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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 226:  CHEESECLOTH, BATISTES, LAWNS/VOILE
                                             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     63304746 138180865   22817226   38233122     67.56  75714009  141108436  144795434  153596761     102.86  100.00

     CHINA P   42006332 116691702   17410328   32334877     85.72  54957117  119709576  123868602  131616251     139.49   85.69

     INDIA      5244445   9565234    1302257    2954945    126.91   4918321   10222802   10217274   11217922     128.08    7.30

     KOR REP    2592452   2292891     403280     512065     26.98   2071462    2280823    2256322    2401676      15.94    1.56

     PAKISTN    2521619   1500560     244744     557664    127.86   2098139    1581197    1674603    1813480     -13.57    1.18

     MEXICO     1005895   1490371     242152     406364     67.81    974748    1494416    1654583    1654583      69.74    1.08

     CANADA     7808980   2775531    1720659        331    -99.98   7550625    2141794    1518928    1055203     -86.02    0.69


     _WTO      63303250 138180848   22817209   38233122     67.56  75712496  141108436  144795434  153596761     102.87  100.00

     _OECD     10859128   6394192    2952213     855551    -71.02  10824093    5119724    4560998    4297530     -60.30    2.80

     _W HEMI    9552693   4915264    2063396    1135506    -44.97   9256595    4793963    4238309    3987374     -56.92    2.60

     _CBI        642281    640979      97790     728811    645.28    632890    1152165    1059210    1272000     100.98    0.83

     _CAFTA      642281    640979      97790     728811    645.28    632890    1152165    1059210    1272000     100.98    0.83

     _EU15       386923   1230757     802829     325110    -59.50   1126544     596461     696823     753038     -33.16    0.49

     _EC12       308450   1090197     788594     313021    -60.31   1040904     456630     560166     614624     -40.95    0.40