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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2011 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 12/2011
   Country      2009       2010      12/2010    12/2011  % Change   12/2010    10/2011    11/2011    12/2011   % Change % Share


     WORLD    615588678 829287028  829287028  1.01026E9     21.82 829287028  994761462  1.00413E9  1.01026E9      21.82  100.00

     INDIA    206916054 291111379  291111379  365330034     25.49 291111379  356276571  362859838  365330034      25.49   36.16

     CHINA P   64375100  99221446   99221446  152846621     54.05  99221446  149292720  151764496  152846621      54.05   15.13

     S ARAB    31543738  84650933   84650933  107652363     27.17  84650933  111454307  108567945  107652363      27.17   10.66

     TURKEY    40398057  50578330   50578330   97130716     92.04  50578330   88271269   93890806   97130716      92.04    9.61

     CHINA T   36563338  42660816   42660816   44820589      5.06  42660816   45486817   45424997   44820589       5.06    4.44

     CANADA    44897090  37796391   37796391   42250415     11.78  37796391   41505165   43100805   42250415      11.78    4.18

     KOR REP   18952733  28740581   28740581   32090657     11.66  28740581   32992164   32817647   32090657      11.66    3.18

     VIETNAM    7591845  13414764   13414764   24496324     82.61  13414764   21445701   22409227   24496324      82.61    2.42

     ARAB EM   47134704  55215766   55215766   21713319    -60.68  55215766   22513543   21358772   21713319     -60.68    2.15

     GREECE    27139453  25243082   25243082   20725921    -17.89  25243082   20393390   20382981   20725921     -17.89    2.05

     MEXICO    12719640  25791373   25791373   20251991    -21.48  25791373   22659260   20964095   20251991     -21.48    2.00

     U KING    11544728  16366322   16366322   17339042      5.94  16366322   17053661   16938086   17339042       5.94    1.72

     BELGIUM   10521378  19696102   19696102   15896412    -19.29  19696102   19275957   15520583   15896412     -19.29    1.57

     THAILND   16472092   8297993    8297993   13513692     62.85   8297993   14040092   13978367   13513692      62.85    1.34

     MALAYSA    3347382   4274402    4274402    6741681     57.72   4274402    6688269    6664060    6741681      57.72    0.67

     HUNGARY          0         0          0    6681211       *           0    3563199    6108925    6681211        *      0.66

     NETHLDS    4402999   7317635    7317635    4495106    -38.57   7317635    4880050    4865161    4495106     -38.57    0.44

     JAPAN      6953990   4686769    4686769    3321581    -29.13   4686769    3257787    3209633    3321581     -29.13    0.33

     BRAZIL     5297874   3511560    3511560    2498544    -28.85   3511560    2694089    2336857    2498544     -28.85    0.25

     GERMANY    1223981   2035025    2035025    2373204     16.62   2035025    2383671    2364050    2373204      16.62    0.23

     INDNSIA    2551283   1503312    1503312    1537950      2.30   1503312    1436062    1545521    1537950       2.30    0.15

     ITALY      1844869    962006     962006    1440622     49.75    962006    1240255    1216736    1440622      49.75    0.14

     REP SAF     279097    532635     532635     943664     77.17    532635     759700     868915     943664      77.17    0.09

     GUATMAL     932548    673128     673128     922755     37.08    673128    1003863     967765     922755      37.08    0.09

     SRI LKA    1109128    895630     895630     167235    -81.33    895630     615315     497923     167235     -81.33    0.02

     PORTUGL     118781    848615     848615      43747    -94.84    848615      43747      43747      43747     -94.84    0.00


     _WTO     615584869 829280734  829280734  1.01013E9     21.81 829280734  994650100  1.00401E9  1.01013E9      21.81   99.99

     _OECD    162850228 190924875  190924875  242281717     26.90 190924875  233441617  239235986  242281717      26.90   23.98

     _EU15     57611086  72977499   72977499   63203557    -13.39  72977499   66003353   62211687   63203557     -13.39    6.26

     _EC12     57592739  72950745   72950745   63032001    -13.60  72950745   65975289   62040065   63032001     -13.60    6.24

     _ASEAN    29963156  27496540   27496540   46332967     68.50  27496540   43653099   44640564   46332967      68.50    4.59

     _CBI       1769952    983916     983916    1054018      7.12    983916    1185037    1118493    1054018       7.12    0.10

     _CAFTA     1769952    882853     882853    1054018     19.39    882853    1185037    1118493    1054018      19.39    0.10

     _SUB-SAHA   283777    532970     532970     944128     77.14    532970     760164     869379     944128      77.14    0.09