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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 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  1/2013
   Country      2011       2012       1/2012     1/2013  % Change    1/2012    11/2012    12/2012     1/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     11949119  20240808    2424982    1938349    -20.07  13061985   19813727   20240808   19754175      51.23  100.00

     CHINA P    9779871  19255983    2223289    1301855    -41.44  10867097   18864143   19255983   18334549      68.72   92.81

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

     PAKISTN     580700    255602     134858          0   -100.00    633058     255602     255602     120744     -80.93    0.61

     VIETNAM     819403     50820          0          0       *      819279      52341      50820      50820     -93.80    0.26


     _WTO      11939519  20204028    2424982    1938349    -20.07  13052385   19813727   20204028   19717395      51.06   99.81

     _OECD       258150    329028      20754       7740    -62.71    273349     335094     329028     316014      15.61    1.60

     _ASEAN      820754     52089         52          0   -100.00    820682      53610      52089      52037     -93.66    0.26