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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  1/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         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     501.675    524.965     44.185     42.511     -3.79   510.161    523.633    524.965    523.291       2.57  100.00

     INDIA      93.350    103.560      8.782      8.439     -3.90    96.362    102.651    103.560    103.217       7.11   19.72

     CHINA P    99.692     98.227      9.012      7.640    -15.23   102.217     99.833     98.227     96.855      -5.25   18.51

     CANADA     65.261     59.718      5.271      4.317    -18.09    65.488     59.631     59.718     58.765     -10.27   11.23

     ARAB EM    27.143     36.462      2.821      2.661     -5.67    28.060     36.616     36.462     36.302      29.37    6.94

     CHINA T    32.363     34.941      3.000      3.648     21.61    32.353     34.383     34.941     35.589      10.00    6.80

     S ARAB     27.124     31.328      3.023      2.894     -4.28    28.636     30.941     31.328     31.199       8.95    5.96

     TURKEY     29.656     27.422      2.279      2.290      0.50    29.285     27.580     27.422     27.434      -6.32    5.24

     KOR REP    18.951     20.453      1.500      1.729     15.25    19.004     19.582     20.453     20.681       8.82    3.95

     JAPAN      12.529     14.888      0.855      1.641     91.83    12.783     15.158     14.888     15.674      22.61    3.00

     U KING      9.984     12.688      0.681      0.587    -13.87     9.927     12.309     12.688     12.593      26.86    2.41

     MEXICO     10.369     10.510      0.601      0.786     30.69    10.284     10.628     10.510     10.694       3.98    2.04

     VIETNAM     7.780      9.414      0.681      0.848     24.54     8.008      9.668      9.414      9.581      19.65    1.83

     GERMANY     6.243      8.554      0.976      0.660    -32.34     6.536      8.192      8.554      8.238      26.04    1.57

     BELGIUM     7.167      8.139      0.408      0.499     22.30     7.022      7.983      8.139      8.230      17.21    1.57

     ITALY       8.556      7.898      0.480      0.686     43.06     8.199      7.461      7.898      8.104      -1.15    1.55

     GREECE     10.768      7.369      0.864      0.567    -34.45    11.244      7.682      7.369      7.071     -37.11    1.35

     THAILND     7.028      6.783      0.521      0.406    -22.00     7.052      6.718      6.783      6.669      -5.44    1.27

     REP SAF     3.080      4.724      0.583      0.745     27.72     3.658      4.648      4.724      4.886      33.56    0.93

     NETHLDS     6.099      4.834      0.465      0.260    -44.06     5.988      4.809      4.834      4.630     -22.68    0.88

     MALAYSA     3.701      3.015      0.122      0.386    215.78     3.447      3.192      3.015      3.279      -4.88    0.63

     HUNGARY     1.315      1.899      0.052      0.000   -100.00     1.368      2.007      1.899      1.847      35.07    0.35

     INDNSIA     1.059      0.665      0.048      0.090     88.51     1.093      0.689      0.665      0.707     -35.32    0.14

     GUATMAL     0.591      0.695      0.048      0.018    -62.91     0.588      0.707      0.695      0.665      12.98    0.13

     BRAZIL      1.261      0.522      0.129      0.051    -60.17     1.340      0.632      0.522      0.444     -66.83    0.08


     _WTO      501.570    524.856     44.125     42.511     -3.66   509.998    523.524    524.856    523.242       2.60   99.99

     _OECD     171.648    165.565     13.514     12.015    -11.09   171.789    163.831    165.565    164.066      -4.50   31.35

     _W HEMI    78.668     72.843      6.173      5.302    -14.12    78.845     72.902     72.843     71.971      -8.72   13.75

     _EU        54.798     56.001      4.209      3.561    -15.40    54.998     54.999     56.001     55.353       0.65   10.58

     _ASEAN     19.626     19.937      1.378      1.732     25.63    19.662     20.330     19.937     20.290       3.19    3.88

     _SUB-SAH    3.085      4.750      0.583      0.745     27.72     3.664      4.674      4.750      4.912      34.05    0.94

     _CAFTA      1.123      1.286      0.106      0.068    -36.15     1.175      1.253      1.286      1.248       6.20    0.24