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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     110.570    124.865     30.323     28.212     -6.96   117.098    124.486    123.699    122.754       4.83  100.00

     ITALY      33.548     33.181      8.024      6.951    -13.37    35.732     32.912     32.907     32.108     -10.14   26.16

     CHINA P    20.873     22.859      5.511      5.587      1.39    21.547     22.843     23.036     22.935       6.44   18.68

     TURKEY     13.628     18.132      4.383      2.359    -46.19    13.464     17.433     16.738     16.107      19.63   13.12

     INDIA       9.242     13.136      2.900      3.143      8.39     9.979     13.235     13.385     13.379      34.08   10.90

     JAPAN       5.212      5.544      1.357      2.337     72.23     5.440      6.211      6.142      6.524      19.93    5.31

     MEXICO      3.875      6.067      1.712      1.847      7.87     5.075      6.126      6.037      6.202      22.21    5.05

     CHINA T     3.729      4.012      1.068      1.167      9.29     3.838      3.982      4.093      4.111       7.12    3.35

     PAKISTN     2.027      2.108      0.324      0.606     87.41     1.790      2.133      2.086      2.391      33.58    1.95

     THAILND     1.088      2.191      0.763      0.305    -59.98     1.695      2.261      2.192      1.733       2.21    1.41


     _WTO      110.542    124.827     30.323     28.194     -7.02   117.082    124.437    123.643    122.698       4.80   99.95

     _OECD      61.246     65.706     15.944     12.500    -21.60    64.180     64.616     63.789     62.261      -2.99   50.72

     _EU15      45.091     45.042     10.860      9.571    -11.87    48.004     44.689     44.592     43.753      -8.86   35.64

     _EC12      44.402     44.592     10.751      9.149    -14.90    47.336     44.242     44.048     42.990      -9.18   35.02

     _W HEMI     5.968      8.317      2.315      2.254     -2.65     7.434      8.249      8.081      8.256      11.05    6.73

     _ASEAN      1.221      2.276      0.799      0.516    -35.46     1.782      2.421      2.325      1.993      11.81    1.62