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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  7.60 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     28353019  31632483    2457529    2551145      3.81  28234602   31650968   31632483   31726099      12.37  100.00

     INDNSIA   15548218  17557204    1157625    1190729      2.86  15340382   17381552   17557204   17590308      14.67   55.44

     INDIA      3667385   4174112     377129     315248    -16.41   3865985    4497307    4174112    4112231       6.37   12.96

     CHINA P    3124537   3544215     247764     438434     76.96   2906822    3417498    3544215    3734885      28.49   11.77

     VIETNAM    1355376   2439596     337880     242569    -28.21   1593645    2403160    2439596    2344285      47.10    7.39

     CANADA     1404534   1245936     100235     113299     13.03   1349225    1239045    1245936    1259000      -6.69    3.97

     TURKEY      811283    538564      76554     105214     37.44    774985     538564     538564     567224     -26.81    1.79

     PHIL R      573308    561666      68928      23867    -65.37    609465     561383     561666     516605     -15.24    1.63

     GERMANY     119213    265278      14585      24477     67.82    128845     236440     265278     275170     113.57    0.87

     ROMANIA     233948    223893      10780      31792    194.92    223125     213317     223893     244905       9.76    0.77

     KOR REP      63078    207782          0       4860       *       62598     197387     207782     212642     239.69    0.67

     THAILND     341707    178430      14423      18502     28.28    309181     205308     178430     182509     -40.97    0.58

     CHINA T     104417    155324      12314      11822     -4.00    115934     156824     155324     154832      33.55    0.49

     MEXICO      214307    157709      22249       9079    -59.19    214300     162383     157709     144539     -32.55    0.46

     MALAYSA     245950     47353          0        907       *      245950      89289      47353      48260     -80.38    0.15

     JAPAN       193559     46090       1186        246    -79.26    139374      36326      46090      45150     -67.61    0.14


     _WTO      28350888  31632483    2457529    2551145      3.81  28232471   31650968   31632483   31726099      12.37  100.00

     _ASEAN    18122080  20784249    1578856    1476574     -6.48  18156144   20640692   20784249   20681967      13.91   65.19

     _OECD      2595548   2467877     203864     259901     27.49   2513832    2447517    2467877    2523914       0.40    7.96

     _W HEMI    1658189   1404129     122484     122848      0.30   1601334    1402002    1404129    1404493     -12.29    4.43

     _EU         522797    699917      37834      68320     80.58    530921     686129     699917     730403      37.57    2.30