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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 313:  COTTON SHEETING FABRIC
                                             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    259249979 232533249  131880820  138323260      4.89 239057459  241309751  240190052  238975689      -0.03  100.00

     CHINA P  109949086  87351664   48991542   47927824     -2.17  96994006   87609195   87752025   86287946     -11.04   36.11

     PAKISTN   48959923  53635802   29415159   35009984     19.02  48133017   61605300   60177183   59230627      23.06   24.79

     KOR REP   58447728  55257750   31294208   33964394      8.53  55300288   56677399   57117502   57927936       4.75   24.24

     JAPAN     12619434  10629806    6601421    7239866      9.67  11128856   11066524   11467014   11268251       1.25    4.72

     INDNSIA    9770994   7927584    4953996    4714265     -4.84   9105186    7585739    7639895    7687853     -15.57    3.22

     INDIA      6448816   7858029    4369384    4009635     -8.23   6708266    8128765    7246384    7498280      11.78    3.14

     THAILND    6982083   4449424    3031448    2620204    -13.57   6256683    3884075    4088785    4038180     -35.46    1.69

     GERMANY     779497   1328109     715358    1084553     51.61   1034449    1410331    1447405    1697304      64.08    0.71

     CHINA T    1769856    408151     320604     355491     10.88   1022406     459260     457452     443038     -56.67    0.19


     _WTO     258475560 232347555  131735207  138316883      5.00 238650534  241128985  240142724  238929231       0.12   99.98

     _OECD     60651420  58238358   33184792   35883461      8.13  58111749   59197613   59724903   60937027       4.86   25.50

     _ASEAN    16953038  12820948    8306480    7346529    -11.56  15703582   11670424   11908188   11860997     -24.47    4.96

     _EU15      1297732   2218712    1450618    1390044     -4.18   2010152    1866718    1898026    2158138       7.36    0.90

     _EC12      1294185   2217872    1450231    1389005     -4.22   2009319    1865332    1896558    2156646       7.33    0.90