Major Shippers Category 603
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                                          |                                     |                               October 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 603:  YARN > 85% ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBER
                                             Data in Kg.,  6.30 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     20412628  20251052   13382701   12613162     -5.75  18260819   19436078   19289258   19481513       6.68  100.00

 O   INDNSIA    6285454   7225253    4691203    5364281     14.35   6134650    7560619    7597012    7898331      28.75   40.54

 O   THAILND    4525108   3074366    2173316    2185297      0.55   3410097    2945016    2873967    3086347      -9.49   15.84

 O   CHINA P    1391212   3120421    1754991    1471209    -16.17   2179102    2940546    2957102    2836639      30.17   14.56

 O   INDIA      1406652   1485856    1186579     606847    -48.86   1452447    1060898     986361     906124     -37.61    4.65

 O   AUSTRAL     106900    741630     379301     463440     22.18    456006     767641     805812     825769      81.09    4.24

 O   CHINA T     223840    227933     129127     565678    338.08    148225     558903     558878     664484     348.29    3.41

 O   KOR REP     814808    697990     446981     320722    -28.25    548660     662635     629489     571731       4.20    2.93

 O   TURKEY      548957    489483     349192     311418    -10.82    516874     534251     520156     451709     -12.61    2.32

 O   SPAIN       925873    530564     436367     344568    -21.04    613637     467246     476556     438765     -28.50    2.25

 O   AUSTRIA    1081710    724817     537552     173875    -67.65    780518     473672     461079     361140     -53.73    1.85

 O   SRI LKA    1407457    230785     132643     243406     83.50    448760     281549     313045     341548     -23.89    1.75

 O   VIETNAM     574444    646699     411769      77475    -81.18    449509     332181     312405     312405     -30.50    1.60

 O   CANADA      415324    429457     306354     107958    -64.76    473150     245837     239293     231061     -51.17    1.19

 O   PAKISTN     210519    249931     200159     154695    -22.71    263975     202609     204241     204467     -22.54    1.05

 O   BELGIUM      77567    116309      51152     112323    119.59     80172     150540     163287     177480     121.37    0.91


 O   _ASEAN    11484616  10965690    7276288    7646018      5.08  10012771   10876153   10821721   11335420      13.21   58.19

 O   _C,H,K,T   2429860   4047543    2332093    2357692      1.10   2876981    4163366    4146394    4073142      41.58   20.91

 O   _OECD      4189201   3859083    2598358    1905720    -26.66   3603266    3443908    3419317    3166445     -12.12   16.25

 O   _HK,K,T    1038648    927122     577102     886483     53.61    697879    1222820    1189292    1236503      77.18    6.35

 O   _EU15      2154076   1423767    1054968     649236    -38.46   1522833    1139820    1142161    1018035     -33.15    5.23

 O   _EC12      1072366    698950     517416     475361     -8.13    742315     666148     681082     656895     -11.51    3.37