Major Shippers Country: JAPAN
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  ___________                             |                                     |                                August 7, 2008
 |           |                            |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 |  JAPAN    |                            |              By Country             |
 |___________|                            | Data through  6/2008 in Million SME |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  6/2008
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2006      2007     6/2007    6/2008  % Change    6/2007    4/2008    5/2008    6/2008  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
 O     0 Total           306.825   322.405   153.838   168.096      9.27   308.865   330.003   332.409   336.663     9.00    0.65
 O     1 Apparel           5.998     6.508     2.244     1.589    -29.19     5.994     6.233     6.011     5.853    -2.34    0.03
 O     2 Non-Apparel     300.827   315.896   151.595   166.508      9.84   302.871   323.770   326.398   330.809     9.22    1.15
 O    11 Yarns            26.015    23.963    11.637    14.595     25.41    24.494    25.705    26.098    26.920     9.90    0.90
 O    12 Fabrics         267.354   284.879   136.990   146.390      6.86   271.248   290.504   291.497   294.278     8.49    3.54
 O    14 Made Ups / Misc   7.458     7.055     2.967     5.524     86.17     7.129     7.562     8.802     9.611    34.82    0.05
 O    30 Cotton Products  37.980    39.181    19.372    16.836    -13.09    39.238    37.409    37.440    36.645    -6.61    0.17
 O    31 Cotton Apparel    1.986     3.013     1.013     0.791    -21.89     2.198     2.928     2.860     2.791    27.02    0.02
 O    32 Cot Non-Apparel  35.994    36.168    18.359    16.045    -12.61    37.041    34.481    34.581    33.854    -8.60    0.41
 O    40 Wool Products     1.635     1.544     0.694     0.423    -39.08     1.501     1.491     1.369     1.272   -15.24    0.33
 O    41 Wool Apparel      1.167     1.088     0.402     0.154    -61.69     0.978     1.069     0.936     0.840   -14.08    0.29
 O    42 Wool Non-Appare   0.468     0.456     0.292     0.269     -8.00     0.523     0.422     0.433     0.432   -17.40    0.46
 O    60 MMF Products    266.980   280.363   132.922   150.676     13.36   267.148   290.169   292.736   298.116    11.59    1.05
 O    61 MMF Apparel       2.783     2.291     0.795     0.609    -23.41     2.758     2.104     2.098     2.105   -23.67    0.03
 O    62 MMF Non-Apparel 264.197   278.071   132.127   150.067     13.58   264.390   288.066   290.637   296.011    11.96    1.47
 O    80 S and V Product   0.230     1.317     0.850     0.162    -80.97     0.977     0.934     0.864     0.629   -35.67    0.07
 O    81 S and V Apparel   0.063     0.116     0.034     0.035      1.81     0.060     0.132     0.117     0.117    93.71    0.02
 O    82 S and V Non-App   0.167     1.201     0.816     0.127    -84.43     0.917     0.802     0.747     0.512   -44.16    0.14

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 O   201 Specialty Yarns  13.349     9.418     4.754     3.414    -28.19    11.126     8.335     8.346     8.078   -27.39    2.30
 O   218 Fab, Color Yarn   2.753     2.866     1.336     1.118    -16.32     3.192     3.029     2.761     2.648   -17.03    3.45
 O   220 Spec. Weave, Fa   0.571     0.826     0.373     0.431     15.33     0.639     0.884     0.862     0.883    38.28    0.62
 O   222 Knit Fabric      17.690    17.058     7.998    11.853     48.20    17.387    19.060    20.284    20.912    20.28    1.99
 O   223 Non-Woven Fabri 138.722   148.053    72.402    71.191     -1.67   141.948   149.698   147.824   146.843     3.45    5.42
 O   225 Blue Denim Fab.   5.101     3.857     2.019     0.947    -53.12     4.499     3.122     2.962     2.785   -38.10    6.03
 O   229 Special Fabric   35.771    47.311    20.175    32.395     60.57    37.396    54.269    56.290    59.531    59.19    3.25

