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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                         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    1455.857   1402.436    292.297    313.377      7.21  1435.669   1418.911   1422.924   1423.516      -0.85  100.00

     INDIA     471.580    530.817    110.110    152.114     38.15   476.062    550.739    564.103    572.821      20.32   40.24

     CHINA P   437.600    328.735     75.544     62.399    -17.40   419.494    324.158    315.916    315.590     -24.77   22.17

     PAKISTN   314.605    318.500     64.981     60.209     -7.34   306.233    320.321    318.601    313.728       2.45   22.04

     BAHRAIN    41.055     62.149     14.651     14.949      2.04    45.157     62.223     63.428     62.448      38.29    4.39

     PORTUGL    45.201     36.934      7.525      7.042     -6.42    47.272     36.440     36.268     36.450     -22.89    2.56

     TURKEY     45.454     34.917      0.935      0.237    -74.68    46.231     34.747     34.634     34.219     -25.98    2.40

     THAILND    21.455     18.239      3.367      2.164    -35.71    18.864     18.341     17.671     17.037      -9.69    1.20

     ITALY      14.628     14.068      2.977      3.266      9.70    14.733     14.656     14.477     14.357      -2.55    1.01

     TURKMEN    10.022     11.218      0.000      0.000       *      10.022     11.218     11.218     11.218      11.93    0.79

     CAMBOD      7.913     10.770      2.743      2.705     -1.38     8.637     11.109     11.326     10.733      24.26    0.75

     ISRAEL      8.884      8.568      1.817      3.244     78.54     8.114      8.643      9.357      9.996      23.18    0.70

     EGYPT      10.346      8.941      2.724      1.526    -43.97    10.061      8.677      8.177      7.744     -23.03    0.54

     BNGLDSH     2.697      4.509      0.575      0.546     -5.17     3.193      4.559      4.616      4.479      40.30    0.31

     MEXICO      6.597      4.063      1.468      1.391     -5.29     6.077      3.869      4.001      3.986     -34.41    0.28

     INDNSIA     0.358      2.260      0.531      0.202    -61.98     0.888      2.009      2.015      1.931     117.55    0.14

     ARAB EM     1.073      2.062      0.674      0.259    -61.62     1.610      1.829      1.782      1.647       2.30    0.12

     GERMANY     1.383      1.166      0.243      0.085    -65.21     1.524      1.116      1.083      1.007     -33.90    0.07

     VIETNAM     3.923      1.579      0.725      0.010    -98.56     3.417      1.183      1.017      0.864     -74.71    0.06

     BRAZIL      6.815      0.026      0.000      0.000   -100.00     5.414      0.025      0.025      0.025     -99.54    0.00


     _WTO     1445.832   1391.219    292.297    313.377      7.21  1425.646   1407.693   1411.706   1412.298      -0.94   99.21

     _OECD     108.980     89.289     12.219     11.539     -5.57   111.909     89.328     88.994     88.609     -20.82    6.22

     _EU15      63.151     54.039     11.172     10.971     -1.80    65.284     54.087     53.823     53.837     -17.53    3.78

     _EC12      63.124     53.988     11.158     10.968     -1.70    65.250     54.037     53.779     53.798     -17.55    3.78

     _ASEAN     33.935     33.307      7.433      5.158    -30.60    32.074     33.108     32.491     31.033      -3.25    2.18

     _W HEMI    13.579      4.229      1.527      1.418     -7.14    11.677      4.018      4.146      4.120     -64.72    0.29