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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  7.60 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     28353019  31632483    7822497    8766992     12.07  28695700   31726099   32930703   32576978      13.53  100.00

     INDNSIA   15548218  17557204    4201910    4752113     13.09  15648723   17590308   18202402   18107407      15.71   55.58

     CHINA P    3124537   3544215     652495    1391635    113.28   2636676    3734885    4130211    4283355      62.45   13.15

     INDIA      3667385   4174112    1194730     914999    -23.41   4209252    4112231    4008122    3894381      -7.48   11.95

     VIETNAM    1355376   2439596     831926     784766     -5.67   1888016    2344285    2655313    2392436      26.72    7.34

     CANADA     1404534   1245936     301725     347370     15.13   1298808    1259000    1287423    1291581      -0.56    3.96

     TURKEY      811283    538564     186900     217575     16.41    780639     567224     579145     569239     -27.08    1.75

     PHIL R      573308    561666     172907      54305    -68.59    629526     516605     466949     443064     -29.62    1.36

     GERMANY     119213    265278      54108      55584      2.73    155881     275170     271643     266754      71.13    0.82

     ROMANIA     233948    223893      21546      42331     96.47    190800     244905     255444     244678      28.24    0.75

     KOR REP      63078    207782          0       8927       *       62212     212642     212642     216709     248.34    0.67

     THAILND     341707    178430      57480      46590    -18.95    293074     182509     162944     167540     -42.83    0.51

     MEXICO      214307    157709      38252      31585    -17.43    150506     144539     157032     151042       0.36    0.46

     CHINA T     104417    155324      55604      29241    -47.41    119585     154832     139672     128961       7.84    0.40

     MALAYSA     245950     47353          0       1814       *      183853      48260      48260      49167     -73.26    0.15

     JAPAN       193559     46090       9213       5469    -40.64    116284      45150      47590      42346     -63.58    0.13


     _WTO      28350888  31632483    7822497    8766992     12.07  28693569   31726099   32930703   32576978      13.53  100.00

     _ASEAN    18122080  20784249    5264223    5639588      7.13  18700713   20681967   21535868   21159614      13.15   64.95

     _OECD      2595548   2467877     573338     694503     21.13   2481472    2523914    2573088    2589042       4.33    7.95

     _W HEMI    1658189   1404129     339977     381043     12.08   1472512    1404493    1445409    1445195      -1.86    4.44

     _NAFTA     1618841   1403645     339977     378955     11.46   1449314    1403539    1444455    1442623      -0.46    4.43

     _EU         522797    699917     106238     162447     52.91    511385     730403     749772     756126      47.86    2.32