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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 810:  WOVEN FAB, SILK BLD/N-COT VEG FIB
                                             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     34733738  38753781   11735139   11246345     -4.17  38819009   41711267   38858216   38264987      -1.43  100.00

     CHINA P   20298459  25241583    6120302    5212498    -14.83  22189753   24751903   23872594   24333779       9.66   63.59

     ITALY      2170339   1302240     330062    2287685    593.11   2031210    3264851    3259925    3259863      60.49    8.52

     BELGIUM    1821866   3296526    1838948     589465    -67.95   3358420    3368224    2044297    2047043     -39.05    5.35

     FRANCE      850842    162839      48635    1567973   3123.96    170349    1696142    1698370    1682177     887.49    4.40

     INDIA      1109395   1286476     308210     325979      5.77   1168011    1289444    1293031    1304245      11.66    3.41

     BELARUS     779072   1293474     309259     229824    -25.69   1087819    1205297    1214544    1214039      11.60    3.17

     U KING     3903981   2569581    1884992     145891    -92.26   5133805    2574480    1920578     830480     -83.82    2.17

     KOR REP    1058123    942010     294829     166029    -43.69   1019103     924208     876419     813210     -20.20    2.13

     SALVADR     256638    332431          0     152881       *      225207     395345     464909     485312     115.50    1.27

     BRAZIL      629662    529462     148764      82938    -44.25    643010     492322     478102     463636     -27.90    1.21


     _WTO      33742519  37295650   11358200   10960223     -3.50  37571541   40394772   37526889   36897673      -1.79   96.43

     _OECD     10791062   9243934    4590005    5011013      9.17  12676575   12811830   10757712    9664942     -23.76   25.26

     _EU15      9354113   7764253    4207980    4703686     11.78  11263487   11347130    9322191    8259959     -26.67   21.59

     _EC12      9322669   7730772    4203840    4693089     11.64  11233372   11309943    9282732    8220021     -26.82   21.48

     _W HEMI    1106757    957897     178412     287990     61.42   1037690     982001    1056465    1067475       2.87    2.79

     _CBI        257094    337276       1522     152932   9948.09    227185     399549     469113     488686     115.10    1.28

     _CAFTA      257094    334072       1073     152932  14152.75    226736     396794     466358     485931     114.32    1.27