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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 342:  COTTON SKIRTS
                                         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     498.200    503.750    383.602    402.031      4.80   487.892    525.095    520.321    522.179       7.03  100.00

     CHINA P   210.938    190.461    135.957    142.136      4.54   184.422    200.389    197.156    196.640       6.63   37.66

     INDIA      77.403     93.378     81.132     71.053    -12.42    88.601     83.995     82.002     83.299      -5.98   15.95

     INDNSIA    46.380     54.216     42.938     53.189     23.87    52.056     63.807     64.205     64.467      23.84   12.35

     VIETNAM    45.916     45.610     35.748     38.848      8.67    46.191     47.898     48.090     48.710       5.45    9.33

     BNGLDSH    27.124     31.718     23.460     26.820     14.32    30.241     35.610     35.510     35.077      15.99    6.72

     CAMBOD     19.998     16.003     11.829     15.771     33.33    16.156     19.644     19.473     19.944      23.45    3.82

     SRI LKA    15.345     11.428      8.430     11.130     32.03    11.806     13.863     13.933     14.128      19.67    2.71

     PHIL R      9.955     11.504      9.219      9.027     -2.08    11.756     10.772     10.917     11.313      -3.77    2.17

     ITALY       4.642      6.230      3.500      3.865     10.40     5.397      6.393      6.457      6.595      22.18    1.26

     THAILND     4.850      4.869      3.584      3.212    -10.36     4.289      4.772      4.744      4.498       4.88    0.86

     PAKISTN     2.204      2.190      1.390      2.705     94.63     1.805      2.985      3.204      3.506      94.18    0.67

     TURKEY      2.034      2.508      1.413      2.069     46.43     1.692      3.205      3.157      3.164      87.06    0.61

     MEXICO      4.966      4.686      3.904      1.953    -49.97     5.307      3.255      2.929      2.735     -48.46    0.52

     MALAYSA     1.601      3.417      2.254      1.213    -46.20     2.478      2.245      2.400      2.376      -4.14    0.45

     NICARAG     1.160      2.028      1.858      1.685     -9.32     1.872      2.422      1.996      1.855      -0.91    0.36

     BAHRAIN     0.185      0.526      0.000      1.327       *       0.000      1.842      1.853      1.853        *      0.35

     SALVADR     0.766      0.994      0.525      1.033     96.87     0.715      1.464      1.513      1.502     110.10    0.29

     GUATMAL     1.420      2.581      2.354      1.256    -46.63     2.521      1.989      1.789      1.484     -41.14    0.28

     CANADA      2.014      1.289      1.116      1.090     -2.27     1.662      1.383      1.316      1.263     -23.99    0.24

     HG KONG     0.997      1.039      0.532      0.678     27.51     0.785      1.213      1.169      1.185      51.00    0.23

     KENYA       1.089      1.224      1.188      1.058    -10.94     1.269      0.960      0.962      1.094     -13.78    0.21

     JORDAN      0.667      0.909      0.757      0.777      2.65     1.053      0.993      0.991      0.929     -11.70    0.18

     CHINA T     1.679      0.821      0.532      0.522     -1.88     0.767      0.741      0.806      0.811       5.73    0.16

     MADAGAS     0.007      0.416      0.375      0.689     83.99     0.376      0.733      0.729      0.730      94.34    0.14

     HONDURA     0.377      0.530      0.493      0.659     33.75     0.699      0.696      0.731      0.696      -0.44    0.13

     B VIRGN     0.003      0.000      0.000      0.666       *       0.000      0.000      0.666      0.666        *      0.13

     EGYPT       2.631      1.097      1.071      0.489    -54.40     1.906      0.725      0.471      0.514     -73.05    0.10

     SWAZLND     0.024      0.144      0.000      0.341       *       0.000      0.359      0.414      0.484        *      0.09

     ARAB EM     0.691      0.718      0.482      0.191    -60.40     0.662      0.510      0.504      0.427     -35.48    0.08

     LAOS        0.190      0.384      0.377      0.004    -98.93     0.560      0.010      0.010      0.011     -98.07    0.00


     _WTO      497.942    503.291    383.167    401.308      4.73   487.259    525.022    519.575    521.432       7.01   99.86

     _ASEAN    128.910    136.021    105.949    121.264     14.45   133.486    149.165    149.858    151.336      13.37   28.98

     _OECD      13.623     14.192      8.938      9.307      4.12    13.494     14.404     14.463     14.560       7.90    2.79

     _W HEMI    12.447     13.939     11.334      9.831    -13.25    14.510     13.347     13.041     12.437     -14.29    2.38

     _EU15       7.832      8.862      5.179      5.633      8.76     8.141      8.990      9.208      9.316      14.43    1.78

     _EC12       7.752      8.838      5.162      5.624      8.94     8.106      8.973      9.192      9.300      14.73    1.78

     _CBI        3.940      6.266      5.288      5.450      3.06     5.970      6.794      6.921      6.428       7.67    1.23

     _CAFTA      3.909      6.258      5.281      4.777     -9.53     5.950      6.786      6.247      5.754      -3.30    1.10

     _SUB-SAH    1.863      2.277      1.847      2.675     44.82     1.967      2.898      2.866      3.105      57.85    0.59

     _ANDEAN     1.507      1.458      1.006      1.322     31.42     1.542      1.675      1.640      1.774      15.05    0.34