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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 363:  COTTON TERRY / OTHER PILE TOWELS
                                         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    1406.419   1427.754    880.330    894.516      1.61  1446.733   1467.328   1448.912   1441.940      -0.33  100.00

     INDIA     429.228    494.176    280.772    320.965     14.32   463.576    541.244    538.246    534.370      15.27   37.06

     CHINA P   375.926    354.612    234.888    250.781      6.77   373.599    371.945    368.763    370.505      -0.83   25.69

     PAKISTN   319.063    348.014    214.663    189.816    -11.58   345.461    337.109    327.561    323.167      -6.45   22.41

     BNGLDSH    46.457     60.643     36.448     34.932     -4.16    62.199     57.318     57.041     59.126      -4.94    4.10

     TURKEY     43.264     46.086     29.534     27.780     -5.94    44.652     46.096     45.464     44.332      -0.72    3.07

     COLOMB     17.462     22.554     14.563     10.865    -25.40    22.710     20.244     19.064     18.856     -16.97    1.31

     EGYPT      17.695     15.896     11.756      8.814    -25.03    16.173     12.593     13.025     12.954     -19.91    0.90

     ISRAEL     26.969     21.810     16.996      7.249    -57.35    26.968     15.777     13.807     12.063     -55.27    0.84

     CANADA      8.859      9.245      5.580      7.573     35.72     9.073     10.688     10.840     11.238      23.86    0.78

     JORDAN      2.109      5.464      2.988      8.486    183.99     4.850      9.386     10.329     10.962     126.00    0.76

     THAILND    18.665     11.553      6.189      5.155    -16.72    16.141     10.683     10.424     10.518     -34.84    0.73

     SALVADR     9.080      8.724      6.703      4.905    -26.83    10.326      7.091      6.970      6.926     -32.93    0.48

     BRAZIL     70.103      7.965      5.858      4.347    -25.80    29.677      6.704      6.608      6.454     -78.25    0.45

     VIETNAM     6.510      5.591      4.468      1.640    -63.30     6.581      3.414      3.027      2.763     -58.01    0.19


     _WTO     1406.383   1427.743    880.327    894.402      1.60  1446.706   1467.205   1448.791   1441.818      -0.34   99.99

     _OECD      61.377     65.087     41.119     42.906      4.35    63.281     67.217     67.130     66.874       5.68    4.64

     _W HEMI   110.032     52.945     34.984     30.187    -13.71    75.541     49.582     48.640     48.148     -36.26    3.34

     _ANDEAN    17.871     23.074     14.947     11.462    -23.31    23.167     21.057     19.798     19.589     -15.44    1.36

     _ASEAN     25.613     17.738     10.967      6.841    -37.62    23.466     14.427     13.820     13.613     -41.99    0.94

     _CBI        9.623      9.860      6.982      5.536    -20.70    10.796      8.454      8.410      8.414     -22.06    0.58

     _CAFTA      9.604      9.842      6.965      5.535    -20.52    10.760      8.454      8.408      8.413     -21.81    0.58