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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 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    1406.419   1427.754   1338.638   1358.952      1.52  1438.107   1446.314   1436.277   1448.068       0.69  100.00

     INDIA     429.228    494.176    461.550    494.653      7.17   494.599    538.399    526.449    527.279       6.61   36.41

     CHINA P   375.926    354.612    333.835    358.590      7.42   354.687    373.280    373.829    379.366       6.96   26.20

     PAKISTN   319.063    348.014    327.047    302.522     -7.50   351.827    319.374    319.450    323.490      -8.05   22.34

     BNGLDSH    46.457     60.643     57.328     52.537     -8.36    62.027     58.861     56.987     55.852      -9.95    3.86

     TURKEY     43.264     46.086     42.728     44.831      4.92    45.366     45.596     47.750     48.189       6.22    3.33

     COLOMB     17.462     22.554     21.706     17.089    -21.27    23.005     17.547     17.297     17.937     -22.03    1.24

     JORDAN      2.109      5.464      4.773     15.965    234.48     5.166     13.690     14.820     16.656     222.41    1.15

     CANADA      8.859      9.245      8.473     13.097     54.58     9.174     12.691     13.351     13.869      51.19    0.96

     EGYPT      17.695     15.896     14.492     10.328    -28.73    16.323     12.597     12.222     11.732     -28.12    0.81

     ISRAEL     26.969     21.810     20.605      9.902    -51.94    22.499     11.149     10.755     11.108     -50.63    0.77

     THAILND    18.665     11.553     11.267      8.420    -25.27    12.486      9.264      9.204      8.705     -30.28    0.60

     SALVADR     9.080      8.724      8.075      7.112    -11.92    10.364      7.256      7.939      7.761     -25.11    0.54

     BRAZIL     70.103      7.965      7.408      5.520    -25.49     9.734      6.112      6.107      6.077     -37.57    0.42

     VIETNAM     6.510      5.591      5.432      2.111    -61.15     5.792      2.419      2.316      2.270     -60.81    0.16


     _WTO     1406.383   1427.743   1338.627   1358.828      1.51  1438.096   1446.196   1436.157   1447.944       0.68   99.99

     _OECD      61.377     65.087     60.098     69.375     15.44    64.088     70.088     72.940     74.363      16.03    5.14

     _W HEMI   110.032     52.945     49.544     46.036     -7.08    56.451     48.026     48.953     49.438     -12.42    3.41

     _ANDEAN    17.871     23.074     22.214     17.808    -19.83    23.522     18.280     18.032     18.668     -20.64    1.29

     _EU15       8.908      9.479      8.649     11.240     29.95     9.280     11.506     11.557     12.070      30.06    0.83

     _EC12       8.881      9.477      8.648     11.233     29.89     9.276     11.500     11.551     12.062      30.04    0.83

     _ASEAN     25.613     17.738     17.276     10.579    -38.77    19.000     11.985     11.621     11.041     -41.89    0.76

     _CBI        9.623      9.860      9.001      7.848    -12.82    11.326      8.668      9.104      8.706     -23.13    0.60

     _CAFTA      9.604      9.842      8.984      7.846    -12.67    11.309      8.666      9.102      8.704     -23.03    0.60