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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         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     243.815    243.037     70.026     63.065     -9.94   248.764    241.376    238.387    236.075      -5.10  100.00

     MEXICO     54.263     51.239     12.950     13.892      7.27    53.234     51.332     51.528     52.180      -1.98   22.10

     CHINA P    24.226     31.102      5.949      6.759     13.62    26.439     30.775     31.650     31.912      20.70   13.52

     CHINA T    37.012     32.724     10.531      4.213    -60.00    40.273     31.034     28.518     26.405     -34.44   11.19

     PORTUGL    14.585     18.420     10.194     13.640     33.81    16.835     20.217     21.427     21.866      29.88    9.26

     JAPAN      13.723     16.228      4.633      2.357    -49.12    15.489     15.674     14.690     13.952      -9.93    5.91

     FRANCE     14.011     13.653      3.242      3.259      0.54    14.322     13.772     14.017     13.671      -4.54    5.79

     CANADA     10.115     10.950      2.681      1.551    -42.14    10.140     10.370      9.907      9.820      -3.16    4.16

     ITALY       7.387      9.186      2.116      2.330     10.12     8.049      9.161      9.421      9.400      16.79    3.98

     COLOMB      6.785      8.182      2.170      1.529    -29.52     7.520      8.262      7.961      7.541       0.28    3.19

     INDIA       5.505      6.367      1.444      1.797     24.48     5.624      6.532      6.415      6.720      19.48    2.85

     VIETNAM     5.134      5.607      1.512      1.225    -19.00     5.380      5.550      5.366      5.320      -1.12    2.25

     TURKEY      7.244      5.093      1.396      1.562     11.93     6.463      5.018      5.245      5.259     -18.63    2.23

     KOR REP     5.491      5.362      1.136      0.868    -23.54     5.788      5.169      5.129      5.095     -11.97    2.16

     THAILND     5.269      3.723      1.132      0.463    -59.12     5.354      3.641      3.328      3.054     -42.97    1.29

     PHIL R      0.405      2.951      0.667      0.732      9.71     1.060      3.066      2.958      3.016     184.54    1.28

     GUATMAL     1.163      3.056      1.030      0.870    -15.48     1.827      3.000      2.806      2.896      58.49    1.23

     GERMANY     4.192      3.193      1.010      0.443    -56.17     4.271      3.112      3.018      2.626     -38.52    1.11

     INDNSIA     0.367      1.506      0.113      0.931    725.20     0.305      1.831      2.148      2.324     661.48    0.98

     N ZEAL      1.703      1.612      0.437      0.961    119.74     1.395      1.866      1.992      2.135      53.03    0.90

     C RICA      4.474      2.979      2.247      1.056    -52.98     4.076      2.368      1.632      1.789     -56.12    0.76

     ROMANIA     0.786      1.262      0.354      0.207    -41.43     1.011      1.218      1.063      1.116      10.38    0.47

     ISRAEL      0.679      0.791      0.490      0.511      4.37     0.801      0.919      0.798      0.812       1.40    0.34

     CZECH       0.950      0.861      0.281      0.162    -42.31     1.026      0.799      0.760      0.742     -27.68    0.31

     AUSTRAL     0.508      0.320      0.269      0.437     62.55     0.456      0.375      0.416      0.488       6.98    0.21

     NETHLDS     1.154      0.422      0.086      0.140     62.00     1.066      0.473      0.480      0.476     -55.37    0.20

     LATVIA      0.433      0.444      0.185      0.080    -56.62     0.511      0.349      0.402      0.339     -33.73    0.14

     HONDURA     0.234      0.247      0.048      0.078     61.60     0.233      0.245      0.275      0.277      18.87    0.12

     ARAB EM    10.824      0.104      0.099      0.013    -86.68     3.893      0.032      0.017      0.017     -99.55    0.01


     _WTO      243.812    243.037     70.026     63.065     -9.94   248.761    241.376    238.387    236.075      -5.10  100.00

     _W HEMI    78.584     78.399     21.684     19.269    -11.14    78.860     77.081     75.541     75.984      -3.65   32.19

     _OECD      70.433     72.044     23.781     25.949      9.12    73.405     73.389     74.706     74.212       1.10   31.44

     _NAFTA     64.377     62.188     15.631     15.443     -1.20    63.375     61.702     61.435     62.000      -2.17   26.26

     _EU        46.229     50.290     18.412     20.824     13.10    50.317     51.994     53.334     52.703       4.74   22.32

     _ASEAN     11.345     14.010      3.460      3.360     -2.90    12.254     14.289     13.994     13.910      13.51    5.89

     _CAFTA      5.875      6.285      3.326      2.005    -39.73     6.140      5.617      4.716      4.964     -19.15    2.10