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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 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 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    764000481 662392490  617328636  651391436      5.52 670882290  680231640  683047302  696455290       3.81  100.00

     PAKISTN  259527263 233890239  217239244  226418674      4.23 236625708  230799525  236677390  243069669       2.72   34.90

     INDIA    190802987 183293741  171388386  187415444      9.35 185914218  200437489  196773666  199320799       7.21   28.62

     CHINA P  160905110 136663372  127508641  131596972      3.21 136461144  135438213  137159145  140751703       3.14   20.21

     BNGLDSH   61116756  55695635   51536940   59169758     14.81  57193157   65157050   63496582   63328453      10.73    9.09

     TURKEY    12022444  10733860    9990566   11091285     11.02  10638679   11093098   11676909   11834579      11.24    1.70

     JORDAN     1508623   2657388    2339808    7561994    223.19   2586550    6556080    7071792    7879574     204.64    1.13

     COLOMB     8008555   7438306    7122262    6321875    -11.24   7569256    6396260    6371327    6637919     -12.30    0.95

     ISRAEL    13959015   8800453    8403591    4425285    -47.34   9261958    4836258    4673072    4822147     -47.94    0.69

     CANADA     3080369   2875729    2697737    3228778     19.68   2906264    3209841    3331384    3406770      17.22    0.49

     THAILND    9727561   4930290    4862576    2938154    -39.58   5454501    3399211    3179671    3005868     -44.89    0.43

     SALVADR    2984337   2635110    2462515    2030914    -17.53   2964845    2147765    2221536    2203509     -25.68    0.32

     VIETNAM    6342979   3919643    3701699    1946932    -47.40   4001231    2339641    2253080    2164876     -45.89    0.31

     EGYPT      3539301   2824734    2649341    1471963    -44.44   2935364    1929550    1670017    1647356     -43.88    0.24

     BRAZIL    25437956   2202159    2068309    1272191    -38.49   2732516    1392342    1384791    1406041     -48.54    0.20


     _WTO     763997295 662390023  617326239  651275577      5.50 670879893  680115488  682931962  696339361       3.79   99.98

     _OECD     17197615  15314595   14257991   16428104     15.22  15240895   16405320   17160084   17484708      14.72    2.51

     _W HEMI   41544684  16894538   15796826   14414114     -8.75  17724424   15232871   15373940   15511826     -12.48    2.23

     _ANDEAN    8087543   7533674    7215540    6489268    -10.07   7664247    6566218    6541654    6807402     -11.18    0.98

     _ASEAN    16177492   8992005    8677947    4933443    -43.15   9604262    5847123    5519342    5247501     -45.36    0.75

     _CBI       3174157   3039042    2794375    2328824    -16.66   3311238    2706565    2654476    2573491     -22.28    0.37

     _CAFTA     3169126   3033248    2788581    2328709    -16.49   3305444    2706450    2654361    2573376     -22.15    0.37

     _EU15      1782899   1542022    1431204    1982311     38.51   1545260    1912546    1964409    2093129      35.45    0.30

     _EC12      1777617   1541601    1430800    1981173     38.47   1544426    1911963    1963826    2091974      35.45    0.30