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                                          |                                     |                              December 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category, 10/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 300-W :  --85% OR > COTTON CARDED YARN
                                           Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 10/2012
   Country      2010       2011      10/2011    10/2012  % Change   10/2011     8/2012     9/2012    10/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD    20007865   15505229   13675952    9942082    -27.30  16619447   13063236   12380688   11771359     -29.17  100.00

     PAKISTN   9051148    7601560    6891358    4622109    -32.93   8262580    5984828    5638445    5332311     -35.46   45.30

     INDIA     2542479    2202161    1662422    2576920     55.01   2122481    3316646    3225953    3116659      46.84   26.48

     MEXICO    4309479    4105638    3739112    1994746    -46.65   4396276    2749416    2553239    2361272     -46.29   20.06

     INDNSIA    975209     264188     228533     236825      3.63    228533     286151     288982     272480      19.23    2.31

     SPAIN      115545     130955     117879     108348     -8.09    119399     122822     122822     121424       1.70    1.03

     KOR REP   1188716     242512     225956      70852    -68.64    497016     132805     102830      87408     -82.41    0.74

     VIETNAM    636855     116120      36288       1207    -96.67     74754      80744      80948      81039       8.41    0.69

     TURKEY      92165      45280      27602      62053    124.81     27602     107168      79731      79731     188.86    0.68

     CHINA P    575587     213137     196684      50753    -74.20    262443      65916      66481      67206     -74.39    0.57

     CANADA      54362      53896      46504      41104    -11.61     53419      41519      41603      48496      -9.22    0.41

     EGYPT       75686      20263      20263      44667    120.44     20263       9723      23369      44667     120.44    0.38

     ITALY       74357      33384      26448      24834     -6.10     51249      31938      31832      31770     -38.01    0.27

     GERMANY     26890      44130      34096      17577    -48.45     38464      27978      29445      27611     -28.22    0.23

     U KING      24416      19560      13928      15202      9.15     13928      23643      22222      20834      49.58    0.18

     THAILND    113881        998          0      18882       *       38098       2438       2438      19880     -47.82    0.17

     SRI LKA         0          0          0      19253       *           0      19253      19253      19253        *      0.16

     BRAZIL       6125      12288      10768      12994     20.67     12563      15782      15671      14514      15.53    0.12

     HONDURA     11849      27754      27754      13000    -53.16     27754      32770      23000      13000     -53.16    0.11

     BELGIUM      6790      25605      25605       3881    -84.84     25605       3881       3881       3881     -84.84    0.03

     KYRGYZS         0      19505      19505          0   -100.00     19505          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00

     UZBEKIS         0     307691     307691          0   -100.00    307691          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     20007865   15197538   13368261    9942082    -25.63  16311756   13063236   12380688   11771359     -27.84  100.00

     _W HEMI   4479407    4203160    3826890    2066728    -45.99   4493764    2844772    2639347    2442998     -45.64   20.75

     _OECD     1584585     605361     527961     344814    -34.69    836684     492564     435352     422214     -49.54    3.59

     _ASEAN    1725945     381307     264821     256914     -2.99    341385     369334     372369     373400       9.38    3.17

     _EU15      249317     254161     218387     170662    -21.85    249135     211049     211165     206436     -17.14    1.75

     _EU12      248634     253634     217956     169997    -22.00    248645     210417     210357     205675     -17.28    1.75

     _CAFTA-D   106204      28296      28296      14919    -47.28     28296      34672      24902      14919     -47.28    0.13

     _CBI       106204      28296      28296      14919    -47.28     28296      34672      24902      14919     -47.28    0.13