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                                          |                                     |                              February 7, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2011 Data     |
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                                           Category 606:  NON-TEXTURED FILAMENT YARN
                                             Data in Kg., 20.10 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2011
   Country      2009       2010      12/2010    12/2011  % Change   12/2010    10/2011    11/2011    12/2011   % Change % Share


     WORLD     34874033  38494150   38494150   40974233      6.44  38494150   40576388   40822391   40974233       6.44  100.00

     CHINA P    8446650  13817237   13817237   19733577     42.82  13817237   19085779   19503294   19733577      42.82   48.16

     KOR REP   15387307   9905634    9905634    8315485    -16.05   9905634    8238972    8275914    8315485     -16.05   20.29

     TURKEY      955117   1935122    1935122    2057515      6.32   1935122    2127201    2052986    2057515       6.32    5.02

     GERMANY    1263112   2060052    2060052    2022755     -1.81   2060052    2027022    2037239    2022755      -1.81    4.94

     LATVIA     1113693   1731847    1731847    1713293     -1.07   1731847    1670743    1742997    1713293      -1.07    4.18

     CANADA     1354593   1697600    1697600    1524446    -10.20   1697600    1717962    1653886    1524446     -10.20    3.72

     BELARUS     487147   1098115    1098115     912907    -16.87   1098115    1103419    1027488     912907     -16.87    2.23

     INDIA      1180201   1424190    1424190     775346    -45.56   1424190     878909     728546     775346     -45.56    1.89

     MEXICO      316531    681997     681997     718548      5.36    681997     675008     688233     718548       5.36    1.75

     SLOVAK      592112    623322     623322     647254      3.84    623322     628389     657437     647254       3.84    1.58

     JAPAN       536699    749075     749075     542975    -27.51    749075     565962     542539     542975     -27.51    1.33

     CHINA T     214120    834784     834784     461115    -44.76    834784     568298     528044     461115     -44.76    1.13

     ISRAEL       63691    219898     219898     422417     92.10    219898     393174     390073     422417      92.10    1.03

     U KING      253158    211163     211163     184846    -12.46    211163     162215     159212     184846     -12.46    0.45

     SWEDEN        1297         0          0     147307       *           0     116530     147307     147307        *      0.36

     RUSSIA           0         0          0     145841       *           0         24      35913     145841        *      0.36

     ITALY       126992     77851      77851     114137     46.61     77851      95780     104364     114137      46.61    0.28

     NETHLDS     207504    138531     138531      88072    -36.42    138531      80071      82022      88072     -36.42    0.21

     POLAND       39915     66038      66038      67392      2.05     66038      67011      67011      67392       2.05    0.16

     THAILND     181125    282600     282600      63827    -77.41    282600      72615      57564      63827     -77.41    0.16

     INDNSIA    1158921    460134     460134      46059    -89.99    460134      46706      46080      46059     -89.99    0.11

     HG KONG       1394     32373      32373      44418     37.21     32373      52988      52988      44418      37.21    0.11

     CZECH          613     24711      24711      42015     70.03     24711      47816      49371      42015      70.03    0.10

     SWITZLD       1412     70785      70785      39080    -44.79     70785      34504      45174      39080     -44.79    0.10

     MALAYSA      49865     50673      50673      35607    -29.73     50673      22743      35069      35607     -29.73    0.09


     _WTO      34386886  37396035   37396035   39915410      6.74  37396035   39472870   39758915   39915410       6.74   97.42

     _OECD     19983212  16290979   16290979   14649139    -10.08  16290979   14733567   14701872   14649139     -10.08   35.75

     _EU15      2168283   2568709    2568709    2603205      1.34   2568709    2500014    2557530    2603205       1.34    6.35

     _EC12      2165952   2563076    2563076    2439043     -4.84   2563076    2377253    2394989    2439043      -4.84    5.95

     _ASEAN     1485296    854933     854933     151860    -82.24    854933     168451     165100     151860     -82.24    0.37