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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                             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     13795761  11949119    6873201   13046546     89.82  12368881   14213168   15678596   18122464      46.52  100.00

     CHINA P    9332381   9779871    5433744   12299375    126.35   9888882   12783064   14213718   16645502      68.33   91.85

     VIETNAM     729319    819403     515149      30979    -93.99    870931     490444     416060     335233     -61.51    1.85

     BNGLDSH    2674940    265000          0          0       *           0     265000     265000     265000        *      1.46

     PAKISTN     200420    580700     577200     255602    -55.72    777620     147358     218062     259102     -66.68    1.43

     HG KONG     326448    145373     145306     195284     34.40    405242     154683     195351     195351     -51.79    1.08

     KOR REP     210954    158345     112443     110760     -1.50    215907     144595     147830     156662     -27.44    0.86


     _WTO      13795761  11939519    6863601   13046546     90.08  12359281   14203568   15678596   18122464      46.63  100.00

     _ASEAN      732966    820754     516094      31312    -93.93    874683     491807     417339     335972     -61.59    1.85

     _OECD       376306    258150     159159     202536     27.25    356370     259091     265422     301527     -15.39    1.66