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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    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   33474.055  34472.381   2792.986   2918.171      4.48 33580.398  34320.840  34472.381  34597.566       3.03  100.00

     CHINA P 17898.315  18625.873   1519.388   1537.797      1.21 18024.498  18569.233  18625.873  18644.282       3.44   53.89

     VIETNAM  1973.108   1981.895    155.184    201.977     30.15  1976.033   1972.949   1981.895   2028.687       2.66    5.86

     MEXICO   1801.357   1749.053    131.366    135.938      3.48  1792.580   1750.095   1749.053   1753.625      -2.17    5.07

     INDIA    1355.362   1456.617    131.038    122.674     -6.38  1385.746   1462.760   1456.617   1448.253       4.51    4.19

     KOR REP  1126.284   1183.816     93.141     96.600      3.71  1127.321   1188.987   1183.816   1187.276       5.32    3.43

     CANADA   1199.779   1110.292     96.082     93.494     -2.69  1185.782   1121.309   1110.292   1107.703      -6.58    3.20

     INDNSIA   990.678    999.846     91.708     96.171      4.87   987.862    989.047    999.846   1004.309       1.66    2.90

     CHINA T   721.061    765.457     71.029     63.383    -10.76   723.801    759.285    765.457    757.811       4.70    2.19

     CAMBOD    520.556    554.234     46.943     52.079     10.94   532.354    551.941    554.234    559.370       5.07    1.62

     BNGLDSH   541.180    502.890     42.001     48.956     16.56   540.866    501.912    502.890    509.845      -5.74    1.47

     TURKEY    461.156    489.276     33.845     41.936     23.91   455.948    485.923    489.276    497.367       9.08    1.44

     HONDURA   395.085    459.683     21.269     24.335     14.42   392.171    447.809    459.683    462.749      18.00    1.34

     ISRAEL    348.443    320.050     25.086     35.237     40.46   325.761    319.491    320.050    330.201       1.36    0.95

     GERMANY   301.635    293.813     17.980     25.488     41.76   295.031    286.899    293.813    301.321       2.13    0.87

     PAKISTN   261.910    301.393     28.614     23.538    -17.74   273.011    299.668    301.393    296.317       8.54    0.86

     SALVADR   268.669    277.006     18.998     17.320     -8.83   271.867    274.545    277.006    275.328       1.27    0.80

     THAILND   282.836    249.470     20.939     25.346     21.05   276.325    242.685    249.470    253.877      -8.12    0.73

     JAPAN     214.596    247.880     18.798     19.816      5.42   217.716    251.337    247.880    248.898      14.32    0.72

     PHIL R    255.284    226.534     19.971     18.511     -7.31   253.791    227.370    226.534    225.074     -11.31    0.65

     FRANCE    144.628    178.770     12.540     16.191     29.12   142.488    175.089    178.770    182.421      28.03    0.53

     NICARAG   149.238    176.772     10.019     13.115     30.90   150.367    167.125    176.772    179.869      19.62    0.52

     ITALY     167.476    168.175     11.044     12.306     11.43   163.575    165.372    168.175    169.437       3.58    0.49

     SRI LKA   136.844    153.024     14.209     15.624      9.96   139.756    146.159    153.024    154.439      10.51    0.45

     S ARAB    121.605    140.718     11.198     11.865      5.95   123.206    139.250    140.718    141.384      14.75    0.41

     GUATMAL   143.931    140.892     10.408     10.187     -2.12   143.454    142.068    140.892    140.671      -1.94    0.41

     EGYPT     136.299    138.665     15.102     14.123     -6.48   137.926    136.541    138.665    137.685      -0.17    0.40

     JORDAN    127.271    132.579     11.788     12.229      3.75   128.362    129.323    132.579    133.020       3.63    0.38

     DOM REP   120.472    119.431      5.386      6.141     14.02   121.279    121.341    119.431    120.186      -0.90    0.35

     MALAYSA   116.482    117.800      9.914      8.891    -10.31   119.671    124.322    117.800    116.777      -2.42    0.34

     ARAB EM    48.907     87.873      3.718      9.424    153.42    44.833     84.026     87.873     93.578     108.72    0.27

