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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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    1.01026E9 1.09261E9  152990943  174437574     14.02 1.03519E9  1.09261E9  1.09831E9  1.11405E9       7.62  100.00

     INDIA    365330034 386644350   59323368   53808777     -9.30 378164789  386644350  383374871  381129759       0.78   34.21

     CHINA P  152846621 127465060   20111567   21276864      5.79 154799985  127465060  127194220  128630357     -16.91   11.55

     S ARAB   107652363 124595645   17645771   20552338     16.47 111936813  124595645  124917955  127502212      13.91   11.44

     TURKEY    97130716  91921666   15128443   17914308     18.41 104150736   91921666   92446818   94707531      -9.07    8.50

     ARAB EM   21713319  69066864    4116592   14295218    247.26  22400611   69066864   74327153   79245490     253.76    7.11

     CHINA T   44820589  48790375    6982395    7348107      5.24  44457551   48790375   49251510   49156087      10.57    4.41

     CANADA    42250415  42771999    6964700    6749570     -3.09  43365188   42771999   41710046   42556869      -1.86    3.82

     KOR REP   32090657  39468603    4235121    7167040     69.23  30775745   39468603   40259370   42400522      37.77    3.81

     VIETNAM   24496324  32363010    4322143    8714138    101.62  25559488   32363010   35005550   36755005      43.80    3.30

     U KING    17339042  24426246    2483007    3494977     40.76  16838598   24426246   24702237   25438216      51.07    2.28

     MEXICO    20251991  24354633    1960874    1434865    -26.83  20127710   24354633   24175240   23828624      18.39    2.14

     BELGIUM   15896412  17081173    2161473    2656993     22.93  15339522   17081173   17110360   17576693      14.58    1.58

     GREECE    20725921  16058135    2208704    1428715    -35.31  20832429   16058135   15429918   15278146     -26.66    1.37

     THAILND   13513692  12555260    1519959    3254167    114.10  13245108   12555260   13042067   14289468       7.88    1.28

     HUNGARY    6681211   9629649     277389          0   -100.00   6958600    9629649    9352260    9352260      34.40    0.84

     MALAYSA    6741681   5205663     663461     630140     -5.02   6243962    5205663    5588160    5172342     -17.16    0.46

     GERMANY    2373204   3544196     292646     997612    240.89   2338930    3544196    3706592    4249162      81.67    0.38

     NETHLDS    4495106   3471724     614101     548295    -10.72   4326993    3471724    3394148    3405918     -21.29    0.31

     JAPAN      3321581   2908849     493827     624828     26.53   3443809    2908849    3080758    3039850     -11.73    0.27

     ITALY      1440622   1865426      68925      72451      5.12   1393212    1865426    1880109    1868952      34.15    0.17

     REP SAF     943664   1687632     209748     242198     15.47   1152542    1687632    1730684    1720082      49.24    0.15

     INDNSIA    1537950   1211625     189771     224287     18.19   1605349    1211625    1385026    1246141     -22.38    0.11

     GUATMAL     922755   1003636      94310     272421    188.86    898448    1003636    1113141    1181747      31.53    0.11

     BRAZIL     2498544    799033     356325      34251    -90.39   1861932     799033     585741     476959     -74.38    0.04


     _WTO     1.01013E9 1.09247E9  152872492  174437574     14.11 1.03495E9  1.09247E9  1.09826E9  1.11404E9       7.64  100.00

     _OECD    242281717 251424631   34534466   41227759     19.38 247785508  251424631  251253449  258117924       4.17   23.17

     _EU       69949266  77063091    8183249    9414070     15.04  68983510   77063091   76654853   78293912      13.50    7.03

     _W HEMI   66564357  69531977    9424102    8899567     -5.57  66678919   69531977   68288446   69007442       3.49    6.19

     _NAFTA    62502406  67126632    8925574    8184435     -8.30  63492898   67126632   65885286   66385493       4.56    5.96

     _ASEAN    46332967  51350709    6696308   12822743     91.49  46697786   51350709   55035024   57477144      23.08    5.16

     _SUB-SAHA   944128   1688064     209748     242198     15.47   1153006    1688064    1731116    1720514      49.22    0.15

     _CAFTA     1054018   1223290     113108     459782    306.50   1014420    1223290    1437725    1569964      54.76    0.14