Cotton:
 O   313 Cotton Sheeting  14.781    16.495     8.062     8.639      7.16    15.779    16.954    17.280    17.072     8.19    6.27
 O   314 Poplin,Broadcl.   4.378     4.340     2.087     1.302    -37.64     4.272     3.635     3.659     3.554   -16.80    2.24
 O   315 Printcloth Fab.   4.452     4.032     2.620     1.993    -23.92     4.744     3.223     3.362     3.405   -28.22    3.44
 O   326 Sateen Fabric     0.368     0.331     0.171     0.086    -49.43     0.390     0.297     0.266     0.247   -36.71    0.55
 O   335 W/G Cot. Coats    0.142     0.289     0.196     0.056    -71.42     0.270     0.217     0.214     0.149   -44.82    0.02
 O   345 Cotton Sweater    0.305     0.975     0.055     0.127    132.68     0.242     1.028     1.029     1.048   333.74    0.34

Wool:
 O   400 Wool Yarns        0.244     0.208     0.096     0.090     -6.51     0.238     0.199     0.210     0.202   -15.24    0.64
 O   410 Wool Woven Fab.   0.069     0.104     0.074     0.083     11.56     0.110     0.107     0.105     0.112     2.05    0.62
 O   414 Oth Wool Fabric   0.146     0.140     0.119     0.092    -23.34     0.169     0.111     0.112     0.112   -33.79    1.03
 O   435 W/G Coats, Wool   0.654     0.596     0.231     0.058    -75.00     0.531     0.576     0.479     0.423   -20.30    0.53
 O   438 K Shirts,Blouse   0.009     0.007     0.001     0.004    261.90     0.009     0.010     0.010     0.010    12.12    0.04
 O   442 Wool Skirts       0.156     0.119     0.037     0.017    -54.08     0.108     0.115     0.112     0.099    -8.12    1.90
 O   448 Wool Slacks,W/G   0.243     0.263     0.109     0.035    -67.52     0.231     0.254     0.219     0.190   -17.70    1.47

Man-Made Fiber:
 O   600 Text Fil Yarn     2.130     0.964     0.629     0.879     39.74     1.407     1.202     1.171     1.214   -13.71    0.19
 O   606 N-Text Fil Yrn    9.259    12.246     5.615     9.603     71.03    10.743    14.870    15.148    16.234    51.11    1.76
 O   611 Wov>85% Art Stp   0.840     0.845     0.466     0.319    -31.50     0.911     0.756     0.743     0.698   -23.35    7.51
 O   618 Wov Artif Filam   2.712     2.758     1.548     1.835     18.57     2.430     2.577     3.186     3.046    25.32    8.99
 O   619 Poly Fil Fab     23.488    21.582    10.646     7.807    -26.67    21.735    18.946    17.991    18.742   -13.77    7.73
 O   620 Oth Synth Filam   9.512     7.903     3.390     3.464      2.19     8.895     7.727     7.866     7.977   -10.31    1.18
 O   622 Glass Fabric      2.569     2.927     1.638     1.189    -27.43     2.945     2.785     2.633     2.477   -15.89    3.64
 O   639 Knit Blouses,WG   1.038     1.125     0.381     0.183    -51.83     1.286     0.913     0.910     0.928   -27.87    0.17
 O   659 Oth. MMF App.     0.627     0.488     0.188     0.166    -11.65     0.594     0.498     0.484     0.466   -21.53    0.02
 O   666 Other Furnishin   1.071     1.234     0.550     0.656     19.40     1.125     1.343     1.335     1.340    19.12    0.03
 O   669 Other MMF Manuf   5.226     3.335     1.129     4.145    267.13     4.262     4.011     5.321     6.351    49.02    0.17

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 O   899 Other S/V Manuf   0.072     1.158     0.797     0.099    -87.60     0.842     0.759     0.697     0.459   -45.48    0.30