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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | AUSTRAL      |                         |    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            33.539    39.292    31.301    21.247    -32.12    39.789    33.390    31.942    29.238    -26.52    0.03
       1 Apparel           4.314     5.939     4.385     3.850    -12.21     5.796     5.622     5.829     5.404     -6.77    0.01
       2 Non-Apparel      29.226    33.353    26.916    17.398    -35.36    33.992    27.768    26.114    23.834    -29.88    0.10
      11 Yarns             6.564     7.777     6.190     2.904    -53.09     7.384     5.761     5.057     4.491    -39.18    0.30
      12 Fabrics          11.923    14.562    12.488     8.753    -29.91    15.310    12.471    12.166    10.827    -29.28    0.19
      14 Made Ups / Mis   10.739    11.014     8.238     5.741    -30.31    11.298     9.536     8.890     8.517    -24.62    0.05
      30 Cotton Product    2.584     2.809     2.100     1.297    -38.21     2.562     2.272     2.407     2.007    -21.67    0.00
      31 Cotton Apparel    1.590     1.712     1.268     0.834    -34.24     1.630     1.575     1.632     1.277    -21.62    0.00
      32 Cot Non-Appare    0.994     1.097     0.832     0.463    -44.27     0.932     0.696     0.775     0.729    -21.75    0.01
      40 Wool Products     9.061    11.463     8.719     5.198    -40.38    11.349     9.309     8.195     7.942    -30.01    0.17
      41 Wool Apparel      0.210     0.353     0.241     0.295     22.72     0.310     0.406     0.404     0.407     31.43    0.01
      42 Wool Non-Appar    8.851    11.110     8.478     4.903    -42.17    11.039     8.904     7.791     7.535    -31.74    0.74
      60 MMF Products     21.504    24.506    20.027    14.356    -28.32    25.326    21.329    20.874    18.834    -25.63    0.04
      61 MMF Apparel       2.177     3.481     2.515     2.409     -4.19     3.423     3.299     3.447     3.376     -1.39    0.01
      62 MMF Non-Appare   19.327    21.024    17.513    11.946    -31.78    21.902    18.031    17.427    15.458    -29.42    0.11
      80 S and V Produc    0.391     0.514     0.455     0.396    -13.02     0.553     0.480     0.467     0.455    -17.65    0.03
      81 S and V Appare    0.337     0.394     0.361     0.311    -13.94     0.433     0.343     0.346     0.343    -20.79    0.03
      82 S and V Non-Ap    0.054     0.121     0.094     0.085     -9.46     0.119     0.137     0.121     0.112     -6.23    0.02

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarn    1.087     0.508     0.505     0.320    -36.73     0.561     0.323     0.323     0.323    -42.51    0.13
     223 Non-Woven Fabr    8.456    10.677     9.594     5.379    -43.93    11.429     8.106     7.716     6.463    -43.46    0.65
     229 Special Fabric    1.381     1.297     0.880     1.919    117.91     1.374     2.221     2.249     2.335     69.98    0.19

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        0.914     2.787     2.139     0.562    -73.74     2.351     1.871     1.267     1.210    -48.54    0.85
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.025     0.051     0.040     0.019    -52.13     0.041     0.057     0.045     0.030    -27.83    0.01
     465 Floor Covering    7.283     7.949     6.011     3.960    -34.12     8.224     6.724     6.245     5.898    -28.28    0.89

Man-Made Fiber:
     603 Yarn>85% artif    4.170     4.419     3.488     2.008    -42.43     4.307     3.538     3.450     2.940    -31.74    4.43