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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      72.544     65.497      7.090      5.687    -19.78    69.286     64.579     65.497     64.095      -7.49  100.00

     INDNSIA    34.913     36.568      3.900      3.258    -16.46    33.024     36.086     36.568     35.926       8.79   56.05

     INDIA       7.209      7.964      0.871      0.428    -50.88     7.918      8.321      7.964      7.521      -5.02   11.73

     KOR REP     2.167      5.884      0.048      0.501    936.94     1.935      4.795      5.884      6.336     227.43    9.89

     CHINA P     7.115      4.128      0.801      0.661    -17.43     6.507      4.172      4.128      3.989     -38.70    6.22

     AUSTRAL     4.419      2.422      0.408      0.122    -70.14     4.328      2.653      2.422      2.136     -50.65    3.33

     THAILND     5.899      2.022      0.408      0.405     -0.65     5.566      1.818      2.022      2.019     -63.72    3.15

     SPAIN       1.969      1.881      0.145      0.071    -51.33     1.954      1.872      1.881      1.807      -7.55    2.82

     TURKEY      1.310      1.265      0.215      0.062    -71.07     1.477      1.270      1.265      1.112     -24.73    1.73

     VIETNAM     1.997      0.867      0.134      0.031    -76.76     1.854      1.150      0.867      0.764     -58.78    1.19

     PAKISTN     0.975      0.643      0.000      0.036       *       0.879      0.676      0.643      0.679     -22.75    1.06

     CHINA T     2.959      0.206      0.027      0.040     45.19     2.237      0.205      0.206      0.218     -90.24    0.34


     _WTO       72.544     65.497      7.090      5.687    -19.78    69.286     64.579     65.497     64.095      -7.49  100.00

     _ASEAN     42.898     39.699      4.441      3.694    -16.83    40.531     39.297     39.699     38.952      -3.89   60.77

     _OECD      11.229     12.816      0.950      0.829    -12.74    11.056     11.868     12.816     12.695      14.83   19.81

     _EU         2.599      2.996      0.235      0.114    -51.48     2.590      2.901      2.996      2.875      10.99    4.49