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                                          |                                     |                                  July 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  5/2012 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  5/2012
   Country      2010       2011       5/2011     5/2012  % Change    5/2011     3/2012     4/2012     5/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     18158526  19059605    8123528    7476305     -7.97  19193432   18867502   18585501   18412382      -4.07  100.00

     TURKEY     4756715   5221186    2390291    2039564    -14.67   5246708    5234387    5078804    4870459      -7.17   26.45

     CHINA P    3541373   4344322    1708807    1970740     15.33   3851557    4394445    4444482    4606255      19.59   25.02

     CANADA     2898341   3010563    1160510    1089691     -6.10   2972637    3042176    2964193    2939744      -1.11   15.97

     MEXICO     3264779   2525704    1320825     727780    -44.90   3166272    2227690    2079067    1932659     -38.96   10.50

     THAILND     985865   1034612     393188     285954    -27.27   1096828     958358     900942     927378     -15.45    5.04

     INDIA       548099    594704     195057     319150     63.62    539844     633138     661850     718797      33.15    3.90

     GERMANY     385903    405796     145343     161205     10.91    393715     395381     418405     421658       7.10    2.29

     EGYPT       348482    408894     199452     156145    -21.71    476807     379099     381320     365587     -23.33    1.99

     CHINA T     105925    120363      53267     131467    146.81    133148     195097     204985     198563      49.13    1.08

     ITALY       125687    178313      81019      93173     15.00    150827     180401     196474     190467      26.28    1.03

     HONDURA     171471    165355      60226      77996     29.51    159422     147996     175895     183125      14.87    0.99

     SPAIN        61902    118014      34261      86056    151.18     66637     149050     171548     169809     154.83    0.92

     FRANCE      116907    112415      42897      68777     60.33    114823     123582     126252     138295      20.44    0.75


     _WTO      18148554  19044761    8117525    7476305     -7.90  19177458   18857883   18575882   18403541      -4.04   99.95

     _OECD      8584197   9364444    3992921    3618985     -9.36   9238345    9439138    9244506    8990508      -2.68   48.83

     _W HEMI    6572606   5839760    2604220    1960909    -24.70   6477297    5556754    5351080    5196449     -19.77   28.22

     _EU15       830311    940251     352306     476985     35.39    870753     989174    1051472    1064930      22.30    5.78

     _EC12       824344    929109     348873     472344     35.39    864054     977241    1039295    1052580      21.82    5.72

     _ASEAN     1163014   1166536     443572     326212    -26.46   1232222    1097596    1039164    1049176     -14.85    5.70

     _CBI        202103    170693      60865      84026     38.05    178180     156283     184170     193854       8.80    1.05

     _CAFTA      202103    170373      60545      84026     38.78    177860     155973     183960     193854       8.99    1.05