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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category,  8/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 369-S :  --SHOP TOWELS ONLY
                                           Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  8/2012
   Country      2010       2011       8/2011     8/2012  % Change    8/2011     6/2012     7/2012     8/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD     9934432    9543173    6546188    7790744     19.01   9671597   10386825   10688475   10787729      11.54  100.00

     PAKISTN   6868870    7127343    4756728    6379086     34.11   7032203    8496521    8624554    8749701      24.42   81.11

     INDIA      512785     757152     481617     461889     -4.10    681420     700470     771487     737424       8.22    6.84

     BNGLDSH   1495867     701654     588076     327110    -44.38    964162     450506     446986     440688     -54.29    4.09

     EGYPT      396231     455850     320850     261562    -18.48    457754     413437     430312     396562     -13.37    3.68

     INDNSIA    325534     181112     127672     176112     37.94    201070     141202     194202     229552      14.17    2.13

     CHINA P    324168     300238     270504     128114    -52.64    334186     159831     144559     157848     -52.77    1.46

     GEORGIA         0          0          0      51517       *           0          0      51517      51517        *      0.48

     PHIL R          0      19051          0          0       *           0      19051      19051      19051        *      0.18


     _WTO      9934432    9543173    6546188    7790744     19.01   9671597   10386825   10688475   10787729      11.54  100.00

     _ASEAN     325560     200163     127672     176112     37.94    201070     160253     213253     248603      23.64    2.30