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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 342:  COTTON SKIRTS
                                         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     498.200    503.716    173.060    200.155     15.66   493.705    511.450    521.082    530.811       7.52  100.00

     CHINA P   210.938    190.461     60.602     69.183     14.16   199.920    193.669    193.526    199.043      -0.44   37.50

     INDIA      77.403     93.343     36.664     37.323      1.80    82.312     92.997     95.637     94.002      14.20   17.71

     INDNSIA    46.380     54.216     19.535     28.147     44.09    48.363     55.570     60.172     62.828      29.91   11.84

     VIETNAM    45.916     45.610     15.810     17.175      8.63    47.712     46.628     46.325     46.975      -1.54    8.85

     BNGLDSH    27.124     31.718      8.569     11.680     36.31    25.445     32.749     34.042     34.829      36.88    6.56

     CAMBOD     19.998     16.003      5.322      8.261     55.23    17.802     16.970     17.662     18.942       6.40    3.57

     SRI LKA    15.345     11.428      4.200      6.022     43.40    14.399     11.252     12.295     13.251      -7.97    2.50

     PHIL R      9.955     11.504      4.981      4.835     -2.93    11.141     11.934     11.593     11.358       1.95    2.14

     ITALY       4.642      6.230      2.404      2.603      8.28     5.119      6.457      6.408      6.429      25.59    1.21

     THAILND     4.850      4.869      1.778      1.880      5.69     4.509      5.002      4.999      4.971      10.23    0.94

     MEXICO      4.966      4.686      1.833      1.130    -38.32     5.190      4.656      4.618      3.984     -23.24    0.75

     TURKEY      2.034      2.508      0.583      1.080     85.39     1.960      2.832      3.017      3.006      53.36    0.57

     PAKISTN     2.204      2.190      0.614      1.109     80.47     2.168      2.654      2.783      2.685      23.86    0.51

     MALAYSA     1.601      3.417      1.373      0.412    -70.02     2.105      2.856      2.528      2.456      16.68    0.46

     NICARAG     1.160      2.028      0.023      0.289   1132.32     1.139      2.053      2.148      2.293     101.36    0.43

     GUATMAL     1.420      2.581      0.743      0.383    -48.43     1.484      2.578      2.445      2.221      49.72    0.42

     CANADA      2.014      1.289      0.726      0.873     20.16     1.984      1.146      1.148      1.435     -27.65    0.27

     BAHRAIN     0.185      0.526      0.000      0.847       *       0.057      0.805      0.921      1.372    2314.24    0.26

     KENYA       1.089      1.224      0.888      0.920      3.58     1.934      0.940      1.151      1.256     -35.06    0.24

     SALVADR     0.766      0.994      0.364      0.604     65.62     0.699      1.028      1.131      1.233      76.48    0.23

     EGYPT       2.631      1.097      0.147      0.091    -38.01     2.339      1.059      1.067      1.041     -55.51    0.20

     JORDAN      0.667      0.909      0.405      0.399     -1.31     1.070      1.177      0.901      0.904     -15.51    0.17

     CHINA T     1.679      0.821      0.242      0.157    -35.35     1.235      0.794      0.759      0.736     -40.45    0.14

     MADAGAS     0.007      0.416      0.084      0.346    310.99     0.086      0.511      0.511      0.678     687.62    0.13

     ARAB EM     0.691      0.718      0.226      0.129    -42.72     0.647      0.718      0.746      0.622      -3.90    0.12

     NEPAL       0.629      0.380      0.041      0.116    182.03     0.572      0.387      0.424      0.455     -20.54    0.09

     HONDURA     0.377      0.530      0.356      0.120    -66.15     0.593      0.362      0.300      0.294     -50.40    0.06

     LAOS        0.190      0.384      0.268      0.001    -99.51     0.452      0.289      0.147      0.117     -74.10    0.02


     _WTO      497.941    503.253    172.741    200.124     15.85   493.179    511.083    520.862    530.636       7.59   99.97

     _ASEAN    128.910    136.021     49.068     60.710     23.73   132.090    139.267    143.444    147.664      11.79   27.82

     _OECD      13.623     14.192      5.651      5.966      5.57    13.897     14.371     14.436     14.506       4.38    2.73

     _W HEMI    12.447     13.939      4.612      4.020    -12.85    12.778     13.717     13.750     13.346       4.45    2.51

     _EU15       7.832      8.862      3.514      3.657      4.07     8.090      9.016      9.031      9.005      11.31    1.70

     _EC12       7.752      8.838      3.498      3.653      4.44     8.055      8.992      9.013      8.993      11.65    1.69

     _CBI        3.940      6.266      1.523      1.523      0.02     4.109      6.166      6.212      6.267      52.52    1.18

     _CAFTA      3.909      6.258      1.521      1.517     -0.26     4.082      6.158      6.199      6.254      53.19    1.18

     _SUB-SAH    1.863      2.277      0.992      1.646     66.03     2.397      2.275      2.547      2.932      22.32    0.55

     _ANDEAN     1.507      1.458      0.522      0.488     -6.47     1.469      1.511      1.532      1.424      -3.06    0.27