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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 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  7/2012
   Country      2010       2011       7/2011     7/2012  % Change    7/2011     5/2012     6/2012     7/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     50545267  37381792   23600511   22195670     -5.95  45038067   36221636   35767213   35976951     -20.12  100.00

     CHINA P   20612636  13635679    8332971    8631569      3.58  14180282   13617092   13432330   13934277      -1.73   38.73

     INDIA      4590399   5213006    3340244    2830066    -15.27   5459102    4888562    4873070    4702828     -13.85   13.07

     ITALY      9739403   4613131    3055405    2742499    -10.24  10466913    4124384    4072560    4300225     -58.92   11.95

     TURKEY     3511893   3648139    2619485    1440077    -45.02   3866923    2981945    2812347    2468731     -36.16    6.86

     MEXICO     1680827   1398563     789770    1092236     38.30   1458975    1596735    1634618    1701029      16.59    4.73

     CHINA T    1954129   1787402    1178279     897806    -23.80   1913806    1621775    1522118    1506929     -21.26    4.19

     PAKISTN    1442133   1151188     547071     868514     58.76    967779    1637318    1591235    1472631      52.17    4.09

     JAPAN      1124037    972493     654041    1000875     53.03   1044982    1194058    1238813    1319327      26.25    3.67

     SPAIN       648385    771029     500769     613930     22.60    815496     832672     899516     884190       8.42    2.46

     GUATMAL     585840    308556     288473     143437    -50.28    842676     150272     162757     163520     -80.60    0.45


     _WTO      50540396  37376609   23598867   22174474     -6.04  45033615   36202218   35747306   35952216     -20.17   99.93

     _OECD     16250090  10576817    7055420    5800829    -17.78  16727335    9533565    9346605    9322226     -44.27   25.91

     _EU15     12298594   6467293    4154909    4083714     -1.71  12416432    6105262    6083786    6396098     -48.49   17.78

     _EC12     12219682   6408411    4126882    3920312     -5.01  12355137    5921344    5897398    6201841     -49.80   17.24

     _W HEMI    2923525   2359995    1446171    1540480      6.52   3022438    2317915    2380092    2454304     -18.80    6.82

     _ASEAN      592840   1146291     692903     470291    -32.13    880744     856167     896175     923679       4.87    2.57

     _CBI        614287    335112     301357     143448    -52.40    870201     165250     176535     177203     -79.64    0.49

     _CAFTA      614287    334019     300264     143437    -52.23    869108     164224     176429     177192     -79.61    0.49