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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 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     161.014    177.837     71.644     72.596      1.33   170.392    178.652    178.343    178.789       4.93  100.00

     CHINA P    43.365     44.950     18.397     18.003     -2.14    45.603     45.633     45.682     44.556      -2.30   24.92

     ITALY      27.538     29.368     11.567     12.890     11.44    28.026     29.686     29.940     30.691       9.51   17.17

     INDIA       7.781     12.312      4.777      5.736     20.07     9.945     13.131     13.123     13.271      33.44    7.42

     PAKISTN    11.618     12.427      4.770      3.791    -20.52    11.619     11.960     11.543     11.449      -1.46    6.40

     TURKEY      4.253      7.596      1.541      4.610    199.20     4.188      9.225      9.403     10.666     154.70    5.97

     FRANCE      7.499      8.413      3.531      2.943    -16.66     8.285      8.390      7.963      7.825      -5.56    4.38

     KOR REP     6.811      7.843      3.554      3.284     -7.58     7.553      7.348      7.617      7.574       0.28    4.24

     CANADA      9.914      8.965      4.545      3.119    -31.39    10.661      8.101      7.813      7.539     -29.29    4.22

     CHINA T     6.323      5.915      2.487      2.209    -11.18     6.390      5.760      5.829      5.637     -11.79    3.15

     MEXICO      3.550      3.725      1.379      1.544     11.98     3.431      3.860      4.095      3.890      13.38    2.18

     SPAIN       2.652      3.112      1.675      1.914     14.25     2.713      3.577      3.728      3.351      23.52    1.87

     S ARAB      0.001      1.137      0.000      1.419  519697.4     0.002      2.042      2.277      2.556   161344.3    1.43

     ARAB EM     2.141      1.331      0.396      0.733     84.98     1.369      1.118      1.407      1.667      21.81    0.93

     INDNSIA     0.909      0.962      0.351      0.580     65.33     1.001      1.074      1.153      1.191      18.94    0.67

     ISRAEL      1.681      0.858      0.479      0.396    -17.32     1.578      0.822      0.569      0.775     -50.90    0.43

     BAHRAIN     1.076      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       0.850      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      160.551    177.686     71.634     72.382      1.05   169.970    178.413    178.103    178.435       4.98   99.80

     _OECD      74.212     85.552     35.021     34.969     -0.15    79.553     84.729     84.484     85.501       7.48   47.82

     _EU15      51.197     59.146     24.778     23.029     -7.05    55.286     57.874     57.274     57.398       3.82   32.10

     _EC12      49.826     57.280     23.598     22.667     -3.95    53.505     56.376     56.174     56.348       5.31   31.52

     _W HEMI    15.867     15.080      7.034      5.217    -25.84    16.815     14.128     13.898     13.262     -21.13    7.42

     _ASEAN      2.599      3.241      1.419      1.350     -4.82     3.171      3.430      3.366      3.173       0.06    1.77