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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | CHINA T      |                         |    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           877.103   878.900   676.058   666.599     -1.40   886.856   882.936   871.664   869.441     -1.96    0.87
       1 Apparel         469.367   435.997   346.573   311.496    -10.12   456.495   415.009   404.003   400.919    -12.17    0.52
       2 Non-Apparel     407.735   442.903   329.485   355.103      7.78   430.362   467.927   467.661   468.521      8.87    1.95
      11 Yarns            49.534    60.505    42.883    45.324      5.69    57.269    64.255    63.339    62.946      9.91    4.27
      12 Fabrics         261.840   285.943   215.368   234.787      9.02   281.236   305.455   303.995   305.362      8.58    5.33
      14 Made Ups / Mis   96.361    96.455    71.234    74.992      5.28    91.857    98.217   100.326   100.213      9.10    0.60
      30 Cotton Product  153.373   141.264   109.812    97.216    -11.47   147.173   134.437   131.249   128.668    -12.57    0.25
      31 Cotton Apparel  113.699   103.716    80.667    64.303    -20.29   109.263    92.492    89.841    87.352    -20.05    0.21
      32 Cot Non-Appare   39.674    37.548    29.146    32.913     12.93    37.911    41.945    41.407    41.316      8.98    0.48
      40 Wool Products     5.316     6.364     5.345     4.151    -22.33     6.593     5.506     5.202     5.171    -21.58    0.11
      41 Wool Apparel      4.553     5.193     4.261     3.502    -17.80     5.280     4.573     4.392     4.434    -16.02    0.12
      42 Wool Non-Appar    0.762     1.172     1.084     0.649    -40.16     1.313     0.934     0.810     0.736    -43.93    0.07
      60 MMF Products    712.424   722.531   553.873   556.884      0.54   724.879   732.810   725.071   725.543      0.09    1.67
      61 MMF Apparel     347.134   322.004   257.502   238.188     -7.50   337.207   311.363   303.275   302.691    -10.24    1.03
      62 MMF Non-Appare  365.290   400.527   296.371   318.696      7.53   387.672   421.446   421.797   422.852      9.07    3.04
      80 S and V Produc    5.990     8.740     7.028     8.347     18.77     8.210    10.183    10.143    10.059     22.52    0.56
      81 S and V Appare    3.981     5.084     4.144     5.502     32.76     4.744     6.581     6.495     6.442     35.78    0.48
      82 S and V Non-Ap    2.008     3.656     2.883     2.845     -1.34     3.466     3.601     3.648     3.617      4.36    0.81

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     200 Yarns / Sew Th    1.301     2.006     1.621     1.687      4.07     2.048     2.117     2.076     2.072      1.18    0.97
     201 Specialty Yarn   28.620    37.012    25.510    26.932      5.58    35.430    39.756    38.962    38.434      8.48   15.47
     218 Fab, Color Yar    3.729     4.012     3.217     2.514    -21.84     4.163     3.755     3.653     3.310    -20.50    2.79
     219 Duck Fabric       1.170     0.901     0.895     0.176    -80.32     1.157     0.342     0.259     0.182    -84.28    0.38
     220 Spec. Weave, F    6.323     5.915     4.542     3.931    -13.45     6.366     5.487     5.367     5.304    -16.69    2.94
     222 Knit Fabric      36.298    38.703    28.553    28.636      0.29    37.656    38.608    38.025    38.785      3.00    5.86
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   15.020    18.324    13.387    12.987     -2.99    17.148    18.095    18.000    17.923      4.52    1.79
     224 Pile/Tufted Fa   16.093    15.175    11.410    10.541     -7.61    15.371    14.407    13.579    14.306     -6.93    4.64
     225 Blue Denim Fab    6.858     6.986     5.326     5.102     -4.20     6.832     7.341     6.725     6.762     -1.03    8.28
     229 Special Fabric  117.392   132.779   101.775   108.979      7.08   130.521   140.082   139.562   139.983      7.25   11.44
     239 Baby Garm / Ac    5.244     5.478     3.826     4.344     13.55     5.882     5.774     5.928     5.997      1.95    0.25

