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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg., 20.10 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     40974233  42690682   10489586   11080288      5.63  42588454   42883724   43125187   43281384       1.63  100.00

     CHINA P   19733577  16486528    4172535    3126848    -25.06  20180974   15893741   15748070   15440841     -23.49   35.68

     KOR REP    8315485  10801016    2708555    3849782     42.13   8974300   11437825   11488195   11942243      33.07   27.59

     TURKEY     2057515   2485297     452166    1133791    150.75   2049770    2776288    2920530    3166922      54.50    7.32

     LATVIA     1713293   2157052     426607     543526     27.41   1768321    2223506    2372225    2273971      28.59    5.25

     GERMANY    2022755   2062581     582050     455895    -21.67   2040909    2093902    2040779    1936426      -5.12    4.47

     CANADA     1524446   1980644     519770     382642    -26.38   1625575    1976580    1995706    1843516      13.41    4.26

     MEXICO      718548   1490440     390767     379267     -2.94   1027826    1481250    1494396    1478940      43.89    3.42

     INDIA       775346    952306     262421     222536    -15.20    874308     896566     928141     912421       4.36    2.11

     CHINA T     461115   1106937     398285     127426    -68.01    807560     893373     888974     836078       3.53    1.93

     SLOVAK      647254    472150      21085     116792    453.91    463878     538956     529499     567857      22.42    1.31

     JAPAN       542975    483462      89837     162144     80.49    458868     472772     480734     555769      21.12    1.28

     COLOMB           3    237457        133     228174  171459.4       136     252472     339789     465498   342177.9    1.08

     S ARAB       12969    452343          0          0       *       12969     452343     452343     452343    3387.88    1.05

     ISRAEL      422417    351145      79022      87085     10.20    412710     356600     373328     359208     -12.96    0.83

     RUSSIA      145841    204791      85782      54851    -36.06    231599     241342     190858     173860     -24.93    0.40

     ITALY       114137    199253      51053      21203    -58.47    140907     182373     170611     169403      20.22    0.39

     INDNSIA      46059    136403      20352      51453    152.82     46861     162039     168039     167504     257.45    0.39

     CZECH        42015    149091      44380       1727    -96.11     86093     138384     110237     106438      23.63    0.25

     NETHLDS      88072     42891      10706      47717    345.70     57885      45324      49755      79902      38.04    0.18

     POLAND       67392     72046      26850      25797     -3.92     67409      58557      71267      70993       5.32    0.16

     THAILND      63827     69266      17400      14812    -14.87     79397      73007      68409      66678     -16.02    0.15

     SWEDEN      147307     67824       8269         21    -99.75    155263      59576      59576      59576     -61.63    0.14

     EGYPT        24757     23909          0      26113       *          18      23909      23909      50022   277800.0    0.12

     SWITZLD      39080     47850      21110      15650    -25.86     49952      26900      35618      42390     -15.14    0.10

     MALAYSA      35607     69365      52028          0   -100.00     69516      69138      69138      17337     -75.06    0.04

     U KING      184846     33894      22889       2546    -88.88    194402      16312      15927      13551     -93.03    0.03

     BELARUS     912907         0          0          0       *      610845          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      40061251  42690682   10489586   11080288      5.63  41977534   42883724   43125187   43281384       3.11  100.00

     _OECD     14649139  17965999    4452420    5937384     33.35  15484630   18836156   18981471   19450963      25.61   44.94

     _EU        5079618   5303266    1217843    1215837     -0.16   5042986    5389364    5451484    5301260       5.12   12.25

     _W HEMI    2252840   3714176     912208     991231      8.66   2662079    3715937    3834206    3793199      42.49    8.76

     _NAFTA     2242994   3471084     910537     761909    -16.32   2653401    3457830    3490102    3322456      25.21    7.68

     _ASEAN      151860    275034      89780      66896    -25.49    197101     304184     306217     252150      27.93    0.58