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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 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  2/2013
   Country      2011       2012       2/2012     2/2013  % Change    2/2012    12/2012     1/2013     2/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD     96867582  89848940   13968511   15105455      8.14  93392352   89848940   90380258   90985884      -2.58  100.00

     CANADA    46224685  30950326    5587293    5140688     -7.99  42542309   30950326   30607453   30503721     -28.30   33.53

     MEXICO    15711135  21330245    3068350    3492737     13.83  15892858   21330245   21577300   21754632      36.88   23.91

     CHINA P    5093806   7774191     925993    1688282     82.32   5360683    7774191    8220446    8536480      59.24    9.38

     INDIA      5845261   6861962    1478816    1030742    -30.30   6543625    6861962    6455058    6413888      -1.98    7.05

     CHINA T    3914318   5504904     827377     863798      4.40   4169173    5504904    5546265    5541325      32.91    6.09

     INDNSIA    5250788   4949273     589645     818385     38.79   4790858    4949273    5104697    5178013       8.08    5.69

     MALAYSA    3862968   4327425     542876     534952     -1.46   3855770    4327425    4304358    4319501      12.03    4.75

     KOR REP    2154947   2734175     203448     554063    172.34   2208543    2734175    2985310    3084790      39.68    3.39

     ITALY      2927696   1221475     116231     411142    253.73   2736822    1221475    1367269    1516386     -44.59    1.67

     FRANCE      343842    779278      56037     221582    295.42    349346     779278     884876     944823     170.45    1.04

     THAILND    2753195    714087      74315      71782     -3.41   2170704     714087     678993     711554     -67.22    0.78

     TURKEY      166491    664713      60652      31034    -48.83    206737     664713     693182     635095     207.20    0.70

     EGYPT       297060    350290      99820      68620    -31.26    353990     350290     347050     319090      -9.86    0.35

     SLOVENI     295071    280405      50237      45157    -10.11    301659     280405     266709     275325      -8.73    0.30

     GERMANY     452273    259814      39963      40772      2.02    402563     259814     260206     260623     -35.26    0.29

     SALVADR      64760    156473      18042      39830    120.76     68040     156473     158320     178261     161.99    0.20

     JAPAN       143450    192003      45754       6136    -86.59    152839     192003     167022     152385      -0.30    0.17

     ISRAEL       57878    124497       7765      14779     90.33     53910     124497     123758     131511     143.95    0.14

     BELGIUM     512359    207287      87017       2160    -97.52    458339     207287     152873     122430     -73.29    0.13

     SLOVAK      141814     96910      10203      13458     31.90    131702      96910     106219     100165     -23.95    0.11

     VIETNAM     300215     59552      19433          0   -100.00    309270      59552      59127      40119     -87.03    0.04


     _WTO      96867054  89848940   13968511   15105455      8.14  93391824   89848940   90380258   90985884      -2.58  100.00

     _W HEMI   62020717  52497194    8675269    8673255     -0.02  58524928   52497194   52402421   52495180     -10.30   57.70

     _NAFTA    61935820  52280571    8655643    8633425     -0.26  58435167   52280571   52184753   52258353     -10.57   57.44

     _OECD     52903290  36963294    6161568    6414031      4.10  49009766   36963294   37104426   37215757     -24.06   40.90

     _ASEAN    12197055  10050337    1226269    1425119     16.22  11138972   10050337   10147175   10249187      -7.99   11.26

     _EU        4869206   3019286     370615     746773    101.50   4546145    3019286    3219245    3395444     -25.31    3.73

     _CAFTA       67091    159161      18694      39830    113.06     71023     159161     160356     180297     153.86    0.20