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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     202.933    210.899     47.705     53.623     12.41   203.824    209.597    212.312    216.817       6.37  100.00

     TURKEY     50.020     54.183     12.177     14.183     16.48    50.948     53.726     54.880     56.190      10.29   25.92

     CANADA     41.152     42.342      9.211      9.357      1.58    41.752     41.165     41.300     42.488       1.76   19.60

     CHINA P    25.341     37.010      6.101     10.963     79.68    26.642     38.104     39.919     41.872      57.17   19.31

     MEXICO     28.843     20.875      5.382      5.288     -1.76    25.888     20.864     20.630     20.780     -19.73    9.58

     GERMANY    10.707     10.330      2.312      2.651     14.65    10.599     10.389     10.649     10.669       0.66    4.92

     FRANCE      7.074      8.517      2.575      2.363     -8.22     7.843      8.166      8.227      8.305       5.89    3.83

     ITALY       5.732      6.454      1.746      1.522    -12.87     5.930      6.502      6.509      6.229       5.06    2.87

     INDIA       4.886      5.849      1.604      1.537     -4.16     5.547      5.908      5.527      5.782       4.24    2.67

     THAILND     5.079      3.340      0.851      1.117     31.25     4.746      3.345      3.522      3.606     -24.02    1.66

     SPAIN       2.582      2.857      0.803      0.391    -51.30     2.752      2.618      2.589      2.446     -11.15    1.13

     CHINA T     2.006      2.078      0.596      0.440    -26.28     2.119      1.965      1.924      1.921      -9.34    0.89

     EGYPT       4.133      2.201      0.712      0.200    -71.98     3.662      1.965      1.816      1.689     -53.89    0.78

     HONDURA     0.683      0.864      0.119      0.165     38.54     0.635      0.864      0.869      0.910      43.32    0.42

     KOR REP     0.889      0.178      0.026      0.122    362.33     0.772      0.259      0.270      0.274     -64.56    0.13


     _WTO      202.849    210.889     47.705     53.609     12.38   203.798    209.584    212.295    216.794       6.38   99.99

     _OECD     121.893    129.128     29.882     31.463      5.29   124.288    127.007    128.547    130.709       5.17   60.29

     _W HEMI    73.135     67.094     15.483     15.778      1.91    70.850     65.796     65.863     67.389      -4.88   31.08

     _NAFTA     69.995     63.217     14.594     14.645      0.35    67.640     62.029     61.930     63.268      -6.46   29.18

     _EU        30.053     32.363      8.424      7.789     -7.53    30.947     31.804     32.050     31.729       2.53   14.63

     _ASEAN      5.858      4.036      1.049      1.358     29.47     5.566      4.058      4.271      4.345     -21.92    2.00

     _CAFTA      0.712      0.917      0.145      0.167     15.19     0.688      0.915      0.903      0.939      36.50    0.43