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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     202.933    210.899     31.643     33.056      4.47   206.004    210.899    209.597    212.312       3.06  100.00

     TURKEY     50.020     54.183      7.852      8.549      8.87    51.802     54.183     53.726     54.880       5.94   25.85

     CANADA     41.152     42.342      6.375      5.332    -16.36    41.874     42.342     41.165     41.300      -1.37   19.45

     CHINA P    25.341     37.010      4.059      6.968     71.68    25.850     37.010     38.104     39.919      54.43   18.80

     MEXICO     28.843     20.875      3.575      3.330     -6.85    27.405     20.875     20.864     20.630     -24.72    9.72

     GERMANY    10.707     10.330      1.583      1.901     20.12    10.788     10.330     10.389     10.649      -1.29    5.02

     FRANCE      7.074      8.517      1.556      1.266    -18.63     7.676      8.517      8.166      8.227       7.18    3.87

     ITALY       5.732      6.454      1.012      1.068      5.45     5.609      6.454      6.502      6.509      16.05    3.07

     INDIA       4.886      5.849      1.217      0.895    -26.44     5.619      5.849      5.908      5.527      -1.64    2.60

     THAILND     5.079      3.340      0.561      0.742     32.39     4.966      3.340      3.345      3.522     -29.09    1.66

     SPAIN       2.582      2.857      0.493      0.225    -54.44     2.739      2.857      2.618      2.589      -5.47    1.22

     CHINA T     2.006      2.078      0.507      0.352    -30.44     2.186      2.078      1.965      1.924     -12.01    0.91

     EGYPT       4.133      2.201      0.385      0.000   -100.00     3.914      2.201      1.965      1.816     -53.60    0.86

     HONDURA     0.683      0.864      0.030      0.035     15.96     0.595      0.864      0.864      0.869      45.88    0.41

     KOR REP     0.889      0.178      0.012      0.105    752.67     0.779      0.178      0.259      0.270     -65.30    0.13


     _WTO      202.849    210.889     31.643     33.048      4.44   205.978    210.889    209.584    212.295       3.07   99.99

     _OECD     121.893    129.128     19.533     18.951     -2.98   124.997    129.128    127.007    128.547       2.84   60.55

     _W HEMI    73.135     67.094     10.592      9.361    -11.62    72.456     67.094     65.796     65.863      -9.10   31.02

     _NAFTA     69.995     63.217      9.950      8.663    -12.94    69.279     63.217     62.029     61.930     -10.61   29.17

     _EU        30.053     32.363      5.270      4.957     -5.94    30.691     32.363     31.804     32.050       4.43   15.10

     _ASEAN      5.858      4.036      0.690      0.925     33.91     5.758      4.036      4.058      4.271     -25.84    2.01

     _CAFTA      0.712      0.917      0.050      0.036    -28.59     0.643      0.917      0.915      0.903      40.44    0.43