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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         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     210.633    243.815    224.456    225.624      0.52   244.733    248.500    249.112    244.983       0.10  100.00

     MEXICO     57.858     54.263     50.672     47.983     -5.31    54.784     50.534     51.342     51.574      -5.86   21.05

     CHINA T    28.620     37.012     34.024     31.033     -8.79    37.730     38.434     36.969     34.021      -9.83   13.89

     CHINA P    17.098     24.226     22.190     28.334     27.69    23.566     30.195     29.995     30.370      28.87   12.40

     PORTUGL     9.363     14.585     12.865     16.179     25.76    13.338     17.442     17.446     17.899      34.19    7.31

     JAPAN      10.635     13.723     12.121     15.374     26.84    13.088     16.579     17.003     16.976      29.71    6.93

     FRANCE     11.774     14.011     12.844     12.911      0.52    14.101     14.884     14.822     14.078      -0.17    5.75

     CANADA      8.931     10.115      9.028     10.242     13.46    10.000     11.521     11.629     11.329      13.30    4.62

     ITALY       7.708      7.387      7.020      8.672     23.54     7.461      8.889      9.116      9.039      21.14    3.69

     COLOMB      6.485      6.785      6.191      7.416     19.79     6.917      7.915      7.900      8.010      15.80    3.27

     INDIA       5.472      5.505      4.887      5.610     14.77     5.377      5.804      5.890      6.227      15.80    2.54

     VIETNAM     5.111      5.134      4.592      5.131     11.72     5.265      5.665      5.837      5.672       7.73    2.32

     KOR REP     4.169      5.491      5.126      4.806     -6.24     5.703      4.871      5.139      5.171      -9.34    2.11

     TURKEY      6.269      7.244      7.031      4.879    -30.60     7.508      4.735      5.129      5.092     -32.18    2.08

     THAILND     3.679      5.269      4.823      3.469    -28.07     5.151      4.376      4.327      3.916     -23.98    1.60

     GERMANY     3.227      4.192      3.739      2.846    -23.89     3.999      3.400      3.275      3.298     -17.53    1.35

     GUATMAL     0.856      1.163      1.116      2.920    161.63     1.156      2.782      2.905      2.966     156.51    1.21

     PHIL R      0.458      0.405      0.155      2.694   1632.80     0.177      2.626      2.773      2.943    1561.08    1.20

     C RICA      4.877      4.474      4.414      2.718    -38.42     4.479      3.037      2.953      2.778     -37.98    1.13

     N ZEAL      1.359      1.703      1.703      1.609     -5.49     1.703      1.615      1.608      1.609      -5.47    0.66

     ROMANIA     0.894      0.786      0.667      1.260     89.04     0.786      1.284      1.384      1.380      75.52    0.56

     INDNSIA     0.369      0.367      0.367      1.319    259.43     0.367      1.065      1.256      1.319     259.43    0.54

     CZECH       2.154      0.950      0.908      0.783    -13.75     0.997      0.891      0.844      0.825     -17.25    0.34

     ISRAEL      0.783      0.679      0.679      0.787     15.91     0.679      0.787      0.787      0.787      15.91    0.32

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824     10.297      0.104    -98.99    12.988      1.553      1.334      0.631     -95.14    0.26

     NETHLDS     0.390      1.154      1.076      0.405    -62.35     1.138      0.426      0.477      0.483     -57.56    0.20

     LATVIA      0.517      0.433      0.416      0.397     -4.66     0.465      0.400      0.414      0.414     -10.93    0.17

     AUSTRAL     1.087      0.508      0.508      0.320    -37.10     0.537      0.323      0.322      0.320     -40.46    0.13


     _WTO      210.633    243.812    224.454    225.624      0.52   244.730    248.500    249.112    244.983       0.10  100.00

     _W HEMI    80.581     78.584     73.119     73.180      0.08    79.093     77.782     78.607     78.645      -0.57   32.10

     _OECD      58.879     70.433     64.644     66.470      2.83    69.470     72.746     73.394     72.259       4.01   29.50

     _EU15      34.580     43.835     39.769     43.376      9.07    42.431     48.092     48.028     47.442      11.81   19.37

     _EC12      34.249     43.574     39.650     42.539      7.29    42.311     47.167     47.106     46.463       9.81   18.97

     _ASEAN      9.903     11.345     10.089     12.829     27.16    11.134     13.909     14.417     14.086      26.51    5.75

     _ANDEAN     7.016      7.309      6.657      7.918     18.94     7.438      8.450      8.472      8.570      15.22    3.50

     _CBI        5.953      5.876      5.764      5.866      1.77     5.870      6.015      6.062      5.977       1.82    2.44

     _CAFTA      5.855      5.875      5.764      5.866      1.78     5.870      6.015      6.062      5.977       1.83    2.44