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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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   41151.828  43885.711   6627.015   7338.430     10.74 41886.496  43885.711  44036.366  44597.126       6.47  100.00

     CHINA P 19509.349  20665.407   2967.832   3389.735     14.22 19752.360  20665.407  20681.928  21087.310       6.76   47.28

     VIETNAM  3251.036   3726.685    566.346    686.390     21.20  3351.616   3726.685   3776.178   3846.729      14.77    8.63

     INDNSIA  2111.673   2225.890    389.592    412.896      5.98  2161.950   2225.890   2240.264   2249.194       4.04    5.04

     MEXICO   1871.269   1852.733    300.877    296.645     -1.41  1888.248   1852.733   1853.525   1848.501      -2.10    4.14

     CANADA   1157.232   1110.845    180.021    179.968     -0.03  1151.197   1110.845   1113.790   1110.792      -3.51    2.49

     HONDURA   925.565   1087.723    128.721    138.105      7.29   933.647   1087.723   1094.076   1097.107      17.51    2.46

     INDIA     931.192   1070.451    189.245    185.887     -1.77   993.310   1070.451   1067.281   1067.093       7.43    2.39

     BNGLDSH   962.651    911.463    158.352    165.527      4.53   981.051    911.463    915.081    918.638      -6.36    2.06

     CAMBOD    776.300    862.799    145.765    161.502     10.80   824.131    862.799    868.519    878.536       6.60    1.97

     CHINA T   722.531    727.464    122.890    117.797     -4.14   723.824    727.464    721.539    722.372      -0.20    1.62

     SALVADR   576.911    689.827     87.480    102.006     16.61   595.847    689.827    691.669    704.353      18.21    1.58

     THAILND   656.082    656.823    103.903    109.479      5.37   656.427    656.823    659.755    662.399       0.91    1.49

     JORDAN    550.871    646.826    101.746    104.152      2.37   575.210    646.826    646.998    649.233      12.87    1.46

     KOR REP   629.324    645.128     98.564     98.554     -0.01   636.833    645.128    647.735    645.117       1.30    1.45

     PHIL R    621.510    638.688    107.338    104.364     -2.77   631.851    638.688    637.764    635.714       0.61    1.43

     SRI LKA   500.626    597.363    100.775    110.174      9.33   523.664    597.363    597.531    606.762      15.87    1.36

     ITALY     500.184    525.046     84.334     87.023      3.19   508.308    525.046    524.511    527.735       3.82    1.18

     TURKEY    440.951    497.808     79.891     86.655      8.47   455.566    497.808    502.520    504.572      10.76    1.13

     GUATMAL   408.079    442.773     64.374     64.050     -0.50   417.003    442.773    441.992    442.448       6.10    0.99

     EGYPT     392.678    412.266     69.627     76.020      9.18   413.554    412.266    416.915    418.660       1.23    0.94

     NICARAG   324.657    391.200     53.630     64.340     19.97   336.483    391.200    397.719    401.910      19.44    0.90

     JAPAN     281.502    333.697     53.762     52.100     -3.09   294.912    333.697    337.063    332.035      12.59    0.74

     DOM REP   299.278    319.468     37.928     41.544      9.53   305.775    319.468    323.676    323.083       5.66    0.72

     GERMANY   225.733    232.789     31.894     40.174     25.96   226.374    232.789    237.632    241.069       6.49    0.54

     PAKISTN   198.599    227.312     35.542     35.766      0.63   209.719    227.312    226.487    227.536       8.50    0.51

     ISRAEL    213.988    195.464     31.895     34.525      8.25   203.601    195.464    196.525    198.095      -2.70    0.44

     FRANCE    163.661    172.123     25.513     29.357     15.07   165.914    172.123    173.786    175.967       6.06    0.39

     MALAYSA   183.658    164.370     28.956     32.069     10.75   187.306    164.370    167.406    167.483     -10.58    0.38

     LESOTHO   110.921    130.167     15.316     31.777    107.47   116.316    130.167    142.468    146.627      26.06    0.33

     HAITI     112.240    134.244     13.439     22.146     64.79   112.088    134.244    139.270    142.951      27.53    0.32

     U KING    106.230    109.272     16.135     16.656      3.23   106.269    109.272    109.768    109.793       3.32    0.25

