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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     110.570    124.865     79.107     73.341     -7.29   128.148    121.007    119.459    119.100      -7.06  100.00

     ITALY      33.548     33.181     21.121     19.010    -10.00    38.954     30.432     30.312     31.069     -20.24   26.09

     CHINA P    20.873     22.859     13.866     15.043      8.48    21.510     23.382     22.967     24.035      11.74   20.18

     INDIA       9.242     13.136      8.074      6.985    -13.49    12.394     12.881     12.689     12.047      -2.80   10.12

     TURKEY     13.628     18.132     13.444      6.319    -52.99    18.420     14.200     13.191     11.007     -40.24    9.24

     MEXICO      3.875      6.067      3.198      5.237     63.79     5.229      7.522      7.732      8.107      55.02    6.81

     JAPAN       5.212      5.544      3.564      5.429     52.33     5.600      6.782      6.969      7.408      32.29    6.22

     CHINA T     3.729      4.012      2.473      2.216    -10.40     3.897      3.948      3.722      3.755      -3.64    3.15

     SPAIN       3.071      3.414      2.396      2.162     -9.78     3.966      3.090      3.305      3.179     -19.84    2.67

     PAKISTN     2.027      2.108      1.018      1.678     64.84     1.803      2.900      2.853      2.768      53.50    2.32

     GUATMAL     0.100      0.087      0.046      0.172    277.10     0.103      0.187      0.210      0.214     108.45    0.18


     _WTO      110.542    124.827     79.093     73.308     -7.31   128.119    120.949    119.405    119.043      -7.08   99.95

     _OECD      61.246     65.706     43.604     34.339    -21.25    72.584     58.806     57.838     56.441     -22.24   47.39

     _EU15      45.091     45.042     28.582     26.401     -7.63    51.447     42.205     42.076     42.861     -16.69   35.99

     _EC12      44.402     44.592     28.321     25.473    -10.06    50.922     41.137     40.997     41.744     -18.02   35.05

     _W HEMI     5.968      8.317      4.467      6.416     43.62     7.617      9.606      9.851     10.266      34.77    8.62

     _ASEAN      1.221      2.276      1.372      0.947    -30.97     1.750      1.779      1.843      1.851       5.76    1.55

     _CBI        0.146      0.129      0.072      0.173    141.02     0.149      0.221      0.227      0.230      54.56    0.19

     _CAFTA      0.146      0.117      0.059      0.172    189.89     0.137      0.209      0.225      0.230      68.06    0.19