Major Shippers Category 229
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                                          |                                     |                               October 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 229:  SPECIAL PURPOSE FABRIC
                                             Data in Kg., 13.60 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    135436309 135983231   88775401   84707110     -4.58 129683330  134694952  133217149  131914940       1.72  100.00

 O   CANADA    39996393  35641765   24282755   16408822    -32.43  36381019   30130590   28826336   27767832     -23.67   21.05

 O   KOR REP   27397175  22474552   14950374   12765413    -14.61  21999777   21019651   20715405   20289591      -7.77   15.38

 SL  CHINA P   12575113  10856174    6468877    9034256     39.66  10059877   12724692   12983522   13421553      33.42   10.17

 O   ISRAEL     7384314   9952980    6600569    9873799     49.59   8938565   13099027   13396773   13226210      47.97   10.03

 O   CHINA T   12706921  13285897    8505095    8232450     -3.21  12814253   13260173   13007754   13013252       1.55    9.86

 O   MEXICO     9159556   9875380    6522376    6626265      1.59   9650380   10119238   10065494    9979269       3.41    7.56

 O   JAPAN      2630200   3478751    2074956    3275066     57.84   2824489    4377259    4519562    4678861      65.65    3.55

 O   INDIA      3575299   4351293    2551515    2305307     -9.65   3949647    4097637    4180007    4105085       3.94    3.11

 O   VIETNAM    1208338   3219816    2137232    2696697     26.18   2644701    3150218    3219956    3779281      42.90    2.86

 O   GREECE      343921   2847726    1569174    1218682    -22.34   1776366    2750881    2643180    2497234      40.58    1.89

 O   PORTUGL     766744   1467210     930332    1658202     78.24   1253989    2223764    2186016    2195080      75.05    1.66

 O   GERMANY    2420882   2639014    1974324    1506160    -23.71   2790453    2226318    2139309    2170850     -22.20    1.65

 O   ITALY      1641974   2176026    1739217    1664526     -4.29   2162796    2151261    2249418    2101335      -2.84    1.59

 O   THAILND    1605169   2456942    1260734     526850    -58.21   1834710    2084647    1951003    1723058      -6.09    1.31

 O   REP SAF     289643    523173     131707    1085320    724.04    248888    1125534    1205619    1476786     493.35    1.12

 O   POLAND      938981    945950     579041     741432     28.04    892507    1137717    1188534    1108341      24.18    0.84

 O   INDNSIA    1771036   1278588     784455     611145    -22.09   1270985    1162393    1145866    1105278     -13.04    0.84

 O   SPAIN      1102293   1191037     884615     619307    -29.99   1189167    1045865    1023254     925729     -22.15    0.70

 O   U KING      977729    788093     525047     439094    -16.37    791828     780766     734091     702140     -11.33    0.53

 O   FRANCE      598539    613117     397089     457803     15.29    583795     620503     666321     673831      15.42    0.51

 O   SWITZLD     535022    488707     322139     401165     24.53    483642     573039     586749     567733      17.39    0.43

 O   EGYPT       607114    683397     218617      83823    -61.66    223485     645875     569742     548603     145.48    0.42

 O   AUSTRAL     390100    466620     298371     324425      8.73    435982     492136     489669     492674      13.00    0.37

 O   TURKEY      600735    843597     532558     134069    -74.83    761142     614682     520463     445108     -41.52    0.34

 O   NETHLDS     439058    428687     290725     295182      1.53    465942     483638     464571     433144      -7.04    0.33

 O   LUXMBRG     463138    311163     258032     336315     30.34    385031     332944     359917     389446       1.15    0.30

 O   BELGIUM     419275    399054     298703     172245    -42.34    471699     318875     292990     272596     -42.21    0.21

 O   CHILE        69997    381070     275960      72746    -73.64    317854     214700     191201     177856     -44.04    0.13

 O   N ZEAL      202389    152700     112976     127513     12.87    208678     162373     153281     167237     -19.86    0.13

 O   HONDURA     154749    149469      96185     100608      4.60    135494     158613     156469     153892      13.58    0.12

 O   SLOVAK        2425     86093      60195     122113    102.86     60906     143981     158123     148011     143.02    0.11

 O   CAMBOD       23855    135825      82168      90083      9.63    105993     129628     133783     143740      35.61    0.11

 O   NORWAY       48231    131530     113196     102737     -9.24    126392     128205     121070     121071      -4.21    0.09

 O   PERU         88249     95531      66962      72999      9.02     75607     120002     117235     101568      34.34    0.08

 O   CROATIA       8210     44481       5775      62009    973.75      6650      98795      98795     100715    1414.51    0.08

 O   AUSTRIA     182966    109248      82616      66902    -19.02    168353      96474      99440      93534     -44.44    0.07

 O   BRAZIL      193521     97762      65982      45380    -31.22    108579      77680      80211      77160     -28.94    0.06

 O   COLOMB      187707    108103      76017      33153    -56.39    152583      63652      63397      65239     -57.24    0.05

 O   CZECH       172460    137729     127719      46668    -63.46    179290      76691      56942      56678     -68.39    0.04

 O   PAKISTN      78729     85018      71492      33537    -53.09     89092      57746      56370      47063     -47.17    0.04

 O   MALAYSA     860226    180160     156457      15849    -89.87    183251      41689      49281      39552     -78.42    0.03


 O   _OECD     79807650  74343402   50337850   39547675    -21.44  73663660   67452503   65598431   63553227     -13.73   48.18

 O   _C,H,K,T  52769538  46684190   29963818   30059874      0.32  44933317   47081637   46773784   46780246       4.11   35.46

 O   _HK,K,T   40194425  35828016   23494941   21025618    -10.51  34873440   34356945   33790262   33358693      -4.34   25.29

 O   _EU15      9522733  13059022    9017649    8473503     -6.03  12193848   13095146   12917488   12514876       2.63    9.49

 O   _EC12      9258789  12887436    8889515    8373700     -5.80  11949019   12944309   12769472   12371621       3.54    9.38

 O   _ASEAN     5550505   7345667    4477870    3983439    -11.04   6113513    6640822    6562368    6851236      12.07    5.19

 O   _SUB-SAHA   290240    525037     133469    1093339    719.17    250923    1134841    1214775    1484907     491.78    1.13

 O   _CBI        297216    211945     144250     136041     -5.69    217936     201947     201768     203736      -6.52    0.15

 O   _CAFTA      269064    188091     129194     125839     -2.60    194340     182876     183128     184736      -4.94    0.14

 O   _ANDEAN     275989    209888     149233     106168    -28.86    234461     189788     186782     166823     -28.85    0.13