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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     178.014    202.933    187.075    195.714      4.62   202.133    212.679    213.377    211.572       4.67  100.00

     TURKEY     39.948     50.020     45.981     50.771     10.42    49.452     54.508     55.149     54.810      10.83   25.91

     CANADA     38.025     41.152     37.843     38.019      0.46    41.574     43.355     43.043     41.328      -0.59   19.53

     CHINA P    17.624     25.341     23.168     34.626     49.46    24.972     34.435     35.986     36.800      47.36   17.39

     MEXICO     32.646     28.843     27.226     19.705    -27.63    29.255     21.880     21.838     21.322     -27.12   10.08

     GERMANY    11.117     10.707      9.801      9.661     -1.43    10.685     10.779     10.611     10.567      -1.11    4.99

     FRANCE      7.124      7.074      6.183      8.124     31.39     6.537      8.791      8.510      9.015      37.90    4.26

     ITALY       4.130      5.732      5.220      5.785     10.82     5.584      6.284      6.304      6.297      12.76    2.98

     INDIA       3.741      4.886      4.270      5.661     32.57     4.506      6.198      6.283      6.277      39.31    2.97

     THAILND     4.346      5.079      4.964      3.067    -38.22     5.352      3.311      3.221      3.181     -40.55    1.50

     SPAIN       1.549      2.582      2.464      2.731     10.84     2.613      2.913      2.994      2.849       9.03    1.35

     EGYPT       2.397      4.133      4.057      2.044    -49.62     4.623      2.661      2.255      2.120     -54.15    1.00

     CHINA T     1.301      2.006      1.920      1.968      2.54     2.053      2.072      2.041      2.054       0.05    0.97

     HONDURA     0.749      0.683      0.574      0.815     41.87     0.574      0.793      0.895      0.924      60.80    0.44

     KOR REP     0.436      0.889      0.888      0.169    -80.97     0.891      0.338      0.330      0.170     -80.91    0.08


     _WTO      177.949    202.849    186.992    195.709      4.66   202.050    212.676    213.374    211.566       4.71  100.00

     _OECD     105.990    121.893    111.840    119.167      6.55   121.078    131.042    131.037    129.220       6.72   61.08

     _W HEMI    75.804     73.135     67.834     61.232     -9.73    73.885     68.975     68.707     66.533      -9.95   31.45

     _EU15      27.106     29.066     26.422     29.519     11.72    28.382     32.169     31.785     32.164      13.32   15.20

     _EC12      26.926     28.710     26.109     29.285     12.17    28.050     31.900     31.529     31.886      13.68   15.07

     _ASEAN      5.325      5.858      5.667      3.692    -34.85     6.154      3.887      3.842      3.882     -36.91    1.84

     _CBI        1.835      0.713      0.598      0.868     45.33     0.636      0.846      0.938      0.984      54.57    0.46

     _CAFTA      1.835      0.712      0.596      0.868     45.58     0.635      0.846      0.938      0.984      54.82    0.46