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                                          |                                     |                                  May 21, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2012 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  3/2012
   Country      2010       2011       3/2011     3/2012  % Change    3/2011     1/2012     2/2012     3/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     18158526  19059605    4385565    4193462     -4.38  18673113   19051054   19057575   18867502       1.04  100.00

     TURKEY     4756715   5221186    1169140    1182341      1.13   4951285    5239561    5334825    5234387       5.72   27.74

     CHINA P    3541373   4344322     868477     918600      5.77   3711319    4328431    4272686    4394445      18.41   23.29

     CANADA     2898341   3010563     625852     657465      5.05   2906092    3083506    3053447    3042176       4.68   16.12

     MEXICO     3264779   2525704     737437     439423    -40.41   3165606    2435518    2373538    2227690     -29.63   11.81

     THAILND     985865   1034612     270557     194303    -28.18   1115196    1046011     995545     958358     -14.06    5.08

     INDIA       548099    594704     139736     178170     27.50    554694     609531     659839     633138      14.14    3.36

     GERMANY     385903    405796      86223      75808    -12.08    391951     395512     403365     395381       0.88    2.10

     EGYPT       348482    408894     131482     101687    -22.66    428947     388209     392546     379099     -11.62    2.01

     CHINA T     105925    120363      31596     106330    236.53    123955     116461     196039     195097      57.39    1.03

     ITALY       125687    178313      50135      52223      4.16    142544     177451     172507     180401      26.56    0.96

     SPAIN        61902    118014      18533      49569    167.46     69634     139456     138090     149050     114.05    0.79

     HONDURA     171471    165355      47314      29955    -36.69    182131     140693     135438     147996     -18.74    0.78

     KOR REP      81947    154154      21411       2775    -87.04     89689     153786     135412     135518      51.10    0.72


     _WTO      18148554  19044761    4380340    4193462     -4.27  18657916   19039259   19047956   18857883       1.07   99.95

     _OECD      8584197   9364444    2039599    2114293      3.66   8841072    9483674    9538739    9439138       6.76   50.03

     _W HEMI    6572606   5839760    1450251    1167245    -19.51   6458420    5800822    5704048    5556754     -13.96   29.45

     _ASEAN     1163014   1166536     293587     224647    -23.48   1249205    1190305    1129559    1097596     -12.14    5.82

     _EU15       830311    940251     217265     266188     22.52    874182     969099     975976     989174      13.15    5.24

     _EC12       824344    929109     214332     262464     22.46    867600     957348     964032     977241      12.64    5.18

     _CBI        202103    170693      47381      32971    -30.41    202172     146446     142869     156283     -22.70    0.83

     _CAFTA      202103    170373      47371      32971    -30.40    202162     146126     142559     155973     -22.85    0.83