Major Shippers Category 201
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                                          |                                     |                               October 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  8/2008
 C Country      2006       2007       8/2007     8/2008  % Change    8/2007     6/2008     7/2008     8/2008   % Change % Share


 O   WORLD     43102457  56293091   39735014   38480532     -3.16  53626489   53977157   55068697   55038609       2.63  100.00

 O   MEXICO     5326653  22284121   15441433   16681845      8.03  17575293   22699469   23268063   23524533      33.85   42.74

 O   CHINA T    8945748   9400332    6309715    6255099     -0.87   8985511    9173253    9499167    9345716       4.01   16.98

 O   CANADA     7255830   3705729    2885801    1898227    -34.22   5593751    2690471    2713248    2718155     -51.41    4.94

 O   CHINA P    1732770   2706852    1758984    1650490     -6.17   2424782    2628655    2597437    2598358       7.16    4.72

 O   INDIA      1259619   1682691    1040756    1386095     33.18   1513266    1975282    1966415    2028030      34.02    3.68

 O   VIETNAM    1227006   1696677    1099151    1339649     21.88   1595950    1974358    1980319    1937175      21.38    3.52

 O   PORTUGL    1657017   2169181    1969899    1483315    -24.70   2126801    1671945    1734582    1682597     -20.89    3.06

 O   COLOMB     1589196   1490002    1038364     872491    -15.97   1526945    1316265    1351037    1324129     -13.28    2.41

 O   TURKEY      643864   1182214     818990     831628      1.54   1001398    1245934    1276947    1194852      19.32    2.17

 O   C RICA     2279361   1436271    1207297     956410    -20.78   2030218     860568    1112639    1185384     -41.61    2.15

 O   JAPAN      2053688   1448910     999170     653426    -34.60   1616173    1242756    1162268    1103166     -31.74    2.00

 O   KOR REP    1286314   1030040     733171     677925     -7.54   1059255     949343     963915     974794      -7.97    1.77

 O   FRANCE      559712    558167     350802     461135     31.45    549300     661827     671255     668500      21.70    1.21

 O   GUATMAL     574065    543648     334164     427971     28.07    654070     628046     582930     637455      -2.54    1.16

 O   THAILND     559731    738302     556751     415691    -25.34    763025     673823     628493     597242     -21.73    1.09

 O   N ZEAL      465383    521038     517500     448805    -13.27    520353     451333     454044     452343     -13.07    0.82

 O   ISRAEL      328150    198640     178690     419075    134.53    178690     379175     439025     439025     145.69    0.80

 O   ITALY       571176    515973     356829     214846    -39.79    546711     415607     373740     373990     -31.59    0.68

 O   ROMANIA    1347925    394668     201485     159073    -21.05    485986     349328     349331     352256     -27.52    0.64

 O   CZECH      1028469    865656     747059     230480    -69.15   1031385     336955     352185     349077     -66.15    0.63

 O   GERMANY     836215    612091     434706     169740    -60.95    754183     485563     402423     347125     -53.97    0.63

 O   PHIL R      321411    363768     238962     135297    -43.38    369634     245562     251052     260103     -29.63    0.47

 O   LATVIA           0     73886       7559     137322   1716.67      7559     179703     179703     203649    2594.13    0.37

 O   DENMARK      16914       932        907     133493  14618.08      6240     106512     126296     133518    2039.71    0.24

 O   PERU         31534    104880      70777      98135     38.65     90283     147699     146002     132238      46.47    0.24


 O   _C,H,K,T  11984395  13139573    8803228    8584057     -2.49  12472174   12752665   13061731   12920402       3.59   23.48

 O   _HK,K,T   10251625  10432721    7044244    6933567     -1.57  10047392   10124010   10464294   10322044       2.73   18.75

 O   _OECD     15108594  11574148    9145020    6771934    -25.95  13635060    9345780    9381073    9201062     -32.52   16.72

 O   _EU15      4106758   4110805    3320680    2591425    -21.96   4290306    3543379    3495840    3381550     -21.18    6.14

 O   _EC12      4081558   4073292    3296060    2564005    -22.21   4253841    3502870    3455115    3341237     -21.45    6.07

 O   _ASEAN     2132571   2814548    1899906    1916588      0.88   2734066    2928516    2893080    2831230       3.55    5.14

 O   _CBI       2876734   1982280    1543665    1403912     -9.05   2696996    1508413    1715368    1842527     -31.68    3.35

 O   _CAFTA     2876734   1982280    1543665    1403912     -9.05   2696996    1508413    1715368    1842527     -31.68    3.35

 O   _ANDEAN    1681746   1594882    1109141     970626    -12.49   1617228    1463964    1497039    1456367      -9.95    2.65