_____________________________________
                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
                                          |_____________________________________|

                                           Category  11:  TOTAL YARN IMPORTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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    1547.854   1450.412    124.137    126.040      1.53  1542.187   1449.382   1450.412   1452.315      -5.83  100.00

     CANADA    306.210    252.506     22.605     21.839     -3.39   301.274    252.566    252.506    251.739     -16.44   17.33

     MEXICO    192.711    177.960     14.698     14.829      0.89   192.222    178.470    177.960    178.090      -7.35   12.26

     CHINA P   170.125    168.045     13.374     14.597      9.14   170.274    168.639    168.045    169.268      -0.59   11.66

     INDNSIA   122.702    117.445      9.488      9.814      3.44   118.562    115.831    117.445    117.771      -0.67    8.11

     INDIA      86.047     90.518      9.983      8.479    -15.07    91.175     91.695     90.518     89.014      -2.37    6.13

     KOR REP    68.766     79.572      6.047      9.218     52.44    70.216     77.620     79.572     82.744      17.84    5.70

     TURKEY     76.195     79.196      5.891      6.040      2.53    76.113     79.547     79.196     79.345       4.25    5.46

     ITALY      62.319     59.014      4.118      4.745     15.22    62.140     57.722     59.014     59.641      -4.02    4.11

     CHINA T    60.505     56.845      5.478      3.582    -34.62    59.936     57.835     56.845     54.949      -8.32    3.78

     GERMANY    46.562     46.383      3.444      3.524      2.32    46.636     46.267     46.383     46.463      -0.37    3.20

     JAPAN      30.069     32.178      2.907      2.016    -30.65    31.211     33.012     32.178     31.287       0.24    2.15

     FRANCE     24.602     27.065      1.835      2.037     11.01    24.607     27.707     27.065     27.267      10.81    1.88

     PAKISTN    40.045     25.899      1.771      1.601     -9.58    39.120     25.911     25.899     25.729     -34.23    1.77

     PORTUGL    16.252     19.849      3.552      5.275     48.53    17.594     19.182     19.849     21.572      22.61    1.49

     THAILND    36.042     20.607      1.717      2.131     24.11    33.968     20.476     20.607     21.021     -38.12    1.45

     PERU       18.501     19.887      2.304      1.461    -36.60    19.282     19.943     19.887     19.044      -1.24    1.31

     NETHLDS    19.471     18.393      1.696      2.276     34.22    19.391     18.972     18.393     18.973      -2.15    1.31

     U KING     13.927     18.182      1.109      1.077     -2.90    14.115     18.075     18.182     18.149      28.58    1.25

     VIETNAM    23.592     15.291      1.730      2.501     44.57    24.046     15.448     15.291     16.062     -33.20    1.11

     N ZEAL     12.976     13.009      0.905      1.585     75.19    12.745     12.567     13.009     13.689       7.41    0.94

     MALAYSA    12.279     13.197      0.856      0.721    -15.71    12.498     13.510     13.197     13.062       4.52    0.90

     COLOMB      6.814      9.264      0.613      0.753     22.92     6.905      8.882      9.264      9.404      36.20    0.65

     LATVIA      7.344      8.855      0.621      0.729     17.40     7.468      8.520      8.855      8.963      20.02    0.62

     EGYPT       9.296      8.483      0.567      0.599      5.76     8.824      8.291      8.483      8.515      -3.49    0.59

     SPAIN       6.636      8.431      0.739      0.353    -52.27     6.922      8.528      8.431      8.045      16.23    0.55

     ISRAEL      6.318      6.507      0.433      0.726     67.65     6.238      6.466      6.507      6.801       9.02    0.47

     PHIL R      3.592      5.507      0.417      0.340    -18.46     3.786      5.514      5.507      5.430      43.43    0.37

     ROMANIA     4.950      5.478      0.531      0.250    -52.99     5.183      5.579      5.478      5.197       0.27    0.36

     AUSTRAL     7.777      3.590      0.624      0.574     -8.00     7.775      3.821      3.590      3.540     -54.47    0.24

     SLOVAK      3.762      2.815      0.091      0.387    326.88     3.252      2.798      2.815      3.112      -4.31    0.21

     GUATMAL     1.186      3.082      0.302      0.244    -19.18     1.302      2.993      3.082      3.024     132.28    0.21

     SLOVENI     2.698      3.051      0.279      0.129    -53.93     2.875      2.790      3.051      2.900       0.89    0.20

     BELGIUM     3.512      2.947      0.282      0.190    -32.52     3.547      3.039      2.947      2.856     -19.48    0.20

     C RICA      4.488      2.983      0.740      0.125    -83.15     4.731      2.793      2.983      2.369     -49.93    0.16

     SWEDEN      0.865      2.002      0.253      0.005    -97.98     1.079      1.748      2.002      1.754      62.61    0.12

     S ARAB      0.365      1.633      0.000      0.000       *       0.365      1.633      1.633      1.633     347.02    0.11

     CZECH       1.165      1.674      0.111      0.000    -99.72     1.167      1.515      1.674      1.563      33.92    0.11

     HONDURA     1.159      1.148      0.041      0.039     -5.82     1.139      1.191      1.148      1.146       0.61    0.08

     RUSSIA      0.631      0.800      0.000      0.140       *       0.631      1.113      0.800      0.940      49.01    0.06

     ARAB EM    10.824      0.106      0.071      0.000   -100.00     7.122      0.633      0.106      0.035     -99.51    0.00

     BELARUS     3.277      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       2.909      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00

     UZBEKIS     1.331      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       1.331      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     1543.119   1450.392    124.132    126.036      1.53  1537.849   1449.366   1450.392   1452.296      -5.56  100.00

     _OECD     676.243    640.445     53.810     59.367     10.33   674.380    637.769    640.445    646.003      -4.21   44.48

     _W HEMI   536.551    472.732     41.761     39.610     -5.15   532.425    472.458    472.732    470.581     -11.62   32.40

     _EU       221.557    232.131     18.968     21.596     13.86   223.226    230.452    232.131    234.759       5.17   16.16

     _ASEAN    198.501    172.115     14.208     15.508      9.15   193.038    170.846    172.115    173.414     -10.17   11.94

     _ANDEAN    25.520     29.296      2.917      2.227    -23.64    26.371     28.921     29.296     28.606       8.48    1.97

     _CAFTA      7.231      8.002      1.100      0.430    -60.92     7.562      7.745      8.002      7.332      -3.04    0.50