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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 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     372.061    317.116     50.211     56.550     12.63   359.992    317.116    320.074    323.456     -10.15  100.00

     CANADA    206.067    145.216     24.656     27.276     10.63   192.194    145.216    146.297    147.837     -23.08   45.71

     MEXICO     46.363     56.774      9.934      9.141     -7.97    48.770     56.774     56.210     55.982      14.79   17.31

     CHINA P    16.090     20.401      2.327      4.056     74.28    16.524     20.401     21.415     22.129      33.92    6.84

     CHINA T    13.757     16.212      2.445      2.850     16.58    14.225     16.212     16.505     16.617      16.82    5.14

     INDIA      14.880     15.562      3.352      2.374    -29.16    16.495     15.562     14.672     14.585     -11.58    4.51

     KOR REP     9.584     12.391      0.873      2.521    188.93     9.821     12.391     13.540     14.040      42.95    4.34

     INDNSIA    13.169     11.514      1.528      1.846     20.86    12.235     11.514     11.794     11.833      -3.29    3.66

     ITALY      16.852      8.181      0.854      2.421    183.54    16.164      8.181      8.936      9.749     -39.69    3.01

     MALAYSA     9.721      9.749      1.332      1.175    -11.83     9.734      9.749      9.637      9.591      -1.47    2.97

     THAILND     8.462      3.847      0.340      0.445     30.75     7.250      3.847      3.701      3.952     -45.49    1.22

     FRANCE      1.989      3.196      0.213      0.848    298.55     1.840      3.196      3.553      3.831     108.24    1.18

     SLOVENI     2.694      3.051      0.530      0.478     -9.78     2.831      3.051      2.900      2.999       5.93    0.93

     GERMANY     3.192      2.066      0.310      0.291     -6.28     2.911      2.066      2.027      2.047     -29.69    0.63

     TURKEY      0.652      2.029      0.175      0.107    -38.79     0.754      2.029      2.113      1.961     160.17    0.61

     JAPAN       1.338      1.428      0.295      0.089    -69.89     1.328      1.428      1.311      1.222      -7.96    0.38

     EGYPT       0.774      0.857      0.246      0.169    -31.32     0.930      0.857      0.853      0.780     -16.12    0.24

     ISRAEL      0.324      0.710      0.058      0.064     10.34     0.309      0.710      0.709      0.716     131.76    0.22

     SALVADR     0.283      0.638      0.109      0.145     32.35     0.360      0.638      0.643      0.674      87.37    0.21

     SLOVAK      0.834      0.597      0.072      0.083     15.09     0.784      0.597      0.652      0.607     -22.48    0.19

     BELGIUM     1.493      0.589      0.241      0.009    -96.41     1.393      0.589      0.440      0.357     -74.40    0.11

     VIETNAM     0.946      0.145      0.045      0.000   -100.00     0.954      0.145      0.143      0.100     -89.53    0.03


     _WTO      372.059    317.116     50.211     56.550     12.63   359.990    317.116    320.074    323.456     -10.15  100.00

     _W HEMI   252.765    202.833     34.711     36.563      5.34   241.387    202.833    203.346    204.685     -15.20   63.28

     _NAFTA    252.430    201.990     34.589     36.418      5.29   240.964    201.990    202.507    203.818     -15.42   63.01

     _OECD     241.547    174.916     27.412     33.614     22.63   226.370    174.916    178.252    181.118     -19.99   55.99

     _ASEAN     32.366     25.255      3.245      3.466      6.80    30.201     25.255     25.275     25.476     -15.65    7.88

     _EU        29.188     19.135      2.310      4.265     84.60    27.554     19.135     20.058     21.089     -23.46    6.52

     _CAFTA      0.291      0.650      0.114      0.145     27.37     0.372      0.650      0.650      0.681      82.89    0.21