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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2013
   Country      2011       2012       3/2012     3/2013  % Change    3/2012     1/2013     2/2013     3/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     19059605  19029287    4193462    4805128     14.59  18867502   19045403   19290172   19640953       4.10  100.00

     CHINA P    4344322   5424763     918600    1539207     67.56   4394445    5562477    5824722    6045370      37.57   30.78

     TURKEY     5221186   5100404    1182341    1253969      6.06   5234387    5056094    5151567    5172032      -1.19   26.33

     CANADA     3010563   3020583     657465     668831      1.73   3042176    2935476    2940500    3031949      -0.34   15.44

     MEXICO     2525704   1679787     439423     448567      2.08   2227690    1689933    1678977    1688931     -24.18    8.60

     THAILND    1034612    741305     194303     254940     31.21    958358     757040     789174     801942     -16.32    4.08

     INDIA       594704    662095     178170     166514     -6.54    633138     674672     615791     650439       2.73    3.31

     GERMANY     405796    411520      75808      84106     10.95    395381     412957     419352     419818       6.18    2.14

     HONDURA     165355    232787      29955      41936     40.00    147996     232787     234759     244768      65.39    1.25

     EGYPT       408894    313157     101687      13693    -86.53    379099     278793     260221     225163     -40.61    1.15

     ITALY       178313    194793      52223      57734     10.55    180401     203439     201557     200304      11.03    1.02

     CHINA T     120363    228605     106330      21185    -80.08    195097     224611     145962     143460     -26.47    0.73

     FRANCE      112415    139988      40244      37896     -5.83    123582     135306     136842     137640      11.38    0.70

     SPAIN       118014    150817      49569      18684    -62.31    149050     137733     136525     119932     -19.54    0.61

     KOR REP     154154     19561       2775      25585    821.98    135518      39926      41898      42371     -68.73    0.22


     _WTO      19053565  19028636    4193462    4804119     14.56  18866687   19044475   19288980   19639293       4.10   99.99

     _OECD      9364444   9252830    2114293    2182795      3.24   9439138    9117481    9227109    9321332      -1.25   47.46

     _W HEMI    5839760   5102050    1167245    1207181      3.42   5556754    5021444    5022614    5141986      -7.46   26.18

     _NAFTA     5536267   4700370    1096888    1117398      1.87   5269866    4625409    4619477    4720880     -10.42   24.04

     _EU         992144   1110260     270624     234130    -13.49   1034673    1084503    1091566    1073766       3.78    5.47

     _ASEAN     1166536    838617     224647     295284     31.44   1097596     858378     894423     909254     -17.16    4.63

     _CAFTA      170373    251950      32971      42029     27.47    155973     251589     251816     261008      67.34    1.33