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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                             Data in Nos,  5.20 M2 per Nos. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  1/2013
   Country      2011       2012       1/2012     1/2013  % Change    1/2012    11/2012    12/2012     1/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD    190402398 193925544   14569414   15341983      5.30 191465318  193167092  193925544  194698113       1.69  100.00

     INDIA     44859279  58771139    4305149    5023966     16.70  46350254   58764793   58771139   59489956      28.35   30.55

     PAKISTN   61768533  55373840    4603017    4745946      3.11  62362729   56493978   55373840   55516769     -10.98   28.51

     CHINA P   55258033  52776711    4196909    4403429      4.92  54871923   51184019   52776711   52983231      -3.44   27.21

     TURKEY     3971495   6968666      36240      16183    -55.34   3950622    6881140    6968666    6948609      75.89    3.57

     BAHRAIN    7445044   6098153     441389     372284    -15.66   7186294    6036950    6098153    6029048     -16.10    3.10

     CAMBOD     3102860   3749039     302568     351768     16.26   3156224    3578173    3749039    3798239      20.34    1.95

     PORTUGL    2711752   2289643     131051     119842     -8.55   2646330    2238521    2289643    2278434     -13.90    1.17

     TURKMEN    1892532   1945875          0       5552       *     1892532    1914839    1945875    1951427       3.11    1.00

     THAILND    3537634   1284635     192466     190056     -1.25   3503947    1373038    1284635    1282225     -63.41    0.66

     EGYPT      1918022   1221643     143867          0   -100.00   1857017    1219315    1221643    1077776     -41.96    0.55

     MEXICO     1101490    885085      60209       9566    -84.11   1024029     922756     885085     834442     -18.51    0.43

     ISRAEL      680115    838356      57837      43415    -24.94    675124     847245     838356     823934      22.04    0.42

     BNGLDSH     545087    640193      26352       3888    -85.25    543767     623879     640193     617729      13.60    0.32

     ITALY       390645    432381      35716      44296     24.02    399941     427483     432381     440961      10.26    0.23

     INDNSIA     373477    377172       7104        471    -93.37    319607     381431     377172     370539      15.94    0.19

     ARAB EM     132840     71480       4470       4510      0.89    116303      75160      71480      71520     -38.51    0.04

     VIETNAM     492361      3651        379        208    -45.12    380231       3533       3651       3480     -99.08    0.00


     _WTO     188509866 191979669   14569414   15336431      5.26 189572786  191252253  191979669  192746686       1.67   99.00

     _OECD      7209819   9814643     224592     186058    -17.16   7144326    9671526    9814643    9776109      36.84    5.02

     _ASEAN     7567200   5436766     505531     542813      7.37   7419527    5361333    5436766    5474048     -26.22    2.81

     _EU        3208578   2830291     178289     169401     -4.99   3153963    2774084    2830291    2821403     -10.54    1.45

     _W HEMI    1139445    905815      60381      10532    -82.56   1061680     944213     905815     855966     -19.38    0.44