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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * OBRIEN CHRIS   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol C H ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC [CHRW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 14701 CHARLSON ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/04/2013 (Street) EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 02/04/2013   F   15,041 (1) D $ 66.15 45,245 D   Common Stock 02/06/2013   A   12,103 (2) A $ 0 57,348 (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (Right to Buy)

$ 68.81

02/06/2013

A

3,804

02/06/2013

12/07/2021

Common Stock

3,804

$ 0

3,804

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
OBRIEN CHRIS 14701 CHARLSON ROAD EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347			Senior Vice President

Signatures

/s/ Troy Renner, Attorney-in-Fact		02/06/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Number of shares withheld to cover withholding taxes associated with the issuance of 34,650 shares of Issuer common stock in settlement of an equal number of vested performance restricted stock units previously credited to the reporting person's account in the Issuer's Non-qualified Deferred Compensation ("NQDC") Plan. The units had previously been reported in Table I.
(2)	Number of performance restricted stock units that vested on 2/6/13 upon certification by the Issuer's compensation committee. Such vested units have been credited to the reporting person's account in the Issuer's NQDC Plan and will be settled in an equal number of shares of Issuer common stock at specified future dates.
(3)	Included in this amount are 50,566 shares of Issuer common stock issuable in settlement of an equal number of vested performance restricted stock units credited to the reporting person's account under the Issuer's NQDC Plan, and 19,949 shares held directly by the reporting person. The reporting person had previously reported 38,463 vested and unvested performance restricted stock units as indirectly beneficially owned shares through a rabbi trust.

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