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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  30:  COTTON PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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   22207.974  19256.461   4854.001   4415.519     -9.03 21974.100  19132.526  18971.712  18817.979     -14.36  100.00

     CHINA P  8047.072   6667.069   1504.726   1399.881     -6.97  7820.725   6629.235   6527.635   6562.224     -16.09   34.87

     PAKISTN  2644.310   2219.400    556.727    502.291     -9.78  2576.016   2206.789   2202.753   2164.965     -15.96   11.50

     INDIA    2123.082   1901.981    508.317    497.743     -2.08  2095.576   1911.544   1916.375   1891.407      -9.74   10.05

     BNGLDSH  1317.942   1189.214    354.363    343.758     -2.99  1364.975   1188.311   1193.488   1178.609     -13.65    6.26

     VIETNAM  1197.342   1121.208    306.119    278.026     -9.18  1217.567   1109.692   1090.383   1093.115     -10.22    5.81

     HONDURA   914.704    815.502    202.946    161.996    -20.18   918.834    804.365    791.643    774.553     -15.70    4.12

     INDNSIA   799.455    760.122    222.693    187.770    -15.68   819.736    748.970    737.272    725.198     -11.53    3.85

     MEXICO    779.203    720.223    187.184    161.901    -13.51   779.819    712.808    706.482    694.940     -10.88    3.69

     CAMBOD    605.059    570.870    165.272    144.659    -12.47   625.704    563.764    562.268    550.257     -12.06    2.92

     SALVADR   599.102    553.997    139.101    126.848     -8.81   619.600    549.923    545.520    541.744     -12.57    2.88

     THAILND   436.299    305.514     90.644     58.159    -35.84   430.634    292.294    286.215    273.029     -36.60    1.45

     NICARAG   233.819    260.808     60.609     63.112      4.13   240.419    265.684    267.131    263.311       9.52    1.40

     SRI LKA   204.206    200.132     54.726     54.008     -1.31   201.205    200.491    200.965    199.414      -0.89    1.06

     HAITI     197.810    208.786     51.878     38.419    -25.94   220.169    205.379    200.610    195.327     -11.28    1.04

     GUATMAL   214.053    201.590     51.525     39.057    -24.20   211.207    198.263    196.626    189.122     -10.46    1.01

     PHIL R    197.416    190.135     59.686     46.903    -21.42   200.957    187.377    186.312    177.352     -11.75    0.94

     KOR REP   218.230    159.343     31.267     37.746     20.72   195.072    161.757    166.005    165.823     -14.99    0.88

     EGYPT     195.079    163.831     48.663     35.214    -27.64   192.894    159.281    157.498    150.382     -22.04    0.80

     DOM REP   120.534    106.900     24.169     20.863    -13.68   119.980    106.831    105.053    103.593     -13.66    0.55

     TURKEY    128.518    101.879     19.993     21.324      6.66   125.946    102.526    104.101    103.210     -18.05    0.55

     MALAYSA    89.166     77.133     19.861     15.403    -22.45    89.261     76.338     75.400     72.675     -18.58    0.39

     BAHRAIN    66.672     58.809     16.833     14.184    -15.73    66.956     56.448     56.804     56.160     -16.12    0.30

     PERU       64.543     57.701     15.828     13.409    -15.28    64.821     56.936     56.087     55.283     -14.72    0.29

     CHINA T    68.580     56.473     14.590     13.309     -8.78    65.522     55.238     55.110     55.192     -15.77    0.29

     C RICA     67.027     53.542     11.977     12.714      6.16    61.876     53.529     53.897     54.280     -12.28    0.29

     JORDAN     69.330     50.759     12.660     15.376     21.45    63.008     51.622     52.772     53.474     -15.13    0.28

     KENYA      54.972     51.146     13.913     14.359      3.21    57.242     48.778     51.030     51.592      -9.87    0.27

     CANADA     50.768     41.929     10.339     10.050     -2.80    50.649     42.284     41.585     41.640     -17.79    0.22

     LESOTHO    46.909     37.478      9.501      9.186     -3.31    45.195     38.203     38.510     37.163     -17.77    0.20

     ITALY      40.568     36.370     10.153      9.127    -10.11    41.486     35.518     35.383     35.344     -14.81    0.19

     PORTUGL    43.219     36.020      8.906      6.301    -29.25    45.043     34.908     34.405     33.415     -25.81    0.18

     COLOMB     38.494     26.726      7.134      5.158    -27.70    37.037     26.471     25.616     24.750     -33.17    0.13

     JAPAN      25.137     23.831      5.019      5.601     11.59    24.180     24.111     24.545     24.413       0.96    0.13

     MAURIT     18.672     22.073      4.706      5.825     23.77    19.532     22.496     23.134     23.192      18.74    0.12

     TURKMEN    24.691     21.210      2.854      1.877    -34.24    24.694     21.014     20.690     20.233     -18.06    0.11

