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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                             Data in Nos,  5.20 M2 per Nos. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    244562013 190402398  176921264  179685958      1.56 191946904  190395428  191327318  193167092       0.64  100.00

     INDIA     47479519  44859279   40900738   54806252     34.00  44437240   56469013   57073136   58764793      32.24   30.42

     PAKISTN   74799375  61768533   57184350   51909795     -9.22  61476916   56966550   56592837   56493978      -8.11   29.25

     CHINA P   83715661  55258033   51544053   47470039     -7.90  56720056   51404098   51962185   51184019      -9.76   26.50

     TURKEY     7777323   3971495    3928330    6837975     74.07   4202491    5157420    6115472    6881140      63.74    3.56

     BAHRAIN    6259104   7445044    7128385    5720291    -19.75   7569670    6161818    5985773    6036950     -20.25    3.13

     CAMBOD     3286461   3102860    2922880    3398193     16.26   3198292    3255294    3429769    3578173      11.88    1.85

     PORTUGL    3760579   2711752    2624732    2151501    -18.03   2897979    2423040    2249156    2238521     -22.76    1.16

     TURKMEN    2040818   1892532    1879734    1902041      1.19   1879734    2342787    1938222    1914839       1.87    0.99

     THAILND    5452535   3537634    3286663    1122067    -65.86   3506747    1572429    1472948    1373038     -60.85    0.71

     EGYPT      2623636   1918022    1765982    1067275    -39.56   1965987    1391277    1310692    1219315     -37.98    0.63

     MEXICO     2008586   1101490    1059175     880441    -16.87   1103386     943024     891802     922756     -16.37    0.48

     ISRAEL      894842    680115     612153     779283     27.30    710397     831647     810072     847245      19.26    0.44

     BNGLDSH     509797    545087     527303     606095     14.94    541535     542928     542088     623879      15.21    0.32

     ITALY       426709    390645     361385     398223     10.19    394030     410416     414066     427483       8.49    0.22

     INDNSIA      34875    373477     369217     377171      2.15    375361     234480     257688     381431       1.62    0.20

     ARAB EM      81010    132840     122180      64500    -47.21    138369      87550      77850      75160     -45.68    0.04

     VIETNAM    1632442    492361     492061       3233    -99.34    593841       3008       3368       3533     -99.41    0.00


     _WTO     242521158 188509866  175041530  177783917      1.57 190067166  188052641  189389096  191252253       0.62   99.01

     _OECD     12098051   7209819    7045618    9507325     34.94   7632120    8102830    8894757    9671526      26.72    5.01

     _ASEAN    10458509   7567200    7127647    4921780    -30.95   7736965    5106345    5197537    5361333     -30.70    2.78

     _EU15      4304511   3200272    3081235    2648666    -14.04   3393200    2920976    2756055    2767703     -18.43    1.43

     _EC12      4304301   3197284    3078256    2646949    -14.01   3390190    2919630    2755341    2765977     -18.41    1.43

     _W HEMI    3424151   1139445    1095495     900263    -17.82   1150339     966996     912610     944213     -17.92    0.49