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                                          |                                     |                              December 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category, 10/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 369-D :  --DISH TOWELS
                                           Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 10/2012
   Country      2010       2011      10/2011    10/2012  % Change   10/2011     8/2012     9/2012    10/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD    20019131   16153247   13623889   14579631      7.02  16913425   16534571   16782923   17108989       1.16  100.00

     CHINA P   9037918    6174701    5002171    5986399     19.68   6450496    6949117    6884451    7158929      10.98   41.84

     PAKISTN   3670391    4232523    3649940    3743276      2.56   4291465    4156469    4197700    4325859       0.80   25.28

     INDIA     4485528    3704759    3172867    2874359     -9.41   3952966    3240665    3495521    3406251     -13.83   19.91

     BNGLDSH   1867469    1101620     972350    1137307     16.96   1218557    1194440    1227578    1266577       3.94    7.40

     TURKEY     684508     552989     483643     676635     39.90    592588     723280     711565     745981      25.89    4.36

     EGYPT       64278     114070     103877      77186    -25.69    103877     101908     115575      87379     -15.88    0.51

     THAILND    125537     204650     177348      21692    -87.77    224663      93139      78825      48994     -78.19    0.29

     ITALY        2260       8168       6316      14453    128.83      7398      18378      18184      16305     120.40    0.10

     GUATMAL         0          0          0      15435       *           0      15435      15435      15435        *      0.09

     PORTUGL     25613      12150      10818      13487     24.67     18011      16467      15998      14819     -17.72    0.09

     VIETNAM     15463       9640       9042       2955    -67.32     14003       4411       3971       3553     -74.63    0.02

     BRAZIL       8653      13418      13418       1538    -88.54     15218       4595       1538       1538     -89.89    0.01

     RUSSIA          0      13292      13292          0   -100.00     13292          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     20019123   16153228   13623889   14579631      7.02  16913425   16534552   16782904   17108970       1.16  100.00

     _OECD      735191     582109     507479     713575     40.61    626530     769047     756853     788205      25.80    4.61

     _ASEAN     141678     214290     186390      25155    -86.50    238666      98019      83304      53055     -77.77    0.31

     _EU15       42318      27729      22814      33751     47.94     32860      43098      42100      38666      17.67    0.23

     _EU12       42078      27231      22705      33642     48.17     32751      42637      41580      38168      16.54    0.22

     _W HEMI     20239      14187      13930      20762     49.05     15740      24093      21037      21019      33.54    0.12

     _CAFTA-D        0          4          4      15459  386375.0         4      15459      15459      15459   386375.0    0.09

     _CBI            0          4          4      15459  386375.0         4      15459      15459      15459   386375.0    0.09