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                                          |                                     |                                 March 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |   By Merged-Category,  1/2013 Data  |
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                                         Category 300/301 :  COTTON YARNS
                                                      Data in KG.,  8.50 M2 per KG.

                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     37560125  32922438     2709693    3439753     26.94   37403203   32629082   32922438   33652498    -10.03  100.00

    INDIA      5642889   6816080      567464     840394     48.10    5970089    6640993    6816080    7089010     18.74   21.07

    PAKISTN    9280678   6835680      475887     427280    -10.21    9114414    6784281    6835680    6787073    -25.53   20.17

    KOR REP    5755658   6167078      707345     753777      6.56    6129973    6165380    6167078    6213510      1.36   18.46

    MEXICO     7492631   4972895      468210     550204     17.51    7099743    4962540    4972895    5054889    -28.80   15.02

    INDNSIA    2641572   3480934      231342     136285    -41.09    2629728    3504582    3480934    3385877     28.75   10.06

    THAILND    1613180   1314520       57366     182581    218.27    1464001    1259507    1314520    1439735     -1.66    4.28

    VIETNAM    2307670    668275           0     279794       *      2231466     705340     668275     948069    -57.51    2.82

    EGYPT       529081    733302       22269      86930    290.36     498899     700531     733302     797963     59.94    2.37

    SPAIN       361227    697039       44572      31301    -29.77     371603     698271     697039     683768     84.00    2.03

    CHINA P     813209    524055       55388     133161    140.41     762046     503744     524055     601828    -21.02    1.79

    UZBEKIS     307691         0           0          0       *       307691          0          0          0   -100.00    0.00


    _WTO      37244742  32922438     2709693    3439753     26.94   37087820   32629082   32922438   33652498     -9.26  100.00

    _OECD      6635307   7317880      800467     800888      0.05    7020291    7330133    7317880    7318301      4.24   21.75

    _ASEAN     6620971   5468045      288708     598660    107.36    6383744    5473745    5468045    5777997     -9.49   17.17

    _W HEMI    7805155   5176294      477735     556424     16.47    7401199    5170163    5176294    5254983    -29.00   15.62

    _EU         626450    901074       66813      41606    -37.73     629671     904495     901074     875867     39.10    2.60