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                                          |                                     |                              February 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  62:  MAN-MADE FIBER NON-APPAREL
                                                    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   12110.470  13507.285  13507.285  13992.915      3.60 13507.285  13969.851  13955.181  13992.915       3.60  100.00

     CHINA P  6541.604   7298.856   7298.856   7638.452      4.65  7298.856   7645.344   7624.207   7638.452       4.65   54.59

     CANADA    826.820    861.417    861.417    809.030     -6.08   861.417    814.483    811.525    809.030      -6.08    5.78

     MEXICO    699.483    756.273    756.273    765.792      1.26   756.273    765.674    765.077    765.792       1.26    5.47

     KOR REP   426.797    511.380    511.380    534.940      4.61   511.380    539.470    536.535    534.940       4.61    3.82

     INDIA     304.775    402.034    402.034    439.209      9.25   402.034    436.397    442.322    439.209       9.25    3.14

     VIETNAM   339.491    459.893    459.893    429.484     -6.61   459.893    431.395    428.813    429.484      -6.61    3.07

     CHINA T   365.290    400.527    400.527    425.131      6.14   400.527    426.454    419.648    425.131       6.14    3.04

     TURKEY    280.771    350.309    350.309    389.654     11.23   350.309    382.872    386.870    389.654      11.23    2.78

     JAPAN     244.286    273.484    273.484    323.835     18.41   273.484    324.605    327.147    323.835      18.41    2.31

     ITALY     248.337    266.065    266.065    266.738      0.25   266.065    266.512    266.428    266.738       0.25    1.91

     GERMANY   196.826    211.176    211.176    219.532      3.96   211.176    214.567    216.578    219.532       3.96    1.57

     INDNSIA   170.163    198.431    198.431    192.269     -3.11   198.431    191.218    191.396    192.269      -3.11    1.37

     THAILND   131.693    134.183    134.183    129.112     -3.78   134.183    124.004    125.423    129.112      -3.78    0.92

     EGYPT     121.200    125.472    125.472    128.187      2.16   125.472    125.597    124.811    128.187       2.16    0.92

     FRANCE    104.053    106.887    106.887    117.335      9.78   106.887    117.324    117.177    117.335       9.78    0.84

     PAKISTN    55.938     93.397     93.397    111.296     19.16    93.397    109.611    111.292    111.296      19.16    0.80

     ISRAEL    171.022    121.298    121.298    111.096     -8.41   121.298    109.516    111.577    111.096      -8.41    0.79

     BELGIUM    99.716    104.794    104.794    102.865     -1.84   104.794    102.752    102.960    102.865      -1.84    0.74

     U KING     77.476     88.631     88.631     86.903     -1.95    88.631     87.951     87.385     86.903      -1.95    0.62

     NETHLDS    64.085     73.873     73.873     69.024     -6.56    73.873     69.278     71.055     69.024      -6.56    0.49

     BNGLDSH    50.266     48.436     48.436     59.567     22.98    48.436     59.117     59.355     59.567      22.98    0.43

     PHIL R     49.731     53.097     53.097     51.769     -2.50    53.097     53.007     52.914     51.769      -2.50    0.37

     ARAB EM    30.731     40.347     40.347     43.028      6.64    40.347     42.513     43.711     43.028       6.64    0.31

     S ARAB     31.285     35.252     35.252     39.280     11.43    35.252     39.645     39.606     39.280      11.43    0.28

     SWITZLD    34.196     37.839     37.839     36.855     -2.60    37.839     38.213     37.673     36.855      -2.60    0.26

     SPAIN      24.897     25.539     25.539     32.941     28.98    25.539     31.745     32.555     32.941      28.98    0.24

     PORTUGL    23.185     25.069     25.069     32.373     29.14    25.069     30.639     31.519     32.373      29.14    0.23

     LUXMBRG    30.419     28.025     28.025     30.101      7.41    28.025     26.162     27.972     30.101       7.41    0.22

     HG KONG    29.950     27.220     27.220     28.327      4.07    27.220     27.761     28.459     28.327       4.07    0.20

     MALAYSA    19.223     26.988     26.988     28.173      4.39    26.988     30.084     29.268     28.173       4.39    0.20

     POLAND     19.016     29.280     29.280     24.868    -15.07    29.280     25.454     25.153     24.868     -15.07    0.18

     SALVADR    26.638     30.930     30.930     22.065    -28.66    30.930     23.769     22.934     22.065     -28.66    0.16

     NORWAY      0.882      1.782      1.782     18.277    925.66     1.782      1.921      1.622     18.277     925.66    0.13

     CAMBOD      8.524     13.546     13.546     16.639     22.83    13.546     16.317     16.265     16.639      22.83    0.12

     COLOMB     10.865     11.519     11.519     16.047     39.30    11.519     14.979     15.748     16.047      39.30    0.11

     DENMARK    12.132     16.660     16.660     15.879     -4.69    16.660     16.907     16.493     15.879      -4.69    0.11

     LATVIA      9.526     12.118     12.118     15.173     25.21    12.118     14.610     14.631     15.173      25.21    0.11

