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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.30 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     16739932  18742434    2050680    1704984    -16.86  16500072   18364787   18742434   18396738      11.49  100.00

     INDNSIA    8451859  10945777    1171040    1032647    -11.82   8300951   10743244   10945777   10807384      30.19   58.75

     INDIA      1450020   2097125     235250     112672    -52.11   1652659    2172576    2097125    1974547      19.48   10.73

     KOR REP     373297   1244646      11366     116640    926.22    336996     973655    1244646    1349920     300.57    7.34

     CHINA P    1446865   1350663     233121     213447     -8.44   1413816    1320267    1350663    1330989      -5.86    7.23

     SPAIN       845418    816743      63109      30793    -51.21    839490     809751     816743     784427      -6.56    4.26

     AUSTRAL    1059380    674835     109594      36400    -66.79   1059642     736887     674835     601641     -43.22    3.27

     THAILND    1312085    542340     113509     112357     -1.01   1253335     475638     542340     541188     -56.82    2.94

     VIETNAM     499685    271512      37771       9888    -73.82    478125     348684     271512     243629     -49.04    1.32

     TURKEY      284924    260057      41785      15478    -62.96    314555     267089     260057     233750     -25.69    1.27

     PAKISTN     198219    127712          0       7484       *      179619     129062     127712     135196     -24.73    0.73

     CHINA T     630746     54519       6532       9072     38.89    479256      54486      54519      57059     -88.09    0.31


     _WTO      16739932  18742434    2050680    1704984    -16.86  16500072   18364787   18742434   18396738      11.49  100.00

     _ASEAN    10282561  11831882    1322320    1154892    -12.66  10051343   11639819   11831882   11664454      16.05   63.41

     _OECD      2714150   3275542     253457     207417    -18.16   2706087    3043586    3275542    3229502      19.34   17.55

     _EU         951310   1065730      83006      36121    -56.48    947564    1035607    1065730    1018845       7.52    5.54