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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                         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     117.682    110.036     16.765     19.630     17.09   116.282    110.036    109.672    112.901      -2.91  100.00

     INDNSIA    51.833     48.051      6.714      8.506     26.68    50.337     48.051     48.051     49.842      -0.98   44.15

     CANADA     18.413     16.205      2.584      2.341     -9.41    18.111     16.205     16.181     15.962     -11.87   14.14

     CHINA P    10.432     10.968      1.188      3.124    163.08     8.789     10.968     11.496     12.905      46.82   11.43

     INDIA      13.304     13.462      2.495      1.801    -27.83    14.435     13.462     13.143     12.768     -11.55   11.31

     VIETNAM     3.673      5.780      0.887      1.433     61.54     4.033      5.780      5.562      6.326      56.86    5.60

     TURKEY      4.339      3.309      0.654      0.905     38.51     4.279      3.309      3.484      3.561     -16.80    3.15

     PHIL R      2.716      2.423      0.601      0.174    -71.12     3.148      2.423      2.230      1.995     -36.63    1.77

     GERMANY     2.356      2.464      0.708      0.229    -67.66     3.038      2.464      2.008      1.985     -34.65    1.76

     ROMANIA     1.313      1.159      0.056      0.228    305.60     1.257      1.159      1.272      1.330       5.84    1.18

     MEXICO      2.348      1.151      0.295      0.205    -30.49     2.355      1.151      1.015      1.061     -54.95    0.94

     KOR REP     0.189      0.747      0.000      0.027       *       0.187      0.747      0.774      0.774     314.18    0.69

     THAILND     1.353      0.762      0.163      0.117    -28.54     1.283      0.762      0.797      0.716     -44.22    0.63

     JAPAN       1.118      0.579      0.056      0.119    111.20     1.021      0.579      0.560      0.641     -37.21    0.57

     CHINA T     0.393      0.470      0.129      0.083    -35.82     0.472      0.470      0.481      0.424     -10.22    0.38

     MALAYSA     0.686      0.108      0.000      0.003       *       0.563      0.108      0.110      0.110     -80.40    0.10


     _WTO      117.673    110.036     16.765     19.630     17.09   116.273    110.036    109.672    112.901      -2.90  100.00

     _ASEAN     60.413     57.123      8.366     10.232     22.31    59.515     57.123     56.750     58.989      -0.88   52.25

     _OECD      27.631     24.775      4.164      3.763     -9.65    27.765     24.775     24.546     24.373     -12.22   21.59

     _W HEMI    21.193     17.362      2.880      2.555    -11.26    20.825     17.362     17.212     17.038     -18.18   15.09

     _NAFTA     20.760     17.356      2.880      2.547    -11.57    20.465     17.356     17.196     17.022     -16.82   15.08

     _EU         5.902      5.671      0.981      0.717    -26.97     6.368      5.671      5.379      5.407     -15.10    4.79