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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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       6.020      8.500      1.541      1.296    -15.91     6.499      8.500      8.012      8.254      27.01  100.00

     CHINA P     4.701      7.245      1.355      1.105    -18.46     5.244      7.245      6.790      6.995      33.38   84.74

     VIETNAM     0.300      0.069      0.016      0.000   -100.00     0.276      0.069      0.069      0.054     -80.53    0.65

     BNGLDSH     0.018      0.000      0.000      0.043       *       0.018      0.000      0.043      0.043     142.14    0.52


     _WTO        6.015      8.477      1.541      1.296    -15.91     6.494      8.477      7.989      8.232      26.76   99.73

     _OECD       0.521      0.674      0.060      0.079     32.08     0.497      0.674      0.673      0.694      39.62    8.40

     _ASEAN      0.307      0.075      0.016      0.000    -97.51     0.282      0.075      0.074      0.059     -79.00    0.72