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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                             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     13795761  11949119    3440786    4527259     31.58  13208008   13061985   13342059   13035592      -1.31  100.00

     CHINA P    9332381   9779871    2385386    4180029     75.23  10624758   10867097   11776667   11574514       8.94   88.79

     VIETNAM     729319    819403     269576      28656    -89.37    986984     819279     701951     578483     -41.39    4.44

     BNGLDSH    2674940    265000          0          0       *           0     265000     265000     265000        *      2.03

     KOR REP     210954    158345      67170      66740     -0.64    250554     172225     141575     157915     -36.97    1.21

     PAKISTN     200420    580700     570000     143858    -74.76    770420     633058     145558     154558     -79.94    1.19

     HG KONG     326448    145373     104938      48200    -54.07    370274     103469     102211      88635     -76.06    0.68


     _WTO      13787697  11936243    3439058    4526913     31.63  13202248   13049529   13329603   13024098      -1.35   99.91

     _ASEAN      732966    820754     269642      28989    -89.25    990529     820682     703288     580101     -41.44    4.45

     _OECD       376306    258150      89226     100805     12.98    393753     273349     248864     269729     -31.50    2.07