_____________________________________
                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
                                          |_____________________________________|

                                           Category 363:  COTTON TERRY / OTHER PILE TOWELS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 M2 per Nos. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  2/2013
   Country      2011       2012       2/2012     2/2013  % Change    2/2012    12/2012     1/2013     2/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD    662392490 703457350  103118111  115910058     12.41 657208793  703457350  708883127  716249297       8.98  100.00

     PAKISTN  233890239 245728768   30102388   44522091     47.90 228512382  245728768  255246918  260148471      13.84   36.32

     INDIA    183293741 202367297   32831589   29422267    -10.38 189902674  202367297  200178111  198957975       4.77   27.78

     CHINA P  136663372 141319965   24316496   25146495      3.41 132948302  141319965  139680503  142149964       6.92   19.85

     BNGLDSH   55695635  63281677    9419100    6877119    -26.99  55880886   63281677   61190793   60739696       8.69    8.48

     TURKEY    10733860  11778189    1456135    2142251     47.12  10125732   11778189   11929337   12464305      23.10    1.74

     JORDAN     2657388   8545876     814080    1777047    118.29   3247272    8545876    9169664    9508843     192.83    1.33

     COLOMB     7438306   6983219     448083    1776348    296.43   6880009    6983219    7677590    8311484      20.81    1.16

     ISRAEL     8800453   4571549    1003671     575240    -42.69   8015650    4571549    4489963    4143118     -48.31    0.58

     CANADA     2875729   3488671     534412     643750     20.46   2959518    3488671    3497833    3598009      21.57    0.50

     THAILND    4930290   3015617     453688     197032    -56.57   4701763    3015617    2973869    2758961     -41.32    0.39

     VIETNAM    3919643   2286076     217129     656885    202.53   3313748    2286076    2389683    2725832     -17.74    0.38

     SALVADR    2635110   2301006     393762     730216     85.45   2504391    2301006    2512350    2637460       5.31    0.37

     EGYPT      2824734   1722633     278570     580125    108.25   2672401    1722633    1914613    2024188     -24.26    0.28


     _WTO     662390023 703341491  103118111  115909782     12.40 657206326  703341491  708766992  716133162       8.97   99.98

     _OECD     15314595  17533247    2268487    3098712     36.60  14883336   17533247   17605928   18363472      23.38    2.56

     _W HEMI   16894538  15709030    1861623    3635547     95.29  15739986   15709030   16713980   17482954      11.07    2.44

     _ANDEAN    7533674   7151432     468077    1799027    284.34   6982257    7151432    7855437    8482382      21.48    1.18

     _ASEAN     8992005   5350077     670902     853917     27.28   8115310    5350077    5411936    5533092     -31.82    0.77

     _NAFTA     4105543   4589175     679368     930142     36.91   4196414    4589175    4766206    4839949      15.34    0.68

     _CAFTA     3033248   2611353     458730     800554     74.52   2967497    2611353    2804019    2953177      -0.48    0.41

     _EU        1545994   2134200     241332     267497     10.84   1625066    2134200    2068500    2160365      32.94    0.30