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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 M2 per Nos. 

                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     13795761  11949119    4076281    5826386     42.93  13503514   13342059   13035592   13699224       1.45  100.00

     CHINA P    9332381   9779871    2898578    5396538     86.18  10852866   11776667   11574514   12277831      13.13   89.62

     VIETNAM     729319    819403     352189      30688    -91.29   1069053     701951     578483     497902     -53.43    3.63

     BNGLDSH    2674940    265000          0          0       *           0     265000     265000     265000        *      1.93

     HG KONG     326448    145373     104938     114248      8.87    370274     102211      88635     154683     -58.22    1.13

     PAKISTN     200420    580700     577200     143858    -75.08    777620     145558     154558     147358     -81.05    1.08

     KOR REP     210954    158345      87570      69020    -21.18    222794     141575     157915     139795     -37.25    1.02


     _WTO      13787697  11936243    4074553    5826040     42.99  13497754   13329603   13024098   13687730       1.41   99.92

     _ASEAN      732966    820754     352255      31021    -91.19   1072200     703288     580101     499520     -53.41    3.65

     _OECD       376306    258150     119430     104719    -12.32    371076     248864     269729     243439     -34.40    1.78