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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                         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       5.094      6.020      1.444      1.924     33.29     5.457      6.443      6.499      6.501      19.13  100.00

     CHINA P     3.597      4.701      1.028      1.562     51.88     4.008      5.109      5.244      5.235      30.62   80.53

     VIETNAM     0.331      0.300      0.077      0.021    -72.56     0.388      0.299      0.276      0.245     -36.97    3.76

     KOR REP     0.098      0.125      0.051      0.030    -40.57     0.139      0.127      0.096      0.104     -25.11    1.60

     HG KONG     0.223      0.092      0.078      0.057    -27.46     0.262      0.085      0.085      0.071     -72.93    1.09

     PAKISTN     0.023      0.048      0.045      0.026    -43.41     0.068      0.065      0.026      0.028     -59.05    0.43

     BNGLDSH     0.218      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.018      0.018      0.018        *      0.27


     _WTO        5.086      5.992      1.438      1.921     33.57     5.448      6.417      6.473      6.475      18.86   99.61

     _OECD       0.523      0.521      0.132      0.200     51.02     0.527      0.523      0.497      0.588      11.67    9.05

     _ASEAN      0.352      0.307      0.077      0.022    -70.85     0.409      0.306      0.282      0.252     -38.34    3.88