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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     178.014    202.933     46.814     47.705      1.90   186.399    204.774    206.004    203.824       9.35  100.00

     TURKEY     39.948     50.020     11.249     12.177      8.25    43.614     50.595     51.802     50.948      16.82   25.00

     CANADA     38.025     41.152      8.611      9.211      6.97    38.688     42.162     41.874     41.752       7.92   20.48

     CHINA P    17.624     25.341      4.801      6.101     27.08    18.485     25.664     25.850     26.642      44.13   13.07

     MEXICO     32.646     28.843      8.338      5.382    -35.45    33.129     28.076     27.405     25.888     -21.86   12.70

     GERMANY    11.117     10.707      2.420      2.312     -4.45    10.953     10.638     10.788     10.599      -3.23    5.20

     ITALY       4.130      5.732      1.549      1.746     12.76     4.513      5.781      5.609      5.930      31.40    2.91

     INDIA       3.741      4.886      0.943      1.604     70.12     3.850      5.250      5.619      5.547      44.08    2.72

     THAILND     4.346      5.079      1.184      0.851    -28.11     4.878      5.152      4.966      4.746      -2.71    2.33

     EGYPT       2.397      4.133      1.182      0.712    -39.78     3.256      3.871      3.914      3.662      12.47    1.80

     SPAIN       1.549      2.582      0.633      0.803     26.88     1.724      2.788      2.739      2.752      59.64    1.35

     CHINA T     1.301      2.006      0.483      0.596     23.46     1.595      2.026      2.186      2.119      32.83    1.04

     KOR REP     0.436      0.889      0.143      0.026    -81.57     0.515      0.883      0.779      0.772      49.80    0.38

     HONDURA     0.749      0.683      0.168      0.119    -28.79     0.737      0.623      0.595      0.635     -13.92    0.31


     _WTO      177.949    202.810     46.756     47.705      2.03   186.276    204.685    205.939    203.759       9.39   99.97

     _OECD     105.990    121.893     27.487     29.882      8.72   111.577    123.906    124.997    124.288      11.39   60.98

     _W HEMI    75.804     73.135     17.768     15.483    -12.86    76.240     73.427     72.456     70.850      -7.07   34.76

     _EU15      27.106     29.066      7.326      8.293     13.21    28.240     29.502     29.736     30.034       6.35   14.74

     _EC12      26.926     28.710      7.213      8.201     13.70    28.008     29.148     29.389     29.698       6.03   14.57

     _ASEAN      5.325      5.858      1.341      1.049    -21.77     5.743      6.002      5.758      5.566      -3.10    2.73

     _CBI        1.835      0.713      0.169      0.145    -14.26     1.520      0.655      0.644      0.689     -54.69    0.34

     _CAFTA      1.835      0.712      0.168      0.145    -14.08     1.520      0.654      0.643      0.688     -54.72    0.34