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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                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   32359.960  33474.055  31065.917  31912.665      2.73 33512.357  34281.787  34376.886  34320.804       2.41  100.00

     CHINA P 17352.434  17898.315  16623.359  17294.251      4.04 17886.187  18549.606  18645.360  18569.207       3.82   54.10

     VIETNAM  1649.498   1973.108   1810.545   1810.386     -0.01  1948.046   1962.601   1966.926   1972.949       1.28    5.75

     MEXICO   1808.039   1801.357   1684.755   1633.494     -3.04  1822.133   1750.743   1755.283   1750.095      -3.95    5.10

     INDIA    1091.047   1355.362   1249.059   1356.457      8.60  1338.459   1433.268   1433.375   1462.760       9.29    4.26

     KOR REP  1110.935   1126.284   1037.463   1100.167      6.04  1128.071   1180.110   1186.299   1188.988       5.40    3.46

     CANADA   1271.699   1199.779   1119.008   1040.539     -7.01  1216.435   1153.937   1135.701   1121.309      -7.82    3.27

     INDNSIA   938.884    990.678    919.689    918.058     -0.18   994.110    980.077    986.491    989.047      -0.51    2.88

     CHINA T   772.478    721.061    666.775    704.989      5.73   731.037    772.724    774.826    759.276       3.86    2.21

     CAMBOD    390.548    520.556    478.743    510.129      6.56   508.825    555.018    562.638    551.941       8.47    1.61

     BNGLDSH   533.321    541.180    515.750    476.482     -7.61   550.128    515.459    508.760    501.912      -8.76    1.46

     TURKEY    383.257    461.156    433.133    457.900      5.72   461.908    502.280    490.044    485.923       5.20    1.42

     HONDURA   379.262    395.085    368.911    421.634     14.29   404.344    440.560    443.545    447.809      10.75    1.30

     ISRAEL    455.843    348.443    317.538    288.585     -9.12   345.840    303.841    308.268    319.491      -7.62    0.93

     PAKISTN   187.591    261.910    241.246    279.002     15.65   262.349    302.087    297.635    299.666      14.22    0.87

     GERMANY   304.569    301.635    282.353    267.617     -5.22   306.842    282.641    286.764    286.899      -6.50    0.84

     SALVADR   261.962    268.669    245.526    251.403      2.39   265.194    274.667    275.184    274.545       3.53    0.80

     JAPAN     219.842    214.596    194.206    230.948     18.92   208.877    249.481    249.403    251.337      20.33    0.73

     THAILND   368.624    282.836    264.727    224.575    -15.17   293.598    244.225    245.626    242.685     -17.34    0.71

     PHIL R    215.797    255.284    238.051    210.137    -11.73   253.871    235.644    231.453    227.370     -10.44    0.66

     FRANCE    171.786    144.628    132.550    163.011     22.98   147.359    176.007    174.342    175.089      18.82    0.51

     NICARAG   129.021    149.238    143.508    161.395     12.46   155.658    165.945    166.638    167.125       7.37    0.49

     ITALY     160.105    167.476    156.523    154.419     -1.34   171.171    165.381    162.352    165.372      -3.39    0.48

     SRI LKA   124.667    136.844    127.570    136.885      7.30   137.207    140.729    142.929    146.159       6.52    0.43

     GUATMAL   110.093    143.931    132.367    130.503     -1.41   141.882    140.502    140.988    142.068       0.13    0.41

     S ARAB    114.422    121.605    112.988    130.633     15.62   124.652    136.194    135.937    139.250      11.71    0.41

     EGYPT     116.338    136.299    127.307    127.549      0.19   135.340    133.394    135.292    136.541       0.89    0.40

     JORDAN    122.887    127.271    121.140    123.192      1.69   128.709    123.328    124.708    129.323       0.48    0.38

     MALAYSA    85.039    116.482    103.096    110.936      7.60   110.023    136.987    132.436    124.322      13.00    0.36

     DOM REP   118.074    120.472    108.507    109.376      0.80   119.444    122.689    123.534    121.341       1.59    0.35

     ARAB EM    76.523     48.907     43.672     78.791     80.42    50.678     72.182     77.892     84.026      65.80    0.24

