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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 363:  COTTON TERRY / OTHER PILE TOWELS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 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    764000481 662392490  405388126  411572184      1.53 714731689  664844207  662286819  668576548      -6.46  100.00

     PAKISTN  259527263 233890239  144949025  138842904     -4.21 249337452  227622125  225720246  227784118      -8.64   34.07

     INDIA    190802987 183293741  106154804  118415009     11.55 188594004  196383420  196213559  195553946       3.69   29.25

     CHINA P  160905110 136663372   87282627   84306056     -3.41 147376846  132941854  131836164  133686801      -9.29   20.00

     BNGLDSH   61116756  55695635   33140214   40381837     21.85  60920586   58691048   59706632   62937258       3.31    9.41

     TURKEY    12022444  10733860    6958372    6810500     -2.13  10954130   10646336   10647892   10585988      -3.36    1.58

     COLOMB     8008555   7438306    4755663    3997109    -15.95   8375729    6537799    6326601    6679752     -20.25    1.00

     JORDAN     1508623   2657388    1435992    4062264    182.89   2666858    4460508    4864344    5283660      98.12    0.79

     ISRAEL    13959015   8800453    6951758    3383828    -51.32  11642555    6394492    5846818    5232523     -55.06    0.78

     THAILND    9727561   4930290    1984451    1425299    -28.18   7881701    4469118    4467565    4371138     -44.54    0.65

     CANADA     3080369   2875729    1753396    1986368     13.29   3026745    3206195    3138990    3108701       2.71    0.46

     VIETNAM    6342979   3919643    2776248    1549566    -44.18   4876742    3142158    2836307    2692961     -44.78    0.40

     SALVADR    2984337   2635110    1715913    1181172    -31.16   3074570    2118733    2103181    2100369     -31.69    0.31

     EGYPT      3539301   2824734    1878876    1117722    -40.51   2670830    2091499    2081249    2063580     -22.74    0.31

     BRAZIL    25437956   2202159    1702799     944806    -44.51   9695133    1481172    1472016    1444166     -85.10    0.22


     _WTO     763997295 662390023  405387423  411457616      1.50 714729183  664727423  662170127  668460216      -6.47   99.98

     _OECD     17197615  15314595    9747394   10180593      4.44  15791763   15642086   15643889   15747794      -0.28    2.36

     _W HEMI   41544684  16894538   10605262    9184679    -13.40  25474116   15389728   15339843   15473955     -39.26    2.31

     _ASEAN    16177492   8992005    4835035    3022456    -37.49  12939384    7694332    7430300    7179426     -44.51    1.07

     _ANDEAN    8087543   7533674    4826062    4131455    -14.39   8459699    6680078    6476813    6839067     -19.16    1.02

     _CBI       3174157   3039042    1791953    1423036    -20.59   3215576    2651255    2654075    2670125     -16.96    0.40

     _CAFTA     3169126   3033248    1786159    1422933    -20.34   3204784    2651155    2653972    2670022     -16.69    0.40