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                                          |                                     |                              February 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  30:  COTTON PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2012
   Country      2010       2011      12/2011    12/2012  % Change   12/2011    10/2012    11/2012    12/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD   51873.684  53491.931  53491.931  50502.791     -5.59 53491.931  50414.650  50391.860  50502.791      -5.59  100.00

     CHINA P 18367.664  17840.314  17840.314  16914.775     -5.19 17840.314  16931.318  16866.992  16914.775      -5.19   33.49

     INDIA    4298.170   4530.836   4530.836   4311.854     -4.83  4530.836   4277.448   4302.642   4311.854      -4.83    8.54

     VIETNAM  3604.738   3753.242   3753.242   3728.990     -0.65  3753.242   3685.748   3689.579   3728.990      -0.65    7.38

     BNGLDSH  3216.987   3593.201   3593.201   3610.587      0.48  3593.201   3539.989   3586.616   3610.587       0.48    7.15

     INDNSIA  2797.826   3046.914   3046.914   2828.170     -7.18  3046.914   2820.255   2807.901   2828.170      -7.18    5.60

     PAKISTN  2882.353   3101.053   3101.053   2712.877    -12.52  3101.053   2705.916   2730.329   2712.877     -12.52    5.37

     MEXICO   2513.565   2631.172   2631.172   2489.465     -5.39  2631.172   2547.338   2531.721   2489.465      -5.39    4.93

     CAMBOD   1701.064   1822.121   1822.121   1685.388     -7.50  1822.121   1714.109   1687.175   1685.388      -7.50    3.34

     HONDURA  1559.998   1700.488   1700.488   1484.984    -12.67  1700.488   1489.763   1474.052   1484.984     -12.67    2.94

     SALVADR  1153.319   1198.085   1198.085   1174.708     -1.95  1198.085   1167.195   1163.032   1174.708      -1.95    2.33

     NICARAG   764.806   1032.817   1032.817    957.690     -7.27  1032.817    965.560    954.417    957.690      -7.27    1.90

     SRI LKA   794.451    867.150    867.150    847.314     -2.29   867.150    835.277    835.344    847.314      -2.29    1.68

     GUATMAL   832.431    888.892    888.892    770.245    -13.35   888.892    769.352    766.724    770.245     -13.35    1.53

     EGYPT     674.380    658.637    658.637    592.893     -9.98   658.637    593.901    598.891    592.893      -9.98    1.17

     THAILND   800.888    702.608    702.608    568.321    -19.11   702.608    571.573    560.606    568.321     -19.11    1.13

     HAITI     415.385    563.876    563.876    565.846      0.35   563.876    550.724    558.031    565.846       0.35    1.12

     PERU      595.393    620.775    620.775    526.029    -15.26   620.775    532.737    529.481    526.029     -15.26    1.04

     PHIL R    526.068    563.377    563.377    523.034     -7.16   563.377    524.848    521.410    523.034      -7.16    1.04

     ITALY     410.369    452.110    452.110    451.854     -0.06   452.110    443.952    450.685    451.854      -0.06    0.89

     TURKEY    341.497    367.695    367.695    394.656      7.33   367.695    389.626    394.897    394.656       7.33    0.78

     MALAYSA   314.614    347.793    347.793    327.077     -5.96   347.793    320.512    331.498    327.077      -5.96    0.65

     JORDAN    354.521    321.878    321.878    321.012     -0.27   321.878    310.554    318.554    321.012      -0.27    0.64

     DOM REP   309.969    317.268    317.268    293.617     -7.45   317.268    293.070    292.756    293.617      -7.45    0.58

     KOR REP   289.651    276.063    276.063    264.303     -4.26   276.063    264.084    265.395    264.303      -4.26    0.52

     LESOTHO   204.387    204.403    204.403    170.765    -16.46   204.403    180.101    181.390    170.765     -16.46    0.34

     KENYA     166.679    188.794    188.794    170.655     -9.61   188.794    176.763    172.440    170.655      -9.61    0.34

     MAURIT    114.585    149.246    149.246    155.997      4.52   149.246    166.144    160.242    155.997       4.52    0.31

     PORTUGL   149.616    153.371    153.371    150.776     -1.69   153.371    143.724    149.499    150.776      -1.69    0.30

     CANADA    126.968    128.946    128.946    132.033      2.39   128.946    132.499    132.115    132.033       2.39    0.26

     COLOMB    165.421    134.635    134.635    129.069     -4.13   134.635    123.548    126.242    129.069      -4.13    0.26

     BAHRAIN   120.930    135.537    135.537    125.164     -7.65   135.537    124.948    126.085    125.164      -7.65    0.25

     CHINA T   153.373    141.264    141.264    122.479    -13.30   141.264    124.945    122.774    122.479     -13.30    0.24

     C RICA    106.156    110.578    110.578    114.454      3.51   110.578    113.263    114.074    114.454       3.51    0.23

     JAPAN      81.880     91.936     91.936     95.970      4.39    91.936     95.857     95.060     95.970       4.39    0.19