     U KING     71.296     70.517     63.913     72.739     13.81    67.632     78.754     79.119     79.343      17.32    0.23

     PORTUGL    54.877     63.450     57.302     65.717     14.69    61.271     69.750     70.474     71.865      17.29    0.21

     LUXMBRG    86.478     70.472     67.459     66.815     -0.96    71.510     62.766     64.643     69.828      -2.35    0.20

     HAITI      54.069     65.101     60.395     63.165      4.59    67.099     65.816     65.071     67.871       1.15    0.20

     POLAND     49.432     63.839     58.469     47.904    -18.07    64.475     56.702     54.440     53.274     -17.37    0.16

     SPAIN      47.778     32.945     30.675     45.465     48.21    35.040     45.385     46.290     47.735      36.23    0.14

     HG KONG    44.493     40.752     37.455     43.408     15.89    43.115     44.025     46.118     46.705       8.33    0.14

     BELGIUM    50.362     41.360     38.673     41.619      7.62    41.922     41.411     42.358     44.306       5.69    0.13

     LATVIA     36.912     35.841     33.587     40.998     22.07    36.487     44.543     44.599     43.253      18.54    0.13

     NETHLDS    40.520     40.670     37.495     39.873      6.34    41.055     41.016     41.895     43.049       4.86    0.13

     GREECE     56.193     43.835     41.756     40.529     -2.94    44.081     41.872     42.737     42.607      -3.34    0.12

     DENMARK    20.170     41.606     38.580     33.599    -12.91    39.593     39.204     38.003     36.625      -7.50    0.11

     COLOMB     29.639     26.315     23.877     32.347     35.47    26.307     31.406     32.219     34.785      32.23    0.10

     LESOTHO    25.832     30.220     28.363     29.724      4.80    30.040     31.177     30.626     31.581       5.13    0.09

     CZECH      18.492     21.027     19.534     28.143     44.07    20.515     29.070     29.433     29.636      44.46    0.09

     AUSTRAL    50.447     50.232     48.610     25.615    -47.31    52.353     29.814     28.196     27.237     -47.98    0.08

     BRAZIL    237.783     47.150     45.650     23.666    -48.16    58.115     22.653     22.304     25.165     -56.70    0.07

     KENYA      13.830     23.949     22.609     23.598      4.38    23.517     23.394     23.871     24.938       6.05    0.07

     FINLAND    55.674     42.842     39.826     18.626    -53.23    46.140     27.516     24.645     21.642     -53.10    0.06

     C RICA     34.051     26.566     24.762     18.658    -24.65    26.513     21.660     21.220     20.461     -22.83    0.06

     MALTA      34.127     27.674     26.423     19.027    -27.99    29.623     21.398     19.404     20.278     -31.55    0.06

     PERU       14.436     16.717     15.438     16.136      4.52    16.413     16.552     16.714     17.415       6.11    0.05

     SWEDEN     11.035     11.682     10.931     11.598      6.10    11.454     12.778     12.402     12.348       7.81    0.04

     SLOVAK     14.877     15.230     14.316     11.117    -22.35    15.529     12.225     12.778     12.031     -22.53    0.04

     HUNGARY     1.428      8.033      7.270     11.162     53.54     7.451     14.776     14.452     11.925      60.05    0.03

     N ZEAL     10.649     12.213     11.905     11.056     -7.13    12.611     10.956     10.736     11.364      -9.89    0.03

     REP SAF     9.413     11.963     11.361      9.479    -16.57    12.853     11.113     10.119     10.080     -21.57    0.03

     SWITZLD    12.110      9.817      9.026      9.197      1.89    10.520     10.078     10.178      9.988      -5.06    0.03

     TNZANIA     3.318      7.032      6.408      7.861     22.67     6.822      8.769      8.577      8.485      24.38    0.02

     SWAZLND    14.814     11.454     11.113      7.334    -34.00    12.026      7.335      7.767      7.675     -36.18    0.02

     BAHRAIN    12.561      6.341      6.026      7.004     16.24     6.956      7.298      7.239      7.319       5.22    0.02

     AUSTRIA     4.418      7.465      6.935      6.376     -8.05     7.377      6.637      6.877      6.906      -6.38    0.02

