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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category  62:  MAN-MADE FIBER NON-APPAREL
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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   13507.285  13992.936   1138.331   1171.791      2.94 13593.817  13955.201  13992.936  14026.396       3.18  100.00

     CHINA P  7298.856   7638.473    633.895    627.341     -1.03  7372.109   7624.228   7638.473   7631.918       3.52   54.41

     CANADA    861.417    809.030     67.070     68.469      2.09   855.440    811.525    809.030    810.430      -5.26    5.78

     MEXICO    756.273    765.792     57.795     60.033      3.87   761.581    765.077    765.792    768.030       0.85    5.48

     KOR REP   511.380    534.940     43.157     45.454      5.32   516.555    536.535    534.940    537.236       4.00    3.83

     VIETNAM   459.893    429.484     31.892     44.660     40.04   458.596    428.813    429.484    442.253      -3.56    3.15

     INDIA     402.034    439.209     39.059     37.533     -3.91   413.408    442.322    439.209    437.683       5.87    3.12

     CHINA T   400.527    425.131     35.711     32.627     -8.63   403.319    419.648    425.131    422.047       4.64    3.01

     TURKEY    350.309    389.654     30.444     35.088     15.26   350.729    386.870    389.654    394.298      12.42    2.81

     JAPAN     273.484    323.835     24.072     27.321     13.50   278.908    327.147    323.835    327.084      17.27    2.33

     ITALY     266.065    266.738     19.268     20.062      4.12   266.429    266.428    266.738    267.532       0.41    1.91

     GERMANY   211.176    219.532     14.907     19.554     31.17   210.486    216.578    219.532    224.178       6.50    1.60

     INDNSIA   198.431    192.269     15.721     17.013      8.22   192.813    191.396    192.269    193.560       0.39    1.38

     THAILND   134.183    129.112      9.173     10.925     19.10   133.890    125.423    129.112    130.864      -2.26    0.93

     EGYPT     125.472    128.187     13.725     16.216     18.15   128.875    124.811    128.187    130.678       1.40    0.93

     FRANCE    106.887    117.335      8.255     10.624     28.69   107.044    117.177    117.335    119.704      11.83    0.85

     ISRAEL    121.298    111.096      8.312     12.476     50.09   113.297    111.577    111.096    115.260       1.73    0.82

     PAKISTN    93.397    111.296     10.506      8.095    -22.95    98.350    111.292    111.296    108.886      10.71    0.78

     BELGIUM   104.794    102.865      7.402      7.175     -3.06   104.770    102.960    102.865    102.639      -2.03    0.73

     U KING     88.631     86.903      5.154      5.925     14.96    87.450     87.385     86.903     87.674       0.26    0.63

     NETHLDS    73.873     69.024      5.384      6.667     23.82    72.482     71.055     69.024     70.306      -3.00    0.50

     BNGLDSH    48.436     59.567      2.013      5.494    172.98    47.686     59.355     59.567     63.049      32.22    0.45

     PHIL R     53.097     51.769      4.974      5.049      1.51    54.026     52.914     51.769     51.844      -4.04    0.37

     ARAB EM    40.347     43.028      3.290      3.376      2.62    37.658     43.711     43.028     43.114      14.49    0.31

     S ARAB     35.252     39.280      3.762      3.141    -16.53    36.464     39.606     39.280     38.659       6.02    0.28

     SWITZLD    37.839     36.855      3.526      2.832    -19.68    39.080     37.673     36.855     36.161      -7.47    0.26

     PORTUGL    25.069     32.373      4.384      6.375     45.40    26.084     31.519     32.373     34.364      31.74    0.24

     SPAIN      25.539     32.941      2.563      2.429     -5.22    26.236     32.555     32.941     32.807      25.05    0.23

     LUXMBRG    28.025     30.101      2.494      2.903     16.42    26.510     27.972     30.101     30.511      15.09    0.22

     HG KONG    27.220     28.327      2.098      2.733     30.26    25.666     28.459     28.327     28.962      12.84    0.21

     MALAYSA    26.988     28.173      2.052      1.695    -17.42    26.984     29.268     28.173     27.816       3.08    0.20

     POLAND     29.280     24.868      2.311      2.239     -3.14    28.836     25.153     24.868     24.795     -14.01    0.18

     SALVADR    30.930     22.065      1.642      1.411    -14.05    30.531     22.934     22.065     21.834     -28.49    0.16

     NORWAY      1.782     18.277      0.411      0.166    -59.54     1.601      1.622     18.277     18.032    1026.48    0.13

     COLOMB     11.519     16.047      1.085      1.371     26.38    11.802     15.748     16.047     16.333      38.39    0.12

     CAMBOD     13.546     16.639      1.484      1.113    -25.01    13.763     16.265     16.639     16.268      18.21    0.12

     DENMARK    16.660     15.879      0.916      1.014     10.70    16.883     16.493     15.879     15.977      -5.37    0.11

     CZECH       9.679     15.148      1.266      1.320      4.24    10.511     14.507     15.148     15.201      44.62    0.11