     FRANCE     80.071     77.342     77.342     91.219     17.94    77.342     87.577     90.394     91.219      17.94    0.18

     HG KONG   132.271    100.932    100.932     78.890    -21.84   100.932     77.695     78.040     78.890     -21.84    0.16

     TUNISIA    42.273     51.770     51.770     60.861     17.56    51.770     61.444     61.577     60.861      17.56    0.12

     ROMANIA    29.036     40.380     40.380     52.677     30.45    40.380     49.594     50.575     52.677      30.45    0.10

     ISRAEL     67.218     57.805     57.805     44.271    -23.41    57.805     45.051     45.961     44.271     -23.41    0.09

     U KING     27.278     34.957     34.957     40.480     15.80    34.957     39.338     39.977     40.480      15.80    0.08

     MOROC      27.247     30.727     30.727     36.789     19.73    30.727     35.522     35.543     36.789      19.73    0.07

     MACAU      65.736     44.757     44.757     34.267    -23.44    44.757     36.395     36.170     34.267     -23.44    0.07

     GERMANY    30.458     34.158     34.158     33.508     -1.90    34.158     32.378     33.086     33.508      -1.90    0.07

     MADAGAS    34.667     30.172     30.172     30.941      2.55    30.172     31.042     31.541     30.941       2.55    0.06

     SWAZLND    44.241     36.609     36.609     28.010    -23.49    36.609     28.674     28.278     28.010     -23.49    0.06

     SPAIN      17.094     22.395     22.395     27.582     23.16    22.395     26.444     26.950     27.582      23.16    0.05

     ARAB EM    33.075     28.722     28.722     19.942    -30.57    28.722     20.855     20.576     19.942     -30.57    0.04

     TURKMEN    23.823     26.011     26.011     19.913    -23.45    26.011     20.611     19.879     19.913     -23.45    0.04

     BULGAR      8.948     11.149     11.149     14.757     32.36    11.149     14.405     14.833     14.757      32.36    0.03

     BRAZIL    102.764     19.044     19.044     14.456    -24.09    19.044     15.028     14.961     14.456     -24.09    0.03

     POLAND     12.906     10.766     10.766     14.454     34.26    10.766     12.990     14.298     14.454      34.26    0.03

     NEPAL       9.368     11.182     11.182     12.539     12.13    11.182     12.889     12.815     12.539      12.13    0.02

     UKRAINE    14.178     12.974     12.974     10.808    -16.70    12.974     10.827     10.939     10.808     -16.70    0.02

     SWITZLD    23.242     22.166     22.166     10.440    -52.90    22.166     11.568     11.403     10.440     -52.90    0.02

     LAOS       30.521     31.308     31.308      8.346    -73.34    31.308      9.991      8.426      8.346     -73.34    0.02

     NETHLDS     5.553      7.010      7.010      7.004     -0.08     7.010      6.758      7.209      7.004      -0.08    0.01

     HUNGARY     5.777      7.714      7.714      6.377    -17.33     7.714      6.848      6.287      6.377     -17.33    0.01

     S ARAB      0.065      1.194      1.194      3.679    208.18     1.194      3.571      3.693      3.679     208.18    0.01

     CZECH       8.269      8.070      8.070      3.455    -57.18     8.070      4.220      4.022      3.455     -57.18    0.01

     SYRIA       2.176      3.461      3.461      2.665    -22.99     3.461      2.843      2.822      2.665     -22.99    0.01

     N ZEAL      1.021      0.654      0.654      1.884    187.92     0.654      1.768      1.784      1.884     187.92    0.00

     UZBEKIS     0.419      1.494      1.494      0.038    -97.47     1.494      0.021      0.028      0.038     -97.47    0.00


     _WTO    51812.720  53422.392  53422.392  50463.266     -5.54 53422.392  50372.062  50351.731  50463.266      -5.54   99.92

     _ASEAN   9780.721  10271.492  10271.492   9673.779     -5.82 10271.492   9651.239   9610.954   9673.779      -5.82   19.15

     _W HEMI  8659.767   9357.946   9357.946   8661.202     -7.45  9357.946   8708.687   8666.084   8661.202      -7.45   17.15

     _CBI     5144.218   5814.279   5814.279   5364.827     -7.73  5814.279   5351.481   5325.903   5364.827      -7.73   10.62

     _CAFTA   4726.679   5248.127   5248.127   4795.698     -8.62  5248.127   4798.204   4765.054   4795.698      -8.62    9.50

     _OECD    1553.734   1628.550   1628.550   1652.609      1.48  1628.550   1627.671   1651.385   1652.609       1.48    3.27

     _EU15     741.638    803.465    803.465    822.697      2.39   803.465    801.846    818.929    822.697       2.39    1.63

     _EC12     735.375    796.731    796.731    816.603      2.49   796.731    795.259    812.541    816.603       2.49    1.62

     _ANDEAN   765.733    761.835    761.835    658.546    -13.56   761.835    659.917    659.191    658.546     -13.56    1.30

     _SUB-SAH  576.628    624.408    624.408    565.281     -9.47   624.408    591.797    583.006    565.281      -9.47    1.12