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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 313:  COTTON SHEETING FABRIC
                                             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    259249979 232533249   51919136   55645407      7.18 254950636  232548160  235072527  236259520      -7.33  100.00

     CHINA P  109949086  87351664   19583989   19542939     -0.21 109418790   86245925   86370743   87310614     -20.21   36.96

     PAKISTN   48959923  53635802   10498337   14718342     40.20  46069685   55269437   57019905   57855807      25.58   24.49

     KOR REP   58447728  55257750   12470918   12806979      2.69  58047954   54624245   55422448   55593811      -4.23   23.53

     JAPAN     12619434  10629806    2408222    2593442      7.69  11790982   10705583   10886146   10815026      -8.28    4.58

     INDIA      6448816   7858029    1363368    2080868     52.63   6111202    8430284    8773474    8575529      40.32    3.63

     INDNSIA    9770994   7927584    2368448    2144117     -9.47  10150147    7797312    7916519    7703253     -24.11    3.26

     THAILND    6982083   4449424    1486799     875599    -41.11   7253531    4334211    3956095    3838224     -47.08    1.62

     GERMANY     779497   1328109     380769     428287     12.48   1026812    1351144    1330054    1375627      33.97    0.58

     TURKEY      886178    725348     216422     107329    -50.41    891610     671039     672840     616255     -30.88    0.26

     CHINA T    1769856    408151     112965      49457    -56.22   1192823     420475     346582     344643     -71.11    0.15


     _WTO     258475560 232347555   51915401   55645407      7.18 254300869  232363933  234889772  236077561      -7.17   99.92

     _OECD     60651420  58238358   13585953   13521945     -0.47  60949145   57432752   58025664   58174350      -4.55   24.62

     _ASEAN    16953038  12820948    4110637    3019716    -26.54  17679745   12451615   12067824   11730027     -33.65    4.96

     _EU15      1297732   2218712     896311     595287    -33.58   1992143    2099833    1887669    1917688      -3.74    0.81

     _EC12      1294185   2217872     896021     594852    -33.61   1990700    2098646    1886611    1916703      -3.72    0.81