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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 300:  CARDED COTTON YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 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     17678716  14395838    1235021    1135888     -8.03  17625802   14351091   14395838   14296705     -18.89  100.00

     PAKISTN    7997733   5872149     410547     313455    -23.65   7860281    5900179    5872149    5775057     -26.53   40.39

     MEXICO     5080405   3139940     315009     296994     -5.72   4973042    3236499    3139940    3121925     -37.22   21.84

     INDIA      2267813   3089423     352545     326119     -7.50   2507269    2956014    3089423    3062997      22.16   21.42

     INDNSIA     293501    782020          0      39994       *      293501     658684     782020     822014     180.07    5.75

     SPAIN       361223    696849      44382      31301    -29.47    371409     698081     696849     683768      84.10    4.78

     CHINA P     325059    153590      24137      86887    259.97    314455     146920     153590     216340     -31.20    1.51

     THAILND     242179    156013      14027       8309    -40.76    241173     185294     156013     150295     -37.68    1.05

     KOR REP     242512     70906      35018          0   -100.00    213664      70906      70906      35888     -83.20    0.25

     VIETNAM     116120      1245          0        382       *      116120      81039       1245       1627     -98.60    0.01

     UZBEKIS     307691         0          0          0       *      307691          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      17363333  14395838    1235021    1135888     -8.03  17310419   14351091   14395838   14296705     -17.41  100.00

     _W HEMI    5285326   3273756     320489     301180     -6.02   5167002    3373194    3273756    3254447     -37.01   22.76

     _ASEAN      651801    939278      14027      48685    247.08    650795     925017     939278     973936      49.65    6.81

     _OECD       899545   1040003     115724      37577    -67.53    874795    1039507    1040003     961856       9.95    6.73

     _EU         502490    791143      58802      34058    -42.08    499105     787822     791143     766399      53.55    5.36