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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 229:  SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
                                             Data in Kg., 13.60 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    167969439 181082526  165698228  165794944      0.06 179008947  180695706  181800410  181179242       1.21  100.00

     CHINA P   23206558  32762402   29199061   39886847     36.60  31439434   43340829   44147783   43450188      38.20   23.98

     VIETNAM   44889699  54761287   49681301   38001148    -23.51  53329570   43901561   43108161   43081134     -19.22   23.78

     KOR REP   21880101  21228196   19594864   20323622      3.72  21504987   21069315   21853863   21956954       2.10   12.12

     CANADA    22782561  20888995   19398454   19752605      1.83  21084376   21952755   21664321   21243146       0.75   11.72

     CHINA T   12748196  12246291   11507827   12903274     12.13  12326998   13471193   13816791   13641738      10.67    7.53

     MEXICO    12025449  11294728   10524291    8919809    -15.25  11295552    9841493    9758981    9690246     -14.21    5.35

     JAPAN      4332893   4498673    4060312    5470251     34.72   4387735    5788622    5767139    5908612      34.66    3.26

     ISRAEL    10867104   8133469    7573699    5337336    -29.53   8195856    5201778    5596339    5897106     -28.05    3.25

     INDIA      3605150   2803283    2581946    3013482     16.71   2865654    3133845    3107651    3234819      12.88    1.79

     GERMANY    2304470   1768060    1686525    1706159      1.16   1791217    1904265    1842836    1787694      -0.20    0.99

     U KING      584493    633806     556182     948862     70.60    619311     983664    1003368    1026486      65.75    0.57

     PORTUGL    1001073   1056398     991373     858159    -13.44   1149141     876720     927502     923184     -19.66    0.51

     NETHLDS     539566    736625     681258     837345     22.91    753316     869869     870033     892712      18.50    0.49

     THAILND     522898    657748     591250     774560     31.00    630748     796662     791589     841058      33.34    0.46

     SPAIN       618112    657796     620475     778484     25.47    647805     659605     771226     815805      25.93    0.45

     TURKEY      591150   1083177    1004761     731529    -27.19   1027885     997244     890815     809945     -21.20    0.45

     ITALY       812538    877903     838321     678513    -19.06    907332     761913     787068     718095     -20.86    0.40

     ARAB EM     228883     60110      19921     625197   3038.38     20001     557424     583306     665386    3226.76    0.37

     N ZEAL      474357    518817     498133     641042     28.69    536233     628095     612844     661726      23.40    0.37

     SWITZLD     501684    453018     410295     368786    -10.12    467827     419579     410729     411509     -12.04    0.23

     INDNSIA     514585    514474     488021     332773    -31.81    537559     372472     358122     359226     -33.17    0.20

     CAMBOD      288702    341891     341891     359127      5.04    400880     329887     331699     359127     -10.42    0.20

     FRANCE      344900    325705     286047     314519      9.95    324735     362594     351767     354177       9.07    0.20

     PERU        208763    281725     269934     331847     22.94    286423     343659     337873     343638      19.98    0.19

     BELGIUM     247724    200231     179560     172504     -3.93    189424     188010     193797     193175       1.98    0.11

     EGYPT         6225      3854       3453     183772   5222.10      3781     184689     184535     184173    4771.01    0.10

     AUSTRAL      89189     64583      51350     170334    231.71     58368     162933     179353     183567     214.50    0.10

     LUXMBRG     261239    304384     254797     126798    -50.24    289489     192787     178476     176385     -39.07    0.10

     CZECH        26373     77947      55282     112851    104.14     69547     119034     122425     135516      94.86    0.07

     PAKISTN      41509    110980     100784     123936     22.97    100796     133686     131350     134132      33.07    0.07

     MALAYSA      76447    198574     188992     115105    -39.10    193479     186026     157532     124687     -35.56    0.07

     PHIL R       38632    108560      76320      87889     15.16     84153     114985     119765     120129      42.75    0.07

     BRAZIL      115938    243340     236855     105813    -55.33    239616     130402     114551     112298     -53.13    0.06

     SLOVAK       30541     36697      36456      97721    168.05     37013      84121      95335      97962     164.67    0.05

     NORWAY       26280     74366      74366      83490     12.27     81059      96498      89445      83490       3.00    0.05

     AUSTRIA      62120     56542      52528      72603     38.22     56514      72954      74171      76617      35.57    0.04

     HG KONG      82176    101012      97717      63387    -35.13     97959      68857      72409      66682     -31.93    0.04

     SALVADR      66546     60949      58585      58977      0.67     71392      61449      62150      61341     -14.08    0.03

     REP SAF     361002    232155     231900      43112    -81.41    272212      43865      43888      43367     -84.07    0.02

     POLAND      154154     43686      42483      28811    -32.18     72748      32723      30634      30014     -58.74    0.02

     ARGENT         411    343636     343636         29    -99.99    343636         47         47         29     -99.99    0.00


     _WTO     167941564 181080026  165695728  165792306      0.06 179006447  180693057  181797739  181176604       1.21  100.00

     _OECD     53354938  51104759   47322947   48783672      3.09  51679441   52434494   52940915   52565484       1.71   29.01

     _ASEAN    46341254  56587469   51372435   39672643    -22.77  55181049   45704159   44869176   44887677     -18.65   24.78

     _W HEMI   35419397  33209582   30924200   29297537     -5.26  33420814   32435630   32043675   31582919      -5.50   17.43

     _EU15      6821951   6663281    6191156    6551599      5.82   6774595    6929734    7060192    7023724       3.68    3.88

     _EC12      6731882   6580565    6113593    6453622      5.56   6691393    6833526    6960726    6920594       3.43    3.82

     _ANDEAN     283109    311790     299157     353977     18.32    320320     368329     362783     366610      14.45    0.20

     _CBI        105904    115935     110649     118524      7.12    126156      95864      96204     123810      -1.86    0.07

     _CAFTA       89100     99676      94390     118427     25.47    108355      95767      96107     123713      14.17    0.07

     _SUB-SAHA   362188    235367     235112      45757    -80.54    275453      46243      45786      46012     -83.30    0.03