     COLOMB    105.232    104.903     16.298     17.685      8.51   105.570    104.903    104.559    106.290       0.68    0.24

     BELGIUM   106.812    104.668     16.468     14.535    -11.74   108.637    104.668    104.315    102.735      -5.43    0.23

     KENYA      71.974     83.899      7.916     24.365    207.80    72.970     83.899     91.265    100.348      37.52    0.23

     HG KONG    72.859     80.884     13.858     14.453      4.30    74.149     80.884     79.796     81.480       9.89    0.18

     PERU       84.146     76.839     13.428     14.631      8.96    85.289     76.839     75.459     78.042      -8.50    0.17

     PORTUGL    52.188     68.993     15.454     19.044     23.23    56.846     68.993     70.964     72.582      27.68    0.16

     NETHLDS    75.032     70.216     11.134     12.366     11.06    73.819     70.216     71.579     71.448      -3.21    0.16

     MOROC      43.692     56.794      9.617      9.686      0.72    47.012     56.794     56.063     56.863      20.95    0.13

     ARAB EM    51.910     53.801      7.908      7.761     -1.86    48.185     53.801     53.416     53.653      11.35    0.12

     SPAIN      41.368     49.307      8.212      8.893      8.29    43.571     49.307     48.981     49.988      14.73    0.11

     ROMANIA    34.225     46.587      6.371      6.856      7.62    36.678     46.587     46.069     47.072      28.34    0.11

     BAHRAIN    35.998     41.254      7.250     12.410     71.16    36.427     41.254     43.231     46.414      27.42    0.10

     C RICA     54.294     42.346      7.771      6.908    -11.10    53.113     42.346     41.374     41.483     -21.90    0.09

     S ARAB     35.418     39.460      6.218      5.530    -11.06    36.919     39.460     38.832     38.772       5.02    0.09

     SWITZLD    44.080     39.662      7.762      6.678    -13.96    45.545     39.662     39.096     38.578     -15.30    0.09

     LUXMBRG    28.027     30.102      3.610      6.494     79.88    23.200     30.102     30.512     32.986      42.18    0.07

     POLAND     38.978     33.300      5.681      5.160     -9.17    38.816     33.300     32.941     32.779     -15.55    0.07

     SWAZLND    40.275     31.907      4.515      4.740      4.99    37.770     31.907     32.394     32.132     -14.93    0.07

     TUNISIA    25.972     29.413      4.377      4.649      6.20    26.430     29.413     29.701     29.685      12.31    0.07

     BULGAR     25.209     28.839      4.196      4.272      1.82    26.385     28.839     28.530     28.915       9.59    0.06

     SINGAPR    34.486     26.196      4.713      4.160    -11.72    32.880     26.196     25.152     25.643     -22.01    0.06

     BRAZIL     25.502     19.900      3.631      3.507     -3.42    21.315     19.900     19.538     19.776      -7.22    0.04

     AUSTRIA    17.829     18.360      2.904      3.344     15.19    18.532     18.360     19.070     18.801       1.46    0.04

     CZECH      12.019     17.730      2.727      3.252     19.26    13.099     17.730     17.825     18.255      39.36    0.04

     NORWAY      1.844     18.359      0.469      0.184    -60.77     1.699     18.359     18.115     18.074     963.96    0.04

     LATVIA     13.220     16.530      2.043      3.032     48.44    13.093     16.530     16.316     17.520      33.81    0.04

     AUSTRAL    24.506     17.480      2.001      1.854     -7.36    23.477     17.480     17.341     17.333     -26.17    0.04

     HUNGARY    12.975     16.390      1.957      2.093      6.96    12.955     16.390     16.367     16.526      27.56    0.04

     DENMARK    17.157     16.668      2.543      2.173    -14.54    18.084     16.668     16.771     16.299      -9.87    0.04

     SLOVENI    10.993     13.963      1.680      2.575     53.32    11.162     13.963     14.601     14.858      33.12    0.03

     SWEDEN      8.395     13.522      1.723      2.553     48.20     9.229     13.522     14.006     14.352      55.51    0.03

     GREECE     17.255     13.738      1.753      0.962    -45.10    17.552     13.738     13.407     12.947     -26.24    0.03