     PORTUGL    63.450     73.898     11.301     15.962     41.25    65.516     71.865     73.898     78.559      19.91    0.23

     U KING     70.517     77.519      3.773      4.182     10.83    68.442     79.343     77.519     77.928      13.86    0.23

     LUXMBRG    70.472     75.102      7.237      9.447     30.54    67.255     69.828     75.102     77.312      14.95    0.22

     HAITI      65.101     68.876      2.412      5.306    120.00    64.569     67.871     68.876     71.771      11.15    0.21

     POLAND     63.839     52.494      5.388      4.619    -14.27    63.324     53.274     52.494     51.726     -18.32    0.15

     SPAIN      32.945     50.247      3.935      4.254      8.09    34.336     47.735     50.247     50.565      47.26    0.15

     HG KONG    40.752     46.263      3.988      5.226     31.03    39.938     46.705     46.263     47.500      18.93    0.14

     BELGIUM    41.360     46.095      2.527      2.873     13.70    40.299     44.306     46.095     46.441      15.24    0.13

     LATVIA     35.841     45.208      2.656      3.774     42.09    35.933     43.253     45.208     46.326      28.92    0.13

     NETHLDS    40.670     42.751      3.482      4.856     39.47    39.881     43.049     42.751     44.125      10.64    0.13

     GREECE     43.835     42.170      2.508      1.480    -40.97    44.283     42.607     42.170     41.143      -7.09    0.12

     DENMARK    41.606     35.516      2.022      2.852     41.04    42.550     36.625     35.516     36.346     -14.58    0.11

     LESOTHO    30.220     33.039      2.165      5.225    141.37    30.757     31.581     33.039     36.099      17.37    0.10

     COLOMB     26.315     35.639      2.600      2.897     11.42    26.713     34.785     35.639     35.936      34.53    0.10

     CZECH      21.027     30.896      2.674      1.914    -28.40    22.698     29.636     30.896     30.137      32.77    0.09

     KENYA      23.949     25.579      1.672      4.954    196.34    24.084     24.938     25.579     28.861      19.84    0.08

     NORWAY      1.429     27.197      0.418      0.321    -23.38     1.374      1.390     27.197     27.099    1872.64    0.08

     AUSTRAL    50.232     26.205      1.120      0.849    -24.20    46.906     27.237     26.205     25.934     -44.71    0.07

     BRAZIL     47.150     25.795      5.934      4.996    -15.80    39.481     25.165     25.795     24.858     -37.04    0.07

     MALTA      27.674     20.807      1.223      1.797     46.88    26.146     20.278     20.807     21.380     -18.23    0.06

     C RICA     26.566     20.488      3.705      1.036    -72.05    27.695     20.461     20.488     17.818     -35.66    0.05

     PERU       16.717     17.816      1.882      1.797     -4.51    17.555     17.415     17.816     17.731       1.00    0.05

     FINLAND    42.842     18.935      2.975      0.508    -82.93    39.437     21.642     18.935     16.468     -58.24    0.05

     SLOVAK     15.230     12.396      0.423      1.715    305.24    12.766     12.031     12.396     13.688       7.22    0.04

     SWEDEN     11.682     12.902      0.782      1.095     40.07    12.059     12.348     12.902     13.215       9.59    0.04

     N ZEAL     12.213     11.744      0.981      1.301     32.60    11.727     11.364     11.744     12.064       2.88    0.03

     HUNGARY     8.033     11.319      0.385      0.093    -75.96     8.323     11.925     11.319     11.027      32.48    0.03

     SWITZLD     9.817     10.160      1.331      0.798    -40.06    10.609      9.988     10.160      9.627      -9.25    0.03

     TNZANIA     7.032      8.921      0.854      0.819     -4.03     7.503      8.485      8.921      8.886      18.43    0.03

     SWAZLND    11.454      7.958      0.647      1.147     77.37    10.715      7.675      7.958      8.459     -21.06    0.02

     REP SAF    11.963      9.690      2.816      1.120    -60.23    12.687     10.080      9.690      7.994     -36.99    0.02

     BAHRAIN     6.341      7.353      0.806      0.816      1.33     6.271      7.319      7.353      7.363      17.42    0.02

