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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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   33474.055  34474.356   7691.075   8098.524      5.30 33696.318  34599.768  35090.490  34881.806       3.52  100.00

     CHINA P 17898.315  18627.968   3800.352   4010.484      5.53 18101.157  18646.605  19065.310  18838.100       4.07   54.01

     VIETNAM  1973.108   1981.895    443.489    559.844     26.24  1980.919   2028.687   2083.552   2098.250       5.92    6.02

     MEXICO   1801.357   1749.053    433.825    410.285     -5.43  1796.996   1753.625   1745.034   1725.513      -3.98    4.95

     INDIA    1355.362   1456.617    380.361    373.591     -1.78  1424.375   1448.253   1433.894   1449.847       1.79    4.16

     KOR REP  1126.284   1183.816    294.504    279.242     -5.18  1142.509   1187.276   1179.876   1168.554       2.28    3.35

     CANADA   1199.779   1110.172    298.661    265.126    -11.23  1178.772   1107.583   1092.409   1076.636      -8.66    3.09

     INDNSIA   990.678    999.846    269.344    278.955      3.57   991.765   1004.309   1008.017   1009.457       1.78    2.89

     CHINA T   721.061    765.458    190.382    158.433    -16.78   742.674    757.812    750.780    733.508      -1.23    2.10

     CAMBOD    520.556    554.234    137.997    156.525     13.43   552.284    559.370    566.277    572.762       3.71    1.64

     BNGLDSH   541.180    502.890    140.073    154.076     10.00   507.343    509.845    517.068    516.893       1.88    1.48

     TURKEY    461.156    489.276    109.763    129.266     17.77   468.217    497.367    502.427    508.779       8.66    1.46

     HONDURA   395.085    459.683     87.650     94.231      7.51   397.235    462.749    462.902    466.264      17.38    1.34

     ISRAEL    348.443    320.050     66.128     91.737     38.73   294.342    330.201    338.119    345.659      17.43    0.99

     GERMANY   301.635    293.813     69.324     84.440     21.80   290.506    301.321    308.361    308.929       6.34    0.89

     PAKISTN   261.910    301.393     76.338     69.701     -8.69   284.416    296.317    298.273    294.756       3.64    0.85

     SALVADR   268.669    277.006     70.067     70.807      1.06   278.002    275.328    277.868    277.747      -0.09    0.80

     THAILND   282.836    249.470     58.948     70.038     18.81   268.033    253.877    257.055    260.559      -2.79    0.75

     JAPAN     214.596    247.880     61.505     54.271    -11.76   224.664    248.898    244.213    240.646       7.11    0.69

     PHIL R    255.284    226.534     58.077     53.376     -8.09   252.370    225.074    221.875    221.833     -12.10    0.64

     FRANCE    144.628    178.770     38.529     49.789     29.22   146.996    182.421    186.464    190.029      29.28    0.54

     NICARAG   149.238    176.772     39.246     42.762      8.96   153.362    179.869    181.274    180.288      17.56    0.52

     ITALY     167.476    168.173     35.541     43.676     22.89   161.177    169.435    176.814    176.308       9.39    0.51

     SRI LKA   136.844    153.024     39.700     45.436     14.45   139.697    154.439    157.090    158.760      13.65    0.46

     S ARAB    121.605    140.718     30.241     33.843     11.91   120.737    141.384    144.387    144.320      19.53    0.41

     EGYPT     136.299    138.665     36.796     39.689      7.86   138.739    137.685    137.041    141.559       2.03    0.41

     GUATMAL   143.931    140.892     35.463     35.192     -0.77   143.480    140.671    139.503    140.620      -1.99    0.40

     JORDAN    127.271    132.579     29.956     33.351     11.34   122.891    133.020    134.100    135.974      10.65    0.39

     DOM REP   120.472    119.431     26.667     27.172      1.90   122.977    120.186    119.754    119.937      -2.47    0.34

     MALAYSA   116.482    117.800     34.296     23.895    -30.33   128.528    116.777    113.267    107.398     -16.44    0.31

     ARAB EM    48.907     87.873     12.120     27.275    125.05    42.864     93.578     96.910    103.028     140.36    0.30

     PORTUGL    63.450     73.898     35.799     43.934     22.72    67.104     78.559     81.729     82.032      22.25    0.24