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin    0.842     0.473     0.434     0.329    -24.22     0.608     0.408     0.372     0.368    -39.50    0.11
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    1.002     1.770     1.385     1.364     -1.51     1.791     2.077     1.872     1.749     -2.33    1.88
     317 Twill Fabric      4.593     3.534     2.769     7.257    162.04     3.728     7.682     8.016     8.022    115.16    8.11
     326 Sateen Fabric     1.151     0.540     0.328     0.467     42.43     0.582     0.580     0.644     0.680     16.67    1.66
     331 Cot.Glove/Mitt    0.505     1.077     0.740     0.868     17.31     0.878     1.276     1.225     1.205     37.28    1.08
     332 Cotton Hosiery   14.202    13.606    10.090     8.599    -14.77    13.051    12.298    12.184    12.115     -7.17    1.51
     335 W/G Cot. Coats    2.022     1.826     1.652     0.977    -40.85     2.451     1.157     1.139     1.151    -53.03    0.10
     339 W/G Knit Blous   33.601    26.983    22.012    17.802    -19.12    29.547    23.798    22.994    22.773    -22.93    0.33
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M    4.171     3.305     2.399     1.813    -24.43     3.750     2.756     2.849     2.719    -27.48    0.09
     342 Cotton Skirts     1.679     0.821     0.641     0.560    -12.68     0.798     0.811     0.788     0.740     -7.30    0.14
     345 Cotton Sweater    3.988     5.437     2.497     2.379     -4.71     4.880     5.868     5.621     5.320      9.01    0.63
     348 W/G Slacks, et   20.985    18.689    16.520    10.939    -33.78    21.345    14.613    13.490    13.108    -38.59    0.20
     352 Cotton Underwe    1.311     1.094     0.748     1.027     37.23     1.187     1.315     1.367     1.373     15.70    0.05
     359 Oth. Cot. App.   14.693    17.602    13.606     9.662    -28.98    17.741    15.176    14.661    13.658    -23.01    1.25
     369 Oth. Cot. Manu   11.780    11.489     8.582    10.405     21.25    10.408    12.560    12.900    13.312     27.90    0.40

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.682     1.077     1.013     0.580    -42.75     1.232     0.809     0.692     0.644    -47.75    0.45
     432 Wool Hosiery      0.485     1.222     0.930     0.440    -52.72     1.183     1.031     0.847     0.732    -38.09    2.51
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.403     0.531     0.395     0.399      1.18     0.404     0.511     0.552     0.535     32.42    0.13
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    0.004     0.032     0.032     0.010    -69.16     0.032     0.009     0.010     0.010    -69.16    0.08
     445 Wool Sweater,M    0.616     0.541     0.353     0.343     -3.04     0.531     0.594     0.518     0.530     -0.18    0.28
     446 Wool Sweater,W    1.018     0.785     0.723     0.427    -41.00     0.933     0.462     0.389     0.489    -47.62    0.09
     459 Oth.Wool Appar    1.597     1.454     1.268     1.043    -17.75     1.506     0.987     0.974     1.229    -18.41    0.37

