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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.30 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     16739932  18742434    5177568    4403445    -14.95  16723994   18396738   18430742   17968311       7.44  100.00

     INDNSIA    8451859  10945777    3039752    2699485    -11.19   8713286   10807384   10653361   10605510      21.72   59.02

     INDIA      1450020   2097125     461295     299406    -35.09   1562846    1974547    1961909    1935236      23.83   10.77

     CHINA P    1446865   1350663     475404     575104     20.97   1409621    1330989    1497709    1450363       2.89    8.07

     KOR REP     373297   1244646     100844     185480     83.93    380727    1349920    1335919    1329282     249.14    7.40

     SPAIN       845418    816743     237937     192989    -18.89    877620     784427     789683     771795     -12.06    4.30

     AUSTRAL    1059380    674835     255516      84802    -66.81   1096108     601641     601043     504121     -54.01    2.81

     THAILND    1312085    542340     207173     168889    -18.48   1077202     541188     578849     504056     -53.21    2.81

     VIETNAM     499685    271512     114634     106454     -7.14    515434     243629     340195     263332     -48.91    1.47

     TURKEY      284924    260057      74149      60840    -17.95    297706     233750     245927     246748     -17.12    1.37

     PAKISTN     198219    127712      63805       7484    -88.27    219418     135196     117773      71391     -67.46    0.40

     CHINA T     630746     54519      53092       9072    -82.91    346136      57059      19571      10499     -96.97    0.06


     _WTO      16739932  18742434    5177568    4403445    -14.95  16723994   18396738   18430742   17968311       7.44  100.00

     _ASEAN    10282561  11831882    3395549    2974828    -12.39  10358844   11664454   11610668   11411161      10.16   63.51

     _OECD      2714150   3275542     728423     537551    -26.20   2816330    3229502    3218121    3084670       9.53   17.17

     _EU         951310   1065730     278612     198851    -28.63    985760    1018845    1017119     985969       0.02    5.49