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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | SRI LKA      |                         |    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          1228.633  1403.620  1067.507  1111.319      4.10  1376.210  1467.100  1463.226  1447.432      5.18    1.44
       1 Apparel        1223.656  1399.572  1064.309  1107.325      4.04  1371.713  1462.400  1458.480  1442.588      5.17    1.89
       2 Non-Apparel       4.977     4.048     3.198     3.994     24.89     4.497     4.700     4.746     4.845      7.73    0.02
      11 Yarns             0.015     0.169     0.082     0.504    514.29     0.085     0.578     0.574     0.591    596.15    0.04
      12 Fabrics           0.295     0.449     0.337     0.922    173.70     0.481     0.828     0.766     1.034    114.98    0.02
      14 Made Ups / Mis    4.666     3.431     2.779     2.568     -7.60     3.931     3.294     3.406     3.220    -18.09    0.02
      30 Cotton Product  794.451   867.150   659.668   634.483     -3.82   864.703   865.071   858.237   841.965     -2.63    1.67
      31 Cotton Apparel  794.141   866.927   659.526   633.664     -3.92   864.404   864.347   857.542   841.066     -2.70    2.01
      32 Cot Non-Appare    0.310     0.223     0.143     0.819    473.29     0.299     0.724     0.695     0.899    200.57    0.01
      40 Wool Products    11.271    17.432    10.999    10.801     -1.80    15.110    18.572    18.023    17.234     14.06    0.36
      41 Wool Apparel     11.271    17.432    10.999    10.799     -1.82    15.110    18.572    18.023    17.232     14.04    0.46
      42 Wool Non-Appar    0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.002       *      0.00
      60 MMF Products    407.193   500.626   380.576   445.783     17.13   479.418   560.687   564.389   565.833     18.03    1.31
      61 MMF Apparel     402.571   496.880   377.597   442.779     17.26   475.330   556.838   560.504   562.062     18.25    1.91
      62 MMF Non-Appare    4.622     3.745     2.979     3.004      0.85     4.088     3.848     3.885     3.770     -7.76    0.03
      80 S and V Produc   15.718    18.412    16.263    20.252     24.52    16.980    22.770    22.577    22.401     31.92    1.25
      81 S and V Appare   15.673    18.332    16.187    20.083     24.07    16.870    22.643    22.411    22.228     31.76    1.66
      82 S and V Non-Ap    0.045     0.081     0.076     0.169    120.90     0.110     0.128     0.166     0.173     56.93    0.04

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     239 Baby Garm / Ac   26.801    28.557    21.095    18.169    -13.87    28.909    27.864    26.258    25.631    -11.34    1.08

Cotton:
     301 Combed Cot. Ya    0.000     0.053     0.000     0.392       *       0.000     0.365     0.365     0.445       *      0.60
     331 Cot.Glove/Mitt    2.049     2.638     1.976     2.066      4.60     2.670     2.467     2.678     2.728      2.19    2.45
     333 Suit-Typ Coat,    0.259     0.985     0.704     0.497    -29.39     0.752     0.934     0.814     0.778      3.53    0.67
     334 Oth. Coats, MB    4.552     3.913     2.686     3.321     23.66     4.148     4.099     4.292     4.548      9.65    0.46
     335 W/G Cot. Coats   17.534    30.492    20.539    19.281     -6.12    26.665    31.328    31.582    29.234      9.63    2.57
     336 Cotton Dresses   24.087    34.339    28.069    21.214    -24.42    32.375    28.660    27.857    27.484    -15.11    2.45
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   56.742    53.648    43.376    53.620     23.62    55.247    62.124    62.164    63.892     15.65    1.06
     339 W/G Knit Blous   86.043    79.530    60.018    47.501    -20.86    80.194    71.284    69.386    67.013    -16.44    0.97
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   80.172    92.069    66.610    69.688      4.62    92.161    96.649    97.362    95.147      3.24    3.30
     341 W/G N-Knt Blou   24.429    31.632    24.881    20.374    -18.11    31.113    27.965    27.522    27.126    -12.81    2.38
     342 Cotton Skirts    15.345    11.428     9.479    12.034     26.95    11.582    14.128    14.036    13.982     20.72    2.70
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse  132.478   131.825   106.114   104.830     -1.21   138.303   135.825   133.521   130.541     -5.61    2.24
     348 W/G Slacks, et  198.632   226.813   173.000   179.124      3.54   223.842   230.412   234.478   232.938      4.06    3.57
     349 Bras, & other     9.934     3.450     2.835     3.045      7.44     4.595     3.410     3.488     3.661    -20.33    2.12
     350 Dress. Gown et    4.436     3.916     2.386     4.592     92.43     3.649     5.614     6.060     6.121     67.74    1.78
     351 Cot. Nghtwr/PJ    6.404     6.300     4.068     1.704    -58.11     6.883     5.054     4.722     3.936    -42.82    0.53
     352 Cotton Underwe  100.170   121.776    87.898    71.722    -18.40   116.671   114.140   108.898   105.599     -9.49    4.15
     359 Oth. Cot. App.    5.366     7.159     5.707     4.139    -27.46     7.216     6.138     6.000     5.592    -22.51    0.51

