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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 229:  SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
                                             Data in Kg., 13.60 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    181082526 180343637   40995780   42749328      4.28 177461107  182281161  182799914  182097185       2.61  100.00

     VIETNAM   54761287  42767455    8057727   13457653     67.02  50616571   45084765   46813991   48167381      -4.84   26.45

     CHINA P   32762402  42811470    9038512    9392899      3.92  35897282   43314755   43656866   43165857      20.25   23.70

     KOR REP   21228196  21911435    4855124    3817018    -21.38  20599308   21579454   21283609   20873329       1.33   11.46

     CANADA    20888995  20747088    6277599    4444145    -29.21  21274704   20290460   19459588   18913634     -11.10   10.39

     CHINA T   12246291  14076143    2868862    2497979    -12.93  12369237   13803352   13860022   13705260      10.80    7.53

     MEXICO    11294728   9647331    2699373    1936932    -28.25  11013650    9455282    9111106    8884890     -19.33    4.88

     ISRAEL     8133469   6058671    1444128    2021614     39.99   5141441    6604551    6803003    6636157      29.07    3.64

     JAPAN      4498673   5940179    1562810    1417915     -9.27   4849487    5988406    5905632    5795284      19.50    3.18

     INDIA      2803283   3174271     656788     629372     -4.17   2788224    3122538    3191582    3146855      12.86    1.73

     GERMANY    1768060   1875885     515087     451382    -12.37   1877910    1925340    1774358    1812180      -3.50    1.00

     U KING      633806   1069228     197531     146647    -25.76    704619    1127046    1079397    1018344      44.52    0.56

     THAILND     657748    881837     188456     304234     61.44    755240     953140     986644     997615      32.09    0.55

     ITALY       877903    727981     165153     319815     93.65    762094     747087     794204     882643      15.82    0.48

     SPAIN       657796    847686     275001     234780    -14.63    744187     796670     823659     807465       8.50    0.44

     PORTUGL    1056398    934533     320174     175866    -45.07    906518     885985     842202     790225     -12.83    0.43

     NETHLDS     736625    874533     207325     112284    -45.84    802793     831558     819161     779492      -2.90    0.43

     ARAB EM      60110    685650     212844     184316    -13.40    272954     701396     615632     657122     140.74    0.36

     N ZEAL      518817    706564     199195     145068    -27.17    605047     676937     664455     652437       7.83    0.36

     TURKEY     1083177    767637     248981     123778    -50.29   1177369     646358     649799     642434     -45.43    0.35

     SWITZLD     453018    397040     118828     137360     15.60    453573     397096     398011     415572      -8.38    0.23

     INDNSIA     514474    340909      79292     103217     30.17    453314     339715     343354     364834     -19.52    0.20

     PERU        281725    341942     102143     106678      4.44    319224     338911     323029     346477       8.54    0.19

     CAMBOD      341891    359127      61066      40998    -32.86    350297     329625     321298     339059      -3.21    0.19

     FRANCE      325705    334368      88377      68245    -22.78    339430     327008     323888     314236      -7.42    0.17

     AUSTRAL      64583    191278      28180      47538     68.69     89958     203965     206765     210636     134.15    0.12

     CZECH        77947    125093      20535      95747    366.26     78638     142908     164237     200305     154.72    0.11

     BELGIUM     200231    188780      50978      45155    -11.42    200034     180233     179855     182957      -8.54    0.10

     EGYPT         3854    184347      85342      69194    -18.92     88573     144826     118676     168199      89.90    0.09

     PAKISTN     110980    135417      29913      32672      9.22    129624     145923     139632     138176       6.60    0.08

     LUXMBRG     304384    145248      23436       6314    -73.06    178234     147908     143403     128126     -28.11    0.07

     BRAZIL      243340    122579      19091      19660      2.98    240901     128405     139021     123148     -48.88    0.07

     PHIL R      108560     94994      16153      25933     60.55    105393      89212      99283     104774      -0.59    0.06

     SLOVAK       36697     98917      20840      18734    -10.11     46277      93832     101966      96811     109.20    0.05

     NORWAY       74366     95678      45750      23487    -48.66     88217      89399      84970      73415     -16.78    0.04

     MALAYSA     198574    119835      59324      11139    -81.22    224237      94856      86930      71650     -68.05    0.04

     AUSTRIA      56542     76016      24859      10706    -56.93     64579      74502      67030      61863      -4.21    0.03

     HG KONG     101012     65509      14838       7946    -46.45     90427      63388      61980      58617     -35.18    0.03

     SALVADR      60949     63504      26095       9696    -62.84     79090      62392      43918      47105     -40.44    0.03

     ARGENT      343636        29          0         42       *      343636         29         71         71     -99.98    0.00


     _WTO     181080026 180340998   40994388   42749328      4.28 177457589  182278548  182798647  182095938       2.61  100.00

     _ASEAN    56587469  44566198    8463827   13943310     64.74  52510019   46891545   48651732   50045681      -4.69   27.48

     _OECD     51104759  52144278   13679275   10421107    -23.82  51030760   51199960   49881753   48886110      -4.20   26.85

     _W HEMI   33209582  31054757    9177587    6530454    -28.84  33397372   30388313   29167202   28407624     -14.94   15.60

     _NAFTA    32183723  30394419    8976972    6381077    -28.92  32288354   29745742   28570694   27798524     -13.91   15.27

     _EU        6839803   7424468    1929788    1705366    -11.63   6800781    7410185    7234452    7200046       5.87    3.95

     _CAFTA       99676    124129      30115      20926    -30.51    115555     123608     109642     114940      -0.53    0.06