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  ______________                          |                                     |                              November 5, 2012
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | _SUB-SAHARA  |                         |    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           802.968   919.468   683.044   661.280     -3.19   884.987   927.230   917.674   897.705      1.44    0.89
       1 Apparel         789.497   903.215   671.331   647.788     -3.51   869.469   909.532   899.951   879.672      1.17    1.15
       2 Non-Apparel      13.472    16.253    11.712    13.493     15.20    15.518    17.698    17.723    18.033     16.21    0.08
      11 Yarns             2.372     3.328     2.152     2.837     31.81     2.513     4.081     3.991     4.013     59.66    0.27
      12 Fabrics           5.183     8.173     6.267     6.735      7.47     7.995     8.423     8.475     8.641      8.08    0.15
      14 Made Ups / Mis    5.917     4.752     3.293     3.921     19.05     5.010     5.194     5.257     5.380      7.38    0.03
      30 Cotton Product  576.628   624.408   463.497   439.742     -5.13   605.060   630.041   623.303   600.653     -0.73    1.19
      31 Cotton Apparel  574.694   622.829   462.441   437.911     -5.30   603.566   627.511   620.901   598.299     -0.87    1.43
      32 Cot Non-Appare    1.933     1.580     1.056     1.831     73.36     1.494     2.530     2.402     2.354     57.61    0.03
      40 Wool Products    11.600    11.216     7.517     7.067     -5.98     9.806    10.799    10.993    10.767      9.79    0.22
      41 Wool Apparel      5.973     5.589     3.809     2.936    -22.92     4.697     4.779     5.009     4.716      0.40    0.12
      42 Wool Non-Appar    5.627     5.627     3.708     4.131     11.43     5.109     6.020     5.984     6.051     18.43    0.59
      60 MMF Products    213.195   282.821   211.109   213.627      1.19   268.781   285.472   282.609   285.339      6.16    0.66
      61 MMF Apparel     207.907   274.466   204.822   206.614      0.88   260.801   276.906   273.716   276.258      5.93    0.94
      62 MMF Non-Appare    5.288     8.356     6.288     7.013     11.53     7.981     8.567     8.893     9.081     13.79    0.07
      80 S and V Produc    1.545     1.022     0.920     0.844     -8.32     1.339     0.917     0.769     0.945    -29.41    0.05
      81 S and V Appare    0.922     0.332     0.259     0.326     25.70     0.404     0.336     0.325     0.399     -1.45    0.03
      82 S and V Non-Ap    0.624     0.690     0.661     0.518    -21.66     0.935     0.581     0.444     0.547    -41.51    0.12

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     222 Knit Fabric       0.685     0.939     0.726     1.076     48.26     0.909     1.223     1.128     1.289     41.78    0.19
     223 Non-Woven Fabr    0.781     1.740     1.413     0.992    -29.78     1.754     1.355     1.308     1.319    -24.79    0.13
     229 Special Fabric    2.540     1.449     1.364     0.339    -75.16     2.337     0.422     0.467     0.424    -81.84    0.03
     237 Playsuit,Sunsu    0.959     0.526     0.422     0.407     -3.50     0.844     0.504     0.522     0.512    -39.35    0.51
     239 Baby Garm / Ac   22.099    27.801    20.495    17.886    -12.73    26.922    26.839    25.006    25.192     -6.43    1.06

Cotton:
     335 W/G Cot. Coats    2.920     2.177     1.568     0.786    -49.89     1.637     2.438     2.237     1.395    -14.77    0.12
     336 Cotton Dresses    0.947     1.900     1.643     1.156    -29.63     1.853     1.369     1.333     1.413    -23.74    0.13
     338 Knit Shirts,MB   65.508    65.789    46.052    39.387    -14.47    60.551    62.317    61.336    59.123     -2.36    0.98
     339 W/G Knit Blous   71.419    61.059    46.062    28.209    -38.76    63.168    48.364    47.097    43.206    -31.60    0.63
     340 N-Knt Shirts,M   77.937   117.391    83.609    96.404     15.30   107.521   131.530   137.582   130.186     21.08    4.52
     341 W/G N-Knt Blou    2.325     3.660     2.603     2.988     14.80     3.248     3.554     3.834     4.045     24.55    0.36
     342 Cotton Skirts     1.863     2.277     1.946     2.778     42.73     2.042     3.105     3.129     3.109     52.25    0.60
     347 Cot.M/B Trouse  137.679   150.558   110.178   108.075     -1.91   147.176   151.833   150.707   148.455      0.87    2.55
     348 W/G Slacks, et  186.033   179.454   142.023   131.987     -7.07   181.338   182.966   175.351   169.418     -6.57    2.60
     352 Cotton Underwe    0.214     0.735     0.082     1.788   2078.75     0.095     2.427     2.443     2.440   2465.97    0.10
     359 Oth. Cot. App.    2.997     9.893     6.717     5.681    -15.42     8.001    10.078     9.785     8.857     10.69    0.81

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        2.286     3.210     2.066     2.722     31.74     2.417     3.942     3.853     3.866     59.92    2.71
     438 K Shirts,Blous    2.703     0.448     0.387     0.173    -55.31     0.407     0.263     0.284     0.234    -42.51    0.06
     440 NK Shirts,Blou    0.004     0.327     0.006     0.011     66.70     0.006     0.335     0.331     0.331   5039.00    2.58
     445 Wool Sweater,M    0.713     1.125     0.778     1.074     38.00     0.877     0.916     1.517     1.420     62.01    0.74
     446 Wool Sweater,W    0.173     1.224     0.724     0.169    -76.61     0.865     0.973     0.647     0.669    -22.67    0.12

Man-Made Fiber:
     620 Oth Synth Fila    0.304     3.085     1.988     3.808     91.54     2.051     4.460     4.873     4.905    139.21    0.93
     632 Hosiery           4.018     4.040     3.172     2.813    -11.31     4.423     3.756     3.462     3.681    -16.77    0.38
     634 Other Coats, M    3.450     3.956     2.752     3.976     44.46     4.296     3.553     4.977     5.179     20.56    0.31
     635 Coats, W/G        5.239     9.704     3.916     3.776     -3.59     5.491    10.032     9.963     9.563     74.16    0.52
     636 Dresses           0.843     2.974     2.739     1.317    -51.93     2.987     1.622     1.667     1.552    -48.05    0.05
     638 Knit Shirts, M   44.150    65.280    48.145    63.351     31.58    59.905    76.430    77.034    80.485     34.36    3.21
     639 Knit Blouses,W   52.085    63.392    45.995    38.290    -16.75    62.611    61.639    57.772    55.687    -11.06    1.54
     640 N-K Shirts, MB    3.538     5.290     4.199     2.706    -35.56     4.531     3.209     3.770     3.797    -16.21    0.83
     641 N-K Blouses, W    3.012     2.054     1.609     2.846     76.89     1.781     3.041     3.193     3.291     84.75    0.25
     647 Trousers,etc M   33.269    38.316    30.416    25.599    -15.84    40.145    32.711    32.225    33.499    -16.56    1.68
     648 Slacks,etc. WG   41.549    58.087    44.415    49.326     11.06    53.767    62.878    62.785    62.998     17.17    3.44
     650 Dress Gown,Rob    0.524     0.234     0.213     0.050    -76.50     0.704     0.048     0.048     0.071    -89.95    0.02
     652 M-MF Underwear    8.248     7.346     7.071     5.965    -15.64     7.402     5.450     5.460     6.240    -15.70    0.69
     659 Oth. MMF App.     3.941     7.552     5.341     2.831    -46.99     6.207     6.883     6.169     5.043    -18.75    0.14