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                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
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                                           Category 620:  OTHER SYNTHETIC FILAMENT FABRIC
                                             Data in M2.,  1.00 M2 per M2.. 

                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    1.01026E9 1.09261E9   84409192   90110886      6.75 1.02712E9  1.07565E9  1.09261E9  1.09831E9       6.93  100.00

     INDIA    365330034 386644350   31133305   27863826    -10.50 372007017  381614536  386644350  383374871       3.06   34.91

     CHINA P  152846621 127465060   11114191   10843351     -2.44 154761632  131292426  127465060  127194220     -17.81   11.58

     S ARAB   107652363 124595645   11097550   11419860      2.90 111803236  122488445  124595645  124917955      11.73   11.37

     TURKEY    97130716  91921666    7298490    7823735      7.20  98921311   90150669   91921666   92446911      -6.55    8.42

     ARAB EM   21713319  69066864    2338993    7599282    224.90  22480107   64206598   69066864   74327153     230.64    6.77

     CHINA T   44820589  48790375    4367207    4828342     10.56  45016105   48169983   48790375   49251510       9.41    4.48

     CANADA    42250415  42771999    4354078    3292125    -24.39  44059536   42402400   42771999   41710046      -5.33    3.80

     KOR REP   32090657  39468603    2775685    3566452     28.49  32022537   35264765   39468603   40259370      25.72    3.67

     VIETNAM   24496324  32363010    2107486    4750026    125.39  25038618   32346364   32363010   35005550      39.81    3.19

     U KING    17339042  24426246    1050502    1326493     26.27  16886483   22882142   24426246   24702237      46.28    2.25

     MEXICO    20251991  24354633    1100924     921531    -16.29  19812625   24620629   24354633   24175240      22.02    2.20

     BELGIUM   15896412  17081173     843938     873125      3.46  15244029   16721375   17081173   17110360      12.24    1.56

     GREECE    20725921  16058135    1741024    1112807    -36.08  21621323   16099613   16058135   15429918     -28.64    1.40

     THAILND   13513692  12555260     871827    1358634     55.84  13387706   11965372   12555260   13042067      -2.58    1.19

     HUNGARY    6681211   9629649     277389          0   -100.00   6958600   10201935    9629649    9352260      34.40    0.85

     MALAYSA    6741681   5205663     194179     576676    196.98   6087349    5592995    5205663    5588160      -8.20    0.51

     GERMANY    2373204   3544196     180915     343311     89.76   2386123    3049926    3544196    3706592      55.34    0.34

     NETHLDS    4495106   3471724     307554     229978    -25.22   4389396    3463372    3471724    3394148     -22.67    0.31

     JAPAN      3321581   2908849     179664     351573     95.68   3371447    3010069    2908849    3080758      -8.62    0.28

     ITALY      1440622   1865426      31921      46604     46.00   1418765    1703369    1865426    1880109      32.52    0.17

     REP SAF     943664   1687632     189665     232717     22.70   1132879    1660184    1687632    1730684      52.77    0.16

     INDNSIA    1537950   1211625      48462     221863    357.81   1568897    1213946    1211625    1385026     -11.72    0.13

     GUATMAL     922755   1003636      94310     203815    116.11    942077    1018128    1003636    1113141      18.16    0.10

     BRAZIL     2498544    799033     247543      34251    -86.16   2602757    1059629     799033     585741     -77.50    0.05


     _WTO     1.01013E9 1.09247E9   84325977   90110886      6.86 1.02692E9  1.07552E9  1.09247E9  1.09826E9       6.95  100.00

     _OECD    242281717 251424631   18915068   18743979     -0.90 245596761  243054575  251424631  251253542       2.30   22.88

     _EU       69949266  77063091    4474515    4066277     -9.12  69903938   75028230   77063091   76654853       9.66    6.98

     _W HEMI   66564357  69531977    5827071    4583540    -21.34  67882383   69579394   69531977   68288446       0.60    6.22

     _ASEAN    46332967  51350709    3222895    6907210    114.32  46126439   51134779   51350709   55035024      19.31    5.01

     _SUB-SAHA   944128   1688064     189665     232717     22.70   1133343    1660616    1688064    1731116      52.74    0.16

     _CAFTA     1054018   1223290     103186     317621    207.81   1081960    1133824    1223290    1437725      32.88    0.13