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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  5/2012
   Country      2010       2011       5/2011     5/2012  % Change    5/2011     3/2012     4/2012     5/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     50545267  37381792   16500095   15340078     -7.03  47026686   36479471   36791656   36221775     -22.98  100.00

     CHINA P   20612636  13635679    5670506    5651919     -0.33  16128061   13313491   13759828   13617092     -15.57   37.59

     INDIA      4590399   5213006    2297042    1972598    -14.12   5025538    5230608    5069140    4888562      -2.73   13.50

     ITALY      9739403   4613131    2253447    1764700    -21.69  10330534    4455123    4315136    4124384     -60.08   11.39

     TURKEY     3511893   3648139    1703724    1037530    -39.10   3443436    3255950    2989397    2981945     -13.40    8.23

     PAKISTN    1442133   1151188     288392     774522    168.57   1014515    1301709    1553453    1637318      61.39    4.52

     CHINA T    1954129   1787402     828366     662739    -19.99   1996779    1701954    1722288    1621775     -18.78    4.48

     MEXICO     1680827   1398563     636596     834768     31.13   1633205    1273266    1458645    1596735      -2.23    4.41

     JAPAN      1124037    972493     542220     763785     40.86   1278170    1206639    1063165    1194058      -6.58    3.30

     THAILND     515921   1084039     582344     171432    -70.56    877388     781846     827350     673127     -23.28    1.86

     GUATMAL     585840    308556     288451     130167    -54.87    843153     279881     289650     150272     -82.18    0.41


     _WTO      50540396  37376609   16500095   15325817     -7.12  47023878   36460389   36772574   36202331     -23.01   99.95

     _OECD     16250090  10576817    4896884    3853771    -21.30  16502438   10074550    9709961    9533704     -42.23   26.32

     _EU15     12298594   6467293    3003551    2641659    -12.05  12610243    6357439    6262677    6105401     -51.58   16.86

     _EC12     12219682   6408411    2985161    2498233    -16.31  12541835    6232200    6111148    5921483     -52.79   16.35

     _W HEMI    2923525   2359995    1221406    1179326     -3.45   3258297    2139271    2333800    2317915     -28.86    6.40

     _ASEAN      592840   1146291     623867     333743    -46.50    944234     967116    1001544     856167      -9.33    2.36

     _CBI        614287    335112     300040     130178    -56.61    879178     294926     304706     165250     -81.20    0.46

     _CAFTA      614287    334019     299962     130167    -56.61    879100     293833     303602     164224     -81.32    0.45