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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 Million U.S. Dollars. 

                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      17.402     18.127     13.337      6.328    -52.55    20.264     11.823     11.144     11.118     -45.13  100.00

     CHINA P     7.097      9.167      6.103      3.589    -41.19     9.590      6.830      6.705      6.653     -30.63   59.84

     INDIA       0.967      3.607      2.881      1.491    -48.25     3.316      2.265      2.215      2.217     -33.14   19.94

     KOR REP     1.493      1.270      0.687      0.370    -46.18     1.480      1.014      0.918      0.953     -35.63    8.57

     MEXICO      1.669      3.199      2.979      0.275    -90.76     4.182      0.993      0.531      0.496     -88.15    4.46

     THAILND     0.614      0.189      0.099      0.253    154.72     0.477      0.342      0.342      0.342     -28.15    3.08

     CANADA      0.561      0.463      0.373      0.079    -78.94     0.563      0.268      0.211      0.169     -70.03    1.52

     TURKEY      0.000      0.011      0.000      0.114       *       0.000      0.084      0.125      0.125        *      1.12

     INDNSIA     1.828      0.189      0.189      0.098    -48.27     0.394      0.016      0.030      0.098     -75.23    0.88


     _WTO       17.402     18.127     13.337      6.328    -52.55    20.264     11.823     11.144     11.118     -45.13  100.00

     _OECD       2.101      1.776      1.085      0.579    -46.67     2.075      1.376      1.277      1.270     -38.82   11.42

     _W HEMI     2.233      3.663      3.352      0.354    -89.44     4.745      1.261      0.742      0.664     -86.00    5.97

     _ASEAN      5.120      0.378      0.288      0.351     21.70     1.101      0.358      0.373      0.440     -60.03    3.96