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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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       6.020      8.500      1.091      0.604    -44.70     6.443      8.350      8.500      8.012      24.35  100.00

     CHINA P     4.701      7.245      0.977      0.522    -46.58     5.109      7.111      7.245      6.790      32.89   84.75

     VIETNAM     0.300      0.069      0.000      0.000       *       0.299      0.072      0.069      0.069     -76.87    0.86

     PAKISTN     0.048      0.070      0.024      0.000   -100.00     0.065      0.070      0.070      0.047     -28.59    0.58

     BNGLDSH     0.018      0.000      0.000      0.043       *       0.018      0.000      0.000      0.043     142.14    0.54


     _WTO        6.015      8.477      1.091      0.604    -44.70     6.438      8.350      8.477      7.989      24.09   99.72

     _OECD       0.521      0.674      0.020      0.018     -8.94     0.523      0.699      0.674      0.673      28.61    8.40

     _ASEAN      0.307      0.075      0.000      0.000   -100.00     0.306      0.077      0.075      0.074     -75.69    0.93