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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                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     19059605  19029287    1404586    1420702      1.15  19051054   18993693   19029287   19045403      -0.03  100.00

     CHINA P    4344322   5424763     288354     426068     47.76   4328431    5386673    5424763    5562477      28.51   29.21

     TURKEY     5221186   5100404     389936     345626    -11.36   5239561    5128583    5100404    5056094      -3.50   26.55

     CANADA     3010563   3020583     274728     189621    -30.98   3083506    2970443    3020583    2935476      -4.80   15.41

     MEXICO     2525704   1679787     121893     132039      8.32   2435518    1710405    1679787    1689933     -30.61    8.87

     THAILND    1034612    741305      96884     112619     16.24   1046011     708732     741305     757040     -27.63    3.97

     INDIA       594704    662095      47501      60078     26.48    609531     722923     662095     674672      10.69    3.54

     GERMANY     405796    411520      23345      24782      6.16    395512     416046     411520     412957       4.41    2.17

     EGYPT       408894    313157      34364          0   -100.00    388209     292952     313157     278793     -28.18    1.46

     HONDURA     165355    232787          0          0       *      140693     244019     232787     232787      65.46    1.22

     CHINA T     120363    228605      10895       6901    -36.66    116461     226569     228605     224611      92.86    1.18

     ITALY       178313    194793      18507      27153     46.72    177451     194771     194793     203439      14.65    1.07

     SPAIN       118014    150817      25021      11937    -52.29    139456     150708     150817     137733      -1.24    0.72

     FRANCE      112415    139988       6739       2057    -69.48    114774     148523     139988     135306      17.89    0.71

     KOR REP     154154     19561        276      20641   7378.62    153786      19022      19561      39926     -74.04    0.21


     _WTO      19053565  19028636    1404586    1420425      1.13  19048063   18993331   19028636   19044475      -0.02  100.00

     _OECD      9364444   9252830     764380     629031    -17.71   9483674    9220439    9252830    9117481      -3.86   47.87

     _W HEMI    5839760   5102050     412838     332232    -19.52   5800822    5091524    5102050    5021444     -13.44   26.37

     _EU         992144   1110260      99023      73266    -26.01   1016264    1101231    1110260    1084503       6.71    5.69

     _ASEAN     1166536    838617     113162     132923     17.46   1190305     801424     838617     858378     -27.89    4.51

     _CAFTA      170373    251950        415         54    -86.99    146126     263765     251950     251589      72.17    1.32