Wool:
     435 W/G Coats, Woo    5.638     5.045     2.381     3.439     44.39     5.223     5.825     5.519     6.102     16.82    1.27
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.278     0.746     0.388     0.167    -56.80     0.435     0.673     0.542     0.526     20.95    0.13
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    0.030     0.040     0.040     0.120    200.50     0.040     0.046     0.067     0.120    200.50    0.93
     442 Wool Skirts       2.391     3.398     2.172     3.566     64.16     2.651     4.744     4.920     4.792     80.72    8.73
     444 Wool Suits,W/G    0.128     0.397     0.397     0.130    -67.18     0.422     0.108     0.108     0.130    -69.16    0.85
     447 Wool Trousers,    1.112     2.848     2.202     0.997    -54.72     2.486     2.321     2.008     1.643    -33.89    0.55
     448 Wool Slacks,W/    0.719     3.725     2.398     1.717    -28.40     2.455     3.733     3.750     3.044     23.97    3.37

Man-Made Fiber:
     620 Oth Synth Fila    0.185     0.036     0.036     0.482   1236.66     0.128     0.403     0.423     0.482    276.39    0.09
     631 Gloves/Mittens   21.640    25.217    18.901    20.330      7.56    25.433    27.683    27.865    26.645      4.77    5.78
     634 Other Coats, M    7.068     5.314     4.013     5.023     25.17     5.540     5.796     6.241     6.324     14.14    0.38
     635 Coats, W/G       11.615    12.722     9.794     5.793    -40.85    12.612     9.658     9.515     8.722    -30.85    0.47
     636 Dresses          52.507    62.533    48.471    63.880     31.79    60.860    78.182    78.338    77.942     28.07    2.61
     638 Knit Shirts, M   17.059    39.516    29.712    39.673     33.52    34.855    44.423    47.129    49.477     41.95    1.97
     639 Knit Blouses,W   19.488    33.766    24.596    31.474     27.96    30.798    40.244    40.271    40.644     31.97    1.12
     640 N-K Shirts, MB    0.984     1.169     0.879     1.254     42.67     1.083     1.475     1.436     1.544     42.54    0.34
     641 N-K Blouses, W    2.300     2.872     2.304     4.275     85.57     2.835     4.804     4.648     4.843     70.81    0.37
     642 Skirts            4.034     5.280     3.720     5.820     56.43     4.251     6.323     6.667     7.380     73.62    1.22
     644 MMF W/G Suits     1.359     0.486     0.359     0.330     -8.00     1.061     0.457     0.457     0.457    -56.91    0.54
     647 Trousers,etc M    6.487     9.336     6.533    12.107     85.32     9.164    12.941    13.544    14.910     62.71    0.75
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   20.997    33.129    23.262    21.798     -6.29    28.604    34.455    31.016    31.665     10.70    1.73
     649 Bras/Ot Bod Su  116.375   123.350    94.308   116.143     23.15   121.726   147.427   147.956   145.185     19.27    7.41
     650 Dress Gown,Rob    2.035     2.279     1.488     2.159     45.16     2.070     2.798     2.911     2.951     42.52    0.97
     651 Nightwear/PJs     9.868     8.736     5.575     4.784    -14.20     8.829     8.584     8.495     7.945    -10.02    1.16
     652 M-MF Underwear   54.737    54.549    42.098    49.729     18.13    53.338    58.440    60.361    62.180     16.58    6.87
     659 Oth. MMF App.    49.292    69.376    56.245    53.902     -4.17    65.976    66.955    67.938    67.033      1.60    1.80
     666 Other Furnishi    0.598     0.648     0.503     0.446    -11.32     0.631     0.652     0.682     0.591     -6.28    0.02
     669 Other MMF Manu    3.481     2.146     1.788     1.499    -16.18     2.614     1.890     1.969     1.857    -28.97    0.16

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     835 S/V Coats W/G     0.483     0.861     0.850     0.521    -38.70     0.866     0.533     0.532     0.532    -38.59    0.77
     836 S/V Dresses       0.019     0.573     0.573     1.425    148.73     0.573     1.426     1.426     1.426    148.80    2.27
     840 S/V Wov Shirts    5.947     5.588     5.264     6.453     22.59     5.353     6.759     6.779     6.777     26.60    4.10
     842 S/V Skirts        0.645     1.134     1.125     0.423    -62.40     1.175     0.450     0.432     0.432    -63.28    1.40
     847 S/V Trousers M    7.694     8.930     7.733     9.368     21.14     8.094    11.010    10.821    10.565     30.53    2.12
     859 Oth. S/V Appar    0.543     0.636     0.392     0.885    126.03     0.468     1.157     1.152     1.130    141.31    0.65