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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category,  3/2013 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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    1.01026E9 1.09261E9  242197374  279401421     15.36  1.0376E9  1.09831E9  1.11405E9  1.12981E9       8.89  100.00

     INDIA    365330034 386644350   91950254   97890735      6.46 375835851  383374871  381129759  392584831       4.46   34.75

     S ARAB   107652363 124595645   29061345   31046295      6.83 111963807  124917955  127502212  126580595      13.05   11.20

     CHINA P  152846621 127465060   30022883   28239766     -5.94 156297346  127194220  128630357  125681943     -19.59   11.12

     TURKEY    97130716  91921666   21240823   25827833     21.60 102244972   92446818   94707531   96508676      -5.61    8.54

     ARAB EM   21713319  69066864    6898393   22579649    227.32  23444447   74327153   79245490   84748120     261.48    7.50

     CHINA T   44820589  48790375   10495407   10665884      1.62  44687047   49251510   49156087   48960852       9.56    4.33

     KOR REP   32090657  39468603    6836676   11611767     69.85  30507784   40259370   42400522   44243694      45.02    3.92

     CANADA    42250415  42771999   11766791   10412978    -11.51  44443837   41710046   42556869   41418186      -6.81    3.67

     VIETNAM   24496324  32363010    7066798   13211359     86.95  26679876   35005550   36755005   38507571      44.33    3.41

     U KING    17339042  24426246    5586156    4578089    -18.05  17950447   24702237   25438216   23418179      30.46    2.07

     MEXICO    20251991  24354633    5869753    1910937    -67.44  23779020   24175240   23828624   20395817     -14.23    1.81

     GREECE    20725921  16058135    3308523    5377568     62.54  20105154   15429918   15278146   18127180      -9.84    1.60

     BELGIUM   15896412  17081173    3372127    4152094     23.13  15041882   17110360   17576693   17861140      18.74    1.58

     THAILND   13513692  12555260    3016483    5239467     73.69  13280049   13042067   14289468   14778244      11.28    1.31

     HUNGARY    6681211   9629649     277389          0   -100.00   6767559    9352260    9352260    9352260      38.19    0.83

     MALAYSA    6741681   5205663    1105621     987464    -10.69   6006263    5588160    5172342    5087506     -15.30    0.45

     GERMANY    2373204   3544196     438147    1494959    241.20   2130869    3706592    4249162    4601008     115.92    0.41

     NETHLDS    4495106   3471724     839354     852953      1.62   3700233    3394148    3405918    3485323      -5.81    0.31

     JAPAN      3321581   2908849     780137     895008     14.72   2801045    3080758    3039850    3023720       7.95    0.27

     ITALY      1440622   1865426     104657     120859     15.48   1363042    1880109    1868952    1881628      38.05    0.17

     REP SAF     943664   1687632     315750     336272      6.50   1250948    1730684    1720082    1708154      36.55    0.15

     GUATMAL     922755   1003636     139675     463669    231.96    859735    1113141    1181747    1327630      54.42    0.12

     INDNSIA    1537950   1211625     249672     320485     28.36   1608505    1385026    1246141    1282438     -20.27    0.11

     BRAZIL     2498544    799033     476878     116189    -75.64   1976387     585741     476959     438344     -77.82    0.04


     _WTO     1.01013E9 1.09247E9  242073862  279401421     15.42  1.0374E9  1.09826E9  1.11404E9   1.1298E9       8.91  100.00

     _OECD    242281717 251424631   54092157   64754793     19.71 245615855  251253449  258117924  262087267       6.71   23.20

     _EU       69949266  77063091   14071215   16967566     20.58  68036979   76654853   78293912   79959442      17.52    7.08

     _W HEMI   66564357  69531977   18322955   13449560    -26.60  71457229   68288446   69007442   64658582      -9.51    5.72

     _NAFTA    62502406  67126632   17636544   12323915    -30.12  68222857   65885286   66385493   61814003      -9.39    5.47

     _ASEAN    46332967  51350709   11442902   19761807     72.70  47580493   55035024   57477144   59669614      25.41    5.28

     _CAFTA     1054018   1223290     158573     774709    388.55    965012    1437725    1569964    1839426      90.61    0.16

     _SUB-SAHA   944128   1688064     315750     336272      6.50   1251412    1731116    1720514    1708586      36.53    0.15