Major Shippers Category 800
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                                          |                                     |                               October 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 800:  SILK BLENDS OR NON-CTN VEG FIB YRN
                                             Data in Kg.,  8.50 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       437747   1813251    1369183     572847    -58.16   1561874    1096346     935536    1016915     -34.89  100.00

 O   CHINA P      35981    124051      56355     160205    184.28     62276     169965     173629     227901     265.95   22.41

 O   INDIA        47986    134378      77881     142884     83.46    105594     184417     166183     199381      88.82   19.61

 O   AUSTRIA          0    128973      86685      53499    -38.28     86685      97761      96491      95787      10.50    9.42

 O   FRANCE       52101     65965      45045      68051     51.07     62656      64648      66259      88971      42.00    8.75

 O   BRAZIL        4042    967705     880154         32   -100.00    880154     212517      87583      87583     -90.05    8.61

 O   PORTUGL          0     65438          0          0       *           0      65438      65438      65438        *      6.43

 O   HUNGARY      51737     89763      63534      24916    -60.78     78977      70368      65768      51145     -35.24    5.03

 O   ROMANIA      79467     56578      24712      13309    -46.14     52388      52019      40559      45175     -13.77    4.44

 O   LITHUAN      57096     36709      18510      18846      1.82     56463      37045      37045      37045     -34.39    3.64

 O   GERMANY       1572      4724       4621      26425    471.85      4636      29467      26441      26528     472.22    2.61

 O   BELGIUM      14927     16061      11906      17741     49.01     14346      17942      17669      21896      52.63    2.15

 O   ITALY        16889     17579      13210      10144    -23.21     22640      14882      15100      14513     -35.90    1.43

 O   CHINA T       3479     13619       7448       7001     -6.00     10111      10706      12797      13172      30.27    1.30

 O   PHIL R           0       218        218      10400   4670.64       218      10400      10400      10400    4670.64    1.02

 O   PAKISTN      13606     37147      37147          0   -100.00     50753      20825      20825          0    -100.00    0.00

 O   BNGLDSH      14592     18252      18252          0   -100.00     32844          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


 O   _OECD       173143    417858     244906     212271    -13.33    305888     386434     375162     385223      25.94   37.88

 O   _EU15       102018    311004     168222     180338      7.20    203848     301638     297640     323120      58.51   31.77

 O   _C,H,K,T     40097    138158      64291     170924    165.86     73405     184777     190144     244791     233.48   24.07

 O   _EC12       100684    180492      80957     126061     55.71    115885     202012     199402     225596      94.67   22.18

 O   _HK,K,T       4116     14107       7936      10719     35.07     11129      14812      16515      16890      51.77    1.66

 O   _ASEAN          17      2613        447      10400   2226.62       464      12587      12566      12566    2608.19    1.24