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                                          |                                     |                                April 30, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     501.675    524.965    123.434    126.158      2.21   515.885    523.291    527.872    527.688       2.29  100.00

     INDIA      93.350    103.560     26.177     26.336      0.61    99.163    103.217    102.471    103.718       4.59   19.66

     CHINA P    99.692     98.227     21.523     21.528      0.02   103.652     96.855     99.646     98.233      -5.23   18.62

     CANADA     65.261     59.718     15.288     12.791    -16.33    64.835     58.765     58.341     57.222     -11.74   10.84

     ARAB EM    27.143     36.462      7.909      9.063     14.60    29.263     36.302     37.519     37.616      28.55    7.13

     CHINA T    32.363     34.941      7.280      8.513     16.94    32.135     35.589     35.821     36.174      12.57    6.86

     S ARAB     27.124     31.328      7.639      7.699      0.79    29.229     31.199     31.906     31.388       7.39    5.95

     TURKEY     29.656     27.422      7.025      7.857     11.84    29.346     27.434     27.877     28.254      -3.72    5.35

     KOR REP    18.951     20.453      3.942      4.951     25.59    18.214     20.681     20.802     21.462      17.83    4.07

     JAPAN      12.529     14.888      3.735      4.219     12.95    13.111     15.674     15.453     15.372      17.25    2.91

     U KING      9.984     12.688      3.065      2.053    -33.03    10.267     12.593     12.604     11.675      13.71    2.21

     MEXICO     10.369     10.510      2.589      2.493     -3.72    11.398     10.694     10.981     10.413      -8.64    1.97

     VIETNAM     7.780      9.414      2.067      2.556     23.64     8.410      9.581      9.803      9.903      17.75    1.88

     GERMANY     6.243      8.554      2.230      2.512     12.63     6.739      8.238      8.759      8.835      31.11    1.67

     BELGIUM     7.167      8.139      1.649      1.995     20.99     7.148      8.230      8.451      8.485      18.70    1.61

     ITALY       8.556      7.898      1.520      1.770     16.41     7.656      8.104      7.960      8.147       6.42    1.54

     GREECE     10.768      7.369      1.661      2.128     28.13    10.757      7.071      6.973      7.836     -27.15    1.49

     THAILND     7.028      6.783      1.757      2.126     21.04     7.032      6.669      6.808      7.153       1.72    1.36

     REP SAF     3.080      4.724      1.006      1.040      3.36     4.049      4.886      4.836      4.758      17.51    0.90

     NETHLDS     6.099      4.834      1.431      0.984    -31.23     5.832      4.630      4.390      4.388     -24.77    0.83

     MALAYSA     3.701      3.015      0.762      0.663    -12.98     3.557      3.279      2.930      2.916     -18.02    0.55

     HUNGARY     1.315      1.899      0.052      0.000   -100.00     1.332      1.847      1.847      1.847      38.72    0.35

     GUATMAL     0.591      0.695      0.091      0.211    132.29     0.550      0.665      0.695      0.815      48.09    0.15

     INDNSIA     1.059      0.665      0.185      0.217     17.02     1.085      0.707      0.623      0.696     -35.84    0.13

     BRAZIL      1.261      0.522      0.270      0.088    -67.51     1.091      0.444      0.373      0.340     -68.84    0.06


     _WTO      501.570    524.856    123.343    126.158      2.28   515.741    523.242    527.844    527.670       2.31  100.00

     _OECD     171.648    165.565     39.720     38.485     -3.11   169.881    164.066    164.420    164.330      -3.27   31.14

     _W HEMI    78.668     72.843     18.494     15.908    -13.98    78.845     71.971     71.822     70.257     -10.89   13.31

     _NAFTA     75.630     70.228     17.877     15.284    -14.50    76.233     69.459     69.322     67.635     -11.28   12.82

     _EU        54.798     56.001     12.579     12.481     -0.78    54.500     55.353     55.631     55.902       2.57   10.59

     _ASEAN     19.626     19.937      4.794      5.570     16.17    20.112     20.290     20.218     20.712       2.99    3.93

     _SUB-SAH    3.085      4.750      1.006      1.040      3.36     4.055      4.912      4.862      4.784      17.98    0.91

     _CAFTA      1.123      1.286      0.197      0.348     77.06     0.989      1.248      1.264      1.438      45.39    0.27