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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 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  2/2013
   Country      2011       2012       2/2012     2/2013  % Change    2/2012    12/2012     1/2013     2/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     11949119  20240808    3969223    3513236    -11.49  13342059   20240808   19754175   19784821      48.29  100.00

     CHINA P    9779871  19255983    3721410    2799477    -24.77  11776667   19255983   18334549   18334050      55.68   92.67

     BNGLDSH     265000         0          0     625000       *      265000          0     625000     625000     135.85    3.16

     VIETNAM     819403     50820      27276          0   -100.00    701951      50820      50820      23544     -96.65    0.12


     _WTO      11939519  20204028    3969223    3513236    -11.49  13332459   20204028   19717395   19748041      48.12   99.81

     _OECD       258150    329028      37372      54304     45.31    248864     329028     316014     345960      39.02    1.75

     _ASEAN      820754     52089      27328         78    -99.71    703288      52089      52037      24839     -96.47    0.13