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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 220:  FABRIC OF SPECIAL WEAVE
                                         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     161.014    177.837     39.579     40.394      2.06   164.754    179.029    179.542    178.652       8.44  100.00

     CHINA P    43.365     44.950      9.335     10.019      7.32    43.322     45.512     45.589     45.633       5.33   25.54

     ITALY      27.538     29.368      6.702      7.020      4.74    28.069     29.384     29.388     29.686       5.76   16.62

     INDIA       7.781     12.312      2.434      3.252     33.64     8.658     12.537     13.075     13.131      51.66    7.35

     PAKISTN    11.618     12.427      2.637      2.169    -17.74    11.827     12.879     12.867     11.960       1.12    6.69

     TURKEY      4.253      7.596      0.977      2.605    166.69     4.365      8.181      8.816      9.225     111.36    5.16

     FRANCE      7.499      8.413      1.837      1.814     -1.25     7.709      8.278      8.305      8.390       8.84    4.70

     CANADA      9.914      8.965      2.555      1.690    -33.84    10.309      9.003      8.554      8.101     -21.42    4.53

     KOR REP     6.811      7.843      2.042      1.546    -24.28     7.142      7.849      7.674      7.348       2.88    4.11

     CHINA T     6.323      5.915      1.533      1.378    -10.11     6.526      5.717      5.613      5.760     -11.74    3.22

     MEXICO      3.550      3.725      0.766      0.900     17.54     3.469      3.753      3.697      3.860      11.27    2.16

     SPAIN       2.652      3.112      0.735      1.199     63.28     2.196      3.271      3.446      3.577      62.92    2.00

     S ARAB      0.001      1.137      0.000      0.905  331574.0     0.002      1.458      1.551      2.042   128901.0    1.14

     ARAB EM     2.141      1.331      0.280      0.068    -75.88     1.558      1.167      1.118      1.118     -28.26    0.63

     INDNSIA     0.909      0.962      0.193      0.305     58.45     0.967      0.987      1.069      1.074      11.07    0.60

     ISRAEL      1.681      0.858      0.199      0.163    -18.12     1.509      0.807      0.814      0.822     -45.53    0.46

     BAHRAIN     1.076      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       1.076      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      160.551    177.686     39.570     40.297      1.84   164.322    178.798    179.303    178.413       8.58   99.87

     _OECD      74.212     85.552     20.327     19.504     -4.05    77.316     85.562     85.437     84.729       9.59   47.43

     _EU15      51.197     59.146     14.373     13.101     -8.85    53.540     58.456     58.282     57.874       8.10   32.39

     _EC12      49.826     57.280     13.734     12.830     -6.58    51.931     56.879     56.666     56.376       8.56   31.56

     _W HEMI    15.867     15.080      3.911      2.959    -24.33    16.257     15.087     14.593     14.128     -13.09    7.91

     _ASEAN      2.599      3.241      0.637      0.826     29.54     2.731      3.343      3.415      3.430      25.59    1.92