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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                         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     372.061    317.116     78.393     82.995      5.87   354.921    320.069    323.451    321.718      -9.35  100.00

     CANADA    206.067    145.216     36.750     37.888      3.10   185.358    146.297    147.837    146.355     -21.04   45.49

     MEXICO     46.363     56.774     16.417     13.692    -16.59    50.610     56.210     55.982     54.050       6.80   16.80

     CHINA P    16.090     20.401      3.970      5.555     39.95    16.831     21.415     22.129     21.987      30.63    6.83

     CHINA T    13.757     16.212      3.956      4.488     13.46    14.455     16.501     16.613     16.744      15.84    5.20

     INDIA      14.880     15.562      4.831      4.099    -15.14    16.582     14.672     14.585     14.831     -10.56    4.61

     KOR REP     9.584     12.391      1.333      3.349    151.35     9.748     13.540     14.040     14.408      47.80    4.48

     INDNSIA    13.169     11.514      2.144      2.923     36.36    12.030     11.794     11.833     12.294       2.20    3.82

     ITALY      16.852      8.181      1.724      4.153    140.96    15.621      8.936      9.749     10.611     -32.07    3.30

     MALAYSA     9.721      9.749      1.942      1.882     -3.06     9.368      9.637      9.591      9.689       3.43    3.01

     THAILND     8.462      3.847      0.767      0.918     19.66     7.039      3.701      3.952      3.998     -43.20    1.24

     FRANCE      1.989      3.196      0.881      1.089     23.59     2.461      3.553      3.831      3.404      38.29    1.06

     SLOVENI     2.694      3.051      0.700      0.828     18.29     2.747      2.900      2.999      3.179      15.72    0.99

     TURKEY      0.652      2.029      0.321      0.403     25.53     0.897      2.113      1.961      2.111     135.50    0.66

     GERMANY     3.192      2.066      0.570      0.571      0.15     2.872      2.027      2.047      2.067     -28.02    0.64

     JAPAN       1.338      1.428      0.388      0.190    -51.15     1.378      1.311      1.222      1.230     -10.75    0.38

     ISRAEL      0.324      0.710      0.077      0.212    176.68     0.296      0.709      0.716      0.845     185.56    0.26

     EGYPT       0.774      0.857      0.351      0.202    -42.31     1.036      0.853      0.780      0.709     -31.56    0.22

     SALVADR     0.283      0.638      0.249      0.197    -21.05     0.495      0.643      0.674      0.586      18.28    0.18

     SLOVAK      0.834      0.597      0.162      0.145    -10.25     0.808      0.652      0.607      0.580     -28.24    0.18

     BELGIUM     1.493      0.589      0.244      0.009    -96.46     1.205      0.440      0.357      0.353     -70.69    0.11

     VIETNAM     0.946      0.145      0.086      0.000   -100.00     0.895      0.143      0.100      0.059     -93.45    0.02


     _WTO      372.059    317.116     78.393     82.995      5.87   354.919    320.069    323.451    321.718      -9.35  100.00

     _W HEMI   252.765    202.833     53.428     51.778     -3.09   236.527    203.346    204.685    201.183     -14.94   62.53

     _NAFTA    252.430    201.990     53.166     51.581     -2.98   235.968    202.507    203.818    200.404     -15.07   62.29

     _OECD     241.547    174.916     42.004     47.640     13.42   219.379    178.252    181.118    180.552     -17.70   56.12

     _ASEAN     32.366     25.255      4.939      5.723     15.88    29.359     25.275     25.476     26.040     -11.30    8.09

     _EU        29.188     19.135      4.575      6.963     52.18    27.301     20.058     21.089     21.522     -21.17    6.69

     _CAFTA      0.291      0.650      0.254      0.197    -22.38     0.508      0.650      0.681      0.593      16.73    0.18