     REP SAF    11.643     12.320      2.150      2.077     -3.37    12.157     12.320     12.169     12.247       0.74    0.03

     MADAGAS     7.061     10.061      1.361      1.155    -15.11     7.470     10.061     10.051      9.855      31.93    0.02

     SLOVAK      7.436      9.016      1.103      1.344     21.84     6.860      9.016      9.168      9.257      34.94    0.02

     N ZEAL      8.306      8.517      0.872      1.131     29.74     7.696      8.517      8.649      8.777      14.04    0.02

     BOTSWAN     7.952      8.607      2.308      1.318    -42.87     9.531      8.607      8.258      7.618     -20.07    0.02

     TNZANIA     5.168      7.496      1.143      1.230      7.62     5.849      7.496      7.466      7.583      29.65    0.02

     ETHIOP      7.175      6.996      1.068      1.069      0.11     7.416      6.996      7.149      6.997      -5.65    0.02

     MACAU       9.799      7.311      2.029      1.161    -42.80    10.107      7.311      6.610      6.443     -36.25    0.01

     UKRAINE     2.196      6.208      1.577      1.249    -20.81     3.449      6.208      5.889      5.880      70.46    0.01

     IRELAND     6.508      5.754      1.063      0.992     -6.66     7.100      5.754      5.422      5.683     -19.96    0.01

     ARGENT      8.688      5.909      0.969      0.552    -43.06     8.750      5.909      5.461      5.492     -37.24    0.01

     MALTA       5.615      5.570      1.086      0.741    -31.75     5.758      5.570      5.572      5.225      -9.25    0.01

     FINLAND    14.569      7.217      2.821      0.528    -81.29    14.308      7.217      6.392      4.924     -65.59    0.01

     ECUADOR     6.328      4.664      0.621      0.861     38.69     5.885      4.664      4.736      4.904     -16.66    0.01

     MALAWI     12.368      5.723      1.808      0.837    -53.72    12.314      5.723      5.190      4.752     -61.41    0.01

     GUYANA      4.310      3.659      0.565      0.183    -67.68     4.271      3.659      3.425      3.277     -23.28    0.01

     LAOS        4.022      3.068      0.243      0.313     28.76     3.742      3.068      3.093      3.138     -16.14    0.01

     RUSSIA      1.624      1.003      0.264      0.171    -35.30     1.796      1.003      1.133      0.910     -49.35    0.00

     CHILE       0.952      1.089      0.508      0.177    -65.25     1.338      1.089      0.951      0.758     -43.35    0.00

     BELARUS     3.783      0.169      0.008      0.013     61.09     2.855      0.169      0.161      0.174     -93.91    0.00

     SIER LN     0.510      0.057      0.012      0.005    -59.21     0.470      0.057      0.061      0.050     -89.35    0.00


     _WTO    41131.753  43870.237   6624.744   7336.540     10.74 41867.164  43870.237  44020.887  44582.033       6.48   99.97

     _ASEAN   7639.925   8305.962   1346.993   1511.316     12.20  7850.937   8305.962   8379.530   8470.284       7.89   18.99

     _W HEMI  5967.207   6289.723    910.502    953.661      4.74  6028.228   6289.723   6312.828   6332.882       5.05   14.20

     _OECD    3752.186   3843.728    605.644    630.682      4.13  3785.647   3843.728   3862.235   3868.766       2.20    8.67

     _CAFTA   2588.784   2973.336    379.904    416.953      9.75  2641.868   2973.336   2990.507   3010.385      13.95    6.75

     _NAFTA   3028.501   2963.578    480.898    476.613     -0.89  3039.444   2963.578   2967.315   2959.293      -2.64    6.64

     _EU      1547.393   1632.913    253.299    275.950      8.94  1568.366   1632.913   1642.009   1655.564       5.56    3.71

     _SUB-SAH  282.821    305.629     38.868     70.247     80.73   290.728    305.629    325.506    337.009      15.92    0.76

     _ANDEAN   195.820    186.511     30.358     33.189      9.32   196.845    186.511    184.864    189.341      -3.81    0.42

     _CBI      117.625    138.177     14.032     22.468     60.13   117.353    138.177    142.973    146.614      24.93    0.33