Major Shippers Category 600
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                                          |                                     |                                August 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  6/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 600:  TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  6/2008
 C Country      2006       2007       6/2007     6/2008  % Change    6/2007     4/2008     5/2008     6/2008   % Change % Share


 O   WORLD    137150973 110194600   59006480   47702203    -19.16 121206226  104676864  102298478   98890323     -18.41  100.00

 O   CANADA    69719052  51524893   28607906   21129146    -26.14  60477803   47092964   45712509   44046133     -27.17   44.54

 O   MEXICO    18451690  17481397    8626062    7350303    -14.79  17933854   17329426   16745112   16205638      -9.64   16.39

 O   INDNSIA    6884765   6769747    3255771    3235638     -0.62   6697489    6859603    7085500    6749614       0.78    6.83

 O   CHINA T    5473330   7410607    4133536    3404255    -17.64   7181074    7172364    6930211    6681326      -6.96    6.76

 O   INDIA      5266253   5628734    3033616    2678557    -11.70   5337862    5608805    5630457    5273675      -1.20    5.33

 O   ITALY      7336218   5730698    3235016    2403094    -25.72   6475148    5261079    4953245    4898776     -24.34    4.95

 O   MALAYSA    4255888   4319898    2142747    2085899     -2.65   3907907    4405886    4423260    4263050       9.09    4.31

 O   CHINA P    3153977   3127355    1607114    1273945    -20.73   3185019    2954912    2889327    2794186     -12.27    2.83

 O   THAILND    2985904   2915152    1560642    1412809     -9.47   3033211    2776584    2809621    2767319      -8.77    2.80

 O   ISRAEL     2289728   1158879     645855     926649     43.48   1752140    1199629    1300662    1439673     -17.83    1.46

 O   KOR REP     969050    884718     533091     397281    -25.48    818933     905486     775513     748908      -8.55    0.76

 O   EGYPT       710712    887126     402390     222468    -44.71    885150     726653     725843     707204     -20.10    0.72

 O   GERMANY    6440697    556613     367827     168645    -54.15   1390620     464628     419326     357431     -74.30    0.36

 O   VIETNAM     199000    180883      37962     182564    380.91     95128     305467     325419     325485     242.15    0.33

 O   SLOVENI     764957    408041     241808     125101    -48.26    661542     334118     290355     291334     -55.96    0.29

 O   FRANCE      843643    233584     146670     158080      7.78    495270     217506     195598     244994     -50.53    0.25

 O   BELGIUM     196472    260670     101228      80089    -20.88    151281     249598     246575     239531      58.34    0.24

 O   SALVADR        100    132930          0      74154       *         100     159481     183123     207084   206984.0    0.21

 O   JAPAN       327769    148375      96750     135203     39.74    216517     184934     180177     186828     -13.71    0.19

 O   SWITZLD      17667     34748       5698     104503   1734.03     20944      95863     123687     133553     537.67    0.14

 O   SLOVAK      204744    155940     102741      52627    -48.78    209963     125252     118838     105826     -49.60    0.11


 O   _OECD     86100562  59390361   33068784   24522398    -25.84  70050324   54451497   52600309   50843975     -27.42   51.41

 O   _ASEAN    14325557  14191341    6997122    6916910     -1.15  13733735   14353201   14649461   14111129       2.75   14.27

 O   _C,H,K,T   9596763  11443191    6280667    5075481    -19.19  11192330   11053273   10615562   10238005      -8.53   10.35

 O   _HK,K,T    6442786   8315836    4673553    3801536    -18.66   8007311    8098361    7726235    7443819      -7.04    7.53

 O   _EC12     15136075   6869168    3887407    2834126    -27.09   8622996    6252016    5874732    5815887     -32.55    5.88

 O   _EU15     15203118   6869718    3887957    2834126    -27.11   8628007    6252016    5874732    5815887     -32.59    5.88

 O   _CBI           964    134108        273      80267  29301.83      1073     166321     190141     214102   19853.59    0.22

 O   _CAFTA         964    134108        273      80267  29301.83      1073     166321     190141     214102   19853.59    0.22