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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 226:  CHEESECLOTH, BATISTES, LAWNS/VOILE
                                             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     63304746 138180865   76434198   86003940     12.52 114252713  156444628  152114408  147750607      29.32  100.00

     CHINA P   42006332 116691702   62343404   72295029     15.96  91772361  135758113  132252916  126643327      38.00   85.71

     INDIA      5244445   9565234    5788104    7486820     29.35   7776624   11106357   10545154   11263950      44.84    7.62

     KOR REP    2592452   2292891    1194549    1448945     21.30   2125975    2325867    2398788    2547287      19.82    1.72

     PAKISTN    2521619   1500560     766177    1178586     53.83   1690430    1910958    1851865    1912969      13.16    1.29

     MEXICO     1005895   1490371     955956     987549      3.30   1307405    1483467    1319267    1521964      16.41    1.03

     CANADA     7808980   2775531    2696675       2881    -99.89   5846065     422776     187955      81737     -98.60    0.06


     _WTO      63304746 138180848   76434181   86003940     12.52 114252696  156444628  152114408  147750607      29.32  100.00

     _OECD     10859128   6394192    4898136    2123437    -56.65   9239981    3610599    3485167    3619493     -60.83    2.45

     _W HEMI    9552693   4915264    4000161    1876573    -53.09   7960327    2947132    2558897    2791676     -64.93    1.89

     _CBI        642281    640979     341914     877175    156.55    713261    1035301    1040205    1176240      64.91    0.80

     _CAFTA      642281    640979     341914     877175    156.55    713261    1035301    1040205    1176240      64.91    0.80

     _EU15       386923   1230757     957736     624105    -34.84   1185526     775821     807961     897126     -24.33    0.61

     _ASEAN      231871    740267     514294     624279     21.39    585097     822437     872188     850252      45.32    0.58

     _EC12       308450   1090197     898808     577780    -35.72   1065419     661220     680962     769169     -27.81    0.52