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

                                           Category 313:  COTTON SHEETING 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     259.176    311.774     63.831     75.415     18.15   268.768    316.439    321.332    323.358      20.31  100.00

     KOR REP    92.874    109.380     22.456     25.576     13.90    95.649    109.685    111.819    112.500      17.62   34.79

     CHINA P    80.241     92.381     18.691     21.546     15.28    83.813     93.799     93.626     95.236      13.63   29.45

     PAKISTN    30.417     47.448      8.160     12.802     56.89    31.594     49.757     51.570     52.091      64.88   16.11

     JAPAN      23.475     23.356      4.852      5.912     21.84    22.458     23.679     24.415     24.415       8.71    7.55

     INDNSIA    13.536     14.583      3.652      4.290     17.49    14.556     14.723     15.485     15.221       4.57    4.71

     INDIA       4.529      6.403      1.190      1.708     43.53     4.541      6.858      7.054      6.921      52.41    2.14

     THAILND     4.940      5.081      1.461      1.017    -30.39     5.539      5.030      4.883      4.637     -16.29    1.43

     GERMANY     2.261      3.888      0.966      0.997      3.21     2.865      3.912      3.808      3.919      36.79    1.21

     TURKEY      1.248      1.452      0.378      0.205    -45.75     1.359      1.371      1.389      1.279      -5.87    0.40

     CHINA T     0.842      0.473      0.130      0.145     11.37     0.750      0.515      0.509      0.488     -34.92    0.15


     _WTO      258.776    311.545     63.828     75.415     18.15   268.420    316.211    321.106    323.132      20.38   99.93

     _OECD      99.470    119.355     25.223     27.764     10.07   103.758    119.495    121.252    121.896      17.48   37.70

     _ASEAN     18.626     20.069      5.328      5.307     -0.39    20.338     20.056     20.566     20.048      -1.43    6.20

     _EU15       5.120      8.186      2.338      1.889    -19.20     6.526      8.103      7.698      7.737      18.56    2.39

     _EC12       5.078      8.175      2.334      1.882    -19.38     6.507      8.087      7.683      7.722      18.68    2.39