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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 361:  COTTON SHEETS
                                         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    1455.857   1402.436    488.062    530.807      8.76  1396.237   1423.516   1426.999   1445.181       3.51  100.00

     INDIA     471.580    530.817    173.371    250.509     44.49   461.989    572.821    585.383    607.955      31.60   42.07

     PAKISTN   314.605    318.500    109.830    107.423     -2.19   297.500    313.728    316.338    316.092       6.25   21.87

     CHINA P   437.600    328.735    129.401    113.914    -11.97   397.496    315.590    313.430    313.249     -21.19   21.68

     BAHRAIN    41.055     62.149     28.022     22.633    -19.23    51.658     62.448     57.289     56.759       9.87    3.93

     PORTUGL    45.201     36.934     11.626      9.025    -22.37    47.270     36.450     34.879     34.332     -27.37    2.38

     TURKEY     45.454     34.917      2.183      0.403    -81.55    47.226     34.219     34.060     33.137     -29.83    2.29

     ITALY      14.628     14.068      5.478      5.875      7.25    14.840     14.357     14.513     14.465      -2.53    1.00

     THAILND    21.455     18.239      6.930      2.811    -59.44    17.941     17.037     15.764     14.120     -21.30    0.98

     TURKMEN    10.022     11.218      0.409      1.502    267.05     9.715     11.218     11.218     12.310      26.71    0.85

     ISRAEL      8.884      8.568      2.847      4.442     56.02     7.744      9.996     10.075     10.163      31.24    0.70

     CAMBOD      7.913     10.770      4.865      4.150    -14.69     9.195     10.733     10.521     10.056       9.37    0.70

     EGYPT      10.346      8.941      4.263      2.583    -39.42     9.778      7.744      7.206      7.261     -25.75    0.50

     MEXICO      6.597      4.063      2.062      2.078      0.79     5.492      3.986      3.901      4.079     -25.71    0.28

     BNGLDSH     2.697      4.509      1.695      0.904    -46.63     3.367      4.479      4.376      3.719      10.47    0.26

     INDNSIA     0.358      2.260      1.006      0.358    -64.38     1.355      1.931      1.640      1.612      18.96    0.11

     ARAB EM     1.073      2.062      1.215      0.517    -57.44     2.082      1.647      1.576      1.364     -34.48    0.09

     GERMANY     1.383      1.166      0.294      0.169    -42.48     1.543      1.007      1.031      1.041     -32.54    0.07

     VIETNAM     3.923      1.579      1.363      0.022    -98.40     3.360      0.864      0.610      0.238     -92.91    0.02

     BRAZIL      6.815      0.026      0.000      0.000   -100.00     3.991      0.025      0.025      0.025     -99.37    0.00


     _WTO     1445.832   1391.219    487.653    529.305      8.54  1386.521   1412.298   1415.781   1432.871       3.34   99.15

     _OECD     108.980     89.289     20.539     16.628    -19.04   113.022     88.609     86.982     85.379     -24.46    5.91

     _EU15      63.151     54.039     18.181     15.856    -12.79    65.444     53.837     52.384     51.713     -20.98    3.58

     _EC12      63.124     53.988     18.160     15.845    -12.75    65.407     53.798     52.348     51.674     -21.00    3.58

     _ASEAN     33.935     33.307     14.287      7.451    -47.85    32.152     31.033     28.980     26.471     -17.67    1.83

     _W HEMI    13.579      4.229      2.136      2.139      0.11     9.672      4.120      4.033      4.231     -56.25    0.29