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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                         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     346.369    372.061    350.078    293.672    -16.11   377.245    322.428    317.301    315.655     -16.33  100.00

     CANADA    212.793    206.067    194.551    134.640    -30.79   210.622    150.716    147.216    146.157     -30.61   46.30

     MEXICO     36.108     46.363     43.188     53.869     24.73    46.540     56.513     57.302     57.043      22.57   18.07

     CHINA P    13.874     16.090     14.894     18.722     25.70    15.794     19.697     19.822     19.918      26.11    6.31

     CHINA T    12.440     13.757     12.549     14.586     16.23    13.941     16.462     16.160     15.794      13.29    5.00

     INDIA       8.368     14.880     14.209     14.792      4.11    14.835     14.691     14.949     15.463       4.23    4.90

     KOR REP     3.991      9.584      8.651     11.008     27.24     9.233     12.358     12.415     11.940      29.32    3.78

     INDNSIA     7.712     13.169     12.599     10.274    -18.45    13.241     10.902     10.481     10.844     -18.10    3.44

     MALAYSA     7.309      9.721      9.173      9.209      0.39     9.629      9.456      9.608      9.757       1.32    3.09

     ITALY      16.651     16.852     16.154      7.079    -56.18    17.183     10.106      8.310      7.777     -54.74    2.46

     THAILND     6.909      8.462      8.070      3.632    -54.99     8.652      4.559      4.151      4.025     -53.48    1.28

     FRANCE      2.094      1.989      1.919      2.969     54.71     2.006      2.644      2.821      3.039      51.50    0.96

     SLOVENI     2.245      2.694      2.553      2.650      3.77     2.689      2.915      2.918      2.790       3.78    0.88

     GERMANY     3.611      3.192      2.814      1.735    -38.34     3.090      2.091      2.036      2.113     -31.62    0.67

     TURKEY      0.364      0.652      0.652      1.900    191.39     0.709      1.575      1.782      1.900     167.90    0.60

     JAPAN       0.958      1.338      1.216      1.389     14.17     1.342      1.427      1.563      1.510      12.48    0.48

     EGYPT       0.832      0.774      0.664      0.823     23.97     0.753      0.988      0.941      0.933      23.83    0.30

     SLOVAK      0.706      0.834      0.773      0.596    -22.94     0.834      0.721      0.663      0.657     -21.25    0.21

     BELGIUM     1.208      1.493      1.429      0.589    -58.80     1.538      0.826      0.650      0.653     -57.57    0.21

     SALVADR     0.212      0.283      0.265      0.600    126.24     0.265      0.697      0.657      0.618     132.87    0.20

     VIETNAM     0.933      0.946      0.903      0.145    -83.96     0.942      0.275      0.240      0.187     -80.12    0.06

     S ARAB      1.299      0.334      0.334      0.120    -63.90     0.720      0.314      0.153      0.120     -83.26    0.04


     _WTO      346.369    372.059    350.076    293.672    -16.11   377.243    322.428    317.301    315.655     -16.33  100.00

     _W HEMI   249.173    252.765    238.031    189.313    -20.47   257.453    208.150    205.406    204.047     -20.74   64.64

     _OECD     242.160    241.547    227.865    161.159    -29.27   246.155    181.693    176.479    174.841     -28.97   55.39

     _ASEAN     22.931     32.366     30.814     23.261    -24.51    32.533     25.191     24.479     24.812     -23.73    7.86

     _EU15      24.240     24.586     23.354     13.303    -43.04    24.910     16.734     14.758     14.536     -41.65    4.60

     _EC12      24.234     24.583     23.351     13.303    -43.03    24.907     16.734     14.757     14.535     -41.64    4.60

     _CBI        0.222      0.291      0.269      0.612    127.27     0.269      0.706      0.673      0.634     135.53    0.20

     _CAFTA      0.222      0.291      0.269      0.612    127.27     0.269      0.706      0.673      0.634     135.53    0.20