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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 M2 per Nos. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  6/2012
   Country      2010       2011       6/2011     6/2012  % Change    6/2011     4/2012     5/2012     6/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     13795761  11949119    6445879   10175356     57.86  12972629   13699224   14213168   15678596      20.86  100.00

     CHINA P    9332381   9779871    5096974    9530821     86.99  10556211   12277831   12783064   14213718      34.65   90.66

     VIETNAM     729319    819403     434241      30898    -92.88    806324     497902     490444     416060     -48.40    2.65

     BNGLDSH    2674940    265000          0          0       *           0     265000     265000     265000        *      1.69

     PAKISTN     200420    580700     577200     214562    -62.83    777620     147358     147358     218062     -71.96    1.39

     HG KONG     326448    145373     145306     195284     34.40    405242     154683     154683     195351     -51.79    1.25

     KOR REP     210954    158345     109935      99420     -9.56    215199     139795     144595     147830     -31.31    0.94


     _WTO      13787697  11936243    6434551   10173726     58.11  12959285   13687730   14200390   15675418      20.96   99.98

     _ASEAN      732966    820754     434646      31231    -92.81    809536     499520     491807     417339     -48.45    2.66

     _OECD       376306    258150     153785     161057      4.73    361313     243439     259091     265422     -26.54    1.69