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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 220:  FABRIC OF SPECIAL WEAVE
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     161.014    177.837    161.923    166.018      2.53   174.853    180.503    181.104    181.933       4.05  100.00

     CHINA P    43.365     44.950     41.119     39.419     -4.13    44.170     43.735     43.895     43.250      -2.08   23.77

     ITALY      27.538     29.368     26.633     28.954      8.72    29.182     31.672     31.386     31.689       8.59   17.42

     INDIA       7.781     12.312     11.111     13.324     19.91    11.917     14.513     14.955     14.525      21.89    7.98

     TURKEY      4.253      7.596      6.462     11.239     73.93     6.768     13.019     12.699     12.374      82.84    6.80

     PAKISTN    11.618     12.427     11.326      8.577    -24.27    12.276     10.340      9.757      9.679     -21.16    5.32

     CANADA      9.914      8.965      8.461      8.288     -2.05     9.072      7.586      8.274      8.792      -3.08    4.83

     KOR REP     6.811      7.843      7.311      7.861      7.52     7.852      7.328      7.809      8.393       6.90    4.61

     CHINA T     6.323      5.915      5.251      4.852     -7.61     5.765      5.304      5.438      5.515      -4.34    3.03

     SPAIN       2.652      3.112      2.831      3.491     23.32     3.025      3.437      3.484      3.773      24.70    2.07

     MEXICO      3.550      3.725      3.358      3.280     -2.32     3.621      3.441      3.569      3.647       0.72    2.00

     S ARAB      0.001      1.137      0.929      3.381    263.98     0.929      3.346      3.463      3.589     286.38    1.97

     ARAB EM     2.141      1.331      1.330      1.947     46.44     1.330      2.009      2.052      1.948      46.50    1.07

     INDNSIA     0.909      0.962      0.862      1.116     29.47     1.042      1.246      1.283      1.216      16.73    0.67

     ISRAEL      1.681      0.858      0.833      0.894      7.32     1.073      0.954      0.830      0.919     -14.35    0.51

     GUATMAL     0.148      0.059      0.058      0.088     52.45     0.069      0.024      0.024      0.089      28.83    0.05


     _WTO      160.551    177.686    161.887    165.800      2.42   174.721    180.164    180.767    181.599       3.94   99.82

     _OECD      74.212     85.552     78.054     82.188      5.30    84.132     87.624     87.852     89.686       6.60   49.30

     _EU15      51.197     59.146     53.990     52.858     -2.10    58.379     57.506     56.927     58.015      -0.62   31.89

     _EC12      49.826     57.280     52.211     52.229      0.03    56.530     56.694     56.157     57.298       1.36   31.49

     _W HEMI    15.867     15.080     14.026     13.155     -6.21    15.129     12.690     13.533     14.209      -6.08    7.81

     _ASEAN      2.599      3.241      3.030      2.675    -11.72     3.303      2.905      2.891      2.886     -12.61    1.59

     _CBI        0.472      0.298      0.263      0.408     55.28     0.276      0.340      0.344      0.443      60.49    0.24

     _CAFTA      0.469      0.295      0.260      0.400     53.74     0.273      0.331      0.336      0.435      59.08    0.24