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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 363:  COTTON TERRY / OTHER PILE TOWELS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 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    662392490 703457350   51154905   56580682     10.61 661182128  696455290  703457350  708883127       7.21  100.00

     PAKISTN  233890239 245728768   14424694   23942844     65.99 230797913  243069669  245728768  255246918      10.59   36.01

     INDIA    183293741 202367297   16026363   13837177    -13.66 188149654  199320799  202367297  200178111       6.39   28.24

     CHINA P  136663372 141319965   12693087   11053625    -12.92 135771040  140751703  141319965  139680503       2.88   19.70

     BNGLDSH   55695635  63281677    4886068    2795184    -42.79  55912712   63328453   63281677   61190793       9.44    8.63

     TURKEY    10733860  11778189     741045     892193     20.40  10083602   11834579   11778189   11929337      18.30    1.68

     JORDAN     2657388   8545876     524532    1148320    118.92   3030744    7879574    8545876    9169664     202.55    1.29

     COLOMB     7438306   6983219     200265     894636    346.73   7161617    6637919    6983219    7677590       7.20    1.08

     ISRAEL     8800453   4571549     387879     306293    -21.03   7938826    4822147    4571549    4489963     -43.44    0.63

     CANADA     2875729   3488671     301096     310258      3.04   2957418    3406770    3488671    3497833      18.27    0.49

     THAILND    4930290   3015617     141828     100080    -29.44   4726462    3005868    3015617    2973869     -37.08    0.42

     SALVADR    2635110   2301006     147851     359195    142.94   2566553    2203509    2301006    2512350      -2.11    0.35

     VIETNAM    3919643   2286076      81169     184776    127.64   3619467    2164876    2286076    2389683     -33.98    0.34

     EGYPT      2824734   1722633     172152     364132    111.52   2748441    1647356    1722633    1914613     -30.34    0.27


     _WTO     662390023 703341491   51154905   56580406     10.61 661179661  696339361  703341491  708766992       7.20   99.98

     _OECD     15314595  17533247    1238109    1310790      5.87  14850660   17484708   17533247   17605928      18.55    2.48

     _W HEMI   16894538  15709030     798316    1803266    125.88  16221806   15511826   15709030   16713980       3.03    2.36

     _ANDEAN    7533674   7151432     202008     906013    348.50   7250631    6807402    7151432    7855437       8.34    1.11

     _ASEAN     8992005   5350077     222997     284856     27.74   8445819    5247501    5350077    5411936     -35.92    0.76

     _CAFTA     3033248   2611353     194507     387173     99.05   3011347    2573376    2611353    2804019      -6.88    0.40