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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             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     96867582  89848940   21839599   22656215      3.74  92556204   90380258   90985884   90665556      -2.04  100.00

     CANADA    46224685  30950326    8350289    7247668    -13.20  40985571   30607453   30503721   29847705     -27.18   32.92

     MEXICO    15711135  21330245    5208933    5251214      0.81  16376199   21577300   21754632   21372526      30.51   23.57

     CHINA P    5093806   7774191    1547476    2258552     45.95   5548113    8220446    8536480    8485267      52.94    9.36

     INDIA      5845261   6861962    2114281    1875726    -11.28   6624701    6455058    6413888    6623407      -0.02    7.31

     CHINA T    3914318   5504904    1312077    1453804     10.80   4378198    5546265    5541325    5646631      28.97    6.23

     INDNSIA    5250788   4949273     839642    1305830     55.52   4744114    5104697    5178013    5415461      14.15    5.97

     MALAYSA    3862968   4327425     806261     850035      5.43   3716447    4304358    4319501    4371199      17.62    4.82

     KOR REP    2154947   2734175     298624     728911    144.09   2189660    2985310    3084790    3164462      44.52    3.49

     ITALY      2927696   1221475     250656     708157    182.52   2656330    1367269    1516386    1678976     -36.79    1.85

     FRANCE      343842    779278     212863     291074     36.74    503193     884876     944823     857489      70.41    0.95

     THAILND    2753195    714087     140688     162009     15.15   2050894     678993     711554     735408     -64.14    0.81

     TURKEY      166491    664713     107795     130292     20.87    253598     693182     635095     687210     170.98    0.76

     SLOVENI     295071    280405      64823      75253     16.09    281118     266709     275325     290835       3.46    0.32

     EGYPT       297060    350290     142520      82120    -42.38    396690     347050     319090     289890     -26.92    0.32

     GERMANY     452273    259814      74835      77040      2.95    394649     260206     260623     262019     -33.61    0.29

     SALVADR      64760    156473      40780      50830     24.64     90025     158320     178261     166523      84.97    0.18

     ISRAEL       57878    124497       9594      40574    322.91     49828     123758     131511     155477     212.03    0.17

     JAPAN       143450    192003      64487      20038    -68.93    164429     167022     152385     147554     -10.26    0.16

     BELGIUM     512359    207287      87592       2160    -97.53    389423     152873     122430     121855     -68.71    0.13

     SLOVAK      141814     96910      24798      24334     -1.87    134670     106219     100165      96446     -28.38    0.11

     VIETNAM     300215     59552      37975          0   -100.00    285696      59127      40119      21577     -92.45    0.02


     _WTO      96867054  89848940   21839599   22656215      3.74  92555676   90380258   90985884   90665556      -2.04  100.00

     _W HEMI   62020717  52497194   13601586   12549712     -7.73  57473499   52402421   52495180   51445320     -10.49   56.74

     _NAFTA    61935820  52280571   13559222   12498882     -7.82  57361770   52184753   52258353   51220231     -10.71   56.49

     _OECD     52903290  36963294    9410531    9203130     -2.20  47476449   37104426   37215757   36755893     -22.58   40.54

     _ASEAN    12197055  10050337    1824566    2317874     27.04  10809521   10147175   10249187   10543645      -2.46   11.63

     _EU        4869206   3019286     759994    1195263     57.27   4525390    3219245    3395444    3454555     -23.66    3.81

     _CAFTA       67091    159161      41432      50830     22.68     93008     160356     180297     168559      81.23    0.19