Major Shippers Category 223
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                                          |                                     |                               October 7, 2008
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |       By Category,  8/2008 Data     |
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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                         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     746.158    849.763    562.948    562.345     -0.11   797.126    858.332    854.365    849.160       6.53  100.00

 O   JAPAN     103.049    123.164     80.814     71.351    -11.71   115.003    118.458    115.580    113.700      -1.13   13.39

 O   CANADA     77.555     87.984     57.364     59.364      3.49    82.695     91.013     90.299     89.984       8.81   10.60

 O   CHINA P    57.325     78.305     50.376     61.826     22.73    67.317     86.617     87.268     89.755      33.33   10.57

 O   GERMANY    74.620     78.765     49.716     55.303     11.24    72.796     85.017     84.755     84.352      15.87    9.93

 O   ISRAEL     74.792     60.393     36.389     46.948     29.02    57.642     68.201     69.451     70.953      23.09    8.36

 O   MEXICO     65.463     65.406     44.963     45.504      1.20    64.014     65.527     66.322     65.947       3.02    7.77

 O   U KING     29.536     41.284     28.956     21.504    -25.74    39.157     36.053     34.786     33.832     -13.60    3.98

 O   FRANCE     21.879     29.732     18.881     21.602     14.41    25.707     33.065     33.131     32.453      26.24    3.82

 O   LUXMBRG    37.838     28.834     16.877     17.827      5.63    26.446     29.953     29.684     29.784      12.62    3.51

 O   BRAZIL     18.110     27.298     19.712     20.261      2.79    25.890     27.364     26.762     27.848       7.56    3.28

 O   ITALY      22.803     24.728     17.693     18.071      2.14    24.484     25.737     26.143     25.106       2.54    2.96

 O   KOR REP    19.400     24.929     14.557     14.717      1.10    21.350     25.953     25.754     25.089      17.52    2.95

 O   FINLAND    19.405     36.805     29.696     16.929    -42.99    36.597     27.656     26.530     24.038     -34.32    2.83

 O   CHINA T     9.093     17.257     11.804     14.649     24.10    16.101     18.543     18.590     20.102      24.85    2.37

 O   S ARAB      3.593     17.527     11.533      7.004    -39.26    14.126     15.058     13.948     12.998      -7.99    1.53

 O   AUSTRAL     2.289      4.480      2.127      8.188    284.96     2.708      9.271     10.427     10.541     289.18    1.24

 O   TURKEY      8.917     12.384      9.568      6.872    -28.18    13.205     11.018     11.273      9.687     -26.64    1.14

 O   SPAIN      11.391     10.403      7.757      6.570    -15.30    10.809      8.865      9.061      9.215     -14.74    1.09

 O   NETHLDS    10.187      9.288      6.714      6.454     -3.86     9.133      9.306      9.384      9.028      -1.15    1.06

 O   BELGIUM     5.880      6.446      4.090      6.652     62.63     5.986      8.955      9.133      9.008      50.48    1.06

 O   POLAND      7.480      8.167      5.294      4.562    -13.83     7.527      7.476      7.169      7.435      -1.23    0.88

 O   THAILND     4.553      8.270      5.157      3.344    -35.15     6.797      7.459      7.110      6.458      -4.99    0.76

 O   SWEDEN      7.391      6.727      4.399      3.231    -26.54     6.691      6.085      5.859      5.560     -16.91    0.65

 O   GREECE      8.529      8.242      5.556      2.593    -53.33     8.286      6.251      6.086      5.279     -36.30    0.62

 O   INDIA       1.279      1.034      0.407      4.217    934.98     0.935      3.359      4.191      4.843     418.24    0.57

 O   IRELAND     2.084      2.728      1.597      3.051     91.03     1.904      3.608      3.925      4.181     119.57    0.49

 O   DENMARK     3.837      9.118      6.031      0.993    -83.53     9.073      4.952      4.135      4.080     -55.04    0.48

 O   INDNSIA     5.668      3.997      2.690      2.546     -5.34     4.147      3.798      3.963      3.854      -7.07    0.45

 O   CZECH      16.418      3.428      2.493      1.836    -26.35     7.007      2.073      2.310      2.771     -60.45    0.33

 O   HG KONG     3.852      2.093      1.784      1.598    -10.43     2.839      1.825      1.973      1.906     -32.85    0.22

 O   SWITZLD     1.483      1.509      1.166      1.194      2.42     1.542      1.342      1.463      1.537      -0.34    0.18

 O   DOM REP     0.114      0.837      0.523      0.914     74.63     0.533      1.162      1.243      1.227     130.33    0.14

 O   MALAYSA     4.480      1.823      1.411      0.441    -68.78     1.937      1.612      0.896      0.853     -55.96    0.10

 O   ARGENT      0.632      0.408      0.407      0.481     18.21     0.410      0.473      0.473      0.482      17.51    0.06

 O   PAKISTN     0.064      0.451      0.168      0.087    -48.05     0.184      0.430      0.390      0.371     101.47    0.04

 O   HONDURA     0.001      0.226      0.040      0.179    347.55     0.041      0.366      0.365      0.365     788.19    0.04

 O   SALVADR     0.002      0.144      0.000      0.158       *       0.002      0.302      0.302      0.302   12818.49    0.04

 O   EGYPT       2.018      0.467      0.350      0.124    -64.55     1.464      0.188      0.241      0.241     -83.54    0.03

 O   VIETNAM     0.000      0.175      0.126      0.151     19.85     0.126      0.222      0.199      0.200      58.79    0.02

 O   COLOMB      0.981      3.006      2.915      0.038    -98.71     3.005      0.294      0.177      0.128     -95.74    0.02

 O   VENEZ       0.118      0.094      0.050      0.035    -29.00     0.096      0.080      0.080      0.080     -17.27    0.01


 O   _OECD     389.513    436.531    290.820    278.104     -4.37   413.479    434.312    432.135    423.815       2.50   49.91

 O   _EU15     255.667    293.557    198.212    181.056     -8.66   277.399    285.976    283.071    276.401      -0.36   32.55

 O   _EC12     228.713    249.816    163.992    160.800     -1.95   233.966    252.088    250.495    246.623       5.41   29.04

 O   _C,H,K,T   89.670    122.584     78.522     92.791     18.17   107.606    132.938    133.586    136.853      27.18   16.12

 O   _HK,K,T    32.345     44.279     28.146     30.965     10.01    40.289     46.321     46.317     47.098      16.90    5.55

 O   _ASEAN     15.463     14.525      9.562      7.114    -25.60    13.398     13.759     12.827     12.076      -9.87    1.42

 O   _CBI        0.166      1.208      0.563      1.274    126.15     0.576      1.835      1.934      1.918     232.92    0.23

 O   _CAFTA      0.117      1.208      0.563      1.273    125.97     0.576      1.835      1.933      1.917     232.74    0.23

 O   _ANDEAN     0.981      3.010      2.919      0.045    -98.46     3.008      0.305      0.184      0.135     -95.50    0.02