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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 million dollars

                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      173.170   175.823     139.898     93.799    -32.95    175.066    136.722    134.204    129.725    -25.90  100.00

    PAKISTN     32.215    38.681      32.286     19.087    -40.88     41.949     29.390     27.127     25.483    -39.25   19.64

    INDIA       18.219    23.736      16.333     16.257     -0.47     20.467     24.646     24.647     23.659     15.60   18.24

    MEXICO      36.888    42.059      35.919     17.034    -52.58     45.271     26.539     24.689     23.173    -48.81   17.86

    KOR REP     34.521    25.356      18.305     15.829    -13.53     20.876     23.136     24.323     22.880      9.60   17.64

    INDNSIA     12.745    10.551       8.422      7.952     -5.58     10.445      9.081      9.921     10.081     -3.48    7.77

    THAILND      9.292     7.587       5.538      3.778    -31.79      7.797      5.606      5.522      5.827    -25.27    4.49

    EGYPT        6.135     4.255       3.995      3.972     -0.59      5.239      4.163      3.953      4.232    -19.23    3.26

    CHINA P      8.332     4.466       3.698      1.857    -49.79      4.661      2.601      2.535      2.625    -43.67    2.02

    VIETNAM      7.521     9.238       7.602      0.857    -88.73      8.752      2.013      2.043      2.492    -71.52    1.92

    SPAIN        0.749     1.207       0.828      1.977    138.89      0.983      2.114      2.357      2.357    139.74    1.82

    CANADA       1.671     1.500       1.209      1.066    -11.88      1.700      1.433      1.350      1.356    -20.24    1.05

    UZBEKIS      0.000     1.326       1.326      0.000   -100.00      1.326      0.184      0.000      0.000   -100.00    0.00


    _WTO       173.170   174.467     138.542     93.799    -32.30    173.710    136.538    134.204    129.725    -25.32  100.00

    _OECD       40.323    32.240      23.375     21.939     -6.14     27.367     31.117     32.429     30.803     12.56   23.75

    _W HEMI     39.377    44.394      37.855     18.511    -51.10     47.894     28.430     26.562     25.050    -47.70   19.31

    _ASEAN      29.767    27.675      21.852     12.602    -42.33     27.367     16.837     17.510     18.424    -32.68   14.20

    _EU15        3.171     4.135       2.955      4.290     45.16      3.722      5.312      5.520      5.470     46.96    4.22

    _EC12        3.132     4.080       2.913      4.231     45.24      3.673      5.239      5.451      5.398     46.94    4.16