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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     110.570    124.865     54.086     50.231     -7.13   122.988    122.754    122.068    121.011      -1.61  100.00

     ITALY      33.548     33.181     15.078     12.329    -18.23    37.855     32.108     31.467     30.432     -19.61   25.15

     CHINA P    20.873     22.859      9.186      9.709      5.70    21.392     22.935     23.251     23.382       9.30   19.32

     TURKEY     13.628     18.132      8.626      4.694    -45.58    15.346     16.107     14.705     14.200      -7.47   11.73

     INDIA       9.242     13.136      5.152      4.897     -4.96    10.807     13.379     13.237     12.881      19.19   10.64

     MEXICO      3.875      6.067      2.196      3.651     66.24     5.061      6.202      6.848      7.522      48.64    6.22

     JAPAN       5.212      5.544      2.804      4.043     44.18     6.171      6.524      6.322      6.782       9.90    5.60

     CHINA T     3.729      4.012      1.688      1.624     -3.78     3.917      4.111      4.161      3.948       0.81    3.26

     PAKISTN     2.027      2.108      0.686      1.478    115.56     1.853      2.391      2.794      2.900      56.50    2.40

     THAILND     1.088      2.191      1.110      0.422    -61.99     1.736      1.733      1.786      1.503     -13.44    1.24

     GUATMAL     0.100      0.087      0.045      0.145    221.65     0.105      0.085      0.101      0.187      77.77    0.15


     _WTO      110.542    124.827     54.086     50.211     -7.16   122.973    122.698    122.011    120.952      -1.64   99.95

     _OECD      61.246     65.706     29.966     23.071    -23.01    68.518     62.261     60.388     58.810     -14.17   48.60

     _EU15      45.091     45.042     20.216     17.384    -14.01    50.440     43.753     43.275     42.210     -16.32   34.88

     _EC12      44.402     44.592     20.038     16.587    -17.22    49.835     42.990     42.383     41.141     -17.45   34.00

     _W HEMI     5.968      8.317      3.196      4.484     40.33     7.571      8.256      8.917      9.606      26.88    7.94

     _ASEAN      1.221      2.276      1.165      0.668    -42.67     1.837      1.993      2.046      1.779      -3.18    1.47

     _CBI        0.146      0.129      0.054      0.146    171.43     0.153      0.119      0.136      0.221      44.45    0.18

     _CAFTA      0.146      0.117      0.053      0.145    175.31     0.152      0.107      0.123      0.209      37.54    0.17