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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                         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    1455.857   1402.436    755.135    775.989      2.76  1407.632   1445.181   1437.757   1423.290       1.11  100.00

     INDIA     471.580    530.817    257.036    358.026     39.29   471.135    607.955    618.614    631.807      34.10   44.39

     CHINA P   437.600    328.735    198.054    171.323    -13.50   385.290    313.249    310.575    302.004     -21.62   21.22

     PAKISTN   314.605    318.500    180.116    155.386    -13.73   306.113    316.092    307.502    293.770      -4.03   20.64

     BAHRAIN    41.055     62.149     39.962     31.908    -20.15    55.841     56.759     55.586     54.095      -3.13    3.80

     TURKEY     45.454     34.917      5.086      3.456    -32.04    48.219     33.137     32.799     33.288     -30.97    2.34

     PORTUGL    45.201     36.934     20.309     13.960    -31.26    46.342     34.332     33.351     30.585     -34.00    2.15

     ITALY      14.628     14.068      8.268      8.361      1.12    15.852     14.465     14.026     14.161     -10.67    0.99

     TURKMEN    10.022     11.218      3.350      4.878     45.62     8.856     12.310     12.107     12.746      43.93    0.90

     ISRAEL      8.884      8.568      4.413      6.146     39.27     7.701     10.163     10.176     10.301      33.77    0.72

     CAMBOD      7.913     10.770      7.032      6.445     -8.36    10.258     10.056     10.054     10.183      -0.73    0.72

     THAILND    21.455     18.239     12.669      3.900    -69.22    19.265     14.120     11.775      9.470     -50.84    0.67

     EGYPT      10.346      8.941      5.735      3.863    -32.64     9.745      7.261      7.580      7.070     -27.46    0.50

     MEXICO      6.597      4.063      2.678      3.279     22.44     5.110      4.079      4.161      4.664      -8.73    0.33

     BNGLDSH     2.697      4.509      3.844      1.329    -65.44     5.180      3.719      2.378      1.994     -61.52    0.14

     INDNSIA     0.358      2.260      1.454      0.766    -47.32     1.606      1.612      1.655      1.572      -2.08    0.11

     ARAB EM     1.073      2.062      1.408      0.732    -48.06     2.175      1.364      1.186      1.385     -36.33    0.10

     GERMANY     1.383      1.166      0.532      0.300    -43.70     1.648      1.041      0.956      0.933     -43.37    0.07

     VIETNAM     3.923      1.579      1.556      0.026    -98.32     2.963      0.238      0.058      0.050     -98.33    0.00

     BRAZIL      6.815      0.026      0.000      0.000   -100.00     1.712      0.025      0.025      0.025     -98.54    0.00


     _WTO     1445.832   1391.219    751.785    771.110      2.57  1398.775   1432.871   1425.650   1410.543       0.84   99.10

     _OECD     108.980     89.289     35.439     27.506    -22.38   114.050     85.379     83.528     81.357     -28.67    5.72

     _EU15      63.151     54.039     30.142     23.657    -21.52    65.504     51.713     50.200     47.553     -27.40    3.34

     _EC12      63.124     53.988     30.114     23.642    -21.49    65.465     51.674     50.158     47.516     -27.42    3.34

     _ASEAN     33.935     33.307     22.940     11.314    -50.68    34.465     26.471     23.980     21.681     -37.09    1.52

     _W HEMI    13.579      4.229      2.758      3.380     22.57     6.966      4.231      4.314      4.852     -30.35    0.34