     LUXMBRG    70.472     75.102     19.303     24.855     28.76    60.169     77.312     83.142     80.655      34.05    0.23

     HAITI      65.101     68.876     12.075     18.568     53.78    63.374     71.771     72.933     75.370      18.93    0.22

     U KING     70.517     77.519     16.865     13.575    -19.51    70.127     77.928     78.146     74.229       5.85    0.21

     SPAIN      32.945     50.247     12.038     17.323     43.90    37.318     50.565     54.702     55.532      48.81    0.16

     POLAND     63.839     52.494     13.274     14.952     12.64    59.146     51.726     52.758     54.172      -8.41    0.16

     HG KONG    40.752     46.263      9.437     11.942     26.54    38.277     47.500     47.895     48.767      27.41    0.14

     BELGIUM    41.360     46.095      8.939     11.417     27.72    39.280     46.441     47.795     48.572      23.66    0.14

     LATVIA     35.841     45.208      9.084     11.309     24.50    37.040     46.326     49.509     47.434      28.06    0.14

     NETHLDS    40.670     42.751      8.251     12.773     54.79    37.960     44.125     45.930     47.272      24.53    0.14

     NORWAY      1.429     27.197      0.667     16.683   2399.85     1.598     27.099     27.026     43.212    2604.53    0.12

     COLOMB     26.315     35.639      7.727     11.965     54.84    27.257     35.936     37.861     39.876      46.30    0.11

     LESOTHO    30.220     33.039      7.358     11.991     62.98    31.081     36.099     36.532     37.672      21.21    0.11

     GREECE     43.835     42.170     12.576      6.953    -44.71    46.010     41.143     38.940     36.548     -20.57    0.10

     KENYA      23.949     25.579      4.778     14.244    198.13    23.887     28.861     32.491     35.045      46.71    0.10

     DENMARK    41.606     35.516      9.546      7.065    -26.00    42.634     36.346     34.245     33.034     -22.52    0.09

     CZECH      21.027     30.896      9.705      6.326    -34.81    23.420     30.137     29.110     27.518      17.50    0.08

     BRAZIL     47.150     25.795      8.887      8.137     -8.44    27.156     24.858     24.859     25.045      -7.77    0.07

     AUSTRAL    50.232     26.205      4.770      3.275    -31.34    44.680     25.934     26.308     24.710     -44.70    0.07

     MALTA      27.674     20.807      5.399      4.684    -13.25    25.583     21.380     19.967     20.092     -21.46    0.06

     PERU       16.717     17.816      4.210      4.982     18.34    17.073     17.731     18.084     18.588       8.87    0.05

     C RICA     26.566     20.488     10.152      5.980    -41.10    25.102     17.818     15.623     16.316     -35.00    0.05

     SLOVAK     15.230     12.396      1.058      3.057    188.96    11.567     13.688     13.765     14.395      24.45    0.04

     SWEDEN     11.682     12.902      2.668      3.803     42.57    12.631     13.215     13.523     14.038      11.14    0.04

     N ZEAL     12.213     11.744      3.231      4.185     29.52    12.014     12.064     12.066     12.698       5.70    0.04

     FINLAND    42.842     18.935      9.378      2.232    -76.20    37.732     16.468     11.115     11.789     -68.76    0.03

     HUNGARY     8.033     11.319      0.641      0.500    -21.91     8.156     11.027     10.952     11.179      37.05    0.03

     SWITZLD     9.817     10.160      3.123      2.969     -4.92    10.484      9.627      9.713     10.007      -4.55    0.03

     TNZANIA     7.032      8.921      2.323      2.448      5.35     8.573      8.886      9.064      9.045       5.50    0.03

     REP SAF    11.963      9.690      4.570      3.825    -16.31    11.794      7.994      9.066      8.945     -24.16    0.03

     SWAZLND    11.454      7.958      1.564      2.214     41.60     9.373      8.459      8.345      8.609      -8.15    0.02

     BAHRAIN     6.341      7.353      2.134      2.144      0.48     6.389      7.363      7.839      7.363      15.25    0.02

     SLOVENI     5.285      6.145      1.027      2.037     98.36     5.144      6.360      6.715      7.155      39.08    0.02