     AUSTRIA     7.465      6.833      0.269      0.426     58.21     7.371      6.906      6.833      6.990      -5.18    0.02

     ROMANIA     5.485      6.917      0.786      0.490    -37.67     5.896      6.722      6.917      6.621      12.30    0.02

     SLOVENI     5.285      6.145      0.280      0.495     76.97     5.451      6.455      6.145      6.360      16.68    0.02

     MADAGAS     4.516      6.353      0.749      0.750      0.11     4.937      6.363      6.353      6.354      28.70    0.02

     MOROC       4.873      6.328      0.511      0.417    -18.46     4.979      6.181      6.328      6.234      25.20    0.02

     CHILE       4.718      5.870      0.611      0.178    -70.86     5.283      6.277      5.870      5.436       2.90    0.02

     ETHIOP      5.430      4.545      0.329      0.830    152.43     5.416      4.846      4.545      5.046      -6.83    0.01

     ECUADOR     4.833      4.921      0.339      0.436     28.63     4.736      4.898      4.921      5.018       5.94    0.01

     RUSSIA      5.807      4.186      0.001      0.735  57349.31     5.806      5.723      4.186      4.920     -15.27    0.01

     SINGAPR     7.354      3.912      0.513      0.284    -44.50     7.068      3.990      3.912      3.684     -47.88    0.01

     BULGAR      3.338      3.713      0.233      0.152    -34.82     3.295      3.527      3.713      3.632      10.23    0.01

     IRELAND     7.510      3.331      0.388      0.314    -19.13     7.730      3.372      3.331      3.257     -57.87    0.01

     MACAU       3.343      2.802      0.333      0.108    -67.69     3.489      2.947      2.802      2.577     -26.14    0.01

     BOTSWAN     1.939      2.513      0.367      0.317    -13.51     2.272      2.513      2.513      2.463       8.43    0.01

     UKRAINE     0.339      2.365      0.470      0.226    -51.89     0.761      2.155      2.365      2.122     178.69    0.01

     ARGENT      7.580      2.182      0.210      0.036    -83.02     7.548      2.194      2.182      2.008     -73.40    0.01

     MALAWI      4.427      2.033      0.308      0.156    -49.30     4.339      2.408      2.033      1.881     -56.65    0.01

     TUNISIA     1.257      1.800      0.114      0.144     25.76     1.266      1.778      1.800      1.829      44.48    0.01

     GUYANA      2.599      1.955      0.180      0.023    -87.35     2.623      2.103      1.955      1.797     -31.47    0.01

     LAOS        2.602      1.456      0.062      0.061     -1.67     2.456      1.612      1.456      1.455     -40.73    0.00

     BELARUS    18.378      0.061      0.003      0.000   -100.00    16.100      0.059      0.061      0.058     -99.64    0.00

     SIER LN     2.227      0.012      0.000      0.000   1489.47     2.227      0.012      0.012      0.012     -99.46    0.00


     _WTO    33444.473  34463.539   2792.299   2916.991      4.47 33553.090  34311.251  34463.539  34588.232       3.09   99.97

     _W HEMI  4281.458   4217.419    311.423    317.290      1.88  4254.994   4206.154   4217.419   4223.286      -0.75   12.21

     _ASEAN   4149.445   4135.631    345.272    403.327     16.81  4156.100   4114.417   4135.631   4193.687       0.90   12.12

     _OECD    4042.485   4079.785    318.133    344.165      8.18  4004.829   4048.292   4079.785   4105.817       2.52   11.87

     _EU      1275.660   1317.849     96.863    117.382     21.18  1255.925   1295.551   1317.849   1338.367       6.56    3.87

     _CAFTA   1103.962   1194.272     69.785     72.134      3.37  1106.833   1173.350   1194.272   1196.621       8.11    3.46

     _SUB-SAH  106.768    102.356      9.970     15.490     55.37   108.574    101.398    102.356    107.876      -0.64    0.31

     _CBI       68.524     71.195      2.596      5.367    106.74    67.968     70.299     71.195     73.966       8.82    0.21

     _ANDEAN    47.927     58.421      4.821      5.136      6.52    49.060     57.151     58.421     58.736      19.72    0.17