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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      72.544     65.497     17.875     14.697    -17.78    66.489     64.095     64.052     62.320      -6.27  100.00

     INDNSIA    34.913     36.568     10.163      8.643    -14.96    32.599     35.926     35.363     35.048       7.51   56.24

     INDIA       7.209      7.964      1.758      1.099    -37.48     7.162      7.521      7.449      7.305       2.00   11.72

     KOR REP     2.167      5.884      0.572      0.865     51.22     2.160      6.336      6.224      6.177     186.02    9.91

     CHINA P     7.115      4.128      1.505      1.964     30.44     5.980      3.989      4.624      4.586     -23.30    7.36

     THAILND     5.899      2.022      0.756      0.601    -20.62     4.601      2.019      2.145      1.866     -59.45    2.99

     AUSTRAL     4.419      2.422      0.934      0.285    -69.54     4.370      2.136      2.112      1.773     -59.44    2.84

     SPAIN       1.969      1.881      0.551      0.405    -26.42     2.038      1.807      1.778      1.736     -14.86    2.78

     TURKEY      1.310      1.265      0.359      0.273    -23.85     1.376      1.112      1.183      1.179     -14.31    1.89

     VIETNAM     1.997      0.867      0.348      0.362      3.99     1.885      0.764      1.095      0.881     -53.28    1.41

     PAKISTN     0.975      0.643      0.302      0.036    -88.08     1.073      0.679      0.593      0.377     -64.86    0.61

     CHINA T     2.959      0.206      0.197      0.040    -79.73     1.562      0.218      0.088      0.049     -96.85    0.08


     _WTO       72.544     65.497     17.875     14.697    -17.78    66.489     64.095     64.052     62.320      -6.27  100.00

     _ASEAN     42.898     39.699     11.386      9.606    -15.64    39.291     38.952     38.727     37.919      -3.49   60.85

     _OECD      11.229     12.816      2.726      1.953    -28.37    11.329     12.695     12.530     12.042       6.30   19.32

     _EU         2.599      2.996      0.744      0.452    -39.28     2.645      2.875      2.811      2.704       2.20    4.34