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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 $$$

                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    1402.291   1547.854   1547.854   1450.412     -6.30  1547.854   1464.872   1449.382   1450.412      -6.30  100.00

     CANADA    304.379    306.210    306.210    252.506    -17.54   306.210    256.050    252.566    252.506     -17.54   17.41

     MEXICO    181.526    192.711    192.711    177.960     -7.65   192.711    179.123    178.470    177.960      -7.65   12.27

     CHINA P   131.460    170.125    170.125    168.045     -1.22   170.125    171.043    168.639    168.045      -1.22   11.59

     INDNSIA   107.742    122.702    122.702    117.445     -4.28   122.702    116.548    115.831    117.445      -4.28    8.10

     INDIA      67.534     86.047     86.047     90.518      5.20    86.047     92.407     91.695     90.518       5.20    6.24

     KOR REP    76.662     68.766     68.766     79.572     15.72    68.766     77.902     77.620     79.572      15.72    5.49

     TURKEY     60.649     76.195     76.195     79.196      3.94    76.195     80.648     79.547     79.196       3.94    5.46

     ITALY      59.362     62.319     62.319     59.014     -5.30    62.319     57.346     57.722     59.014      -5.30    4.07

     CHINA T    49.534     60.505     60.505     56.845     -6.05    60.505     61.480     57.835     56.845      -6.05    3.92

     GERMANY    44.899     46.562     46.562     46.383     -0.38    46.562     45.859     46.267     46.383      -0.38    3.20

     JAPAN      24.863     30.069     30.069     32.178      7.01    30.069     33.339     33.012     32.178       7.01    2.22

     FRANCE     22.347     24.602     24.602     27.065     10.01    24.602     27.580     27.707     27.065      10.01    1.87

     PAKISTN    33.864     40.045     40.045     25.899    -35.33    40.045     25.573     25.911     25.899     -35.33    1.79

     THAILND    40.077     36.042     36.042     20.607    -42.82    36.042     22.133     20.476     20.607     -42.82    1.42

     PERU       17.481     18.501     18.501     19.887      7.49    18.501     19.857     19.943     19.887       7.49    1.37

     PORTUGL    11.428     16.252     16.252     19.849     22.13    16.252     18.890     19.182     19.849      22.13    1.37

     NETHLDS    14.748     19.471     19.471     18.393     -5.54    19.471     18.245     18.972     18.393      -5.54    1.27

     U KING      9.951     13.927     13.927     18.182     30.55    13.927     17.794     18.075     18.182      30.55    1.25

     VIETNAM    22.290     23.592     23.592     15.291    -35.18    23.592     17.016     15.448     15.291     -35.18    1.05

     MALAYSA    11.334     12.279     12.279     13.197      7.47    12.279     13.483     13.510     13.197       7.47    0.91

     N ZEAL      8.871     12.976     12.976     13.009      0.25    12.976     12.401     12.567     13.009       0.25    0.90

     COLOMB      6.503      6.814      6.814      9.264     35.95     6.814      8.552      8.882      9.264      35.95    0.64

     LATVIA      6.634      7.344      7.344      8.855     20.58     7.344      8.942      8.520      8.855      20.58    0.61

     EGYPT       9.869      9.296      9.296      8.483     -8.74     9.296      8.197      8.291      8.483      -8.74    0.58

     SPAIN       5.026      6.636      6.636      8.431     27.06     6.636      8.757      8.528      8.431      27.06    0.58

     ISRAEL      7.183      6.318      6.318      6.507      2.99     6.318      6.522      6.466      6.507       2.99    0.45

     PHIL R      3.071      3.592      3.592      5.507     53.33     3.592      5.339      5.514      5.507      53.33    0.38

     ROMANIA     5.594      4.950      4.950      5.478     10.67     4.950      5.762      5.579      5.478      10.67    0.38

     AUSTRAL     6.564      7.777      7.777      3.590    -53.84     7.777      3.915      3.821      3.590     -53.84    0.25

     GUATMAL     0.865      1.186      1.186      3.082    159.86     1.186      2.932      2.993      3.082     159.86    0.21

     SLOVENI     2.246      2.698      2.698      3.051     13.08     2.698      2.918      2.790      3.051      13.08    0.21

     C RICA      4.885      4.488      4.488      2.983    -33.52     4.488      2.968      2.793      2.983     -33.52    0.21

     BELGIUM     3.474      3.512      3.512      2.947    -16.09     3.512      2.886      3.039      2.947     -16.09    0.20

     SLOVAK      3.289      3.762      3.762      2.815    -25.18     3.762      3.008      2.798      2.815     -25.18    0.19

     SWEDEN      0.279      0.865      0.865      2.002    131.52     0.865      1.827      1.748      2.002     131.52    0.14

     CZECH       2.325      1.165      1.165      1.674     43.72     1.165      1.541      1.515      1.674      43.72    0.12

     S ARAB      1.351      0.365      0.365      1.633    347.02     0.365      1.666      1.633      1.633     347.02    0.11

     HONDURA     1.204      1.159      1.159      1.148     -0.88     1.159      1.130      1.191      1.148      -0.88    0.08

     RUSSIA      0.011      0.631      0.631      0.800     26.79     0.631      1.262      1.113      0.800      26.79    0.06

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824     10.824      0.106    -99.02    10.824      1.337      0.633      0.106     -99.02    0.01

     BELARUS     3.078      3.277      3.277      0.000   -100.00     3.277      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00

     UZBEKIS     0.000      1.331      1.331      0.000   -100.00     1.331      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     1399.147   1543.119   1543.119   1450.392     -6.01  1543.119   1464.864   1449.366   1450.392      -6.01  100.00

     _OECD     640.259    676.243    676.243    640.445     -5.29   676.243    640.514    637.769    640.445      -5.29   44.16

     _W HEMI   525.037    536.551    536.551    472.732    -11.89   536.551    476.155    472.458    472.732     -11.89   32.59

     _EU15     176.067    197.700    197.700    206.444      4.42   197.700    203.217    205.524    206.444       4.42   14.23

     _EC12     173.442    194.737    194.737    201.590      3.52   194.737    198.761    200.883    201.590       3.52   13.90

     _ASEAN    184.826    198.501    198.501    172.115    -13.29   198.501    174.563    170.846    172.115     -13.29   11.87

     _ANDEAN    24.143     25.520     25.520     29.296     14.80    25.520     28.548     28.921     29.296      14.80    2.02

     _CBI        8.580      7.233      7.233      8.002     10.64     7.233      7.822      7.745      8.002      10.64    0.55

     _CAFTA      8.481      7.231      7.231      8.002     10.66     7.231      7.822      7.745      8.002      10.66    0.55