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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 229:  SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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    1001.014   1182.189    563.027    603.078      7.11  1097.217   1202.324   1211.883   1222.240      11.39  100.00

     CHINA P   145.374    206.560     87.213    126.062     44.54   173.278    229.805    239.320    245.408      41.63   20.08

     VIETNAM   137.365    202.547     91.991     74.675    -18.82   166.485    193.119    186.496    185.231      11.26   15.16

     CANADA    129.689    134.483     66.252     72.288      9.11   137.045    137.810    140.477    140.518       2.53   11.50

     CHINA T   117.392    132.779     54.158     60.322     11.38   124.807    138.162    138.782    138.943      11.33   11.37

     KOR REP   100.103    119.171     58.983     59.510      0.89   110.034    118.568    118.449    119.698       8.78    9.79

     JAPAN      73.572     88.616     44.432     58.666     32.03    81.746     98.346    101.199    102.850      25.82    8.41

     MEXICO     72.097     73.418     38.198     35.639     -6.70    76.743     71.744     70.613     70.859      -7.67    5.80

     ISRAEL     60.047     41.179     29.698     18.936    -36.24    47.659     27.650     28.757     30.418     -36.18    2.49

     SWITZLD    23.075     25.738     12.899     13.598      5.42    25.022     27.418     26.701     26.437       5.65    2.16

     GERMANY    24.604     24.012     11.896     13.800     16.00    25.385     26.009     25.655     25.916       2.09    2.12

     INDIA      20.243     18.071      9.576      8.122    -15.19    19.565     16.903     16.526     16.617     -15.07    1.36

     U KING     12.717     13.996      6.903      7.728     11.95    14.074     14.201     14.875     14.821       5.30    1.21

     ITALY      13.250     14.566      7.816      6.526    -16.50    13.949     13.056     13.228     13.276      -4.82    1.09

     FRANCE     10.263     10.876      4.858      5.586     14.98    10.120     11.377     11.302     11.603      14.66    0.95

     TURKEY      4.851      7.916      3.214      3.881     20.75     6.209      8.649      9.017      8.583      38.24    0.70

     THAILND     5.084      7.999      3.109      3.549     14.14     6.411      8.702      8.550      8.439      31.63    0.69

     NETHLDS     5.288      7.237      2.887      3.948     36.73     6.455      7.795      7.625      8.297      28.55    0.68

     N ZEAL      4.431      5.480      3.183      3.829     20.27     5.570      5.959      6.081      6.126       9.97    0.50

     SPAIN       5.026      5.427      3.048      3.519     15.46     5.308      6.320      6.262      5.899      11.12    0.48

     PORTUGL     4.806      5.647      3.942      3.144    -20.24     5.409      4.781      4.806      4.849     -10.36    0.40

     INDNSIA     4.608      5.992      3.113      1.543    -50.45     5.384      4.856      4.636      4.422     -17.88    0.36

     BELGIUM     4.218      4.005      2.078      2.020     -2.82     3.914      4.046      4.105      3.947       0.83    0.32

     ARAB EM     1.211      0.375      0.112      2.265   1925.95     0.665      1.619      1.859      2.528     279.98    0.21

     PERU        1.502      1.926      1.465      1.521      3.81     2.501      2.109      2.121      1.982     -20.74    0.16

     AUSTRIA     1.896      1.767      0.962      1.034      7.47     1.828      1.709      1.713      1.839       0.58    0.15

     BRAZIL      1.401      1.661      0.285      0.459     61.14     0.860      1.784      1.840      1.835     113.47    0.15

     AUSTRAL     1.381      1.297      0.616      1.037     68.43     1.329      1.364      1.518      1.718      29.28    0.14

     MALAYSA     0.972      1.900      0.959      0.741    -22.72     1.541      1.710      1.740      1.682       9.18    0.14

     CZECH       0.306      1.090      0.505      0.843     66.99     0.776      1.049      1.328      1.428      83.98    0.12

     LUXMBRG     1.964      2.481      1.474      0.340    -76.97     2.558      1.350      1.509      1.347     -47.36    0.11

     HG KONG     0.836      1.484      0.775      0.613    -20.95     1.233      1.396      1.440      1.321       7.11    0.11

     NORWAY      0.430      1.194      0.930      1.039     11.75     1.158      1.264      1.212      1.304      12.57    0.11

     ARGENT      0.008      1.670      0.387      0.004    -98.91     0.395      1.669      1.674      1.287     225.99    0.11

     EGYPT       0.260      0.168      0.078      1.146   1368.10     0.202      0.674      1.057      1.237     513.67    0.10

     PAKISTN     0.279      0.839      0.237      0.474     99.84     0.465      1.103      1.073      1.076     131.22    0.09

     CAMBOD      0.652      0.820      0.488      0.521      6.65     0.960      0.913      0.818      0.852     -11.19    0.07

     PHIL R      0.414      0.668      0.243      0.363     48.98     0.501      0.751      0.755      0.787      57.23    0.06

     SLOVAK      0.260      0.446      0.315      0.523     66.18     0.419      0.372      0.525      0.654      56.20    0.05

     SALVADR     0.895      0.842      0.533      0.331    -37.89     1.062      0.862      0.829      0.640     -39.78    0.05

     POLAND      1.097      0.656      0.476      0.240    -49.52     0.906      0.378      0.343      0.421     -53.58    0.03

     REP SAF     2.496      1.422      1.283      0.257    -79.94     3.421      0.388      0.344      0.396     -88.42    0.03


     _WTO     1000.885   1182.157    563.013    603.044      7.11  1097.144   1202.288   1211.829   1222.189      11.40  100.00

     _OECD     350.989    388.526    193.529    204.918      5.89   378.570    394.878    398.079    399.915       5.64   32.72

     _W HEMI   207.350    214.983    107.622    110.880      3.03   219.938    217.123    218.666    218.241      -0.77   17.86

     _ASEAN    149.182    220.023     99.916     81.495    -18.44   181.299    210.239    203.184    201.602      11.20   16.49

     _EU15      85.531     91.353     46.465     48.506      4.39    90.462     92.172     92.687     93.395       3.24    7.64

     _EC12      82.514     88.721     45.076     46.934      4.12    87.545     89.501     89.969     90.579       3.47    7.41

     _ANDEAN     2.262      2.399      1.771      1.658     -6.38     3.201      2.449      2.426      2.286     -28.59    0.19

     _CBI        1.350      1.275      0.724      0.447    -38.28     1.536      1.227      1.189      0.998     -35.00    0.08

     _CAFTA      1.210      1.172      0.651      0.447    -31.38     1.396      1.174      1.150      0.968     -30.70    0.08

     _SUB-SAH    2.540      1.449      1.289      0.275    -78.64     3.468      0.430      0.386      0.436     -87.42    0.04