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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     178.014    202.933    119.278    123.876      3.85   196.240    202.729    204.714    207.531       5.75  100.00

     TURKEY     39.948     50.020     30.284     33.361     10.16    46.072     49.423     51.635     53.097      15.25   25.58

     CANADA     38.025     41.152     22.450     21.957     -2.19    40.728     40.905     40.336     40.660      -0.17   19.59

     CHINA P    17.624     25.341     13.919     20.301     45.85    21.517     29.214     30.326     31.723      47.43   15.29

     MEXICO     32.646     28.843     19.495     12.615    -35.29    32.769     23.188     22.300     21.963     -32.97   10.58

     GERMANY    11.117     10.707      5.925      6.401      8.04    10.506     10.839     11.091     11.184       6.45    5.39

     FRANCE      7.124      7.074      3.977      5.218     31.21     7.534      8.363      8.200      8.316      10.38    4.01

     ITALY       4.130      5.732      3.329      4.060     21.95     4.948      6.203      6.410      6.463      30.62    3.11

     INDIA       3.741      4.886      2.516      3.938     56.48     4.517      6.123      5.742      6.308      39.64    3.04

     JAPAN       2.564      4.618      2.208      2.725     23.40     3.069      5.143      5.123      5.135      67.30    2.47

     THAILND     4.346      5.079      2.877      1.908    -33.67     4.981      4.513      4.383      4.110     -17.49    1.98

     SPAIN       1.549      2.582      1.781      2.062     15.81     2.345      2.912      2.905      2.864      22.11    1.38

     EGYPT       2.397      4.133      2.728      1.406    -48.48     4.466      3.319      3.053      2.810     -37.07    1.35

     CHINA T     1.301      2.006      1.266      1.378      8.83     1.943      2.096      2.174      2.117       9.00    1.02

     HONDURA     0.749      0.683      0.388      0.435     12.25     0.637      0.722      0.755      0.731      14.66    0.35


     _WTO      177.949    202.849    119.195    123.874      3.93   196.091    202.728    204.711    207.528       5.83  100.00

     _OECD     105.990    121.893     70.588     75.824      7.42   116.609    122.927    125.183    127.128       9.02   61.26

     _W HEMI    75.804     73.135     43.774     36.877    -15.76    76.880     67.462     66.121     66.238     -13.84   31.92

     _EU15      27.106     29.066     16.885     20.021     18.57    28.371     31.485     32.027     32.202      13.50   15.52

     _EC12      26.926     28.710     16.711     19.864     18.86    28.119     31.117     31.664     31.862      13.31   15.35

     _ASEAN      5.325      5.858      3.389      2.258    -33.36     5.952      5.306      5.161      4.727     -20.58    2.28

     _CBI        1.835      0.713      0.393      0.470     19.62     0.984      0.785      0.817      0.790     -19.69    0.38

     _CAFTA      1.835      0.712      0.392      0.470     19.93     0.983      0.785      0.817      0.790     -19.60    0.38