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                                           Category 223:  NON-WOVEN FABRICS
                                             Data in Kg., 14.00 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE  1/2013
   Country      2011       2012       1/2012     1/2013  % Change    1/2012    11/2012    12/2012     1/2013   % Change % Share


     WORLD    201156739 208748043   16454121   18280917     11.10 200512495  208957525  208748043  210574839       5.02  100.00

     CHINA P   49483577  55315008    4769113    5058309      6.06  50829956   55023370   55315008   55604204       9.39   26.41

     CANADA    20940012  22148826    1698519    2132683     25.56  20987773   22215420   22148826   22582990       7.60   10.72

     MEXICO    16554873  16928650    1096511    1308310     19.32  16344185   16696307   16928650   17140449       4.87    8.14

     ISRAEL    14017849  14521769    1242019    1499600     20.74  13763785   14627401   14521769   14779350       7.38    7.02

     GERMANY   14914280  14198247     927548    1327605     43.13  14584192   13860463   14198247   14598304       0.10    6.93

     FRANCE     8215891  10680554     701265    1019427     45.37   8160964   10440509   10680554   10998716      34.77    5.22

     INDIA     12809632  11269107    1126922     748018    -33.62  12866727   11767210   11269107   10890203     -15.36    5.17

     JAPAN      7648652   8483523     631867     677888      7.28   7801490    8707608    8483523    8529544       9.33    4.05

     TURKEY     5301996   6723327     284616     351341     23.44   5083466    6725805    6723327    6790052      33.57    3.22

     KOR REP    6476380   6642908     626304     534954    -14.59   6663587    6884156    6642908    6551558      -1.68    3.11

     ITALY      5496914   6229982     348450     381064      9.36   5271943    6147414    6229982    6262596      18.79    2.97

     LUXMBRG    4734687   5220768     516925     672210     30.04   4541827    4813781    5220768    5376053      18.37    2.55

     CHINA T    3447482   2851746     234419     371385     58.43   3385105    2915358    2851746    2988712     -11.71    1.42

     THAILND    2755666   2698308     163792     269821     64.73   2679117    2529079    2698308    2804337       4.67    1.33

     DENMARK    2811569   2369577     133420     190233     42.58   2879256    2445339    2369577    2426390     -15.73    1.15

     POLAND     2916836   2293792     224567     276860     23.29   2924580    2343200    2293792    2346085     -19.78    1.11

     U KING     2327728   2328375     106604      89581    -15.97   2171898    2470771    2328375    2311352       6.42    1.10

     SPAIN       779478   1746995     107817     219290    103.39    871289    1597875    1746995    1858468     113.30    0.88

     MALAYSA    1713420   1852530     164343        166    -99.90   1860462    2337216    1852530    1688353      -9.25    0.80

     NETHLDS    1347219   1513109     107660     255700    137.51   1320646    1496268    1513109    1661149      25.78    0.79

     GREECE     1148108   1565439      14256          0   -100.00   1076852    1565439    1565439    1551183      44.05    0.74

     CZECH      1166775   1561561     142024     101544    -28.50   1264597    1534860    1561561    1521081      20.28    0.72

     BRAZIL     2640306   1368205     370576     328203    -11.43   2093497    1346355    1368205    1325832     -36.67    0.63

     AUSTRAL    2863998   1202859       1546       5214    237.26   2605675    1255746    1202859    1206527     -53.70    0.57

     FINLAND    3008310   1296227     211241      35906    -83.00   2768889    1485205    1296227    1120892     -59.52    0.53

     BELGIUM     610910    936895      23983      83200    246.91    591877     819365     936895     996112      68.30    0.47

     SWEDEN      520874    770830      41772      76220     82.47    536160     743242     770830     805278      50.19    0.38

     INDNSIA     827695    762710      93028      45542    -51.04    840447     823711     762710     715224     -14.90    0.34

     HG KONG     233144    426999      21591      38477     78.21    248441     430024     426999     443885      78.67    0.21

     S ARAB      559140    387913          0      28737       *      436329     432035     387913     416650      -4.51    0.20

     DOM REP     501058    432640      48989      20365    -58.43    507247     407089     432640     404016     -20.35    0.19

     CHILE       281706    348900      15420          0   -100.00    297126     378480     348900     333480      12.24    0.16

     SLOVENI     219684    285354       5369      26031    384.84    225053     317456     285354     306016      35.98    0.15

     REP SAF     422256    376718     149881      35329    -76.43    509821     407910     376718     262166     -48.58    0.12

     IRELAND     507021    170796      15795      19712     24.80    513585     174481     170796     174713     -65.98    0.08

     SWITZLD      90944    114133      13765      16438     19.42    103577     114127     114133     116806      12.77    0.06

     AUSTRIA     166217    112750        213        689    223.47    162570     106812     112750     113226     -30.35    0.05

     HONDURA      67426    112916       3755       3407     -9.27     67062     102516     112916     112568      67.86    0.05

     EGYPT         1263    131915      27181          0   -100.00     28444     118509     131915     104734     268.21    0.05

     VIETNAM     114587     98241      18968      10851    -42.79    129588      86133      98241      90124     -30.45    0.04

     ECUADOR          0     64006          0          0       *           0      64006      64006      64006        *      0.03

     RUSSIA      198070         6          0          0       *      198070          6          6          6    -100.00    0.00

     SIER LN     158771         0          0          0       *      158771          0          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO     201146011 208733932   16454115   18270327     11.04 200501761  208948217  208733932  210550144       5.01   99.99

     _OECD     86356927  89834691    6249167    7789871     24.65  85096241   89246954   89834691   91375395       7.38   43.39

     _EU       50899049  53299362    3637185    4775272     31.29  49881002   52381353   53299362   54437449       9.13   25.85

     _W HEMI   41037747  41469744    3239433    3799896     17.30  40351090   41275646   41469744   42030207       4.16   19.96

     _ASEAN     5450618   5434991     440292     326933    -25.75   5537472    5798516    5434991    5321632      -3.90    2.53

     _CAFTA      586573    548756      55944      23772    -57.51    594735     512805     548756     516584     -13.14    0.25

     _SUB-SAHA   581027    377099     149881      35329    -76.43    668592     408291     377099     262547     -60.73    0.12

     _ANDEAN      15389    100747       2463       4412     79.13     16992     102984     100747     102696     504.38    0.05