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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 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     68046550  66976503   21025233   19347605     -7.98  69332742   67199993   66023053   65298875      -5.82  100.00

     MEXICO    19022518  18484860    4588268    4970185      8.32  18701734   18655508   18819058   18866777       0.88   28.89

     CHINA T   17857439  16199347    5327221    2084567    -60.87  19682398   15555705   14143199   12956693     -34.17   19.84

     PORTUGL    6513739   7985094    4449158    5995204     34.75   7247211    8805820    9324797    9531140      31.51   14.60

     CHINA P    5225193   6097872    1180983    1308930     10.83   5600402    6103847    6224144    6225819      11.17    9.53

     INDIA      1866344   2498608     497509     711099     42.93   1850694    2596236    2572336    2712198      46.55    4.15

     CANADA     2233685   2068554     593357     311414    -47.52   2164339    1935778    1818558    1786611     -17.45    2.74

     VIETNAM    1739119   1949375     562969     380451    -32.42   1762170    1913374    1818020    1766857       0.27    2.71

     KOR REP    1440255   1304059     282731     233475    -17.42   1466730    1260046    1265508    1254803     -14.45    1.92

     GUATMAL     471989   1254039     437519     373729    -14.58    743062    1234385    1159430    1190249      60.18    1.82

     JAPAN       804067   1047569     231104     191053    -17.33    861460    1031711    1022885    1007518      16.95    1.54

     PHIL R      117003    864511     195785     255305     30.40    311867     908002     895374     924031     196.29    1.42

     INDNSIA     215524    424721      20310     462568   2177.54    128145     606779     741201     866979     576.56    1.33

     N ZEAL      711063    609679     143569     345972    140.98    603587     718998     739849     812082      34.54    1.24

     THAILND    1268025    977120     291281     120600    -58.60   1287617     952962     887973     806439     -37.37    1.23

     C RICA     1915502   1329351    1014861     436376    -57.00   1765283    1047813     697690     750866     -57.46    1.15

     FRANCE      546924    626409     113256     184285     62.72    505906     629634     646641     697438      37.86    1.07

     ITALY       594715    654270     160859     156399     -2.77    604623     648051     674059     649810       7.47    1.00

     TURKEY      890472    464550     143216     129556     -9.54    775761     446028     459240     450890     -41.88    0.69

     COLOMB      323778    373444     101692      67917    -33.21    348945     373908     357648     339669      -2.66    0.52

     ISRAEL      223362    255808     155610     159652      2.60    259272     295708     259848     259850       0.22    0.40

     CZECH       323900    262796      95778      38304    -60.01    342445     239969     211986     205322     -40.04    0.31

     AUSTRAL     151376    121033     101956     171214     67.93    141726     140423     158863     190291      34.27    0.29

     HONDURA      91762    109811      14855      53213    258.22     90046     113898     147544     148169      64.55    0.23

     ROMANIA     108500    170248      45565      23440    -48.56    135328     162490     142752     148123       9.45    0.23

     GERMANY     196051    179028      82319      14289    -82.64    201925     176641     170941     110998     -45.03    0.17

     LATVIA      142843    120644      47931      23328    -51.33    153638      97735     111563      96041     -37.49    0.15

     NETHLDS     178763     76560      17057      20067     17.65    169423      81267      81968      79570     -53.03    0.12

     ARAB EM    2490808     28847      27585       5155    -81.31   1015586      10248       6417       6417     -99.37    0.01


     _WTO      68045732  66976503   21025233   19347605     -7.98  69331924   67199993   66023053   65298875      -5.82  100.00

     _W HEMI   24189794  23761783    6793989    6233718     -8.25  23963000   23482399   23117340   23201512      -3.18   35.53

     _NAFTA    21256203  20553414    5181625    5281599      1.93  20866073   20591286   20637616   20653388      -1.02   31.63

     _OECD     13975655  14548248    6222907    7679916     23.41  14429526   15330595   15799200   16005257      10.92   24.51

     _EU        8780419  10277222    5056672    6535644     29.25   9546221   11088285   11614062   11756194      23.15   18.00

     _ASEAN     3367071   4247655    1077717    1220544     13.25   3515793    4408968    4368799    4390482      24.88    6.72

     _CAFTA     2479503   2694999    1468933     863318    -41.23   2600279    2397894    2006462    2089384     -19.65    3.20