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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 222:  KNIT FABRIC
                                         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     491.155    581.811    132.130    170.569     29.09   506.858    592.614    603.261    620.251      22.37  100.00

     CHINA P   148.226    206.073     44.795     75.938     69.52   159.140    212.881    223.407    237.216      49.06   38.25

     KOR REP   119.720    141.617     32.822     40.008     21.89   121.328    143.198    145.170    148.803      22.64   23.99

     CHINA T    36.298     38.703      8.078      8.574      6.14    37.701     38.795     38.777     39.199       3.97    6.32

     CANADA     32.605     33.287      7.739      8.926     15.34    31.344     33.643     33.981     34.474       9.99    5.56

     INDIA      29.391     37.708     11.254      5.467    -51.43    35.705     38.318     34.572     31.921     -10.60    5.15

     ITALY      29.961     31.248      6.521      6.883      5.55    29.588     31.412     31.470     31.609       6.83    5.10

     JAPAN      20.908     17.518      3.775      4.742     25.64    20.757     17.342     18.087     18.485     -10.94    2.98

     MEXICO     19.548     19.308      5.079      3.303    -34.97    19.767     19.706     18.452     17.532     -11.31    2.83

     GERMANY     5.478      9.666      1.926      2.179     13.11     6.302      9.833      9.753      9.919      57.41    1.60

     TURKEY      9.706      8.655      2.247      3.501     55.82     9.060      8.501      9.890      9.910       9.37    1.60

     FRANCE      5.942      6.263      0.858      1.418     65.22     5.174      6.402      6.455      6.823      31.88    1.10

     INDNSIA     8.527      5.576      1.408      2.132     51.39     6.920      5.493      5.913      6.300      -8.97    1.02

     VIETNAM     3.268      4.783      0.746      1.379     84.94     3.527      5.102      5.334      5.416      53.54    0.87

     THAILND     2.239      2.432      0.517      0.711     37.71     2.271      2.488      2.504      2.626      15.66    0.42

     BRAZIL      2.838      2.593      1.095      0.608    -44.47     3.258      2.419      2.259      2.106     -35.36    0.34

     SALVADR     0.600      1.684      0.189      0.558    196.07     0.716      1.638      1.657      2.054     187.00    0.33

     ARGENT      2.134      1.948      0.341      0.432     26.54     1.796      1.976      1.932      2.038      13.50    0.33

     HG KONG     0.642      1.409      0.235      0.285     21.04     0.803      1.426      1.387      1.459      81.57    0.24

     U KING      1.118      1.459      0.349      0.326     -6.59     1.114      1.485      1.446      1.436      28.86    0.23

     HONDURA     0.148      1.095      0.004      0.241   6459.60     0.093      1.226      1.233      1.333    1335.86    0.21

     EGYPT       0.691      0.829      0.194      0.478    146.16     0.665      0.939      1.021      1.113      67.41    0.18

     REP SAF     0.626      0.874      0.383      0.523     36.45     0.971      1.116      1.122      1.014       4.38    0.16

     PORTUGL     2.128      0.035      0.007      0.014    114.60     0.787      0.039      0.040      0.042     -94.65    0.01


     _WTO      491.049    581.747    132.119    170.567     29.10   506.741    592.559    603.206    620.196      22.39   99.99

     _OECD     211.886    237.001     53.473     64.705     21.00   209.847    239.380    243.173    248.232      18.29   40.02

     _W HEMI    59.436     61.081     14.800     14.369     -2.91    58.550     61.932     60.847     60.650       3.59    9.78

     _EU15      47.568     50.846     10.186     11.399     11.90    45.782     51.342     51.236     52.058      13.71    8.39

     _EC12      46.073     49.899      9.985     11.257     12.74    44.425     50.372     50.371     51.171      15.18    8.25

     _ASEAN     14.384     12.905      2.682      4.272     59.28    13.029     13.243     13.906     14.495      11.25    2.34

     _CBI        1.215      3.162      0.399      0.902    125.85     1.426      3.273      3.297      3.665     157.02    0.59

     _CAFTA      1.165      3.138      0.386      0.902    133.88     1.363      3.250      3.274      3.655     168.15    0.59

     _SUB-SAH    0.685      0.939      0.388      0.535     38.04     1.035      1.178      1.182      1.086       4.96    0.18