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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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     37381792  36728334    3340976    3381520      1.21  37202004   36701918   36728334   36768878      -1.16  100.00

     CHINA P   13635679  14428209    1353323    1683140     24.37  13545435   14578405   14428209   14758026       8.95   40.14

     INDIA      5213006   4786523     682096     552245    -19.04   5231192    4683287    4786523    4656672     -10.98   12.66

     ITALY      4613131   4285828     356832     332817     -6.73   4562448    4146225    4285828    4261813      -6.59   11.59

     TURKEY     3648139   2262969     147925     168579     13.96   3461342    2292855    2262969    2283623     -34.02    6.21

     JAPAN       972493   1736786     162217     108357    -33.20   1105098    1651065    1736786    1682926      52.29    4.58

     MEXICO     1398563   1606512     140121     101914    -27.27   1427591    1722934    1606512    1568305       9.86    4.27

     PAKISTN    1151188   1417887      51347      21258    -58.60   1098631    1490178    1417887    1387798      26.32    3.77

     CHINA T    1787402   1344302     107039      55096    -48.53   1764998    1346269    1344302    1292359     -26.78    3.51

     SPAIN       771029    882416      41452      72998     76.10    769810     859912     882416     913962      18.73    2.49

     THAILND    1084039    478780      52751      49575     -6.02   1130905     509694     478780     475604     -57.94    1.29


     _WTO      37376609  36689219    3332650    3381520      1.47  37188495   36661279   36689219   36738089      -1.21   99.92

     _OECD     10576817   9089963     664224     740342     11.46  10341254    8962287    9089963    9166081     -11.36   24.93

     _EU        6499037   6555258     463830     537921     15.97   6434780    6333667    6555258    6629349       3.02   18.03

     _W HEMI    2359995   2366170     184376     167770     -9.01   2344713    2500862    2366170    2349564       0.21    6.39

     _ASEAN     1146291    669919     108984      49575    -54.51   1239241     704425     669919     610510     -50.74    1.66