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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  31:  COTTON APPAREL 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   14340.152  12647.620   3306.920   2917.938    -11.76 14364.795  12530.706  12406.013  12258.638     -14.66  100.00

     CHINA P  4827.534   3973.312    909.919    825.272     -9.30  4702.804   3940.184   3880.269   3888.665     -17.31   31.72

     BNGLDSH  1209.223   1115.874    332.749    322.938     -2.95  1257.730   1114.706   1119.032   1106.063     -12.06    9.02

     VIETNAM  1102.174   1039.070    289.153    265.456     -8.20  1128.340   1028.869   1012.164   1015.372     -10.01    8.28

     HONDURA   912.341    811.741    202.582    161.476    -20.29   917.084    800.289    787.845    770.635     -15.97    6.29

     INDIA     828.700    729.506    234.277    188.038    -19.74   833.652    718.647    713.392    683.267     -18.04    5.57

     INDNSIA   728.893    701.172    204.255    173.187    -15.21   746.109    692.232    682.043    670.105     -10.19    5.47

     SALVADR   593.034    551.342    138.038    126.397     -8.43   613.779    547.493    543.123    539.700     -12.07    4.40

     MEXICO    583.202    537.345    131.631    126.237     -4.10   577.591    535.975    535.749    531.951      -7.90    4.34

     CAMBOD    575.098    543.329    158.067    137.251    -13.17   595.824    535.318    533.062    522.512     -12.30    4.26

     PAKISTN   641.939    549.927    147.396    118.703    -19.47   655.682    544.279    539.096    521.234     -20.51    4.25

     NICARAG   233.524    260.584     60.564     63.083      4.16   240.237    265.462    266.893    263.103       9.52    2.15

     THAILND   325.765    232.290     69.569     47.774    -31.33   326.568    224.312    219.708    210.494     -35.54    1.72

     SRI LKA   203.549    199.889     54.704     53.539     -2.13   200.717    200.077    200.439    198.724      -0.99    1.62

     HAITI     197.807    208.772     51.878     38.416    -25.95   220.166    205.365    200.594    195.311     -11.29    1.59

     GUATMAL   208.588    196.900     50.363     38.306    -23.94   205.710    193.448    192.075    184.843     -10.14    1.51

     PHIL R    187.724    179.722     56.709     45.103    -20.47   190.473    177.664    176.812    168.115     -11.74    1.37

     EGYPT     147.810    127.787     37.807     29.252    -22.63   146.054    124.587    123.544    119.231     -18.36    0.97

     DOM REP   120.206    106.715     24.085     20.807    -13.61   119.700    106.702    104.906    103.437     -13.59    0.84

     MALAYSA    88.596     76.466     19.537     15.324    -21.56    88.634     75.779     74.971     72.254     -18.48    0.59

     C RICA     66.629     53.539     11.976     12.704      6.08    61.477     53.526     53.885     54.268     -11.73    0.44

     PERU       61.976     55.915     15.390     13.114    -14.79    62.524     55.215     54.338     53.639     -14.21    0.44

     KENYA      54.898     51.012     13.906     14.356      3.23    57.166     48.643     50.896     51.461      -9.98    0.42

     JORDAN     68.727     49.424     12.463     13.810     10.80    62.207     49.913     50.854     50.771     -18.38    0.41

     KOR REP    50.284     39.463      7.771      7.105     -8.56    48.106     39.334     39.277     38.798     -19.35    0.32

     LESOTHO    46.909     37.478      9.501      9.186     -3.31    45.195     38.203     38.510     37.163     -17.77    0.30

     TURKEY     32.864     27.238      8.287      8.685      4.81    31.549     27.064     27.635     27.636     -12.40    0.23

     CHINA T    33.265     26.466      6.857      5.279    -23.02    32.432     25.728     25.294     24.888     -23.26    0.20

     MAURIT     18.328     22.050      4.706      5.809     23.45    19.270     22.474     23.109     23.154      20.15    0.19

     COLOMB     28.581     18.671      5.021      4.368    -13.00    26.904     19.019     18.486     18.018     -33.03    0.15

     HG KONG    21.731     15.016      5.021      3.223    -35.80    20.912     14.634     14.086     13.219     -36.79    0.11

     ITALY       9.756     10.888      2.777      3.130     12.70     9.772     11.069     11.075     11.241      15.03    0.09

     LAOS       20.150     15.022      4.353      0.339    -92.22    21.812     13.741     12.828     11.007     -49.54    0.09

     CANADA      8.203      8.599      2.449      2.377     -2.95     8.738      8.564      8.457      8.527      -2.42    0.07

     MADAGAS     9.450      6.878      0.863      1.866    116.21     4.712      7.098      7.448      7.881      67.27    0.06

     SWAZLND    12.262      8.665      2.849      1.468    -48.49    11.329      7.713      7.703      7.284     -35.71    0.06

     BAHRAIN     8.605      6.989      2.799      2.979      6.44     8.852      6.517      6.767      7.170     -19.00    0.06

     MACAU      17.143      8.963      3.364      1.535    -54.38    16.121      8.512      7.608      7.134     -55.75    0.06

     TURKMEN     7.213      5.234      1.924      0.607    -68.47     6.916      4.531      4.451      3.917     -43.37    0.03

     ARAB EM    11.954      5.521      2.455      0.772    -68.54     7.698      4.969      4.470      3.838     -50.14    0.03

     PORTUGL     2.831      2.913      0.759      0.902     18.89     2.872      3.004      3.000      3.057       6.43    0.02

     NEPAL       3.289      3.056      0.819      0.784     -4.19     3.007      3.112      3.062      3.022       0.50    0.02

     SYRIA       2.840      2.403      0.439      0.489     11.42     2.059      2.385      2.331      2.454      19.16    0.02

     MOROC       2.140      2.388      0.833      0.875      5.01     2.379      2.443      2.444      2.430       2.14    0.02

     TUNISIA     2.119      2.346      0.639      0.652      1.89     2.203      2.366      2.378      2.358       7.04    0.02


     _WTO    14309.336  12623.913   3300.068   2916.265    -11.63 14333.348  12508.990  12385.236  12240.110     -14.60   99.85

     _W HEMI  3017.795   2813.072    694.737    607.861    -12.50  3057.657   2793.958   2769.298   2726.196     -10.84   22.24

     _ASEAN   3029.749   2787.863    801.862    684.561    -14.63  3099.091   2748.663   2712.341   2670.563     -13.83   21.79

     _CBI     2332.590   2190.035    539.665    461.226    -14.53  2378.701   2172.706   2149.696   2111.595     -11.23   17.23

     _CAFTA   2134.323   1980.821    487.608    422.774    -13.30  2157.987   1966.919   1948.728   1915.987     -11.21   15.63

     _SUB-SAH  144.272    129.095     32.666     33.097      1.32   140.185    126.868    130.430    129.526      -7.60    1.06

     _OECD     110.457     95.528     23.800     24.185      1.62   107.529     95.510     96.012     95.913     -10.80    0.78

     _ANDEAN    91.704     76.026     20.782     17.863    -14.05    90.721     75.668     74.355     73.107     -19.42    0.60

     _EU15      17.303     18.859      4.837      5.669     17.19    17.227     19.251     19.349     19.690      14.30    0.16

     _EC12      17.183     18.688      4.820      5.602     16.23    17.133     19.052     19.134     19.470      13.64    0.16