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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 226:  CHEESECLOTH, BATISTES, LAWNS/VOILE
                                             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     63304746 138180865   48710165   66973928     37.49  92968391  153596761  157578888  156444628      68.28  100.00

     CHINA P   42006332 116691702   37786166   56852577     50.46  70533897  131616251  136478897  135758113      92.47   86.78

     INDIA      5244445   9565234    4296017    5837140     35.87   7225195   11217922   11438086   11106357      53.72    7.10

     KOR REP    2592452   2292891     868689     901665      3.80   2107527    2401676    2230833    2325867      10.36    1.49

     PAKISTN    2521619   1500560     485119     895517     84.60   1715853    1813480    2058761    1910958      11.37    1.22

     MEXICO     1005895   1490371     546850     539946     -1.26   1028583    1654583    1349885    1483467      44.22    0.95

     CANADA     7808980   2775531    2354136       1381    -99.94   6575011    1055203     594240     422776     -93.57    0.27


     _WTO      63303250 138180848   48710148   66973928     37.49  92966878  153596761  157578888  156444628      68.28  100.00

     _OECD     10859128   6394192    4174017    1390424    -66.69   9965375    4297530    3636531    3610599     -63.77    2.31

     _W HEMI    9552693   4915264    3238359    1270227    -60.78   8491741    3987374    3118284    2947132     -65.29    1.88

     _CBI        642281    640979     334578     728900    117.86    791633    1272000    1168571    1035301      30.78    0.66

     _CAFTA      642281    640979     334578     728900    117.86    791633    1272000    1168571    1035301      30.78    0.66

     _EU15       386923   1230757     916919     461983    -49.62   1207299     753038     724132     775821     -35.74    0.50

     _EC12       308450   1090197     861025     432048    -49.82   1081482     614624     583588     661220     -38.86    0.42