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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 410-B :  WORSTED FABRIC
                                           Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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     8629185   11274467    8265365    6993339    -15.39   9748312    9898221    9981057   10002441       2.61  100.00

     ITALY     2214641    2961132    1680647    2245388     33.60   2051625    3315115    3389174    3525873      71.86   35.25

     MEXICO    2618505    2238338    1840147    1686603     -8.34   2281539    2209812    2138734    2084794      -8.62   20.84

     CHINA P   2084033    1907527    1694589    1665794     -1.70   2079255    1825750    1937640    1878732      -9.64   18.78

     U KING     500121    1115856     514389     220888    -57.06    547073     814098     818660     822355      50.32    8.22

     FRANCE      18602     909481     648699     277673    -57.20    651614     536882     536785     538455     -17.37    5.38

     CHILE      320769     393699     322797     298938     -7.39    382836     371105     376550     369840      -3.39    3.70

     INDIA      242785     249195     226999     160547    -29.27    300394     223367     181774     182743     -39.17    1.83

     KOR REP    199753     160033     117618     122886      4.48    136212     182174     183258     165301      21.36    1.65

     GERMANY     32750     144132     118005      36326    -69.22    128539      63562      59196      62453     -51.41    0.62

     BELGIUM      5940     802774     801359      14068    -98.24    803310      12106      12736      15483     -98.07    0.15


     _WTO      8629185   11274467    8265365    6993339    -15.39   9748312    9898221    9981057   10002441       2.61  100.00

     _OECD     3179089    6316471    4051214    3053382    -24.63   4550133    5106367    5179782    5318639      16.89   53.17

     _EU15     2824137    6031648    3833375    2832720    -26.10   4281195    4806350    4880506    5030993      17.51   50.30

     _EU12     2823025    6029223    3831256    2832396    -26.07   4279006    4805760    4879876    5030363      17.56   50.29

     _W HEMI   3135853    2800588    2314733    2060734    -10.97   2840962    2678888    2606523    2546589     -10.36   25.46