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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 million dollars

                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      175.823   121.715      10.325     12.940     25.34    172.592    121.548    121.715    124.331    -27.96  100.00

    PAKISTN     38.681    24.275       1.763      1.454    -17.53     37.861     24.296     24.275     23.966    -36.70   19.28

    MEXICO      42.059    21.872       2.049      2.405     17.41     39.616     21.982     21.872     22.229    -43.89   17.88

    INDIA       23.736    20.781       1.941      2.870     47.85     24.489     20.645     20.781     21.710    -11.35   17.46

    KOR REP     25.356    21.135       2.415      2.905     20.31     26.036     21.091     21.135     21.625    -16.94   17.39

    INDNSIA     10.551    10.406       0.702      0.526    -25.11     10.426     10.398     10.406     10.229     -1.88    8.23

    THAILND      7.587     5.059       0.245      0.694    183.93      6.861      4.862      5.059      5.509    -19.71    4.43

    EGYPT        4.255     4.852       0.225      0.498    121.55      4.137      4.732      4.852      5.125     23.88    4.12

    VIETNAM      9.238     1.869       0.000      0.863       *        8.892      1.999      1.869      2.732    -69.28    2.20

    CHINA P      4.466     2.329       0.237      0.391     65.14      4.173      2.301      2.329      2.483    -40.50    2.00

    SPAIN        1.207     2.466       0.159      0.108    -32.06      1.259      2.489      2.466      2.415     91.88    1.94

    UZBEKIS      1.326     0.000       0.000      0.000       *        1.326      0.000      0.000      0.000   -100.00    0.00


    _WTO       174.467   121.715      10.325     12.940     25.34    171.236    121.548    121.715    124.331    -27.39  100.00

    _OECD       32.240    28.944       3.010      3.200      6.31     33.106     29.112     28.944     29.134    -12.00   23.43

    _W HEMI     44.394    23.756       2.159      2.473     14.55     41.895     23.916     23.756     24.070    -42.55   19.36

    _ASEAN      27.675    17.349       0.947      2.083    120.11     26.478     17.274     17.349     18.485    -30.19   14.87

    _EU          4.922     5.968       0.457      0.242    -47.09      5.123      6.039      5.968      5.753     12.30    4.63