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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 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     96867582  89867407    7448922    7980240      7.13  95263452   89452977   89867407   90398725      -5.11  100.00

     CANADA    46224685  30968793    3102917    2760044    -11.05  44568257   31547381   30968793   30625920     -31.28   33.88

     MEXICO    15711135  21330245    1524020    1771075     16.21  15950707   21277449   21330245   21577300      35.27   23.87

     CHINA P    5093806   7774191     455022     901277     98.07   5291206    7495746    7774191    8220446      55.36    9.09

     INDIA      5845261   6861962     887802     480898    -45.83   6233971    6808492    6861962    6455058       3.55    7.14

     CHINA T    3914318   5504904     444665     486026      9.30   3966170    5347893    5504904    5546265      39.84    6.14

     INDNSIA    5250788   4949273     339948     495372     45.72   4882697    4621706    4949273    5104697       4.55    5.65

     MALAYSA    3862968   4327425     272119     249052     -8.48   3904887    4309025    4327425    4304358      10.23    4.76

     KOR REP    2154947   2734175      80664     331799    311.33   2150307    2652289    2734175    2985310      38.83    3.30

     ITALY      2927696   1221475      74973     220767    194.46   2860881    1161099    1221475    1367269     -52.21    1.51

     FRANCE      343842    779278       6468     112066   1632.62    302614     730248     779278     884876     192.41    0.98

     TURKEY      166491    664713          0      28469       *      146511     621052     664713     693182     373.13    0.77

     THAILND    2753195    714087      53515      18421    -65.58   2419969     785935     714087     678993     -71.94    0.75

     EGYPT       297060    350290      43740      40500     -7.41    297910     380170     350290     347050      16.49    0.38

     SLOVENI     295071    280405      28864      15168    -47.45    309824     259666     280405     266709     -13.92    0.30

     GERMANY     452273    259814      26086      26478      1.50    427126     270157     259814     260206     -39.08    0.29

     JAPAN       143450    192003      30341       5360    -82.33    164407     202267     192003     167022       1.59    0.18

     SALVADR      64760    156473       4554       6401     40.56     57753     150461     156473     158320     174.13    0.18

     BELGIUM     512359    207287      56574       2160    -96.18    525104     229831     207287     152873     -70.89    0.17

     SLOVAK      141814     96910          0       9309       *      131676     106902      96910     106219     -19.33    0.12

     VIETNAM     300215     59552        425          0   -100.00    295239      78362      59552      59127     -79.97    0.07


     _WTO      96867054  89867407    7448922    7980240      7.13  95262924   89452977   89867407   90398725      -5.11  100.00

     _W HEMI   62020717  52515661    4632293    4537520     -2.05  60597656   53051788   52515661   52420888     -13.49   57.99

     _OECD     52903290  36981761    3353208    3494340      4.21  51094315   37360138   36981761   37122893     -27.34   41.07

     _ASEAN    12197055  10050337     666007     762845     14.54  11515162    9795028   10050337   10147175     -11.88   11.22

     _EU        4869206   3019286     198491     398450    100.74   4731347    2922649    3019286    3219245     -31.96    3.56

     _CAFTA       67091    159161       5206       6401     22.95     60736     153833     159161     160356     164.02    0.18