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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                             Data in Nos,  0.40 M2 per Nos. 

                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     13795761  11949119    5279743    7543792     42.88  13149520   13035592   13699224   14213168       8.09  100.00

     CHINA P    9332381   9779871    4080035    7083228     73.61  10845783   11574514   12277831   12783064      17.86   89.94

     VIETNAM     729319    819403     359857      30898    -91.41    743649     578483     497902     490444     -34.05    3.45

     BNGLDSH    2674940    265000          0          0       *           0     265000     265000     265000        *      1.86

     HG KONG     326448    145373     104938     114248      8.87    370274      88635     154683     154683     -58.22    1.09

     PAKISTN     200420    580700     577200     143858    -75.08    777620     154558     147358     147358     -81.05    1.04


     _WTO      13787697  11936243    5278015    7542162     42.90  13145776   13024098   13687730   14200390       8.02   99.91

     _ASEAN      732966    820754     360178      31231    -91.33    747051     580101     499520     491807     -34.17    3.46

     _OECD       376306    258150     130605     131546      0.72    354463     269729     243439     259091     -26.91    1.82