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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         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     949.341   1013.917    148.999    182.607     22.56   957.592   1013.917   1030.064   1047.525       9.39  100.00

     CHINA P   154.622    173.222     26.028     34.405     32.18   159.614    173.222    174.891    181.599      13.77   17.34

     CANADA    100.881    116.255     18.977     21.198     11.70   104.686    116.255    119.657    118.476      13.17   11.31

     JAPAN      88.651    107.485     15.640     17.061      9.08    92.755    107.485    109.312    108.906      17.41   10.40

     GERMANY    96.910     99.738     13.066     20.664     58.15    96.102     99.738    103.574    107.335      11.69   10.25

     MEXICO     68.820     74.219     10.653     10.764      1.04    69.885     74.219     74.659     74.330       6.36    7.10

     ISRAEL     63.252     59.876      8.187     10.379     26.77    60.811     59.876     60.638     62.067       2.07    5.93

     FRANCE     42.423     49.834      6.772      9.736     43.77    43.440     49.834     51.460     52.798      21.54    5.04

     ITALY      43.052     39.485      4.588      6.700     46.03    42.615     39.485     39.475     41.597      -2.39    3.97

     KOR REP    31.491     37.722      6.407      6.835      6.67    33.599     37.722     38.142     38.150      13.54    3.64

     INDIA      38.925     35.192      6.997      4.592    -34.37    41.247     35.192     34.124     32.787     -20.51    3.13

     LUXMBRG    25.430     28.945      3.570      6.467     81.17    21.323     28.945     29.334     31.842      49.33    3.04

     U KING     32.672     27.128      3.849      5.315     38.10    30.527     27.128     27.619     28.594      -6.33    2.73

     TURKEY     19.832     24.927      3.176      3.935     23.92    20.243     24.927     25.172     25.686      26.89    2.45

     CHINA T    18.324     17.710      2.659      4.464     67.86    18.059     17.710     18.739     19.514       8.06    1.86

     THAILND    11.725     14.599      1.698      2.660     56.65    12.064     14.599     15.015     15.561      28.98    1.49

     POLAND     13.402     13.431      2.210      2.922     32.24    13.822     13.431     13.997     14.143       2.33    1.35

     NETHLDS    11.031     10.262      0.866      2.256    160.38     9.579     10.262     10.996     11.652      21.64    1.11

     SPAIN       3.661      8.515      1.039      2.158    107.71     4.190      8.515      8.759      9.634     129.90    0.92

     DENMARK    11.292      9.881      1.680      1.181    -29.73    12.130      9.881      9.924      9.381     -22.66    0.90

     SWEDEN      4.515      8.585      1.174      1.954     66.35     5.300      8.585      9.102      9.365      76.68    0.89

     BELGIUM     5.724      8.301      0.642      1.446    125.17     6.001      8.301      8.858      9.105      51.72    0.87

     AUSTRAL    10.677      5.557      0.061      0.137    123.87     9.483      5.557      5.584      5.633     -40.61    0.54

     CZECH       4.129      5.911      0.991      0.678    -31.56     4.425      5.911      5.750      5.598      26.53    0.53

     IRELAND     4.315      4.008      0.625      0.802     28.24     4.697      4.008      3.784      4.185     -10.90    0.40

     GREECE      3.506      4.419      0.410      0.000   -100.00     3.527      4.419      4.379      4.009      13.65    0.38

     FINLAND    13.477      6.209      2.626      0.329    -87.46    13.231      6.209      5.425      3.912     -70.43    0.37

     BRAZIL      7.860      4.041      1.154      1.022    -11.50     4.424      4.041      3.939      3.908     -11.68    0.37

     SLOVENI     1.622      3.124      0.210      0.635    202.85     1.777      3.124      3.336      3.550      99.76    0.34

     INDNSIA     2.205      2.332      0.417      0.507     21.64     2.203      2.332      2.166      2.422       9.94    0.23

     MALAYSA     3.138      3.032      0.742      0.022    -97.09     3.765      3.032      2.786      2.312     -38.61    0.22

     HG KONG     1.178      1.332      0.201      0.317     57.75     1.274      1.332      1.363      1.448      13.65    0.14

     S ARAB      1.983      1.204      0.120      0.170     42.20     1.733      1.204      1.276      1.255     -27.61    0.12

     DOM REP     2.620      1.297      0.192      0.103    -46.54     2.376      1.297      1.283      1.208     -49.16    0.12

     SWITZLD     0.920      1.061      0.143      0.167     16.46     0.918      1.061      1.088      1.085      18.21    0.10

     REP SAF     1.255      1.094      0.414      0.289    -30.15     1.445      1.094      0.802      0.969     -32.94    0.09

     AUSTRIA     0.754      0.612      0.185      0.039    -79.06     0.878      0.612      0.618      0.465     -47.02    0.04

     VIETNAM     0.322      0.443      0.070      0.092     31.09     0.353      0.443      0.453      0.465      31.89    0.04

     HONDURA     0.247      0.401      0.004      0.038    861.75     0.229      0.401      0.416      0.435      90.31    0.04

     ECUADOR     0.000      0.219      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.219      0.219      0.219        *      0.02

     EGYPT       0.046      0.185      0.038      0.000   -100.00     0.084      0.185      0.148      0.148      75.69    0.01

     CHILE       0.096      0.137      0.016      0.000   -100.00     0.107      0.137      0.132      0.122      13.75    0.01

     RUSSIA      0.792      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       0.792      0.000      0.000      0.000     -99.95    0.00

     SIER LN     0.484      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       0.450      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      949.318   1013.759    148.972    182.570     22.55   957.541   1013.759   1029.870   1047.357       9.38   99.98

     _OECD     480.198    510.925     73.116     94.932     29.84   480.853    510.925    522.783    532.741      10.79   50.86

     _EU       318.041    329.007     44.827     63.314     41.24   314.017    329.007    336.690    347.493      10.66   33.17

     _W HEMI   180.870    197.011     31.055     33.166      6.80   182.062    197.011    200.725    199.122       9.37   19.01

     _NAFTA    169.701    190.474     29.630     31.962      7.87   174.572    190.474    194.316    192.806      10.45   18.41

     _ASEAN     17.651     20.600      2.946      3.305     12.19    18.624     20.600     20.622     20.960      12.54    2.00

     _CAFTA      2.985      1.732      0.230      0.141    -38.82     2.732      1.732      1.699      1.643     -39.85    0.16

     _SUB-SAH    1.740      1.098      0.414      0.289    -30.15     1.895      1.098      0.806      0.973     -48.65    0.09

     _ANDEAN     0.108      0.484      0.017      0.015     -9.35     0.114      0.484      0.484      0.483     324.61    0.05