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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     178.014    202.933    102.930    104.711      1.73   197.119    203.382    202.729    204.714       3.85  100.00

     TURKEY     39.948     50.020     26.704     28.319      6.05    46.503     50.438     49.423     51.635      11.04   25.22

     CANADA     38.025     41.152     19.341     18.525     -4.22    41.136     41.037     40.905     40.336      -1.95   19.70

     CHINA P    17.624     25.341     11.713     16.698     42.55    20.905     27.769     29.214     30.326      45.06   14.81

     MEXICO     32.646     28.843     17.587     11.043    -37.21    33.783     24.591     23.188     22.300     -33.99   10.89

     GERMANY    11.117     10.707      4.934      5.318      7.78    10.670     10.906     10.839     11.091       3.95    5.42

     FRANCE      7.124      7.074      3.468      4.593     32.45     7.726      7.989      8.363      8.200       6.13    4.01

     ITALY       4.130      5.732      2.865      3.543     23.67     4.910      6.441      6.203      6.410      30.56    3.13

     INDIA       3.741      4.886      2.078      2.934     41.16     4.429      5.758      6.123      5.742      29.65    2.80

     THAILND     4.346      5.079      2.323      1.628    -29.94     5.023      4.443      4.513      4.383     -12.74    2.14

     EGYPT       2.397      4.133      2.288      1.208    -47.20     4.128      3.581      3.319      3.053     -26.04    1.49

     SPAIN       1.549      2.582      1.467      1.789     21.97     2.212      3.006      2.912      2.905      31.31    1.42

     CHINA T     1.301      2.006      1.011      1.180     16.68     1.892      2.157      2.096      2.174      14.91    1.06

     HONDURA     0.749      0.683      0.264      0.336     27.32     0.626      0.692      0.722      0.755      20.62    0.37


     _WTO      177.949    202.810    102.847    104.709      1.81   196.971    203.317    202.689    204.672       3.91   99.98

     _OECD     105.990    121.893     61.306     64.596      5.37   117.760    123.986    122.927    125.183       6.30   61.15

     _W HEMI    75.804     73.135     38.404     31.390    -18.26    78.579     68.812     67.462     66.121     -15.85   32.30

     _EU15      27.106     29.066     14.355     17.316     20.63    28.657     31.127     31.485     32.027      11.76   15.64

     _EC12      26.926     28.710     14.216     17.170     20.78    28.423     30.781     31.117     31.664      11.40   15.47

     _ASEAN      5.325      5.858      2.661      1.964    -26.19     5.879      5.274      5.306      5.161     -12.22    2.52

     _CBI        1.835      0.713      0.267      0.371     38.87     1.130      0.747      0.785      0.817     -27.72    0.40

     _CAFTA      1.835      0.712      0.266      0.371     39.40     1.129      0.746      0.785      0.817     -27.65    0.40