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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 11/2012
   Country      2010       2011      11/2011    11/2012  % Change   11/2011     9/2012    10/2012    11/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     18158526  19059605   17699943   17634031     -0.37  19193132   19019639   19225741   18993693      -1.04  100.00

     CHINA P    3541373   4344322    3980223    5022574     26.19   4313198    5145641    5370309    5386673      24.89   28.36

     TURKEY     4756715   5221186    4847824    4755221     -1.91   5217917    5185354    5206550    5128583      -1.71   27.00

     CANADA     2898341   3010563    2776691    2736571     -1.44   3056588    3127037    3110744    2970443      -2.82   15.64

     MEXICO     3264779   2525704    2392591    1577292    -34.08   2577439    1750008    1751136    1710405     -33.64    9.01

     INDIA       548099    594704     519608     647827     24.68    557271     704279     712483     722923      29.73    3.81

     THAILND     985865   1034612    1009381     683501    -32.29   1097016     728117     716645     708732     -35.39    3.73

     GERMANY     385903    405796     374916     385166      2.73    408256     408533     401297     416046       1.91    2.19

     EGYPT       348482    408894     402763     286821    -28.79    470061     343663     305809     292952     -37.68    1.54

     HONDURA     171471    165355     139256     217920     56.49    139256     201681     232727     244019      75.23    1.28

     CHINA T     105925    120363     116120     222326     91.46    124897     215327     213101     226569      81.40    1.19

     ITALY       125687    178313     161227     177685     10.21    170296     186565     192030     194771      14.37    1.03

     SPAIN        61902    118014     114434     147128     28.57    118167     158640     168279     150708      27.54    0.79

     FRANCE      116907    112415      97786     133894     36.93    103530     144753     140451     148523      43.46    0.78

     KOR REP      81947    154154     154101      18969    -87.69    154406      62406      60886      19022     -87.68    0.10


     _WTO      18148554  19053565   17693904   17633670     -0.34  19187093   19019477   19225579   18993331      -1.01  100.00

     _OECD      8584197   9364444    8679964    8535959     -1.66   9393659    9462795    9464181    9220439      -1.84   48.54

     _W HEMI    6572606   5839760    5432501    4684265    -13.77   5916442    5230193    5244473    5091524     -13.94   26.81

     _EU15       830311    940251     864873     990215     14.49    926002    1058053    1053028    1065593      15.07    5.61

     _EC12       824344    929109     856207     982431     14.74    916668    1048719    1044042    1055333      15.13    5.56

     _ASEAN     1163014   1166536    1127866     762754    -32.37   1234730     802389     799789     801424     -35.09    4.22

     _CBI        202103    170693     144011     237083     64.63    148716     209534     239401     263765      77.36    1.39

     _CAFTA      202103    170373     143691     237083     65.00    148396     209534     239401     263765      77.74    1.39