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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  60:  MAN-MADE FIBER PRODUCTS
                                                    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   35397.819  41151.828  38229.232  40638.456      6.30 40885.854  43322.463  43557.163  43561.052       6.54  100.00

     CHINA P 16993.686  19509.349  18177.468  19215.467      5.71 19391.526  20506.241  20602.977  20547.348       5.96   47.17

     VIETNAM  2527.543   3251.036   3001.352   3446.266     14.82  3204.511   3627.864   3685.306   3695.950      15.34    8.48

     INDNSIA  1733.224   2111.673   1954.234   2051.264      4.97  2087.535   2187.303   2212.701   2208.703       5.80    5.07

     MEXICO   1688.762   1871.269   1749.297   1727.867     -1.23  1877.907   1838.492   1853.858   1849.839      -1.49    4.25

     CANADA   1121.926   1157.232   1077.452   1030.362     -4.37  1162.302   1114.553   1113.622   1110.142      -4.49    2.55

     INDIA     677.318    931.192    859.921    995.932     15.82   912.558   1045.016   1053.092   1067.203      16.95    2.45

     HONDURA   860.278    925.565    862.279    999.713     15.94   940.723   1042.353   1047.482   1062.999      13.00    2.44

     BNGLDSH   783.556    962.651    908.422    861.289     -5.19   965.543    951.949    934.851    915.519      -5.18    2.10

     CAMBOD    515.608    776.300    714.237    791.192     10.77   754.599    869.402    870.043    853.255      13.07    1.96

     CHINA T   712.424    722.531    672.128    668.779     -0.50   724.706    725.543    729.134    719.182      -0.76    1.65

     SALVADR   520.354    576.911    528.153    629.548     19.20   567.010    668.277    676.764    678.307      19.63    1.56

     THAILND   685.950    656.082    607.255    597.368     -1.63   662.224    644.340    649.792    646.195      -2.42    1.48

     KOR REP   547.792    629.324    579.509    595.293      2.72   624.950    647.087    649.147    645.108       3.23    1.48

     PHIL R    500.732    621.510    578.777    591.935      2.27   617.362    642.219    641.122    634.669       2.80    1.46

     JORDAN    432.656    550.871    519.396    600.662     15.65   543.611    602.793    611.945    632.136      16.28    1.45

     SRI LKA   407.193    500.626    464.649    543.004     16.86   495.008    565.833    566.936    578.981      16.96    1.33

     ITALY     444.785    500.184    454.708    477.242      4.96   494.613    518.874    518.428    522.718       5.68    1.20

     TURKEY    354.644    440.951    410.671    462.916     12.72   436.380    487.065    489.354    493.196      13.02    1.13

     GUATMAL   307.820    408.079    375.546    406.966      8.37   401.313    422.516    430.751    439.499       9.52    1.01

     EGYPT     307.126    392.678    364.954    379.695      4.04   386.096    405.366    406.886    407.419       5.52    0.94

     NICARAG   253.306    324.657    308.320    360.271     16.85   331.739    372.963    374.730    376.608      13.53    0.86

     JAPAN     251.100    281.502    254.425    309.985     21.84   274.927    332.228    334.378    337.062      22.60    0.77

     DOM REP   279.551    299.278    271.571    293.472      8.06   294.136    319.620    322.286    321.180       9.19    0.74

     GERMANY   210.615    225.733    208.606    213.012      2.11   225.179    226.510    227.906    230.139       2.20    0.53

     PAKISTN   126.356    198.599    181.754    210.760     15.96   195.282    225.203    223.818    227.605      16.55    0.52

     ISRAEL    261.125    213.988    195.164    178.443     -8.57   211.882    196.989    195.669    197.266      -6.90    0.45

     FRANCE    147.200    163.661    147.821    156.315      5.75   162.342    171.444    171.484    172.155       6.05    0.40

     MALAYSA   153.993    183.658    169.934    148.918    -12.37   183.110    170.420    163.864    162.643     -11.18    0.37

     HAITI      87.289    112.240    103.612    122.671     18.39   113.505    125.213    125.627    131.299      15.68    0.30

     LESOTHO    76.367    110.921    105.233    115.598      9.85   110.032    115.099    113.899    121.287      10.23    0.28

