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                                          |                                     |                               January 8, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 11/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-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     147.058    174.913    160.199    175.859      9.78   171.632    194.855    192.145    190.573      11.04  100.00

     CHINA P    32.525     53.598     48.968     39.145    -20.06    52.453     49.098     45.563     43.775     -16.54   22.97

     KOR REP    24.197     23.359     21.119     28.744     36.11    22.864     31.121     30.891     30.984      35.51   16.26

     GERMANY    18.303     19.590     17.975     18.196      1.23    19.145     19.625     20.061     19.811       3.48   10.40

     NETHLDS    13.141     16.818     16.081     16.485      2.51    16.395     16.604     16.506     17.222       5.05    9.04

     MEXICO      6.491      6.448      5.797     13.487    132.66     6.329     13.310     13.795     14.138     123.38    7.42

     CANADA      8.981     10.303      9.525     11.963     25.59    10.354     12.370     12.516     12.741      23.04    6.69

     LATVIA      6.117      6.910      6.454      7.649     18.53     6.952      8.567      8.528      8.106      16.60    4.25

     JAPAN       8.617      7.663      7.097      7.303      2.91     7.703      7.989      7.980      7.869       2.15    4.13

     TURKEY      5.012      5.959      5.350      6.491     21.32     5.885      8.167      7.610      7.099      20.63    3.73

     U KING      2.404      3.343      2.960      4.039     36.44     3.147      3.807      4.144      4.421      40.49    2.32

     ISRAEL      1.642      3.844      3.443      3.277     -4.81     3.515      4.081      3.727      3.678       4.63    1.93

     CHINA T     2.848      2.075      1.920      3.448     79.58     2.222      3.651      3.663      3.603      62.14    1.89

     ITALY       2.350      2.212      1.986      3.352     68.72     2.119      3.505      3.555      3.577      68.79    1.88

     INDIA       3.463      2.955      2.535      2.961     16.82     2.741      3.012      3.048      3.381      23.36    1.77

     SLOVAK      2.505      2.891      2.717      1.847    -32.00     2.912      2.158      2.225      2.021     -30.57    1.06

     S ARAB      0.052      0.031      0.031      1.510   4738.18     0.031      1.353      1.510      1.510    4738.18    0.79

     SWEDEN      0.000      0.378      0.378      1.321    249.64     0.378      1.241      1.399      1.321     249.64    0.69

     RUSSIA      0.000      0.592      0.154      0.659    328.25     0.154      1.245      1.245      1.097     612.78    0.58

     THAILND     1.200      0.495      0.429      0.626     45.95     0.429      0.679      0.670      0.692      61.36    0.36

     COLOMB      0.009      0.001      0.001      0.682  70195.36     0.001      0.245      0.463      0.682   70195.36    0.36

     CZECH       0.126      0.208      0.208      0.567    171.92     0.231      0.589      0.578      0.567     145.15    0.30

     INDNSIA     1.421      0.255      0.255      0.550    115.73     0.255      0.499      0.496      0.550     115.49    0.29

     SWITZLD     0.428      0.328      0.301      0.418     38.78     0.353      0.439      0.465      0.445      26.16    0.23

     MALAYSA     0.248      0.247      0.242      0.378     56.06     0.242      0.512      0.512      0.383      58.10    0.20

     POLAND      0.204      0.241      0.235      0.219     -6.65     0.236      0.225      0.225      0.225      -4.66    0.12

     HG KONG     0.164      0.195      0.194      0.011    -94.09     0.225      0.012      0.012      0.012     -94.72    0.01

     BELARUS     3.078      3.276      3.276      0.000   -100.00     3.638      0.000      0.000      0.000    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      143.980    171.632    156.918    175.859     12.07   167.989    194.855    192.145    190.573      13.44  100.00

     _OECD      75.721     83.105     76.357     92.056     20.56    81.379     98.109     98.375     98.804      21.41   51.85

     _EU15      36.669     42.706     39.618     43.646     10.17    41.455     45.188     46.081     46.734      12.73   24.52

     _EC12      36.608     42.171     39.123     42.251      7.99    40.931     43.775     44.515     45.299      10.67   23.77

     _W HEMI    15.914     16.893     15.464     26.192     69.38    16.869     25.984     26.831     27.621      63.74   14.49

     _ASEAN      3.132      1.046      0.975      1.553     59.28     1.050      1.691      1.678      1.624      54.70    0.85

     _ANDEAN     0.009      0.001      0.001      0.686  70610.10     0.001      0.249      0.467      0.686   70610.10    0.36