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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                         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      85.691     72.544     68.200     60.234    -11.68    74.664     66.361     66.152     64.579     -13.51  100.00

     INDNSIA    36.085     34.913     32.858     34.030      3.57    35.689     36.243     36.871     36.086       1.11   55.88

     INDIA       9.115      7.209      6.469      7.581     17.19     6.921      8.254      8.265      8.321      20.23   12.89

     KOR REP     4.256      2.167      2.061      4.689    127.52     2.540      4.442      4.639      4.795      88.78    7.43

     CHINA P     9.360      7.115      6.717      3.774    -43.82     7.326      4.582      4.287      4.172     -43.05    6.46

     AUSTRAL     4.170      4.419      4.078      2.312    -43.31     4.517      2.940      2.690      2.653     -41.26    4.11

     SPAIN       2.047      1.969      1.825      1.727     -5.35     2.016      2.003      1.994      1.872      -7.13    2.90

     THAILND    10.170      5.899      5.849      1.768    -69.78     6.686      2.285      1.971      1.818     -72.81    2.82

     TURKEY      1.847      1.310      1.239      1.199     -3.22     1.473      1.438      1.447      1.270     -13.77    1.97

     VIETNAM     2.816      1.997      1.714      0.867    -49.44     1.985      1.589      1.483      1.150     -42.07    1.78

     PAKISTN     0.806      0.975      0.858      0.558    -34.93     0.858      0.771      0.712      0.676     -21.23    1.05

     CHINA T     1.752      2.959      2.958      0.204    -93.09     2.959      0.274      0.274      0.205     -93.09    0.32


     _WTO       85.691     72.544     68.200     60.234    -11.68    74.664     66.361     66.152     64.579     -13.51  100.00

     _ASEAN     49.956     42.898     40.508     36.907     -8.89    44.448     40.360     40.567     39.297     -11.59   60.85

     _OECD      14.307     11.229     10.531     11.170      6.07    11.959     12.079     12.004     11.868      -0.76   18.38

     _EU15       3.178      2.571      2.411      2.738     13.58     2.671      2.980      2.961      2.898       8.49    4.49

     _EC12       2.444      2.421      2.261      2.462      8.90     2.455      2.762      2.685      2.622       6.82    4.06