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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  4/2012
   Country      2010       2011       4/2011     4/2012  % Change    4/2011     2/2012     3/2012     4/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     50545267  37381792   12646503   12056367     -4.67  47429363   36533814   36479471   36791656     -22.43  100.00

     CHINA P   20612636  13635679    4329795    4453944      2.87  17021667   13326225   13313491   13759828     -19.16   37.40

     INDIA      4590399   5213006    1749522    1605656     -8.22   4831407    5270164    5230608    5069140       4.92   13.78

     ITALY      9739403   4613131    1741115    1443120    -17.12  10192417    4586092    4455123    4315136     -57.66   11.73

     TURKEY     3511893   3648139    1355872     697130    -48.58   3311515    3331810    3255950    2989397      -9.73    8.13

     CHINA T    1954129   1787402     656266     591152     -9.92   1982809    1734205    1701954    1722288     -13.14    4.68

     PAKISTN    1442133   1151188     228149     630414    176.32   1070402    1083097    1301709    1553453      45.13    4.22

     MEXICO     1680827   1398563     609758     669840      9.85   1769497    1258873    1273266    1458645     -17.57    3.96

     JAPAN      1124037    972493     474679     565351     19.10   1275376    1099738    1206639    1063165     -16.64    2.89


     _WTO      50540396  37376609   12646503   12042468     -4.78  47426555   36514732   36460389   36772574     -22.46   99.95

     _OECD     16250090  10576817    3790773    2923917    -22.87  16379754   10254653   10074550    9709961     -40.72   26.39

     _EU15     12298594   6467293    2296334    2091718     -8.91  12616413    6455022    6357439    6262677     -50.36   17.02

     _EC12     12219682   6408411    2281639    1984376    -13.03  12542385    6374606    6232200    6111148     -51.28   16.61

     _W HEMI    2923525   2359995     876963     850768     -2.99   3120023    2116397    2139271    2333800     -25.20    6.34

     _ASEAN      592840   1146291     460896     316149    -31.41    855821    1145354     967116    1001544      17.03    2.72