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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 $$$

                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    1402.291   1547.854    666.557    619.557     -7.05  1510.541   1524.804   1510.570   1500.855      -0.64  100.00

     CANADA    304.379    306.210    133.649    103.181    -22.80   315.300    287.548    281.981    275.742     -12.55   18.37

     MEXICO    181.526    192.711     88.509     78.935    -10.82   199.885    187.764    185.093    183.137      -8.38   12.20

     CHINA P   131.460    170.125     66.777     67.172      0.59   151.474    167.868    168.179    170.520      12.57   11.36

     INDNSIA   107.742    122.702     61.047     50.724    -16.91   119.434    115.789    112.716    112.378      -5.91    7.49

     INDIA      67.534     86.047     33.770     40.689     20.49    72.064     94.987     93.997     92.966      29.01    6.19

     TURKEY     60.649     76.195     33.190     32.415     -2.33    69.930     75.830     75.713     75.420       7.85    5.03

     KOR REP    76.662     68.766     24.730     30.115     21.77    68.273     73.355     72.961     74.151       8.61    4.94

     CHINA T    49.534     60.505     22.667     26.010     14.75    54.659     63.630     64.341     63.849      16.81    4.25

     ITALY      59.362     62.319     25.650     23.822     -7.13    62.780     58.943     60.950     60.491      -3.65    4.03

     GERMANY    44.899     46.562     17.815     19.281      8.23    45.591     46.963     48.443     48.027       5.34    3.20

     PAKISTN    33.864     40.045     18.651     12.518    -32.88    38.925     36.312     33.679     33.912     -12.88    2.26

     JAPAN      24.863     30.069     11.317     14.046     24.12    26.185     32.169     32.544     32.798      25.26    2.19

     THAILND    40.077     36.042     17.615      9.754    -44.63    42.303     32.179     29.396     28.180     -33.38    1.88

     FRANCE     22.347     24.602      8.897     11.955     34.37    22.749     26.271     27.176     27.660      21.59    1.84

     VIETNAM    22.290     23.592     10.182      7.153    -29.75    22.987     22.774     22.563     20.562     -10.55    1.37

     PERU       17.481     18.501      6.902      8.714     26.25    17.388     19.923     19.867     20.313      16.82    1.35

     NETHLDS    14.748     19.471      9.288      8.946     -3.68    18.169     19.737     19.443     19.129       5.28    1.27

     PORTUGL    11.428     16.252     11.409     13.149     15.25    15.675     18.521     17.729     17.992      14.78    1.20

     U KING      9.951     13.927      5.595      7.366     31.65    11.474     15.125     15.271     15.698      36.81    1.05

     N ZEAL      8.871     12.976      5.162      5.330      3.25    10.964     13.884     13.334     13.144      19.89    0.88

     MALAYSA    11.334     12.279      5.701      5.017    -12.00    12.719     11.967     11.012     11.595      -8.84    0.77

     EGYPT       9.869      9.296      4.736      3.702    -21.84    11.675      8.580      8.683      8.261     -29.24    0.55

     COLOMB      6.503      6.814      2.338      3.667     56.84     6.675      7.554      7.858      8.143      21.99    0.54

     SPAIN       5.026      6.636      2.868      3.999     39.45     5.899      7.115      7.597      7.767      31.66    0.52

     LATVIA      6.634      7.344      2.547      2.751      8.02     6.764      7.761      7.520      7.548      11.59    0.50

     ISRAEL      7.183      6.318      2.683      3.117     16.18     6.909      6.401      6.609      6.753      -2.26    0.45

     AUSTRAL     6.564      7.777      3.041      1.933    -36.45     6.568      7.448      7.043      6.668       1.53    0.44

     ROMANIA     5.594      4.950      1.361      2.667     95.99     4.996      5.642      5.995      6.256      25.23    0.42

     PHIL R      3.071      3.592      1.152      2.493    116.32     3.247      4.431      4.920      4.932      51.91    0.33

     C RICA      4.885      4.488      3.502      2.552    -27.14     5.176      4.094      3.767      3.538     -31.65    0.24

     BELGIUM     3.474      3.512      1.501      1.463     -2.54     3.843      3.253      3.415      3.474      -9.59    0.23

     ARAB EM     5.918     10.824      7.819      0.103    -98.68    13.737      3.893      3.752      3.109     -77.37    0.21

     SLOVAK      3.289      3.762      1.586      0.833    -47.48     3.569      3.014      2.880      3.009     -15.68    0.20

     SLOVENI     2.246      2.698      1.093      1.398     27.91     2.249      2.747      2.948      3.003      33.56    0.20

     GUATMAL     0.865      1.186      0.591      1.689    185.64     1.146      1.864      2.068      2.283      99.24    0.15

     AUSTRIA     2.336      2.096      0.879      0.828     -5.79     2.201      2.245      2.085      2.045      -7.11    0.14

     SWITZLD     2.073      1.506      0.568      0.761     34.07     1.990      1.684      1.690      1.699     -14.60    0.11

     BELARUS     3.078      3.277      1.826      0.000   -100.00     3.229      2.305      1.972      1.451     -55.06    0.10

     CZECH       2.325      1.165      0.409      0.620     51.52     1.575      1.404      1.392      1.376     -12.66    0.09

     SWEDEN      0.279      0.865      0.163      0.563    244.34     0.362      1.043      1.056      1.264     249.11    0.08

     RUSSIA      0.011      0.631      0.005      0.524   9604.63     0.005      0.959      0.959      1.149   21185.26    0.08

     HONDURA     1.204      1.159      0.519      0.384    -26.12     1.143      1.049      1.068      1.023     -10.52    0.07

     UZBEKIS     0.000      1.331      0.358      0.000   -100.00     0.358      1.331      1.331      0.973     171.73    0.06

     POLAND      0.833      0.921      0.488      0.275    -43.68     1.140      0.674      0.857      0.708     -37.96    0.05

     S ARAB      1.351      0.365      0.172      0.496    189.03     1.293      0.432      0.419      0.690     -46.66    0.05

     SALVADR     0.461      0.395      0.176      0.402    127.76     0.452      0.518      0.638      0.621      37.44    0.04

     HG KONG     0.569      0.476      0.186      0.221     19.00     0.731      0.490      0.482      0.511     -30.06    0.03


     _WTO     1399.136   1542.488    664.244    619.028     -6.81  1506.760   1520.134   1506.233   1497.273      -0.63   99.76

     _OECD     640.259    676.243    287.012    267.491     -6.80   668.840    665.560    662.604    656.722      -1.81   43.76

     _W HEMI   525.037    536.551    238.080    201.544    -15.35   553.388    515.655    507.646    500.015      -9.64   33.32

     _EU15     176.067    197.700     84.704     91.933      8.53   190.818    200.629    204.547    204.929       7.39   13.65

     _EC12     173.442    194.737     83.662     90.541      8.22   188.248    197.338    201.403    201.617       7.10   13.43

     _ASEAN    184.826    198.501     95.868     75.151    -21.61   201.098    187.320    180.743    177.783     -11.59   11.85

     _ANDEAN    24.143     25.520      9.301     12.423     33.57    24.248     27.682     27.914     28.642      18.12    1.91

     _CBI        8.580      7.233      4.791      5.030      4.97     8.602      7.530      7.546      7.471     -13.15    0.50

     _CAFTA      8.481      7.231      4.790      5.030      5.00     8.502      7.529      7.546      7.471     -12.13    0.50