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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 604:  YARN > 85% SYNTHETIC 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      95.040    117.682    110.549    103.219     -6.63   118.245    110.587    109.878    110.352      -6.67  100.00

     INDNSIA    39.997     51.833     48.931     44.904     -8.23    51.992     47.273     47.637     47.806      -8.05   43.32

     CANADA     16.519     18.413     17.259     15.160    -12.16    18.300     16.292     16.269     16.314     -10.85   14.78

     INDIA      10.494     13.304     11.736     12.942     10.28    12.040     14.113     14.188     14.510      20.52   13.15

     CHINA P     9.032     10.432     10.011     10.263      2.52    10.693     11.006     10.598     10.684      -0.08    9.68

     VIETNAM     2.197      3.673      3.481      5.509     58.24     3.975      5.574      5.946      5.701      43.41    5.17

     TURKEY      1.632      4.339      4.339      3.309    -23.75     4.666      3.559      3.326      3.309     -29.09    3.00

     PHIL R      1.814      2.716      2.560      2.282    -10.87     2.765      2.479      2.423      2.438     -11.83    2.21

     GERMANY     2.265      2.356      2.304      1.822    -20.91     2.885      2.458      1.811      1.874     -35.04    1.70

     MEXICO      1.485      2.348      2.231      1.132    -49.25     2.425      1.687      1.447      1.249     -48.52    1.13

     ROMANIA     2.639      1.313      1.313      1.103    -15.98     1.484      1.053      1.104      1.103     -25.68    1.00

     THAILND     1.611      1.353      1.212      0.741    -38.81     1.395      0.891      0.883      0.883     -36.69    0.80

     KOR REP     0.194      0.189      0.189      0.715    277.61     0.233      0.522      0.697      0.715     206.54    0.65

     JAPAN       0.737      1.118      1.077      0.475    -55.85     1.147      0.644      0.510      0.516     -54.99    0.47

     CHINA T     0.835      0.393      0.348      0.470     34.87     0.358      0.517      0.589      0.514      43.74    0.47

     MALAYSA     0.319      0.686      0.572      0.108    -81.18     0.609      0.128      0.222      0.222     -63.58    0.20


     _WTO       95.040    117.673    110.539    103.219     -6.62   118.235    110.587    109.878    110.352      -6.67  100.00

     _ASEAN     46.064     60.413     56.907     53.544     -5.91    60.945     56.345     57.112     57.050      -6.39   51.70

     _OECD      23.075     27.631     26.194     22.939    -12.43    28.345     24.778     23.886     24.375     -14.01   22.09

     _W HEMI    18.370     21.193     19.923     16.299    -18.19    21.185     17.985     17.722     17.569     -17.07   15.92

     _EU15       4.649      4.589      4.310      3.645    -15.43     5.050      4.253      3.485      3.924     -22.30    3.56

     _EC12       4.358      4.003      3.820      3.326    -12.91     4.474      3.940      3.172      3.510     -21.54    3.18