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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 Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     178.014    202.933     84.530     84.326     -0.24   194.463    203.824    203.382    202.729       4.25  100.00

     TURKEY     39.948     50.020     22.296     21.699     -2.68    47.289     50.948     50.438     49.423       4.51   24.38

     CANADA     38.025     41.152     15.517     15.271     -1.59    39.606     41.752     41.037     40.905       3.28   20.18

     CHINA P    17.624     25.341      9.191     13.063     42.13    19.727     26.642     27.769     29.214      48.09   14.41

     MEXICO     32.646     28.843     14.803      9.148    -38.20    33.974     25.888     24.591     23.188     -31.75   11.44

     GERMANY    11.117     10.707      4.165      4.297      3.17    10.890     10.599     10.906     10.839      -0.47    5.35

     FRANCE      7.124      7.074      2.682      3.971     48.06     7.254      7.843      7.989      8.363      15.29    4.13

     ITALY       4.130      5.732      2.588      3.060     18.21     4.879      5.930      6.441      6.203      27.15    3.06

     INDIA       3.741      4.886      1.409      2.645     87.80     3.944      5.547      5.758      6.123      55.24    3.02

     THAILND     4.346      5.079      1.863      1.297    -30.35     4.991      4.746      4.443      4.513      -9.57    2.23

     EGYPT       2.397      4.133      1.900      1.086    -42.81     3.838      3.662      3.581      3.319     -13.51    1.64

     SPAIN       1.549      2.582      1.146      1.475     28.73     2.011      2.752      3.006      2.912      44.76    1.44

     CHINA T     1.301      2.006      0.852      0.943     10.65     1.847      2.119      2.157      2.096      13.52    1.03

     HONDURA     0.749      0.683      0.222      0.261     17.63     0.638      0.635      0.692      0.722      13.29    0.36


     _WTO      177.949    202.810     84.447     84.326     -0.14   194.315    203.759    203.317    202.689       4.31   99.98

     _OECD     105.990    121.893     50.699     51.733      2.04   116.825    124.288    123.986    122.927       5.22   60.64

     _W HEMI    75.804     73.135     31.579     25.906    -17.96    77.409     70.850     68.812     67.462     -12.85   33.28

     _EU15      27.106     29.066     12.042     14.460     20.08    28.462     30.034     31.127     31.485      10.62   15.53

     _EC12      26.926     28.710     11.911     14.319     20.21    28.225     29.698     30.781     31.117      10.25   15.35

     _ASEAN      5.325      5.858      2.152      1.601    -25.61     5.846      5.566      5.274      5.306      -9.23    2.62

     _CBI        1.835      0.713      0.225      0.297     31.84     1.244      0.689      0.747      0.785     -36.94    0.39

     _CAFTA      1.835      0.712      0.224      0.297     32.45     1.243      0.688      0.746      0.785     -36.89    0.39