     LATVIA     12.118     15.173      1.277      1.160     -9.10    12.414     14.631     15.173     15.057      21.29    0.11

     AUSTRAL    21.024     13.973      0.983      0.692    -29.62    20.392     14.438     13.973     13.682     -32.90    0.10

     SWEDEN      7.620     12.836      0.727      1.229     69.19     7.999     12.192     12.836     13.339      66.75    0.10

     HONDURA     9.189     12.258      0.220      0.916    316.64     9.165     11.922     12.258     12.954      41.34    0.09

     GREECE     16.716     13.240      1.036      0.699    -32.53    17.105     13.629     13.240     12.903     -24.57    0.09

     AUSTRIA    10.603     11.396      0.491      0.962     96.02    10.421     11.122     11.396     11.867      13.87    0.08

     BRAZIL     16.077     10.274      1.575      1.306    -17.07    14.302     10.013     10.274     10.006     -30.04    0.07

     N ZEAL      7.830      7.954      0.682      0.734      7.50     7.622      7.967      7.954      8.005       5.03    0.06

     DOM REP    10.379      7.760      0.259      0.316     21.82     9.621      7.641      7.760      7.816     -18.75    0.06

     REP SAF     7.417      8.154      1.415      1.062    -24.97     7.955      8.058      8.154      7.801      -1.93    0.06

     SLOVENI     4.363      6.237      0.341      0.409     19.75     4.602      6.334      6.237      6.305      37.00    0.04

     FINLAND    14.380      7.072      1.043      0.221    -78.81    13.597      7.857      7.072      6.250     -54.03    0.04

     PERU        3.994      5.607      0.659      0.632     -4.11     4.520      5.594      5.607      5.580      23.44    0.04

     GUATMAL     3.864      5.590      0.515      0.360    -30.13     4.093      5.625      5.590      5.435      32.81    0.04

     SLOVAK      5.001      5.192      0.318      0.431     35.51     4.632      5.455      5.192      5.305      14.53    0.04

     IRELAND     6.381      5.400      0.845      0.515    -39.06     6.898      5.564      5.400      5.069     -26.50    0.04

     MALTA       5.194      4.465      0.229      0.323     41.24     4.973      4.431      4.465      4.560      -8.31    0.03

     ARGENT      8.247      4.961      0.577      0.136    -76.42     8.386      5.064      4.961      4.520     -46.10    0.03

     C RICA      5.251      4.567      0.860      0.279    -67.54     5.608      4.267      4.567      3.986     -28.92    0.03

     SRI LKA     3.745      3.887      0.314      0.082    -73.84     3.892      3.905      3.887      3.655      -6.08    0.03

     ROMANIA     3.477      3.883      0.586      0.251    -57.24     3.809      4.007      3.883      3.548      -6.87    0.03

     HUNGARY     2.059      3.004      0.107      0.069    -35.46     2.137      3.267      3.004      2.966      38.82    0.02

     UKRAINE     0.315      2.985      0.590      0.234    -60.39     0.876      2.669      2.985      2.629     200.11    0.02

     BAHRAIN     1.394      2.024      0.259      0.056    -78.32     1.418      1.995      2.024      1.821      28.47    0.01

     JORDAN      0.368      1.154      0.050      0.042    -17.63     0.370      1.040      1.154      1.145     209.50    0.01

     RUSSIA      1.529      0.863      0.002      0.141   5530.37     1.449      1.168      0.863      1.001     -30.90    0.01

     CHILE       0.581      0.752      0.202      0.052    -74.24     0.766      0.748      0.752      0.602     -21.43    0.00

     SIER LN     0.485      0.025      0.000      0.000       *       0.485      0.025      0.025      0.025     -94.94    0.00

     BELARUS     3.501      0.000      0.000      0.000       *       3.097      0.000      0.000      0.000     -99.99    0.00


     _WTO    13501.984  13991.440   1138.186   1171.684      2.94 13588.871  13953.580  13991.440  14024.939       3.21   99.99

     _OECD    2836.012   2878.054    224.856    243.454      8.27  2834.195   2860.651   2878.054   2896.651       2.20   20.65

     _W HEMI  1719.374   1666.313    132.579    135.403      2.13  1717.493   1667.726   1666.313   1669.137      -2.82   11.90

     _EU      1078.727   1105.421     81.505     92.735     13.78  1076.967   1101.812   1105.421   1116.651       3.68    7.96

     _ASEAN    889.860    848.460     65.488     80.463     22.87   883.814    845.236    848.460    863.436      -2.31    6.16

     _CAFTA     59.975     52.438      3.546      3.296     -7.06    59.422     52.557     52.438     52.188     -12.17    0.37

     _ANDEAN    15.566     22.022      1.744      2.035     16.67    16.372     21.707     22.022     22.313      36.28    0.16

     _SUB-SAH    8.356      8.615      1.445      1.075    -25.57     8.920      8.583      8.615      8.246      -7.56    0.06