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                                          |                                     |                              February 5, 2013
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |       By Category, 12/2012 Data     |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                         Data in Million $$$,    * I/P:    *   

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 12/2012
   Country      2010       2011      12/2011    12/2012  % Change   12/2011    10/2012    11/2012    12/2012   % Change % Share


     WORLD     400.940    501.675    501.675    524.965      4.64   501.675    519.434    523.633    524.965       4.64  100.00

     INDIA      69.963     93.350     93.350    103.560     10.94    93.350    100.668    102.651    103.560      10.94   19.73

     CHINA P    66.765     99.692     99.692     98.227     -1.47    99.692    100.545     99.833     98.227      -1.47   18.71

     CANADA     60.808     65.261     65.261     59.718     -8.49    65.261     61.094     59.631     59.718      -8.49   11.38

     ARAB EM    21.770     27.143     27.143     36.462     34.33    27.143     35.316     36.616     36.462      34.33    6.95

     CHINA T    27.669     32.363     32.363     34.941      7.97    32.363     34.419     34.383     34.941       7.97    6.66

     S ARAB     18.402     27.124     27.124     31.328     15.50    27.124     30.410     30.941     31.328      15.50    5.97

     TURKEY     23.563     29.656     29.656     27.422     -7.53    29.656     27.931     27.580     27.422      -7.53    5.22

     KOR REP    16.182     18.951     18.951     20.453      7.92    18.951     18.887     19.582     20.453       7.92    3.90

     JAPAN      13.371     12.529     12.529     14.888     18.83    12.529     14.590     15.158     14.888      18.83    2.84

     U KING      8.850      9.984      9.984     12.688     27.08     9.984     12.256     12.309     12.688      27.08    2.42

     MEXICO      9.003     10.369     10.369     10.510      1.36    10.369      9.973     10.628     10.510       1.36    2.00

     VIETNAM     3.895      7.780      7.780      9.414     21.01     7.780      9.475      9.668      9.414      21.01    1.79

     GERMANY     8.079      6.243      6.243      8.554     37.02     6.243      7.733      8.192      8.554      37.02    1.63

     BELGIUM     5.973      7.167      7.167      8.139     13.57     7.167      7.322      7.983      8.139      13.57    1.55

     ITALY       6.613      8.556      8.556      7.898     -7.70     8.556      7.461      7.461      7.898      -7.70    1.50

     GREECE      9.574     10.768     10.768      7.369    -31.57    10.768      7.835      7.682      7.369     -31.57    1.40

     THAILND     4.012      7.028      7.028      6.783     -3.48     7.028      6.591      6.718      6.783      -3.48    1.29

     NETHLDS     6.293      6.099      6.099      4.834    -20.74     6.099      4.901      4.809      4.834     -20.74    0.92

     REP SAF     0.303      3.080      3.080      4.724     53.41     3.080      4.726      4.648      4.724      53.41    0.90

     MALAYSA     2.066      3.701      3.701      3.015    -18.54     3.701      3.166      3.192      3.015     -18.54    0.57

     HUNGARY     0.000      1.315      1.315      1.899     44.40     1.315      2.488      2.007      1.899      44.40    0.36

     GUATMAL     0.446      0.591      0.591      0.695     17.72     0.591      0.703      0.707      0.695      17.72    0.13

     INDNSIA     0.789      1.059      1.059      0.665    -37.24     1.059      0.722      0.689      0.665     -37.24    0.13

     SRI LKA     0.185      0.036      0.036      0.611   1593.47     0.036      0.511      0.567      0.611    1593.47    0.12

     BRAZIL      1.619      1.261      1.261      0.522    -58.62     1.261      0.652      0.632      0.522     -58.62    0.10


     _WTO      400.921    501.570    501.570    524.856      4.64   501.570    519.318    523.524    524.856       4.64   99.98

     _OECD     154.572    171.648    171.648    165.565     -3.54   171.648    164.291    163.831    165.565      -3.54   31.54

     _W HEMI    73.300     78.668     78.668     72.843     -7.40    78.668     73.722     72.902     72.843      -7.40   13.88

     _EU15      51.514     53.070     53.070     53.934      1.63    53.070     51.566     52.790     53.934       1.63   10.27

     _EC12      51.274     52.839     52.839     53.782      1.78    52.839     51.347     52.645     53.782       1.78   10.24

     _ASEAN     10.781     19.626     19.626     19.937      1.58    19.626     20.018     20.330     19.937       1.58    3.80

     _SUB-SAH    0.304      3.085      3.085      4.750     53.96     3.085      4.727      4.674      4.750      53.96    0.90

     _CBI        1.241      1.123      1.123      1.286     14.52     1.123      1.302      1.253      1.286      14.52    0.24

     _CAFTA      1.209      1.123      1.123      1.286     14.52     1.123      1.302      1.253      1.286      14.52    0.24