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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                         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       5.094      6.020      5.533      7.864     42.12     5.858      8.137      8.179      8.350      42.55  100.00

     CHINA P     3.597      4.701      4.290      6.700     56.16     4.521      6.846      6.888      7.111      57.28   85.15

     VIETNAM     0.331      0.300      0.298      0.069    -76.75     0.298      0.135      0.113      0.072     -75.94    0.86

     PAKISTN     0.023      0.048      0.048      0.070     47.17     0.058      0.070      0.070      0.070      22.01    0.84

     BNGLDSH     0.218      0.018      0.018      0.000   -100.00     0.018      0.018      0.018      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO        5.094      6.015      5.528      7.864     42.25     5.853      8.137      8.179      8.350      42.67  100.00

     _OECD       0.523      0.521      0.462      0.640     38.50     0.521      0.668      0.668      0.699      34.16    8.37

     _ASEAN      0.352      0.307      0.304      0.075    -75.46     0.314      0.139      0.118      0.077     -75.43    0.92