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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                             Data in Nos,  5.20 M2 per Nos. 

                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    244562013 190402398   41767677   41241951     -1.26 229393251  191465318  191272110  189876672     -17.23  100.00

     PAKISTN   74799375  61768533   12993091   12892949     -0.77  68698055   62362729   62133829   61668391     -10.23   32.48

     CHINA P   83715661  55258033   12808374   11006634    -14.07  77160474   54871923   53915349   53456293     -30.72   28.15

     INDIA     47479519  44859279   10008484   12973438     29.62  46254415   46350254   47535752   47824233       3.39   25.19

     BAHRAIN    6259104   7445044    1939009    1533220    -20.93   6595608    7186294    7207229    7039255       6.73    3.71

     TURKEY     7777323   3971495     111658      39086    -64.99   7870334    3950622    3938564    3898923     -50.46    2.05

     THAILND    5452535   3537634     871000     424648    -51.25   4776454    3503947    3328984    3091282     -35.28    1.63

     CAMBOD     3286461   3102860     870430     829176     -4.74   3259273    3156224    3200870    3061606      -6.06    1.61

     PORTUGL    3760579   2711752     432014     357982    -17.14   3861257    2646330    2621403    2637720     -31.69    1.39

     TURKMEN    2040818   1892532          0          0       *     2040818    1892532    1892532    1892532      -7.27    1.00

     EGYPT      2623636   1918022     609136     326312    -46.43   2477754    1857017    1782702    1635198     -34.00    0.86

     MEXICO     2008586   1101490     369363     348566     -5.63   1725501    1024029    1076196    1080693     -37.37    0.57

     ISRAEL      894842    680115     162284     252626     55.67    774286     675124     724574     770457      -0.49    0.41

     BNGLDSH     509797    545087      83196      83592      0.48    561937     543767     553271     545483      -2.93    0.29

     ITALY       426709    390645      85227      82206     -3.54    427827     399941     387120     387624      -9.40    0.20

     INDNSIA      34875    373477     105294      24162    -77.05    139919     319607     309695     292345     108.94    0.15

     VIETNAM    1632442    492361     220060        621    -99.72   1323886     380231     324243     272922     -79.38    0.14

     ARAB EM      81010    132840      44838      17363    -61.28    112817     116303     112684     105365      -6.61    0.06

     GERMANY      73168     56963      12557       3903    -68.92     80275      54011      52558      48309     -39.82    0.03

     BRAZIL     1408436      4951        159          0   -100.00   1107025       4792       4792       4792     -99.57    0.00


     _WTO     242521158 188509866   41767677   41241951     -1.26 227352408  189572786  189379578  187984140     -17.32   99.00

     _OECD     12098051   7209819     669114     513551    -23.25  12313135    7144326    7089051    7054256     -42.71    3.72

     _ASEAN    10458509   7567200    2073495    1288655    -37.85   9542158    7419527    7225685    6782360     -28.92    3.57

     _EU15      4304511   3200272     538293     460844    -14.39   4411418    3146381    3110025    3122823     -29.21    1.64

     _EC12      4304301   3197284     537770     460822    -14.31   4410739    3143396    3107110    3120336     -29.26    1.64

     _W HEMI    3424151   1139445     388740     350963     -9.72   2857784    1061680    1105690    1101668     -61.45    0.58