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                                          |                                     |                              February 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  11:  TOTAL YARN IMPORTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2012
   Country      2010       2011      12/2011    12/2012  % Change   12/2011    10/2012    11/2012    12/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    2887.488   2774.341   2774.341   2748.562     -0.93  2774.341   2782.660   2751.715   2748.562      -0.93  100.00

     CHINA P   448.618    563.493    563.493    524.000     -7.01   563.493    543.796    534.624    524.000      -7.01   19.06

     MEXICO    359.681    329.142    329.142    347.850      5.68   329.142    345.044    347.507    347.850       5.68   12.66

     KOR REP   312.963    245.629    245.629    309.611     26.05   245.629    301.073    304.989    309.611      26.05   11.26

     CANADA    438.158    385.983    385.983    293.659    -23.92   385.983    303.892    297.334    293.659     -23.92   10.68

     INDNSIA   286.301    251.086    251.086    287.314     14.43   251.086    280.773    281.017    287.314      14.43   10.45

     INDIA     169.692    169.456    169.456    203.375     20.02   169.456    204.745    205.401    203.375      20.02    7.40

     CHINA T   147.167    157.628    157.628    166.780      5.81   157.628    180.494    169.822    166.780       5.81    6.07

     TURKEY     84.738     92.221     92.221     98.504      6.81    92.221    104.104     99.723     98.504       6.81    3.58

     PAKISTN    97.603     80.694     80.694     60.148    -25.46    80.694     58.096     59.664     60.148     -25.46    2.19

     PORTUGL    29.384     43.124     43.124     52.523     21.80    43.124     49.440     50.602     52.523      21.80    1.91

     GERMANY    53.125     50.111     50.111     51.178      2.13    50.111     51.578     50.678     51.178       2.13    1.86

     LATVIA     36.193     35.366     35.366     44.141     24.81    35.366     43.695     42.232     44.141      24.81    1.61

     VIETNAM    58.106     50.864     50.864     40.753    -19.88    50.864     44.785     40.601     40.753     -19.88    1.48

     THAILND    87.138     60.993     60.993     35.118    -42.42    60.993     38.037     34.861     35.118     -42.42    1.28

     MALAYSA    30.387     29.315     29.315     32.361     10.39    29.315     32.200     32.671     32.361      10.39    1.18

     ITALY      33.914     30.735     30.735     22.620    -26.40    30.735     22.420     22.202     22.620     -26.40    0.82

     JAPAN      22.231     19.354     19.354     19.154     -1.03    19.354     19.241     19.252     19.154      -1.03    0.70

     SPAIN       8.220      9.959      9.959     13.593     36.48     9.959     13.904     13.683     13.593      36.48    0.49

     EGYPT      15.060      9.697      9.697     11.495     18.54     9.697     11.130     11.261     11.495      18.54    0.42

     FRANCE      8.232      7.200      7.200     10.959     52.19     7.200      9.656     10.528     10.959      52.19    0.40

     SLOVAK     13.411     13.982     13.982     10.297    -26.35    13.982     10.700      9.933     10.297     -26.35    0.37

     PHIL R      5.552      5.870      5.870     10.139     72.72     5.870      9.681     10.124     10.139      72.72    0.37

     ISRAEL     13.013     10.910     10.910     10.072     -7.68    10.910     10.166     10.074     10.072      -7.68    0.37

     S ARAB      3.716      0.950      0.950      9.374    887.29     0.950      9.444      9.374      9.374     887.29    0.34

     C RICA     15.021     12.466     12.466      8.645    -30.65    12.466      8.510      8.044      8.645     -30.65    0.31

     N ZEAL      8.613      9.317      9.317      8.582     -7.89     9.317      8.234      8.368      8.582      -7.89    0.31

     GUATMAL     2.505      3.100      3.100      8.198    164.45     3.100      7.800      7.967      8.198     164.45    0.30

     COLOMB      2.458      2.210      2.210      7.538    241.11     2.210      5.147      6.414      7.538     241.11    0.27

     U KING      7.587      7.507      7.507      6.111    -18.60     7.507      6.107      6.335      6.111     -18.60    0.22

     AUSTRAL     9.533      8.556      8.556      5.409    -36.78     8.556      5.733      5.758      5.409     -36.78    0.20

     CZECH       7.693      2.958      2.958      4.783     61.69     2.958      4.260      4.183      4.783      61.69    0.17

     RUSSIA      0.007      2.990      2.990      4.134     38.27     2.990      6.399      5.678      4.134      38.27    0.15

     ROMANIA     5.692      3.219      3.219      3.802     18.12     3.219      3.781      3.812      3.802      18.12    0.14

     PERU        4.266      3.610      3.610      3.344     -7.37     3.610      3.408      3.401      3.344      -7.37    0.12

     BELGIUM     4.912      4.632      4.632      3.169    -31.57     4.632      3.451      3.588      3.169     -31.57    0.12

     HONDURA     2.332      2.432      2.432      2.414     -0.74     2.432      2.188      2.477      2.414      -0.74    0.09

     SLOVENI     2.278      1.921      1.921      1.823     -5.11     1.921      1.776      1.688      1.823      -5.11    0.07

     NETHLDS     3.753      3.281      3.281      1.674    -48.97     3.281      1.886      1.850      1.674     -48.97    0.06

     SWEDEN      0.086      3.163      3.163      1.453    -54.07     3.163      1.880      1.263      1.453     -54.07    0.05

     ARAB EM     8.545     16.190     16.190      0.192    -98.81    16.190      2.284      1.090      0.192     -98.81    0.01

     BELARUS    22.072     18.350     18.350      0.000   -100.00    18.350      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00

     UZBEKIS     0.000      2.617      2.617      0.000   -100.00     2.617      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     2865.350   2753.245   2753.245   2748.558     -0.17  2753.245   2782.659   2751.712   2748.558      -0.17  100.00

     _OECD    1018.832    910.574    910.574    889.709     -2.29   910.574    893.881    887.091    889.709      -2.29   32.37

     _W HEMI   829.449    741.063    741.063    674.210     -9.02   741.063    678.317    675.585    674.210      -9.02   24.53

     _ASEAN    468.614    398.857    398.857    405.780      1.74   398.857    405.538    399.369    405.780       1.74   14.76

     _EU15     152.107    161.595    161.595    165.082      2.16   161.595    162.341    162.729    165.082       2.16    6.01

     _EC12     150.240    157.006    157.006    162.179      3.29   157.006    158.827    159.864    162.179       3.29    5.90

     _CBI       22.156     18.583     18.583     20.538     10.52    18.583     19.662     19.731     20.538      10.52    0.75

     _CAFTA     22.075     18.579     18.579     20.538     10.54    18.579     19.662     19.731     20.538      10.54    0.75

     _ANDEAN     6.782      5.907      5.907     10.965     85.64     5.907      8.636      9.875     10.965      85.64    0.40