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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 863:  TOWELS, SILK / VEG. BLENDS
                                         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       5.094      6.020      2.352      3.061     30.17     5.703      6.501      6.674      6.729      17.99  100.00

     CHINA P     3.597      4.701      1.776      2.519     41.86     4.293      5.235      5.439      5.444      26.81   80.91

     VIETNAM     0.331      0.300      0.125      0.025    -79.65     0.360      0.245      0.208      0.201     -44.08    2.99

     HG KONG     0.223      0.092      0.078      0.068    -12.71     0.262      0.071      0.082      0.082     -68.55    1.22

     PAKISTN     0.023      0.048      0.047      0.026    -45.76     0.070      0.028      0.026      0.026     -62.99    0.39

     BNGLDSH     0.218      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.018      0.018      0.018        *      0.26


     _WTO        5.086      5.992      2.347      3.055     30.18     5.696      6.475      6.649      6.701      17.63   99.57

     _OECD       0.523      0.521      0.207      0.317     53.28     0.498      0.588      0.568      0.631      26.62    9.38

     _ASEAN      0.352      0.307      0.126      0.027    -78.76     0.379      0.252      0.215      0.207     -45.35    3.08