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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 342:  COTTON SKIRTS
                                             Data in Doz, 14.90 M2 per Doz. 

                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      9192927   8544152    2941888    3374970     14.72   8902084    8627617    8819336    8977234       0.84  100.00

     CHINA P    3744431   3191976    1012121    1141852     12.82   3505925    3214986    3212049    3321707      -5.25   37.00

     INDIA      1243606   1313887     535298     500960     -6.41   1253478    1308325    1333239    1279549       2.08   14.25

     INDNSIA     971008   1036471     373258     480406     28.71    968793    1047310    1128900    1143619      18.05   12.74

     VIETNAM    1015091    826252     299098     374041     25.06   1007517     856995     877368     901195     -10.55   10.04

     BNGLDSH     692348    713130     183889     294994     60.42    632782     741161     784618     824235      30.26    9.18

     CAMBOD      413675    379938     132188     194331     47.01    389262     401547     410809     442081      13.57    4.92

     PHIL R      167453    166702      70231      65756     -6.37    184281     168614     171658     162227     -11.97    1.81

     SRI LKA     192281    123555      47248      72404     53.24    173198     129951     139416     148711     -14.14    1.66

     THAILND      82257     83020      26497      40690     53.56     77200      85659      91000      97213      25.92    1.08

     GUATMAL      53907     88469      23832      16411    -31.14     52204      87040      83465      81048      55.25    0.90

     MEXICO       90064    100538      43920      20328    -53.72    103751      97870      96285      76946     -25.84    0.86

     NICARAG      41856     55734       1171      11562    887.36     41479      56683      63077      66125      59.42    0.74

     MALAYSA      59632     95084      43724      12308    -71.85     71846      75622      64697      63668     -11.38    0.71

     SALVADR      43653     55438      25109      32347     28.83     40371      53647      59737      62676      55.25    0.70

     PAKISTN      56669     39656      12043      23638     96.28     50680      48407      52040      51251       1.13    0.57

     TURKEY       21387     29175       3891      13180    238.73     20474      34923      36885      38464      87.87    0.43

     KENYA        43952     32902      25645      18709    -27.05     67514      19987      22631      25966     -61.54    0.29

     EGYPT        64194     21632       3376        792    -76.54     51914      19785      19821      19048     -63.31    0.21

     HONDURA      23348     40046      28730       4817    -83.23     40150      25640      20071      16133     -59.82    0.18

     MADAGAS         35      9699       1857       7705    314.92      1865      11136      11141      15547     733.62    0.17

     BAHRAIN       2248      5349          0       8833       *         531       8081       9342      14182    2570.81    0.16

     ARAB EM      19234     17584       6262       1900    -69.66     18731      17558      17995      13222     -29.41    0.15

     ITALY         7229     11002       3341       3774     12.96      7613      11411      11339      11435      50.20    0.13

     CANADA       18379      9706       5105       5269      3.21     18205       7680       7508       9870     -45.78    0.11

     CHINA T      25817     10555       3248       2463    -24.17     20746      10095       9622       9770     -52.91    0.11

     NEPAL        13066      7033       1154       2203     90.90     11771       7197       7831       8082     -31.34    0.09

     JORDAN        8204      9460       4207       2099    -50.11     12397      10477       7536       7352     -40.70    0.08

     LAOS          6901     11394       8432         23    -99.73     15172       7486       3756       2985     -80.33    0.03


     _WTO       9185665   8532422    2933337    3374844     15.05   8886561    8619799    8815231    8973929       0.98   99.96

     _ASEAN     2716458   2598982     953429    1167555     22.46   2714200    2643354    2748309    2813108       3.64   31.34

     _W HEMI     287673    363126     132146      95200    -27.96    312160     342336     343984     326180       4.49    3.63

     _CBI        166774    243368      79574      66465    -16.47    178637     226938     230274     230259      28.90    2.56

     _CAFTA      165967    243176      79528      66426    -16.47    177912     226746     230068     230074      29.32    2.56

     _OECD        67156     62536      16571      27144     63.80     64203      66919      69367      73109      13.87    0.81

     _SUB-SAHA    55723     50739      27748      32647     17.66     73771      42841      46438      55638     -24.58    0.62

     _EU15        18559     19105       6071       6444      6.14     17339      19744      19771      19478      12.34    0.22

     _EC12        18357     19064       6049       6438      6.43     17287      19703      19738      19453      12.53    0.22

     _ANDEAN      12331      9216       3516       3122    -11.21     11422       9554       9621       8822     -22.76    0.10