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  ______________                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
 |              |                         |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
 | JAPAN        |                         |    U.S. General Imports By Country  |
 |______________|                         |  Data through  3/2013 in Million $  |
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                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE  3/2013
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2011      2012     3/2012    3/2013  % Change    3/2012    1/2013    2/2013    3/2013  % Change % Share


Aggregations:
       0 Total           387.270   444.220   110.340   103.789     -5.94   409.069   447.441   441.271   437.669      6.99    0.43
       1 Apparel          32.989    35.715    10.462    11.174      6.81    33.522    35.901    35.656    36.427      8.66    0.05
       2 Non-Apparel     354.281   408.506    99.878    92.615     -7.27   375.546   411.541   405.615   401.243      6.84    1.65
      11 Yarns            30.069    32.178     8.624     6.596    -23.51    32.169    31.287    30.283    30.150     -6.28    2.06
      12 Fabrics         308.225   360.837    87.288    82.269     -5.75   327.366   364.651   360.147   355.818      8.69    6.20
      14 Made Ups / Mis   15.987    15.491     3.966     3.750     -5.45    16.011    15.603    15.185    15.275     -4.60    0.09
      30 Cotton Product   91.936    95.970    23.510    24.482      4.13    95.291    95.838    95.173    96.942      1.73    0.19
      31 Cotton Apparel   16.666    17.021     5.636     6.681     18.54    16.304    17.041    17.520    18.066     10.81    0.04
      32 Cot Non-Appare   75.269    78.949    17.874    17.801     -0.41    78.988    78.797    77.653    78.876     -0.14    0.90
      40 Wool Products    10.498    11.776     2.157     1.541    -28.56    11.383    11.731    11.332    11.160     -1.96    0.24
      41 Wool Apparel      6.566     7.549     1.227     0.982    -19.92     6.931     7.527     7.239     7.305      5.40    0.20
      42 Wool Non-Appar    3.932     4.226     0.930     0.558    -39.96     4.452     4.204     4.093     3.855    -13.41    0.37
      60 MMF Products    281.502   333.697    83.733    76.776     -8.31   299.403   337.063   332.035   326.740      9.13    0.73
      61 MMF Apparel       8.018     9.862     3.074     2.833     -7.83     8.878     9.978     9.599     9.621      8.37    0.03
      62 MMF Non-Appare  273.484   323.835    80.659    73.943     -8.33   290.525   327.084   322.436   317.119      9.15    2.25
      80 S and V Produc    3.335     2.778     0.941     0.990      5.26     2.991     2.810     2.731     2.827     -5.49    0.16
      81 S and V Appare    1.739     1.283     0.525     0.678     28.96     1.410     1.354     1.298     1.435      1.79    0.11
      82 S and V Non-Ap    1.596     1.495     0.415     0.312    -24.73     1.582     1.456     1.433     1.392    -11.98    0.30

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
     201 Specialty Yarn   13.723    16.228     4.633     2.357    -49.12    15.489    15.674    14.690    13.952     -9.93    5.91
     218 Fab, Color Yar    5.544     9.600     2.337     2.340      0.11     6.524     9.302     9.486     9.602     47.19    8.09
     222 Knit Fabric      17.518    18.931     4.742     3.363    -29.09    18.485    18.854    18.321    17.551     -5.05    2.77
     223 Non-Woven Fabr   88.651   107.485    24.963    23.744     -4.88    95.134   109.312   108.906   106.267     11.70   10.10
     225 Blue Denim Fab   15.700    14.080     2.600     4.320     66.17    16.096    14.652    14.813    15.800     -1.84   21.49
     229 Special Fabric   88.616   117.160    29.295    27.635     -5.67    95.208   118.568   117.106   115.500     21.31    9.31

Cotton:
     313 Cotton Sheetin   23.356    25.292     5.912     5.730     -3.09    24.415    25.200    24.326    25.109      2.84    8.16
     314 Poplin,Broadcl    3.630     2.723     0.625     0.673      7.72     3.559     2.738     2.697     2.771    -22.13    3.06
     315 Printcloth Fab    4.526     3.687     1.063     1.046     -1.55     4.717     3.553     3.435     3.671    -22.18    8.59
     317 Twill Fabric     10.382     9.497     2.399     1.774    -26.04    11.587     9.753     8.840     8.872    -23.43    9.23
     326 Sateen Fabric     0.784     2.789     0.585     0.439    -24.96     1.231     2.791     3.162     2.643    114.66    6.24

Wool:
     400 Wool Yarns        1.299     1.638     0.411     0.322    -21.62     1.585     1.655     1.569     1.549     -2.30    1.03
     410 Wool Woven Fab    0.865     0.760     0.121     0.115     -4.69     0.935     0.767     0.798     0.755    -19.32    0.69
     438 K Shirts,Blous    0.767     1.045     0.289     0.141    -51.18     0.956     0.972     0.878     0.897     -6.16    0.21

Man-Made Fiber:
     600 Text Fil Yarn     1.338     1.428     0.388     0.190    -51.15     1.378     1.311     1.222     1.230    -10.75    0.38
     604 Yarn>85% Synth    1.118     0.579     0.137     0.157     14.69     0.964     0.560     0.641     0.599    -37.87    0.53
     606 N-Text Fil Yrn    7.663     8.020     1.688     2.634     56.07     7.406     7.985     8.299     8.966     21.07    4.77
     618 Wov Artif Fila    4.770     4.334     1.160     0.723    -37.71     4.946     4.202     4.095     3.897    -21.21   12.21
     619 Poly Fil Fab      9.397     6.302     1.674     1.462    -12.69     8.097     6.119     6.173     6.089    -24.79    2.96
     620 Oth Synth Fila   12.529    14.888     3.735     4.219     12.95    13.111    15.674    15.453    15.372     17.25    2.91
     622 Glass Fabric      6.893     8.073     2.296     1.894    -17.49     7.853     8.334     7.927     7.672     -2.31    6.04
     669 Other MMF Manu    6.441     5.884     1.545     1.757     13.71     6.226     6.002     6.052     6.096     -2.09    0.54