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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 300:  CARDED COTTON YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 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     22210795  17678716   16717563   13389938    -19.90  18138001   14986600   14443878   14351091     -20.88  100.00

     PAKISTN    9558931   7997733    7676443    5578889    -27.32   8229862    5988364    5652863    5900179     -28.31   41.11

     MEXICO     4536040   5080405    4847998    3004092    -38.03   5231123    3494211    3318692    3236499     -38.13   22.55

     INDIA      2715122   2267813    2075777    2763978     33.15   2310718    3253644    3165416    2956014      27.93   20.60

     SPAIN       220704    361223     313778     650636    107.36    330988     645179     665768     698081     110.91    4.86

     INDNSIA    1132253    293501     264323     629506    138.16    264323     581081     644453     658684     149.20    4.59

     THAILND     751020    242179     199264     142379    -28.55    265400     268752     246515     185294     -30.18    1.29

     CHINA P     693212    325059     322323     144184    -55.27    330057     170991     167020     146920     -55.49    1.02

     CANADA      116148    108731     100943      92039     -8.82    106521      91320      99441      99827      -6.28    0.70

     KOR REP    1226662    242512     242512      70906    -70.76    356570     102884      87462      70906     -80.11    0.49

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


     _WTO      22210795  17363333   16402180   13389938    -18.36  17822618   14986600   14443878   14351091     -19.48  100.00

     _W HEMI    4878882   5285326    5042850    3130718    -37.92   5434348    3633751    3455078    3373194     -37.93   23.50

     _OECD      1795548    899545     841171     981133     16.64    990883    1023864    1033700    1039507       4.91    7.24

     _ASEAN     2582127    651801     499876     773092     54.66    588022     930782     972008     925017      57.31    6.45

     _EU15       360541    493509     442923     737213     66.44    472999     749853     766870     787799      66.55    5.49

     _EC12       359071    491862     441323     734947     66.53    471334     747348     764383     785486      66.65    5.47