     CZECH       7.555      9.679      9.679     15.148     56.50     9.679     14.336     14.507     15.148      56.50    0.11

     AUSTRAL    19.327     21.024     21.024     13.973    -33.54    21.024     14.826     14.438     13.973     -33.54    0.10

     GREECE     16.006     16.716     16.716     13.240    -20.80    16.716     13.777     13.629     13.240     -20.80    0.09

     SWEDEN      8.925      7.620      7.620     12.836     68.46     7.620     11.760     12.192     12.836      68.46    0.09

     HONDURA     5.892      9.189      9.189     12.258     33.40     9.189     11.760     11.922     12.258      33.40    0.09

     AUSTRIA     5.968     10.603     10.603     11.396      7.48    10.603     11.484     11.122     11.396       7.48    0.08

     BRAZIL     54.370     16.077     16.077     10.274    -36.09    16.077      9.334     10.013     10.274     -36.09    0.07

     REP SAF     4.643      7.417      7.417      8.154      9.94     7.417      8.124      8.058      8.154       9.94    0.06

     N ZEAL      5.752      7.830      7.830      7.954      1.59     7.830      7.403      7.967      7.954       1.59    0.06

     DOM REP     8.717     10.379     10.379      7.760    -25.24    10.379      7.616      7.641      7.760     -25.24    0.06

     FINLAND    16.263     14.380     14.380      7.072    -50.82    14.380      8.755      7.857      7.072     -50.82    0.05

     SLOVENI     2.543      4.363      4.363      6.237     42.95     4.363      6.712      6.334      6.237      42.95    0.04

     PERU        3.972      3.994      3.994      5.607     40.36     3.994      5.331      5.594      5.607      40.36    0.04

     GUATMAL     3.116      3.864      3.864      5.590     44.68     3.864      5.537      5.625      5.590      44.68    0.04

     IRELAND     5.943      6.381      6.381      5.400    -15.38     6.381      5.759      5.564      5.400     -15.38    0.04

     SLOVAK      3.980      5.001      5.001      5.192      3.82     5.001      5.672      5.455      5.192       3.82    0.04

     ARGENT      5.972      8.247      8.247      4.961    -39.84     8.247      5.316      5.064      4.961     -39.84    0.04

     C RICA      5.095      5.251      5.251      4.567    -13.02     5.251      4.449      4.267      4.567     -13.02    0.03

     MALTA       5.814      5.194      5.194      4.465    -14.04     5.194      4.251      4.431      4.465     -14.04    0.03

     SRI LKA     4.622      3.745      3.745      3.887      3.79     3.745      3.772      3.905      3.887       3.79    0.03

     ROMANIA     4.594      3.477      3.477      3.883     11.69     3.477      4.157      4.007      3.883      11.69    0.03

     HUNGARY     0.330      2.059      2.059      3.004     45.86     2.059      3.707      3.267      3.004      45.86    0.02

     UKRAINE     2.849      0.315      0.315      2.985    848.99     0.315      2.335      2.669      2.985     848.99    0.02

     BAHRAIN     4.821      1.394      1.394      2.024     45.22     1.394      1.936      1.995      2.024      45.22    0.01

     JORDAN      0.202      0.368      0.368      1.154    213.34     0.368      0.912      1.040      1.154     213.34    0.01

     RUSSIA      1.146      1.529      1.529      0.863    -43.56     1.529      1.304      1.168      0.863     -43.56    0.01

     CHILE       0.937      0.581      0.581      0.752     29.40     0.581      0.774      0.748      0.752      29.40    0.01

     SIER LN     0.000      0.485      0.485      0.025    -94.94     0.485      0.026      0.025      0.025     -94.94    0.00

     BELARUS     3.432      3.501      3.501      0.000    -99.99     3.501      0.000      0.000      0.000     -99.99    0.00


     _WTO    12105.162  13501.984  13501.984  13991.420      3.62 13501.984  13968.092  13953.559  13991.420       3.62   99.99

     _OECD    2556.403   2836.012   2836.012   2878.054      1.48  2836.012   2858.651   2860.651   2878.054       1.48   20.57

     _W HEMI  1653.838   1719.374   1719.374   1666.313     -3.09  1719.374   1670.613   1667.726   1666.313      -3.09   11.91

     _EU15     934.232   1002.417   1002.417   1023.634      2.12  1002.417   1015.369   1020.484   1023.634       2.12    7.32

     _EC12     903.075    969.815    969.815    992.330      2.32   969.815    983.371    989.314    992.330       2.32    7.09

     _ASEAN    723.316    889.860    889.860    848.460     -4.65   889.860    847.418    845.236    848.460      -4.65    6.06

     _CBI       50.444     60.189     60.189     52.579    -12.64    60.189     53.489     52.698     52.579     -12.64    0.38

     _CAFTA     49.697     59.975     59.975     52.438    -12.57    59.975     53.325     52.557     52.438     -12.57    0.37

     _ANDEAN    14.892     15.566     15.566     22.022     41.47    15.566     20.657     21.707     22.022      41.47    0.16

     _SUB-SAH    5.288      8.356      8.356      8.615      3.10     8.356      8.638      8.583      8.615       3.10    0.06