     ROMANIA     8.202      5.485      5.247      6.485     23.59     5.891      6.154      6.559      6.722      14.12    0.02

     SLOVENI     2.912      5.285      4.723      5.893     24.77     4.878      6.670      6.850      6.455      32.33    0.02

     MADAGAS     7.909      4.516      4.180      6.028     44.19     4.534      5.226      6.284      6.363      40.34    0.02

     CHILE       2.687      4.718      4.299      5.858     36.27     4.428      6.896      6.704      6.277      41.74    0.02

     MOROC       3.049      4.873      4.584      5.892     28.53     4.743      5.923      6.160      6.181      30.30    0.02

     RUSSIA      5.204      5.807      3.591      3.507     -2.33     3.592      6.449      6.447      5.723      59.35    0.02

     ECUADOR     5.167      4.833      4.448      4.514      1.47     4.850      4.755      4.762      4.898       0.99    0.01

     ETHIOP      2.675      5.430      4.651      4.066    -12.56     4.928      4.542      4.455      4.846      -1.68    0.01

     SINGAPR    10.045      7.354      7.011      3.647    -47.98     7.775      4.532      4.069      3.990     -48.68    0.01

     BULGAR      3.095      3.338      3.091      3.280      6.11     3.249      3.693      3.610      3.527       8.57    0.01

     IRELAND     4.331      7.510      7.195      3.058    -57.50     7.463      3.437      3.305      3.372     -54.81    0.01

     MACAU       5.078      3.343      3.119      2.722    -12.71     3.389      3.117      2.946      2.947     -13.04    0.01

     BOTSWAN     1.124      1.939      1.939      2.513     29.57     2.114      3.141      2.522      2.513      18.88    0.01

     MALAWI      3.932      4.427      3.872      1.854    -52.13     4.168      3.010      2.532      2.408     -42.23    0.01

     ARGENT      3.495      7.580      7.408      2.021    -72.72     7.826      2.245      2.254      2.194     -71.97    0.01

     UKRAINE     2.821      0.339      0.324      2.139    560.63     0.328      1.917      1.993      2.155     556.22    0.01

     GUYANA      1.660      2.599      2.269      1.774    -21.84     2.437      2.407      2.273      2.103     -13.67    0.01

     TUNISIA     1.263      1.257      1.129      1.649     46.06     1.197      1.757      1.788      1.778      48.51    0.01

     LAOS        1.795      2.602      2.315      1.325    -42.76     2.556      2.077      1.891      1.612     -36.92    0.00

     BELARUS    22.121     18.378     18.378      0.059    -99.68    20.689      0.022      0.032      0.059     -99.72    0.00

     SIER LN     0.001      2.227      2.227      0.012    -99.46     2.227      0.012      0.012      0.012     -99.46    0.00


     _WTO    32330.651  33444.473  31037.860  31904.603      2.79 33481.352  34271.997  34367.436  34311.216       2.48   99.97

     _W HEMI  4462.622   4281.458   3992.404   3917.099     -1.89  4340.413   4224.177   4215.120   4206.154      -3.09   12.26

     _ASEAN   3661.042   4149.445   3824.671   3789.643     -0.92  4119.319   4121.666   4132.054   4114.417      -0.12   11.99

     _OECD    4049.048   4042.485   3758.496   3764.305      0.15  4076.282   4084.484   4057.530   4048.293      -0.69   11.80

     _CBI     1088.835   1172.486   1087.028   1158.192      6.55  1183.379   1234.610   1238.816   1243.650       5.09    3.62

     _CAFTA   1032.463   1103.962   1023.581   1092.970      6.78  1113.035   1166.024   1171.109   1173.350       5.42    3.42

     _EU15    1139.593   1088.093   1012.167   1031.061      1.87  1099.910   1094.554   1096.206   1106.987       0.64    3.23

     _EC12    1068.466   1026.105    954.475    994.461      4.19  1034.939   1047.624   1052.283   1066.090       3.01    3.11

     _SUB-SAH   84.657    106.768     99.507     94.137     -5.40   106.079    100.655     99.638    101.398      -4.41    0.30

     _ANDEAN    49.306     47.927     43.819     53.043     21.05    47.639     52.765     53.747     57.151      19.97    0.17