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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 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    103508395  96867582   91105266   83690661     -8.14  98815624   90321422   89681702   89452977      -9.47  100.00

     CANADA    53804147  46224685   43627978   28950674    -33.64  47504585   33450185   32402776   31547381     -33.59   35.27

     MEXICO    15939148  15711135   14630094   20196408     38.05  15944378   20498468   21028942   21277449      33.45   23.79

     CHINA P    5229122   5093806    4749685    7151625     50.57   5071424    7336900    7459007    7495746      47.80    8.38

     INDIA      3865551   5845261    5564077    6527308     17.31   5856959    6401328    6588916    6808492      16.25    7.61

     CHINA T    4994346   3914318    3558744    4992319     40.28   3980248    5469677    5397461    5347893      34.36    5.98

     INDNSIA    4050221   5250788    5024087    4395005    -12.52   5347593    4468898    4402102    4621706     -13.57    5.17

     MALAYSA    3799091   3862968    3633479    4079536     12.28   3871591    4053414    4192729    4309025      11.30    4.82

     KOR REP     941370   2154947    1943767    2441109     25.59   2082886    2701451    2759957    2652289      27.34    2.97

     ITALY      3457781   2927696    2805979    1039382    -62.96   2976121    1628285    1259309    1161099     -60.99    1.30

     THAILND    2675930   2753195    2649058     681798    -74.26   2859197     993509     833000     785935     -72.51    0.88

     FRANCE      272518    343842     339159     725565    113.93    349848     561676     632476     730248     108.73    0.82

     TURKEY       80494    166491     166491     621052    273.02    184491     500805     577891     621052     236.63    0.69

     EGYPT       415382    297060     253680     336790     32.76    296500     393980     379980     380170      28.22    0.42

     GERMANY     590006    452273     400503     218387    -45.47    439015     265008     257598     270157     -38.46    0.30

     SLOVENI     350399    295071     280515     245110    -12.62    295827     272546     273179     259666     -12.22    0.29

     BELGIUM     442505    512359     489815     207287    -57.68    535937     289876     228381     229831     -57.12    0.26

     JAPAN       244849    143450     127916     186733     45.98    143888     192154     212400     202267      40.57    0.23

     SALVADR      54840     64760      59462     145163    144.13     59462     157046     151649     150461     153.04    0.17

     SLOVAK      115971    141814     131652      96740    -26.52    141826     117512     107501     106902     -24.62    0.12

     VIETNAM     367091    300215     281405      59552    -78.84    301188     102598      92758      78362     -73.98    0.09

     S ARAB      503943    105716     105716      41850    -60.41    252838     105894      52610      41850     -83.45    0.05


     _WTO     103508395  96867054   91104738   83690661     -8.14  98815096   90321422   89681702   89452977      -9.47  100.00

     _W HEMI   69809087  62020717   58321252   49352323    -15.38  63512143   54180251   53659887   53051788     -16.47   59.31

     _OECD     59746163  52903290   49891936   34348784    -31.15  54201761   39554077   38268922   37360138     -31.07   41.77

     _ASEAN    10926297  12197055   11617918    9215891    -20.68  12409458    9618419    9520589    9795028     -21.07   10.95

     _EU15      4860747   4310050    4106583    2306045    -43.85   4380987    2871270    2498394    2509512     -42.72    2.81

     _EC12      4859872   4309890    4106423    2306044    -43.84   4380827    2871269    2498393    2509511     -42.72    2.81

     _CBI         56432     67091      61109     147851    141.95     61109     158400     155021     153833     151.74    0.17

     _CAFTA       56432     67091      61109     147851    141.95     61109     158400     155021     153833     151.74    0.17