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                                          |                                     |                             November 14, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |   By Merged-Category,  9/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 300/301 :  COTTON YARNS
                                                      Data in KG.,  8.50 M2 per KG.

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date                        Year-Endings                      YE  9/2012
   Country      2010       2011       9/2011     9/2012  % Change     9/2011     7/2012     8/2012     9/2012  % Change % Share

    WORLD     49548524  37560125    28344078   25292168    -10.77   37456524   35613643   35547250   34508215     -7.87  100.00

    INDIA      5416196   5642889     3630446    5526501     52.23    4920080    7935035    7913567    7538944     53.23   21.85

    PAKISTN   11099738   9280678     7578385    5264977    -30.53   10551351    7872767    7374571    6967270    -33.97   20.19

    KOR REP   10034122   5755658     3769449    4628689     22.79    4418358    6680228    7064703    6614898     49.71   19.17

    MEXICO     9247088   7492631     6317012    3828688    -39.39    8339934    5365065    5125927    5004307    -40.00   14.50

    INDNSIA    4175452   2641572     1946462    2714036     39.43    2544068    3024780    3368106    3409146     34.00    9.88

    THAILND    2757585   1613180     1060078     970629     -8.44    1655819    1447562    1439894    1523731     -7.98    4.42

    VIETNAM    2392967   2307670     1676493     309944    -81.51    2013254     763784     783067     941121    -53.25    2.73

    SPAIN       220714    361227      259524     543666    109.49     300006     581978     645369     645369    115.12    1.87

    EGYPT      1101797    529081      495832     540024      8.91     686425     540439     536489     573273    -16.48    1.66

    CHINA P    2054620    813209      659477     400127    -39.33     860095     536526     526086     553859    -35.60    1.61

    CANADA      259007    185542      156767     113296    -27.73     235722     155466     139744     142071    -39.73    0.41

    UZBEKIS          0    307691      307691          0   -100.00     307691      53252          0          0   -100.00    0.00


    _WTO      49548524  37244742    28028695   25292168     -9.76   37141141   35560391   35547250   34508215     -7.09  100.00

    _OECD     10887397   6635307     4431338    5523208     24.64    5272524    7774494    8202127    7727177     46.56   22.39

    _ASEAN     9388003   6620971     4739319    3998925    -15.62    6291437    5263213    5597646    5880577     -6.53   17.04

    _W HEMI    9750789   7805155     6586075    3991017    -39.40    8716477    5595747    5338615    5210097    -40.23   15.10

    _EU15       416910    563648      416915     668451     60.33     512411     758355     816512     815184     59.09    2.36

    _EC12       415440    562001      415648     666326     60.31     510954     756019     814382     812679     59.05    2.36