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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  11:  TOTAL YARN IMPORTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  1/2013
   Country      2011       2012       1/2012     1/2013  % Change    1/2012    11/2012    12/2012     1/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD    2774.341   2748.562    239.175    256.091      7.07  2773.485   2751.715   2748.562   2765.478      -0.29  100.00

     CHINA P   563.493    524.000     50.669     44.930    -11.33   574.460    534.624    524.000    518.261      -9.78   18.74

     MEXICO    329.142    347.850     26.400     29.609     12.15   328.141    347.507    347.850    351.058       6.98   12.69

     KOR REP   245.629    309.611     23.227     38.870     67.35   251.073    304.989    309.611    325.254      29.55   11.76

     CANADA    385.983    293.659     28.103     24.491    -12.85   374.761    297.334    293.659    290.047     -22.60   10.49

     INDNSIA   251.086    287.314     21.735     24.439     12.44   245.876    281.017    287.314    290.018      17.95   10.49

     INDIA     169.456    203.375     20.082     18.205     -9.35   178.961    205.401    203.375    201.498      12.59    7.29

     CHINA T   157.628    166.780     17.909      9.666    -46.02   162.244    169.822    166.780    158.538      -2.28    5.73

     TURKEY     92.221     98.504      6.385     11.919     86.66    89.359     99.723     98.504    104.037      16.43    3.76

     PAKISTN    80.694     60.148      4.049      3.775     -6.77    79.165     59.664     60.148     59.874     -24.37    2.17

     PORTUGL    43.124     52.523      9.412     14.740     56.62    46.373     50.602     52.523     57.852      24.75    2.09

     GERMANY    50.111     51.178      2.875      3.615     25.71    48.864     50.678     51.178     51.918       6.25    1.88

     LATVIA     35.366     44.141      2.547      3.734     46.59    35.406     42.232     44.141     45.328      28.02    1.64

     VIETNAM    50.864     40.753      4.555      6.564     44.10    52.756     40.601     40.753     42.762     -18.94    1.55

     THAILND    60.993     35.118      2.802      3.819     36.30    56.335     34.861     35.118     36.135     -35.86    1.31

     MALAYSA    29.315     32.361      1.869      1.777     -4.94    29.561     32.671     32.361     32.268       9.16    1.17

     ITALY      30.735     22.620      1.901      2.405     26.53    30.781     22.202     22.620     23.124     -24.87    0.84

     JAPAN      19.354     19.154      1.788      1.213    -32.15    19.541     19.252     19.154     18.579      -4.92    0.67

     SPAIN       9.959     13.593      0.983      0.557    -43.35    10.187     13.683     13.593     13.167      29.24    0.48

     EGYPT       9.697     11.495      0.700      1.002     43.08     8.749     11.261     11.495     11.797      34.84    0.43

     SLOVAK     13.982     10.297      0.278      1.637    489.12    11.621      9.933     10.297     11.656       0.30    0.42

     FRANCE      7.200     10.959      0.388      1.069    175.71     6.860     10.528     10.959     11.640      69.68    0.42

     ISRAEL     10.910     10.072      0.660      1.089     65.02    10.694     10.074     10.072     10.502      -1.80    0.38

     PHIL R      5.870     10.139      0.730      0.670     -8.19     6.225     10.124     10.139     10.079      61.93    0.36

     N ZEAL      9.317      8.582      0.363      1.302    258.50     8.528      8.368      8.582      9.521      11.64    0.34

     S ARAB      0.950      9.374      0.000      0.000       *       0.950      9.374      9.374      9.374     887.29    0.34

     GUATMAL     3.100      8.198      0.759      0.629    -17.19     3.307      7.967      8.198      8.068     143.94    0.29

     COLOMB      2.210      7.538      0.191      0.496    160.04     2.229      6.414      7.538      7.843     251.86    0.28

     C RICA     12.466      8.645      2.183      0.349    -84.01    13.216      8.044      8.645      6.811     -48.46    0.25

     U KING      7.507      6.111      0.788      0.601    -23.74     8.016      6.335      6.111      5.924     -26.10    0.21

     AUSTRAL     8.556      5.409      0.879      0.540    -38.59     8.641      5.758      5.409      5.069     -41.33    0.18

     RUSSIA      2.990      4.134      0.000      0.735       *       2.990      5.678      4.134      4.868      62.85    0.18

     CZECH       2.958      4.783      0.364      0.000    -99.99     3.052      4.183      4.783      4.419      44.79    0.16

     ROMANIA     3.219      3.802      0.511      0.288    -43.67     3.504      3.812      3.802      3.579       2.13    0.13

     PERU        3.610      3.344      0.521      0.240    -53.96     3.814      3.401      3.344      3.063     -19.71    0.11

     BELGIUM     4.632      3.169      0.463      0.198    -57.18     4.582      3.588      3.169      2.905     -36.61    0.11

     HONDURA     2.432      2.414      0.088      0.115     30.14     2.357      2.477      2.414      2.440       3.53    0.09

     NETHLDS     3.281      1.674      0.164      0.276     67.99     2.816      1.850      1.674      1.786     -36.58    0.06

     SLOVENI     1.921      1.823      0.188      0.099    -47.45     2.014      1.688      1.823      1.734     -13.92    0.06

     SWEDEN      3.163      1.453      0.177      0.001    -99.43     3.331      1.263      1.453      1.276     -61.68    0.05

     ARAB EM    16.190      0.192      0.121      0.000   -100.00    11.071      1.090      0.192      0.071     -99.36    0.00

     BELARUS    18.350      0.000      0.000      0.000       *      16.071      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00

     UZBEKIS     2.617      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       2.617      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     2753.245   2748.558    239.175    256.089      7.07  2754.687   2751.712   2748.558   2765.472       0.39  100.00

     _OECD     910.574    889.709     77.304    100.827     30.43   903.750    887.091    889.709    913.232       1.05   33.02

     _W HEMI   741.063    674.210     58.415     56.026     -4.09   729.939    675.585    674.210    671.821      -7.96   24.29

     _ASEAN    398.857    405.780     31.692     37.269     17.60   391.270    399.369    405.780    411.357       5.13   14.87

     _EU       222.705    233.517     21.418     29.495     37.71   222.747    227.831    233.517    241.594       8.46    8.74

     _CAFTA     18.579     20.538      3.060      1.134    -62.93    19.410     19.731     20.538     18.612      -4.11    0.67

     _ANDEAN     5.907     10.965      0.712      0.742      4.23     6.121      9.875     10.965     10.995      79.62    0.40