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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category  11:  TOTAL YARN IMPORTS
                                                    Data in Million SME

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  5/2012
   Country      2010       2011       5/2011     5/2012  % Change    5/2011     3/2012     4/2012     5/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD    2887.488   2774.341   1173.764   1205.846      2.73  2849.862   2787.794   2780.117   2806.423      -1.52  100.00

     CHINA P   448.618    563.493    202.785    227.686     12.28   498.855    572.106    571.751    588.394      17.95   20.97

     CANADA    438.158    385.983    176.738    126.778    -28.27   433.923    352.908    344.699    336.023     -22.56   11.97

     MEXICO    359.681    329.142    153.140    153.888      0.49   367.062    324.586    326.278    329.889     -10.13   11.75

     KOR REP   312.963    245.629     91.848    121.568     32.36   256.332    266.503    267.495    275.349       7.42    9.81

     INDNSIA   286.301    251.086    114.948    120.984      5.25   266.127    251.157    252.884    257.123      -3.38    9.16

     INDIA     169.692    169.456     63.442     93.890     47.99   155.134    195.588    196.642    199.904      28.86    7.12

     CHINA T   147.167    157.628     56.479     79.090     40.04   150.186    177.842    180.817    180.240      20.01    6.42

     TURKEY     84.738     92.221     37.484     43.871     17.04    84.744     91.721     95.646     98.608      16.36    3.51

     PAKISTN    97.603     80.694     36.128     28.732    -20.47    90.392     74.667     71.597     73.297     -18.91    2.61

     GERMANY    53.125     50.111     21.143     23.941     13.24    51.520     50.300     52.385     52.910       2.70    1.89

     VIETNAM    58.106     50.864     19.483     19.439     -0.23    50.334     51.986     53.869     50.820       0.96    1.81

     THAILND    87.138     60.993     29.850     16.426    -44.97    82.343     53.688     50.002     47.570     -42.23    1.70

     PORTUGL    29.384     43.124     32.044     35.827     11.81    41.270     47.836     45.447     46.907      13.66    1.67

     LATVIA     36.193     35.366     13.178     12.964     -1.62    35.919     36.542     35.084     35.152      -2.14    1.25

     ITALY      33.914     30.735     11.854      9.319    -21.39    33.424     29.392     29.056     28.200     -15.63    1.00

     MALAYSA    30.387     29.315     14.599     12.127    -16.93    33.789     28.510     25.958     26.843     -20.56    0.96

     JAPAN      22.231     19.354      9.746      8.123    -16.66    21.833     17.701     17.531     17.731     -18.79    0.63

     SPAIN       8.220      9.959      4.660      6.291     34.98     9.727     10.511     11.103     11.590      19.15    0.41

     ISRAEL     13.013     10.910      5.026      5.145      2.38    11.863     10.826     11.018     11.030      -7.02    0.39

     SLOVAK     13.411     13.982      6.259      2.578    -58.82    14.286     10.255      9.589     10.300     -27.90    0.37

     C RICA     15.021     12.466      9.918      7.438    -25.01    14.907     11.494     10.614      9.986     -33.01    0.36

     EGYPT      15.060      9.697      5.093      4.522    -11.22    15.120      9.062      9.341      9.126     -39.65    0.33

     FRANCE      8.232      7.200      2.749      4.632     68.50     7.519      8.091      8.848      9.083      20.81    0.32

     PHIL R      5.552      5.870      1.899      4.596    142.02     5.593      7.525      8.443      8.567      53.16    0.31

     N ZEAL      8.613      9.317      5.672      4.523    -20.26     9.741      8.876      7.772      8.168     -16.15    0.29

     AUSTRAL     9.533      8.556      3.901      3.286    -15.76     8.496      8.595      8.223      7.941      -6.54    0.28

     U KING      7.587      7.507      2.595      2.662      2.57     5.554      8.164      7.376      7.574      36.37    0.27