     HG KONG    30.169     20.831      6.518      4.106    -37.00    28.385     20.075     19.161     18.420     -35.11    0.10

     ISRAEL     23.041     17.446      4.564      4.410     -3.37    20.430     16.764     17.369     17.293     -15.36    0.09

     ARAB EM    23.140     16.549      3.864      2.408    -37.69    16.827     15.669     15.419     15.093     -10.30    0.08

     GERMANY    11.317     12.409      3.569      3.453     -3.28    12.963     12.363     12.611     12.292      -5.17    0.07

     S ARAB      0.087      6.029      0.003      5.018  164040.6     0.088      7.808      8.333     11.044   12479.51    0.06

     LAOS       20.151     15.030      4.356      0.350    -91.98    21.816     13.746     12.843     11.023     -49.47    0.06

     SPAIN       6.180      8.244      2.761      2.983      8.03     7.290      8.621      8.360      8.466      16.14    0.04

     MADAGAS     9.452      6.879      0.863      1.867    116.23     4.713      7.099      7.450      7.883      67.24    0.04

     SWAZLND    12.262      8.666      2.850      1.468    -48.48    11.330      7.714      7.704      7.284     -35.70    0.04

     MACAU      17.152      9.005      3.391      1.540    -54.58    16.157      8.560      7.630      7.154     -55.72    0.04

     FRANCE      6.818      5.350      1.340      1.830     36.55     5.888      5.514      5.802      5.840      -0.80    0.03

     NEPAL       4.366      5.078      1.093      1.504     37.67     4.233      5.181      5.261      5.489      29.68    0.03

     U KING      3.579      4.174      1.019      1.351     32.62     4.080      4.320      4.431      4.506      10.46    0.02

     BRAZIL     47.726      5.285      1.710      0.853    -50.14    36.927      4.817      4.606      4.428     -88.01    0.02

     UKRAINE     4.423      3.383      0.925      0.725    -21.60     4.430      3.250      2.966      3.183     -28.15    0.02

     SWITZLD     2.320      3.189      0.662      0.628     -5.16     2.540      3.245      3.146      3.155      24.22    0.02

     CZECH       3.844      3.548      0.620      0.193    -68.82     3.658      3.350      3.274      3.122     -14.67    0.02

     UZBEKIS     0.779      2.796      0.004      0.001    -68.68     0.654      2.795      2.793      2.794     327.29    0.01

     POLAND      3.377      2.696      1.067      1.145      7.33     3.874      2.532      2.913      2.774     -28.39    0.01

     MOROC       2.237      2.533      0.850      0.890      4.62     2.472      2.578      2.582      2.573       4.06    0.01

     TUNISIA     2.246      2.465      0.687      0.707      2.92     2.344      2.487      2.540      2.486       6.03    0.01

     SYRIA       2.845      2.437      0.448      0.493      9.84     2.073      2.412      2.361      2.481      19.70    0.01

     BULGAR      3.083      1.886      0.458      0.510     11.52     3.034      1.854      1.998      1.938     -36.11    0.01

     ROMANIA     1.632      1.733      0.550      0.636     15.57     1.660      1.688      1.772      1.818       9.54    0.01

     HUNGARY     1.078      1.874      0.511      0.365    -28.50     1.243      1.893      1.866      1.729      39.09    0.01

     NETHLDS     2.073      1.433      0.255      0.323     26.74     1.907      1.467      1.552      1.501     -21.30    0.01

     BELGIUM     1.919      1.199      0.394      0.260    -34.12     1.964      1.007      0.976      1.064     -45.83    0.01


     _WTO    22157.703  19212.924   4845.951   4412.162     -8.95 21923.030  19090.347  18930.757  18779.135     -14.34   99.79

     _W HEMI  3331.543   3055.234    765.014    654.854    -14.40  3365.042   3029.514   2997.142   2945.074     -12.48   15.65

     _ASEAN   3346.563   3040.938    868.857    731.406    -15.82  3407.271   2993.069   2951.580   2903.487     -14.79   15.43

     _CBI     2347.518   2201.589    542.387    463.050    -14.63  2392.641   2184.418   2160.880   2122.252     -11.30   11.28

     _CAFTA   2149.240   1992.339    490.326    424.591    -13.41  2171.914   1978.594   1959.870   1926.604     -11.29   10.24

     _OECD     529.059    423.225     93.749     98.509      5.08   508.128    424.918    430.038    427.986     -15.77    2.27

     _SUB-SAH  145.222    129.619     32.797     33.399      1.84   141.115    127.350    130.901    130.221      -7.72    0.69

     _EU15     118.315    107.814     28.886     26.193     -9.32   123.097    106.345    106.155    105.120     -14.60    0.56

     _EC12     117.151    106.590     28.603     25.909     -9.42   121.923    105.077    104.937    103.897     -14.78    0.55

     _ANDEAN   104.224     85.914     23.335     18.955    -18.77   103.193     84.889     83.281     81.534     -20.99    0.43