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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  11:  TOTAL YARN IMPORTS
                                                    Data in Million $$$

                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    1402.291   1547.854   1442.511   1344.038     -6.83  1554.681   1475.200   1464.872   1449.382      -6.77  100.00

     CANADA    304.379    306.210    286.852    233.209    -18.70   310.546    259.509    256.050    252.566     -18.67   17.43

     MEXICO    181.526    192.711    181.645    167.405     -7.84   196.806    177.722    179.123    178.470      -9.32   12.31

     CHINA P   131.460    170.125    157.369    155.882     -0.94   168.741    173.461    171.043    168.639      -0.06   11.64

     INDNSIA   107.742    122.702    115.577    108.706     -5.95   123.283    116.475    116.548    115.831      -6.04    7.99

     INDIA      67.534     86.047     78.482     84.130      7.20    82.618     91.957     92.407     91.695      10.99    6.33

     TURKEY     60.649     76.195     70.759     74.111      4.74    76.387     79.983     80.648     79.547       4.14    5.49

     KOR REP    76.662     68.766     63.171     72.025     14.02    68.049     78.851     77.902     77.620      14.07    5.36

     CHINA T    49.534     60.505     55.953     53.283     -4.77    61.632     62.946     61.480     57.835      -6.16    3.99

     ITALY      59.362     62.319     58.714     54.116     -7.83    62.902     57.629     57.346     57.722      -8.24    3.98

     GERMANY    44.899     46.562     42.742     42.447     -0.69    46.096     45.783     45.859     46.267       0.37    3.19

     JAPAN      24.863     30.069     27.127     30.070     10.85    29.225     33.412     33.339     33.012      12.96    2.28

     FRANCE     22.347     24.602     22.366     25.472     13.89    24.103     27.810     27.580     27.707      14.95    1.91

     PAKISTN    33.864     40.045     38.486     24.352    -36.72    40.445     27.074     25.573     25.911     -35.93    1.79

     THAILND    40.077     36.042     34.541     18.975    -45.07    38.232     23.041     22.133     20.476     -46.44    1.41

     PERU       17.481     18.501     16.769     18.211      8.60    18.622     20.471     19.857     19.943       7.09    1.38

     PORTUGL    11.428     16.252     14.531     17.462     20.17    15.005     18.889     18.890     19.182      27.84    1.32

     NETHLDS    14.748     19.471     18.616     18.117     -2.68    19.031     18.383     18.245     18.972      -0.31    1.31

     U KING      9.951     13.927     12.648     16.797     32.80    13.368     17.465     17.794     18.075      35.21    1.25

     VIETNAM    22.290     23.592     21.904     13.761    -37.18    23.938     16.944     17.016     15.448     -35.46    1.07

     MALAYSA    11.334     12.279     11.176     12.407     11.01    11.907     13.109     13.483     13.510      13.46    0.93

     N ZEAL      8.871     12.976     12.241     11.832     -3.34    12.585     12.785     12.401     12.567      -0.14    0.87

     COLOMB      6.503      6.814      6.199      8.267     33.36     6.925      8.349      8.552      8.882      28.27    0.61

     SPAIN       5.026      6.636      6.109      8.001     30.97     6.587      8.663      8.757      8.528      29.45    0.59

     LATVIA      6.634      7.344      6.870      8.046     17.12     7.417      8.967      8.942      8.520      14.87    0.59

     EGYPT       9.869      9.296      8.939      7.934    -11.24    10.036      8.316      8.197      8.291     -17.39    0.57

     ISRAEL      7.183      6.318      5.759      5.907      2.57     5.927      6.858      6.522      6.466       9.11    0.45

     ROMANIA     5.594      4.950      4.750      5.380     13.25     5.054      6.012      5.762      5.579      10.39    0.38

     PHIL R      3.071      3.592      3.187      5.110     60.32     3.580      5.249      5.339      5.514      54.04    0.38

     AUSTRAL     6.564      7.777      7.415      3.459    -53.35     7.969      4.491      3.915      3.821     -52.06    0.26

     BELGIUM     3.474      3.512      3.300      2.827    -14.35     3.563      3.063      2.886      3.039     -14.72    0.21

     GUATMAL     0.865      1.186      1.139      2.946    158.68     1.179      2.817      2.932      2.993     153.80    0.21

     SLOVAK      3.289      3.762      3.527      2.563    -27.34     3.783      2.999      3.008      2.798     -26.04    0.19

     C RICA      4.885      4.488      4.418      2.723    -38.37     4.483      3.052      2.968      2.793     -37.70    0.19

     SLOVENI     2.246      2.698      2.557      2.650      3.60     2.693      2.915      2.918      2.790       3.62    0.19

     SWEDEN      0.279      0.865      0.741      1.624    119.15     0.773      1.676      1.827      1.748     125.99    0.12

     S ARAB      1.351      0.365      0.365      1.633    347.02     0.751      1.669      1.666      1.633     117.34    0.11

     CZECH       2.325      1.165      1.123      1.473     31.17     1.235      1.572      1.541      1.515      22.68    0.10

     HONDURA     1.204      1.159      1.045      1.077      3.09     1.045      1.035      1.130      1.191      13.98    0.08

     RUSSIA      0.011      0.631      0.193      0.675    250.15     0.193      1.258      1.262      1.113     477.16    0.08

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824     10.297      0.106    -98.97    12.988      1.556      1.337      0.633     -95.12    0.04

     BELARUS     3.078      3.277      3.277      0.000   -100.00     3.639      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00

     UZBEKIS     0.000      1.331      1.331      0.000   -100.00     1.331      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     1399.147   1543.119   1437.776   1344.022     -6.52  1549.584   1475.192   1464.864   1449.366      -6.47  100.00

     _OECD     640.259    676.243    629.416    590.943     -6.11   677.034    645.319    640.514    637.769      -5.80   44.00

     _W HEMI   525.037    536.551    503.200    439.107    -12.74   545.236    478.626    476.155    472.458     -13.35   32.60

     _EU15     176.067    197.700    182.828    190.652      4.28   194.936    203.365    203.217    205.524       5.43   14.18

     _EC12     173.442    194.737    180.356    186.502      3.41   192.224    199.097    198.761    200.883       4.50   13.86

     _ASEAN    184.826    198.501    186.680    159.025    -14.81   201.304    174.830    174.563    170.846     -15.13   11.79

     _ANDEAN    24.143     25.520     23.171     26.573     14.68    25.756     28.991     28.548     28.921      12.29    2.00

     _CBI        8.580      7.233      6.983      7.496      7.34     7.129      7.731      7.822      7.745       8.65    0.53

     _CAFTA      8.481      7.231      6.982      7.496      7.36     7.127      7.731      7.822      7.745       8.67    0.53