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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 607-P :  POLY/COTTON STAPLE FIBER YARN
                                           Data in Kg.,  6.50 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     5715051    4579980    3243722    2348775    -27.59   5245093    3724962    3601110    3685033     -29.74  100.00

     CHINA P   2237405    2446750    1560687    1537437     -1.49   2630030    2304897    2353844    2423500      -7.85   65.77

     INDIA      415388    1117857     890279     529590    -40.51   1094045     853486     762266     757168     -30.79   20.55

     KOR REP    397008     286623     142973      91615    -35.92    344968     245319     226268     235265     -31.80    6.38

     MEXICO     344115     570344     525980      55790    -89.39    759739     171237      94113     100154     -86.82    2.72

     THAILND    174024      43483      22176      65605    195.84    129525      86912      86912      86912     -32.90    2.36

     INDNSIA    711508      37564      37564      29730    -20.86    113322       5870      10359      29730     -73.77    0.81

     CANADA      87882      70535      61100      12952    -78.80     90196      43409      37487      22387     -75.18    0.61

     TURKEY          0       1601          0      14902       *           0      11542      16503      16503        *      0.45

     VIETNAM   1212947          0          0          0       *       79858          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      5715051    4579980    3243722    2348775    -27.59   5245093    3724962    3601110    3685033     -29.74  100.00

     _OECD      494737     363982     207036     123139    -40.52    438574     302560     286132     280085     -36.14    7.60

     _W HEMI    432166     640879     587080      68742    -88.29    849935     214646     131600     122541     -85.58    3.33

     _ASEAN    2098479      81047      59740      95335     59.58    322705      92782      97271     116642     -63.85    3.17