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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         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     949.341   1013.917     76.629     92.776     21.07   951.036   1013.712   1013.917   1030.064       8.31  100.00

     CHINA P   154.622    173.222     15.102     16.771     11.05   159.044    171.822    173.222    174.891       9.96   16.98

     CANADA    100.881    116.255      8.480     11.881     40.12   101.589    114.106    116.255    119.657      17.79   11.62

     JAPAN      88.651    107.485      7.588      9.414     24.07    90.716    108.202    107.485    109.312      20.50   10.61

     GERMANY    96.910     99.738      6.316     10.152     60.74    95.663     97.914     99.738    103.574       8.27   10.06

     MEXICO     68.820     74.219      5.009      5.449      8.77    68.841     73.925     74.219     74.659       8.45    7.25

     ISRAEL     63.252     59.876      5.360      6.123     14.23    62.278     61.164     59.876     60.638      -2.63    5.89

     FRANCE     42.423     49.834      3.544      5.170     45.89    42.455     49.073     49.834     51.460      21.21    5.00

     ITALY      43.052     39.485      2.738      2.727     -0.39    43.221     43.409     39.485     39.475      -8.67    3.83

     KOR REP    31.491     37.722      3.243      3.663     12.94    32.779     38.264     37.722     38.142      16.36    3.70

     INDIA      38.925     35.192      3.459      2.391    -30.88    39.130     36.680     35.192     34.124     -12.79    3.31

     LUXMBRG    25.430     28.945      2.494      2.883     15.62    24.217     26.615     28.945     29.334      21.13    2.85

     U KING     32.672     27.128      1.658      2.149     29.62    31.004     26.903     27.128     27.619     -10.92    2.68

     TURKEY     19.832     24.927      1.158      1.403     21.18    19.293     24.806     24.927     25.172      30.47    2.44

     CHINA T    18.324     17.710      1.215      2.245     84.71    18.315     17.964     17.710     18.739       2.32    1.82

     THAILND    11.725     14.599      0.916      1.331     45.33    11.700     13.879     14.599     15.015      28.33    1.46

     POLAND     13.402     13.431      1.153      1.719     49.05    13.629     13.518     13.431     13.997       2.70    1.36

     NETHLDS    11.031     10.262      0.514      1.247    142.77    10.443     10.448     10.262     10.996       5.30    1.07

     DENMARK    11.292      9.881      0.519      0.563      8.46    11.566     10.325      9.881      9.924     -14.19    0.96

     SWEDEN      4.515      8.585      0.428      0.944    120.74     4.699      8.212      8.585      9.102      93.70    0.88

     BELGIUM     5.724      8.301      0.233      0.790    239.56     5.627      7.363      8.301      8.858      57.42    0.86

     SPAIN       3.661      8.515      0.544      0.787     44.88     4.059      7.931      8.515      8.759     115.77    0.85

     CZECH       4.129      5.911      0.554      0.392    -29.11     4.525      5.769      5.911      5.750      27.08    0.56

     AUSTRAL    10.677      5.557      0.015      0.042    178.41     9.938      5.794      5.557      5.584     -43.81    0.54

     FINLAND    13.477      6.209      0.996      0.212    -78.75    12.737      6.954      6.209      5.425     -57.41    0.53

     GREECE      3.506      4.419      0.040      0.000   -100.00     3.323      4.419      4.419      4.379      31.81    0.43

     BRAZIL      7.860      4.041      0.959      0.858    -10.59     6.252      3.998      4.041      3.939     -37.00    0.38

     IRELAND     4.315      4.008      0.625      0.401    -35.92     4.697      4.265      4.008      3.784     -19.44    0.37

     SLOVENI     1.622      3.124      0.062      0.274    340.97     1.684      3.489      3.124      3.336      98.13    0.32

     MALAYSA     3.138      3.032      0.249      0.003    -98.76     3.346      3.748      3.032      2.786     -16.72    0.27

     INDNSIA     2.205      2.332      0.308      0.143    -53.68     2.321      2.538      2.332      2.166      -6.67    0.21

     HG KONG     1.178      1.332      0.094      0.125     33.24     1.242      1.457      1.332      1.363       9.76    0.13

     DOM REP     2.620      1.297      0.054      0.040    -25.94     2.473      1.283      1.297      1.283     -48.13    0.12

     S ARAB      1.983      1.204      0.000      0.072       *       1.657      1.454      1.204      1.276     -22.98    0.12

     SWITZLD     0.920      1.061      0.097      0.124     27.82     1.003      1.065      1.061      1.088       8.54    0.11

     REP SAF     1.255      1.094      0.386      0.093    -75.86     1.443      1.176      1.094      0.802     -44.44    0.08

     AUSTRIA     0.754      0.612      0.006      0.013    107.10     0.710      0.553      0.612      0.618     -12.89    0.06

     VIETNAM     0.322      0.443      0.049      0.059     20.48     0.331      0.393      0.443      0.453      36.81    0.04

     HONDURA     0.247      0.401      0.004      0.018    365.39     0.240      0.365      0.401      0.416      73.15    0.04

     ECUADOR     0.000      0.219      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      0.219      0.219      0.219        *      0.02

     EGYPT       0.046      0.185      0.038      0.000   -100.00     0.084      0.165      0.185      0.148      75.69    0.01

     CHILE       0.096      0.137      0.005      0.000   -100.00     0.101      0.147      0.137      0.132      30.24    0.01

     RUSSIA      0.792      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       0.792      0.000      0.000      0.000     -99.95    0.00

     SIER LN     0.484      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       0.484      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      949.318   1013.759     76.629     92.739     21.02   951.012   1013.610   1013.759   1029.870       8.29   99.98

     _OECD     480.198    510.925     35.404     47.262     33.49   477.318    507.842    510.925    522.783       9.53   50.75

     _EU       318.041    329.007     22.741     30.424     33.79   314.705    327.789    329.007    336.690       6.99   32.69

     _W HEMI   180.870    197.011     14.562     18.277     25.51   179.851    194.497    197.011    200.725      11.61   19.49

     _ASEAN     17.651     20.600      1.535      1.556      1.41    17.935     20.732     20.600     20.622      14.98    2.00

     _CAFTA      2.985      1.732      0.092      0.059    -36.46     2.841      1.682      1.732      1.699     -40.21    0.16

     _SUB-SAH    1.740      1.098      0.386      0.093    -75.86     1.927      1.180      1.098      0.806     -58.19    0.08

     _ANDEAN     0.108      0.484      0.016      0.015     -5.63     0.120      0.509      0.484      0.484     303.81    0.05