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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     178.014    202.933     65.117     65.566      0.69   189.522    206.004    203.824    203.382       7.31  100.00

     TURKEY     39.948     50.020     16.198     16.616      2.58    45.261     51.802     50.948     50.438      11.44   24.80

     CANADA     38.025     41.152     12.511     12.397     -0.92    39.082     41.874     41.752     41.037       5.00   20.18

     CHINA P    17.624     25.341      6.767      9.195     35.88    18.967     25.850     26.642     27.769      46.41   13.65

     MEXICO     32.646     28.843     11.481      7.229    -37.04    33.383     27.405     25.888     24.591     -26.34   12.09

     GERMANY    11.117     10.707      3.200      3.399      6.21    10.880     10.788     10.599     10.906       0.24    5.36

     ITALY       4.130      5.732      1.861      2.569     38.09     4.472      5.609      5.930      6.441      44.02    3.17

     INDIA       3.741      4.886      1.199      2.071     72.71     3.872      5.619      5.547      5.758      48.71    2.83

     THAILND     4.346      5.079      1.643      1.008    -38.67     4.925      4.966      4.746      4.443      -9.78    2.18

     EGYPT       2.397      4.133      1.526      0.974    -36.15     3.526      3.914      3.662      3.581       1.56    1.76

     SPAIN       1.549      2.582      0.812      1.236     52.18     1.802      2.739      2.752      3.006      66.80    1.48

     CHINA T     1.301      2.006      0.663      0.814     22.86     1.734      2.186      2.119      2.157      24.42    1.06

     HONDURA     0.749      0.683      0.203      0.212      4.54     0.699      0.595      0.635      0.692      -1.02    0.34


     _WTO      177.949    202.810     65.059     65.566      0.78   189.399    205.939    203.759    203.317       7.35   99.97

     _OECD     105.990    121.893     38.806     40.899      5.39   113.791    124.997    124.288    123.986       8.96   60.96

     _W HEMI    75.804     73.135     25.086     20.763    -17.23    76.584     72.456     70.850     68.812     -10.15   33.83

     _EU15      27.106     29.066      9.582     11.642     21.50    28.302     29.736     30.034     31.127       9.98   15.30

     _EC12      26.926     28.710      9.462     11.533     21.89    28.072     29.389     29.698     30.781       9.65   15.13

     _ASEAN      5.325      5.858      1.835      1.251    -31.82     5.794      5.758      5.566      5.274      -8.98    2.59

     _CBI        1.835      0.713      0.204      0.238     16.47     1.398      0.644      0.689      0.747     -46.60    0.37

     _CAFTA      1.835      0.712      0.204      0.238     16.82     1.398      0.643      0.688      0.746     -46.61    0.37