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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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    1402.436   1422.885    313.625    358.958     14.45  1423.764   1429.702   1454.120   1468.218       3.12  100.00

     INDIA     530.817    638.263    152.114    183.358     20.54   572.821    643.774    655.701    669.506      16.88   45.60

     CHINA P   328.735    308.778     62.399     78.250     25.40   315.590    313.217    324.242    324.628       2.86   22.11

     PAKISTN   318.500    263.786     60.457     64.934      7.41   313.976    263.969    267.287    268.263     -14.56   18.27

     TURKEY     34.917     49.829      0.237      1.510    537.53    34.219     49.822     50.463     51.102      49.34    3.48

     BAHRAIN    62.149     50.100     14.949      9.094    -39.17    62.448     48.586     45.942     44.244     -29.15    3.01

     PORTUGL    36.934     35.276      7.042      5.913    -16.03    36.450     35.270     35.263     34.147      -6.32    2.33

     ITALY      14.068     15.195      3.266      4.289     31.32    14.357     14.950     15.352     16.218      12.96    1.10

     CAMBOD     10.770     12.382      2.705      3.406     25.91    10.733     12.553     12.504     13.083      21.90    0.89

     TURKMEN    11.218     11.020      0.000      0.016       *      11.218     11.035     11.035     11.035      -1.63    0.75

     ISRAEL      8.568     10.375      3.244      2.723    -16.07     9.996     10.094     10.122      9.853      -1.42    0.67

     THAILND    18.239      6.733      2.164      2.769     27.93    17.037      6.591      7.011      7.337     -56.94    0.50

     EGYPT       8.941      6.110      1.526      0.924    -39.44     7.744      5.376      5.615      5.508     -28.87    0.38

     MEXICO      4.063      4.348      1.391      0.346    -75.11     3.986      4.225      3.691      3.304     -17.11    0.23

     BNGLDSH     4.509      2.644      0.546      0.119    -78.16     4.479      2.473      2.292      2.217     -50.50    0.15

     INDNSIA     2.260      2.240      0.202      0.008    -95.87     1.931      2.183      2.068      2.046       5.98    0.14

     ARAB EM     2.062      1.028      0.259      0.398     53.77     1.647      1.032      0.960      1.167     -29.10    0.08

     VIETNAM     1.579      0.058      0.010      0.017     66.01     0.864      0.055      0.064      0.064     -92.54    0.00


     _WTO     1391.219   1411.866    313.625    358.942     14.45  1412.546   1418.667   1443.085   1457.183       3.16   99.25

     _OECD      89.289    104.161     11.539     12.383      7.32    88.609    103.674    104.632    105.005      18.50    7.15

     _EU        54.164     53.957     10.982     10.886     -0.87    53.928     53.666     54.076     53.862      -0.12    3.67

     _ASEAN     33.307     21.731      5.158      6.289     21.93    31.033     21.701     21.976     22.862     -26.33    1.56

     _W HEMI     4.229      4.519      1.418      0.388    -72.62     4.120      4.400      3.876      3.490     -15.30    0.24

     _NAFTA      4.153      4.419      1.405      0.363    -74.18     4.051      4.296      3.762      3.377     -16.63    0.23