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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 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      32.626     51.785     19.699     19.969      1.37    40.937     53.349     53.297     52.055      27.16  100.00

     CHINA P    15.997     31.846     11.030     12.095      9.65    22.986     33.162     33.727     32.911      43.18   63.22

     KOR REP     3.658      4.297      1.506      1.651      9.61     3.347      4.621      4.323      4.442      32.70    8.53

     INDIA       1.478      3.299      1.393      2.021     45.07     2.290      3.946      4.084      3.927      71.50    7.54

     PAKISTN     1.380      1.377      0.539      0.652     21.02     1.192      1.486      1.673      1.490      25.00    2.86

     MEXICO      0.322      0.687      0.208      0.217      4.46     0.375      0.699      0.614      0.696      85.54    1.34

     CANADA      4.283      1.951      1.528      0.005    -99.66     3.837      0.911      0.592      0.428     -88.85    0.82


     _WTO       32.626     51.785     19.698     19.969      1.37    40.936     53.349     53.297     52.055      27.16  100.00

     _OECD      10.685     10.681      4.823      3.153    -34.63    10.834      9.876      9.194      9.011     -16.83   17.31

     _EU15       2.323      3.840      1.608      1.284    -20.11     3.218      3.733      3.668      3.517       9.30    6.76

     _EC12       1.676      2.508      1.120      0.983    -12.21     2.157      2.413      2.322      2.371       9.94    4.55

     _W HEMI     5.224      3.408      2.045      0.814    -60.18     4.890      2.830      2.272      2.177     -55.47    4.18

     _CBI        0.543      0.751      0.300      0.592     97.30     0.597      1.209      1.056      1.043      74.80    2.00

     _CAFTA      0.543      0.751      0.300      0.592     97.30     0.597      1.209      1.056      1.043      74.80    2.00