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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 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    1455.857   1402.436   1306.737   1321.542      1.13  1405.397   1407.203   1400.588   1417.242       0.84  100.00

     INDIA     471.580    530.817    485.139    595.399     22.73   520.680    635.215    633.558    641.077      23.12   45.23

     CHINA P   437.600    328.735    308.861    277.733    -10.08   337.891    296.926    298.577    297.607     -11.92   21.00

     PAKISTN   314.605    318.500    298.058    247.993    -16.80   317.427    273.253    268.592    268.435     -15.43   18.94

     BAHRAIN    41.055     62.149     59.470     47.149    -20.72    62.396     51.430     49.541     49.828     -20.14    3.52

     TURKEY     45.454     34.917     34.615     49.039     41.67    36.442     39.110     44.110     49.342      35.40    3.48

     PORTUGL    45.201     36.934     35.499     33.008     -7.02    39.776     33.277     31.851     34.442     -13.41    2.43

     ITALY      14.628     14.068     12.885     13.708      6.39    13.918     14.186     13.944     14.891       6.99    1.05

     CAMBOD      7.913     10.770     10.187     11.243     10.37    10.911     10.788     11.422     11.827       8.40    0.83

     TURKMEN    10.022     11.218     11.142     10.707     -3.91    11.142     13.408     10.957     10.782      -3.23    0.76

     ISRAEL      8.884      8.568      7.658      9.682     26.42     8.712     10.361     10.144     10.592      21.58    0.75

     THAILND    21.455     18.239     17.092      5.859    -65.72    17.905      8.137      7.642      7.007     -60.87    0.49

     EGYPT      10.346      8.941      8.256      5.467    -33.79     9.195      7.170      6.651      6.152     -33.10    0.43

     MEXICO      6.597      4.063      3.854      4.286     11.20     4.058      4.698      4.266      4.495      10.76    0.32

     BNGLDSH     2.697      4.509      4.420      2.507    -43.29     4.496      2.301      2.260      2.596     -42.26    0.18

     INDNSIA     0.358      2.260      2.224      2.240      0.69     2.252      1.380      1.469      2.276       1.03    0.16

     ARAB EM     1.073      2.062      1.904      0.935    -50.89     2.145      1.290      1.136      1.093     -49.05    0.08

     VIETNAM     3.923      1.579      1.571      0.051    -96.73     1.871      0.051      0.055      0.059     -96.83    0.00


     _WTO     1445.832   1391.219   1295.594   1310.835      1.18  1394.254   1393.795   1389.632   1406.459       0.88   99.24

     _OECD     108.980     89.289     86.206     99.459     15.37    93.520     89.939     93.466    102.543       9.65    7.24

     _EU15      63.151     54.039     51.283     49.943     -2.61    56.751     50.296     48.842     52.698      -7.14    3.72

     _EC12      63.124     53.988     51.235     49.909     -2.59    56.699     50.267     48.819     52.662      -7.12    3.72

     _ASEAN     33.935     33.307     31.501     19.699    -37.47    33.403     20.750     20.938     21.505     -35.62    1.52

     _W HEMI    13.579      4.229      4.003      4.451     11.19     4.280      4.883      4.436      4.677       9.27    0.33