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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 363:  COTTON TERRY / OTHER PILE TOWELS
                                         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    1406.419   1427.754    352.812    375.900      6.54  1418.249   1433.020   1442.048   1450.842       2.30  100.00

     INDIA     429.228    494.176    111.964    139.559     24.65   439.553    506.139    512.484    521.771      18.70   35.96

     CHINA P   375.926    354.612    103.775    113.268      9.15   378.754    355.766    359.157    364.105      -3.87   25.10

     PAKISTN   319.063    348.014     75.621     73.315     -3.05   323.491    345.515    346.369    345.708       6.87   23.83

     BNGLDSH    46.457     60.643     15.041     13.576     -9.74    53.384     60.105     59.338     59.178      10.85    4.08

     TURKEY     43.264     46.086     12.269      9.937    -19.00    45.351     44.916     45.487     43.754      -3.52    3.02

     COLOMB     17.462     22.554      4.133      2.584    -37.49    18.946     22.023     21.509     21.005      10.87    1.45

     ISRAEL     26.969     21.810      5.763      3.333    -42.16    24.875     20.216     20.124     19.381     -22.09    1.34

     EGYPT      17.695     15.896      5.360      3.414    -36.31    16.376     15.806     15.102     13.949     -14.82    0.96

     THAILND    18.665     11.553      3.281      2.042    -37.77    16.808     10.676     10.745     10.314     -38.64    0.71

     CANADA      8.859      9.245      2.815      2.922      3.79    10.271      9.420      9.408      9.352      -8.96    0.64

     JORDAN      2.109      5.464      0.800      3.104    288.05     2.909      6.360      6.830      7.768     167.00    0.54

     SALVADR     9.080      8.724      3.903      2.887    -26.02    10.459      8.415      8.560      7.708     -26.30    0.53

     BRAZIL     70.103      7.965      3.330      2.001    -39.92    56.673      6.699      6.142      6.636     -88.29    0.46

     VIETNAM     6.510      5.591      1.617      0.406    -74.86     5.770      5.059      4.710      4.381     -24.07    0.30


     _WTO     1406.382   1427.683    352.769    375.898      6.56  1418.169   1432.964   1442.013   1450.812       2.30  100.00

     _OECD      61.377     65.087     17.219     15.197    -11.75    64.776     64.582     65.225     63.064      -2.64    4.35

     _W HEMI   110.032     52.945     14.831     11.264    -24.05   100.307     50.981     50.159     49.378     -50.77    3.40

     _ANDEAN    17.871     23.074      4.244      2.756    -35.06    19.359     22.517     22.075     21.586      11.51    1.49

     _ASEAN     25.613     17.738      5.093      2.449    -51.92    23.209     16.173     15.893     15.094     -34.97    1.04

     _CBI        9.623      9.860      3.966      3.249    -18.08    10.901      9.650      9.853      9.143     -16.13    0.63

     _CAFTA      9.604      9.842      3.966      3.249    -18.08    10.882      9.633      9.836      9.125     -16.15    0.63