_____________________________________
                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
                                          |_____________________________________|

                                           Category 226:  CHEESECLOTH, BATISTES, LAWNS/VOILE
                                         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      32.626     51.785     10.211     11.774     15.31    35.968     52.433     51.855     53.349      48.32  100.00

     CHINA P    15.997     31.846      5.704      7.019     23.07    19.543     32.334     32.326     33.162      69.68   62.16

     KOR REP     3.658      4.297      0.635      0.958     50.93     3.042      4.349      4.332      4.621      51.91    8.66

     INDIA       1.478      3.299      0.449      1.095    143.91     1.538      3.562      3.549      3.946     156.59    7.40

     PAKISTN     1.380      1.377      0.247      0.356     44.36     1.176      1.409      1.413      1.486      26.36    2.79

     CANADA      4.283      1.951      1.042      0.003    -99.72     4.224      1.563      1.214      0.911     -78.43    1.71

     MEXICO      0.322      0.687      0.123      0.136     10.26     0.352      0.692      0.699      0.699      98.58    1.31


     _WTO       32.626     51.785     10.210     11.774     15.32    35.967     52.433     51.855     53.349      48.33  100.00

     _OECD      10.685     10.681      2.641      1.835    -30.49    10.367     10.343      9.940      9.876      -4.74   18.51

     _EU15       2.323      3.840      0.842      0.735    -12.70     2.666      3.796      3.774      3.733      40.03    7.00

     _W HEMI     5.224      3.408      1.308      0.729    -44.23     5.197      3.249      2.785      2.830     -45.54    5.30

     _EC12       1.676      2.508      0.720      0.625    -13.15     1.960      2.466      2.477      2.413      23.12    4.52

     _CBI        0.543      0.751      0.133      0.591    344.77     0.534      0.983      0.861      1.209     126.22    2.27

     _CAFTA      0.543      0.751      0.133      0.591    344.77     0.534      0.983      0.861      1.209     126.22    2.27