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn    12.440    13.757     9.320    12.026     29.03    12.122    16.566    16.479    16.462     35.80    5.11
     603 Yarn>85% artif    1.752     2.959     2.888     0.203    -92.96     2.890     0.272     0.272     0.274    -90.52    0.41
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    0.835     0.393     0.209     0.333     59.43     0.285     0.582     0.516     0.517     81.11    0.47
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    2.848     2.075     1.345     2.921    117.12     2.128     3.245     3.377     3.651     71.54    1.88
     613 MMF Sheeting F    0.110     0.077     0.077     1.854   2315.93     0.124     1.406     1.590     1.854   1396.44   14.21
     614 MMF Pop/Brdclt    0.298     0.377     0.258     0.654    153.21     0.348     0.723     0.741     0.773    122.19    2.21
     617 MMF Twill/Sate    1.295     1.852     1.180     5.691    382.46     1.687     5.699     6.231     6.363    277.28   22.34
     619 Poly Fil Fab      8.230     9.408     6.489     7.758     19.56     8.739    10.770    10.802    10.677     22.18    5.46
     620 Oth Synth Fila   27.669    32.363    23.666    25.360      7.15    31.305    34.288    34.259    34.056      8.79    6.49
     622 Glass Fabric      5.066     4.123     2.830     4.781     68.94     3.896     5.473     6.035     6.074     55.91    4.83
     625 Pop,Broad Stp/    0.141     0.309     0.136     0.920    576.48     0.143     0.877     0.958     1.093    666.23   13.32
     628 Twl/Satn/Stp/F    4.881     4.020     3.512     3.307     -5.84     5.008     3.705     3.798     3.815    -23.83   12.55
     629 Oth Stap/Fil F    2.217     2.255     1.845     0.949    -48.59     2.357     1.621     1.496     1.358    -42.38    1.37
     631 Gloves/Mittens    5.610     5.354     3.872     2.953    -23.73     5.599     5.183     4.900     4.436    -20.78    0.96
     632 Hosiery          37.010    41.567    32.686    31.412     -3.90    43.695    40.169    40.305    40.293     -7.79    4.13
     634 Other Coats, M   11.114     9.455     7.997     5.044    -36.92    10.644     6.694     6.281     6.502    -38.91    0.39
     635 Coats, W/G        4.594     4.505     3.733     3.345    -10.40     4.685     4.377     4.187     4.117    -12.13    0.22
     636 Dresses          22.192    16.980    15.433    13.512    -12.45    18.282    16.036    15.317    15.059    -17.63    0.50
     638 Knit Shirts, M   20.145    20.427    16.440    17.669      7.48    21.328    21.009    21.754    21.656      1.54    0.86
     639 Knit Blouses,W   64.197    59.809    50.002    40.558    -18.89    61.990    53.917    51.681    50.365    -18.75    1.39
     642 Skirts            7.716     7.734     6.659     6.434     -3.37     7.885     7.623     7.407     7.510     -4.76    1.24
     646 MMF Sweaters,W    4.282     2.527     1.913     1.661    -13.17     3.498     2.734     2.173     2.275    -34.95    0.58
     647 Trousers,etc M   10.062     8.256     6.109     6.601      8.05     8.710     8.597     8.823     8.748      0.43    0.44
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   36.722    25.761    20.353    18.737     -7.94    28.543    25.760    24.533    24.145    -15.41    1.32
     649 Bras/Ot Bod Su   10.125     5.822     4.912     7.925     61.33     7.348     6.795     7.256     8.834     20.22    0.45
     650 Dress Gown,Rob    0.797     0.556     0.472     0.369    -21.85     0.801     0.380     0.367     0.453    -43.46    0.15
     651 Nightwear/PJs     2.414     2.191     1.984     1.114    -43.88     2.868     1.556     1.235     1.320    -53.98    0.19
     652 M-MF Underwear    4.539     3.601     2.613     2.577     -1.36     3.857     3.449     3.367     3.565     -7.56    0.39
     659 Oth. MMF App.   101.933   103.753    79.390    75.598     -4.78   103.282   103.856   100.300    99.961     -3.22    2.69
     666 Other Furnishi   57.336    45.488    33.867    32.043     -5.39    45.809    44.137    44.935    43.663     -4.68    1.40
     669 Other MMF Manu    6.635     9.140     7.163     6.856     -4.29     9.045     8.375     8.512     8.833     -2.34    0.77
     670 Flat Goods, et   16.486    24.261    16.832    20.880     24.05    20.765    27.015    27.881    28.308     36.33    0.88

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
     832 Hosiery Slk/Ve    0.247     0.272     0.197     0.310     57.23     0.230     0.417     0.385     0.385     66.88    6.78
     847 S/V Trousers M    1.588     2.585     2.418     3.147     30.13     2.549     3.332     3.330     3.314     30.03    0.66
     859 Oth. S/V Appar    1.086     1.187     0.919     1.355     47.36     1.089     1.720     1.728     1.622     48.99    0.93
     870 Luggage Silk/V    0.634     0.949     0.736     0.480    -34.81     0.833     0.774     0.724     0.693    -16.76    0.86
     899 Other S/V Manu    0.926     2.305     1.863     2.164     16.11     2.193     2.486     2.577     2.605     18.78    1.39