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                                          |                                     |                                August 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2012 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  6/2012
   Country      2010       2011       6/2011     6/2012  % Change    6/2011     4/2012     5/2012     6/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     18158526  19059605    9867444    9318715     -5.56  19183185   18585501   18412382   18510876      -3.50  100.00

     TURKEY     4756715   5221186    2852922    2695505     -5.52   5060594    5078804    4870459    5063769       0.06   27.36

     CHINA P    3541373   4344322    2107823    2472212     17.29   3912020    4444482    4606255    4708711      20.37   25.44

     CANADA     2898341   3010563    1445674    1329317     -8.05   3076536    2964193    2939744    2894206      -5.93   15.64

     MEXICO     3264779   2525704    1563036     872822    -44.16   3109171    2079067    1932659    1835490     -40.97    9.92

     THAILND     985865   1034612     486485     354093    -27.21   1098835     900942     927378     902220     -17.89    4.87

     INDIA       548099    594704     268036     350307     30.69    579639     661850     718797     676975      16.79    3.66

     GERMANY     385903    405796     197426     198604      0.60    410547     418405     421658     406974      -0.87    2.20

     EGYPT       348482    408894     233924     170427    -27.14    496089     381320     365587     345397     -30.38    1.87

     CHINA T     105925    120363      62417     150316    140.83    132948     204985     198563     208262      56.65    1.13

     ITALY       125687    178313      89890     108038     20.19    152672     196474     190467     196461      28.68    1.06

     HONDURA     171471    165355      69981      96038     37.23    157170     175895     183125     191412      21.79    1.03

     SPAIN        61902    118014      57351      97538     70.07     84808     171548     169809     158201      86.54    0.85

     FRANCE      116907    112415      54878      79523     44.91    121604     126252     138295     137060      12.71    0.74


     _WTO      18148554  19044761    9861405    9318554     -5.50  19167175   18575882   18403541   18501910      -3.47   99.95

     _OECD      8584197   9364444    4846093    4626487     -4.53   9192164    9244506    8990508    9144838      -0.51   49.40

     _W HEMI    6572606   5839760    3150285    2375597    -24.59   6514183    5351080    5196449    5065072     -22.25   27.36

     _EU15       830311    940251     454571     575733     26.65    907754    1051472    1064930    1061413      16.93    5.73

     _EC12       824344    929109     450926     570890     26.60    901135    1039295    1052580    1049073      16.42    5.67

     _ASEAN     1163014   1166536     541975     396395    -26.86   1234110    1039164    1049176    1020956     -17.27    5.52

     _CBI        202103    170693      70741     102068     44.28    174999     184170     193854     202020      15.44    1.09

     _CAFTA      202103    170373      70421     102068     44.94    174679     183960     193854     202020      15.65    1.09