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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 363:  COTTON TERRY / OTHER PILE TOWELS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 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    764000481 662392490  169952961  165256104     -2.76 753804633  661182128  657208793  657695633     -12.75  100.00

     PAKISTN  259527263 233890239   57514290   52519049     -8.69 256252636  230797913  228512382  228894998     -10.68   34.80

     INDIA    190802987 183293741   43718565   52315529     19.66 191894724  188149654  189902674  191890705      -0.00   29.18

     CHINA P  160905110 136663372   38432587   34670364     -9.79 157903138  135771040  132948302  132901149     -15.83   20.21

     BNGLDSH   61116756  55695635   15757773   15448876     -1.96  64243926   55912712   55880886   55386738     -13.79    8.42

     TURKEY    12022444  10733860    3200824    2329913    -27.21  12327795   10083602   10125732    9862949     -19.99    1.50

     ISRAEL    13959015   8800453    2565702    1536359    -40.12  12205066    7938826    8015650    7771110     -36.33    1.18

     COLOMB     8008555   7438306    1591528     834941    -47.54   8150919    7161617    6880009    6681719     -18.02    1.02

     THAILND    9727561   4930290    1073322     584240    -45.57   8684485    4726462    4701763    4441208     -48.86    0.68

     JORDAN     1508623   2657388     486928    1474344    202.78   1995551    3030744    3247272    3644804      82.65    0.55

     VIETNAM    6342979   3919643    1116645     300685    -73.07   5607839    3619467    3313748    3103683     -44.65    0.47

     CANADA     3080369   2875729     876553     908273      3.62   3466268    2957418    2959518    2907449     -16.12    0.44

     EGYPT      3539301   2824734     887786     462682    -47.88   2994552    2748441    2672401    2399630     -19.87    0.36

     SALVADR    2984337   2635110     972503     624159    -35.82   3281536    2566553    2504391    2286766     -30.31    0.35

     BRAZIL    25437956   2202159    1020473     434278    -57.44  20334858    1789967    1573904    1615964     -92.05    0.25


     _WTO     763995967 662344489  169917427  165255738     -2.74 753764585  661146427  657190176  657682800     -12.75  100.00

     _W HEMI   41544684  16894538    4661915    3150604    -32.42  36641705   16221806   15739986   15383227     -58.02    2.34

     _OECD     17197615  15314595    4471318    3604627    -19.38  17850648   14850660   14883336   14447904     -19.06    2.20

     _ASEAN    16177492   8992005    2241357     885010    -60.51  14450619    8445819    8115310    7635658     -47.16    1.16

     _ANDEAN    8087543   7533674    1613277     864147    -46.44   8232124    7250631    6982257    6784544     -17.58    1.03

     _CBI       3174157   3039042     992735     782455    -21.18   3438156    3017141    2973291    2828762     -17.72    0.43

     _CAFTA     3169126   3033248     992735     782455    -21.18   3433125    3011347    2967497    2822968     -17.77    0.43