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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 M2 per Nos. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2013
   Country      2011       2012       3/2012     3/2013  % Change    3/2012     1/2013     2/2013     3/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     11949119  20240808    4527259    3923148    -13.34  13035592   19754175   19784821   19636697      50.64  100.00

     CHINA P    9779871  19255983    4180029    3193725    -23.60  11574514   18334549   18334050   18269679      57.84   93.04

     BNGLDSH     265000         0          0     625000       *      265000     625000     625000     625000     135.85    3.18

     VIETNAM     819403     50820      28656         96    -99.66    578483      50820      23544      22260     -96.15    0.11


     _WTO      11939519  20204028    4527259    3923148    -13.34  13025992   19717395   19748041   19599917      50.47   99.81

     _OECD       258150    329028     100805      64128    -36.38    269729     316014     345960     292351       8.39    1.49

     _ASEAN      820754     52089      28989        320    -98.90    580101      52037      24839      23420     -95.96    0.12