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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                         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     372.061    317.241     26.740     29.697     11.06   367.022    315.655    317.241    320.198     -12.76  100.00

     CANADA    206.067    145.341     13.568     14.649      7.97   200.114    146.157    145.341    146.422     -26.83   45.73

     MEXICO     46.363     56.774      5.053      4.490    -11.16    48.178     57.043     56.774     56.210      16.67   17.55

     CHINA P    16.090     20.401      1.119      2.133     90.59    16.464     19.918     20.401     21.415      30.07    6.69

     CHINA T    13.757     16.212      1.302      1.595     22.53    13.679     15.794     16.212     16.505      20.66    5.15

     INDIA      14.880     15.562      2.012      1.122    -44.22    15.762     15.463     15.562     14.672      -6.91    4.58

     KOR REP     9.584     12.391      0.321      1.470    358.40     9.548     11.940     12.391     13.540      41.81    4.23

     INDNSIA    13.169     11.514      0.843      1.123     33.19    12.398     10.844     11.514     11.794      -4.87    3.68

     MALAYSA     9.721      9.749      0.660      0.549    -16.85     9.846      9.757      9.749      9.637      -2.12    3.01

     ITALY      16.852      8.181      0.469      1.223    160.87    16.592      7.777      8.181      8.936     -46.14    2.79

     THAILND     8.462      3.847      0.270      0.124    -54.19     7.966      4.025      3.847      3.701     -53.54    1.16

     FRANCE      1.989      3.196      0.065      0.422    549.43     1.709      3.039      3.196      3.553     107.87    1.11

     SLOVENI     2.694      3.051      0.279      0.129    -53.93     2.875      2.790      3.051      2.900       0.89    0.91

     TURKEY      0.652      2.029      0.000      0.084       *       0.583      1.900      2.029      2.113     262.24    0.66

     GERMANY     3.192      2.066      0.199      0.160    -19.82     3.047      2.113      2.066      2.027     -33.48    0.63

     JAPAN       1.338      1.428      0.158      0.041    -74.14     1.422      1.510      1.428      1.311      -7.81    0.41

     EGYPT       0.774      0.857      0.105      0.101     -3.85     0.790      0.933      0.857      0.853       8.03    0.27

     SLOVAK      0.834      0.597      0.000      0.056       *       0.774      0.657      0.597      0.652     -15.67    0.20

     SALVADR     0.283      0.638      0.018      0.023     24.54     0.278      0.618      0.638      0.643     131.43    0.20

     BELGIUM     1.493      0.589      0.157      0.009    -94.52     1.542      0.653      0.589      0.440     -71.49    0.14

     VIETNAM     0.946      0.145      0.002      0.000   -100.00     0.929      0.187      0.145      0.143     -84.64    0.04


     _WTO      372.059    317.241     26.740     29.697     11.06   367.020    315.655    317.241    320.198     -12.76  100.00

     _W HEMI   252.765    202.958     18.648     19.161      2.75   248.630    204.047    202.958    203.471     -18.16   63.55

     _OECD     241.547    175.040     14.819     18.156     22.51   234.521    174.841    175.040    178.377     -23.94   55.71

     _ASEAN     32.366     25.255      1.775      1.795      1.14    31.166     24.812     25.255     25.275     -18.90    7.89

     _EU        29.188     19.135      1.210      2.133     76.26    28.262     18.400     19.135     20.058     -29.03    6.26

     _CAFTA      0.291      0.650      0.022      0.023      0.79     0.291      0.634      0.650      0.650     123.74    0.20