Major Shippers Category 218
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                                          |                                     |                               October 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 218:  FABRICS OF YARNS OF DIFF. COLORS
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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     88079186  80156447   56613301   49487076    -12.59  84577129   76870104   75409160   73030222     -13.65  100.00

 O   CHINA P   40998683  38988732   27749207   25478397     -8.18  40189887   38831159   37838367   36717922      -8.64   50.28

 O   ITALY      5463568   6336828    3640193    6757816     85.64   5403074    9334171    9448601    9454451      74.98   12.95

 O   INDIA      9223968   7600514    5585536    4415514    -20.95   8295015    6804713    6841765    6430492     -22.48    8.81

 O   CHINA T   10189905   6353602    4486393    2972865    -33.74   7828539    5326130    5168295    4840074     -38.17    6.63

 O   TURKEY     3657247   3984709    2804063    2430923    -13.31   3947421    3342856    3479095    3611569      -8.51    4.95

 O   JAPAN      2753413   2866229    1792357    1495521    -16.56   2952408    2648224    2660443    2569393     -12.97    3.52

 O   MEXICO     5105885   6413075    5198032    1351398    -74.00   7541996    3657093    3291732    2566441     -65.97    3.51

 O   PORTUGL    1571930    929881     632680     793431     25.41   1128966    1135829    1138105    1090632      -3.40    1.49

 O   PAKISTN     899145    711832     547324     893091     63.17    933758     924125     970154    1057599      13.26    1.45

 O   THAILND    1304938   1165182     878448     570271    -35.08   1218303     835362     854023     857005     -29.66    1.17

 O   CANADA     1156458    726532     515707     356302    -30.91    836239     632226     600408     567127     -32.18    0.78

 O   BRAZIL      467507   1128033     912520     312499    -65.75   1097856     807758     612034     528012     -51.91    0.72


 O   _C,H,K,T  52578153  45771216   32414027   28653252    -11.60  48570887   44509895   43364138   42010441     -13.51   57.52

 O   _OECD     14813307  14128419    8909094   11579407     29.97  13469838   16442465   16638968   16798732      24.71   23.00

 O   _EU15      9081425   8843768    5315946    8479091     59.50   8193811   11947047   12028598   12006913      46.54   16.44

 O   _EC12      8875922   8724517    5226799    8415951     61.02   8035160   11857086   11933398   11913669      48.27   16.31

 O   _HK,K,T   11579470   6782484    4664820    3174855    -31.94   8381000    5678736    5525771    5292519     -36.85    7.25

 O   _ASEAN     1452421   1365957    1025165     594785    -41.98   1397527     906091     924530     935577     -33.05    1.28