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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  7.60 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     29117694  28353019   26412439   29710388     12.49  28448659   31119546   31485825   31650968      11.26  100.00

     INDNSIA   16352943  15548218   14581675   16415009     12.57  15665523   17049895   17269549   17381552      10.95   54.92

     INDIA      3462305   3667385    3157214    3987136     26.29   3254136    4347297    4376616    4497307      38.20   14.21

     CHINA P    3144678   3124537    2984223    3277184      9.82   3208034    3469980    3397094    3417498       6.53   10.80

     VIETNAM     959695   1355376    1276884    2324668     82.06   1456085    2362085    2496458    2403160      65.04    7.59

     CANADA     1623341   1404534    1319954    1154465    -12.54   1410639    1195773    1214659    1239045     -12.16    3.91

     PHIL R      426693    573308     539167     527242     -2.21    588769     557287     547575     561383      -4.65    1.77

     TURKEY      395958    811283     811283     538564    -33.62    880383     599378     548741     538564     -38.83    1.70

     GERMANY     332547    119213     108969     226196    107.58    125043     250222     228825     236440      89.09    0.75

     ROMANIA     535619    233948     233948     213317     -8.82    255966     202916     213062     213317     -16.66    0.67

     THAILND     599748    341707     308919     172520    -44.15    362832     213808     211111     205308     -43.42    0.65

     KOR REP      76920     63078      63078     197387    212.93     84203     135567     190529     197387     134.42    0.62

     MEXICO      266610    214307     207143     155219    -25.07    241219     176961     179359     162383     -32.68    0.51

     CHINA T     325103    104417     102917     155324     50.92    104411     139114     176725     156824      50.20    0.50

     MALAYSA     160171    245950     204014      47353    -76.79    222878      47596      89289      89289     -59.94    0.28

     JAPAN        65891    193559     191923      34690    -81.93    199143      41257      33523      36326     -81.76    0.11


     _WTO      29117694  28350888   26410308   29710388     12.50  28446528   31119546   31485825   31650968      11.26  100.00

     _ASEAN    18562184  18122080   16968180   19486792     14.84  18376440   20230671   20613982   20640692      12.32   65.21

     _OECD      2615926   2595548    2469743    2321712     -5.99   2687890    2408114    2392228    2447517      -8.94    7.73

     _W HEMI    1926198   1658189    1566355    1310168    -16.36   1693410    1373300    1394584    1402002     -17.21    4.43

     _EU15       500462    288782     247695     421470     70.16    284932     455496     428456     462557      62.34    1.46

     _EC12       462770    210974     182908     379926    107.71    208072     413882     386842     407992      96.08    1.29