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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.30 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     23697826  16739932   15602143   17226998     10.41  17173968   18549257   18685457   18364787       6.93  100.00

     INDNSIA   10775873   8451859    7873224   10164609     29.10   8594525   10598767   10897145   10743244      25.00   58.50

     INDIA      2235726   1450020    1277491    2000047     56.56   1376554    2110581    2134261    2172576      57.83   11.83

     CHINA P    2429723   1446865    1351860    1225262     -9.36   1484869    1322825    1294186    1320267     -11.09    7.19

     KOR REP     851251    373297     359326     959684    167.08    449435     912397     948095     973655     116.64    5.30

     SPAIN       856794    845418     784697     749030     -4.55    865879     867525     864106     809751      -6.48    4.41

     AUSTRAL     985235   1059380     967518     645025    -33.33   1069076     821598     748605     736887     -31.07    4.01

     THAILND    2909745   1312085    1305107     468660    -64.09   1506322     588636     514059     475638     -68.42    2.59

     VIETNAM     874564    499685     422513     271512    -35.74    491336     479305     441765     348684     -29.03    1.90

     TURKEY      463826    284924     267669     249834     -6.66    322384     312250     309054     267089     -17.15    1.45

     PAKISTN     181132    198219     178374     109217    -38.77    178374     146787     136546     129062     -27.65    0.70

     CHINA T     533871    630746     630684      54424    -91.37    630830      73253      73294      54486     -91.36    0.30


     _WTO      23697826  16739932   15602143   17226998     10.41  17173968   18549257   18685457   18364787       6.93  100.00

     _ASEAN    14757861  10282561    9619776   10977034     14.11  10611115   11738961   11925222   11639819       9.69   63.38

     _OECD      3509045   2714150    2526587    2856023     13.04   2869607    3151830    3116928    3043586       6.06   16.57

     _EU15      1118032    949367     886451     972408      9.70    981367    1072568    1078158    1035324       5.50    5.64

     _EC12       965821    914342     851426     909281      6.80    932697    1023321    1015031     972197       4.24    5.29