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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC 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     117.682    110.036      9.213      8.850     -3.94   116.666    110.352    110.036    109.672      -5.99  100.00

     INDNSIA    51.833     48.051      3.396      3.396     -0.01    50.555     47.806     48.051     48.051      -4.95   43.81

     CANADA     18.413     16.205      1.234      1.211     -1.91    17.901     16.314     16.205     16.181      -9.61   14.75

     INDIA      13.304     13.462      1.291      0.972    -24.71    13.975     14.510     13.462     13.143      -5.95   11.98

     CHINA P    10.432     10.968      0.702      1.230     75.24     9.598     10.684     10.968     11.496      19.77   10.48

     VIETNAM     3.673      5.780      0.770      0.552    -28.34     4.153      5.701      5.780      5.562      33.91    5.07

     TURKEY      4.339      3.309      0.406      0.580     43.03     4.239      3.309      3.309      3.484     -17.82    3.18

     PHIL R      2.716      2.423      0.295      0.103    -65.20     2.872      2.438      2.423      2.230     -22.35    2.03

     GERMANY     2.356      2.464      0.602      0.145    -75.86     2.934      1.874      2.464      2.008     -31.59    1.83

     ROMANIA     1.313      1.159      0.056      0.170    202.16     1.257      1.103      1.159      1.272       1.21    1.16

     MEXICO      2.348      1.151      0.202      0.066    -67.27     2.455      1.249      1.151      1.015     -58.65    0.93

     THAILND     1.353      0.762      0.054      0.088     64.38     1.238      0.883      0.762      0.797     -35.60    0.73

     KOR REP     0.189      0.747      0.000      0.027       *       0.187      0.715      0.747      0.774     313.33    0.71

     JAPAN       1.118      0.579      0.029      0.010    -64.51     0.995      0.516      0.579      0.560     -43.71    0.51

     CHINA T     0.393      0.470      0.039      0.050     27.58     0.427      0.514      0.470      0.481      12.48    0.44

     MALAYSA     0.686      0.108      0.000      0.003       *       0.686      0.222      0.108      0.110     -83.91    0.10


     _WTO      117.673    110.036      9.213      8.850     -3.94   116.657    110.352    110.036    109.672      -5.99  100.00

     _ASEAN     60.413     57.123      4.515      4.142     -8.27    59.655     57.050     57.123     56.750      -4.87   51.74

     _OECD      27.631     24.775      2.365      2.136     -9.69    27.579     24.375     24.775     24.546     -11.00   22.38

     _W HEMI    21.193     17.362      1.436      1.286    -10.48    20.767     17.569     17.362     17.212     -17.12   15.69

     _EU         5.902      5.671      0.780      0.487    -37.54     6.432      5.135      5.671      5.379     -16.38    4.90