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                                          |                                     |                                 April 2, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  2/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     501.675    524.965     79.996     82.903      3.63   513.192    524.965    523.291    527.872       2.86  100.00

     INDIA      93.350    103.560     17.237     16.149     -6.31    99.014    103.560    103.217    102.471       3.49   19.41

     CHINA P    99.692     98.227     15.135     16.553      9.37   102.250     98.227     96.855     99.646      -2.55   18.88

     CANADA     65.261     59.718      9.828      8.451    -14.02    65.060     59.718     58.765     58.341     -10.33   11.05

     ARAB EM    27.143     36.462      4.597      5.654     22.99    28.053     36.462     36.302     37.519      33.74    7.11

     CHINA T    32.363     34.941      4.914      5.794     17.92    31.969     34.941     35.589     35.821      12.05    6.79

     S ARAB     27.124     31.328      4.512      5.090     12.81    28.670     31.328     31.199     31.906      11.29    6.04

     TURKEY     29.656     27.422      4.777      5.232      9.51    30.446     27.422     27.434     27.877      -8.44    5.28

     KOR REP    18.951     20.453      2.764      3.113     12.63    18.875     20.453     20.681     20.802      10.21    3.94

     JAPAN      12.529     14.888      2.254      2.818     25.03    12.954     14.888     15.674     15.453      19.29    2.93

     U KING      9.984     12.688      1.588      1.504     -5.26     9.928     12.688     12.593     12.604      26.96    2.39

     MEXICO     10.369     10.510      1.292      1.764     36.51    10.567     10.510     10.694     10.981       3.92    2.08

     VIETNAM     7.780      9.414      1.263      1.652     30.81     8.093      9.414      9.581      9.803      21.14    1.86

     GERMANY     6.243      8.554      1.429      1.634     14.37     6.497      8.554      8.238      8.759      34.82    1.66

     BELGIUM     7.167      8.139      1.027      1.339     30.32     7.187      8.139      8.230      8.451      17.57    1.60

     ITALY       8.556      7.898      1.026      1.088      6.06     7.930      7.898      8.104      7.960       0.38    1.51

     GREECE     10.768      7.369      1.129      0.733    -35.08    11.060      7.369      7.071      6.973     -36.95    1.32

     THAILND     7.028      6.783      0.977      1.001      2.49     7.056      6.783      6.669      6.808      -3.52    1.29

     REP SAF     3.080      4.724      0.666      0.778     16.81     3.737      4.724      4.886      4.836      29.42    0.92

     NETHLDS     6.099      4.834      1.029      0.584    -43.23     6.135      4.834      4.630      4.390     -28.45    0.83

     MALAYSA     3.701      3.015      0.515      0.430    -16.45     3.647      3.015      3.279      2.930     -19.65    0.56

     HUNGARY     1.315      1.899      0.052      0.000   -100.00     1.368      1.899      1.847      1.847      35.07    0.35

     GUATMAL     0.591      0.695      0.048      0.048     -0.82     0.555      0.695      0.665      0.695      25.21    0.13

     INDNSIA     1.059      0.665      0.136      0.095    -30.37     1.097      0.665      0.707      0.623     -43.19    0.12

     BRAZIL      1.261      0.522      0.200      0.051    -74.37     1.028      0.522      0.444      0.373     -63.70    0.07


     _WTO      501.570    524.856     79.915     82.903      3.74   513.007    524.856    523.242    527.844       2.89   99.99

     _OECD     171.648    165.565     25.686     24.542     -4.46   172.101    165.565    164.066    164.420      -4.46   31.15

     _W HEMI    78.668     72.843     11.562     10.541     -8.83    78.254     72.843     71.971     71.822      -8.22   13.61

     _NAFTA     75.630     70.228     11.120     10.214     -8.14    75.626     70.228     69.459     69.322      -8.34   13.13

     _EU        54.798     56.001      7.862      7.492     -4.71    54.780     56.001     55.353     55.631       1.55   10.54

     _ASEAN     19.626     19.937      2.898      3.180      9.70    19.955     19.937     20.290     20.218       1.32    3.83

     _SUB-SAH    3.085      4.750      0.666      0.778     16.81     3.743      4.750      4.912      4.862      29.91    0.92

     _CAFTA      1.123      1.286      0.154      0.132    -14.54     1.049      1.286      1.248      1.264      20.46    0.24