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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                             Data in Nos,  5.20 M2 per Nos. 

                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    244562013 190402398  107276236  106875944     -0.37 207392099  192042691  191256672  190002106      -8.39  100.00

     PAKISTN   74799375  61768533   34776173   33060979     -4.93  62412983   62398543   61544151   60053339      -3.78   31.61

     INDIA     47479519  44859279   22927069   32588868     42.14  43258846   51044771   52573091   54521078      26.03   28.69

     CHINA P   83715661  55258033   33810242   29902979    -11.56  66280214   53281213   52723578   51350770     -22.52   27.03

     BAHRAIN    6259104   7445044    4818799    3762201    -21.93   7137956    6538517    6446063    6388446     -10.50    3.36

     TURKEY     7777323   3971495     429912     421859     -1.87   7891242    3817849    3811193    3963442     -49.77    2.09

     CAMBOD     3286461   3102860    2053852    1964584     -4.35   3340342    2909782    2943680    3013592      -9.78    1.59

     TURKMEN    2040818   1892532     566378     897913     58.54   1667881    2100196    2099962    2224067      33.35    1.17

     PORTUGL    3760579   2711752    1310627     778064    -40.63   3674215    2518257    2421616    2179189     -40.69    1.15

     THAILND    5452535   3537634    2461705     731299    -70.29   4095541    2582168    2205977    1807228     -55.87    0.95

     EGYPT      2623636   1918022    1292248     750474    -41.92   2284001    1470250    1473212    1376248     -39.74    0.72

     MEXICO     2008586   1101490     880266     711629    -19.16   1565022    1022840     859528     932853     -40.39    0.49

     ISRAEL      894842    680115     365938     490757     34.11    665174     792945     799297     804934      21.01    0.42

     BNGLDSH     509797    545087     426028     288725    -32.23    672424     525869     378952     407784     -39.36    0.21

     ITALY       426709    390645     230646     245278      6.34    435387     411657     409861     405277      -6.92    0.21

     INDNSIA      34875    373477     230897     124029    -46.28    256381     255379     267499     266609       3.99    0.14

     ARAB EM      81010    132840      90159      49045    -45.60    145006      86090      78256      91726     -36.74    0.05

     GERMANY      73168     56963      25295      13901    -45.04     85624      49703      47322      45569     -46.78    0.02

     BRAZIL     1408436      4951        159          0   -100.00    330195       4792       4792       4792     -98.55    0.00

     VIETNAM    1632442    492361     490953       1501    -99.69   1037639      62630       3304       2909     -99.72    0.00


     _WTO     242521158 188509866  106709858  105978031     -0.69 205724193  189942495  189156710  187778039      -8.72   98.83

     _OECD     12098051   7209819    2043390    1502570    -26.47  12154169    6874430    6765776    6668999     -45.13    3.51

     _ASEAN    10458509   7567200    5266941    2836707    -46.14   8787632    5865853    5474505    5136966     -41.54    2.70

     _EU15      4304511   3200272    1589153    1065423    -32.96   4233341    3026503    2924660    2676542     -36.77    1.41

     _EC12      4304301   3197284    1587855    1064948    -32.93   4231964    3023922    2922075    2674377     -36.81    1.41

     _W HEMI    3424151   1139445     901548     724122    -19.68   1918308    1048592     885240     962019     -49.85    0.51