     AUSTRIA     7.465      6.833      1.529      1.625      6.29     7.793      6.990      6.858      6.929     -11.09    0.02

     ROMANIA     5.485      6.917      1.436      1.404     -2.27     5.522      6.621      6.762      6.885      24.67    0.02

     MADAGAS     4.516      6.353      1.437      1.719     19.62     5.233      6.354      6.074      6.635      26.80    0.02

     MOROC       4.873      6.328      1.663      1.548     -6.91     5.284      6.234      6.327      6.214      17.59    0.02

     ETHIOP      5.430      4.545      1.134      1.920     69.24     5.262      5.046      4.894      5.330       1.30    0.02

     ECUADOR     4.833      4.921      1.002      1.040      3.75     4.840      5.018      5.202      4.958       2.44    0.01

     CHILE       4.718      5.870      1.989      0.224    -88.74     5.804      5.436      4.686      4.105     -29.27    0.01

     SINGAPR     7.354      3.912      1.041      1.198     15.08     6.579      3.684      3.659      4.069     -38.14    0.01

     RUSSIA      5.807      4.186      1.736      1.130    -34.92     7.525      4.920      3.916      3.579     -52.43    0.01

     BULGAR      3.338      3.713      0.993      0.853    -14.11     3.564      3.632      3.623      3.573       0.26    0.01

     IRELAND     7.510      3.331      1.020      1.192     16.88     7.928      3.257      3.546      3.503     -55.81    0.01

     MACAU       3.343      2.802      0.829      0.249    -69.99     3.484      2.577      2.445      2.222     -36.22    0.01

     BOTSWAN     1.939      2.513      0.884      0.487    -44.93     2.644      2.463      2.371      2.116     -19.97    0.01

     ARGENT      7.580      2.182      0.532      0.365    -31.46     7.496      2.008      2.020      2.014     -73.13    0.01

     MALAWI      4.427      2.033      0.806      0.539    -33.13     4.201      1.881      1.699      1.766     -57.96    0.01

     TUNISIA     1.257      1.800      0.524      0.485     -7.50     1.464      1.829      1.834      1.760      20.23    0.01

     GUYANA      2.599      1.955      0.573      0.241    -57.97     2.644      1.797      1.694      1.622     -38.63    0.00

     LAOS        2.602      1.456      0.211      0.216      2.15     2.234      1.455      1.455      1.461     -34.61    0.00

     UKRAINE     0.339      2.365      1.489      0.562    -62.25     1.759      2.122      1.900      1.438     -18.26    0.00

     GHANA       1.624      0.640      0.069      0.111     61.28     1.673      0.732      0.747      0.683     -59.19    0.00

     BELARUS    18.378      0.061      0.003      0.005     56.82    12.293      0.058      0.063      0.063     -99.49    0.00

     SIER LN     2.227      0.012      0.002      0.000    -85.84     1.885      0.012      0.010      0.011     -99.44    0.00


     _WTO    33444.473  34465.514   7689.002   8095.759      5.29 33673.041  34590.434  35081.478  34872.271       3.56   99.97

     _ASEAN   4149.445   4135.631   1003.533   1144.132     14.01  4183.216   4193.687   4255.633   4276.231       2.22   12.26

     _W HEMI  4281.458   4217.299   1038.868    997.332     -4.00  4252.778   4223.166   4202.606   4175.763      -1.81   11.97

     _OECD    4042.485   4079.663   1019.673   1047.317      2.71  4014.937   4105.695   4114.272   4107.307       2.30   11.77

     _NAFTA   3001.135   2859.225    732.487    675.411     -7.79  2975.768   2861.208   2837.442   2802.149      -5.83    8.03

     _EU      1275.660   1317.847    324.169    370.038     14.15  1246.180   1338.366   1366.381   1363.716       9.43    3.91

     _CAFTA   1103.962   1194.272    269.244    276.144      2.56  1120.158   1196.621   1196.924   1201.171       7.23    3.44

     _SUB-SAH  106.768    102.356     25.188     39.908     58.44   107.648    107.876    112.487    117.076       8.76    0.34

     _CBI       68.524     71.195     12.718     19.010     49.47    66.741     73.966     75.146     77.487      16.10    0.22

     _ANDEAN     4.833      4.921      1.002      1.040      3.75     4.840      5.018      5.202      4.958       2.44    0.01