     U KING     91.457    106.230     98.348    101.899      3.61   105.370    109.800    109.940    109.781       4.19    0.25

     COLOMB    111.370    105.232     96.427     96.553      0.13   105.896    101.811    103.773    105.358      -0.51    0.24

     BELGIUM   100.894    106.812     99.652     97.548     -2.11   105.734    106.085    104.635    104.708      -0.97    0.24

     KENYA      35.336     71.974     67.390     76.886     14.09    69.977     76.916     78.527     81.471      16.42    0.19

     HG KONG    67.959     72.859     66.416     74.877     12.74    72.384     78.835     81.790     81.320      12.35    0.19

     PERU       64.633     84.146     77.087     70.065     -9.11    81.870     76.480     75.117     77.124      -5.80    0.18

     NETHLDS    64.965     75.032     68.952     66.232     -3.94    73.055     71.486     70.529     72.312      -1.02    0.17

     PORTUGL    45.184     52.188     46.142     62.215     34.83    50.287     64.334     66.535     68.262      35.74    0.16

     MOROC      27.234     43.692     41.153     52.408     27.35    42.483     51.248     54.076     54.947      29.34    0.13

     ARAB EM    40.312     51.910     46.980     49.919      6.26    53.124     53.311     53.830     54.849       3.25    0.13

     SPAIN      35.216     41.368     38.055     45.595     19.81    41.290     47.486     47.740     48.908      18.45    0.11

     ROMANIA    27.386     34.225     31.202     43.155     38.31    33.647     43.795     45.752     46.177      37.24    0.11

     C RICA     60.970     54.294     49.025     38.768    -20.92    53.708     45.486     44.870     44.037     -18.01    0.10

     BAHRAIN    39.356     35.998     33.869     39.097     15.43    37.151     41.787     40.822     41.225      10.97    0.09

     SWITZLD    40.903     44.080     40.576     36.969     -8.89    44.060     41.609     40.963     40.474      -8.14    0.09

     S ARAB     31.478     35.418     32.692     37.051     13.33    35.700     40.723     39.822     39.776      11.42    0.09

     POLAND     26.477     38.978     35.919     30.685    -14.57    38.704     34.658     33.783     33.744     -12.82    0.08

     SWAZLND    49.168     40.275     38.936     30.265    -22.27    41.857     29.518     31.585     31.604     -24.50    0.07

     TUNISIA    25.842     25.972     24.352     27.683     13.68    25.840     29.169     29.457     29.303      13.40    0.07

     BULGAR     19.775     25.209     22.868     26.847     17.40    24.205     27.260     27.493     29.189      20.59    0.07

     LUXMBRG    30.481     28.027     26.671     26.617     -0.20    28.265     25.564     26.163     27.973      -1.03    0.06

     SINGAPR    49.715     34.486     32.454     23.645    -27.14    35.605     25.200     24.115     25.677     -27.88    0.06

     BRAZIL     63.025     25.502     24.097     18.192    -24.50    28.054     19.532     19.002     19.598     -30.14    0.04

     AUSTRIA    13.681     17.829     16.597     17.010      2.49    17.671     18.049     18.879     18.242       3.23    0.04

     AUSTRAL    21.504     24.506     23.142     16.674    -27.95    24.965     18.834     18.373     18.038     -27.75    0.04

     DENMARK    12.972     17.157     15.418     15.518      0.65    16.336     18.002     17.651     17.258       5.64    0.04

     CZECH       9.341     12.019     11.124     16.215     45.76    11.694     16.415     16.907     17.110      46.31    0.04

     HUNGARY     9.073     12.975     11.568     15.077     30.34    12.449     16.420     16.626     16.484      32.42    0.04

     LATVIA     10.661     13.220     12.363     15.048     21.71    13.164     16.094     15.956     15.904      20.81    0.04

     GREECE     16.995     17.255     16.163     12.993    -19.61    16.903     14.507     14.213     14.085     -16.67    0.03

     SLOVENI     7.536     10.993     10.089     12.933     28.19    10.619     13.467     14.016     13.838      30.32    0.03

     SWEDEN      9.676      8.395      7.571     12.221     61.42     8.231     12.161     12.517     13.045      58.49    0.03

