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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  11:  TOTAL YARN IMPORTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    2887.488   2774.341    693.077    706.530      1.94  2886.997   2773.485   2768.362   2787.794      -3.44  100.00

     CHINA P   448.618    563.493    114.601    123.214      7.52   482.971    574.460    570.316    572.106      18.46   20.52

     CANADA    438.158    385.983    110.654     77.580    -29.89   438.738    374.761    361.503    352.909     -19.56   12.66

     MEXICO    359.681    329.142     92.786     88.231     -4.91   368.526    328.141    325.533    324.586     -11.92   11.64

     KOR REP   312.963    245.629     52.916     73.789     39.45   272.280    251.073    261.005    266.503      -2.12    9.56

     INDNSIA   286.301    251.086     68.805     68.875      0.10   280.156    245.876    247.369    251.157     -10.35    9.01

     INDIA     169.692    169.456     31.364     57.496     83.32   160.392    178.961    184.574    195.588      21.94    7.02

     CHINA T   147.167    157.628     32.530     52.744     62.14   150.154    162.244    169.697    177.842      18.44    6.38

     TURKEY     84.738     92.221     21.203     20.704     -2.36    84.793     89.359     89.460     91.721       8.17    3.29

     PAKISTN    97.603     80.694     19.446     13.419    -30.99    95.582     79.165     77.976     74.667     -21.88    2.68

     THAILND    87.138     60.993     16.560      9.254    -44.12    82.743     56.335     54.479     53.688     -35.12    1.93

     VIETNAM    58.106     50.864     10.235     11.358     10.97    52.528     52.756     50.589     51.986      -1.03    1.86

     GERMANY    53.125     50.111     13.734     13.923      1.38    54.162     48.864     48.523     50.300      -7.13    1.80

     PORTUGL    29.384     43.124     24.464     29.176     19.26    40.583     46.373     47.257     47.836      17.87    1.72

     LATVIA     36.193     35.366      7.710      8.886     15.26    35.627     35.406     34.010     36.542       2.57    1.31

     ITALY      33.914     30.735      6.274      4.931    -21.40    33.837     30.781     30.043     29.392     -13.14    1.05

     MALAYSA    30.387     29.315      7.463      6.659    -10.78    31.233     29.561     28.732     28.510      -8.72    1.02

     JAPAN      22.231     19.354      5.737      4.084    -28.81    21.745     19.541     19.105     17.701     -18.60    0.63

     BELARUS    22.072     18.350      6.071      0.000   -100.00    19.729     16.071     14.183     12.278     -37.76    0.44

     C RICA     15.021     12.466      7.573      6.601    -12.84    15.723     13.216     13.491     11.494     -26.90    0.41

     ISRAEL     13.013     10.910      2.809      2.724     -3.00    11.690     10.694     10.786     10.826      -7.39    0.39

     SPAIN       8.220      9.959      2.780      3.331     19.83     9.398     10.187     10.510     10.511      11.84    0.38

     SLOVAK     13.411     13.982      4.356      0.629    -85.56    14.149     11.621     10.798     10.255     -27.52    0.37

     EGYPT      15.060      9.697      3.516      2.881    -18.06    15.564      8.749      9.311      9.062     -41.78    0.33

     N ZEAL      8.613      9.317      2.316      1.875    -19.03     8.522      8.528      8.676      8.876       4.16    0.32

     AUSTRAL     9.533      8.556      2.308      2.348      1.72    10.056      8.641      8.519      8.595     -14.53    0.31

     U KING      7.587      7.507      1.067      1.724     61.59     7.299      8.016      7.956      8.164      11.86    0.29

     FRANCE      8.232      7.200      1.670      2.561     53.35     8.240      6.860      7.071      8.091      -1.81    0.29

     PHIL R      5.552      5.870      1.146      2.801    144.38     5.874      6.225      7.417      7.525      28.10    0.27

     ARAB EM     8.545     16.190      9.768      0.179    -98.16    18.313     11.071      7.890      6.601     -63.95    0.24

     GUATMAL     2.505      3.100      1.082      2.867    165.04     3.135      3.307      4.294      4.886      55.82    0.18

     RUSSIA      0.007      2.990      0.000      1.724  357325.0     0.001      2.990      4.004      4.713   365296.3    0.17

     CZECH       7.693      2.958      0.516      1.515    193.82     5.910      3.052      3.968      3.958     -33.03    0.14

     BELGIUM     4.912      4.632      1.737      0.976    -43.81     5.817      4.582      4.127      3.871     -33.46    0.14

     PERU        4.266      3.610      0.949      1.031      8.69     4.063      3.814      3.816      3.693      -9.11    0.13

     ROMANIA     5.692      3.219      0.744      0.923     24.07     5.858      3.504      3.662      3.398     -42.00    0.12

     SWEDEN      0.086      3.163      0.033      0.192    486.44     0.088      3.331      3.323      3.323    3684.33    0.12

     UZBEKIS     0.000      2.617      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      2.617      2.617      2.617        *      0.09

     NETHLDS     3.753      3.281      1.143      0.367    -67.89     4.252      2.816      2.782      2.505     -41.08    0.09

     COLOMB      2.458      2.210      0.497      0.664     33.48     2.477      2.229      2.298      2.376      -4.07    0.09

     HONDURA     2.332      2.432      0.574      0.294    -48.71     2.293      2.357      2.061      2.152      -6.17    0.08

     SLOVENI     2.278      1.921      0.515      0.421    -18.15     2.173      2.014      1.961      1.827     -15.91    0.07

     POLAND      1.563      1.659      0.686      0.541    -21.13     1.981      1.642      1.337      1.515     -23.55    0.05

     SWITZLD     2.322      1.154      0.294      0.597    102.85     1.763      1.599      1.395      1.457     -17.36    0.05

     AUSTRIA     1.779      1.425      0.292      0.293      0.33     1.689      1.379      1.265      1.426     -15.57    0.05

     S ARAB      3.716      0.950      0.139      0.281    102.44     3.719      0.950      1.083      1.091     -70.65    0.04

     HG KONG     1.533      1.069      0.480      0.078    -83.68     2.004      1.135      0.909      0.668     -66.67    0.02

     SALVADR     2.049      0.579      0.257      0.277      7.49     1.901      0.529      0.607      0.599     -68.50    0.02


     _WTO     2865.343   2750.255    686.970    704.806      2.60  2867.166   2751.698   2747.463   2768.090      -3.46   99.29

     _OECD    1018.832    910.574    244.475    236.767     -3.15   991.600    903.750    900.611    902.865      -8.95   32.39

     _W HEMI   829.449    741.063    214.691    177.877    -17.15   839.207    729.939    715.167    704.248     -16.08   25.26

     _ASEAN    468.614    398.857    104.421     98.950     -5.24   453.570    391.270    389.107    393.386     -13.27   14.11

     _EU15     152.107    161.595     53.332     57.545      7.90   166.315    163.615    163.288    165.808      -0.31    5.95

     _EC12     150.240    157.006     53.007     57.059      7.64   164.537    158.905    158.699    161.059      -2.11    5.78

     _CBI       22.156     18.583      9.487     10.050      5.94    23.232     19.414     20.458     19.146     -17.58    0.69

     _CAFTA     22.075     18.579      9.487     10.050      5.94    23.151     19.410     20.454     19.143     -17.31    0.69

     _ANDEAN     6.782      5.907      1.461      1.716     17.46     6.601      6.121      6.206      6.162      -6.66    0.22