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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 226:  CHEESECLOTH, BATISTES, LAWNS/VOILE
                                         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      32.626     51.785     47.390     42.822     -9.64    50.884     46.264     46.984     47.217      -7.21  100.00

     CHINA P    15.997     31.846     29.050     24.963    -14.07    30.772     28.020     27.862     27.759      -9.79   58.79

     KOR REP     3.658      4.297      4.072      4.581     12.48     4.432      3.936      4.408      4.806       8.44   10.18

     INDIA       1.478      3.299      2.955      3.695     25.04     3.073      3.775      3.755      4.039      31.45    8.55

     PAKISTN     1.380      1.377      1.224      1.567     28.01     1.376      1.640      1.717      1.720      24.98    3.64

     MEXICO      0.322      0.687      0.568      0.648     14.03     0.594      0.498      0.636      0.766      28.91    1.62

     THAILND     0.127      0.540      0.537      0.495     -7.86     0.559      0.431      0.475      0.498     -10.88    1.05

     CANADA      4.283      1.951      1.951      0.009    -99.53     2.294      0.007      0.009      0.009     -99.60    0.02


     _WTO       32.626     51.785     47.389     42.822     -9.64    50.884     46.264     46.984     47.217      -7.21  100.00

     _OECD      10.685     10.681      9.979      8.158    -18.25    11.202      8.103      8.678      8.860     -20.90   18.76

     _EU15       2.323      3.840      3.391      3.120     -8.00     3.894      3.652      3.784      3.569      -8.34    7.56

     _EC12       1.676      2.508      2.259      2.245     -0.62     2.501      2.566      2.477      2.494      -0.30    5.28

     _W HEMI     5.224      3.408      3.283      1.796    -45.29     3.726      1.845      1.929      1.921     -48.43    4.07

     _CBI        0.543      0.751      0.751      1.091     45.25     0.759      1.319      1.229      1.091      43.82    2.31

     _CAFTA      0.543      0.751      0.751      1.091     45.25     0.759      1.319      1.229      1.091      43.82    2.31

     _ASEAN      0.269      0.696      0.692      0.570    -17.55     0.715      0.611      0.650      0.575     -19.65    1.22