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                                          |                                     |                               October 5, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category,  8/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 300-W :  --85% OR > COTTON CARDED YARN
                                           Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  8/2012
   Country      2010       2011       8/2011     8/2012  % Change    8/2011     6/2012     7/2012     8/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD    20007865   15505229   11285855    8843862    -21.64  17747492   14354745   13902894   13063236     -26.39  100.00

     PAKISTN   9051148    7601560    5832252    4215520    -27.72   8925693    6724494    6556640    5984828     -32.95   45.81

     INDIA     2542479    2202161    1207462    2321947     92.30   2142423    3384955    3374004    3316646      54.81   25.39

     MEXICO    4309479    4105638    3051849    1695627    -44.44   4475159    2963921    2910508    2749416     -38.56   21.05

     INDNSIA    975209     264188     194960     216923     11.27    363565     320576     246443     286151     -21.29    2.19

     KOR REP   1188716     242512     161281      51574    -68.02    610558     134304     134304     132805     -78.25    1.02

     SPAIN      115545     130955     103299      95166     -7.87    132340      91201     114693     122822      -7.19    0.94

     TURKEY      92165      45280        165      62053  37507.88     27536     107168     107168     107168     289.19    0.82

     VIETNAM    636855     116120      36288        912    -97.49    112131     116392      80512      80744     -27.99    0.62

     CHINA P    575587     213137     191455      44234    -76.90    291768      83941      82186      65916     -77.41    0.50

     CANADA      54362      53896      40080      27703    -30.88     73568      48487      49325      41519     -43.56    0.32

     HONDURA     11849      27754       7984      13000     62.83     14881      40754      40754      32770     120.21    0.25

     ITALY       74357      33384      26257      24811     -5.51     58450      39823      32235      31938     -45.36    0.24

     GERMANY     26890      44130      25427       9275    -63.52     30380      39125      34251      27978      -7.91    0.21

     U KING      24416      19560       8319      12402     49.08     11585      24991      23643      23643     104.08    0.18

     SRI LKA         0          0          0      19253       *           0      19253      19253      19253        *      0.15

     BRAZIL       6125      12288       9094      12588     38.42     11056      13780      13521      15782      42.75    0.12

     EGYPT       75686      20263      20263       9723    -52.02     20263      16499      16499       9723     -52.02    0.07

     BELGIUM      6790      25605      25605       3881    -84.84     27221       7681       3881       3881     -85.74    0.03

     THAILND    113881        998          0       1440       *       56975       2438       2438       2438     -95.72    0.02

     HG KONG     14990          0          0          0       *       14990          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00

     KYRGYZS         0      19505      19505          0   -100.00     19505          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00

     UZBEKIS         0     307691     307691          0   -100.00    307691     165083      53252          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     20007865   15197538   10978164    8843862    -19.44  17439801   14189662   13849642   13063236     -25.10  100.00

     _W HEMI   4479407    4203160    3111461    1753073    -43.66   4578668    3073150    3019316    2844772     -37.87   21.78

     _OECD     1584585     605361     400329     287532    -28.18    981740     494489     500244     492564     -49.83    3.77

     _ASEAN    1725945     381307     231248     219275     -5.18    532671     439407     329394     369334     -30.66    2.83

     _EU15      249317     254161     189291     146179    -22.78    260566     203616     209447     211049     -19.00    1.62

     _EU12      248634     253634     188907     145690    -22.88    259976     202930     208812     210417     -19.06    1.61

     _CAFTA-D   106204      28296       8526      14902     74.78     15423      42656      42656      34672     124.81    0.27

     _CBI       106204      28296       8526      14902     74.78     15423      42656      42656      34672     124.81    0.27