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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     202.933    210.899     16.209     14.908     -8.03   204.774    211.572    210.899    209.597       2.36  100.00

     TURKEY     50.020     54.183      4.033      3.576    -11.33    50.595     54.810     54.183     53.726       6.19   25.63

     CANADA     41.152     42.342      3.794      2.616    -31.05    42.162     41.328     42.342     41.165      -2.37   19.64

     CHINA P    25.341     37.010      1.942      3.036     56.33    25.664     36.800     37.010     38.104      48.47   18.18

     MEXICO     28.843     20.875      1.531      1.521     -0.66    28.076     21.322     20.875     20.864     -25.69    9.95

     GERMANY    10.707     10.330      0.787      0.846      7.49    10.638     10.567     10.330     10.389      -2.34    4.96

     FRANCE      7.074      8.517      0.411      0.060    -85.29     7.211      9.015      8.517      8.166      13.25    3.90

     ITALY       5.732      6.454      0.611      0.659      7.77     5.781      6.297      6.454      6.502      12.46    3.10

     INDIA       4.886      5.849      0.601      0.659      9.76     5.250      6.277      5.849      5.908      12.53    2.82

     THAILND     5.079      3.340      0.437      0.441      1.07     5.152      3.181      3.340      3.345     -35.09    1.60

     SPAIN       2.582      2.857      0.378      0.139    -63.27     2.788      2.849      2.857      2.618      -6.10    1.25

     CHINA T     2.006      2.078      0.223      0.110    -50.50     2.026      2.054      2.078      1.965      -2.98    0.94

     EGYPT       4.133      2.201      0.237      0.000   -100.00     3.871      2.120      2.201      1.965     -49.25    0.94

     HONDURA     0.683      0.864      0.000      0.000       *       0.623      0.924      0.864      0.864      38.74    0.41

     KOR REP     0.889      0.178      0.003      0.084   2888.60     0.883      0.170      0.178      0.259     -70.67    0.12


     _WTO      202.849    210.889     16.209     14.904     -8.05   204.724    211.566    210.889    209.584       2.37   99.99

     _OECD     121.893    129.128     10.354      8.232    -20.49   123.906    129.220    129.128    127.007       2.50   60.60

     _W HEMI    73.135     67.094      5.676      4.377    -22.88    73.427     66.533     67.094     65.796     -10.39   31.39

     _EU        30.053     32.363      2.513      1.954    -22.26    30.419     32.875     32.363     31.804       4.55   15.17

     _ASEAN      5.858      4.036      0.541      0.563      4.04     6.002      3.882      4.036      4.058     -32.38    1.94

     _CAFTA      0.712      0.917      0.003      0.000    -85.37     0.654      0.984      0.917      0.915      39.93    0.44