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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC 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     117.682    110.036     27.139     29.390      8.29   114.418    109.672    112.901    112.286      -1.86  100.00

     INDNSIA    51.833     48.051     11.482     13.338     16.17    48.832     48.051     49.842     49.907       2.20   44.45

     CANADA     18.413     16.205      4.090      3.738     -8.60    17.706     16.181     15.962     15.853     -10.47   14.12

     CHINA P    10.432     10.968      1.780      4.308    142.08     8.581     11.496     12.905     13.496      57.27   12.02

     INDIA      13.304     13.462      3.836      2.756    -28.15    14.706     13.143     12.768     12.383     -15.80   11.03

     VIETNAM     3.673      5.780      1.845      1.855      0.56     4.618      5.562      6.326      5.790      25.39    5.16

     TURKEY      4.339      3.309      0.999      1.213     21.47     4.320      3.484      3.561      3.523     -18.45    3.14

     GERMANY     2.356      2.464      0.911      0.361    -60.33     3.112      2.008      1.985      1.915     -38.46    1.71

     PHIL R      2.716      2.423      0.744      0.236    -68.33     2.947      2.230      1.995      1.914     -35.06    1.70

     ROMANIA     1.313      1.159      0.112      0.228    104.21     1.082      1.272      1.330      1.275      17.78    1.14

     MEXICO      2.348      1.151      0.369      0.236    -36.06     2.191      1.015      1.061      1.018     -53.55    0.91

     KOR REP     0.189      0.747      0.000      0.052       *       0.183      0.774      0.774      0.799     335.92    0.71

     THAILND     1.353      0.762      0.235      0.184    -21.63     1.202      0.797      0.716      0.712     -40.81    0.63

     JAPAN       1.118      0.579      0.137      0.157     14.69     0.964      0.560      0.641      0.599     -37.87    0.53

     CHINA T     0.393      0.470      0.169      0.083    -50.82     0.452      0.481      0.424      0.384     -14.93    0.34

     MALAYSA     0.686      0.108      0.000      0.006       *       0.515      0.110      0.110      0.113     -78.04    0.10


     _WTO      117.673    110.036     27.139     29.390      8.29   114.408    109.672    112.901    112.286      -1.85  100.00

     _ASEAN     60.413     57.123     14.305     15.618      9.18    58.266     56.750     58.989     58.436       0.29   52.04

     _OECD      27.631     24.775      6.385      5.846     -8.44    27.567     24.546     24.373     24.236     -12.09   21.58

     _W HEMI    21.193     17.362      4.459      3.987    -10.59    20.176     17.212     17.038     16.890     -16.28   15.04

     _NAFTA     20.760     17.356      4.459      3.974    -10.88    19.897     17.196     17.022     16.871     -15.21   15.02

     _EU         5.902      5.671      1.408      1.069    -24.03     6.364      5.379      5.407      5.333     -16.20    4.75