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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 317:  COTTON TWILL 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     79483993  74572300   19086757   16837230    -11.79  78140225   72933503   72126974   72322773      -7.44  100.00

     CHINA P   49299540  44119701   11265979    8313098    -26.21  47855660   43045132   41724601   41166820     -13.98   56.92

     PAKISTN   11682759  14817032    4172502    2571897    -38.36  12765786   13889750   13572944   13216427       3.53   18.27

     CHINA T    5768650   2665765     871125    1706740     95.92   5012602    2739676    2905719    3501380     -30.15    4.84

     INDIA      2680656   2660841     706698     704086     -0.37   2630522    2672655    2657524    2658229       1.05    3.68

     JAPAN      1328369   2207860     226451     487977    115.49   1285315    2232243    2473308    2469386      92.12    3.41

     MEXICO      554156   1361375     227982    1155079    406.65    755510    1344832    1758299    2288472     202.90    3.16

     TURKEY      678220    990440     157511     672756    327.12    633706    1228057    1391465    1505685     137.60    2.08

     GERMANY    1078596    983771     211679     451588    113.34   1199598    1208579    1266386    1223680       2.01    1.69

     ITALY       932714    868370     259546     218975    -15.63   1091936     897695     863856     827799     -24.19    1.14

     CANADA     1697444    649781     216263       2217    -98.97   1231052     582720     528248     435735     -64.60    0.60


     _WTO      79483240  74571780   19086757   16837230    -11.79  78139472   72932983   72126454   72322253      -7.44  100.00

     _OECD      5454767   4636755    1166095    1671837     43.37   5315909    5077959    5101812    5142497      -3.26    7.11

     _W HEMI    3355270   2732356     629539    1255156     99.38   3106974    2634818    2988072    3357973       8.08    4.64

     _EU15      2568409   2692833     675240     867690     28.50   2979087    2987796    2931717    2885283      -3.15    3.99

     _EC12      2297321   2292502     566950     777621     37.16   2641074    2578241    2570209    2503173      -5.22    3.46