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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 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       6.020      8.500      1.924      1.509    -21.60     6.501      8.012      8.254      8.084      24.36  100.00

     CHINA P     4.701      7.245      1.562      1.263    -19.13     5.235      6.790      6.995      6.946      32.69   85.92

     VIETNAM     0.300      0.069      0.021      0.001    -95.43     0.245      0.069      0.054      0.049     -79.91    0.61

     BNGLDSH     0.018      0.000      0.000      0.043       *       0.018      0.043      0.043      0.043     142.14    0.53


     _WTO        6.015      8.477      1.924      1.509    -21.60     6.495      7.989      8.232      8.061      24.11   99.72

     _OECD       0.521      0.674      0.200      0.106    -47.00     0.588      0.673      0.694      0.581      -1.29    7.18

     _ASEAN      0.307      0.075      0.022      0.002    -91.51     0.252      0.074      0.059      0.054     -78.54    0.67