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                                          |                                     |                                   May 2, 2013
                                          |        US EXPORT MARKETS            |
                                          |       By Group,  3/2013 Data        |
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                                           Group:  Cordage, Rope, Twine, and Netting        
                                                    Data in thousand dollars

                             Calendar Years                  Year-to-Date                    Year-Endings          YE  3/2013
 Country         2009       2010       2011       2012     3/2012    3/2013   % Change     3/2012     3/2013   % Change % Share

 World          143956     171717     180734     186522     44048     47252      7.27      178973     189727       6.01  100.00

 Mexico          36614      41131      41395      50464     11504     10351    -10.02       43568      49312      13.18   25.99

 Canada          39891      43898      44966      45554     10632     11151      4.88       45342      46073       1.61   24.28

 Australia        3516       4855       5588       8410      1814      4041    122.75        5597      10637      90.04    5.61

 United Kingd     3918       5697       5651       5728      1705      2860     67.74        6350       6883       8.40    3.63

 Singapore        4246       4300       2797       6718      1066       639    -40.05        3402       6291      84.93    3.32

 Hong Kong        3980       4452       6707       5402      1564      1404    -10.21        6296       5243     -16.73    2.76

 Netherlands      2732       2189       5274       3081       253      1156    357.52        3593       3984      10.90    2.10

 Brazil           1919       5115       4651       3960      1323      1340      1.29        5517       3977     -27.90    2.10

 Japan            3667       4715       4926       3868      1250      1025    -17.98        4487       3643     -18.81    1.92

 Colombia         1940       2787       3391       4296      1250       580    -53.57        3719       3626      -2.48    1.91

 China            2931       5073       4339       3123       546       972     78.14        3742       3549      -5.16    1.87

 Dominican Re      859        503       2129       3248       648       625     -3.53        2567       3225      25.61    1.70

 Korea, South     2904       5652       7159       3590      1111       712    -35.89        6582       3192     -51.51    1.68

 Germany          1886       2227       2122       2332       447       397    -11.25        1844       2282      23.76    1.20

 United Arab      1466       1302        993       2144       154       196     27.56         961       2186     127.39    1.15

 Equatorial G      854        263       1641       2098        45        32    -27.73        1674       2086      24.60    1.10

 France            981       2547       2247       1828       453       660     45.53        2039       2035      -0.21    1.07

 _W HEMI        181963     211350     110193     118165     27890     27565     -1.17      111827     117839       5.38   62.11

 _NAFTA          76506      85029      86361      96018     22136     21502     -2.86       88910      95385       7.28   50.27

 _OECD           66935      78340      84566      79893     19857     24116     21.45       82249      84152       2.31   44.35

 _EU             16308      21820      23672      20639      5819      7415     27.42       22023      22235       0.96   11.72

 _SAMERICA       15945      12754      15117      13473      3830      3465     -9.52       14401      13108      -8.98    6.91

 _ASEAN           5052       5919       4544       8987      1791      1437    -19.76        5314       8633      62.46    4.55

 _CAFTA-DR        2630       3601       5334       5460      1148      1578     37.46        5327       5890      10.58    3.10

 _SUB-SAHARA      2711       2569       2677       4179       731       254    -65.24        3119       3702      18.69    1.95

 _CBI             3301       3890       3554       2928       759       958     26.16        3138       3127      -0.37    1.65