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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 220:  FABRIC OF SPECIAL WEAVE
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    134773123 108064148   21436769   28332819     32.17 127071996  111924520  111402212  114960198      -9.53  100.00

     CHINA P   86816059  58407390   11770051   13346617     13.39  80081076   59996229   58213645   59983956     -25.10   52.18

     S ARAB          40   5985662         31    5003278  16139506        71    7765683    8281453   10988909   15477237    9.56

     PAKISTN   13253978   9903113    1935758    2039787      5.37  12217212   10522352   10417742   10007142     -18.09    8.70

     INDIA      5460608   7973309    1722857    1222557    -29.04   6255610    7894993    8077534    7473009      19.46    6.50

     CHINA T    3298981   3510007     723231     664999     -8.05   3298243    3399403    3317069    3451775       4.65    3.00

     KOR REP    3526723   3534779     985243     661639    -32.85   3762182    3534325    3388420    3211175     -14.65    2.79

     TURKEY     1571546   2167308     310541    1049355    237.91   1497348    2215748    2821615    2906122      94.08    2.53

     ITALY      2728253   2462375     659120     605418     -8.15   2776389    2442666    2415712    2408673     -13.24    2.10

     MEXICO     2354822   2138775     535421     356598    -33.40   2397012    2126601    2018480    1959952     -18.23    1.70

     CANADA     2346806   2213033     535770     244697    -54.33   2474904    2192627    2060736    1921960     -22.34    1.67

     INDNSIA     643147   1093837     129044     853005    561.02    680709    1104794    1578768    1817798     167.04    1.58

     SPAIN       892207    963520     352344     586309     66.40    606464     983509     964192    1197485      97.45    1.04

     ARAB EM    2520366   1199000     276255      90776    -67.14   1611875    1090552    1013487    1013521     -37.12    0.88

     ISRAEL      755682    585398      57853     473090    717.74    644089     763291     964725    1000635      55.36    0.87

     FRANCE     1285404    595623     137198     130090     -5.18   1308181     566721     565767     588515     -55.01    0.51

     BAHRAIN    1436145         0          0          0       *     1436145          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     134232672 107931418   21434883   28223193     31.67 126532367  111687677  111161745  114719728      -9.34   99.79

     _OECD     14329869  14189783    3593332    3676846      2.32  14545227   14126790   14331382   14273297      -1.87   12.42

     _EU15      6751760   6128544    1734043    1674742     -3.42   6682037    6019991    5898359    6069243      -9.17    5.28

     _EC12      6551578   5869218    1627449    1639963      0.77   6449412    5820023    5692081    5881732      -8.80    5.12

     _W HEMI    5677145   5063374    1248721     706421    -43.43   5802125    4995447    4754797    4521074     -22.08    3.93

     _ASEAN     1960385   2531037     468297    1080007    130.62   2082362    2573738    3055448    3142747      50.92    2.73