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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                             Data in Kg., 14.00 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  3/2013
   Country      2011       2012       3/2012     3/2013  % Change    3/2012     1/2013     2/2013     3/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD    201156739 208741794   49032536   53933132      9.99 201299966  210568590  213653518  213642390       6.13  100.00

     CHINA P   49483577  55308759   12256007   14804409     20.79  51472824   55597955   57774602   57857161      12.40   27.08

     CANADA    20940012  22148826    5629269    5484356     -2.57  21626278   22582990   22129899   22003913       1.75   10.30

     MEXICO    16554873  16928650    3875029    3963638      2.29  16408719   17140449   17144767   17017259       3.71    7.97

     ISRAEL    14017849  14521769    2696160    4001338     48.41  13162493   14779350   15145606   15826947      20.24    7.41

     GERMANY   14914280  14198247    3273943    4439787     35.61  14109888   14598304   15229717   15364091       8.89    7.19

     FRANCE     8215891  10680554    2185731    3024789     38.39   8509666   10998716   11249676   11519612      35.37    5.39

     INDIA     12809632  11269107    3439788    2460019    -28.48  13454717   10890203   10484124   10289338     -23.53    4.82

     JAPAN      7648652   8483523    2039151    1704533    -16.41   8117261    8529544    8334702    8148905       0.39    3.81

     TURKEY     5301996   6723327    1238929    1519363     22.64   5269745    6790052    6998992    7003761      32.91    3.28

     ITALY      5496914   6229982    1331343    1536534     15.41   5319818    6262596    6592018    6435173      20.97    3.01

     KOR REP    6476380   6642908    1816139    1554974    -14.38   6815012    6551558    6399548    6381743      -6.36    2.99

     LUXMBRG    4734687   5220768    1356002    1769237     30.47   4122014    5376053    5796824    5634003      36.68    2.64

     CHINA T    3447482   2851746     661508    1157091     74.92   3182901    2988712    3097603    3347329       5.17    1.57

     THAILND    2755666   2698308     489320     857605     75.26   2632863    2804337    2954572    3066593      16.47    1.44

     POLAND     2916836   2293792     624023     864582     38.55   2845166    2346085    2410031    2534351     -10.92    1.19

     SPAIN       779478   1746995     307766     807881    162.50    941648    1858468    2111634    2247110     138.64    1.05

     U KING     2327728   2328375     481850     375124    -22.15   2206263    2311352    2311152    2221649       0.70    1.04

     DENMARK    2811569   2369577     654679     463519    -29.20   2888877    2426390    2269625    2178417     -24.59    1.02

     NETHLDS    1347219   1513109     213499     603330    182.59   1194599    1661149    1800768    1902940      59.30    0.89

     CZECH      1166775   1561561     509058     306637    -39.76   1221459    1521081    1474355    1359140      11.27    0.64

     BRAZIL     2640306   1368205     504736     481943     -4.52   1287534    1325832    1317977    1345412       4.50    0.63

     AUSTRAL    2863998   1202859     118285      19716    -83.33   2418867    1206527    1214901    1104290     -54.35    0.52

     MALAYSA    1713420   1852530     825596      32623    -96.05   2488114    1688353    1389219    1059557     -57.42    0.50

     BELGIUM     610910    936895     124559     221612     77.92    584206     996112    1043254    1033948      76.98    0.48

     GREECE     1148108   1565439     596731      14319    -97.60   1377394    1551183    1401823     983027     -28.63    0.46

     SWEDEN      520874    770830     167743     265334     58.18    586771     805278     829491     868421      48.00    0.41

     FINLAND    3008310   1296227     645626     139864    -78.34   2634232    1120892     732826     790465     -69.99    0.37

     INDNSIA     827695    762710     184662     189441      2.59    755774     715224     788084     767489       1.55    0.36

     HG KONG     233144    426999      79942     183574    129.63    292540     443885     437117     530631      81.39    0.25

     S ARAB      559140    387913      31893      68326    114.24    268400     416650     435139     424346      58.10    0.20

     DOM REP     501058    432640     111568      82303    -26.23    512373     404016     395317     403375     -21.27    0.19

     SLOVENI     219684    285354      36899     104186    182.35    214508     306016     327933     352641      64.40    0.17

     REP SAF     422256    376718     244470     203396    -16.80    551878     262166     334547     335644     -39.18    0.16

     CHILE       281706    348900      86240          0   -100.00    310270     333480     304110     262660     -15.34    0.12

     IRELAND     507021    170796      23400      77979    233.24    498222     174713     194171     225375     -54.76    0.11

     SWITZLD      90944    114133      30938      33949      9.73    107898     116806     117016     117144       8.57    0.05

     AUSTRIA     166217    112750       7788       8040      3.24    169451     113226     107255     113002     -33.31    0.05

     HONDURA      67426    112916      14388      14464      0.53     65339     112568     116108     112992      72.93    0.05

     EGYPT         1263    131915      41975       6652    -84.15     43238     104734     104734      96592     123.40    0.05

     VIETNAM     114587     98241      38842      29603    -23.79    149462      90124      90690      89002     -40.45    0.04

     ECUADOR          0     64006          0          0       *           0      64006      64006      64006        *      0.03

     RUSSIA      198070         6          0        378       *      197798          6          6        384     -99.81    0.00

     SIER LN     158771         0          0          0       *      134475          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     201146011 208727683   49029697   53922542      9.98 201286399  210543895  213631416  213620528       6.13   99.99

     _OECD     86356927  89834691   21339623   23548626     10.35  85459248   91375395   92421336   92043694       7.70   43.08

     _EU       50899049  53299362   12550911   15040075     19.83  49440286   54437449   55894400   55788526      12.84   26.11

     _W HEMI   41037747  41469744   10230866   10039021     -1.88  40261786   42030207   41539465   41277899       2.52   19.32

     _NAFTA    37494885  39077476    9504298    9447994     -0.59  38034997   39723439   39274666   39021172       2.59   18.26

     _ASEAN     5450618   5434991    1538746    1112365    -27.71   6053831    5321632    5246052    5008610     -17.27    2.34

     _CAFTA      586573    548756     129156      96767    -25.08    598138     516584     511425     516367     -13.67    0.24

     _SUB-SAHA   581027    377099     244470     203396    -16.80    686353     262547     334928     336025     -51.04    0.16

     _ANDEAN          0     64006          0          0       *           0      64006      64006      64006        *      0.03