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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 363:  COTTON TERRY / OTHER PILE TOWELS
                                         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    1406.419   1427.754    622.782    662.355      6.35  1427.106   1450.842   1457.865   1467.328       2.82  100.00

     INDIA     429.228    494.176    187.104    234.172     25.16   441.397    521.771    529.855    541.244      22.62   36.89

     CHINA P   375.926    354.612    185.854    203.188      9.33   385.941    364.105    370.571    371.945      -3.63   25.35

     PAKISTN   319.063    348.014    140.656    129.751     -7.75   328.602    345.708    340.327    337.109       2.59   22.97

     BNGLDSH    46.457     60.643     26.456     23.131    -12.57    58.116     59.178     58.391     57.318      -1.37    3.91

     TURKEY     43.264     46.086     20.817     20.827      0.05    43.216     43.754     44.814     46.096       6.66    3.14

     COLOMB     17.462     22.554      8.856      6.546    -26.08    21.162     21.005     20.956     20.244      -4.34    1.38

     ISRAEL     26.969     21.810     11.606      5.572    -51.99    26.878     19.381     17.400     15.777     -41.30    1.08

     EGYPT      17.695     15.896     10.549      7.246    -31.31    17.026     13.949     12.525     12.593     -26.04    0.86

     CANADA      8.859      9.245      4.218      5.661     34.22     9.634      9.352     10.120     10.688      10.94    0.73

     THAILND    18.665     11.553      5.052      4.183    -17.21    16.742     10.314      9.847     10.683     -36.19    0.73

     JORDAN      2.109      5.464      1.691      5.614    231.92     3.797      7.768      8.618      9.386     147.19    0.64

     SALVADR     9.080      8.724      6.180      4.548    -26.42    10.467      7.708      6.762      7.091     -32.25    0.48

     BRAZIL     70.103      7.965      4.700      3.439    -26.82    43.646      6.636      6.662      6.704     -84.64    0.46

     VIETNAM     6.510      5.591      3.442      1.264    -63.27     6.460      4.381      3.955      3.414     -47.16    0.23


     _WTO     1406.382   1427.683    622.737    662.243      6.34  1427.034   1450.812   1457.832   1467.189       2.81   99.99

     _OECD      61.377     65.087     28.816     30.946      7.39    61.771     63.064     65.724     67.217       8.82    4.58

     _W HEMI   110.032     52.945     25.264     21.902    -13.31    88.613     49.378     49.288     49.582     -44.05    3.38

     _ANDEAN    17.871     23.074      9.008      6.991    -22.40    21.541     21.586     21.657     21.057      -2.25    1.44

     _ASEAN     25.613     17.738      8.760      5.449    -37.80    23.903     15.094     14.131     14.427     -39.65    0.98

     _CBI        9.623      9.860      6.424      5.018    -21.89    11.050      9.143      8.109      8.454     -23.49    0.58

     _CAFTA      9.604      9.842      6.407      5.018    -21.68    11.014      9.125      8.108      8.454     -23.25    0.58