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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 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       5.094      6.020      2.793      3.964     41.91     5.615      6.674      6.729      7.191      28.06  100.00

     CHINA P     3.597      4.701      2.139      3.289     53.76     4.196      5.439      5.444      5.851      39.46   81.37

     VIETNAM     0.331      0.300      0.141      0.025    -82.08     0.360      0.208      0.201      0.184     -48.77    2.56

     KOR REP     0.098      0.125      0.081      0.058    -28.08     0.142      0.088      0.092      0.102     -28.22    1.42

     HG KONG     0.223      0.092      0.091      0.096      4.86     0.272      0.082      0.082      0.097     -64.45    1.35

     PAKISTN     0.023      0.048      0.047      0.055     17.00     0.070      0.026      0.026      0.056     -20.69    0.78

     BNGLDSH     0.218      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.018      0.018      0.018        *      0.25


     _WTO        5.086      5.992      2.783      3.957     42.21     5.603      6.649      6.701      7.167      27.92   99.67

     _OECD       0.523      0.521      0.239      0.378     57.97     0.492      0.568      0.631      0.660      34.09    9.17

     _ASEAN      0.352      0.307      0.143      0.027    -81.31     0.377      0.215      0.207      0.190     -49.51    2.65