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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         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     949.341   1013.913    232.283    270.784     16.57   963.415   1030.060   1047.539   1052.413       9.24  100.00

     CHINA P   154.622    173.204     37.698     46.444     23.20   160.627    174.873    181.599    181.950      13.27   17.29

     CANADA    100.881    116.269     28.996     32.655     12.62   105.722    119.671    118.490    119.928      13.44   11.40

     GERMANY    96.910     99.738     22.874     31.183     36.32    97.038    103.574    107.335    108.046      11.34   10.27

     JAPAN      88.651    107.485     24.963     23.744     -4.88    95.134    109.312    108.906    106.267      11.70   10.10

     MEXICO     68.820     74.219     17.006     16.571     -2.56    70.948     74.659     74.330     73.784       4.00    7.01

     ISRAEL     63.252     59.876     11.163     15.641     40.12    59.680     60.638     62.067     64.354       7.83    6.11

     FRANCE     42.423     49.834     10.399     15.185     46.02    43.367     51.460     52.798     54.619      25.95    5.19

     ITALY      43.052     39.485      8.744     10.117     15.71    42.726     39.475     41.597     40.859      -4.37    3.88

     KOR REP    31.491     37.722      9.413     10.290      9.32    34.500     38.142     38.150     38.599      11.88    3.67

     INDIA      38.925     35.192     10.665      7.640    -28.36    41.313     34.124     32.787     32.167     -22.14    3.06

     LUXMBRG    25.430     28.945      6.152      8.824     43.43    21.676     29.334     31.842     31.617      45.86    3.00

     U KING     32.672     27.128      6.225      7.961     27.88    30.230     27.619     28.594     28.864      -4.52    2.74

     TURKEY     19.832     24.927      5.018      5.771     15.02    20.444     25.172     25.686     25.680      25.61    2.44

     CHINA T    18.324     17.710      3.607      6.711     86.04    17.903     18.739     19.514     20.813      16.26    1.98

     THAILND    11.725     14.599      2.803      4.065     45.04    12.146     15.015     15.561     15.862      30.60    1.51

     POLAND     13.402     13.431      3.465      4.285     23.68    13.926     13.997     14.143     14.251       2.33    1.35

     NETHLDS    11.031     10.262      1.788      3.913    118.86     9.588     10.996     11.652     12.388      29.20    1.18

     SPAIN       3.661      8.515      1.714      3.257     90.05     4.710      8.759      9.634     10.058     113.53    0.96

     SWEDEN      4.515      8.585      1.736      3.116     79.44     5.276      9.102      9.365      9.965      88.88    0.95

     DENMARK    11.292      9.881      2.562      1.943    -24.14    11.726      9.924      9.381      9.262     -21.01    0.88

     BELGIUM     5.724      8.301      1.210      1.907     57.61     5.603      8.858      9.105      8.998      60.58    0.85

     CZECH       4.129      5.911      1.788      1.153    -35.48     4.504      5.750      5.598      5.277      17.15    0.50

     AUSTRAL    10.677      5.557      0.603      0.200    -66.79     9.706      5.584      5.633      5.154     -46.90    0.49

     IRELAND     4.315      4.008      0.905      1.403     54.97     4.496      3.784      4.185      4.506       0.21    0.43

     FINLAND    13.477      6.209      2.842      0.900    -68.34    12.222      5.425      3.912      4.267     -65.09    0.41

     BRAZIL      7.860      4.041      1.461      1.352     -7.42     4.099      3.939      3.908      3.932      -4.08    0.37

     SLOVENI     1.622      3.124      0.420      1.080    156.77     1.917      3.336      3.550      3.783      97.38    0.36

     GREECE      3.506      4.419      1.620      0.037    -97.72     4.087      4.379      4.009      2.837     -30.59    0.27

     INDNSIA     2.205      2.332      0.603      0.623      3.16     2.198      2.166      2.422      2.351       6.94    0.22

     MALAYSA     3.138      3.032      1.282      0.097    -92.47     4.267      2.786      2.312      1.846     -56.73    0.18

     HG KONG     1.178      1.332      0.243      0.701    189.05     1.310      1.363      1.448      1.791      36.73    0.17

     S ARAB      1.983      1.204      0.178      0.170     -4.37     1.275      1.276      1.255      1.196      -6.19    0.11

     DOM REP     2.620      1.297      0.269      0.159    -40.71     2.249      1.283      1.208      1.188     -47.21    0.11

     SWITZLD     0.920      1.061      0.256      0.327     27.85     0.963      1.088      1.085      1.133      17.63    0.11

     REP SAF     1.255      1.094      0.641      0.528    -17.56     1.534      0.802      0.969      0.982     -36.00    0.09

     AUSTRIA     0.754      0.612      0.194      0.186     -3.69     0.879      0.618      0.465      0.605     -31.21    0.06

     VIETNAM     0.322      0.443      0.116      0.155     33.32     0.399      0.453      0.465      0.482      20.90    0.05

     HONDURA     0.247      0.401      0.028      0.085    198.85     0.231      0.416      0.435      0.458      97.89    0.04

     ECUADOR     0.000      0.219      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.219      0.219      0.219        *      0.02

     EGYPT       0.046      0.185      0.056      0.009    -84.35     0.102      0.148      0.148      0.138      34.73    0.01

     CHILE       0.096      0.137      0.030      0.000   -100.00     0.109      0.132      0.122      0.107      -1.65    0.01

     RUSSIA      0.792      0.000      0.000      0.001       *       0.792      0.000      0.000      0.001     -99.82    0.00

     SIER LN     0.484      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       0.413      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      949.318   1013.755    232.256    270.747     16.57   963.363   1029.865   1047.371   1052.246       9.23   99.98

     _OECD     480.198    510.939    118.562    144.756     22.09   483.523    522.797    532.755    537.133      11.09   51.04

     _EU       318.041    329.007     74.988     96.579     28.79   314.444    336.690    347.493    350.598      11.50   33.31

     _W HEMI   180.870    197.025     47.862     50.893      6.33   183.694    200.739    199.136    200.056       8.91   19.01

     _NAFTA    169.701    190.488     46.002     49.226      7.01   176.670    194.330    192.820    193.712       9.65   18.41

     _ASEAN     17.651     20.600      4.825      4.982      3.26    19.245     20.622     20.960     20.757       7.86    1.97

     _CAFTA      2.985      1.732      0.331      0.244    -26.30     2.608      1.699      1.643      1.645     -36.92    0.16

     _SUB-SAH    1.740      1.098      0.641      0.528    -17.56     1.947      0.806      0.973      0.986     -49.37    0.09

     _ANDEAN     0.000      0.219      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.219      0.219      0.219        *      0.02