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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 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       5.094      6.020      1.742      2.396     37.58     5.536      6.499      6.501      6.674      20.57  100.00

     CHINA P     3.597      4.701      1.229      1.967     60.01     4.036      5.244      5.235      5.439      34.77   81.49

     VIETNAM     0.331      0.300      0.116      0.024    -79.70     0.426      0.276      0.245      0.208     -51.32    3.11

     KOR REP     0.098      0.125      0.068      0.031    -53.94     0.143      0.096      0.104      0.088     -38.80    1.32

     HG KONG     0.223      0.092      0.078      0.068    -12.71     0.262      0.085      0.071      0.082     -68.55    1.24

     PAKISTN     0.023      0.048      0.047      0.026    -45.76     0.070      0.026      0.028      0.026     -62.99    0.39

     BNGLDSH     0.218      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.018      0.018      0.018        *      0.27


     _WTO        5.086      5.992      1.736      2.393     37.82     5.527      6.473      6.475      6.649      20.30   99.62

     _OECD       0.523      0.521      0.176      0.223     26.89     0.533      0.497      0.588      0.568       6.58    8.51

     _ASEAN      0.352      0.307      0.117      0.025    -78.55     0.445      0.282      0.252      0.215     -51.72    3.22