     BELARUS    22.072     18.350     10.859      0.000   -100.00    20.204     12.278     10.516      7.491     -62.93    0.27

     GUATMAL     2.505      3.100      1.687      4.636    174.85     3.223      4.886      5.481      6.049      87.67    0.22

     RUSSIA      0.007      2.990      0.000      2.740  567866.7     0.000      4.713      4.713      5.729    1187483    0.20

     ARAB EM     8.545     16.190     11.104      0.186    -98.32    19.649      6.601      6.369      5.272     -73.17    0.19

     BELGIUM     4.912      4.632      2.122      1.589    -25.14     5.034      3.871      4.060      4.098     -18.59    0.15

     CZECH       7.693      2.958      1.033      1.884     82.43     4.770      3.958      3.808      3.810     -20.13    0.14

     PERU        4.266      3.610      1.461      1.638     12.12     3.977      3.693      3.628      3.787      -4.78    0.13

     ROMANIA     5.692      3.219      1.127      1.659     47.12     4.528      3.398      3.719      3.750     -17.18    0.13

     SWEDEN      0.086      3.163      0.048      0.383    701.20     0.096      3.323      3.325      3.498    3535.62    0.12

     S ARAB      3.716      0.950      0.532      2.465    363.81     3.532      1.091      1.289      2.883     -18.38    0.10

     COLOMB      2.458      2.210      0.780      1.161     48.70     2.418      2.376      2.514      2.590       7.10    0.09

     HONDURA     2.332      2.432      1.113      0.841    -24.39     2.400      2.152      2.288      2.160     -10.00    0.08

     UZBEKIS     0.000      2.617      0.606      0.000   -100.00     0.606      2.617      2.617      2.011     231.77    0.07

     NETHLDS     3.753      3.281      2.005      0.628    -68.66     4.393      2.505      2.488      1.905     -56.64    0.07

     SLOVENI     2.278      1.921      0.855      0.838     -2.04     1.866      1.827      1.924      1.903       1.98    0.07

     SWITZLD     2.322      1.154      0.382      0.904    136.57     1.599      1.457      1.450      1.676       4.82    0.06

     POLAND      1.563      1.659      0.984      0.849    -13.71     1.706      1.515      1.822      1.525     -10.63    0.05

     AUSTRIA     1.779      1.425      0.641      0.379    -40.79     1.910      1.426      1.292      1.164     -39.07    0.04

     SALVADR     2.049      0.579      0.309      0.544     75.75     1.809      0.599      0.838      0.814     -55.01    0.03

     HG KONG     1.533      1.069      0.877      0.140    -84.09     2.394      0.668      0.309      0.332     -86.14    0.01


     _WTO     2865.343   2750.255   1162.172   1203.106      3.52  2828.860   2768.090   2762.175   2791.189      -1.33   99.46

     _OECD    1018.832    910.574    398.657    389.881     -2.20   964.162    902.865    898.169    901.798      -6.47   32.13

     _W HEMI   829.449    741.063    345.786    297.415    -13.99   831.946    704.248    697.868    692.691     -16.74   24.68

     _ASEAN    468.614    398.857    181.132    173.582     -4.17   439.364    393.386    391.543    391.308     -10.94   13.94

     _EU15     152.107    161.595     80.096     85.814      7.14   161.418    165.808    165.715    167.313       3.65    5.96

     _EC12     150.240    157.006     79.408     85.052      7.11   159.411    161.059    161.097    162.650       2.03    5.80

     _CBI       22.156     18.583     13.031     13.471      3.37    22.510     19.146     19.236     19.022     -15.49    0.68

     _CAFTA     22.075     18.579     13.028     13.471      3.40    22.425     19.143     19.233     19.022     -15.18    0.68

     _ANDEAN     6.782      5.907      2.263      2.820     24.61     6.463      6.162      6.229      6.464       0.02    0.23