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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  2/2013
   Country      2011       2012       2/2012     2/2013  % Change    2/2012    12/2012     1/2013     2/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     19059605  19029287    2752765    3013650      9.48  19057575   19029287   19045403   19290172       1.22  100.00

     CHINA P    4344322   5424763     583232     983191     68.58   4272686    5424763    5562477    5824722      36.32   30.20

     TURKEY     5221186   5100404     747869     799032      6.84   5334825    5100404    5056094    5151567      -3.44   26.71

     CANADA     3010563   3020583     459675     379592    -17.42   3053447    3020583    2935476    2940500      -3.70   15.24

     MEXICO     2525704   1679787     288686     287876     -0.28   2373538    1679787    1689933    1678977     -29.26    8.70

     THAILND    1034612    741305     126226     174095     37.92    995545     741305     757040     789174     -20.73    4.09

     INDIA       594704    662095     138055      91751    -33.54    659839     662095     674672     615791      -6.68    3.19

     GERMANY     405796    411520      53494      61326     14.64    403365     411520     412957     419352       3.96    2.17

     EGYPT       408894    313157      52936          0   -100.00    392546     313157     278793     260221     -33.71    1.35

     HONDURA     165355    232787       6517       8489     30.26    135438     232787     232787     234759      73.33    1.22

     ITALY       178313    194793      29827      36591     22.68    172507     194793     203439     201557      16.84    1.04

     CHINA T     120363    228605      99933      17290    -82.70    196039     228605     224611     145962     -25.54    0.76

     FRANCE      112415    139988      24332      21186    -12.93    121543     139988     135306     136842      12.59    0.71

     SPAIN       118014    150817      28448      14156    -50.24    138090     150817     137733     136525      -1.13    0.71

     KOR REP     154154     19561        990      23327   2256.26    135412      19561      39926      41898     -69.06    0.22


     _WTO      19053565  19028636    2752765    3013109      9.46  19056760   19028636   19044475   19288980       1.22   99.99

     _OECD      9364444   9252830    1382862    1357141     -1.86   9538739    9252830    9117481    9227109      -3.27   47.83

     _W HEMI    5839760   5102050     785387     705951    -10.11   5704048    5102050    5021444    5022614     -11.95   26.04

     _NAFTA     5536267   4700370     748361     667468    -10.81   5426985    4700370    4625409    4619477     -14.88   23.95

     _EU         992144   1110260     173662     154968    -10.76   1024443    1110260    1084503    1091566       6.55    5.66

     _ASEAN     1166536    838617     145793     201599     38.28   1129559     838617     858378     894423     -20.82    4.64

     _CAFTA      170373    251950       8677       8543     -1.54    142559     251950     251589     251816      76.64    1.31