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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 220:  FABRIC OF SPECIAL WEAVE
                                             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    134773123 108064148   40476792   48867349     20.73 124215626  114960198  115246585  116454705      -6.25  100.00

     CHINA P   86816059  58407390   22687775   23354426      2.94  76959364   59983956   60007129   59074041     -23.24   50.73

     S ARAB          40   5985662         31    7599602  24514745        71   10988909   12223173   13585233   19134031   11.67

     PAKISTN   13253978   9903113    3436379    3623933      5.46  10905463   10007142    9845348   10090667      -7.47    8.66

     INDIA      5460608   7973309    3776512    2255137    -40.29   7630300    7473009    6514228    6451934     -15.44    5.54

     KOR REP    3526723   3534779    1693378    1481444    -12.52   3840326    3211175    3313630    3322845     -13.47    2.85

     TURKEY     1571546   2167308     437423    1525312    248.70   1353990    2906122    2955853    3255197     140.42    2.80

     CHINA T    3298981   3510007    1339673    1038446    -22.49   3409103    3451775    3445024    3208780      -5.88    2.76

     ITALY      2728253   2462375    1010066    1139981     12.86   2638850    2408673    2439258    2592290      -1.76    2.23

     INDNSIA     643147   1093837     216896    1542332    611.09    695710    1817798    2103933    2419273     247.74    2.08

     MEXICO     2354822   2138775     922363     667901    -27.59   2388523    1959952    2057948    1884313     -21.11    1.62

     ARAB EM    2520366   1199000     348945     813193    133.04   1300992    1013521    1365333    1663248      27.84    1.43

     CANADA     2346806   2213033    1063598     487238    -54.19   2660368    1921960    1756073    1636673     -38.48    1.41

     ISRAEL      755682    585398     167147     608043    263.78    646430    1000635     899875    1026294      58.76    0.88

     SPAIN       892207    963520     744697     721134     -3.16    915531    1197485    1022384     939957       2.67    0.81

     FRANCE     1285404    595623     259219     206120    -20.48   1350640     588515     540476     542524     -59.83    0.47

     BAHRAIN    1436145         0          0          0       *     1126024          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     134232672 107931418   40474644   48586756     20.04 123676136  114719728  115006229  116043530      -6.17   99.65

     _OECD     14329869  14189783    6215642    6218176      0.04  14985197   14273297   13966830   14192317      -5.29   12.19

     _EU15      6751760   6128544    2978231    2640144    -11.35   7008761    6069243    5748836    5790457     -17.38    4.97

     _EC12      6551578   5869218    2788266    2597880     -6.83   6747696    5881732    5633249    5678832     -15.84    4.88

     _W HEMI    5677145   5063374    2350783    1317255    -43.97   6064749    4521074    4393090    4029846     -33.55    3.46

     _ASEAN     1960385   2531037     931738    1896802    103.58   2331304    3142747    3328375    3496101      49.96    3.00