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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 300:  CARDED COTTON YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                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     22210795  17678716    4119333    3784771     -8.12  21504566   17625802   17457283   17344154     -19.35  100.00

     PAKISTN    9558931   7997733    1916469    1304320    -31.94   9648296    7860281    7665562    7385584     -23.45   42.58

     MEXICO     4536040   5080405    1413871    1001919    -29.14   4882367    4973042    4925188    4668453      -4.38   26.92

     INDIA      2715122   2267813     258433    1047397    305.29   2280017    2507269    2662832    3056777      34.07   17.62

     SPAIN       220704    361223     129295     152936     18.28    301015     371409     387589     384864      27.86    2.22

     INDNSIA    1132253    293501      10066      57724    473.46    987307     293501     291057     341159     -65.45    1.97

     UZBEKIS          0    307691          0          0       *           0     307691     307691     307691        *      1.77

     THAILND     751020    242179      25442      45866     80.28    633330     241173     265104     262603     -58.54    1.51

     CHINA P     693212    325059     158541      71109    -55.15    653681     314455     227923     237627     -63.65    1.37

     KOR REP    1226662    242512      86661      35018    -59.59    972813     213664     209128     190869     -80.38    1.10

     VIETNAM     636855    116120          0          0       *      419127     116120     116120     116120     -72.29    0.67

     CANADA      116148    108731      39103      15649    -59.98    146786      97915      88038      85277     -41.90    0.49


     _WTO      22210795  17363333    4119333    3784771     -8.12  21504566   17310419   17141900   17028771     -20.81   98.18

     _W HEMI    4878882   5285326    1471752    1024759    -30.37   5228666    5167002    5095746    4838333      -7.47   27.90

     _OECD      1795548    899545     303533     248088    -18.27   1668049     874795     873647     844100     -49.40    4.87

     _ASEAN     2582127    651801      35508     103590    191.74   2101763     650795     672282     719883     -65.75    4.15

     _EU15       360541    493509     169318     179122      5.79    456591     490124     505914     503313      10.23    2.90

     _EC12       359071    491862     168849     178686      5.83    454765     488672     504341     501699      10.32    2.89

     _CBI        217294     80043      16456       1814    -88.98    189982      79501      65401      65401     -65.58    0.38

     _CAFTA      217294     80043      16456       1814    -88.98    189982      79501      65401      65401     -65.58    0.38