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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 229:  SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
                                             Data in Kg., 13.60 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    181082526 180343637   13095894   15033418     14.79 178554019  181179242  180343637  182281161       2.09  100.00

     VIETNAM   54761287  42767455    1986889    4304199    116.63  52993945   43081134   42767455   45084765     -14.92   24.73

     CHINA P   32762402  42811470    3287885    3791170     15.31  33763306   43450188   42811470   43314755      28.29   23.76

     KOR REP   21228196  21911435    1628296    1296315    -20.39  20991559   21956954   21911435   21579454       2.80   11.84

     CANADA    20888995  20747088    1930893    1474265    -23.65  20811546   21243146   20747088   20290460      -2.50   11.13

     CHINA T   12246291  14076143    1260878     988087    -21.64  12227183   13641738   14076143   13803352      12.89    7.57

     MEXICO    11294728   9647331     837184     645135    -22.94  11064310    9690246    9647331    9455282     -14.54    5.19

     ISRAEL     8133469   6058671     298391     844271    182.94   6785209    5897106    6058671    6604551      -2.66    3.62

     JAPAN      4498673   5940179     464637     512864     10.38   4579074    5908612    5940179    5988406      30.78    3.29

     INDIA      2803283   3174271     223655     171922    -23.13   2777075    3234819    3174271    3122538      12.44    1.71

     GERMANY    1768060   1875885      87400     136855     56.58   1725819    1787694    1875885    1925340      11.56    1.06

     U KING      633806   1069228      32381      90199    178.56    637593    1026486    1069228    1127046      76.77    0.62

     THAILND     657748    881837      62283     133586    114.48    690842     841058     881837     953140      37.97    0.52

     PORTUGL    1056398    934533      83826      35278    -57.92    951882     923184     934533     885985      -6.92    0.49

     NETHLDS     736625    874533      76047      33072    -56.51    740481     892712     874533     831558      12.30    0.46

     SPAIN       657796    847686      91908      40892    -55.51    649500     815805     847686     796670      22.66    0.44

     ITALY       877903    727981      78681      97787     24.28    891853     718095     727981     747087     -16.23    0.41

     ARAB EM      60110    685650      42533      58279     37.02    102643     665386     685650     701396     583.34    0.38

     N ZEAL      518817    706564      80646      51019    -36.74    549104     661726     706564     676937      23.28    0.37

     TURKEY     1083177    767637     171332      50053    -70.79   1163486     809945     767637     646358     -44.45    0.35

     SWITZLD     453018    397040      32533      32589      0.17    456066     411509     397040     397096     -12.93    0.22

     INDNSIA     514474    340909      15217      14023     -7.85    487160     359226     340909     339715     -30.27    0.19

     PERU        281725    341942      49777      46746     -6.09    329042     343638     341942     338911       3.00    0.19

     CAMBOD      341891    359127      41262      11760    -71.50    378473     359127     359127     329625     -12.91    0.18

     FRANCE      325705    334368      27256      19896    -27.00    333129     354177     334368     327008      -1.84    0.18

     AUSTRAL      64583    191278       4668      17355    271.79     67643     183567     191278     203965     201.53    0.11

     BELGIUM     200231    188780      19555      11008    -43.71    210338     193175     188780     180233     -14.31    0.10

     LUXMBRG     304384    145248          0       2660       *      266400     176385     145248     147908     -44.48    0.08

     PAKISTN     110980    135417       6469      16975    162.41    117440     134132     135417     145923      24.25    0.08

     EGYPT         3854    184347      39988        467    -98.83     43570     184173     184347     144826     232.40    0.08

     CZECH        77947    125093       6866      24681    259.47     75465     135516     125093     142908      89.37    0.08

     BRAZIL      243340    122579       2529       8355    230.37    234602     112298     122579     128405     -45.27    0.07

     MALAYSA     198574    119835      29146       4167    -85.70    221419     124687     119835      94856     -57.16    0.05

     SLOVAK       36697     98917       9883       4798    -51.45     36105      97962      98917      93832     159.89    0.05

     NORWAY       74366     95678      29766      23487    -21.09     72359      83490      95678      89399      23.55    0.05

     PHIL R      108560     94994       8940       3158    -64.68    116546     120129      94994      89212     -23.45    0.05

     AUSTRIA      56542     76016       4428       2914    -34.19     54615      76617      76016      74502      36.41    0.04

     HG KONG     101012     65509       3781       1660    -56.10    103811      66682      65509      63388     -38.94    0.03

     SALVADR      60949     63504       1667        555    -66.71     58265      61341      63504      62392       7.08    0.03

     REP SAF     232155     43560       6449      20097    211.63    163021      43367      43560      57208     -64.91    0.03

     ARGENT      343636        29          0          0       *      343636         29         29         29     -99.99    0.00


     _WTO     181080026 180340998   13095868   15033418     14.80 178551769  181176604  180340998  182278548       2.09  100.00

     _OECD     51104759  52144278    4390678    3446360    -21.51  50737781   52565484   52144278   51199960       0.91   28.09

     _ASEAN    56587469  44566198    2145546    4470893    108.38  54895129   44887677   44566198   46891545     -14.58   25.72

     _W HEMI   33209582  31054757    2843149    2176705    -23.44  32951623   31582919   31054757   30388313      -7.78   16.67

     _EU        6839803   7424468     522484     508201     -2.73   6671601    7315365    7424468    7410185      11.07    4.07

     _ANDEAN     311790    364311      51803      47411     -8.48    357477     366610     364311     359919       0.68    0.20

     _CAFTA       99676    124129       2060       1539    -25.29     96851     123713     124129     123608      27.63    0.07

     _SUB-SAHA   235367     46402       6449      20613    219.63    166233      46012      46402      60566     -63.57    0.03