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                                          |                                     |                             September 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  7/2012 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  7/2012
   Country      2010       2011       7/2011     7/2012  % Change    7/2011     5/2012     6/2012     7/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     18158526  19059605   11380766   11070239     -2.73  18999360   18412368   18510862   18749078      -1.32  100.00

     TURKEY     4756715   5221186    3203758    3133809     -2.18   4975640    4870459    5063769    5151237       3.53   27.47

     CHINA P    3541373   4344322    2483293    2998351     20.74   3964740    4606255    4708711    4859380      22.56   25.92

     CANADA     2898341   3010563    1661612    1591330     -4.23   3016984    2939744    2894206    2940281      -2.54   15.68

     MEXICO     3264779   2525704    1718333     988448    -42.48   2984584    1932645    1835476    1795819     -39.83    9.58

     THAILND     985865   1034612     592231     425205    -28.20   1062278     927378     902220     867586     -18.33    4.63

     INDIA       548099    594704     319138     455942     42.87    576757     718797     676975     731508      26.83    3.90

     GERMANY     385903    405796     237820     238026      0.09    413215     421658     406974     406002      -1.75    2.17

     EGYPT       348482    408894     272162     200477    -26.34    520859     365587     345397     337209     -35.26    1.80

     CHINA T     105925    120363      74411     172993    132.48    128127     198563     208262     218945      70.88    1.17

     ITALY       125687    178313     101236     121432     19.95    149121     190467     196461     198509      33.12    1.06

     HONDURA     171471    165355      99978     121767     21.79    160825     183125     191412     187144      16.36    1.00

     SPAIN        61902    118014      79239     114426     44.41    102469     169809     158201     153201      49.51    0.82

     FRANCE      116907    112415      63062      89059     41.22    118496     138295     137060     138412      16.81    0.74

     JAPAN        85415     94697      53445      85545     60.06     72755      99969      99437     126797      74.28    0.68


     _WTO      18148554  19053565   11374727   11070078     -2.68  18983350   18412331   18510700   18748916      -1.23  100.00

     _OECD      8584197   9364444    5513464    5415897     -1.77   9058780    8990508    9144838    9266877       2.30   49.43

     _W HEMI    6572606   5839760    3562612    2796483    -21.50   6320741    5196435    5065058    5073631     -19.73   27.06

     _EU15       830311    940251     552005     663092     20.12    920128    1064930    1061413    1051338      14.26    5.61

     _EC12       824344    929109     547961     658028     20.09    913607    1052580    1049073    1039176      13.74    5.54

     _ASEAN     1163014   1166536     683662     468507    -31.47   1226596    1049176    1020956     951381     -22.44    5.07

     _CBI        202103    170693     101220     127797     26.26    177823     193854     202020     197270      10.94    1.05

     _CAFTA      202103    170373     100900     127797     26.66    177503     193854     202020     197270      11.14    1.05