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                                          |                                     |                                  June 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  4/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 200:  YARN FOR RETAIL SALE,SEWING THREAD
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.60 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  4/2012
   Country      2010       2011       4/2011     4/2012  % Change    4/2011     2/2012     3/2012     4/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     18158526  19059605    6208158    5734054     -7.64  18871437   19057575   18867502   18585501      -1.52  100.00

     TURKEY     4756715   5221186    1712704    1570322     -8.31   5106780    5334825    5234387    5078804      -0.55   27.33

     CHINA P    3541373   4344322    1257613    1357773      7.96   3746940    4272686    4394445    4444482      18.62   23.91

     CANADA     2898341   3010563     932690     886320     -4.97   2940320    3053447    3042176    2964193       0.81   15.95

     MEXICO     3264779   2525704    1026435     579798    -43.51   3155816    2373538    2227690    2079067     -34.12   11.19

     THAILND     985865   1034612     359469     225799    -37.19   1104648     995545     958358     900942     -18.44    4.85

     INDIA       548099    594704     173794     240940     38.64    544733     659839     633138     661850      21.50    3.56

     GERMANY     385903    405796     116835     129444     10.79    395985     403365     395381     418405       5.66    2.25

     EGYPT       348482    408894     165268     137694    -16.68    449894     392546     379099     381320     -15.24    2.05

     CHINA T     105925    120363      41911     126533    201.91    131145     196039     195097     204985      56.30    1.10

     ITALY       125687    178313      60619      78780     29.96    141807     172507     180401     196474      38.55    1.06

     HONDURA     171471    165355      55596      66136     18.96    173990     135438     147996     175895       1.09    0.95

     SPAIN        61902    118014      23299      76833    229.77     72684     138090     149050     171548     136.02    0.92


     _WTO      18148554  19044761    6202933    5734054     -7.56  18856241   19047956   18857883   18575882      -1.49   99.95

     _OECD      8584197   9364444    2979310    2859372     -4.03   9037935    9538739    9439138    9244506       2.29   49.74

     _W HEMI    6572606   5839760    2069177    1580497    -23.62   6457225    5704048    5556754    5351080     -17.13   28.79

     _EU15       830311    940251     281213     392434     39.55    879597     975976     989174    1051472      19.54    5.66

     _EC12       824344    929109     278154     388340     39.61    873166     964032     977241    1039295      19.03    5.59

     _ASEAN     1163014   1166536     386952     259580    -32.92   1238701    1129559    1097596    1039164     -16.11    5.59

     _CBI        202103    170693      55763      69240     24.17    192915     142869     156283     184170      -4.53    0.99

     _CAFTA      202103    170373      55653      69240     24.41    192805     142559     155973     183960      -4.59    0.99