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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    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           344.693   387.270   283.394   339.115     19.66   368.015   435.619   441.095   442.991     20.37    0.44
       1 Apparel          30.416    32.989    26.942    28.919      7.34    33.734    35.508    34.434    34.966      3.65    0.05
       2 Non-Apparel     314.277   354.281   256.451   310.196     20.96   334.280   400.111   406.660   408.026     22.06    1.70
      11 Yarns            24.863    30.069    21.659    24.856     14.76    28.006    32.790    33.371    33.266     18.78    2.26
      12 Fabrics         273.999   308.225   223.602   273.422     22.28   291.330   350.795   357.066   358.046     22.90    6.24
      14 Made Ups / Mis   15.415    15.987    11.191    11.918      6.50    14.944    16.525    16.223    16.714     11.84    0.10
      30 Cotton Product   81.880    91.936    69.339    72.760      4.93    88.850    95.547    96.117    95.357      7.32    0.19
      31 Cotton Apparel   15.989    16.666    13.682    13.303     -2.77    16.906    16.328    15.880    16.287     -3.66    0.04
      32 Cot Non-Appare   65.891    75.269    55.657    59.457      6.83    71.944    79.219    80.237    79.069      9.90    0.92
      40 Wool Products     9.199    10.498     8.466    10.232     20.86    10.455    12.547    12.131    12.263     17.30    0.26
      41 Wool Apparel      6.505     6.566     5.565     6.770     21.64     6.855     8.328     7.788     7.770     13.36    0.21
      42 Wool Non-Appar    2.694     3.932     2.901     3.462     19.36     3.600     4.218     4.343     4.493     24.80    0.44
      60 MMF Products    251.100   281.502   203.192   253.919     24.97   265.452   324.495   329.885   332.228     25.16    0.77
      61 MMF Apparel       6.814     8.018     6.352     7.827     23.22     8.217     9.447     9.355     9.493     15.53    0.03
      62 MMF Non-Appare  244.286   273.484   196.840   246.091     25.02   257.235   315.047   320.530   322.736     25.46    2.32
      80 S and V Produc    2.514     3.335     2.396     2.204     -8.03     3.258     3.031     2.962     3.143     -3.54    0.18
      81 S and V Appare    1.108     1.739     1.343     1.019    -24.11     1.757     1.404     1.411     1.415    -19.45    0.11
      82 S and V Non-Ap    1.406     1.596     1.053     1.185     12.46     1.501     1.626     1.550     1.727     15.09    0.38

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarn   10.635    13.723     9.832    12.687     29.04    12.748    16.271    16.495    16.579     30.05    6.67
     218 Fab, Color Yar    5.212     5.544     4.405     6.943     57.60     5.757     7.408     7.882     8.081     40.37    6.81
     222 Knit Fabric      20.908    17.518    12.604    13.659      8.37    19.158    18.844    18.604    18.573     -3.05    2.81
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   79.580    88.651    64.211    81.347     26.69    81.728   105.883   106.574   105.786     29.44   10.56
     225 Blue Denim Fab   14.365    15.700    11.198    10.845     -3.15    14.351    16.400    16.281    15.347      6.94   18.79
     229 Special Fabric   73.572    88.616    63.937    88.195     37.94    82.585   105.729   109.714   112.874     36.68    9.22

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin   23.475    23.356    17.941    20.086     11.95    23.440    24.830    25.403    25.500      8.79    7.93
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    4.431     3.630     2.941     2.022    -31.27     4.092     2.543     2.633     2.711    -33.76    2.92
     315 Printcloth Fab    2.573     4.526     3.714     2.937    -20.90     4.190     4.126     3.979     3.750    -10.49    7.17
     317 Twill Fabric      6.270    10.382     6.361     7.054     10.91     7.828    11.919    11.814    11.076     41.49   11.19
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.783     0.784     0.613     1.575    157.08     0.916     1.464     1.637     1.746     90.59    4.26

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.025     1.299     0.872     1.268     45.52     1.167     1.531     1.547     1.696     45.27    1.19
     410 Wool Woven Fab    0.783     0.865     0.647     0.592     -8.60     0.813     0.805     0.767     0.809     -0.52    0.75
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.463     0.767     0.654     0.896     36.97     0.750     1.217     1.020     1.009     34.52    0.25

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     0.958     1.338     1.014     1.103      8.79     1.241     1.447     1.492     1.427     15.01    0.44
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    0.737     1.118     0.904     0.430    -52.46     1.126     0.686     0.694     0.644    -42.78    0.58
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    8.617     7.663     5.729     5.910      3.16     7.820     7.423     7.739     7.844      0.30    4.03
     618 Wov Artif Fila    3.659     4.770     3.378     3.566      5.55     4.651     5.330     4.934     4.957      6.59   14.62
     619 Poly Fil Fab      7.476     9.397     7.166     4.864    -32.12     9.284     7.519     7.200     7.095    -23.57    3.63
     620 Oth Synth Fila   13.371    12.529     9.312    11.575     24.29    12.079    13.974    14.588    14.792     22.45    2.82
     622 Glass Fabric      4.918     6.893     4.509     6.281     39.30     6.138     8.248     8.698     8.665     41.18    6.90
     669 Other MMF Manu    7.135     6.441     4.296     4.556      6.05     5.930     6.588     6.667     6.701     13.01    0.58