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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 $$$

                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    1402.291   1547.854    384.434    361.383     -6.00  1471.972   1542.187   1535.675   1524.804       3.59  100.00

     CANADA    304.379    306.210     80.383     61.722    -23.22   310.181    301.274    294.283    287.548      -7.30   18.86

     MEXICO    181.526    192.711     52.693     47.745     -9.39   194.176    192.222    190.891    187.764      -3.30   12.31

     CHINA P   131.460    170.125     36.984     34.728     -6.10   144.271    170.274    167.172    167.868      16.36   11.01

     INDNSIA   107.742    122.702     35.655     28.742    -19.39   117.094    118.562    117.412    115.789      -1.11    7.59

     INDIA      67.534     86.047     15.542     24.483     57.52    68.308     91.175     93.206     94.987      39.06    6.23

     TURKEY     60.649     76.195     17.674     17.309     -2.07    65.892     76.113     77.304     75.830      15.08    4.97

     KOR REP    76.662     68.766     12.943     17.533     35.46    70.012     70.216     72.977     73.355       4.77    4.81

     CHINA T    49.534     60.505     13.925     17.050     22.44    54.162     59.936     62.057     63.630      17.48    4.17

     ITALY      59.362     62.319     14.940     11.564    -22.60    61.706     62.140     60.364     58.943      -4.48    3.87

     GERMANY    44.899     46.562     10.572     10.973      3.79    45.504     46.636     46.892     46.963       3.21    3.08

     PAKISTN    33.864     40.045      9.612      5.878    -38.84    36.966     39.120     38.486     36.312      -1.77    2.38

     THAILND    40.077     36.042      9.298      5.435    -41.55    40.621     33.968     32.776     32.179     -20.78    2.11

     JAPAN      24.863     30.069      6.524      8.624     32.18    25.352     31.211     31.969     32.169      26.89    2.11

     FRANCE     22.347     24.602      5.507      7.177     30.32    23.337     24.607     25.233     26.271      12.57    1.72

     VIETNAM    22.290     23.592      4.850      4.032    -16.87    22.054     24.046     22.821     22.774       3.27    1.49

     PERU       17.481     18.501      4.132      5.553     34.40    17.064     19.282     19.790     19.923      16.75    1.31

     NETHLDS    14.748     19.471      5.402      5.669      4.93    16.997     19.391     19.734     19.737      16.12    1.29

     PORTUGL    11.428     16.252      8.524     10.793     26.61    15.389     17.594     18.101     18.521      20.35    1.21

     U KING      9.951     13.927      3.144      4.343     38.12    11.450     14.115     14.532     15.125      32.10    0.99

     N ZEAL      8.871     12.976      2.118      3.026     42.88     9.301     12.745     13.174     13.884      49.27    0.91

     MALAYSA    11.334     12.279      2.897      2.585    -10.76    11.566     12.498     12.182     11.967       3.46    0.78

     EGYPT       9.869      9.296      2.972      2.257    -24.06    11.156      8.824      9.280      8.580     -23.09    0.56

     LATVIA      6.634      7.344      1.495      1.912     27.92     6.620      7.468      7.224      7.761      17.23    0.51

     COLOMB      6.503      6.814      1.434      2.174     51.57     6.575      6.905      7.221      7.554      14.88    0.50

     AUSTRAL     6.564      7.777      1.711      1.382    -19.22     7.205      7.775      7.663      7.448       3.37    0.49

     SPAIN       5.026      6.636      1.639      2.118     29.26     5.498      6.922      7.037      7.115      29.40    0.47

     ISRAEL      7.183      6.318      1.592      1.674      5.17     6.917      6.238      6.272      6.401      -7.46    0.42

     ROMANIA     5.594      4.950      0.841      1.533     82.36     5.913      5.183      5.561      5.642      -4.58    0.37

     PHIL R      3.071      3.592      0.690      1.529    121.65     3.342      3.786      4.444      4.431      32.61    0.29

     C RICA      4.885      4.488      2.644      2.251    -14.88     5.350      4.731      4.827      4.094     -23.47    0.27

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824      7.031      0.099    -98.59    12.949      7.122      4.819      3.893     -69.94    0.26

     BELGIUM     3.474      3.512      1.162      0.903    -22.28     3.955      3.547      3.218      3.253     -17.74    0.21

     SLOVAK      3.289      3.762      1.047      0.298    -71.52     3.432      3.252      3.098      3.014     -12.18    0.20

     SLOVENI     2.246      2.698      0.651      0.700      7.56     2.247      2.875      2.831      2.747      22.28    0.18

     BELARUS     3.078      3.277      0.972      0.000   -100.00     2.955      2.909      2.607      2.305     -21.99    0.15

     AUSTRIA     2.336      2.096      0.316      0.465     47.15     1.727      2.082      2.078      2.245      29.98    0.15

     GUATMAL     0.865      1.186      0.365      1.043    185.81     1.095      1.302      1.641      1.864      70.13    0.12

     SWITZLD     2.073      1.506      0.334      0.513     53.51     1.956      1.743      1.704      1.684     -13.88    0.11

     CZECH       2.325      1.165      0.215      0.455    111.06     1.848      1.167      1.443      1.404     -24.03    0.09

     UZBEKIS     0.000      1.331      0.000      0.000       *       0.000      1.331      1.331      1.331        *      0.09

     HONDURA     1.204      1.159      0.278      0.168    -39.63     1.158      1.139      1.006      1.049      -9.46    0.07

     SWEDEN      0.279      0.865      0.125      0.303    142.93     0.345      1.079      1.042      1.043     202.36    0.07

     RUSSIA      0.011      0.631      0.005      0.334   6077.00     0.006      0.631      0.830      0.959   15694.96    0.06

     POLAND      0.833      0.921      0.339      0.092    -72.87     1.131      0.893      0.767      0.674     -40.39    0.04

     SALVADR     0.461      0.395      0.144      0.266     85.11     0.478      0.387      0.485      0.518       8.36    0.03

     HG KONG     0.569      0.476      0.109      0.124     13.47     0.664      0.575      0.542      0.490     -26.13    0.03

     S ARAB      1.351      0.365      0.056      0.123    119.06     1.390      0.365      0.430      0.432     -68.92    0.03


     _WTO     1399.136   1542.488    383.399    361.045     -5.83  1468.889   1537.218   1530.833   1520.134       3.49   99.69

     _OECD     640.259    676.243    168.000    157.317     -6.36   657.543    674.380    671.975    665.560       1.22   43.65

     _W HEMI   525.037    536.551    143.102    122.206    -14.60   542.848    532.425    525.505    515.655      -5.01   33.82

     _EU15     176.067    197.700     51.727     54.655      5.66   188.007    199.479    199.652    200.629       6.71   13.16

     _EC12     173.442    194.737     51.286     53.887      5.07   185.928    196.315    196.530    197.338       6.14   12.94

     _ASEAN    184.826    198.501     53.505     42.324    -20.90   195.032    193.038    189.815    187.320      -3.95   12.28

     _ANDEAN    24.143     25.520      5.602      7.765     38.59    23.810     26.371     27.214     27.682      16.26    1.82

     _CBI        8.580      7.233      3.432      3.729      8.66     8.942      7.563      7.964      7.530     -15.79    0.49

     _CAFTA      8.481      7.231      3.432      3.729      8.68     8.843      7.562      7.963      7.529     -14.86    0.49