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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                         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       5.094      6.020      3.098      4.885     57.69     5.580      6.729      7.191      7.807      39.92  100.00

     CHINA P     3.597      4.701      2.374      4.111     73.19     4.131      5.444      5.851      6.438      55.85   82.47

     VIETNAM     0.331      0.300      0.165      0.026    -84.44     0.380      0.201      0.184      0.161     -57.66    2.06

     KOR REP     0.098      0.125      0.090      0.065    -27.85     0.151      0.092      0.102      0.099     -34.17    1.27

     HG KONG     0.223      0.092      0.091      0.096      4.86     0.272      0.082      0.097      0.097     -64.45    1.24

     PAKISTN     0.023      0.048      0.047      0.070     48.16     0.070      0.026      0.056      0.071       0.31    0.90

     BNGLDSH     0.218      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.018      0.018      0.018        *      0.23


     _WTO        5.094      6.015      3.092      4.885     57.95     5.574      6.724      7.191      7.807      40.05  100.00

     _OECD       0.523      0.521      0.273      0.420     53.71     0.490      0.631      0.660      0.668      36.11    8.55

     _ASEAN      0.352      0.307      0.169      0.027    -83.96     0.399      0.207      0.190      0.165     -58.76    2.11