Major Shippers Category 201
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                                          |                                     |                               October 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 201:  SPECIALTY YARNS
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                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     170.536    199.303    137.739    140.238      1.81   194.726    198.427    202.207    201.802       3.63  100.00

 O   MEXICO     20.622     62.036     43.244     45.283      4.72    51.789     62.387     63.678     64.075      23.72   31.75

 O   CHINA T    22.068     22.500     14.938     15.403      3.11    21.745     22.826     23.394     22.964       5.61   11.38

 O   COLOMB     15.436     15.869     11.063     10.162     -8.14    16.076     14.354     15.084     14.968      -6.90    7.42

 O   FRANCE     10.442      8.895      5.531      9.781     76.84     9.946     12.173     12.703     13.145      32.16    6.51

 O   JAPAN      16.458     12.953      8.619      7.361    -14.59    13.697     12.284     12.232     11.696     -14.61    5.80

 O   CHINA P     7.465     10.431      6.995      7.403      5.83     9.717     10.862     10.817     10.839      11.55    5.37

 O   CANADA     20.762     12.560      9.395      7.502    -20.15    17.053     10.355     10.506     10.667     -37.45    5.29

 O   TURKEY      6.415      7.731      5.073      4.770     -5.97     6.589      7.750      7.937      7.428      12.74    3.68

 O   INDIA       2.705      5.089      2.900      4.474     54.26     3.977      6.365      6.460      6.662      67.51    3.30

 O   VIETNAM     3.118      4.414      2.844      3.363     18.21     4.189      5.043      5.065      4.932      17.72    2.44

 O   ITALY       5.469      4.717      3.055      2.533    -17.06     4.866      4.563      4.182      4.196     -13.78    2.08

 O   PORTUGL     3.173      4.837      4.365      3.519    -19.38     4.761      3.940      4.114      3.991     -16.17    1.98

 O   GERMANY     6.085      4.957      3.450      2.387    -30.81     6.275      4.630      4.171      3.894     -37.95    1.93

 O   KOR REP     4.349      3.323      2.406      2.138    -11.10     3.598      3.014      3.041      3.055     -15.09    1.51

 O   C RICA      3.992      2.717      2.265      2.202     -2.76     3.844      1.814      2.468      2.654     -30.94    1.32

 O   THAILND     2.066      2.543      1.855      1.489    -19.71     2.594      2.394      2.213      2.177     -16.05    1.08

 O   ROMANIA     6.869      2.328      1.184      1.027    -13.23     2.583      2.128      2.134      2.171     -15.96    1.08

 O   GUATMAL     0.837      1.177      0.715      0.960     34.29     1.273      1.367      1.274      1.422      11.71    0.70

 O   ISRAEL      0.958      0.599      0.538      1.282    138.32     0.538      1.146      1.343      1.343     149.66    0.67

 O   N ZEAL      1.188      1.134      1.103      1.047     -5.12     1.138      1.087      1.091      1.077      -5.35    0.53

 O   CZECH       2.155      1.926      1.671      0.497    -70.25     2.319      0.708      0.743      0.752     -67.58    0.37

 O   DENMARK     0.247      0.010      0.009      0.714   7437.46     0.071      0.530      0.646      0.714     907.87    0.35

 O   PERU        0.207      0.544      0.379      0.492     30.07     0.502      0.727      0.718      0.658      31.15    0.33

 O   PHIL R      0.786      0.884      0.579      0.341    -41.13     0.905      0.611      0.630      0.646     -28.66    0.32

 O   LATVIA      0.000      0.229      0.017      0.275   1486.30     0.017      0.444      0.444      0.487    2706.49    0.24


 O   _OECD      65.668     54.066     39.119     37.767     -3.46    60.575     52.428     52.852     52.714     -12.98   26.12

 O   _C,H,K,T   33.952     36.284     24.359     24.958      2.46    35.108     36.725     37.270     36.883       5.06   18.28

 O   _EU15      29.751     26.550     18.929     20.926     10.55    29.226     28.432     28.425     28.548      -2.32   14.15

 O   _EC12      29.510     25.987     18.564     20.368      9.72    28.738     27.657     27.660     27.791      -3.30   13.77

 O   _HK,K,T    26.487     25.853     17.365     17.555      1.10    25.392     25.863     26.452     26.044       2.57   12.91

 O   _ANDEAN    15.822     16.412     11.442     10.654     -6.88    16.578     15.080     15.802     15.625      -5.75    7.74

 O   _ASEAN      6.098      7.953      5.313      5.336      0.45     7.729      8.261      8.116      7.976       3.20    3.95

 O   _CBI        4.868      3.916      2.999      3.298      9.97     5.153      3.320      3.881      4.215     -18.21    2.09

 O   _CAFTA      4.868      3.916      2.999      3.298      9.97     5.153      3.320      3.881      4.215     -18.21    2.09