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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 220:  FABRIC OF SPECIAL WEAVE
                                         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     161.014    177.837    103.728    107.052      3.20   170.760    178.794    178.508    181.162       6.09  100.00

     CHINA P    43.365     44.950     26.075     25.823     -0.97    43.223     44.556     44.382     44.697       3.41   24.67

     ITALY      27.538     29.368     16.919     19.393     14.63    27.885     30.691     30.883     31.843      14.19   17.58

     INDIA       7.781     12.312      6.679      8.602     28.80    10.327     13.271     13.533     14.236      37.86    7.86

     TURKEY      4.253      7.596      3.085      7.668    148.54     5.059     10.666     11.437     12.179     140.73    6.72

     PAKISTN    11.618     12.427      7.368      5.276    -28.40    11.969     11.449     10.590     10.335     -13.65    5.70

     CANADA      9.914      8.965      6.292      5.112    -18.75    10.576      7.539      7.522      7.786     -26.38    4.30

     KOR REP     6.811      7.843      4.782      4.553     -4.79     7.827      7.574      7.534      7.614      -2.71    4.20

     FRANCE      7.499      8.413      5.297      4.410    -16.75     8.328      7.825      7.770      7.526      -9.64    4.15

     CHINA T     6.323      5.915      3.503      3.075    -12.20     6.261      5.637      5.478      5.487     -12.36    3.03

     MEXICO      3.550      3.725      2.079      1.992     -4.15     3.618      3.890      3.843      3.639       0.57    2.01

     SPAIN       2.652      3.112      2.280      2.501      9.73     2.988      3.351      3.339      3.334      11.59    1.84

     S ARAB      0.001      1.137      0.288      2.117    635.48     0.289      2.556      2.926      2.966     925.83    1.64

     ARAB EM     2.141      1.331      0.690      1.341     94.33     1.350      1.667      1.896      1.981      46.73    1.09

     INDNSIA     0.909      0.962      0.489      0.847     73.23     1.111      1.191      1.141      1.320      18.78    0.73

     ISRAEL      1.681      0.858      0.601      0.584     -2.90     1.456      0.775      0.712      0.841     -42.28    0.46


     _WTO      160.551    177.686    103.718    106.840      3.01   170.338    178.444    178.156    180.808       6.15   99.80

     _OECD      74.212     85.552     50.976     52.839      3.65    81.600     85.505     85.922     87.414       7.13   48.25

     _EU15      51.197     59.146     35.701     34.200     -4.20    56.129     57.402     57.173     57.645       2.70   31.82

     _EC12      49.826     57.280     34.301     33.725     -1.68    54.384     56.352     56.118     56.704       4.27   31.30

     _W HEMI    15.867     15.080      9.858      8.090    -17.94    16.912     13.262     13.232     13.311     -21.29    7.35

     _ASEAN      2.599      3.241      2.013      1.853     -7.95     3.490      3.173      2.922      3.081     -11.73    1.70