.992     -7.57    50.026    49.473    47.165    47.018     -6.01    2.55
     636 Dresses          69.477    92.070    63.569    80.750     27.03    84.525   107.289   108.042   109.250     29.25    3.66
     639 Knit Blouses,W   25.115    28.922    21.187    23.519     11.01    28.878    31.340    31.112    31.255      8.23    0.86
     643 MMF Suits, M/B    0.874     1.089     0.776     0.744     -4.18     0.986     1.145     1.167     1.056      7.10    1.43
     644 MMF W/G Suits     0.552     0.744     0.622     0.219    -64.80     0.826     0.381     0.349     0.340    -58.77    0.40
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   11.657    13.830     9.856    11.883     20.57    12.867    15.989    15.806    15.857     23.24    0.87
     652 M-MF Underwear    5.487     5.829     4.553     4.055    -10.94     6.109     5.613     5.666     5.331    -12.74    0.59
     659 Oth. MMF App.    74.907    88.193    65.066    71.821     10.38    84.380    94.655    95.500    94.948     12.52    2.55
     665 Floor Covering  125.151   137.846   103.252   102.725     -0.51   131.624   137.864   137.004   137.319      4.33   13.47
     666 Other Furnishi   12.369    11.473     8.199    10.659     30.00    11.918    13.219    13.336    13.932     16.90    0.45
     669 Other MMF Manu   22.180    25.038    18.365    21.015     14.43    23.182    25.588    27.215    27.689     19.44    2.40
     670 Flat Goods, et   86.163    81.547    57.686    63.043      9.29    83.335    84.633    87.565    86.904      4.28    2.71

Other CWM:
     736 SILK Dresses     47.410    58.603    43.347    42.925     -0.97    56.196    59.551    58.632    58.181      3.53   19.82
     758 SILK Neckwear    47.161    53.400    37.349    42.968     15.04    51.160    57.955    58.912    59.019     15.36   46.58

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     800 S/V Yarns         1.677     1.504     1.234     1.368     10.90     1.769     1.558     1.712     1.638     -7.40   33.94
     810 S/V Woven Fabr   47.244    53.546    40.075    39.951     -0.31    53.581    53.849    53.497    53.421     -0.30   40.62
     833 S/V S-T CoatsM    6.347     9.287     6.700     7.012      4.66     8.392     9.732     9.688     9.599     14.38   32.84
     834 S/VOth.CoatsM/    0.570     1.147     0.773     1.073     38.86     0.899     1.432     1.378     1.447     60.95   18.15
     835 S/V Coats W/G     6.653     6.227     5.017     5.460      8.84     6.913     6.447     6.505     6.671     -3.51    9.64
     836 S/V Dresses       6.982     7.443     5.934     6.249      5.31     7.456     7.824     7.686     7.759      4.05   12.35
     838 S/V K Shirts/B    4.756     5.523     4.398     5.689     29.33     5.674     6.605     6.633     6.813     20.06    4.57
     840 S/V Wov Shirts    6.333     6.948     5.503     5.229     -4.98     6.958     6.909     6.708     6.674     -4.07    4.04
     847 S/V Trousers M    4.043     5.072     3.781     3.551     -6.09     4.547     4.949     4.866     4.842      6.48    0.97
     858 S/V Neckwear      6.765     8.103     5.898     3.441    -41.66     8.303     6.641     6.533     5.645    -32.01   47.03
     859 Oth. S/V Appar   17.167    20.882    14.862    18.556     24.85    20.249    24.440    24.275    24.576     21.37   14.03
     870 Luggage Silk/V    2.258     2.583     1.714     1.867      8.94     2.478     2.623     2.744     2.736     10.43    3.40
     871 HBags FGoods S    4.836     4.034     3.156     6.621    109.78     4.175     4.903     6.602     7.499     79.61   20.60
     899 Other S/V Manu   11.098    21.195    15.388    17.679     14.89    18.549    25.195    24.034    23.486     26.62   12.51