     REP SAF     8.808     11.643     10.970     11.539      5.19    11.712     12.414     12.239     12.212       4.27    0.03

     MADAGAS    16.623      7.061      6.613      9.641     45.79     7.106      8.084      9.977     10.090      41.99    0.02

     SLOVAK      5.784      7.436      6.681      8.233     23.24     7.301      8.683      9.117      8.988      23.11    0.02

     BOTSWAN     5.573      7.952      7.952      8.607      8.24     8.953     10.687      8.541      8.607      -3.86    0.02

     N ZEAL      5.917      8.306      7.795      8.042      3.17     8.395      8.160      7.993      8.553       1.88    0.02

     FINLAND    16.458     14.569     13.580      7.022    -48.29    15.467      9.709      8.931      8.011     -48.21    0.02

     MACAU      17.611      9.799      9.261      6.942    -25.04    10.344      8.343      7.883      7.481     -27.68    0.02

     ETHIOP      5.312      7.175      6.399      6.511      1.75     6.830      6.984      6.791      7.287       6.69    0.02

     TNZANIA     1.682      5.168      4.624      6.549     41.64     4.878      7.406      7.210      7.093      45.42    0.02

     MALAWI      9.477     12.368     10.782      5.166    -52.09    11.547      8.952      7.053      6.751     -41.53    0.02

     ARGENT      6.645      8.688      8.217      5.509    -32.96     8.910      5.711      6.204      5.980     -32.89    0.01

     IRELAND     6.115      6.508      5.828      5.237    -10.15     6.315      6.529      6.113      5.916      -6.31    0.01

     UKRAINE     4.862      2.196      2.051      5.650    175.47     2.143      5.191      5.432      5.795     170.45    0.01

     MALTA       6.003      5.615      5.337      5.080     -4.82     5.946      5.237      5.103      5.357      -9.89    0.01

     ECUADOR     5.900      6.328      5.764      4.257    -26.13     6.323      4.646      4.683      4.822     -23.74    0.01

     GUYANA      3.145      4.310      3.852      3.335    -13.42     4.178      4.328      4.078      3.794      -9.19    0.01

     LAOS        3.204      4.022      3.673      2.605    -29.09     4.097      3.359      3.148      2.953     -27.92    0.01

     RUSSIA      1.258      1.624      1.180      0.865    -26.73     1.181      1.453      1.452      1.309      10.76    0.00

     CHILE       1.427      0.952      0.919      1.050     14.25     0.979      1.094      1.101      1.083      10.59    0.00

     BELARUS     3.530      3.783      3.783      0.156    -95.86     4.187      0.110      0.124      0.156     -96.26    0.00

     SIER LN     0.017      0.510      0.510      0.057    -88.85     0.515      0.057      0.058      0.057     -88.90    0.00


     _WTO    35380.617  41131.753  38210.676  40624.230      6.32 40865.769  43306.751  43541.844  43545.306       6.56   99.96

     _ASEAN   6171.880   7639.925   7062.980   7654.502      8.37  7550.206   8171.439   8251.491   8231.447       9.02   18.90

     _W HEMI  5438.773   5967.207   5543.849   5810.061      4.80  5980.929   6164.870   6205.728   6233.419       4.22   14.31

     _OECD    3386.077   3752.186   3464.570   3531.095      1.92  3733.969   3808.278   3811.077   3818.711       2.27    8.77

     _CBI     2373.533   2706.409   2503.275   2854.989     14.05  2707.248   3001.186   3027.035   3058.122      12.96    7.02

     _CAFTA   2282.279   2588.784   2394.894   2728.739     13.94  2588.629   2871.216   2896.883   2922.629      12.90    6.71

     _EU15    1246.692   1380.948   1264.112   1316.676      4.16  1367.057   1420.539   1421.664   1433.512       4.86    3.29

     _EC12    1206.877   1340.154   1226.364   1280.423      4.41  1325.688   1380.621   1381.336   1394.214       5.17    3.20

     _SUB-SAH  213.195    282.821    266.012    278.939      4.86   280.357    285.339    285.208    295.749       5.49    0.68

     _ANDEAN   182.030    195.820    179.371    170.980     -4.68   194.209    183.061    183.699    187.429      -3.49    0.43