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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                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    103508395  96867582   96867582   89867407     -7.23  96867582   89681702   89452977   89867407      -7.23  100.00

     CANADA    53804147  46224685   46224685   30968793    -33.00  46224685   32402776   31547381   30968793     -33.00   34.46

     MEXICO    15939148  15711135   15711135   21330245     35.77  15711135   21028942   21277449   21330245      35.77   23.74

     CHINA P    5229122   5093806    5093806    7774191     52.62   5093806    7459007    7495746    7774191      52.62    8.65

     INDIA      3865551   5845261    5845261    6861962     17.39   5845261    6588916    6808492    6861962      17.39    7.64

     CHINA T    4994346   3914318    3914318    5504904     40.64   3914318    5397461    5347893    5504904      40.64    6.13

     INDNSIA    4050221   5250788    5250788    4949273     -5.74   5250788    4402102    4621706    4949273      -5.74    5.51

     MALAYSA    3799091   3862968    3862968    4327425     12.02   3862968    4192729    4309025    4327425      12.02    4.82

     KOR REP     941370   2154947    2154947    2734175     26.88   2154947    2759957    2652289    2734175      26.88    3.04

     ITALY      3457781   2927696    2927696    1221475    -58.28   2927696    1259309    1161099    1221475     -58.28    1.36

     FRANCE      272518    343842     343842     779278    126.64    343842     632476     730248     779278     126.64    0.87

     THAILND    2675930   2753195    2753195     714087    -74.06   2753195     833000     785935     714087     -74.06    0.79

     TURKEY       80494    166491     166491     664713    299.25    166491     577891     621052     664713     299.25    0.74

     EGYPT       415382    297060     297060     350290     17.92    297060     379980     380170     350290      17.92    0.39

     SLOVENI     350399    295071     295071     280405     -4.97    295071     273179     259666     280405      -4.97    0.31

     GERMANY     590006    452273     452273     259814    -42.55    452273     257598     270157     259814     -42.55    0.29

     BELGIUM     442505    512359     512359     207287    -59.54    512359     228381     229831     207287     -59.54    0.23

     JAPAN       244849    143450     143450     192003     33.85    143450     212400     202267     192003      33.85    0.21

     SALVADR      54840     64760      64760     156473    141.62     64760     151649     150461     156473     141.62    0.17

     SLOVAK      115971    141814     141814      96910    -31.66    141814     107501     106902      96910     -31.66    0.11

     VIETNAM     367091    300215     300215      59552    -80.16    300215      92758      78362      59552     -80.16    0.07


     _WTO     103508395  96867054   96867054   89867407     -7.23  96867054   89681702   89452977   89867407      -7.23  100.00

     _W HEMI   69809087  62020717   62020717   52515661    -15.33  62020717   53659887   53051788   52515661     -15.33   58.44

     _OECD     59746163  52903290   52903290   36981761    -30.10  52903290   38268922   37360138   36981761     -30.10   41.15

     _ASEAN    10926297  12197055   12197055   10050337    -17.60  12197055    9520589    9795028   10050337     -17.60   11.18

     _EU15      4860747   4310050    4310050    2584176    -40.04   4310050    2498394    2509512    2584176     -40.04    2.88

     _EC12      4859872   4309890    4309890    2584175    -40.04   4309890    2498393    2509511    2584175     -40.04    2.88

     _CBI         56432     67091      67091     159161    137.23     67091     155021     153833     159161     137.23    0.18

     _CAFTA       56432     67091      67091     159161    137.23     67091     155021     153833     159161     137.23    0.18