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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-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     174.913    188.445     15.880     16.863      6.19   177.953    190.573    188.445    189.427       6.45  100.00

     CHINA P    53.598     41.685      4.499      3.102    -31.04    54.774     43.775     41.685     40.288     -26.45   21.27

     KOR REP    23.359     30.805      2.358      3.516     49.11    24.099     30.984     30.805     31.963      32.63   16.87

     GERMANY    19.590     19.725      1.193      1.579     32.36    19.142     19.811     19.725     20.111       5.06   10.62

     NETHLDS    16.818     16.716      1.671      2.170     29.86    17.154     17.222     16.716     17.215       0.36    9.09

     MEXICO      6.448     14.337      0.987      0.891     -9.74     7.302     14.138     14.337     14.241      95.03    7.52

     CANADA     10.303     12.796      0.868      0.977     12.56    10.339     12.741     12.796     12.905      24.82    6.81

     LATVIA      6.910      8.411      0.499      0.701     40.54     6.956      8.106      8.411      8.614      23.83    4.55

     JAPAN       7.663      8.020      0.738      0.703     -4.76     7.776      7.869      8.020      7.985       2.68    4.22

     TURKEY      5.959      6.878      0.320      1.103    244.57     5.594      7.099      6.878      7.661      36.95    4.04

     U KING      3.343      4.381      0.145      0.305    111.25     3.235      4.421      4.381      4.542      40.41    2.40

     ISRAEL      3.844      3.617      0.395      0.370     -6.33     3.932      3.678      3.617      3.592      -8.63    1.90

     ITALY       2.212      3.598      0.484      0.177    -63.39     2.469      3.577      3.598      3.291      33.28    1.74

     CHINA T     2.075      3.497      0.613      0.238    -61.19     2.499      3.603      3.497      3.121      24.89    1.65

     INDIA       2.955      3.216      0.345      0.247    -28.42     3.106      3.381      3.216      3.118       0.38    1.65

     SLOVAK      2.891      2.099      0.061      0.332    439.62     2.435      2.021      2.099      2.369      -2.71    1.25

     S ARAB      0.031      1.510      0.000      0.000       *       0.031      1.510      1.510      1.510    4738.18    0.80

     SWEDEN      0.378      1.676      0.201      0.002    -99.05     0.579      1.321      1.676      1.477     154.99    0.78

     COLOMB      0.001      0.913      0.004      0.060   1602.65     0.005      0.682      0.913      0.970   21358.71    0.51

     RUSSIA      0.592      0.783      0.000      0.140       *       0.592      1.097      0.783      0.924      56.07    0.49

     THAILND     0.495      0.718      0.053      0.108    105.53     0.525      0.692      0.718      0.774      47.46    0.41

     INDNSIA     0.255      0.644      0.079      0.113     42.38     0.334      0.550      0.644      0.678     102.92    0.36

     CZECH       0.208      0.690      0.048      0.000   -100.00     0.256      0.567      0.690      0.642     150.17    0.34

     MALAYSA     0.247      0.378      0.002      0.000   -100.00     0.247      0.383      0.378      0.376      52.02    0.20

     SWITZLD     0.328      0.482      0.173      0.003    -98.44     0.493      0.445      0.482      0.311     -36.96    0.16

     POLAND      0.241      0.238      0.045      0.000   -100.00     0.241      0.225      0.238      0.193     -20.00    0.10

     HG KONG     0.195      0.018      0.000      0.000       *       0.191      0.012      0.018      0.018     -90.76    0.01

     BELARUS     3.276      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       2.907      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      171.632    188.445     15.880     16.863      6.19   175.041    190.573    188.445    189.427       8.22  100.00

     _OECD      83.105     98.289      7.510      9.857     31.26    83.969     98.804     98.289    100.637      19.85   53.13

     _EU        53.024     58.008      4.444      5.291     19.06    52.996     57.795     58.008     58.855      11.06   31.07

     _W HEMI    16.893     28.106      1.859      1.929      3.76    17.786     27.621     28.106     28.176      58.42   14.87

     _ASEAN      1.046      1.741      0.134      0.221     65.05     1.156      1.624      1.741      1.828      58.15    0.96

     _ANDEAN     0.001      0.917      0.004      0.060   1602.65     0.005      0.686      0.917      0.974   21447.68    0.51