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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     110.570    124.865     41.477     38.679     -6.75   118.893    123.699    122.754    122.068       2.67  100.00

     ITALY      33.548     33.181     11.540      9.826    -14.85    36.630     32.907     32.108     31.467     -14.09   25.78

     CHINA P    20.873     22.859      6.906      7.298      5.68    21.081     23.036     22.935     23.251      10.29   19.05

     TURKEY     13.628     18.132      6.709      3.282    -51.08    14.326     16.738     16.107     14.705       2.65   12.05

     INDIA       9.242     13.136      3.844      3.945      2.64    10.283     13.385     13.379     13.237      28.73   10.84

     MEXICO      3.875      6.067      1.972      2.753     39.58     5.075      6.037      6.202      6.848      34.93    5.61

     JAPAN       5.212      5.544      2.244      3.022     34.66     5.945      6.142      6.524      6.322       6.33    5.18

     CHINA T     3.729      4.012      1.283      1.432     11.58     3.807      4.093      4.111      4.161       9.29    3.41

     PAKISTN     2.027      2.108      0.461      1.146    148.77     1.694      2.086      2.391      2.794      64.95    2.29


     _WTO      110.542    124.827     41.477     38.661     -6.79   118.877    123.643    122.698    122.011       2.64   99.95

     _OECD      61.246     65.706     23.032     17.714    -23.09    66.020     63.789     62.261     60.388      -8.53   49.47

     _EU15      45.091     45.042     15.444     13.677    -11.44    48.960     44.592     43.753     43.275     -11.61   35.45

     _EC12      44.402     44.592     15.292     13.083    -14.45    48.306     44.048     42.990     42.383     -12.26   34.72

     _W HEMI     5.968      8.317      2.713      3.313     22.12     7.466      8.081      8.256      8.917      19.43    7.30

     _ASEAN      1.221      2.276      0.845      0.614    -27.28     1.678      2.325      1.993      2.046      21.88    1.68